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for Everyoneby A verified traveler from denver
Great time!Posted Jul 18, 2014
Couldn't have been better........ Highly recommend.........
for Familiesby A verified traveler from Armonk, NY
Spectacular in every sense!Posted Jul 12, 2014
Pros: The staff and the high quality of service they provided.
From the moment we arrived to the time we sadly had to leave, my family and I were warmly welcomed and received. All the staff made our children (2 yr old & 11 yr old) feel at right home and they were provided the same high level of service. Everyone was very friendly and we were often greeted by name by the staff we encountered around the property. Though we didn't use the children's club on this trip, we could see that the kids that did participate were well taken care of and happy to be there. I would absolutely recommend this property for families.
for Everyoneby Lynn from Chicago
Amazingly gorgeous and relaxing beach vacation!Posted Jun 3, 2014
Pros: Everything! The service was second to none.
Cons: Nothing could be improved. Everything was amazing.
Location: Beautifully nestled in a a jungle surrounded by a lagoon and beach. Breathtakingly beautiful.
We had a phenomenally relaxing time from the moment we arrived until we left three days later. The boat ride through the winding lagoon to our beachfront suite was delightful, including the fresh pineapple and papaya snack along the way. The room amentities inspired a state of blissfulness! From the gorgeously tiled circular tub looking out into the palm trees, to the private plunge pool just outside the back door, we felt incredibly relaxed and pampered.
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Fantastic hotel and view v nice staff, good foodPosted May 15, 2014
Me and my family had a wonderful time in every min of our six day stay, my only compliant that with such a high price, breakfast should be included.
for Everyoneby Jeff from New York
Hands down best service and accomidations ever.Posted Feb 23, 2014
Really enjoyed the warm plunge pool overlooking the lagoon and the outdoor shower! The best part was the initial boat ride when we came to check into the hotel. Golf carts were a major plus and the positive vibes the workers gave off were great. Felt like you could have been in Costa Rica in the jungle!! The food was spectacular -- at every restaurant.
Recommendedby A verified traveler from Austin, TX
Fantastic suites!Posted Jan 27, 2014 on Hotels.com
Fantastic hotel. Highway noise is audible if you are staying in rooms in the 400s. Make sure that you request a bicycle when you book because they didn't have any available when we got there and the facility is huge.
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Nicest place we've ever stayedPosted Jan 27, 2014
Let's just say it was beyond fab. So many details came together. It was even a full moon!! Feel free to PM me for specifics. We will be back and we don't normally do that.
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This is truly a first class property with amazing staff, a perfect place to rest and relax.


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Machine Safety: Is upgrading to solid state enough?
Moving machine guarding solutions to solid-state-based components from hard-wired components has been a persistent U.S. discussion since 2002. Are solid-state components enough to provide effective machine safety and personnel safety?
The overwhelming discussion since 2002 in the U.S. has been about moving machine guarding solutions to solid state based components from hard wired components. To provide effective machine safety and personnel safety – is this enough?
It's been my observation since 2002 that the majority of all the chatter in industry has been focused around promotional campaigns for firmware and software based safety certified products for machine guarding. True, the door opened in the U.S. in 2002 for these products based on the 2002 change in NFPA 79 removing the requirement for all machine guarding devices to be hard wired. This standard also added the requirement that safety rated software and firmware based products used in safety-related functions shall be listed for such use. Naturally these changes fueled the supply channel and listing organizations for these products to launch major go-to-market selling and marketing campaigns. Yet, industry is still required to provide effective machine safety and personnel safety as required by OSHA and the industry standards. Therefore, is migrating your machine safety strategy to solid state enough?
In my opinion, and most industry experts in the field, the answer would be definitely not.
I've got a few reasons as to why migrating to solid state is not enough. And, I'll bet that you can add several more. To begin with, isn't upgrading your machine guarding to solid state simply one step any company should consider? Isn't there a larger question that the supply channel typically doesn't address in their promotional campaigns, i.e.:
1. Is your safety culture best-in-class?
2. Does your line and staff cadre openly accept and encourage change?
3. Do you have an effective preventative maintenance program in place?
4. Do your production & maintenance employees feel engaged?
5. Do your employees take ownership for your machine safety culture?
Remember the real organizational gotcha – "we haven't had an accident for a long time, so we're safe"?
So, what's your opinion? Is migrating your machine safety strategy to solid state enough?
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:mad: Was on my way back home tonight, when I got behind the dirty red-looking SUV who was having trouble maintaining one ROAD, much less one lane... so I slow down and I follow it for a while to see what he's gonna do...
Wasn't too long before I found out: Turned north from 635 onto Central, and tried to take the concrete guardrail with him (no kidding - within 3 inches of a major crackup trying to navigate the "High Five", our nickname for a new tangle of modern engineering complexity in high-rise parking lots)... so I get on the phone with 911.
Rather than listen to 911's 5-minute speil I talk over her and state the obvious: Idiot in an SUV having extreme problems trying to maintain the roadway. License 79W-BR4... Northbound 75 at Spring Valley. Oops he almost ran into another car, then overcorrected and almost hit the one on the other side.
"Sir, are you following him"?
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So like a DUMMY I said "ok, he's at Beltline now, still NB on 75, middle lane" and broke it off.
Then after I took a side street, it occured to me - She didn't have the authority to tell me to call it off, and they were probably just following a CYA script to limit liability :mad:
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Octuplets' Mom Wants $2 Million From Oprah, Media Deals
The more I read about this, the more disgusted I get. What kind of lives will these children have?
Octuplets' Mom Wants $2 Million From Oprah, Media Deals
Monday , February 02, 2009
The mother of octuplets born in California last week is seeking $2 million from media interviews and commercial endorsements to help pay the costs of raising the children, the Times of London reported.
Nadya Suleman, 33, plans a career as a television childcare expert. It was learned last week that she already had six children before giving birth to eight more. She now has 14 children younger than 8 years old.
Although still confined to a Los Angeles hospital bed, Suleman reportedly intends to talk to two influential television hosts this week media mogul Oprah Winfrey and Diane Sawyer.
Her family has told agents she needs cash from media deals.
Suleman is being deluged with offers for book deals, TV shows and other business proposals, but according to her publicist she hasn't decided what she might do once she leaves the hospital.
On Friday she retained the Killeen Furtney Group public relations firm to handle what company President Joann Killeen says are hundreds of offers arriving daily. They include requests for paid interviews, TV show appearances, book deals and other opportunities.
Killeen says Suleman is "the most sought after mom in the world right now," but she hasn't decided what she'll do next, other than care for her children.
But Suleman's earning power could be diminished by the growing ethical and medical controversies surrounding her octuplets' birth. Experts believe that the unnamed fertility specialists who gave her in vitro fertilization (IVF) should not have implanted so many embryos, and in choosing to carry all eight to term, Suleman ignored guidelines, risking both the babies' health and her own.
