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LIVERMORE -- After fierce objections from neighbors, the Sunset Development Co. is rethinking housing plans for Sunset Office Plaza, scrapping any designs that incorporate townhouses or apartments.
In a heated meeting with more than 75 locals Thursday, Chris Truebridge, a senior vice president with the company, presented three options for residential development of the Sunset Office Plaza and the Livermore Financial Center in South Livermore. Plans included combinations of single-family detached homes and multifamily buildings.
"The message came through loud and clear," Truebridge said Friday. "I was hopeful to have a plan that everybody would like, but I was surprised by the hostility toward any type of multifamily ... I literally need to go back to the drawing board."
Sunset Development is seeking a zoning change from the city for the two parks, which have been used by medical professionals, insurance companies and other businesses for more than four decades.
The 13-acre Sunset Office Plaza contains 75,000 square feet of space in 10 buildings. The Livermore Financial Center has four office buildings on two acres. The two properties are surrounded by residential neighborhoods, with a Lucky shopping center between them.
Truebridge said a proposal to develop 32 two-story townhomes at the Livermore Financial Center site will move forward, and added that the company has no intention of keeping office suites at Sunset Plaza. The company will look to replace the plaza with single-family homes, he said, likely a mix of one-and two-story houses with a buffer from the adjacent neighborhood. He will return in several weeks for another meeting with residents.
"Any plan that's going to inflame the neighborhood is just a bad decision," Truebridge said. "(The office park) is going to change ... I'd like to keep working with the neighbors and get something closer to what they'd support."
During the meeting at Sunset Elementary School, residents of Paris Way and Cairo Street next to the Sunset park objected to any type of multistory residences out of privacy concerns. Neighbors and tenants also angrily opposed the potentially increased traffic and noise, and the loss of small businesses.
Roslyn Bell, an employee at Diversified Medical Center, said her clinic's longtime patients are upset about the proposal and worry where they'll get care in the future. Her clinic -- and others in the plaza -- will lose clients if they're forced to move, she added.
"It will kill all of the businesses that are in here," Bell said. "Where are they going to go? To the freeway? A lot of people will just pack up and leave town or won't be able to open back up again."
Bell said the clinic is considering starting a petition drive to stop the development. Other neighbors have vowed to take the issue to the City Council.
Truebridge has said no businesses would be forced out of either office park in 2013, and would get 90-day notices before they need to relocate.
Contact Jeremy Thomas at 925-847-2184. Follow him at Twitter.com/jet_bang.


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Dan Schultz opens his book "Dead Run" with a Western Manifesto, and it gets better from there.
"Dead Run" is the story of a sunny morning in May 1998, in Cortez. Three desperados in a stolen truck opened fire on the town cop, shooting him 20 times. They blasted their way past dozens of police cars and disappeared into 10,000 square miles of the harshest wilderness terrain on the North American continent.
The three self-trained survivalists eluded more than 500 law enforcement officers from 75 agencies, using the world's most sophisticated technology.
This story has it all: good guys and bad guys clearly defined, posses, cowboys, horses, shootouts, corruption and bungling and bad guys found shot in the head - but not by the police.
"We tend to have this romantic of the outlaw hero - Jesse James, Billy the Kid, Butch Cassidy. These were really bad, bad guys," Schultz said.
Schultz appears Wednesday evening at The Bookworm of Edwards.
"The Bookworm is my very first appearance and opportunity to talk about the book," Schultz said.
The last time they were seen alive
"Dead Run" is a story of individualism against technology. Add to that the harshness of the climate and the romanticized notions we have about the West, and the story captures the world's imagination.
Alan Pilon, Jason Wayne McVean and Robert Mathew Mason were riding in a stolen water truck when Officer Dale Claxton spotted them. He radioed that he would follow them until back-up could arrive, but before it did, the three pulled over. They climbed out and opened fire with an SKS 7.62 assault rifle, shooting Claxton at least 20 times.
When they disappeared into the brutal landscape of the Four Corners area, it was the last time they were seen alive. The first one was found a week after they fled. The second a year and a half later. The third nine years later. All three were shot in the head, but the police didn't shoot them.
They were self-trained survivalists who had arrayed themselves against hundreds of law enforcement officers.
"During the chase and the investigation, officers were upset that there was this allure attached to these three people. They made public statements decrying this and pointing out that they're not heroes, they're murderers," Schultz said.
A man-hunt like no other
In 2007, Schultz was living out West when McVean's remains were found, nine years after the murder. A three-paragraph brief in his local paper said it put the matter to rest, except great stories never rest. They're retold.
He tore out the story and started to poke around. He figured it was a story, but the deeper he got into it the more it kept growing. Now it's a book, and a good one.
Schultz lets the sweeping story tell itself. Reading his book or talking with him, you won't be able to discern his opinion on gun bans, the current political hot button issue. But you will know that he's for the good guys, the police.
"Readers will form their own opinions about how they feel about the characters," he said.
From the very beginning, with a prologue about a cowboy finding McVean's remains, Schultz puts you in the West.
"The first chapter captures the culture of the West and how it has influenced our entire national character," Schultz said.
The chase lasted weeks with hunters on horseback, Native American trackers, helicopters, SWAT teams and police agencies bickering with each other.
"There have been very few manhunts like this anywhere in the country, and certainly not in the West," Schultz said.
Officers would make their way into canyons when it was 100-plus degrees. The officers from Durango had never been through anything like it and they live there, Schultz said.
"The officers from Florida and other parts of the country must have thought they'd been dropped on the moon," Schultz said.
'What happened?'
Then there's the mystery. All three of these guys were shot in the head, and not in the same location.
"That asks the question, 'What happened to these guys?'" Schultz said.
The second bad guy's body was found by some deer hunters. It was Halloween night, late in the deer season, and they were walking in a line across a mesa toward their camp when they spotted a rifle under a tree. They kept moving and were reluctant to go back and check it out, reasoning that it might be a good way to get shot, since two of the three outlaws were still unaccounted for. Finally, though, they decided to have a look.
They went back at dusk and were poking around with flashlights. They found the rifle, and nearby they spotted a set of boots. Following with their flashlights up from the boots, they saw a body clothed in camouflage. The head was gone, shot completely off. Happy Halloween.
Schultz did dozens of interviews. Talking about it was difficult for some people. Officer Claxton's wife didn't want to talk about it, graciously explaining that she'd been through it enough. McVean's parents politely declined to discuss it.
Dale Claxton's son talked about it, as did some of the other officers involved in it.
"I grew up in the Midwest, with western TV serials," Schultz said. "The family would take western driving vacations: Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam, stops in Deadwood to look at Wild Bill Hickock's grave. The West has always held a fascination for me."
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Harry Bliss makes comedy and storytelling work on many levels. How do I know? He crafted comedy out of my dry questions in this email interview. In all seriousness, I credit Bliss' collaborations with Doreen Cronin (including 2003's Diary of A Worm and 2005's Diary of a Spider) as being a key catalyst (by tapping into my son's sense of humor) in sparking an increased interest in reading for him. So when I found out about Bliss' new book (for Françoise Mouly's Toon Books), Luke on the Loose ("Luke looks on at the pigeons in Central Park, while Dad is lost in 'boring Daddy talk', and before you know it—LUKE IS ON THE LOOSE! He's free as a bird, on a hilarious solo flight through New York City", a story in which he handles both the writing and illustrating roles), I jumped at the chance to email interview him. My thanks to Bliss for his time–and to Ron Longe for his assistance in making this interview possible.
Tim O'Shea: You've worked with Françoise Mouly for years at the New Yorker–in terms of Luke on the Loose coming together, did she seek you out to work with the Toon Books imprint–or did you seek the publisher out yourself?
Harry Bliss: Francoise asked me to contribute to Toon Books and she is the publisher, so…
O'Shea: You've collaborated with several children authors, including Doreen Cronin, Kate DiCamillo, Alison McGhee and Sharon Creech. Were there any storytelling assets or lessons you took away from these collaborations?
