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Olga Graf, Russian speed skater, nearly flashed the entire world following her medal-winning final skate on Sunday.
After completing her final lap, Graf began unzipping her speed suit, completely forgetting that she was wearing nothing underneath!
Talk about your Sochi problem!
Graf quickly realized what she was doing (probably when she felt the burst of cold air on her stomach) before anyone saw her goods. But it was definitely a close call!
She told the Associated Press "I totally forgot [I was wearing nothing underneath]. We have very good suits and they are very tight. You just want to breathe and you want to take off your suit."
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- Breed: Labrador Retriever/Catahoula Leopard Dog Mix
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- Size: Large 61-100 lbs (28-45 kg)
- Sex: Female
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I am already spayed, housetrained, up to date with shots, good with kids, good with dogs, and good with cats.
TigerLily is a delicate little girl that loves to play and be held. She is sweet and calm and will melt your heart in an instant. TigerLily is a pretty fawn girl with white toes. She weighed 6 pds on her 6 week birthday.
There are nine puppies total in this litter and they will be ready to go home sometime in mid-to-late November. The puppies were six weeks old on October 31, 2012. When we rescued the puppies (and their mama!) we were told they were Dane mixes. While they may not grow up to be giants, these adorable babies are going to make wonderful companions regardless. We would guess based on their markings and personalities that they are likely Catahoula mixes - lab mixes, maybe.
These puppies are $275 to adopt which includes spay/neuter, microchip, any vaccines they are old enough to receive and all the other vet care required prior to them going home. Adopters will be required to sign an additional Puppy Addendum to the lease contract which will require adopters to socialize and train their puppies at an early age. If you're interested in adopting one of our puppies, please start by filling out and adoption application at SavetheGiants.com under the Forms tab.
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TigerLily, a Fort Collins Labrador Retriever/Catahoula Leopard Dog puppy was adopted! Here's how you can benefit by looking at adoption as an option to buying a Labrador Retriever/Catahoula Leopard Dog for sale in Fort Collins, or seeking a Labrador Retriever/Catahoula Leopard Dog puppy from a breeder in Fort Collins.
- Rescues and shelter volunteers in Fort Collins already know the personality and tendencies of their pets. This means they can match you with the right pet. That will makes it much easier transition to owning a pet for yourself and your new pet.
- On average adoption fees are much less than you'd pay a Fort Collins breeder, or pet store. Plus most often rescue pets have already been to the veterinarian for a check-up, had a round of vaccinations, and are spayed or neutered. That is a lot of savings!
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The Strategic Acquisition of CECs
Career Path: Help build a successful career by carefully planning your continuing education courses.
The fitness industry has come a long way in terms of credibility and standards since the days of fuzzy leg warmers and terry cloth sweatbands. In fact, industry standards have risen so much in recent years that many companies will hire only those fitness professionals who have obtained their certifications from organizations approved by independent entities, such as the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA). Certifying organizations who are accredited must comply with strict standards designed to assess professional competence and help ensure the health, welfare and safety of the public. Once certified, fitness professionals are expected to maintain these high standards by way of continuing education (CECs or CEUs).
Continuing education requirements are not simply an obligation. They provide trainers and instructors with the opportunity to take a professional, responsible approach to fostering the health and wellness of others. Yet, fitness pros often give little thought to their continuing education requirements and end up taking whatever courses are available at the last minute to keep their certifications up-to-date. By understanding and planning CEC requirements in advance (and narrowing your education focus to a specialization area), you will be able to use CEC-approved courses to establish yourself as an industry expert.
When you obtain your fitness certification from an approved organization, you are required to maintain a certain level of knowledge regarding industry principles and practices. These requirements are intended to help you improve your skills, basic learning and competency as a fitness professional. The number and type of continuing education requirements vary by organization, but generally speaking you need a minimum number of contact hours to maintain current certification status. Some organizations—such as the American Council on Exercise and the National Academy of Sports Medicine— require certificate holders to obtain 2.0 CECs every 2 years. Others, such as the National Exercise & Sports Trainers Association, require 4.0 CECs every 4 years to maintain certification. Usually, CECs are awarded at the rate of 0.1 credit per contact or study hour. With the ample time frames you have to earn your CECs, you can take a structured approach to obtaining them. Doing so can save you money, help you avoid any tendencies to procrastinate, and get you started on building your future as a specialist in the fitness industry.
Specialization is key, especially for personal trainers. Most trainers enter into the industry with little strategic planning to accompany their dream. They obtain a general certification in personal training or group fitness and then take a shotgun approach to obtaining CECs and attracting clients. Any person who walks in the door is considered a potential client, no matter what that person's individual needs may be. On the surface, a trainer who can manage to pull people in by using this generic approach may seem like a success. However, in reality, this type of nonspecialized service sets the trainer up as a general-knowledge person who will be forever limited to charging low to midrange personal training fees.
Business-savvy fitness professionals take a more calculated approach to their careers. They find their particular client niches and set about educating themselves in those specialty areas. For example, many clients suffer from temporary or chronic injuries that adversely affect their fitness goals. A "generic" trainer may not know how to help such clients, and so the clients will quit training after a period of time. However, trainers who have taken several CEC courses related to injury/pain issues and who specialize in corrective exercise will not only be able to help the clients sort out their issues but will also receive referrals from these happy clients. In short, trainers who concentrate their educational requirements and services become sought-after professionals with a specific talent. As a result, they attract a specific clientele with specific needs who will pay higher fees because they know they are receiving the right help to meet their goals.
The amazing diversity of the fitness industry provides professionals with opportunities to specialize in almost any area. One way to determine your area is to seek out topics you have a personal interest in; for example, diabetes or a specific sport. Another way to decide is to look at your current skill set. If you have a lot of experience working with, say, able-bodied seniors, then you might want to purposefully capitalize on that expertise.
According to the 2008 IDEA Fitness Programs & Equipment Survey, several specialty areas in the fitness industry are currently booming. Youth training, small-group training, seniors' training, bodyweight/resistance training, sport-specific training, mind-body programs like Pilates or yoga, functional training and corrective exercise are hot topics just now and would therefore be good areas to concentrate on.
Regardless of the topic, the three most important questions you should ask yourself when deciding on your specialty area are the following:
Apart from the benefit of being able to charge more money for your services and getting more referrals, specialization can help you in numerous other ways. A clearly defined specialty area allows you to create a successful strategy for generating business. Whether you are an independent contractor or work in a facility setting, knowing exactly who can benefit from your services enables you to save time and money and to focus on the people who need or want your services the most. Thus, the clients you attract are more likely to succeed because you know specifically how to help them reach their goals.
