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Littleton-Upon-Severn, Bristol, Gloucestershire, BS35 1NR
Willow Barn is a most attractive, period home tucked away behind a gated entrance in one of South Gloucestershire's prime villages. Without doubt, this is a very special home enjoying its own private parkland setting with a stunning walled garden backing directly onto open countryside.
Littleton-upon-Severn is a small South Gloucestershire village near the mouth of the river Severn, located to the West of Thornbury. The village has a church, village hall and post office, as well as a popular C17 pub called the White Hart. Thornbury is a thriving former market town with a comprehensive range of shopping facilities, secondary schooling at Marlwood School, Castle School and a preparatory school at Tockington Manor, about one and a half miles to the south east. Bristol is approximately 11 miles away and the M5/M4 junction at Almondsbury is within six miles.
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Believed to have been converted in 1972, this former barn features mellow, natural stone elevations under a clay Panitle roof. With accommodation arranged over just two floors, a good size entrance hall, with feature oak staircase and double doors open to a very pleasant and well proportioned sitting room, with a stone fire place and wood burning stove providing a lovely focal point to the room. Although not a separate room, to the far end of this lies an area that could be defined as an additional seating area with double doors opening directly on to the rear garden. Likewise, the dining room at the far end of the house has a very pleasant snug located at the far end, which provides a cosy and comfortable area for television and reading. The kitchen/breakfast room is a delightful and informal dining area for family and friends and is comprehensively fitted with a range of solid wood units with granite work surfaces, a substantial range cooker and some nice modern touches such as the instant boiling water tap. Doors from the kitchen lead both to the garden and to the separate utility room.
On the first floor there are four good bedrooms, a family bathroom, a separate shower room, and a master with en suite.
The driveway, double garage and additional parking bays provide the space for plenty of vehicles and there are two substantial outbuildings within the grounds, most noticeably a splendid workshop of over 20ft in length which is perfect for those that work from home and wonderful potential for those seeking a recreation room or home gymnasium.
The aforementioned gardens are such a feature it would be difficult to do them justice by words alone. Suffice to say, they are an absolute delight with south facing patio, beautifully tended lawns, orchard and a lovely, canopied alfresco dining area.
Property Reference Number: GBCLRSCOS120064
- Sold in September 2013
- Sitting room & dining room
- Utility room
- Master bedroom (en suite)
- Three further bedrooms
- Large gated driveway with double garage
- Stone built workshop & further outbuildings
- Magnificent gardens backing onto countryside
- EPC rating = D


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Living like a sultan at seaBy Bob Greene, CNN ContributorUpdated 11:40 AM ET, Sun June 30, 2013The cruise ship Costa Atlantica, in port in Singapore on May 3, features a luxurious atrium. Story highlightsBob Greene: On a cruise, if a guest cabin goes unoccupied, that's money that's lostGreene met a man who was living virtually full-time on cruise ships at rock bottom ratesHe was living the ultimate beach-bum fantasy, 21st-century style, Greene saysGreene: The downside is that you are cast adrift in many waysThe cruise-line industry is a rough business.Every time a passenger ship leaves port with a guest cabin unoccupied, that's money the cruise operators are never going to see.Last week Micky Arison, the longtime chief executive of Carnival Corp., announced that he will be stepping down; revenues at the world's largest cruise-ship line have been falling. Arison will remain as chairman of the firm, but a new CEO will step in.Cruise companies have always had to contend with uncertainties in the economy, which sometimes make travelers cautious about planning leisure trips, and Carnival has faced widespread unpleasant publicity in recent years. The Costa Concordia, owned by a subsidiary of the corporation, ran aground and partially sank off the coast of Italy in 2012, killing 32 people. This year the Carnival Triumph lost power in the Gulf of Mexico after a fire in the engine room, creating distressing conditions onboard for its more than 3,000 passengers.Bob GreeneThe very nature of the cruise business -- the relentless competition between various lines, the need to fill those staterooms, a fickle public with a multiplicity of options for how and where to vacation -- might cause sleepless nights for executives, but for certain people, it provides a dream scenario:A seldom-considered way to live the ultimate beach-bum fantasy, 21st-century style. It's not for everyone. You need to, at least temporarily, have unlimited time on your hands, and you need to have saved, or come upon, some money that you won't one day regret using up this way.And a desire, at least once during your time on Earth, to live your life as if it's a Jimmy Buffett song.A few years back, I was on a cruise ship after a week at sea with the Surf City Allstars, the band with whom I occasionally travel and sing. Most of the passengers, on that final morning, were harried and tense about gathering up all their baggage and making the jarring reentry to the mundane real world. The fun was over.But in a lounge area of the ship, one man sat near us as he waited for his debarkation group to be called. He seemed as serene and calmly blissful as if he was just getting ready to start a cruise, not end one.That's because he was.The way he explained it to us, he had parted company with the corporation that employed him; we got the impression that this was not voluntary on his part. He had been given some severance.So, he told us, he had figured out a way, for a relatively small amount of money, to live, for a while, like a king. Like a sultan at sea.He was now, he said, residing virtually full-time on cruise ships -- eating gourmet meals, lounging in the sun, listening to music and going to stage shows at night, sleeping in freshly made-up beds with the oceans of the world lulling him to sleep.How could he do this?Each week, he explained, he'd get on his computer and do searches for cheap, last-minute cruise deals. There are websites that specialize in exactly that.He was counting on the need of all those cruise lines to fill every cabin -- he was counting on their willingness to do just about anything to get rid of their inventory (the unoccupied rooms) as their ships were about to sail.He said that, by waiting until the last minute, and by not particularly caring where the ship with the best bargain was heading, he was able to find astonishing rates. The ship upon which we were talking had been sailing the Caribbean for a week. I believe he told us that the seven-day cruise, with all meals included, had cost him, as the clock ticked down and the rock-bottom price popped up, a little more than $300.There is no way, on dry land, that you can eat a week of extravagant multi-course dinners in fine restaurants for $300 -- much less get living quarters, entertainment, recreation and all your other meals, too.That winter, he said, he'd made the decision to base himself in the Fort Lauderdale, Florida, area, near the massive Port Everglades seaport. Occasionally he would have to pay for a night or two in a budget hotel before the next ship left, but his goal was to get off one ship, wait a few hours, and get right back on another.And, while at sea, get on the internet and search for the next bargain.For many people, a cruise is a once-in-a-lifetime treat. He had figured out how to make it his everyday world.Now. . .there are tradeoffs. You don't get to plan in advance and choose exactly where you want to go. But if you do it every week, do you really care if, on a particular week, one of the ports of call is St. Lucia instead of St. Thomas? The Dominican Republic instead of Costa Rica? It doesn't matter -- for you, it's all travel roulette.The downside -- and it's a huge one -- is that you are cast adrift in many ways.Eventually, when your money runs out, you are going to have to think about rejoining the world of ambition and ladder-climbing, and trying to make up for lost time. You have to be the kind of person who can be content with the thought that you are accomplishing and accruing absolutely nothing while other people, back