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1. Asked about allegations surrounding the program, Auburn coach Gus Malzahn defers to the school's administration. Phone records obtained Friday showed he made more than 90 calls to Dakota Mosley's father. Malzahn told ESPN he met with Mosley regarding depression.
2. Kevin Scarbinsky on Auburn's rapid response efforts: "Make no mistake. Auburn is on trial here…"
3. Matt Hayes on Auburn's troubles: "The guy charged with fixing it all, new coach Gus Malzahn, was knee-deep in the process little more than a year ago."
4. Florida coach Will Muschamp has nothing to add to a previous denial he paid an Auburn player when he was defensive coordinator: "There's nothing to dignify any other response other than exactly what you've read."
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5. Rehab on the shoulder of Ole Miss quarterback Bo Wallace going well, could start throwing in June. But the Rebels have missed him this spring.
6. Both Kiehl Frazier and Jonathan Wallace threw more than 20 passes in Auburn's Saturday scrimmage. Malzahn: "It is really hard to look good in a scrimmage until you start settling in with specific personnel." Undisclosed injury for running back Tre Mason. Tigers cancel Monday's practice.
7. Not much separation in the quarterback battle at Tennessee between Justin Worley and Nathan Peterman. Coach Butch Jones "not pleased at all" with the offense. "An offense seemingly bereft of playmakers struggled."
8. In the quarterback battle at Arkansas, coach Bret Bielema says Brandon Allen took a step ahead of Brandon Mitchell.
9. Razorbacks running back Jonathan Williams the star of the scrimmage.
10. In a three-way quarterback battle at Missouri, is redshirt freshman Matty Mauk emerging from the pack?
10. Encouraging signs for Mizzou running back Henry Josey, coming back from a brutal knee injury. Coach Gary Pinkel: "People have no idea what this guy had to do,"
11. Running back Mike Davis impressive at South Carolina's scrimmage on Saturday.
12. With the spring game done and just a few practices left, time to ask some unresolved questions and throw out some possible answers surrounding the Georgia Bulldogs.
13. Georgia offensive coordinator Mike Bobo: "We are nowhere where we need to be offensively."
14. Florida freshman running back Kelvin Taylor one of the stars of the Gators spring game. Will Muschamp: "Kelvin's got a really strong lower body. He runs through contact extremely well."
15. One of the stars of Alabama's first spring scrimmage – wide receiver DeAndrew White. He's one of three Bama receivers coming off injuries in 2012. Nick Saban: "DeAndrew White is doing really well – did a really good job, made some big plays today, actually."
16. Mississippi State defensive coordinator Geoff Collins on the Bulldogs first scrimmage: "I went through every call that we have on defense. The one defense executed every call."
17. Kentucky's offense dominates in Saturday's scrimmage. Coach Mark Stoops: "It wasn't even close today."
18. Phil Steele projects the AP Top 26 – six of the top 12 in the SEC.
19. Former Tennessee quarterback Peyton Manning giving $500,000 to the Pat Summitt Foundation.
20. The New York Times on former Rutgers basketball coach Mike Rice: "Interviews and documents reveal a culture in which the university was far more concerned with protecting itself from legal action than with protecting its students from an abusive coach."
21. Louisville basketball has to stop selling a t-shirt – "use of logo" issue.
22. Former NBA coach Phil Jackson was live-tweeting the Final Four.
24. Eddie Einhorn paid the NCAA $6,000 to broadcast the 1961 championship game between Ohio State and Cincinnati. Couldn't find a station outside of Ohio or Kentucky willing to broadcast it.


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Learn how to add a cloud-based backend service to an app in minutes using Azure Mobile Services.
Learn how to perform common scenarios using the Xamarin Component client, including querying for data, inserting, updating, and deleting data, authenticating users, handling errors, and uploading data to blob storage.
Learn how you can use Mobile Services to store and retrieve data from an app.
You can use server scripts to validate and modify data when you are inserting and updating it. This tutorial shows you how to define and register server scripts with mobile services and how to modify your app to take advantage of the new behaviors you define through the scripts.
This tutorial shows how you can use paging to manage the amount of data that Mobile Services returns to your app.
Learn how to authenticate users in your app through a variety of identity providers, including Google, Facebook, Twitter, and Microsoft, and then leverage profile data to add features like greeting users by name.
You can use scripts to authorize particular activities for authenticated users. This tutorial demonstrates how to create and register a script that filters data query results based on a userID, to ensure that users only access data that matches their userID values.
Push notifications let you deliver information to your app's users through tile, badge, and toast notifications. This topic shows you how to use Mobile Services to send push notifications to a Xamarin Android app. In this tutorial you add push notifications using the Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) service.
You can use Notification Hubs to efficiently route push notification messages to millions of users simultaneously. This article shows the basics of using Notification Hubs with Mobile Services.
Learn how to use the Mobile Services job scheduler functionality to define server script code that is executed on a schedule that you define.
Learn how to use the New Relic add-on to provide enhanced monitoring of your mobile service.
Your Mobile Services app can use Twilio to incorporate phone call and Short Message Service (SMS) functionality. This tutorial shows how to create custom API scripts that use the Twilio API to make phone calls and send SMS messages.
Learn how to add email functionality to your Mobile Service using the SendGrid email service. This topic demonstrates how to add server side scripts to send email using SendGrid.