Furthermore, taking a strategic approach to fulfilling your CEC requirements can allow you to plan your education budget in advance. If you know what types of courses you want, you can reference them and compare prices. Many organizations offer their members discounts on courses, so you may be able to save a bit of money if your organization offers CEC options in your specialty area. Planning your requirements in advance will also enable you to save up money for big CEC opportunities like internships, conventions, workshops or conferences that offer numerous sessions in your specialty subject.
Specialization will help solidify your reputation as a credible professional. Whether your aspiration is to be the best instructor in your facility or the most sought-after trainer in the world, it is important to focus on a chosen specialty area and learn it inside and out. Your high level of expertise is what will differentiate you from other fitness professionals. What's more, in our current economic climate, that may just be the difference between making and breaking your career! n
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When you have chosen your specialty, start planning your education around that subject. Read books and articles, watch DVDs, attend seminars and conferences and connect with individuals or organizations that can provide you with opportunities to learn all you can about the topic.
Several organizations provide CEC opportunities to help you develop your skills in a particular area. As one of the world's leading educational resources for fitness professionals, IDEA has several programs in place that can help you strategically obtain CECs related to your particular area of fitness specialization. IDEA is currently working on developing even more CEC opportunities for both personal trainers and group instructors. "Our new Certificate Program for Group Exercise Instructors will allow professionals to specialize in different types of classes," says Kathie Davis, IDEA's executive director. "It was offered for the first time at IDEA Fitness Fusion in Chicago and will soon be available as a home study course. At our conferences, which offer between 18 and 23 CECs, we also run 4-hour InTensive courses that allow fitness pros to specialize in many different areas and obtain CECs. And we offer many online and home study CEC courses that allow you to obtain CECs related to a certain area of interest." To help you stay organized with your CEC requirements, IDEA provides free CEC tracking on its website.
You can also find educational opportunities listed by topic through your certifying organizations, online, at conferences like those offered by IDEA and in industry magazines and publications, including IDEA Fitness Journal. CEC courses are plentiful; you just need to get into the habit of selecting courses that will build on your specialty.
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Apple Posts 'Staggering' Quarterly Profit Of $18 Billion, Sells 74 Million iPhones, 21 Million iPads
Apple said Tuesday that it sold 74.5 million iPhones during the three months that ended Dec. 31, beating analysts' expectations for the latest models of Apple's most popular gadget.
How Uber's Autonomous Cars Will Destroy 10 Million Jobs And Reshape The Economy by 2025
COMMENTARY: Autonomous cars will be commonplace by 2025 and have a near monopoly by 2030, and the sweeping change they bring will eclipse every other innovation our society has experienced. They will cause unprecedented job loss and a fundamental restructuring of our economy, solve large portions of our environmental problems, prevent tens of thousands of deaths per year, save millions of hours with increased productivity, and create entire new industries that we cannot even imagine from our current vantage point.
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Cablegram 264 WASHINGTON, 8 March 1946, 9.08 p.m.
1. The Steering Committee met on 8th March. The Committee recommended that the only duty of the Vice-Chairman should be to preside at F.E.C. Meetings in the absence of the Chairman.
Recommended that there be three Vice-Chairmen Gromyko, Halifax and Wei. Eggleston opposed the Three Powers entitled to a Veto also being Vice-Chairmen, but the only support came from Berendsen. [1] Eggleston also suggested that Vice-Chairmanship might rotate monthly among all Delegates, but got no support. The French motion that there should be four ViceChairmen, to permit of election of Naggiar, was defeated. [2]
2. The Committee decided that a Committee entitled 'Strengthening of Democratic Processes' be formed, but that a Press Statement outline its functions in some detail in order to forestall hostile press criticism which is feared by U.S.A. (see FEC16). [3] Functions include establishment of freedom of speech, of religion, and of thought, reform of educational system, public information including press and radio, civil liberties, status and role of women and State Shinto.
3. The Steering Committee directed that all Committees hold their first meeting next week, beginning with reparations on nth March.
FEC will meet on 14th March.
4. Reference your 364 of 8th March. Education is covered by Committee on strengthening of democratic processes. Strongly advise against asking for New Committee:-
(A) It would delay beginning of work;
(B) It would look like an attempt to take education away from a Committee headed by the Russian Delegate, whose attitude to date has been most reasonable;
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noun (Concise Encyclopedia)Fruit of the tree Litchi chinensis (family Sapindaceae), believed to be native to southern China and adjacent regions but now also cultivated elsewhere. It has been a favourite fruit of the Cantonese since ancient times and is a popular dessert in U.S. Chinese restaurants. The fresh pulp tastes musky; when dried, it is acidic and very sweet. The handsome tree develops a compact crown of foliage, with compound leaves that are bright green year-round. Clusters of small, inconspicuous flowers form small, oval red fruits.
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litchi or lichee or lychee
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After the tour I gave Kerrie a quick call on the wave phone to see where she was (still by the pool) so we met up and went to Cabana's for lunch, again a fantastic selection.
Then we spent a bit more time on deck:
After a while I went to Evolution to watch the presentation on the making of the Disney Dream which was good, then afterwards met Kerrie so we could go and have a quick look around the Port at Nassau. It was quick too lol, there's not much there that interests us and the main reason for getting off was to take a few of photos of the ship:
View straight up with the Aquaduck coming out over the edge of the ship:
Back on-board we got changed into our Pirate t-shirts for dinner which tonight was in Enchanted Garden, after another great meal we went to the show which tonight was Villains Tonight:
Great show and now time to head up on deck for Pirate night:
Buccaneer Blast:
The fireworks were really good but I think overall I prefer the Pirates in the Caribbean deck party on the Magic & Wonder.
After the fireworks we went to the buffet which is in Cabana's rather than on deck, we only managed a couple of things:
We did go to Evolution to see the adult comedy by John Casey but to be honest we don't find juggling particularly hilarious so left after about 10 mins and went and rode the Aquaduck since there was no wait as it was gone 11pm, we rode twice in a row with no wait, it was brilliant fun although slightly chilly at this time of night lol.
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The blizzard of last March stopped McGaw's plans cold. The epic snowfall collapsed the roof of her 1922 bungalow, pushing the walls outward and making the house uninhabitable. But McGaw didn't panic; she had a homeowner's policy from State Farm Insurance that offered $235,000 in coverage in the event of a catastrophic loss. With additional provisions for demolition, cost overruns and other expenses, the policy actually provided up to $319,000 to replace her home.
