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A collection of photographs from a diverse group of 74 friends from around the globe. Having met on photographic forums we have collaborated on this book to celebrate how we see the word, photography, each other... it!
Available in both hard and soft covers.
Link to softcover: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/invited/1271676/df45c9a1adb681d469fc0765f264a006
Award winning photographer and graphic designer based in Cumbria. I photograph weddings throughout the UK. I have worked in publishing for over 30 years and have designed Blurb books for other people including the Flickr 'Nikon DSLR Forum'.
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"Involved" ..for me, as least meant only having to pick which photographs I want to contribute and the layout to use. All the rest was handled magically by our skilled "editorial" staff who put in many many hours to ensure our book was all we all hoped it would be …and more. To those on the "editorial" staff I say thank you!
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As we see it 2014 (Softcover) Published November 18, 2014
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I must govern the clock not be governed by it.
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Those who do not know how to weep with their whole heart don't know how to laugh either.
Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you are aboard there is nothing you can do about it.
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Asian Sliders
from Slidin' Dirty Food Truck.
(Click the name to go to their website.)
6 dinner rolls
1 pound ground beef, formed into 6 small burger patties
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
2 bunches baby bok choy – stems and leaves separated and chopped
2 cloves garlic chopped
¾ cup shitake mushrooms sliced ¼ inch
½ cup Asian vinaigrette (recipe follows)
½ cup Dijon mustard
¼ cup chopped scallions
Toasted sesame seeds
Salt and pepper
Asian Vinaigrette
2 tablespoons rice vinegar
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon honey
1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger
1 teaspoon siratcha
1 teaspoon sesame oil
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
Mix all ingredients except oil, slowly add oil. Shake or stir well before use
Season both sides of burger patties and cook on frying pan or griddle at medium high heat for about 4 minutes on each side. While the beef is cooking heat vegetable oil in a separate sauté pan at medium high heat. Add bok choy stems and mushrooms to the oil and cook for about 4 minutes or until the mushrooms are golden brown and the bok choy has softened slightly. Reduce heat to medium low and add the bok choy leaves, garlic and ¼ cup of the Asian vinaigrette and simmer for about another 3-4 minutes or until the leaves have begun to wilt. Mix the remaining ¼ cup of vinaigrette with the Dijon mustard and set aside. If desired butter the dinner rolls and grill on griddle until browned (about 2-3 minutes). Split the vegetable mix among the 6 rolls with a slotted spoon to drain excess liquid. Top the veg mix with the burger patty and Asian mustard. Finish with a topping of scallions and toasted sesame seeds. Serve immediately.
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"Growing Our Community"
Patriot League Women's Basketball Page
NCAA Women's Basketball Page
During the summer of 2009, the Patriot League was one of 18 institutions or conferences which was selected by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to receive a women's basketball grant as part of the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Grant Program, which is in its second year. The 2009-10 NCAA grant program dedicated approximately $750,000 nationally to increase awareness, exposure and increase attendance of women's basketball. The Patriot League was the only conference to be awarded grant funding during the first two years of program.
"We are pleased with the success of many of last year's grant recipients and are excited to see what these new recipients are able to achieve with this assistance," said NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Vice President Sue Donohoe. "When resources are allocated and efforts are focused to promote women's basketball, it can provide a meaningful return on the investment."
The Patriot League is planning to use the grant for numerous exciting activities and initiatives. The League will work with each of its eight member schools to implement a plan that will best suit each campus, as well as provide additional funding to support the program.
A total of 75 member schools and conferences submitted proposals in the second year of the pilot program. National office staff and representatives from the NCAA women's basketball marketing consultant firm, Hawkeye Sports and Entertainment, evaluated the proposals.
In the spring of 2008, the Patriot League received one of 17 grants as part of the newly designed NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Grant Program. The grant program is designed to foster the growth of women's basketball on NCAA member campuses and within NCAA member conferences.
"We are very excited to receive a grant that will enable the League and its member schools to continue to grow and develop a fan base for women's basketball," said Carolyn Schlie Femovich, Patriot League Executive Director. "The League looks forward to working cooperatively with its eight member institutions to promote our programs and build a stronger community around women's basketball."
Prior to the 2008-09 campaign, more than 70 member institutions and conferences submitted proposals in the first year of the three-year pilot program. The competition for the grants was very intense as institutions and conferences came up with original ideas for promoting women's basketball.
The target audiences for the program include youth organizations, senior groups, community and civic organizations and students and alumni of each of the eight Patriot League institutions.
The goal is to increase the home attendance for the entire 2010 Patriot League women's basketball campaign through a variety of promotions and engaging local organizations to attend and learn more about the Patriot League women's basketball programs, as well as expose individuals to the academic institutions.
To follow Patriot League Women's Basketball when you are unable to attend the game in person, visit Patriot League All-Access, which is a comprehensive streaming package of nearly every Patriot League women's basketball game during League play and the Patriot League Tournament. To register for a subscription or to learn more information about Patriot League All-Access, visit click here
Below are the dates of each institution's home Patriot League games for the 2009-10 season.
Promotions will be held on each date of the Patriot League regular-season schedule. Please check throughout the campaign for a brief descriptions of each school's promotions.
Saturday, Jan. 9 vs. Lehigh, 2 p.m. - Women's Basketball Alumni Day
Wednesday, Jan. 13 vs. Bucknell, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 20 vs. Army, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 30 vs. Lafayette, 2 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 13 vs. Colgate, 2 p.m. - Pack The House Challenge /Pink Zone / National Girls & Women In Sports Day
Saturday, Feb. 20 vs. Holy Cross, 2 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 24 vs. Navy, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 9 vs. Colgate, 1 p.m. - Take a Kid to the Game Day
Wednesday, Jan. 13 vs. Holy Cross, 7 p.m. -
Wednesday, Jan. 27 vs. Lafayette, 7 p.m. - Army Wives Appreciation Night/ Hockey Ticket Special
Saturday, Jan. 30 vs. Bucknell, 1 p.m. - Military Appreciation Day / Ike Hall Sinatra Promotion
Saturday, Feb. 13 vs. Lehigh, 1 p.m. - Pink Zone / National Girls & Women In Sports Day / Big Brother/Big Sister Day / Valentine's Buy One, Get One Free
Wednesday, Feb. 17 vs. American, 7 p.m. - West Point Youth Sports Day
*Saturday, Feb. 20 vs. Navy, 11 a.m. - Scout Day / Service Appreciation Day / Pack the House Challenge / Bouncing Bulldogs Clinic / Clinic Day