Public reaction has been mixed: Many have asked how an unemployed single mother can raise 14 children, as her first six have already strained the family budget. Angela and Ed Suleman, Nadyas parents, bought her a two-bedroom bungalow in the Los Angeles suburb of Whittier in March 2007, but soon fell on hard times and had to leave their own home.
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Honda Accord (2003-2007) Maintenance and Repair
So, one repair in 7 years constitutes a poor-quality car? I politely disagree. Did you get a second opinion on the car before you let your dealer replace them at that cost?
I'm not trying to argue here; I actually recently sold my Accord because of niggling quality issues. Luckily, all were covered under warranty (a 2006 2.4L EX Sedan).
I would consider these "expendable" parts that deteriorate over time and age on most cars. Besides, the dealer has no expertise to judge the chemical composition of rubber parts or their quality versus other cars. It wasn't a very helpful remark and only serves to undermine your confidence in what seems to have been a very good car for you overall.
" Besides, the dealer has no expertise to judge the chemical composition of rubber parts or their quality versus other cars." Huh? The dealer cited dry rot. I judged the parts to be inferior to what should have been. Sure parts deteriorate over time. By my judgement, the time frame was too short. I expected better from Honda. As I said, my Infinity G20 went 11 years and 110K miles with no repairs. Is that too high a bar for Honda?
Yeah, I'd have to say that your expectations for bushings and serpentine belts are too high. These are just normally deteriorating parts, like paint on a house or the soles on your shoes. If anything, I'd have to say your serpentine belt was overdue, or at least, due, for replacement.
What I can say as criticism of your dealer or whoever services your car, is that both these items should have been noticed long before they got to the disintegration stage.
As for your G20, I'd bet that a good mechanic could have examined it closely and found items that were overdue for replacement, but just didn't break altogether during your tenure.
Every car is a little different in how it is used, what it is exposed to,things like that. Age, environment, road conditions, climate---all of this affects why one car gets 64K on bushings and another 94K.
That is, after all, almost 3 times around the earth!
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I have to say your expectations for bushings and serpentine belts are too low. These parts should last at least ten years and 100,000 miles. This is my first and last Honda. Toyotas and Hondas from 15 to 20 years ago did not have these problems. Fords and Chevys did. You have your opinion. I have mine. I still maintain my high expectations. You can have your low expectations.
I've always heard belts should be replaced after 7 years or 100k miles (timing belts, serpentine, etc) because they'll crack/rot. That's why I'm not surprised by your replacement. The serpentine belt I don't consider a repair, I consider it maintenance. Your G20 went past due and nobody caught it; congrats.
I just spoke to the guy who bought my G20. His daughter drove it another 30K miles and the original serpentine belt had not failed. That made 140K miles with the Nissan belt. Maybe "a good mechanic" could have noticed that it was toast seventy thou miles before. Or maybe a quality belt could have lasted. Or maybe,
I assume you are a Honda employee and have to defend the brand. If you really want to defend the brand, encourage your employers to not let quality control slip.
Ford or Hyudai? Or, four times around the earth?
I am in sales and have a '07 Accord. In 34 months I have put 86,000 miles on it. It has been FLAWLESS. (I did have to lube the rubber weather stripping around the windows due to rattles).
At 100K, the water pump, belt, and fluid levels will be changed. The belt could go longer, but it's maintenance.
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Belts and hoses and wipers and bushings are all maintenance items. They are what we call "expendables", and mileage is only one factor in the rate of wear.
The brand of car is quite irrelevant to me.
I routinely replace belts and hoses in my cars, based strictly on time and mileage. It's not worth it to me to risk an engine for a few hundred dollars.
Battery hits 5 years? Gone. Belts and hoses hit 60K? Gone. Wipers? Once a year, they're all replaced. Brakes? 3/4 wear, they're out. Tires? 4/32nd, they're gone. Coolant? Every two years. Brake fluid? Every two years. A "nut and bolt" all-around- the- car tightening? Every two years.
Given the tremendous good luck I've had with my cars, I'm staying with the "pro-active" approach rather than the re-active one (i.e., fix it before it breaks, not when it breaks).
Is my cost per mile higher than most people's? Probably. Will they break down more often or lose their car sooner? Probably. Machines are by nature unpredictable.
Oh, I don't wax my cars though. I mostly care about reliability, because it's so important to my livelihood.
wise1 Posts: 90Yes, it is too high for Honda and just about everybody else. They don't make cars out of Quality parts anymore, its all about Quantity. More cars to sell more money to steal!!!! Rarely does a vehicle go 100K miles without some kind of problem, if you're blessed it will be minor if not it will be major.Way too many major problems in all vehicle lines. I researched several years before my last purchase and I knew I would likely have a problem and it showed up within 79xx miles. So count your blessings if you DO GET 100K miles without a major problem!!! :shades:
dudleyr Posts: 3,426I have owned many Honda's and Toyota's and never had a major problem. 225k on my Integra 145k on my 1st gen Odyssey, 95k on my 2007 Accord. To be honest I think the accessory belts on the Integra are original (I have replaced the timing belt twice because I can't see it and it would be bad to have it break). I look at them every time I change the oil and if they are not cracked or worn they stay on.
This is in SD though - not much pollution to eat at the rubber.
As I said, my Infinity G20 went 11 years and 110K miles with no repairs. Is that too high a bar for Honda?
If your Infinity was so great, why didn't you buy another one, instead of the Honda? I would bet that not all G20 owners were as lucky as you, and actually had a problem or two before the 100k mile mark. My first Accord (92) was so good to me (12 years 140k miles), I bought a new one in 03. The 03 has been just as reliable as the first, to this point (7 years 81k miles). People claim Honda's reliability has gone down, but I don't see it from my view. The 03 has been just as reliable, and is bigger and better than the 92 was, in just about every respect. By the way, my original serpentine belt and compliance bushings are still doing great. Honda owners get lucky too.
daneel Posts: 19Could not agree more, Elroy5, my sentiments exactly. Like your 03 Accord our 04 EX V6 and 2008 LXP are absolutely rock solid and, thus far, gave us a combined almost 90,000 trouble free and highly enjoyable miles. Like I said previously, I will buy a new Accord without any hesitation.
Perhaps the fact that modern cars are so good and offer us so many choices, has raised our expectations such very high levels that our chances these days from complete satisfaction are very slim?
You know, in the old days Honda made a Civic, an Accord and maybe (?) a Prelude around that time. That was it. And for 1979 or so, the Civic was a pretty good car---but today we wouldn't consider buying a brand new 1979 Civic--we'd think it unsophisticated, noisy and unreliable. Torque steer was really bad, and you had to manually shift the automatic transmission to get into high gear. It was so tinny you could total it with your bare hands. It had tiny tires and cloth seats and had trouble getting up steep hills.


