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Enjoy stunning scenery as we trot around a typical rural community, en route to a working farm where local drinks and snacks will be served. Code: LUC0013 Adult Price: 66 (CHF) VENICE + Lagoon Cruise With Lunch or Dinner Take some time off the beaten track! We are taken by private boat to the nearby islands in the lagoon of Venice. See the island of Murano where the glass blowers live. Lunch or dinner is taken at the picturesque 'Island of the fishermen', Burano, famous for its multi-coloured houses and a photographer's paradise. Drinks are also included. Code: VEN0014 Adult Price: 69 (EUR) + The Magic of Venice An unforgettable introduction to this unique and magical city! We cruise along the Grand Canal by private water taxi, admiring the magnificent and elegant palazzos. We see the Rialto Bridge and then reach 'the most beautiful outdoor drawing room in the world', St Mark's Square, where we'll have a drink in one of the historic cafes. Later during your Gondola Ride, you will glide along the picturesque smaller canals while a duo of musicians entertains. EURO 73 Code: VEN0016 Adult Price: 73 (EUR) + VENICE BY NIGHT An ideal introduction to this unique and magical city. This evening we board private boats for a tour down the famous Grand Canal to romantic St Mark's Square. We have reservations in a well known cafe, where we sit listening to the orchestra play some of Italy's best loved music. Code: VCET06 Adult Price: 47 (EURO) + GONDOLA SERENADE An ideal introduction to this unique and magical city. Enjoy a romantic gondola journey along canals full of character and colour, while musicians and singers entertain. See the interior of the city with its magnificent and elegant palaces, witnesses of the past splendours of the 'Serenissima'. Code: VCET01 Adult Price: 38 (EURO)


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Pitching by the Numbers: Advice auditMichael Salfino at Yahoo Sports5 days ago
As we close up shop on Pitching by the Numbers for 2014, moving our undivided attention post-Labor Day to fantasy football, let's audit our spring-training and early season advice to see which ideas/approaches worked and which didn't. I'm not going to give myself blame or credit for a pitcher getting hurt. No one can be expected to forecast injury. I'm grading based on how pitchers performed when active, as long as the sample size was reasonable. The Good (preseason) "My major quarrel (with Tanaka projections) is mainly with the strikeouts (per nine innings). I think they'll be considerably higher (than in Japan because Japanese hitters are harder to strike out)." "(Verlander's) lost some velocity and is getting right at the age (31) where most of the big-time power pitchers have to start transitioning a little into being more finesse-y. That walk total may be the first sign of the transition. He also had an injury-plagued offseason. I want to rank Verlander just low enough not to get him." "Tyson Ross didn't qualify because of the percentage of games needed as a starter. He pitched much better as a starter though, especially when it comes to K/9. Let's put him in this Tier 3, though I'm very tempted to put him in Tier 2. You have my permission to reach for Ross." "So, Kluber, Kazmir, Lynn, Corbin, Ryu and Cashner are the gets here. Look at their ADPs. Try to get them a round earlier just to be safe." "Cain? The isolated slugging was terrible last year and below average in 2012, too. Yeah I can be really wrong about him and his ERA can go back down into the low 3.00s but he's not likely to be much better than average in K/9. And I can't stand Cain's 28.6% slider rate last year (13 points over his career rate), especially at age 29 with all those innings/miles. I'll pass on him without concern." The Good (regular season) "I'd be more worried about a guy like (Mike) Minor, who may be above average in limiting damage on fly balls almost entirely due to random factors/luck." "Let's recalculate (Homer) Bailey, who has the worst HR/9 in baseball. His career HR/9 is 1.1. He should have allowed three homers by now given the career rates. Let's call it four, meaning we subtract 4.7 runs that we'll round to five. That would make his ERA now 4.50, which still doesn't make any sense. The .400-plus BABIP explains the rest. Yeah, buy Bailey, even 80 cents on the preseason dollar will end up returning a tidy profit." "I hate that Sonny Gray is so low. He was much higher last year. He's still holding up with that A's magic. I'd love to just tout my Gray preseason ranking, which was higher than almost anyone (everyone?), but he's been lucky and should be traded – not because he's worthless or worse than any pitcher above him here but simply because his ERA is likely to be much
Football by the Numbers: Zero RB strategyMichael Salfino at Yahoo Sports5 days ago
The secret to winning your point-per-reception fantasy football league is not drafting any running backs with premium draft picks. Some of the sharpest minds in the game have concluded that running backs are too risky due to factors like injury and usage with teams employing so many committees. Rotoviz writer and National Fantasy Football Championship winner Shawn Siegele coined his "Zero Running Back Strategy" in 2013 to claim first and second place and prize money in excess of $200,000. Instead, he loaded up on premium wide receivers, who it turns out are far less risky and easier to project. While most 12-team fantasy football leagues will draft about 15 running backs in the first and second rounds, only about eight each year reach the modest thresholds of at least 1,400 rushing plus receiving yards and eight touchdowns. See this Wall Street Journal article on the strategy for details by year. Even worse, since 2010, less than three on average repeat the feat the following season. So this year, LeSean McCoy, Jamaal Charles, Adrian Peterson, Matt Forte, Eddie Lacy and DeMarco Murray are drafted like sure things but odds are most of them will disappoint and prove to be bad investments. I understand your skepticism. The golden rule in fantasy football, regardless of scoring format, has been to chase running backs. And some people use this increased bust rate to justify spending more premium picks on running backs as some sort of demented insurance plan. That's not insurance at all but rather throwing good money after bad. Am I saying to draft a wide receiver with the first pick in a PPR format instead of a stud running back? You bet I am. And the reason is simple: the wide receiver gets more projected points when you adjust projections for risk. The top running backs have about twice the risk as the top wide receivers. Last year, five of the eight top scorers from 2012 were either disappointments (Alfred Morris) or busts (Doug Martin, Arian Foster, C.J. Spiller and Ray Rice). But wide receivers are a different story altogether. So while some running back will beat the top receiver you draft with this hypothetical top overall pick, identifying him is tricky. And when you make a reasonable adjustment for the universal much greater running back risk, the top back on your board ends up with less expected points than the top wide receiver. So in PPR let's say that Demaryius Thomas has the top projection with about 300 points and at running back the top guy is LeSean McCoy with 330 points. But McCoy has about a 50% chance of scoring 50% of his fantasy points while Thomas has about a 25% chance of scoring 50% of his fantasy points. So now we have to subtract about 82.5 points from McCoy's total for his risk but only 37.5 for Thomas's risk. That makes their bettable projection McCoy 247.5 points and Thomas 262.5. Additionally, according to Rotoviz, since 2011, if you
Pitching by the Numbers: Riding the hot handMichael Salfino at Yahoo Sports12 days ago
We're in the home stretch and need to do something that seems on the surface very unsabermetric-like: look at the hot pitchers. Big numbers beating small numbers is a general rule. And chopping up samples within a season tends to be ill-advised. However, I do believe in the hot pitcher given that there are so many little things that, when set right, can generate big results. So the guys who have found their stride since the All-Star break only need to keep that muscle memory going for us for five or six more weeks. But I will focus more on the best of our foundational stats, (Strikeouts-Walks) divided by Innings Pitched. You will see in the list below that our category stats (ERA and WHIP) track very neatly with it and Ks are a part of it. Wins? I don't bother thinking about them and you should not either. We want ERA and WHIP to track closely with our foundational stat because then we can more reasonable speculate cheaply on the pitcher who is good in the key stat but unlucky in run prevention. Alternatively, we can also find guys who may be freely available because their full-season stats are masking their second-half turnaround. The minimums here are 35 innings pitched since the All-Star break with five starts, giving us 84 qualifiers. Here are the top 40 in (K-BB)/IP:
Football by the Numbers: Sizing up receiversMichael Salfino at Yahoo Sports12 days ago