Saturday, Jan. 16 vs. Holy Cross, 2 p.m. - State Farm/BU Dining Feed The Fan / Ticket Promotion / Middle School Night (Kids Day Out)
Wednesday, Jan. 20 vs. Lafayette, 7 p.m. - Service Personnel Night / Coat Drive - Men and Women in the service industry (Armed Forces, Police, Fire and rescue workers, and restaurant workers)
Saturday, Jan. 23 vs. Colgate, 7 p.m. - USA Jump Rope Team / Elementary School Night / Girl Scout Night / Cheerleader Night / Daycare Centers-Elementary School/Girl Scouts/Cheerleader/Daycare Center Night
Saturday, Feb. 6 vs. Navy, 7 p.m. - Alumni Game / Youth Basketball Night / High School Night- Youth Basketball
Wednesday, Feb. 10 vs. American, 7 p.m. - National Girls & Women In Sports Day / Library Campaign Night / WBCA Pink Zone
Wednesday, Feb. 24 vs. Lehigh, 7 p.m. - Pack the House Challenge/ Spirit Night / Camper Day / After-School Programs Night/Greek Night
Saturday, Feb. 27 vs. Army, 7 p.m. - Senior Night / Upward Night / CYO Night
Saturday, Jan. 16 vs. American, 2 p.m. - Meet the Raiders /Autograph session post-game
Wednesday, Jan. 20 vs. Lehigh, 7 p.m. - Shoe Drive
Saturday, Jan. 30 vs. Navy, 2 p.m. - "Paint the Court Maroon" /Rowdy Raiders Game
Saturday, Feb. 6 vs. Army, 2 p.m. - "Youth Day / Report Card Day / NGWSD"
Wednesday, Feb. 10 vs. Lafayette, 7 p.m. - Greek Challenge - Buy 1 ticket, get 1 free
Saturday, Feb. 20 vs. Bucknell, 2 p.m. - Pack the House Challenge/Pink Zone
Wednesday, Feb. 24 vs. Holy Cross, 7 p.m. - "Reslife Challenge Rowdy Raiders Game"
Holy Cross
Saturday, Jan. 9 vs. Lafayette, 1 p.m. - Post-game clinic
Sunday, Jan. 24 vs. American, 2 p.m. (CBS College Sports) - Pack the House Challenge / WHITE OUT / Autograph session /
National Girls & Women In Sports Day / Camper Day
Saturday, Jan. 27 vs. Colgate, 7 p.m. - Flip Camera / Cash Giveaway
Wednesday, Feb. 10 vs. Army, 7 p.m. - Sack-Pack giveaway
Saturday, Feb. 13 vs. Bucknell, 3 p.m. - Pink Zone / Winter Homecoming
Wednesday, Feb. 17 vs. Navy, 7 p.m. - Student Cash Night
Saturday, Feb. 27 vs. Lehigh, 1 p.m. - Senior Day / Replica Jersey Giveaway
Wednesday, Feb. 13 vs. Colgate, 7 p.m. - Youth Sports Night
Saturday, Jan. 16 vs. Navy, 1 p.m. - CBL Day / Post-Game Autograph Session / Schedule Poster Giveaway
Saturday, Jan. 23 vs. Lehigh, 1 p.m. - Alumni Game / Youth Cheerleader Day
Saturday, Feb. 6 vs. Holy Cross, 1 p.m. - Pack the House Challenge / Pink Zone / Wing-Eating Contest
Wednesday, Feb. 17 vs. Bucknell, 7 p.m. - Girl Scouts and Brownies / National Girls & Women In Sports Day
Wednesday, Feb. 24 vs. Army, 7 p.m. - Maroon Platoon / Faculty Appreciation Night
Saturday, Feb. 27 vs. American, 1 p.m. - Poster Day / Lunch with the Leopard and Coach Frank Tavani
Wednesday, Jan. 9 vs. Navy, 7 p.m. (SE2) - Coat Drive
Saturday, Jan. 16 vs. Army, 7 p.m. (SE2) - Heroes Night (honor all military, law enforcement, safety personnel for their service)
Wednesday, Jan. 27 vs. Bucknell, 7 p.m. (SE2) - Faculty/Staff Night
Saturday, Jan. 30 vs. Holy Cross, 1 p.m. (SE2) - Band Day
Saturday, Feb. 6 vs. American, 7 p.m. (SE2) - National Girls & Women In Sports Day / Pack the House Challenge / Girl Scout Night
Wednesday, Feb. 17 vs. Colgate, 7 p.m. (SE2) - Food Drive
Saturday, Feb. 20 vs. Lafayette, 7 p.m. (SE2) - Pink Zone
Friday, Jan. 8 vs. Bucknell, 7 p.m. - Pack the House Challenge/Scout Night/Anne Arundel County Public Schools Faculty/Staff Day /Bring Your "A" Game! /Scores for Schools Night
Wednesday, Jan. 20 vs. Holy Cross, 7 p.m. - Active Senior Night
*Saturday, Jan. 23 vs. Army, 3 p.m. - Active Senior Night /Kings Firecrackers Halftime Performance
Wednesday, Jan. 27 vs. American, 7 p.m. - Scores for Schools Night /John Casey Frisbee Dogs Halftime Show
Wednesday, Feb. 10 vs. Lehigh, 7 p.m. - Brigade Sports Complex Day
Saturday, Feb. 13 vs. Lafayette, 7 p.m. - Pink Zone Game /Midshipmen Sponsor Appreciation Day /Scores for Schools Night
Saturday, Feb. 27 vs. Colgate, 7 p.m. - Senior Night/National Women in Sports Night /Daughters Night /Scores for Schools - Old Mill Cluster Night
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Things to see and do - Priego de Córdoba
Leaving for Spain
La Aurora :
Nearby tourist sites
Nearby hotels
Casa Baños de la Villa from49 €Book
Hotel Las Rosas from32 €Book
Huerta de las Palomas from77 €Book
Nearby Restaurants
Balcón del Adarve
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Type de cuisine : Traditional cuisine
La Aurora
La Aurora : Michelin's recommendations
Juan de Dios Santaella reworked this 15C church in the 18C in the Baroque style. Only the tower and bell tower are from the 16C. The attractive baroque doorway in polychromatic marble is divided into two registers, and contains the Virgin of the Dawn in the centre, between two twisted columns. Inside, the single nave has an exuberant Baroque decor. Every Saturday at midnight the Brotherhood of the Aurora go through the streets of the town singing canticles in honour of the Virgin, as they have done for almost 350 years.
Useful Information
- Address : calle Carrera de Alvarez, s/n E - 14800 Priego de Córdoba14800Priego de Córdoba


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Canada Revenue Agency stipulates that a minimum payment must be withdrawn from your RRIF each year and reported as income. *This minimum annual payment is taken from a schedule that is based on your age or the age of your spouse.
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Between 4 p.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Friday, a jewelry case in the booth belonging to Lorraine Melgosa was damaged and three rings removed.
Barb Ingles, Sandi Hofferber, Lynn Horner and Pat Miller were in the store at the time, working on a display for the front window of the main store. Two men came into the store from their white 90's model Toyota pickup (observation of pickup by Hofferber).
The men went into the other section of the store which is filled with individuals' craft booths. After the men left, the store group was taking furniture to the back of the store when they noticed a hinge broken on a jewelry case in Lorraine Melgosa's booth and three ring containers empty, said Ingles.
They called the police, gave a description of the men, and one of them was caught. Further information is forthcoming from the police.
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Easter was wonderful this year. Michelle was old enough to really enjoy it this year. They had a big Easter egg hunt at church and the child that found the golden egg, got a big surprise inside. It had a $20 bill in it and believe it or not, Michelle found it all by her little self. She came running to me saying "The Easter bunny laid a golden egg but there's a dollar in it". A dollar she said. I told her that it was a 20 dollar bill and she looked at me with this serious look on her face and said, "Well when are you taking me shopping?"
Tag Archives: Easter
Gift Baskets for Grandparents
When it comes to gift giving and long distances it's always important to make sure things will arrive on time. I like to give gifts for Easter to friends and family that don't live near me. I usually send items via the post office. This time of year the line is not nearly as bad as it would be if I needed delivery before Christmas in December.
My grandparents are very special to me and I always remember to send them something. This year I'm sending them a homemade gift basket that Lady Bug and I put together. She drew a couple of pictures for both of them to hang on their refrigerator. She also painted a cute little plastic light catcher for a window. I've added a jar of my grandmother's favorite blackberry jam and some of my grandfather's favorite salami. It doesn't sound like much but with the inclusion of a family picture of Lady Bug and I the basket is complete.
My grandparents are happy with nothing at all. I just like to send them a little something to let them know we are thinking about them.
Painting the Grass Green
Today was the community Easter Egg Hunt. I took Lady Bug to gather eggs with the other children in the neighborhood. She had tons of fun running around in the grass at the park. I snapped a bunch of pictures of her looking for the hidden eggs.
