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United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District of North Carolina
Defendant Allegedly "Rented Out" Her Medicaid Provider Number to Co-conspirators
Another Defendant Pleads Guilty to a Similar Medicaid Fraud Scheme
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A Charlotte woman charged with defrauding Medicaid of at least $650,000 was arrested in Goldsboro, N.C. today, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
Charlotte Elizabeth Garnes, 37, of Charlotte was charged in a federal indictment returned by a grand jury in Charlotte on August 21, 2012, with one count of health care fraud conspiracy and one count of obstruction of official proceedings. The criminal bill of indictment, which was unsealed today, also includes a forfeiture allegation seeking a money judgment in the amount of at least $664,247.
U.S. Attorney Tompkins is joined in making today's announcement by Attorney General Roy Cooper, who oversees the North Carolina Medicaid Investigations Division (MID), and Derrick Jackson, Special Agent in Charge, Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General (HHS-OIG), Office of Investigations, Atlanta Region.
According to allegations in the indictment, Garnes participated in a scheme to defraud Medicaid by seeking and receiving payments for services which she did not perform. Filed court documents indicate that Garnes, who is a licensed professional counselor, has a Medicaid provider number which enables her to provide mental and behavioral health services to Medicaid participants. The indictment alleges that Garnes "rented out" her Medicaid provider number so that other unqualified individuals could submit fraudulent reimbursement claims for mental and behavioral health services to Medicaid through Garnes's number.
According to allegations in the indictment, from March 2009 to April 2011, Garnes conspired with two individuals, Teresa Marible and Michele Jackson, to allow Marible and Jackson to submit fraudulent claims to Medicaid through Garnes's company, Charlotte's Insight, Inc. Allegations contained in the indictment state that Garnes kept a percentage of the Medicaid reimbursement received for those claims. The indictment also alleges that neither Marible nor Jackson were licensed to provide mental and behavioral health services and therefore could not seek reimbursement from Medicaid. Garnes, therefore, falsely listed herself as the attending clinician for these claims even though she did not provide any of the claimed services.
In addition, the indictment alleges that during the relevant time period Garnes also worked for a defense contractor at military bases and, in some instances, Garnes was not even in the country at the time that she claimed to have provided the Medicaid services. According to allegations in the indictment, Garnes also submitted and received payment for claims totaling more than 24 hours of services provided in a single day. In one instance in December 2009, Garnes represented that she provided 69 hours of mental and behavioral health services on a single day, the indictment alleges. According to the indictment, Garnes, Marible and Jackson also submitted claims for several Medicaid beneficiaries who did not receive any services at all. The indictment alleges that the fraudulent scheme caused Medicaid to pay out to Garnes and her co-conspirators over $650,000 as a result of the false claims.
On August 2, 2012, Oriaku Hampton Sowell, 39, of Charlotte, pleaded guilty to her role in this scheme involving Garnes. According to filed court documents, Sowell conspired with Garnes, Marible and Jackson to defraud Medicaid in an identical arrangement where Sowell rented out her Medicaid provider number. These reimbursement claims falsely listed Sowell as the attending clinician when she, in fact, did not provide the claimed services. Court records indicate that in exchange for the use of her Medicaid number, Sowell retained a percentage of the Medicaid reimbursement and paid the remainder to Jackson and Marible. From October 2010 to April 2011, the fraudsters collected at least $250,000 from Medicaid.
Marible was sentenced in June 2012 to serve 36 month in prison for her role in the scheme, and was ordered to pay $1,135,662 in restitution. Jackson was sentenced in March 2012 to 15 months in prison and was ordered to pay $292,282 in restitution.
Garnes had her initial appearance today in U.S. District Court in Raleigh. If convicted, Garnes faces a statutory maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for count one. Count two carries a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. An indictment is merely an allegation, and Garnes is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt in a court of law.
In a separate but similar Medicaid fraud scheme, Gregory Benny Lassiter, 31, of Charlotte, entered a plea of guilty on August 17, 2012 for committing health care fraud conspiracy. According to the charging document and plea agreement filed in this case, Lassiter rented out his Medicaid provider number to allow a co-conspirator, Erika Holland, to submit fraudulent claims through his company, VisionOne Health Services ("VisionOne"). Holland was not licensed to provide mental and behavioral health services and she did not employ any licensed therapists to perform such services. Lassiter, nevertheless, agreed to rent out his Medicaid provider number for the purpose of allowing Holland to submit fraudulent claims. Lassiter retained a percentage of the Medicaid reimbursement.
Similar to the schemes described above, the claims submitted falsely listed other licensed providers as the attending clinician, filed documents state. For example, Lassiter employed Dr. M.T. at VisionOne for a brief period of time but Dr. M.T. did not provide any services to clients. According to court records, after Dr. M.T. left VisionOne, Lassiter fraudulently used Dr. M.T.'s Medicaid provider number to bill for services which Dr. M.T. did not provide. Some of the fraudulent claims submitted by Holland through Lassiter's number fraudulently listed Dr. M.T. as the attending clinician. According to the charging document, from October 2010 to April 2011 Lassiter received in excess of $200,000 in fraudulent payments from Medicaid pursuant to the schemes.
Holland was sentenced in March 2012 to serve 54 months in prison and was ordered to pay $1,585,093 in restitution for this and other fraudulent schemes involving Medicaid. Lassiter faces a statutory maximum prison sentence of 10 years and a $250,000 fine. Lassiter was released on bond in August 2012 and awaits sentencing.
The investigations into Garnes and Lassiter were handled by HHS-OIG and MID. IRS assisted with Garnes's investigation, and FBI with Lassiter's. The prosecution of both cases is handled by Assistant U.S. Attorney Kelli Ferry of the U.S. Attorney's Charlotte Office.
The investigation and charges are the work of the Western District's joint Health Care Fraud Task Force. The Task Force is multi-agency team of experienced federal and state investigators, working in conjunction with criminal and civil Assistant United States Attorneys, dedicated to identifying and prosecuting those who defraud the health care system, and reducing the potential for health care fraud in the future. The Task Force focuses on the coordination of cases, information sharing, identification of trends in health care fraud throughout the region, staffing of all whistle blower complaints, and the creation of investigative teams so that individual agencies may focus their unique areas of expertise on investigations. The Task Force builds upon existing partnerships between the agencies and its work reflects a heightened effort to reduce fraud and recover taxpayer dollars.