on land, are applying for jobs and working for promotions that will bring them financial security.You have to be comfortable in the company of complete strangers, who materialize and then disappear week-by-week. You can't be a person with a family who is expecting you at the dinner table back home. And, although you don't have to be trust-fund wealthy, you have to somehow have $400 or $500 a week on hand, for weeks on end.But the opportunity, for a particular kind of person, is there. The modern-day combination of a vast cruise industry, and an internet that makes finding 11th-hour bargains effortless, means that you can, for as long as you are able to get away with it, indulge yourself in an endless summer, letting rootlessness be a virtue.Probably very few people reading these words will find themselves in a position, or a frame of mind, to do it, but maybe, the next time the cubicle culture begins to feel too confining, just the thought of it will bring a smile.On gray days, it has for me. I've thought, from time to time, of that guy on the ship, and wondered how long he was able to make it last. Or whether it became a case of too much ice cream -- if he ended up deciding that the long meal of life was not meant to be an infinite succession of desserts.And whether a fellow like Micky Arison, the head of Carnival, with all of the job's challenges and headaches, ever daydreams of being that guy instead.Follow @CNNOpinion on Twitter.Join us at Facebook/CNNOpinion.Opinion on the newsHow AirAsia flight compares to Air France 447 crashPilot Bill Palmer says the AirAsia flight had similarities to Air France 447, which also encountered bad weatherDon't turn your back on these childrenPoverty isn't the only reason why so many parents are paying to have their child smuggled into the United States, says Carole GeithnerIran's hypocrisy in condemning U.S. racism Michael Rubin says it's a farce that Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei posted tweets criticizing U.S. policeThe smart thing that makes you stupidRon Friedman says your smartphone may be making you behave stupidly; resolve to resist distractions in 2015Is AI a threat to humanity?Artificial intelligence does not need to be malevolent to be catastrophically dangerous to humanity, writes Greg Scoblete.Welcome to the troll ageThe ability to manipulate media and technology has increasingly become a critical strategic resource, says Jeff Yang.More from opinionAre drugs stifling women?What will happen if the bees disappear?Thanks, Ben Carson, but prison doesn't make people 'come out' gayPowered by Livefyre
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Pike/Citizen photo Spaulding's Justin Jewell, left, and Dover's Brad Bishop battle for possession of the puck along the boards during Saturday night's D-II game in Dover.
DOVER — The Spaulding High School hockey team has been good on the road this season and on the power play.The Red Raiders needed both trends to continue Saturday night in order to beat arch-rival Dover for the second time this season.And for the second time this year Spaulding rallied from a two-goal deficit to edge the Green Wave, 3-2, before a packed house at Dover Ice Arena."We can't draw them up like that," said Spaulding coach Paul George, "and as a coach I certainly don't want them to go like that, but I'll definitely take them. That was a hard-fought game from start to finish. We were fortunate to come out on top."The Red Raiders improved to 14-1-1 and likely solidified at least the No. 2 seed in the Division II playoffs with two games left in the regular season. Dover fell to 9-5-1, hurting its home ice prospects in the process with three games remaining.Spaulding, which trailed 2-1 entering the third period, scored two power-play goals, including the game winner by Zach Poisson that snapped a 2-all tie at 8:30 of the third.
Pike/Citizen photo Dover goalie Luc Ravenelle, left, makes a save on Spaulding's Justin Jewell during Saturday night's Division II matchup in Dover.
Phillips was returning the favor after he converted Poisson's centering feed for a power-play goal at 6:35 of the second period that put the Red Raiders on the board."That's what good teams do," Riker said. "They score on the power play and that's what happened. They're very poised with the puck. Phillips can put it away. They found him backdoor and he finished."With his team down 2-1, Phillips tied the game 14 seconds into the third when he tipped in a shot by defenseman Brian Chick. Brendan Colson also drew an assist after winning a faceoff in the Dover end."It's really big," Phillips said of the win, "considering we went 0-3 against them last year."Anthony Nicolella gave the Green Wave a 1-0 lead with 3:59 remaining in the first period. Dover went up 2-0 at 1:54 of the second on a goal by Cam Crowley, whose one-timer from the slot eluded Spaulding goalie Derek Scott (18 saves).Mitchell Welch set up the scoring play with a pass from behind the cage."Actually we were feeling pretty comfortable," Phillips said of the deficit, "because we were down 2-0 the last time. We knew we could come back."
"We just needed to start playing the way we can play," George said. "The power-play goal helped take the tension off and from there we started to play good hockey. We've been a late-game team. We have confidence that we can play from behind. We're not intimidated being down."With the Red Raiders leading 3-2, Phillips nearly had a hat trick with 3:13 left in the third but Ravenelle (26 saves) robbed him with the glove hand.Phillips was in alone after deking a Dover defender to the ice with a toe drag in the right circle. Ravenelle's save kept the Green Wave within one.The win was the fifth straight for the Red Raiders, who rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat Bedford in their previous game."It's disappointing," Riker said, "because we had them twice and couldn't put them away. We really needed this win for home ice in the playoffs, but I think that possibility still exists. We'll just have to wait and see what happens with other games."Spaulding, 3-2Spaulding (14-1-1) 0 1 2 — 3Dover (9-5-1) 1 1 0 — 2
Scoring: First Period: D-Nicollela (unassisted) 11:01. Second Period: D-Crowley (Welch) 1:54; S-Phillips (Poisson, Pepin) 6:35 pp. Third Period: S-Phillips (Chick, Colson) :14; S-Poisson (Phillips) 8:30 pp.Goalies: S-Scott (18 saves on 21 shots); D-Ravenelle (26 saves, 29 shots).


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Where Job Seekers Should Be Online
The Wall Street Journal reported this week that companies are decreasing their spending on job boards and refocusing their recruiting efforts by using employee referral programs and social networks like LinkedIn and Facebook. So if you haven't updated your online presence recently, now's the time to do it. This week I wrote a blog post for US News and World Report On Careers about the tools job seekers should consider to stay visible online.
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shelving in bay windows?
I use the area intended as the formal dining room in our recently built house as my office, and the room meant to be the formal living room as a our library. I think I went a bit crazy with the windows -- there's a total of three bay windows in the two rooms, plus a set of standard wall windows. My desk is up against the regular windows, and I have flowers on wicker stands in one of the bay windows in the library. The challenge is that I have too little space for shelves! I have several Ikea-type bookshelves, but really need more shelving. I work from home, so this is a serious office space, and I'm living amidst endless stacks of books and paper. I'd love some ideas about how to use the bay window spaces for shelving, without, of course, blocking the light.
I really can't think of any way you could use a window for storage without blocking the light. It seems counterproductive to even try, unless you made clear glass shelves. Even with just plants, the light is going to be blocked.
Not having any idea of the configuration of your rooms, you may have to look for shelving which works better where you currently have the ikea stuff. Are those shelves deep enough for a double layer of books? How tall are they?
When my dh needed shelving for his reference books, we measured the wall space. We had shelves built 7' tall with the bottom 30 inches having doors. This allowed him more flexiblity with open and closed shelving and, of course, all of the shelves were movable.
What about moving your desk out to the center of the room and using the shorter space under the window for low shelving? Another option could be to have a carpenter to come in and build an enclosed closet type structure along any solid wall.
