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Start by cutting your apples into thin slices so the whisky can infuse the heck out of them. Fill either a mason jar or container with the apple slices and Fireball. The mason jar will hold one apple so if you want more you'll need more containers. Let sit in the fridge for about six hours and enjoy!
Okay so maybe calling it healthy is a stretch, but healthy or not this concoction is off the charts good. This incognito way to get some alcohol is perfect to take the park for an outside date, bring as a gift to a party, or just keep for yourself.
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41-year-old Fairfield resident, John Moore died at 3:10 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18 at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville. He was owner of Flag Construction.
Survivors include his mother, Vicki Patrick of Fairfield; daughters, Felicia Brown of Clay City and Cassandra Moore of Bluford; sons, Austin Moore of Belknap, IL, Levi Moore of Fairfield and Garion Moore of McLeansboro; sisters, Shayla Vaughan and Emily Patrick of Fairfield; a step-sister, Rachel of Fairfield, CA; a brother, Marshall Moore of Charleston, IL; a step-brother, Jeremiah Patrick of Fairfield, CA and one grandchild, Teagan.
Services for John Moore will be 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 21 at the Johnson & Vaughn Funeral Home in Fairfield with burial in Maple Hill Cemetery.
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The merger of these companies resulted in one strong and international online travel company. The common goal is to strengthen the current representation in the various countries, as well as expanding the activities in the remaining parts of Europe and in Asia.


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PLACERVILLE, CA - New attorneys representing Jaycee Dugard and her two daughters have filed court documents seeking a protective order for their clients based on Marsy's Law.
Marsy's Law or Proposition 9, was passed by California voters in November 2008 and includes provisions to prevent disclosure of victim information to defendants and their counsel.
Prosecutors for the El Dorado County district attorney had also previously objected to a motion by suspect Phillip Garrido to have contact with the daughters he fathered with Dugard.
Garrido and his wife Nancy Garrido face 29 charges of kidnapping, imprisonment, rape, and lewd and lascivious behavior. Dugard was abducted from her South Lake Tahoe neighborhood in June 1991. She was discovered to be alive last August, apparently living in the backyard of the Garridos' Antioch home with her two daughters.
In the documents filed April 5, Dugard's private counsel Shawn Chapman Holley also objected to the disclosure of information about her client and her daughters to the Garridos or anyone representing them.
Holley also objected to a court decision in February to appoint separate lawyers for Dugard's daughters. The judge gave the girls their own lawyers because Phillip Garrido's attorney has sought access to interviews they gave authorities.
Garrido's court-appointed attorney has previously filed an objection to the prosecution's request for a protective order for Dugard.
The Garridos' next court hearing has been scheduled for April 15 in El Dorado County Superior Court. Both defendants remain jailed with bail set at $30 million for Phillip Garrido and $20 million for Nancy Garrido.


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Posted by local on 05/15/2011
I've grown up on the UES and still curently live here. I'm sixteen and my family and I have been going to Italian Village on a weekly basis ever since I was old enough to be in their high chair. I have never gone wrong there. They have the best chicken parm I've ever had and pretty much everything on there menu is good and there prices are resonable considering the portion size. Its a great local spot and if you get the chance to go, eat in the back room. Overall Italian Village is my second home and is going to be my first stop when I get home from college.
Posted by L on 05/14/2011
the pizza is good, but i would say their cooking is better! do not let the atmosphere fool you. the food is good for the price!
Posted by Anonymous on 05/01/2011
We fell in love with the pizza here when we moved into the area about a year ago. So, we have gone back and ordered multiple times. BUT, the service is suspect. When calling in an order, they are too fast on the call--just want to hang up--and don't want to tell you the price or answer ANY simple questions (how long? how much is a side of sauce?). Speaking of sauce, they charge an arm and a leg for a small extra side of marinara. I ordered about $35 worth of pizza, and then asked for a small side--he stepped right back up to the register to charge me $2 for it! Boo!
Posted by Brett on 01/15/2011
Not only does this place produce a nice pie, they let us bring our own beer and wine and supplied us with glasses. We took my parents here, and my dad still says that it's the best pizza that he has ever had. I've had some good pizzas, but my parents seemed to really love the place. And you can't beat BYOB - that, in itself, will save you $50 on your bill.
Posted by Anonymous on 01/13/2011
This is a great place to find a large slice of cheese pizza for only $2.50. It's the best value I've found in the area, and has a good sauce/cheese taste. The service is fast but brusque (don't expect a lot of chit chat), and the atmosphere is satisfactory but nothing special.