Bliss: I learn many things from all the wonderful authors I've had the good fortune to work with over the years, mainly, how to integrate words and pictures. It's really a dance, trying to pair up the text with the art, not simply illustrating the words, but to move the story forward visually. If something is not enriching the story/characters, then it needs to go. This was especially critical with Luke. The author and I went back and forth constant- wait, I wrote Luke! Sorry.


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Two weeks after Superstorm Sandy ripped through the area, many stories of good neighbors, caring strangers and those helping others are circulating through social media and shared by everyone. While it is impossible to mention all of the good deeds, here is a sampling of how in West Virginia neighbors help neighbors.
In Tucker County, middle school leadership students jumped to action in the aftermath of the storm to help others in need. Students were part of the Tucker 27/7 program through TC-Drug Free.
Those helping out after the disaster include Jeffrey Snyder, Kelcee James, McKinley Murphy, Aliyah Plum and Cameron Mullenax.
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Tucker 24/7 member McKinley Murphy does her part following Superstorm Sandy by cleaning at Camp Kidd in Tucker County.
"On Tuesday after the storm, the students were eager to volunteer their help," said program advisor Stephanie Murphy. "Students met with the city trucks to help clear brush and branches, and helped clean up the debris."
Murphy said students spent the evenings at Camp Kidd helping serve dinner and prepare for breakfasts.
"They gathered at Camp Kidd at 5 a.m. and helped prepare the meals and serve," Murphy said. "The students also helped wash and scrub dishes, clean around the camp and prepared desserts."
Murphy said students involved in the program receive positive feedback and feel more involved in their communities.
"Those involved in giving service gain a positive feeling," Murphy said.
Meanwhile on Tuesday after the storm, a Department of Highways crew, under supervisor Davey Oldaker, worked to reach the Randolph and Tucker County line on Route 219. Oldaker said his crew worked very hard to clear snow and debris from the roadway.
"We were directed to work toward the county line by the Randolph County Office of Emergency Management," Oldaker said. "As we cut our way through, many residents were out helping clear the roads."
Oldaker said by the time they got to the county line, his crew and the six or eight other people with chainsaws had helped 15 motorists.
"These cars had been stranded overnight by downed trees and snow," Oldaker said. "No one was injured, fortunately."
Oldaker said he and his crew were just doing the right thing. Members on Oldaker's crew include Jimmy McCloud, Drew Thomas, Jeremy Fisher, John Tallman, Scottie Harman, Brian Owens and Tom Sheffelbein.
President of Davis & Elkins College G.T. "Buck" Smith said he received many thanks from parents for the college's response in helping the students weather the storm.
"Thank you for the diligent efforts to keep the students comfortable and safe. Our hat's off to you and the rest of your staff.
"Thank you for the regular, informative and reassuring updates. They have been greatly appreciated and have helped put our minds at rest. Can you also pass on our sincere thanks and best wishes to all the staff and helpers at D&E who have tirelessly worked to look after our loved-ones even though they and their families have had to bear the effects of Hurricane Sandy too."
D&E had a large portable generator at the Madden Center, providing lights, cell phone charging stations, heat and delicious hot food, freshly prepared for every student unable to safely make it to their homes.
Members of the Elkins Rotary Club, Elkins Alternative Learning Center and Randolph County Schools worked to set up five locations for the Community & Compassion Food Drive. Big Lots, Kmart, Walmart, Shop and Save Express and Erickson's Service Station hosted drop-off locations for collecting food.
"It is just amazing how much support we received," said volunteer organizer Angie Wilson.
"On Thursday, the people of Moundsville brought a van stuffed with canned goods and non-perishable items to help restock the food pantries. They also gave us money to purchase food."
"On Friday, I found out Doris Buffett's Sunshine Lady Foundation is donating $10,000," Wilson added. "I am overwhelmed by the generosity."
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The 5 Workouts Celebrities Swear By
Star trainers give the exact moves they use to whip Jennifer Aniston, Eva Mendes, and Reese Witherspoon into shape
Gunnar Peterson, trainer to Angelina Jolie, says one of the biggest mistakes women make is thinking there is a "quick fix" or "easy" way to get toned. He says that if you want to see the scale go down or get more muscle definition, you have to "turn up the volume." That means if you're going to a fitness class, get there 10 minutes early and do 50 crunches or 50 pushups while waiting for your class to start. He says that if you are "five minutes early, you are five minutes late." Never give yourself excuses while you are at the gym; constantly be moving, trying harder, pushing yourself.
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Of course, pictures of the actual exercises would be nice but lets exercise our brains here as well people! I have heard of these exercises and I highly doubt that is the ONLY thing they swear by. These are very helpful and it's awesome that these trainers share these tips with us just to help us feel as beautiful as these starlets.
by sunkissedkat Tuesday, April 2, 2013 at 12:05AM Report as inappropriate
Some of these exercised will be very useful! Although I won't find myself trying the pull-throughs at the gym in front of all the guys working out. They're a bit awkward in front of others...though they look great for core toning
by RaeRotondo Friday, March 22, 2013 at 06:28AM Report as inappropriate
These sound hard!
by cheerio9551 Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at 12:23PM Report as inappropriate
It would be nice to be able to afford a personal trainer and chef. Those women get paid to be in top shape.
by kimihavens Thursday, January 3, 2013 at 08:25AM Report as inappropriate
Really good article...I seriously wish I had an amazing personal trainer!
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by EricaF123 Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at 06:41AM Report as inappropriate
great tips!
by Chris213 Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 08:46AM Report as inappropriate
Thanks for the tips. Great motivation to get moving!!
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Definitely need pictures or videos for each workout
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A group of French art students put together a lip dub for those of us who aren't drinking the Bieber kool aid. Watch them perform The Turtles' "Happy Together" and segue into M.I.A.'s "Paper Planes" all while remaining effortlessly hip.
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SNOWMASS VILLAGE - An article from the Aspen Today's Dec. 20, 1974 issue described the Aspen Classic Cross Country and Silverboom Ski Races held in Snowmass. "Settled in a large, round valley that frames the majestic and powerful Mt. Daley is the Snowmass Touring Center. Last weekend, there were two races there. On Saturday, there was the Aspen Classic, a National Tryout Race for the U.S. Cross country ski team. On Sunday, the Silverboom, a Citizen Race for anyone interested." With more than 200 racers competing over the weekend of races, the Village was an exciting place with the rapidly growing sport of cross country skiing. That year a special note was taken for the several "special" finishers, including the Pausback family from West Village with five family members competing and the youngest racer to finish, Thor Reeds, a 5-year-old also from West Village.
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Jim Wilke of Hendersonville is happy the Senior Games event exists for residents 55 and older, and he finally signed up this year and selected several games in which to participate, but he says he was a bit disappointed when he was the only person to show up for a recent horseshoe event in Jackson Park. "I was hoping to make some connections and see how the game is played by better players," he said. And he hoped that participation would be more robust for the remaining events, especially pickleball, a racquet sport that combines elements of badminton, tennis and table tennis. "That's a hardy group," he says. "In The Villages in Florida, they have 200 pickleball courts. It's excellent exercise for active seniors. You can work up a sweat." Not this time, however, since the May 3 games were rained out. But things are looking up. "About 10 people participated in track and field events on May 11," reports Mr. Wilke. "The most inspirational was an 80-plus retired teacher running the 100-meter dash using his walker. I wish it had been captured on video. We also had six or seven running the 5K, about the same number playing table tennis, and 16 played the cornhole beanbag game at the Appalachian Brewery. I hope participation in the Senior Games continues to improve."
'A VERY NICE TREAT': The Mother's Day brunch at Mountain Pie & Cake Co. has Barbara Coppola of Hendersonville eager to get back to the popular shop. "It was such a great place to go for Mother's Day," she says. "There was delicious food and unusually good service, and the live music was most enjoyable. I have ordered pies and cakes from there in the past, and they're always excellent quality and very nicely decorated. I will try some of their other special occasion brunches. It was a very nice treat. We'll see them again soon!"
