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Every summer, 50+ seasonal staff members come together at Camp Alice Chester to create a wonderful summer experience for our campers. Each staff member works hard to serve as a role model and to make a positive impact on each of our campers everyday. Our seasonal staff is carefully selected on the basis of their experience, education, training, leadership ability and interpersonal skills. Each staff member is trained in preparation for the arrival of campers. Staff are trained in CPR, First Aid and AED. Cabin counselors are 18 years of age or older and many of our staff members have grown up at Camp Alice Chester. Many of our counselors and the assistant director also staff Camp iGirl, providing trained and experienced staff ready to make the girls feel welcome and energized for an amazing week at Alverno College. If you know any remarkable people who want to work at camp, send them to our summer jobs page! Meet the Staff
Great adventures and fabulous leadership experiences await all girls at resident camp! Summer 2015 will be my second year as director at Camp Alice Chester. As a graduate of Winona State University, I received my bachelors in Recreation and Tourism along with a minor in Adventure Tourism. After traveling and going on several adventures of my own, I'm excited to bring my camp and outdoor experience to Camp Alice Chester. At camp, your girl will find her inner greatness with amazing opportunities to try new activities. The camp experience is all about success, teamwork and challenge by choice. My favorite parts of camp are watching girls push themselves to try new things and seeing that "ah ha" moment come alive when a girl accomplishes her goals. Teaching girls life skills through the magic of camp has been my passion since college. With positive role models and exciting activities, your camper's experience will create memories that will last a lifetime. I look forward to meeting your girl at camp this summer! If you have any questions please feel free to contact me at 414.443.3997 or email@example.com.


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Highlights: Senegal (Dakar, Fatick Region)
Discover Dakar, Goree Island and Lac Rose with your own private guide. Then spend a few days relaxing on the intimate beaches of Toubacouta.
A great fusion of culture followed by 6 days of sundrenched beaches off the Atlantic ocean. Discover Dakar, Goree Island and Lac Rose with your own private guide. Then spend a few days relaxing on the intimate beaches of Toubacouta. Pink lakes, smiling locals, tranquil beaches & this tiny sun drenched country is sure to stimulate the senses.
Be immersed in the musical rhythm of this exotic land as you tour vibrant Dakar, the gorgeous wilds of Fatick & its heavenly beaches with private guide. Behold see the natural phenomenon of the Pink Lake, meet salt harvesters, visit with healers, go fishing & explore by foot, bike or 4X4. Next it's off for 6 days in a secluded paradise by the edge of the ocean with your own private bungalow with discreet staff & chef. While there, explore by foot, boat or bike. Skip the beach for a couple of hours & go hunting or hit the water with a local fisherman. Fish or hunt for your dinner & then bring back your catch to be cooked by you private gourmet chef. Only a 5 hour flight from New York, this is ideal for those looking for something more exotic and off-the-grid than the Caribbean!
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Airport transfer with private vehicle and guide.
Visit the various Markets of the capital city of Senegal: Kermel, Sandaga, and the handicraft market of Soumbedioune. You will also go through Tilen market famous for its medicinal herbs and its traditional healers. Visit the Great Mosque, stop at the president's palace and the parliament house. You will stop at Cheick Anta Diop University to visit the picturesque district of Medina and the residential district of Fann. Just twenty minutes from Dakar Port, the ferryboat will arrive at Goree. Goree Island carries the heavy burden of 300 years slave trading in West Africa. The island ranks today among the classified monuments of the World Patrimony. You will visit the Slave-House and will listen to a lecture delivered by the curator. You will also visit the auction block, the ethnographic Museum, the fort and interact with the inhabitants.
Visit the old town of Rufisque with its small, narrow streets surrounded by two story houses with black - Smith balconies. Visit different villages and farms, meet various ethnic groups. Stop to see a herd of long horned West African cattle being tended by the semi-nomadic Peulh herdsmen. You will visit the town of Thies with its huge market rich of African fabrics and medicinal herbs. Also visit the Art Tapestries Manufactory famous all around the world. Next we will enjoy a nice meal in one of the beach restaurant in the Saly resort area. Afternoon free for swimming. While returning to Dakar, visit of other villages.
Enjoy todays visit to Lake Retba, also known as the "Pink Lake" located northeast of Dakar. This lake is considered an anomaly as it boasts one of the rarest natural phenomenon in the world. The lakes pinkish hue is as a result of the excessive amount of Dunaliella salina algae in the water that produce a red pigment used to absorb light, which in turn than provides the algae with life-energy. The pink color is particularly visible during the dry season. The lake is also known for its abundantly high salt content. Today you will meet the "salt harvesters" with their colorful tackle, and interact with the Fulani ethnic groups living in the surrounding villages. You will then have lunch in a typical restaurant and after proceed to the fishermen village of Cayar where you will attend the colorful arrival of the big game fishing parties.
Enjoy your private transfer from Dakar to the Fatick Region.
While at the hotel you will be able to choose from a wide range of excursions you can do by foot, by boat, by car or even by bike. You may also be interested in fishing, bird watching and hunting in the bush. Find out what is the most interesting for you and experience Africa.
Choose from a Cultural walk in the village of Toubacouta where you'll have the chance to visit the health center, the maternity ward and the local school. You may also want to try your hand at Senagalese cooking, biking, fishing or going to the local market. Ask your travel expert about all of the various options.
Enjoy time at leisure to explore at your own pace, or relax at your hotel.
Today you will leave the Fatick Region and head back to Dakar.
The Novotel Dakar is located in the central business district, looking across to Goree Island, 5 minutes walk from the Place de l Independence and 15 km from Leopold Sedar Senghor International Airport.
Les Palétuviers Toubacouta and its luxurious sleeping huts are spread out in a beautiful baobab and flower park in the middle of a small authentic village called Toubacouta. The harmony with the local population makes you feel at home in this bush village. Enjoy the 'teranga', the typical Senegalese hospitality, and drink in the relaxed and highly captivating culture. Adventure and total freedom at your own pace.
Africa Sachi Gowda , December 15, 2014 "We are extremely happy with your service from beginning to end and we had very a memorable trip."
Africa Ronald Jones , December 12, 2014 "I cannot express how fabulous our trip was!! I know it was made that way thanks to ALL the kind, knowledgable, and helpful people that you all placed in our path. Many went above and beyond to make our experience even more positive. From drivers, to guides, to hotel staff---we met some wonderful people that we can now call friends. Thank you Christine and Kensington tours for this once in a lifetime African adventure!"
Africa RonJones , December 15, 2014 "Christine, our family trip was ALL we wanted it to be. The hotel accommodations in the cities were GREAT. We needed to make some room assignment adjustments but that's to be expected with a large family with children and same names. I don't know where/how ya'll got those guides but...KEEP'EM! In both Cape Town and Joberg the guys knew their cities and environs excellently. Their English was very good...so good in fact that several got the sarcasm and even joked some. I do apologize if we over-tipped. I relied on each family to tip their own driver but, I wasn't sure of their "sense of what was right" so I followed up with something for each. Simbavati was "PERFECT". As much as Glenda and I really liked Ngala, I do not think they could have handled a family as well...UNLESS, they had accommodations we did not see. Please rest assured when ever I plan to travel on a multi-dimensional trip in the future, for sure with a group, or maybe just Glenda and I, I'll be calling Kensington... Christine and Donna specifically. And most definitely, anytime I can recommend a travel professional, your company and you two will be mentioned by name! Thank you again Christine...you presented us the exact trip we dreamed about for our family and your folks on the ground made it happen! I sincerely hope you, Donna and everyone else involved have a most Blessed Christmas and a wonderful, successful New Year!"
Africa Bruce Lundstrom , December 15, 2014 "Morocco has a lot to offer. Food, historic sites, craftsmen (rugs, jewelry, ceramics, furniture, etc.), natural beauty, roads and infrastructure, and a reasonably safe environment. Both Guide (Abdel) and Driver were excellent. Service-oriented, timely and easy going. Abdel was not afraid to speak his mind, offer suggestions and give us feedback on ideas. We enjoyed their company."