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A Heretic's Guide to Climate Science
A religious cult has swept the globe. The cult demands strict adherence to its dogma. And the cult does not tolerate dissent. It is the cult of progressive environmentalism.
In his new book, In Global Warming We Trust, author Tony Sadar warns that climate science has been seized by activists who put their political agenda ahead of scientific rigor and objectivity.
Ideas have consequences. The leaders of the cult want us to spend a trillion dollars canceling the Industrial Revolution. With the backing of the United Nations, they are pushing a plan to reduce worldwide carbon emissions—a move that if successful would relegate millions of people to lifelong poverty. Read More >>
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Fibromodem has nominated me for this award; thank you! If you're dealing with fibromyalgia or know someone who is, I can recommend her blog for a candid insight into living with chronic pain.
Nice easy rules; seven things about you, a thank-you, and seven nominations of blogs you feel deserve the award. Actually, the rule is "seven things others may find interesting" but I don't have enough confidence to assume if anything is interesting *gets out tiny violin*. So, just seven… things. About me.
1. One thing which is guaranteed to get on my nerves is when somebody says "of" instead of (ha) have. I don't know why it annoys me so much, and I know it's only a small thing, but it really winds me up and I have to go for a little calm down after hearing/reading it.
2. Same with comic sans. Sorry if anybody's a fan, but I can't cope with that font. Really, really can't cope. It enrages me – as does Papyrus and Lucinda Handwriting – and I often go on anti-comic sans rants. It doesn't even deserve a capital letter, it's that hateful.
3. S and I have an incredibly naff relationship in-joke, revolving around quotes from Jurassic Park. If he's playing a game, I sit behind shouting "shoooooot her!" and he often quips "I'll show you" or "what species is this?" in the middle of conversations.
4. If my right eyebrow isn't drawn on properly (I have naturally very pale, sparse eyebrows), the whole day is ruined.
5. Another hate is people singing lyrics incorrectly, or misquoting a film. Again, it's such a small thing but I get so irritated by it. Once is fine, twice is being forgetful… getting lyrics wrong when you've known the song for twenty years is downright inconsiderate.
6. After years of wearing make-up, I'm still not quite sure how to apply blusher properly.
7. I used to write poetry in the back of my school books. Ones I'd written myself, or things such as The Raven by Poe. I don't know why I did it; I wasn't fussed about knowing my teacher would read them, but I didn't particularly want to share the more private poetry with the world. I wasn't looking for any attention, or to look clever. I just… did it. One day I was called to her desk after class, and she asked me if I wanted to speak to anybody about any problems I may be having. I said no.
The following blogs are all ones I follow, for different reasons. All worthy of an award, and all interesting people.
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By Alicia Lutes on February 26, 2014
Groan all you want, but when you're as anticipatory over a returning series as we are for BBC America's Orphan Black, you'd feel more than a little punny, too. Shrill shrieks of joy and elation were likely heard all across Los Angeles as the email of their existence entered the inboxes of many a TV writer this morning. BBC America knows that the Clone Club has waited patiently for the second season of their original series and deserves not just one but EIGHT NEW CLIPS — one a day for the next 8 days. The first of the clips was released today on the official Orphan Black Instagram. Check it out:
If you're not into theorizing, feel free to turn away now, but: did anyone catch that? In the brief snippet we saw main clone Sarah Manning entering the office of Rachel Duncan, the seemingly evil pro-clone who's known about her own origins this whole time (unlike Sarah, Alison, and the rest). Only… wait a second! That's not Sarah — it's Cosima! (You can tell by the eyeliner, nose ring, and hair.) Has she broken into DYAD under the auspices of Sarah coming to terms with DYAD's, uh, terms? Looks like superhuman actressperson Tatiana Maslany will be doing more clones-pretending-to-be-other-clones work this season. And for those of you who haven't seen it: it's truly impressive. Trust us. Also what are you waiting for? You can get the pilot on iTunes for free! Start binge-watching now. April 19th is just around the corner.
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The Dell XPS 14 is one of the newest Ultrabooks on the market today. It has a new, Ivy Bridge Intel Core i7 CPU, 8GB of RAM and a 500GB hard drive jammed into a compact body. It has a nice-looking display and extra long battery life, but the screen's viewing angles could be better.
Ultrabooks are certainly the talk of the town so to speak. Just last week, we reviewed the Dell Inspiron 14z, which is more of an ultraportable rather than an ultrabook, but in reality, they aren't too far apart. We felt the Inspiron 14z had a flimsy chassis and below average battery life.
The Dell XPS 14 measures 13.2 x 9.2 x 0.8-inches (wdh) and weighs 4.8-pounds, which is pretty heavy compared to other Ultrabook laptops but certainly nothing considered "unportable" by any means. In comparison to the Inspiron 14z, it weighs a little more but is a tad smaller in size.
It has a brushed aluminum lid and interior that makes it look just like an Apple MacBook Pro. The keyboard deck is made of a black magnesium material that sets it apart from the MacBook Pros.
Dell included an island-style, backlit keyboard on this laptop and it has good key placement and size. The keys gave a decent amount of feedback, but we wished they pushed in further as they seemed a little shallow. The trackpad has a smooth, frictionless black surface with no buttons, so it's a clickpad just like the Apple MacBook. We found it to be both accurate and responsive.
The 14-inch WLED backlit display has a native resolution of 1600 x 900-pixels, which is a higher resolution than the Inspiron 14z's 1366 x 768-pixels. The display looks really good but only when viewed straight on. Off-angle viewing quickly resulted in diminished quality. The brightness, however, was very high and perhaps one of the brightest that we've seen.