The grass looked soo vibrant in all of the pictures. It reminded me of a time I went to visit family in Tennessee and saw a man spraying green onto the grass in front of a business. I thought it was pretty strange at first. Then I saw another person spraying the same green substance onto his front lawn. I appreciate a nice looking lawn, but I've never considered faking it with spray paint.
Fun Filling Easter Baskets
Putting together Easter Baskets is something I look forward to every year. I like to get a really big wicker basket and decorate it with pretty pink and purple ribbons. I stuff the basket with artificial grass and sometimes some Easter confetti. This year I found some cute confetti that has little chicks, bunnies, and eggs. They make a mess but are too cute. I don't ind vacuuming them up if they get all over the floor.
I went shopping yesterday to start getting all the pieces I plan to add to Lady Bug's basket this year. I found the most precious, plush, floppy bunny that I've ever seen. It's a pale brown color and has soft pink lining on his ears. I also got a couple of neat little puzzles for her to put together. Because she's so obsessed with princesses and ponies I got her one of each. I also added in some containers with scented bubbles. She can't seem to stop smiling when bubbles are involved. In addition to these I picked up some crayons,markers, and two coloring books.
To round out the basket filled with her favorite items, I added a few pieces of candy. What would and Easter basket be without a chocolate bunny? Of course I included the traditional marshmallow chicks and bunnies. And more for me than her, I added a big bag of jelly beans. I can't seem to get enough of the little sugary bits. She always shares them with me so I gave her a big bag. I know she'll love everything in basket this year. I can't wait to see her face when she gets it Easter morning when she finds it sitting out in the garden.
Lots of Easter Events and Preparations
It's only two short weeks until Easter is here. I really haven't done anything to prepare for it. I'm not sure if we are going to go to my family's home or stay here. I know there are a few things we can do here in our own community if we want to. I even saw a community Easter Egg Hunt advertised at the church down the street for this coming weekend. I think it would be fun to take Lady Bug out and have her hunt eggs with other little girls and boys. I'm sure she would love running up and down the field with all of the other kids her age.
I also saw that our mall is having the Easter Bunny come visit for pictures. I'm not really sure how Lady Bug will react to a big guy in a bunny costume. There is only one way to find out. I'll have to get her a really pretty dress to wear. Maybe I'll even make her a cute hair bow.


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I printed up a copy of this book to donate to the kangeiko raffle. Due to time constraints, a few errors and typos slipped through and weren't noticed until after it had been printed.
If you decide that you really want a copy, contact me first, so that I can upload a corrected copy.
I started in photography with an Argus C3 in the summer of '73. That September I got a used Minolta SRT-101 for my Bar Mitzvah. After college, when I no longer had access to a darkroom, my photography hobby went dormant for about 25 years until I replaced a stolen point and shoot digital with a Pentax DSLR. With a real camera, and the control from processing the photos myself, my enjoyment of photography returned, with 25 years of compounded interest.
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All the links on http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/bb545897.aspx seem to be broken.
Don't use that, it doesn't work with Hyper-V (if you're still running Virtual Server you'd better be planning an upgrade, soon). The SysInternals Suite includes Disk2VHD, which can do the conversion, though you'll likely have to muck with the disk drivers or the virtualized system will not boot (you'll end up with a STOP 7B.
The general steps for using Disk2VHD:
If you're going to be doing this on multiple machines I'd recommend a fully automated tool. Microsoft provides this functionality in SCVMM, which you can download a free trial of too. There are other utilities out there, Acronis and others.
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-Ability to test the programmer for basic interaction skills to understand the client requirement.
-Ability of the programmer to ask the right questions and get the relevant answers.
-Ability of the programmer to definitely write a work program.
-Deliver quality code, ie not just working program but also ensure that the program performs well at high performance (ie many multiple request in parallel)
-Ability for the programmer to work under pressure and respond quickly in terms of delivery time frames
-Ability for the programmer to work in a team, ie distribute work in between the team members, be able to collaborate and come up with combined solution quickly.
The program helps engineers in checking whether the code they have written is good. The code is first reviewed by multiple automated tools and then sent to other peers/leads for review. The reviewed code along with the comments is then sent back to the programmer.
PROJECT DETAILS: Any engineer writing a good program should learn the best practices in writing a good program and keep checking if they could make the program better. This will ensure they learn good programming skills. The application should take the inputs of the following: The java code class and package(either the exact file path or the jar file containing the programs) -The application should unjar or extract all the files. -The application should then run the code through software like http://pmd.sourceforge.net/, http://www.hammurapi.biz/hammarapi-biz/ef/xmenu/hammurapi-group/prouts/hammurapi/index.html. -The application takes the input of who needs to review the code during setup. -The application then runs the code through both the code review tools, generates the resultset. -The code review results are then kept in a shared folder. -The reviewers and programmers are then sent an email to look at the code + code review comments. -The reviewers are provided with a screen to enter the code review comments -These comments are then provided to the programmer. -The programmer could then fix and provide the remarks/how it has been fixed for each of the comment. -This is a pre-requisite before a program can be accepted.


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SMITHVILLE – Smithville's defense made a second-half stand to bring home its first playoff win in three seasons.
Down 20-8 at the half, the Seminoles stormed back to take a third-quarter lead and shut out Shaw for a 22-20 win.
"Our defense was stonewall in the second half, and I felt pumped when we made that final stand," said senior running back Tyler Hood, who had 219 yards on 17 carries. "It feels great for us to finally get this playoff win."
On its second possession of the game, Shaw (8-4) capped off a 74-yard drive with a three-yard scoring run from Reggie Scott.
Smithville (9-3) answered on the first play of its next possession when Tyler Hood broke free for a 66-yard score.
Shaw went back on top two plays later with quarterback Andre Pruitt's 59-yard TD run for a 14-8 lead. Pruitt added a 34-yard score in the second quarter to stretch the lead to 20-8. Smithville threatened near the beginning of the period but were stopped on fourth down at the Hawks 2.
Smithville opened the second half to take the lead on 14 unanswered points on a 17-yard run from Drew Lann and a 33-yard score from Dee Moore. Shaw missed a possible go-ahead field goal with 1:30 left in the game.
"This is the best effort I've seen out of this group of guys," Smithville coach Bubba Tacker said. "The second half was phenomenal, and I just feel blessed to be part of it."
Smithville goes on the road to Shelby Broad Street for its second-round matchup.


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On Playforts, Shock G, and Jambalaya…
A day off of school is good to remember what a good play fort looks like… (that's Viv in there with her light-up pillow, her Minecraft torch, and playing Little Inferno on my iPad)
I dropped some knowledge on Corey Booker…
The Flyers won big in an afternoon game against the Isles. And I made this last night for dinner (for Abbe and I, and Viv had a couple plates too)… it's jambalaya topped with fried halibut, shrimp, grated parmesan and some leftover wing sauce from Pic III… if it looks like I emptied the fridge, you're right! Somehow, this came out great. I've been trying to up my cooking game a bit. I want to do a better job for everybody in my home. I don't need to learn anything fancy – just something fairly healthy and comfortable.
Today is a busy one: a meeting with a potential client, lunch with a great graphic design partner, coding, 6 mile training run, brownies, helping kids with homework, and hopefully, some relaxing.
Funny/Interesting Links…
- Michelle Jenneke – Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2013 – Thanks Jake!
- The 10 McFunniest Reactions to Burger King Twitter Hack
- 7 Craigslist Alternatives to Try Out
- Two girls studying in Japan decided to eat Japanese condom ice cream. It went about how you'd expect.
- Astronaut star Chris Hadfield aboard the ISS sings a collaboration with the Barenaked Ladies (Video)
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In this Web-exclusive bonus, More's consulting money editor tells how to make your legacy a boon, not a burden, to your heirs. For the rest of the story, click here.
Is there any way to make sure your kids treat their inheritance responsibly?
