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Hi! I recently toured both MLA and Manzanita Seed and didn't feel like I got a thorough sense of the school community. I'm interested in hearing stories from families that looked at both and decided with one vs. the other. Happy with your decision? What do you love most about the school? Thanks in advance, searching for spanish immersion in oakland
I, too, did both school tours and had a difficult time choosing. In the end, I chose Melrose Leadership Academy based on speaking with parents in the school, talking further with Principal Moira about the curriculum and school ethos, and reading more about the 90/10 immersion approach (vs. 50/50). I am very happy with my decision. My son is thriving academically, and is learning Spanish very quickly. He also loves being at school and actually asks me to pick him up late from the afterschool program.
Parents at MLA are really committed and I am amazed at how everyone works together, volunteers willingly, and wants to make this a better school. We recently worked one weekend to put together garden boxes and create a green space on the blacktop playground. We also cleaned classrooms and washed rugs that same day. I had heard that MLA had a strong PTSA, but I am witnessing first-hand how committed everyone is and I think it is great.
I also love the diversity and the strong cultural learning that my son is receiving, not only in school but in the after school care. My son is learning yoga, Capoeira, doing lots of art, and dance. (This weekend he had a capoeira class and performance and I was really impressed by how much they have learned) He gets a lot of time outdoors too, which he both needs and wants.
Needless to say, I am really grateful to have my son at MLA. There are always going to be things that are not ''perfect'' with a school but I believe that it is up to the community to do something about it, and at MLA, I believe that our parent community steps up to do so.
Good luck with your decision. MLA parent
Re: Bilingual Schools in Oakland and Berkeley
check out melrose leadership academy in oakland, mills college/maxwell park area. it is a two-way immersion program growing to 8th grade. kinder starts out at 90% spanish. currently k-3. we've been very happy there but more importantly my son loves it. mla mama
Re: Expeditionary Learning Schools
The two Oakland schools using it are Manzanita Seed and Melrose Leadership Academy. My son is at MLA & this is the first year they implemented EL. He loves the expeditions they have done so far and has been very engaged with the process. We are looking forward to what they do with EL for next year.
Re: Spanish Immersion after 5th grade
In Oakland, we have Melrose Leadership Academy, a public two-way immersion school that is building a k-8. Right now I have a son in 2nd grade and every year a grade will be added until 8th.
Re: Comparing school districts: Bilingual Immersion
If you change your mind and consider moving to Oakland. There is a public dual immersion (span/eng) school in maxwell park called Melrose Leadership Academy that has been phenomenal for my child. http://melroseleadership.ousd.k12.ca.us/ buena suerte!
Hello- I live in Maxwell Park near High Street in Oakland and wonder about this new-ish school in our neighborhood called Melrose Leadership Academy. It is a dual-language immersion school (Spanish/English) which appeals to me, but beyond that I don't know anything else. My kid will be attending Kindergarten not this coming Fall but the next. I'd love to send him there since it is close to home and he would learn Spanish, but how is it REALLY? Do any of you have feedback about your experiences with this school? Thinking ahead about my options Oaklandmama
The administrator, teachers, support staff, families and community are working together toward its goal of having ethnically and socio-economically diverse classrooms along with a balance of English dominant and Spanish dominant students who will become bilingual and bi-literate and will develop a respect for diversity of language through the intentional inclusion of multi-cultural education.
My daughter has attended MLA for the last two years and my son will begin in the fall. I have served as a member of the design team for the school and am also part of the Parent Teacher Organization for the school. I would be happy to chat further about MLA please feel free to contact me. keller
I am curious to hear more about Melrose Leadership Academy and the dual immersion program that just started this year. How are parents of kindergartners liking the program so far? Can anyone share more info about the plans for adding additional grades in the future? My son will be going to elementary school in 2012 and I would love to keep him in a Spanish language setting (he's at Monte Tavor now). I love the idea of the dual immersion program but I have heard that it can be difficult for kids who are Spanish speaking to transition to the 50/50 language split since they start at 90Spanish/10English. Does anyone have experience with this sort of program? Why do they start at 90% Spanish? How does the transition to 50/50 work - is it gradual, or sudden? What's the plan at MLA? Any advice or insights would be great. I also plan to contact the principal this year but love the advice from this community so appreciate any of your thoughts. thinking ahead
Re: Kindergarden Next Year, but which one?
If you are in OUSD than I would highly recommend checking out Melrose Leadership Academy in the Maxwell Park area of Oakland. It is a dual-immersion Spanish/English K-8 school of which my son is lucky enough to be a student. Check it out here: http://melroseleadership.ousd.k12.ca.us/ and here: http://www.insidebayarea.com/search/ci_13404444 Tina
I've heard that Melrose Academy is a Spanish Immersion school. Is anyone in this community going there? What have been your experiences? I'm interested in all opinions. Thanks! Should I send my child to Melrose?
I can't find any info on the BPN about Melrose Leadership Academy's K-8 Spanish/English dual immersion program. My understanding is that this is not a charter school, but a regular Oakland public school. Can anyone tell me more about it? Thanks! Diana
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ReMitts: Warm Hands, Warm Heart
- Written by Betsy Ezell
- Monday, 05 November 2012
We all know how cold Wisconsin winters can be! With a pair of ReMitt mittens, you can have warm hands and a warm heart, knowing that your purchase is feeding hungry families. If you haven't heard of the ReMitt Project, this is the perfect time of year to learn more.
ReMitt mittens are hand-crafted by a dedicated group of volunteers, some of whom have been doing this for years to benefit local food pantries over the holidays. The women take used wool sweaters, felt them, and then craft them into stunning wool mittens.
ReMitts can be acquired for a $30 donation per pair and can be found at a number of local businesses, with 100% of the donations going to The River Food Pantry. Each pair of mittens will provide $300 worth of food to a family in need!
The designs of these mittens come straight from the sweater they were recycled from, but the details the women add make them unique. The designs vary from retro and vintage to classic and simple. They also make a specialty "Badger Pride" mitten made of recycled red and black sweaters with a real Wisconsin "W." The mittens make perfect gifts for the holidays, as they are practical, beautiful, and help a great cause.
ReMitts are available at:
The River Food Pantry
2201 Darwin Rd.
Savidusky's Fur and Leather
1191 N. Sherman Ave.
Coffee Gallerie
1865 Northport Drive
DuWayne's Salon
2114 N. Sherman Ave.
UPS Store @ Northgate
1213 N. Sherman Ave.
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I am interested in purchasing your mittens when they are available. Can you e mail me when the mittens are distributed to local shops, so I can buy.