Africa AlbertLind , December 09, 2014 "A truly wonderful trip......first class accommodations and service in each venue....the guides were knowledgable and went out of their way to insure that we could see and understand Africa. Capetown is a fascinating city, Sabi Sands an extraordinary private game preserve, and Zimbabwe with Victoria Falls and the Victoria Falls Hotel a once in a lifetime experience. For those who want to visit Africa we enthusiastically recommend Kensington Tours. And Jolene Plant stayed with us in every step during the planning of our trip and itinerary. We saw as much of Africa as much as anyone can during our two weeks vacation."
Africa Belinda Skelton , December 12, 2014 "This was one of the most amazing trips that I have ever had. The custom tours and activities exceeded my expectations. I was traveling alone but felt safe and in good hands. The process of booking the trip with Lily Baffour was so easy and personal, especially with the constant communications from her up to my departure. Thank you Kensington Tours for an awesome experience. I will definitely use you for my next adventure!"
Africa NancyGarret , December 12, 2014 "Our week-long tour in Morocco went without a hitch in the company of a great driver and knowledgeable guide who were always prompt, courteous, helpful, and very nice. Kensington Tours' picks for our overnight accommodations were excellent, as well as the excursions planned for us. We're grateful to our conscientious agent, Lily, who went out of her way to make us feel welcome in Morocco. We feel confident that we are in very capable hands whenever we travel with Kensington Tours. "
Africa KarenKuwahara , December 12, 2014 "Our trip was a perfect 10 - exceeding all expectations! Starting with Christine Willner's attentiveness to our wish list and balancing it to our budget, every leg and element of our journey took place without so much as a hiccup. We were blown away by the quality of our tours, accommodations and guides. Thank you for giving us a great experience and wonderful memories!"
Africa Rebecca Warren , August 02, 2014 "My 26 year old daughter recently traveled alone to Madagascar using Kensington tours. I was a little concerned about her safety and wanted to make sure that she would be well taken care of. Kensington was great from start to finish. Our travel agent, Marc Sisson, put together the tour in very short order with very little notice, had no problem doing it for just one person, and gave me a sense of security that my daughter would be well cared for. She did the Anjajavy 5 Day Beach extension. The tour guide who picked her up at the airport in the capitol city was outstanding -- very knowledgeable and helpful. The Anjajavy hotel was extraordinary. Her pictures are breathtakingly beautiful. She kayaked, swam in the ocean and saw lemurs feeding. She got to practice her French with the outstanding hotel manager and otherwise was able to just relax and unwind. She described the experience as "visiting Eden." I highly recommend Kensington. I contacted a number of tour/travel agencies and none of them compared to Kensington. "
Africa Shayna Maislin , April 21, 2014 "I would highly recommend the tour guide that we had in the Serengetti . He was extremely knowledgeable, very helpful and courteous. We all agree that Kensington has first class staff working for them in Africa. All the camps that we stayed at were absolutely beautiful except perhaps for the one in Lake Manyara. All in all it was a spectacular trip!"
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Thanks to all of our supporters who helped to rain on Obama's parade and expose the fallacy of Obama's comparing himself to MLK!
The Democrats showed up in Denver for their convention to anoint Obama as the "Messiah" and were greeted by our MLK billboards. The Democrats were not happy campers!
An indication of the success of our MKL billboard campaign came from an unlikely source. One liberal pundit, Jeffrey Toobin, lamented on CNN that "Barack Obama will not assume the mantle of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." YES!
Our MLK billboard campaign worked and stopped Obama dead in his tracks. Obama was poised to give his political acceptance speech on the 45th anniversary of MLK's inspirational "I Have a Dream" civil rights speech. Obama is no MLK. Obama is a far left-wing radical Democrat who does not share our values. MLK was a minister and a Republican who embraced our traditional values.
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text: Social Verizon may consolidate mobile search with Google deal August 22, 2008 7:30 AM Chris Morrison 0 Successful CMOs achieve growth by leveraging technology. Join us for GrowthBeat Summit on June 1-2 in Boston, where we'll discuss how to merge creativity with technology to drive growth. Space is limited. Request your personal invitation here! Once at each other's throats, Google and Verizon Wireless may now be close to a deal that would give mobile subscribers a default starting point for all their searches, according to the Wall Street Journal. Verizon's reason for the move is a desire to simplify mobile browsing for users. Today, a user looking for something — new ringtones, news, or a mobile website — will have to go to a different application or search box for each. Letting Google take over and consolidate with one search box will provide a better experience. But Google looks like the real winner in a potential deal. The company is top dog on the web, but hasn't yet cornered the mobile search and advertising market, which is still in an early growth stage. Taking over search for Verizon will give Google a small extra stream of revenue for now, but in the long-term the deal could help it translate its dominant position into the mobile market. That it's highly interested in working with other companies, even erstwhile enemies, is evident from other recent moves. In February, it inked a deal with Nokia, the world's biggest handset maker, to put Google search on all its new phones. It has also made tentative forays toward the iPhone, while continuing to develop its own Android mobile platform, which will go onto some phones (as well as other devices). At some point, Verizon plans to place Google search on the home screen of its phones, according to the WSJ, a deal reminiscent of the way the Firefox web browser works. The idea is revealing of how confident carriers are becoming that heavy web usage on mobile devices is assured for the future — a future that is confirmed, in fact, by Google's own data. Medio, a heavily funded Seattle startup that currently handles Verizon's search, will also be involved in the partnership, receiving a portion of the search revenues. That is likely good news for the company, which an inside source told us has had trouble getting enough search queries to sell ads into. VentureBeat's VB Insight team is studying marketing analytics... Chime in here, and we'll share the results.


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This modern jet can fly non-stop from Mumbai to London or from Kolkata to Sydney; it comes with an optional stand-up shower and a flight deck, and can carry eight passengers and four crew members.
If you haven't had enough of Bombardier Global 6000, have a peek at its market leading wide-cabin business jet sibling, the Challenger 605 , that can fly six people to Greece or Australia – some 7000 km away.
Canadian maker Bombardier Aerospace will put these two business jets and more on show at the ninth Aero India show that opens here on February 6.
India after all is a promising country with an increasing number of millionaire executives who are ready to spend. And Bombardier has the right ware.
"Our ' Global' aircraft family is the market leader in India and we look forward to having the opportunity to showcase a Global 6000 jet, our class-leading ' Challenger 605' jet and presenting our overall product portfolio," said Nilesh Pattanayak, regional vice-president, sales, Asia-Pacific.
Bombardier will also promote its specialised and amphibious aircraft. Bombardier 415 aircraft, according to the company, is an advanced, made-to-order amphibious firefighting aircraft. It has been used for maritime search and rescue, coastal patrol, disaster response and transport.
Mr. Pattanayak said it was "an exciting time for business aviation in India, and we are playing our part in connecting India's business leaders with the rest of the world by providing the ultimate tools to improve their efficiency."


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Ten years ago Friday, Devery Henderson caught a tipped 74-yard pass from Marcus Randall with no time on the clock for one of the most improbable victories in LSU football history, a 33-30 win over Kentucky that would from then on be hailed as the Bluegrass Miracle.
As the anniversary of the game nears, Alabama coach Nick Saban -- who was LSU's head coach on that day -- was asked Wednesday what he still recalls about the remarkable play.
"I think we practice those kinds of plays. I think there's a little bit of luck when you hit one. Things have to go right for you and the ball has to bounce your way and it did that day."
Saban unsurprisingly also remembers how the Tigers responded the next week. They got shut out 31-0 by Alabama.
"We didn't play very well that day and we won," he said of the Kentucky game, "and we played really, really bad the next week and got beat as bad as we ever got beat. So that wasn't a good thing. But that was an exciting play and it was fun to be a part of a play like that, that people remember this long."
Florida coach Will Muschamp, LSU's defensive coordinator under Saban in 2002, says he brings up the game a lot with Gators offensive coordinator Brent Pease, who held that same position at Kentucky 10 years ago. But like Saban, he said the first thing he remembers about the game is how poorly his defense played.