Financial writer Liz Weston—author of the new book The 10 Commandments of Money—is one of the most financially responsible people I know. When she turned 30, she came into a chunk of cash "big enough for a down payment on a house," as she puts it. The money originally was a "memorial" to her great-uncle, a man she never met who was killed in the Korean War. Weston's grandmother created a trust fund to benefit his nieces and nephews. Now Weston and her husband want to do the same for their daughter. If they die prematurely, their estates will create a trust for their daughter that will dole out money to her over time so she doesn't spend it all at once. While they're still here, they plan to teach her about using the money wisely. By instilling in her "the idea that we are the stewards of this money," Weston says, they're trying to "make sure our daughter gets some money to buy a house or start a business if at all possible."
Research shows that if an inheritance is a surprise, recipients tend to spend more that they did before, work less or put more away for retirement—all perfectly pleasant options. But knowing that the money will be available does more than create options: It can appreciably broaden the heirs' life choices. If someone has been told ahead of time that she's going to inherit, say, $200,000 when her grandparents die, she may decide to pay for college outright rather than take on loans, or buy her forever house rather than a starter, or open her own restaurant. "In general, if there's less uncertainty about what's coming down the pike, you can make better financial decisions," says University of Illinois economist Jeffrey R. Brown, who published a paper on the topic last year. "It's not a perfect model. A lot depends on the individual receiving the inheritance. But on the whole, advance notice is a good thing."
Estate-planning attorney Jon Gallo, coauthor, with his wife, Eileen Gallo, of Silver Spoon Kids, suggests two other ways to encourage financial responsibility. The first is to give your future heirs some of the money before you die. "If you want your kids to learn to play in the sandbox, they have to have sand," he says. "They have to have money to learn to manage it responsibly."
The second is to establish what he calls a financial-skills trust—putting the money in trust for your children and naming a trustee. But instead of doling out the money based on age, the trustee evaluates how well the kids have mastered six financial skills: the ability to live within their means, to use credit responsibly, to save sufficiently and habitually, to create a budget, to live within that budget and to manage (by investing) the money they've saved. The trustee then provides access to funds only as the child proves ready for them. "These are much more objective benchmarks than the sort of trust that allows a child access to money because he turned 25 or because she got an MBA," says Gallo.
How do you prevent an inheritance from becoming a burden?
Two things turn an inheritance from a delight into a nightmare. The first occurs when the giver attaches too many strings. That's what happened to Barbara Blouin, author of The Legacy of Inherited Wealth. Her father set up a trust that she says was just too strict: "I couldn't leave any of that money to other people in my will. I could never take the principal out. There were so many conditions that I wasn't even happy about having the money." If you insist on conditions—and Eileen Gallo doesn't encourage them—it's important to be very clear. Let your adult children know well ahead of time that they won't be able to do whatever they want with the money, and tell them why.


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Wednesday, April 30, public relations expert and author Lynn Wiese Sneyd will join H. Alan Day, her client and coauthor of "The Horse Lover: A Cowboy's Quest to Save the Wild Mustangs," when they speak to the Scottsdale Society of Women Writers at the regular monthly meeting held from 5:30-7:30 p.m. The two will lend insight into what to expect while writing, publishing and promoting a book.
"Lynn Wiese Sneyd has served our SSWW group members well as a speaker and a consultant in public relations on many occasions," said founder/president Patricia L. Brooks. "We welcome her back to speak to us this year with her client and their new book to learn about their adventure in coauthoring."
Published by the University of Nebraska Press, "The Horse Lover" has been called "an instant classic" by Booklist. Kirkus Reviews notes that the book "delivers a lively report of [Day's] four years tending 1,500 unadoptable wild mustangs."
Sneyd is the owner of LWS Literary Services, an agency that specializes in editing, ghostwriting, book proposals, query letters and book publicity. In addition to coauthoring the above-mentioned book, she is the author of "Holistic Parenting: Raising Children to a New Physical, Emotional and Spiritual Well-Being" and coauthor of "Healthy Solutions: A Guide to Simple Healing and Healthy Wisdom." The latter received the Arizona Book Award for best health/nutrition/wellness book. A frequent presenter at writers' conferences and workshops, Sneyd holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and was a recipient of a Ragdale residency.
Day grew up on the 200,000-acre Lazy B cattle ranch located in southern Arizona and New Mexico and returned to manage the ranch after graduating from the University of Arizona. In 1988 he purchased a 35,000-acre ranch in South Dakota's Sand Hills and started the first government-sponsored wild horse sanctuary, which became home to 1,500 wild mustangs. He also coauthored the memoir "Lazy B: Growing up on a Cattle Ranch in the American Southwest" with his sister, Sandra Day O'Connor, who was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Ronald Reagan and served from 1981 until 2006.
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Paul Johnson Press Conference
Head Coach Paul Johnson sat down to talk with the media for his weekly press conference
Nov. 22, 2011
Opening Statement
On Georgia's offense and defense and whether that adds extra motivation
On the difference in Georgia from last year to this year
On injured Jackets Orwin Smith, Stephen Hill and others with injuries?
On the home field advantage
On the Tech seniors
It's a small group, but like anything, it's always in motion because especially with this group because they've been here with us from the start. They've seen a lot of ups and highs and a few lows along the way, but they've stayed with the program and we'll see how this year finishes out. But, they have a chance to be apart of a pretty good stretch over their four years. If we can find a way to win a couple of more games they'll have accomplished a lot over their career, so they've been pretty special to Georgia Tech.
On missing Orwin Smith and what it means to the offense
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Samsung decided to upgrade its little Champ phone, so it has introduced the brand new E2652 Champ Duos, and E2652W Champ Duos.
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The rest of the new phones' features have remained unchanged, including GSM / EDGE connectivity, social networking integration, Bluetooth, 3.5mm headset jack, FM radio, 1.3MP camera, and MicroSD card support.
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- Elisa Lanes Caring Community Providing a network of committed volunteers to perform the mitzvah of visiting and comforting the sick, bereaved, or lonely. Learn more about the Caring Community.
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I am running Ubuntu 10.10 since I thought the upgrade was safely possible on my working machine (programmer here). I recently got a freeze now and then, but slowly it got really annoying, when it went from once in a while to once a day. So I googled around for potential causes and re-installed the graphic driver (ATI Radeon HD 4300).
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this day forward, I no longer shall tinker with the
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Classic Horror Games
Does anyone here enjoy classic horror games? Let me clarify: "Classic Horror" Games not "Classic" Horror Games. Im talking Amnesia: The Dark Decent or Dear Esther not Saw. If you still aren't sure what classic horror is: think Poe and Lovecraft not the graphic obscenities they call the Saw movies.
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
Scratches is one of my favorites for sure.
Very classic storytelling (narration and voice talent is superb). The use of ambiance and music sets this perfect edge-of-your-seat thriller. Definitely worth checking out if this is the type of game you like :)
Steam has it for $10: http://store.steampowered.com/app/46460/
7th guest and 11th Hour are also great games.. though they're so old, it would be hard to find copies of them (I'd imagine). Might try GOG.
Dear Esther is a horror game now? :p
Clive Barker's Undying is without a doubt my favourite horror video game. It was my reigning scariest-game-ever until Amnesia came along. It's really old though, mind.
If you like adventure games, Ben Croshaw (of Zero Punctuation game), made a bunch of well-written, low-fi horror games called the Chzo Mythos. The games are in order: 5 Days a Stranger, 7 Days a Skeptic, Trilby's Notes and 6 Days a Sacrifice.
There's the Silent Hill games that have represented horror games for years, but I haven't played any, except for a bit of the first which I thought was genuinely scary.
If you liked Amnesia, consider Frictional's previous efforts, namely the Penumbra series. They're the games most similar to Amnesia.
Then there's an indie game that's been grabbing the survival horror headlines, called Lone Survivor, by Jason Byrne. Not sure if it's classic horror or not, so look into it.
