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LOS ANGELES – Before the Clippers took on the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night, Coach Doc Rivers wanted his team to look inward.
The Celtics wouldn't get a special approach, not with Clippers Chris Paul, J.J. Redick and Reggie Bullock unavailable.
"We approach our team, and that's how you have to look at it," Rivers said. "With what we have going on with our injuries, we can't afford to look at anything different than fixing our team every night. And when we do the things right, we have a chance to win."
Redick, it turns out, could be back soon to help the Clippers on their current four-game homestand.
"I think J.J. has a very good chance of playing Friday," Rivers said.
Redick participated in Wednesday's shootaround and has ramped up his workload in recent days, shooting with a brace on his injured right wrist. Redick has missed the last 21 games after breaking a bone in his right hand and tearing a ligament in that wrist.
Rivers said he will start Redick only if the shooting guard is able to handle a full workload.
"I have no idea yet. I haven't given it any thought. I'll think about it more (today) if he's going to play," Rivers said. "We'll probably start him if he's ready for those types of minutes. I don't think he would be."
Injuries, at least for the near future, will define the Clippers' course of action.
Before the game, the Clippers signed Maalik Wayns to a 10-day contract. They had waived Wayns on Sunday. Wayns, who had an offer to play in Turkey, decided to stay and rejoin the Clippers.
He joins a point guard rotation with Darren Collison and Darius Morris, who signed a 10-day deal Monday.
Rivers said the team had always considered bringing Wayns back, but watching Collison take a scary spill Monday cemented the decision.
"We had already thought about bringing back Maalik, but that probably crystallized it for me," Rivers said. "I just think while Chris is out, it's good to have three guards at that position."
Rivers also said the team will bring in veteran Hedo Turkoglu for a workout.
Rivers coached against the Celtics for the second time since leading the team for nine years. And while the trip back to Boston was filled with emotion and tears, this time wasn't nearly as difficult. "You still get to see guys that you spent nine years with," he said. "That's always nice, for sure."
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This week's episode of America's Next Top Model involved a dare-devil runway walk and alternative-wedding shoot that challenged the 16 girls and guys vying for the top prize — a spread in Nylon magazine, contract with Next Models, and a $100K national campaign for Guess. Here's what went down on Episode 2: Read more »
SMIZE QUEEN: Philly Gay Man Makes His Top Model Debut
Crazy-ass Tyra Banks is back with cycle 20 (yes, 20) of America's Next Top Model. I'm sure you'll agree that after all these years the show has worn out its welcome, but a few new twists are drawing us back in: (1) For the first time in the franchise's American history, men will be competing for the top prize, and (2) one of those men is Philly's own actor/singer/drag queen wunderkind Cory Wade Hindorff. So to keep you up to date on how things are developing with our hometown supermodel, I'll be recapping each episode every Monday morning. Before we get started, though, full disclosure: Cory and I have been friends since 2008. But come on, all of Philly's a little biased about this guy doing well, right? Read more »
Philly Man to Star in Next Cycle of Top Model, Starting Tonight
I reported about this way back in February, but the day has finally arrived: Philly actor/singer/occasional drag performer Cory Wade Hindorff will make his reality-show debut when Cycle 20 of America's Next Top Model kicks off tonight on the CW.
Wait. Did I just type Cycle 20? Wow!
Hindorff has been back in Philly for several months, but, of course, he's being super secretive about what's in store. All we know is that this is the first season where male models will be competing alongside the ladies. And he gets to wear sexy fish net tank tops like the one you see to the right. And be in the presence of Tyra.
To keep track of how he's doing on the show, Alexander Kacala, who you may remember fabulously recapped the last season of RuPaul's Drag Race, will post a rundown of the latest ANTM episode every Saturday morning/early afternoon. We're calling the column "Smize Queen."
Also, stay tuned to the winter issue of G Philly, where I will interview Hindorff about how a small-town boy from Wallingford, Pa. found his way to the Top Model catwalk.
So mark your calendars, set your DVRs and get ready to root for our hometown super model. Tonight's two-hour premiere episode starts at 8 p.m. on the CW.
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I watched the Jonathon Ross show today on 'catch up tv' as when it was on last night I was on the lap top in another room typing my post (something I had been meaning to do since the article was featured in the mail on Sunday a few weeks ago - being a teacher, I have only just got round to it as it is half term and I was having a clear out of the old paper I had kept for this reason.) I discovered when watching it today that Keira Knightley was on talking about her latest film which it turns out is based on Jung and Freud - looking back at the time I was writing my post referring to Jung and Freud, this would have co-incided with the time she was talking about it on the programme shown last night. I had not previously known who was on the programme, what her film was about or had any intention of making the additional reference to what I knew about Jung and Freud until I started writing the post.
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The Authentic '80s Rock Tribute
From Los Angeles, CA-- birthplace of Poison, Motley Crue, Van Halen, Ratt, Great White, Warrant, Dokken, Quiet Riot, Guns & Roses, Love/Hate, Autograph, Winger, LA Guns and more --comes HAir Guitar: The Authentic Tribute to your favorite 80's rock bands! Why "Authentic?" For one thing, we still have the clothes, the axes, and yes, the real big hair that we had in the glorious '80s. And back in the day, HAir Guitar leader Stu Simone (aka Stude ōSnakeö Slybone) was headlining the same legendary Sunset Strip clubs as the big boys [ see the ōHAIR ROOTSö photo gallery ]. Stu played in LA's top hair bands with members of Ratt, Quiet Riot, Bullet Boys, LA Guns, Megadeth, Black Sabbath, Love/Hate, UFO, Journey, Hurricane, Foreigner, MSG, Bang Tango, and Rising Force, among others. In the early 90Æs, when original melodic rock became "unsignable", Stu entered the tribute fray, co-founding the West CoastÆs top Journey tribute band. As musical director of ESCAPE and sub for other top tribute bands such as Smokin' and Infinity, Stu Simone is a fixture on the rock tribute scene. In fact, he was interviewed in "Tribute", the definitive documentary on tribute bands. As the 90Æs came to an end, Stu was asked to play keys and vocals for the triumphant reunion tour of the #1 hair band of all time (according to VH-1), Poison. In 1999 and 2000, Stu played to nearly 500,000 screaming hair-metal fans, and sang and played on Poison's 2000 release, "Power To The People." For current info and gig listings, check out Myspace.com/StuSimone and Myspace.com/HairGuitarRocks.
over a decade at the top of both the tribute and original æ80Æs rock scene,
for ōStude Slyboneö all roads lead toģ
This ain't no act... itÆs
the real deal!
the skeptics argue (and thereÆs always a ōbutö), ōwill they come?ö
many of us wonÆt admit it, but we really do miss the rock of the æ80s, what
music historians may remember as ōThe Age of the Hair Band.ö
You know, when the songs were strong, the hair was long, melodies soared
along, solos werenÆt considered wrong, and we partied with aģ
In other words, rockÆnÆroll before the brooding shoe-gazers came
along and decided that dressing up, putting on a real stage show and singing
about promiscuous sex-- or singing
at all! --were un-cool.
