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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - A Tucson man has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for a fatal road-rage shooting.
Pima County prosecutors say 25-year-old Andres Fernando Buelna faced up to a 22-year term at Thursday's sentencing.
Buelna was convicted in October of second-degree murder in the death of 50-year-old Benny Alvarez Casarez.
Authorities say Buelna shot Casarez in the parking lot of a fast-food restaurant on Aug. 1, 2011.
Attorneys say both men were driving aggressively before the shooting.
Police say Casarez pulled into the parking lot and Buelna fired several shots, hitting the victim at least once before fleeing. Casarez died a short time later.
The Arizona Daily Star says Buelna must serve every day of his sentence but was given credit for the 526 days he's already served in jail.
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*TOP of the CREST! Views! POOL!Book 2015 Prime Time Today! in Wildwood Crest
- bedrooms 3
- baths 2
- sleeps 10
- pool yes
- hot tub no
- pets allowed no
- type Condo
- community Avanti by the Sea
rates (USD)
/ week
vacation rental description
STOP! You've found it! This one has it ALL - everything that you
and your family need for a perfect beach vacation. Avanti by the Sea
is a beautiful new condominium building located at 410 E. Lavender
Road in Wildwood Crest, NJ. You are just across the street from one
of the most beautiful beaches on the east coast, and just two short
blocks from the end of the world famous, three mile long, Wildwood, NJ
boardwalk. It's the ideal combination for a perfect vacation location!
This condo has three bedrooms, 2 full baths, and sleeps up to ten
guests in comfort. Full of brand new furnishings, loaded with
upgrades, this vacation rental is designed to amaze you. From the
bamboo flooring, to the huge windows, to the amazing ocean view
from the upper level deck of this top floor unit, to the spectacular
night time view of all the neon lights up and down the "strip",
.......WOW! Don't forget the high end electronics in every room,
cathedral ceilings, pendant lighting, all of the upgraded appliances
and amenities in the kitchen, even the high efficiency front loading
washer and dryer in the laundry room! This vacation rental is loaded
with the BEST of the BEST. You'll love the privacy, light, and
spaciousness. The elevator makes this unit so convenient and
handicapped accessible as well.
Ready for a swim in the ocean? It's just across the street. A bike
ride? Also right across the street. You can choose to ride the
Wildwood Crest bike path along the beach, or head up onto the
boardwalk in Wildwood. Bike rentals are available just a block away.
Or, just hop a tram car, and arrive anywhere on
the boardwalk in minutes. Feeling lazy? There's a heated pool right
outside your door, with comfortable lounge chairs for your afternoon
nap in the sun. It's the perfect way to spend the day with your
small children. There are plenty of restaurants, shops, playgrounds,
miniature golf, arcades, and amusements all within steps of this
amazing vacation home.
PROFESSIONAL CLEANING and inspection is included in all rental
prices. Arrive to a spotlessly clean condo.
Professionally managed, professionally maintained.
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Last modified on 09-1-2014 at 9:05 PM.
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Diane Herman-Don Martin Vacation Rentals 973-865-4258
condo rental amenities
***Master bedroom with a QUEEN sized bed, LCD wall mounted TV with
Comcast cable, huge walk in closet, plenty of storage
***2nd bedroom with a QUEEN sized bed, TV with Comcast cable and DVD
player, plenty of storage
***3rd bedroom with two twin-over-twin BUNKS - sleeps four total.
Wall mounted LCD TV with Comcast cable, DVD player, plenty of storage.
Great for the kids!
***Central air, gas heat. Ceiling fans in all rooms.
***Living room with queen sleeper sofa (sleeps 2), plus a 42" big screen
HD plasma TV. Comcast digital cable. DVD player.
***Dining room table seating plus room for four more at the
kitchen island counter.
***Fully and completely equipped kitchen - upgraded appliances,
refrigerator with ice maker, built in microwave oven,
stove/self-cleaning oven, dishwasher, disposal, dishes and glassware
to serve at least 20, gourmet pots, pans, Pyrex, coffee maker,
toaster, blender, mixer, etc. Everything!
***Separate laundry room with your own high efficiency front loading
washer and dryer.
***Plenty of pillows. Mattress pads and comforters for all beds.
***Private locked storage room in the garage area holds all of your beach gear
***Private deck with comfortable furniture and beautiful views
***Reserved parking for two cars
***ELEVATOR BUILDING - Handicapped accessible
***POOL! Heated pool with poolside furniture. Enjoy a swim after
the beach. Poolside restroom for added convenience. Pool is open daily from Memorial Day weekend through to the second weekend in September. Also open weekends only for the 3rd and 4th weekends in September.
You will find this vacation rental fully equipped with all the
amenities and necessities for a perfect vacation. We don't cut
corners. Everything here is brand new and high quality. You will be
pleased and pleasantly surprised. We have many, many happy repeat
renters. We want to add you to the list and to have YOU back again
Multiple Units are Available in This Building! Book together with family and friends!
Listing # 54132 - 2 BR, 2 1/2 bath, pool, sleeps 6 to 8 - two identical units available
Listing # 2342 - 3 BR, 2 bath, sleeps 10
Listing # 37122 - 3 BR, 2 bath, sleeps 8
(To search for a listing by listing number on this website, go to the
Home Page.)
activities and attractions in Wildwood Crest New Jersey
Activities and Attractions
Activities include:
Amusement parks, basketball, biking, boating, canoing, casinos,
diving, fishing, crabbing, golf, hiking, jet skiing, kayaking, live
theater, miniature golf, night activities, outlet malls, sailing,
scuba diving, shopping, snorkeling, sunset cruises, surfing,
swimming, tennis, water skiing, water parks, whale and dolphin
watching, wildlife viewing, wind surfing, zoos.
There's so much to do in and around Wildwood Crest! Atlantic City is
only 30 minutes away. The world-famous two-mile boardwalk is
literally steps from your front door. The big, beautiful, free
Wildwood Crest beaches are second to none! The Cape May County Zoo
is the best in New Jersey. It's free and it's only ten minutes away.
The town of Cape May is only ten minutes away. Ride the Cape
May-Lewes ferry to the outlet malls in Delaware - what a nice day!
Try a new golf course - there are many! You won't believe the large
selection of great restaurants - all within walking distance to this
vacation rental rates
CHECK IN TIME - 3 p.m. CHECK OUT TIME - 10 a.m.
1/2 of the rent holds your week until one month before your arrival, when the final balance is due. Don't be "sold out" again! This is how it is done - reserve your week now - a year in advance. The nicest places book up first and fastest. Reserve your prime time 2015 summer week today!
2014 RATES WILL BE HELD FOR 2015 WEEKS BOOKED NOW. 1/2 RENT DEPOSIT REQUIRED TO HOLD A RESERVATION. Check, Visa, MasterCard. Final balance due 30 days prior to your arrival next year.
SEPTEMBER 2014 - Remaining Availability and Options:
9/21/14 - 9/28/14 $ 900.00 - Sunday/Sunday week
9/25/14 - 9/28/14 $ 575.00 - Thursday/Sunday or Friday/Monday Wkend
Columbus Day Weekend! $ 575.00 - any 3 nights; $650.00 - any 4 nights
Full Weeks $ 900.00 - flexible arrival/departure dates
Weekends $ 575.00 - three night minimum weekends
Weekends Any three nights $575.00
Weeks Any seven nights $900.00
Memorial Day Weekend $ 750.00 - any 3 nights; $ 850.00 - any 4 nights
Memorial Day Week - any seven nights over Memorial Day Weekend - $1,200.00
After Memorial Day Special! Tuesday 5/27/14 to Sunday 6/1/14 - $ 750.00
JUNE 2015 - Sunday/Sunday weeks:
5/31/15 - 6/07/15 $1,000.00
6/07/15 - 6/14/15 $1,400.00
6/14/15 - 6/21/15 $1,900.00
6/21/15 - 6/28/15 $2,400.00
JULY AND AUGUST 2015 - Prime Time:
6/28/15 - 7/05/15 $2,850.00
7/05/15 - 7/12/15 $2,850.00
7/12/15 - 7/19/15 $2,850.00
7/19/15 - 7/26/15 $2,850.00
7/26/15 - 8/02/15 $2,850.00
8/02/15 - 8/09/15 $2,850.00
8/09/15 - 8/16/15 $2,850.00
8/16/15 - 8/23/15 $2,650.00
8/23/15 - 8/30/15 $2,250.00
8/30/15 - 9/06/15 $1,750.00
9/06/15 - 9/13/15 $1,500.00
9/13/15 - 9/20/15 $1,250.00
9/20/15 - 9/27/15 $1,000.00
Cancellation Policy:
Tenant notification of at least 90 days prior to check-in date, all deposit monies, less a 15% cancellation fee, shall be returned. Tenant notification of less than 90 days prior to check-in date - any refund is based on the ability to recover the rental amount through a re-rental of the time, and money is refunded to the extent possible at no loss to the owner, and less the 15% cancellation fee.