For ports, the Dell XPS 14 offers two USB 3.0 ports, mini-DisplayPort out, HDMI-out, a fold-out Ethernet jack, a headphone jack and a 3-in-1 SD card reader. There's no optical drive and wireless connectivity includes 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
The internal specifications include a third-generation Intel Core i7-3517U (1.9GHz) CPU, 8GB of RAM, a 5400RPM hard drive and discrete Nvidia GT 630M graphics. This configuration offers a good amount of performance that one would expect from a budget mid-size laptop as opposed to an Ultrabook. PCMark07 benchmark returned a score of 3,312, which is definitely higher than the Ultrabook category. We had no trouble watching streaming HD media or doing some heavy-multitasking.
The Nvidia GT 630M graphics provides enough power for some lightweight gaming but by no means any intense 3D gaming.
Battery life with the included battery returned about 8.5-hours of life, which is over an hour longer than most Ultrabook laptops and most other mid-size laptops too.


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Yeast Las17 protein is homologous to the Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome protein, which is implicated in severe immunodeficiency. Las17p/Bee1p has been shown to be important for actin patch assembly and actin polymerization. Here we show that Las17p interacts with the Arp2/3 complex. LAS17 is an allele-specific multicopy suppressor of ARP2 and ARP3 mutations; overexpression restores both actin patch organization and endocytosis defects in ARP2 temperature-sensitive (ts) cells. Six of seven ARP2 ts mutants and at least one ARP3 ts mutant are synthetically lethal with las17Delta ts confirming functional interaction with the Arp2/3 complex. Further characterization of las17Delta cells showed that receptor-mediated internalization of alpha factor by the Ste2 receptor is severely defective. The polarity of normal bipolar bud site selection is lost. Las17-gfp remains localized in cortical patches in vivo independently of polymerized actin and is required for the polarized localization of Arp2/3 as well as actin. Coimmunoprecipitation of Arp2p with Las17p indicates that Las17p interacts directly with the complex. Two hybrid results also suggest that Las17p interacts with actin, verprolin, Rvs167p and several other proteins including Src homology 3 (SH3) domain proteins, suggesting that Las17p may integrate signals from different regulatory cascades destined for the Arp2/3p complex and the actin cytoskeleton.
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Council of Canadians organizer Leila Darwish presented a deputation to the Transit Police Board meeting in Metro Vancouver this morning.
Darwish stated, "We are one of over forty organizations that endorsed the Transportation Not Deportation campaign. Like many of the groups and individuals who are here to speak to you today on this critical issue, the Council of Canadians believes that everyone deserves access to public transportation without fear of being criminalized, abused, detained, and deported. ...The Council of Canadians and our members are pleased that the pressure and determination of concerned community members has forced an end to the memorandum between Transit Police and CBSA. But whether this is a true victory for justice remains to be seen."
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No no no, that's not some sort of euphemism for not flushing… Victor Oladipo had a unreal game last night, almost giving the Magic enough to beat the Bulls in tres overtime. I watched this game and was making all sorts of Oladipo highlights slashing to the rim. Ended up with a 35/4/8/3/1 line shooting 15-24 with a trey. Career-high alert! And it wasn't due to the minutes (58), he only scored 2 in the 3 OTs I believe. Did boost his dimes by a few though… A guy I was extremely steadfast about holding onto and buying low is paying out your quarterly dividends. Well, it would be more like bi-weekly dividends, but if a stock did that I want in! The 8 TOs last night was a bugaboo, but just part of VO's game. He's going to continue to get these big minutes and touches for the duration. Pumped to see him finish out his rookie of the year campaign. Here's what else I saw in a busy night of NBA hoops:
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Yea yea I know… Of all the "Knight" puns, that's the best ya got?! Man did Brandon Knight have a huge game last night, notching a career-high 36 points for a 36/9/3/0/1 line shooting 13-25 and 6-12 from deep. As you all know, I was a huge Knight fan heading into the year, stuck with him, and think this is what he averages here on out. Wiggity what?! Haha, just kidding to see if you were paying attention. I've always liked his ability to board, he's probably the best pure scorer on that team, and can shoot treys and drive. But I'm a little tired of the "but he doesn't assist!" from the hate Mafia. Who gives a flip man?! Of course because he's a PG, he gets dogged for bad Ast:TO, and listen I get it – 8 TOs last night bums hard – but if Ryan Anderson had that line last night, people would be sacrificing live chickens just to meet him. Pedro Cerrano doesn't like when his PG doesn't dish! "If Brandon Knight doesn't average 8 dimes a game, I say forget you Jobu! I do it myself!" Knight will never be an elite fantasy PG, sure, but a very useful one, definitely. He just has to navigate Larry Drew's mood swings. Get the coach some Midol! Here's what else I saw last night in fantasy hoops:
Please, blog, may I have some more?Pretty much anyone involved in the big Rudy Gay trade has gotten nothing but positive return except Greivis Vasquez. Poor Vasquez… And easily the biggest winner right now is Isaiah Thomas just going off with the backcourt to himself, going 29/6/2 on Friday night and 19/2/8 last night. With both PGs there in Shaq-ramento to start the year, it was like the first Terminator, then IT2 got flipped into the main good guy and it's movie magic in the sequel. Coach Mike Malone even came out and said Thomas is gonna lead the NBA in minutes. Iron man! Well I guess it would be hyperalloy combat chassis covered by living human tissue man… I wish Vasquez had never gone to Sacramento, because as I mentioned last week, I aggressively ranked Thomas early in the summer. I love this kid. He's going to be extremely tough to go out and trade for right now, and I certainly would not be selling. He's got both Gay and DeMarcus Cousins to dish to, plus he's a fantastic scorer. I have all sorts of IT2 regret now since he's not on any of my teams… Womp womp… Here's what else went down over the weekend:
Please, blog, may I have some more?My lead yesterday was about a weekend of injuries, and as much as I wanted to stay away from injuries in today's open, there's just way too many. Like that pilot in the Return of the Jedi when they attack the new Death Star. "There's too many of them!" Sorry in advance Jake VZ – but I think the lead is Bradley Beal reportedly aggravating his leg injury and at the time of this post in the wee hours of the morning, the Wizards fear a prolonged absence. Beal hurt the same leg with a broken fibula last year that ended his season prematurely. In both my longer blurb in my top 100 and in my top 200 I tried to say I was worried, and only ended up with him on my autodrafted team. By now, news has hit his little news icon on Yahoo and ESPN, so it's going to be a little tough to sell at full price or even a slight discount if you're hitting the panic button. I'm worried myself. I'm running in with Jodie Foster and a weird, gothy, tween Kristen Stewart into my Panic Room. More precise news should come out today, but if for some reason you were about to cut Martell Webster, hold the phone and keep my boy. I have been told I have too many "boys". But I like Webster a lot! And called him a must add a few weeks back. Trevor Ariza is also back and starting tonight, and the mere fact they're not easing him in off the bench has me thinking his hammy must be doing pretty well. Both Ariza and Webster are looking at big minutes for a stretch, and John Wall will continue to have this big offensive upside he's shown in the past two games. Here's what else went down in the wide world of fantasy hoops last night:
Please, blog, may I have some more?Sooooo… Last night just happened. It was the wildest night of fantasy hoops that I could ever remember. Sure my memory isn't exactly like Ken Jennings, but yea… Definitely going to break the "what the hey?!" record! The Fantasy Basketball world just stood still. It was just like the remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still. Is that Keanu Reeves? What is Jaden Smith doing here? Wait, is this an actual plot? There's just too much crazy to care about these special effects! There were like, a million three pointers last night. Tony Wroten had a triple double. Ok, who had Wroten in the triple-double pool? I think if you had bet on that in Vegas you coulda turned a dollar into owning the state of Nevada. 18/10/11 while shooting 7-18. A lot of Philly stats got boosted by the Rockets pace, and if you hadn't heard yet, Michael Carter-Williams was a very late scratch with a sore foot. What are they feeding these guards in Philly? I think it's obvious that to be a good NBA PG you must diet solely on cheesesteaks. But enough meandering, let's go straight into the nitty gritty, the CGI effects if you will, for the reason why you're here:
Please, blog, may I have some more?A long time ago in a galaxy far far away… Is that too cliché? Yeah it is, but there's a point. You knew where it came from as soon as you read it. You can hear the soundtrack playing in your head. Well, now that I said it you can hear it. There's even a chance you might remember the first time you saw it. That's what drafting LeBron James feels like. It's a smell in the air, a taste in the back of your throat that tells you there's something familiar here. The nurturing feeling of resting against LeBron's bosom. Ahh… Hold me LeBron. That's not what this series is going to be about. This here is akin to trying to remember the first time you saw Spaceballs. Sure it's a classic, but we both know you weren't in the right state of mind to remember the first time you watched any Mel Brooks movie. Am I right or am I right? I can hear your silence loud and clear.
Let's all now jump into our Delorean, Phone Booth, Hot Tub or whatever your time machine of choice is and travel back to last October. There was something with very large fantasy implications happening in Houston. It was not the trade for James Harden. I'm talking about the position battle at SF between Carlos Delfino and Chandler Parsons. If you would have chosen wisely then you would have gotten the closest thing I can imagine to the fantasy holy grail. A top 50 player at the low low cost of a free agent pick up, even in the deepest of leagues. This will be my gift to you. No, not this overpriced knockoff but the next best thing.
Please, blog, may I have some more?Continuing on with updated rankings after the top 10 and top 20, below rounds out my to 50. Previous rankings are in parentheses next to these updated ranks, with up and down designations only for guys hopping up or down significant spots. Have fun grilling these!
(22) 21. Nicolas Batum – A lot of commenters have wondered why he's not in the top-20, and as I said in my previous 20-50 rankings, the declining FG% (45.1% to 42.3%) and 3PT% (39.1% to 37.2%) from 2011-12 to 12-13 gives me pause. Despite playing over 8 more minutes a game in 11-12 to 12-13, his scoring average only went up 0.4 Pts a game and he only averaged 12 a game after the All-Star Break with his wrist injury. He's said the wrist is completely healed, and despite not needing surgery I would be worried with Batum as my second-rounder as the wrist could plague him again. He'll still be a multi-cat workhorse, but I see no way he chucks up 6.1 3's a night with new acquisitions Mo Williams and C.J. McCollum also manning the perimeter. Yeah their PT may not overlap too consistently, but I just don't see the three point output mimicking last year.
(23) 22. LaMarcus Aldridge – Another big fantasy asset I'm slightly down on, the Blazers could very easily have another rough first half and look to trade their franchise big. The rumors have been swirling for quite some time, and there's virtually no destination where I think he would be a better fantasy player than in Portland.
Please, blog, may I have some more?As we continue to navigate through the NBA Playoffs, it's been a fun challenge to rank for the 2013-2014 season. There's still free agency. There's still a draft. Hey, at least we know there will be a season unlike 2011!
If you missed it, my top 10 then top 20 came out last week. Hey, it's early, you might say "way too early" (see what I did there, it's in the title!) so these rankings are subject to change. And I want no accusations of flip-flopping! It's not my fault if all the sudden Dwight Howard goes to the Bobcats and becomes a first-rounder! OK, so that is as likely as Rony Seikaly… returning. You gotta stop on the word that rhymes Jean-Ralphio! Man I'm liking that show. Also, random side note, Googling Rony Seikaly to spell his name correctly broke Google. I searched it and it would freeze, despite everything else working. Weird.
As I battle my ADHD to get into the rankings, let's just dive into it:
Please, blog, may I have some more?It's Wednesday, which means the NBA's biggest night of the week, and what better way to stay involved then a daily contest from our friends at DraftKings? For some of you out there, you may be thinking your regular fantasy season is dead, so this is a great way to get back in the (fantasy basketball) game.
Please, blog, may I have some more?On draft day, he went around the 27th pick and for about $28 in auction leagues. He's averaged 11 assists per game on the season, plus 14 points to go with the dimes. He played like a top 20 point guard for the Celtics, and if you entered the heads of fantasy fans, he was a top 5 PG.
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A really nice waltz. Short and easy to teach. Try it to "Husbands and Wifes" by Brooks & Dunn, it's a dreamer.
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HCSO participating in 2 N. Hall community eventsBy Ken Stanford Staff GAINESVILLE - The Hall County Sheriff's Office will participate in two community events in North Hall today.