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Great! They are so beautiful! We just had 96 pairs delivered to the food pantry. Any chance you can stop by and take a look? They will eventually be located at the UPS store in Northgate, DuWaynes, Coffee Gallerie and Manna Café.

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THE World Health Organisation's reasons for proposing a ban on tobacco on health grounds and for causing environmental damage in its production are designed to harm developing countries, the Tobacco Industry Development Support Institute has said. TIDSI executive director Mr Jeffrey Takawira said on Monday that tobacco played a critical role in supporting agricultural output, exports, household income and employment generation in the country.
Tobacco is the world's most widely cultivated non-food crop and is chosen by farmers from more than 120 countries because of its performance under widely varying climatic conditions (merely requiring a frost free period of 100-130 days) and soil conditions to meet the demands of many different markets, he said.
High grade tobacco is the main agricultural crop of Zimbabwe and its main export crop. Until the onset of the political, economic and social challenges at the beginning of the millennium, the country was the third largest tobacco producer after the USA and Brazil. Low labour costs and high yields made Zimbabwe a more competitive producer of quality tobacco than Brazil and the USA.
Mr Takawira said the World Health Organisation's health concerns were not convincing as there were more critical diseases like diabetes killing people everyday, yet they did not try to ban everything related to them.
His comments come in the wake of an outcry by farmers and other stakeholders in the industry, who are feeling hard done by the proposed ban on tobacco exports.
Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers Union president Mr Wonder Chabikwa said local farmers have always been following safe methods of producing tobacco.
"Our tobacco industry has phased out methyl bromide which was used for fumigation," he said. The tobacco industry is relying on varieties that address the concerns raised by WHO.
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Posted: March 17, 2014 at 3:41 a.m.
Pulaski County has just mailed out its property tax bills, and if you're wondering how taxes in Arkansas compare with those in other states, our imperfect memory tells us Arkansas has a higher income tax than any of our border states. And that includes Tennessee, which doesn't tax income on wages and salaries, and Texas, which has no state income tax at all. Arkansas, however, had the second highest sales taxes—on average—of any of the 50 states, over 9 percent including all state and local sales taxes. It's 9 percent, for example, in Little Rock.
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Chiba City is also one of the Kantō region's primary seaports, and is home to Chiba Port, which handles one of the highest volumes of cargo in the nation. Much of the city is residential, although there are many factories and warehouses located along the coast. There are several major urban centers in the city, including Makuhari, a prime waterfront business district in which Makuhari Messe is located, and Central Chiba, in which the prefectural government office and the city hall are located.
Chiba is famous for the Chiba Urban Monorail, the longest hanging monorail in the world, as published in the Guinness Book of World Records. Some popular destinations in the city include: Kasori Shellmound, the largest shellmound in the world at 134,000m², Inage Beach, the first artificial beach in the nation which forms part of the longest artificial beach in Japan, and the Chiba City Zoological Park, which gained popularity because of the red panda Futa, who stands with human-like posture.
In fiction, a futuristic Chiba City is famously the setting of portions of William Gibson's seminal cyberpunk novel, Neuromancer.
In the Heian period, the first records related to the city of Chiba record the emigration of Taira Tsuneshige (平常重) to Chiba. He proclaimed himself "Chiba no Suke" (千葉介) and governed around the region we know as Chiba city today. His descendants claimed the family name of "Chiba" and continued dominance of this region until the Muromachi period. In the Kamakura period, Chiba Tsunetane (千葉常胤) helped Minamoto Yoritomo (源頼朝) establish the Kamakura Bakufu. This made the Chiba clan important in the Kamakura Bakufu. He built Inohana castle on Inohana mountain and moved his headquarters to it from Oohji castle.
Their power and influence declined because of wars around the Kantō region during the Nanboku-cho and Muromachi periods. In the 16th century, instead of the Chiba clan, the Hara clan, which was one of the servants of Chiba clan, wielded power in this region. In the Sengoku period, the Hara clan was forcibly removed by Yoshiaki Ashikaga (足利義明, not to be confused with 足利義昭). Then, Yoshiaki Ashikaga was also removed by the Sakai (酒井 not to be the Sakai clan in Mikawa) clan, which was one of the servants of the Satomi (里見) clan. Finally both the Chiba and Sakai clans were annihilated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
In the Edo period, both the Oyumi (生実) (Morikawa (森川)) clan and the Sakura (佐倉) clan governed the region. A part of the region was governed directly by the Tokugawa Bakufu. The Oyumi clan governed their territory stably. On the other hand, according to the Sakura clan, in the beginning of the Edo period, the governor was frequently changed by various events, such as Takeda Nobuyoshi (武田信吉), Matsudaira Tadateru (松平忠輝). Ogasawara Yoshitsugu (小笠原吉次), Doi Toshikatsu (土井利勝) and so on. Finally the Hotta (堀田) clan stably governed their territory.
Men frolic nearly naked in the mud to fend off evil forces and welcome the end of winter at the end of February. Men In Thongs Jump Into Mud To Ward Off Evil
Chiba is home to several professional sports teams:
|Chiba Lotte Marines
|Pacific League
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|JEF United Ichihara Chiba
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| Ichihara Rinkai Studium
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The Chiba Urban Monorail runs through Chiba City. The major intercity railway stations are Chiba Station, (Sobu Line, Sotobo Line, Uchibo Line, Sobu Main Line, Narita Line, transfer for Chiba Urban Monorail), Keisei Chiba Station (Keisei Chiba Line), and Soga Station, (Keiyo Line, Sotobo Line, Uchibo Line) all in Chūō-ku.
Chiba Prefectural Board of Education operates public high schools.
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The Green Party of Saskatchewan (GPS) is outraged that SaskEnergy is gouging taxpayers not once, but twice. SaskEnergy generated a profit of $73 million last year. The profit would be acceptable if the natural gas Crown Corporation wasn't also asking for a rate hike that will see the average natural gas bill rise by $28 per year per household. SaskEnergy is gouging taxpayers, not once but twice.
Clearly earning a huge profit is not enough for the company. The profits earned should be enough for SaskEnergy to get by on. This rate increase is absolutely ridiculous.
Perhaps the provincial government should stop raiding the Crowns and let Sask Energy reinvest their enormous profit to keep our energy rates low. If SaskEnergy was a Crown Cooperative, every Saskatchewan user would have received a dividend cheque of more than $73 each. The GPS supports the conversion of Crown Corporations into Cooperatives.