Imagine, then, McGaw's reaction when State Farm's adjusters told her the company was proposing to settle her claim for $158,000. "I was stunned," she says. "It's about half my policy."
Contractors consulted by McGaw estimated that it would cost from $266,000 to more than $300,000 to replace her double-brick bungalow. But State Farm insists that its software program shows that a similar house can be built for far less than her policy limits. One adjuster told her that it wasn't the company's fault if her agent sold her too much insurance.
State Farm has since adjusted its estimate to $170,000, but McGaw says the company's calculations don't take into account the realities of construction costs in Washington Park. "Maybe in the middle of Kansas I could build this house for what they're saying, but not in the middle of Denver," she says.
For the past seven months, McGaw and her daughter have lived in a rental property across South High Street from her former house. She knows of neighbors whose homes were also totaled by the blizzard who have since received settlements from their carriers for their policy limits, razed their properties and are rebuilding. But she's still wrangling with State Farm, which insisted on demolishing the property in stages to see what could be preserved; now the company is trying to save the 1922 floor joists and the basement, which don't meet current building codes.
McGaw is hardly alone in her predicament. Homeowners who rely on insurance agents' assurances that their coverage is adequate often discover that the company considers them to be overinsured -- or, worse, woefully underinsured -- when they file a catastrophic claim. And attorneys who specialize in bad-faith lawsuits charge that State Farm -- the "like-a-good-neighbor" behemoth that commands close to a quarter of the homeowners' insurance market in Colorado -- has mastered the art of shortchanging its policyholders ("Hidden Damage," June 27, 2002).
"If State Farm was your neighbor, you'd move out of the neighborhood," says attorney Kyle Bachus. "They create an impression through their advertising that they know what they're doing and you need one of their skilled agents to help you figure things out -- up until the point you make a claim. Then it's their position that it's your obligation, not theirs, to have the right coverage."
State Farm spokeswoman Kelly Campbell says that consumers "need to make a choice about how much protection they buy. The software product that agents use is a very good estimate, but homeowners have to decide if they feel that's adequate."
But bad-faith disputes usually encompass more than agents' representations; they also have to do with the way companies conduct the appraisal process once a claim is filed. Last year, State Farm paid $3.75 million to settle a bad-faith lawsuit filed by Bachus and co-counsel Sam Livingston on behalf of Kay Watts, an elderly woman whose Fort Collins house burned down in 2000. In the course of the litigation, Bachus and Livingston uncovered several questionable practices by the company that have since sparked an investigation of the matter by the Colorado Division of Insurance.
Left a quadriplegic by an auto accident decades ago, Watts had contacted her State Farm agent shortly before the fire to make sure her coverage was adequate. But after the fire, which started in an attached garage, a State Farm adjuster denied that the agent had ever visited her and attempted to settle her claim for half the value of her home. Ultimately, despite missing records and other problems, Watts's attorneys were able to establish that the agent did visit her and had even informed the adjuster of his actions.
"The essence of their case was 'You can't prove it,'" Livingston recalls. "But the person who wrote that letter [denying the agent's visit] had interviewed the agent four times. Records were destroyed, and they lied to her."
Under the terms of her policy, Watts and State Farm were each supposed to appoint an unbiased, independent appraiser to work out the true value of her house. But State Farm's appraiser was an attorney who had an ongoing professional relationship with the company -- a relationship that was never disclosed to Watts. "You don't use your own attorney as an independent appraiser," Livingston says.
Nine months ago, Livingston filed a complaint with state regulators alleging fraud by State Farm. Kirk Yeager, the state insurance division's deputy commissioner of market regulation, says the Watts case is still under investigation by his agency. "We need to go through a lot of the materials in a very complex case," he says.


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Tolowa Indians. An Athapascan tribe of extreme north west California. When first known they occupied the coast from the mouth of Klamath river nearly to the Oregon line, including Smith river valley and the following villages: Echulit, Khoonkhwuttunne, and Khosatumie of the Khaamotene branch, Chesthltishtunne, Tatlatunne, Ataakut, Meetkeni, Stuntusunwhott, Targhinaatun, Thltsusmetunne, and Turghestlsatun. They were


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2012 Printing Industry Hall of Fame Inductees Announced
July 20, 2012The 27th induction class includes:
- Carl Gerhardt, chairman, Allegra Network, Plymouth, MI.
- Michael Graff, president and CEO, Sandy Alexander, Clifton, NJ.
- David Harding, president and CEO, HardingPoorman Group, Indianapolis.
- Volker Petersen, president and CEO, Brown Printing, Waseca, MN.
"We believe this class embodies the spirit of a printing industry Hall of Fame," stated Mark Michelson, editor-in-chief of Printing Impressions. "These well-known executives have made substantial contributions that have elevated not only their respective companies, but have made a lasting impact on the printing community through industry involvement and technology innovation, as well.
"The Printing Impressions/RIT Printing Industry Hall of Fame award is held in conjunction with the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) School of Print Media. The names of this year's inductees will be permanently inscribed on a plaque hanging at RIT, joining a virtual who's who of past industry leaders and serving as positive role models for future generations of graphic arts industry leaders," Michelson noted.
Carl Gerhardt and his wife, Judy, owned and operated their own successful Allegra Network franchise for nearly 20 years before selling the $2.3 million operation in 2003. Mr. Gerhardt is an NAPL/NAQP Honorary Lifetime Member and was inducted into NAPL's prestigious Soderstrom Society in recognition of his contribution to the industry.
He was named president and COO of the Allegra Network in 2004, CEO in 2007 and transitioned to chairman in 2010. During his tenure leading the company and as an investor, he has successfully moved the franchise network into major diversification and acquisition initiatives.
Under David Harding's guidance, Harding Poorman Group (HPG), a $34 million business, has been recognized nationally and by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce the past four years as one of the "Best Places to Work," finishing eighth in the most recent competition.
Prior to HPG, Mr. Harding owned The Printing Co. for 17 years, eventually selling it to a consolidator. The Printing Co. was elected to the Management Plus Hall of Fame of the NAPL. Prior to owning The Printing Co., he was a radio news reporter and talk show host for 12 years.