Let's break down wide receivers like last year, using the same method of generally breaking ties in tiers and rounds in favor of the taller receiver. But first, a word about last week's column and Johnny Manziel. It's always good to get the first swing and a miss out of the way with something that doesn't really matter. While I still do think Manziel will rank inside the top 12 at the QB position on a per-game basis, he was never a player who needed to be drafted in one-QB leagues. Clearly, the modern model is that these rookies should start right away. I don't understand what the Browns are gaining here by benching him to start the season. So slide back that ETA to Week 5 after the Cleveland bye. Remember, Nick Foles didn't start last year until Week 6. It's a long season. Hoyer is a journeyman who sure seems like a total waste of time. He's not a serious threat for extended playing time. And Cleveland should have released him when they signed Rex Grossman since Hoyer is a big distraction from what clearly is their future, one THEY chose I remind you. Why even sign Grossman, a total waste of a third QB spot, unless you were going to jettison Hoyer for a seventh-rounder? With that housekeeping out of the way, I again remind you that last year around this time, we noted the point probability of tall wide receivers is significantly higher than short wide receivers, even in PPR formats. It turned out that Wes Welker somehow became a red zone weapon (though an inefficient one on the Manning-scale, leading the team in targets and touchdowns but having the team's lowest conversion rate). And I stipulate that, of course, Antonio Brown also was great. But the point about touchdowns remains. There were 10 receivers last year 5-foot-10 and under who started at least eight games and they totaled a TD every 13.4 receptions. Even Brown was 13.8. Kendall Wright, who I don't understand drafting remotely at his ADP, had two TDs on 94 catches. Meanwhile Justin Hunter (6-foot-4, 4.44 40), who even with the summer breakout is going later, had four TDs last year on 18 catches. Conversely, there were 22 receivers 6-foot-3 or taller who started at least 8 games and they averaged a TD every 9.9 catches. Yes, this seems so obvious. But few seem to emphasize it and use height as a basis for ADP. PPR is not going to be much help either, as the taller group averaged five more catches than the smaller group. Taller receivers tend to carry higher ADPs and that's obviously a factor in rostering players. I'm not saying to NEVER roster a small receiver. What I am saying is that when two receivers are in the same tier or carry an ADP that's about the same round, always take the taller guy. So Alshon Jeffrey over Antonio Brown. Keenan Allen over Randall Cobb. Eric Decker
Pitching by the Numbers: Debasing BABIPMichael Salfino at Yahoo Sports19 days ago
If there's one thing I'd like all my readers to do, it's stop focusing on BABIP. It's not a very meaningful metric in our game, as I will happily illustrate again by focusing on the much more meaningful isolated slugging allowed (ISO, slugging average minus batting average). In other words, it's not the hit but the hit quality that matters. Think about it: BABIP focuses mostly on singles, the least important hits. Those are the ones that have the highest BABIP variance, meaning that they can be chalked up more to luck than skill. But singles don't really hurt us (by hurting our pitchers) that badly. The bigger hits do and BABIP doesn't even factor in homers. The pushback I've gotten on this has been fierce since I introduced the idea of using it in 2012 to explain why Johnny Cueto is so good at preventing runs regardless of how his BABIP varied. One of the arguments is that this is some sort of tautology. Yet the preseason focus with Cueto that year was that his BABIP would surely correct so forget that great 2011 ERA. Then it did but his ERA was still great and that's where I came in. The other argument is from the hard-core stats guys who say that ISO takes so long to normalize and is thus impossible to predict. In other words, it merely describes good pitching but what comes tomorrow for pitchers who haven't had YEARS to prove that they are great at ISO, who knows. And even if they have proven it, their ISO can still vary widely. I'm not writing a white paper here. Whether ISO correlation meets some quant standard is not important to me. It's binary: is a pitcher good at it or bad at it? In other words, can we expect him to be above or below average — catch the ISO tailwind with ERA or have to pitch into its headwind? One of the arguments I counter with is that if ISO takes 600 innings to become reliable (or whatever the number is purported to be) than why are relievers predictably good or bad at it every year with only a fraction of those innings? Mariano Rivera's excellent ISO was bettable, for example. How excellent Rivera's ISO would be may have varied significantly, but it was never going to be bad. Let's look at this year's leaders in ISO allowed before continuing this defense:
Fantasy Football by the Numbers: Controversial figuresMichael Salfino at Yahoo Sports19 days ago
What do the numbers say about the some of this year's more controversial players:
Football by the Numbers: QB efficiencyMichael Salfino at Yahoo Sports27 days ago
Let's kick off our Fantasy Football by the Numbers column by looking at the quarterback position. My working assumption here is that efficiency in generating fantasy points is more projectable than volume. That's the bonus. So if you have the efficient scorer, he doesn't need a lot of volume. However, if he gets it, look out. Conversely, the inefficient scorers like Matthew Stafford and Andrew Luck are very volume reliant, so what if they happen to play this year on better defensive teams? Our stat here of fantasy points per play counts pass attempts, sacks and rushing attempts as plays. And for points it uses standard scoring (point every 20 yards passing, every 10 yards rushing, 4 points per TD pass, 6 points per TD run and minus 2 points for every pick). This is nothing new. The numbers guys are all over this stat. But I have always used yards per pass attempt as a proxy for this scoring efficiency and have found it doesn't matter even if the quarterback generates a lot of points via his running. YPA is more handy for us as a proxy for efficiency. But to test it, let's lay that stat over the ranking of the efficient scorers at QB and see if I'm correct that YPA is the key to unlocking efficiency not just with yards but also with all facets of QB scoring, regardless of QB running volume.
Pitching by the Numbers: Predicting savesMichael Salfino at Yahoo Sports27 days ago
After tackling wins prior to taking a vacation break last week , let me explain my season-long avoidance of the save category. Here's the key takaway/complaint: through Sunday, the 59-win Braves have generated 15 more saves than the 67-win A's. That's why for all his WHIP and K/9 brilliance, Sean Doolittle owners are feeling a little ripped off. Since it's human nature to think we can predict anything, we tend to seek in drafts and in in-season trades the closers on the teams that are most successful/likely to continue winning. But clearly win totals don't correlate that well to save totals. It's not just the A's who are laggards. The 47-win Astros have only 18 saves. That's 12 less than the Diamondbacks, who have won just two more games. I've charted up team wins per save. The league average is 1.90. But the range is 1.49 to 2.79.LivePhiladelphia1 - 0AtlantaFollow Game
Pitching by the Numbers: No-win situationMichael Salfino at Yahoo Sports1 mth ago
Wins are fantasy baseball's most frustrating statistic. "Quality starts" is no solution. But finding some other benchmark isn't much better and seems downright arbitrary. Wins defenders argue that the answer is to pick pitchers on good teams and, if you don't, that's your fault. It's a clever rationalization, but the correlation between the quality of the team and the degree to which a pitcher gets screwed out of wins is weak. Also weak is the degree to which we can reasonably assess which teams are going to be good in March. Plus, when your ERA is 4.00 or less, you should win the majority of games given the league average in runs scored. Here are the pitchers with ERAs under 4.00 with at least 10 no-decisions plus losses. Thanks to the Baseball-Reference's indispensable play index for the stats (stats through Monday).
Pitching by the Numbers: Money makersMichael Salfino at Yahoo Sports1 mth ago
At the unofficial and annoyingly untrue "halfway mark" of the season (we're not even close, fellas), let's look at the top-rated fantasy dollar values of pitchers in 12-team, mixed leagues with $260 budgets. Thanks to LetsPlay2 for the calculations.
But before we list them, I note that I, of course, strive to project post-all-star break value with the help of the best tool in our stat toolbox: (K-BB)/IP. We're interested in seeing which elite performers (the 37 pitchers who have thus far earned $11 or more) do not have foundational strikeout and walk dominance in line with their dollar values. But, of course, many surprising performers are structurally sound and therefore good bets to continue performing well.