Victor Lau - Leader of the Green Party of Saskatchewan


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4 FM quick reads on Facility management
1. Facility Managers Offer Advice About Winning Approval For Facility Projects
Today's tip from Building Operating Management: Follow these facility managers' advice about winning approval for facility projects.
- Tim Pennigar, project manager, engineering and operations, Duke University Health Systems: "Get the accountants to become roofers." Pennigar recommends going beyond simply putting proposals in the language of finance. That's a must, but you should also get the financial folks to help you write the proposal and vet your numbers before you ever think about walking into the boardroom.
- John Balzer, vice president, facility planning and development, Froedtert Hospital and Community Health: "Do not assume that more is better." Balzer says he can guarantee you that is not the case, when it comes to handing in a proposal. "The biggest piece of advice I can give, especially to those starting their career, is to be very specific and to the point, and to focus on measureable data," he says.
- Bob Holesko, vice president of facilities, HEI Hotels & Resorts: "Show a project's curb appeal and do your own PR." Holesko tells a story about how an article appeared on the front page of a local newspaper with a photo depicting a crane delivering a new HVAC rooftop unit to one of his hotels. "Now, I can say to the financial people, 'Remember when we had that crane on the front page of the paper?' That's free advertising for the company. Anytime you have a crane showing up, get photos. It makes you look good."
- Jim Cooke, national facilities operations manager, Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc.: "Don't go back for more money until you can prove your last project is successful." Cooke says that, even if a project demonstrates more modest results than you expected, don't hide those results. Instead, explain the specific reasons why that project wasn't as successful as you might have thought, why it's actually still a success in the grand scheme of things, and the specific reasons why this proposal is different.
Make The Financial Case For Additional Facility Staff
Today's tip from Building Operating Management: Facility managers can boost their chances of getting approval to hire new employees by making the financial case for additional facility staff.
Making the case for an increase in staffing is one of the more difficult proposals facility managers may have to write. That's especially true in a down economy. But it's not impossible and the case should be made on a financial benefit basis, just like any other facility proposal.
"In the case of staffing, you make the case that adding a body will save us X," says John Balzer, vice president, facility planning and development, Froedtert Hospital and Community Health. To do that, though, you have to have pretty detailed numbers of how that will happen. Will you be able to complete a higher percentage of preventive maintenance, which allows equipment to stay in service longer? Will you be able to offer better facility customer service to make building occupants more productive? Will you be able to start a new service or make an existing one (like a BAS) more efficient? It's important to building the answers to those questions out of data.
Another tip is to compare your organization to others, especially those you know your financial folks admire. "This is why your network is important," says Stormy Friday, president of The Friday Group. "Show what other organizations have done and what's working for them in regards to staffing."
Increased staffing may be a back-up plan if a facility equipment proposal doesn't pass or if a facility is aging. For example, Bob Holesko, vice president of facilities, HEI Hotels & Resorts, says that for hotels that haven't been renovated for a while, and thus need more maintenance, "that's when I have a good shot at getting another body."
Use Hard Data About Benefits To Justify Funding For Facility Projects
Today's tip from Building Operating Management: Use hard data about benefits to justify funding for facility projects.
While showing the downside of saying "no" to requests for funding for facility projects is important, the real hay is made with hard data illustrating the benefits — financial and otherwise — to the company of saying "yes."
"Understand the benefits to the business," says Alan Whitson, president, Corporate Realty, Design & Management Institute. "Quantify those benefits, and then 'dollarize' those benefits." Whitson adds that it's critical to know and understand the financial terms, such as discount rate, cost of capital, hurdle rate, investment horizons, etc. And then know your organization's thresholds and parameters for those metrics, and which are most important. Always relate back to those metrics.
John Balzer, vice president, facility planning and development for Froedtert Hospital and Community Health, gives an example of a new work order service. The idea is to show how customer service would increase from x to y, and what the financial impact of that would be. "It's a little more challenging, but with specific measurements, which are necessary, showing a monetary return can be done."
Showing that monetary return (or hurdle rate, if your organization prefers) is often easiest with energy efficiency projects. Still, as sophisticated facility managers know, building the proposal in terms that show dollars and not kilowatt-hours is the tack to take. Know your organization's acceptable return rate, but understand that it may not always be set in stone. Finding rebates from the utility or the government to lower that ROI, is one way to make your proposal more attractive.
So is adding soft benefits to the proposal. That is a legitimate strategy, but you certainly don't want to hang your hopes on soft gains, say the experts. Jim Cooke, national facilities operations manager for Toyota Motor Sales, USA, puts it like this, in reference to a recent proposal for photovoltaic panels: "We know and you know there's social value, but we can't quantify it. It is another piece for customers to recognize that we behave responsibly in terms of sustainability."
Justify Funding By Showing Risks Of Delay On Facility Projects
Today's tip from Building Operating Management: Facility managers can justify funding by showing the risks of delay on facility projects.
For an out-of-budget-cycle project funding proposal, presenting a feasible risk/reward — or put another way, benefit of the project versus cost of doing nothing — is the key to success. There are as many ways to show risk/reward as there are project proposals. So facility managers, based on the relationship they've established with their executives, must determine what resonates the most. But some general rules do apply, ranging from making the case from the risks of doing nothing to the black-and-white financial figures.
For one, poor infrastructure can have a negative effect on how the public perceives an organization. Tim Pennigar, project manager, engineering and operations, Duke University Health Systems, says that because Duke University Health Systems get a lot of funding for research, a major component of his proposals is showing how catastrophic it would be to have a failure in, say, a roof over a research facility. Donors may not be so willing to contribute in the future, and Duke University Health Systems loses some of its prestige as a research institution.
"Our job is to keep buildings out of the way," says Pennigar. "If we are out there problem-solving, we're not useful. Our job needs to be problem-avoiders. It's one thing to lose a roof on a warehouse, it's another to lose one over a research facility."
Still, showing the risk to losing inventory in a warehouse is another way to calculate risk. "Point out how much the inventory in the warehouse is worth," says Alan Whitson, president, Corporate Realty, Design & Management Institute. "Then point out how much the inventory in the warehouse is worth if it gets wet." Along those lines, Bob Holesko, vice president of facilities for HEI Hotels and Resorts, says a key component of his proposals is showing that the buildings themselves are valuable assets. "We need to protect the building as an investment," he says.
