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Maxwell Drew Johnson: Jessica Simpson Posts First Pic on Twitter!by Free Britney at . Comments
Jessica Simpson's daughter is a big girl!
Days after providing the world an amazing Jessica Simpson cleavage shot, the new mother shared another adorable new photo on her Twitter.
Maxwell Drew Johnson, whom she and fiance Eric Johnson, 32, welcomed into the world on May 1, sure is a cutie in her social media debut.
Check out Jess' baby girl, eight weeks old:
"Howdy friends," Simpson, 31, wrote in the caption along with the pic of her adorable little daughter, dressed in a red and white striped onesie.
"I absolutely love my family," the first-time mom gushed. "Maxwell amazes Eric and I every day with every little thing she does!"
When she's not tending to Maxi, she's got other things on her mind - namely shedding the pounds as part of her $4 million Weight Watchers deal.
"The cool thing about the program is that it focuses on healthy habits for the long-term," says Jess. "I can still indulge my guilty pleasures every now and then, too. I have actually gotten a group of friends together who are going to be doing it with me."
Good luck, girl. Good luck. And post more photos.
Sometimes they never grow into their features....For her sake I hope she does. Being overweight from the start does not help.
I am sure she is a sweet baby but she is not cute. But she can grow into her features and be a cute little girl.
Hey Julie, just because the"baby" is a "baby" does not make it cute or adorable because this overstuffed , gigantic thick mouthed baby is sooooo far from cute or adorable!!! It is Ugggggglllllyyyyy!!!! So mind your own business! I feel sorry for Jessica if this is the best she can do!
To Julie get a life!! That baby is so damn ugly it is pathetic! I don't care what you think! There are many beautiful babies out there and this one is definitely not one of them! You must be blind!!!
Whoever thinks Maxwell is ugly ur the most meanest person in the world. That baby is too cute... she looks like Jessica and her daddy. Don't hate! That baby did nothing to you for you to be mean to her!!!
To Carol this is not at all about jealousy!
It is about how ugly and disgusting that kid looks !!! so mind your own business.
When did it become acceptable to make fun of somebody's baby? There's a lot of jealous people out there!!!!!
Those of you saying she's cute have got to have vision problems!! She is soooo NOT cute!!! Ugly is the word for her!!!
It has more jowls than a bloodhound!
She is not cute at all!! Get some glasses!!!
She looks like a blob...


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A true rasta | Reviewer: Tophertof | 2/5/12
This is what I call a life well lived, my true inspiration in Rastafarian history indeed you laid down a great strong foundation for all rasta worldwide. Rest in eternal peace Jahman.
A legend. | Reviewer: George | 1/25/12
Even though if Rhastafarianism does not allow him to cut his finger , he should do it .
I'm listening to him over 3 hours per day.
You guys try to imagine , how it would be if Bob Marley would be still alive.
New songs , new albumbs, more lives.
Even though if he was loyal to his religion , he should cut his toe .
Health over all things .
exodus,concrete jungle and tree little bird. | Reviewer: paul | 1/15/12
Bob is indeed an evergreen, an not yet born when u are dead but ur song and lyris inspired me anytime an bored i listen to ur song to keep me inspired. I luv to sing reggea but i cant smoke my dad and my brother make me luv reggea more and more. How i which to know u but notwithstanding u are dead ur music rein 4ever,sleep at the right hand of the father till we meet and part no more.RIP.
The king smoking and the great singer | Reviewer: arbazkhan | 1/14/12
hi i am arbaz hey why marley my age is only 15years you dead in1981 why why you cant survive for me and yours fans listen you are great man and best sineger yours genres reggae is best i am love i very like yours one love one heart and no woman no cry i am born in india mumbai a place jogeshwari i love my dad and my mom take care both me also so here end my word bye bye bob i see you after more years mean 50-70 years below good bye
The grate man BOB | Reviewer: sanjayupadhyay | 12/17/11
i often listen his nusic,and tym it likes a new music,the king of awesome music ,bob i realy luv u.u r the true inspirational personality for the new comers in music.we all love u
BOB MARLEY INSPIRED ME8-)... | Reviewer: Darean Moorman | 12/9/11
when i was growing up bob marley inspired me and so many different ways and his songs motivates me to keep moving forwed and not back down from anything that would destract me from working or hangingout with my friends....
i listen to them when im over my grandparents or if im at home and sometimes i here them on radio and most movies....
no homo but as GOD'Z Word's ; "LOVE MEN THEY WAY THEY WOMEN"
No MATTER IF THEY IS FRIENDS, Family ect.