"We stunk on defense that day. We couldn't tackle (Kentucky quarterback Jared) Lorenzen," Muschamp said. "The ball went up and you hardly ever see those plays hit. I was just walking thinking of different things we could have done game plan-wise and call-wise and didn't call a very good game. I got to the bottom of the numbers and I realize all these players are running by me and I'm thinking, 'What in the world could our players be happy about right now?' And I realized that Devery had made the catch.
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Glenn Danzig's performance at the Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin, Texas was cut short last night (Friday, November 4) after an hour because the festival promoters were required to enforce the city's curfew.
According to a post from the event organizers on the official Fun Fun Fun Fest Facebook page, Danzig was scheduled to take the stage at 8:15 p.m. but made the crowd wait after initially insisting that he wasn't going to play because he said it was too cold and he had a cough. The promoters allege that Glenn demanded vitamins, French onion soup and a Wendy's chicken sandwich and insisted on having stage heaters and an on-site doctor. Danzig finally appeared onstage at 8:55, nearly 45 minutes past his scheduled stage call. At 10 p.m, when Auditorium Shores venue rules stated that music must be shut off, Danzig blamed the Fun Fun Fun Fest organizers, telling the crowd, "I guess they've [the organizers] never heard of a thing called a riot before." By the time Danzig's performance was forced to come to an early end, he had only gotten through two MISFITS songs as part of his "Danzig Legacy" set featuring material from the singer's former bands SAMHAIN and the MISFITS as well as selections from his solo work disappointing many of the fans, who took to Facebook and Twitter to slam the musician for his allegedly unprofessional behavior.GLENN DANZIG's Performance At FUN FUN FUN FEST Cut Short (Video)
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Summary: YEAST VOL. 13: 583589 (1997) Sequence Analysis of a 33·2 kb Segment from the Left Arm of Yeast Chromosome XV Reveals Eight Known Genes and Ten New Open Reading Frames Including Homologues of ABC Transporters, Inositol Phosphatases and Human Expressed Sequence Tags MARIA TZERMIA, CHRISTINA KATSOULOU AND DESPINA ALEXANDRAKI* Foundation for Research and Technology-HELLAS, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Crete, Greece Department of Biology, University of Crete, Crete, Greece Received 15 August 1996; accepted 25 October 1996 The complete nucleotide sequence of a 33 221 bp segment, contained in cosmid pEOA1044, derived from the left arm of chromosome XV of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, appears in public databases between coordinates 177013 and 210234 (http://speedy.mips.biochem.mpg.de/). Computer analysis of that sequence revealed the presence of the previously known genes IRA2, DEC1, NUF2, HST1, RTG1, RIB2 and HAL2, one previously partially sequenced open reading frame (ORF) of unknown function (SCORFAC) and ten newly identified ORFs. One of the new ORFs is similar to the Drosophila melanogaster white gene and other transmembrane ABC transporters, another one has similarities to inositol phosphatases and others are similar to ORFs of unknown function from various organisms, including human Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs). Potential transmembrane regions, ATP/GTP-binding and WD motifs have also been identified. The existence of yeast ESTs for two of the newly identified ORFs indicates that they are transcribed. 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Candace M. Newland, 41, of Waynesfield, died at 5:10 p.m. Sunday, March 31, 2013, at Lima Memorial Health System. Arrangements are incomplete at the Bayliff & Eley Funeral Home in Wapakoneta.
Jack Tidd, 74, of Montra, died at 8:08 p.m., Sunday, March 31, 2013, at his residence surrounded by his family. Arrangements are incomplete at the Bayliff & Eley Funeral Home in Wapakoneta.
Marcedis Miller, 82, formerly of Celina, died at 8:20 a.m. Friday, March 29, 2013, at Auglaize Acres Nursing Home in Wapakoneta. She was born Oct. 8, 1930, in Auglaize County, to Russell and Mabel (Parke) Young.
Karl E. Ruck, 79, of Wapakoneta, died at 8:05 p.m. Friday, March 29, 2013, at Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert. He was born Nov. 25, 1933, in Lakeview, the son of Helen H. (Gross) and Alfred Karl Ruck, who preceded him in death. On June 14, 1958, he married Lois Schwer Ridenour, and she died June 10, 2008. Then on Oct. 24, 2009, he married Lila K. Hartman, and she survives.
Before the Rev. Becky Sunday spoke on the topic, ŌĆ£He was cut offŌĆ"ŌĆØ she read a few words from the Passion. This chapter in the book of John talks about the events leading up to ChristŌĆÖs death and resurrection. ŌĆ£Jesus said ŌĆśI am thirsty,ŌĆÖŌĆØ Sunday read during the Wapakoneta Area Ministerial Association Good Friday Lenten worship at St. MarkŌĆÖs Lutheran Church. ŌĆ£So sour wine was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it up to JesusŌĆÖ lips.ŌĆØ
A love for art and creativity in completing projects, led two Cridersville Elementary girls to have their artwork selected for a state exhibit. Kindergartener Nevaeh White and fourth-grader Sierra Sutton both had artwork chosen to be exhibited in the 2013 Ohio Art Education AssociationŌĆÖs Youth Art Month Exhibition. The exhibit represents Ohio art students in kindergarten through eighth grades and was on display at the State Teachers Retirement System (STRS) building, at 275 E. Broad St., Columbus, throughout March.
A group of college students spent time in Wapakoneta this past week ŌĆö hoping to visit a few local landmarks as they walked from RussellŌĆÖs Point to the Indiana state line.
Their plans were interrupted Monday by a spring snowstorm which blanketed the area with more than half-foot of snow. With the day off, they walked from their cabins at the KOA to the Armstrong Air & Space Museum and a local restaurant before returning to their cabins.
Ruth E. Cook, 87, of Spencerville, died at 8:45 a.m. Friday, March 29, 2013, at Roselawn Manor Nursing Home. She was born April 9, 1925, in Bellefontaine, the daughter of Blanche and Harry Patrick, who preceded her in death. She married Robert E. ŌĆ£JackŌĆØ Cook, who died March 7, 2006. She is survived by her extended family, Katie Cotterman, of Spencerville, Greg (Terri) Spence, of Spencerville, Deniese (Alan) Margraves, of Wapakoneta, and Becky (Dave) Brown, of Wapakoneta; nine great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
Dorcas Jane(Chapman) Bryan, 83, formerly of Cadillac, Mich., and Cherokee Village, Ariz., passed away on Saturday, March 23, 2013, in Grand Rapids, Mich. Dorcas was born Nov. 25, 1929, in Bellaire, to Dorothy and John Chapman and graduated from Blume High School, in Wapakoneta, in 1947. She married Richard Bryan in 1948, in Wapakoneta, and he preceded her in death in 2006. She was also preceded in death by her brother, Johnny, in 2008.
Marcedis Miller, 82, of Wapakoneta, died Friday, March 29, 2013 at Auglaize Acres Nursing Home in Wapakoneta. Arrangements are incomplete with the Miller Funeral Homes in St. Marys.


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The Virginia Cliffe Inn is a Bed & Breakfast as well as event venue located approximately 15 minutes north of Richmond, VA. The Inn is nestled among the trees in the settlement of Glen Allen on six acre grounds which front historic Mountain Road; the path Thomas Jefferson traveled on trips from Charlottesville, to Richmond, and Williamsburg. All of our guest rooms include a private bath, flat screen televisions with basic cable, individual temperature control, and wifi. Each room is individually decorated with Georgian style furnishings and decor which will remind you of times gone by. In the winter you can sip spiced tea in front of the fireplace in the wood-paneled den. In the summer you can sit in the back yard overlooking the flower gardens with a fountain, a waterfall, and a pond.
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5 on January 04, 2015
I traveled through Richmond on my way from Philadelphia, PA to Atlanta, GA. I can't say enough about the Virginia Cliffe Inn. Margaret and Janice were fantastic hostesses - responsive (during the booking phase), friendly, courteous, and accommodating. The room was clean and beautiful - as advertised. Breakfast was an absolute delight. I would definitely stay at the Virginia Cliffe Inn again! Highly recommended.