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Is your iPhone 5 experiencing shortness of battery life or need to be charged more frequently? It may be eligible for Apple's replacement program.
Cupertino is now offering new batteries for "a very small percentage of iPhone 5 devices" purchased between September 2012 and January 2013. The replacement process began Aug. 22 in the U.S. and China; it will become available in other countries as of Aug. 29.
To find out if your phone is eligible, enter your phone's serial number on Apple's website (Settings > General > About > Serial number). If it is, you can visit an Apple retail store or contact technical support to have your battery replaced.
Your phone needs to be in working order. "If your iPhone 5 has any damage such as a cracked screen which impairs the replacement of the battery, that issue will need to be resolved prior to the battery replacement," Apple said.
If you're eligible and already paid to have your battery replaced, Apple said to get in touch about a refund.
These days, the two things your phone is running out of faster and faster these days are battery life and storage space. Mophie's got your back on both.
Today at CES 2014, Mophie announced a new addition to their legendary line of lifesaving Juice Packs: the Space Pack – the world's first smartphone case with the power to recharge your battery and the space to store up to 32GB of digital stuff.
With the same slim, barely-there profile as the other Packs in their pack, the Space Pack is designed for the iPhone 5 and 5S, and lets you access and share your photos, videos, music files and documents anytime without the need for a data network or using a bit (pun intended) of storage space on your phone.
All you need is Mophie's free app, Space, to manage all your files easily, no Wi-Fi necessary.
Apple this week acknowledged that a small batch of iPhone 5s devices include a problem that can affect the phone's battery life.
"We recently discovered a manufacturing issue affecting a very limited number of iPhone 5s devices that could cause the battery to take longer to charge or result in reduced battery life," Apple said in a statement. "We are reaching out to customers with affected phones and will provide them with a replacement phone."
Cupertino did not elaborate on just how many phones were affected.
On the Apple forums, there are several posts from 5s customers complaining about battery life, though it's not immediately clear if they are among those who are affected by this particular manufacturing issue.
"I noticed that the battery drains too fast on the 2 days old phone," one user wrote last week. "When i go to sleep i put alarm on, close all apps, switch off the sound, put the device in airplane mode. When i wake up, 8h, the battery drains 10% or more."
Microsoft's Surface Pro hits stores on Feb. 9, but the reviews went live last night. PCMag gave the Windows 8 tablet our Editors' Choice, but some have voiced concern about certain features, like battery life and actual available storage.
Today, the Microsoft Surface team, including Panos Panay, a corporate vice president at Microsoft, stopped by Reddit for an "Ask Me Anything" about Redmond's newest tablet.
Two of the biggest topics were battery life and storage capacity.
In PCMag's battery rundown test, the Surface Pro lasted 4 hours and 58 minutes. To some, this is subpar for a $999 device. But according to Microsoft, it designed the Surface Pro so that it "did not compromise speed [or] performance in any way."
"With that, we wanted to be the best notebook/laptop product in its class, but still deliver you the tablet form factor. This product is optimized in every way to take advantage of the full third generation Core i5 it runs, yet give the best battery life," Panay said. "If you compare it to say a MacBook Air, you will quickly see that pound for pound in battery size vs. battery life, you will find optimizations that puts Surface best in its class."
Still, Panay acknowledged that Microsoft selected a smaller battery "to be sure we were able to give you the same performance and to keep it thin" and under 2 pounds.
An alleged new battery shot has leaked out for the iPhone 5 and, if true, potential purchasers are going to get a bit of a battery bump in the to-be-announced smartphone.
But we use the word "bit" in the smallest possible sense of the word, for the alleged iPhone 5 battery is only going to run at a capacity of 1440 mAh – up a whopping 10 mAh from the battery found in Apple's iPhone 4S.
What does that mean? A slightly higher capacity, but one that'll be offset by the battery-draining 4G LTE capabilities rumored to be making their first Apple appearance in the iPhone 5. Additionally, the allegedly larger four-inch screen rumored to be making its way to the iPhone 5 isn't going to do much to help battery life, either.
However, before you run for the technological hills, there's no indication of just what tweaks Apple might be working into the iPhone 5 or iOS 6 to help stretch battery life as long as possible, given these new features. Depending on how Apple's tweaked its rumored dual-core SoC design for the iPhone 5 – or integrated other, less battery-draining components like Qualcomm's Gobi chipset (for extreme, worldwide compatibility with a number of network operators) – the issue of battery capacity plus LTE and a larger screen size might not be that big of a deal.
What we do know – again, if the leaked photos of the iPhone 5's battery are legitimate – is that Apple has upped the voltage of the battery from 3.7V to 3.8V. The battery's also rated at a higher watts-per-hour measurement (5.45) than that of the iPhone 4S or the iPhone 4 (5.25 wHr).
Apple's latest operating system, OS X Mountain Lion, is causing a major drop in battery life on some MacBook Pros and Airs.
Users have flocked to Apple's support forums since July 25, the day Mountain Lion launched, to lament about the issues, though it appears Apple is now looking into the problems. As of Friday, one Apple Support Communities thread about Mountain Lion's adverse affects on battery life was up to 16 pages with 233 replies. A number of other similar threads have been created.
While some users have seen battery life drops of about an hour, others claim performance has been cut in half or worse.
"I can visibly see the battery draining," one user with the handle tarpus wrote. "In fact when I first started writing this post my battery was at 96% and now, three sentences later, without doing anything else, and without having any other applications running, my battery life is at 91%!"
Users have tried to remedy the issue in a variety of ways, such as reinstalling Mountain Lion and turning off some of the operating system's new features, but the battery issues remain. Some users have seen some temporary success after resetting the machine's system management controller (SMC), but the problem comes back after continued use.
Apple caught wind of the issue and has been working with some impacted users to gather information about the problem.
"They contacted me to get info to give to their engineers," a user with the handle bleavi wrote on Friday. "Thus, I think they realize the issue and are working to find a solution. Be patient and hopefully a solution will be found."
Some users have come to expect problems following new Apple releases, and choose to wait before installing upgrades or buying new products so Cupertino can iron out any kinks. Days after Apple released the iPhone 4S and iOS 5 last year, for example, users began complaining of plummeting battery life.
