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GPS and space debris...
Wondering if we may want to dust off our sextants in the coming months and years. A derelict Russian satellite and a functioning American satellite collided a few days ago, creating a debris field 500 miles above the earth. Apparently this is a popular orbit for the satellites that give sailors, airmen and drivers coordinates for our navigational devices. Once you have a collision like this, it's like a chain reaction, causing more collisions and more debris, so on and so forth. And it apparently takes a little time for gravity to clean up the mess (10,000 years, according to some sources). I'm wondering when space is going to be all but inaccessible to us...
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Lafayette, Ind.-An industrial accident at Fairfield left one man dead and another injured when they became pinned between a forklift and a semi truck trailer. The fatal accident occurred on May 19, 2011 at 11:49 a.m. at the loading dock of the plant at 2309 Concord Road, Lafayette, Indiana.
The Lafayette Police Department reported that the two employees were injured when they became pinned between a forklift and a semi-truck trailer on a rear loading dock. The details of the accident have not yet been released. One victim identified as Gregory Peterson II, 22, sustained an arm injury and was transported to St. Elizabeth Hospital. The responding rescue crew pronounced the second victim, 28 year old Kyle Rhodes, dead at the scene. The Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration (IOSHA) will be conducting an in depth investigation into this industrial accident. An IOSHA investigator has been sent to Fairfield, but no information can be released until the investigation is complete. For more information see http://www.in.gov/dol/iosha.htm
The Tippecanoe County Coroner's Office stated that an autopsy has been performed. The CEO of Fairfield Manufacturing has indicated that they are offering grief counseling to their employees, and confirmed that they would be working with IOSHA and local authorities to better understand what happened on the day of the accident. http://www.wlfi.com/dpp/news/local/emergency-crews-called-to-fairfield
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Androscoggin County Jail. Wednesday night from 5:30-6:30 is known as church night to the inmates and the guards. Actually,
it is a Bible Study conducted by a team of two women from CSBC led by Reta Turner and Linda Curran. The main objective is to
help the women become acquainted with the Bible and read for themselves what God is saying to them in the hope that they will
get to know Him personally. We are most appreciative of the Bibles supplied by the Gideon's, and the women are free to take them
when they leave the jail.
The number of women attending Bible Study varies from week to week. The smallest class has been two, and the largest is
opportunity to form a relationship with them. In 1998 when the visits started, Bible Study was held in the cell block, from
there it moved into the library, and now it is held in the visitors' room.
Women are incarcerated for varying lengths of time from just a few hours to several weeks or months. Generally, if their
sentence is longer than 9 months they are transported to one of Maine's Correctional Facilities.
In addition to the Bible Study, the food and clothing ministries of our church are encouraged, and many have come in after they
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Class of '60 keeps annual newsletters cranking
May 20, 2010
By Darla Martin Tucker
Following graduation from La Sierra College in 1960, classmates embarked on careers in teaching, ministry, social work, medicine, missionary service and music. They got married and started families. And in the midst of their busyness, many took time to respond to a request for news about their lives that would form the first Class of 1960 annual newsletter, a communiqué that would continue for decades thanks to the dedication of two couples.
During La Sierra University's Homecoming weekend last month, the class celebrated their 50th anniversary and their 51st newsletter, a special class anniversary issue. It was published in January this year. During a banquet on April 17, class members voted to continue the publication and honored La Sierra alumna Sylvia Davis and Class of 1960 alumni Nancy and Byron Hallsted for maintaining the publication for over half a century.
Sylvia Davis was a member of the Class of 1961, but helped her husband, Jerry Davis, a Class of '60 member and class vice president, put out the first newsletter. He passed away in 2006. "We wrote to a few people and everyone basically said, 'if you're willing to do to the work.' …We decided to give it a try," Sylvia said. "We sent cards to class members and asked them to bring us up to date. Some wrote long, long letters and some said, 'everything's good.' We had lots and lots of comments on the election of John F. Kennedy," she said. Sylvia graduated from La Sierra in 1977 with a degree in English.
The inspiration for the Class of '60 newsletter derived from the newsletters Sylvia Davis's father received over the years about his class at Pacific Union College. "…as I grew up I watched that newsletter coming," she said.
The first Class of '60 newsletter appeared in members' mailboxes in December 1960. It included the following comments:
Bruce Morton and Lois Ramey Morton wrote, "We are truly looking forward to our class letter because it gives us an opportunity to partially relieve this great surge of homesickness for LSC and all our college friends."
Carmen Hallsted Way wrote: "As of Monday, November 7, Mike has a baby brother, Jerry Victor, eight pounds, two ounces …"
Ernest Smith wrote: "Things have really been popping around here for me. I'm knee-deep in studies at Cal Tech. It's a far cry from the more leisurely pace at LSC."
Robert Iles wrote: "We three (Bates, Henrichsen, Iles) form the nucleus of the staff at KDUO-FM, the 72,000 watt good music station now being transferred to the ownership of the SDA denomination. …The three of us are still devoted bachelors being so wrapped up in our work that we simply have time to think of nothing else."
Each year for the next 12 years the Davis's mailed requests for class member updates, collected the submissions in the mail, compiled them on a typewriter in their home, copied and mailed out the newsletter. The Davis's absorbed the duplication and mailing costs for a while and then asked for compensation from the class. The Hallsteds took over the project when the busyness of work and care for two little boys made newsletter production difficult for the Davis's. The Hallsteds have published the newsletter the past 38 years.
The couple gathers news by mailing postcards to alumni in November requesting reports on the happenings of classmates' lives during the previous year. And while the content of former students' letters continue to revolve around family milestones, career and educational advances, new babies and other life events, the mechanism for creating the letters has kept pace with technology: many alumni now e-mail their letters to the Hallsteds, allowing Nancy to "drag" the documents from the e-mails into the class letter on their computer. The Hallsteds mail the final copy and envelopes with their return address to La Sierra's Alumni Relations Director Julie Narducci for photocopying and mailing.
The Hallsteds published the latest Class of '60 newsletter in January of this year. The 54-page document provides snapshots into the lives of classmates and a few friends with news of travel, retirements, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, home renovations, careers, personal losses and expressions of faith. Several postings express gratitude for the continued newsletter.
"I don't know of another class who has stayed as connected over the years as we have," writes Benjamin Anderson, pastor of the Big Bear Valley Seventh-day Adventist Church. "This has been, to a great extent, because of the faithful work of those who kept the class letter going."
"Those who contribute to the letter say it has become extremely dear to each of them, especially since many of us are in our 70s," Nancy Hallsted said. "This letter also serves to keep alumni addresses current since it is done once a year."