5 on February 10, 2014
Excellent Bed and Breakfast on every account. Great hospitality and conversation by Mrs.Clifton and she also serves a fantastic breakfast. It was satisfying and enjoyable and similar to staying in a southern plantation....
5 on December 19, 2013
Had our Wedding at the Va Cliffe Inn and they did such an amazing job with everything and we stayed the night. Everyone was just so wonderful and making our day so great.
5 on December 19, 2013
Excellent- Clean- spacious- quiet- delicious breakfast. Great service. Beautiful garden.
4.0 on December 18, 2013
Very pleasant, enjoyed talking with owners and other guests.
5 on December 18, 2013
This was our 3rd time at the Cliffe Inn - a wonderful place & Margaret is so gracious.
5 on August 28, 2013
Beautiful room, plenty of space. The owner is a delight and breakfast was tasty. We looked forward to coming home each night.
3.8 on August 21, 2013
The stay was wonderful! We had the chance to see a spring wedding on the gorgeous grounds of the property, both there and in the rooms the Clifftons have truly thought of everything.
4.4 on August 21, 2013
The home and gardens were beautiful.
5 on August 15, 2013
I travel extensively. Virginia Cliff Inn was a welcome respite. Enjoyed the room, the grounds, breakfast and great hospitality.
The Margaret Aurelia Suite $155.00/ night Queen Canopy Bed Bathroom with stand up shower Sitting room with trundle bed (suitable for children/teens) Access to balcony on front of main house
The Karen Lynette Room $135.00/ night King Bed Bathroom with full tub/shower
The Virginia Page Room $135.00/ night Queen Bed Bathroom with full tub/shower
The James Henry Room $135.00/ night King Bed Bathroom with stand up shower
Town of Glen Allen, Va on a 6 acre estate, Suburban
Richmond, VA (RIC) 20 miles
- Take I-95 exit 84B (I-295 West) - Travel 2 miles to exit 45B (Woodman Rd.S) - Turn right onto Mountain Road at the first light - Virginia Cliffe is 1 mile on the right
Amusement Park, Antique Shopping, Art Galleries, Concert venue, Gourmet/Fine Dining, Historical interests, Lake, Live Music, Movie Theater, Museum, National/State parks, Nature area, Civil war battlefields & other historic sites, Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, Kings Dominion Amusement Park, Meadow Farm Park, Maymont Estate, Hollywood Cemetery, Performing Theater, Picnic area, Religious Services, River, Vineyard, Winery
Private Home Bed and Breakfast, Bed and Breakfast
Bath robes, Board games, Conference Rooms, Copier, Desk, Fireplace, Telephone, Washer/dryer, Wedding Facilities , Toaster oven, Microwave, Common mini-fridge, Hairdryer
Air conditioning, Alarm clock, Ceiling fans, Internet Service, Private entrance, Radio, Satellite/Cable TV, TV, Turndown Service, Wi-Fi
Bicycle riding trails, Bicycles, Bird watching, Fishing, Shopping, Sight-seeing
Margaret Clifton, Janice Clifton, Flo Smith, Jenny Clifton
Margaret and James(deceased) opened their Georgian-style home as a Bed and Breakfast in 1998. James, a general contractor built the home after dismantling the original 1896 farmhouse on the property, building their current home using as much recycled material from the original house. Margaret takes pride in her old fashion style home cooking. In addition, Virginia Cliffe hosts wedding receptions and other special events, mainly from April-November
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If you are a "mobile app" programmer, holding a smartphone on your hand, a looking deeply into its lovely interface, there is something you need to know about its past and how your relationship will blossom.
"I think OpenCL in the mobile is going to be fundamental to bring parallel computation to mobile devices… and into the web through WebCL". Neil Trevett, member of The Khronos Group and engineer at NVidia.
The Computer
A time had to come when the PC's central processing unit (CPU) clock speeds had to stop being pushed. Every doubling of speed and shrinking of the processor meant that the heat produced increased several-fold. So in order to drop the power consumption of CPUs, which was mostly turning to heat, the CPUs now as "cores" were being put on one silicon "chip" package. This meant that same tasks being carried out by one fast CPU in its own pack, fitting in a motherboard socket were to be carried out by a number of slower CPUs all encased in a package similar to the earlier CPU but fitting in its own socket as well. The computer chip maker, Intel cleverly turned this process into a marketing brand, Intel Core.
But since 2010 mainstream computing has not been orchestrated by Intel's and AMD's x86 processors anymore. The graphics processing unit (GPU) has become an important part of the computer initially to present computer games at their best possible resolution and frame rate. At that time, information would flow one way from the CPU to the GPU. But with the rapid developments in the chip fabrication and data transport technologies, the GPUs are now able to process data and communicate back and forth with the CPU. This now means that the GPU can help out the CPU in carrying out general purpose computing instructions like "get me a cup of tea" or "get rid of the trash", and not the only job GPUs were for, "I want this drawing done NOW!"
So GPUs have become very useful for ultra-fast computations on large data sets that are now the norm on the Internet. The wait for cheap super computers has quickly come to an end as most of top 500 "supercomputers" are migrating from being CPU based to a mixed architecture of CPU – GPU. This happened rapidly between 2009 and 2011.
Thus, the computer hardware market has been disrupted severely and companies are actively defending market share on different levels, RAM, storage and networking being the main areas. Others are branching out into new areas such as Intel and NVidia now producing processors for mobile devices.
The Internet
The Internet has evolved and new infrastructural developments like "clusters", "virtualization" and "clouds" are not just buzzwords but are demands on the underlying computer hardware that makes the Internet possible. This hardware has to cater for distributed operating systems, databases and processes.
To illustrate "distributed", think of your computer's operating system that seems to be one desktop on your computer screen. Imagine your computer screen being connected to 50 CPU boxes humming quietly behind your desk. Imagine that these boxes are wired to each other as well. There is one file on the desktop. That file might have been saved on 1 hard disk in 1 CPU box or saved as 50 pieces across numerous hard disks on all the boxes. For the geeks, they get excited explaining the difference between a "virtual computer" and a "cloud". Walk away.
The Mobile
Consumption of information on the Internet and off is moving from the PC to new products like smartphones and tablets. These can now run almost any software. And users are now viewing mobile devices as extensions of themselves and expect to be always connected to the Internet.
When the iPhone started to gain popularity, the cohesion of the software and its user-friendliness were believed to be the reason for its success. What it actually started was a competition based mostly on hardware (such as the multi-touch screen and a fast "mobile" processor), where mobile devices went through the evolution at least twice as fast as PCs due to increased customer demands. Older mobile phone makers who cannot keep up are dying or are forging new partnerships to remain relevant. And this is happening as most tablets and smartphones are getting multi-core processors built into them.
A New Computing Paradigm
In the fading signal-core CPU era, "serial computing" has been used. In this type of computing, only one instruction may execute at a time—after that instruction is over, the next is executed and so on. Now with the introduction of multi-core CPUs and GPUs, programming software is beginning to change. The new concept is Parallel Computing. This is where one instruction, either starts off a number of other instructions that are sent to different cores, producing a number of results. Or the instruction in itself can run as one instruction on a single core, or that can be divided into small "sub instructions" and sent to different cores and later collected back into one with a result.
So as an "mVitu" programmer, strutting and beating your chests on the latest mKitu, if you don't keep up and maintain your "mobile edge" by moving into this new era, you and I will be overtaken and this time there will be no "leap" to catch up. The relevant programming skills will be "parallel programming" and "massively parallel programming".
The new standard for this is OpenCL, the Open Computing Language.


