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Lydia quickly goes to Brighton, where she has a wonderful time flirting with all the officers before running off with Wickham. We follow her to London, where she bemoans their lack of money but nevertheless enjoys herself, shopping and flirting with all of Wickham's friends. We're in no doubt that she and Wickham spend a lot of their time in bed but there's nothing graphic and the mentions of their connubial-like bliss are humorous. Then Darcy turns up and a wedding follows.
The action moves to Newcastle where slowly Lydia begins to realise that Wickham is having affairs and, although she continues as lively as ever, her journal entries show her to be upset about it. She's determined to put a brave face on it, however, and off she goes to Derbyshire to stay with Elizabeth, and then to Netherfield to stay with Jane.
With her sisters' marriages before her, Lydia starts to realise that her marriage was a bad idea and she envies her sisters' happiness. However, she's stuck with the situation so she enjoys herself as much as she can by dancing and shopping.
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A WORCESTER church has turned itself into a forest of Christmas trees as it hosts its sixth annual festive festival.
St Martin's, London Road, is playing host to more than 25 trees which have been provided and decorated by groups and organisations connected with the 100-year-old church.
The festival of Christmas trees opened its doors at the start of the week and will be open between 10am and 4pm every day until Sunday, January 6.
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I don't have enough money for a designer bag, but I love the look of Longchamp tote bags -- a big one will hold lunch and workout clothes and my purse. What are some budget options for something similar?
Love ya,
You know, this is a budget style secret that will seem counterintuitive at first: sometimes, it's better to spend more on a quality piece than it is to look for something cheaper. Which is to say that I've researched Longchamp totes, and alternatives to Longchamp totes, and totes that look Longchamp-y but are in no way affiliated with Longchamp totes, and I think you should save up and buy the real deal.
"But Budget Style Guide," I hear you say. "This is not the advice you were supposed to give me. I didn't ask you to explain to me why I should buy an expensive designer handbag. I asked you to tell me how to avoid this scenario. Were you, perhaps, not listening to me? Are you some kind of a fake, yourself, as a handbag may be fake, causing all of us to shed white hot tears of rip-off-edness?"
None of these things, I can assure you. I am, however, a person who believes in investing in quality. And sometimes, it's cheaper to buy something expensive than it is to buy something cheap.
Now hear me out:
- The bag of your dreams is not a super-pricey bag. I am totally against the crazypants behavior of handbag consumers circa 2007. If you spend $1200 on a handbag, you deserve to be picketed by the 99 percent. I don't care how rich you are. No one should spend that kind of money on an accessory. You can get one of these totes for under $100, if you look for it. Or, better yet, you can ask me to look for it, and I will do so. Here you are:
- Tote bags like these are made of a variety of materials, but if you're talking about storing workout clothes and deliciously smelly lunch items, you're probably looking at a nylon tote. Please believe me when I say that nothing falls apart faster than a cheap nylon tote. They collapse, as Eddie Izzard would say, like a flan in a cupboard. The material is usually flimsy, and the stitching is weak.
- Perhaps because of this, every time I've ever tried to substitute a cheaper handbag for a quality handbag of superior craftsmanship, I've wound up buying three terrible cheap bags and eventually breaking down and getting what I wanted to start. I'm not a mathematician, but I think we can agree that this works out to be a lot more money.
- You deserve it.
- You don't need to be old skool about this and charge it. (See previous re: the horrors of how people bought clothes in 2007.) You can save up funds and be virtuous by cutting out things like extra coffee (or whatever your vice of choice is.) I tend to bring my lunch to work when I need an accessory desperately. It sounds like advice your Grandma would give you, but then, your Grandma probably knew a lot about finding money where none existed. It's the kind of thing that people used to be good at, and we can get good at again. There's also no reason why we can't look fabulous while we do it.
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Back in the mid 90's, selling for our printing company and, as many owners of small businesses are required to do, I landed a very nice account with a company that had 10 locations. It nearly doubled our company's sales.
We developed a good relationship with this customer's general manager, "Barbra," a very capable administrator and business person. All went well over the next five years, until another company in town that was planning to go nationwide, hired Barbra away to oversee the expansion project and head up their operations.
I was concerned for a while that we would lose the five-year account, until it became apparent we would be printing for both companies. In fact, Barbra informed me that part of her job negotiations was, if she was to take their job offer, she wanted my company to have all the printing.
Wow! Another confirmation that we were doing something right! My journey into the world of Quality & Service Control systems was still fairly new, but Barbra was a witness to these systems in action all those years and she had become a strong supporter, seeing how we had continually improved in serving her company's printing needs.
However, within days of Barbra's leaving the company, we began getting calls from the new General Manager—I'll call her "Judy"—also from the managers of our customer's various locations.
"Where is the printing we ordered two (or more) weeks ago?"
they would ask.
It seemed every day now there was a problem with them running out of printed materials, and our company was being blamed.
I made it an all out mission to find the ROOT CAUSE of the problem—why were orders NOT being delivered on time. Had we even RECEIVED all those orders?
Judy was not really cooperative in helping us get to the bottom of what was happening; however, as we still had good relations with some of the location managers who WERE willing to help us, we soon determined the cause.
We discovered that Judy's new purchasing agent from the main office had not been sending us the purchase orders she had been receiving from the various locations.
Fact was, the new purchasing agent was letting all those purchase orders stack up on her desk, and to cover herself, she had changed the dates on the orders to make it appear that our company was at fault for missing delivery dates. So, I called Judy and arranged a meeting to show her evidence of the changed—actually forged—purchase orders and to discuss many other issues that had been problematic lately.