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Skip And Flip
- Once known as The Rockabillies, they recorded on Rev Records as The Pledges and then as Gary & Clyde. Time Records picked up their Rev master, "Why Not Confess" / "Johnny Risk", and then moved them to its Brent Records label, under the name Skip And Flip. Their recording of Paxton's song "It Was I" entered the U.S. Top 20 in 1959, peaking at #11, and the follow-up, "Fancy Nancy", charted at #71. Their next release, a revival of Marvin And Johnny's R&B hit single, "Cherry Pie," also made #11 but proved to be their last chart entry together.
- Paxton went on to record under several labels and several names, including the Hollywood Argyles, who topped the charts in 1960 with the novelty song, "Alley-Oop". He also had hits as a producer and label owner. One of his productions included "Monster Mash", by Bobby "Boris" Pickett.
- Paxton later started the Bakersfield International label in the mid-1960s, attempting to cash in on the Bakersfield sound, recording out of a converted Flxible Flyer bus, in which he built a mobile 8-track recording studio, working with a number of musicians. These including several who later went on to play in The Byrds and other country rock acts of the era, including the Reasons (aka Nashville West, featuring Gene Parsons), Clarence White, Gib Gilbeau, and Wayne Moore), the Gosdin Brothers, and Dennis Payne. Many of these sessions ended up on low-budget releases and exploitative covers albums, such as Guitar Country by 'Bakersfield's Big Guitars' on Jasico Records, by 'Bakersfield's Big Guitars'. It would appear that Paxton sold these sessions to other labels to finance projects closer to his own heart.
- Paxton moved to Nashville in the early 1970s, recorded several country albums under his own name, and is now a noted personality in the gospel music world.
- Battin recorded on Indigo Records, May Records, Groove Records, Audicon Records and Signpost Records. He played in such groups as Evergreen Blueshoes, The Byrds, New Riders of the Purple Sage, and the Flying Burrito Brothers, as well as session work with a wide variety of artists.
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Thinking back on it, I'm surprised that I was persuaded to leave Sydney. I'd barely arrived in one of the world's great food cities before I found myself edging south through its suburbs toward a Sunday lunch two hours away.
I suppose part of the explanation is that planning lunch is one of my great passions, coming hard on the heels of actually eating it. And when an Aussie sommelier I knew recommended a restaurant in Kiama and proposed to drive us there past a stretch of stunningly scenic coastline, I was tempted. That may sound silly to you, reading this in your Connecticut living room or poolside in Culver City, but I live in one of those big, rectangular states in America's heartland, a plane flight away from any beach worthy of its name.
I knew that the coastal route north from Sydney is as well-traveled as the Long Island Expressway on a Hamptons weekend and is a standard-issue part of the New South Wales experience. But a seaside jaunt in the other direction sounded adventuresome, off the beaten track. I made inquiries and learned about a vast Buddhist temple near Wollongong, and a beach full of kangaroos. And I checked out the restaurant in the Sydney Morning Herald's Good Food Guide, the single most helpful dining handbook for a metropolitan area I've ever encountered. "Beautifully cooked Burrawang lamb loin on a bed of lemon mint risotto," it teased. I was in before I had finished the review.
The sommelier wasn't, though. He canceled last-minute, citing work demands, and so that afternoon drive turned into a three-day, two-night solo road trip down to Batemans Bay. If I was going to leave the city for a lunch, I figured, I might as well have several. And that's how I came to see Sydney in my rearview mirror after only just saying hello. But it was morning, the sun was shining, I had Men at Work on the car radio (which seemed almost too clichéd to be real), a sparkling ocean out my left window. And reservations.
Day 1, Sydney to Mollymook (140 miles)
There's a name for this stretch along the Tasman Sea, it turned out: the Grand Pacific Drive. Officially christened in 2005, it's part of a government effort to redirect leisure travelers south of Sydney onto a coastal highway. The route starts just outside the city, but only breaks free of congestion an hour on, when Lawrence Hargrave Drive spurs off the Southern Freeway and winds to the water. That brought me through a run of old coal-mining towns that now exist as a kind of delightfully gentrified exurbia. Houses are handsome but not overly grand; restaurants seem reliant on local custom.
Just beyond the roundabouts of Wollongong I found the Nan Tien Temple, which belongs to the Taiwanese Fo Guang Shan sect. It was an enormous, perfectly rendered, archetypal Chinese temple, the kind I'd always assumed I'd need to visit China to see. Said to be the Southern Hemisphere's largest Buddhist shrine, it's billed as an international tourist attraction; busloads of Asian visitors were scattered about the grounds. Yet I was surprised to feel an overwhelming sense of serenity, almost solitude, as I wandered around. I gaped at the eight-story pagoda and the 10,000 images of Buddha, silently considered the lotus pond, then repaired to the tearoom for osmanthus oolong and dumplings stuffed with bitter greens.
Fifteen minutes south is Kiama, a town of pine trees and crafts shops. I found my restaurant along the main street, but from the moment I arrived it felt wrong. The clientele consisted of three beer drinkers and two schoolgirls nibbling what looked like frozen pizza. I saw no Burrawang lamb, no mint risotto. "It's Sunday," the disengaged server shrugged.
"Lunch on Sunday should be something special," writes Keith Waterhouse in his now out-of-print The Theory and Practice of Lunch, a book that I live by. This one wasn't going to be. Fortunately, I had a backup. About 15 miles southwest is the pleasantly kitschy town of Berry and its Berry Sourdough Bakery & Café. The menu was small but ambitious—saltimbocca, duck rillettes, complicated pizzas. I chose bouillabaisse, Marseilles-style, with mussels, scallops, prawns, potatoes, fennel, and cayenne pepper. All I lacked was wine, but the restaurant is BYOB, alas. I struggled not to notice the two bottles emptying at the next table.
Late that afternoon, I checked in to Bannisters Point Lodge, a motel recast as a stylish resort. The 31 rooms are all white and wicker, and their double-size wooden decks overlook the Pacific. Down a flight of stairs is a saltwater infinity pool, where I swam and watched the waves through a tangle of banksia trees. Later, I dined there on yellowfin with papaya slaw and drank steely Clare Valley Riesling from Skillogalee while considering the magnitude of this vast and multifarious country. How many wonderfully pleasurable experiences were hidden, like this one, in plain sight: an easy drive from a major city, with scant mention in the guidebooks and no PR campaign, just word-of-mouth to keep the business coming?I raised a glass to my sommelier friend who'd sent me south.