i<3bobmarley | Reviewer: dayna | 12/5/11
bob marleys music touchd me to my heart its such great music like i listen to it everyday on my ipod i have everyone of his song and my room is completey full with bob marley like i have to put my aouthr bob marley stuff is my brothers room ....but anyway his son ziggy and damian are very good sings and they look like bob marley to but bob marley was tha best like no is this whole world will or could replace him....EVERYONE CALLS MIKELLE JACKSON THA KING OF MUSIC ..WELL TO MY BOB MARLEY IS THA KING OF MUSIC ....LONG WITH BOB MARLEYS LEGAND <3 ONE LOVE ONE HEAT ONE JOINT <3
help a me? :) | Reviewer: Anonymous | 9/26/11
I'm doing an informative speech about Bob
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The musician i wish to ever see | Reviewer: Xakypoq | 8/31/11
It's rastamantic. Though i've been hearing of bob marley but i've not listened to his ever before until i came across his album and after watching the fantastic scene and i swore that i was gonna see him until a friend told me he was and i was broke.
Bob 'A Diamond' | Reviewer: Christian C. Okoronkwo | 8/24/11
Each time i listens to Marley's rylics, the more i gets the real aim of why we are living and understands that we ought to impact +vely to others with our lives and make d world a better place. Though he's not physically here with us but he lives, bcos he is a 'Diamond' He'll 4eva be remembered. If next yr's 11th May will be hosted in Nigeria, i'll be very glad.
to Robert | Reviewer: saula bueta | 8/21/11
...i listen to your music everyday,i never get bored... its so touched, every song you sing is so meaningful...i post your pictures on my wall...just to reminds me of you, even though i was not there when you were there...i wish to turn back time but i can't...i follow the way you are...being a dreadlocks...smoking the holy herb...sing your song, to be like you but i never will. when i listen to your song, i feel complete,wash away all the frustrations..i miss you Nesta...always...
bob marley | Reviewer: SAM | 8/10/11
Your a beast bob your insperational. I watched the movie "I AM LEGEND" theres no hope left the he plays your music thats when i started listening and ever since i cant get stop listening to your music. Wish u were still alive
The Legend | Reviewer: nyamkwi benual | 7/26/11
Bob,you are a man with a difference.Your quotations are the events of life that you saw before time.though you are not physically present with us,but i feel your presence anytime i come across your name or anything about you.Truly, you are a hero and may your soul rest in peace.
my teacher | Reviewer: Tordim tever ernest travs | 7/13/11
were eva ya @ me strongly beliv ya wit Jah rita now nt too worry daddy we gon live this life the way ya alwaiz want it to be nd tell Jah he sud nt stop in ensurin peace in the world.Jah we luv u.BOB is my peace Ambassador
Bob Marley in Me. | Reviewer: Ayodele Adedeji | 7/15/11
May his soul rest in peace, i belief we are still meeting in paradise, he is a prophet of our time, Jah messenger of our time, is a pity is so young when he left this sinful world but is good for a prophet like him.
His musics is uncompatrable, Nesta lives on.
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Santa Claus has an unexpected opening in his social calendar as a result of the cancellation of Edmonton's annual Jingle On indoor Christmas parade. Saying that interest in the holiday procession was dwindling, the city's Downtown Business Association quietly scuttled the event after last year's 26th installation.
Curling has always played a huge role in David and Heather Nedohin's family, but this is the first time their entire family is playing the game. As elite curlers, David, 40, won four Canadian men's championships (also known as the Brier) and three world titles a decade ago while Heather, 39, captured her second Scotties Tournament of Hearts national women's title in 2012.Comments ()
EDMONTON — Dan Sherrard has lived a charmed life over the last three years, but this time, he knows that his streak really will end. Regardless of how he fares in the sixth annual Travelers Curling Club Championship Nov. 24-29 at the Mayflower Curling Club in Halifax, the two-time Canadian champion will not be back to defend his title next season.
Brendan Bottcher, whose Saville Centre team is playing in the National — the season's second Grand Slam on the World Curling Tour at Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., this week — explains how the free-guard zone rule works and how to take advantage of it.The 2012 world junior and Canadian Interuniversity Sport champion pointed out that the first four rocks of each end cannot be knocked out of play if they stop in the area between the house and the hogline.
Lori Olson-Johns knew for several weeks that she would play for Val Sweeting in the Colonial Square Ladies Classic at Saskatoon. She just didn't expect it to be as a full-time member of the 2014 Alberta women's championship rink.