Other risks of doing nothing, like increased insurance premiums — say, for not installing sprinklers, says Jim Cooke, national facilities operations manager for Toyota Motor Sales, USA — and the cost of business disruption are also a hugely important pieces of the risk calculation. "We can demonstrate the cost to the organization if we lose business," says John Balzer, vice president, facility planning and development for Froedtert Hospital and Community Health. "If we're out of service, people will seek other options and you may have lost a customer for good."
Be careful not to use the risks of doing nothing as scare tactics, say experts. It's important that these risks are rooted in reality. "You don't want to be the boy who cries wolf," says Holesko.


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Alexandra Rojas, '15, English and Spanish, is taking on the world while at the College of Saint Elizabeth (CSE), one language at a time.
Rojas grew up living and practicing Costa Rican values at home in Union with her parents, brother, and many pets. Rojas was a member of the National Honor Society, Peer Ministry, a lector at her church, and a piano student. Her family life and her minor in global studies have motivated her continual desire to learn more about languages globally.
While at CSE, Rojas has joined multiple organizations that enhance her experiences, including the Students Take Action Committee (STAC), Campus Ministry, The Sector (Writing Editor-in-Chief), as well as working in the Marketing Department and as a student ambassador on campus. Rojas, a Presidential Scholarship recipient, said that she has grown as a person while at CSE. She added that she has learned how to "make others feel good about themselves."
In the future, Rojas plans on pursuing a Masters degree at the University for Peace in Costa Rica. She would also like to write fiction about other cultures to create tolerance worldwide.
To prepare for life after college, Rojas will attend CSE's trip to Italy and Greece this summer, as well as study abroad in Spain next spring. Already fluent in Spanish, Rojas wants to learn more about various ways of life and culture. One of her goals is to visit Sardinia's blue zone, an area with a population known for their longevity, and explore their way of life.
Rojas believes in the mission at CSE. She said that what students tell you at open houses: "that is 100% accurate." To Rojas, CSE is a supportive and community based environment. She said that it is important to work hard to achieve goals because all of the work is worth it in the end.


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Lovely Cabin, so rustic and homey!
Lily Cottage Guests – June, 2008
What a BEAUTIFUL, peaceful, wonderful place … thank you SO much!
Cheryl & Dean,San Jacinto, CA
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ardee77 IowaJun 19, 2008View out the back, toward the creek. You can hear happily babbling away.View of some of the cabins at Quiet Creek Inn
I only stayed at the Inn one night, but sure wish I had a lot more time. I stumbled into the Inn while looking for a place to stay in Idyllwild. Fortunately, the inn keepers had a studio available so I grabbed it. Beautiful room, great view out the back. They have a guest lounge in another building with a wide selection of tapes and DVDs, plus a desktop computer which guests may use (tho there is wi fi throughout the property) and a phone where guests may make long distance calls, no problem. Pop and other goodies in the fridge if you want.. Leave a buck in the tin on top of the fridge. It's the honor system ! It is sooo peaceful.
The innkeepers are great, and will provide you with info on the town, its restaurants and directions from Mapquest if you need them. I kept eyeing the hammock down by the Creek, but didn't have time to use it.
They have a convenient calendar on their web site, so you can easily check availability. Only problem – the Inn books up during the Idyllwild Arts Academy summer sessions, so book early !
I don't know why, but Idyllwild reminds me of the town in the TV series "Northern Exposure", but I digress. The Quiet Creek Inn is a great place. Enjoy.
This TripAdvisor Member:Liked — The quiet setting, the guest lounge, friendly innkeepers, the fat squirrels running around the place.Disliked — Nothing
This review is the subjective opinion of a TripAdvisor member and not of TripAdvisor LLC.ardee77′s SummaryDate of Stay: June, 2008Traveled with: Solo travelerVisit was for: OtherAge group: 50-64Member since: March 05, 2007
Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend?absolutely!
I recommend this hotel for:An amazing honeymoon, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, Older travelers, Tourists
I do not recommend this hotel for:Young singles, Great pool scene
I selected this hotel as a top choice for:Other
This cottage is fantastic, we enjoyed our stay here very much … thank you for a great experience!
Paul A.Los Angeles, CA
We couldn't have asked for a more beautiful and serene place to stay.Thank You !!!
Chris & Mollie,La Mesa, CA
We were perfectly comfortable and pleased with the accommodations and will recommend to friends.
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Miss America Contestant Talks Musburger
As it turns out, Katherine Webb wasn't the only beauty pageant contestant affected by Brent Musburger's on-air ogling during the BCS title game.
During Saturday's Miss America 2013 pageant, the representative from South Carolina, Ali Rogers, was asked whether she thought Musburger's comments improperly objectified women.
"As a football fan and as someone who would like to be featured not so much on a stage but at a football game, I think he has every right to point out her beauty," Rogers responded. "She is, in fact, gorgeous. And I think this is something we can display not only on the Miss America stage but at a football game, too."
Well spoken, Miss South Carolina. This response no doubt went a long way toward your runner-up finish.


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Statement of Significance (as of designation - April 4, 2007):
The Aline Barnsdall Complex (or Hollyhock House) and associated buildings and structures are nationally significant as part of Frank Lloyd Wrights first commission in Los Angeles, California. The projects centerpiece was oil heiress Aline Barnsdalls residence, largely built between 1919 and 1921. The visual character of the Hollyhock House expressed Wrights transition away from the dwellings of Wrights "First Mature" or "Oak Park" period (1900-1912), yet it was the buildings more understated elements that had impact on later residential design. Its free-flowing living areas and integrated accommodation between indoor and outdoor living became elemental features of Post-war houses.
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Adrian Larrea, co-founder of Synd It Global
The UpTake: Adrian Larrea and Kaylee Hamar's Synd It Global has raised capital and is looking to expand its hyperlocal platform beyond its hometown of Nashville. But Larrea has a bigger goal in mind than simple expansion. He wants to change the way search works and where people find information that's specific to their location and community.
I f you come across a hyperlocal section on a Nashville-based website listing information about local businesses, the odds are fairly good Nashville technology company Synd It Global is behind it.
"You don't even know it's us," Synd It co-founder Adrian Larrea said, explaining how the company's content syndication platform works. Businesses can add some basic content at no cost, which Synd It then lists in directories on the websites of its 30 or so clients. But those directories have unique appearances depending on the site, from "Healthy Nashville" on the 12 South Farmers Market site to "Local Directory" on the Nashville Scene's site.