"I believe our original class had about 130 or so members. Of these, 24 have died over the years," she continued. "The letter always pays tributes to those that have deceased; sometimes their families even want to continue receive the class letter."
Narducci collected copies of each of the annual letters in three large binders and will submit them to the library for keeping in the university's archives. The letters may prove useful to the research efforts of La Sierra students, Hallsted said.
"Some energetic La Sierrans might want to see how careers after college develop just by researching these letters in the future, perhaps for a thesis," she said. "They hold a wonder of how lives develop after college graduation."
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12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. | 12 For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. |
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Employers should carefully consider developing and implementing employment arbitration agreements and class waivers as a mechanism to avoid costly litigation.
Effects bargaining: Understanding the impact on the sale of businesses
Counsel involved in the sale of a business with union-represented employees should assure appropriate and timely notice of the transaction is given to the union and, if effects bargaining is requested by the union, the employer engages in good faith bargaining.
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Reverse payment settlements in the pharmaceutical industry after Actavis
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I just started really cooking and baking a lot 4 years ago after my parents got divorced. I wanted to be able to cook quick and easy dinners for my brother and father and learn how to make all my familie's traditional recipes for holidays and special occasions. Now, I just love to cook, bake, and share with others.
I have become known for my pumpkin and banana breads and also my chocolate chunk nut cookies. They are constantly requested by my boyfriend and his co workers!
I can not say I have a favorite food, because I am up to try anything! I eat a very clean diet so there is always an abundance of lean proteins, fresh greens and healthy complex carbs. I just love to mix it up by how I prepare and flavor them.
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Cecilia Sue worried that ex-CNB chief may have got her pregnant
Published on Sep 28, 2012 11:47 AM
The woman at the centre of the sex-for-contracts scandal involving former Central Narcotics Bureau chief Ng Boon Gay was at one time worried that he may have got her pregnant.
Ms Cecilia Sue, 36, had said that in one of her statements to the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB), when she was interviewed by them some five months ago.
But in court on Friday, she vehemently denied that the information contained in the statement, which was the 10th she had given to CPIB investigators.
Ms Sue said in her testimony that she had asked Ng whether he loved her, and mentioned how she had ended their relationship when he seemed unconcerned whether he may have fathered the baby she was carrying at the time.
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Delamater has always been an enthusiast first and foremost, and even today his passion for cars imbues him with energy that's remarkable for a man his age. Yes, he's frail, and his memory isn't as sharp as it used to be, but he seems to grow younger as he leafs through the scrapbooks in his living room, and each car elicits a seemingly endless supply of anecdotes, mechanical details, and purchase and sale prices.
Here's a photo of a 250 Coupe Speciale built for a Belgian princess ("I drove it up here from New Orleans"). Next comes Superfast I, the 1956 Paris auto-show car ("Everything about that car was scaled up, even the size of the prancing horse"). He waxes poetic about a 330 LM Berlinetta ("It was the same as a GTO with the exception of the cab, which was off a Lusso. I think they made four of them"). He reprises some 250 Monza lore ("It had three four-barrels; velocity stacks, of course; a transaxle-type rear end; and instead of two distributors, it had two magnetos. I got it out in Long Island for $2800. It sold at one of the Monterey auctions a few years ago for a million seven-hundred-five thousand").
He lingers over a basket-case Alfa Romeo 6C 1500, a rust bucket that he recognized as a diamond in the rough. "It was completely correct," he recalls. "It had never been painted. The dark red leather was original. The Pirelli tires were so petrified that I couldn't stick my knife into them. I got it from a doctor who'd been in Tunisia with the Army. He'd bought it from a Britisher who couldn't take the car home with him. So the doctor brought it back to southern Indiana in a crate, and it sat in his garage. I paid him $4200 or something like that. I shipped it to Kirk White, and he traded it to Luigi Chinetti. And you know what Luigi shipped him back? A brand-new Daytona!" That Daytona, coincidentally, was driven to victory in the first Cannonball race by Dan Gurney and Brock Yates.
It's hard to imagine now, when collector cars are treated like prized pieces of fine art, but there used to be a time when most collectors couldn't have cared less about Ferraris, and millions of Americans lived their entire lives without ever once seeing one on TV, much less in person. Ferraris were impractical and uncomfortable and relatively expensive, and the only people willing to put up with them were hard-core types who bought them as drivers, not as investments to be coddled in climate-controlled garages while values appreciated.
Since demand was scarce, the prices of used Ferraris were - by modern standards - ridiculously low. This was a double-edged sword for Delamater. Today, there's no way a middle-class working man could cruise around, as Delamater has, in Ferraris and Maseratis and Lamborghinis and Bizzarrinis and Intermeccanicas and Iso Grifos and Siatas and De Tomasos and Lancias and Alfas and Fiats, to name just the Italian marques he's bought and sold. But he had to hustle to earn enough money to support his wife, Mary, and send two kids to college.
"I based my sale price on what I paid for it, and I never sold a car for more than I would have paid to buy it back," he says. "If I purchased it for, say, $3500, and I could get $4200 or $4600 out of it, I thought that was good. Naturally, I had to sell a hell of a lot of cars. How long could you live on a $600 or $800 profit? But I was satisfied because I loved cars and I could make a little bit of money off of them."
Delamater was winding down his career just as Ferrari prices started skyrocketing. He made some big scores near the end, most notably with a 250 Tour de France and the Princess Liliana de Rethy coupe, but he missed out on the real bonanza. "If I'd been smart and kept some cars," he says, "I could have several million dollars today, which I don't, and I can't blame anybody but myself. But there's no use sitting around thinking of what might have been. I've got a little money saved up, and anyway, I liked the business better back then."
After this brief flurry of self-reflection, Delamater turns the page of his scrapbook and pauses over the photo of a prewar gem. "That's a little '34 Le Mans Aston Martin. Boy, that was a nice car - one-and-a-half liters with two little SU carburetors. I sold it to an attorney in Battle Creek, Michigan." Which reminds him of a Jaguar XK120 that competed in the Monte Carlo Rally, which leads to a Jaguar C-type that raced at Le Mans, which segues into a D-Jag that he could have bought, except he thought that the $6000 asking price was too high.
Delamater chuckles at the follies of youth and turns another page.
Gone But Not Forgotten
One of the secrets of Delamater's success was that he never allowed himself to get too emotionally attached to any of his cars. But here are ten sales he wishes he could unwind:
1. 1931 Cadillac V-16 Fleetwood All-weather Phaeton
2. 1952 Siata 200CS Roadster
3. 1953 Ferrari 250 Mille Miglia Vignale Spyder
4. 1953 Cunningham C-3 Coupe
5. 1954 Ferrari 250 Monza
6. 1956 Porsche 356 Speedster
7. 1956 Ferrari Superfast I
8. 1958 Ferrari 250 Pininfarina Cabriolet
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Allyson Brahs and Megan Kufeld were named to the Pac-12 All-Academic first team, as a number of Huskies earned conference All-Academic honors.