Diane Herman-Don Martin Vacation Rentals 973-865-4258
accepted payment methods
Prior to paying a reservation deposit, always verify payment instructions by calling the phone number displayed on this listing page. By contacting the owner directly and paying by an approved method - credit card, paypal, check or bank transfer - your reservation payment will be protected up to $1,000.Learn more in our Security Center
Top things to do in Wildwood Crest
- Beach - Swim and Sun
- Boardwalk - Wildwood nights
- Amusement Rides, Water Parks
- Restaurants and Night Life
- Boating excusions
Top things to do on a budget
- Beach - totally free
- Rides bikes on the boardwalk
- Fish or crab by the bay
- Cape May County Zoo - donation suggested. No admission price.
- Wildlife Refuge at Diamond Beach - free
Top things to do with a family
- Beach! Beach! Beach
- Rides, Water Parks
- Boat rides and boat rentals
- Walk the boardwalk - find the action
- Eat! Enjoy early bird specials at most restaurants before 6 p.m
Diane Herman-Don Martin Vacation Rentals , owner


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Girl Scout Alumnae Make New Friends, "See" the Old
Alumnae and board of directors will meet and greet sister Girl Scouts at alumnae reception
HOUSTON (Oct. 21, 2008) Girl Scouts have sung a song for many decades encouraging each other to "Make new friends, but keep the old." However, when the Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council Alumnae Association gathers on Thursday, Oct. 23 for their first reception, they will "make new friends, and see the old." All former Girl Scouts and volunteers who are registered alum are invited.
- WHAT: Girl Scout Alumnae Association Reception
- WHEN: 6:30 p.m.- 8:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct 23., 2008,
Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council
Program Place for Girls
3000 Southwest Freeway
Houston, Texas 77098
Guests will enjoy reuniting with old friends and making new ones around the fire pit while roasting s'mores. San Jacinto Council's Board Chair, Mary McIntire, will welcome attendees and encourage them to reignite their passion for the preeminent organization for girls that builds girls of courage, confidence and character. Girl Scout CEO Mary Vitek will offer closing remarks and invite attendees to continue networking around the fire pit and throughout the Goodykoontz Museum of Girl Scout History, which is housed at the Program Place. To register for the Alumnae Association, visit www.GSSJC.org. Membership is free.
Girl Scouts of the USA is the world's preeminent organization for girls, with a membership of more than 3.5 million girls and adults. Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place. Chartered by GSUSA to provide Girl Scouting locally, Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council is one of the largest Girl Scout councils in the country serving more than 64,000 girl members and 18,000 adults in 26 southeast Texas counties.
GSSJC Pluralism Statement
Embracing and promoting pluralism is an integral part of every activity and plan of Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council, not disconnected or separate projects. Only individuals willing to accept and be educated about the basic tenet that Girl Scouting is for all girls may serve in volunteer leadership or staff positions.
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Every level is full of enemies and targets for you to destroy!
In the first game you will battle alien forces intent on wiping out the Human civilization. As a soldier you will use various vehicles and defend vital bases on Earth against the invaders' forces.
In the second one you will become a soldier of the alien species and protect your home world from the forces of the Human armada.
Both games were famous for fast-paced action, hordes upon hordes of enemies and incredible, cool and satisfying gameplay – this pack is perfect both for hard core action shooter gamers and "Sunday school" casuals. Tons of fun included.
Age requirements: ESRB Rating: TEEN with Violence.
Minimum system requirements: Windows XP or Windows Vista, 1 GHz Processor (1.4 GHz recommended), 256MB RAM (512 recommended), 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 (compatible with DirectX 9 recommended), Mouse, Keyboard.Compatibility notice (Windows XP): Incoming + Incoming Forces requires version 266.58 or older drivers for Nvidia cards.
Posted on 2009-09-16 03:35:50 bydartreevan76:
If you have enough of compllicated RPG's, simulators or strategies you have to try theese games. If you are arcade action fan buy it.
Story in Incoming is simple, aliens invade Earth and you have to defend it soldier! To do this you have plenty of tools avaiable; planes, helicopters, you can fly even in UFO and shoot to bombers from ground defence station! Many different locations,read more very good soundtrack to accompany you; when I played game maany years ago, I listened audiotracks from game's CD long time after that...
Incoming forces is sequel to released in 1998 Rage's Incoming game. Basically we have more of everything what was best in Incoming.
Story take place 20 years after first game and this time we assume role of aliens warding off humans. Gameplays remains in most part the same. You pilot bunch of ground and air vehicles and shoot enemy air and ground vehicles' jets, artillery & hover tanks and turrets. Different kinds of missions will be avaiable to perform; defeating groups of enemies, escorting friendlies, sometimes more rare objectives like destroying shield of ship without dostroing ship or defending base as AA turret.
So if arcade shooters is genre you like you won't be disappointed. It's only 3 bucks oer game!
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This game is amazing. I have two copies of it actually and i plan on buying this one as well.
I would recommend this game to anyone that loves fast paced action with many different types of vehicles. The game doesnt get stale because there is many different mission types from a turret defense, to vehicle recovery, to search and destroy missions.
Buy this.
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Posted on 2009-09-18 10:44:56 byana_lucia:
I recommend this games to any fans of arcade shooters/simulators; you will like thoose games as well. Classic human/alien conflict and you'll have chance to expore it from both sides. Defend your home as human in Incoming, defend your alien world against humans in Incoming Forces. Many different types of missions, tons of hardware to use, good graphic, good soundtrack. It's allread more every good shooter need.
It's now time to defend your home land(s)! To battlestations!
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Summaries of
the 2004 tax-related legislation passed by the Iowa Legislature and
signed by the Governor are now available on
the department's Web site.
Sales Tax Changes Take Effect July 1
A number of
changes related to the application of sales tax in Iowa are set to
take effect July 1, 2004. Please visit our Web site for more information.
Option Tax Reminder
A reminder that Iowa
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can change on January 1 and July 1 each year. The current
list of jurisdictions is available on our Web site.
We also maintain
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Sales Tax Holiday
The annual Iowa Sales Tax
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religious organizations, and other nonprofit entities are not exempt
from paying state sales taxes on taxable goods and services. This is
true even if these entities are exempt from paying state and federal
income taxes.
State sales tax and local option taxes must be paid unless some other general
sales tax exemption applies. For example, any purchase made for resale is exempt
from state and local sales taxes.
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Is it allowed for us to write down the verses of quran and keep in in our body or drink water in which that surah is dipped ?
There is no problem in carrying the Quran. However, there are certain points which you should keep in mind:
[1] - Imam Khomeini, Tawzih al-Masail (with annotation), vol.1, pg. 215.
[2] - Ibid, vol.1, pg.269
[3] - Ibid,vol.1, pg. 185, Issue 316.
answered Jun 16 '13 at 12:35 UnknownUser 0●4●35●120
No, what i meant is.... is it halaal to write down any verses of quran in a piece of paper and to tie it in our body or drink the water in which it is dipped ?
answered Jun 16 '13 at 12:40 fanunoor 10
It is permissible but If the written verses contact directly to your body you must be in the state of Wudhu.
Drinking the water which the verses are dipped in is permissible.
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The average price of homes sold in Rossmoor, CA is $824,600.