Dana Ferguson, the second on Val Sweeting's crew that was a finalist at the 2014 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Canadian championship, is the perfect person to talk about the various roles of the four players on a curling team. Ferguson played all four positions while on the University of Alberta Pandas teams from 2007-10.
As a former personal trainer and full-time firefighter, John Morris has always taken his fitness seriously.Now he's gone back to school to get his nutrition degree. "I've read about how important it can be to take care of yourself nutritionally, so I've taken that to heart, and I want to know more about it," he said, explaining why he signed up for the one-year course at the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition in Calgary.
Former Manitoba women's champ Chelsea Carey, who moved to Edmonton during the summer, explains how to read a typical curling club scoreboard."Basically, the way a traditional scoreboard works is the centre line of numbers on the scoreboard represents the score and the cards you hang on the scoreboard represents the end in which those points are scored," said Carey. "A common mistake is to look at the card numbers, thinking that's the points, but we have to look at the centre number for the points total.
EDMONTON — Chelsea Carey is a long way from the end of her competitive curling career, but she already knows what she'd like to do when she hangs up her shoes and broom.The 30-year-old skip, who moved from Winnipeg to Edmonton during the summer to start pursuing a berth in the 2018 Olympic Games with her new Saville Community Sports Centre rink of Laura Crocker, Taylor McDonald and Jen Gates, did colour commentary on the in-house feed during the 2014 Players' Championship last April. "I had never done that before," she said. "That would be where I look to end up at the end of my career. I had an absolute blast, and I got a lot of good feedback."
What is required to generate enough speed to make a draw or a guard in curling? Does anything change when you are asked to throw a takeout?Taylor McDonald, the second on Kelsey Rocque's 2014 world junior women's curling championship team and also the second for Chelsea Carey this season, offered some advice."The take-away message is that all of our power comes from our legs and not our arms," said McDonald.
EDMONTON — While some of the top women's curling rinks in the world gather in Portage la Prairie, Man., for the $60,000 Canad Inns Women's Classic this weekend, a different tier of teams will be playing at the Crestwood Curling Club. Tiffany Game, Nicky Kaufman, Chana Martineau, Leslie Rogers, 2013 Alberta women's champ Kristie Moore and Calgary's Nadine Chyz are among the teams with small budgets or no sponsorship taking advantage of competitions like the Avonair Cash Spiel earlier this month, the inaugural Crestwood Ladies Fall Classic and the Shamrock Shotgun Bonspiel (Oct. 31-Nov. 2).
EDMONTON — Marc Kennedy, one-half of the strong-sweeping front end (with Ben Hebert) that helped power Kevin Martin's former team from 2006-14, discusses body positioning when brushing a curling rock."You start with a good hand position," said Kennedy, who now plays third for Kevin Koe's new rink but still sweeps skip rocks with Hebert. "You try to cut your broom into thirds — a third of the broom above and below both hands. You want to avoid your top hand creeping too high toward the end of the broom, and you want to avoid your bottom hand creeping too low. When that happens, you start to lose power. "Once you've got a good hand position, the next step is a good body position, so a nice bend in the legs, 90 degrees if possible," he continued. "Your feet should be shoulder-width apart.
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Representing your country at the Olympic Games is the ultimate goal for every athlete in the world. Winning the gold medal is a life-changing experience that will resonate forever.
Every year, a host of elite championships thrill passionate curling fans across Canada and around the world. But, in the eyes of the top competitors, there is one that clearly stands out as the toughest of all.


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Finally Colombian singer and song writer Shakira is out with her new song "Can't Remember to Forget You" which is slightly released on January 13, 2014 through RCA Records and Sony Latin Lberia. "Can't Remember to Forget You" is a song for her upcoming forth English and overall tenth studio album with a featuring vocals by Barbadian recording artist Rihanna.
It is the lead single album which song was co – written by Shakira, Rihanna, John Hill, "Tom "Kid Harpoon" Hull, Daniel Ledinsky and Erik Hassle. The production of the song was handled by Shakira, Hill and Hull. The track is uptempo new wave track that put together elements of reggae. Lyrically the song considers around forgetting someone who is bad even though you love the person.
Upon its release "Can't Remember to Forget You" was met with mixed evaluations, with critics praising the ska fluences but the song was not memorable. The music video of the song was surmise in a Los Angles residence and directed by Joseph Kahn.