The Huskies' strong freshman class has made its mark on an impressive 2014 season.
After a 1-0 home victory over Rider to open the NCAA Tournament, UW women's soccer will travel to Palo Alto, Calif., this Friday, Nov. 21 to play the Missouri Tigers in the second round.
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UW women's soccer will continue its season this weekend with a trip to Palo Alto for the second round of the NCAA Tournament, where the Huskies will take on Missouri on Friday, Nov. 21 at 4:30 p.m.
UW women's soccer beat Rider 1-0 behind McKenzie Karas' 16th-minute goal, her first of the season, as the Huskies won their first-round game in the NCAA Tournament Friday night at Husky Soccer Field.
UW women's soccer will make its 13th appearance in the NCAA Tournament this Friday at home against the Rider University Broncs at Husky Soccer Field.
UW seniors Jaclyn Softli and Kate Bennett as well as freshman Kimberly Keever were honored Wednesday as members of the Pac-12 All-Conference teams, as announced by the conference Tuesday morning.
UW women's soccer will host the Rider University Broncs on Friday, Nov. 14 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament as announced by the NCAA this afternoon.
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10 Things To Do for $10 in Denver This Weekend (6 Free!), August 29-31
Mile High Art & Jazz at Skyline Park (Saturday-Sunday, free)
This is the first year for this event. Scan the art, have a cocktail and unwind with some live jazz.
You Look Like How I Used To at Dateline (Saturday, free)
Come congratulate talented local artists Molly Bounds, Caleb Hahne and Mario Zoots at tonight's opening reception at one of the city's most intimate galleries. Nationally known artist Grady Gordon will join the gang in presenting works of collage, painting, and printmaking. Pick up a limited edition 'zine on your way out.
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Embattled retailer HMV is being considered an acquisition target by as many as fifty companies, according to a new report.
Financial news website MSN Money claims that "around 50 potential suitors are circling HMV" with its chief executive - Trevor Moore - claiming he is "convinced" that the group can be saved from administration.
It is also claimed that music labels and film studios - from Universal Music to Warner and Sony - are prepared to provide HMV "generous credit terms" in order to help the store stock their goods.
HMV entered into administration on Jan 14 and, seven days later, it is believed that investment firm Hilco is the favourite to secure ownership of the business.
Hilco, which already owns HMV Canada, is thought to have held meetings with administrator Deloitte on Friday.
Fellow battling high street retailer GAME is thought to be interested in buying up to 45 HMV stores.
Opening its first store in Oxford Street in 1921, HMV has grown to a business with more than 220 stores. It employs more than 4,000 people.


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5 and the meats of his table (and the food on his table), and the dwelling places of his servants, and the orders of the men serving him, and the clothes of them, and the butlers, and the burnt sacrifices which he offered in the house of the Lord; and she had no more spirit. | 5 the food on his table, the seating of his officials, the attending servants in their robes, his cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he made at the temple of the LORD, she was overwhelmed. |
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(57% cabernet sauvignon, 36% merlot and 7% petit verdot) Medium ruby. Black cherry and a floral perfume on the ripe nose. Round and rich, but with a firm edge of acidity giving the wine shape. Offers a restrained sweetness. Solidly structured but not hard. Finishes with palate-dusting tannins. Another very good performance by this consistent property.
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This estate was acquired last year by St.-Emilion's Cuvelier family, who has done a phenomenal job of bringing the famous Premieres Grand Cru Classe of St.-Emilion, Clos Fourtet, into superstar status. Nicolas Thienpont and Stephane Derenoncourt are now producing the wine, although I do not believe they had anything to do with the 2006. Its deep ruby/purple color, notes of sweet black currants, incense, camphor, and spice box, and medium to full-bodied style are accompanied by a wine with excellent fruit intensity, purity, and length. It should drink well for 10-15 years. Good value.
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Nashville, TN (Sports Network) - John Jenkins put on a show at Memorial Gym, pouring in a career-high 32 points behind six three-pointers to carry No. 23 Vanderbilt past road-weary and 18th-ranked Kentucky, 81-77.
Jenkins hit 11-of-17 from the field overall and was exceptional down the stretch for the Commodores (18-6, 6-4 SEC), winners of three straight following losses to Arkansas and Florida.
"My teammates did an outstanding job, best of the year, setting screens and just trying to find me open in the right spots and I was able to knock them down," a humble Jenkins said.
Festus Ezeli chipped in 14 points and seven rebounds and Steve Tchiengang added 12 points to make up for Jeffery Taylor's rough shooting day.
Terrence Jones paced Kentucky with 25 points and nine rebounds, and Brandon Knight went 4-for-7 from behind the arc en route to a 20-point effort.
Nevertheless, the Wildcats (17-7, 5-5) fell to 1-5 on the road in conference play.
The Commodores had just one day to rest following a hard-fought 81-77 win over SEC West-leading Alabama, but they didn't show tired legs when it mattered on Saturday.
Jenkins' sixth three of the game broke a 66-66 tie with 4 1/2 minutes left, then the sophomore guard maneuvered into the lane for a tough deuce.
Jones converted a three-point play off an offensive rebound with 3:29 showing, but turnovers on consecutive possessions led to easy lay-ins for Taylor and Jenkins that gave the hosts a 75-69 lead with 2:18 left.
Jones and Knight kept Kentucky close with late three-pointers, but Vanderbilt went 6-for-6 from the foul line in the final minute to secure the win.
"All I remember is the very end where we gave ourselves a chance." Kentucky head coach John Calipari said immediately following the game. "I thought Vanderbilt played great. I thought we played pretty well."
Kentucky held the biggest lead of the first half at 19-11 following two Doron Lamb free throws 8 1/2 minutes into the contest.
Vandy scored eight of the next 10 points, though, and Tchiengang netted nine points in the final four-plus minutes to help put the hosts on top, 44-40, at the intermission.
Brad Tinsley opened the second-half scoring with a three-point play, and the Commodores stayed in front until a Jones bucket with under nine minutes to play tied things, 56-56.
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Contract Research Organization WCCT Global to Attend the 2013 American Academy of Ophthalmology Conference in New Orleans
WCCT Global will be at the 2013 American Academy of Ophthalmology Conference and will be available to discuss the ophthalmology clinical research that has taking place at WCCT Global and will have information on the new ophthalmology research site.