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The controversy hasn't affected the company's popularity, however. In 1998 it reported $54 million in revenues, according to Schreiber, and now has a series of self-awareness seminars -- The Forum; The Landmark Forum in Action Seminar, a ten-evening class in which participants focus on their "personal commitments, relationships, projects and goals"; The Landmark Advanced Course, a four-day workshop where participants are given "the tools for creating a future that is informed by the past but not limited or restricted by it"; and The Landmark Self-Expression and Leadership Program, which prepares participants to go on to train other people.
It all sounded like a bunch of psychobabble to Linda Reilly. She figured that if adults, who willingly and knowingly sign up for Landmark seminars, want to attend, that was their prerogative. But should kids -- particularly at-risk kids -- be participating in a similar-seeming program?
She posed that question to teachers, administrators and boardmembers, as well as to Rex Brown, P.S.1's executive director, and Steve Myers, the new principal who'd come to P.S.1 in the fall. When it became clear that the majority of her colleagues supported the Steps Ahead program, she decided she could no longer remain at the school, where she had done everything from clean toilets and teach classes to manage the school's finances.
Colorado Youth at Risk, as it turns out, was inspired by the Breakthrough Foundation, a nonprofit organization that originally grew out of est. The Foundation's primary program was called Youth at Risk (there are now twelve other YAR organizations worldwide), in which troubled teens attend ten-day retreats and meet with mentors.
Glenna Norvelle was a marketing director for Fox Sports almost a decade ago when she was introduced to a teenage girl who had participated in a Youth at Risk program in another city. Norvelle's boyfriend, Michael Donahue (now her husband), worked at a Denver law firm that was holding a golf tournament to raise money to help the girl establish a Youth at Risk program in Denver. Donahue took Norvelle to the tournament, where she watched a videotape produced by Chicago Youth at Risk. She was impressed, and decided to volunteer at a ten-day retreat sponsored by the Youth at Risk program in Oakland, California, in 1992.
"What attracted me was that I saw both young people and adults from all socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds do things they didn't think they could do," Norvelle says, referring to the outdoor ropes activities like the ones that P.S.1 students did. "I had been a Big Sister before, but this looked like a more comprehensive program; it was about creating a community instead of adults just doing things for kids."
(There is no formal association for Youth at Risk nationwide, so the programs vary from city to city. But they all conduct launch courses, they all have mentoring and follow-through sessions, and they all center around the themes of building respect and integrity.)
Norvelle eventually teamed up with a friend who had experience in the nonprofit sector and one who had worked for Phoenix Youth at Risk, and they began to raise money. Colorado Youth at Risk was incorporated in 1993 and for the past three years has offered Steps Ahead to students at East High School -- the only Denver public school other than P.S.1 to offer the program.
Wes Ashley, dean of students at East High, says that he's never heard any complaints about Steps Ahead in his school and that he's never heard of Landmark Education. "Because I'm in charge of discipline, I refer kids to the program, and that's the extent of my involvement," he says. "But I know it's been successful. A lot of kids have turned their lives around; we would have lost a lot of these kids had [Colorado Youth at Risk] not stepped in."
CYAR also offers Touchstone at East High, a leadership program for students who have completed Steps Ahead; the kids in Touchstone work with a coach on quarterly projects that revolve around community service and relationship-building.
Although Norvelle, who went on the retreat with her husband, and P.S.1's Brown and Myers insist that Steps Ahead is not a kiddie version of the Landmark Forum, Youth at Risk, via its affiliation with the Breakthrough Foundation, does have roots in Landmark.
In the January 9, 1989, issue of Crain's Chicago Business, Art Schreiber, then chief operating officer of Werner Erhard & Associates, wrote a letter to the editor clarifying an earlier article about the company.
"With respect to the Chicago Youth at Risk, several years ago, Mr. Erhard sold the rights to a program he had developed for troubled teens to an international non-profit organization called the Breakthrough Foundation," Schreiber wrote. "The Breakthrough Foundation works with youths who are juvenile delinquents or who are headed in that direction. Over the years, Mr. Erhard has supported the Breakthrough Foundation by informing participants in courses offered by Werner Erhard & Associates of the foundation's work."
Many people who are involved in Youth at Risk are aware of the connection, and some have been a part of Landmark themselves. In a February 25 memo that CYAR mentor Clay Carson sent to fellow mentors, he wrote, "As some of you know, the philosophy of Colorado Youth at Risk is based in a conversation that originated with a company called Landmark Education (Basically -- the stuff that we all learned, and that the kids were taught up in the mountains). All of the program leaders have been through this work and been part of the conversation (as have some of the mentors).


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The one thing that I'm struggling with in WFRP 3.0 after a couple of reads through of the rules and a read of the errata is characteristic upgrades. The errata makes clear that the maximum a primary characteristic can be raised to in career progression is 6, based on the limit of open career advance slots in the career sheet. Likewise the maximum other charactersitics can be raised to is 4, because there are 5 boxes in the non-career advance track. A bit of a come down from the mooted 8+ characteristic dice mentioned in the core book (p14) but I suppose that was a reference to inhuman foes or players boosted to superhuman levels by spells, artefacts and the like.
Here's where I struggle:
- so a dwarf starts character creation by default tougher and stronger than a human or elf, but these advantages are fleeting because he will end up capped at the same point? Indeed if the human applied their larger starting pool of creation points to these characteristics they'd have the same stats and only be 1 creation point worse off than the dwarf or elf during the point allocation phase, and we haven't even started playing yet. I can understand the desire to kill off the "naked dwarf" problem from WFRP but this seems to erode the characteristic differences between the races completely.
- if you want to increase a primary characteristic during a career you're effectively wrecking it since you end up with none of the actual unique advantages the career offers, they're all squeezed out by the stat advance. Yet you can blithely spend 10 advances advancing 2 non-primary stats without difficulty if you're willing to dawdle through the career or refuse to switch at the end of it. Most characters can dance around this obstacle by deliberately moving into a closely aligned career they don't care about in order to just grab the stat (but making it more expensive to raise than a non-primary stat because of the career switching costs involved), but wizards especially are told that moving out onto another path is cause for major penalties. So do all high level wizards have either crap stats or no spells to cast with their 6 int and willpower? If the character can hang about to spend 5 non-career advances on e.g. toughness, why can't they choose to spend those 5 and 1 career advance upgrading Int?
Have there been official responses to this in the past? I tried the forum search but didn't turn up much, but then it took me 10 searches to find a post telling me that the official errata were in a separate section and not in the forum at all, so who knows what else I missed!


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We oven bake our fries and wedges, our salads are made fresh and we roast fresh chicken daily for our pizza's.