Posted by Shamrock on 01/04/2011
This is an incredible place to get baked dishes and dinners. Awesome hero's and side dishes. The pizza is very sloppy, way to much sauce, and chewy. If you want pizza, go to Gino's or Delizia. If you want anything else Italian, come to Italian Village.
Posted by Anthony R on 12/30/2010
I "discovered" this place about 35 years ago when I used to go bowling at the old East End Lanes - don't look for it now - it doesn't exist. Anyway, IV was no more than a tiny pizzeria then - now it has grown into a full-fledged restaurant. However, the pizza there is still the best thing going. All the food is top-notched - & the people are terrific. A must-see in NYC - the best in town!!


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Posted by Team Swagbucks on Tue, May 17th, 2011 at 10:00 amThank you to everyone who submitted a question in the comments last week. I know I said I would only be choosing one question per week, but there were a few I felt could be bundled into this post. So here we go… Do Swagbucks expire? Currently, Swag Bucks do not expire on an active ... Read More »
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Adam Sandler net worth and salary: Adam Sandler is an American actor, comedian and producer who has a net worth of $340 million. Adam Sandler is famous for two things; making funny movies and getting paid tons of money to make said movies. Through his acting and producing, Sandler has been able to amass a personal net worth of $300 million and can demand some of the highest paychecks in the entertainment business. He is one of Hollywood's most bankable stars which allows him to command $20 million per movie along with very impressive percentages of a films GROSS profits. That's gross profits not net profits. FYI that is a gross amount of money when you consider some of those films earned over $150 million at the US box office alone. For the movie Anger Management Sandler earned $25 million plus 25% of the gross which was roughly $150 million. That's an extra $37.5 million in the Sandman's pocket.
Adam Sandler has starred in roughly 30 major studio releases since he left Saturday Night Live. He reportedly earned $20 million for about 15 of those movies. When you account for all the money Sandler has made through salaries and profit participation, then you give roughly 45% to the US Government, one can conservatively estimate that Sandler's net worth today sits right around $320 million. And he shows now signs of slowing down any time soon! Sounds like a lot for basically playing the same character over and over but Forbes estimates that for every dollar Sandler has ever been paid, his movies have made $9. Regardless of whether you think shampoo or conditioner is betta, one thing is for certain like his character in Billy Madison Adam doesn't have to worry about money ever again. Adam Sandler was born on September 9, 1966 in Brooklyn, NY. He first rose to national fame as a cast member on Saturday Night Live before making the jump to Hollywood.


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Eckerd College's accreditation was recently reaffirmed for ten years by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) Commission on Colleges. The formal action took place on June 23, 2011, at the SACS Commission on Colleges Board of Trustees meeting, which convenes semiannually.
"Like the sterling report Eckerd College received from the Commission's on-site visiting committee in November, Eckerd College's accreditation has no strings attached," said Dr. Donald R. Eastman III, President of Eckerd College, in a campus-wide communication. "This outcome results directly from your thoughtful participation in the accreditation reaffirmation process and the hard work we have done together these past ten years. Thank you for all you have done to bring Eckerd College to this high point."
During the Commission's November visit, SACS accepted the College's Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) on reflective service-learning. Eckerd's QEP is designed to strengthen student learning by enhancing reflective activities, based on best practices, in credit-bearing service-learning courses for full-time residential students. As a result, Eckerd College met all SACS core requirements, comprehensive standards and QEP requirements.
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Congratulations to Le'Andria on winning her first Grammy at the 54th annual Grammy Awards. She won in the Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance category for her single "Jesus.". She released two new projects on 02.14.12. Here's what we know..
Mathew Knowles' Music World Gospel will release two CD projects from Le'Andria: The Evolution of Le'Andria Johnson, a seven song EP, and The Awakening Of Le'Andria Johnson Deluxe Edition, which contains the seven songs released on her debut CD plus seven new songs. This week, Le'Andria's debut project, The Awakening Of Le'Andria Johnson lands at #5 on Billboard's Top Gospel Album chart and her new single, "It's Gonna Be Alright," is #1 Most Added on Billboard's Gospel charts.