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Dosage forms (also called unit doses) are essentially pharmaceutical products in the form in which they are marketed for use, typically involving a mixture of active drug components and nondrug components (excipients), along with other non-reusable material that may not be considered either ingredient or packaging (such as a capsule shell, for example). The term unit dose can also sometimes encompass non-reusable packaging as well (especially when each drug product is individually packaged), although the FDA distinguishes that by unit-dose "packaging" or "dispensing.". Depending on the context, multi(ple) unit dose can refer to distinct drug products packaged together, or to a single drug product containing multiple drugs and/or doses. The term dosage form can also sometimes refer only to the chemical formulation of a drug product's constituent drug substance(s) and any blends involved, without considering matters beyond that (like how it's ultimately configured as a consumable product such as a capsule, patch, etc.). Because of the somewhat vague boundaries and unclear overlap of these terms and certain variants and qualifiers thereof within the pharmaceutical industry, caution is often advisable when conversing outside of one's typical discourse community.
Depending on the method/route of administration, dosage forms come in several types. These include many kinds of liquid, solid, and semisolid dosage forms. Common dosage forms include pill, tablet, or capsule, drink or syrup, and natural or herbal form such as plant or food of sorts, among many others. Notably, the route of administration (ROA) for drug delivery is dependent on the dosage form of the substance in question. A liquid dosage form is the liquid form of a dose of a chemical compound used as a drug or medication intended for administration or consumption.
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The pharmaceutical sciences are a group of interdisciplinary areas of study concerned with the design, action, delivery, disposition, inorganic, physical, biochemical and analytical biology (anatomy and physiology, biochemistry, cell biology, and molecular biology), epidemiology, statistics, chemometrics, mathematics, physics, and chemical engineering, and applies their principles to the study of drugs.
Chemical engineering is a branch of chemistry and engineering that applies the physical sciences (e.g., chemistry and physics) and/or life sciences (e.g. biology, microbiology and biochemistry) together with mathematics and economics to production, transformation, transportation and proper usage of molecules, chemicals, materials and energy. Modern chemical engineers are concerned with processes that convert raw-materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms. In addition, they are also concerned with pioneering valuable materials and related techniques – which are often essential to related fields such as nanotechnology, fuel cells and biomedical engineering. Within chemical engineering, two broad subgroups include design, manufacture, and operation of plants and machinery in industrial chemical and related processes ("chemical process engineers") and development of new or adapted substances for products ranging from foods and beverages to cosmetics to cleaners to pharmaceutical ingredients, among many other products ("chemical product engineers").
The pharmaceutical industry develops, produces, and markets drugs or pharmaceuticals licensed for use as medications. Pharmaceutical companies are allowed to deal in generic and/or brand medications and medical devices. They are subject to a variety of laws and regulations regarding the patenting, testing and ensuring safety and efficacy and marketing of drugs. The word pharmaceutical comes from the Greek word pharmakeia. The modern transliteration of pharmakeia is pharmacia.
Science of drugs including their origin, composition, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, therapeutic use, and toxicology.
Pharmacology (from Greek φάρμακον, pharmakon, "poison" in classic Greek; "drug" in modern Greek; and -λογία, -logia "study of", "knowledge of") is the branch of medicine and biology concerned with the study of drug action, where a drug can be broadly defined as any man-made, natural, or endogenous (within the body) molecule which exerts a biochemical and/or physiological effect on the cell, tissue, organ, or organism. More specifically, it is the study of the interactions that occur between a living organism and chemicals that affect normal or abnormal biochemical function. If substances have medicinal properties, they are considered pharmaceuticals.
Hospitality is the relationship between the guest and the host, or the act or practice of being hospitable. This includes the reception and entertainment of guests, visitors, or strangers.
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by Meredith Krebs With the Sony Tablet S, you can control your A/V system, queue up movies and shows to watch on your TV, and beam your music to a Bluetooth® speaker system. Or you can settle down on the couch with your tablet and read an eBook, send an email, surf the net, play a game, fire off a tweet, or hear some tunes. The possibilities are endless. The Sony tablet S features a unique-looking curved back I had a chance to play with the Sony tablet for a few days, and put it through its paces. I have an Android smartphone, so I quickly felt comfortable with the interface and using the available apps. The tablet is responsive and quick — no long waits for apps to open. The screen was built with the same TruBlack display technology Sony uses on their LCD TVs, so the contrast ratio makes the images really pop and the colors are vivid. How it looks The Sony Tablet S doesn't lay flat like other tablets, but has a curved back to make it look more like a notebook. This keeps the tablet at an angle on flat surfaces, which makes it easier to type. The design makes it look a little thicker than some tablets, but it also makes it more comfortable to hold in your hand. The power button is tucked in on the right side so there's no danger you'll accidentally turn the tablet off in the middle of an activity. The remote app on the Sony tablet gives you easy control over your entire A/V system Control all your devices The Sony Tablet S is the only tablet available right now with a universal IR remote. I was curious to see this feature in action, so I took the tablet to the Crutchfield Labs to test it out. I found the setup simple and intuitive. First I selected the brand and the category from pull down menus ("Sony" and "TV," for instance), and a moment later could turn on the television and start controlling it with the tablet. I changed channels, went into the menu, and did everything I could have done with the regular remote. I repeated the process with Panasonic and Samsung TVs in the lab with similar results. I also tried it out with a Denon Blu-ray player, and was watching a movie on the television a few minutes later. This is a great option for anyone who wants to get rid of all the remotes cluttering up their coffee table. Sony Tablet S makes it easy to access movies, music and games Entertainment options galore Sony has a real leg up on the competition when it comes to content. The tablet comes with several games already loaded, and is the only tablet that is PlayStation® certified. The Sony Entertainment Network for music, books, movies and games is unmatched, and you can bet Sony will continue to expand all the options and available apps. Product Highlights:9.4" touchscreen tablet16GB flash memory for storageWi-Fi® only (no mobile contract necessary)built-in universal IR remote controls Sony products, as well as other TVs, Blu-ray players, stereos and cable boxesDLNA Certified® to share content with PCs and Wi-Fi®-enabled devicesBluetooth® 2.1 connects wirelessly to compatible speakers, stereos, and componentsincludes subscription for free full-length movies and TV shows from Crackleincludes several preloaded PlayStation gamesdownload apps like Rhapsody®, PANDORA®, and Spotify to stream music from Internet services (subscription may be required)access to Sony's Music Unlimited and Video Unlimited services (subscription may be required)thousands of apps available from the Android Marketdisplay resolution: 1280 x 800 pixels5.0MP rear camera for taking photographs, 0.3MP front camera for self-portraits and Skype™headphone outputmicro-USB portSD card slotoperating system: Android 3.1 Honeycombbattery life: up to 8 hours (approximately)includes charger and wrist strap9-1/2"H x 6-15/16"W x 7/8"Dweight: 21 oz.warranty: 1 yearOur 60-day money-back guarantee
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In my last blog post, I talked about some techniques to use when you are feeling tongue-tied and just can't get your mouth moving the way you want it to.
In addition to warming up with tongue twisters, here are two other things you can do to make sure you sound clear and confident in your next meeting.
Proper Breathing Techniques: Breathing from the Diaphragm (from Susan Berkley)
No matter if you are a public speaker, voice-over artist or anyone who wants to sound their best, proper breathing is key. To help you discover how to breathe for good speaking (and good health), Susan talked with respiratory therapist Peggy Nicholson, a leading expert on proper breathing technique. According to Peggy, to enhance our performance we should breathe deeply from the abdomen or diaphragm, whenever possible. But most people have no idea what this means.
Here's how to find your diaphragm:
- Place one hand just above your stomach and the other on your upper chest.
- Purse lips slightly as if to whistle.
- Exhale slowly through pursed lips while slightly contracting the stomach muscles. It's not necessary to force all the air out.
- Inhale slowly through the nose.
- Pause slightly to allow for better oxygen exchange in the lungs.
- Repeat. Exhalation should be slightly longer than inhalation.
The diaphragm should do at least 80% of the work of breathing. In order for you to get the most out of this muscle, you should practice breathing from the diaphragm several times a day to ensure that you are not breathing superficially from your upper chest.