As for games coming up, there's Anna by Dreampainters, which looks like an interesting horror adventure thing (and close to Amnesia/Dear Esther). It's coming out next month.
Finally, there's the sequel to Amnesia, being developed by the Dear Esther team, called A Machine for Pigs.
I knew about the Amnesia sequel and I have to say: very excited and as for the Penumbra series: played it and couldn't get i into it. I think it is because I played Amnesia first and the mechanics there are a lot better but the story is great just as good as any other Frictional title. I can't wait to see what thechineseroom does with A Machine For Pigs though, so excited.
I will look into Scratches actually, it looks like it could be interesting.
And to you Alexrd: props for playing a game based on my man Lovecraft's Mythos.
Don't know if VTMB counts, but that's one of my favorites.
I'll second the Clive Barker's Undying vote. It was quite good.
VtMB is a good choice as well. Not always strictly horror-genre, but definitely enough to count.
Does anyone also feel the lack of classic horror games for consoles? I don't know of I am just not attentive enough or what but I really don't see many.
Cover-based shooting just doesn't go so well with survival horror, it turns out.
Alan Wake is a pretty decent horror game.. but as Sabre pointed out.. it involves some pew-pew. Seems they can't just leave that portion out and come out with a decent *gasp* RPG without the shooty elements.
Granted many RPG's contain a combat element, but console horror games seem to involve that portion as the dominate feature.
Still, Alan Wake is definitely worth a playthrough. Seems a little more traditional than most horror/survival (though I'll always have a place in my heart for the Deadspace series.. hehe)
Alan Wake is interesting because despite its numerous horror elements (and obvious homages to King and Lovecraft), it bills itself as "A Psychological Action Thriller". Viewed from that lens, it does its job pretty well - there's lots of action, and in the second half of the game there isn't even any horror left as even Alan and his buddy start joking about the enemies they face.
To its credit, Alan Wake has a way of keeping you on the edge and making you feel uncomfortable in every single fight, no matter how repetitive.
I may give Alan Wake a try but the only thing holding me back is all the really bad thing ls I have heard about the game.
Bad things? Alan Wake is not the best horror game out there but it's fairly good. Mechanics work well, repetitiveness doesn't really bother much, atmosphere is spot on, graphics are still top notch, writing is excellent (Alan is, after all, a successful thriller writer and speaks just like you'd expect a writer to speak and think) and the rock concert at the farm bit... wow.
Definetly a hit in face of the lack of good horror games.
You must understand that I have no opinion yet I was merely telling you what I have been told. Now that you say that I think I will try it out once I finish my replay of the Mass Effect series. I do appreciate that suggestion.
Like I said, don't go into Alan Wake as a horror game, and it's absolutely fantastic. It's one of the better put-together games I've seen in recent years and really shines in every department I can think of.
So what are everyone's favorite horror games? And favorite scary moments from any game?
Another vote for Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines.
The haunted house alone makes it worth playing.
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ROLAND CASH-MABRY coughs raspily into the translucent face mask that sends a medicinal mist into his airways, tightened by a severe asthma attack. The wheezing continues. After a few hours, he will leave Mount Sinai's pediatric emergency room and be assigned a hospital bed.
The sufferer in the white T-shirt and black overalls is an old hand at this. He is checking in for his 14th hospital stay for asthma. But he still shakes his head in silent protest, perhaps at leaving his mother's side, for Roland is all of 2 years old.
''It's just routine for us,'' said his mother, Wanda Cash. ''I'm calm about it now.'' She reacted differently, with panic and tears, during Roland's first attack, when he was 3 months old and gasping so hard his ribs showed.
Without emergency treatment back then, his mother said, ''they told me he would have just stopped breathing.''
Ms. Cash herself is asthmatic. So is her 8-year-old son, Ronald. So are thousands of their neighbors in East Harlem, the community that many researchers say has the worst asthma problem in the city. Though comprehensive statistics are meager, an important indicator is the number of asthma-related hospital visits for children, who are particularly vulnerable to the disease. And East Harlem has the highest rate of visits of any New York neighborhood.
Normally, the high hospitalization rate would be just another ignoble statistic for a poor urban neighborhood. But amid a mysterious rise in asthma worldwide, East Harlem has also become a gigantic laboratory for asthma research and control projects, a neighborhood under the microscope of scores of medical sleuths. If East Harlem, which has a streak of civic pride as well as its share of rough corners, is a petri dish for asthma, the thinking goes, let's turn that unwelcome fact to our advantage.
The scientists and doctors from a dozen hospitals, city agencies and universities who are studying asthma in East Harlem are approaching it from several angles. They are looking at the effects of pollution, triggers like cockroaches and mice, the role of genes and how people take medicines for asthma. They are also trying to teach parents to manage the disease better.
The general definition of asthma is simple: chronic inflammation of the respiratory system marked by bouts of coughing, wheezing and shortness of breath. But its fundamental causes are poorly understood.
Some contributing factors are known. Asthma can be inherited. Smoking while pregnant raises the chances of having an asthmatic child. Heavy exposure to allergens early in life may put a child at risk.
The triggers of asthma attacks are easier to identify, and they are also being closely studied in East Harlem, which seems extraordinarily rich in them.
Although upper respiratory infections and viruses are the main triggers of attacks, other triggers include allergens rife in poor housing, like mold, roaches and rodents. Another trigger is cigarette smoke, a problem in East Harlem because smoking rates are higher among lower-income families. Outdoor pollution has also been associated with asthma, and East Harlem has a high concentration of diesel truck and bus depots and traffic arteries. Lack of health insurance, also typical of low-income neighborhoods, means families tend not to have physicians who can establish daily treatment courses to keep asthma under control.
Asthma, Asthma, Everywhere
In East Harlem
Asthma is so severe in East Harlem, a mainly working-class Latino section forested by housing projects and tenements, that Spanish speakers often take it for granted among their children. They call it simply ''fatiga,'' said Dr. Luz Claudio, an asthma researcher at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, on the edge of East Harlem.
The problem has created a generation of East Harlem asthma mothers expert in tossing off the names of medicines, like Flovent, Serevent and Singulair; of parents who choose schools because the nurses know how to handle asthma; of teenagers who know their scores on lung capacity meters. Nebulizers, the devices that deliver a fine spray of medicine through a face mask, like the one used by Roland, have become standard features in apartments. Youngsters like Leon Stuckey, 8, carry their inhalers to school in zipped jacket pockets and speak about the struggle for breath in flat, casual tones.
''It feels horrible,'' Leon said. ''If it gets real bad, the ambulance comes around. It feels like you can't breathe.''
The office of the local city councilman, Philip Reed, receives a steady flow of East Harlemites who want help finding new public housing friendlier to their asthmatic children. An aide, Delfina Cruz, said two-thirds of the constituents who sought her help with housing in the last three years came for that reason. They receive a sympathetic hearing -- Ms. Cruz's nine children all have asthma -- but little satisfaction, because Housing Authority officials say the waiting list for openings is long enough as it is.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, more than 17 million Americans are believed to have asthma, a stunning increase over the 6.7 million estimated to have had the disease in 1980. There are no comparable citywide numbers; the best available measure is the hospitalization rate. Even though that measure reflects how much poor people rely on emergency rooms, experts say it also reflects a high incidence of the disease.


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by Virginia Hamilton
The House of Dies Drear Chapter 6 Summary
- First, Thomas walks all around the veranda, trying to find a loose board that might trigger another opening. He finds nothing.
- He notices that there are window boxes outside the windows. They have fresh soil in them and have been seeded.
- Thomas wishes he'd had that job instead of Mr. Pluto, and wonders if there might be poison in the soil.
- He thinks Mr. Pluto wants to get rid of him so Mr. Pluto can "be king" (6.8).