Larrea and co-founder Kaylee Hamar bootstrapped Synd It, which is currently rebranding as Blue Plover, through its first few years in business, but the 11-person company recently landed an initial funding round of up to $100,000 to aid the platform's expansion to several new cities. Right now, Synd It's services are available not only in the Greater Nashville area but also in parts of North Carolina, Florida and the Caribbean, with other additions on the way.
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Munster joined Saracens at the top of Heineken Cup Pool 1 after a 15-9 victory over their English rivals at Thomond Park.
Sarries had won two from two heading for Limerick but struggled to cope with Munster's intensity in front of a 26,000 crowd.
Despite that they could have earned a share of the spoils if Owen Farrel had brought his kicking boots. Unfortunatley one of the heroes of Twickenham a week ago missed four kicks from seven attempts at goal.
By contrast veteran points machine Ronan O'Gara kicked all five of his penalty chances for the hosts and that ultimately proved the difference between the sides.
But Farrell did kick a penalty two minutes from time to earn Saracens a losing bonus point that may prove crucial, with the sides now locked on 10 points apiece after three games and set to meet again in Watford next weekend.
With the referee's whistle an almost constant accompaniment to the spluttering action, flowing rugby was at a premium, although Conor Murray almost put Simon Zebo in under the posts in the opening minutes after a break from a lineout.
By then O'Gara had nudged Munster ahead and shortly afterwards a misfiring Farrell was short from 42 metres.
Donncha O'Callaghan and Rhys Gill were sin-binned following a fight and O'Gara doubled the lead before the sides shared a couple of late penalties and Munster led 9-3 at the break.
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Felix Jones had to make a try-saving tackle on David Strettle as the England winger headed for the corner and after Chris Ashton was taken out off the ball, Farrell had a chance to earn the bonus point with seven minutes left.
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Peregrine Announces $10-Million Financing VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 10/25/12 -- Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. ("Peregrine" or "the Company") (TSX:PGD) is pleased to announce a $10-million financing with both Newstar Securities SRL ("Newstar"), a company wholly owned by Robert Friedland, and with Dundee Corporation ("Dundee"). Under the terms of the financing, Newstar will purchase 16.4 million shares and Dundee will purchase 3.6 million shares of Peregrine from treasury, for a total of 20 million shares, priced at $0.50 per share, for total net proceeds of $10-million. The shares have a four month hold period. Taking into account this financing, Newstar will own 13.20 percent and Dundee will own or control 18.14 percent of Peregrine on an undiluted basis, including shares held in managed accounts. Eric Friedland, Peregrine's CEO, said "We are delighted to have Robert Friedland join Ned Goodman as a significant strategic shareholder of Peregrine. Robert and Ned are two of the best mining financiers in the world and they will provide invaluable support as we continue to move forward with De Beers to confirm a diamond mine at Chidliak. This financing should provide Peregrine with the necessary working capital to fund its administrative costs and currently planned exploration initiatives through mid 2014, including the $2.5-million payment due to BHP Billiton in that year." The financing is expected to close this week and is subject to TSX approval. About Peregrine Diamonds Peregrine Diamonds is a diamond exploration and development company focussed on Canada's North. Peregrine has discovered two new diamond districts in Nunavut, Nanuq in 2007 and Chidliak in 2008. At its 72 percent owned, nine hectare DO-27 kimberlite in the Northwest Territories, located only 27 kilometres from the Diavik Diamond Mine, a NI 43-101 compliant mineral resource of 18.2 million carats of diamonds in 19.5 million tonnes of kimberlite at a grade of 0.94 carats per tonne, which is open at depth, was confirmed in 2008. At its 100 percent-owned Chidliak project, located 120 kilometres from Iqaluit, the capital of Nunavut, the Company has discovered 61 kimberlites to date, and is preparing to collect the first bulk samples from up to 6 kimberlites that exhibit economic diamond minin g potential. Peregrine also continues to evaluate earlier stage diamond exploration projects it controls in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories. Forward-Looking Statements: This news release contains forward-looking statements. 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The McDonough Historic Preservation Commission hopes to officially designate two sections of the city for preservation.The areas targeted are major portions of Lawrenceville Street, along sections of Keys Ferry Street, Jonesboro Street, Griffin Street, Macon Street, College Street, and Bryan Street. That area would encompass the McDonough historic district. A public hearing on the proposal will be held June 7, during the McDonough City Council meeting, which will begin at 7 p.m., at City Hall. "We're asking the city council to approve an ordinance for designation of the historical district, McDonough and Lawrenceville Street," said Robbie Robinson, chairman of the McDonough Historical Preservation Commission. "These two would be the first designated districts for the city." McDonough Mayor Billy Copeland said attending the public hearing is an important step for residents. "All matters related to property must be handled with respect for all those involved," said Copeland. "I applaud the Historic Preservation Commission for the steps that they have taken to ensure communication with citizens who would be affected by the proposed ordinance. I, too, certainly hope that all of those property owners and citizens," he said, "will have the opportunity to attend the June 7 council meeting and public hearing, to share their thoughts with the council." Should the ordinance be approved, property owners in the historic district, who want to modify their property, would be required to obtain a permit from McDonough's Planning and Development Department, before they could proceed. City officials said the requirement is not much different from what is now in place. However, the Historic Preservation Commission will be added to the approval process, Robinson said. "The only difference is ... you will have to go through the Historic Preservation Commission," said Robinson. "We either confirm, or deny, the permit." Similar to a recent measure in Hampton, property owners would need a certificate of appropriateness, he said. Robinson acknowledged the controversy over the matter in Hampton, and said McDonough residents will seek more information on the proposed ordinance. "On June 2, the McDonough Historic Preservation Commission is going to hold an informational meeting for property owners and occupants in the historic district, to answer any questions, before the city's public hearing," he said. Leigh Burns, an historic preservation expert with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, will moderate the meeting and answer questions, according to Robinson. The proposed ordinance is needed to fill in the gaps left by an existing city ordinance, he said. "There's a designated district," he said. "All we're asking is that the city recognize those boundaries that the state of Georgia Department of Natural History, and the United States National Park Service, designates. "We have an ordinance on hand that describes how to protect historic properties," he continued. "This one will designate those properties." Robinson said not all of the properties on Lawrenceville Street, and in the McDonough district, are designated as historic buildings. To qualify, structures must be original, and at least 50 years old. "Some are conforming, and some are not," he said. "Some are declared by the state to be historic, some are not." "Conforming" properties are those listed on the National register, explained Robinson. Inclusion in the historic district improves property value, and makes the property eligible for financial assistance, he said. "You can, in fact, get grants from the federal government," he said. "Businesses can get tax credits to restore property, as was done at the corner of Griffin and Hampton streets."