Complete Word Production Exercises
Improvethe clarity of your speech by completing the words below so the final consonant sound really pops at the end. It might feel like you are exaggerating or speaking artificially at first and that is OK—any change feels odd in the beginning. Practicing a strong final consonant will allow you to use varying degrees of intensity to suit your needs. These exercises are from a wonderful book called The Voice Bookby Kate Devore and Starr Cookman.
stop | bob | ripe | ebb | right | ride |
help | tube | keep | stub | concept | load |
late | bold | felt | loved | awake | big |
Next, practice using the sounds /t, d, l, n/. When these sounds appear at the beginning of a word, most people form them strongly, so we are going to focus on the middles and ends of words, where people tend to let these sounds slip.
T | beauty | eight | later | bright |
D | meadow | divide | tidy | invaded |
N | Phoenix | been | sunny | fireman |
L | alligator | wall | biologist | feel |
Last, practice the following words with final consonant clusters:
act | under | looked | end | raked | kindly |
inject | fender | balked | binding | liked | winding |
stopped | build | kept | kneeled | slipped | fooled |
Put it all together! Practice the above pronunciation techniques in the following paragraph:
When the sunlight strikes raindrops in the air, they act like a prism and form a rainbow. The rainbow is a division of white light into many beautiful colors. These take the shape of a long, round arch, with its path high above, and its two ends apparently beyond the horizon. There is, according to legend, a boiling pot of gold at one end. People look, but no one ever finds it. When a man looks for something beyond his reach, his friends say he is looking for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
Tip! You don't want to sound like you are over-pronouncing your words when you are speaking naturally but these exercises will bring awareness to complete word production.
So what do you think? Have you tested these techniques to see if they make a difference for you? Do you have other suggestions about things you've used?
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Office HoursMonday - Friday: 9am to 5pm
TelephoneOffice: 223-505024 Hr. Program Information Tape: 425-1170
Gym Schedule April 20 - 26Gym Schedule April 27 - May 3Open gym if there is nothing scheduled *This is subject to change
Pool Rules-click to view rules
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Stay in Good Health at the Fitness/Wellness Center!Look what the Perinton Community/Aquatic Center has to offer:
Running/Walking Track The large running/walking track encircles the gymnasium on the main level. It is constructed of shock absorbing rubber flooring, and consists of two lanes. The inside lane is 1/17th of a mile, while the outside lane is 1/16th of a mile. Perinton residents are welcome to use the track at no charge. Non-residents pay a daily fee of $1.00.
Cardio-Fitness Lobby1400 Square feet are dedicated to Cardio-Vascular fitness. Includes four new Life Fitness Treadmills with attached televisions, Precor Cross Trainers and two new Life Fitness Ellipticals. Tectrix Exercise Bikes, new Life Fitness Summit Trainers and an Upper Body Ergometer. Additional equipment includes two indoor rowers, one a brand new Concept II Rower, and a NU Step. Four televisions are available for your enjoyment.
Resistance/Strength Fitness Rooms –
The fitness room consists of 960 square feet of brand new Life Fitness Strength and Free Weight/Body Weight Equipment. Equipment includes:
Arm: Tricep Press and Bicep Curl Back: Row/Rear Deltoid, Lateral Pulldown Chest: Chest Press, Pectoral/Rear Fly Leg: Leg Extension, Seated Leg Curl, Hip Abductor/Adductor, Leg Press Shoulder: Lateral Raise, Shoulder Press Torso: Torso Rotation, Abdominal/Back Life Fitness Dual Adjustable Pulley Hoist Counterbalance Smith Machine Hoist Vertical Knee Raise/Dip Hoist 45 Back Extension Hoist Adjustable Sit-up Bench
There is a fitness area supervisor on duty during peak hours to assist you. A free orientation on the fitness equipment is recommended prior to participation. For further information, contact Perinton Recreation and Parks at 223-5050.
Room and Gym Photos and Information-.pdf fileClick here to download Community Center Room Reservation formClick here to download Community Center Gym Reservation formSenior Citizens - There's A Lot Here For You! If you're 55 years of age or older and a Perinton resident, you are eligible to participate in the many fun- filled recreational, social and educational programs offered at the Perinton Community/Aquatic Center. Whether it be Lunch, Arts & Crafts, Exercise Programs, Line Dancing, Chorus & Band, Health Promotion Programs, Counseling Services, Cards, Bingo, Trips, Clubs or Special Events - the center is an active place for you! Senior Lunch Program: (Nut N Fanci Cafe) Lunches are served every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday at Noon for a small fee. A delicious lunch is provided in a friendly atmosphere. Please call 223-1617 to make your reservation for a very delicious meal. Senior Citizen Drop in Card Games:Times vary Senior Citizen Bingo: Mondays, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Senior Citizen Billiards: Wednesday, 9:30 AM - 12:00 noon at the Lions Den Teen Center, Potter Park Senior Transportation Service: Need a ride to the Perinton Community/Aquatic Center? Transportation is provided on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. 24 Hr. notification is required; just call the Senior Office at 223-1617 between the hours of 7:30AM - 3:30PM, Monday - Friday. For a free monthly calendar of Senior Citizen Programs and Activities, call the Senior Office at 223-1617, Monday - Friday. The calendar is available to all Perinton Senior Citizens. Gymnasium Drop - In Programs: Perinton residents are eligible to participate in a varied schedule of gymnasium drop-in programs for Basketball and Volleyball. Sessions are provided for the following:


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Sun, 18th Nov, 2012Going - Hurdle: Soft (after 2nd race). Chase: Heavy (Heavy all over after fifth race). Raining
Jackpot Pool - 346.00 Not Won. Carried forward to Wexford on Tuesday 20th November. Placepot Pool - 19,294.27 Dividend - 11.20 Winning Units - 1291.96. Daily Double Pool - 12.00 Days Aggregate - 69,054.64 Last Year
I.N.H. Stallion Owners EBF M'dn H'dle of 13,500 2m
1st Champagne Fever (IRE) (5) 1/8fav Tote 1.30 1.10 2nd 5L Andunowhat (IRE) (19) 14/1 2.10 3rd 4.75L Ardboe Abbey (IRE) (2) 12/1 1.90 4th 1.25L Clara Bel La (IRE) (20) 16/1 OFF 12.48. Time 3m. 58.80 secs 22 Ran
Trainer W P Mullins
Jockey P Townend
Owner Mrs S Ricci
Breeder John P Cahill
Tote Exacta- 7.10
Tote Trifecta- 11.70See also » Champagne Fever pops his maiden tag
It's nice to get that out of the way. The late start was a bit nerve-wracking. He jumped very big, but that's to be expected as he has been point-to-pointing.He has a very high cruising speed and that was a very pleasing effort. W P Mullins, trainer1.15
Follow Us On Facebook H'dle of 13,000 2m
1st Staying Article (IRE) (3) 5/4 Tote 1.80 1.02 2nd 1L Blackstairmountain (IRE) (4) 6/5fav 1.60 3rd 18L Eyesontheprize (IRE) (6) 12/1 4th 9.5L Ludo Et Emergo (IRE) (2) 33/1 OFF 01.19. Time 4m. 0.40 secs 7 Ran
Trainer E J O'Grady
Jockey P F Mangan
Owner Thomas Barr
Breeder Mrs Philip Hore
Tote Exacta- 3.30
Tote Trifecta- 8.45NRs - Joxer (IRE) (injured)
See also » Article scores for O'Grady/Mangan
we had three options with Staying Article this weekend . either come here for this, or else go to either Punchestown or Cheltenham. He was 10lbs 'wrong' with Blackstairmountain today but that was a good confidence booster for him. He's in the Hatton's Grace Hurdle at Fairyhouse but might instead go for a race there the day before. That was a good performance. E J O'Grady, trainer1.50
corkracecourse.ie H'cap H'dle (Grade C) of 27,500 2m 4f
1st Come To The Party (IRE) (10) 10/1 Tote 11.00 5.10 2nd 3.5L Top Madam (IRE) (4) 7/1 2.40 3rd 5L A Fine Young Man (IRE) (6) 7/1 4.00 4th 8L Beau Michael (GB) (5) 12/1 OFF 01.50. Time 5m. 2.70 secs 15 Ran
Trainer Eoin Doyle
Jockey J R Barry
Owner Mrs P Doyle
Breeder William Hubert
Tote Exacta- 108.50NRs - Beneficial Spirit (IRE) (lame)
See also » Party delivers for Doyle
Come To The Party is improving away but I thought the penalty he received for his Clonmel win was way too much!. Shay gave him a great ride and the horse ideally wants three miles. We decided to keep forcing the pace today as all he does is gallops. I think there is a nice chase, racing from a light weight, in him and the Thyestes Chase is a possibility. Eoin Doyle, trainer2.25