If itÆs so passķ, then how come every city in the US has at least one
classic rock radio station, VH-1Æs retrospectives are among their most popular
shows, and such supposedly unfashionable bands such as Kiss, Poison, Bon Jovi,
Motley Crue, Def Leppard, Van Halen, and Aerosmith are touring each summer in
15,000-seat venues?
HAir Guitar founder Stu Simone got to experience this surprising ōsilent majorityö first hand, as he played and sang on-stage with the original four members of Poison for their triumphant re-union tour in the summer of 1999. With no new album to support-- nothing but the fansÆ love of pre-alternative rock --Poison played to full houses all over the country (up to 40,000). Some of the bands that opened for Poison were The Doobie Bros., Sammy Hagar, Ratt, Cinderella, Great White, Dokken, Slaughter, LA Guns, Pat Benatar, Canned Heat, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, and Survivor.were The Doobie Bros., Sammy Hagar, Ratt, Cinderella, Great White, Dokken, Slaughter, LA Guns, Pat Benatar, Canned Heat, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, and Survivor. Yes, there are still Hairbands... and HAIR FANS! The only Poison sideman ever to play on stage with the band, Stu introduced the band each night, and can be seen in the last segment of one of the highest-rated VH-1 ōBehind the Musicö episodes ever (on the 1999 Poison re-union). After the tour, Stu played on drummer Rikki RockettÆs ōGlam Tributeö CD ōAll That Glitters.ö In 2000, Poison released their first new album in years, ōPower To the Peopleö-- recorded live during the æ99 tour (with SS on keyboards and harmony vocals) --and then toured again to more screaming crowds.
it may be unfashionable as hell, maybe even politically in-correct, but the fact
is that there is a huge audience for ōhair band music.ö
So the time is ripe for a TRIBUTE TO HAIR BANDS, and what better person
to lead it than
"Stude Slybone", whoÆs rocked in both
tribute bands and multi-platinum hair band headliners?
let HAir
Guitar take you back to the days when the bands--
and the fans-- were
dressed to kill. No
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hard-to-find!) glam clothes on the planet.
No shoe-gazing allowed! Instead,
and all seventeen of the classic rock star poses, plus
49 variations!
And there are so many great SONGS, from killer rock anthems like ōRock And Roll All Nightö, ōWeÆre Not Gonna Take Itö and ōCum On Feel The Noizeö, to classic arena power ballads like ōEvery Rose Has ItÆs Thornö and ōHeaven.ö We do everything true-to-form, from the the authentic talkbox in "Living On a Prayer" to the shredding dual guitars of "Don't Tell Me You Love Me," and it's all 100% live! [see HAir Guitar song list ].
five ōALL-STARö PLAYERS could perfectly re-produce these songs --musically
and visually-- and HAir
Guitar has them!
These serious rock dudes have played in various musical projects with members
(past and present) of Poison, Quiet
Riot, Ratt, Great White, LA Guns, Bullet Boys, Journey,
Foreigner, The Sweet, Whitesnake,
Yngwie Malmsteen,
and Michael Schenker to
drop a few names. Flowing blonde
frontman Stude
ōSnakeö Slybone adds keyboards,
talkbox, slide guitar, and harmonica
to his lead
king of choreography Angus
Ziagra nails great rock vocals
like John Bon Jovi and Tommy Shaw
in addition to note-perfect guitar solos
of the likes of Michael Schenker and Warren DiMartini; Diamond
Dave Coitus stands tall as a
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guitars (how 'bout Steve Vai and
Jeff Watson for starters?), keyboards
and vocals;
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wails on Warrant while he
brutalizes the bass guitar and whirls
his waist-length hair, and Hairy
Pounder slams "drums
and concussion" with twirling
sticks and all the tricks! With four
singers and up to three
lead guitars at a time, get ready
for some over-the-top hi-voltage rockage! And perhaps most important of
all... all that long hair you see flying around up there is our
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I decided to try making an LED belt with a trinket board. Using the schematic from from the LED belt kit with power diode but using the smaller JST connector so it can also use a LiPo battery. My first attempt shorted out with the thin gauge wire. Th second attempt, shown below, uses the circuit from the Larsen scanner, which avoids the double joint on the 60 LED strip.
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After a Great Start Indiana State Is Currently On a DownslideJanuary 23, 2010
At the end of the season last year, Indiana State University's Men's Basketball program was definitely looking to come into this season riding an amazing end to the year. With now junior Isiah Martin, transfer junior guard Jake Kelly, transfer sophomore guard Dwayne Lathan and seniors Harry Marshall and Rashad Reed, this team was still picked to finish 7th in the Missouri Valley Conference. With the immediate eligibility being granted to Kelly and now eligible Lathan pairing with Marshall and Reed, once believed to be an okay to average back-court now becomes one of the best in the Missouri Valley. The Indiana State frontcourt consists of senior center Josh Crawford, junior center Brant Leitnaker, red-shirt freshman forward Koang Dulouny, and sophomore guard/forward Carl Richard.
ISU began the season with non-conference match-ups with teams such as Louisiana State University, the University of Nebraska at Kearney, Colorado State, Ball State, IUPUI, Toledo, Coastal Carolina, and Western Kentucky among others. After the non-conference portion of the season was over ISU emerged 8-3 ready to start conference play as one of the top teams in the conference. It has been a rocky start to the conference schedule though with a current conference record of 3-5 and an overall record of 11-8 currently putting the Sycamores at second to last in the Missouri Valley.
Tomorrow, Sunday January 24, ISU hosts the nationally-ranked Northern Iowa Panthers at the Hulman Center. This game will host two of the Valley's best players at their respective positions. Center Jordan Eglseder and Forward Adam Koch will bring up the same problem that ISU has faced all year. The post has been the problem for ISU with the lack of bulk and the lack of experience. As the season has progressed, this has improved tremendously and the post players have received some major help from Lathan and Richard who have provided some amazing dunks and blocks throughout this season, not to mention the many ally-oops thrown Lathan's way.
Being in the student section for most of the season as I have been, I have enjoyed the sight of more and more students, alumni, and other fans at the games. ISU has a more storied tradition than a lot of fans know about including one of the greatest basketball players, Larry Bird, having led the Indiana State Sycamores against Irving "Magic" Johnson's Michigan State Spartans in the 1979 Men's Basketball National Championship game. And with the athletic department and Men's Basketball team coexisting to create the promotional commercials and the video including Larry Bird for the beginning of the games.
The Indiana State Sycamores still have time to turn it around and end the losing streak and get on the track that many people believed that they would be on this season.


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5-Day Big Island Tour: Volcanoes NP - Akaka Falls - Nani Mau Gardens - Kona
Summary of The Day: Upon your arrival at Hilo International Airport, you will be transferred to an ocean view hotel.