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The term cable cars, so quaint, picturesque and San Francisco. But back in the late 1800s, Chicago streets rumbled with the sounds of the largest cable car system the world had ever seen.
Indeed, the Chicago's cable cars carried over one billion passengers in their 25 year history, helping make the city into a major metropolitan area by allowing people to get to work, stores, restaurants and recreational areas as well as sparking a cable car building boom in 26 other U.S. cities.
In a take-that-San Francisco, journalist and author Greg Borzo, discusses how historians have built up the West Coast city's cable car system and ignored Chicago's historical contribution during the nation's cable car era.
"Prior to Chicago's first installation," he writes in his well researched book Chicago Cable Car (The History Press 2012; $24.99), "the cable car was regarded as a novel solution to climbing steep hills in San Francisco, a small distant West Coast city in a country dominated by the East Coast. At the time of Chicago's first installation, San Francisco had only five relatively short, straight cable lines totaling 11.2 double-track miles."
Borzo, who was born and lives in Chicago, notes that the Chicago Cable Car (CCR) technology which was able to serve a large, flat city with very cold winters so impressed others that ultimately 65 companies built cable lines, investing $1125 million (or about $3 billion in today's dollars) and peaking at 305 double-track miles.
Even today, says Borzo, long after the history of cable cars has been mostly forgotten, its ghostly remains still exist as people continue to walk past, ride over and even dine in remnants of the city's past. In his last chapter he shows the remaining vestiges of this era including track structures hidden underground, cable cars on display at museums and old buildings, some now housing other businesses. The most prominent of these remnants are the two powerhouses including the North Chicago Street Railroad's former powerhouse at LaSalle and Illinois Streets built in 1888 at an estimated cost of $35,000.
Borzo, who has written three other books on Chicago including a history of "L" and also has been a full-time reporter, editor and/or writer at Modern Railroads Magazine, Traffic World, International Thompson Transport Press, Field Museum and University of Chicago, includes maps tracing the cable car routes as well as a plethora of wonderful vintage photos illustrating the days when cable cars thundered through the city.


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Alternative to Arteriotomies and Vascular Closure Implants Now Available in U.S.
January 7, 2011 – A new access device is now available in cath labs across the United States. The Arstasis One Access Device, from Arstasis, is the first commercially available alternative to the Seldinger Technique in 52 years.
Previously, only a select number of physicians participating in Arstasis clinical trials and select pre-launch registries have been able to use the device.
"We are delighted to begin providing U.S. cardiologists with a femoral artery access device that allows them to perform angiography without resorting to inserting a vascular closure implant into the patient," said Bruce Modesitt, CEO of Arstasis.
Along with the U.S. launch, patient enrollment is continuing in the RECITAL study. The non-randomized, prospective, post-market registry is anticipated to enroll up to 500 patients in at least seven U.S. hospitals.
Since 1959, physicians have been using the Modified Seldinger Technique to insert flexible catheters into the femoral artery for performing procedures in the patient's arterial-vascular system. It is estimated that the most prevalent such procedure, diagnostic angiography, is performed more than half a million times per month worldwide. At the end of every such case, patients are left with a substantial hole in their femoral artery, which typically takes significant effort and cath lab resources to close.
With the Arstasis One Access Device, however, physicians create a shallow-angle needle pathway through the wall of the femoral artery. When the sheath is withdrawn, the shallow-angle pathway collapses from the normal pressure of the patient's femoral artery blood flow and approximately three to four minutes of mild, non-occlusive finger-pressure. This quickly seals the access site.
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A decade after the birth of the Strategic Defense Initiative, President Clinton has brought the programme down to Earth by abandoning plans for a thousand space-based missile interceptors.
The Brilliant Pebbles programme was scheduled to put 'interceptor satellites' into orbit by early next century. Under Clinton's proposed defence budget for 1994, unveiled at the weekend, the programme will be relegated to leisurely development of sensors, rocket thrusters and other components for possible use at some unspecified point in the future.
Brilliant Pebbles had been the main focus of attack by political opponents of the Star Wars programme, and Clinton had pledged during his presidential campaign to reduce funding for space-based weapons. The 1994 budget proposal - which has yet to be approved by Congress - calls for $75 million for Brilliant Pebbles in 1994, down from $246 million allocated for 1993. Before leaving office, George Bush had proposed spending $336 ...
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Central Michigan and Western Kentucky finished the season with 7-6 records after the Chippewas upset the Hilltoppers 24-21 in the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl.
Western Kentucky was vying to become a winner on its very first trip to a FBS bowl game as a 9.37-point favorite in the Congrove Computer Rankings and had a chance to force overtime, but elected to go for a first down on 4th-and-2 at the CMU 19-yard line with 51 seconds remaining. The attempted pass from Kawaun Jakes to Jack Doyle fell incomplete and the Chippewas ran out the clock in victory formation.
Interim head coach Lance Guidry made the call. The defensive coordinator under Willie Taggart now steps aside from incoming head coach Bobby Petrino after Taggart accepted the same position at USF.
Central Michigan improved its bowl record to 3-5 and has won back-to-back bowl games for the first time in school history, though the victories were three seasons apart.
Neither team was impressive in the regular season, though each defeated a BCS AQ school as Central Michigan topped Iowa and Western Kentucky squeaked past Kentucky. The Hilltoppers also handed Arkansas State its only loss and their only nonconference loss came at Alabama.
The Chippewas got here by closing their campaign a 3-game winning streak and winning four of their last five over the bottom three teams from the MAC East (Miami, Akron and Massachusetts), and the last-place team in the MAC west (Eastern Michigan). CMU didn't win a single game all year against a team that finished with more than 4 wins.
But tonight's game was another example of how little the regular season can mean in a bowl game.
Ryan Radcliff's 11-yard pass to Cody Wilson with 5:11 left held up as the winning points. The go-ahead score was set up by a blocked punt from the Hilltopper endzone which CMU recovered at the WKU 26.
Radcliff through two TD passes in the first quarter as the Chippewas staked out an early 14-7 lead and stretched it to 17-7 on a 50-yard field goal in the second quarter. His 3 TD, 0 INT performance was his best QB efficiency rating in a game all season.
Western Kentucky cut the gap to 17-14 by halftime on Doyle's 6-yard reception from Jakes, and Kadeem Jones' 1-yard run gave the Hilltoppers their first and only lead with 1:24 to go in the 3rd.