The details of the song "Can't Remember to Forget You are given below:
- Released Date : January 13, 2014
- Song's Format : Digital download
- Length : 3 min, 26 sec
- Genre : New Wave (Reggae) Pop Rock
- Label : RCA . Sony Latin Lberia
- Writer(S) : Shakira, Rihanna, John Hill, Tom Hull, Daniel Ledinsky and Erik Hassle
- Producers : Shakira, John Hill and Kid Harpoon
- Shakira Single Chronology : "Get it Starded"( 2012), Can't Remember to Forget You ( 2014 )
- Rihanna Single Chronology : "The Monster" ( 2013 ), Can't Remember to Forget You ( 2014 )
You can move on the official homepage of YouTube to watch the video and share video to your friends, family on the social networking site. You can like, dislike and subscribe the video on YouTube. Enjoy your favourite artists video songs on YouTube administrative homepage.
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Venezuela House Rental Photos and Description
Pool, 5 bedrooms., 15 pers., Bar, bowling alley, large kitchen, cable TV, barbecue,
www. casaparaiso. de
The small jungle lodge "El Paraiso" (Paradise) lies on an idyllic river, El Tipire, surrounded by bamboo groves, in a beautiful jungle scenery and not far from the Caribbean beach of Playa Grande. The most beautiful birds (parrots and. Many more), are also attraction of the house.
The house is ideal for families with children and also offers space for groups up to 15 people.
One of the rooms upstream large covered terrace provides adequate shade and loads in rocking chairs, hammocks and armchairs to relax.
A beautiful swimming pool with a small waterfall, the wonderfully blends into nature can be viewed as the center of the house. The spacious, interestingly designed cuisine awaits guests who can live out their cooking skills here.
Nearby beaches: Playa Grande:
This is one of the most beautiful Playas Venezuela, and close to our lodge (20 minutes walk). This fine-grained, exotic beach offers a 800m long palm tree backdrop and also invites for surfing.
Playa Tipire:
This rustic beach, they can of our lodge on foot in about 20 minutes. reach. A short walk by it passes by huge old trees virgin forest until they arrive then at the stone beach. A Bathing is not recommended.
Playa El Diario:
This lonely beach is only 45 minutes' walk or by boat. A small but well-trodden path takes them on a hill and from there another way always enchanted downhill towards the sea.
Further, accessible only by boat beaches are:
Valle Seco (15 min), Chuao (20 min), Cepe (25 min), Uricao (30 min.), Cata (40 min.), Puerto Mayo (1 hr.), La Ciniega (1 ½ hrs.).
National Park Henri Pittier: For a stay in Choroni a trekking tour is an absolute 'must'. The National Park Henri Pittier is the first national park in the country and world famous for its cloud forest. A variety of plants such as here you can hardly find again. In the park there are more than 40% of the birds of Venezuela (580 species) and lots of other animals such as howler monkeys, snakes, sloths, butterflies and many interesting species of insects. Also Pumas (El Tigre) are sighted in the National Park from time to time.
This park is the oldest of Venezuela, founded in 1937 with the name of Rancho Grande, at the behest of the then president Eleazar Lopez Contreras. The park was renamed in 1953 after the Swiss botanist and ethnologist Henri Peltier. This Swiss botanist came to Venezuela in 1917 and has determined in his work about 30 000 plants in Venezuela. The djungel Lodge El Paraiso is located in the midst of this biodiversity.
More Info. remove from www. casaparaiso. de.
Services of the House :: Transfer from and to the airport in Caracas: The journey comfortable jeeps or minibuses through the mountain jungle Henri Pittier is approximately 3 1/2 hours, for which we per vehicle 120 - charge € (one way).
We can help you out with Bolivares site.
This is a special service we offer and is not normally offered. Official exchange rate: 1 Euro / approx 8.5 Bolivares.
Attractions: (. 3 Tg) Los Roques, pure Caribbean, Gran Sabana (. 5 Tg), Los Llanos (. 3 Tg), Los Andenes (Merida) (. 5 Tg), Orinoco Delta (4 Tg.), Paria Peninsula (with buffalo farm) (5 Tg), Morrocoy (2 Tg), Canaima Angel Falls (4 Tg.) Isla Margarita (4 Tg.).
- Suitability:
- Events Allowed
- Long-term Renters Welcome
- children welcome
- pets not allowed
- smoking allowed
- suitable for elderly or infirm
- wheelchair inaccessible


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Book your room at Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham Aransas Pass
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Aransas Pass hotel with an outdoor pool
Situated in Aransas Pass, this hotel is close to Rialto Theater and Aransas Pass Aquatic Center. Area attractions also include Port Aransas Nature Preserve at Charlie's Pasture.