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WCCT Global, a full-service contract research organization announced today that they will be in attendance at the 2013 American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) Conference to discuss significant changes in the realm of ophthalmic clinical research. Dr. Michael A. Sheety has recently been appointed WCCT Global's Medical and Surgical Director of Ophthalmology and Aesthetics, and is a leading investigator for ophthalmic and cosmetic research. Dr. Sheety has been involved in many early and late phase studies and will be exhibiting the capabilities of WCCT Global Ophthalmology Research Center's (WORC) at AAO. Dr. Sheety brings a wealth of knowledge to the conference and sponsors will be able to hold in-depth discussions about custom designs and strategies for their upcoming ophthalmic and cosmetic research studies. WCCT Global will be at booth # 4945. WCCT Global's Chief Operating Officer, Jon Rojas, stated, "I am thrilled that Dr. Sheety will be attending AAO this year and representing the WCCT Global organization. I am excited for clients to speak with Dr. Sheety and learn how WORC's fully focused and dedicated ophthalmology center along with WCCT Global's complete CRO service offerings can advance the development of therapies and devices for the eye."
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The specter of even a moderately sized spider often induces irrational fears - and actions. But that doesn't mean you should let spiders scare you into setting your house on fire.
Unfortunately, that's just what a 34-year-old woman in Hutchinson, Kan., did last week, according to authorities. The Hutchinson News reported that she "told officers she used a cigarette lighter to set some towels on fire around 1:30 a.m." in an effort to incinerate a spider.
Though the intruder's fate was unclear, five units from the Hutchinson Fire Department "were summoned and managed to control the fire, which they said had multiple points of origin." The woman was subsequently charged with aggravated arson. Law enforcement officials said that was due to the other half of the duplex where she lives being occupied when the blaze began.
But hey, she wouldn't be the first person to try to turn creepy critters into crispy critters.
From that Hutchinson News story: "In April, a Florida man burned down his apartment trying to kill bugs with fire. In 2013, a woman in Texas burned her house down while trying to light a snake on fire with gasoline. And in 2012, a California woman set her house ablaze trying to clear spiderwebs with a blowtorch." (PETA, where are you?)
Those responses are overheated overkill when trying to kill spiders, even black widows or brown recluses. If you deem deadly force necessary, try hitting it with a shoe, book or flyswatter.
Or you could always just roll up a newspaper and use it as a spider squasher.
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We the people, of The United States of America, hereby demand a Redress of Grievances from the United States Senate as it pertains to current legislation being considered in the Senate. We seek a halt to all votes being considered on the Senate floor, as it pertains to the funding of the United States Military and it\'s contractors. Furthermore, We The People, have not authorized the United States Senate to stop funding on our behalf or to act on our behalf in any matters concerning the funding of the United States Military and it\'s contractors. We request an immediate halt to your actions and demand funding for our troops be granted immediately and without predjudice. Furthermore, we seek legislation that will guarantee our troops will be funded for the duration of their deployment without further interruption of the aforementioned funding by The United States Congress.
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(Seattle, WA) -- The man accused of killing a Seattle Pacific University student is facing murder charges. Prosecutors say Aaron Ybarra shot one student and injured two others last week. They also said Ybarra told police he'd done the deeds. Prosecutors will ask for a life sentence because of the damage Ybarra caused the community. The 26-year-old returns to court June 23rd.


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Studio E Art Therapy Program
We are excited to offer Studio E: The Epilepsy Art Therapy Program to people with epilepsy in the Grand Rapids and Detroit areas!
Studio E offers group art therapy sessions for adults with epilepsy, allowing them to explore their creativity, meet others with epilepsy and express themselves in an open, accepting and safe group setting. Art is a natural way to communicate, relieve tension, and express emotions. During the program, participants work with licensed art therapists using a variety of artistic media, including painting, sketching, and sculpting. Because some things are easier to "say" through art, Studio E provides people impacted by epilepsy a unique opportunity to express themselves and open up about their experiences with the condition.
This FREE six-week program will be offered in both Grand Rapids and Detroit.
When: Dates and times to be determined; will likely take place in July/August
Where: Hauenstein Neurosciences, 220 Cherry Street SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503 - Hauenstein 1 Conference Room
Free parking is available in the main ramp on Jefferson, and the location is on a bus route. Printable Map with Directions
The Grand Rapids sessions will be led by Amber Deering, M.A., ATR & LLPC. Amber is a licensed art therapist and limited licensed counselor. Through WMU: Center for Disability Services, she works with adults in a day program creating art for various community events. She also works at the hospital in Jackson on the inpatient behavioral health units; adult and geriatric. She spends most of her time working with clients in private practice at Avalon Behavioral Health. At Avalon, She provides support to children, teens, adults, and their families, both individually and in groups.
When: Dates and times to be determined; will likely take place in April/May
Where: 1 Ford Place, Detroit, MI 48202 - Community Conference Room 1B
Free parking is available in the Third Street Lot, and the location is on a bus route.
The Detroit sessions will be led by Jamilya Goree, M.Ed. In 1999, Jamilya earned a Bachelor's degree in teaching from Western Michigan University. She then moved to the metro Detroit area where she taught in Detroit Public Schools for 5 1⁄2 years. After teaching for 11 years in both Michigan and Arizona, she completed her Masters degree in Art Therapy at Wayne State University . During her final semester, she created her own internship that turned into a full time position in the Henry Ford Health System where she currently works today.
To participate in Studio E, you MUST sign up in advance by completing and returning the Registration & Waiver Form to Russ Derry by email, fax, or mail.* If you have questions about the program, please contact Russ Derry (800-377-6226 ext. 1302) or Pam Bird (ext. 1204).
*Participants who have significant limitations in their ability to communicate, understand instructions, and participate in group activities will be asked to attend with a caregiver or support person who can assist them.
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Taking the train in Kazakhstan is a great way to get around this vast country, provided you have enough time to roll through endless steppe country and great expanses of desert landscape. For general information about what to expect on a train journey in Kazakhstan, check the page on trains in Central Asia, which includes the Central Asian rail network map for route planning and more information on timetables.
Here we delve into the specifics of train travel in Kazakhstan, as provided by the Kazakh national train company Temir Zholy. There is good timetable information online. You can try this site as well.
Remember that, like in Russia or China, all trains run on the time of the capital, in this case Astana. All clocks in the train station are on this time. This is important for West Kazakhstan, which gets up 1 hour earlier.
Beware: in summer, most trains are sold out days in advance. You need to be prepared, or be prepared to wait.
If you know your travel dates you can purchase train tickets online. Purchasing tickets is available 45 days prior train departure date.