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Steve W. Breeding, Laboratory Director
Dr. Breeding, a native of Conway, Arkansas, has B.S. degrees in animal science and poultry science, a master's degree in poultry science/physiology and a doctorate in veterinary medicine, all from North Carolina State University. He is also a diplomate in the American College of Poultry Veterinarians, has received USDA training in the recognition and diagnosis of foreign animal diseases, and has direct experience working with a foreign animal disease outbreak. Dr. Breeding has been the Director of the diagnostic laboratory in Northwest Arkansas since 1997 and is an adjunct faculty member in both Animal Science and Poultry Science Departments at the University of Arkansas.
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Alicia White, Program Associate, Assistant Lab Manager
Alicia White, a native of Rogers, Arkansas, has a B.A. degree in Biology with a minor in Chemistry from Hendrix College, in Conway, Arkansas. Alicia has been with the diagnostic laboratory in Northwest Arkansas since 1998. Alicia has extensive experience in all aspects of the laboratory and has worked her way up through the ranks to Assistant Laboratory Manager. Alicia supervises testing in the serology, microbiology and PCR laboratories, and assists with necropsy examinations. Alicia is USDA-NVSL certified for Equine Infectious Anemia testing and USDA-NPIP certified for Avian Influenza and Avian Mycoplasma testing.
Amy Chapman, Program Technician
Amy Chapman, a native of Mount Ida, Arkansas, has a B.S. degree in Biology from Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. Amy started as a part-time laboratory assistant in 2007 and in 2008 became a full-time laboratory technician. Amy is cross trained and works in serology, microbiology and PCR laboratories and is USDA-NPIP certified for Salmonella testing.
LaTasha Gray, Program Technician
LaTasha Gray, a native of Fayetteville, Arkansas, has a B.S. degree in Biology from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas. LaTasha is the most recent addition to the team and is being cross trained in the serology and microbiology laboratories. LaTasha is USDA-NPIP certified for Avian Influenza testing.
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Joyce Nelson, Administrative Specialist II
Joyce Nelson, a native of Fayetteville, Arkansas has recently joined the VDL team. Joyce performs administrative duties and provides friendly courteous assistance to the laboratory clientele during case submissions and when clients call the laboratory requesting information.
Dale Kirby, Agriculture Technician
Dale Kirby, a native of Fayetteville, Arkansas, has five years experience working with the University of Arkansas System and has been with VDL since 2008. Dale maintains the professional appearance of the laboratory facilities and laboratory landscaping.


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Brandon Phillips is a good baseball player. He is a fine defensive second baseman who hits for power. He is reasonably durable and, on the field, likable. The Reds invested heavily in Brandon Phillips last spring, signing BP to a six-year contract extension worth $72 million.
Brandon Phillips is a great fantasy baseball player – he racks up RBI and home runs and plays a weak offensive position. Dusty Baker and the Reds are not playing fantasy baseball, they are playing real baseball. They must win games, which is shines a light onto Brandon Phillips shortcomings.
Brandon Phillips makes a lot of outs at the plate. He drives in runs because he hits behind two of the most prolific on base machines in baseball, Shin-Soo Choo and Joey Votto. The Reds, who refuse to move Joey Votto out of the third place in the batting order, have struggled to find an ideal #2 hitter. After a recent losing skid, Brandon Phillips sounded off on twitter about the need to make a change. It wasn't the only sounding off Phillips would do in the hours that followed.
#WellAlright… After tonight's loss, it was that time to talk to POPS about changing my role! NEED NEW RESULTS ASAP! #ALLREADY
— Brandon Phillips (@DatDudeBP) August 28, 2013
Yep! 2 or 3 hole… Gotta change this RT @BryanSchmidt22: @DatDudeBP new role? 2 hole?
— Brandon Phillips (@DatDudeBP) August 28, 2013
Nothing wrong with these comments, obviously. Just a ball player who wants to help his team win. Reds manager Dusty Baker told reporters that Phillips cleared his mini-screed with the skipper before he sent it out into the world.
Brandon Phillips is a lot of things, ideal number 2 hitter is probably not one of them. If you subscribe to The Book's school of thought on lineup construction, a team's best hitters belong in the 1, 2, and 4th spots in the lineup. A hitter with Brandon Phillips profile might (good power, not so much with the getting on base) you might slide him in third (where he hits with two outs most of the time, but his ability to go deep is valued) or farther down the lineup, fifth or sixth for example.
The most common Reds lineup in 2013 features Choo first, Zack Cozart second, Votto third, Phillips fourth and Jay Bruce fifth. Recently, Dusty Baker replace Cozart (who is terrible) with Todd Frazier, who isn't having a great year himself but seems a better fit than Cozart. Baker is bound an determined to place a right-handed batter between lefties Choo and Votto (not to mention Bruce.)
After Phillips plea, Dusty Baker indeed relented and moved Phillips into the second spot in the lineup just as he requested. After Baker posted the lineup, Cincinnati Enquirer Reds reporter C. Trent Rosecrans made a few comments on his twitter page. They seemed innocuous enough. Below are the pertinent tweets, (other posting on his timeline were removed for space)
Much like BP's tweets, this is just a guy presenting the facts as he sees them. Rosecrans is a good reporter with a sabrmetric lean, you could say. This hardly appears like an attack on Phillips….
Unless, of course, you're Brandon Phillips. Phillips took exception to the comments and made his feelings very well known (via HBT):
How does anyone defend Phillips for his comments? You cannot. It is quite disappointing to hear him attack the reporters physique rather than the substance of his words, probably because there isn't much Brandon Phillips can say.
It's been written here many times before that a player with an understanding or appreciation for advanced stats or thinking "differently" about the game is great and all, but it isn't a requirement. Phillips doesn't need to care about anything more than RBI, as that appears to be the basis for his own evaluation. The Reds, however, cannot fall into the trap of paying him for his RBI rather than the other abilities which make him a good baseball player.
And judging by the Reds contract with Joey Votto (and Phillips comments about THAT issue), the Reds get it and Phillips doesn't it. Batting order is overemphasized and because it's easy – it's right there in black and white! It's a buzzfeed listicle posted daily for your scrutiny – why not hit player X in slot Y? THE MANAGER IS AN IDIOT!
True to form, the Reds went out and dropped a ten spot on Adam Wainwright and the St. Louis Cardinals. The newly minted number two hitter had two hits and scored two runs but, alas, could muster an RBIs. Jay Bruce, the lucky dog who gets to hit clean up now, collected five. Funny how that works.