I'll be interested to see if anyone knows how to use a window space without losing light.
Thanks, Gloria, for your response. Now that I re-read my posting, it does seem pretty ridiculous to think this would not block the light! I guess I would just like to minimize the light loss. The windows in the bays are tall -- the bottom sill is about 1 1/2 feet up from the floor in the office bay, and just a few inches off the floor in the library. The windows themselves are 6 1/2 feet tall in the library, and 5 1/2 feet in the office. I may just have to put low shelves in front of the windows -- losing some of the window view. Does anyone know of book shelves that are designed to fit a bay configuration?
Actually I have a bay window in our bedroom and I am putting in a window seat which comes out the width of a cushion all along the wall. The seat stands on legs as opposed to being filled in, and we are putting books underneath.
In the closet for my studio we just nailed in a bookcase against the wall, and I am going to use that for storage. It looks nice also.
I don't have a full bay window. Even the one in the house when I was a kid had around 36" of wall (it was our eating area in the kitchen.) I'll bet you'll need to get something made by a local carpenter, but I wouldn't think it would need to be that highly finished.
Our windows in the last house were 18" off the floor in our living room. I really didn't like them because there was no way to arrange the living room without the furniture showing from the outside. I don't know if I would make a bookcase with a back, but I would definately cover up the lower half of the window with at least shears if it shows on the street side of the house. Which present a whole new problem depending upon how your windows are configured. I have a bay over my sink and there isn't room for three separate rods. It's on the back of the house and we have a very private yard, so it's not a problem.
Marge, I think your idea for the window seat with shelving underneath might be great for one of the library bays. Thanks for the idea. Gloria, my windows are covered -- sheers in the library, blinds in the office. No problem with what shows from the outside. We've got lots of privacy too, and the things in the bays look fine. Thanks for your thoughts. BTW -- the sheers are hung on bay window rods that I got from JC Penney's. Work quite well. Joan
is the room big enough that you could do true library-style shelving? In other words, freestanding bookcases, back-to-back. Perhaps align the aisles to be perpendicular to the windows? And maybe have the shelves be shoulder high or lower?
You wouldn't have to fill the room; just put a set on the left and a set on the right? You could have doors over some of the shelves to stash stuff that's sort of messy.
I recently saw a home office where the desk was built right into the bay window. So you could work and look out at the view. On each side were book shelves with cabinet storage underneath. They had a moveable cart with papers, etc. and room on the top for a laptop.
If your window is low,you could have a counter at window level and then step up the distance to the desk height. That way you would have a lower shelf in front of the desk. You could put an electrical outlet strip on that lower shelf and get any wiring from your computer off your desk--saving space on the desk itself. You could also put books on that shelf. but if you have a desk in front of the window I would guess that would free up wall space for bookcases.
We are also putting book shelves over a doorway. We have a library ladder(left over from an office library) so we can get to the books.
I am thrilled to have found these posts. Several years ago I entered a contest for a home office extention. I thought the manufacturer was called Bradley, but I was never able to find that information again. The prize was as you described, like a bay window but with shelves on the bottom. It was all pre-made. It also came with cash of $1,800.00 for you to fix your foundation and to set into place. I just thought the idea was wonderful.
I have a home office as many people do, and many more start one everyday. This in my opinion would just be the
most perfect home office addition. I would love to work with the manufacturer on speading the word about this BRILLANT concept.
Any guidence to find this Perfect Home Office...
would be much appreciated.
Many Thanks,
Cindy Bolley
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I am thinking that, since this is a new house, and you have gone to the trouble and expense to put in all those lovely windows, and you have privacy, you might consider springing for one whole wall of purpose-built shelving that goes all the way to the ceiling, and wraps around the doors and/or windows on the wall you choose, and is tied in to the room by running the baseboard around the front and, if you have crown molding, wrapping that as well. If the pieces are built and primed off site, and trimmed in place, you can then paint them to match the trim in the room, and paint the backs to match the walls, and all you have done to your room is to make it narrower in one dimension by about 12 to 15 inches. The result is a beautiful, calm wall of personality, no unfitted piece-meal furnishing, and plenty of space to grow into.
If you hold out for an experienced, finicky carpenter or cabinetmaker to do the work, plan it carefully, use stock bull-nosed MDF shelves cut to length from the home center, and do the caulking and finish painting yourself, you might find that your budget can stand it.
Might you be able to do this on the wall with the window in which your desk sits? Or perhaps on the interior wall? The key is to make it the whole wall. In my experience, no free-standing bookcases or jury-rigged storage combination can even come close to how good this kind of wall looks, and you will be amazed how satisfying a clean, elegant solution can be.
We're in the process of finishing our home library and our building in our bookcases and bronwynsmom mentioned with base molding at the bottom of the bookcases and crown at the top.
I was going to mention doing as bronwynsmom did only going completely around the room surrounding windows and doors with shelves, adding window seats along the way.
Here is a link that might be useful: One example
Oh!! I never even looked at the original date of your post! So what did you end up doing?
(The two examples that Becky posted are just the sort of thing I was thinking, and the simplicity of the first one is certainly useful for a more modest budget.)
I am embarrassed to say that IÂve still not finished the office! My DH does not believe in rushing decisions like this  we just got pictures up on the living room walls last weekÂI would love to do that built-in look you describe. I have completed the "library", using IKEA tall bookshelves that I painted  a softer white on the exterior and deep brown on the inside, which gives them a much richer appearance. I've added some additional low IKEA shelves, placing them back to back, to create double sided bookcase that also serve as a divider between the library and the office -- originally intended to be the formal living and dining rooms. I've just got to get this all finished, one of these days!
Joan, I didn't look at the original date either. I'm wondering if Cindy Bolley who brought it up to the top again is in the business? It kind of sounded like it. I didn't quite understand her post. I'm glad you found a way to finish your library. We'd not have bookcases at all yet (five years after move in) had I found a great deal on solid wood ones on Craigslist. We'd planned on building them ourselves, but hubby thought we had to find exact insstructions before he'd start to build them. You just don't find instructions for custom bookshelves. You're going to have to alter them at least a little. That's why now I build anything custom around here.
I would love to see pictures of how yours turned out if you don't mind sharing.
Here are photos of what we built in our previous house...it was a long empty rectangle with two tall windows in the long wall. The dining room was through a wide doorway to the right of the fireplace wall, and you can see the front hall through the other door. As it was, it was impossible to furnish comfortably, and we're book heavy, so I designed this library for us. There was (is) a tall cabinet between the window seats to hold the TV and all the sound stuff, with drawers below for CD's and DVD's. The lower cabinets contained file drawers or shelves, the one by the dining room door held a small wine rack, one of the window seats held games and the transformer for the low-voltage lights, and the other was cedar-lined to hold throws and lap robes and extra pillows. I confess that I miss this room, and I never regretted a nickel we spent on it.