Let me also note my general annoyance with analysis that says that a pitcher is a fluke just because he was projected to perform much worse. I need a reason why. "Fluke" can't be the end of the sentence. And we know that most elite performers are going to regress whether we expected them to be good or not. So this is really non-analysis.

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I can think of a few "things" I'd like to beam down from the web...
Katie Holmes (Dawson's Creek version) please?
This is pretty amazing...
May 7, 2007
Beam It Down From the Web, Scotty
By SAUL HANSELL
PASADENA, Calif. â Sometimes a particular piece of plastic is just what you need. You have lost the battery cover to your cellphone, perhaps. Or your daughter needs to have the golden princess doll she saw on television. Now.
In a few years, it will be possible to make these items yourself. You will be able to download three-dimensional plans online, then push Print. Hours later, a solid object will be ready to remove from your printer.
Itâs not quite the transporter of âStar Trek,â but it is a step closer.
Three-dimensional printers have been seen in industrial design shops for about a decade. They are used to test part designs for cars, airplanes and other products before they are sent to manufacturing. Once well over $100,000 each, such machines can now be had for $15,000. In the next two years, prices are expected to fall further, putting the printers in reach of small offices and even corner copy stores.
The next frontier will be the home. One company that wants to be the first to deliver a 3-D printer for consumers is Desktop Factory, started by IdeaLab, a technology incubator here. The company will start selling its first printer for $4,995 this year.
Bill Gross, chairman of IdeaLab, says the technology it has developed, which uses a halogen light bulb to melt nylon powder, will allow the price of the printers to fall to $1,000 in four years.
âWe are Easy-Bake Ovening a 3-D model,â he said. âThe really powerful thing about this idea is that the fundamental engineering allows us to make it for $300 in materials.â
Others are working on the same idea.
âIn the future, everyone will have a printer like this at home,â said Hod Lipson, a professor at Cornell University, who has led a project that published a design for a 3-D printer that can be made with about $2,000 in parts. âYou can imagine printing a toothbrush, a fork, a shoe. Who knows where it will go from here?â
Three-dimensional printers, often called rapid prototypers, assemble objects out of an array of specks of material, just as traditional printers create images out of dots of ink or toner. They build models in a stack of very thin layers, each created by a liquid or powdered plastic that can be hardened in small spots by precisely applied heat, light or chemicals.
3D Systems, a pioneer in the field, plans to introduce a three-dimensional printer later this year that will sell for $9,900.
âWe think we can deliver systems for under $2,000 in three to five years,â said Abe Reichental, the companyâs chief executive. âThat will open a market of people who are not just engineers â collectors, hobbyists, interior decorators.â
Even at todayâs prices, uses for 3-D printers are multiplying.
Colleges and high schools are buying them for design classes. Dental labs are using them to shape crowns and bridges. Doctors print models from CT scans to help plan complex surgery. Architects are printing three-dimensional models of their designs. And the Army Corps of Engineers used the technology to build a topographical map of New Orleans to help plan reconstruction.
Entrepreneurs like Fabjectory are beginning to find interest in 3-D printing among aficionados of online games, like Second Life and World of Warcraft, in which players design their own characters. Electronic Arts hopes to offer a similar service to create three-dimensional models of characters in Spore, a game to be introduced later this year.
Eventually, 3-D design software will let people make sculptures and design housewares at home.
But 3-D printers may be useful for people who do not want to learn how to use such sophisticated programs.
IdeaLab hopes companies will sell three-dimensional designs over the Internet. This would allow people to print out replacements for a dishwasher rack at home. And it would open up new opportunities for toys.
âYou could go to Mattel.com, download Barbie, scan your Momâs head, slap the head on Barbie and print it out,â suggests Joe Shenberger, the director of sales for Desktop Factory. âYou could have a true custom one-off toy.â
How many people will want such a thing? It is impossible to say for sure, but some who work with the current crop of 3-D printers say they will be very attractive when the price puts them in reach of home users.
âWhen laser printers cost more than $5,000, nobody knew they needed desktop publishing,â said A. Michael Berman, chief technology officer for the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, which has a half-dozen 3-D printers for its students to use. âThe market for 3-D printing isnât as big as for laser printers, but I do believe it is huge.â
And Desktop Factoryâs version is meant to be compact enough for a home office â 25 by 20 by 20 inches â with a weight of less than 90 pounds.
The origin of Desktop Factory was not so much a desire to print Barbies as a frustration with the Internet. After making a lot of money starting Internet companies like CitySearch, IdeaLab lost even more with flops like eToys. With its investors disgruntled, the company shrank, slowed down and turned its attention from the Web to technologies like solar energy and robotics.
âWe traded bits for atoms,â Mr. Gross said.
IdeaLabâs new interest in things required it to build a machine shop, and eventually Mr. Gross bought a 3-D printer from Stratasys. IdeaLab engineers kept the machine going around the clock, experimenting with designs.
Mr. Gross even downloaded a model of an octopus to print out for a project on vertebrates in his daughterâs eighth-grade biology class.
This convinced Mr. Gross that there was a market for 3-D printers, especially if the price could be cut.
At first, the prospects looked difficult. The three leading 3-D printer companies all used different technologies, but none seemed simple enough to be modified for inexpensive home devices. Stratasys makes models out of liquid plastic using a very expensive heated print head that resembles a glue gun. 3D Systems uses lasers to harden liquid polymers. And the Z Corporation, a unit of the private equity group EQT, builds models by squirting a sort of glue over layers of sandlike plaster.
In a brainstorming session, Kevin Hickerson, an IdeaLab engineer, proposed the method the company would ultimately choose. First the machine spreads a powdered plastic over a roller, which is heated to just below the plasticâs melting point. Then a sharply focused beam of light melts dots of plastic on the roller. After the unmelted powder is brushed off, the roller deposits the hot plastic onto a platform. This process is repeated until the object is assembled from the bottom up.
It took IdeaLab a year to prove that the basic approach would work and a second year to develop the technology to get the layers to stick to each other properly. (The model is gently squished, as in a sandwich press, after each layer is applied.) And it has taken two more years to write the required software and to create a working design for the first production model.
IdeaLab has made about 10 of the printers so far. It is preparing to begin production at its combination office and factory in an industrial building half a mile from the companyâs headquarters. This summer it will start to deliver its initial test machines to the 200 customers who have agreed to buy them.
Desktop Factory says the machines pose no hazard to users because they use a safe nylon-based material.
Some in the 3-D printer industry say Desktop Factory may have cut too many corners. Its first model makes objects with rather jagged edges because it applies layers that are 0.01 inch thick, two to three times thicker than many other machinesâ. Moreover, it uses a nylon mixed with aluminum and glass that produces gray objects, with a rather sandy finish that many do not find attractive.
Kathy Lewis, the chief executive of Desktop Factory, said the company saw enormous initial demand among small engineering firms that simply cannot afford the larger printers, as well as high schools and colleges that teach computer-aided design.
To appeal to the home market, she said, the company is trying to develop new materials â a smoother plastic and a very soft, bendable substance suitable for toys.
Much of the research in the field is about how to develop materials of various properties that can be applied in tiny digital specs. Cornellâs 3-D printer, called Fab@Home, is particularly suited to those experiments because it moves a syringe in three dimensions that can be filled with any substance. So far, it has built objects out of silicone, plaster, Cheez Whiz and Play-Doh.
Noy Schaal, a high-school freshman in Louisville, modified the design with a heated syringe to extrude a chocolate bar, decorated with the letters KY for Kentucky. (Koba Industries has started selling kits with all the parts needed to make the Fab@Home design for about $3,000.)
Professor Lipson said researchers are developing ways to use the process to build parts with more complex functions. They have preliminary designs for batteries, sensors, and parts that can bend when electricity is applied.
âA milestone for us would be to print a robot that would get up and walk out of the printer,â Professor Lipson said. âBatteries included.â
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for every cancer patient.