The Awakening of Le'Andria Johnson Deluxe, which features songs with styles that range from traditional/contemporary gospel to R&B, showcases Le'Andria's unique combination of power, skill and reverence that makes her a popular recording artist and an inspirational performer. New songs on the CD and the EP, The Evolution of Le'Andria Johnson, include her new single, "It's Gonna Be Alright," a high energy urban contemporary song, written and produced by Stanley Brown, in which she assures the listener that even when things seem difficult, God is standing by and things are going to be alright; and "He Was There," a song that reminds us that God is there waiting for us to come to Him, written by Gary Paxton and Andrea Martin and produced by Stanley Brown. In the soulful "Let it Go," written and produced by Raphael Saadiq, Taura Stinson and Sara Devine, Le'Andria encourages people to let go of their burdens and let God handle them. She goes back to her traditional gospel roots in "Sooner or Later," an uplifting song about God turning your life around, written by Hubert Powel III and produced by Brandon "B.A.M." Alexander and H. Doobie Powell for Chip Off the Block Productions. "He First Loved Me," an R&B style song of praise, was written by Le'Andria and her brother, Michael Johnson, who is a featured singer on this track. Le'Andria also recorded a full-length version of the popular song, "I Shall Leap Into My Destiny," which she wrote with her brother Terrance Johnson. Le'Andria performed this inspirational song after being crowned the winner of Sunday Best. "Overtaken" rounds out the seven new offerings on the deluxe CD and the EP. Written and produced by Eric Dawkins, it is an upbeat song of praise for the way her life has changed since God took it over.


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He was apparently expecting a forest of hands to go up when he asked how many of the students had been taught that the DoI and the Constitution were meaningless.
He was apparently expecting a forest of hands to go up when he asked how many of the students had been taught that the DoI and the Constitution were meaningless.
"Tell your liberal friends" is one of the funnier dumbass memes among insulated right-wingers, and may be an unrecognized trigger for the rising tide of violent frustration on the right. It's a sad scenario played out, over and over again.
Exactly how her fans are supposed to "stop the driver" is, of course, left up to them.
I liked Victoria Jackson when she was on Saturday Night Live, but at the time I thought her blonde ditz persona was an act. Apparently, it wasn't.
BECK (Pointing at picture of John Lewis, Nancy Pelosi, and John Larson walking arm in arm across the street into the U.S. Capitol): You know what this is? They locked arms, because they wanted to compare themselves to the civil rights activists! How dare you! Oh that John Lewis! He should be ashamed for getting […]
Gateway Pundit Headline: Kiss of Death… Obama Picks US Hockey Team Over Canada; Team USA Loses in OT And Rush says: "I knew America was going to lose, because Obama had bet on them." So how do they explain the Saints' victory in the Super Bowl?
Look, I have no problem admitting that there are differences in general philosophy and outlook between, say, San Francisco and Greensboro North Carolina.
Here's James O'Keefe going all Sydney Carton on us…
Glenn Beck:…Let me ask you this…if you were an organization or a city that was just riddled with corruption, and you knew it and everybody knew it, and there as all kinds of funny things going on, and a hurricane blew through, wouldn't it be convenient if all of your records were destroyed. Caller: (gasps) […]
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By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, July 26, 2004 The Army is not concerned about recruiting and retention for fiscal 2004, but the service will keep a weather eye on future trends, said Sergeant Major of the Army Kenneth O. Preston.
Preston also said the Army transformation plan should make deployments more predictable and more manageable. "I watch recruiting and retention very closely," Preston said during an interview with the Pentagon Channel and American Forces Press Service July 23. He said for active duty accessions the service is above 100 percent for fiscal 2004. This is with a bump up from 72,500 new soldiers in 2003 to 77,500 this year.
The chief enlisted adviser to the Army chief of staff said it is important that the Army have these additional people. The increase will help make transformation of the service a reality, he said.
For the Army Reserve the picture is also fairly clear. The component is at 98.7 percent, "well on the glide path for accessions."
However, for the Army National Guard accessions are at 87.2 percent. "What we think is that you have a lot of active duty soldiers who are re-enlisting to stay in the Army," Preston said. "Those that are getting out are not necessarily going in to the National Guard or (Army) Reserve."
Much of this shortfall is offset by the service's success in retention. "On retention, the National Guard was at 118 percent, so the two kind of balance each other," Preston said. Overall retention for the Army Reserve is at 101 percent.
On the active duty side, the overall Army retention rate is more than 100 percent. This overall rate is broken into three categories initial, mid- career and careerists. The first term re-enlistment rate is over 100 percent of goal. The careerists are at or over 100 percent also. The mid-career soldiers those between six and 10 years of service are experiencing a dip in re- enlistments.
The service will continue to closely monitor the recruiting and retention issue. The Army will not hesitate to use enlistment bonuses, selective re- enlistment bonuses and other incentives to get people to join the service or to entice seasoned soldiers to stay.
The Army is also working on optempo. Right now the service has supplied to Army Gen. John Abizaid, head of U.S. Central Command, what he needs for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The service is working to make the deployment schedule more predictable and less frequent.
The sergeant major said the service is doing well "as far as mobilizing and training those units to go in for the mission." The situation is a bit more problematic for the Guard and Reserve, he said.