- Next, he walks all around the house, noticing that there are five ways to enter the house. He thinks there is something funny about the back entrance.
- He starts to move away from the house, and decides he wants to see it from up high, from in one of those big trees.
- Checking out their sharp pine needles, he decides these trees aren't exactly climbable. Still from up here on the hill he has a pretty good view.
- He sits down on the grass and feels himself relax; he's pretty tired from the day.
- Suddenly, Thomas wakes up. He must have fallen asleep staring at the house.
- It's dark, and he can see lights on in his house.
- Then he hears that same weird noise again. The noise he heard when he was under the house:
- "Ahhh, ahhh, ahh" (6.22).
- Thomas is super scared.
- He remembers that it's his birthday.
- Used to walking in the woods, he moves through the trees toward his new house.
- Thomas walks on his toes, one foot, then the next, like an Indian scout, ready to run if necessary.
- Follows the strange sound, going over to the other side of the hill (away from his home), Thomas doesn't look behind him.
- The noise gets louder, and he hears another sound, too, like someone (or something!) walking on dried leaves.
- Pushing away his fear, he walks on until he's not walking on cushiony pine needles anymore, but instead, wood boards.
- The board move under his feet and he slides, realizing he's standing on a platform. He hunches down.
- Now it's quiet and he sees orange and red lights coming from near the platform.
- He smells smoke.
- Underneath him, two doors open on the base of the platform and he sees fire.
- From the fire something with a really big head rises up.
- He hears a harsh voice asking who is up there. The voice says, "What demon walks on Pluto's house!" (6.44). Thomas sees and angry face with bright green eyes.
- Thomas screams, "Devvvvil!" (6.45) and then runs.
- He thinks the "devil" is awaiting him in the trees and he plans to run so fast and hard that he will hit it with his body if he gets close to it.
- But Thomas was too slow.
- Whatever or whoever it was grabs Thomas from behind.
- Thomas knows that the old man Pluto couldn't be strong enough to catch him that way.
- He is totally terrified.
- Whoever (or whatever) has Thomas tells him he's too late to scare him away, and too late to find some mystery thing. The being tells Thomas that he (or it) has already found the mystery thing.
- (We call it a mystery thing because the being doesn't say what it is.)
- Thomas elbows the being and then is free again. He runs hard, smashes through the door, and then hits the table, making dishes fall on the ground and break.
- When Mr. Small comes down to investigate, he can't believe what he's seeing: muddy Thomas, on the floor surrounded by broken dishes.
- The door lock had been pulled out and would never work again.
- Mr. Small doesn't know why he had locked the door.
- Now Mrs. Small comes down.
- They ask Thomas if he's OK, and what happened.
- Thomas is totally terrified and can't give them a proper answer.
- Just then, there is a knock on the door, and the door opens.
- It is the huge black man with a beard – some people call him….Pluto.
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On February 26, Farmington's Studio 18 welcomes Call Your Own, Keeper, Build Me an Empire, Heavy Metal Blood Drive, and Andranko. This all-ages show starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are only $5!
Kansas' Call Your Own play pop punk (easycore). Get the band's self-titled CD at bandcamp.
Oklahoma's Keeper play pop punk. Get the band's self-titled EP at bandcamp.
Hailing from Shiprock, Build Me an Empire play deathcore.
Hailing from the Navajo Reservation, Heavy Metal Blood Drive play thrash metal. Get with their sickness at Soundcloud.
From the atomic badlands come Andranko, a band that plays hardcore industrial metal. Go to their website and check out this band's merch.
Farmington's Studio 18 is an up and coming venue that hosts concerts and has recording capabilities. The venue is located on County Road 5364, #18, just two miles east of the Sunray Park and Casino. Get details from Tyrell Lewis at 505-486-7470 or Brandon Tsosie at 505-716-6310.


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Free Weed from Danny Danko is back with April 2012 issue coverage, a new drug testing segment with Associate Publisher Rick Cusick, Marijuana True or False, and cultivation questions and answers along with Danny's Strain of the Week.
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Andrea joined MAPSA in 2013 as the Financial Assistant. Andrea earned her undergraduate degree from The University of Michigan, majoring in both Organizational Behavior and Spanish. She is currently pursuing her CPA. Prior to working at MAPSA, Andrea was a Labor Relations Representative for the Michigan Department of Community Health. Outside of work she enjoys being a soccer mom to her 3 children, who have attended a charter school. Andrea's creative outlet is designing and decorating outstanding cakes for clients in mid-Michigan.
Angi Beland, VP of Member Business Services, directs the program development and financial operations for MAPSA. Angi's focus is not only on MAPSA's sustainability and adherence to best practices in budget management but also in identifying program and grant opportunities for MAPSA members.
Prior to joining MAPSA in 2007, Angi gained valuable expertise in building sustainability models and maximizing return on investment while working for other non-profit organizations. Angi also has the keen ability to maximize opportunities when faced with limited resources. Angi holds a Master's of Business Administration from Northwood University.
Keri began working with MAPSA as an intern in the summer of 2008. Upon graduating from Michigan State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Advertising, she rejoined the MAPSA staff and is currently working as the Graphic Design Specialist, and is excited to be a part of the charter school movement! Keri loves the outdoors, attending concerts, and spending time with friends and family.
Tina joined MAPSA in 2012 as the Accounting Specialist. She holds her Bachelors Degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance and is currently pursuing her Masters in Public Accounting. She worked the past six years at the Michigan Nonprofit Association, leaving in early 2012 as the Director of Finance. When not working, Tina enjoys spending time with her family and friends, bowling and spending time outside.
Becky joined MAPSA in 2010 and serves as the Director of Marketing & Program Design as she supports members by identifying and implementing programs that provide value to schools. With a passion for children, fine arts, and education, she has had previous experience with non-profits and is an avid volunteer within her community. She enjoyed a career in early childhood development previous to MAPSA and has been a formally trained musician on cello and piano for most of her life.
Angela began her work with MAPSA as TEAMS Project Coordinator in the summer of 2012. Her role allows MAPSA to have a direct line of communication to schools involved with the TEAMS Project. She is a Professionally Certified Teacher, earning a B.A. from Spring Arbor University and an M.A. from Marygrove College. Angela has been in the educational field for 11 years as a teacher, mentor, assessment coordinator and data coordinator. Her years of educational service have all been in the Metro-Detroit area, giving her an inside perspective of the schools participating in the TEAMS Project.
Julie joined MAPSA in 2011 and serves as the association's Director of Grants and Research. She earned her master's in Public Policy from the University of Wisconsin and an undergraduate degree in Public Affairs from Central Michigan University. Prior to working at MAPSA, Julie was a project manager and researcher at the Center on Education and Work. She enjoys reading, biking and spending time with her husband, Jon, and their daughter, Quinley.
Candace joined MAPSA in 2011 and serves as the Membership Coordinator working closely with our members to provide assistance coordinating internal and external operations for our various programs. Prior to accepting this position, Candace served as legal assistant at the Gallagher Law Firm. She has had a long and varied career in corporate industry as an executive assistant and project manager. A native of Lansing, Candace is an active community organizer and volunteer in various local organizations. Her demonstrated desire and excitement to serve the children of our future, education and the community is inspired by her daughter Danielle. She enjoys spending time with her friends and family whenever possible.
Karen joined the MAPSA team in 2013 as a part-time Receptionist. She enjoys helping other people and greets everyone with a smile. Prior to accepting this position, Karen served as a CSRII at Broadstripe/WOW calling center and has over 20 years experience in administrative positions. Outside of work, she enjoys quality time with her grandsons, taking walks with her chocolate Cocker Spaniel, Max, and going out on dates with her husband.