Wow - the rooms in the photos are wonderful! The look around the window, with the window seat -- I really love that. I will try to post a photo of my library, but it definitely does not come up to the level of refinement of your rooms. I bet you do miss them! (And I have no idea how to do the photos, but your method worked just fine.) Joan
Thank you, Joan...It's actually three views of one room, and I designed it on a quadrille pad on the train on the way back to the city we lived in before we bought the house, to see if we could make the house work for us. We built it pretty much as I drew it that afternoon. It was really very simple. A good cabinetmaker built it from my drawings, and it was essentially a series of base cabinets and upper shelves which he built in his shop and brought to the house in sections. We put a lot of thought into what we wanted to store in it, and made careful trim choices tying it all together. He and I worked out a couple of details on the fly to resolve the corners, and how the vertical edges died into the fascia at the top. We continued the crown that was already in the room, and the same with the baseboard. Then it was all painted in place. It was my favorite room in the house.
I had no idea someone responded to my post till I was checking my name in Google.
What fun!!
I knew the original post was very old.
Thanks for all of the posts. The pictures are wonderful but not at all what I was looking for but I am sure others will benefit greatly from your wonder ideas.
No. I am not in the business. But I am in the business of online marketing. As I said in my orginal post I saw this extended office in a magazine. It was built like a bay window but it had shelving or space on the bottom to put computers and home office items in. You put it as an extention to a window or a doorway. It was not a room, more like a huge bay window that you could use as a home office. Perhpas I am not describing it very well but I have that picture in my mind. I just thought it was a BRILLANT idea.
I know if I found the orginal manufacturer I would really be able to help them market this. So many people are starting home based business, I just can't help but think this would be a perfect low cost way to start, and have the privacy.
Thanks again for all your replies.
Much appreciated,
Cindy Bolley


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- Track, Prove, Sign, Encrypt - High Value Email and Document Services The Florida Bar now offers RPost Registered Email services as a member benefit. RPost Registered Email services can be used to send documents when you need verifiable and court-admissible proof of delivery, document content, and official time received. Send Registered Email messages when you need to know if your message was received and if you want proof to protect from any instance where the recipient might claim non-receipt to avoid deadlines. The burden is on the sender to be able to demonstrate delivery if the recipient denies receipt. With RPost Registered Email delivery receipts, you maintain the upper hand in any dispute about who received what and when, by email. Registered Email services also include email encryption for compliant data privacy, simple to use legal electronic signature services, metadata cleaning and more. Use from Outlook, web browsers, or tablets! Email Service Rule: Best Practice Guideline – Download Here RPost recommends sending high value documents attached to Registered Email messages for the delivery proof you need when serving documents according to the new Florida Email Service Rule!
Express Shipping & Office Services
In 2013 The Florida Bar members saved an estimated average of $368 through the FedEx Advantage Program.* It's free to enroll and there are no minimum shipping requirements. Are you taking advantage of the shipping discounts FedEx offers to The Florida Bar members? Up to 26% on select FedEx Express® U.S. services Up to 20% on select FedEx Express international services Up to 12% on select FedEx Ground® services Up to 10% on select FedEx Home Delivery® services Once you have enrolled in the FedEx Advantage® Program, your discounts will automatically be applied to your FedEx account number. Visit the FedEx Advantage Program website for information or enroll or call a FedEx Advantage Program Representative at 800.475.6708 (8 a.m.–7 p.m. EST, M-F). * Based on annualized savings enjoyed from January 1. 2013 to September 30, 2013. Also, introducing no-surprise, flat rate shipping from FedEx. Learn more about FedEx One Rate. |
FedEx Office Discounts Save up to 20% at FedEx Office! As a Florida Bar member you are eligible to save up to 20% on the materials you need most with FedEx Office® copy and print services. It's the perfect time to save big on color copies, posters, signs, banners, direct mail services, and much more. Offer Details Enjoy savings of 20% on core print and copy and 10% on other services. Standard exclusions apply.* To enroll please visit the FedEx Advantage Program website for information, or call a FedEx Advantage Representative at 800.475.6708, 8 a.m.–7 p.m. EST, M-F). Enrollment is free and there are no minimum requirements. If you already participate in the FedEx Advantage® shipping program, simply uncheck the FedEx Express and FedEx Ground shipping options when you begin the enrollment process. Once enrolled, simply present your discount card at FedEx Office locations or enter your 10-digit FedEx Office account number online to take advantage of these savings. *Excluded services: discounted pricing or discounts do not apply to the following: |
Let The Florida Bar improve your bottom line with competitive rates on UPS® shipping services. Enroll in the UPS® Savings Program and save on a broad portfolio of shipping services, including: · Up to 34%* on UPS Air letters including UPS Next Day Air® · Up to 30%* on UPS Air packages (1 lb.+) · Up to 32%* on UPS International imports and exports · Up to 16%* on UPS® Ground shipments · Savings begin at 75%* on UPS Freight® shipments over 150 lbs. Whether you need your documents or packages to arrive the next day or are looking for an affordable shipping option, UPS understands how important speed, reliability, and cost are to meeting your business goals and your customers' needs. With more service options, superior ground-delivery coverage and overnight delivery by 10:30 a.m. to more ZIP codes than FedEx, it's time to put the power of logistics to work for you. To enroll and start saving today, visit savewithups.com/floridabar or call 1-800-MEMBERS (1-800-636-2377), M-F, 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. EST. *See savewithups.com/floridabarfor specific services and discounts. |
Florida Bar members receive a 15% discount with FTD. You may order by phone at 1-800-SEND FTD and use code 30646 to receive the 15% discount. |
Incorporation & Registered Agent
100% discount off Corporate Creations standard service fees for registered agent and incorporation services for Florida Bar members who form P.A., PLLC and LLP entities for their own law practices. Corporate Creations is serious about the 100% discount as a public service for Florida Bar members who have been so supportive of Corporate Creations since 1993. 25% discount off Corporate Creations standard service fees for all other services. You must mention coupon code: FLbarmember to take advantage of this benefit! Please write to firstname.lastname@example.com or call (561) 694-8107 and speak with the account manager for Florida Bar members. |
Insurance - Automobile
http://www.geico.com/bar/FLBar | The GEICO Auto Insurance Program offers quality car insurance with 24-hour sales, policy and claims service. Florida Bar members may also qualify for additional discounts. Call today for a free quote. Phone: (800) 368-2734 |
Insurance - Court & Surety Bonds
Civil court bonds by phone in 24 hrs http://jurisco.com/ Phone: (800) 274-2663 |
Insurance - Health & Retirement, Life & Disability, Payroll Services and Workers' Compensation
Administered by: BPC Financial http://www.memberbenefits.com/floridabar/ Save on insurance! Affinity group plans, premium discounts, and underwriting concessions. Programs include:
Phone: (800) 282-8626 |
Insurance - Personal Umbrella
Florida Bar Members Group Excess Liability Program Coverage Includes
For more information or to enroll contact: Celedinas Insurance Group Private Client Services: (561) 578.6539 / (877) CELEDINAS http://www.celedinas.com/florida-bar Please notify the representative that you are a member of The Florida Bar. These descriptions of coverage are abbreviated and are subject to the terms, conditions and exclusions of the actual policy, which forms the contract between the insured and the insurance company. Policy is underwritten by Fireman's Fund Insurance Company of Ohio an approved excess and surplus lines carrier in the State of Florida. Excess and surplus lines carriers are not protected by the State of Florida guarantee fund. Fireman's Fund Insurance Company of Ohio is currently rated A (Excellent) by AM Best Company (as of 03/11). |
Insurance - Professional Liability