'HOW COME?': A baby camel went to his mama and asked, "Mama, how come I got these big ol' eyelashes and eyelids?" Mama camel replied, "When you walk through the desert in a sandstorm, you can shut your eyes and not get sand in them." The baby camel said, "Mama, how come I got this big ol' hump on my back?" Mama camel said, "When you walk through the desert and get thirsty, you got a water tank connected to you." Baby camel said, "Mama how come I got these big ol' goofy looking padded feet?" The mama camel replied, "When you walk across the burning desert, the hot sand will not burn your feet." Then the baby camel said to his mama, "If all of this is true, how come I live in the zoo?"
LAST BUT NOT LEAST: The next Flat Rock Playhouse Music on the Rock series concert, A Tribute to Sting and The Police, will start Thursday in Playhouse Downtown. The concert will feature vocalist Michael Murnoch. Returning to the Flat Rock Playhouse will be Ryan Guerra. Guerra has performed in previous productions at the Playhouse, including Music on the Rock tributes to the Beatles, Beach Boys and Neil Diamond, as well as For the Glory and Celtic Christmas. Performances will take place May 23-25 and May 30-June 1. Showtime for each performance is 8 p.m. All tickets are $24 and can be purchased by either calling the Playhouse box office at 693-0731 or going online at www. flatrockplayhouse.org. Playhouse Downtown is located at 125 S. Main St. in Hendersonville.
◆ The folks at Aging Projects Inc., the nonprofit organization providing access to resources to help people remain in their homes as they age in Henderson County, invite everyone to their celebration and award ceremony from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday at The Chariot. Come on out and meet the people behind www.Aging-ProjectsInc.org. The Chariot is at 715 N. Church St. There will be a brief award ceremony at 5 p.m. Refreshments will be served. And it's free!
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Gary Marshall and his son, Colby, operate a family ranch in the Harney Basin of southern Oregon. During spring and early summer, they flood-irrigate their wet meadows via a series of sloughs, ditches and spreader dikes, providing vital feeding and resting habitat for pintails and other dabbling ducks as the birds migrate north in spring.
While most ranchers in the West take hay off their meadows to feed cattle in winter, the Marshalls and their neighbors swath and rake the hay first, then bring the cows to the hay. They rest about a third of their meadows annually, which increases organic matter and moisture-holding capacity in the soil.
"Our objective is to limit the amount of oil and steel we apply to this land," said Gary Marshall, whose family's roots in Harney County date back to the 1880s.
The Marshalls work closely with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Ducks Unlimited, the Bureau of Land Management, the Oregon Habitat Joint Venture, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and the High Desert Partnership to make the most of their valuable habitat.
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I've been a pretty active jogger now for over a year. I also do some pretty intense hiking now and then. I just completed Half Dome (Yosemite National Park) in 8 hours and felt fantastic with no soreness the next day. My problem is this: When I run I cannot keep my rate below 180. I am a 34 year old woman, 5'4" tall and weigh about 150. I have been running religously 3 days a week about 4-6 miles a day and have been doing this for over a year. I cannot get past this distance because of my heart rate issue. I don't run too fast. That is the standard answer when I ask around. I actually run crazy slow averaging a 12 minute mile. Running this slow is the ONLY way I can get my distance up as high as I have. When I try and pick up the pace, my heart rate immediately shoots up to 190-200 and I am forced to walk to bring it back down. I have tried doing sprint wiith walking in between in hopes that when I return to normal jogging my heart rate would not be so high. I just don't understand what I'm doing wrong. I see people that I trained with that have flown past me with 8-9 minute miles. I am becoming really discouraged and feel like a running failure. Please help with any advice you can!
I am a 22-year-old man who used to run cross country in high school, skipped running altogether in my four years in undergrad college, and just this past June 2nd gotten back into working out. I am and have been a beanpole 140lbs, which fluctuated 20lbs up to 160lbs, but nothing that changed my overall appearance.
When I use the elliptical machine at my gym, Planet Fitness, my heart rate also jumps up really far, say, 200 for a start. My uncle is a heart surgeon, and I asked him what he thought of my problem. He told me not to worry too much about it, because the whole heart rate thing is on a sliding scale. People who are real muscleheads won't have a higher heart rate because their cardiovascular systems are used to it. He did say one thing that stuck out, though. Drink more water, he said. People who do not drink enough water have thicker blood, and thicker blood is harder to push through the veins. Thus, the heart works harder. Maybe this is your problem!
Perhaps this is part of my problem. I will work on properly hydrating and see if this helps!
I am a 53 years young woman, 5'3", carrying 150 to 160 pounds over the last year. I have worked with a personal trainer for over 13 years and felt rewarded by every minute. My disappointment has come over the past 4 years when I decided I wanted to become a runner. I had been walking for cardio for years, but I wanted to run a 5K. I've trained for them and I have run 3-4 5Ks every summer for the past 4 years. My heart rate problem is the same. Whether running, working with weights or using the cardio machines in the gym, by the time I'm finished warming up, I am at 75% of my max heart rate. Within 5 minutes of working out or running, I am up to 85% and while I'm running I stay between 85% and 95%. Folks pass me all day long, at 82% and they can go on forever. I truly start to feel the high heart rate and when I get to 96% my head gets dizzy and I lose focus, and ultimately will pass out if I don't slow it down. It takes a good 5 minutes to recover. My doctor has indicated that sometimes it could be the meds (I have auto-immune disease), so I give that 5% of the credit. But now I know I'm going to have to live with this and likely I'll be able to run marathons and trails (my wish), but I will always be slow because I have to manage my heart rate. I sympathize with you rajasperson. This has caused me to give up on my pursuit of running and overall great health more than a few times! Good Luck.
I'm not an expert at running but I have kept fit in the past through other sports. When I run, it is so new for my body that is challenges me as well. I run incredibly slow as well to maintain longer distances. I've noticed that the fitter you are, the better your body is able to maintain a distance and speed. That's why it's important to stress the body continuously.
When you workout, are you always running 4-6 miles at the same speed? If this is the case, you body will not adapt to a higher speed. Throughout the course of a training season I start small (whatever base I maintained) and do one long run a week, one short run a week (base maintenance), and one run that is either a speed, hill or interval workout. Throughout the season, the distances and paces will change. The only run that is ever "easy" is the short run. The first long run is always hard and slow because of the lack of fitness but throughout the season my body is more prepared and my heartrate will eventually lower.
I have a high heart rate when exercising too. I have done many spin classes where my heart rate had gone in the 200+ range and at the time I was lifting and training for a marathon. My heart rate should have been lower. I never adjusted my effort due to my monitors reading, I went more with how I felt, and yes, at times I found myself huffing and puffing but I would only keep it up for a short time and then slow down a bit (bringing my heart rate to 180 for extended times was not unusual). I was in my 30's at this time. I suggest try running for a few weeks without the monitor and use how your body feels more as a monitor. You can add short sprints and slow down for longer more endurance. Add a little distance at a time and increase the speed at other times. Then if you want, use your monitor again to see how you do. But definately go by how your body feels. This is just a suggestion on what I found to work for me
I would go get a physical to start.
If everything is ok, then I would hydrate as discussed. Then I would increase my weekly milage. Run more often and slowly increase your weekly milage no more than 10% per week. Also get some help with your diet to make sure you are eating properly. The goal to lose a little weight and see if that helps lower your heart rate.
You can also slow down even more during your workouts. I recommend getting a trainer and a diet coach. Maybe you could find someone that can do both. Meet once a month and go over your schedule and your diet.
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Citizens Energy workers continue their investigation Monday afternoon Nov. 12, 2012 by digging into the front sidewalk looking for possible explanation into the explosion in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/ WTHR Chopper 13 /The Indianapolis Star, Matt Kryger)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- A missing family cat has been rescued from the ruins of a home near the center of the deadly Indianapolis house explosion.
Fire Capt. Rita Burris says the black cat named Gidget had been missing since the fiery blast late Saturday night.
A federal investigator found Gidget on Friday hiding behind a couch in the home of her owners, Glenn and Gloria Olvey. Burris says the cat was scared but otherwise in good condition. The Olveys already had recovered their other three pets.
The family lives next door to the house where the blast is believed to have originated.