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Extraordinary and Grand Rossmoor Estate on premium extra large corner lot with sparkling pool and waterfall. This custom built home has artfully crafted cast ironwork with electric security gates, raised landscape planters, and solid slate stone paving surrounding this massive estate. A solid wood custom-stained and premium eight-panel double door entry leads you to an elegant two-story grand foyer with beautiful polished travertine floors, well lit rooms and loads of meticulous style. The beautiful open floor plan has gorgeous sweeping stair case to 4 luxurious master suites with walk-in closets upstairs, hardwood flooring and inset carpeting, three balconies with large inside laundry room and an Elevator. Fifth bedroom downstairs makes for a great additional den, study, office or guest room. Direct garage access to gourmet kitchen with under and over cabinet lighting and entire home has beautifully built custom lit ceiling soffits in nearly every room. Interior ladder to roof access and four AC units for estimated 6,900 SF of interior living space. Truly a home for entertaining and luxury living.
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Custom home in excellent center of the tract location! Built in 2007 and located on one of the most desirable streets in Rossmoor, this home boasts a craftsman style architectural detailing with a contemporary open floor plan. It is truly one of a kind! This 4 bedroom 3.5 bathroom home offers an enormous gourmet kitchen and butler pantry plus a separate caterer's kitchen/mud room and three car garage. Upstairs bonus entertainment room with custom built-ins. Luxury interior appointments include custom maple cabinets, granite counters, tumbled marble backsplash, crown molding, baseboards, custom paint and more! Travertine tile below existing flooring on main floor. Upstairs master suite boasts a fireplace, sumptuous bath with his and hers walk-in closets and connected separate room for an office or nursery. Two other bedrooms are on the second floor and share a jack and jill bathroom with separate vanities. Main floor guest bedroom w/ private bath (second master). All bedrooms have walk-in closets. A must see!
Exquisite custom estate in Rossmoor. This home boasts 4 bedrooms, an office, upstairs entertainment room/bonus room, 6 bathrooms, living room with fireplace, formal dining room, family room with fireplace, gourmet kitchen with granite counters and large center island, breakfast nook, stainless steal Thermador appliances, built-in refrigerator, hardwood flooring in living areas, travertine in baths and carpeting in bedrooms, upstairs laundry room, spacious master suite with fireplace, walk-in closets, large master bath with separate tub and shower, 9 foot ceilings, spacious and open floor plan, pebble tech pool, outdoor powder bath and much more! This one won't last!
Beautiful one of a kind elegance. This stunning custom built masterpiece home is packed with luxury features, and highest quality craftsmanship with the newest designs in luxury living. There is ample room for both family and friends with 5 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms, an office, an over sized gourmet kitchen with custom stainless steel refrigerator, oven and microwave, dishwasher, and wine refrigerator. An incredible resort-style backyard. Separate maids room outside with bathroom over looking the pool, and BBQ area. Has 2 master bedrooms, 1 downstairs with a romantic and luxurious master retreat with a cozy fireplace and over-sized spa-like bathroom, and 1 master bedroom upstairs. This home has it all, simply too much to list. High reset ceilings, with custom lighting, marble and hardwood flooring, fire place in living room. Close to award winning schools and shopping.
Beautiful 2002 Custom Built 2 Story Home Located in The Heart of Rossmoor. Walk One Block to Rossmoor or Weaver Elementary as well as Rush Park. Situated on a Convenient Corner Lot This Home Offers All the Amenities of a Custom Home as Well as the Warm and Charm of Traditional Family Home. A Formal Entry Opens to A Large Living Room with Generous Dimensions Including Space for a Grand Piano. Large Professionally Decorated Formal Dining Room, Dramatic Staircase Leads to Upstairs Bedrooms. Huge Gourmet Kitchen Opens to Family Room Overlooking Backyard Patio and Spa. Kitchen Features Include Granite Counter Tops, Dacor S.S. Appliances, 5x5 Butcher Block Prep Island, Garden Window. Downstairs Office/5th Bedroom and Guest Bedroom with bathroom. Upstairs Master Bedroom Suite with Sitting Area and Walk in Closet. Two Additional Large Bedrooms with Private Bathrooms. Large Separate Laundry Room. Lots of Storage in Easily Accessed Attic. Beautiful Backyard Patio Area with Salt Water Spa and Custom Landscaping. Dramatic Outdoor Lighting Throughout the Outdoor Areas. Large Additional Sunset Patio Off West Side of Family Room Added Entertaining Area. Large Oversize Double Car Garage with Bonus Area for Work Space and Attic Storage Above Garage and Pull Down Ladder.
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Fabulous Tuscan Style Custom Single Story Remodel in the Heart of Rossmoor just Steps from Rush Park. This Home is Loaded with Custom Upgrades and Detailing. 5 Bedrooms and a Large Separate Office. 3 Baths one is a Jack and Jill. A MUST SEE Spectacular Media Room including a Built In Bar with Custom Cabinets, Granite Counter Tops and Bar Seating. Huge 100 Inch Big Screen T.V. with Surround Sound & Media Electronic Component System. Comfortable Fixed Leather Reclining Chairs. The Gourmet Kitchen is Equipped with Viking SS Appliances and Granite Counter Tops. Large Breakfast Bar Opens to Family Room & Huge Formal Dining Room. One room can be a Game Room equipped with Electronic Connections for 4 Gaming Stations.The Home Features Built in Cabinets Throughout, Hardwood Floors and Custom Carpeting. Rich Custom Interior Doors, Base, Casing, & Crown Moldings. Custom Faux Painting Throughout the House adds a Beautiful Dimension of Elegance. Master Bedroom Retreat Opens to Back Yard Patio, Large Customized Walk In Closet and Elegant Master Bath. Richly Landscaped Backyard includes a Saltwater Pool & Spa, Gas Fire Ring, Built in BBQ Center and Custom Stone Patio. This Home combines the Coziness of a Family Home and has All the Extras for Serious Entertaining.
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PEORIA,IL-- Now that the Peoria Riverfront Museum has settled into its new home, some familiar faces will be moving in to the former Lakeview site.
Next Spring park district administrative staff will relocate to the, which is currently being renovated. The $2.6 million renovation project will provide much needed office and storage space for Park district employees.
For years, park district staff has outgrown its current location inside the pavilion building at Glen Oak Park.
Since April crews have been removing asbestos. Park District Executive Director Bonnie Noble says electrical and plumbing work is set to begin before major renovations get started. She says the relocation will also allow for work to start on the children's museum, which will be housed inside the current administrative office.
"What's so wonderful is this is finally all moving forward and it's a domino type movement. You get one done, the next one comes right behind it, and yet we have all the plans in place," she said.
The building recently was name the "Bonnie W. Noble Center for Park District Administration," in honor of Noble's 40 years of service. Renovations are scheduled to be completed next March.


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PLATTSBURGH — A downstate doctor has been charged with trading illegal prescriptions for cash and sexually explicit pictures.
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced the arrest of Dale T. Dudley, 59, of New Rochelle on Friday afternoon.
Dudley is accused of mailing illegal prescriptions for the controlled substance Xanax to a former female patient, who resides in Plattsburgh, in exchange for money and sexually explicit photos.
"The defendant in this case believed it was OK to use a former patient to make money and demand explicit photos in exchange for pills," Schneiderman said in a press release.
"My office will utilize the law to the fullest extent to bring to justice those who would abuse their fellow citizens for their own personal gain."
Dudley was arraigned in Plattsburgh City Court before City Judge Mark Rogers. He is charged with two counts of criminal sale of a prescription for a controlled substance, a felony, and two counts of willful violation of health laws, a misdemeanor.
If convicted, he faces up to 15 years in state prison.
Dudley is a New York state Medicaid provider and licensed physician authorized to issue prescriptions for controlled substances. The former patient is a Medicaid recipient.
According to the complaint, Dudley treated her from December 2007 until May 2008 for a heroin addiction at La Casa De Salud, a clinic in Bronx.
After their patient-physician relationship ended, she and Dudley continued a non-patient relationship where he allegedly issued numerous prescriptions to her for controlled substances, namely Suboxone and Xanax, in return for explicit photographs and cash.