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Pettitte, Romine ready to take on the Astros
If you're Austin Romine, strapping on the catching gear for your first big league start of the season, it has to be a reassuring sight to see Andy Pettitte's name listed on the lineup card. Romine said he takes pride in going over the scouting reports with a fine-tooth comb, and I have no doubt he'll be prepared with a back story for every one of the Astros' hitters.
But still, Pettitte knows what his game plan should be and certainly is comfortable taking the wheel. With the Yankees trusting Romine and Pettitte to figure out the pitch-calling without any interference from the bench, Pettitte's savvy is a nice fail-safe to have.
"Andy is pretty good about taking other players under his wing and letting them know what he wants to do," Joe Girardi said. "He's not going to get flustered out there if they don't get in a rhythm right away. I think for that it works pretty well."
Romine said that he spent the weekend catching guys in the bullpen after he was called up on Saturday, including getting re-acquainted with Pettitte and Hiroki Kuroda. As of a few hours before game time, Romine said he wasn't feeling any butterflies as he prepared to get behind the plate in a Major League game for the first time since Sept. 2011.
"No, actually I'm really excited. I thought there would be some," Romine said. "I'm sure when the game starts I'll be a little more excited than normal. I'm really excited to get out there and take hold of this opportunity."
Jorge Posada: Mariano Rivera "is a freak of nature"
Jorge Posada hasn't yet arrived in camp for his duties as one of the Yankees' guest instructors, but we must be getting close, because the five-time World Series champion is starting to talk a little ball.
Posada was a guest on Sirius/XM MLB Network Radio this morning with hosts Jim Memelo and Jeff Nelson. He shared his thoughts on several topics around the 2013 Yankees, including Posada's prediction that Mariano Rivera will be able to return to the same dominant level for this team.
On Mariano Rivera: "Mariano is going to be 100 percent. Mariano is a freak of nature. One of those things about Mariano, he has great control, that cutter will not go away. I expect Mariano to be the old Mariano."
On Derek Jeter: "He said it perfectly the other day, he's going to be sore all over because he hasn't been able to train like he wanted to, but he's going to push himself to be ready for Opening Day. I know him, he's going to probably be doing two-a-days and working really hard off the field to get back to 100 percent when it comes to Opening Day."
On the Yankees' catching competition: "Obviously whoever has the best spring is going to start. That probably changes throughout the year. We've got three young catchers and we're going to hopefully look forward to seeing them compete. This is what baseball is all about. You don't get the job, you earn the job. I think it's going to be good."
On scouting reports for Cervelli and Romine: "Cervelli, very energetic, very athletic, very quick behind the plate. He has a good arm. He's a lot more mature now so I think it's perfect timing for him right now. Romine, obviously a little younger, smart kid behind the plate. We like him very much but they don't want to rush him, so we'll see. He's got a shot too. We'll see what happens in the spring."
On Kevin Youkilis: "It's going to be fun. I think it's going to be great. The guy plays hard, that's another guy that wants to prove himself. He had a tough year last year and I bet he worked really hard during the offseason to be a Yankee and be a part of this team."
Spring is here: Yankees pitchers and catchers report
George M. Steinbrenner Field is open for business, and while we're still waiting to hear the first official crack of the bat, these words should be enough to warm your afternoon wherever you are — Yankees pitchers and catchers reported to Tampa today.
The players went through the usual gauntlet of physical tests and checked out their locker assignments – with 84 names on the invited list, the Yankees have had to build a few new ones in the clubhouse – before heading out for the day. The real work begins tomorrow, with the first official workout for pitchers and catchers.
"Everybody talked about the guys that we didn't sign, but talk about the guys we have coming back," Yankees ace CC Sabathia said. "Hiro (Hiroki Kuroda) coming back, Andy (Pettitte) coming back, we'll get Mo (Mariano Rivera) back for a full year. I think we already had the pieces here in place to compete and try to win a championship. We'll just go with what we've got."
Yankees manager Joe Girardi held his first press conference of the spring, and the big news was again about Alex Rodriguez, as Girardi revealed that A-Rod will not be reporting to camp with the Yankees' position players.
Instead, Rodriguez will be continuing his rehab in New York, which should limit some of the potential distractions that were expected to go along with MLB's investigation of the Biogenesis case.
Girardi said that he believes the Yankees "could win 95 games and get to the World Series," and said that "if other clubs want to think we're vulnerable, that's OK, but I love the character in that room and the way they find ways to win games."
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- Girardi is not concerned about the health of Derek Jeter or Mariano Rivera. He is, however, curious how the Yankees will find their designated hitter against right-handed pitching. Eduardo Nunez, Matt Diaz and Juan Rivera appear to be the early options.
- Girardi called the spring "a test" for Francisco Cervelli, who must block out the distraction of the Biogenesis investigation while also competing for the Opening Day catcher job.
- Austin Romine should be able to help the Yankees at some point during the season, Girardi said, but he doesn't know exactly when. Romine said that he intends to make the roster out of Spring Training, but the Yankees have him ticketed for Triple-A right now.
- Girardi said Cervelli, Stewart and Romine should be able to be as good as Russell Martin was defensively.
- Michael Pineda is throwing in camp, but Girardi said he doesn't expect to see him in a game this spring. The Yankees have been saying that Pineda's best case scenario is to pitch in the big leagues by May or June.
- Girardi said he's not worried about his lame duck status as the Yankees' manager, saying that he's only concerned with the next 162 games and getting to the World Series. The Yankees will likely hold off until after the season to open contract talks with Girardi.


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Tactical knives becoming dangerous new fad
06:59 PM CDT on Thursday, July 27, 2006
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As knives are getting smaller and more sophisticated, authorities and some victims said they are also as dangerous as ever.
Charles Walker said he has a vivid reminder of the pain knives can inflict after attackers cut his cheek wide open in a Dallas knife fight three years ago.
"It was very deep," he said. "I had to get stitches for it.."
In Dallas alone during the first six months of this year, knives were used to commit four murders, nine aggravated assaults, 14 rapes, and 246 individual robberies among other crimes.
A modern pocket knife, or so-called tactical knife, is designed to deploy with one thumb, cut quickly and then be concealed. A similar knife, the urban pal, is marketed as 'standard equipment for survival in today's urban jungle.'
"..I just think [they are] pretty much for protection because it's unpredictable out here and anything could happen," said Andrew Starr, said a Dallas resident.
The knives are available everywhere and there are options galore.
At a Richardson Wal-Mart, there were tiny tactical knives on sale for $10 each.
"A lot of people start carrying them...because it's cool," said Officer Carlos Crews, Dallas Police Department. "It's easy to conceal. It's easy to carry. But then if they need it to intimidate or to commit a crime, it's readily available."