Hotel Features
Recreational amenities at Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham Aransas Pass include an outdoor pool and a spa tub. Other amenities include complimentary wireless Internet access and a 24-hour business center.
Room Amenities
Televisions come with cable channels. Guestrooms also feature kitchenettes, complimentary wireless Internet access, and sofa beds.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham Aransas Pass
Hotel Amenities
In addition to an outdoor pool, Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham Aransas Pass provides a spa tub and a fitness center. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. This hotel offers access to a 24-hour business center and a meeting room. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. This business-friendly hotel also offers barbecue grills, coffee/tea in the lobby, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
- 24-hour business center
- One meeting room
- Free RV, bus, truck parking
- Free Wi-Fi
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- 24-hour front desk
- Barbecue grill(s)
- Coffee/tea in lobby
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Free breakfast
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Fireplace in lobby
- Fitness facilities
- Laundry facilities
- Number of floors - 3
- Total number of rooms - 86
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Free self parking
- Spa tub
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- Free Wi-Fi
- Kitchenette
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- Cable TV service
- Coffee/tea maker
- Complimentary newspaper
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- Cookware, dishware, and utensils
- Desk
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- Daily housekeeping
- Iron/ironing board
- Kitchenette
- Microwave
- Private bathroom
- Refrigerator
- Shower/tub combination
- Sofa bed
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Guests are offered a complimentary full breakfast each morning.
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An outdoor pool and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Surfing/boogie boarding nearby
- Personal motorized watercraft on site
- Kayaking nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
- Parasailing nearby
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible path of travel
- Braille or raised signage
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- Accessible parking
- In-room accessibility
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Check-in time ends at 11 PM
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is 11 AM
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Calling all Teens and Tweens! Calling all Teens and Tweens! Assemble in the North Channel Branch Library meeting room, Wednesday, February 15, at 4 pm for Wii gaming and fun with friends. Repeat, meet at 4 pm, Feb. 15, in the meeting room for gaming and fun.
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> Environmental Education
> Reasons for Caring
by Warren Anderson & Jimmy Orth
Warren Anderson and Jimmy Orth present their reasons for why everyone should care about the environment.
Why do we as humans consistently live our lives and make decisions that are in conflict with
common sense and good judgment? We know that the earth is warming and we are partially
to blame. We know that we are in the midst of the next mass extinction of species, and for the
first time in the history of the planet, human activity is the primary cause. We know that we
are depleting our precious limited natural resources, and yet we continue to use them
inefficiently and exploit them without conscience. In terms of critical thinking capabilities, we
are the most intelligent species on this planet, and yet we continue to make decisions that are
in direct conflict with our own long-term interests, those of future generations, and those of
the planet. Why would we cut our own throats for short-term pleasure and convenience and
compromise the futures of our children?
There are probably many reasons, including our blind faith in science and technology to solve
our problems, religious beliefs relating to the rapture and dominion, self preservation and
survival instincts, a lack of political leadership, greed, and corruption. However, the reason
that I believe is most critical is our disconnection from the natural world. We have simply lost
our way. We live as if we are separate from nature, and in many cases, as if we are more
important. We do not embrace and celebrate the fact that we share this world with all of the
other plants and animals and have an obligation and responsibility to honor our role and our
limitations. We have been separated from our mother and are now demonstrating the
dysfunctional behavior that one would expect from a child who has not developed and
sustained a healthy parent-child bond. We are fugitives on the run because we have thumbed
our noses at the natural laws of our earth, refusing to live by those rules that have governed
life on this planet for the millennia. One of the symptoms or causes of this disconnection is
that most of us have lost or never even developed a sense of place. We have not put down
roots and gotten to know the place that we call home.
The author and bioregionalist, Kirkpatrick Sale, uses the Spanish word querencia to describe
this concept, a term that can be translated as " love of home." However, Sale contends that
the word goes beyond this simple definition to mean "the deep sense of well-being that
comes from knowing a particular place on Earth; its daily and seasonal patterns, its fruits and
scents, its soils and birdsongs."
Wendel Berry simply says that "you can't know who you are until you know where you are."
Berry calls himself a "placed" person.
Wallace Stegner describes the characteristics of the displaced person: "As a species, he is
non-territorial, he lacks a stamping ground. Acquainted with many places, he is rooted in
none. Culturally he is a discarder or transplanter, not a builder or conserver. He even seems
to like and value his rootlessness, though to the placed person he shows the symptoms of
nutritional deficiency, as if he suffered from some obscure scurvy or pellagra of the soul. "
Stegner proclaims that we must "acquire the sense not of ownership but of belonging. 'The
land was ours before we were the land's,' says Robert Frost's poem. Only in the act of
submission is the sense of place realized and a sustainable relationship between people and
earth established."