After learning of the relationship from the former patient, staff from the Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, along with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Plattsburgh-based State Police, conducted an investigation.
Law enforcement recorded telephone conversations between the woman and Dudley between August and October of this year, during which she requested two prescriptions for Xanax be mailed to her for the purpose of being sold.


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If you need help, do not text 911. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety is issuing a reminder that the technology to text 911 is not available in most of the U.S., including Minnesota.
On July 1, four cell phone carriers will provide text-to-911 "bounce-back" messages: AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon.
The Federal Communications Commission expects nationwide ability to text 911 by May 15, 2014. However, consumers will always be encouraged to make phone calls for 911.
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Save Money! 8 Back-to-School Supplies You Don't Need
August 13, 2010 at 1:34 pm , by savings.com
Chances are you've got a long list of items you need to buy before your child is ready to go back to school. Here are eight things you don't need when shopping for school supplies:
- Stuff Not on the List. Most schools provide a handy checklist of necessary school supplies. If you don't have the list for your child in hand, you can probably find the school supply list for your child's school online. If it's not on the list, there's no reason to buy it.
- Duplicates. Before heading out to the store, check your school supply list against items you might have purchased for previous years. No one needs more than one protractor!
- Themed items. Sure, your kid might be all over that Strawberry Shortcake or SpongeBob backpack now, but what happens next year when they move on to the next fad? Keep items fairly plain and generic and you boost their reusability factor.
- Novelty items. Smencils might make math class a little less painful, but at more than a buck a piece it's a pretty costly non-necessity.
- Stockpile of clothing. You never know when the next growth spurt will hit,so it makes little sense to buy a wardrobe for an entire year only to have your little tyke turn into a beanpole in a matter of months.
- Book covers. This is a great way to recycle paper bags and, with the addition of stickers or magic marker art, allow your kid a chance at self-expression. No need to buy book covers when you can make them for free.
- Correction fluid. Although most students use pencils, which make mistakes easy to fix, many school supply lists include correction fluid. If it's absolutely necessary, substitute correction tape instead. Bottles of White-Out are messy and tend to dry out before they're half-used. In the long run, correction tape is the much better bargain.
- Anything Not on Sale. With so many retailers running back to school deals every week, there's really no reason to pay full price for any of the school supplies on your list. Keep an eye out for sales and don't worry if you don't have everything by the first day of school.
Stella Louise is the editor of the Savings.com personal finance blog and remembers fondly when back to school supplies consisted of a brand new binder and a few newly sharpened number 2 pencils.
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Antibiotics for Strep Do More Harm Than Good
Antibiotics for Strep Do More Harm Than Good- Read More
Group B Streptococcus (group B strep) is a type of bacteria that causes illness in people of all ages. Also known as GBS or baby strep, group B strep disease in newborns most commonly causes sepsis (infection of the blood), pneumonia (infection in the lungs), and sometimes meningitis (infection of the fluid and lining around the brain). The most common problems caused by group B strep in adults are bloodstream infections, pneumonia, skin and soft-tissue infections, and bone and joint infections.- form the CDC.
I was just writing about this for my new book, it will contain herbal and aromatherapy remedies for GBS.
I can't really share, don't want to break any publishing agreements, but I am sure it would be okay for me to share some nutritional options for GBS.
Some nutritional considerations are:
Garlic 1-2 cloves a day
Probiotics and probiotic rich foods.
Foods rich in vitamin C
Gobo or Burdock root eaten as a food. This can be eaten in casseroles, stir fry, roasted with other root vegetables, and pureed in soups.
Nasturtium Blossoms- these can be eaten in salads, or as peppery flavorings to food.
Shitake Mushrooms- They contain antiviral and antibacterial agents, and it is known to boost the immune system.
Excerpt from Demetria Clark's upcoming book.


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Larry Fitzgibbon, Joe Perez, and Steven Kydd handled international operations, product, and video, respectively.
A spokesman called the timing of the three execs' departures "just coincidence."
"The departures, she said, had nothing to do with contracts around the company's IPO — that lock up, in fact, expired in August last year," Lunden writes.


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Saturday Vids: Modern Lady on Bridalplasty
As soon as I heard about the new reality show "Bridalplasty" on E!, I knew I had to share its absurdity with other rational beings. On this show, engaged women compete in various wedding-themed challeges for two prizes. And what might they be? A free wedding and extreme plastic surgery. Able to phrase my disgust in a much more comical fashion is Erin Gibson in a segment of infomania's Modern Lady, in which she dissects the issue.


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Bad to the Bone: All About Criminal Motivation
On the night of May 24, 2000, two desperate men walked into a Wendy's fast food restaurant in Queens, New York City. They were both armed with handguns. The men rounded up the seven employees and took them down to the basement. The hostages were tied with rope and forced to lie down on the floor. Then, one by one, the suspects shot the defenseless employees in the head. Five of the victims died. Within a few days, police arrested John Taylor, 32, and Craig Godineaux, 36, who were charged with the bloody massacre. One of the men was found hiding in his grandmother's home. Less than $2,000, all in coins, was stolen during the event. Taylor may become the first defendant to receive the death penalty in New York State in 40 years.
Kipland Kinkel, 15, a high school student in Springfield, Oregon, who had just been suspended, went on a shooting rampage on May 21, 1998. Kinkel had killed both his parents earlier in the day and booby-trapped his house with high explosive bombs. One of the bombs was hidden under his mother's corpse. Later, Kinkel went to school armed with semi-automatic rifles and opened fire on his fellow students. He killed two and wounded 10 others before he was disarmed and captured. His classmates had once called him "most likely to start World War III."
Whenever a particularly violent or grisly crime grabs the headlines, most people have the same thoughts. Why does crime exist? What causes such mindless violence?
Throughout history, social scientists, physicians, researchers and psychologists have struggled to answer those questions. In Medieval times, it was thought that demons and evil spirits of all types and forms took possession of the individual causing him or her to do bad things. The "witch" hysteria in Salem, Massachusetts, during 1691 is an example of alleged demonic possession that resulted in the murder of innocent people. Even the ancient Romans had a theory about the origins of criminality. They believed that human behavior ebbed and flowed with the phases of the moon. The word "lunacy," which is derived from the Latin word "luna" for moon, reflected that belief.
But as quickly as some theories appeared, they vanished. Criminological theories have gone through an evolutionary process that still continues today. For what seemed like a valid explanation during one era, bordered on the verge of madness the next. And there is probably no other aspect of social science that is so permeated with superstition, quackery, sensationalism and outright fraud as crime theory.


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It may be time to adopt a model in which we help deliver healthcare
When you have a successful brand, you tamper with it at your peril
What do you call the people who treat medical breakthroughs as if they were bank heists? Malicious? Uninformed? Not with it?
We identify not with just the product, but with what it represents
A general consensus is that a "shake-up" of some kind is coming
There's no cure. But the good news is that prophylaxis is possible.
It's time to make healthcare data Big, and for patients' sake, sexy
Success cures fear, and success is born out of focus and hard work
There is room for growth, loyalty and long-term partnering
As healthcare marketers and their agencies develop ever more digital customer solutions like mobile medical apps, it may be time to take a fresh look at these offerings


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The boarding process went very quickly - no lines. We even missed the "boarding photos" which was fine. We just made the lunch buffet on the Lido deck.
Rooms were ready and luggage was delivered by the time we got back from Muster. Rooms were clean and the stewards were always responsive and helpful.
Ship had very strange (UGLY) decor. Very gaudy and not at all relaxing. The worst might have been the scary statue of liberty floating heads in the Lido restaurant. Or maybe the horrible fake orange/black wood grain paneling. Or maybe the awful, awful fake red/black snake skin wallpaper in the Posh dining room. Every room had a different theme and every room was ugly.
The layout of the ship was awkward - with the Posh & Chic dining rooms closing off 1/2 the ship - often you had to go up/down floors to get forward or aft.