I was very frightened. Very frightened. My Leukemia had returned. I was in Seattle for chemotherapy, radiation and a Bone Marrow Transplant. Can you imagine what that's like? It was the most difficult period of my life and there was no assurance it would work. I spent six weeks in a little sterile room behind a plastic curtain. It was my little prison. I was terribly weak and constantly vomiting. It was awful. That was in 1989 and here I am today!
Let me tell you how important The Wellness Community was to me. I had visited the Community during my first bout with Leukemia but I didn't feel that I needed it then. I thought it was a wonderful program for others, but my chances of recovery were excellent and I had too much to do. That feeling changed very rapidly after the Bone Marrow Transplant. My physicians and medical team were marvelous, but I needed the support of other people who understood so I went to The Wellness Community to get it and get it I did.
I stayed in my Wellness Community group for two years and found friends, hope, encouragement and support, the kind I could have received no where else. It was one of the best things that ever happened to me. I attended imagery workshops and other events at The Wellness Community and read the books but it was my friends in the groups who really made the big difference. They had cancer so they understood. I could talk to them in ways that I couldn't even talk to my family. I truly believe that if it were not for my wonderful medical treatment and the support of the people at The Wellness Community I wouldn't be where I am today.
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Benefits Handbooks and References
These pages were designed to provide an overview of the University of Missouri's Faculty & Staff Benefits Plans. They are organized in booklet format using PDF format and may be viewed with Adobe Acrobat Reader. Benefit Program booklets are published annually with an effective date of January 1. Benefit Program changes occurring after January 1 of the current plan year are listed individually at the top of the list and labeled Summary of Material Modifications.
- 2014 Benefit Premiums
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- 2014 Maintenance Medications
- Coventry Health Care Resources
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New Orleans Saints
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Spagnuolo preaches patience with Saints' young corners
The Saints were thin at cornerback in their loss to the 49ers, and youngsters like Johnny Patrick are being relied on more and more.
NFC South Spin cycle: Falcons keep hanging on
It will not quiet the skeptics, but the Falcons did ensure this would be their third consecutive double-digit win season on Sunday.
49ers harass Brees, defeat Saints
Ahmad Brooks and Donte Whitner returned interceptions for touchdowns, and the 49ers ended the Saints' three-game winning streak, 31-21 on Sunday.
NFC South Spin cycle: Stage set for Falcons-Bucs battle
The Panthers hit a new low, but the rest of the NFC South was victorious Sunday, including the Falcons and Bucs, who will meet next week.
Rivera, Mularkey, Shurmur don't come through in clutch
Embattled head coaches have something in common: They all make late-game situational mistakes that cost their teams.
NFC South Spin cycle: Saints, Bucs keeping playoff hopes alive
The talk of an undefeated season is over for the Falcons, but the playoff hopes for the Saints and Buccaneers are still alive coming off Week 10 wins.
Falcons, Lions can't channel slights properly
How a team motivates itself can go a long way in determining whether it will achieve success or suffer failure in today's NFL, Eric Edholm writes.
Saints hand Falcons their first loss
Jimmy Graham caught seven passes for 146 yards and two TDs to help the Saints hand the Falcons their first loss, 31-27, on Sunday.
Saints' situation with Payton mystifies
One team insider says the Saints' still-unsettled contract situation for suspended head coach Sean Payton is best described as a mess.
Key matchup: Falcons QB Matt Ryan vs. Saints pass defense
In today's Key Matchup, we take a look at the challenge awaiting the Saints' pass defense in Week 10.
NFC South Spin cycle: Saints defense still needs to tighten up
It's all smiles in the NFC South after the Saints, Falcons, Panthers and Buccaneers each earned a victory in Week Nine.
Brees, Robinson spark Saints to victory
Drew Brees threw two TD passes, one to TE Jimmy Graham, to lead the Saints to a 28-13 win over the reeling Eagles on Monday night.
Report: League voided Saints' contract with Payton
The NFL voided the contract extension Saints head coach Sean Payton received in September 2011, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter.
Saints RB Sproles (hand) out for Monday night
Saints RB Darren Sproles needed surgery on a broken hand and will not play in Monday night's game against the Eagles.
Saints using scalpel rather than sledgehammer on defense
The Saints are on pace to shatter the record for most yards allowed in a season, but Joe Vitt has shot down the idea of making dramatic changes.
The Jets signed Richardson, a free agent.||||||| Richardson was a fifth-round pick of Oakland in 2007, and played three seasons with the Raiders. He signed with Seattle in 2010 after being waived by Oakland, and played in seven games with the Seahawks. Richardson, who has seven sacks in 55 games, didn't play in the NFL last season.
Richardson was released by the Raiders on Saturday.||||||| Richardson started much of his first two years in the NFL before being relegated to a reserve role last season. He started 22 games in 2007 and '08, but had knee surgery in training camp and never was healthy enough to return to the practice field.
Richardson got his first career start on Sunday against Cleveland, replacing Derrick Burgess, who is out with a calf injury.||||||| Richardson has played two games this season in limited roles, getting one tackle and deflecting one pass. He should be more involved in the defense against the Browns.


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On 1st August 2005 Directors of Scenechange and Green Hippo announced the merger of the two companies under the name of Green Hippo Ltd.Up until recently Scenechange the digital media specialists had been working very closely as the exclusive worldwide distributors of the award-winning Hippotizer media server, but as the sales and the worldwide distribution network began to grow, it was time to look at the future.
"Its become more and more apparent over the last year or so that the combination of Green Hippo and Scene Change as a force for furthering the Hippotizer has really been a meeting of like minded enthusiasts. Like two heads sharing one brain," explains James Heron, director and part founder of Green Hippo.
"Relationships have been so closely bonded that we could not see any sense in operating as individual businesses," Heron continues. " For Hippotizer to continue going from strength to strength, the merging of the two companies was the only sensible option. We now have the team we always wanted under one roof and this puts us in an incredible strong position to develop, evolve and support our media server range. We're delighted with the move and look forward to demonstrating what a focused team with a shared passion can achieve. Before the merger we were at the forefront of our field. As a single entity we can push the boundaries even more than we have to date."
As part of the merger, the two companies completed a move into new larger premises where developments of the new Hippotizer software will continue at great pace. Nigel Sadler, formerly technical director of Scenechange joins the Green Hippo team in the role of Sales Director.
"It's an honor to be working with such a talented team of people at Green Hippo, and such an exciting place to be with all the new products that are in development at the moment," says Sadler. "The merger of the two companies will only strengthen our ability to serve the most important members of the team – the customers."
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US President Barack Obama's nominee for defense secretary, Chuck Hagel,
apologized for controversial comments he made in 2006 about a "Jewish lobby" in
He also clarified his position on Iran and Hezbollah in a
letter to Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer, Washington news site Politico
reported on Tuesday.
In the letter Hagel apologized for saying a "Jewish
lobby" in Washington tends to "intimidate" lawmakers. He deemed it "a very poor
choice of words" and said he understood how such words "can be constructed as
According to Politico, Hagel clarified that he is
"overwhelmingly supportive of a strong US-Israel strategic and security
relationship," and promised to work to expand the ties between the two
Critics of the Nebraska Republican took to Sunday television
news programs to drive home concerns that Hagel opposes sanctions and is
satisfied with containing Iran, as opposed to preventing it from obtaining a
nuclear weapon.
But Hagel, who repeatedly voted in the Senate against US
sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, wrote that he supports unilateral
In 2006, Hagel questioned Israel's dealings with Hezbollah in
Lebanon and declined to sign a letter calling on the European Union to list
Hezbollah as a terrorist organization.
In his letter to Boxer, Hagel
pacified critics by condemning Hezbollah as a terrorist threat to Israel,
according to Politico.
Hagel added that he supports giving foreign aid to
Israel, and that he previously called Hamas a terrorist group as
well.Reuters contributed to this report.