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Elan Inn Qiandao Lake Hangzhou
- Location:
- Address: No. 1 Xiushui Street, Qiandao Lake Town, Hangzhou
- Tel: 24812888 (Book this hotel, call 800-2682918)
- Hotel Name in Chinese: Elan Inn Qiandao Lake Hangzhou
- Lowest Price: $30
Elan Inn-Qiandao Lake Hangzhou is located on Xiushui Street, Qiandao Lake's new tourist wharf, 150 kilometers away from Huang Shan and Hangzhou respectively.
Ticketing services are available, the hotel also has a Chinese restaurant. Elan Inn-Qiandao Lake Hangzhou is your ideal choice for all kinds of activities.
Opened in 2008
- Prices not include 18% service fee and tax.
- Payment Method: pay using our secure online payment service or pay at the hotel at some hotels.
- Triple/quad occupancy may require an extra bed at extra cost.
Hotel Amenities
|Hotel Services
|Luggage service, Car rentals, Laundry service, Room service, Express check-in/check-out, Currency Exchange, Wake Up Call, Parking Service, 24hr Reception, Permanent English-speaking staff, Business Centre, Copy Service, E-mail, Translation Service, Fax Service, Typing Service
|Room Amenities
|Air conditioning, AM/FM radio, Alarm clock, Color Television, Cable/satellite TV, Complimentary newspaper, Coffee/tea maker, Telephone, Hair dryer, In-room safe, Electronic Lock, Iron and ironing board, Refrigerator, Mini Bar, Bath and Shower, Non-smoking rooms available, In-house movies, Internet access,
Hotel Amenities: Elevator, Parking, Air-Conditioned Facilities, Beauty Salon, Sauna, Business Center, Gift Shop, Gymnasium , Meeting Room, Ballroom, Deposit Box at Front Desk, Airline Desk, Fire Detector
Dining Facilities: Chinese Restaurant, Western Restaurant, Cafe, Bar, Lounge Bar
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- 请送我到Elan Inn Qiandao Lake Hangzhou,谢谢
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- Tel: 24812888
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Please note: Contributions to the FOL support these programs. Those individuals or businesses interested in sponsoring Friends programs should contact Ellen Zimmerman at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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UPCOMING Events
Adult Summer Reading Registration
Friday, July 1
9:00 am - 9:00 pm
Summer reading isn't just for kids anymore! Register anytime beginning today at the Information Desk or online at www.pwpl.org. Participating is simple: just keep track of what you've read—fiction or non-fiction—and for every book you read you'll be entered in a raffle to win book-related prizes. You'll also get a welcome gift just for joining! There will be booklists available and librarians will be happy to give recommendations. Books must be started and finished between July 1st and August 19th. Audiobooks count too. Good luck and happy reading!


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To cancel your account - Click on "To Change Your Account Details", then you will be asked for your password. Then, go to the account setting area and change your status from Remain Active to Cancel Account.
Note: This is the only way to cancel you account, you cannot cancel via email or telephone.
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|Two Ways to Play: The February Jobs Report
By Minyanville Staff MAR 06, 2014 3:07 PM
Trading setups for bulls and bears.
Since the February 5 low in the S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX), stocks have rallied to hit all-time highs, and the surge this week could indicate that equity market expectations are creeping higher.
After a 66% run in 2013 and a 15% year-to-date gain, biotech has been the hottest sector in the market -- even hotter than social media. Â
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Washington, D.C. — While the likely passage of the Continuing Resolution (CR) introduced this week will spare employees the eleventh hour threat of a government shutdown, the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) will continue to press for enactment of individual appropriations bills with higher agency funding levels and a retroactive pay raise during the lame duck session."It remains disappointing that the measure to fund the government from Oct. 1 through March 27 continues the pay freeze for federal workers while the CR is in effect," said NTEU President Colleen M. Kelley, noting that following the November election, the union will press to make the raise retroactive to Jan. 1, 2013.The bill, which is necessary because Congress has not passed agency specific appropriations bills for fiscal year (FY) 2013 which begins Oct. 1, will fund federal agencies at FY 2012 levels plus 0.6 percent with very few exceptions. The bill also provides that a federal employee pay raise of 0.5 percent may take effect the first full pay period after March 27. The House is expected to approve the CR this week and the Senate soon after."While it appears that the CR will be passed and a government shutdown threat will be averted, the funding levels set for federal agencies are inadequate in the long term, particularly for the Internal Revenue Service, which has seen deep budget cuts, and should be addressed during the lame duck session of Congress," Kelley said.For the IRS, NTEU will press for the additional funding as provided for in the Senate Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill. The NTEU president said she was pleased to see that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) was given latitude in the CR to shift funding from within the agency to ensure that current staffing levels for CBP Officers and Border Patrol Agents are maintained. CBP suffers from a serious staffing shortage at seaports, airports and land border crossings.Kelley also welcomed the continuation of a moratorium on A-76 competitions in the bill.As the largest independent federal union, NTEU represents 150,000 employees in 31 agencies and departments.
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National networking organization, Long Island Pet Professionals is holding its first event in Chicago.
The event is for those who work in the pet industry and are devoted to the business of companion animals. The latest products and current market trends will be discovered at the event.
"We have had national members for years and as we prepare to become American Pet Professionals – serving the entire country instead of just the New York and Long Island area – I was thrilled when Andrea Fischetti, Managing Director and co-owner of ReelPaws offered to co-host an event in Chicago, her home town," said, Nancy E. Hassel, founder and President of Long Island and American Pet Professionals.
"Working with another industry professional in hosting this event is a win-win for everyone that attends – as we bring together the pet professionals in Chicago. Attendees will also have the advantage of learning about how video is so important for their businesses from Andrea and her team, and get to meet other top pet industry professionals who have already rsvp'd for the evenings event. I couldn't be happier to be partnering with Andrea and ReelPaws for our inaugural Chicago area event!"
Refreshments and canapes will be served during the event. Each attendee will also receive a swag bag filled with pet products as well.
An RSVP is required as numbers are limited.
The cost for this networking event is $20.00 per person for official Members of Long Island Pet Professionals and $25.00 per person for non-members.
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"I can tell you in one word how I know that the Mexican drug cartels now have so much more power on this side of border in Texas," a former drug cartel member told the Examiner on August 17, 2013. "That one word is intimidation."
"They have been preparing for this for years and now they are using their intimidation tactics, these strategies to scare people, that they use against the police, families and businesses in Mexico," the 30-year-old man, now living in San Antonio area stated.
Since 2009, there have been 86 occurrences in which shots fired by Mexican cartels at 112 law enforcement officers in Texas, according to state Department of Public Safety data.
Known as Carlos, because he maintains it would be dangerous to use his given name, the ex-Mexico drug member moved to Texas to escape cartel torture, death and "before they killed the only family I have left."
"When I saw that the Mexico military might be involved by coming across our border and really shooting at our border agents I knew right then and there they were using their intimidation to scare us," Carlos elaborated. "The common gang member doesn't know how to get or make or use some of these high powered weapons they are using. That's why I know the Mexican military has to be involved. Many men who used to be in the military, or who are still in the military are controlled by the cartels. The cartels are going to use every way they have to grow their power."
"Those gangs are laughing at the Americans because you don't think there is a war on you," pointed out. "This immigration crisis is a dream come true for the cartels and they think Obama is doing nothing but helping them more."
"They recruit your kids in the schools, they take over your ranches, they even make your food costs go up," Carlos said seriously. "They are buying up your policemen, your businesses, and laugh that you let it happen."
Carlos said he also knew the cartels had become more powerful in the United States when he started hearing about 'la cota' as a common tactic and practice now being used in border cities along the Rio Grande River.
The cartels are so powerful now, that the practice of charging farmers, truckers and packers 'la cota' for "each truck they send out, is now happening in Texas" Carlos explained. "They have ways to get their drugs, weapons, vegetables, materials or whatever through their distribution and transportation systems and now they can charge this 'la cota' or tax to help pay the way to keep it strong. Besides money, there are other ways they enforce this 'la cota' too."