The geographer J. B. Jackson contends that "it is place... that gives us our identity."
We need to understand those things that define the rhythms of life in the place in which we
live. We also need opportunities to celebrate our connection to place.
Pollsters tell us that an extraordinarily high percentage of us say we are concerned about the
environment because we love nature.
But to love nature EVERYWHERE, we have to love nature SOMEWHERE.
We are blessed, right here in Northeast Florida, to be surrounded by extraordinary beauty in
our land and waters. Furthermore, our beautiful surroundings have a rich and fascinating
cultural history. We must honor our home's great antiquity.
· The oldest known living site on our country's eastern seaboard is a shell midden site
called Spencer's Midden -- near the intersection of the St. Johns River and the
Intracoastal Waterway. Archaeologists have radio-carbon dated the site to be over
5500 years old. Timucuan Native American sites are all over our area -- and
archaeologists are busy digging and studying here so we can better tell the history of
our ancestors.
· Jean Ribault was the first European to wander into our area. As he observed the
mouth of the St. Johns River -- what he named the River of May -- he was
overwhelmed by the beauty, declaring it to be the "fairest, frutefullest, and pleasantest
of all the world."
· In his book, Travels, the famed naturalist William Bartram described the St. Johns
River watershed as a "blessed land where the gods have amassed into one heap all
the flowering plants, birds, fish and other wildlife of two continents in order to turn the
rushing streams, the silent lake shores and the awe-abiding woodlands of this
mysterious land into a true garden of Eden."
· Charlie Bennett, our revered and beloved Congressman for over 40 years, established
the magnificent Timucuan National Preserve in the northeast portion of our community
in 1988. One has to see this area by boat to get a true sense of its majesty -- the
sweeping tidal creeks, the big sky over the saltmarshes -- famed Florida nature writer
Herb Hiller summarized the experience: "Charlie Bennett understood the idea of
· Visionary John Delaney, influenced by a peak experience while boating on Sisters
Creek in the Timucuan Preserve just north of the St. Johns River, established
Preservation Project Jacksonville, which forever preserved over 50,000 acres of Old
Florida, saving these properties from being concreted over and developed.
Yes, we have a home we can be proud of; a place we can connect to and honor.
We have a duty to know about our place, to be able to identify and name certain parts of our
home -- like the primary shorebirds we see all the time; the main fish that feed our
community; we need to teach our children about how the tides work, teach them to identify
certain scat they can always see hiking our trails in the morning; they need to know the
differences between a slash pine, a live oak and a sycamore.
We also must simply experience our home and allow our senses to be stimulated and enticed
by the smell of the salt air, the feel of a warm moist breeze in summer as it brushes over our
cheeks, the sound of a barred owl on clear crisp fall night, or the sight of pelicans gliding
gracefully within a razor's edge of the lapping waves just below their outstretched wings. We
must learn about the culture and history of our region. Visit Kingsley Plantation and learn
about Anna Jai Kingsley. Take a trip to the Jacksonville Maritime Museum or MOSH. Read
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folklife that are part of our cultural fabric.
We are, here in our home of Northeast Florida, surrounded by water, surrounded by beauty,
surrounded by a rich cultural heritage. This gives us a sense of place, where we live and
move and have our being, it is where we belong.
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sense and good judgment when we weigh the temptation of short term financial gain -- which
would harm our natural world -- against the duty we have to our children and future
generations to protect the natural world for them? After all, by protecting our environment,
we are protecting their home and their birthright to a place that nurtures their souls and helps
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Economists have said the U.S. risks slipping into recession if hundreds of billions of dollars in expiring tax cuts and automatic spending reductions take effect on Jan. 1 - the so called "fiscal cliff." Congress and the White House must find a compromise to prevent a big hit to the world's biggest economy.
President Barack Obama, fresh from a re-election victory, and House Speaker John Boehner have spoken of compromise but appear to be taking a firm stances on some issues, including whether to raise taxes for the wealthiest.
"Despite comments from the U.S. administration and Congressional leaders of a willingness to compromise, markets remain unconvinced," said Mitul Kotecha, analyst at Credit Agricole CIB.
European stocks lacked momentum in afternoon trading. Britain's FTSE 100 was up 0.2 percent to 5,780.20 while Germany's DAX edged up 0.3 percent to 7,182.88. France's CAC-40 lost 0.3 percent to 3,414.66.