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A very timely story yesterday in the Wall Street Journal by Andrew Higgins about a land dispute between Syriac Orthodox monastery Mor Gabriel and Turkish authorities. Also yesterday, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, during a stop in Ankara, announced that President Obama will be visiting Turkey "in a month or so." She said this toward the end of her public remarks: I reiterate the Obama Administration's support for Turkey's membership in the European Union. The United States believes it will strengthen Turkey, Europe, and our transatlantic partnership. The United States continues to support the UN-sponsored talks now taking place to achieve a settlement of the Cyprus conflict based on reunification of the island as a bi-zonal, bi-communal federation. We talked about Turkey's democracy, its multiethnic heritage, and in that context, I raised the importance that we place on reopening the Halki Seminary and efforts to reach out to all of Turkey's communities. For … [Read more...]
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Rupert Grint Interview, Cover and New Photoshoot in Attitude MagazineGrint Interviews
Rupert Grint gave an interview to the July 2011 edition of Attitude and additionally graced its cover. The Ron Weasley actor talked about eating cupcakes with the Obamas, upcoming projects and films he's already done, the last days on the Harry Potter set and drama as confidence-building.
On the films:
We're so engrossed in making them that you don't realise what a big deal they are for people. It's only when we go to premieres and see the excitement and enthusiasm that we realise that. It's really nice.Answering the question, "What would you say to kids being bullied for physical things or for being gay?":
It's that weird school period when kids can be quite cruel. You've got to stick it out and just be strong. It's hard to know what to do but you have to get through it. I've never been that confident. At school I was quite shy. It was through drama club and doing plays that I found my voice. If you've got something like drama you can do everything. It's a really great thing for building up some confidence.Rupert-Grint.us now have scans of the photoshoot, cover and interview at this link.


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Diggy Simmons goes under the microscope in the 30-second preview for "Copy, Paste," the first single from his debut album. In the Phil the God-directed clip, the 16-year-old son of Rev Run is hooked up to wires in a laboratory as he is examined by female technicians who try to clone him.
"'Copy, Paste' is about just giving an anthem to original people, innovators, people that feel like their style's been copy, pasted," Diggy told Rap-Up.com. "I'm in a laboratory and I'm hooked up to wires and different stuff. I have like a bandage over my stomach. There's laboratory girls in the scene, but it's just about them trying to copy and paste me."
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Dozens of workers at Catalent told they will be redundant by the end of the year
8:00am Saturday 17th November 2012 in News By Matthew Edwards
EMPLOYEES at a pharmaceutical company have been dealt a massive blow just weeks before Christmas, as it was announced dozens of staff would lose their jobs.
More than 40 staff at Catalent have been told this week that they are to be without a job by the end of the year, along with several temporary staff.
It has been confirmed by the company, which employs 500 staff at its base in Frankland Road, Blagrove Industrial Estate, that the job losses come as a result of restructuring at the site.
A spokesman for the company said: "Due to changes in volume demand, Catalent is in the process of restructuring the Swindon facility.
"After implementing other measures, including the removal of temporary positions, Catalent has announced that it will be reducing its headcount by 45 permanent roles and has entered into consultation talks with employees through its Employee Forum regarding the need for restructuring at the facility.
"Catalent is committed to working with all impacted staff during this process and will make all necessary assistance is available to all employees.
"The Swindon site is a key part of the Catalent network dedicated to the development and supply of important medicines to patients globally."
The site, which covers around 158,000 sq ft, is divided between the development and production of fast dissolving tablet technologies and chemistry, manufacturing and controls pharmaceutical analytical laboratories.
This is not the first time that the company has cut staff. In 2010, staff were told that 50 roles would be made redundant.
That came 10 months after workers at Catalent were told that 275 staff were to be laid off during the next two years.
In 2008, the company – which was known as Cardinal Health – announced that it would be introducing a new production line, creating 40 new jobs.
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Lemon Green Beans Recipe
Delicately seasoned with lemon and dill, these tender green beans from Kara Lee Helminak of South Milwaukee, Wisconsin taste fresh and inviting. They're a great accompaniment to almost any entree.
- 1 pound fresh green beans, trimmed
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons snipped fresh dill
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Place beans in a steamer basket; place in a large saucepan over 1 in. of water. Bring to a boil; cover and steam for 8-10 minutes or until crisp-tender.
- In a jar with a tight-fitting lid, combine the lemon juice, oil, dill and salt; shake well. Transfer beans to a serving dish; add dressing and toss to coat. Yield: 6 servings.
Originally published as Lemon Green Beans in Taste of Home October/November 2006, p47
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Cristiano Ronaldo not fit for Portugal Euro 2016 qualifier, says Paulo Bento
Portugal coach Paulo Bento has left Cristiano Ronaldo out of the squad for their upcoming Euro 2016 qualifier, saying the national captain is not fit enough to compete, even though he has started the season featuring regularly for Real Madrid.
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Chicago Bears
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TE Bennett says he's a Bear
Free-agent TE Martellus Bennett says he is headed to the Chicago Bears and leaving the New York Giants.
Chicago Bears: 2013 team needs
We highlight the top three needs on offense and defense for the Chicago Bears, and take a look back at their 2012 draft class.
Bears DT Melton receives franchise tag
The Bears placed the franchise tag on DT Henry Melton, the team announced Friday.
Bears OT Webb arrested on drug charges
Bears OT J'Marcus Webb was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana on Sunday evening.
Trestman 'excited' to be Bears coach, work with Cutler
New Bears head coach Marc Trestman opened media availability at the NFL Combine and discussed his preparation for the 2013 season.
Bears release WR Knox
The Bears terminated the contract of WR Johnny Knox, the team announced Tuesday.
Bears would be silly to let Hester become next Jacoby Jones
Devin Hester wants a fresh start, somewhere other than Chicago. After watching what Jacoby Jones did after leaving Houston, the Bears need to keep Hester.
Trestman's patience, smarts will suit him well
New Bears coach Marc Trestman comes in with a plan and appears to be prepared. But will he be able to deliver a winner in Chicago?
Coaching changes don't bode well for Urlacher returning
The departure of several of Lovie Smith's defensive assistants increases the probability that longtime Bears MLB Brian Urlacher won't return in 2013.
Tucker takes over Bears' defense
The Bears added to their new coaching staff on Friday, hiring Mel Tucker as defensive coordinator, the team confirmed.
Bears add Cavanaugh, Peete to staff
The Chicago Bears have hired Matt Cavanaugh as their quarterbacks coach and Skip Peete as their running backs coach.
Kromer, DeCamillis to join Trestman's staff
Aaron Kromer will reunite with Marc Trestman and join the Bears as their new offensive coordinator/offensive line coach.
Bears hire Trestman as new head coach
The Chicago Bears have reached an agreement with Marc Trestman to become the team's 14th head coach in franchise history.
Report: Bears WR Marshall to undergo procedure on hip
Bears WR Brandon Marshall will undergo arthroscopic surgery on his hip, according to ESPN Chicago's Michael C. Wright.
Chiefs add Toub to coaching staff
The Chiefs announced Tuesday the hiring of Dave Toub as the team's new special-teams coordinator.
Marshall had six catches for 68 yards and a TD in Sunday's 28-13 win at Arizona.||||||| Matched up with Cards stud Patrick Peterson, Marshall matched a season high with his third straight game finding the end zone. He broke the Bears' franchise record for yards receiving in a season in the process.
Marshall had Chicago's only touchdown, but had just 56 yards receiving Sunday.||||||| Marshall is likely headed to Pro Bowl with a career-high 107 receptions for 1,398 yards.
Marshall caught 10 passes for 160 yards and a touchdown against Minnesota on Sunday, setting the Bears single-season record for receptions (101).||||||| Marshall, who has caught at least 10 passes in three straight games, joined Jerry Rice, Marvin Harrison and Wes Welker as the only players with at least four seasons of 100 or more catches.