Passengers arriving by noon can join one of the optional tours below at their own expense:
- Zip-Line (minimum 2 passengers)
- Volcano helicopter tour (minimum 4 passengers)
- Mauna Kea Observatories and Halemaumau Crater night tour (minimum 4 passengers)
- Hotel:
- Hilo Naniloa Hotel / Sugar Mill Plantation or similar
Visiting Attractions
Akaka Falls - Nani Mau Gardens - Lava Tree State Monument - Kaimu Black Sand Beach
Summary of The Day: In the morning we'll visit Akaka Falls, which plunges almost 500 feet to the valley below. Then we'll visit the farmer's market and OK Farms, where you can pick and eat tropical fruit. Next stop is Nani Mau Gardens. Opened to the public in 1972, the gardens showcase orchids, tropical flowers, plants, and fruit trees. Then we'll visit Lava Tree State Monument, provenance of the Volcano Goddess Pele. Next is Kapoho Hot Spring, where ocean water and fresh spring water bubble up together. Then we'll go to Kalapana, once a site of Hawaii's most photographed beach, now buried under newly formed lava rock.
- Hotel:
- Hilo Naniloa Hotel / Sugar Mill Plantation or similar
Volcanoes National Park - Akatsuka Orchid Gardens - Richardson Beach Park - Rainbow Falls
Summary of The Day: This morning we'll tour Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, which contains one of the world's most active volcanoes: Kilauea. Then we'll visit Jaggar Museum, Thurston Lava Tube, and Akatsuka Orchid Garden. Then we'll visit the Macadamia Nut Factory, where we'll learn about the cultivation and harvesting of macadamia nuts.
After lunch we'll visit Richardson Beach Park. If you're lucky you'll see a green sea turtle lying on the rocks. Our next stop is the King Kamehameha statue, where we'll learn a bit of Hawaiian history. Then we'll take a drive to see the famous Rainbow Falls.
- Hotel:
- Hilo Naniloa Hotel / Sugar Mill Plantation or similar
Hilo - Punalu'u Black Sand Beach - Kona - Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park
Summary of The Day: First stop on Day 3 is Punalu'u Beach, the longest black sand beach on the island of Hawaii. Then we'll take you to a coffee farm to taste Hawaii's famous dessert coffee. Next stop is Punaluu Bakery, where you can sample the sweet taro bread, taro chips and local fruit juice. After a taste of the local specialties we'll drive to Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park to gain a better appreciation of Hawaii's cultural heritage. Our last stop on Day 3 is the town of Kona, where you can walk along Alii Drive and feel the warm breeze from the Pacific. Later that evening join us for a sunset dinner cruise or a Hawaiian feast and luau (own expense).
- Hotel:
- Courtyard King Kamehameha's Kona Beach Hotel or similar
Visiting Attractions
Summary of The Day: Complimentary airport drop-off service is available between 8:00am and 10:00pm. Please book your flight accordingly.
Visiting Attractions
Meet the tour guide at Hilo Airport Baggage Claim Area (ITO), and transfer to an ocean view hotel.
***Note: We offer one complimentary airport transfer for each reservation from 8:00am to 10:00pm.
If your flight time is beyond the listed hours, additional surcharges will apply based on your flight information.
Please note the time you will need pickup services in the comment section of your reservation. If you need extra or delayed/earlier airport pick up or drop off service, please contact us for quotation.
The free airport dropoff service is 8:30am-10:00pm.
Please book your flight accordingly.
If your flight time is beyond the listed hours, additional surcharges will apply based on your flight information.
Standard Price/Person By Occupancy
Holiday Price/Person By Occupancy
*Price for single occupancy applies when one person stays in a standard hotel room.
*Price for double, triple, and quad occupancy applies when two, three, and four people stay in one standard hotel room, respectively.
*Triple and quad price does not guarantee a third and fourth bed in the room, but may be requested at check-in.
*The price is the same for all ages. Children under the age of 2 join the tour for free.
*Maximum room capacity: 4 people including adults and children/infants.
*Sudden spikes in transportation and hospitality costs may compel us to adjust the price of this tour. We will re-confirm the final price with you once you have placed your order.
*Additional fees may apply for travelers under 2 years of age. Please ensure you inform us when booking if you are travelling with infants 2 years or younger by placing the number of infants and their dates of birth in the comments section when booking online.
- Complimentary Hilo Int'l Airport (ITO) pick-up and Kona Int'l Airport (KOA) drop-off
- 4-night hotel accommodations
- Dedicated bilingual tour guide (Chinese and English)
- Ground transportation
- Airfare and the cost of other transportation between your home and Hilo
- All personal expenses, additional hotel services, and meals
- Service fee for tour guide (minimum $7.00/day per person
- Service fee for airport transfer: (minimum $3.00 each way)
- Optional activities and entrance fees:
- Volcano Night tour: Include Admission; $65.00/person(Minimum 4pax), $80.00/person(Minimum 3pax)(Departure: 7:00PM-7:30PM. Service fee is min. $5.00/day per person)
- Volcano Helicopter tour: $255.00/pax(Minimum 4pax)(Service fee is min. $5.00/day per person, Departure time based on helicopter seat availability please book in advance. Child must be more than 4 years old.)
- Mauna Kea Observatories: $185.00/pax(Minimum 2pax)( Departure: 4:30PM-5:30PM. Service fee is min. $10.00/day per person)
- Hamakuz Zipline: $185.00/Adult,$135.00/Child(under 12). Minimum 2pax,(Service fee is min. $10.00/day per person. Guest must weigh between 80-260 lb. with a good condition. Children between 10-12 years old can take Hamakuz Zipline alone. Children under 10 years old must be accompanied by parent.)
- Kona Lu'Au Culture Dinner Show: $90.00/Adult; $45.00/Child(under 11)
- Kona Sunset Dinner Cruise: $108.00/Adult; $78.00/Child(under 11)
- Kona Submarine: $117.00/Adult; $49.00/Child(under 11)
- Tour guides and drivers rely upon the service fees charged on the tour to supplement their income. The wages of tour guides and drivers are determined factoring in that they will receive service fees to augment their earnings. Please pay at least the recommended service fee because the tour guides and drivers work hard to accommodate many people on the tour.
- For cancellations made 17 or more days prior to departure date, 50% of the booking price will be refunded.
- Cancellations made within 16 days of departure date are not eligible for a refund.
- Flight information must be provided in order for airport transfer services to be arranged. If flight information is not provided or relayed at the last minute, we will assume you have arranged your own transportation and no driver will be sent. If you decide to make the trip from the airport to the hotel yourself, please inform us at your earliest convenience. If you opt out of airport transfer service, you may still request said service provided we receive the request well in advance. Urgent requests to reinstate airport shuttle service will not be guaranteed. If a flight is delayed, Tours4Fun / local provider will attempt to arrange pick-up at a later time, but this is not guaranteed. If an airport transfer service is not available, all guests are responsible for arranging their own transportation from the airport to the hotel.
- For customers who will self transfer to hotel on day, according to the hotel's policy, the guests need to arrange their check-in after 3:00pm (local time). If the guests arrive at the hotel before 3:00pm, they will have to wait until 3:00pm to check-in. We apologize for any inconvenience.
- Please Note:
1. Guests are not allowed to use a CITY PASS and admission ticket purchased by themselves to join the sightseeing attractions included in this tour.
2. Guests who do use a CITY PASS or admission ticket purchased by themselves, will not be offered the transportation service for that day, and will possible need to pay a penalty fee. Please consult your tour guide for details.
- Language: This tour is escorted by a professional bilingual tour guide and/or driver guide (English/Chinese). Tours and/or languages may be combined to operate this tour depending on the number of passengers who have booked a particular departure.