I.N.H. Stallion Owners EBF Beg. S'chase of 15,500 2m 5f
1st Snooze (FR) (9) 25/1 Tote 25.40 6.90 2nd 18L Mini Vic (IRE) (12) 13/2 2.60 3rd 4.25L Fernhurst Lad (IRE) (4) 7/2 1.70 4th 1.75L Sir Harry Cash (GB) (8) 8/1 OFF 02.25. Time 5m. 57.90 secs 13 Ran
Trainer Mrs S A Bramall
Jockey I J McCarthy
Owner Mrs S A Bramall
Breeder S A Bramall
Tote Exacta- 154.90See also » No sleeping on the job from Snooze
A year ago he won a two and a half mile race in France in similar conditions. He obviously relishes soft ground. We wouldn't be afraid to step him up in trip. Mrs S A Bramall, trainer3.00
www.racinghomeforeaster.com M'dn H'dle of 10,000 2m 4f
1st Tennis Cap (FR) (1) 2/1 Tote 3.20 1.60 2nd 2.25L Thunder And Roses (IRE) (3) 1/2fav 1.10 3rd 14L Goulane Vixen (IRE) (4) 40/1 4th 3.75L Spider Baby (IRE) (7) 12/1 OFF 03.01. Time 5m. 30.60 secs 7 Ran
Trainer W P Mullins
Jockey P Townend
Owner Mrs Violet O'Leary
Breeder Haras De La Rousseliere SCEA
Tote Exacta- 3.20See also » Tennis Cap makes it five for Mullins
Christmas Party Raceday Dec.9 H'cap S'ch (Rated 0-140) of 22,500 2m
1st Instant Impacked (IRE) (8) 4/1 Tote 3.20 1.60 2nd 1.75L Echo Bob (IRE) (1) 11/4fav 2.40 3rd 6L Satu (IRE) (2) 4/1 4th 13L Whats On The Menu (IRE) (6) 10/1 OFF 03.32. Time 4m. 31.00 secs 7 Ran
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Jockey P T Enright
Owner Maurice Kelleher
Breeder Mrs Mary Tyner
Tote Exacta- 12.00
Tote Trifecta- 17.45NRs - Bangonform (IRE) (stone bruise), Paddy O Dee (GB) (change in ground)
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Trainer Robert Tyner
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Owner Noel Hanley
Breeder Anne Marie O' Brien and Joseph Crowley
Tote Exacta- 7.50
Tote Trifecta- 14.20NRs - Bridgequarter Girl (IRE) (change in ground), Thekingofconnemara (IRE) (change in ground)
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Lisa contacted me a little while ago to make her son Maico's 1st birthday cake and cupcakes. This cake is planned for next weekend for his birthday bash!
Lisa then decided that you are only 1 once, so she wanted a special little cake for his actual birthday - TODAY!
So this is actual birthday cake, Hoot the Owl!
I have to admit that I had never heard of Giggle & Hoot, we are a Foxtel house, so I needed to YouTube it to get some inspiration and I fell a little in love with it all! I loved his house that looks like corrugated iron and the little buttons and blankets. So I wanted to incorporate these things into the design.
The cake is a chocolate/vanilla marble cake with chocolate ganache.
All decorations are completely handmade and edible. Hoot's head and body are fondant covered styrofoam.
I did not want to let this little bird go! :(


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Lib Tech TRS 154 suitable for 135lb?
Hi, I am now considering Lib Tech TRS 154 and I weight about 135lbs. Is 154 too long? TRS doesn't come smaller than 154. Should I look for a different board shorter?
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They have TRS narrow, and works better with your smaller boot.
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) — Not brushing your teeth at night may lead to more than just a few cavities. Some researchers say poor oral hygiene could actually lead to heart disease.
They say without regular brushing and flossing, bacteria from plaque can escape into the bloodstream and wreck havoc.
"Poor dental hygiene can lead to bleeding gums, providing bacteria with an escape route into the bloodstream, where they can initiate blood clots leading to heart disease," Professor Howard Jenkinson, from the University of Bristol was quoted as saying.
University of Bristol researchers along with scientists at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) have shown that once let loose in the bloodstream, Streptococcus bacteria can use a protein on their surface as a weapon to force platelets in the blood to bind together and form clots.
"When the platelets clump together they completely encase the bacteria. This provides a protective cover not only from the immune system, but also from antibiotics that might be used to treat infection," he said. "Unfortunately, as well as helping out the bacteria, platelet clumping can cause small blood clots, growths on the heart valves (endocarditis), or inflammation of blood vessels that can block the blood supply to the heart and brain," explains professor Jenkinson.
This study reiterates a very important public health message: "People need to be aware that as well keeping a check on their diet, blood pressure, cholesterol and fitness levels, they also need to maintain good dental hygiene to minimize their risk of heart problems," Professor Jenkinson says.
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Madonna and Child in Glory, Issac Oliver (French).c. 1605-17. Opaque watercolor, heightened with gum, with shell gold framing lines, mounted on paper, vellum and wood; 10 7/8 x 8 in.
A singular Jacobean miniature, a Thomas Hope settee, a large and pristine British watercolor, and a sculpture by acclaimed contemporary Polish artist Monika Sosnowska are among the latest works approved by the Collections Committee of the
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s Board of Trustees. The museum is continuing to collect across all departments as it moves toward the completion of its transformational building expansion and collection reinstallation in 2013, adding works that strengthen its historic commitment to quality and excellence.
These most recent acquisitions demonstrate the museums dedication to issues like aesthetic quality, artistic vision and cross-collection dialogue, stated C. Griffith Mann, Ph.D, the museums deputy director and chief curator. Objects like the Sosnowska sculpture reflect the museums engagement with emerging artists and signal a heightened interest in contemporary sculpture. Taken together, the Hope settee, watercolor and miniature acquisitions not only deepen our holdings of British art, but also engage other collection areas, like Renaissance and ancient art.
Contemporary steel sculpture highlights artists interest in architectural forms and social commentary
Stairs, by contemporary artist Monika Sosnowska, was created during Sosnowskas residency at Artpace in San Antonio, Texas, in the summer of 2010. As in most of her work, Stairs is not a ready-made (an everyday object selected and designated as art) but an object planned and engineered by the artist. The sculpture is based on the fire escape stairs that distinguish American buildings and was made with the assistance of a company that specializes in custom metal fabrication. Bent beyond use, the misshapen stair hangs on the wall and resembles a graphic drawing. Through interpretation, the object may be seen as a cross or an oversized insect even as it maintains its relationship to its original form.
Monika Sosnowska graduated in 1998 from the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań. After furthering her education abroad at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam and during residences in Japan and Berlin, she reconnected with peers in Warsaw, a location currently ripe with artistic activity and critical discourse. Sosnowska and her artwork reflect sentiment and ideology prevalent in contemporary Polish society. Given Sosnowskas impulse to connect to her countrys history and socio-political present as well as forms and ideas evident in public architecture, Modernist utopian design attracted her attention. She has become an active interpreter of this style and its present condition, which is often that of a ruin. In the past ten years, her work has been presented in many international exhibitions, such as the 52nd Venice Biennale in 2007, and received a survey presentation at the Schaulager, in Basel, Switzerland, in 2008. In May 2010 her work made the cover of Artforum magazine, featured for the artists intervention at the Centre Pompidou in Paris as part of an exhibition on Eastern European art since the 1960s.
The addition of this work expands the museums contemporary art holding in sculpture, an area the museum is exploring for future exhibitions and strengthens the roster of international artists and younger generations whose work represent a significant contribution to the current artistic landscape. Sosnowskas Stairs resonates with the work of other artists in the museums collection, including David Smith, John Chamberlain and Claes Oldenburg.