Marshall caught 10 passes for a season-high 165 yards in Sunday's loss to the Seahawks.||||||| With 91 receptions, Marshall is on pace to shatter his career high of 104 set in 2004 when Jay Cutler was throwing to him in Denver.
Marshall became the first Chicago Bears receiver since Marty Booker in 2002 to surpass 1,000 yards in a season during Sunday's 28-10 win over visiting Minnesota.||||||| Marshall finished with 92 yards on a season high-tying 12 receptions. He has 1,017 yards on 81 catches this season. Marcus Robinson set the Bears' single-season record with 1,400 yards in 1999, and Booker is the franchise's only player with 100 catches in one year (2001).


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Six months ago, the council applied for a grant with the Alabama Transportation Rehabilitation and Improvement Program (ATRIP), an initiative giving $300 million worth of funds to go toward roadway projects throughout the state.
The project was approved, and with the ATRIP grant's 80/20 matching ratio, Jasper officials were set to pay around $130,000 to resurface the roadway, with a total cost of $650,000.
Keith Strickland, a representative of the Birmingham firm hired to oversee the repaving project, said the new requirements will put the project at approximately $1.5 million, with the city's share at $300,000.
Strickland said the costs for the project have increased because officials with the Alabama Department of Transportation want Walston Bridge Road to meet new federal guidelines.
Strickland said those requirements include widening the lanes from 10 feet to 12 feet and making the shoulder of the roadway at least 3 feet wide.
Despite the added expense, Strickland told the council the new guidelines will mean a safer roadway for residents, and ATRIP's matching funds will include those additions.
Council member Gary Cowen asked Strickland if the city will lose all of the grant funding if it does not agree to the new changes.
"So, the Department of Transportation has said if you don't bring it up to what they consider new, safe standards, forget the whole thing?" he asked.
"Exactly," Strickland replied.
The council also approved another application for the same ATRIP grant program. It will fund the repaving of a two-mile section of Old Birmingham Highway, from Industrial Boulevard to Birmingham Avenue.
The total cost of the project will be approximately $730,000, with the city's match being $146,000.
The repaving of Old Birmingham Highway was initially the first City of Jasper project considered for ATRIP funding. However, the council chose to go with the roadway with the most traffic for the first application, which was Walston Bridge Road.
The second round of applications for ATRIP funding also includes a project to widen Airport Road into a three-lane roadway from The Trace to Ridgewood Road. Officials estimate the total project to cost around $4 million. However, the city does have about $2.7 million in federal funds earmarked for improving each of the intersections along Airport Road.
City officials also plan on applying for grants in January to repave sections of 3rd Avenue and 9th Avenue.
In other business, the council:
•Approved the resurfacing of Alabama Highway 269 from 2.4 miles south of County Road 22 to Alabama Highway 69.
•Heard from Jasper Fire Chief Calvin Kluesner, who announced that the department is still selling T-shirts to benefit the Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama.
He added that the department can fill large orders for groups that want to sell the T-shirts on their own or at community events.
For more information about the program, contact Kluesner at 205-221-8510.


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Luxury Gulf Front Condo - Tropical Europa (2 BR) in Anna Maria Island
- bedrooms 2
- baths 2
- sleeps 6
- pool yes
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- pets allowed no
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- community Island Paradise
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Tropical Europa / also known as Island Paradise a Direct Beachfront that has- the best view on Anna Maria Island. Panoramic views of the aqua waters of the Gulf of Mexico and the white sand beaches. And don't forget the legendary sunsets. It simply does not get any better than this. It is like you are sitting on the deck of a cruise ship- just in more luxury! This premium condo has it all including tile floors, granite countertops, the finest cabinetry and appliances.
The powder sugar sand beaches of Anna Maria Island await. Far away yet close to plenty of the great island charm that the area has to offer.
Sleeps 6 very comfortably.
Direct Beachfront- Walls Of Windows overlooking the Gulf of Mexico ~Crown Jewel of Anna Maria Island, located at 3708 Gulf Drive in Holmes Beach, Florida. Enjoy million dollar panoramic views from the very front unit in the building. Gorgeous views right from your kitchen, dining room and living room. Unbelievable panoramic curved windows are the highlight of the unique "Bauhaus" style architecture. Island Paradise is a highly desired, oversized, two bedroom Gulf front condo located in a beautifully maintained six-unit complex on a spectacular, pristine sugar-sand beach. Enjoy the fantastic panoramic view of the Gulf, watching the dolphins frolic in the water from your living room! This unit is tastefully furnished and a well-equipped vacation retreat. Brand new gourmet kitchen with granite countertops and stainless steel appliances. Gorgeous ceramic tile throughout. Every amenity is provided for your enjoyment. Relax by the heated pool after a stroll on the white, sandy beach, then enjoy our famous
sunsets from your large open deck facing the water.This two bedroom, two bath unit sleeps six with a king in the master bedroom (with its own private bath) and two double beds in the guest bedroom.
If you plan on vacationing with a group, please let us know as we
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* 2 Full Baths
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* Gourmet Kitchen
* Dishwasher, Microwave, Icemaker, Coffeemaker
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activities and attractions in Anna Maria Island Gulf Coast Central
Located in west central Florida between Tampa and Sarasota, Anna
Maria Island is a tropical getaway that is just now being
discovered! Great fishing, boating, shelling and swimming - we offer
it all.
For the boater/fisherman - numerous fishing piers, excursion boats,
boat rentals and charter boats are available. Marinas are located
around the island or bring your own boat - ramps are conveniently
located and the fishing's great!
For the beach goer - Anna Maria is seven miles long and offers
peaceful, white sand beaches running the length of the island. Take
a walk, find some shells, get some sun or just relax on our beaches,
they're spectacular.
For the shopper - Anna Maria offers many different kinds of quaint
beach shops, gift and dress shops. For more "extensive" shopping,
two outlet malls are located by I-75.
For the whole family - Theme parks are located within two hours from
Anna Maria. Spend a day at Disney World, Busch Gardens, Cypress
Gardens, Mote Marine or Sarasota Jungle Gardens - they're too
numerous to list! Museums, botanical gardens, state parks abound and
make great day trips. During February and March, see the Pittsburgh
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- Robinson Nature Preserve
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We did this tour just 2 hours after arriving into Amsterdam and thoroughly enjoyed it! We felt like it was totally worth the price (not high to begin with) because it gave us some insight and history of the Red Light District....things we wouldn't have known by just walking around the District on our own.
Doing what: Amsterdam Red Light District Walking Tour
The meeting place for the river boat was conveniently located. The tour departed on time and was most enjoyable. Our narrator/guide spoke very clearly and did a good job of taking us around the red light district. He was most informative and offered to answer any questions that we may have had.
Wonderful tour!
Doing what: Amsterdam Red Light District Cruise and Walking Tour
James S
I wish I remembered the name of the woman who gave our tour, she was awesome. She grew up in Amsterdam and was very knowledgable about the history and politics of the area. The tour itself started right on time and took about 2 hours to complete- we had a very large group so smaller groups may do quicker. I highly recommend this tour if you have any interest in knowing about the Red Light District at all.
Doing what: Amsterdam Red Light District Walking Tour
Wow what a night! Absolutely fantastic. Met a really great group of people. The guides were brilliant, friendly and really looked after their group. The pubs and clubs we visited were full of great people. Highly recommend anyone to do one of these tours if you are unsure of the area. My friend and I visited Amsterdam on a girly weekend and felt completely safe going around the pubs in the red light district.