The food in the Posh was so-so, steak was not good quality, the cold soups all tasted liked smoothies and the seafood was meh. The service was exceptional. The vegetarian options were sparse - but our picky vegetarian made due and our service team worked very hard to accommodate her. Food in Lido was pretty good. We enjoyed the Tandoor and the Wok a lot.
We went to one show - a Beatles review - it was odd. Very sexy costumes and dancing. But the singing was okay. We also enjoyed one night in the comedy club.
Had two appointments in the spa, Mother/Daughter pedicure and a deep tissue massage. The pedicure was fine. The massage was okay - the treatment room was way too small. The spa was not relaxing. The atmosphere was stark and shiny - trying to be cutting edge with bad euro-pop music and hard edges.
We participated in many trivia's and other inside activities - they were fun and well run. The entertainment staff was friendly and funny.
Our favorite thing to do was to sit in the hot tub after dinner and watch the 10pm movie on the big screen on the lido deck. Ice Cream, popcorn, pina coladas, and movies - it was awesome.
Getting off the boat took forever due to some issues with customs. Many people missed their flights.
Overall a great trip. We would book Carnival again - just for the affordable cost alone, especially if we were taking the kids. I wouldn't go on the Freedom again, it was so ugly, I couldn't stand it.


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LAKE PLACID — Suspects in larcenies at two stores here are being sought by police, and authorities are asking the public to help.
Both crimes took place on Sept. 27, but authorities don't know if they are connected.
The first happened at about 1:30 p.m. that day at Adirondack Decorative Arts and Crafts store near Starbucks, Police Sgt. Chuck Dobson said.
Police suspect a white male about 6-foot-2-inches tall distracted a sales clerk while another person slipped behind a counter and snatched up about 24 pieces of jewelry.
Dobson said the person of interest is also described as being in his late 20s with short blond hair and chin-strap-style facial hair. The man was wearing a white T-shirt and blue jeans.
Police wouldn't say whether they have security camera images to work with. But there have been several leads in the case.
The alleged thief took some $4,500 worth of jewelry that afternoon.
"We are working with a possible theory of the crime," Dobson said.
Among the items were a diamond solitaire ring, jeweled rings, two sets of cuff links and about five sets of brooches.
The second larceny, at about 3:30 p.m., took place at Placid Planet Bicycle on Saranac Avenue.
A Latina woman, police said, allegedly distracted employees while two men, also Latino, stole a Trek Speed Concept road bike. They also replaced the stolen bicycle with another one, the release said, trying to camouflage the theft. These persons of interest are in their late 20s or early 30s, Dobson said.
Authorities are asking anyone with information about the identity of the suspects, the stolen items or who might have surveillance video in a store that might have captured images of them to call Lake Placid Police at 523-3306.
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Happy ho-ho-ho holidays from the world-famous Kardashian sisters Kourtney, Khloe, and Kim. The Kardashian family Christmas card is out and it looks flashier than they do on reality television. The Fab Life even went so far as to call the reality television clan spooky looking and pointed out how much they look like The Munsters. Was their tuxedo theme family photo printed on 3D paper impressive or tacky? Hollywood insiders weigh in… on Dasher, on Prancer, on Glamour and Glitz.
Happy Holidays, Kardashian family style. If you are looking for ideas for Christmas, star celebs should never make a greeting card that looks like this… here's a look back at other Kardashian family Christmas cards through the years. Some are better than others. So far, this one (despite the addition of Lamar Odom and cute little Mason — the son of Scott Disick and Kourtney Kardashian) was the worst.
If Kim Kardashian was looking to tone it down this holiday season, the Kardashian and Jenner family Christmas Card isn't going to tell that story. Previous reports said Kim Kardashian, since filing for divorce following her 72 day marriage to Kris Humphries, was going to be staying out of the spotlight until New Year's Eve. Naturally, she wasn't going to miss New Year's Eve — that is one of her famously big party nights. So she issued a press release about her New Years party.
Then along came this — the now infamous black tie theme family photo super imposed image 3D Christmas cards that some critical fans are saying make all the people look creepy at best… or at worst, blitzed. And that is pretty creepy because several of the family members pictured were way below the legal drinking age — and Kris Jenner looked like a fat Morticia Adams celebrity look-alike [parodying The Adams Family television show maven in her skin-tight dress].
While the writers at GCN always try to report good news about the Kardashians (because they are [technically speaking] philanthropists), not all celebrity gossip sites equally love them. The Fab Life reported, "Nothing says "Deck The Halls" better than men's wear, skin-tight sequins and gothic mood lighting. Not according to the Kardashians 2011 holiday card, anyway. Continuing their grand tradition of yuletide divadom, Kim Kardashian unveiled the card [the week before Christmas]… tweeting, "This year's family Christmas card is finally here!""
Then they went on to state the blatantly obvious Kardashian family photo analysis:
This year's photo might take the cake when it comes to least jolly Season's Greetings. Where did they shoot this thing? A haunted Grecian ruin? Check out the increasingly moody leanings of the Kardashian family Christmas cards dating back to a startlingly normal photo from 2008. You have to hand it to them, though: no one is going to be sending out anything nearly this eerie for the holidays. Well, maybe the Munsters. They wish.
The Kardashian sisters rarely pass up an opportunity to get their photos taken — even when they get leaked out to the press. Whether Kim K gets photographed without her makeup or in a bikini on the beach, she always seems to look perfect in the pics.
While most glorify her luxury lifestyle, there are a few photos floating around out there that do someone other than her some good. There was (for instance) the photo-op of her helping out in Haiti. But, hey, she was on vacation, right? This wasn't another stunt for the cameras. This was the real Kim, down and dirty, doing what she does best. Well, maybe what she does best is draw attention to causes that need attention. She really does try. Do gooders winced when Kim K caught flack for volunteering on Thanksgiving — but only because she had to have her hairstylist and make up artist with her to make sure she looked good while she helped serve free food to California's impoverished and homeless.
But this Kardashian Christmas card may be going a bit over the top while trying to make the group look like an impressive and formidable philanthropic family unit to be respected. Actually, the card makes them all look like all they care about is themselves and that they have lost their charity benefit focus. Take a look at the gorgeous shoes they are all wearing, tally up what it would cost to buy them as presents for your wife [life partner, husband] and children, you get a pretty good idea why so many third world country residents and Occupy Wall Street protestors hate the rich.
Even one celebrity gossip writer from The Stir exclaimed, "Dang, I knew I should have saved those glasses from the last Harry Potter movie!" Except this glam card failed to impress the American public with the Kardashians magic credit.
One other Hollywood insider we interviewed joked about the mainstream media headlines. She shared her opinion about the tacky cards, saying:
Striking [Yes] with its all-star cast dressed in black and striking poses against a blue backdrop, just as ABC reports… but more telling with its matriarch and momager Kris Jenner featured front and center in that shimmering blue-green. Friends who have seen the card up close and in person are saying the image is rendered in 3-D as well, so those with 3-D glasses presumably can feel as if they're just one of the family. I tend to think I'd feel more like I was caught in a zombie Kardashian nightmare. Take your pick — bottom line, [I think] the Kardashians have been catching a great deal of flack since Kim Jenner appeared to push Kris Humphries into asking her famous daughter to marry him so they could up the ratings on E! Network television. Her sending out this Christmas card was just a move to get herself (more than her children) talked about in the press.
The truth is probably Kim Kardashian (more than Kris Jenner) needs the bump in the ratings. Several polls, some genuine and some gibes, have claimed the Kardashian clan is losing popularity as a whole this year [despite splitting apart the sisters and trying to make each one a stand-alone celebrity so they can more easily ride out bad press.] While the photographer was trying to make them all look fabulous, unfortunately they all came off looking far to out of touch with reality, arrogant and affluent.
For that reason, having that picture represent their family is [to their credit] inaccurate.
For instance, Kim Kardashian has been very generous to humanitarian causes over the years. The card fails to show how much work she has done for the American Foundation for AIDS Research, the Skin Cancer Foundation, or the Dream Foundation.
So what if her volunteer time often coincided with a camera flash if it got non-profit organizations free press? No one can say how genuinely Kim feels about the celebrity causes she adopts, though her supporters assure that Kim really enjoys the work she does. What one can say is she seems to get it done, and that's admirable.