Lawyers Professional Liability Insurance Created by The Florida Bar In order to receive a premium quote, complete a FLMIC application found on our webpage and submit it to one of our underwriting professionals. You will find our application short and simple to complete, requiring supplemental information only when a particular item is applicable to you and your practice. After receipt, one of our staff members will contact you to discuss coverage terms and premium charges. www.flmic.com Phone: (800) 633-6458 |
Internet Marketing
Are your customers finding you, or your competition? In today's economy, the greatest challenge for most Law Firms is bringing clients in the door. Being identified as the "firm that can provide the services the client is seeking" is the goal of every practice. Potential clients are still searching for the best council but their methods have changed... Over 90% of searches for products or services today are performed on-line. In this digital environment, it is imperative to have the proper on-line presence. Having this presence will present credibility to potential clients and allow them to easily connect with your firm. It takes more than just a website to compete for your customers and acquiring the right technology can be confusing and expensive. From the largest more established firms to the newest attorney, ABI has the right marketing strategy for you. ABI will expose your business to potentially thousands of clients everyday by: · Bringing together the top providers in today's electronic marketing arena. · Providing a full service staff of highly trained experts to implement and support these products and services. · Providing the right package of product and services using the latest technology including a mobile presence, Social Media exposure, and search engine marketing · Pricing these items at a very competitive and affordable price. · Consistently researching new and more efficient products and services to aid you in this rapidly evolving environment. To discover how we've wrapped all of this into a simple and cost-effective managed solution, visit us at www.ABIToday.com. |
Legal Forms
FormsPass offers unlimited access to its library of high-quality legal practice forms for a low yearly or monthly rate, with no timed usage fees, per form fees, printing fees or other hidden charges. The library is accessible online 24 hours a day with award winning customer service support. To experience the ease-of-use and broad content of the Florida FormsPass Library, try the online Live Demo. |
Magazine Subscriptions
Subscription Services, Inc. Phone: (800) 289-6247 |
Medical Evacuation Membership
Peace of mind for Florida Bar members As a Medjet member, if you become ill or injured more than 150 miles from your primary residence address and need inpatient care, medical transfer to the hospital of your choice will be arranged for you at no additional cost. Who will be making your healthcare decisions if a medical emergency interrupts your next trip? If you think all travel protection plans are the same, you could be in for an unwelcome surprise. While travel insurance and platinum card programs have important benefits, there may be medical evacuation restrictions that could leave you wishing you had additional protection. Medjet closes this gap.
Florida Bar annual, multi-year and short-term Medjet membership rates 1-Year: $205 Individual / $325 Family 2-Year: $392 Individual / $614 Family 3-Year: $560 Individual / $864 Family 5-Year: $865 Individual / $1347 Family Short-Term Memberships 7-Day: $85 Individual / $155 Family 14-Day: $105 Individual / $195 Family 21-Day: $135 Individual / $245 Family Call (800) 527-7478 and reference 'Florida Bar' or Plan 2218. Learn more and enroll online at www.Medjet.com/TFB . Enroll prior to travel. Medjet membership benefits are subject to the Rules and Regulations applicable to each membership option, which may be found online at www.Medjet.com/TFB and are included in the purchased membership packet. |
Office Products & Supplies
Staples Advantage Staples Advantage is Staples' business-to-business Internet ordering solution. With StaplesAdvantage.com, members of The Florida Bar can order supplies electronically from their computer anytime. The site provides immediate access to over 30,000 products, with new additions daily, at The Florida Bar's negotiated low prices! It takes approximately five (5) business days for the Staples Advantage account to be set-up. You will receive an e-mail from Staples once the account is established. |
Practice Management
LexisNexis Firm Manager®, is an easy, secure, online practice management software. Built from the ground up just for solo and small-firm attorneys, it's fast and easy-to-use, organized the way you work and developed by LexisNexis® so you have the confidence and support from an industry leader. If you'd like to learn more, check out the features and benefits page. And if you sign up for the trial of LexisNexis Firm Manager now, you can use it at no cost through 12/31/2013. Learn more about this offer and your special member benefit discount! LexisNexis and the Knowledge Burst logo are registered trademarks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used under license. LexisNexis Firm Manager is a trademark of LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. ©2013 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
Retail-Apparel, Home & Gifts
JoS. A. Bank Clothiers | Specializes in Professional, Corporate Casual and Casual men's clothing. JoS. A. Bank has the style and quality to make you feel comfortable and look appropriate. Save 20% off all regular prices EVERYDAY with the JoS. A. Bank Corporate Discount Card. Sale items are excluded, however, you are always guaranteed the best price we have. To receive your FREE Corporate Card, visit the JoS. A. Bank store nearest you, or call (800) 285-2265. Please mention The Florida Bar Program number 91861 when applying. You may be required to present some form of verification of membership. |
membership.brooksbrothers.com Since 1818, Brooks Brothers has set the standard for modern American style. Throughout the years, Brooks Brothers has become a national icon revered for the quality and classic elegance of its services and merchandise for men, women and boys. Enroll for your Brooks Brothers Corporate Membership Card and Save 15% on regular priced merchandise at Brooks Brothers U.S. branded stores nationwide, by phone or online at BrooksBrothers.com. Enroll online at Membership.BrooksBrothers.com (do not type in http:// or www. in front of the web site address). Enter your Organization ID# 10320 and your Pin Code# 97352. Enroll by telephone by calling Corporate Incentive Services toll-free at (866) 515-4747, Monday through Friday, 9am to 5pm, ET. Please have your Organization ID# and Pin Code# available. Your Brooks Brothers Corporate Membership benefit is valid at Brooks Brothers U.S. branded stores nationwide, by phone or online at BrooksBrothers.com. Savings cannot be combined with any other offer, discount or promotion or for purchases of the Gift Card. For a store location near you, please visit BrooksBrothers.com or call (800) 274-1815. |
The Billable Hour Company TFB members save 10% at The Billable Hour Company. Choose from our wide selection of humorous gifts for lawyers and legal professionals, including books and games; humorous legal CDs; unique watches and clocks with dials marked in tenths of an hour; personal and office accessories; gift baskets and custom logo timepieces. Enter promotion code FLABAR at Step 2 of checkout. Visit us at www.thebillablehour.com/flabar.php |
Travel Discounts - Hotels
Motel 6 - 10% discount on stays at all locations* Motel 6 is proud to partner with The Florida Bar to offer a 10% discount on your next stay. Take advantage of the partnership by booking your reservation at Motel 6 where you'll find clean, comfortable rooms at the lowest price of any national chain. We'll leave the light on for you. ® Make reservations 1 of 3 different ways to make your Motel 6 reservations and receive your discount*, 1. Reserve Online 2. Call: 800-4-MOTEL6 (800.466.8356) Mention Corporate Code: CP574130 to receive your discount! 3. On-Site at any Motel 6 location. Mention Corporate Code: CP574130 to receive your discount! |
Red Roof Inn - 15% discount on stays at all locations. Red Roof Inn has over 350 hotels across 41 states in the U.S. Take advantage of accommodations like free Wi-Fi, HBO, ESPN, CNN, and pets stay free! You will find great rooms, comfy beds, budget-conscious rates, and nice people devoted to making your stay a great one. Make reservations 1 of 3 different ways to receive your discount: 1. Online through The Florida Bar's Red Roof Inn website. 2. Call 800-RED-ROOF (800-733-7663) and use promo code: 615246 3. On site at any Red Roof Inn location, by mentioning promo code: 615246 |
The Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort Welcomes Florida Bar Members With an Exciting Discount Offer! When your travels bring you to Orlando, Florida, you'll want to experience the the most magical place in the world, the Walt Disney World® Resort! The Walt Disney World® theme parks and attractions are famous world-wide and a must-see experience for people of all ages. Seasonal rates starting at only $149* per night for members of the Florida Bar plus you'll receive a complimentary upgrade to a resort view room based on availability!