Learn how to use features built-in Azure to ensure business continuity in the event of availability problems.
This topic shows how to use use the Azure command-line tools to automate the creation and management of Azure Mobile Services. It describes how to install the tools and how to perform common tasks including creating a new mobile service, creating a table, registering a script on a table operation, deleting a table, and deleting an existing mobile service.
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De Beers takes diamonds seriously. "All diamonds should show fire, life, and brilliance," says De Beers Institute of Diamonds' president Andrew Coxon. Based in Luxembourg, De Beers is known for its stunning collection of fine diamond rings and earrings, which embody all three qualities. The company uses both rough and polished natural diamonds in its exquisite jewelry collection, which includes necklaces, bracelets, engagement rings, earrings, and watches. From the dainty (a "flowers in the wind" bracelet) to the decadent (an over-the-top sphere necklace), we've got your diamond fix. Which styles are our favorites? Read about them over on the The Gilt Insider.


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Leap's Crowd Calendar: Helpful Tips by Leap
Our Crowd Calendar is here to help you Skip the Lines!
We've taken our extensive in-park research as well as data from our top-selling Disney World mobile apps and developed this powerful planning tool. Bear in mind that the crowd calendar is updated as we get closer to an actual date, usually after Disney has published updated operating hours, which provide another indication of how busy the parks will be.
Here are a few tips for using Leap's Crowd Calendar (gosh, I love the sound of that) as you plan your vacation…
- On the left side of the Crowd Calendar, you'll see the expected crowd level for the week. For example, the week beginning Monday, Dec. 21 is "Red." This week is part of the high season. The Orlando theme park area as a whole is expected to be busy and bustling with holiday travelers.
Now look at the week beginning Monday, Sept. 14. It's a "Green" week. Overall crowds are expected to be light.
- In the top right corner of each day in the Crowd Calendar, you'll notice a colored tab with a number. This indicates the expected crowd level for that particular day. Let's look at Saturday, Jan. 3, 2014. It's a "Red" day with an expected crowd level of 8. This means it's on the medium side of the "high" rating, but it'll still be a fairly busy day overall. Now look at Friday, Jan. 5. It's a "Yellow" day with an expected crowd level of 5; many holiday travelers are returning home and the parks are entering into a relatively quiet period.
- Within each day's block on the Crowd Calendar, you'll see 'Traffic Light' recommendations at the park level. (The parks are abbreviated with two letters; there's a key at the bottom of the Crowd Calendar page.) Take Dec. 21 for example: Magic Kingdom® Park is "Red," which means it is not a recommended park to visit that day. Epcot, Islands of Adventure or Universal Studios would be better choices.
- Where the "Traffic Light" recommendations get tricky: The park levels are relative to the overall crowd level. When crowd levels are the same over a period of days, the "Traffic Light" recommendations are quite useful. However, the park level difference between a "Green" day and a "Yellow" day or a "Yellow" day and a "Red" day is rather small for a given crowd level.
When there is a difference of two between daily crowd levels, the park recommendations are less important. For example, if you were visiting the parks on Dec. 7 and 8 and were set on visiting Magic Kingdom® Park, the lowest crowds for that park would be on Dec. 8 (even though it is a "Green" park in comparison to the other parks on Dec. 7) because the overall daily crowd level on Dec. 8 is significantly lower.
Want to know how to Skip the Lines with 6 easy tips? From deciding when to visit to eating an early lunch, you'll find my best tips for saving lots of time at the top of Leap's Crowd Calendar page. You'll also find helpful information for planning your visit at the bottom of Leap's Crowd Calendar Page.
Happy Traveling!
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Okay, so if my plans have me going to a "red" park on a "green" day (MK on September 5, 2013), we probably won't be miserable, right? It's not the recommended park (I'm assuming because of the EMHs in the morning), but since overall crowd levels are on the lower side, it won't be slammed? Or am I totally misinterpreting it altogether?
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Before the Storm
Preparing before the storm is the best assurance towards making it through and surviving the aftermath. Follow these steps that will help you 'weather' the storm.
To prepare for a hurricane, you should take the following measures:
- Make plans to secure your property. Permanent storm shutters offer the best protection for windows. A second option is to board up windows with 5/8" marine plywood, cut to fit and ready to install. Tape does not prevent windows from breaking.
- Install straps or additional clips to securely fasten your roof to the frame structure. This will reduce roof damage.
- Be sure trees and shrubs around your home are well trimmed.
- Clear loose and clogged rain gutters and downspouts.
- Determine how and where to secure your boat.
- Consider building a safe room.
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5. Okeechobee County (863) 763-3212
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Inland Flooding Safety Actions:
Learn your vulnerability to flooding by determining the elevation of your property.
Evaluate your insurance coverage; as construction grows around areas, floodplains change. If you are in a flood area, consider what mitigation measure you can do in advance. More from the National Flood Insurance Program.
- Be aware of streams, drainage channels and areas known to flood, so you or your evacuation routes are not cut off.
- Avoid driving into water of unknown depth. Moving water can quickly sweep your vehicle away.
- Restrict children from playing in flooded areas.
- Test drinking water for potability; wells should be pumped out and the water tested before drinking.
- Do not use fresh food that has come in contact with floodwaters. Wash canned goods that come in contact with floodwaters with soap and hot water.