If it takes a flashy happy 3-D Christmas Card from the Kardashian and Jenner families to stir up some attention that gets directed to some worthy causes, it's not such a big price to pay. But, oh, man, if you got one, wouldn't it be weird to have them all standing around on that 3-D greeting card with those dead picture eyes following you anywhere in the room you went?
It would be easier to look at a single picture of Rob Kardashian dressed up to look like Gomez Adams. Again. At least then we could check out his dance partner Cheryl Burke instead of his mom.
[Thanks for the memories, Dancing With The Stars. Kris Jenner single handedly making the yuletide gay with her pic.]


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My husband, Mike, is 32. I'm 29, blonde, with a good figure. In four years of marriage I never found the courage to tell Mike that what I really wanted most was to strip, kiss his feet and offer myself for his every whim. I might have stayed frustrated with this desire, except that we were invited to spend a Saturday with Mike's boss, Don, who is 37, and his wife, Joan, who is 35.
Their house was far from town, on a flat hilltop two miles down a private country road. Natural terrain plus fencing made it very secluded. Don met us as we parked and said he'd show Mike the grounds. Joan was inside. I was astonished to find her nude. She was evenly suntanned and her nakedness did not seem to faze her. She told me she'd explain.
She said that she and Don had been into S&M for years and she loved obeying Don. He had ordered her to go naked before Mike and I. What stirred me most were not her words, but her tone it was warm, happy, content.
I followed her when she took the snack trays to the patio, and I could tell Mike had been told what to expect. He enjoyed the scene, especially when Joan used the word "Master" when answering Don. I felt myself wishing to speak the same to Mike. Later, when she spilled something, Don snapped a metal ring shut on the tip of each of her nipples. Joan thanked him. I could tell that she liked the discipline.
Mike enjoyed the presence of a nude slave and I was envious of Joan's happiness. All my longings were screaming to be heard. Don explained to us why he liked S&M, and Joan, who knelt facing the patio, explained her reasons. I could almost feel the bond of affection between them that surpassed any man wife relationship. I wanted to throw myself at Mike's feet, especially after I witnessed Joan being strung up on tiptoe, a leather strap used on her ass and a dildo inserted into her pussy. I was envious!
That evening, we sat by the pool in bathing suits, with Joan at Don's feet. The three of us had drinks. Don let Joan sip form his glass as a favor. He said he was celebrating his wonderful guests.
Not once, he reminded us, had either Mike or I uttered a protest. Our expressions had revealed our approval. Don had seen something in us and had invited Mike and I to his home to enable us to find our own inner needs. Mike and I exchanged swift glances of appraisal.
Don sent Joan into the house. I looked at the lines of her buttocks and recalled how she had jerked under the feel of the strap. They seemed like badges of honor to me. She returned with handcuffs, which Don used to lock her wrists behind her. He announced she would stay like that all night. Now, he said, they were going inside. Good byes were awkward, so we just slipped away.
That night, after the most furious lovemaking of our marriage, Mike held me close as I confessed my longings. Mike said he wished we had faced our own natures years before. I begged him to enslave me and give us the life we wanted.
A month later we spent another Saturday in the country. This time, two nude female slaves carried the food out and said "Master" to their husbands. Two slaves proudly wore nipple rings and dangled on tiptoes near each other in the sun while the straps cracked across their buttocks. That evening, two supremely happy women sat at their masters' feet and awaited the night with excitement. When Mike snapped the handcuffs on my wrists and led me to the guest bedroom, I was in heaven.
All this happened a year ago. Since then, don was promoted and transferred to another state, and Mike succeeded him. We bought their house, too. I have worked the flowerbeds, cleaned the pool and sweeped the patio, all in the nude, while Mike supervised me with a strap. I greet him naked when he comes home from work. Later, he handcuffs me and puts me through sex games outdoors and inside. I never know what my master will want me to do, but whatever it is, I know I'll enjoy it.
Lately, we have noticed a young couple at company socials, and Mike and I now know what Don and Joan sensed about us. Before long, we will invite them out on a Saturday. I know they will react as we did.
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PHOENIX (AP) - A man has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for his role in a shooting outside a northwest Phoenix nightclub that left another suspect dead.
Maricopa County prosecutors say 20-year-old Jose Luis Chacon was sentenced Wednesday for second-degree murder.
An off-duty Phoenix police officer working security at the club reported seeing several suspects trying to steal a small refrigerator from his pickup truck on March 30, 2013.
It led to a parking lot shootout involving the suspects, the officer and a nightclub employee.
Authorities say the suspects' getaway driver died at the scene.
They say Chacon admitted to shooting a rifle during the incident. The officer and the nightclub employee weren't injured.
Court records show Chacon originally faced a charge of first-degree murder during the commission of a crime.
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All praise to Jed York and his father John for bringing the Super Bowl to the Bay Area. The 49ers will host the 2016 version in their soon-to-be-completed, state-of-the-art football palace due east of Great America in Santa Clara.
If you're counting, it will be Super Bowl "L." That's the number 50 in Roman numerals. And it will be known as the San Francisco Super Bowl — just as the Niners still will be the San Francisco 49ers even though Santa Clara is vastly different from San Francisco. Or maybe it will be called the Bay Area Super Bowl. But it will be Santa Clara's. So, yes, all credit to Santa Clara.
There hasn't been a Super Bowl in the Bay Area since 1985 when Bill Walsh's 49ers ran Dan Marino and the Miami Dolphins out of Stanford Stadium 38-16. Which means getting this game — this super game — is a victory, a validation in many ways.
It validates the Yorks. It redeems them. That's the main point.
When John York took over from his brother-in-law Eddie DeBartolo, the team floundered. You can't really blame John York. He's a doctor, and his expertise as a doctor was not in footballology or quarterbacks or the safety blitz. So, he struggled and the team struggled and then, funny thing, he receded from the day-to-day running of the 49ers' organization. At least he seemed to.
His son took over. Jed. He wasn't a ball of fire at first, either, not in the way he hired coaches. But he came around, brilliantly hiring Jim Harbaugh who made the 49ers matter, finally.
Jed's next big enterprise was the stadium — as in getting one. Candlestick Park is not fit for football consumption and Jed swung a deal with Santa Clara, worked hard at the swinging, convinced a lot of people, raised a lot of dough.
And the stadium is getting built. Drive down there and see the big iron skeleton rising to the heavens. Listen to the constant hammering and see people in hardhats riding up and down elevators to all the levels. The stadium-in-progress is a monument to Jed's incessant drive and his skill. It's like Jed threw a 60-yard touchdown pass to Jerry Rice with the whole world cheering.


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+Hey modern parents, we found a really fun and useful DIY for your upcoming holiday time at home. Jordan Ferney from Oh Happy Day made alphabet pillows!
+Speaking of the holidays and the looming Thanksgiving meal next week... For all you vegetarians (us included) who don't know what to do for this typically-meat-based dinner, Bonnie Christine from Going Home to Roost provides some delicious ideas for a vegetarian meal.
+We have a very cool make-over to show you. This might be the longest hallway you've ever seen, but we guarantee you will be impressed with how Daniel Kanter from Manhattan Nest made it both stylish and functional. Note: This hallway is so long, there's a Part 1 and a Part 2 for this blog post.
+Swing on over to Dezeen for a very cool installation. The International Centre for the Arts Jose in Guimarães, Portugal features a swing set where kids can of course play, but also where electricity is generated under the floor.
+We're loving the modern Zodiac Prints Katie Armour shared on her blog The Neo Traditionalist.
The Arab world has seen a spate of political revolutions over the past few years, but a recent series of two design books called Arabesque looks at a quieter revolution taking place in the Arab world: graphic design. This stunning collection of inspiration images features modern calligraphy, logos and illustration by artists from Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon.