Western Kentucky's Antonio Andrews, the national leader in all-purpose yards at 248 yards per game, entered the game needing 273 yards to eclipse Barry Sanders' NCAA all-purpose yardage record. He had 184 on 119 yards rushing, 21 receiving and 44 in return yards.
CMU's Zurlon Tipton, the MAC's second leading overall scorer and touchdown leader, did not score but managed a 101 yards rushing on 23 carries and added 2 catches for 29 yards.
Western Kentucky's appearance was the fourth by a Sun Belt Conference team in the Detroit bowl. The MAC has been represented each year since this bowl's inaugural season in 1997 and this was Central Michigan's fourth appearance. The Chips made back-to-back-to-back appearances here from 2006 to 2008 under then-head coach Brian Kelly (2006) and Butch Jones (2007 and 2008). They are now 2-2 in those appearances.
Sun Belt teams had won the last two times they have played in this game - FAU in 2008 and FIU in 2010.
The Congrove Computer Rankings projected Western Kentucky as a 9.37-point winner in the first-ever meeting between the two teams.


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We've just done two port days in Cabo San Lucas, one of the most popular ports on the Mexican Riviera and it's the only stop we're doing on this 5-night hit and run cruise from San Diego on Carnival Spirit.
The guests love this place and the crew love this place and for the guests there were tons of shore excursions to choose from including boat rides to Lovers' Beach, whale and dolphin watching, snorkelling, horse riding and 4X4 desert duelling. For us, day one in Cabo we stayed on board and enjoyed Serenity .. the adults only area at the back of the ship .. and with pretty much everyone ashore we had it all to ourselves.
We walked into town on day two and those that didn't do any of the organised excursions seemed perfectly happy shopping or drinking in the local bars - which pretty much sums up Cabo. It takes very little time to get your bearings in a place like Cabo San Lucas. There's the marina, the beach and one or two blocks behind both packed with bars and restaurants - simple.
As easy as Cabo is to navigate, "quaint" is hardly a word that describes this fishing port as it now rivals its brash Mexican neighbours Acapulco and Cancún as a hedonists' delight.
Blessed with great weather and warm water year-round, the reasons for visiting Cabo are varied, but they all revolve around enjoying the great outdoors.
Beach lovers, party animals, divers, snorkellers, surfers, fishing enthusiasts and golfers hit Cabo to indulge their past-time during the day - and it all makes for an amusing mix of people when the sun goes down and it's time to go out and play.
Cabo's beaches are what initially turned this sleepy fishing village into a popular international destination in just over two decades.
We're about to do our sea day back to San Diego, so I'll put up a gallery of images from Spirit ... there's been a few requests and a lot of questions and I promise it will be in the next blog. Just need a bit of time to put it all together and go through the comments ...


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Washington voters are showing little interest in repealing the state's new marriage equality law, judging by the marginal number of Referendum 74-qualifying signatures gathered so far by marriage equality opponents.
With less than 5 weeks remaining before the June 6 deadline, only a third of the estimated 150,000 raw signatures have been collected that are needed to net the qualifying threshold of 120,577 valid signatures.
The original goal of referendum sponsor Preserve Marriage Washington was to submit 200,000 signatures to the Secretary of State on May 6, one month before the deadline. "I want to shut up our opponents," Preserve Marriage Washington's campaign manager Christopher Plante told volunteers during a recent training session. "Our opponents need to be demoralized," he said. "On May 6th I'd love to put out a press release saying, the human part of me says 'na-na-na-na-na', we got the signatures."
Setting a goal like that indicates that Mr. Plante, who was supplied to Preserve Marriage Washington by the D.C.-based National Organization for Marriage, does not understand the Washington electorate.
In 2009, the Washington electorate became the first in the nation to affirm at the polls a relationship-recognition law for same-sex couples. The ballot measure was called Referendum 71. Since then, support for full marriage equality has become the majority opinion among Washingtonians as well as nationally.
To insure that Referendum 74 qualifies for the ballot, Preserve Marriage Washington will probably start hiring paid signature gatherers. That approach, however, has several down-sides for PMW.
First, it shines a spotlight on the lack of grassroots interest in repealing the Marriage Equality Act. Second, it is costly. And third, it will introduce doubt into voters' minds about the honesty of the referendum campaign since anti-equality campaigns have a long track record of using paid signature gatherers to dupe voters into signing petitions under false pretenses.
Protect Marriage Washington, an earlier incarnation of Preserve marriage Washington, apparently used that unethical method in 2009, enabling them to collect just 1,200 more signatures than the bare minimum needed to qualify Referendum 71 for the ballot (see video, right).
With the aid of paid signature gatherers, Referendum 74 will probably qualify for the November ballot. But indications are that if it does, like Referendum 71 it will do so by limping over the line rather than vigorously blasting past it.
The Marriage Equality Act passed with bipartisan majorities in the Washington state Legislature earlier this year. Gov. Gregoire signed it into law on February 13. Low voter interest in the Referendum 74 petition suggests that like the legislators they elected, the majority of Washington voters are fair-minded people who approve of the new law.


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1. Committee Phase—Forming an Age-Friendly Committee/Team
One way to begin the process of building an age-friendly community is to involve multiple stakeholders, both public and private including local and provincial government representatives who are well-placed to encourage collaborative work in this area. These stakeholders can include, but are not limited to, elected officials and senior staff at the community level and representatives from the private, business and volunteer sectors. Seniors and seniors-serving organizations are also key players in developing an age-friendly committee. They can advise on what works and does not work for them. Moreover, they can offer ideas and innovative solutions from their unique perspective. Of course, care must be taken to include seniors of varying ages, gender, cultures and abilities—this will ensure a broad and inclusive perspective of their needs, views and suggestions.
2. Assessment Phase—A Community Evaluation
Once established, a local age-friendly community /team can carry out the important task of assessing the age-friendliness of their community using the WHO and Canadian guides and check lists available in the resource section of this section. An assessment of the assets of the community, what contributes to age-friendliness in the community and what does not is often a good place to begin. Ideally, a comprehensive assessment helps to identify what a community is already doing well, including how initiatives and programs support an age-friendly community. Results of an assessment of what services, programs and other initiatives exist in the community can serve as a focal point for discussions and expand the dialogue to include many groups. Moreover, it can contribute to the development of a "baseline" for measuring progress and for helping set priorities for action and change.