Main routes and ticket prices
There are 2 train stations in Almaty, but the main one that you will need for all of the trains below is Almaty-2, located on Ablai Khan street, just below Rayimbek avenue. Almaty-1 is located 20 minutes out of town.
Almaty – Urumqi train: The train from Almaty to Urumqi runs twice weekly. From Urumqi, it leaves at 23.58 on Saturday and Monday night and arrives in Almaty at 6.30 on Monday and Wednesday morning. From Almaty, the train leaves at 23.58 on Saturday and Monday night and arrives in Urumqi on Monday and Wednesday morning at 8.58.
The long travel time is due to the fact that the Kazakh railroad system has a different gauge than the Chinese one, and 8 hours will be spent on the border, changing the wheels of the train carriages. Taking the bus is about 10 hours faster. Another problem with this option is that it books up fast, especially in summer. The Saturday train in particular can be booked out up to 1 month in advance in peak season. Get your tickets as soon as possible.
In Almaty, go to the train station, a travel agent or one of the many booking offices around town. In Urumqi, tickets are sold in the office at the Yaou Hotel, to the right of the main station. Ticket sale for the Saturday train starts on Monday 10am, for the Monday train it starts Friday 10am. Current price for a ticket is around 110$ one way (august 2014 report).
Almaty – Astana train: 3 to 4 trains daily run between Almaty and Astana taking about 20 hours. Prices are 3000 tenge for platzkart, 5000 tenge for kupe and 10000 tenge for lyux. There is also 1 overnight train, the sleek Spanish-designed Talgo-Tulpar, which takes only 12 hours to arrive and makes only 3 stops en route.
It's a more European traveling experience: faster, more expensive, less spacious and plastic water coolers instead of samovars. Prices are 10000 tenge for platzkart, 15000 tenge for kupe and 20000 tenge for lyux.
Almaty – Moscow: Train number 7 leaves on even days (2, 4, 6, 8,…) at 5.42 in the morning from Almaty, to arrive in Moscow about 80 hours later at 10.30 am. There is a restaurant carriage. The price is around 28000 tenge for platzkart, 46000 tenge for kupe and 90000 tenge for lyux. There is some uncertainty about what visas are needed for this train, since it dips in and out of Russia before entering definitely, but as confirmed by travelers, a single entry Kazakh visa and a single entry Russian visa suffice. Please note, for the Aqtobe – Uralsk train, you do need a double-entry visa and a Russian visa. Better to take the bus there.
Another, quicker option, is to take the fast train to Astana, and then hop on the Astana – Moscow service, which doesn't have any border issues. From Moscow, train number 8 leaves at 22.50 on odd days (1, 3, 5,… but not on the 1st following the 31st!) from Paveletskaya station (don't trust Wikitravel!) and arrives 3 days later at 6.40 am Almaty time. The route is Moscow – Saratov – Uralsk – Aqtobe – Aral Sea – Kyzyl Orda – Turkestan – Shymkent – Taraz – Almaty.
Almaty – Tashkent: Train number 21 leaves every Sunday from Almaty to Nukus. Currently it leaves at 12.47 and arrives in Tashkent 26 hours later. To go to Nukus, add another 24 hours. This train also stops at Samarkand. Most people heading to Tashkent prefer to take the train to Shymkent and do the last bit by marshrutka. Price is 6000 tenge for platzkart, 10000 tenge for kupe for Almaty – Tashkent.
In the other direction, the train leaves Nukus on Tuesday at 17.05, enters Tashkent at 15.50 the next day and Almaty-2 at 19.24 on Thursday. Another option is the Novosibirsk – Tashkent train, known as the Turksib.
Tashkent – Almaty – Novosibirsk train: Attention: in May 2014, 1 reader was denied tickets from Ust-Kamenogorsk to Novosibirsk because the border is supposedly not open to foreigners anymore!
The Turksib goes every 4 days. It leaves Novosibirsk at 10.41, arrives in Almaty-1 (!) at 3.31 am on the 3rd day, and in Tashkent at 3.20 on the 4th day. Not so comfortable to arrive in the middle of the night, of course. It's better in the other direction. The Turksib then leaves Tashkent at 14.25 on day 1, arrives in Almaty at 15.38 on day 2 and at 6.07 in Novosibirsk on day 4. Price is quoted at 10000 tenge for platzkart, 15000 for kupe.
Astana – Moscow train: From Astana, train 71, leaves at 8.10 and arrives 60 hours later in Moscow Kazanski at 15.25 on odd days (1, 3, 5, but not on the 31st). Train 83 leaves on even days from Karaganda at 7.33, from Astana at 11.02. It arrives a day later in Ufa at 12.18 and another day later in Moscow at 15.25.
From Moscow, train 84 leaves from Kazanski station on even days at 22.45 and arrives in Astana at 7.55 the 3rd day. Train 72 leaves on odd days (but not the 31st) from Kazanski at 22.45 and arrives in Astana at 10.33 the 3rd day. There is also a Bishkek – Ekaterinburg service, which runs weekly and passes Astana.
Note that there is no direct train going to Bishkek from Almaty. You could take a train to Taraz, and from there another one to Bishkek, but this would constitute a huge detour, since it only takes 5 hours to go to Bishkek from Almaty by minivan.
Trains to / from Aktau: First off, don't look for Aktau on the train timetable, it's called Mangishlak or Mangistau for some antiquated reason. There is one train every second day from Almaty and from Astana to Aktau (and back). There is 1 daily train to Aktobe and 1 train a day chugging through the desert to Atyrau.
Kungrad – Beyneu – Aktau: In Kungrad get to the railway station with your passport and som. Queues can last an hour. There is a daily train to Aktau (Mangyshlak) at 9:15am, it costs 96000 in platzkart. Only two of the train cars go all the way to Aktau the rest just to Beyneu. But there are additional Beyneu – Aktau trains running.
Beyneu cost 58,000 in platzkart in June 2012.
A traveler regales: The Kungrad to Beyneu train was fantastic! Lots of food and drink supplies throughout. Even som-tenge money changers. No dollar changers. I'd advise eating from the vendors all day, get the passengers to haggle for you. Our change in Beyneu was fairly traumatic. A rush to the ticket counter to find all sleeper tickets sold . Sold a ticket for 7500 som that had a seat number but carriage number "00″. This means no seat. You have to fight for it!
And there were fights! Two men got arrested , handcuffed and beaten by police! We managed to get bums onto seats, but we were lucky. No petty crime on board, just drunks and fights for sleeping space. Advice: book your direct Aktau to avoid this problem at 1am. 2-3 days beforehand should be enough. Then it's 9 hours to Aktau from Beyneu. Shared taxis to the city cost 500 tenge.
Bon voyage!