In the book, urban and environmental design photos show Arabesque patterning at the street level:
Arab illustration points to a vibrant mix of cultural heritage with modern production techniques:
Logos and typography highlight the Arab calligraphy tradition, albeit with a modern twist:
Arabesque does stop short of covering industrial or interior design. That doesn't stop us however from daydreaming of a few home decor elements that might look great surrounding this beautiful coffee book:
Tall Turquoise Glass Stupa Vase, Possini Glitz Crystal Chrome 8 1/2" High Pocket Wall Sconce, Helix Collection Rectangular End Table, Tangle 20" Square Red Throw Pillow, Set of 2 Zuo Modern Darwen Black 24" High Counter Stool
A book this nice is just too good to keep locked up on the shelf. We suggest you design the perfect reading corner with a modern coffee table, a pretty arc floor lamp and start reading. Let's face it, almost nothing beats a warm beverage and a good read.
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It's that time of year again and if you're like us, you're thinking about the best way to create a modern dining room for this holiday season. Similar to the room above, we love the use of a modern dining table mixed with acrylic dining chairs to create a beautiful holiday table and still feel spacious. This sleek style allows for minimal decor to really stand out against the glistening backdrop.
Accessorizing with simple organic elements, such as gold leaf branches (above), helps soften the modern materials. Modern candle holders are also a wonderful touch.
If you want to get the look above here are some perfect selections to help you achieve this look in your own home.
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You can make your guests feel special by creating modern placecard holders (above) for each one.
Adding simple holiday elements to your modern decor will be a sure way to keep you festive this holiday season without compromising your modern aesthetic!
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For years you heard the words stainless steel, chrome, and brushed nickel when referring to modern kitchen design... But rarely did you hear the words brass or polished brass. Well, those times are over and for the design lovers out there that are looking to mix it up we'll show you some great ways to incorporate brass into your modern kitchen!
Brass accent strips were added to the Bulthaup Kitchen (above) to create a striking detail in this otherwise simple kitchen design. Mixing the modern elements with the more traditional brass and carrara will offer your kitchen layers of interest.
How stunning is this brass countertop in this industrial kitchen design? It mixes so beautifully with the bricks to create something fresh and visually stimulating. Usually when you think industrial you think steel, but rarely do you think brass. This kitchen just might change the way you think...
Adding a vintage style brass faucet and cup pulls can completely transform your modern white kitchen. Simple changes in kitchen hardware can make a huge difference. Brass sconces are a great solution for lighting when you forgo the upper cabinets and choose open space instead.
When you want your kitchen to feel a bit more polished, then just polish your brass. This kitchen hardware adds elegance to the modern kitchen design, like that flashy necklace or watch you put on for a evening out on the town.
And of course one of the best ways to incorporate brass into your space is through modern pendant lighting. Whether it be multiple pendants or one large brass chandelier, the impact will no doubt be dynamic.
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Pikoro writes with news that Foxconn's parent company has entered into an agreement to pay Microsoft royalties for every Android device they manufacture, joining a rather long list of companies licensing patents for Android/Linux from Microsoft. From the BBC: "Microsoft has secured a patent deal with the world's biggest consumer electronics manufacturer to receive fees for devices powered by Google's Android and Chrome operating systems. Hon Hai — the parent company of Foxconn — said the deal would help prevent its clients being caught up in an ongoing intellectual property dispute. Microsoft says that Google's code makes use of innovations it owns. Google alleges its rival's claims are based on 'bogus patents.' 'The patents at issue cover a range of functionality embodied in Android devices that are essential to the user experience, including: natural ways of interacting with devices by tabbing through various screens to find the information they need; surfing the web more quickly, and interacting with documents and e-books.'"


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Ray-Ban maker Luxottica to bring Google Glass to wider market
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Why you should be wearing polarized glasses
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Created in 1914 to bust the trusts – monolithic corporations that frequently engaged in unfair trading practices and stifled competition – the FTC has evolved from that singular purpose to become a far-reaching federal oversight agency.
Beyond promoting fair marketplace competition, today's FTC also strives to keep businesses honest by enforcing prohibitions against illegal or unfair practices and by protecting consumers.
The FTC's many duties are handled by different bureaus, which are in turn subdivided into divisions charged with specific tasks.
The Bureau of Consumer Protection safeguards consumers against unfair, deceptive or fraudulent business practices and is further divided into the following agencies:
- The Division of Advertising Practices, which regulates print, broadcast and online media. This includes marketing aimed at children; tobacco and alcohol advertising; health claims made by manufacturers of drugs, dietary supplements and foods; and performance claims by computer manufacturers, Internet service providers and other high-tech products and services.
- The Division of Consumer and Business Education, which plans, develops and implements campaigns to educate and empower consumers to make smart, informed choices when buying goods or utilizing services. To that end, the division also maintains Web sites including Consumer.gov and Firstgov.gov.
- The Division of Enforcement, which ensures compliance with federal court orders entered in consumer protection cases; conducts investigations and prosecutes civil actions to stop fraudulent, unfair or deceptive practices; and enforces consumer protection laws and guidelines.
- The Division of Financial Practices, which regulates financial institutions, lenders, credit agencies and debt collectors.
- The Division of Marketing Practices, which investigates and regulates marketers and soliciting activities, including telemarketers, Internet spammers, direct mail and pyramid schemes.
- The Division of Planning and Information, which gathers and analyzes consumer information for use by law enforcement and education programs as well as responds to consumer complaints.
- The Division of Privacy and Identity Protection, which helps consumers protect their credit, their banking and financial information and their personal information from identity theft.
- The Bureau of Competition is the FTC's antitrust arm and ensures that mergers and corporate acquisitions don't interfere with the competition that keeps commerce healthy. It reviews potential mergers and/or acquisitions to see what effect they might have on their industry or the economy at large and works to ensure that consumers have a choice of providers for a particular product or service.
- The Bureau of Economics evaluates the impact of the agency's actions, regulations and guidelines, both on industry and on the public. It provides economic guidelines for the enforcement of those regulations and analyzes how various markets and industries work as well as the dynamics that keep them going.
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TLTG Webinar - MOOCow: Teaching Online for Beginners for Very Smart Dummies
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A Curriculum for Online "Course," MOOCow, Coaching/Mentoring
The series will begin on October 4, 2013 and conclude on November 15, 2013. It will consist of four live synchronous sessions (see schedule below) and four modules. The Central Course Communication page is now available.
Presenters; Steve Gilbert and Beth Dailey and Others
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December 27, 2012
I am behind on my blogging, no doubt about it.
I always feel like when all my stories are finally in and my schedule has calmed down enough for me to start thinking about blogging, the police scanner goes off. It is a sure way for something to happen — think about blogging and then bam! — guaranteed Victoria disaster.
Tonight, however, was actually a calm night, even when I started working on this blog. So I wanted to take the opportunity to share some of the funnier scanner memories I have jotted down over the last few months.
Overheard on the scanner:
"A report of a priest trying to do an exorcism at Best Buy"
My reaction: What are police officers supposed to do about that, exactly?
"Someone reports a person with no pants is trying to break into their home"
My reaction: They really needed some pants, so figured they'd steal a pair?
"Report of someone throwing spaghetti in someone else's yard."
My reaction: Laughter. Pure, unadulterated laughter.
"Report of two sisters arguing over how to do their mother's hair, it could get violent."
My reaction: WHAT? Blow it dry and move on ladies.
"A woman reports her neighbor's dog has pooped in her yard and she wants to complain."
My reaction: Are these really the type of calls we want to pay for our officers to go on? Grow up, lady, and go talk to your neighbor. Please stop wasting our officers' time.
Cheers to 2012 in Victoria, Texas. Let's see what randomness will come with 2013.


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The little red wagon is an American icon, and the first Radio Flyer wagon was built on the West side of Chicago in 1917. In today's digital playground, Radio Flyer is more popular than ever.
Just about everybody can remember at one time or another pushing, pulling or riding in a little red wagon, an iconic American tradition. Just last month, Time Magazine named the Radio Flyer wagon one of the 100 all time greatest toys.
"When people think about Radio Flyer, we want them to think about smiles and warm memories, because that's what we're all about," said Robert Pasin, president and CEO of Radio Flyer.
Pasin sits in the same office on the city's far West Side where his father and his father's father before him used to sit.
On the wall in the building hangs a classic picture from the 1933 World's Fair, which is really where the brand was born.