* Rates are per room, per night based on rate schedule availability and do not include the mandatory Resort Service Package, applicable taxes or gratuities. Not valid with any other special offers, promotions or for groups. |
20% off Wyndham Hotel Brands! Whether you are looking for an upscale hotel, an all-inclusive resort or something more cost-effective, The Florida Bar members can save on rooms at nearly 7,000 participating hotels worldwide. Wyndham Hotels are offering Members 20% off the "Best Available Rate" at participating locations every time you travel. Visit Wyndham Rewards or call our special member benefits hotline 1-877-670-7088 (be sure to mention Corporate Code # 1000010597) and reserve your room today! |
Travel Discounts - Rental Cars
Florida Bar members save on everyday low prices. And, with self-serve check-in you can skip the counter, check-in at the kiosk and drive away. All you need is a valid driver's license, major credit card and an existing reservation. It's that easy. To make a reservation book now or call Alamo Rent A Car at 1-800-462-5266. Be sure to request Contract ID 93718 at the time of reservation. |
Year round discounts from Budget! Florida Bar Members Can Earn $25 in Budget Bucks! Enrollment for this promotion is free and easy – first visit www.budget.com/fastbreak for enrollment details and you're on your way to earning $25! After enrolling in Fastbreak, visit www.budget.com/bucks for full terms and conditions of this promotion. This offer is valid for U.S. residents only for rentals at participating Budget locations in the U.S. Remember to use this special with your Florida Bar discount numbers (BCD # Y067600) to receive up to 20% off your rentals and other great offers. Phone: (800) 527-0700 |
Florida Bar Members can save on your car rental with Hertz. Your discount CDP#1284175 is the key! Wherever your travel takes you, close to home or around the world, your CDP #1284175 is the key to special savings. Be sure to include it in all of your reservations. Find the lowest rates, special offers and information about Hertz locations, vehicles and services on our site or call Hertz at 1-800-654-3131. |
As a Florida Bar member, you'll get up to 20% off rentals at National Car Rental. And, with the Emerald Club® from National Car Rental, you can bypass the counter and choose your own car. Visit our site to enroll in Emerald Club. Go National. Go Like a Pro. Reserve Now. |
Trust Accounting Software
Members of the Florida Bar are entitled to exclusive pricing for Tabs3 Trust Accounting Software (handles up to 5 billable timekeepers). The member benefit price is $99 – over a 40% savings! Firms who use Tabs3 Trust Accounting Software can track an unlimited number of trust accounts and manage up to 99 different bank accounts. The software warns you when an account goes below a minimum balance, allows for easy reconciliation of bank statements, and even processes credit card transactions (merchant account required). Tabs3 Trust Accounting Software seamlessly integrates with Tabs3 Billing Software, the most award winning legal billing software for solo, small and midsize firms. To order Tabs3 Trust Accounting Software, firms located in northern, central, or gulf coast of Florida should contact Jim Degnan at 904-483-3481. Firms in the greater Miami/Fort Lauderdale area should contact Sandra Adams at 786-536-3695. Learn more about Florida Bar membership pricing for Tabs3 Trust Accounting Software. |
Your clients prefer to communicate online through video. THELAW.TV has produced more online videos for more law firms than any other company — more than 100,000 videos for hundreds of firms nationwide. TheLawTV is a preferred member benefit provider for The Florida Bar. Now, your firm can affordably add video to your website, social media pages, and email marketing campaigns, as well as YouTube and Avvo. - Florida Bar members can save 10 percent off our popular video production packages. - Every member of The Florida Bar can shoot a FREE welcome video for their website. To learn more about this benefit, go to http://thelaw.tv or call 877-535-8529 to schedule studio time for your free video. |
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Athlete's Foot (cont.)
What are possible complications of athlete's foot?
Untreated, athlete's foot can potentially spread to other body parts or other people, including family members. Fungus may spread locally to the legs, toenails, hands, fingernails, and essentially any body area.
- Fungal nail infection (onychomycosis)
- Groin fungus (tinea cruris)
- Body skin fungus (tinea corporis)
- Secondary bacterial infections
This type of fungus generally likes to live in the skin, hair, and nails. It does not invade deep, go into body organs, or go into the blood system.
Fungal infections of the nails are called tinea unguium or onychomycosis. Nail fungus may be very difficult to treat. Antifungal pills may be required in cases of more advanced toenail fungal infections.
People with diabetes, HIV/AIDS, cancer, or other immune problems may be more prone to all kinds of infections, including fungus. In patients with diabetes, fungal infections may lead to potentially dangerous foot ulcerations.
When the skin is injured by fungus, the natural protective skin barrier is broken. Bacteria and yeasts can then invade the broken skin. Bacteria can cause a bad smell. Bacterial infection of the skin and resulting inflammation is known as cellulitis. This is especially likely to occur in individuals with diabetes, chronic leg swelling, who have had veins removed (such as for heart bypass surgery), or in the elderly. Bacterial skin infections also occur more frequently in patients with impaired immune systems.


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Facebook Future-Proofs Data Center With Revamped Network
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When Facebook started work on its new data center in Forest City, North Carolina, the idea was to create pretty much an exact copy of the new-age facility the company had just built in the high desert of central Oregon. "The blueprint we'd put together was pretty good," says Jay Parikh, the man who oversees Facebook's entire data center infrastructure. "We felt that all we needed to do was lather, rise, and repeat."
But about two months into the project, Parikh and company decided this was a poor idea — not because the Oregon facility was deficient in any way, but because Facebook's network traffic had changed in a big way and, as is always the case in the internet world, more changes were on the horizon. "We decided to change everything," Parikh says. "We realized that we have to make sure our infrastructure is several steps ahead of what we need now."
What Facebook noticed was a significant jump in the traffic generated by its internal services — software systems that generate things like friend recommendations and realtime notifications. These services work in tandem to build each new Facebook page, and the bits traveling between these services was growing exponentially faster than the traffic to and from the internet.
So, in building the North Carolina facility, Parikh and his team overhauled the entire network to accommodate this trend. And just for good measure, they revamped the servers as well. They kept the basic design of the data center building used in Oregon. Though they've installed additional cooling hardware for those summer days when the North Carolina temperatures exceed what you typically get in the Oregonian high desert, the Forest City still cools its server rooms with the outside air. But inside the data center, nothing is the same.