Hurricanes are capable of producing copious amounts of rainfall. During landfall, a rainfall amounts of 10 to 15 inches or more is common. If the storm is large and moving slowly, less than 10 mph, the rainfall amounts from a well-organized storm are likely to be even more excessive. This heavy rain usually occurs slightly to the right of the hurricane's track. The amount of rain depends on the size, forward speed and whether the hurricane interacts with other weather systems.
To get a generic estimate of the rainfall amount (in inches) that can be expected, divide 100 by the storm's forward motion, for example, 100/5 mph = 20 inches of rain. For specific rainfall forecasts please monitor local forecasts from the National Weather Service. Rainfall and Flooding fact: Tropical Storm Claudette (1979) brought 45 inches of rain to an area near Alvin, Texas, contributing to more than $600 million in damage.


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High Definition XP Optics - Exceptional performance delivered by index-matched glass and coatings that incorporate rare-earth formulations of titanium, fluorite and other mineral substrates. The result is not only best-in-class light transmission and remarkable brightness, the images are crisp and sharp with edge-to-edge contrast and resolution. You can count on high resolution edges under any light or weather condition. The roof prism system contains a specially-developed dielectric mirror with a vapor-deposited phase correction coating that transmits up to 99% of incoming light. This high-tech process guarantees precise detail and true colors.
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Yung Jake – Augmented Real Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I'm so real... but only on a screen
I'm doing me. I'm on your scene
Take a look around. you can see it
It's hard to believe it
I'm an Internet, digital entity
That's why I'm blowing up, these hoes in to me
These hoes so real. they just wanna feel me
But the they can't touch me. It's not the Real D
Get this money. digital pape- uh
They just tryna hate bruh
They tryna take my swag, they can have it
And I make 'em feel like its magic
Just open up the app mane
I'm on your screen cause I'm a app mane
That's what I turnt into
I'm too turnt up. (TTU)
All this lean got me feeling augmented
Bands came in, now they all spented
All dis green got me feeling so digital
I'm just making nigga feel so physical
I'm real a-a-augmented real
I'm real a-a-augmented real
I keep it one hundred. authentic feel
I'm so real, augmented real
[Verse 2]
I'm a app now. They just scan me in
Tryna get fucked up off this Ambien
Close your eyes, go to sleep, ho
She on top of me; she a freak ho
All this lean got me feeling all crooked
Got me open like this book is
Yeah, this is my zone
My money long. like the iPhone (5)
I get paper man, I'm making dollars man
And this is not a hologram
I'm so geeked up, I can't stand straight
This molly got me feeling on my damn face
So dance, son, dance
I'm with a freak bitch, she using no hands
She back it up like she meant it
I'm just so augmented
[Verse 3]
I'm on my new shit updated
And that's why niggas hate it
I'm so gone. faded
So if you feel me you should rate it
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A UFO abduction at Deacon's Corner Truck Stop in Winnipeg and a female trucker gets French-kissed by a ghost in her Peterbilt bunk. A trainee and his over-the-road mentor on a driving test run hit a mother and her baby, but there's no body to be found. When the police arrive, the trainee explains breathlessly, "Thank God, I missed her." The police officer says stone-faced, "Yeah, by about 28 years."
These are a few examples of stories told by truckers in the new book Trucker Ghost Stories, compiled by author Annie Wilder and just released through Tor Books Inc.
Trucker Ghost Stories is Wilder's third book, continuing her theme of ghosts and tales of the unknown. She should know about ghosts and spirits. She lives in a haunted house in the small picturesque town of Hastings, Minn.
She suspected that it was haunted when she first toured the house with her realtor. She bought it anyway, and she was right.
Wilder's first book was entitled House of Spirits & Whispers, which describes the strange events that occurred in the 120-year-old house immediately after she moved in. She discovers that the house is inhabited by the spirit of the previous owner, Leon.
Wilder is fearful at first, but begins to learn to live peacefully with the spirit, who tends to be a rather benign ghost. She and her husband claim to have seen Leon and often feel his presence. I toured the house a month or so ago and sadly, I did not see or hear Leon but did experience a few anomalies, such as lights blinking on and off inexplicably.
Wilder's motivation to write a book about true tales of haunted highways began while watching Ice Road Truckers. She said, "Oh my gosh, I have an idea for the perfect mash-up of paranormal and uber-masculine profession: trucker ghost stories!"
She remembers the days back when she was a young girl answering phones at her father's sand and gravel company.
While trucks loaded up, Wilder had a few minutes to meet the drivers but especially remembered trucker Bill Sykes, a tall rail-thin fellow who wore cowboy boots, black slicked-back hair and a long chain on his wallet. He loved to tell the story of a little ghost girl he saw on the highway. Wilder was hooked on ghost stories.
As she began to gather ghost stories from truckers around the world, she had a vivid dream about Sykes…or was it his ghost, because Bill has been gone for a few years?
In her dream, Sykes showed up with his black slicked-back hair and simply nodded to her and left. She took that as a sign that she had his blessing. It took a few years but Wilder's book Trucker Ghost Stories is in book stores and online. I read it and loved it, but then I have enjoyed ghost stories since my father and his friends swapped spooky stories back in rural Cape Breton when I was a kid. I am still a bit of a skeptic, but I keep my mind open. After all, I have only seen one ghost. That's a story for another time.