Doing what: Amsterdam Pub Crawl
Enjoyed this walking tour because our guide was informative, gave a really good insight into how the red light district operates, the measures taken by the council to regulate it, how the girls conduct business and that it is not all about sex and prostitutes and that other people live there and just go about their daily lives. The building were lovely and historical. Our guide was great, and answered all our questions. The only possibly?? down side was that it was Kings day next day and it was so busy and crowded, we would liked to have stayed in the city longer and had a drink but our hotel was in the suburbs and the trams etc. were stopping early so we took a taxi back to the hotel and had a drink there instead. So missed the atmosphere and the buzz unfortunately. Would definitely recommend it. I am sure the King had a lovely birthday anyway
Doing what: Amsterdam Red Light District Walking Tour
A marvellous trip to view the old Dutch houses along the canals by night. We appreciated the interiors of the houses and house-boats and were enchanted by the bridges and historic buildings along the way. The walk through the Red Light District was certainly different! The guide was excellent and showed us some quiet, refined gardens within the area as well as the more lively spots! We enjoyed the wine and snacks offered and would recommend the whole package.
Doing what: Amsterdam Red Light District Cruise and Walking Tour
Absolutely great tour! Might be the best way to learn about the red light district in a safe environment and discover many interesting facts that we would never have known otherwise. Guide was professional and helpful, albeit 25 euros may be slightly steep for a 2hour walking tour. Recommended !
Doing what: Amsterdam Red Light District Walking Tour
This was an amazing tour. Well worth the time and money. I had been to Amsterdam previously and walked around the Red Light district (as tourist do) and This tour opened up my eyes to a whole new perspective. Our guide was amazing and absolutely made the tour that much more fun. I can not recommend this tour enough. It's for everyone, not offensive or overly sexualized, just informative. The visit to the Prostitution Information Center with the Information Session is so important to understand what the Red Light District meant and means now. 5 stars FOR SURE!!!
Doing what: Amsterdam Red Light District Walking Tour
Our tour guide and his Michael Jackson glove made this tour great!
The wine was awesome, the snacks were good too!
We learned about the canals and the homes, even the drunken houses! And houseboats!
The walking tour through the Red Light District was different. Amusing, and informative! Apparently prostitutes in Amsterdam get better remuneration and benefits than pilots in Newfoundland!
This tour showed many different areas and aspect to the daytime bus tour.
We also purchased a hop on hop off canal bus tour.....Don't, just grab a 24 or 48 hour bus pass. Much cheaper and more convenient!
Doing what: Amsterdam Red Light District Cruise and Walking Tour
Wayne S
We are so glad we booked this tour. Our guide was very informative and entertaining. It was the perfect way to visit the Red Light District for the first time. Our last stop was meeting with the former prostitute at the prostitute museum. She was very likable and encouraged any and all questions. Would we do it again - probably not. Are we glad we did it this time - definitely.
Doing what: Amsterdam Red Light District Walking Tour
Wow what an eye opener and a great way to see the Red Light District and learn about the history. Very interesting.
Doing what: Amsterdam Red Light District Walking Tour
The tour was excellent and the guide was very good. The tour gave you a good insight into the Red Light District.
Doing what: Amsterdam Red Light District Walking Tour
We met up with our guide for a very interesting tour around some of the streets we wouldn't have explored on our own. There was everything from the palace in Dam Square to the red light district, located strangely enough right next to where the port was. Our meanderings took us to Rembrandt's house when he was at his most successful. We saw plenty of canals and found out that Singel, where our hotel room overlooked, was originally a moat and that all the canals are flushed every day by the use of dozens of locks. She told us stories behind the identification plaques on houses and the hidden churches from when Catholicism was outlawed. We both loved the hidden and very picturesque mews with its lovely houses and gardens, such a surprise in such a busy city. Our guide was excellent and really showed us a city we could never have found on our own.
Doing what: Amsterdam Walking Tour
We arrived in Amsterdam on a Saturday afternoon, as first time visitors, and wandered the parks and streets for a few hours amidst all the crazy hustle and bustle, all the while dodging bikes, scooters, cars and trams! The next morning as we walked from our hotel to meet the tour - through streets thickly littered with empty bottles, rubbish and people who hadn't made it home from the night before - none of us was really sure what we thought of the city. By the end of the walking tour, however, we had all fallen in love with Amsterdam and just kept enjoying it more and more in the following days! Our guide was great - very informative, interesting, interested and witty! He really helped us to appreciate the diversity the city offers and to understand the history and nature of the place, including but not only the red light district and coffee shops. By the end of the tour we felt as though we knew so much more about Amsterdam and we were left really well equipped to make the very most of our days there. The coffee stop was relaxing and well chosen, the sites we visited really varied, and the tips given along the way of worthwhile places to spend some time - including several tucked away from the touristy areas - were very welcome. Thanks very, very much!
Doing what: Amsterdam Walking Tour
Great tour! I would definitely recommend it. I was traveling alone and it was a great way to see the Red Light District without going on my own. The tour guide was very knowledgeable and answered any questions we had.
Doing what: Amsterdam Red Light District Walking Tour
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Oakland Public Library is here to support the educational, informational, and recreational needs of your students. Our Teen Librarians conduct school visits and invite classes to the library throughout the year. Our branches offer print and multimedia materials, including popular young adult titles, public computers, numerous online databases, and a wide variety of other resources. With advance notice we can also secure additional copies of books you plan to assign. Here are a few ways we can support you:
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Budget Amendments Would Spend $500 Million Plus
State revenues are on the upswing, and so are lawmakers' efforts to spend them, reports Action Andy.
Altogether, House proposals total $589.56 million and Senate requests come to $501 million.
But the actual cost is less. That's partly because a number of House and Senate amendments have identical goals. And some lawmakers have proposed halting scheduled cuts to programs that Haslam recently agreed to fund partially.
The House and Senate finance committees are expected to begin sorting through amendments this week as they try to wrap up their annual session before the beginning of May.
With state tax collections now running $107 million above December estimates, Haslam's administration and Republican leaders have positioned themselves to stem the tide of spending requests.
"I think we need to avoid that temptation that just because we have money we need to spend it," Finance Commissioner Mark Emkes said Friday. "We know we have significant expenses coming in 2014 and 2015 so the idea is, this extra money, let it roll over so we're ready for that."
....The governor has set aside $5 million for legislative initiatives in the projected $30.2 billion budget. McCormick said that may increase slightly, but not much.
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The Julio Cesar Chavez - Brian Vera fight has been changed to a 173 pound limit and pushed down to only 10 rounds. Chavez does what he wants, when he wants.
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Mexican legend Julio Cesar Chavez is hopeful that Canelo Alvarez can win on Saturday night, but is having trouble seeing him get the win over Floyd Mayweather.
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Leaky News Archives for November 2010
Videos: Rupert on "Regis and Kelly", Malfoys and Bellatrix Featurette, New "DH: Part 1" TV SpotDH Film
We now have Rupert's interview this morning on "Live! With Regis and Kelly" in the Leaky Video Galleries, at this link. Rupert is interviewed about his ice-cream van, receiving pyjamas from fans and his role in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1".Continued...
New AP Photoshoot of Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint
Seven brand new photos from an Associated Press photoshoot featuring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint (Harry, Hermione and Ron, respectively) can now be found here in the galleries. Enjoy!
Pictures from the "Deathly Hallows: Part 1" US Premiere (Updated)DH Film
We now have a few pictures here in our Image Galleries of the Harry Potter actors at the US premiere of "Deathly Hallows: Part 1."
So far we have pictures of Emma Watson (Hermione Granger), Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy), Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley), Ralph Fiennes (Voldemort)Continued...
New Stills from "Deathly Hallows: Part 1"DH Film
We have four new stills from "Deathly Hallows: Part 1" which you can view in our Image Galleries:
Umbridge with her Patronus
Voldemort talking to the Death Eaters
Hermione face to face with Bellatrix Lestrange
Hermione reading from The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore
Videos: Cast Interview Each Other, Press Junket Interviews and MoreDH Film
We now have many new cast interviews in our video galleries from the last few days. Check them out below! Caution: videos may include spoilers and clips for both parts of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows".