- Bus Arrangement: Passengers on the same reservation will be arranged on the same bus unless stated otherwise. If you wish to be on the same bus as another party /an existing reservation, please note your request with the reservation number in the comment section on the checkout page or notify us at least 24 hours prior to tour departure.
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While I'm out of the office this morning, I offer you this headline* as evidence that the sexiness mandate is officially out of control.
The editor put the kibosh on "It won't suck you off, lads, but maybe you should think about giving a shit anyway."
The subsequent article addresses the grim, poverty-stricken futures of millions of British women.
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The local club in my area posted the above article that has a local levy closing down a park which includes a disc golf course! They have applied for a grant from the Pepsi Refresh Fund, and I hope the guys around here can help out by voting.
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WHEN Valerie Rettie was diagnosed with breast cancer almost 18 months ago, her knowledge of the disease was minimal, to say the least.
"There's no cancer in my family," says the 56-year-old. "I didn't know anybody with cancer, I had never met anybody with cancer. I knew even less about mastectomies."
Yet, since her diagnosis, the mother-of-three has bravely kept a photo diary of her treatment, which has included chemotherapy, a double mastectomy, reconstructive surgery and countless tests.
Husband Alex has captured images of her receiving six doses of chemo at the Victoria Infirmary, the after-effects of a sentinel node biopsy, which turned much of her breast blue, and took photographs immediately after the four-hour operation to remove both her breasts.
Like the graphic Elaine C Smith adverts aired on TV and in newspapers last year, Valerie is determined to break down the taboos surrounding breast cancer through publishing these photos on her Facebook site.
"I think you need to take away the fear," adds Valerie, from Rutherglen.
"The more you know about these things, the more people will be willing to get tested or know what to expect."
Battling breast cancer became the latest of many hurdles Valerie has had to overcome over the last three years.
She was made redundant from her job in personnel at Glasgow Airport, her mother died, her husband lost his bar business and the couple have had to face up to the fact they are going to lose their home.
"We had a lot of stresses," says Valerie. "But throughout last year, I felt more relaxed. I am a nervous, anxious person normally but, for some reason since that diagnosis, I seem to have calmed right down."
It was the night after her husband's 50th birthday that she discovered a lump in her armpit, which she describes as feeling like a "grape underneath a tablecloth".
She had an emergency appointment with a GP the following day on January 9 last year.
"By January 25, I was sitting with two surgeons and a breast care nurse and a registrar telling me this was serious," she says.
Valerie, who admits she could have been diagnosed earlier if she had gone for a mammogram, says the imminent arrival of her fourth grandchild also gave her the drive to beat the disease.
AFTER a mammogram, an ultrasound, biopsy, MRI, bone scans and CT scans, Valerie was told she had an invasive cancer in her left breast and a non-invasive cancer in her right.
"They could not just do a lumpectomy because I would have looked like Swiss cheese – there were just too many areas," says Valerie, relaxing with a cuppa at the Maggie's Cancer Support Centre, where she attended its Look Good, Feel Better classes.
"It was not just isolated in my breast – they had to take out the lymph nodes as well."
Within six weeks of diagnosis, Valerie began a neoadjuvant treatment involving chemotherapy, followed by a mastectomy and reconstruction, then radiotherapy.
Despite losing her hair during chemo and contracting a fungal infection in her chest, she suffered few side-effects, apart from fatigue.
Consultant plastic surgeon Ben Chew carried out a bilateral reconstruction mastectomy with tissue expanders at the Royal Infirmary last August.
"Because the cancer at one of the sites was very near my nipple, I had to lose my nipples," she explains.
"I woke up with two dressings and hardly any bruising.
"My husband took pictures that same afternoon.
"I looked down and I expected to be black and blue and sore. I wasn't."
She returned on three occasions to have a total of 400ml of saline pumped into each expander through a valve under her arm.
One of the expanders slipped out of place, which had to be corrected through an operation before the start of 25 sessions of radiotherapy on Hallowe'en at the Beatson.
"I made a joke about running around Gartnavel glowing in the dark," jokes Valerie, who in the past worked as an extra in TV and film, appearing in the Morgan Freeman film Unleashed and a number of episodes of River City and Sea of Souls.
"There has to be a positive side and you need to have the jokes and the laughs about it.
"One of my sisters said I was being very flippant, but what am I supposed to do - crawl into my coffin?
"It's just me and it's how I deal with things."
Valerie, one of six children, has two married sons aged 39 and 37 and one daughter, 21.
Daughter Robyn, who still lives at home, ran the Race For Life for the last two years in support of her mum.
The mother and daughter regularly joke about Valerie's 'Jordans', the implants she will have in August. A few months later, she will have reconstructed nipples and areolas tattooed on to her breasts.
She recently completed training with the Citizens Advice Bureau and is about to begin volunteering at the Easterhouse branch, and hopes to gain a place volunteering at Glasgow 2014.
"It's my way of taking it forward and planning for the future," she adds.
For the next five years, she will take the drug Tamoxifen to stop the growth of her type of cancer, known as ER+.
"I'm a NED – No Evidence of Disease," says Valerie, a regular contributor to the GABBies (Glasgow and Ayrshire Breast Buddies) internet forum.
"If there's a wee cell wandering about my body somewhere and settles down and decides to multiply, it will not be detected until it has done that.
"But I'm at the lower end of the scale on that risk.
"I don't think it will. I think I have had the best treatment.
"In some ways, it sounds daft, but I feel privileged. It has been some experience, a learning experience."
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Y&T started in the mid to early 70's in Oakland California. They were officially called 'Yesterday & Today' but it was shortened by their third release.