For bunk-time reading, if you aren't easily spooked, pick up a copy of Trucker Ghost Stories. The Forward is beautifully written by trucker Terry Aldershof. He has driven nearly six million miles.
He writes: "These are our stories – stories told by real truck drivers and by their families and colleagues in the transportation world. If you met us, you will be able to recognize us by what they call the thousand-yard stare in our eyes – for we have seen so much more than you ever will."
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A Tax-Day Poem
April 14, 2010 by Chip Wood
This is Tax Week, as every wage earner in America is all too aware. As you contemplate how much you pay the government for the privilege of living in this wonderful country, you might amuse yourself by repeating the following. (Sorry, I donŌĆÖt know who the author is. If you do, please tell me.)
Tax his land, tax his bed,
Tax the table at which heŌĆÖs fed.
Tax his tractor, tax his mule,
Teach him taxes are the rule.
Tax his cow, tax his goat,
Tax his pants, tax his coat.
Tax his ties, tax his shirt,
Tax his work, tax his dirt.
Tax his tobacco, tax his drink.
Tax him if he tries to think.
Tax his cigars, tax his beers,
If he cries, then tax his tears.
Tax his car, tax his gas,
Find other ways to tax his a**.
Tax all he has, then let him know
That you wonŌĆÖt be done ŌĆśtill he has no dough.
When he screams and hollers,
Tax him some more.
Tax him ŌĆśtill heŌĆÖs good and sore.
Then tax his coffin, tax his grave.
Tax the sod in which heŌĆÖs laid.
Put these words upon his tomb,
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When heŌĆÖs gone, do not relax.
ItŌĆÖs time to apply the inheritance tax.
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Includes the courts, most wanted, law enforcement, sealing a record, victims' services, jury duty etc.
Includes planning, building codes and permits, owning and renting a property, and property tax assessments
Includes child and adult health service, food stamps, foster care, mental health, in-home nurse, and substance abuse
Includes bereavement, certificates and vital records, and divorce
Includes air quality and burn days, garbage and recycling, sewer, conservation, and green energy financing
Includes adopting a pet, animal control, and local vets and shelters
Includes information on the buildings, county, codes, departments, projects, representation, and voting
Includes activities and events, parks, museums, libraries, and volunteerism
Property taxes, business taxes, transient occupancy taxes, and fines.
Includes passports, bus schedules, and road maintenance
Includes forest fires and floods, emergency preparation, and emergency response
The In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program allows limited income elderly, blind, or disabled people to hire someone to help them with housework, meal preparation, and personal care. +more
With this help, the IHSS recipient may remain safely in their home and will not need to move into a care facility or an institution. The IHSS program is funded by federal, state, and county resources. The IHSS recipient chooses their care provider, supervises the provider's work, defines how tasks will be done, and can fire the provider if necessary.
The Public Authority negotiates with the local homecare provider's union to set wages, benefits, and working conditions for IHSS providers. They offer the following services to IHSS recipients and providers:
The IHSS program is funded by federal, state, and county resources. Once the IHSS recipient chooses their care provider, supervises the provider's work, defines how tasks will be done, and can fire the provider if necessary:
IHSS does not pay for the following services:
As the IHSS recipient, you can only ask your provider to perform those tasks that the IHSS caseworker has authorized. In addition, you should never ask your provider to work more than the maximum number of hours the caseworker has authorized.
The accepting of applications for IHSS Registry Providers is occurring March 1, 2014, through May 1, 2014. Please read the application letter, complete the application, and return the application if you wish to apply.
If you still have questions, please call the Public Authority at 530-886-3680.
Cover letter for Provider Application
IP Profile registry application
Who is Eligible for IHSS?
An IHSS recipient must be a California resident (over age 65), disabled or blind, be unable to remain safely in his/her own home without assistance and meets one of the following conditions:
In addition, disabled individuals who work may also be eligible for IHSS. For example, recipients that received SSI in the past, still suffer from the impairments on which their SSI was based, are ineligible for SSI because they are working, and need IHSS for personal care services. These recipients will pay a share of cost, but the cost is calculated in a way that provides an incentive to keep working.
How Do I Apply For IHSS?
You can discover if you are eligible for IHSS services by calling the Placer County Adult Intake number at (916) 787-8860 or toll free at (888) 886-5401. Ask to speak with an IHSS duty-worker who can help assess your IHSS eligibility. The duty-worker asks for some basic information to assess your need for services and your eligibility. You have the right to file a written application and receive a written determination within 30-45 days.
Why Do I Need Medi-Cal?
Your IHSS funding comes through the California Medi-Cal program. Placer County pays your IHSS provider directly, and then recovers that cost from the State Medi-Cal program.
Note that once you've been approved for IHSS benefits, it is imperative that you maintain your Medi-Cal eligibility going forward, or you will also forfeit your IHSS services.
What is Medical Certification?
As of August 1, 2011, Health Certification, by a Licensed Health Care Provider, must be established. Your health care provider will need to certify that you are unable to independently perform one or more activities of daily living and to verify that one or more IHSS service is required in order to prevent out of home care. The certification document will be mailed to you in the IHSS application packet.
What Happens Next?