With its Prineville, Oregon facility, Facebook joined a small group of internet giants that are now building their own data centers and in some cases their own servers and other hardware. Like Google, Microsoft, Amazon, eBay, and Yahoo, the social networking behemoth aims to significantly reduce the cash, power, and hassle needed to operate one of the web's most popular services, but also to maintain the speed of this service amidst competition from a host of rivals, and with its late decision to revamp the hardware in its North Carolina data center, Facebook shows just how important it is to continue pushing the edge of the proverbial envelope.
Facebook has previously discussed the new server designs used at its North Carolina facility. These have been "open sourced" under the aegis of the Open Compute Foundation, an organization founded by Facebook in an effort to improve hardware designs across the computing industry. But this is the first time the company has revealed its change in network topology. Jay Parikh — who took over as Facebook's head of infrastructure engineering in November 2009 — discussed the new data center with Wired this week, before detailing the Forest City changes during a keynote speech at a tech conference in Silicon Valley on Tuesday.
According to Parikh, Facebook has completely revamped its internal network, from the network cards installed in the servers to the switches that connect racks of servers to the core data center network to the switches and routers that make up that core to the cables that connect everything together. For the first time, the company is running its entire network at 10 gigabits per second, which boosts raw speed of the network by 10 times, and this required all-new hardware.
Facebook is not unusual in moving to 10Gbps. We suspect that Google — which designs it own networking gear — has already moved to 40 or 100 Gbps. But according to Matthias Machowinski — a directing analyst with Infonetics, a research firm that tracks the networking market — the official market for 10-gigabit Ethernet is still relatively small. In 2011, he says, the official market spanned only about 9 million "ports," or connections to servers.
At the same time, Facebook has overhauled the topology of the network. Previously, the company used what's called a "layer 2″ network — which means it routed traffic using the basic Ethernet protocol — and all servers used the same core network to connect to each other as well as the outside world. But the company decided this needed to change when it realized that traffic between its servers was growing so quickly. According to Parikh, "inter-cluster" traffic has more than doubled over the past seven months.
"There are so many services behind Facebook. Whether you get a friend recommendation or a realtime notification or an ad, all of those are driven by different services running on the back-end," he says. "Because of the way these services are connected to each other, we saw this exponential growth in inter-cluster bandwidth — the servers inside of Facebook talking to other servers inside of Facebook."
So, the company moved to a "layer 3″ network — where traffic is routed using the high-level border gateway protocol, which is also used to route traffic in the heart of the internet — and it installed a new set of network routers dedicated to moving data between servers. "We had to rethink the entire topology," Parikh says. "It separates the traffic going out to our users from the traffic going out across the data centers."
With the servers themselves, Facebook continued its effort to reduce costs by streamlining data center hardware. Though the company had just designed a new breed of server for its Oregon data center, company engineers put together an entirely new design for North Carolina.
The basic idea is to strip these machines down to their bare essentials — Facebook calls it "vanity-free" engineering — but the company also works to reduce the electrical power needed to run the servers and the man power needed to repair and replace them.
With its latest servers designs, Facebook has packed two server motherboard into each chassis — not just one — letting them share other hardware, such as power supplies. Plus, the company has moved each hard drive to the front of the chassis so that techs can more easily remove and replace it. According to Parikh, the company has improved the design of its servers to the point where the company needs only a single data center technician for every 15,000 servers.


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3 Days in North West England: Suggested Itineraries
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The York Pass
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Newcastle City Hop-on Hop-off Tour
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Euro 2012 tickets
April 17th, 2012
The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, best known as the Euro2012, will be held from June 8th to July 1st. (For more on the hosts Ukraine see www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3211.htm) As the date nears and the excitement grows in Europe, fans are scrambling to find tickets to attend this tournament. Tickets sold directly by the UEFA are sold out and now fans have to purchase them through resale. Euro 2012 is one of the biggest sporting events in Europe and attending this tournament will be filled with fun, surprises, and excitement.
The Euro 2012 will be jointly held in Ukraine and Poland this year. The cities that will be hosting the event are Warsaw, Gdansk, Wroclaw, Poznan, Kiev, Lviv, Donetsk and Kharkiv, all very popular tourist destination. This championship takes place once every four years since 1960′s and has gained tremendous popularity in the recent years. Football fans around the world eagerly await this tournament. It is an excellent opportunity to witness some of the world's finest football players and teams in action. Last tournament's winner, Spain, went on to win the World Cup after this championship.Because of Euro 2012′s tremendous popularity, there was an incredible demand for Euro 2012 tickets when they went on sale this year. The demand was so high that the UEFA had to establish a lottery system in which prospective buyers signed up on a list and the tickets were then raffled lottery-style. The UEFA reported that they received 12,149,425 applications for tickets and only 41% of these were fulfilled. Many ticket holders are now reselling their tickets. The original prices for the tickets ranged from 5 to 600 euros. The UEFA foresees that 85% of the tickets will be held by fans, while the remaining 15% will be allotted to members of the organization, press, and other public figures. Ticket prices were lowered by up to 50% from 2008′s prices to provide more fans with the opportunity to attend this event. The matches are divided into three categories, depending on the team's abilities. The Category 3 tickets are the least expensive and can be as cheap as 50 euros for the final, as opposed to 600 euros for the Category 1 final. Fans that would like to experience this event on a budget can consider attending a Category 3 opening match which is the most inexpensive.
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Yawn…..Cain will be a trivia question in a few months.
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Herman Cain is hiding behind a new security barrier of Secret Service agents — the first GOP candidate to request such protection in the 2012 campaign — and claims he wants the guards because of threats against him.
But a source close to the Cain campaign confirmed to Capitol Hill Blue this week that the candidate is more concerned about the threat of a free press than any potential assassin.
"He wants to keep reporters at bay," the source said. "He sees the media as an enemy."
In fact, Cain is so afraid of the press that he canceled a schedule interview Thursday with New Hampshire's largest and most influential newspaper — the powerful Manchester Union-Leader.
Courting the Union-Leader is considered mandatory in presidential campaigns but Cain's campaign is anything but conventional and his hatred of the press grows daily. Cain has retreated from interviews after a videotaped interview with the Milwaukee Journal turned into a public relations nightmare. During the interview, Cain stumbled over questions about Libya and contradicted himself by supporting collective bargaining rights.
The Union-Leader planned to videotape their interview with Cain but the candidate's campaign first rejected the request to tape and then canceled the interview altogether.
That didn't sit well with Union-Leader publisher Joseph McQuaid, who dismissed Cain as a failing candidate.
"It's politics and campaigns. I don't think he's going anywhere from here at this point anyway," McQuaid told Union Leader political reporter John DiStaso.
Yawn…..Cain will be a trivia question in a few months.
What best describes those like Cain with political ambitions? Egotistical narcissist!
I keep referring to this guy as Herb Caen. I know, Caen died several years ago but Herman Cain has yet to make an impression….I'll wait.
Cain hasn't proved himself in Iowa yet and he's already costing tax debtors money by requesting SS protection.