"What people don't understand is that a lot of those (reserve) units are not necessarily manned 100 percent (all the time)," he said. If the Army mobilizes a Guard battalion, for example, it may have to fill up the unit before it can deploy. Preston stressed the Army will not deploy a unit without a full complement and without the best training and equipment the United States can provide.
The sergeant major said transformation of the service will pay dividends in the future. He said the 3rd Infantry Division, the unit that led the charge into Baghdad last year, will return to the country with a whole new look. In addition to new equipment, the division will have four maneuver brigades rather than three.
Preston said the 101st Airborne Division is set to go through a similar transformation and the 10th Mountain Division will also get another brigade. "That means that just this year we'll add a division's worth of forces to the Army," he said.
He said this transformation "should take some of the pressure off the low- density, high-demand type of units."
The sergeant major, who previously served as the sergeant major of then- Combined Joint Task Force 7 in Baghdad, will return to the region shortly.
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Bystanders report that a woman shot near a road in the Alberta community of Stettler this morning did not know her attacker.
According to an account provided by the victim, who members of the community have identified as mother and local safety instructor Krista Dryden, a truck approached her moments after dropping off a lawn mower for repairs at a shop in the town's southeast end.
A man inside the truck ordered her to get inside, but Dryden refused and was shot.
She was rushed to a local hospital and later airlifted by STARS air ambulance to Calgary, according to reports.
Ryan Bolin works nearby and said a co-worker was among the first to rush to Dryden's side.
"It's awful," he said. "She's a very pleasant, very nice person."
RCMP, meanwhile, have contained a wooded stretch near Highway 12 between Coronation and Castor where they believe the shooter is hiding.
"There's nothing at this point to indicate they knew each other," said RCMP staff Sgt. Shawn Lemay of the relationship between Dryden and the shooter.
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Why is my Dual 2.7 G5, 5 gigs ram, Slow?
I use my computer for audio production, video editing, and design..(photoshop and similar), as well as the internet.
I can't figure out why my dual 2.7 G5 with 5 gigs of ram doesn't run faster.
It shouldn't be stuttering running 10 tracks of midi in Reason 4. I can't even really tell a difference in the time it takes opening programs.. ( compared to 1 gig ram before upgrading)
Are there ways to optimize my computer to run faster? i should tell ya I used 4gigs Crucial Ram for upgrade... it has the same specs as stock apple ram.
all replies welcome! thanks!
Has it always behaved this way, and you were expecting it to change after the upgrade?
Have you done anything to the system lately? Added programs, upgraded to Leopard, etc...
I guess it never seemed to perform up to my expectations. Then I added the 4 gigs of ram and then it really didn't meet my expectations for performance.
I'm using Tiger 10.4.10, and I do install new programs from time to time....usually soft synth plug-ins for use with Pro Tools, Ableton Live, etc...
I am going to take a better look and see what I can remove as far as software apps.
I know ram isn't the only thing that determines the speed of the computer, and I try to keep some free space on my internal drive..which has 113GB available out of 234GB total... I save almost all files on external drives though.
I know there's certain programs for pc that help optimize your computer but I can't seem to find any optimization tools for my G5. Let me know what other info I can provide. Thanks
I always ask this but never get a response...
Install Menumeters and do some testing. Let us know how much RAM and processing power you use doing what you do.
Maybe we can help you more once we have some numbers to work with.
I know there is a disk defrag app for Mac. Try that in the meantime.
I had a Dual 2.7 for a few weeks. It had a downgraded video card but it produced the same I as Core Duo 2GHz iMac I had. It's almost 2 years old, isn't it?
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CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Global Blue Technologies officials say they plan to employ about 200 workers at their Aransas County shrimp farm by 2017.
DAVID SIKES/CALLER-TIMES Global Blue Technologies agreed to donate a right of way for this kayak launch parking lot and bay access, which is now part of the Aransas County Pathways Project, a collection of nature tourism and historic sites around the region.
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO This structure measures 1,150 feet long and 155 feet wide. By 2017 Global Blue officials hope to have 16 of these on their 171-acre site at the end of Copano Retreat Road.
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO If all goes as planned, Global Blue Technologies will house 128 ponds inside 16 of these environmentally controlled buildings within two years.
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Anglers began noticing this huge tent-like structure near Port Bay earlier in the year. The shrimp farm sits in Aransas County at the site where at least two previous shrimp farms operated.
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO By 2017 Global Blue Technologies plans to be producing 10 million pounds of Pacific white shrimp annually and possibly processing them at its own plant in the Coastal Bend. This photo was shot at Texas Pack shrimp processing plant in Port Isabel. The shrimp came from Global Blue's pilot shrimp farm there.