Buying a train ticket online
Foreigners cannot buy Kazakh train tickets online. You can only buy tickets with a Kazakh or CIS bank account.
We no longer offer buying train tickets online. Complex regulations have made it very difficult for us to offer the service, but we hope things will improve one day.
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Hi Steven
I am currently in Georgia and will be getting to Baku around late June. I aim to catch a ferry to Aktau and then want to catch a train to Shymkent. Can you advise the route and costs? Thanks -
Do you have any idea how it is to transport a bike (bicycle) in the trains in Kazakh?
It is allowed? Have something special to do, or is just go?
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I'm hoping to take trains this summer from Guangzhou to Wales in the UK. I write to see if anyone knows any current info about the Urumqi to Almaty (Alma-ata) route. Some places I read online say it leaves twice a week (Monday Saturday nights, http://www.seat61.com/SilkRoute.htm#Almaty – Ürümqi) and here it says only on Saturdays (http://www.travelchinaguide.com/china-trains/international-timetable.htm). Does anyone know (or can anyone check for me) which of these is true?
Also, I'd love to know if anyone has booked tickets recently without a travel agent. Can I somehow buy these online? Might there be an international ticket office in Guangzhou? How early do these tickets go on sale? How can I buy them without a travel agent?
Also, has anyone applied for a Kazakh visa in Urumqi recently? How long should this take? If I arrive from Xian on a Tuesday morning…would I have enough time to apply for the visa and take the Saturday night train? the Monday night train?
Any info on this train or visa would be incredibly helpful!!
If you are not a chinese citizen nor hold a chinese id card you cannot buy tickets online.if your train journey is across provinces you are not even allowed to buy tickets on the vending machines.you need to either go to trainbooking office or the train station. Train stations in china are very very busy so if you can find a booking office it will be much faster and easier. Note that you can book tickets in advance and for the urumqi to almaty you should. However it is unlikely that you willbe able to get the visa in time to take the train you want.
Kazakhstan visa in Urumqi takes five working days and it is a very very unfair, disorderly crazy process so you need to get there very early. Read the relevant threads of this in thorntree. Myself and some other people have had our visas there last month. Good luck
Hey guys. I want to travel from Astana to Dushanbe. Can you give me any hints? Where can I buy tickets? How long is the journey? How much is the ticket? Thank you so much!
Trying to work out the best way to get from Aralsk to Baku. All very convoluted. On any online train timetables I can't find the Mangistau station or any equivalent for Aktau. The easiest way I can find at the moment is train or bus on to Kyzylorda, then fly to Aktau and change planes. Any help appreciated!
Do the trains from Astana go to Almaty 1 or Almaty 2 train station?
I ended up buying through Real Russia. To get a refundable ticket, you need to show them visas for Kazakhstan and China, but they will send you a confirmation which will enable you to apply for your Chinese visa. Note that you will have to pick your ticket up in Almaty.
Well, off to take the 55-hour train to Astana. Wish me luck!
Just to let you know: We took the Train from Moscow to Almaty. A single entry Russian and Kazakh visa is sufficient.
We would like buy train tickets of from Almaty to Tulkubas for 8 Jun at 20:00 in Almaty Train station II on 7 Jun. any online booking ?
Great advice, thanks! But one question: do you know if there's a way to buy a train ticket from Almaty to Urumqi online? In order to get a Chinese visa I'll need to show proof of my entrance route to China, but how can I get that without a ticket?


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- King James Bible: Deuteronomy, Chapter 4
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- King James Bible: Deuteronomy, Chapter 5
- Chapter 5 5:1 And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them. 5:2 The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. 5:3 The LORD...
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- King James Bible: Deuteronomy, Chapter 9
- Chapter 9 9:1 Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven, 9:2 A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom...
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- King James Bible: Deuteronomy, Chapter 18
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- King James Bible: Deuteronomy, Chapter 29
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- King James Bible: Exodus, Chapter 3
- Chapter 3 3:1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. 3:2 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire...
Old Testament >> Exodus
Horeb is described in multiple online sources, as addition to our editors' articles, see section below for printable documents, Horeb books and related discussion.
Suggested Pdf Resources
- Mount Horeb Cemetery ~ Veterans List
- Mount Horeb Cemetery ~ Veterans List. 12/21/2010. South Side Starting EAST going WEST.
- publications.sturgeon-mo.org
- Mount Horeb Area School District
- Attached you will find the form for the Mount Horeb Area School District Volunteer Background Check. Information.
- www.mhasd.k12.wi.us
- HAR KARKOM The Mountain of JAHWEH
- www.2008-paris-conference.org
- Mount Horeb's Sesquicentennial Events
- Mount Horeb's Sesquicentennial Events. Events at the District #1 Schoolhouse maroon colored. May 6.
- mounthoreblandmarks.com
- Mount Horeb Reader
- Stan Lesar, a long-time Mount Horeb area resident, passed away in the early spring of 2010. Joyce were star customers of the Mount Horeb Public Library.
- www.mhpl.org
Suggested News Resources
- Mount Horeb's Fisher King Winery set to open Sept. 2
- Alwyn Fitzgerald shows off the stainless steel tanks at his new Fisher King Winery in downtown Mount Horeb.
- Volunteer firefighter from Mount Horeb pedals to honor colleagues' mettle
- The event to welcome Chris Harley Rupp starts at 4 pm, when a Mount Horeb fire truck will escort him into town. There will be a community potluck, and the Mount Horeb Fire Department will collect canned food items for the local pantry.
- Extended Highlights: Mount Horeb Beats Oregon 37-14
- Mount Horeb/Barneveld had an early 6-0 lead. Oregon's Jake Gundlach, but what was a 13-0 Vikings lead to a 13-7 lead on a nifty cut back touchdown run late in the first quarter. But the Vikings were too tough.
- Fort Atkinson topples Reedsburg; Cheesemakers fall at Mount Horeb
- FAS—Shiloh Weber, 32 pass from Drew Dunkleberger (Fitzgerald kick). n Mount Horeb/Barneveld 38, Monroe 13—Matt Fargo rushed 17 times for 108 yards and touchdowns of 22 and 35 yards to lead Mount Horeb/Barneveld past the visiting Cheesemakers.
- What I Do: I make pottery cremation urns
- Marjorie King is a clay artist who owns her own studio near Mount Horeb. She makes cremation urns, bowls, plates, platters and other pieces. I make pottery cremation urns for pet and human ashes.
Suggested Web Resources
- Mount Horeb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- en.wikipedia.org
- Horeb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Horeb. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- en.wikipedia.org
- Mount Horeb
- Mount Horeb is the holy mountain of Exodus.
- www.halexandria.org
- Welcome to the Mount Horeb Area Chamber of Commerce Website!