Officer Crews is a DPD patrolman with first-hand knowledge of street crime and the weapons used, many of which are knives in disguise. He has found knives disguised as combs, pens, lipstick cases and lighters.
"..These things are out there and in the hands of a felon," Officer Crews said.
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Auto Recyclers Looking to National Program for EOLV's
Automotive Recyclers of Canada (ARC) is calling for a national approach to the environmental management of end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) in Canada.
In a submission to the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment, ARC notes that although ELV processors are subject to a number of provincial and federal requirements, ELV management practices are highly variable.
"The lack of common processing standards for ELVs is significant," the ARC submission states. "While used parts and scrap metal values are driving high recycling rates, ELVs also include a number of substances of concerns that incur costs when properly removed.
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Toronto, ON – October 14th, 2011 – Standard Auto Wreckers (www.StandardAutoWreckers.com) today announced its adoption of the Crow Environmental (www.crowenvironmental.net) vehicle de-pollution system in its Toronto, Ontario location. Crow's innovative de-pollution system is an effective system for the de-polluting of end-of-life vehicles by removing toxic fluids and pumping them to fluid storage tanks for re-use and environmentally safe disposal. The Standard Auto Wreckers facility recently installed one high volume stand-alone system along with four customized units and now has the only Crow Environmental five bay system in Ontario.
Paul Coon, Vice President of Green Vehicle Disposal commented, "We currently have more than 100 auto recyclers in our program across North America and I highly recommend all affiliates and any auto recycler who is serious about protecting the environment to invest in a Crow Environmental System, it is that good!"
David Gold, Owner of Standard Auto Wreckers shared his excitement about the Crow system. "I can't tell you how excited we are to have this system installed in our recycling yard, we searched for years for the best solution and we finally found it with Crow Environmental vehicle de-pollution system. You can't put a price on protecting the environment; this system represents a substantial and worthwhile investment for us!"
In addition to being the founding member of the Green Vehicle Disposal Program (www.GreenVehicleDisposal.com) in Canada and the USA, Standard Auto Wreckers is also well known for their charity work and are the founders of Charity Car donation programs in both the USA and Canada (www.CharityCar.ca and www.CharityCar.us).


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The 86th annual Academy Awards is this Sunday, and one of the films expected to take home the Oscar is Steve McQueen's "12 Years a Slave."
In honor of Valentine's Day, RadioActive hosts Ann Kane and Sophie Ding bring you stories of young love. We find out what love means to preschoolers and retired folks, hear what the Greeks had to say about love and enjoy a love poem written to the world. Plus, Nina Tran plays a love song for her wisdom teeth on the banjo.
Scientists are hoping to learn more about a fossilized mammoth tusk that was uncovered two weeks ago at a construction site in Seattle's South Lake Union area. The tusk has since been transferred to the Burke Museum for preservation and research.
When Rachel Atkins was 7, she and her sisters got a new stepfather. Atkins loved this man, but when she and her family went out in public, they raised a lot of eyebrows.
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Gallegly legislation to compensate Metrolink crash victims stalls in Congress
WASHINGTON — Federal legislation that Rep. Elton Gallegly has been pushing to adequately compensate victims of the deadly Metrolink train crash near Chatsworth has once again stalled in Congress.
The bill, which would raise the amount of damages that victims in a single train crash are allowed to receive under federal law, has been stuck for months in two panels — the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the House Judiciary Committee.
The proposal was sent to both committees on the same day it was introduced in January and was subsequently assigned to a pair of subcommittees. Since then, there has been no movement on the measure from either subcommittee. Nor has there been any indication that action is likely to happen soon.
Gallegly, R-Simi Valley, said Thursday he has not given up hope the Metrolink victims will be fairly compensated.
"I am exploring every avenue to obtain fair and just compensation for the families of the 24 innocent victims killed in the Sept. 12, 2008, Metrolink crash and the more than 135 people who were severely injured in the crash," the congressman said in a statement released by his office. Many of the victims were from Ventura County.
Gallegly said he has met in person with representatives from Veolia Transportation, the French conglomerate that owns the company operating the Metrolink train, and has had several phone conversations with them.
As for the legislation, "obviously, time is not on our side, but I will continue to explore every avenue and implore Veolia to do the right thing and fairly compensate the victims," Gallegly said.
Gallegly's legislation seeks to raise the federal limit on damages that can be paid to victims killed or seriously injured in a single train crash, such as the head-on collision between the Metrolink commuter train and a Union Pacific freight train.
Federal investigators concluded the crash was caused by a train engineer who ran a red light while sending text messages on his cellphone.I am exploring every avenue to obtain fair and just compensation for the families of the 24 innocent victims killed in the Sept. 12, 2008, Metrolink crash and the more than 135 people who were severely injured in the crash.
Right now, the most that can be paid out to all victims combined is $200 million, a figure those in the Metrolink crash have argued comes nowhere close to covering their claims for medical bills and other expenses.
The Los Angeles judge in charge of determining the damages suffered by each victim and distributing money from a victim settlement fund set up by Veolia also has concluded $200 million is insufficient.
Gallegly's bill would raise the payout cap to $275 million per crash, the level it would be today if adjusted for inflation. The current limit was put in place in 1997 as part of a package meant to provide financial stability for Amtrak.
The higher cap would be retroactive to the date of the Metrolink crash and apply only in cases in which gross negligence is involved, a higher standard than under current law.
Similar legislation filed in the last Congress by Gallegly and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., died without being put to a vote.
Meanwhile, Gallegly has called on Veolia executives to meet with a Camarillo teenager whose father was killed in the Metrolink crash.
Mackenzie Souser, who shared her family's story during tearful testimony before a congressional subcommittee in March, has requested a meeting with Veolia's chairman and chief executive officer, Antoine Frerot, and two other executives with the company's headquarters in France.
Mackenzie's father, Doyle Souser, 56, was killed in the Metrolink collision. She says she wants to met with the French executives because she doesn't believe Veolia's U.S. representatives fully understand how the Metrolink crash has wrecked lives.
Gallegly sent a letter to Frerot this week saying Veolia "has not even shown Ms. Souser the courtesy" of a response. Gallegly wrote it is "critically important" for train executives to meet personally with the teenager.
Gallegly's office said Thursday it has received no response from Veolia.
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It Starts in Parks Day - July 16 at Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park
July 8, 2010
- Governor Charlie Crist declared July as Parks & Recreation month and residents from all around Tampa Bay can join the celebration on July 16 for "It Starts In Parks" day. Tampa Parks and Recreation Department invites you to join us from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. at Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park as we celebrate National Parks and Recreation Month with games, demonstrations and entertainment. Be a kid again and come play in our parks!