Glenn Olvey says the blast hurled him several feet and trapped him, his wife and one of their two teenage daughters when their roof collapsed.
Shelters are housing several recovered pets.


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BERKELEY -- Maximo Espitia played quarterback, running back, safety and punter at high school in Oregon. Since arriving at Cal in the fall of 2012, he has seen time at fullback, tight end, wide receiver and safety.
Now, entering his junior season, Espitia is a linebacker.
"We're going to stick him there, leave him alone, and hopefully he can find a home," Cal coach Sonny Dykes said after Friday's 11th of 15 spring practices.
In fact, Espitia has been one of the pleasant surprises of spring ball for the Bears after being moved to his new spot at outside linebacker for the first workout on March 31.
"I know he doesn't really know what he's doing yet, but he does some things naturally," defensive coordinator Art Kaufman said. "Just his movement skills, his reads and being in position as much as anything else."
Dykes said Espitia has performed at a consistent level through spring workouts and has a solid chance to compete for a starting job next fall.
"That's definitely something I've been waiting to hear," Espitia said. "Now that I've finally heard it, it's my time to see what I can do."
Recruited to Cal as fullback then moved almost immediately to tight end, Espitia was basically without a position last fall after coach Jeff Tedford was fired because Dykes' offense rarely utilizes either position.
He was shifted to a slot receiver position, then volunteered to try safety late in the season when injuries left the Bears short-handed. Linebacker was another position of need for Cal, and Espitia has picked things up quickly.
"I had concerns about how physical he would be, and he's answered those concerns so far," Dykes said.
Espitia knows he must improve every aspect of his game, and would like to add five or 10 pounds to his 6-foot-2, 220-pound frame. But he has a position and reason to think he'll stay there.
"I think I've finally found a home," he said, "somewhere I'm comfortable and coaches are comfortable with me there, too."
"He's had a good spring," Dykes said. "He was a very productive high school safety, so it's a good fit. He's starting to play with better instincts, triggering faster. He's got really good ball skills, he's got length, can cover ground."
"He's vastly improved from where he was last year," Dykes said. "He's seeing things better, he's more comfortable, he's playing faster. The biggest thing is he's finishing runs, getting lower. It's good to see him making progress."


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by Byron on Jul. 03, 2013 at 12:11 PM
Picked up Google Glass on Monday, then spent Tuesday at SRAM's new Development Center building up my Davidson Hotspur with SRAM Red 22 HRR. That's the hydraulic rim brake version of 11-speed. You can follow how that event unfolded on…» Read More »


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Latest from Labs and Microelectronics: Using Proximity and Lasers to Stitch Together a Macrochip
By crossrohrer on Mar 24, 2008
Today Sun announced a deal with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop microchip interconnectivity via on-chip optical networks enabled by silicon photonics and proximity communication. Translation: It's like a supercomputer on a chip.
This technology will allow applications like energy exploration, biotechnology and weather modeling to be accomplished with less power use and less expensive investment in silicon.
The contract with DARPA extends for five and a half years, with more than $44M of funding coming to Sun.
John Markoff of the New York Times covered it in today's edition. Check out his article here.


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Colorado Senator, Challenger Push for Gas Exports
Seizing on the crisis in Ukraine, both Democratic Colorado Sen. Mark Udall and his Republican challenger, Rep. Cory Gardner, are pushing bills to speed up U.S. natural-gas exports, joining a number of oil-state lawmakers advocating the move as a way to weaken Russia's hand over Ukraine.
Mr. Gardner, who announced last week he was running to unseat Mr. Udall, planned to introduce a measure on Thursday that would change the requirements of which countries qualify for quickened export approvals.
Federal law restricts U.S. companies from exporting natural gas to countries that are not free-trade partners with United States, including Europe, unless the administration determines that such exports are in the U.S. national interest.
"As we have seen in the Ukraine, it is of utmost importance that we have a solid supply of export supply to help and aid our allies at a time when dependency on regimes like Russia can cause significant problems," Mr. Gardner said in an interview Wednesday.
Across the Capitol, Mr. Udall announced his own such legislation on Wednesday evening, citing very similar concerns.
"The ongoing crisis in Ukraine—and Russia's threat to use its natural-gas exports as a cudgel there—shows why we need to responsibly develop our natural-gas reserves and expand our ability to export this resource abroad," Mr. Udall said in a statement Wednesday evening.
Colorado, a traditional oil-and-gas state, has seen its production rise dramatically over the last several years as companies tap into shale formations using hydraulic fracturing. The state has more than doubled its oil production and increased its gas production by 50% since 2005. While voters in Colorado aren't all on board with fracking—four Denver-area suburbs voted to ban the practice in last year's election—the energy industry is a key economic driver in the state and is a powerful constituent.
Mr. Gardner's bill has the backing of House GOP leadership, according to a key House Republican.
"Once he introduces it most, if not all, of the Republican members on our committee will be a co-sponsor and perhaps then some," House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R., Mich.) said in an interview Wednesday. "We're getting the green light to move forward from leadership."
The GOP-controlled House will likely pass Mr. Gardner's bill, but the fate of Mr. Udall's bill in the Senate is less certain. Mr. Udall has an ally in Sen. Mary Landrieu (D., La.), the new chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, of which Mr. Udall is a member. But Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.), may not want to bring the bill to the floor, as it could be seen as meddling in President Barack Obama's actions on Ukraine. Ms. Landrieu said Wednesday that she was going to ask the administration about this issue.
When asked about Mr. Udall's support for increasing natural-gas exports, Mr. Gardner responded: "I think this is just something Sen. Udall likes to do [during] an election year, which is to catch up with the issues he has fallen behind on."
Udall spokesman Mike Saccone said Mr. Gardner's comment "ignores Sen. Udall's work" on natural-gas exports over more than just this year. This includes, Mr. Saccone said, sending a letter to the Energy Department urging a speedier review of the export applications in July 2013 and positive comments toward the policy last August.
Lawmakers opposed to unfettered natural-gas exports say approving more such exports to help Ukraine wouldn't actually achieve that at all.
"Unlike other countries with state-owned oil companies, the U.S. government cannot dictate to private oil-and-gas companies where their exports should go," said Sen. Edward Markey (D., Mass.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. "The free market, not our foreign policy, will determine where any U.S. natural-gas exports land."
Mr. Markey argued that these exports would likely go to Asia and South America, "where prices are higher to maximize oil company profits."
Ukraine relies on Russia for about 70% of its natural-gas supplies, and it's a key transit country for pipelines sending Russian gas to more than a dozen other European nations.
Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said Wednesday at an energy conference in Houston that he "would certainly welcome a consultation in terms of how to go forward," with regard to the geopolitical concerns in Europe. "This is obviously a very, very serious and important situation."
One piece of advice, coming from someone who has been in Mr. Moniz's shoes, is to allow more exports. "If I were Energy Secretary I would advise the president that this is the time right after this crisis to support exports of natural gas and oil for strategic reasons and for energy reasons," said Bill Richardson, former Democratic governor of New Mexico who served as Energy Secretary under Democratic President Bill Clinton.
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Saturday, Jan. 28 • 6 p.m. CST
William R. Johnson Coliseum (7,203) • Nacogdoches, Texas
CORPUS CHRISTI – The Texas A&M - Corpus Christi women's basketball team is looking to snap a two-game losing streak Saturday when they travel to Nacogdoches, Texas, to take on Stephen F. Austin. The Islanders have dropped their last two conference games and six of their last eight games. This season, the Islanders are 1-2 on the road in conference play and 3-6 overall away from the Coastal Bend.
The Ladyjacks come into the contest with a 13-5 overall record and sit at 3-2 in the league after snapping a two-game losing streak on Wednesday at Sam Houston State. The Ladyjacks sit in second place in the West Division behind Sam Houston State. SFA finished with a 12-18 record last season and 9-7 in the conference which was good for a tie for first place.
• The Islanders have dropped six of their last eight and their last two conference games.
• Myeisha Myles and Alisa Roberts paced the Islanders in double-figure scoring Wednesday at Texas State.