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The MagnaFlow Revolver December 23, 2013
What started life as a plain old 1949 Chevy 3100 became one of the wildest classic truck builds around thanks to Magnaflow and Chip Foose. The truck they came up with is the amazing Revolver truck; a truck that can change mufflers on the fly. When you see an exhaust system or muffler it may give a rundown of how it sounds, but until you hear it yourself against other styles how do you really know what it sounds like? This was the question that was poised to Richard Waitas of MagnaFlow. After some sketching and thinking he came up with the original idea of the Revolver and its interchangeable exhaust system. After working with famous car designer Chip Foose the final look and feel of the truck came to life. The final design was brought to the guys at CW Restoration Shop in Huntington Beach, CA to be built into what we see today as the beautiful 1949 Chevy 3100 Revolver. The Build Before getting into the wild rotating muffler setup, there's more to this truck than meets the eye. First, the engine and transmission were completely replaced with a General Motors 6.2L E-Rod motor and an Art Carr California Performance 4L65E Transmission. The upgraded motor is rated at 430HP and 424 lb.-ft. of torque. All that extra power is slowed down thanks to a complete set of Wilwood brakes including upgraded pads, 14-inch slotted and drilled rotors, and braided lines. Outside of those brakes are custom Foose wheels wrapped in Pirelli tires. Other than the muffler setup, the body of this truck is the most standout feature of the build. Completely refreshed and reworked by the guys at CW Restoration, it screams custom and class all in one. Nearly everything in this truck has been replaced, including the brand-new TCI Engineering 47-53 Chevy Pickup chassis with independent front suspension, coil-overs, and four-link suspension in the rear. Speaking of the rear, a Currie Enterprises 9-inch rear end completes the powertrain from above with a True Trac differential and 3.70 gears. All body modifications were made by CW Restorations and after seeing this truck, there's not a better shop for the job. The bed was permanently attached in the up position with "Revolver" imprinted into the metal. The taillights are integrated into the bed with the look and feel of velocity stacks. Bed rails were all sanded and smoothed to give a much more soft feel to this part of the truck, as well as most of the other custom Classic Industries body panels. The interior was kept simple yet beautiful by building a custom center console to house controls for the truck's systems as well as the Revolver controls. Bill Dunn provided bucket seats that are sans headrest so the truck is easier to see through when on display as well. All of the interior gauges were custom-built by Auto Meter and set into custom bezels. Unlike the original truck, this one has a custom sound system thanks to RetroSound. The Revolver All of these upgrades are great, but the real meat of this build is the muffler revolver built into the bed of the truck. An engineering break through, the muffler design was built so that a consumer could hear the difference between different mufflers on the exact same truck back-to-back. Built from eight different mufflers, the Revolver is controlled via switches in the center console and can move from one muffler to the next with the flip of a switch. The Revolver's polished stainless finish offsets the Sioux Red paint job using BASF Glasurit paint. This line of paint gives the truck a candy look that is just prefect for all the smoothed out lines of the body. Wrap-Up The Revolver is a thing to behold. Showcased at the 2013 SEMA show in Las Vegas, MagnaFlow's booth truck was definitely one of the most unique trucks on the floor and should turn a lot of heads at shows to come.


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Russian helicopter's black box to be returned by South Sudan
The black box was delivered to the Russian capital on Monday. The Russian Foreign Ministry hopes that the results of decoding the information would help to understand the circumstances and the reason for the tragic accident.
The Mi-8 helicopter was on a UN mission in South Sudan and was shot down by the army by mistake, as the South Sudanese authorities admit. The crew of four Russians has died.
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Digital cinema powerhouse, Brain Farm, released its new 2012 reel a few days ago online. As a photographer and someone who isn't heavily involved in video production, it's hard for me to get excited about video reels. But Brain Farm left me wanting more and more of their footage. I was in awe as I watched this reel. Kudos to the whole BF team, and I look forward to seeing you guys take over the world someday. Enjoy!
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Lebanese Leader's Killing Probably a Suicide Bombing, U.N. Finds
By WARREN HOGE
Published: June 11, 2006
The head of the United Nations inquiry into the assassination of Rafik Hariri, the former Lebanese prime minister, said Saturday that he was making ''considerable progress'' and had established the case was most likely a suicide bombing, but he revealed nothing new about who was behind the killing.
In a 30-page report delivered to Secretary General Kofi Annan and the 15 members of the Security Council on Saturday afternoon, the official, Serge Brammertz, said that Syria, which has been accused in past reports of involvement in the killing and of thwarting the United Nations investigation, was offering ''generally satisfactory'' cooperation.
He confirmed that he had interviewed Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad, who had earlier refused such requests, and he said Damascus had provided timely access to individuals and documents.
Mr. Brammertz endorsed a Lebanese government request for a one-year extension of the year-old inquiry, and added that ''full and unconditional cooperation from Syria to the commission remains crucial.'' He is scheduled to brief the Security Council on Wednesday, a day before the inquiry's current mandate expires.
Mr. Hariri, a Lebanese politician opposed to Syrian domination of his country, was killed along with 22 others when a bomb exploded as his convoy was moving along a downtown Beirut street on Feb. 14, 2005. The public outrage and mass street demonstrations that followed led Syria to comply with international demands and a Security Council resolution calling on it to withdraw its troops from Lebanon after a 29-year presence.
Mr. Brammertz, a Belgian on leave as deputy prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, said that the investigation had painstakingly recreated the killing through three-dimensional models, animation, sound-blast recordings, forensic studies, seismological data, DNA analysis of body fragments, fingerprint research, debris trajectories, telephone analysis, the use of closed-camera footage and examination of 1,900 exhibits.
Mr. Brammertz's predecessor in the job, Detlev Mehlis of Germany, had complained that Syrian and Lebanese intelligence officials had deliberately tampered with the site, covering over a crater and removing crucial evidence.
Mr. Brammertz said his preliminary conclusion was that a bomb with a charge equivalent to at least 1,200 kilograms of TNT had been placed in a Mitsubishi truck, and detonated by a man either in the vehicle or near it, as Mr. Hariri's convoy passed by. He said he preferred not to describe the man as a suicide bomber because it was not known whether he had been a willing accomplice or coerced.
He said that the size of the charge was much larger than that associated with a targeted assassination, showing that the killers meant their attack to be ''elevated to an almost 'guarantee' level.''
He said there were still two hypotheses about the execution of the attack: either it was done in a compartmentalized way where conspirators did not know one another, or was done by a small and disciplined group aware of every stage of the operation.
He also said that 14 other bomb attacks in Lebanon that his commission was asked to study showed some similarities with the attack on Mr. Hariri.
The report was the second from Mr. Brammertz, and stuck to the judicious and technical tone of his first. Mr. Mehlis, by contrast, produced accounts that read like crime narratives and pointedly accused Syrian intelligence forces of directing the attack and obstructing his inquiry.
Mr. Brammertz did not include mention death threats against himself the way Mr. Mehlis did. But he said security was a high priority, explaining, ''The focus of the investigation increases the probability of individuals or groups attempting to execute threats against the commission or its personnel, for the purpose of disrupting its mandate.''


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AN EIGHT-year-old Brentwood lad had a dream day as he rubbed shoulders with some of the country's best footballers...and walked on to the hallow'd Wembley turf with them.
Freddie Parker joined Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny as he marched onto the pitch for Gunners charity shield match against Premier League champions Manchester City recently.
The charity shield is the traditional season curtain raiser for the Premier League, which started on Saturday, and was played out in front of a 71,500-strong crowd and a TV audience of millions.
Freddie won the chance to be a player escort - or mascot - after taking part in a competition run on McDonald's Kickstart website.
Freddie said he is the envy of his friends: "To walk out onto the Wembley pitch was brilliant!
"Seeing all the fans and hearing all of the noise that the crowd made was amazing – all of my friends at school are really jealous."
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I was expecting to meet with the same success as cutting out a magazine photo of Scarlett Johansson and declaring to the hairdresser, "I want to look just like her!"
My son found a picture of a Towering Sand Castle Cake "Family Fun" magazine -- the Crafty Mom Manifesto -- and wanted us to recreate it. This magazine must be published in some ancient text of the early felt-workers, because I'm so craft-challenged I usually can't understand a word of it. Couple that with the fact that although I know my way around the kitchen, my baking skills are not all that impressive. I asked him if I could just whip him up a nice Béarnaise sauce instead.
But he was undeterred. He wanted to bring this cake to our weekly summer playgroup, and since I couldn't find an exact replica at the Publix bakery, I was forced to humiliate myself in buttercream.