We had never had such a problem with non-conformances, as by that time we were a systemized company with 99.7 percent on-time delivery. Our rework ratio was a pretty consistent 1.5 percent or less, which could be proven through our System Buster system that tracks ALL non-conformances and how we fix them permanently.
When I arrived at the meeting and walked into Judy's office I was stunned. I'm sure my shock was all over my face, and I couldn't stop scanning the room in disbelief.
I had been in this office several times when Barbra was in charge and, unlike Judy, she had always kept it immaculate. Now it looked like the aftermath of a hand grenade loaded with various colored Post-it® notes. The walls, Judy's desk and computer were covered in them, like a bad attempt at wallpapering.
I had never seen anything like this before, and I've seen some pretty chaotic offices in my time. In fact, I write in my book "System Busters" about my own cluttered office, years ago, and how I had finally found the cure for all that, using the power of systems and implementing what I call the "100% System of Cleanliness."
While Judy and I were discussing those pesky non-conformances, I showed her the original purchase orders with the CORRECT dates, and asked why the dates had been changed on her copies. I offered solutions to fix the problem that would take little effort. But, Judy seemed rigid and unable to recognize that, with just a few tweaks to their systems, we both could avoid all these problems, and she wouldn't be getting panic calls from her location managers—something that rarely happened with Barbra.
Apparently, Judy had joined that company hoping to bring her own print vendors with her, and I soon realized that she was looking to find fault with my company.
It was clear, our company wouldn't be her print vendor much longer, and I was getting nowhere offering suggestions for any improvements to their purchasing system. So, what did I have to lose, asking her about all those Post-it® notes?
Judy made it clear, that what I was looking at was HER system for having everything she needed to remember, posted all around her where she wouldn't forget anything. How do you argue with logic like that?
What was the result of Judy's Post-it® notes system?
The BAD NEWS was...we LOST a very good account—and I found out later, Judy had also LOST her job. A "LOSE LOSE" for all of us!
The GOOD NEWS for us? Barbra—having come to know the value of quality control systems—brought our company along with her to her new job.
Did I mention? Great systems work!
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A trucker who dragged a fellow lorry driver from his burning and exploding crashed cab has told of the moment he sprang into action on a motorway.
Mark Hancock came across the horrific aftermath of a motorway crash and was alerted by a plume of black smoke pouring from a lorry which had careered off the carriageway and down a steep embankment.
The articulated lorry had gone off the road and plunged down an embankment, with the cab ripped away from the vehicle as the driver was still inside. The cab came to a rest just feet from a canal, as the cargo of fertilizer erupted into an intense fire nearby.
Despite the risk, Mr Hancock, of Steeton, led rescue efforts after spotting the driver's hand emerge from a window following the crash, where the M62 and M180 motorways merge in East Yorkshire.
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Other motorists then assisted to carry the injured man away from the danger.
The driver, who works for Halifax based heavy haulage firm Collett, told the Telegraph & Argus: "As I came off the M62 I could see a cloud of black smoke. I stopped my vehicle and looked down. I couldn't believe what I saw.
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The UCLA rugby Bruins made history Saturday. For the first time in decades the Bruins clinched a spot in the national playoffs with a come from behind 24-19 victory over Cal Poly San Louis Obispo. The hard-fought victory clinched the Bruins the 16th seed in the National Playoffs, which will take them to Atlanta, Georgia to play the two seed, California, in the first round. The game, played in front of an uproarious home crowd, was fast paced and ferocious. Each team had everything to win and nothing to lose, and they played like it. UCLA showed improved tackling and was lead by excellent play from the back three all day. It only took two minutes for wing Taylor Bashara to use his surprising pace to make a fifty-meter break and score, asserting UCLA's dominance both on the scoreboard and in attack. Fullback Matt Finzen, playing his last home game as a Bruin, converted the kick. "It was big for us to get the upper hand early, but Cal Poly kept fighting back," Bashara said. "But I just did what I do best- I got the ball and ran real fast." Poly did indeed fight back, and despite sustained, tenacious goal line defense, were able to dot down an unconverted try in the twenty-second minute. Score 7-5. Only eight minutes later, however, the ever-present Bashara struck again for the Bruins. After receiving a high kick, Finzen returned with another high kick that the Poly back three failed to field. The ball bounced on the ground and bounced up in the air. The fleet footed Bashara was on the chase, and was able to slip behind the Poly wing and fullback and pick up the loose ball. He ran forty meters with no one in front of him into the try zone. The score went unconverted. Score 12-5 at Halftime. "On one hand, we had scored twice," said shifty wing Willy Rudman of his feelings at halftime. "But on the other hand I was uneasy because Cal Poly was dangerous like they always are. All credit to those guys. They're a class act." Dangerous they were as the second half began. After only five minutes the Mustangs scored a try that was converted, tying the score. Things became tenser both on the field and in the crowd, and the next twenty minutes or so was a rough and tumble, no holds barred display of collegiate rugby. The hits were majestic, the attacks flowing, and the pressure building. In the seventieth minute Cal Poly scored once more and converted, making the score 19-12. With ten minutes left in the game, UCLA stood up and decided to take the game back. "It was our field, our crowd, our day," said fullback Matt Finzen. "There was no way we were going to lose." Within the last ten tense, exciting minutes of the game the Bruins scored again through Pierre Mays, the sterling prop forward who has lead the Bruin pack all year, which brought the game to 17-19 in favor of Cal Poly. The Bruins needed one more score of any kind. Three points separated them from a spot in the Sweet Sixteen. With time waning quickly, Liam Devoy was subbed into the centers for Stanton Sharpe and immediately made an impact. In the seventy-eighth minute Fullback Matt Finzen made a half-break and offloaded to a supporting Devoy, who breezed over the line and scored the try that would take the Bruins to Atlanta. The celebration was raucous, but there was still rugby to play; there was still a try zone to be defended. Poly did not give up by any means. With a few seconds on the clock the Poly flanker broke through UCLA's defense. With the weak side wing up, there was only Finzen and Bashara for him to beat. The crowd rose to their feet. The flanker trumped forward, looking dangerous. Finzen and Bashara made a season-saving tackle, however, and drew a penalty to the Bruins. Captain Pierce Cooley kicked the ball out of play, the referee blew his whistle to end the game, and the celebrations began. The Bruins were in the Sweet Sixteen. "What a feeling," said Pierce Cooley, captain and starting scrumhalf. "What a feeling." The Bruins will fly to Georgia on the 16th to play Cal, the number two seed, at Life University.