After your Medi-Cal and Medical Certification are established, a Placer County caseworker will come to your home and complete an assessment of your functional abilities. The caseworker uses a statewide uniform assessment process to determine which functions of daily living IHSS recipients are unable to perform on their own. If eligibility is established, the caseworker authorizes the number of service hours per week for each of the tasks you have been determined to need. The caseworker mails you a "Notice of Action" detailing the decisions regarding your care. When you select a provider, inform them what tasks have been authorized for your care and the number of hours per week authorized to complete those tasks. Note that the IHSS program will not pay the provider for more than the authorized hours or for performing tasks not authorized by your caseworker.
How Do I Find an IHSS Provider?
You may select a family member, a friend, or advertise in the community-at-large for a provider. IHSS will pay spouses and parents of minor children to provide care under certain circumstances. Every IHSS case is evaluated separately, so the circumstances under which these services are granted vary greatly. You may select a provider from the Provider Registry maintained by the Placer County Public Authority at (530) 886-3680.
I'm Ready to Hire My Provider. What Should Happen Next?
Your provider should contact the Public Authority office to attend the next available Provider Orientation, because your provider must complete the following before being paid: attend a Provider Orientation meeting, complete a Department of Justice criminal background check and fingerprinting, and submit the required Provider Enrollment forms.
IHSS Recipient's Rights and Responsibilities
What Other Services Are Available To Me As A Medi-Cal Recipient?
Mental health services are available to people with Medi-Cal, including children, young people, adults, and older adults residing in Placer County. Sometimes these services are available through your regular doctor; sometimes they are provided by a Mental Health specialist called a Network Provider. Some specialty mental health services include the following:
The Placer County Managed Care Unit will facilitate your request for mental health services. If you believe you would benefit from specialty mental health services, call the Placer County Adult Intake Services number at (916) 787-8860 or toll free at (888) 886-5401 to initiate your referral to the Managed Care Unit.
In-Home Supportive Services
11512 B Avenue
Auburn, CA 95603
Phone 916-787-8860
Are you accepting applications for Providers?
The accepting of applications for IHSS Registry Providers is occurring March 1, 2014, through May 1, 2014. Please read the application letter, complete the application, and return the application if you wish to apply. If you still have questions, please call the Public Authority at 530-886-3680.
What does the Public Authority do?
The Public Authority negotiates with the local homecare provider's union to set wages, benefits, and working conditions for IHSS providers. They offer the following services to IHSS recipients and providers:
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How to file a Change of Address
Complete the Change of Address form below and mail to: Placer County Public Authority, 11512 B Avenue, Auburn, CA 95603
Change of Address and/or Phone Number
How to Properly Complete a Time Sheet for Processing in CMIPS II Video
The following link is a video that provides information for IHSS providers on how to properly complete their Timesheets for processing in CMIPS II. The video instructs how to complete IHSS timesheets and how to avoid common timesheet mistakes which may delay payment.
http://www.cdss.ca.gov/agedblinddisabled/pg1814.htm (after clicking on the link to the left, scroll down to the bottom of the page to see video)
Oh no. I made a mistake on my timesheet. What should I do?
DO NOT use white out, strikethrough or rewrite hours call payroll 916-872-6555 and request a new timesheet. To prevent making future mistakes make a copy of your timesheet so you can practice before filling out your official timesheet.
I don't have a black pen. Can I use a blue pen?
DO USE A BLACK MED POINT PEN. DO NOT use any other color, or gel pens, glitter pens, etc.
Do I fill in the days I don't work with zeros?
Leave days off blank. DO NOT put zeros, slashes, dashes, X's, or any verbiage (off, not working, etc.) on your timesheet.
How do I convert my hours from decimals to minutes?
When you receive your timesheet the hours will be converted.
The recipient signature can't fit in the box what can I do?
Option 1 – Make a cardstock template to cover the paper with only a spot for the signature so your recipient can't go outside of the box. Option 2 - Contact your Social Worker and request IHSS Form SOC 839 IHSS Recipient Timesheet Authorization.
I work more hours a day than I am authorized. What do I write on my timesheet?
Keep track of the hours and minutes that you provide authorized services for your recipient. Any hours not authorized cannot be claimed on your timesheet.
I don't want to write down my hours, I just want to fill out my timesheet in advance.
DO NOT fill out your timesheet in advance only write down the hours and minutes that you worked. DO use a calendar to keep track of your hours!
I just received all of my timesheet from previous months for back pay. Is it okay to send them in one envelope?
DO NOT send more than one timesheet per envelope.
Please call the timesheet hotline 530-889-7112 if you have additional questions.
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As a parent – whether you have a newborn baby or a college-bound freshman – you do everything you can to keep your child safe and healthy. From securing a baby gate, to providing nutritious meals, to getting the brakes checked on your teen's car, their well-being is your top priority.
Vaccination is another important way you can protect your child. Vaccinating your child according to the recommended schedule is one of the best ways you can protect them from 16 serious diseases. To learn more about these diseases and the vaccines that prevent them, talk to your child's doctor or visit CDC's website for parents.
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The vaccine website for parents was designed for parents with input from parents. You'll find age-specific information about all recommended infant, child and teen vaccines. In short, you'll have access to a wealth of easy-to-find, easy-to-understand, and easy-to-use information to guide you as you make immunization decisions for your child.