• The Islanders are 5-3 when at least three players have scored in double-digits and 0-6 when at least two have posted double-digit scoring efforts.
• Texas A&M - Corpus Christi has tallied 17 assists or more in four games this season. Junior Verne'qua Taylor has tallied six or more assists in seven games this season and in four of those she had eight or more.
• The Islanders' bench outscored Texas State's bench 20-13.
• The Islanders shot a season-low 7.1 percent (1-14) from behind the arc against Texas State.
• Head Coach Robert Robinson has used seven different starting lineups this season.
Despite a late rally, the Islanders dropped their fourth conference game of the season Wednesday night, 73-67, to Texas State. Senior Myeisha Myles and junior Alisa Roberts paced the Islanders in double-figure scoring.
Myles powered the Islanders with her third double-double of the season with 17 points and 11 rebounds. Roberts posted her fourth double-figure scoring game and her second back-to-back double-figure scoring game with 15 points and six rebounds. She also chipped in two assists and three steals in 28 minutes.
The Islanders also had a balanced performance out of Verne'qua Taylor. The junior added seven points, six rebounds, five assists and six steals in 34 minutes. Sophomore Brandi Huff registered eight points and Damequia Montgomery added seven.
The Islanders outrebounded the Bobcats 45-42 and scored 23 points off Texas State's 18 turnovers. The Islanders bench also came up big outscoring the Bobcats' bench 20-13.
SFA heads into Saturday's game with a 13-5 overall record, 3-2 in conference play and sits at 5-2 at home. The Ladyjacks snapped a two-game losing streak Wednesday at Sam Houston State with a 69-67 victory.
SFA has conference wins over Southeastern La., Central Arkansas and Sam Houston State. The Ladyjacks sit in second-place in the West Division, one game back of Sam Houston State in first place.
On the season, SFA averages 61.6 points, shoots .362 from the floor (381-of-1053), .313 percent (114-of-364) from three-point range and .647 (233-of-360) from the line.
Individually, the Ladyjacks are led by Tammara Marion with 14.3 points per game. Porsha Roberts is second on the team with 7.9 points per game and leads the team with 5.8 rebounds per game.
Saturday's game will mark the 12th meeting between the two schools with the Ladyjacks claiming the 9-2 advantage. SFA has garnered the last eight contests with the Islanders sealing victories during the 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons. The Islanders clinched a 72-69 overtime victory over the Ladyjacks in 2004 season before taking a 75-62 win in 2005, both in Corpus Christi.
The last time the two teams met up was in Nacogdoches on Feb. 26, 2011. The Ladyjacks sealed a 89-78 victory. SFA also notched a 90-64 victory on Jan. 29, 2011 in Corpus Christi.
This season the Islanders have depth on their roster, something they have lacked in the past. This season, the Islanders bench has outscored their opponents' bench 383-345. On Wednesday, The Islanders scored 20 points to Texas State's 13. Brandi Huff led the Islanders off the bench with eight points and Damequia Montgomery added seven. Marquesha Anderson-Sparks leads the bench with 6.6 points per game and freshman Trish Amboree is second with 5.6 points per game.
The Islanders are leading the conference with 28.8 defensive rebounds a game and are fifth in offensive rebounds with 15.2.
Myeisha Myles is leading the team on the glass with 7.2 rebounds per game, which is good for 10th place in the conference. Myles has 4.2 defensive rebounds (15th, SLC) and 2.9 offensive rebounds (8th, SLC) while Damequia Montgomery is in 13th place in the conference with 2.5 offensive rebounds.
The Islanders have been a force on the defensive end, tallying 547 rebounds to their opponent's 541. Myles, Jammer and Taylor have combined for a total of 208 defensive rebounds.
The Islanders have tallied 17 assists or more in four games this season. They have registered 17 assists in wins against Jackson State, UT Arlington and a loss at SMU. The Islanders dished out a season-high 18 against Southeastern La. The Islanders are in a tie for seventh place in the conference with an average of 11.6 assists per game. Verne'qua Taylor has tallied six or more assists in seven games this season and four of those she had eight or more assists.
The Islanders sit in fifth-place in the conference with 3.3 blocks per game. Myeisha Myles and Jessica Jammer are two of the top shot blockers in the league. Myles leads the way in ninth with 0.9 and Jammer is in 10th with 0.8 a game.
Coach Robinson has used seven different lineups this season. Myeisha Myles and Verne'qua Taylor are the only two Islanders to have started all 18 games. Nine of the 12 players have made their way into the starting lineup. The most times one set lineup has been used is five games.
This season the Islanders seem to perform better when at least three players have scored double-digit points rather than two. The Islanders are 5-3 when at least three players have scored and 0-6 when at least two have posted double-digit scoring efforts.
Myles and Roberts led the Islanders in double-figure scoring against Texas State. Myles tallied 17, while Roberts added 15. Myles leads the Islanders with 10 double-figure scoring games, Jammer has seven and Anderson-Sparks has tallied six. Jammer and Vega-Vega also have two double-doubles apiece this season, while Myles has three.
Verne'qua "Nene" Taylor leads the team at the point guard position and has no problem sharing the ball. The junior is leading the conference with an average of 4.5 assists a game with a total of 86 assists in 19 games in a team-high 30.6 minutes per game.
Against SMU, the Wharton, Texas native, posted a season-high 13 points on 6-of-9 shooting and dished out eight assists while jumpstarting the Islanders scoring in the second half. The junior registered a balanced attack at Texas State with seven points, six rebounds, five assists and a season-high six steals in 34 minutes.
She is averaging 6.3 points per game, 4.2 rebounds and leads the team with 32 steals, which is good for 14th place in the conference. Taylor along with Myles are the only two Islanders to have started all 19 games.
Senior Myeisha Myles has stepped up for the Islanders in crunch time. She posted a balanced attack for the Islanders against the Indiana Hoosiers. Myles has powered the Islanders in the past two games, scoring in double-figures.
She currently is leading the conference with a .536 (82-153) field goal percentage. She is in 17th place with 10.6 points per game and sits in 10th place in rebounds with an average of 7.2 a game. Myles is averaging 0.9 blocks per game which is good for ninth place. She is in eighth place with 2.9 offensive rebounds a game and is in 15th place with 4.2 defensive rebounds a game.
The Islanders were picked to finish last in the Southland West Division after finishing last in the conference last season.
The Islanders will return home to the American Bank Center for two games next week. On Wednesday, Feb. 1, the Islanders will take on Nicholls State before facing Northwestern State on Saturday, Feb. 4. Both games are slated to tipoff at 7 p.m.


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Development of viable dosage forms for poorly water soluble compounds continues to be a significant challenge to the formulation scientists in pharmaceutical industry and insufficient bioavailability of such compounds due to poor formulation design may result in delays in development or cause them to be dropped from the pipeline (1,2). Various solubilization techniques such as using surfactants, co-solvents and cyclodextrins, adjusting the formulation pH, and screening salts have been developed, but these conventional techniques are not always effective enough to achieve the desirable solubility enhancement for an increasing amount of difficult-to-formulate compounds. Recently several new solubilization technologies have advanced significantly with commercial successes. This article only focuses on two excipient-enabling techniques: lipid-based formulations and solid dispersion approach, and discusses how excipients play a critical role in these innovative solubilization technologies.
Lipid based formulations
With several commercial successes including Sandimmune® and Neroal®(Cyclosporine A), Norvir® (Ritonavir) and Fortovase® (Saquinavir), lipid-based formulations have drawn considerable interest and attention in pharmaceutical industry as effective ways to improve oral bioavailability of poorly water soluble compounds (3,4). In principle, this approach is to dissolve the lipohilic drug in oils, emulsify the oil phase in water, and maintain the drug in the solubilized state in the gastrointestinal tract until absorption has occurred. Very often the lipid formulation is designed in such way that it tends to generate and maintain a supersaturated drug concentration in vivo for improved oral absorption (5). In some cases nanoparticulate emulsions are formed. Excipients definitely play a most critical role in the formulation performance.One of the most critical criteria of the excipients used in lipid-based formulations is its solubilization capacity. The excipient or excipient blend must be able to fully solubilize the entire drug dose, preferably in a volume of a single oral dosage. This is often achieved by careful screening of appropriate oils, co-solvents and surfactants.