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How long have you been doing this, and how did you get started? I started making block lights a year and a half ago. I saw a similar idea at a church bazaar in north Myrtle Beach, S.C., while visiting my mother. We really liked them, and so I began making the block lights during my visit with her. I make them now in memory of my mother. She passed away very unexpectedly a few weeks after my visit. I have expanded on the idea and the designs, each one being unique.
How much time do you spend on your work? About 10 hours per week
Do you work another job? Yes, I work part time at a doctor's office, and I also have a part-time Shaklee business from my home (health and wellness / environmentally safe products).
What inspires your work, and what does it mean to you? The memory of my mother inspires my art. She was a bright light in my life and continues to be so, just in a different way now. I love being creative with the designs and enjoy working with customers to match their own decor. These lights are a wonderful way to create mood lighting in any room of your home or to use as a simple night light in the kitchen, bath, hallway or anywhere you want subtle lighting. During the day they add a decorative touch to your home.
In what ways does your work touch others or influence the community? My customers tell me how much they enjoy their lights. Many customers buy more than one and come back to purchase as gifts for birthdays, Christmas or baby showers.
Is it important to you to influence or touch others? Yes. Making a difference, contributing, sharing and caring is what life is about.
Do you have a Web site? I do not yet have a Web site, but I welcome e-mail orders. If you give me your phone number, I will call you to discuss and customize your order.
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LOS ANGELES (CNS) – A new Pacific storm will slam into the Southland
today, bringing another round of rain, heavy snow, high winds, cold
temperatures and perilous road conditions, forecasters said.
The system that generated Wednesday's rainfall has left the region, but
a cold and unstable air mass still lurking behind it will bring a threat of
showers through this morning, according to the National Weather Service.
Then, another storm will hit the region, bringing rain and mountain snow
to San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties this afternoon and to Ventura
and Los Angeles counties tonight, NWS forecasters said.
The new storm will bring between a half-inch and an inch of rain across
most coastal and valley areas and between one and two inches to foothill and
mountain regions at low elevations, they said. Even more rain will fall on
slopes facing the south and southwest.
The snow level will start off low today — between 3,000 and 3,500 feet
this morning — then rise to around 4,500 feet this afternoon and to between
5,000 and 6,000 feet tonight, according to NWS forecasters.
Above 5,000 feet, there could be between six inches and a foot of new
snow, with up to 15 inches possible at higher elevations, they said.
A winter storm warning — denoting an expectation of heavy snow, high
winds and dense fog, all combining to reduce road visibility to nothing — will
be in effect from 6 p.m. today until at least 9 Friday morning in the mountains
of Los Angeles County, except the Santa Monica range, according to an NWS
"Only travel in an emergency' while the warning is in effect, the
advisory said. "If you must travel, keep an extra flashlight, food and water
in your vehicle…'
On Friday, a high surf advisory will go into effect along the
Southland's coast at 2 a.m. and remain in force until 8 a.m. Saturday,
according to the NWS.
"Strong rip currents and high surf will make ocean activities
potentially dangerous for anyone,' according to an NWS advisory.
Then, on Saturday, yet another storm will douse Southern California, but
it will produce less precipitation than today's system, the NWS said.
The NWS forecast highs today of 45 on Mount Wilson; 54 in Palmdale; 55
in Lancaster; 56 in Pasadena, San Gabriel and Newhall; 57 in Burbank; 58 in
Woodland Hills; 59 in Avalon and Newport Beach; 60 at LAX; and 61 in downtown
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I think most people would be surprised to find out how few women have a natural hourglass shape. The definition of an hourglass figure is when the bust and hips are close to the same circumference and the waist is significantly smaller. Based on a study of 6,000 women 46% have a rectangle shape (bust, waist & hips very close to the same circumference), 20% were pear shape (bust smaller than hips), 14% inverted triangle (bust larger than hips), and only 8% of women have a true hourglass figure. [1]
The images we see in fashion magazines of models are unrealistic but you already know that. The real problem comes into play when fashion designers design clothes to fit the ideal hour glass figure when only 8% of the population can wear that silhouette well. Your only defense is to identify the body type that you have and wear silhouettes that compliment your shape.
I wrote Dress Right for Your Body Type guide after getting many questions from my customers about how to choose the right silhouette for their body type. The other factor in choosing dresses that look great on your body is size. Depending on where you shop, sizing varies from label to label and there is no requirement for standardized sizing in the fashion industry. Trial and error has been the only way to determine the size you wear from each designer.
Real women have different shapes and curves and CCB Custom Dresses has a collection of dresses for every shape and size; misses and plus sizes 2-28. Sizing is not an issue because CCB Custom Dresses provides free custom sizing to insure a perfect fit and one free alteration if it doesn't. Our Dress Right for Your Body Type guide will help you identify your body type and choose the best silhouette for your shape.
Circumference of bust, waist, and hips are very close with little to no curves in between. How to bring shape to a rectangle: The rectangle body type has many options and can wear both sheath and A-line silhouettes well; the key is to create the illusion of a waistline. Shape can be created by wearing belted styles of a sheath and A-line dresses and it's also good to wear a scoop or v-neck to add dimension to your upper body.