We worked all morning on it. I have seen so many of those Extreme Cake Challenges on the Food Network, that I found myself giving impromptu soliloquies to the camera regarding my fondant work, but other than that, there was surprisingly little drama. Like a real sand castle, I had a few issues with crumbling, but we managed to make it work with frosting spackle. Matthew had particular fun smashing the Nilla wafers into "sand," and thankfully, that also hid my shabby icing work. We really had a great time doing it and were both quite proud that we had pulled it off.
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Ackerman, Nutter, and the deal that still smells
If you've followed the ghastly buy-out and departure of former Philadelphia school superintendent Arlene Ackerman, you shouldn't miss the piece by Benjamin Herold for Newsworks and the Philadelphia Public School Notebook.
Herold reveals that the school district-related non-profit that funnelled anonymous donations for Ackerman's $905,000 buyout was used to slip Ackerman some cash on the way in, for transition work. And he notes that Ackerman served on the board of this non-profit, and that the IRS "has rules relating to activities that substantially benefit one of its board members."
And there's the matter of the anonymous donors who contributed $405,000 to the deal, at least some of them known to and possibly solicited by Mayor Nutter.
Brett Mandel has a piece on the Philly Mag blog on the subject called "Michael Nutter's Corruption Problem."
That may be a little strong, but Mandel has a point.
During the earliest stages of the 2007 mayor's race, Nutter was alone among the candidates in pledging not to accept contributions any larger than $2,500 from individuals and $10,000 from political committees - the contributions in the city's new and untested campaign finance law. This was at a time when it wasn't clear exactly when the limits would apply, or whether they would withstand a court challenge.
But by running as he did, Nutter came into office with a wide base of financial support, and nobody had written him a $50,000 check at a critical moment in the campaign.
When you get big checks from people, it has to affect the way you think of them. And if Nutter got big checks from monied interests to help buy Ackerman out, that has to affect his opinions of them. Do they have interests with the city? We don't know, because their identities are secret.
A person wise in the ways of govermment was once explaining some smelly arrangement he'd made on behalf of a past mayor, and he said, "Come on Dave, you know what happens. Even when you're trying to do the right thing, it gets messy."
And this was a mess. Nutter and a lot of people wanted Ackerman gone, and she had a pretty ironclad right to a lot more than $905,000 under her contract (in part because Nutter, Ed Rendell and others wanted to bring her here).
Raising a bunch of money privately was Nutter's way of limiting the public cost of Acerkman's buyout to $500,000. In retrospect, it would probably have been smarter to have the district that gave Ackerman a superstar's deal pay the cost of getting out it. And if somebody wanted to contribute to the cause to offset that cost, we'd all be better off if they'd done it in the open.
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Durban - The mayor of Zululand District Municipality, Zanele kaMagwaza-Msibi, wants an investigation into allegations that two young snakebite victims were not properly treated by medics and a hospital.
She also has pledged to pay for the funeral of Tusani Nyandeni, 2, who died after he and his cousin were bitten by a cobra at their Nongoma home.
The family had said the ambulance sent to pick up the two children had taken about two hours to arrive and had not had a first aid kit.
They also said Tusani and his cousin, Nhlalenhle Nyandeni, 8, were given only Panado tablets when they arrived at the Benedictine Hospital in Nongoma early on Wednesday last week. The children were also forced to join long queues at the hospital before they were attended to, the family said.
KaMagwaza-Msibi said on Wednesday that she had visited the Tusani family.
"It is very sad and unusual that a snake could bite two people of the same household in one night," she said.
"I have decided to cover the funeral expenses to ease the financial burden on the family. I was traumatised when they gave details of what happened that night."
KaMagwaza-Msibi said: "These allegations need to be uncovered. His mother told me Tusani was only given Panado on his arrival and was forced to join the long queue despite his deteriorating condition at the time.
"I request the (health) department to investigate these allegations. It does not take more than an hour's drive from the hospital to Nyandeni's homestead."
She said she had received many complaints about the hospital and that it was struggling to retain doctors.
"I appeal to the health department to come up with incentives to retain skilful staff. I am told there is always an exodus of doctors not happy to work in a rural hospital," kaMagwaza-Msibi said.
The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health's spokesman, Sam Mkhwanazi, said on Wednesday that Health MEC Sibongiseni Dhlomo had called for a full report on the matter.
"The department has also dispatched a team to visit the family to get information on matters related to the incident," he said.
Meanwhile, an official at the Ngwelezane Hospital, where Nhlalenhle had been transferred, said that the child had been transferred back to Benedictine Hospital after showing signs of recovery.
Nhlalenhle's mother, Sebenzile Nyandeni, said she hoped her daughter would be discharged so that she could go to school. She would be in Grade 2 this year.
Nyandeni confirmed that Tusani's funeral would take place on Thursday. "His body has been fetched from the mortuary," she said. "We are grateful for the support the family had received."
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Awakening to release in 2013 for EU/NA.
Nintendo announced that Fire Emblem Awakening will be release in Europe and North America Q1 2013.
Awakening confirmed for America.
When asked at E3 yesterday if Fire Emblem Awakening would get an American release, Reggie (president of Nintendo America) confirmed it would indeed be getting a release in America!
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Today's Nintendo Direct conference revealed what the DLC will include new maps and new stories as well as what appears to be the game's opening movie.
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Section 2. MEMBERSHIP
(a) The membership of the Sub-Unit shall be composed of those who have an interest in fisheries and related issues of importance to the State of Georgia, and who attend, are employed by, or are otherwise affiliated with the University of Georgia.
(b) In accordance with the Constitution of the Society, only Society members may serve as committee chairs or vote on Sub-Unit business. Additionally, only Society and Georgia Chapter members are eligible to hold office within the Sub-Unit.
(c) Members are considered 'active' upon payment of semester dues.
Section 3. MEETINGS
(a) The Sub-Unit shall hold at least one meeting monthly, during the academic school year, at a time and place designated by its Executive Committee.
(b) Special meetings may be called by any member of the Executive Committee when such need arises.
Section 4. OFFICERS
(a) The officers of the Sub-Unit shall consist of a President, a Vice-President, and a Secretary-Treasurer, each of whom must be Society and Georgia Chapter members.
(b) Officers shall be elected at the end of spring semester, with the term beginning the following fall semester. Officers shall serve for one academic year; however, the Secretary-Treasurer may serve more than one term. If an office is vacated, the Membership shall appoint, by nomination and vote, a qualified replacement to fill the remainder of the term.
Section 5. DUTIES OF OFFICERS
(a) The President of the Sub-Unit shall preside at all meetings, chair the Executive Committee, make appointments, and perform other duties and functions as authorized by the Sub-Unit's Executive Committee.
(b) The Vice-President shall assume the duties of the President if the latter is unable to act and shall perform other duties and functions as authorized by the Sub-Unit's Executive Committee.
(c) The Secretary-Treasurer shall keep the official records of the Sub-Unit, submit an annual report of the Sub-Unit proceedings to the Georgia Chapter's Secretary-Treasurer at the end of the Spring Semester, disburse funds as authorized by the Executive Committee or the membership, submit a record of receipts and disbursements at each Sub-Unit meeting, and complete other duties as requested by the Sub-Unit's Executive Committee.