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text: P.J. Griekspoor Archives Email Author Follow @P.J. Griekspoor On Farm Bill, Washington D.C. Always Offers A New Viewpoint Kansas Viewpoint All you have to do is visit Washington to know why understanding the development of the farm bill and communication about it is so difficult. Published on: April 18, 2012 Tweet Post to Your Wall. Email Blog RSS Permalink Print When it comes to understanding how farm policy making trickles down to farmers, a trip to Washington, D.C. can be highly instructive. In a recent visit to the Capitol, I heard both minority and majority leaders in Congress talk about how work in committees on the Farm Bill is all about posturing and show and not about doing anything substantial. I heard people on both sides of the aisle say that votes that appear to affect the Farm Bill are irrelevant and shouldn't even be considered in evaluating where things are headed. I had to wonder: If this is the advice that journalists get, what are farmers -- who are dependent on TV, Radio and Newspaper accounts of the doings in Washington supposed to think? How do you know what to tell your banker? Or how to plan out your advance purchases? When it comes to the 2012 Farm Bill, grab your seat belt and hang on tight. It looks like there isn't much of anything you can count on as secure.


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Berkeley Senior Services Center announces the following activities for the week of Jan 28-Feb 1:
Monday: 10 a.m. Bingo; 11 a.m. Beginning Pinochle; 12:30 p.m. Intermediate Bridge.
Tuesday: 9 a.m. Bible Study; 10 a.m. Exercise and Fun with Nancy; 11 a.m. Bridge for Fun; 1 p.m. Line Dancing
Wednesday: 9 a.m. to noon Tax Aid by appointment; 9:30 a.m. Tai Chi; 10:30 a.m. Walking Club; 11 a.m. Beginner's Pinochle
Thursday: 10 a.m. Exercise and Fun; 11 a.m. Bridge for Fun; 1 p.m. Quilt Class
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On what was pitched as "Gun Appreciation Day," five people were shot and injured at three different gun shows across the country, including one in Medina.
The Huffington Post reported earlier this week that a handful of conservative groups declared Jan. 19 Gun Appreciation Day. It was also a day that many communities hosted gun shows where hunters, gun collectors and enthusiasts gather to buy and sell guns.
The Medina Gun Show has been an annual event since 1978, according to its website. Organizer Conrad & Dowell puts on gun shows at the Medina County Community Center throughout the year.
At Saturday's show, a vendor bought a handgun at the show and knew it was loaded, according to The Plain Dealer. The vendor aimed the gun away from people while trying to unload it and accidentally fired the gun at the concrete floor. The bullet ricocheted off the floor and hit the vendor's arm and leg, according to NewsNet5.
Saturday's accidental shooting was the first in 35 years, according to the Plain Dealer.
There are rules at the show to prevent accidents and the rules are prominently published on the show's website:
"For everyone's safety, no loaded firearms are allowed in the building. All firearms brought into the building are checked to confirm they are not loaded and then "tied". All firearms on exhibitor's tables are restrained in some way. Guns are restrained by being in a glass case, by rope or wire tied. All State and Federal firearms laws are vigorously enforced. You must be 18 years old to purchase a long gun and 21 years old to purchase a handgun."
But somehow somebody handled a loaded weapon and somebody got hurt.
So the question is, have you ever been to a gun show? Do you think they are safe? Could they be safer? How?


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Food Processing Program
Over ten years, the Speed School of Engineering has provided support to the local food industry in the Metro-Louisville area. There are over seventy local food companies in this area, plus a growing number of individuals seeking assistance to start a new food business. Working together there has been, and will continue to be, a real opportunity to help support and increase the food industry by utilizing the capabilities and facilities of the university.
After 35 years of technical and business experience with six major Fortune 500 food companies and after retiring from Brown-Forman Corporation, Mr. Charles Staff was appointed Director of the Food Processing Program. Mr. Staff, with experience in product and process evelopment, quality assurance and engineering administration, has been the ideal person to initiate and develop working relationships and projects between the food industry and the University.
There has been considerable success in working with a number of varying companies and individuals to provide technical support in areas beyond their capabilities. Technical activities have varied from food and non-food projects such as involvement in major redesign of home refrigerators and stoves, logistics shipping consolidation, redesign of food processing equipment, processing waste utilization, food formulation, product and nutritional analysis and labeling, shelf life testing, microbiological testing, establishing quality control and HACCP programs. These projects have well-defined objectives, planned activities, cost and timetables, to which both Industry-Client and Director of Food Processing Program have agreed. We pride ourselves on being good project managers in keeping projects on track and on schedule and not exceeding cost.
- Immediate action in getting projects identified and initiated.
- Provides cost-effective university personnel for projects.
- University personnel has considerable knowledge and facilities support base.
- Reduces food industry's requirements for personnel overhead.
- Supports and provides training for food industry personnel.
- Provides a central contact for university services and information.