Silhouettes:A-line, Sheath, Empire Waist & Wrap Neckline Shapes:Scoop & V- Neck
Circumference of bust is smaller than hip and has a small waist and full thighs. How to bring balance to the pear shape: Draw attention upward by wearing a wide neckline like a boat neck. An A-line dress will camouflage full hips and thighs and is great for all pear/triangle body types. The ultimate silhouette for a pear/triangle shape with a small to medium bust line is an A-line empire waist dress which, depending on the style, can add volume to the bust. The goal with the hem length is have a balanced distance from the hip line to the hem; for petite frames knee length is good and taller frames mid calf–full length. Keep in mind that if a pear/triangle body type wears an A-line that is too short it can draw attention to the hip line.
Silhouettes: A-line, Empire Waist & Wrap Neckline Shapes:Boat, Scoop & V-neck
How to bring balance to an inverted triangle: It may seem contradictory but wearing halter and strapless dresses can help balance out an inverted triangle. V and scoop necklines are good but you want to avoid a wide boat neckline drawing the eye to wide shoulders. Sheath and empire waist is great and don't hide those slender legs; consider your height but showing off your legs is a must. The right kind of A-line silhouette can help bring balance to your shape. The waist has to be cinched and then dramatic fullness at the hip line. The one A-line silhouette that is not good for an inverted triangle is when the dress fabric has a lot of drape (like jersey or charmeuse). Knit's like Ponte that have structure can work but a jersey will fall straight from the bust and have nowhere to land and your hips and waist are lost.
Silhouettes: Sheath & Empire Waist (the right kind of A-line) Neckline Shapes:Scoop & V-neck
Circumference of bust and hips are close to the same measurement and waist is round; thighs and legs are usually thin.
How to bring balance to the apple shape: Draw attention upward by wearing V and scoop necklines. Create an hour glass illusion by wearing A-line and empire waist dresses. Avoid wear belted styles and dresses that have a seam at the waist. Don't be shy flaunt those legs and wear your dress above knee length (consider your height if you are really tall or have long legs you may want to choose knee length).
Silhouettes: A-line & Empire Waist Neckline Shapes:Scoop & V-neck
Circumference of bust and hips are close to the same measurement and has a small waist.
The hourglass body type is balanced and it's what most women wish they had. Wearing fitted dresses and styles that can be belted showcase this awesome shape. An hour glass body type can wear just about any silhouette just keep in mind your height and length of your dress to maximize your look. If you are short you may want to go above the knee to knee length and if you are taller you can wear any length (just consider your leg length for above knee length dresses).
Silhouettes: A-line, Empire Waist, Sheath & Wrap Neckline Shapes: Boat, Scoop & V- Neck
Wider at hem line than the hips great for all body types and perfect for camouflaging full hips.
Hip and hem circumference are equal and is great for rectangle, inverted triangle, and hourglass body types.
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MADISON (WKOW)-- Tax season is in full swing. Accountants and experts are working long hours, but nothing compared to the hours volunteers at Madison's free tax help center are putting in.
Managers at Volunteer Income Tax Assistance say they're dealing with a software glitch that's preventing people from getting their returns on time. It's only happening to state tax returns, not federal and as far as they know it's only happening at a handful of free tax help centers in the country.
The glitch was preventing them from sending tax returns to the IRS. Once approved by the IRS they are sent back to the tax center and then eventually get filed with the state of Wisconsin.
Volunteers spent several hours re-filing all of those returns manually. Managers say they're caught up and the problem has been fixed, but a few hundred people who filed their taxes at this location will get their state tax return a few days or even weeks later than usual.
"There were six states that went two weeks without any state returns getting accepted. So we've been battling through it, working overtime to re-submit those returns. at this point we're pretty much caught up," Site Manager Paul Swanson says. The tax help center in Madison is by far the busiest in the state. Volunteers pump out 100-150 returns each day which leads to well over 3,000 each tax season.
Managers say that may be one of the factors that lead to this problem. They're told the software system may be struggling to keep up with the large amount of returns. Most locations only submit a handful each day, not the hundreds that come out of Madison.


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Do you wear high heels or stand all day at work? Learn how to soothe and pamper your aching feet at the Healthy Woman event "Your Aching Feet and Solutions."
Join your Healthy Woman friends at Barrister Winery on Thursday, August 23rd from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. for refreshments and a presentation by Dr. Richard Frost, DPM., Dr. Frost will discuss ways to soothe your feet after a long day.
The Barrister Winery is located at 1213 Railroad Avenue in Spokane.
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March iBelong Events & Opportunities
Happy 2014 March Race Week!
The following information can assist you in getting the most of your iBelong experience and benefits during your 2014 Food City 500 race weekend.
There's a lot of info to follow, so make sure you scroll down and check out all the details.
Guest Information
Guest Services booths and kiosks across the property and inside the Speedway gates provide a destination at which guests can ask questions face-to-face to local hosts and hostesses. The Speedway's Guest Guide, packed with speedway and community information, provides a one-stop shop of information. The Speedway's Guest Relations Department, based in the O. Bruton Smith Building, encourages everyone to drop in for one-on-one meetings with full-time speedway employees, specifically charged with serving our guests.
You'll also want to visit our Guest Welcome Village located near the Orange Bridge between the Speedway and Bristol Dragway.
Need a quick answer or have an immediate concern? Use your cell phone or any of the Speedway's courtesy phones on property to call the Speedway's Guest Information Hotline, a phone staffed 24-hours a day during race weekends. 866-925-9258. If you have an emergency, please dial 9-1-1.