July is the busiest month of the year for the parks and recreation industry. July 4 is the single busiest day for attendance at our state and local parks and recreation facilities. Spending the day at the parks is good for your wallet, your health, and your community. At your local park you can learn respect for nature and ways to conserve our natural resources. The thousands of recreation programs held at our parks help our children gain a sense of community, learn about our local history and heritage, and gain a sense of achievement through organized athletics.
The Tampa Bay communities have many recreation opportunities to explore and help you celebrate "It Starts In Parks" Day. For more detailed information visit www.frpa.org or call the Tampa Parks and Recreation Department at (813) 274-8615 or visit us on the web at www.tampagov.net/parksandrec.
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KNOXVILLE (WATE) - Medic Regional Blood Center is trying to boost blood donations ahead of the Labor Day holiday by offering free movie tickets and Vols game day T-shirts to anyone who donates blood Thursday.
Any donor at any of Medic's locations will receive a free Regal Cinemas move pass. As this is a "tailgate party" themed blood drive as well, donors will also get a "Rise to the Top" T-shirt.
"Medic's facility is closed on Labor Day which means no collections
coming in for our area hospitals, however, shipments will still go out
to area hospitals," explains Medic spokesperson Christi Fightmaster.
Statistics show the need for blood can increase during holiday weekends due to a possible increase in accidents.
People can donate at the following locations:
Donors visiting the Medic Headquarters on Ailor Avenue will be treated to a hot dog lunch as well as pizza samples from Papa Murphy's Pizza from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Donors must be at least 17 years old, weigh 110 pounds or more and all donors must have positive identification.
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We've Gathered the Best of Salt Lake City!
On this page you'll discover everything from where to stay, to the best restaurants and places to relax!
Where to Stay:
Book Your Hotel Room Early to take advantage of reduced rates!
SIIS 2012 and CCI 2012 will both take place in the Hilton Salt Lake City Center, a beautiful, recently renovated luxury hotel located in the heart of exciting Salt Lake City, Utah. Salt Lake has been named one of America's best cities by Travel and Leisure, Outside Magazine and Forbes Magazine.
Radisson Salt Lake City (.35 miles from the Hilton) Singles and Doubles $119
Deadline for discount: July 6, 2012
Hilton Salt Lake City Center (Headquarters Hotel) King/single $155
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Don't wait until the last minute to book a room-- there are a limited number of rooms available at these rates. To insure you get the special School Improvement Innovation Summit and Common Core Institute rate, click on one of the links above and use the special reservation web page.
Make sure to check the arrival and departure dates (the defaults may not be the same as your personal dates).
The Hilton and the Radisson are both located just a few minutes' drive from some of the most beautiful and varied mountains, forests, and lakes in the country.
Leave yourself some time before or after the Summit and Common Core Institute to do some exploring.
Things to Do:
There are Tons of Places to Visit While in Utah!
Utah offers a very diverse and wondrous landscape made famous by film makers and outdoor photographers.
Explore the spectacular beauty of the Southwest at its best:
- Utah is home to some of the most beautiful national parks and scenery in the country, with a rich history of film making including hundreds of films, made for TV movies, TV series, documentaries and commercials that have been shot here
- Explore historic western Ghost Towns
- Visit Robert Redford's Sundance Resort
- Historic frontier mining town Park City is just a 30 minute drive from Salt Lake City
- Utah is famous for its dinosaur museums, and early Native-American dwellings and petroglyphs.
- The greatest inland sea, known as the Great Salt Lake, and Bonneville Salt Flats, where land speed records are set and movies and commercials are filmed, is just 30 minutes away by car
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Nightlife in Salt Lake City:
Salt Lake City has many clubs and night spots to keep things lively in the evenings.
Choose from intimate piano clubs, bohemian music scenes, and high-end cocktail bars. Try country-western line dancing, groove to the smooth sounds of jazz and blues, or rock n' roll the night away.
A few of the dozens of nightlife options:
Poplar Street Pub - Friendly neighborhood pub
Legends Pub and Grill - Sports Bar
The Bayou - Local brew pub with a cajun flair
Club Piastra - Contemporary, upscale, full beer and wine selection inside the Marriott
EPIC Brewing Company - Oldest brew pub in SLC brewing high alcohol content ales and ber
Keys on Main - Dueling Piano Bar
Lumpys Downtown - Sports Bar
Cheers to You - Local hangout with pool, pinball, and local charm
Area 51 - Alternative rock and aggressive tech
Important High Altitude Information:
The elevation in Salt Lake City is about 4,300 feet, and it's possible you may feel the effects of the higher altitude when you arrive here, especially if you go up into the mountains.
Tips to enhance acclimatization:
- Limit exertion on the first day
- Avoid alcohol for at least the first few days
- Drink plenty of water
- Don't smoke
What Physical Reactions Can You Expect at Higher Altitudes?
Dehydration- the air is dryer up here (due to the lower barometric pressure) and you breathe faster, so you lose a lot of water just breathing.
Sunburn-The sun is strong up here and the atmosphere is thin, so there is less filtering of the UV rays that can cause sunburn. Wear sunscreen when outside, even when it is cloudy, and wear sunglasses with UV protection.
Think you know your altitude facts? See how you do with these common misconceptions!
True or False?
Alcohol has no effect at higher altitudes.
False - Limit your alcohol intake for the first few days at this altitude. There is evidence that alcohol intake may slow your adaptation to altitude, and it is a diuretic, so it can increase the risk of dehydration, which is already a problem at higher altitudes. Alcohol also decreases your breathing rate and respiratory responses, inhibiting one of the most critical early mechanisms for adaptation.
Don't drink caffeine.
False - There is no proven relationship between caffeine intake and either altitude sickness (also called AMS) or impaired acclimatization. However, caffeine is a diuretic, and if you drink caffeine you must be more watchful of your fluid intake to compensate for what you lose.
Drink lots of fluids.
True - But with a disclaimer- it IS important to drink more water than usual at a higher altitude because you get dehydrated easily. But that is not the same as AMS, and the relationship between the two is far from direct. You can get quite sick at this altitude from dehydration, but if you feel better after rehydrating, your headache or nausea was probably not AMS, just mild dehydration.
If you can't sleep, try sleeping pills.
False - The reason you don't sleep well is due to an abnormality in your breathing that occurs at higher altitudes called Cheynes-Stokes respiration- alternating periods of deep and shallow breathing. This can interfere with your your ability to fall into a deep sleep, and during the shallow sleep periods you may even wake feeling short of breath. Using drugs that can decrease respiration can make you sicker. If you continue to feel short of breath, let someone know.
Smokers won't face any problems in the altitude.
False - Smokers can experience a number of particularly bad effects at higher altitudes. Smokers already have increased levels of carbon monoxide in their blood, which interferes with the ability of red blood cells to carry oxygen. Nicotine constricts blood vessels, so less blood can flow to your extremities.
Utah is a beautiful and exciting place to explore and enjoy. Knowing the facts with help you fully enjoy the experience here in our lovely state.