Faculty and/or students are a knowledgeable and capable source of personnel that can be effectively utilized in carrying out project activities. With a university enrollment of over 20,000 students and over 1,800 students in engineering, it is readily conceivable that student availability is usually not an issue, particularly when most have a high degree of interest developing industry contacts and gaining industry experience. Because the University of Louisville is the top academic and research university in this area, the faculty available for project activities are extremely knowledgeable and capable of basic technical support assignments. The "Talent Pool" is quite diverse when you consider the following partial list of graduate school departments currently at the University of Louisville:
- Chemical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Computer Science
- Industrial Engineering
- Chemistry
- Physics
- Biochemistry
- Microbiology
The University of Louisville is a graduate, research institution and therefore, has the leading edge technical facilities and equipment. For example, there are laboratories related to analytical analysis, computers, environmental, rapid prototyping from CAD drawings, lasers, computer chip assembly, and most important, the food processing laboratory and kitchen. The food processing laboratory is a new facility in Lutz Hall and consists of walk-in freezer, walk-in refrigerator and temperature humidity controlled rooms. Also it has heating equipment for radiant hot air, microwave heating, deep-fat frying and charbroiling capabilities. Kitchen facilities are also available with multi-stations of stove, refrigerator and microwave ovens providing opportunities for food preparation and demonstration. The University location and facilities are ideal for carrying out focus group and taste paneling sensory requests. These are just a few of the many resources that are available for project activities at the University of Louisville that could be extremely useful and valuable in helping the food industry to develop and grow.
- Formulation or re-formulation of food ingredients or finished products
- Process development or automation of existing processes
- Microbilogical testing and problem solving
- Packaging development or resolution of packaging problems
- Quality control training or methods development (HACCP)
- Product and nutritional analysis and labeling
- Material handling or transportation opportunities
- Focus group or taste testing of ingredients or finished products
- Shelf-life testing under various storage conditions
- Literature and patent searches or retrieval
Contact Information
Director: Charlie Staff
University of Louisville
Lutz Hall, Room 435
Louisville, KY 40292
Telephone: (502) 852-1575 or (800) 759-3448
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* Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) is selling a Promo Pak, a group of eight CEIR publications containing research "to ensure your preshow promotion and exhibiting experience is a success." The price is $60 for members and $90 for nonmembers. Also available is CEIR's recently released Power of Exhibition II study, a $300,000 research project completed in April by the Deloitte & Touche Consulting Group.
The study found that respondents allocate more of their marketing budget for exhibiting than for direct mail, advertising, public relations, and telemarketing-and that it was more effective than these approaches in generating sales leads, introducing new products, and taking orders. For information on this or any other CEIR publication, call CEIR at (301) 907-7626.
* The Society of Incentive & Travel Executives (SITE) has added an ampersand to its name to reflect a move to include as members qualified professionals who provide nontravel rewards for motivational programs.
Along the same lines, the organization has added a new category to its annual Crystal Awards Program, "Best Use of Multiple Motivational Awards," to recognize those programs that use a combination of travel and other motivational tools. Crystal Award winners will be announced at the SITE International Conference, November 6 to 10 in Vienna.


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PROFILE of Nicholas Serota. In his twenty-four years as the director of the Tate Gallery, in London, Nicholas Serota has been widely acclaimed—and often vilified—for changing the culture of Great Britain. The establishment, the press, and the numberless upright citizens who used to regard modern art as a joke, a foreign-born absurdity practiced by incompetents or charlatans, now embrace it with almost unseemly fervor. Tate Modern, the Tate's new building for twentieth- and twenty-first-century art, which opened in 2000 in a derelict power station on the south side of the Thames, draws about five million visitors a year, making it the world's most heavily attended modern-art museum. Although Serota, the driving force behind Tate Modern, wouldn't think of claiming credit for this turnaround, his primary role is acknowledged by virtually all his professional colleagues. Larry Gagosian, the New York superdealer, whose global empire now has two London branches, considers Serota a master strategist. "Nick really caught the wave," Gagosian told me. "He saw the possibilities, the wealth coming in, and he kind of harnessed that. A lot of other people were involved, but to me it really looks like the house that Nick built." Tells about the history of the Tate Gallery, which opened in 1897. From his office, Serota now oversees the operations of four museums, each of which has its own director—Tate Britain, as the original is now called; Tate Modern; Tate Liverpool, which opened just before he took over; and Tate St. Ives, in Cornwall. There is much talk these days about the changing role of museums in world culture. The opening of the Centre Pompidou, in Paris, in 1977, had shown that fresh approaches to the museum experience could attract a much larger, younger, and more varied museum audience. In the years since then, an all-encompassing, media-based popular culture has eroded the reverential attitude that people used to have toward museums, and the new electronic media are changing the ways we process information. "The museum is becoming something else, and we don't know what it is yet," Chris Dercon, the current director of Tate Modern, said. Tells about Serota's youth. He grew up in Hampstead and was educated at Cambridge. Discusses his career as the director of the Oxford Museum of Modern Art and, later, the Whitechapel Gallery. He took over at the Tate in September, 1988. Mentions Damien Hirst and other Young British Artists who have risen to prominence. Tells about the opening of the Tate Modern in 2000. The crowds came, and kept on coming—5.2 million the first year. Serota and his team had planned for about two million, with a sharp drop after that, but attendance dropped only to 4.2 million the second year and then came right back, and it's hovered around five million ever since.
The Modern Man
How the Tate Gallery's Nicholas Serota is reinventing the museum.
by Calvin Tomkins July 2, 2012
Calvin Tomkins, Profiles, "The Modern Man," The New Yorker, July 2, 2012, p. 54
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Area: East Beach
Type: Condo/Villa
Number of Floors: 3
Bedrooms: 1
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Located in East Beach Village on Kiawah Island, Windswept Woodlands Villas blends relaxation and recreation for a couple's getaway. Enjoy a view of wooded areas from the decks, or rent beach chairs and an umbrella to get in some beach time.