Those who prefer a slightly higher tech option may choose to use the Bristol Motor Speedway app, which, once downloaded, provides all the up-to-the-minute race weekend information direct to your cell phone. Among its many features are venue maps, social media feeds, news, driver information, guest information and ways to contact Bristol. You can download the app for free on iOS and Android devices.
Of course, the speedway's website, bristolmotorspeedway.com - loaded with schedules, information, photos, maps and more – always offers guests information on events, logistics, tickets, and contact information.
Or, simply ask any of the employees! All of the hosts and hostesses serving you are trained to help you receive the assistance you need. Let us make your trip to Bristol Motor Speedway everything you expect, and more. We are here to "exceed your expectations."
Food City 500 iBelong Welcome Home Reception - FREE EVENT
Our annual iBelong Welcome Home Reception will be held on Saturday, March 15, from 9 AM to 10 AM in the Guest Welcome Village located near the Orange Bridge in our Fan Midway/Corporate Display area between the Speedway and Dragway. Join us for coffee and doughnuts as we welcome you home to Bristol. Just show your iBelong membership card for admission.
Your iBelong Membership Card - Food City ValuCard & Fuel Bucks
Your iBelong Membership Card is your Bristol badge of honor. This year we decided to make the cards larger so that other fans can see that you are a member of a very important and exclusive club. Wear it loud, wear it proud. It separates you from the rest of the pack. And remember, it serves as your admission ticket for certain exclusive events.
Plus your iBelong Membership card has been loaded with a two Food City Gas 'n Go fuel discounts for 2014. Save .$15 per gallon, up to 20 gallons while your in town.
Your iBelong Membership Card also is recognized as a valued shopper card at all Food City supermarket locations. Make sure while shopping at Food City on race weekends to have your card scanned at checkout for additional savings.
Your 2014 Membership Kit includes two iBelong Cards. However you are entitled to a card for each seat you hold in your account.
Additional iBelong Membership Cards and iBelong materials
Additional iBelong Membership cards/packets may be obtained at our Guest Relations Office, located on the first floor of the O. Bruton Smith Building, the Guest Welcome Village, Main Ticket Office or any ticket booth.
Your Annual iBelong Membership Card is good for both Bristol race weekends (separate cards are not issued for each weekend).
For questions regarding your iBelong membership please contact Gail Hulse by calling 423.989.6945 or via email to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Guest Welcome Village
During Bristol race weekends, iBelong members certainly need to visit our Guest Welcome Village. Located near the Orange Bridge between the Speedway and Dragway, our Guest Welcome Village includes an entertainment stage packed with music and a variety of NASCAR driver/celebrity appearances.
You'll also find fan comfort areas, information kiosks, food and beverage vendors and much more.
For more on Guest Welcome Village, please visit bristolmotorspeedway.com/fans and click on Guest Services.
iBelong Garage Experience
Before you hit the grandstands, start your race day off with a full experience in Bristol's garage/pit area. Walk among the transporters and see your favorite teams as they prepare their rides for the Food City 500 (March 16) or the IRWIN Tools Night Race (August 23), and be trackside for Bristol's popular driver introductions. It's an opportunity few get to experience at "The Last Great Coliseum".
Open only to iBelong members, Bristol Motor Speedway's iBelong Garage Experience includes:
- Cold Pit Pass for self-guided tours
- Pre-Race Pass for driver introductions and pre-race concert
- Private pit-side hospitality area
- NASCAR driver Q&A session
- Catered pit-side lunch
- Commemorative gift
- Official souvenir program
- Cash bar
Only 300 iBelong Garage Experience spots are available. Add the iBelong Garage Experience to your race weekend for only $175. Remember, once they're gone, they're gone. Call toll-free 1.866.415.4158 for details or to purchase, and we'll see you in the pits.
Experience the Ole Smoky Roof at Turn 4
An extremely limited number of passes remain to experience Bristol racin' from the unique vantage point offered via the Ole Smoky Roof at Turn 4. To learn more about this limited opportunity, give our ticket office a toll-free call, 1.866.415.4158.
iBelong Race Day Super Pass
Imagine walking on Bristol's legendary half-mile, experiencing the high banking and catching a glimpse of your favorite car, crew and perhaps even the driver. That opportunity is available to iBelong members via the iBelong Race Day Super Pass for the Food City 500 (March 16) and the IRWIN Tools Night Race (August, 23).
While non-members can purchase Super Pass for $80, season ticket holders may buy a Super Pass at the special iBelong price of $40 each. Remember, only 1,000 are available for each race, so get yours today.
The iBelong Race Day Super Pass provides track access only; these passes are not valid for admission into the garage/pit area or grandstand.
Exclusive iBelong pricing is only $40. (Non-members pay $80 in March and August).
To add the iBelong Race Day Super Pass to your experience, call toll-free 1.866.415.4158.
The Bristol Motor Speedway Mobile App
As an iBelong member, you'll want to make sure you have the Official Bristol Motor Speedway Mobile App on your smart phone.
The app includes a variety of special features including weekend schedules, maps, alerts and news. Plus, the app includes a special section just for iBelong members.
You may download the app at the Google Play Store or the Apple App Store.
Stay Connected
Remember, you never know when we may add something to the iBelong schedule, or offer a special opportunity for members. It's important to stay connected. Subscribe to our iBelong email updates by clicking the subscribe link under "You Belong In The Know" near the bottom of the home page at bristolmotorspeedway.com.
We also invite you to connect with us and share socially via our social channels. You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and YouTube.
And of course, feel free to reach out at any time with an email or phone call.