Apple is making some tweaks to a camera lens on its third-generation iPad and addressing overheating issues related to the tablet's battery that will appear in units shipping around the holiday season, according to DigiTimes.
The Taiwanese tech journal, citing unnamed sources from Apple's Asian manufacturing supply chain, reported Thursday that the revised iPad will have a larger lens hole and a revised battery that could make the tablet "slightly lighter and thinner than previously designed."
The iPad's overheating issues have been well-documented but it's not clear if the reported fix to the lens hole is in response to a specific problem with the component's design or functionality.
DigiTimes did not specify which camera lens hole was getting the tweak—the iPad has an 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera capable of VGA-quality photos that's also used for FaceTime video chats and a 5-megapixel rear-facing iSight camera that can capture 1080p video at 30 frames-per-second. A quick Internet search for camera-related iPad issues does yield this three-month-old Apple.com users' forum thread discussing a problem with the tablet's rear camera, but it could be unrelated.
Much has been written about the lack of upgradability and reparability found in Apple's new Retina MacBook Pro. In fact, it's widely seen as Apple's least fixable laptop to date: Pentalobe screws stymie those who lack access to a fancy screwdriver and Apple's been on an adhesive kick throughout the insides of its latest laptop. The battery's glued down, the RAM is soldered to the motherboard, the display is fused together as a single unit (forcing one to replace the entire unit to fix any broken bits like, say, the iSight camera).
Fun times are in store if you're looking to upgrade your Retina MacBook Pro (good luck), and costly times await you if anything goes wrong with your system's components – especially the battery.
According to a sea of reports from yesterday, Apple's decision to stick the battery to the Retina MacBook Pro means that any kind of home-based repair or replacement is right out. Users with fussy laptops will have to either ship them back to Apple itself or drop them off at an Apple Store for battery replacement: Apple will take 3 to 4 business days to replace the battery, whereas the retail store will be able to do it the day of your appointment.
And the cost? $199. If you've owned a MacBook in the past, you'll recognize that the new repair fee is all of 54 percent greater than what you might have previously paid to get your MacBook's battery repaired. Or, for that matter, your MacBook Air – same built-in battery deal, but replaceable at the lower cost of $129.
The U.S. Postal Service will refuse to ship devices containing lithium-ion batteries, such as cell phones, laptops, or e-readers to overseas addresses as of May 16, the USPS said.
The restrictions will also ban those same devices from being shipped to APO, FPO, and DPO locations, the shorthand for overseas Army, Air Force, or Navy post offices, as well as diplomatic posts.
The USPS has also banned the lithium-ion batteries and cells from being sent separately, according to a revision notice posted by the USPS. The ban includes video cameras, GPS devices, cameras, feature and smartphones, MP3 players, laptop computers, GPS devices, and even smaller gadgets like Bluetooth headsets and electric shavers, according to Fast Company, which reported the story earlier.
Lithium-ion batteries, cells, and the devices that contain them will still be able to be shipped domestically during those times, the USPS said.
The new iPad's battery performs within the normal parameters of an iOS-based device, thank you very much. At least that's the story Apple is telling in the face of criticism of the way the company's latest tablet deals with battery charging.
Apple told All Things D on Tuesday that there's been some "confusion" about the way the new iPad charges up its battery when users plug it into a wall socket.
When the tablet reaches a nearly 100 percent charged state, the new iPad displays the battery as being fully charged, Apple's Michael Tchao told the tech site. When that happens, the battery actually continues to charge all the way to 100 percent—but if it remains plugged in, it decharges a little, then charges back up fully, then back down again, and so on until the user unplugs the tablet.
Tchao billed that process as a boon to new iPad owners.
"That circuitry is designed so you can keep your device plugged in as long as you would like," he told All Things D said. "It's a great feature that's always been in iOS."
Apparently, Apple has been doing the same thing to manage the battery charging of several iOS-based devices, including iPhones, iPod Touches, and iPads, for several product generations. It just hadn't gone noticed by many folks until a DisplayMate analyst grokked that his new iPad wasn't fully charged even though the display indicated that it was, according to All Things D.
So basically, plugged-in iOS devices cycle between a completely charged state and a slightly decharged state, but Apple doesn't reflect this in the battery status on its devices because it could "distract or confuse users," according to Tchao.


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Hello community, I've been playing league for about a year and a half now and today i just noticed on mobafire that there was DOTA 2 and RoTT coming out and also saw that there was HoN. Can someone please tell me the differences of these games, such as free to play, which is better in your opinions, and anything else you feel would help me decide which game I should start or stick with LoL.
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HoN is free to play now I think. DOTA2 is just a prettier version of DOTA, and haven't been released yet (I think). I do not know the difference of them, give them a try, no harm from it and you may find unexpected results.
Well, LoL is superior to all of them right now, DotA 2 sounds promising (but made by Valve, will be released approximately 6.7 years from now) and realm of the titans is just terrible.
Not sure what RoTT is but Dota 2 will be worth at least a try, and depending on how fun dominion is and if they ever do anything about flash i'll probably continue to play LoL for awhile longer still as my moba of choice.
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Do you know is DOTA 2 will be free to play?
rott I don't know much about. dota 2 Isn't released yet, and is as stated above a prettier version of dota (the game that started it all) HoN was at one point a game you had to buy. It has just recently went F2P. In all honesty I would stick with LoL.
I'd say try all of them. If you don't like one, just delete it. It never hurts and allows you to understand what you want more. DotA 2 - Not out yet. It's an update from the original DotA so that the game won't be limited to the warcraft engine. HoN - Made F2P recently.