Both long-and medium-chain triglyceride oils with different degrees of saturation have been extensively investigated for the design of lipid-based formulations. Co-solvents have been also used to help dissolve the drug or a large amount of the hydrophilic surfactant in the formulations. Examples of such co-solvents include ethanol, propylene glycol and polyethylene glycol.
Surfactants with a relatively high hydrophilic/liphophilic balance (HLB) are often needed to provide a good dispersing/self-emulsifying performance. For example, polysorbates, Cremophor® (rebranded to Kolliphor® EL/ RH40) and Solutol® HS15 (rebranded to Kolliphor® HS15) are used as the surfactants due to their relatively low toxicity and excellent performance.
In addition to the solubilization capacity, excipients in the lipid-based formulations must maintain the drug in the solubilized state in the gastrointestinal tract, preferably in supersaturable high concentration, until absorption has occurred. Therefore excipient type/composition and excipient/drug ratio are the critical factors. For supersaturable lipid-based formulations, the metastable supersaturated drug concentration has to be maintained for a long enough time period sufficient for adsorption before drug precipitation occurs. This is often achieved by temporary inhibition of drug precipitation using excipients as precipitation inhibitors (6). For example cellulose derivatives and vinyl polymers have been widely studied as precipitation inhibitors. Examples of such polymers include hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC), methyl cellulose (MC), hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC), hypromellose acetate succinate (HPMCAS), polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), and vinylpyrrolidone/vinylacetate copolymers (PVPVA). The studies showed that HPMC and PVP were the effective precipitation inhibitors to prolong the supersaturable drug concentration for the significantly improved bioavailability of poorly water soluble compounds (7,8).


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"I love Twitter," Rakesh "Rocky" Agrawal wrote in a VentureBeat blog a few months back. "It's the only social network that I can honestly say has had a huge impact on my life."
That's putting it mildly.
After joining PayPal less than two months ago as director of strategy, Agrawal is out the door, recipient of a humiliating comeuppance on the Internet Monday after a vitriolic rant on Twitter where he leveled an obscenity-laced tirade against some of his colleagues.
Agrawal, who insisted on Twitter that he quit before being fired, certainly isn't the first guy to step into the social-media muck through sloppy microblogging. Celebrities have stumbled countless times; and one bad keystroke by a US Airways social-media manager broadcast a pornographic image to the airline's more than 400,000 followers on Twitter.
"I know someone who seriously damaged their career by Instagramming all the cocktails they were drinking one night," said tech author Leander Kahney, editor and publisher of Cult of Mac. "That's just not a good message to be sending your boss."
The trouble for Agrawal, who goes by @rakeshlobster on Twitter and is also principal analyst at reDesign mobile and a television commentator, began early Saturday when he started tweet-trashing fellow employees.
Visiting New Orleans for a jazz festival, Agrawal's first target was Christina Smedley, PayPal's vice president of global communications, whom he called a "useless middle manager," followed up by an obscenity. Next, he tweeted "People who should be fire from paypal Don Christmas a pool a kick," although various news bloggers said no record of anyone named Don Christmas could be found at PayPal.
As the night dragged on, Agrawal's tweets seemed to soften and he eventually announced he was quitting his job ("Oh," he tweeted. "I quit pay a tonight.")
Agrawal did not respond to an email for comment. PayPal issued its own tweet on the matter: "Rakesh Agrawal is no longer with the company. Treat everyone with respect. No excuses. PayPal has zero tolerance."
The sort of high-profile humiliation that Agrawal is experiencing, says analyst Ben Bajarin with Creative Strategies, will become commonplace as people use social-media tools like Twitter and Facebook to vent, often without considering the possible fallout.
"We live in an era where you have this broadcast medium right at your fingertips," Bajarin said. "And while it's unlikely that the guy would have sat down and written a long blog post saying the same things, with Twitter and other microblogging tools this kind of thing is bound to happen over and over."
The embarrassment can also make things tough for the offender's family, friends and even employer, Bajarin said. "This puts the company between a rock and hard place because they have to deal with it. And because it's so public, they have to deal with it in a much more public way than if it were just some internal inappropriate behavior."
On Saturday, Agrawal apologized to David Marcus, PayPal's president, and Stan Chudnovsky, the company's vice president of growth and global strategy, posting a photo of himself with the words: "Day one of my next adventure? I am so ducking tired."
He also tweeted that the earlier messages were meant for a colleague and that he was using a new phone and thought the tweets had been private.
Some of his posts during the outburst and even as recently as Monday were hard to decipher, either because they were full of typos or because they were downright bizarre. "I've always wanted to get to necked island," he wrote Monday morning, prompting one of his followers to tweet back: "Dude, are you OK? Your tweets are worrisome."
While Agrawal has yet to explain his behavior, TUI, or tweeting under the influence, has gotten others into hot water, from Silicon Valley to Hollywood. Former baseball pro Jose Canseco famously proposed to Lady Gaga through Twitter, sloppily misspelling his own pitch, saying "I am her night in baseball armor." Actor Russell Crowe ensured himself an awkward legacy with his foul-mouthed rants.
Agrawal's faux pas crossed a line by attacking his work colleagues, said Michael Fertik, founder and CEO of Redwood City-based Reputation.com and a pioneer in online reputation management. Still, he said, there's hope.
"He has to own his mistake, and it'll take time, but he can recover," he said of Agrawal. "He might lay off the colorful commentary for a while and go with more substantive comments if he continues to use Twitter.
"This might be a good time to take a short vacation," Fertik said. "And he might send a card and flowers to the woman he tweeted about. Admit you screwed up, and you can make yourself lovable again."
Contact Patrick May at 408-920-5689; follow him at Twitter.com/patmaymerc.
some of Rakesh 'Rocky'Agrawal's tweets
"Christina Smedley is a useless. Piece of s--t"
"Duck you Smedley you useless middle. manager."
"People who should be fire from paypal Don Christmas a pool a kick."
"Oh. I quit pay a tonight because of self at son and aortic and ah our and hill e a s th."
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More than a dozen Hannibal area roads were closed Sunday, March 10, when melted snow and major rainfall caused flooding, according to MoDOT's Northeast District.
MoDOT Maintenance and Traffic Engineer Jennifer Hinson advised motorists to learn details about road conditions on the traveler information map on www.modot.org.
She said area streams and rivers are swollen, and with the ground saturated, the water is going over some of lower roads.
Some roads remain closed for several hours, but water levels change quickly, so MoDOT crews are monitoring these areas, Hinson said.
MoDOT reminded drivers to never travel through a flooded road. Barricades have been placed where roads are closed, and motorists should find alternate routes. Travel tips are available at http://www.modot.org/flooding/needtotravel.htm.
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Trey Anastasio Band,
Tuesday, 02/16/2010
Terminal 5, New York, NY
Set 1: Shine, Cayman Review, Push On 'Til the Day, Alaska, Mozambique, Gotta Jibboo, All That Almost Was, Drifting, Liquid Time, The Birdwatcher, Night Speaks to a Woman > Tuesday, Brian and Robert[1], Strange Design[1], Sample in a Jar[1], Chalk Dust Torture[1], Wilson[1]
Set 2: Sand, Alive Again, Last Tube > Show of Life, Sultans of Swing > Ether Sunday, Black Dog
Encore: Magilla, First Tube
[1] Trey solo acoustic.
Notes: Trey performed "Brian and Robert" through "Wilson" solo acoustic.
Musicians: Trey Anastasio, Russell Remington, Jennifer Hartswick, Russ Lawton, Tony Markellis, Ray Paczkowski, Natalie Cressman


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Top Definition
A particularily painful sharp, gastrous pain, caused by a night of heavy alcohol consumption, usually following the morning after consumption occurs.
*flatulant sounds* "Aw man, I have gut rot from the 03 we had last night!"
by Ricebabe January 15, 2004
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Can you define these popular missing words?