Ben Trout Gail Hulse
VP, Ticketing and Guest Relations Director, Guest Initiatives and Guest Relations
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The Buffalo Bills and the San Diego Chargers have followed similar paths on their way to 5-7 records, both kicking the season off 4-1 before hitting their losing schneids. The Chargers have the benefit of coming off a dominant win over the Jacksonville Jaguars last week, however, as well having what on paper is a more talented team. As a result they are 9-point favorites in Week 14, as well as the overwhelming choice to win among the internet's top experts.
Starting with SI's Peter King, who pronounced the Chargers on their way to a late season revival. That is, if they can overcome a tough schedule.
Philip Rivers, reborn. Chargers playoff hopes, reborn. But for San Diego to have a prayer of making up two games in the last four weeks, a couple of things are going to have to happen. One: The Chargers will have to survive a rougher slate (Buffalo, Baltimore, at Detroit, at Oakland) than Oakland or Denver has. Two: Norv Turner's got to find a Tim Tebow voodoo doll.
Panelists at ESPN, Yahoo! Sports and CBS Sports like the Chargers across the board, with 19 out of 19 experts across all three sites taking the Bolts over the Bills. Pete Prisco sees the Chargers' passing game being too much for Buffalo.
The Chargers looked good beating up the Jaguars Monday night. With both Malcom Floyd and Vincent Jackson on the field, they can be explosive again. That will play out here against a Buffalo defense that is struggling. San Diego wins consecutive games.
Only SB Nation's Andrew Sharp seems to go against the grain, taking a "keep it simple stupid" stance when it comes to predicting the outcome of any Chargers game.
When in doubt, remember which team is coached by Norv Turner, and then pick against that team.
Visit Odds Shark for more NFL Week 14 odds and lines. For more on this game, visit Bills blog Buffalo Rumblings and Chargers blog Bolts From The Blue. To keep up with the rest of the league, check out SB Nation NFL.


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Venezuelanalysis.com brings readers this detailed, chapter by chapter summary of the new Organic Law of Work and Workers (LOTTT), a law which has been under discussion in both the national assembly and by workers and movements since 2003. The law contains 554 articles.
Title 1 – NORMS AND CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES
Chapter 1- General Regulations, Articles 1-17
This chapter, as is customary, outlines the object and range of the law.
The object of the law is to "protect work as a social deed" and to protect workers' rights, recognising workers as creators of socially produced wealth and as protagonists in education and work processes.
It also aims to regulate the legal situations and relations stemming from the process of production of goods and services, protecting work as a "liberating process".
The law applies to both Venezuelans and "foreigners" working in the country and to workers contracted to work outside the country, and while no rights or regulations in the law may be disqualified by worker collective agreements, such agreements can go beyond the law if the workers desire. Armed bodies, such as police and the National Bolivarian Armed Forces are exempt from the law. All other public or state workers fall under this law.
Only the national executive and legislative powers have authority to implement and regulate the law, state and municipal governments cannot create laws or ordinances based on the law.
Importantly, the law states in article 11 that labour related justice is "free of charge" in places of law and work administration, hence fee rates can't be established, nor payment demanded for services. Public notaries cannot charge fees.
The official language of Venezuela is Castilian (Latin American Spanish), and indigenous languages are the official language of indigenous peoples, hence publications, training manuals, and so on should be in Spanish or in the indigenous language, according to the situation.
International agreements and treaties that Venezuela has signed will be applied obligatorily, as long as they are "more favourable" than national work legislation.
Another important point is article 17, which states that, "Every person has a right to social security as a public service of a non-profit character. Workers, whether or not they are dependent on a boss, will enjoy this right".
"House work is an economic activity that creates added value and produces wealth and well being. House wives have the right to social security, in accordance with the law."
Chapter 2 – Guiding Principles, Articles 18 -24
The law is based on the following principles: social justice and solidarity, the "untouchableness" of worker rights and benefits, and the prohibition of any discrimination according to race, age, gender, social condition, creed, or any other condition.
Teenagers doing work that could affect their "integral development" is prohibited.
In terms of gender equality, article 20 states that, "The state guarantees the equality of women and men in the practice of the right to work. Employers will apply the criteria of equality and fairness during selection, training, promotions, and work stability, professional training and remuneration, and are obliged to encourage equal participation of women and men in leadership responsibilities".
Exclusion, preference, or restriction in access to work and work conditions based on race, gender, age, civil state, unionisation, religion, political opinion, nationality, sexual orientation, disability, or social origin, is prohibited. Protecting maternity and paternity rights, children, or people with disabilities is not considered discrimination.
The legislative process and administration exists to offer workers and employers solutions to conflicts, and such processes should be free, quick, efficient, fair, accessible, impartial, transparent and without "formalisms".
Chapter 3 – The right to work and the responsibility to work, Articles 25-29
Article 25 states that "the social process of work has, as its main objective, to overcome forms of capitalist exploitation, as well as to produce goods and services that guarantee our economic independence, satisfy human needs, through the just distribution of wealth, and create material, social, and spiritual conditions that allow for the family to be the fundamental space for the integral development of people.."
The "social process of work" should contribute to guaranteeing: independence and national sovereignty, economic sovereignty, human development for a "dignified existence" and economic growth that "allows for the elevation of the standard of living of the population, food sovereignty and security, protection of the environment and the rational use of national resources. The social process of work is based on "protagonistic and participative democracy, social justice, and the co-responsibility between the state and society to guarantee complete social inclusion and integral human development".
According to article 26, "Every person as a right to work and the responsibility to work according to their capacity and aptitude, and to obtain a productive occupation, properly paid, and that provides for dignified and decent existence".
Where there are at least ten workers, 90% or more must be Venezuelan, according to article 27. Payment of foreigners should not exceed 20% of total payments made. Refugees are exempt, and when hiring foreigners, those with Venezuelan children, and those with at least 5 years residency, will be given preference.