Rosecran's employer issued a statement on the incident, stating they are "disappointed in Phillips' reaction" but understand things get heated during a pennant drive. Hopefully both Phillips and Rosecrans can put it behind them and both continue to do their jobs – no matter how each man interprets what the other's job should entail.
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Ken Rosenthal writes with great wisdom and clarity on the Yasiel Puig benching. Biggest takeaway here: the players were policing this (as they should), only after those pleas fell on deaf ears did the manager intercede. [Fox Sports]
I don't know if Rosenthal has plaques detailing his writing prowess, but he probably doesn't need them to know he's good. Other writers, on the other hand… [CBS Trollvision]
The Byrd Man, baby! Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
The Mariners announce their top prospect Taijuan Walker will make his Major League debut tomorrow night! Save them jerbs, boys! [Baseball Prospectus]
The Rays sent starter Jeremy Hellickson to the minors to get some rest and relaxation before the rosters expand next week. Why? [The Process Report]
The reason Ted Berg of USA Today was put on this earth. [For the Win]
Please remember: #2015 is still two years away. The Marlins still need to work out some kinks. [Washington Post]
#rig. RT @ZimMiracle: Legendary speed from Byron Buxton. After stealing second, the throw went into CF and Byron scored. Yes, he scored.
— Jason Parks (@ProfessorParks) August 29, 2013
Travel disparity among MLB teams. Here's a tip: don't live in the Pacific Northwest. There, problem solved. [ESPN]


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Naming a baby is a tricky business. I absolutely love baby names, and when I was pregnant with our daughter I spent many hours scouring the internet for baby name inspiration. My husband, on the other hand, doesn't tend to do a lot of brainstorming when it comes to names. He lets me come up with them, but reserves the right to veto picks he doesn't like. When we were naming our daughter, Fern was literally the only name we both liked, so it was quickly determined that would be her name. Choosing a middle name was hard though, and we ended up choosing it while I was in labor! Now that I'm pregnant with Baby #2, I'm excited to begin the process again and have already been adding to my baby name favorites list. My husband is still as picky as ever though. Here's a little list of some of the baby names he's vetoed — hopefully they'll provide a bit of inspiration to those of you still on the hunt!
40 Baby Names My Husband Vetoed
I came up with a lot of ideas, but my husband was way too practical for most of them. These are just some of the ones he vetoed in our journey for a baby name.
I love this name. It was one I wanted to use as a middle name for our daughter. He didn't like it because he said it reminded him of televangelist. I still think it's lovely though and will always be one of my favorites.
This name has been increasing in popularity due to the fact that it is the name of Katniss Everdeen's sister in "The Hunger Games". I love it, but my husband thought it was a bit fussy.
Clover was a bit too hippie for my husband's liking. I suggested it for Baby number two if it happens to be girl, but he thought it might be too much to have two girls with plant names.
I find this Irish name to be quite lovely, but we both agreed, people would always spell and pronounce it incorrectly.
My great grandmother was named Dora and my husband's grandmother was named Dora, which I think makes it a sweet homage. Unfortunately it's a little hard to get past the fact that there's a little cartoon explorer out there with the same name.
This name was vetoed for being "too old lady'ish". Apparently he forgot that we have another daughter with a little old lady name already?
I didn't throw this suggestion out as a super serious suggestion, but I do think it's cute. It's the name of someone in my dad's family tree. This one got a straightforward "no."
This was one of my favorite names and my husband never liked it. Then I had a particularly challenging child in one of my preschool classes named Ainsley and I agreed, it must be vetoed.
My daughter Fern is named after her great grandmother, whose middle name was Cleophia. Apparently she wasn't a fan of the name, but I think it's cute when shortened to Cleo! Sadly my husband didn't feel the same.
I love virtue names, but my husband is hesitant about them. His first thought about Brave was, "But, what if she's meek and timid?" Hmmm…I guess that's a good point. Still a great name though.
Margeurite means daisy in French which I love. A subtle plant name for Baby number two? The notion was a no-go.
I'm not sure where I heard this name, but I love the last name as a first name vibe that it has.
This is such a cute name and we could call her Penny for short! When my husband heard that he reminded me that we have friends with a cat named Penny. Nope.
This was another name I loved as a middle name for my daughter, but unfortunately my husband didn't. I really hope someone I know uses it for a little girl, because it really is the sweetest.
Such a pretty name that apparently reminded my husband of an unraveling sweater.
Our last name is Hartmann, so I quickly realized this would sound too matchy matchy.
I've loved this name for ages, but about a year before I got pregnant with our daughter our friends got a dog and named her Scout which took it off the table.
While he thought this was a cool name, he couldn't see it on a child of ours.
This was perhaps my suggestion to make up for the fact that my husband vetoed "Ainsley". He didn't go for this one either though.
This name looks so pretty spelled out, but when you say it, it sounds a bit (or a lot) like "tyranny".
I can't remember why this one was vetoed. I still think it's a lovely unisex name.
My husband isn't keen on naming children after places unless maybe those places have a super significant meaning to us. So while we did go to the Grand Canyon together once, it wasn't enough to sell him on this name.
This will always be one of my most favorite boy names, but my husband isn't a big Beatles fan and this reminds him of the song "Hey Jude".
You know by now how I love my plant names. The husband didn't go for this one.
I realize that this was a necessary veto. I work for Disney and to name my child Minnie a'la Miss Mouse would be a bit much, but I really do love it. It's a name in my dad's family tree as well, which prompted it in the first place and I just think it's super cute.
A unique variation of the name Stella. I really like this one, but the husband didn't agree.
I like this as a middle name. It's short, sweet and strong. The husband wasn't so sure.
I like the name Rue because it is a plant, but my husband didn't like it because it means "regret" which wasn't an accurate sentiment for how he felt about our child.
This one got the "too hippie dippy" veto. Sigh.
I LOVE this name. Totally uncommon and a cool little boy's name. My husband isn't sure he wants a son named after Boo Radley (of "To Kill a Mockingbird") though.
Word names as baby names is one of my favorite naming trends. My husband doesn't mind the trend, but just didn't love this particular choice.
Grey is my favorite color, so I love the idea of incorporating it into a baby name. My husband on the other hand thinks grey is a bit sad sounding.
Not super unique, but a nice strong boy's name. Just didn't strike my man's fancy though.
There's a street called Halsey here in Portland, but Craig wasn't a fan.