When your insides feel like they just barfed on themselves.
"Hey I feel like I have to take a big dump, but I can't, so I must have gut rot."
by Wessie Jittaker July 02, 2007
Extreme intestinal disturbance associated with food-borne pathogens. Food poisoning not serious enough to require hospital treatment, but causing regular and horrific bouts of galloping diarrhea.
"Hi, this is Ben Hawley. Um, I won't be coming in today 'cause I've got the gutrot. So I'll... oh no..."
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An extreme feeling of sickness in one's digestive track that almost always results in a very severe and excrutiating case of explosive diarhea.
Eating at Coney Island and Shitney almost always gives me gut-rot.
by Erin August 14, 2003
An alcoholic drink with a horrible taste and a tendency to make your stomach feel as if the lining has come off.
Dave : Hey Joe! Whats that your Drinking?
Joe : My favourite Super Strength Lager
Dave : Are you kidding man, that stuffs bloody gutrot
Joe : My favourite Super Strength Lager
Dave : Are you kidding man, that stuffs bloody gutrot
by infusion April 06, 2008
Pot Liquor, Shine, Moonshine, Hooch, Bootleg whiskey, Likker, alky, booze, Juice, Sauce, Eth, Ocean, XXX, stillwater, hard stuff, fire water, canned heat, White Jesus, spirits, smoke, red-eye, brew, slug, libation, shot, nipples, etc......
Dude, I gotta get off the gutrot before I shit my liver.
by Jaggo March 23, 2004
A catchall term for heartburn, acid reflux, ulcers, and other things where your stomach feels like it's digesting itself. Since for the most part, you take the same pills for them, there's rarely a need to differentiate in casual conversation.
"Oh man, I've got some killer gut rot, anyone got some Rolaids?" "Here, take a Zantac, it'll work better. And maybe you should stop working 80 hour weeks and eating garbage?"
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Former Panther Smith signs with Ravens
Published: Friday, March 14, 2014 at 5:44 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, March 14, 2014 at 5:44 p.m.
Free agent wide receiver Steve Smith has signed a three-year deal with the Baltimore Ravens.
The Ravens announced the signing of the 34-year-old Smith on Friday.
Smith was released by the Carolina Panters on Thursday after 13 seasons and headed to Baltimore to talk to the Ravens, who were eager to add provide quarterback Joe Flacco another target.
Smith ranks 19th in the NFL in career receptions. He caught 64 passes for 746 yards and four touchdowns in 2013.
Baltimore has had a void at wide receiver since trading Anquan Boldin to the San Francisco 49ers after winning the Super Bowl in February 2013. The Ravens went 8-8 last season and missed the playoffs for the first time in six years.
Smith is Carolina's all-time leader in receptions (836), yards receiving (12,197) and touchdowns (67).
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Review of Bending to Break by A.J. Hampton. "...an erotic paranormal romance that starts out in high gear and continues the fast pace throughout the story." (Darque Reviews)
Review of the "The Mortal Cure," an episode of "Moonlight." " Lance (Jason Butler Harner), a vampire with one black eye, not only hails back to the time of French King Louis XVI, but is part of the same royal bloodline." (SyFi Portal)


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Charge center Arinze Onuaku had another strong practice Wednesday in his return from turf toe. Canton's leading rebounder and second-leading scorer has missed the last six games.
He should be ready for Friday's game at Springfield, Mass.
Veteran influence
Cavaliers rookie Carrick Felix, who was assigned to the Charge on Wednesday, feels new acquisition Luol Deng's presence in Cleveland is nothing but positive.
"He's definitely a great locker-room guy. Good all-around character," Felix said. "He's the definition of being a pro. He does things the right way. Takes care of his body. He talks to us young guys and tries to give us little teaching points. He talks to the team about what it takes to win."
Busy days ahead
After five days off, the Charge's chances for rest will be sparse beginning Friday. Their game in Springfield begins a stretch of three games in four days and six games in nine days.
Included in there is a 3 p.m. Sunday start in Springfield, followed by a 3 p.m. game the next day — Martin Luther King, Jr. Day — against Maine in Canton.
"We had a good talk about the focus being just getting that next number ... in the win column," Charge head coach Steve Hetzel said.
"If we can embrace it, then the excuses go out the window. If that's all we care about and all that we want, then we'll find a way to get that next number."
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The mission of the Imported and Fire Ant and Household Insects Research Unit develops integrated management processes for imported fire ants and other invasive pest ants. Emphasis is on the development of novel, safer methods, and better strategies for controlling these invasive pests, with less reliance on traditional pesticides. Research supports many economic sectors, including the general public, agricultural and livestock producers, the pest control industry, medical practitioners, communication and electrical industries, as well as state and federal agencies, e.g. APHIS, EPA, Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Interior. Areas of research include the development of functional genomic resources, classical biological control tools, bio-pesticides, chemical ecology, targeted baits, surveillance and monitoring tools, repellents, ecology and biodiversity, population dynamics, toxicology and molecular biology.


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Alzheimer's Research: The Role of Secondary Prevention, Exercise, Agitation Treatment and Biomarkers
Alzheimer's Research: The Role of Secondary Prevention, Exercise, Agitation Treatment and Biomarkers
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Last week, the National Institutes of Health announced its support of four new studies aimed at finding new treatments for Alzheimer's disease. The research projects, which are being administered under the Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study (ADCS), reflect the breadth of emerging ideas and the range of stakeholders within the biopharmaceutical ecosystem (government, private companies, academia) working together to tackle this elusive and devastating disease.
The four studies will aim to address four main critical areas:
- Secondary prevention in a pre-symptomatic population
- Use of aerobic exercise in older adults with mild cognitive impairment
- Treatment of disruptive agitation with a generic alpha blocker medication well tolerated in frail and elderly people
- Long-term evaluation of cerebrospinal fluid and blood plasma biomarkers used to better understand drugs' mechanisms
The long-anticipated first project - the A4 (anti-amyloid treatment in asymptomatic Alzheimer's disease) trial - has created quite a buzz. Led by principal investigator Reisa Sperling, MD, Harvard Medical School, the trial will enroll 1,000 symptom-free participants aged 70-85 who have been shown via a radioactive imaging agent to have amyloid plaques in their brains. Accumulation of amyloid protein is thought to be a fundamental cause of Alzheimer's.
Late last week, Reuters covered the announcement that the drug to be studied in the A4 trial is Eli Lilly and Company's monoclonal antibody solanezumab. As the article points out, two earlier trials of solanezumab fell short of slowing disease progression among study participants with mild-to-moderate symptoms. However, combined data from two Phase III trials demonstrated for the first time a slowing in cognitive decline in patients with only mild symptoms. Over the three-year period of the A4 trial, cognitive tests will be conducted to determine if the medicine helps maintain cognitive health, and imaging tests will monitor structural and functional changes in the brain.
Dr. Sperling also mentioned that the final data from the trial will not be seen until 2018. Meanwhile, other Alzheimer's drugs will be tested beginning next year as part of her project, including a promising class of drugs called beta secretase inhibitors.
This circuitous development path is all too familiar when it comes to Alzheimer's (and other disease states, for that matter). A report issued by PhRMA last year, entitled "Researching Alzheimer's Medicines: Setbacks and Stepping Stones," illustrated that for every research project that succeeded in treating symptoms of Alzheimer's, 34 failed to yield a new medicine.
The A4 trial and the scores of other efforts underway in biopharmaceutical research labs and academic research centers across the U.S. are encouraging. And as reflected in last year's Research and Hope Awards, which honored individuals and teams in academia, the biopharma sector, patient advocacy and caregiving who have contributed significantly to the advancement of hope and research in the fight against Alzheimer's, eventual success will require continued engagement and diligence from many stakeholders in the biopharmaceutical ecosystem.
Other tidbits and resources of interest:
- There are nearly 100 medicines in development for Alzheimer's and other dementias.
- The Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study was formed in 1991 as a cooperative agreement between the National Institute on Aging and UC-San Diego.
- For a great example of ongoing public/private partnerships in Alzheimer's research, check out the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI).