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Each tent-like building will contain eight ponds, which company officials say will produce 625,000 pounds of shrimp annually. Water in the ponds is filtered on site and recirculated with no discharge.
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Milan boss Massimiliano Allegri and Vice-President Adriano Galliani are confident that they'll agree terms over a new contract.
The tactician is only tied to the Rossoneri until June 2012 and he has yet to put pen to paper on a fresh deal.
"Galliani has said that I will stay until 2014 and I have explained to both him and President Silvio Berlusconi that it is my ambition to remain here," the Coach noted.
"On my part, there is no problem and it has never seemed to me that the situation could be any different. We just have to wait a while so that we can talk and define everything.
"It's true that anything can happen as the contract hasn't been signed, but there are no problems at all."
The 44-year-old joined the San Siro outfit last year and he instantly won the Serie A title for the Diavolo.
"The signature will arrive," Galliani told Sky Sport Italia on Friday. "We don't need to put pen to paper today.
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Back-to-back victories have vaulted the Trinity Western Spartans to third place.
The women's basketball team was in Kelowna over the weekend, downing the UBC Okanagan Heat 73-69 and 63-50 to improve to 6-6 in Canada West conference play.
Spartans coach Cheryl Jean-Paul likes what she is seeing from her team, which is eyeing its first post-season berth in three seasons.
"Tonight's game was a better version of who we want to be as a program," she said.
"I thought the adjustments we made to return to a style that was more fluid and patient helped us maintain our composure and the lead throughout most of the game."
Sarah Cleveland led the way with 15 points while Janelle Traber had 13.
Friday's contest was much closer as the Spartans built a 13-point third quarter lead and then hung on for the four-point win.
Cleveland again led the way, scoring a career-high 21 points while Tiffany Olsen and Traber had 14 points apiece. Olsen also had 10 rebounds and Holly Strom had 11 points and nine rebounds.
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My fiancé and I got engaged in Las Vegas! He told me he was taking me on a surprise trip for Valentine's Day. When we got there, I was happy to discover that we were staying at the Bellagio. He told me to be ready by 5:30 for dinner reservations at Circo. When we were headed downstairs he asked me if I minded playing a few slots because we were a little early. We played for a few minutes and then headed off to eat.
Before we arrived at the restaurant he decided it would be so pretty to watch the fountains off the balcony that go off every half hour. When we got to the door there was a security guard blocking it. Jesse asked if we could go outside for a few minutes to watch and it seemed that the guard reluctantly agreed. He told us we could only go out for a couple of minutes and then we would need to come back in.
When we went outside I was overwhelmed by the cold. We walked down a few stairs only for me to see rose petals in the shape of a heart and champagne sitting on the balcony. I told Jesse that we were obviously interrupting someone's "moment" and that we should head back in. He told me the guard would not have let us come in if the other people were coming out. He told me to relax and enjoy the show. I pleaded with him a little more to go inside because it was so cold. Then "Fly me to the Moon" started to play. He asked me how crazy it would be if he proposed at that moment. I laughed and told him it would be crazy, but begged to go inside because of the cold.
Little did I know he was planning on proposing then and there! He got down on one knee and told me that he was proposing. I cried and went blank on the rest of his speech because I was so surprised. When he presented the beautiful ring, the ring box had a little light in it that made it so sparkly. After I stared at it for what must have been several minutes, he reminded me that I had not answered his question. I said yes and we hugged and kissed and enjoyed our champagne and private view of the gorgeous dancing fountains.


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I attended last year's National Legislative Forum as part of the NRPA's Young Professional Fellowship.
In reflecting on my time in Washington DC, I compiled a list of what I found most important for any park and recreation professional or citizen as they consider attending:
1. Simply, it is important - Go here and see all the park and recreation projects that the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) has funded since 1965. This coupled with several other programs and grant programs are critically important and need champions. We in parks and recreation understand the profound impact of our (and the legislators') communities. National Legislative Forum is the time to deliver that message.
Michael Biedenstein (left) with Missouri Parks and Recreation professionals
meeting with Congressman Wm.Lacy Clay (back center) at the 2012 NRPA Legislative Forum
2. Great educational sessions - Last year's sessions featured prominent speakers from the Trust for Public Land, CDC and Urban League Institute along with NRPA staff. The sessions prepare you for meetings with law makers and staff and invigorate participants to be a champion for the cause of parks and recreation. This year's sessions prove to be equally exciting and educational.
3. Networking, networking, networking - Participants are among the brightest and most committed professionals and citizens in the industry. In this smaller setting, it is much easier to network and even meet many of the members of the NRPA Board of Directors.
3. Networking, networking, networking - Participants are among the brightest and most committed professionals and citizens in the industry. In this smaller setting, it is much easier to network and even meet many of the members of the NRPA Board of Directors.