The work ministry can authorise exceptions in certain cases, such as when special technical knowledge is required and Venezuelans aren't available. The exception is based on the condition that employers then train Venezuelans in the area.
Chapter 4 – Worker protection, Articles 30 – 34
No one can be stopped from working, nor obliged to work against their will, and the ministry of work can impede the replacement of a worker who has an occupational illness or reduced capacity, for example.
Children under 14 are no allowed to work, except for in artistic or cultural activities that have been authorised by the corresponding body for protection of children and adolescents.
No one can impede "free transit" by road, or other paths to work centres. In work places, selling and consuming alcohol or drugs, gambling, prostitution, and weapons are prohibited.
Chapter 5 – The right to work, Articles 35 – 50
This chapter defines dependent and non-dependent workers as those working under an employer, or not, a "leading worker" as one who takes parts in decisions or who represents the employer, and an inspection worker as one who checks the work of others.
Article 43 describes the responsibilities of the employer, including guaranteeing safe working conditions. They are also responsible for work related accidents or occupational illnesses caused to anyone working under them. They are obliged to provide prevention delegates with the necessary facilities and to adopt recommendations made by health and safety committees (article 44).
After defining outsourced labour in article 47 as "fraud committed by employers in order to distort, deny, or create obstacles for the application of the labour law" this law prohibits outsourced labour in article 48. That means that the following is not permitted: contracting work entities for a public work, service, and so on that is permanent and directly related to the productive process of the hirer, hiring workers through intermediaries in order to avoid obligations to those being hired, creating work entities in order to avoid obligations, and so on.
Chapter 6 – Prescription of Actions, Articles 51, 2
This chapter relates to demands and legal action.
Title 2 – WORK RELATIONS
Chapter 1 – General dispositions, Articles 53-54
This brief chapter defines when a work relation exists (when someone gives, and someone else receives a service). Those providing a service to an organisation with no profit motive, voluntarily, are exempt. Work will be renumerated, and where it isn't, punishment will be applied- defined later in the law.
Chapter 2 – Work contract, Articles 55- 65
The work contract establishes the conditions under which the person provides their services. Wages can't be below the established national minimum wage, nor less than what other workers are paid for the same work, in the same establishment.
It's preferred that the work contract is in writing, where there is nothing in writing, the statements made by the worker are assumed to be true until proven otherwise. A copy of the contract should be provided to both employer and employee, and should specify: name, I.D number, the name and description of the job, starting date, duration time, work to be carried out, the duration of the working day or shift, the salary and its form of payment, the collective agreement that applies, and so on.
Contracts which were for a determined amount of time and have been renewed twice will be considered permanent. Further, workers can't be made to work for more than a year on a limited contract. Contracts for specific public works are apart from this, and last the whole time required to execute the work.
A work contract then, can only be for a limited amount of time under the following conditions: when the nature of the service requires it, substituting another worker, or Venezuelans working outside the country.
Employers have a number of obligations towards workers contracted to work outside the country, including paying for transport and food, and providing written information about the general life conditions in the country.
Chapter 3 – Replacing an employer, Articles 66 -70


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Must hear interview with Nate
Nate gets agitated and fires back at the press while talking about Batum. "There we go. You guys want to change the point guard, you wanna try and get Nic minutes ... What other way can you use him? ... He's there. So respond to that. Answer that for me." "You're there at the 2 in clutch situations. Make plays. Make plays, you're there in the most crucial part of the game. Make plays."


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7 Things for ASC Leaders to Know for Thursday
Here are seven news updates for ambulatory surgery center leaders to know for March 20, 2014.
Co-founder of first freestanding ASC Dr. Wallace Reed dies.
Wallace Reed, MD, co-founder of the first freestanding ASC in the U.S. died at the age of 97. Dr. Reed was also a "founding father" of ASCA and an advocate for ASCs.
Colorectal cancer rate drops 30%.
A recent study published the journal Cancer found the rate of colorectal cancer among Americans 50 and older has fallen 30 percent in the last decade. The percentage of Americans up-to-date on recommended colorectal cancer screening increased from 55 to 65 percent during the past 10 years. Americans 65 and older have shown a 7 percent drop in colon cancer rates from 2008 to 2010. Read the full report on Becker's ASC Review.
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Judge sentences 'friend' of slain Pahokee football star to life in prison
- 7:28 pm Friday, November 12th, 2010 by James @littlenomads
A judge this morning imposed the mandatory sentence Carl Booth Jr. must face following his first-degree murder conviction in the death of rising Pahokee football star Norman "Pooh" Griffith.
"It is with a heavy heart knowing the pain your parents feel, knowing you were 17 years old at the time of the shooting, 19 years old now," said County Judge Barry Cohen. "But recognizing the pain caused to the victim's family, I sentence you to … life in prison."
Without the possibility of parole?" a clerk later asked.
"That is correct," Cohen said.
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19-year-old found guilty of first-degree murder in shooting death of Pahokee's Norman "Pooh" Griffith
- 10:20 pm Friday, October 8th, 2010 by Post Staff
A Pahokee man is guilty of first-degree murder in the 2008 shooting of a Pahokee high-school football star.
After a late night of deliberations, jurors ruled around 10 p.m. Friday night that Carl Booth, now 19, was guilty in the murder of Norman "Pooh" Griffith Jr. outside a youth dance in Belle Glade.
Booth was one of two then-teens arrested on murder charges in Griffith's death. The other, Willie Felton, was never charged because prosecutors believed they did not have enough evidence to convict him.
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Shame is Steve Mcqueen's second film, working again with Michael Fassbender, and it's easy to tell from the title what perspective the film takes on sex addiction. Giving it a different title, say, 'Liberation', may have worked in its favour as an ironic statement , but from start to finish its message is clear- sex can be just as destructive as an addiction to any drug.