These cozy one-bedroom villas are within walking or biking distance of golf courses, tennis, dining and shopping. Night Heron Park & Nature Center is just across the street for those interested in exploring the outdoors. And, Kiawah's 30+ miles of paved bike trails extend all the way to Freshfields Village, a picturesque hub of shopping, dining and entertainment.
Kiawah Island is a semitropical, nature-first gated community nestled between the Atlantic Ocean and the Kiawah River featuring over 30 miles of paved bike trails and 10 miles of hard-packed beach ideal for walking or biking. Its proximity to city attractions in nearby Historic Charleston ensures that guests experience a wealth of both social activity and relaxation. Kiawah offers something for everyone, including: championship golf courses, two tennis centers, basketball, volleyball, soccer, a picnic area, nature trails accessible by foot or bike and nature and wildlife tours. On the water, nearby Bohicket Marina offers boating, fishing water sports and eco-tour options.
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I walked into the bar at 9 a.m. on the executive floor of the Meliá Cohiba hotel in Havana and I could barely see across it because of the smoke. There was a table of six guys smoking mostly Montecristo No. 2s and drinking strong coffees. They were talking and laughing loudly. Cigar merchants from the Middle East, they looked as if they had not gone to bed after a gala dinner to end Cuba's IX Festival del Habano that finished about two in the morning.
Their party mood was easy to understand, especially if you love cigars. The event has become for cigars what the Oscars are for movies. It's not quite as glitzy as Los Angeles with the film industry in party mode, but the Cuban capital comes alive with people from all over the world to celebrate the virtues and pleasures of the leaf. Most are Cuban cigar agents and merchants from around the globe, but plenty of cigar aficionados also attend, even Americans who travel illegally to the island.
This year's five-day event included various cocktails, dinners, seminars, cigar factory visits and forays to the tobacco plantations, just like in previous years. It finished with a gala dinner, complete with a multi-course meal, fine wines, numerous cigars, live music, awards and an auction. The event attracts worldwide press coverage, especially when Fidel Castro attends. However, Castro was not at the event because of his illness last year, from which he is still recovering, but in the end it didn't diminish the festivities. He also didn't sign any of the special humidors for sale in the auction, as he normally does. But the crowd of about 1,000 people sent him a get-well message with applause when the auction began. And bidders still were in a serious buying mood.
Many of the veteran attendees thought the five humidors, most of which resembled some sort of artwork, would sell for substantially less because El Commandante was not there. Moreover, it was the first time Castro had not signed the humidors for the auction, despite news reports that he had, so everyone was sure the bids would be lower. Yet a record was set for a strange-looking humidor that paid homage to Cohiba and resembled a modern altar with a statue of a female Terminator-like figure in the center. It sold for 270,000 euros (about $354,000). Altadis S.A.'s cigar division, which owns half of Habanos S.A.—Cuba's exporting organization—bought the lot, and it helped raise the evening's total to more than 530,000 euros (about $695,000) for the Cuban health system. The other notable bidder at the auction was British design guru Sir Terence Conran, who paid 105,000 euros (about $138,000) for an ornate Indian-style treasure chest of 250 cigars, including every size of Montecristo produced as well as the legendary maravillas and robusto edición limitada 2006.
|The Cohiba humidor, which sold for a record 270,000 euros.
Everything also went pretty well for the hundreds of cigar smokers who filled Havana during the week for the festival. One of the highlights was the opportunity to try three new Cohiba sizes with five-year-old maduro wrappers. They were the Genios, 52 ring by 5 1/2 inches; Mágicos, 52 by 4 1/2 inches; and Secretos, 40 by 4 1/3 inches. The dark-wrapper smokes were originally supposed to have small pigtail ends, but the caps were left round like normal Cohibas in the end because the Cubans believed it was not in keeping with the brand. Who cares, anyway? The new trio is excellent.
I have a slight preference for the two larger sizes. I would rate them both "classic" quality, or 95—100 points. They share the wonderful Cohiba character of a soft texture and rich, round yet refined style. The aged maduro wrapper gives them a spicier, coffee-bean and dark- chocolate flavor profile compared with a normal Cohiba. Some might even call it roasted. I find that the extra two years on the wrapper delivers more balance to the cigar than many of the edición limitadas I have smoked over the years. The three-year-old dark wrapper on the limitadas sometimes slightly dominates the flavor. Not so with the new Cohibas. The cigars are expected to be on the market this summer.
The cigars are made in the El Laguito and H. Upmann factories. The former is the mother factory for the Cohiba, whereby it controls the blend and quality of the island's most prestigious brand. Twelve rollers at El Laguito are rolling the two larger-size maduros while the smaller one is made in Partagas. One of the managers of El Laguito, in describing the new cigars, using the word chocolate when I dropped in at the factory a few weeks before the festival.
I mentioned to Fernando Lopez, the director of all cigar factories on the island, that the maduros reminded me of cigars I had smoked from the early 1980s that came in boxes with maduro printed on the underside. "We are not creating anything new with these dark wrappers," Lopez said. "We are just keeping with tradition."
|The new Cohiba maduro debuted at the festival.
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