National Legislative Forum is a whirlwind three days. It is exciting, fun and exhausting all at the same time.
In the normal work setting, I occasionally find myself getting lost in the daily grind of emails and reports. After last year's National Legislative Forum, I left energized and refocused on the bigger picture of why I do my job: to help enrich people's lives and make stronger, healthier communities.
Written by Michael Biedenstein, CPRP, Recreation Program Coordinator at the City of Eureka, MO. He manages @YoungProf_NRPA as the Social Media Chair for the Young Professional Network.
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If you ever had trouble planning your wedding to be "different" than all the other weddings, here is an idea for you:
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Apartment Tropical
40m2 in a colonial building with 1 bedroom, fully equipped kitchen, jacuzzi in patio,bathroom and a small living area.
Included in the price: electricity, gas, water, cable TV, fans and WiFi internet.
For an extra fee you'll have AC (aircondition) as well if you choose. The AC is turned on at 8 PM and switched off at 8 AM. If you use the AC a whole month, you pay 115 USD, for single nights or shorter periods you pay 5 USD per night (8 PM – 8 AM).
If you want to use AC during 24 hours the fee is 230 USD per month or 10 USD per night.
Low season:
(Hole year except December, January, Easter week )
Per week: 195 USD
Per month: 420 USD
High Season
(High season: December, January, Easter week)
Per week: 395 USD
Per month: 795 USD
Apartment Colonial:
Apartment Colonial: 30 m2 with 2 bedrooms, bathroom, kitchen and with WiFi and Cable TV.
For an extra fee you'll have AC (aircondition) as well if you choose. The AC is turned on at 8 PM and switched off at 8 AM. If you use the AC a whole month, you pay 115 USD, for single nights or shorter periods you pay 5 USD per night (8 PM – 8 AM). If you want to use AC during 24 hours the fee is 230 USD per month or 10 USD per night.
Low season:
(Hole year except December, January, Easter week )
Per week: 195 USD
Per month: 420 USD
High Season
(High season: December, January, Easter week)
Per week: 395 USD
Per month: 795 USD
You find the 2 apartments in the historical center of Santa Marta(http://www.santamartacity.com/en/sectors/santa-marta/historic-downtown.html).The apartments are 2,5 blocks from the beach in the Bay of Santa Marta and around 1 block from restaurants, supermarkets and entertainment (Parque de los Novios:( http://www.santamartacity.com/en/couples-park.html?format=html). We are also about 2 blocks from the International Marina (http://www.santamartacity.com/en/sectors/santa-marta/marina-santa-marta.html) For more information about Santa Marta: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Marta
The historic center of Santa Marta is generally as safe as any big city in the
Americas. However after dark we recommend you to avoid very dark and lonely
places. If it looks unsafe it probably is. Don't carry more valuables than
necessary and even more important; don't show people your valuables (jewelry,
money or expensive electronics etc).
Further information and rules that you can expect during your stay.
Booking Confirmation
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Investors plan hotel purchases
Two former executives of Memphis hotel real estate investment trusts plan to buy as much as $300 million worth of hotels over the next three years in a venture they started this fall.
Robert Solmson, founder of RFS Hotel Investors, and Ed Ansbro, former senior vice president of Equity Inns, are two of three principals in Fairwood Hospitality Investors. The third is New Yorker Richard Reiss, a former RFS board member.
They've raised $150 million for Fairwood Capital, a private equity fund, most of it from an investment fund in Boston and another smaller group in the Northeast that Ansbro declined to name.
Solmson and Reiss have also put their own money into the fund.
They hope to borrow another $150 million.
"It's definitely contrarian to what's going on," said Ansbro, talking about the recession and downturn in the hotel business. "If you believe in cycles, and we do, we've been through this valley before, and we'll come out of it."
Combine credit market turmoil with a recession of unknown depth and length and there will be plenty of opportunities to buy hotels at "historically attractive prices," Solmson said.
Finding those hotels will be Ansbro's job.
"We're going to be very judicious," he said. "We'll stick with Marriott, Starwood (such as Sheraton and Westin) and Hilton properties because those properties outperform others consistently."
And he said he'll look for hotels in the 50 largest metropolitan areas and in other cities with large universities.
"I'm not sure if that will be a smart strategy, but it's not unusual for a company or investor to target those kinds of properties," said Napoleon Overton, an analyst with Morgan Keegan & Co. of Memphis, who follows real estate investment trusts.
"The portfolios of the real estate giants tend to concentrate on the top 25 metro areas," he said.
But, Overton said, "Bob Solmson is pretty good at knowing when to buy hotels."