"When my grandfather learned that the World's Fair was coming to Chicago, he saw it as a once-in-a-lifetime brand-building opportunity. He had the idea to construct this big 45 foot tall boy on a wagon. A lot of people thought he was crazy, but it turned out to be one of the hits of the fair," Pasin said.
The so called Coaster-Boy exhibit even had a workshop underneath where they sold miniature wagons. It captured the fascination of fair-goers from around the world.
Soon Radio Flyer, a company Antonio Pasin started just 10 years before and was already selling 1,500 wagons a day, became a household name. And its popularity and notoriety have seemingly never faded.
They don't manufacture Radio Flyer products at the Grand Avenue headquarters anymore; they mostly focus on product development and marketing these days.
And radio flyer isn't just about those steel wagons anymore. They've got scooters, ride-ons and plastic wagons with cup holders and fold down seats. But just like the old days they still think big even outside their front door.
Outside sits a true big boy wagon. Radio Flyer says it's the biggest in the world at 27 feet long and 13 feet wide, with the wheels themselves 8 feet in diameter. It weighs roughly 15,000 pounds.
Radio Flyer is still going strong. Fueled by a proud history and a mission to make fun toys for kids and toys even the employees, as we discovered, can't seem to resist.
We asked Supply Chain Coordinator Kim Kramer if she feels like a kid working at Radio Flyer.
"Absolutely," Kramer said. "As you can tell with my style, as I was riding my scooter throughout the warehouse, absolutely. You come to work everyday and you're just excited you're around toys and around people who love their job because you are doing things good for the community."
Radio Flyer is the kind of place where you walk in and within about 45 seconds, you can tell it's a fabulous place to work.
Last year Radio Flyer was named as one of the 5,000 fastest growing private companies in the country, and they even sell scooters are big as is the Pathfinder wagon, complete with seat belts, cup holders and fold-down seats.
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Eric Dade enters his fifth season as an assistant coach for the JU women's soccer team. In 2013, Jacksonville made a trip to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2006 with Dade on the sidelines.
In 2011, with the help of Dade, the Dolphins earned a share of the Atlantic Sun regular season title. JU went 7-1-1 in conference play and held opponents to a .071 shot percentage. The Dolphins only allowed 17 goals in 19 games including seven shutouts on their way to the title.
Dade joined JU after spending the prior three years as the Executive Director/Director of Coaching for the Birmingham United Soccer Association, where he coached and administered both the U.S. Development Academy and Elite Clubs National League teams.
With the Birmingham United Soccer Association, Dade handled everything from budgeting to website development. Under his leadership, BUSA won over 30 AYSA State Cup Championships, finished third at the 2009 National Championship Series and placed over 200 players in college programs.
Dade was also the director and head coach of the Birmingham United USSF Development Academy where he oversaw scheduling, recruiting and player development. The academy had qualified for the USSF Development Academy Playoff every season under Dade and has received high grades from US Soccer regarding the program.
During a spell in Texas, Dade coached the Dallas Sting and the Texas Longhorns Soccer club teams with the Sting winning multiple national championships. He was also an assistant coach for the U-18 boys national team under head coach Bob Jenkins.
As a player, Dade received his degree from VCU and was inducted into its hall of fame in 2000. Dade played soccer professionally for nine years with the Dallas Sidekicks, Baltimore Blast and the Dallas Burn.
Dade and his wife, Angelique, have two children, Cameron (10) and Chase (4).


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While exploring the alleys of old Naples, I chanced upon a print shop where they still operate a Linotype machine that is over 100 years old. The father and son team running the shop, Giuseppe and Carmine Cervone, were happy to have me make a panorama, but in the meantime I realized I needed some new calling cards, so the panorama above is of my card being typeset and printed. Their place is a true national treasure.
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The name "Italy" is shrouded in mystery; some etymologists trace it to a Greek word meaning "the land of young cattle."
Italy was fond of Jupiter and Mars from the very start, Jupiter for fatherly good luck and Mars for war!
But it all began with Rome. Rome was founded by Romulus and Remus who were sons of Rhea and Mars.
The twins were abandoned at birth out of a fear that they would grow up and later overthrow Amelius, usurper of their grandfather's rightful throne.
Wrongful mis-doings most foul! Treachery and sabotage!! HOW would these two blessed infants make their way in such a world?
As it turns out, the twins didn't have to make their way very far, because one of them killed the other one and then they weren't twins anymore. But that happens later.
First they got rescued by a she-wolf who suckled them with her milk and raised them as her own until they were discovered by the shepherd Faustulus.
Faustulus fed them meat and bread and also raised them as his own until they were old enough to return to Amelius and hack him up as planned. They reinstated the grandfather Numitor to his rightful throne and went off to celebrate by starting a town of their own.
They chose a hilly area where the mama wolf had saved them from certain death in the barren wilderness and began scouting locations.
Romulus liked one hill. Remus liked another. The circle of crows like Romulus' hill, so Romulus killed Remus and named the town after himself. Thus Rome was born and Italy with it.
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Okay, boss has just handed me a Symbian mobile. I am in the UK and this model is not available here - this particular device was bought through a client from Sweden.
I have tried to connect to the internet using GSM dial up and the device almost immediately returns with a 'No answer' error.
The phone number and settings appear correct. If I dial the number using the device as a mobile phone I get the modem answering fine.
Can anyone tell me if a swedish purchased symbian device should be able to connect via dial up to the internet in the UK, or are there special gateway/network requirements of the network provider (my sim is O2).
I'm a software developer, not a network/comms/symbian guru so please accept my apologies if this is a no-brainer!!!
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One or two pitches. Scotch & Soda feels like The Metamorphosis' big brother, only not quite as nice. Still, it's a good climb with memorable moves, position, and... ahem... *excitement*. Personally I was less scared leading this than I was leading the Metamorphosis for the first time, but that was a year ago. Nevertheless expect significant runouts at 9+/10-. The climb begins at the apex of the triangle on the south face of the Wind Tower and tackles the obvious A-shaped roof directly. Begin by clipping a piton and performing some very awkward moves to get situated on the polished ramp above the triangle. Once you've turned around on your hands and knees enough times to realize that there's just no easy way, perform a committing stand-up move using an undercling. From this position you can place a solid yellow Alien or equivalent over your head to protect the next few moves. Climb up into the roof to a good stance with good gear (fixed wires, green Alien at lip), and decipher the roof sequence (hint: the easiest way is NOT the most obvious). This is the hardest move on the route - checking in at about 11b. Follow easier terrain up to a belay at a two-bolt anchor. Just above the belay is a modern bolt; clip this and head left to a slung stopper and a bad bolt (do not go right towards the two pitons on bulging rock - this is Deutsch Sturheit 11b VS). Paralleling the Metamorphosis, run it out for about 20' on 10- past another two-bolt anchor and yet another modern bolt. This bolt protects some fun, difficult moves - positive holds but steep rock! Continue up and climb either a) left to join the Metamorphosis just above its 5.9 mantle (requires more crawling on polished rock) or b) head straight up on fresh terrain (requires climbing on lichen and somewhat crumbly rock).
Small stoppers, cams through 1.5" - include Aliens or TCU's.
Not as runout as the book implies, and probably not as hard. The moves near the bad bolt felt like 5.10b to I and a partner last summer. The key is momentum and to keep moving.
First pitch is really good. Pulling the roof is perplexing until you figure it out, then it makes total sense. The second pitch is a bit of a butt clincher. If this climb saw more traffic it would clean up a bit.
Worthwhile pitch, not as high-quality as Metamorphosis, but it shares the same cool position and short approach. There are many new bolts on the face above the roof, it's not at all runout. After the roof, go up and left past a pin to a two-bolt anchor. Zig zag left, then right, past two more new bolts to another 2 bolt station (?). Another new bolt protects you going straight up past a final hard move, then wander up the lichenous face to the top of the wall. Belay at one bolt (with good gear) as for Metamorphasis. This route is about 35m from the top of the Triangular ramp to the belay, and can easily be done in one pitch. If you're second falls at the roof, though, rope-stretch will likely drop them back to the ledge.