I'm pretty sure my husband actually liked this name deep down, but wouldn't want to name a child after a car, despite the fact that he actually is related to Karl Benz at some point in their family tree and used to be a Mercedes mechanic.
I never had super strong ties to this name, but I did think it was cute and threw it out as an option. My husband was similarly unenthusiastic about it though.
I have loved the name Noah for years. Unfortunately it is the name of a child who was a bully at my husband's elementary school and he can't shake the connotations.
This name didn't get a hard no, but I could tell he wasn't terribly excited about it.
Another name that is a bit to matchy with our last name Hartmann. Oh well, one of these days we will come up with the perfect name for Baby number two! Until then, hopefully these names will provide inspiration to some of you still on the hunt!
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A new independent committee can pour unlimited funds into efforts backing Mark Andrew.
Mark Andrew
The move has the potential to upend what has remained a largely small-dollar campaign, reliant on $500 donations per person. Independent expenditure groups such as the just-formed "Coalition for a Better Minneapolis" are not bound by the same restrictions, though they cannot coordinate with the candidate's campaigns.
It opens the door for supporters of the former Hennepin County commissioner to get the word out to more voters through mail, advertising or other means. Andrew already led the pack of 35 candidates in fundraising, raking in more than $272,000 from about 1,200 donors when reports were released earlier this month. He was followed by City Council Member Betsy Hodges, who took in more than $188,000 from more than 1,000 donors.
Other groups may be formed on behalf of other candidates, such as Hodges, who has the support of some other entities experienced in independent expenditures.
The coalition's chairman, Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation head Bill McCarthy, said he expects that independent expenditure spending "would probably run fairly close" to candidate spending by the end of the election. He declined to disclose the group's fundraising goals, major donors or plans for spending the money.
Direct mail and phone calls are two likely spending targets, since they can be aimed squarely at specific Minneapolis residents. Another possibility is television or radio ads. Only Dan Cohen and Jackie Cherryhomes have run ads on television. Cohen and Andrew have ads running on radio — Andrew's are in Spanish.
Some donors known
Two donors are known: Firefighters union president Mark Lakosky said they have contributed to the effort, while Minneapolis publisher Vance Opperman said he has committed to giving money.
Another possibility is the building trades union, whose business manager Dan McConnell said two weeks ago that they had been approached about contributing to such a group.
The full list of donors will be revealed in campaign filings on Oct. 29, a week before the election.
The treasurer of the group is Kendal Killian, an activist who works for the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees. He said MAPE is not involved, however.
As for whether the group will be working on messaging that is critical of other candidates, McCarthy would not discuss specifics."Our effort is to get the message out about Mark's leadership," he said. "And I think that's about as far as I'm willing to go."
Andrew spokeswoman Marion Greene said while they cannot control the effort, "I can't say that we're totally surprised, given Mark's track record with progressives and the progressive community, that there would be organizations and individuals who want to come together to support him."
Transparency touted
The group had the option of filing with the state, which would preclude any disclosure of donors until 2014. Instead, it registered with Hennepin County, however, meaning that a donor and an expenditure report will be filed at the same time as the candidates' own reports.
It remains to be seen whether other groups chose the state registration route, making their finances opaque until well after Election Day.
"Mark Andrew believes in transparency and so do we," Killian said in a statement. "Instead of seeking out loopholes in campaign finance law, we will follow the same reporting rules as the campaigns themselves."
Opperman, a longtime Andrew friend and major donor to other DFL campaigns, said he pushed for the disclosure. He said he is waiting to see more details on other donors, the group's budget and what the money will be spent on before deciding how much to give.


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When is it customary to tip bell services?
When they unload the bags from your vehicle? When they deliver them to your room? Both?
Bell Services doesn't unload your vehicle, those folks are from a outside contractor as are the Valets. The vehicle unloaders are not allowed to take luggage to your room, they trade off to Bell Services in the luggage room.
In this case we get to tip twice. :earsboy: Bill |
I always have tipped when the bags arrive in my room......we usually stay at OKW, so we can just drive up to our room.....but we do have an owners locker that is delivered
:) We tip when unloading and when they bring to the room. I figure the guys unloading are organizing our stuff to keep it safe (they are also storing our groceries). So we usually tip one dollar per suitcase per trip out or in. I have also tipped the valet who calls a taxi for us--just seems the right thing to do and they are always Johnny on the spot. We always add that in to our budget and carry an envelope of 50-$1.
We also leave at least $10 for mousekeeping on T&T day and Check out. |
I tip the people who touch my bags. So that means the people who take my bags and then deliver my bags.
I also tip each person who touches my bags. I tip at least $1/bag and often round it up, so it is more than that.
Thanks all! The fact that the people outside and bell services are separate is good information to have.
Maybe I'm a hard-liner, but I don't view Disney's decision to outsource the front portico of the resorts to a separate contractor to be my concern. I tip when the bags arrive in my room. If the bellmen and vallets have a method of pooling tips, that's great. If they don't, I'm very sorry but I'm afraid it hasn't changed the way I do tips.
When we're leaving, I'll tip the bellman who picks up the bags, as I'll generally walk with him/her to the car. If we're switching resorts for a split stay, I'll tip both the bellman who picks up the bag and the bellman who delivers them to the new room. In that case, I don't view double-tipping as inappropriate because I'd never expect tips to be pooled across resorts. |
Ever wonder why DME luggage can be delivered to your room when no one is there but other luggage deliveries require that an adult be present in the room? It's all about the tips, DME includes the tips as part of the contract. :earsboy: Bill |
So what if I schlep my carryons to bell servivices
So what if I schlep my carryons over to bell services while I'm waiting for my room? Or waiting for ME, then come back and get them a few hours later, do you tip both when you get and receive bags? Or just once?
As Dean mentions above, most etiquette sites will tell you you tip when you *get* the bags, not when you *give* them. So, if you drop your carryons with Bell Services, and pick them up (or have them delivered) later, you'd tip on pick up/delivery, not drop off.
I tend to follow the "tip on pick up" rules for both valet and bell services, with one exception. When I have Bell Services come pick up my Owners Locker, I tip them for that service. I also tip more generously for a delivery to my room than if I'm picking them up at the Bell Services desk. |
I don't tip people!
It's not nice to push people over!:rotfl: |
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@Charred - I think Aesop's fables, which are basically morality tales, come prepackaged with adages. There is usually a moral of the story at the end of each tale, like "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush," "Beauty is only skin deep," and so forth.
I don't think any adage definition would be complete without some reference to Aesop's fables.


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