Solmson started RFS, the first hotel REIT in the country, in 1993. The firm was sold to CNL Properties for $700 million in 2003.
Equity Inns, started in 1994, was bought by Whitehall Street Global Real Estate LP last year for $2.2 billion.
Overton did agree with the Fairwood principals on one point -- bargains will be available for them to buy.
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Principals: Robert Solmson, founder and chief executive officer of the former RFS Hotel Investors; Ed Ansbro, executive vice president of the former Equity Inns; Richard Reiss, chairman of Georgica Advisors in New York and former RFS board member
Business: Buying hotels in top 50 metropolitan areas, large university cities
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AKRON -- At its July 23 meeting, the Akron Board of Education made its first of two required votes to place a 7.9-mill operating levy on the November 6 ballot.
If approved, the 7.9-mill levy will cost the average Akron homeowner about $15 a month.
The Board will hold a special meeting on Wednesday, July 25, for a second vote to approve the issue.
"We can't keep doing more with less," said Board President Jason Haas. "We're depending on Akron's voters to stand with us and support our schools."
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Cuts included the elimination of approximately 200 positions.
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By Scott Huddleston : August 26, 2014 : Updated: August 27, 2014 1:17am
Photo By Associated Press file photoDan Phillips, a member of the San Antonio Living History Association, patrols the Alamo during a 2013 pre-dawn memorial ceremony to remember the 1836 Battle of the Alamo.
SAN ANTONIo — Some challenged the notion Tuesday night of making the famed 1836 siege and battle of the Alamo the "entry point" for telling the entire 300-year story of the site.
The city's Alamo Plaza Advisory Committee, which is developing a vision and planning principles for the area, heard from well over 100 people at a public meeting at the Convention Center. Some said interpretation of events during the Texas Revolution should not overshadow the site's early origins as the Mission of the San Antonio de Valero.
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AUSTIN — Texas coach Mack Brown said the Longhorns' "hearts pour out to the University of Wyoming community" after a car accident claimed the life of one Cowboys football player and injured three others Monday morning. Wyoming, which will play UT in Austin on Saturday, released a statement confirming the death of 19-year-old freshman Ruben […] [Read More]
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My personal feeling is that the era of the PC (and so of the desktop as well) is slowly coming to an end. People are increasingly using tablets or smartphones for just accessing remote appliances; data is being stored in the cloud. So the desktop is becoming more and more irrelevant. In the long run you probably do not need very much more than an internet browser.
How much has the culture of SUSE changed from what it was when you were there at the start? Are you trying to recreate that mood so that the enthusiasm present at that time - before you were acquired by Novell - returns?
Working in a start-up always differs very much from working in a big company with thousands of employees. Both worlds have their pros and cons. When we were small, we were very agile and flexible; nowadays there is more process and regulation. But I do understand that we need well-defined processes and proper documentation in order to provide our customers the quality level of support and services they need and pay for.
What I really loved about our start-up times was the lack of hierarchy and the incredible efficiency: we all pulled together, everybody knew what he had to do, so we did not need a boss. In fact, it was quite hard to find team leaders when we reached a certain size, because everybody just wanted to continue hacking instead of doing boring paper work and other administrative tasks.
But these were special times (the infamous internet rush end of the nineties) in a special company. Even nowadays, SUSE is a great place to work. I wanted to make my hobby my profession and succeeded. So I'm quite happy :)
Do you still have the chance to get your fingers into code these days? Or have you moved on altogether?
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Performer creates World of Wonder in Thousand Oaks and Ojai with shadows, mime, origami
Using hands and paper, performer Leland Faulkner will present magic, mime, shadow puppetry and origami during World of Wonder in Thousand Oaks and Ojai.
Performances will include the encounter between Nasruddin, "the wise fool of the Muslim world," and an invisible chicken, as well as a re-creation of Japan in the past, said Faulkner, who lives in Auburn, Maine.
Presented by Performances To Grow On, World of Wonder will take place Friday at the Scherr Forum Theatre in Thousand Oaks and Saturday at the Ojai Art Center.
"Leland's work is visually stunning and full of imagination," said Brian Bemel, founder of Performances To Grow On. "There is never a dull moment when Leland is on stage."
Born in Afghanistan, where he lived for two years, Faulkner moved to Iran, where he lived for three years. He later lived in Tanzania for seven years. The family traveled so much because Faulkner's father was in the Foreign Service and worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development, Faulkner said.
"Growing up with an international background inspired me to create a program that I think is one of the best family programs available," he said.
Bemel said Faulkner's show is "inspirational" and embraces the beauty of cultures from many parts of the world.
"I don't see this word very often when describing a performance, but World of Wonder is spellbinding," Bemel said.