Carlos described what happens to anyone that doesn't pay the tax.
"They call it Mexican insurance," he said. "They tell you they know who your wife is, or your mother, or your daughters and you better pay or we will rape and kill them."
"They are bringing in more high powered weapons and guarding their drugs with heavy guns, even grenades," Carlos explained. "They buy off, usually by intimidation if people want to stay alive and protect their families."
"It doesn't matter who you are," he continued. "If you own a businesses, or you are a politician, a policeman, a banker, own a car lot, or you work for immigration, they are going to intimidate and do what they can to own you. Where are they getting these grenades? It's obvious. Grenades come from the military. "
Just this weekend Fox News reported a growing trend in the use of grenades in what some experts have reported the "war zone."
James Phelps, an assistant professor in the Department of Security Studies and Criminal Justice at Angelo State University in Texas told Fox News that "more heavily-armed drug shipments are coming into the United States."
"With Border Patrol so heavily distracted doing paperwork and watching the mass flood of people coming into the country, they don't have as much time to do what they used to do — drug interdiction," Phelps stated to Fox News.
The Texas Department of Public Safety (TxDPS, DPS) now reports that since 2009, 5,174 weapons have been seized in Texas by participants in Operation Border Star. As of July, $204,645,231 of cash has been apprehended. Since April 2006, TxDPS reports 11,041,890 pounds of drugs have been seized as of July 2014. The street value totals $10,666,006,326.
"Since 2006, the U.S. Border Patrol has reported 3,951,788 illegal alien apprehensions along the U.S.-Mexico border, including 1,160,545 apprehensions in the Texas sectors of Big Bend, Del Rio, El Paso, Laredo, and Rio Grande Valley," TxDPS indicates.
"Here is another way you can tell that the cartels are here," Carlos pointed out. "Look for the messages. They will send messages to scare everybody."
"The message might be a dummy, or even a real man, hanging from a bridge," Carlos observes. "It will be in the gang painting (graffiti) in the neighborhoods. It will be in threatening letters or notes or signs. If your dog has its head chopped off, these things are going to scare you and your wife and your kids. It is very effective. It's intimidation and they don't care what you think."
"And if you don't think the local police or the businessman or even the other gangs who go against each other are not intimidated or scared about these messages, then you are crazy, because these gang members are crazy."
"The worst thing the cartels do, in my opinion is ruin children's lives," Carlos shook his head and looked down. "They start recruiting kids early, very early where some kids think of the cartels as heroes. They even have music and families tell stories about how cool the cartels are. They see their brothers, cousins, uncles and even their fathers join the gangs so they have no choice."
"The cartels teach the wives, sisters and children how to pack the drugs real tight," Carlos explained. "You start out learning to package and then you grow up to load, transport, protect, spy, recruit and intimidate. Remember intimidate is the key word."
The Texas border region represents 9.7% of the state's population, yet since 2009 this region has accounted for 19.9% of the state's juvenile felony drug referrals and 18.5% of the state's juvenile felony gang referrals, according to DPS.DPS has reported apprehending a "12-year-old boy in a border county driving a stolen pickup truck containing more than 800 pounds of marijuana."
"Mexican Cartels have corrupted nearly an entire generation of youth living in Northern Mexico and they seek to corrupt our youth as well to further their smuggling operations" said Steven C. McCraw, DPS Director in 2011. "The Mexican Cartels value Texas teenagers for their ability to serve as expendable labor in many different roles and they have unlimited resources to recruit our children."
Hundreds of grenades have been discovered and the trend is growing. Fox News reported that one 2009 arrest of a man who sold almost 200 grenades to an undercover agent was a wakeup call to U.S. agents. Even grenade and rocket launchers have been found hidden on the Texas side of the border.
While the Obama White House and partisan politicians disagree that Texas border counties may be in a growing "war zone," the impact of drug cartel violence and power in Mexico could be affecting American households in more direct means than generally believed.
For instance, avocados and lime costs imported into the U.S. from Mexico are subject to the drug cartel tax, or "la cota," said Carlos.
"If you grow avocados you know before you ship them off that you are going to pay the cartels what they want, like a toll road," Carlos observed. "We charged about 600 or 700 pesos for each truck about seven years ago, but I don't know any more what it is now. It's a common thing."
"Americans think the drug gangs just make their money from the drugs, but they make money off of your food and imports that come from Mexico too," claimed Carlos.
"Sometimes those terminals in Mexico and even here in Texas wait for the trucks to get there, but if the drug gangs don't get paid, those trucks will not get there," Carlos observed. "You ask any of them (distributors or terminals) and they will tell you this is more common than people think."
Carlos said the distribution companies have attempted to change their routes to prevent stolen equipment and kidnapping, "but halcones (or mules, a Mexican term for lookouts) are always watching."
"They even use GPS (and other tracking technology) to know where the trucks are all the time," Carlos described. "They have hundreds of halcones here in Texas watching on highways like Highways 181, 37, 35, 59, 77, 281, 90, and 16. The halcones sit at the truck stops and gas stations and even the rest stations coming into San Antonio, Victoria, Corpus Christi, and Houston, all the time so they know where their drug shipments are and can tell them if the police or immigration are nearby."
"They change their routes all the time based on what the halcones are reporting," Carlos said.
Since 2007, various federal, state and local agencies have made numerous arrests of cartel members. These have included at least 137 from the Gulf Cartel, 9 from the Juarez Cartel, 165 from La Familia Michoacana, 109 from Los Zetas, 3 from the Sinaloa Cartel, and 1 from the Knights Templar Cartel.
Since 2007, there have been 40 incidents involving 43 homicide victims in Texas related to cartel criminal activity. This include murders in Dallas, Southlake, San Marcos, Houston and Austin, indicating this is not limited to the Rio Grande Valley.


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Athena from The Stuff of Success had a humongo projection screen television measuring 50 inches tall and 45 inches wide just waiting to be put to good use. Hmmm… but what to do with such a beast? Athena had a special plan in store for it.
After gutting the beast, Athena put her plan into action, transforming the old TV into a portable closet for her son. This was a necessity since he did not have one in his room. Now this lucky lad has got a place to hang his clothes, stash his backpack, and store his shoes. All thanks to his mother's brilliance!
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My previous attempts at stir fry did not include a sauce. I suppose this is a personal preference, but I thought the flavor made all the difference. The sauce was closer to the take-out I have always enjoyed.
Raw vegetables, variety of your choice
I used: Red onion
Red pepper
Yellow squash
Asparagus tips
Snow peas
3 Tbsp canola oil
2 large cloves garlic, minced
1 cup chicken stock
1 Tbsp rice vinegar
1 Tbsp soy sauce
1 Tbsp sesame oil
1 Tbsp sugar
1 Tbsp corn starch
1. Chop vegetables that take longer to cook to similar sizes, about 1". Mince garlic.
2. Mix chicken stock, rice vinegar, soy sauce, sesame oil, sugar and corn starch. Put aside.
3. Heat canola oil over high heat. Add minced garlic and stir, about 1 minute.
4. Add chopped vegetables and continuously stir for about 5 minutes.
5. Add a couple of tablespoons of water and cover with lid for 1 minute. Pour mixture over vegetables while stirring. Continue stirring as it thickens. Plate and enjoy!
In a separate pan, I skillet-fried 2 skinless, boneless small chicken thighs, sliced, and added to vegetables. You could also slice and cook the chicken with the vegetables and sauce.


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In SQL Server, each session has its own spid. Spids are unique at any given notice, but spids, like process and thread identifiers in the OS are recycled.
However sys.dm_exec_sessions has other columns with session metadata. Is there a combination of columns that is guaranteed to be unique for a server instance?