- Welcome to Mount Horeb, WI, Troll Capital of the World, Chamber of Commerce site.
- www.trollway.com
- Horeb | The amazing name Horeb: meaning and etymology
- Horeb | Your Nr. 1 site for Biblical Names takes you along in an in depth look at the exciting name Horeb: meaning and etymology and Hebrew roots.
- www.abarim-publications.com
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I didn't find out until mid April that I was getting a plot in our local community garden. I scrambled trying to figure out what I wanted to grow, bought some plants and started some seeds. Being in CO, there's really no hurry to get all the heat loving crops out til now. My hubby is deployed right now so I did most of the work myself, he was home for the last 2 weeks of May and he did help me fill the beds with garden mix and he built some covers for 2 of my beds to help keep the tomatoes and peppers warm and protected. I spent several hours getting the rest of my plants put in. I'm ready for some consistant warm weather (or at least not so cool nights). I surrounded most everything with straw to help insulate. Here's a few pics and I'll put a link to my blog if you want to check it out and see how I progressed.
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Here's the garden as of yesterday:
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This website is dedicated to the aircrews who risked their lives fighting for our freedom, the maintainers in the hangars and shops who kept these jets flying, the managers and support personnel who continually found the funds and supplies needed to hold it all together, and finally, the engineers, scientists, technicians and artisans who designed and built the F-14 and who through the years came up with the improvements to keep it in the air for 36 years.
The F-14 Tomcat Association is alive and well! Due to a series of challenges, we haven't been in touch in a while, but with this newsletter, that will be changing.
We have been transforming our web site, email system, and our membership renewal and tracking system, bringing those up to speed after 11 years under the original software. I ask for some patience while we work the kinks out, but within the next month you will see all the changes coming to fruition.
I have quite a bit of information to share, so please get comfortable. In the future, we will be putting out a quarterly email newsletter which will be a bit shorter, but timelier.
Sadly, I need to let everyone know that our Association's founding father and longtime Secretary, Art Martin passed away this summer. We were so blessed to have Art's vision, energy and drive behind everything the F-14 Association did since its founding in 2003. Words can't begin to describe the loss we feel, but here is the announcement from his family:
"The F-14 Tomcat continues to be a premier long-range strike-fighter as evidenced by its superb performance in Operation Allied Force and the strikes in Operation Southern Watch. While the Navy provided only eight percent of the total dedicated aircraft in Operation Allied Force, the Navy was credited with 30 percent of the validated kills against fielded forces in Kosovo as a result of the superb performance of the Tomcat in the Forward Air Controller (Airborne) (FAC(A)) role. Another revolutionary feature of the Tomcat is the recent Low-Altitude Navigation and Targeting InfraRed at Night (LANTIRN) system software update that enables the Tomcat to acquire mensurated target coordinates that are accurate enough for GPS weapons, which is unique to the Tomcat. The Tomcat's "Roadmap for the Future"—a plan to incorporate significant performance improvements during the next four years, including through-the-weather precision strike capability—makes it the platform of choice for all-weather, day or night, deep strike." [U.S. Navy statement, 2000]


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There was a weekend lady behind the desk that negated anything that I might have possibly said was passable about my stay! I called the Best Western corporate phone number and they blew me off and basically said too bad. I run a small airline, I will NEVER EVER use Best Western again. If this is their idea of customer service then I will leave it to others to experience my pilot will stay at Hiltons and Marriott's!
Customer service from Best Western corporate! as well as the local day desk person.
Friendly staff.
It was so loud. Thin walls and the room shook every time someone closed a door. Old creaky bed. Motel style.
Some of the staff was polite, the location was nice closer to work for me personally!
The first night we checked in our shower head was busted water went everywhere they didn't come out to fix it until the following afternoon then the water pressure in the kitchen went out!
I like the value I get for the money. It's close to the airport and good for a few nights. Rose the Night Auditor was great! The shuttle to and from the airport makes for great value. By being nice, I got a top floor room which was quiet, had a refrigerator and microwave and a great view of the atrium.
Some of the occupants appear kind of "sketchy". The staff seems to be a bit hardened to the clientele. However, if you treat the staff nice, they will treat you accordingly. They have some tough requirements on check in, but if you aren't destitute and "trying to get by" on the staff, this property is a good value. These folks aren't fancy, but they are just fine.
The $35 price was great for me as my flight landed at midnight and I just needed a place to crash until I could check in for my weekend reservation at a better hotel in the morning. The staff was helpful when I had a problem with the first room.
The first room they gave me had roaches crawling in the shower... The overall look of the hotel is rundown and dirty but I was hoping for a bug free experience. Didn't see any bugs in the room they switched me to but I still slept fully clothes atop the covers and did not shower there.
Linens on bed were not clean when we checked in! We requested additional towels and the front desk person was not pleasant to speak to. Hotel was in shambles due to renovations. Overall we will select
Overall fabulous. Clean, interesting, urban space. Good customer service and even a good restaurant.
Very contemporary style, reminds of big city loft. Furnishings very nice. Huge shower, high end faucets and fixtures. Nice restaurant and bar. Great pool and party area.
Concrete floors in rooms. I know it fits the look but it just wasn't exactly what we like. Small think really
(Hotel employee) was very nice let me check in 2 hours early.
The manager was rude
the room was spacious, cozy, clean, the hotel staff was friendly and helpful, great location, price was great!
they did not have late check out
Clean, great beds, quiet
$76.00 for four drinks at the bar and $16 for a hamburger with a stale bun!
Next to the airport
Air didn't work
Close to airport with free shuttle
Needs eating utensils on suite. Toiletries are dispensed on wall units- no convenient bottles
Nice for the price but not much to do around the hotel unless you have a car
1. There was no room service 2. Room smelled musty3. No toilet paper upon arrival.4. Tub dirty5. Shower tiles moldy6. Microwave was dirty from previous occupantsThe worse hotel experience ever. Ruined my weekend get away.
Room was decent enough for price. Everything was clean and area seemed safe. Overall was quiet.
Office staff could use a lesson in customer service as they didnt even say hello to me upon entering but instead just looked at me and asked me for my id.
Just overall friendly people and clean. Plus one of the most amazing place to eat in DFW is less than 1/10 of a mile from here!
All male staff?!?!?
The suite I had was great! A well appointed room in which the bed was situated to look out the window. Room service was great. The food was good and a lot of choices that were not terribly expensive. I liked the bathroom had a shower separate from the tub. I stayed in my room and had a wonderful stay. I would go again. The Mokra spa that's attached to the hotel was also very nice. If you are a runner there is a 3 mile course that goes around the lake next to the hotel.