HoN is like dota but not completely like it. HoN is a faster/ you get gold for assisting/ rune doesn't spawn in the beginning/ tri lane is more used often in competitive/ some heroes are like a mix/ there are some heroes that isn't from dota. etc. Go figure it out yourselves


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Bertha Wilson | |
58th Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada | |
In office March 4, 1982 – January 4, 1991 |
Nominated by | Pierre Trudeau |
Preceded by | Ronald Martland |
Succeeded by | Frank Iacobucci |
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Born | Bertha Wernham September 18, 1923 Kirkcaldy, Scotland, U.K. |
Died | April 28, 2007 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
(aged 83)
Spouse(s) | Rev. John Wilson |
Alma mater | Dalhousie Law School |
Bertha Wrenham Wilson, CC (September 18, 1923 – April 28, 2007) was a Canadian jurist and the first female Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
Early life[edit]
Born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, the daughter of Archibald Wernham and Christina Noble, she received a Master of Arts degree in philosophy from University of Aberdeen in 1944. In 1949 Wilson emigrated to Canada with her husband, the Reverend John Wilson, whom she had married in 1945.
Professional career[edit]
She received a Bachelor of Laws degree from Dalhousie University and was called to the Nova Scotia Bar in 1957. She moved to Toronto in 1959, was called to the Ontario Bar and joined the firm of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt. She became a partner in 1968.
She was the first woman appointed to the Court of Appeal for Ontario in 1975. In 1982, she became the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada, by Pierre Trudeau. Wilson retired from the court in 1991 and was made a Companion of the Order of Canada and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada that same year.
Wilson's Supreme Court rulings include: R. v. Morgentaler in 1988 (abortion procedures), R. v Lavallée in 1990 (battered-wife syndrome as self-defense), Operation Dismantle v. The Queen in 1985 (judicial review), the minority decision in R. v. Stevens (1988) which was adopted later in R. v. Hess; R. v. Nguyen in 1990 (mens rea and statutory rape), Kosmopolous v. Constitution Insurance Co. of Canada (piercing "corporate veil"), the dissenting opinion in McKinney v. University of Guelph in 1990 (mandatory retirement), Andrews v. Law Society of British Columbia in 1989 (equality rights test), and Sobeys Stores v. Yeomans and Labour Standards Tribunal (NS) in 1989 (interpretive authority of tribunals), among many other foundational cases interpreting the Charter of Rights and Freedoms that was enacted the year she was appointed to the Supreme Court.
From 1991 to 1996, she was a Commissioner of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. Bertha Wilson gave a controversial and much-discussed speech about the role and influence of women in legal professions and the judiciary titled "Will Women Judges Really Make a Difference?"[1]
Wilson died in an Ottawa retirement home on April 28, 2007 of an unspecified "prolonged illness"[2] which some sources claim was Alzheimer's disease.[3]
See also[edit]
External links[edit]
- Bertha Wilson at Find a Grave
- "Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry". Retrieved February 14, 2006.
- Supreme Court of Canada biography
- First female Supreme Court judge dies at age 83
- "Obituary". The Globe & Mail. 2007-04-30. Retrieved 2007-05-01.
- Bertha Wilson (September 18, 1923 - April 28, 2007) - obituary on Cerberus with additional links
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- 2007 deaths
- Alumni of the University of Aberdeen
- Companions of the Order of Canada
- Dalhousie Law School graduates
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
- Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada
- Justices of the Court of Appeal for Ontario
- Members of the United Church of Canada
- People from Kirkcaldy
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"Mobile gaming is exploding, and new smart devices are becoming powerful alternatives to traditional consoles," Huang told the site. "We just need a simple and fun way for people to play games both on the go and on the couch. Our mission is to create great game experiences that bring people together — a big-screen experience where you can just start playing games on a television, as simple as that."
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Clarence Harmon has served as the General Manager, for the Wackenhut G4S Corporation, a multifaceted provider of global security services. The company has 575,000 employees in 110 countries. Mr. Harmon has responsibility for the State of Missouri and Southern Illinois. He served previously as Director, Criminal Justice Studies, Sanford-Brown College and as president of its' Hazelwood, Missouri campus.. Sanford-Brown College has campuses in St. Louis, and Kansas City, Missouri and Granite City, Illinois, Cleveland, Ohio, Atlanta, Georgia, Dallas and Houston, Texas, Milwaukee and Pittsburgh.
*Adjunct Professor, Department of Sociology & Criminal Justice, St. Louis University; lecturing in Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice and Global Terrorism, 2002 - present
*Lecturer, Criminal Justice and Public Administration, Senator Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 2001-2002
*Mayor, City of St. Louis, 1997-2001
*Chief of Police, St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, 1991-1995
Clarence Harmon, former Mayor of the City of St. Louis and Chief of Police of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, is president of Harmon Consultants, Inc., a private firm specializing in government, and private industry consulting. Those services encompass reorganization, management, logistics, security, race-mediation and community development.
Additionally Mayor Harmon has served as an adjunct professor at St. Louis University in St. Louis and the Senator Paul E. Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. He has taught undergraduate courses in Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice and Global Terrorism at St. Louis University and has taught master's level courses in Public Policy, Criminal Justice and Municipal Government through the Political Science and Criminal Justice departments at Southern Illinois University.
Although he had earned a reputation as an effective and straightforward public servant during his 26 years with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department before becoming Mayor, he had never held elected office before taking the Oath of Office on April 15, 1997, becoming the City's second African-American Mayor.
Harmon will always have his place in history as the first Mayor of the 21st Century and the Second Millennium. However, Harmon also presided over one of the biggest recent booms in the City of St. Louis.
As mayor, Harmon promoted St. Louis as a vibrant and special place to live, work, and do business by working with developers to turn abandoned buildings into loft condominiums and rental units. During the first two years of the Harmon's term, more new homes were built in the St. Louis than in the previous six years. Harmon has took major steps to expand Lambert-St. Louis International Airport by securing FAA approval for a new runway-the largest infrastructure project in the history of Missouri-to meet the growing needs of the commercial airline industry. He also spearheaded the revitalization of Downtown St. Louis by forming Downtown Now, a partnership between the city, businesses and concerned organizations, and led the effort to build a new convention center hotel, now under construction. He worked directly with federal leaders to secure a $100 million Empowerment Zone commitment for the city and two neighboring communities and led efforts that resulted in agreements to build a new bridge over the Mississippi River and to create a multi-modal transportation hub downtown that will accommodate passenger trains, light rail, taxis and cross-country as well as local buses. From 1997 to 2000, investment in residential developments totaled $347.4 million, compared with $134 from 1993 to 1996. Investment commercial real estate projects jumped from $1 billion during the 1993-1996 time-frame to $1.5 billion in l997-2000.