Section 6. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The Executive Committee of the Sub-Unit shall consist of elected officers, the Faculty Advisor, and other members as may be appointed by the President. The Executive Committee is authorized to act on behalf of the Sub-Unit between meetings.
Section 7. VOTING AND QUORUM
(a) All decisions at meetings are decided by a simple majority vote, except for bylaw revisions.
(b) A quorum at any meeting for transaction of official business shall be one-third of the Sub-Unit active membership, except that members present may approve a lesser number for a given meeting, if circumstances dictate.
(c) Unless otherwise specified in these Bylaws or the Constitution of the Society, meetings are conducted according to the latest edition of Robert's Rules of Order.
Section 8. DUES AND FEES
The Executive Committee shall establish annual dues subject to approval of the members voting at the last scheduled meeting of the academic year. Dues will be collected by the Secretary-Treasurer at the beginning of the Fall Semester, each academic year.
Section 10. AMENDMENTS TO BYLAWS
(a) The Bylaws of the Sub-Unit may be amended by a two-thirds majority approval of those members voting, provided that notice of the proposed change(s) be given to the membership at least 14 days prior to a meeting.
(b) Following approval by Sub-Unit membership, Bylaw amendments must be submitted to the Executive Director at least 45 days before the next meeting of the Society's Executive Committee.
(c) Bylaw amendments shall not be implemented until they have been approved by the Society's Executive Committee.
Section 11. NON-DISCRIMINATION CLAUSE
The Sub-Unit shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, handicap, political affiliation or sexual orientation.


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TEDDY: Spores of Bacillus Clausii in Acute Diarrhoea in Children
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First received: November 4, 2005
Last updated: January 10, 2011
Last verified: January 2011
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Primary objective:
- To demonstrate the efficacy of a Bacillus clausii probiotic strain compared to placebo in children suffering from acute diarrhoea and treated for 7 days.
Secondary objective:
- To evaluate the clinical safety of the Bacillus clausii probiotic strain versus placebo.
|Drug: Spores of Bacillus Clausii Probiotic Strain
|Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Comparative Efficacy and Safety of a Bacillus Clausii Probiotic Strain Versus Placebo in the Treatment of Acute Diarrhoea in Children
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Duration of diarrhoea as counted from the first intake of the investigational product up to the first appearance of a loose stool followed by two-consecutive normal stools
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Number of infants/children with normal stools at D3, D4, D5, D6 and D7;Mean number of stools per day;Occurrence of vomiting episodes per day after enrolment;Parents'overall global assessment of efficacy at the end of the treatment;other safety criteria
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|Study Start Date:
|May 2004
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|6 Months to 36 Months (Child)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion criteria:
Infants or Children
- Non hospitalized infants or children
- With acute diarrhea evident for less than 48 hours
- Having had three or more watery stools during the preceding 24 hours
Exclusion criteria:
Infants or Children
- With blood stools
- Having been treated with antibiotics or probiotics within the two weeks before the enrollment
- Suffering from dehydration defined by a weight loss of at least 5% or by the presence of a skin fold
- With an history of seizures
- With immunosuppressive conditions
- With a current status requiring an antibiotic treatment
- Suffering from a chronic disease including chronic diarrhea whatever the origin
Having received before inclusion one of the following treatments:
- Probiotics
- Prebiotics
- Drugs with adsorbing properties
- Drugs that modify intestinal secretion like bismuth subsalicylate, acetorphan
- Drugs that modify intestinal motility (opiates such as loperamide, atropine and other cholinergic agents).
- Having participated in another clinical trial in the last 3 months prior to the start of the study
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00265369
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00265369
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|Paris, France
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|Gilles Perdriset, MD
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A stay at Omni San Diego Hotel places you in the heart of San Diego, steps from Petco Park and close to New Children's Museum.
This 4-star hotel is close to San Diego Convention Center and Balboa Park.
Make yourself at home in one of the 511 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars and LCD televisions. Cable programming provides entertainment, and wired and wireless Internet access is available for a surcharge. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as laptop-compatible safes and desks.
Be sure to enjoy recreational amenities, including an outdoor pool, a spa tub, and a 24-hour fitness center. Additional amenities at this hotel include wireless Internet access (surcharge), concierge services, and babysitting/childcare (surcharge).
Enjoy a meal at one of the hotel's dining establishments, which include 2 restaurants and a coffee shop/café. From your room, you can also access 24-hour room service. Relax with a refreshing drink from a poolside bar or one of the 2 bars/lounges.
Featured amenities include wired Internet access (surcharge), a business center, and express check-out. Planning an event in San Diego? This hotel has 27000 square feet (2508 square meters) of space consisting of a conference center and meeting rooms.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
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Hotel Amenities
In addition to an outdoor pool, Omni San Diego Hotel provides a spa tub and a 24-hour fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the hotel's bars, which include a poolside bar and a bar/lounge. There is also a lobby bar featuring local craft brews. High-speed wireless Internet access is available for a surcharge.
Business amenities at this 4-star property consist of a business center, limo/town car service, and 21 meeting rooms. Event facilities measuring 27000 square feet (2508 square meters) include conference space. This business-friendly hotel also offers multilingual staff, gift shops/newsstands, and a picnic area. Parking is available onsite for a surcharge. Tours/ticket assistance is also available.
Omni San Diego Hotel is a smoke-free property.
- Outdoor pool
- Poolside bar
- Spa tub
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Coffee shop or café
- Business center
- Meeting rooms 21
- Conference space
- Total number of rooms - 511
- Porter/bellhop
- Multilingual staff
- 24-hour front desk
- ATM/banking
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Elevator/lift
- Number of floors - 21
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Number of bars/lounges - 2
- Wedding services
- Concierge services
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Express check-out
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- Tours/ticket assistance
- WiFi (surcharge)
- Wired Internet access - surcharge
- Rooftop terrace
- Luggage storage
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Conference space size (meters) - 2508
- Number of meeting rooms - 27
- Conference center
- Year Built 2004
- Number of restaurants - 2
- Conference space size (feet) - 27000
- Smoke-free property
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Spa services on site
- Television in common areas
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Wired high-speed internet ( USD 9.95 per 24-hour period ), Wired high-speed internet ( USD 9.95 per 24-hour period )
Available in some public areas: Wired high-speed internet ( USD 9.95 per day ), Wired high-speed internet ( USD 9.95 per day )
Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- Pay movies
- Premium bedding
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Air conditioning
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Phone
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Bathrobes
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- In-room massage available
- Shower/tub combination
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Iron/ironing board
- Desk
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Cable TV service
- Room service (24 hours)
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Rollaway/extra beds (free)
- WiFi (surcharge)
- Wired Internet access (surcharge)
Where to Eat
Cooked-to-order breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning.
McCormick and Schmicks - Onsite restaurant. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
24-hour room service is available.
Nearby Things to Do
An outdoor pool and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a 24-hour fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Surfing/boogie boarding nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Segway rental/tour nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at 6 AM
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Free rollaway/extra beds!