The photo supplied with this article says it all. Cain has that look in his eye that his every waking moment is about himself, regardless of any damages or consequences he's caused to others on his way to the top of a pizza chain. Seemingly he's living up to its corporate moniker; I.E., 'Godfathers Pizza'…no? / : |
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Carl, Ive known only one man who could get away with the attitude you describe. His name was Errol Flynn and he could get away with anything. He made many men and women simply want to follow him around and watch….. Between you and me, he also smelled wonderful..


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Statute and Regulations
Current Statutes and Regulations:
SBIC regulations provide the implementing rules to govern the SBIC program as authorized by the Small Business Investment Company Act of 1958, as amended. The following provides links to relevant code and regulations on the Government Printing Office's (GPO) site.
15 USC Chapter 14B, (§681-688) - Small Business Investment Program (which codifies the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, as amended) |
13 CFR Part 107 - Small Business Investment Companies, as of January 2013 |
13 CFR Part 121 - Small Business Size Regulations, as of January 2013 |
SBIC Part 107 Rulemaking (2009-2012): 13 CFR Part 107 regulations already incorporate these final rules. Links to final rules as published in the Federal Register are provided to aid SBICs in understanding the reasons associated with those changes. Hyperlinks access www.regulations.gov.
04/27/2012: Early Stage SBICs |
04/19/2012: Energy Saving Qualified Investments |
04/04/2012: Conflicts of Interest and Investment of Idle Funds |
04/14/2009: Leverage Eligibility and Portfolio Diversification Requirements |


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kokino-marvo ltd, Leeds-based Decision Science and Data Agency spent a day at Northern Ballet last week taking part in a team-building dance workshop with Dance Education Officer Leanne Kirkham.
kokino-marvo ltd, Leeds-based Decision Science and Data Agency spent a day at Northern Ballet last week taking part in a team-building dance workshop with Dance Education Officer Leanne Kirkham.
Tweeting duties have been delegated to various members of the Communications team and more.
In time we'll people from all parts of Northern Ballet will take the reigns of our Twitter account, if there's anyone you'd like to see tweeting make your suggestions in the comments below or via Twitter!
On Saturday 12 May 2012, along with Phoenix Dance Theatre we held our second Open House inviting everyone to come in, take a look around our home, gain an insight into the workings of two dance companies, take part in taster classes and watch free performances. Brian Slater was on hand to photograph the day, the activities and the fun being had by visitors and staff alike. |
Northern Ballet is thrilled to announce an exciting new full-length ballet for 2013.
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This just in - we are producing a brand new ballet for 2013 - The Great Gatsby.
It will première on Sat 2 March, 2013 at Leeds Grand Theatre. That's all we can say for now but keep checking back for updates!
We're really excited about this - let us know what you think in the comments below...
Today (a March 2012) is World Book Day and we all love a good book here at Northern Ballet towers...
A year ago The Grauniad published an infographic of 117 Books Everyone Should Read – bringing together the UK's most borrowed library books, Desert Island Discs book choices, Pulitzer Prize winners and more.
We passed this infographic around the Northern Ballet ofices and asked people to tell us which they had read and here are the results...
Ryan Hall of Championship winning Leeds Rhinos received a ballet masterclass from Northern Ballet's Antoinette Brooks-Daw and Jeremy Curnier last week.
Super League TV were on hand to record the occassion...
On Sunday 15 January at 5pm Sky Arts 2 premiered a film about Northern Ballet.
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Hoping to give back to the community, Denver police officer Paula Lewis volunteers at the Christmas House to help local children, where she is drawn to local rancher Zach Bennett as they work together to help a young boy.
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When she volunteers at the Christmas House, a turn-of-the-century mansion transformed into a festive wonderland for local children, Paula Lewis catches the eye of another volunteer, Zach Bennett, the Christmas House's carpenter. Original.


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A local youth with aspirations of becoming a Paralympic athlete is moving closer to his goal this week.
Cole Wooten, a 13-year-old double amputee from Columbia County, is competing in the National Junior Disability Championship in Mesa, Ariz., through Saturday.
Wooten is competing in the shot put and discus events, as well as the 100-, 200-, 400- and 800-meter wheelchair races.
Sports physicals are offered at Stallings Island Middle School from 3-4:30 p.m. on Aug. 2. Forms can be downloaded from the Stallings Island athletics Web page and should be completed prior to arrival. For more information, e-mail email@example.com.
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Gordon Park Speedway played host to the Southern Outlaw Super Street Series on Saturday, attracting some of the premiere Super Street drivers in the Southeast.
Local driver Jimmy Maness started on the pole and led every lap until he was spun out on the last lap. Troy Talley grabbed the lead at the checkered flag and won the race.
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The highlight of Verron Haynes' Georgia Bulldog career came in 2001.
That was when the coaching staff called "P-44 Haynes," a play where the fullback sneaked up the middle past the Tennessee defense. Haynes hauled in a 6-yard touchdown pass from David Greene in the waning moments, the famous Hobnail Boot play described by the late Larry Munson.
"I'm honored that a legend like Larry Munson has put me on the map," Haynes said. "Larry had a unique skill of letting guys transform from the field to your living room and making them a household name."
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When Kayla Wheatley talks about cheerleading, the 2006 Evans High School graduate has the hardware to back it up.
While at Georgia Southern University, Wheatley was part of three national all-girl championship cheerleading squads that won titles in 2008, 2011 and 2012.
Wheatley occasionally wears two rings, one on each hand, but worries it would look too gaudy to wear all three. She'll receive her third ring in the fall at a Georgia Southern football game.
Every Thursday night of this football season, WJBF-TV will once again offer viewers a chance to catch a live high school football broadcast. Last year, games were a huge success and got great reviews by players, coaches and fans alike.
I am thrilled to have been asked to again serve as a play-by-play announcer for the games.
The TV station held a banquet where the 2012 schedule was revealed and the coaches got acquainted with the production and broadcast team for the games.
From two years of motocross racing, Trip Rexroat's garage is full of motorbikes, trophies and awards.
The 6-year-old hoping to add a bigger prize soon.
Trip will be racing at the 31st annual Red Bull AMA Amateur National Motocross Championships at the Loretta Lynn Ranch in Hurricane Mills, Tenn., July 29-Aug. 4.
He'll be one of just 1,386 racers who qualified for 36 different categories from across the country. He'll compete in the 4-6-year-old, 50cc division in two events, using two bikes.
Patriots Park was the site of a despicable event recently when a soccer referee was assaulted by a player.
As of Thursday, a Columbia County Sheriff's Office investigation into the matter had not culminated with an arrest.
It happened during a July 8 Augusta Amateur Soccer League match. With the match having gone into overtime and the opposing team having scored a go-ahead goal, the referee called a penalty on the player, who allegedly reacted outrageously, according to the Sheriff's Office incident report.
A Columbia County All-Star baseball team found itself in a hole July 13 after losing its first state championship game.
The 9- and 10-year-old All-Stars came back in a big way, though, to win the Georgia Dixie Youth All-Stars State Championships in Wrens, Ga.
In a best-of-three series against Monroe County, the Columbia County team lost its first game 10-8.
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