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Lucy Venier changes careers and boyfriends as often as she changes her socks. Although gifted with wit and creativity, the one thing Lucy lacks is focus. While being someone she's not, be it crime reporter or sleep-deprived law student, Lucy's one constant is art. Her insatiable desire to create is fueled by her offbeat life experiences. But unfortunately by day Lucy must hide her creativity under her business suit.As if figuring out her life isn't hard enough, all of Lucy's friends are getting married. But Lucy's not sure if she's capable of living happily ever after. With a string of loser former flames, giving up seems to be the best option. But then there's Ben—Lucy's Mr. Right who comes at completely the wrong time. But is he truly The One? Did Lucy miss her chance?In the tradition of The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing, The Hard Way is a scrapbook of stories from Lucy's life. As she discovers more about the people around her, will she finally begin to understand herself?
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"Lucy Venier's search for happiness takes her on a bumpy but ultimately fulfilling ride in Luongo's witty debut."—Publishers Weekly"I absolutely fell in love with the character of Lucy. Julie Luongo is a masterful writer, nimble and quick and insanely sincere."--Stephanie Lessing, author of Miss Understanding"These linked stories are highly entertaining and highly intelligent, formally invigorating and emotionally satisfying. Lucy's blunders and triumphs as she negotiates sex, love, family, and the difficulties of living a creative life, make for a terrific tale, thanks to Julie Luongo's wit, her timing—and her big heart."--Daisy Fried, author of She Didn't Mean to Do It
JULIE LUONGO has worked as a university instructor, freelance writer, researcher, editor, reporter, and business consultant. She's written about theater, fishing, and entertainment. Luongo lives in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. This is her first novel.
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Feel guilty about throwing out all of the Christmas cards that you receive? Then, turn them into a set of coasters, and say goodbye to the guilt.
Difficulty: Easy
Time Required: 30 minutes or less
Here's How:
- Place the drinking glass on top of the first Christmas card, and move it around until you like the image contained within the glass.
- Then, trace around the glass with a pencil.
- Cut out the circle, and set aside.
- Repeat until you've created your desired number of coasters.
- Then, finish by laminating or applying contact paper to each one.
- The messages inside cards also make attractive coasters.
- Hosting a holiday party? Then, make up a large set of coasters before-hand, and scatter them around the house.
- Coasters make a great hostess gift. Tie a ribbon around a tall stack, and you've got a no-fail gift.
What You Need:
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Of all the films deserving of a restoration and a spanking new Blu-ray issue, Caligula is near the bottom of the list. The spawn of Penthouse publisher Bob Guccione, man of letters/secret screen-trash peddler Gore Vidal, and Italian titty-film director Tinto Brass, Caligula was meant to be an epic and a controversy, the first-wave mainstreaming of porn clad in classical laurels. Upon its initial release in 1979 it turned out to be perhaps the most expensive exploitation film ever made, a gaudy, awful bomb without a cult to lend it a good name. The fact that someone felt it important to restore the film to its pristine state in HD clarity is worth a horse laugh, as the film has a famous history of cuts, recuts, warring creative partners, and participants distancing themselves. Still, made me look.
The film seems to have snakebit the story for the screen, which is a shame since it's one of the most outrageous yarns of antiquity, and a cautionary tale to boot. In this telling, unstable young Roman noble Caligula (Malcolm McDowell, working his half-mad gleam) succeeds his adoptive uncle, the Emperor Tiberius (Peter O'Toole), whose death he abets. Once in possession of absolute power, well, what you do think? Caligula brings his incestuous relationship with his sister Drusilla (pretty vacant Teresa Ann Savoy) almost out in the open, he murders rivals, and he acts out every whim, however generous or perverse, e.g. celebrating a wedding by raping the bride—and the groom. His power grows, and so does his madness, until the inevitable bloody end.
Even in the mildest of its various forms, Caligula is repellent. The supporting cast barely registers while the leads go Forum big; McDowell makes his turn in A Clockwork Orange look like a masterpiece of understatement. Guccione and company certainly spared little expense on enormous, tacky sets and flesh-revealing costumes. Indeed, Caligula might be worth watching for the visuals alone, had not the inept filmmakers shot scene after scene through long lenses, making for a shaky, undynamic image, and lit so many scenes in unsubtle opposing red and green. And then there are the hardcore porn inserts that Guccione shot and insisted upon, reinstated here to offer little more than a final coat of terminal ick. The only pleasure to be had amidst all this hedonism comes courtesy O'Toole, who in his few scenes makes Tiberius a syphilitic old monster taking a few last memorable bites of scenery before ceding center stage.
The only actors to escape Caligula relatively unscathed were John Gielgud (whose character kills himself after two scenes) and Helen Mirren, who played Caligula's wife Caesonia. She's a grand dame now, and her phenomenal talent deserves every bit of that respect, but Mirren's career has always been distinguished by her willingness to strip down for a role, whether it's for crap like Caligula, art-house fare The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover, or even 2003 matron comedy Calendar Girls. Somehow it always looks regal on her, and that trend began with 1969's Age of Consent, freshly restored and released on DVD.
Despite its suggestive title, Age of Consent isn't an exploitation film. Director Michael Powell had directed or co-directed classics such as Black Narcissus and The Red Shoes before all but killing off his career with the unsettling 1960 cult classic Peeping Tom. The great James Mason signed on to Powell's adaptation of Norman Lindsay's semi-autobiographical novel as star and co-producer, helping it get made despite Powell's studio cooties. And in her first significant film role, Mirren signed on to play the frequently naked ingénue. Mirren was no bimbo starlet, having already launched a stage career with the Royal Shakespeare Company, but she was young and protean enough that she makes quite an impact.
Mason plays successful painter Bradley Morahan, who's lost his zest for his art. He retreats to a remote island on Australia's Great Barrier Reef, but a handful of colorful locals don't leave him much peace. So far, so stock, except for young beachcomber Cora (Mirren), who reignites Morahan's creative spark, among other things. It's an odd enterprise, full of corny old conceits and, in this new director's cut, rampant Mirren flesh fresh from 1969, deemed too much at the time. Yet this is a sweet film, not a carnal one, thanks in large part to the dignity of Mason and Mirren. It's a pleasure to watch such charismatic talents just be amid Powell's pacific but colorful mise-en-scene. And when Mirren takes a nude skin dive, it's more classical in the Golden Age sense than anything Caligula can offer. m
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How did Tiger Woods' car accident lead to the uncovering of a string of sex scandals?
Initially, I saw a news story about Tiger Woods being involved in a car accident in front of his family home. The story suggested that he had not been drinking. Then the nights that followed, the news uncovered that he had been involved in a string of sex scandals... the story just kept escalating. Just how are the two stories related, and why did he get uncovered immediately after the accident?