Faulkner has performed throughout the U.S. and in Russia, Japan, China, Hong Kong and Spain.
"I have ... prepared a parade of personas using an old hat brim that is impossibly twisted into 20 characters from around the world in 15 minutes," he said.
Faulkner said his craft was inspired by several people including Tony Montanaro, a master mime and actor whom Faulkner met when he was 17.
"Tony took me under his wing as an apprentice, and eventually I became his performing partner, touring with him full time for three years," he said.
Faulkner also was inspired by a magic show he saw as a boy that was performed by American magician John Calvert.
"This magician hypnotized people to walk like chickens," Faulkner said. "He produced a real beautiful girl from a tiny, empty dollhouse, cut off a man's head with a buzz saw and shot a balloon that was attached to a volunteer's head while he was blindfolded. I remember everything in that show to this day."
Those who see World of Wonder will experience a large repertoire, Faulkner said.
"I am presenting a program that embraces tolerance through humor, celebrates multicultural influences and recaptures a sense of innocence," he said. "My hope is to allow my audiences to experience a world that enlightens, conjures wonder and entertains. After all, theater is fun."
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What: World of Wonder
When: 7 p.m. Friday at the Scherr Forum Theatre, 2100 East Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks; and 4 p.m. Saturday at the Ojai Art Center, 113 S. Montgomery St., Ojai
Cost: $20 adults, $15 children
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Facebook, Events and the Future of Check-ins
Posted on 19. Aug, 2010 by Lachlan Hibbert-Wells in Marketing, Social Media
Today (well, yesterday American time) Facebook held a press conference in which Zuckerberg and Co officially revealed what many of us have been eagerly awaiting: Facebook's push into location based social activity, Facebook Places.
You can read the live blog of the event on what was revealed and what went down here on Mashable, but what I actually want to talk about is what I was surprised wasn't revealed.
Anyone working in or around social media at the moment will have heard that we're in the year of mobile and the location based revolution. I myself have been guilty of discussing this shift ad nauseum in the past, but what this actually ignores is what the growth in Foursquare, Gowalla (both of whom were present as partners at the Places launch) and Brightkite actually signals.
Location is fantastic. If I'm out at a restaurant, concert, gallery, live event etc, being able to connect with other people there who have been there in the past or who are there right now is both entertaining and useful – I can get advice, meet up with friends I didn't realise were nearby and earn rewards.
So much focus is placed on the reward systems in these ventures, namely the badges or promotional tie-ins however what is often overlooked is the beauty and adaptability of the check-in mechanic.
An example: I'm out at the movies with friends, and all being hip, young social media nerds we check in at George Street Cinemas, I even send this to Twitter and Facebook as well with the message "Seeing Inception!" attached. I see a Tip as to the best seats to ask for in Event Cinema's new assigned seating madness, grab popcorn and enjoy the movie. Great, right?
Sure, but why base such a check-in only on location? Surely I have more in common with someone in another cinema seeing Inception than someone who is physically close but watching Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue? Likewise, if I'm at home watching Mad Men, why not connect me with others doing the same? This is at the heart of the event based check-in market.
Naturally, I'm not the only one thinking along these lines. There are already a bunch of competing services in the space, fighting against each other and trying to gain traction. GetGlue, Philo and Miso all do similar things but with unique pros and cons for each. As Jennifer Van Grove puts it:
It's way too early to make predictions. We're still on the cusp of an emerging trend, but eventually there will be one clear victor.
GetGlue has an advantage on the recommendation engine front. Philo's live TV focus is inherently network-friendly. And Miso really gets why and how users will use its service.
A solid case could be made for each, and yet one will dominate, just as Twitter killed off its competition and Facebook finds itself leaps and bounds ahead of the rest. Right now, though, it's still anybody's game.
So yes, I'm certainly not the only one who sees this as a potentially massive market in the future. Remember, these types of check-ins can, and will, expand to cover more and more of what you do on a day to day basis. Concerts, watching TV, movies, sporting events and, I would wager, even more abstract events such as hobbies and past times.
The part that gets me, is while Facebook Places looks really interesting and will no doubt be the subject of much reporting and debate in the coming weeks, is that it's this event based interaction which to me marries far better with Facebook's current ecosystem (Pages, Groups etc), which is why I'm surprised that Zuckerberg said definitively that event based check-ins were not part of the service at this time.
The coming 12 months should be very interesting for how this space evolves, and for an excellent run down on uptake, interaction and profiling of the three services I mentioned above, I do recommend anyone interested read Jennifer Van Grove's piece.
What do you think? If you're a currently a Foursquare addict could you see yourself checking in to events? Or do you not see the appeal of any of it?
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