Wall Street opened modestly higher - the Dow was 0.1 percent higher at 12,827.64 while the S&P 500 was up 0.2 percent at 1,382.84.
In Europe, investors will keep their eyes on a meeting of the finance ministers of the 17-country eurozone. The officials are expected to discuss Greece's economy and its bailout program.
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Earlier in Asia, Japan's Nikkei 225 index fell 0.9 percent to close at 8,676.44. Growth figures showed the economy contracted an annualized 3.5 percent rate for the quarter ending September. Most economists forecast a further decline in economic activity for the October-December quarter, which would officially put the world's No. 3 economy in recession, according to the common definition of two consecutive quarters of contraction.
South Korea's Kospi fell 0.2 percent to 1,900.87 and Australia's S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.3 percent to 4,448.00. Benchmarks in Singapore, Taiwan and Indonesia fell. The Philippines and New Zealand rose.
Hong Kong and mainland Chinese stock markets rose following comments over the weekend by Chinese Cabinet officials that the country's economic slowdown has ended, although the economy is not ready to stage a recovery, and that exporters still face tough conditions.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng added 0.2 percent to 21,430.30. The Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.5 percent to 2,079.27 and the smaller Shenzhen Composite Index added 0.5 percent to 832.38.
Jackson Wong, vice president at Tanrich Securities in Hong Kong, cautioned against too much optimism regarding China's economy amid disappointing Chinese loan growth figures.
Lending in October stood at 505.2 billion yuan ($80.3 billion), dropping 81.6 billion yuan from a year earlier, the People's Bank of China said Monday, according to Xinhua news agency. The figure decreased from the 623.2 billion yuan of new yuan loans registered in September.
"Expect light trading this week unless major news comes out," Wong said.
Benchmark oil for December delivery was up 4 cents to $86.11 in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose 98 cents to finish at $86.07 per barrel on the Nymex on Friday.
In currencies, the euro edged down to $1.271 from $1.2713 late Friday in New York. The dollar weakened against the Japanese yen, to 79.38 yen from 79.45 yen.
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Thematically, Wednesday's American Idol show was a jackalope, a hybrid creature that didn't make much sense.
The four finalists were expected to sing two songs – one inspiring, the other moving. But isn't an inspiring song moving? Not only that, but the "moving" song would be from the vintage pop-rock catalog of songwriters Leiber and Stoller. At that point – the second half of the show – producer Jimmy Iovine, absent during the first 45 minutes, showed up with the funny, fabulous, totally non-vintage Lady Gaga as the night's mentor.
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After a night dedicated to the music of singer-songwriter Carole King, the top six contestants remaining on American Idol spoke to reporters about the pressing issues of the night.
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Netbook shipments in Western Europe halved in this year's second quarter, with problems at the market-leading Acer contributing to a major market slump, according to Gartner's provisional estimates. The industry research company reckons that, in this geographical area, PC shipments fell by 18.9 percent to 12.7 million units compared with the same period in 2010, while UK shipments fell by 15.0 percent to 2.5 million units.
Acer's inventory problems had an impact on shipments, rather than actual sales, so the situation may look worse than it is. But it's definitely not good. Even Apple only managed to increase its shipments by 0.5 percent.
Gartner reports that "the mobile PC market was particularly hit hard with a 20.4 percent decline, as mini-notebook [ie netbook] shipments decreased 53 percent". However, shipments of desktop PCs also fell by 15.4 percent year-on-year, hurting HP and, in particular, Dell. Gartner principal analyst Meike Escherich said in a statement:
"The much anticipated uptake in the professional segment, in the wake of migration to Windows 7, was subdued by the negative economic outlook. PC shipments in the professional segment declined 9 percent in the second quarter of 2011. The biggest decline continued to come from the consumer segment which decreased 27 percent year-on-year."
In Western Europe, HP regained the top spot as its shipments slipped by 6.1 percent to 3.2 million units, while Acer dropped to second with shipments falling by 44.6 percent to 2.0 million units. The rest of the Top 5 comprised Dell (1.4m units, -12.7 percent), Asus (1.0m units, -22.9 percent) and Apple (0.9m units, +0.5 percent). Apple's market share increased from 5.6 percent to 7.0 percent.
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In the UK, Samsung was the most successful PC supplier, in that its shipments grew by 5.2 percent. HP became the market leader, shipping 530,000 PCs, which was 10.7 percent down on last year's Q2. It was followed by Dell (408,000, -11.8 percent), Acer (341,000 -47.4 percent), Samsung (181,000, +5.2 percent), and Apple (170,000, +1.0 percent). "Others" shipped 832,000 units, a decline of 2.4 percent.