3. Planning Phase—Determining Challenges and Opportunities
Using results of a completed assessment, the committee/team is in a good position to identify assets, barriers and strengths of the community, as well as issues that need to be addressed through planning. For example, the planning team can identify ways to build on the strengths, prioritize issues identified and develop recommendations for action which can, in turn, feed into the development of strategies, action plans, timelines, and an analysis of the resources for implementation. Local stakeholder involvement ensures continued community support for both plans and action. Ideally, the strengths and related roles of various stakeholders would be articulated in the plan. One or more "champions" may be identified as a useful mechanism to help build momentum for planning and action. These individual or group champions may represent seniors, media, and business people and others in the community well positioned to help influence and promote successful engagement of the community.
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Implementation of the community plan can also be carried out in a variety of ways, depending on the needs of the community, the established priorities, the financial and human resources available, and the scope and nature of input from stakeholders. Implementation can be achieved through small steps that can be done by local community members, or through more major initiatives that require resources and contributions from a wider area (e.g., provincial/territorial governments) and the collaborative efforts of a range of groups.
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For FY2014, $4.405 million in grant projects was awarded. The first round of the Traditional and Metro O25K/U25K closed on September 16, 2013. Of the 29 complete and eligible applications received, 17 projects were funded at a total of $3.116 million. A second grant round was not needed. The ECP grant cycle opened on August 1, 2013 and closed on March 12, 2014. The ECP grant cycle funded 41 projects in only 4 rounds for a total of $1.289 million, which exhausted all available funds and a 5th round was not held.
For FY2013, $4.624 million was available for grant projects. The first round of O25K/ U25K closed on September 26, 2012. Of the 41 applications received (over $5.2 million in requests), 24 projects were funded at a total of $3.5 million. A second grant round was not needed. The new ECP grant cycle opened on August 16, 2012 and closed on May 15, 2013. The ECP grant cycle funded 42 projects for a total of $1.243 million.
In FY2012, there was a total of $5.31 million available for grant projects. Applications for the first round of awards were accepted until September 15, 2011. Of the 31 applications ($2.83 million in requests), 20 projects were funded for a total of $1.8 million. Round 2 yielded 66 applications ($6.3 million in requests), with 38 projects being funded totaling $2.56 million. Remaining funds were awarded during FY13 grant rounds.
In FY2011, there were 2 rounds of funding. For the first round, 56 applications totaling $5.9 million in requests were received. Of that, 35 applications for a total of $3.72 million were funded. During the second round, 21 applications totaling $1.3 million were received and 13 projects for a total of $630,400 were funded. Click on the FY11 Grant Information link below for all current available information on these awarded grants. A total of $4,065,584 was awarded in FY2011.
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The UpTake: Before it took a darker turn today, a case involving a Georgia toddler who died after being left in a hot car inspired a national debate on whether parents should be criminally charged for being absentminded. But the fact is, there is technology out there designed to prevent such tragedies.
GPS trackers: There are several GPS trackers for kids on the market. Among the latest is one from a Swedish startup called Tinitell has come out with a Kickstarter campaign for a wearable bracelet phone and GPS tracker of children that allows them to press a button and call your phone by saying "Mom" or "Dad." It has its limitations if you're dealing with an infant, but if a sleeping young child wakes up alone in the car with the bracelet on, and they know how to use it, it could definitely serve as a safety backup.
Another trick involves technology, albeit indirectly. KidsAndCars.org suggests that parents make a habit of putting their purses, wallets or cellphones in the back seat so that they will be reminded of their child sitting there before they leave the car.
Since our list is certainly not exhaustive, feel free to add any helpful products you know of in the comments below.
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(IANS) / 30 May 2013
NEW DELHI Heatwave conditions continued across India with no respite in sight, an official said.
According to the Andhra Pradesh's Department of Disaster Management, 524 people have died of sunstroke since April 1 across the state.
After a cloudy and windy Monday, it was back to being scorching hot in the national capital on Wednesday as the maximum temperature settled three notches above average at 43 degrees Celsius.
"The heatwave will continue tomorrow (Wednesday) the skies will be sunny," an official of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) had earlier said on Tuesday .
The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to hover around 43 and 28 degrees respectively. Tuesday's minimum temperature was 29 degrees Celsius, two notches above average for this time of the season.
Monday's maximum temperature in Delhi was 42.6 degrees Celsius, two notches above average, while the minimum settled at 30.2 degrees Celsius, three notches above average.
Heatwave conditions continued to prevail in the desert state of Rajasthan with the mercury hovering between 40 to 45 degrees celsius.
Churu at 45.2 degrees Celsius was the hottest in the state and Sri Ganganagar was also close at 44.4 degrees celsius.
State capital Jaipur was scorching at 41.9 degrees and the minimum temperature was at 32.4 degrees Celsius, almost five degrees above normal.
Bikaner was also hot at 41.9 degrees Celsius.
The heatwave continued to roast Uttar Pradesh with the mercury soaring to 45 degrees Celsius in some parts of the state Most people stayed indoors as humidity and long hours of power outages and cuts added to people's woes.
Etawah remained the hottest place in Uttar Pradesh at 46.2 degrees Celsius, four degrees above the normal temperature for this time of the season. Banda recorded 45.2 degrees Celsius, Hamirpur 45.2 degrees, Agra 43.3 degrees, and Allahabad 45.5 degrees, making these the hottest cities in the state.The temperature in Lucknow hovered around 44 degrees Celsius, a meteorological department official said.
There was no likelihood of any respite from the heat nor any chances of rain in Uttar Pradesh, the official added.
Rainfall in parts of Andhra Pradesh provided much-needed relief to people from the intense heat that has kept the southern plateau sizzling for weeks and claimed over 500 lives. Several parts of Srikakulam district in north coastal Andhra Pradesh and some parts of East Godavari, West Godavari, Guntur and other districts of south coastal Andhra received rains Tuesday.
The sky remained cloudy in most parts of Telangana and Rayalaseema regions, officials said. Rains or thundershowers are likely in a few places in the state during the next 24 hours.
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The Benton County Election Commission plans to submit a letter to the Finance Committee of the Benton County Quorum Court outlining the commission's plans for changing the election process. The changes could require more staff and new equipment, which would have to be approved by the Benton County Quorum Court. The Quorum Court's Finance Committee, acting as the Budget Committee, has completed work on the 2013 budget and is expected to approve the budget at its meeting today. The meeting is set for 5:30 p.m. in the Quorum Courtroom at the County Administration Building.
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