- Cast interview each other for "Deathly Hallows: Part 1" - Part 1
- CastContinued...
Live from the "Deathly Hallows: Part 1" US Premiere in New York CityDH Film
The Harry Potter stars have begun to arrive at the "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" US Premiere in New York City's Alice Tully Hall. Leaky is on the red carpet ready to bring you exclusive footage!
Update: The live streamed coverage is now over, but stay close toContinued...
Upcoming TV Appearances for the Harry Potter CastDH Film
The Harry Potter cast's upcoming television appearances on US television this week are as follows:
Monday, 15th November
MSNBC - The Today Show: Daniel Radcliffe (between 7am and 10am ET), Rupert Grint (after 10am ET)
ABC - Live! With Regis and Kelly: Rupert Grint (between 9am and 10am ET)
Xfinity TV and Comcast Premiere Last Round of Exclusive "DH: Part 1" FeaturettesDH Film
XfinityTV is premiering a last round of exclusive "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" featurettes this week. They have already released featurettes on Bellatrix Lestrange, The Ministry of Magic, the making of the Deathly Hallows score and more. You can findContinued...
Radcliffe and Watson confirm "DH: Part 2" Ending ReshootsDH Film
HitFix has some new quotes from Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) and Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) confirming that they are re-shooting parts of the "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" epilogue at Christmas:
"We are re-shooting some parts of it," Radcliffe confirms. "It was anContinued...
Livestream and PopSugar TV to Stream US Premiere of "DH: Part 1" in NYC TodayDH Film
Last week, we told you that MTV will be hosting a live stream of today's U.S. premiere of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1". Livestream and PopSugar TV will be also broadcasting live from the premiere -- which is at Alice Tully Hall -- from 6 p.m. ET.Continued...
New Behind the Scenes Images and Set Pictures of "Deathly Hallows: Part 1"DH Film
Thanks to our friends at ScarPotter we have a few new behind the scenes pictures from "Deathly Hallows: Part 1," which you can view here in our Image Galleries. Most of them feature director David Yates working with the actors on various scenes, such as with Daniel RadcliffeContinued...
Ask Emma Watson
TIME Magazine will be interviewing Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) on Monday and is asking for Harry Potter fans to submit questions to her on their "10 Questions" page. You can submit your question here.
Rupert Grint Interviewed by the The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph has a new interview with Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) where he talks about finishing his ten years on the Harry Potter films and what he's currently up to:
Right now, Grint is enjoying the boredom. The final scene of the last film, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II,Continued...
Early Reviews for "Deathly Hallows: Part 1"DH Film
Some reviews have already come out for "Deathly Hallows: Part 1," and many comment on the merits of splitting the film into two parts. All of them have varying degrees of spoilers in them.
Total Film gave the movie 3 out of 5 stars.
Reuters UK review.
Variety review.
The Telegraph gave the movie 4 out 5 stars.Continued...
Location Announced for Harry Potter Fan Premiere Party in NYC
The location has been announced for the post-premiere fan party Leaky is throwing along with our friends over on MuggleNet! The party will be held between 7 and 11.30pm on Monday, 15th November, after the red carpet arrivals of the Harry Potter stars at the US "HarryContinued...


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Back By popular demand... We had switched components in the Homesaver Pro Kits to the new 24 gauge "CollarPlate" and "CollarPlate Rain Cap" that is available with UltraPro, But we heard you guys when you said you wanted the heavy duty 18 ga. Top Plate and the Guardian Cap back in the kits, so we have brought them back. Now everything that is pictured above, comes with the HomeSaver Pro Top Exhaust kit except the Tee and Tee Cap. That includes 316 Alloy SS Guardian Cap, footage of HomeSaver Pro as stated in kit, 304 Alloy SS Top Plate, Top Clamp, Storm Collar, and the Connector Adaptor (not shown) to connect it all to the top of your stove. Insulation is not included. Thanks For your input guys!!
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Cops Corner: East County
Date: October 26, 2011
by: Observer Staff
The following information was gathered from incident and arrest reports obtained from the Manatee County Sheriff's Office.
Reported Oct. 12
3 p.m. — 8604 State Road 70 E. (Hess). Fraudulent use of a credit card. The victim accidentally left his credit card on the counter at a service station while paying for gas. After the victim left, an unknown suspect allegedly took the card and used it at Racetrack, McDonald's and Sunoco, totaling $84.49 in fraudulent charges. The victim's bank notified him about the unusual charge pattern and the credit card was cancelled immediately.
Oct. 16
1:58 p.m. — Intersection of Honore Avenue and University Parkway (parking lot). Assist. A vehicle was parked at the rear of the shopping complex when a fire began to smolder inside the vehicle. The Southern Manatee Fire Rescue Battalion chief has taken over the investigation.
Oct. 14
8:30 p.m. — 3300 block of 49th Avenue E. Burglary of a conveyance. Unknown person(s) entered a vehicle through an unlocked driver's side door and removed several items. The person(s) then left the area in an unknown direction of travel.
Oct. 18
12:45 p.m. — 2911 53rd Ave. E. (Walmart). Retail grand theft. A male suspect selected $654.98 in merchandise while a female suspect selected $34.88 in merchandise. The two parties had split up within the store and allegedly did not work together to steal the items. The suspects then passed all points of sale without purchasing the items they had selected.
3:30 p.m. — 2911 53rd Ave. E. (Walmart). Retail theft second or subsequent. The defendant selected items from the store then left the store without purchasing the items. The suspect has two prior convictions for theft. She also reportedly had needles and a crack pipe with her that she threw under the seat in the loss prevention room. The suspect was arrested and transported without incident.
Oct. 19
8:05 p.m. — 2600 block of 27th Street E. Possession of marijuana less than 20 grams. While the responding deputy was driving south on 27th Street E. at 13th Avenue, a vehicle cut in front of him and almost caused him to crash into it. The deputy ran the tag on the vehicle and it came back expired as of Sept. 26. When the deputy stopped the vehicle and approached the driver's door, he reported that he could smell a heavy odor of marijuana coming from inside the vehicle. The deputy called for backup. He observed the suspect moving around and leaning forward while he was talking to the driver behind her car. The deputy pulled all of the occupants out of the vehicle. He searched the vehicle and found marijuana where the suspect had been leaning foward. The deputy obtained an affidavit from the driver saying she had seen the suspect with a marijuana grinder containing marijuana. The suspect was placed under arrest. The deputy cut him a break and charged him just with possession of the marijuana and not with possession of paraphernalia.
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Lakewood Ranch Community Activities Corp. this weekend will celebrate the start of school with its annual Back to School Splash Bash event Aug. 23, at the Lakewood Ranch YMCA, 5100 Lakewood Ranch Blvd.
Klauber, Mancini honored by AJC
The West Coast Florida Region of AJC (American Jewish Committee) will honor Michael Klauber and Phil Mancini, of Michael's On East, in November.
Temples share the Torah
Twenty-three years ago, Temple Sinai received a Torah on loan when it organized a new congregation in Sarasota.


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University College administers the Math Placement Test.
The purpose of the Mathematics Placement Test is to place you into the highest level math class you may initially take at VCU and in which you have a reasonable expectation of success. The Mathematics Placement Test does not give you credit for a math class, nor does it satisfy or exempt you from any math course your major or school requires of you for graduation.
All students enrolling in a mathematics, statistics, or computer science course must satisfy the prerequisite for the course before enrolling in the course. The prerequisite may be satisfied either by placement into the course based on the results of either the VCU Mathematics Placement Test, or by successful completion of the prerequisite course. Your advisor can help you determine which mathematics course is appropriate for your major.
VCU offers the Mathematics Placement Test in two formats: the VCU Online Mathematics Placement Test and the Compass Mathematics Placement Test. Only new incoming freshmen or transfer students may take the Online version. All current VCU students must take the Compass version.
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