Gartner noted that "the poor performance of Acer this quarter does not mask the fact that the consumer market in the UK remained weak". Gartner principal analyst Isabelle Durand said: "Most consumers continue to hold back spending on PCs by extending life cycles on existing PCs and purchasing other devices."
In Germany, PC shipments fell by 13.3 percent to 2.4 million units, with Acer shipments plunging by 43.1 percent. The Top 5 were, in order, HP, Acer, Dell, Medion and Asus. HP was the most successful supplier in Germany, increasing its shipments by 33.8 percent to 445,000 units. Gartner said: "Demand in the professional PC market has improved as organizations released budgets to migrate aging PCs to Windows 7. HP in particular seemed to benefit from this upturn in the professional market."
In France, PC shipments fell by 17.8 percent to 2.4 million units, with Acer shipments plunging by 39.6 percent. The Top 5 were, in order, HP, Acer, Asus, Dell and Apple. Gartner saw a 9 percent growth in the professional market, but said the French consumer PC market "declined 33 percent partly due to the rise in popularity of media tablets and smartphones, which impacted PC purchases."
The PC market in Western Europe is mostly a replacement market: people who want or need PCs already have them. There has been some growth as consumers have bought a netbook as their second or third PC, but the third or fourth device now looks more likely to be something different.
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Multiple myeloma (MM) is a very radiosensitive tumor. Fractionated external beam radiation, which takes approximately 2 weeks of therapy, is typically used to irradiate myelomatous bone lesions with the goal of palliation. However, traditional radiotherapeutic techniques are not only lengthy but they also involve a considerable amount of healthy bone marrow in the treatment ports, which may undermine the total marrow reserve of a patient. Because of the limited survival time of patients with metastatic cancer, novel treatment concepts shortening the overall treatment time is desirable. We present an innovative approach of delivering targeted intra-operative radiotherapy to a solitary osteolytic metastasis in one application, while sparing healthy bone marrow from radiation toxicity and substantially reducing the overall treatment time. A 78-year-old Caucasian male with MM, previously treated with chemotherapy, who was off chemotherapy for 2 years due to bone marrow suppression, presented with a solitary recurrence at the left anterior superior iliac spine of the left iliac wing as diagnosed by PET-CT scan. This lesion was treated with a minimally invasive osteoplasty and intra-operative brachytherapy with to a dose of 8 Gy delivered to the surgical cavity only, followed by injection of the bone cement into the cavity. Three months after the procedure, the area of treatment demonstrated no uptake on a follow-up PET-CT scan. At 1.5 years after this procedure, 100% local control continues to persist in the treated area, as evidenced on nuclear imaging. To our knowledge, this is the first case of using focal intra-operative brachytherapy confined to the area of the pelvis in a patient treated for a solitary metastasis from MM. The purpose of the article is to present a novel approach as a more convenient and focal treatment of bony lesions of MM.
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- A Single-Dose Conformal Delivery of Radiotherapy Following Osteoplasty
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Volume 8, Issue 2 , pp 169-174
- Cover Date
- 2012-07-01
- 10.1007/s11420-011-9213-4
- Print ISSN
- 1556-3316
- Online ISSN
- 1556-3324
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
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- Keywords
- multiple myeloma
- radiotherapy
- conformal radiation
- brachytherapy
- Authors
- A. Gabriella Wernicke MD, MSc (1)
- Albert Sabbas PhD (1)
- Fridon Kulidzhanov PhD (1)
- Michael Shamis MD (2)
- Yevgeniya Golster BS (3)
- Ruben Niesvizky MD (4)
- Joseph Lane MD (5) (6)
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- 1. Weill Cornell Medical College, 525 East 68th Street, New York, NY, 10065, USA
- 2. Department of Medicine, Saint George's University School of Medicine, Grenada, WI, USA
- 3. Department of Biological Sciences, Bradeis University, Waltham, MA, USA
- 4. Department of Hemotology/Oncology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, 10065, USA
- 5. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, 10065, USA
- 6. Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, 10021, USA


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Twice The Ice ice & water vending machine located in Houston and Spring areas. $1.50 per 16# bag or 20# bulk vend.


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For people with diabetes, developing complications of the feet are a constant threat. You will find answers to the most common questions about foot care, including how to prevent and treat minor problems such as calluses, blisters, and fungal infections; and major complications such as ulcers and neuropathy.
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