Madonna and Child in Glory
Unique cabinet miniature by one of the key artistic figures in the Jacobean period.
The cabinet miniature, Madonna and Child in Glory, was painted by Issac Oliver, one of the most significant practitioners of miniature painting in the history of the medium as well as a prominent figure in the Jacobean period. Trained by skillful English miniaturist Nicholas Hilliard, Oliver was a favored painter of the English court. He built his reputation on portraiture, but was also an accomplished draughtsman who executed complex religious, mythological, and allegorical compositions.
Madonna and Child in Glory is a miniature in its original meaning, derived from the Latin miniare, to paint with red lead, a term that described manuscript illumination. In the 1500s, as the printing press overtook handmade manuscripts, miniature painting moved into the realm of small scale portraiture. An artistic trend towards this type of miniature occurred in Jacobean England and was spearheaded by Oliver. These works, significantly rarer than portrait miniatures, became known as cabinet miniatures.
Madonna and Child in Glory demonstrates Olivers complex and refined manner of painting. The object presents a familiar Christian subject, but in an atypical way. The artist places the Virgin and Child in a heavenly setting, and incorporates the medieval iconography of the lactating Virgin with the Salvator Mundi (the savior of the world), early Netherlandish in origin but more commonly seen in Italy by the early 1600s. While the image has visual sources in works by Rubens and Federico Barocci, who were probably known to Oliver through his travels to Italy, the object is iconographically unique and unusual in seventeenth-century Protestant England.
The museum possesses one of the most significant collections of Continental and British miniatures worldwide, remarkable for its quality rather than size, and has consequential miniatures by Elizabethan and Jacobean artists, including Nicholas Hilliard, John Hoskins, and Samuel Cooper. Madonna and Child in Glory by Issac Oliver strengthens the museums holdings of British cabinet miniatures by acquiring a wholly unique object by a major practitioner. The museum also owns an important portrait miniature by Oliver, and two works attributed to his studio and circle.
Notable addition to museums English furniture collection
The newly acquired Settee designed by English Regency designer, Thomas Hope, is an object representing the neoclassical style and was included in the furnishings for his grand Robert Adam-designed residence in Duchess Street, Portland Place, London, around 1802. The house featured themed rooms with suites of furniture designed by Hope to provide a suitable background for his collection of classical and neoclassical statuary and objets d'art. Hopes work in the neoclassical style took its inspiration from various sources including Hopes own travels and early nineteenth-century publications such as V. Denon's Voyage dans la basse et la haute Egypte of 1802.
The settee was likely part of a larger suite of furniture, although only a large arm-chair of identical styling was illustrated in Hope's Household Furniture and Interior Decoration of 1807 (plate XXII), an exceptional publication which established Hope's reputation as an influential designer of great vision. With its completely gilded surface in a manner resembling gilt-bronze and numerous references to classical carved friezes, this settee would have served as an elegant example of authentic Grecian design.
The Hope settee is a magnificent and highly important addition to the museums English furniture collection, which has been a decorative arts collection priority since 2006. The object also indicates antiquitys importance as a source of inspiration and interpretation for artists working in the early nineteenth-century. The piece will be installed in the museums British gallery and will serve as a sightline object leading from the American colonial gallery as well as the continental European neoclassical gallery and will complement the classically themed paintings and portraits found in these spaces.
The Temple of Vesta and the Falls at Tivoli
Luminous watercolor by member of Londons Royal Water Color Society
The Temple of Vesta and the Falls at Tivoli by William Callow is a large watercolor in excellent condition and augments the museums collection of British drawings, a recent area of acquisition focus. In addition, this incandescent and masterfully executed work stands strong next to the museums well-known and prized British watercolors by artists such as John Robert Cozens, John Martin, William Turner of Oxford, and Samuel Palmer.
At the age of seventeen, Callow left England and went to Paris to work as a professional printmaker and, in 1831, he met and began to share a studio with Thomas Shotter Boys. Both artists especially admired the work of the brilliant watercolorist Richard Parkes Bonington. Boningtons sparkling renderings of color, light and shadow were reflected in the work of Boys, Callow and many other artists of the 1830s. In 1834, John Frederick Lewis, one of the greatest British watercolorists came through Paris, saw Callows watercolors and urged him to join the Royal Water Color Society in London. Callow became an associate of the Society, an unusual honor for an artist not based in England, and ultimately returned to England in 1841 settling in London.
The Temple of Vesta and the Falls at Tivoli was shown at the Royal Water Color Society in 1859 and was based on sketches made on the spot when Callow visited Tivoli on his first trip to Italy in 1840. Callow borrowed from Boningtons technique of laying thin washes of brilliant color over graphite under-drawing, exploiting the whiteness of the paper to provide a glittering effect. The addition of this work to the collection expands the museums holdings of British drawings in anticipation of an exhibition featuring new research and acquisitions in this part of the museums collection.
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It is no wonder why Chris is so passionate about Minnesota weather. His great uncle Wilbur was struck and killed by lightning while farming in southern Minnesota in the summer of 1952.
His family vehicle was once chased by a tornado near Maplewood, Minn. and one December on the way to Grandma and Grandpa's house, his family spent the night snowed in at a church in Winthrop, Minn., praying the blizzard would let up so they could get to Redwood Falls and open their presents the next morning.
Chris and his wife have family members all around the Twin Cities. And it's natural to forecast for the entire region with family in Pipestone, St. Cloud, Willmar, Sartell and Blooming Prairie just to name a few.
Chris loves the weather because it is always changing and is a constant challenge, much like raising his three daughters, who are as loud as a thunderstorm, pretty as a sunset and strong as a straight-line wind.
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A winter storm centered in central Nebraska is expected to cause some significant snowfall in Minnesota by early Wednesday morning.
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I was just thinking how funny it must sound to someone visiting from the south. I pop on television with a big smile on my face excited to tell WCCO viewers that it will warm to the teens Thursday.
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Holiday music is playing wherever you go. You put the tree up, and your outdoor lights are shining. Now, we just need some snow. It's coming!
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Our flurries will pass, causing some slowing on the roads. We haven't had much experience in the snowfall department this year with only 1.1 inches in the Twin Cities. Some south of the Twin Cities could see some minimal accumulation this evening, but the big headline is still focused on the cold air on the way.
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It had been 10 days since we had felt the 50s around here. That all changed Wednesday when we warmed to 50 degrees in the Twin Cities. That is actually seven degrees above average for this time of year (and 22 degrees warmer than Tuesday).
Weather Blog: The Opener
This will be remembered as a windy deer hunting opener. Those who hunt in extreme northern Minnesota will have to walk through snowy fields or woods this weekend.
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From a meteorological standpoint, conditions for severe weather were perfect Monday. As many as 28 tornadoes struck the Midwest.
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The severe weather season is almost here, and this year WCCO will be able to bring you a more detailed forecast than ever before.
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Here in the Twin Cities we average 2.4 inches of snow in the month of April. Much of it melts on contact with the warmer ground, and even if it does accumulate it doesn't last for long.
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We finally have some precipitation coming our way, but it will be problematic. I know I have been beating the drum for any kind of precipitation, but we could do without freezing drizzle.
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High temperatures punched back above average today and there were reports of 1-3 inches of snow from Ely to Duluth. It will be fairly quiet the next few days with afternoon highs near average (34 degrees).
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We are locked in cool, northwest flow. These temps are average for around April 20 — not late-May.
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Wednesday was close to average with a high near 70. With the light wind, dry conditions and sunshine, some would say it was close to perfection.
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It had been nine days since we last felt the 70s. Tuesday's high of 73 cracked that streak and brought many smiles around town.
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It will be a little cooler than average this weekend, and try to remember what April showers bring.
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We are still suffering from drought conditions across the state and into western Wisconsin. So, any rainfall at this point is welcome rainfall.
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It was all about the strong wind , and we finally received some much needed rain Friday.
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It could be worse. It could be a snowy Easter. Or a bitter cold one. Instead the greatest weather factor will be the wind.
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