When faced with the shutdown of the city's healthcare system on entering office, Mayor Harmon developed Connect Care, an alliance of hospitals and the city's health department to provide health care to low-income and uninsured citizens of St. Louis and St. Louis County. To improve the functioning of city government, he also immediately requested a study of city departments and operations by Focus St. Louis, a regional think-tank. As a result, 132 of 236 of the group's recommendations were implemented, affecting overall government operations, staffing, employee training and relations, and information and office systems.
Harmon worked to attract businesses and industry to the City. Middendorf Meats, Union-Pacific, Bissinger Candies and Ralston Purina were on the verge of leaving or moving employees out of the City when Harmon intervened personally and convinced them to stay. He also worked to accommodate the expansions of Barnes-Jewish-Children's Hospital, A.G. Edwards, Sigma Chemical, and Anheuser-Busch. The Missouri Department of Economic Development says that the City of St. Louis saw an increase in jobs in the first two years of the Harmon administration where the City witnessed a decline the previous four years. An analysis by the Downtown Partnership in 2000 revealed that in that year alone, 70 new businesses had moved into the downtown area with an additional 3000 employees.
Harmon has been a champion of public service. He began his public service career in 1969 as an officer with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. He enjoyed a 26-year career with the Department, including four years as the first African-American appointed Chief of Police. Harmon also served as Secretary to the St. Louis Board of Commissioners and headed Special Operations, supervising commanders of the Mounted Patrol, Canine, Mobile Reserve, Prisoner Processing, Criminal Justice Liaison Section, Internal Affairs and Human Resources.
As Chief, he initiated a Community Oriented Policing program for a number of areas of the city and created a gun buy back program that won international acclaim. He also developed a number of innovative policing strategies, including a Crisis Intervention Program and Project 87, for dealing with nuisance properties and persistent violators of order maintenance ordinances.
After leaving the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department in 1995, Harmon became the Director of Business Development for United Van Lines, Inc., the nation's largest household moving company. He also served as director of United Van Lines' market research and analysis department.
Harmon holds a Masters of Arts Degree in Criminal Justice and Public Administration from Webster University in St. Louis, and a Bachelor of Science Degree from Northeast Missouri State (now Truman State University) in Kirksville, Missouri. Harmon has been a Danforth Foundation Fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He also is a graduate of the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia.
A believer in community service, Harmon has served on a number of boards, including: the Board of Directors of the American Association of Industrial Management, member of the St. Louis Science Center., the United Way, St. Louis Symphony, Missouri Botanical Garden, and Fair St. Louis, and the Board of Trustees at Webster University. He also served as Vice Chair of the Criminal Justice Committee for the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
Harmon received numerous awards for his achievements in public service. He was the recipient of four Chief of Police Letters of Commendation for outstanding performance of duty. The St. Vincent Home, which serves abused and abandoned children, presented him with its "Reach Out" award in 1992, the same year he received the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Life and Legacy Award. The Missouri Police Chiefs Association named him the 1995 Police Chief of the Year. In 1998, Mayor Harmon received a certificate of appreciation from the St. Louis Public Schools Community Education Centers and was recognized in 1999 with the Distinguished Chairman's Award by the Dr. Martin Luther King State Celebration Committee.
Harmon was born and raised in St. Louis. He is married to Janet Kelley-Harmon, also a native of St. Louis, and the father of four grown children. He also has nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild.


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Middle Class Brioche {BBA week four}
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009After a week-long vacation that went by way too fast, I got back into the baking groove this weekend with my third* bread of the Bread Baker's Apprentice challenge, buttery rich brioche. The book offers three variations, the rich man's, middle class and poor man's, the main difference being the butter content. I opted for a middle-of-the-road approach and was pleased to find my resulting bread plenty rich; I imagine the rich man's version must truly taste like pastry! I was also surprised at how easy it was to make something I've only ever had from a bakery. In fact, the husband declared these just as good as the ones we get at our favorite bakery, so I'd consider that another success. Last night we topped them with my sister-in-law's fabulous strawberry-rhubarb jam, which was a fantastic treat (and homemade touch to our take-out chicken dinner).
Here's my step-by-step photo montage … mixing in the butter was the hardest part, as the dough was quite sticky and even though my butter had softened on the counter for more than an hour, I kneaded the dough slightly by hand after removing it from the mixer to smooth a few remaining lumps. I used organic butter and my free-range, farmers market eggs, which added to the sunny yellow color of the bread.
I didn't buy special brioche pans and just used a muffin pan, which was a little small for my larger rolls. I also regretted not taking out my scale to weight the portions as I divided it, because as you can see, I had a few that were significantly larger than the others. Next time…
* for those keeping track, I haven't gotten to the bagels of week 3 yet but didn't want to fall further behind. I'll get back to them one of these days. And I'm sharing this with Real Food Wednesday, hosted by Kelly the Kitchen Kop.
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We don't accept functions/parties. That said, after an early morning dip in the waters of Palm Beach, you can warm down with a few laps of the 29 degree heated beachfront pool and then breakfast on the lanai overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Shit, you're almost in it! Spend the afternoon sunbaking before feasting at any of the dozen or so restaurants just minutes away.
Like all Dream Holiday Homes, Nautica on Jefferson Lane is ultra contemporary in design and is a magnet for families, movie/sports stars, business leaders and heads of state. There is a 5 car garage, 4 floor elevator, huge open plan kitchen/lounge area, upstairs kids' lounge and 180 degree uninterrupted sea views.
Stay long enough and you're guaranteed to spot manta rays, dolphins, whales (in season) and fish from the balconies.
The beach stairs are sometimes mere metres from the high water mark and you won't be able to wipe the smile from your family's faces the entire time you're in residence.
This is an iconic Gold Coast home and has been featured on Ch 9's "A Current Affair", 7's "Sunrise", most major newspapers along with Australian Traveller Magazine which rated it in Australia's top 100 Holiday Homes and in the Gold Coast's top 3!
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