Getting to the gym was a hike, think finding your way around the hotel in the Shining. Going to the lower levels of the hotel the smell was rather bad. It smelled like sewage. However, when I got to the gym it was a really nice gym for a hotel. It was large and very clean. The locker room was much better than expected. It housed a dry sauna and two showers. They had amenities such as toothpaste, mouthwash, and feminine products available.
Close proximity to AT&T stadium and friendly, helpful staff.
Being a Best Western, I was a little leery about staying here. But-boy was I wrong! This place is so nice and the rooms are huge and very clean! I will be staying here from now on while visiting. Close to Cowboys stadium and the shuttle will take you.
Nothing that I can think of. Great hotel.
Conveniently located, modern amenities, great price. Not what you'd expect from a property just off of a major highway. Convenient to Downtown and nearby corporate headquarters and attractions.
Good customer service
No suite, a hotel this fancy should have a suite.
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Recently, the Equity and Excellence Commission -- a commission of the Department of Education -- released recommendations on how to close the persistent achievement gap that exists among 22 percent of children attending substandard schools and living in poverty. Although it's a product of 27 first-rate minds, the report is remarkable for what it doesn't address.
Two things jump out: The report focuses on laying out a long-term roadmap for closing the inequity gap, and there is seemingly no effort made to identify immediate steps that can be taken to rescue children currently trapped in underperforming or failing schools. Parental choice is mentioned briefly, but only in the context of recognizing the existence of inter-district choice and charter schools. The proven and successful concept of publicly funded private school choice, with 32 programs in 16 states and the District of Columbia, is completely ignored.
No report on education and equity should exclude parental choice because, unlike most of the well-intentioned education reforms proposed and tried over the past 30 years, parental choice creates parity in education virtually instantaneously. It is the great equalizer.
Research shows that students trapped in poor-performing public schools, or who are poor performers themselves, show improvement when they are given the opportunity to participate in publicly funded private school choice programs. Moreover, their parents, based on surveys in multiple states, are overwhelmingly satisfied with their choice.
Dr. Patrick Wolf at the University of Arkansas, the nation's leading expert in the study of these programs, analyzed the results of 10 "gold standard" studies examining the impact of private school choice programs on students. Nine out of 10 concluded that some or all participating students saw improvements in academic achievement by using a voucher to attend a private school.
The results are so encouraging that during the 2011-2012 state legislative sessions, more than 40 states introduced legislation to enact publicly funded private school choice programs, and 35 legislative chambers in 19 states passed a bill.
Importantly, educational choice programs are moving forward with bipartisan support. Many of the programs enacted or strengthened over the past five years have had strong Democratic support. Why? Because the programs work and they help children most in need.
Despite the evidence that educational choice is empowering families to overcome systemic inequity that exists in public education, opponents have long argued that it should be rejected as a viable reform because it allegedly drains funds from public schools. Politicians should be focused on improving public education for the majority, the argument goes, rather than focusing on the few who need help now.
Besides the obvious moral imperative that we should be committed to helping every child access a quality education, studies have also consistently demonstrated that educational choice has had positive effects on achievement in traditional public schools. It applies needed pressure on bureaucracies that are unwilling to change, and in cases where the system is simply unable to change, it provides an escape hatch for children from low-income families who would otherwise remain trapped.
The best way to educate a child trapped in a bad school is to allow them to go to a school that will work for them – right now.
To a hammer, everything may look like a nail. But the challenge in bringing equity to education isn't about widgets, it's about children – children who will enter adulthood facing virtually insurmountable odds that come with a lack of education.
We should have the determination to continue pressing for long-term reform initiatives that help create educational equity. Yet we must also recognize the inherent unfairness that comes with asking another generation of children to sacrifice their future in order to protect the system.
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Nice.. it looks real,like an actual picture, could you put the stock just to compare, or maybe tell us what you did exactly?
I hate it when you make such Epic things. It makes me realize how much of a Moron I actually am. Nice job Roma
glad you like it, willy, i like your fractals man, keep workin on those, they' re cool tagged stock for lawlito. i resized it to 800x600 for simplicity, it was 3264xsomething originally
if i would only remember how much one can manipulate an image...frankly the original is not very good...the revised version though.
The revised version looks great. I agree with VT on the original stock Are those spider webs in the grass? Looks like you almost had to lay in them the way it's shot ~sick
watermarks look like crap on finished stuff, pirate, it' s not spiderwebs, it' s some kind of plant stuff that's flying around in the air here


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The Knicks went into this week with a six-game losing streak. Suddenly, instead of leading the NBA's Atlantic Division, the Knicks have to worry about falling behind such perennial standings bottom-feeders as the New Jersey Nets and the Washington Wizards.
Following the team's dispiriting loss to the Phoenix Suns last Wednesday, head coach Mike D'Antoni used the word "crisis" to describe the state of affairs. When I asked if that might be a tad too dramatic, given the fact that more than 50 games were still to be played this season, he corrected himself: "Crisis may be overstating things. Right now I just feel like I'm on a ledge."
D'Antoni feels like he is on a precipice because the Knicks' big trio of Amar'e Stoudemire, Carmelo Anthony and Tyson Chandler have forgotten how to put the ball in the basket.
Knicks forward Landry Fields admitted that the team has been fortunate to have endured a slump while the Giants have been distracting area sports fans with their Super Bowl run.
Fields did not mention that the Knicks started to go off the rails as soon as Cablevision, owner of Madison Square Garden and the MSG Network, took their games off Time Warner Cable, the leading TV provider in the city. I guess it's safe to say that Knicks fans are not tying up TWC's phones begging them to cut a deal with Cablevision at any cost.
My guess is that Cablevision and TWC will reach a pact as soon as area politicians start threatening to institute a la carte pricing for cable channels because that's something that would adversely affect the bottom line of both telecommunications giants.
While this city will understandably be obsessed with the Giants-Patriots Super Bowl rematch in two weeks, another sport will try to carve out a little attention this week. The Track & Field U.S. Open will be held at the Garden this Saturday, as the best in the world gather to compete in such events as the pole vault, shot put, high hurdles and distance running.
Since this is a Summer Olympics year, there will be more attention paid to track & field by both the media and athletic apparel companies. New Balance launched its British Miler line of running shoes by bringing in five top distance runners from the United Kingdom, who hope to represent their country at the London Olympiad, to meet with the media in New York last week.
I spoke with British runner James Brewer and told him how his countryman, retired tennis star Tim Henman, hated playing at Wimbledon because he felt the pressure of representing the hopes of an entire nation on his shoulders. "I can understand how he felt since he had to do that every year. This is a once in a lifetime experience for me, so I am in a different situation," Brewer replied.
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