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 50.00 per accommodation, per stay, plus a deposit of USD 50.00 per stay
- Dogs only
- Up to 25 lb
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: between USD 20 and USD 35 per person (approximately)
- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: USD 9.95 per 24-hour period (rates may vary)
- Fee for in-room wired Internet: USD 9.95 per 24-hour period (rates may vary)
- Fee for wireless Internet in public areas: USD 9.95 per day (rates may vary)
- Fee for wired Internet in public areas: USD 9.95 per day (rates may vary)
- Valet parking fee: USD 47.00 per night (in/out privileges)
- Pet deposit: USD 50.00 per stay
- Pet fee: USD 50.00 per accommodation, per stay
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- Hotel Omni San Diego
- Omni Hotel San Diego
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Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.


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Have you ever heard the story of how the buck got passed all around town until someone said, "The buck stops here"? We are now watching this story unfold in real-time … and the buck is still being passed.
Today, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testified to Congress to share the lessons learned from the collapse of Lehman Brothers. After a few sips of water and a salutation, Bernanke got right to the heart of his point: Lehman Brothers was not our problem.
More specifically, Bernanke asserted Lehman was under the jurisdiction of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Although this is 100% true, Lehman was also the responsibility of the Federal Reserve because the Fed's third legally mandated mission is "maintaining the stability of the financial system and containing systemic risk that may arise in financial markets." Clearly, allowing Wall Street banks to create unsustainable risk instruments triggers the Federal Reserve's jurisdiction. That is the most literal and obvious meaning of their job.
If you want to read Uncle Ben's short tale about the lessons learned from the worst financial catalyst in a century, here it is in his very own words:
Chairman Frank, Ranking Member Bachus, and other members of the Committee, I appreciate the opportunity to testify about the failure of Lehman Brothers and the lessons of that failure. In these opening remarks I will address several key issues relating to that episode.
The Federal Reserve was not Lehman's supervisor. Lehman was exempt from supervision by the Federal Reserve because the company did not own a commercial bank and because it was allowed by federal law to own a federally insured savings association without becoming subject to Federal Reserve supervision. The core subsidiaries of Lehman were securities broker-dealers under the supervisory jurisdiction of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which also supervised the Lehman parent company under the SEC's Consolidated Supervised Entity (CSE) program. Importantly, the CSE program was voluntary, established by the SEC in agreement with the supervised firms, without the benefits of statutory authorization.
Although the Federal Reserve had no supervisory responsibilities or authorities with respect to Lehman, it began monitoring the financial condition of Lehman and the other primary dealers during the period of financial stress that led to the sale of Bear Stearns to JPMorgan Chase.1 In March 2008, responding to the escalating pressures on primary dealers, the Federal Reserve used its statutory emergency lending powers to establish the Primary Dealer Credit Facility and the Term Securities Lending Facility as sources of backstop liquidity for those firms. To monitor the ability of borrowing firms to repay, the Federal Reserve, in its role as creditor, required all participants in these programs, including Lehman, to provide financial information about their companies on an ongoing basis. Two Federal Reserve employees were placed onsite at Lehman to monitor the firm's liquidity position and its financial condition generally. Beyond gathering information, however, these employees had no authority to regulate Lehman's disclosures, capital, risk management, or other business activities.
During this period, Federal Reserve employees were in regular contact with their counterparts at the SEC, and in July 2008, then-Chairman Cox and I negotiated an agreement that formalized procedures for information-sharing between our two agencies. Cooperation between the Federal Reserve and the SEC was generally quite good, especially considering the stress and turmoil of the period. In particular, the Federal Reserve, with the SEC's participation, developed and conducted several stress tests of the liquidity position of Lehman and the other major primary dealers during the spring and summer of 2008. The results of these stress tests were presented jointly by the Federal Reserve and the SEC to the managements of Lehman and the other firms. Lehman's results showed significant deficiencies in available liquidity, which the management was strongly urged to correct.
The Federal Reserve was not aware that Lehman was using so-called Repo 105 transactions to manage its balance sheet. Indeed, according to the bankruptcy examiner, Lehman staff did not report these transactions even to the company's board. However, knowledge of Lehman's accounting for these transactions would not have materially altered the Federal Reserve's view of the condition of the firm; the information we obtained suggested that the capital and liquidity of the firm were seriously deficient, a view that we conveyed to the company and that I believe was shared by the SEC and the Treasury Department.
Lehman did succeed at raising about $6 billion in capital in June 2008, took steps to improve its liquidity position in July, and was attempting to raise additional capital in the weeks leading up to its failure. However, its efforts proved inadequate. During August and early September 2008, increasingly panicky conditions in markets put Lehman and other financial firms under severe pressure. In an attempt to devise a private-sector solution for Lehman's plight, the Federal Reserve, Treasury, and SEC brought together leaders of the major financial firms in a series of meetings at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York during the weekend of September 13-15. Despite the best efforts of all involved, a solution could not be crafted, nor could an acquisition by another company be arranged. With no other option available, Lehman declared bankruptcy.
The Federal Reserve fully understood that the failure of Lehman would shake the financial system and the economy. However, the only tool available to the Federal Reserve to address the situation was its ability to provide short-term liquidity against adequate collateral; and, as I noted, Lehman already had access to our emergency credit facilities. It was clear, though, that Lehman needed both substantial capital and an open-ended guarantee of its obligations to open for business on Monday, September 15. At that time, neither the Federal Reserve nor any other agency had the authority to provide capital or an unsecured guarantee, and thus no means of preventing Lehman's failure existed.
The Lehman failure provides at least two important lessons. First, we must eliminate the gaps in our financial regulatory framework that allow large, complex, interconnected firms like Lehman to operate without robust consolidated supervision. In September 2008, no government agency had sufficient authority to compel Lehman to operate in a safe and sound manner and in a way that did not pose dangers to the broader financial system. Second, to avoid having to choose in the future between bailing out a failing, systemically critical firm or allowing its disorderly bankruptcy, we need a new resolution regime, analogous to that already established for failing banks. Such a regime would both protect our economy and improve market discipline by ensuring that the failing firm's shareholders and creditors take losses and its management is replaced.
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|As description, attached is a PHP wrapper module but i need a classic asp version. I can provide some more documentation on request. I would also like some basic instructions on how to use the final product as i am only an intermediate programmer and this api is over my head.
|Aug 11, 2017
|Aug 11, 2017Ended
|I would like to hire a Freelance Developer
|PLEASE READ ENTIRE DESCRIPTION We need a highly skilled react native developer with experience using mapbox. We need someone who can add in app turn by turn navigation into our React native based app. You will need to create a Java bridge to work with React native GL wrapper for mapbox to function within our application. The goal is to create in app turn by turn navigation, using the React native...
|Java, Android, node.js, React.js
|Aug 4, 2017
|Aug 4, 2017Ended
|OBS game Screenshot capture Wrapper for C#
|For a personal project, i need to make a screenshot capture software, i'm able to do this but the code doesn't work for games, where it only give a black screen. A Software called OBS, is able to correctly capture the stream of the game, so i need to create a c# project to make screenshot, using OBS code. So the work is: Build a wrapper library around the C++ OBS (Open Broadcaste...
|.NET, C# Programming, C++ Programming
|Aug 4, 2017
|Aug 4, 2017Ended
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