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Have you been living in Kazakhstan? The accident story was suspicious and prying minds put one and one together and got 13. Turns out Tiger is a player and not just on the links.
Michael Jackson supposedly had a skin disorder. And Tiger Woods is a cheater. Shyt just comes up.
yes of course it did
After (or before) the accident his wife busted his car window with one of his golf clubs. This was suspicious because she hit the back window and then said she did it to get him out of the car following the accident. Many people suspected that his wife broke the window after a fight because of his cheating. This led to a lot of questions about his relationships with other women. Then the sex scandal. That's how the stories are related.
Just about everything Tiger has said is a lie. He's an accomplished liar as he's been doing it for years. He won't get better or change because he thinks he has done nothing wrong. Get used to it.
I believe the sex-scandal broke in a supermarket tabloid just prior to the accident, and in fact, was the underlying cause of the mishap. However, had the accident not happened, the sex-scandal would probably still have escalated…but perhaps not as rapidly.
The Tiger Woods Saga goes on. About 98% of the story is rank speculation at this point. The fact is only a handful of people know what happened the night of the wreck or what he's been up to while tom-cattin' around, and none of them have much to say on either topic.
But Tiger's a celebrity and that means people will leap to the conclusions they want, taking care only to avoid the attention of lawyers bearing defamation and libel suits. Beware of suits with suits! That's about the only rule. The only thing we like more than creating celebrities, sometimes out of the most meager raw materials, is destroying them for having failed to meet our standards for celebrities.
So who cares what really happened or who Tiger's cheated with? Facts be damned! This is a morality play now.
Absent facts, the whole thing becomes like a Rorschach inkblot test designed to reveal the mysterious inner workings of the zeitgeist. The actual material doesn't mean much, but our reactions tell us a lot. Since the subject matter is mostly about marital relations and domestic violence, those are what we learn about from people's reactions to the tedious saga of the Lady with the Sand Wedge and the Tiger.
We've had the standard-issue misrepresentations of domestic violence by the likes of Slate. And we've had Saturday Night Live making light of domestic violence against men. No surprise there; popular culture seems better than it used to be, but violence against men by women is still almost invariably depicted as at least acceptable and often an affirmative good. And often enough, it's played for laughs, as with SNL.
But there's also an article in a mainstream newspaper (Philadelphia Daily News, 12/4/09). It's an op-ed by attorney Christine Flowers that points out that, for example, even if Woods has committed adultery, that doesn't entitle his wife to attack him with a golf club. After all, every perpetrator of DV has an excuse for doing it. "He said I looked fat!" "She's getting too friendly with another guy!" Isn't our whole opposition to DV based on the assumption that violence is not an acceptable response, regardless of the provocation?
Flowers points out the double standard in how the media depict DV. The SNL sketch would never have shown a man attacking a woman, but a woman attacking a man is comedy.
And from her viewpoint as an attorney, she's seen DV go both ways. She's under no illusions that only men attack women or that only women are injured by an intimate partner. And she doesn't pretend that the legal system is fair to men. She points to the Lorena Bobbitt and the "Burning Bed" cases as ones in which, if the sexes had been reversed, the men would be doing long stretches in prison.
But it is unconscionable to have one standard for women, and another for men. You can say that men are physically stronger – but that surely isn't always the case. You can also point to a history of gender inequality which for years guaranteed that women would be forced to stay in a dangerous relationship for economic reasons.
But times have changed. We can't put our heads in the sand and pretend that women aren't as capable of abuse as their male partners, and that they are always the financial underdog.
There's a lot of sociology that Flowers doesn't seem to know about who commits DV, under what circumstances and why, and who the victims are. But her op-ed is a measure of how far we've come in gaining a wide-spread public understanding of DV. Not nearly far enough, but much further than just a few years ago.
Here's a fun, short game about Tiger and the mistresses (in source below)
The reason why the car crash is such a huge factor and in fact the trigger incident in the whole Tiger Woods scandal is because it happened two days after the Nation Enquirer ran a story exposing Tiger's affair with his first admitted mistress Rachel Uchitel. The key piece of the car crash story was the initial LIE that Tiger's wife Elin had broken out the back window of his Cadillac Escalade to save him. Everyone knew she really broke out the window attacking him when she learned of his affair.
Once news broke that Tigers wife whipped his ass after she found out he was cheating, the media swarmed on his first mistress Rachel, showering her with attention and money for interviews. That's when all of Tigers other gold-digging home-wrecking white trash whores decided that they wanted some media attention and tabloid money too. So the flood gates were opened for all of Tigers jump offs to come out and sell their stories complete with text messages and voice mails.
Tiger Woods's car crash was the opening act for his Tiger the Walking STD Show.
He no doubt told his wife he wanted a divorce that night and she was shocked and then he told her about all the "transgressions." He then walked out of the house and got into the car and she followed him with the golf club and smashed the windows out and he backed into a tree.
He might have even sustained some injuries. The news talked about him being unconscious for awhile there. No one has seen Tiger since the accident and so he may be recovering from something.
The media jumped all over this story. I live in Germany, and the Tiger story was like 'Breaking News'!
Whooo cares !!
You should have just asks a Blackman and got it over with yahoo answers! Such a named, "Tiger", puts a lot on his plate to live up to. Anyway, any Black man, any place on this Earth, that is hetro, is not born to be mono. Tiger has wanted to pass for White and he is finding out it just ain't right! All races of color have ALWAYS been polygamous and will ALWAYS be such. So he tried to live outside his mom and dad's culture, as they too have tried…YOU CAN'T. Tiger has a localized, closed mind, like most brothers in the US, whom become rich. You see what happend to ex-pro basketball player, Shaun Kemp. He had 8 kids by 8 women and they collectively ganged up on him with lawyers. So these days, he is pushing a cart, collecting aluminum cans in an alley some place in the US. Another brother, once in pro basket ball, had 7 kids by 7 different women, they did him too! All the professional Rap songs brothers are finding all is not just about TALK on disc: Nas pays his ex $51,000 per week. Woods is a FOOL like the rest, a jock without a brain. Any sensible brother knows if he is about WOMEN go where it is legal…back home, AFRICA! Multiple wives and no papers to sign or "LEGAL" 3-way marriage(you, her and the govt…you're in last place)! Darn fools, AFRICA has 52 or 53 countries. One can have a wife from each country and thereby create his own United States for around $51,000 per week! LOl but true. Tiger, you wimp kitten, do you hear me? You make over $60,000 per week. Countries in Africa, on average, have an annual income for an individual of less than $2,000 usually. Each of your wives families would never let her get out of pocket with you BUT in America and Europe??? Mama-in-law is going to faint! You fool, even the prostitutes(not just the many girlfriends) were keeping records, files and video tape on your actions for this big day…PAYDAY USA! Fringe benefits beyond the sex-4-pay aspect. brothers in the US and europe, un-plantationized your minds and get REAL! LOL but true! Thank you for this moment.-A Black man ——PS: Hello to my African wives, I love you all God's Gifts, superb bodies, massive facial lips and all!