Fassbender plays Brandon, a well off executive with an ambiguous job that pays enough for a high rise apartment, but his work life is never a feature. What matters is that he has enough disposable cash to pick up women in bars- and when that fails, prostitutes. The film opens with a repetitive sequence: Brandon gets out of bed, deletes the messages on his answering machine, then masturbates before leaving for work. He's a man who relies on routine, one that is destroyed when he finds his sister Sissy (Carey Mulligan) showering in his apartment.
Her introduction as an unwelcome interloper sets the tone for their relationship, as his reaction to her presence ranges from barely tolerant to outright hostile. He doesn't seem to outright hate her, but rather what her intrusion on his life represents- an interruption to the routine that's been holding his life together. With that gone, Brandon's addiction begins to spiral out of control, leaving him no choice but to feed it with increasingly erratic means.
The film has ignited a lot of discussion around the topic of sex addiction, and whether Shame reinforces the idea that it is a real and debilitating condition. For the record, there is no consensus on the reality of the condition. Despite the subject matter this is not relevant to the crux of the film, as it is more concerned with the exploration of a man incapable of human affection.
The 'Shame' of the film's title is ostensibly Brandon's, but its not something he is willing, or even capable of expressing. About halfway through the film he attempts to break his pattern by taking a co-worker out to dinner. He arrives late, but manages to win her over with grace and charm (not to mention Fassbender's completely unreasonable handsomeness). The date ends well, and the following morning he invites her back to his apartment and finds himself incapable of performing. It is implied that this is because he actually likes her. Sissy fares no better, her attempts to get his attention seem woefully misguided. Yet she persists, perhaps because she knows more about his condition than the film ever truly lets on.
This ambiguity has since become a point of contention. If you're looking for a histrionic, expository monologue explaining the sadness that has befallen Brandon and Sissy as children that has turned them into dysfunctional adults, but god damn, now that we've had this loud discussion we can move on and become better people- well, you'll be disappointed. Perhaps that's why the Oscars ignored this film. Shame offers something much better than award bait, an honest and often confronting story of trying (and sometimes failing) to deal with severe emotional trauma.
Shame is now screening in selected cinemas nationally.
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Morgan De Sanctis has landed in Rome for his medical. Woo.
Mondays mongering of Roman rumors includes the Giallorossi going for Gomez, being rejected by Radja and making a home for the Mancat.
AS Roma are in the market for a new number one goalkeeper. The Giallorossi have just parted company with now-former starting goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg and could be looking at Adam Bogdan.
While we await news on a new manager, we turn the clock back to August 2012 to examine our defensive preview--looking not only at the player's performance, but the accuracy of our predictions.
The Roma we know has returned. From a dramatic, life-affirming victory against the new upstarts in Firenze they've managed to unearth a crippling loss to a far inferior team on paper at home.
Who wants a giant Dutchman? Fulham, that's who.
Perhaps there's a youth league somewhere in the world that allows two goalies at once, but in Rome, only one man dons the gloves. Maarten Stekelenburg has the pedigree, Mauro Goicoechea the...
Miralem was happy with the three points.
Marco Borriello will be looking to put one over his former employers as Roma visit Genoa.
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Christmas Theme Ideas
Christmas would never be complete without glittering objects and twinkly lights as it it really is about that winter wonderland feeling. At Homebase this year there is just that, with an entirely new range of Christmas decorations. Sorted into unique Christmas categories, these Homebase Christmas decorations are perfect in providing a look for everyone and for different interiors.
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Described as being a classic look with a touch of sophistication, the Festive Chic product range offers an eclectic mix of baubles, which come in a fabulous array of designs and colours. From peacocks, doves, dancing slippers and masquerade masks these decorations bring majesty to your home.
Winter Lodge
Decorations in the Winter Lodge collection give a real sense of snug warmth that you might find in a country home; somewhere you might hideaway from a snow blizzard. Inspired from a traditional palette of colours, this theme includes animals from the forest including the stag.
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Gov. Timothy M. Kaine and President Roseann Runte will officially launch Innovation Research Park @ ODU, an $80 million economic development project, with the opening celebration for the park's first building at 41st Street and Monarch Way Wednesday, May 16.
The celebration will begin at 4:30 p.m. with a formal program, followed by tours and demonstrations throughout the building. Norfolk City Councilman Barclay Winn and Wexford Equities President James R. Berens will join Kaine and Runte for the opening ceremony.
Located in the 75-acre, mixed-use University Village, Innovation Research Park @ ODU is a unique public-private partnership designed to merge university intellectual capital, faculty and students with private-sector companies to pursue research, technology development and business-creation opportunities. With easy access to Old Dominion faculty and students, plus a full complement of business, cultural and social amenities nearby, Innovation Research Park @ ODU provides a compelling location for established and emerging high-tech companies.
Designed by UJNM Architects + Designers of Philadelphia, the park's first building, 4111 Monarch Way, is a 100,000-square-foot, five-story Class "A" office/lab building with brick-and-glass frame and a precast façade. Wexford Science + Technology, a national real-estate investment and development firm based in Baltimore, is the building owner-developer. Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, headquartered in Baltimore, oversaw construction of the building. GVA Advantis is the exclusive leasing agent and property manager.
Old Dominion offices occupy about 60 percent of the building, including the Office of Research, Research Foundation, Lean Manufacturer Institute, Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, Computational Intelligence and Machine Vision Laboratory, Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, Center for Advanced Ship Repair and Maintenance, National Center for System of Systems Engineering, Virginia Applied Technology and Professional Development Center, and Office of Spatial and Cartographic Information.
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