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RaynJoy Norton ran away from the rest of the field and helped Burlington-Edison to an easy win in a Northwest Conference girls' cross country meet between Burlington-Edison, Squalicum and Meridian on Wednesday, Sept. 11, at Lake Padden Park. Norton finished the 2.6 mile course in 15 minutes, nine seconds, almost a minute ahead of the next runner.
McKenzie Roque led the way for Meridian, with a third-place finish in 16:45. Rachel Phipps led Squalicum with a time of 19:06.
Tiana Pratt was second for Meridian in 19:42, and Hailey Linville was second for Squalicum with a time of 19:21.
Burlington-Edison won the meet with a score of 18. Squalicum finished second with 52, and Meridian ended with 60.
All three teams will meet again at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 14, at Civic Field for the Sehome Invitational.
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Team scores: 1. Burlington-Edison 18; 2. Squalicum 52; 3. Meridian 60;
Top individual finishers: 1. RaynJoy Norton (Burlinton-Edison) 15:09; 2. Petra Armstrong (Burlinton-Edison) 16:02; 3. McKenzie Roque (Meridian)16:45
Squalicum: Rachel Phipps 19:06; Hailey Linville 19:21; Sydney Arndorfer 19:37; Christina Lilleston 19:44; Justine Johnson 20:09; Jordan Sims 20:54; Jessy Allen 26:52.
Meridian: Roque 16:45; Tiana Pratt 19:42; Madison Holz 20:09; Briannah Heiniger 20:30; Jill Carlson 21:49; Allie Mack 21:54.


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Patch advertising manager Sara Cremidas (you might have seen her around Ramona!) will go the extra mile for a client. On Friday, that mile more than doubled and the path was straight down.
Rich Grimm, owner of Tsunami Skydivers in Oceanside, invited Cremidas to jump out of a plane at 13,000 feet and she did.
"I thought I would be too scared to jump out of the plane, but Nick, the instructor calmed my nerves, but also made sure I had fun," she said. "It doesn't feel like you're falling; it feels like you're suspended in the air.
The center opened in June is located at the Oceanside Municipal Airport. Tandem jumps are $210. A video and photo package is an additional $80.
"Fun jumps" for experienced skydivers are available.
Grimm—a retired Ontario firefighter—has been parachuting for three decades and wrote on Patch about the first time he jumped.
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Workshops for Educators and Parents
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Learning In the Forest: Drawing Inspiration From Forest Schools
Nature is a wonderful teacher, and free play in natural places is important for children's early learning and sense of place. Learn about the growing movement towards forest schools and how you can incorporate elements of this style of outdoor learning into your classroom.
Loving the Outdoors Through Literature
Books often make us think about snuggling on the couch with the kids. But there are books that can take us far, far away from our homes, out into the forests and mud puddles of our imagination. Learn how to use books to bring nature into the classroom and encourage children to explore outdoors.
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Attention Connecticut writers! Have you ever dreamed of hearing a piece of your work read by actors in front of an audience? Do you have an original piece of work that you'd love to have performed? The Nine Mile Players of Oxford are proud to announce The Nine Mile Players New Works Contest, its 2012-2013 competition for emerging playwrights. A panel of judges including local playwrights, actors, directors and theatre enthusiasts will review the submissions and select an original and un-produced piece of work to be performed in a staged reading by the Nine Mile Players in the spring of 2013. The winner will also receive a prize of $200 and an opportunity to be an in-house writer for the Nine Mile Players. All playwrights are encouraged to submit an original one act play with a running time of under an hour.
All submissions must be under an hour and received by Monday March 4, 2013. For more information or to submit your work, please e-mail: email@example.com or visit our website at: www.ninemileplayers.org The Nine Mile Players have been made possible by the Connecticut Commission for the Arts and the Connecticut Community Foundation.
Submissions for the 2013 Competition must be postmarked no earlier than December 2, 2012 and no later than March 4, 2013. See our website, www.ninemileplayers.org, for precise information regarding your entry.
There is no application form or entry fee. Please follow these guidelines in preparing your manuscript:
1. This contest is restricted to plays written in the English language. Worldwide submissions are accepted.
2. Submissions must be original, unpublished full-length plays written in English. Translations and musicals are not accepted.
3. Playwrights may submit multiple manuscripts.
4. Plays that have had professional productions are not eligible. Plays that have had a workshop, reading or non-professional production are accepted.
5. Plays may not be under option or scheduled for professional production at the time of submission.
6. The manuscript must begin with a title page that shows the play's title and your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, page count and (if applicable) a list of acknowledgments; a second title page which lists the title of the play only, a list of characters, and a list of acts and scenes.
7. Plays must be typed/word-processed, page-numbered and in standard professional play format. A brief biography may be included at the end of the manuscript, on a separate page, but is not required.
8. Do not bind or staple the manuscript.
9. Playwrights may submit the manuscript by email to firstname.lastname@example.com. Or TWO copies can be mailed to
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10. The winning playwright should be available for consultation regarding the performance, but it will be directed by a director from The Nine Mile Players.
11. Submissions for the 2012 competition must be postmarked no later than Monday March 4, 2013.
Reminder: Do not send the only copy of your work. Manuscripts cannot be returned after the competition. If you wish receipt of your manuscript to be acknowledged, please include a stamped, self-addressed postcard.
Some final tips:
The Nine Mile Players would like to consider staging the winning piece in the future. In order to do so, feasibility is very important. As a new community theater project, we do not have extensive resources at our disposal so please keep this in mind when submitting your work.
To make it easier for the judges, please make sure to spell-check and proof read your work!


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The Harlem Wizards stopped by Hauppauge High School on Saturday to put on a dazzling show of energy and skill, all for the benefit of local students.
Teachers and staff of Forest Brook Elementary School put on their running shoes to test their skills against the Wizards to support educational programs.
John Kennedy, Jr., minority leader of the Suffolk County Legislature, stepped in to referee the game.
The Harlem Wizard, is a basketball travel team that combines comedy with high-flying stunts to help with local fundraising efforts.
The proceed from the game will go to the Forest Brook Elementary Parent Teacher Association, Hauppauge High School.
Not only did the performance act as a fundraiser for Hauppauge Schools, but it also honored the memory of students whose lives were taken too soon.
Also benefiting from the fundraiser are Kicks for Cancer and the Courtney Sipes Memorial Foundation, which was founded in memory of Courtney Sipes, a Hauppauge student killed while crossing Smithtown's Main Street by a drug-intoxicated driver. The Courtney Sipes Memorial Foundation pursues the dual goals of supporting youth participation in music and the arts and promoting pedestrian safety efforts.


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