- For a comprehensive look at ongoing Alzheimer's research and science, have a look at the Alzheimer Research Forum.
Basic info on Alzheimer's is available on the National Institute on Aging's website.


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In our first annual Top 50 Lesbian and Bi Characters poll, we asked you to vote for your favorite characters from film, television, and internet shows.
You cast your votes, and now we have the results. Before we reveal the winners, let's take a look at some of the trends that emerged.
Almost all of the characters were from films and television shows that made their debut after the year 2000. A few of the exceptions include Kerry Weaver from ER, and the ass-kicking ladies from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
While most of the characters were from US productions, a fair amount came from international shows, including our top two characters (from the UK show Skins).
Also notable was the fact that some of your favorite characters, the leads from Xena: Warrior Princess (which ran from 1995-2001) and Idgie Threadgood from the film Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), were never officially presented as lesbian or bisexual.
It's probably no coincidence that those characters emerged at a time when there was far less lesbian/bi visibility in the media, forcing viewers to make the most of the "subtext" provided to them by the studios and networks. As a result, these unofficially queer characters went on to become positive iconic figures in pop culture who are still beloved by their queer fans.
While our poll welcomed nominations from film, television and internet shows, only one web series was represented in the Top 50. Anyone But Me produced not one but two of the most popular characters, Aster and Vivian.
Finally, The L Word's strong ensemble cast made an impressive showing in our poll. Of the top ten characters, four were from the show, and nine L Word characters total made the top 50.
Now onto the results!
1. Naomi Campbell (Skins)
The first time we saw Naomi kiss Emily, she sought confirmation that it was drugs making her do it. Maybe it was, but that didn't explain the kissing in the bouncy house, or the shagging by the lake, or the slamming Emily up against the lockers and making out in public. Naomi hated injustice and was always brave enough to stand up for the downtrodden. By the end of Skins' third season, she was finally brave enough to stand up for herself — and want Emily back.
2. Emily Fitch (Skins)
Emily Fitch knew she was gay from her first episode of Skins, and every time she came out to her friends and family, it just got better and better. She went from telling her pal JJ: "I like sex with girls. I like their rosy lips, their hard nipples, bums, soft thighs. I like tits and fanny, you know?" to telling her parents over dinner: "Her name's Naomi; she's rather beautiful — so I've been nailing her." She had us at "I like girls."
3. Dr. Arizona Robbins (Grey's Anatomy)
Dr. Arizona Robbins had the unenviable task of wading through the carnage of the Hahn Debacle on her first day at Seattle Grace — but her charm and confidence won us over before she ever even scrubbed in. And it wasn't long until Callie, too, was throwing herself into the Great Grey's Elevator of Death for a chance to bask in her adorableness.
4. Alice Pieszecki (The L Word)
Alice Pieszecki was one of the first universally-relatable bisexual characters on TV. We either had a best friend like her, a girlfriend like her or we were her. Every single time love knocked Alice down — which was often — she got back up again and again. Good thing, too; all that WeHo gossip wasn't just going to text itself out.


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1.1-9 Deaf or Hearing Impaired
Jurors: Interpreter
Revised to January 1, 2008
Before you began your service in this
case, you took a solemn oath. In that oath, you swore that you would make a
true interpretation to (Mr./Ms.) <name of deaf or hearing impaired juror>
of all testimony and other proceedings that would take place in (his/her)
presence in this case.
You also swore that if (Mr./Ms.)
<name of deaf or hearing impaired juror> were chosen to serve on this jury,
you would assist (him/her) as an interpreter throughout the trial, including the
jury deliberations, but that apart from making true interpretations of (his/her)
remarks to the other jurors and of the remarks of the other jurors to (him/her),
or in (his/her) presence, you would refrain from participating in any manner in
the jury deliberations, and would refrain from having communications with anyone
outside the jury concerning the business or matters in the jurors' hands. Now,
as the trial of this case begins, I wish to remind you of your oath, in the
presence of the entire jury, for two important reasons.
First, I want to be certain that you
remember your oath and are faithful to it throughout the trial. Remember,
importantly, that you are not a juror in this case. (Mr./Ms.) <name of deaf
or hearing impaired juror> is a juror, and you are here solely as
(his/her) sworn interpreter.
Second, I want to be sure that the
jurors fully understand and appreciate the legal limits under which you must do
your work. Respecting those limits, the jurors must make no attempt whatsoever
to otherwise involve you in this trial.
General Statutes §§ 51-245a; 51-245
(d), Practice Book §§ 16-1, 16-8.
This instruction is only applicable
where sign language, as opposed to Computer-Assisted Real-Time Transcription
(CART) service, is used.
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Author Reader's Theatre
Friday, May 3, 2013
6:30pm @ Plaza Branch
Four award-winning children's authors are joining forces at the Kansas City Public Library for a program of the Author Reader's Theatre that adapts their popular books for dramatic presentation.
Participating in the event on Friday, May 3, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. at the Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St. are:
* Brian Selznick, winner of the Caldecott Medal in 2008 for his groundbreaking picture book novel, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, (which director Martin Scorsese made into the 2011 film, Hugo).
* Richard Peck, winner of the 2001 Newbery Medal for A Year Down Yonder, the Scott O'Dell Award for historical fiction in 2004, and a National Humanities Medal in 2001.
*Sarah Weeks, winner of the William Allen White Award whose bestselling PIE is currently a 2013-14 Mark Twain Award nominee.
*Avi, winner of the Newbery Medal in 2003 for Crispin: The Cross of Lead.
The evening is part of the Library's Friday Night Family Fun series and this event is for ages 10 and up only.
Authors Readers Theatre (ART) was founded in 2006 by children's authors Avi, Sharon Creech, Walter Dean Myers, and Sarah Weeks. The troupe has since expanded to include many other authors.
ART follows the tradition of readers/actors standing on stage and reading from prepared scripts. There are no costumes or props, merely voices to transport the audience into the text. The authors refashion their own writing into theatrical scenes, each running about 10 minutes. All four authors appear in each scene.
Admission is free. RSVP at kclibrary.org or call 816.701.3407.
This event is presented in cooperation with Reading Reptile. Books will be available for purchase during the event.
A workshop focusing on the use of children's literature in reader's theatre will be held on Thursday, May 2, 2013, at 6:30 p.m. at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St. The workshop is idea for educators and theatre professionals, but it is open to the public. Reservations are required for the workshop. Please call Crystal Faris at 816.701.3513 for more information or to secure your spot.


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SAN FRANCISCO -- Authorities are seeking the public's help in identifying a man who they believe robbed two banks on the Peninsula over the past five weeks.
The FBI is investigating the case of the"Valentine's Day Bandit," so named after he robbed a Bank of the West branch on Park Road in Burlingame on Friday. He is also wanted in connection with the Jan. 10 armed robbery of a Chase Bank branch on El Camino Real in Millbrae.
Witnesses described the suspect as a black man, approximately 50-60 years old and standing between 5 foot 5 and 5 foot 10 with a slim build, sunken cheeks, possible acne scars on his face and possible skin discoloration on the back of his neck.
The suspect was last seen wearing sunglasses and a gray or tan colored suit. During the robberies he wore a black beanie-style hat with leopard print and a white "prayer-style" hat with embroidering, authorities said.
A handgun was displayed during the Chase Bank robbery in Millbrae. The suspect should be considered armed and dangerous, authorities said.
Anyone with information about the identity or whereabouts of the suspect should call the FBI at 415-553-7400. The investigation is being conducted jointly by the Burlingame Police Department, which can be reached at 650-558-7200, and the San Mateo County Sheriff's office, which can be reached at 650-377-4500. All calls are confidential. Tips can also be submitted to tips.fbi.gov.
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Go Behind the Scenes with Joanna Coles
We're just going to say it: Cam is one of the most underrated hotties in the NFL.
Jason isn't just hothe loves to do good, too. This tight end launched a foundation that provides support for people affected by domestic violence.
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Bishop Alexander of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) will ordain Deacon Joel Wilson to the Holy Priesthood Sunday, Dec. 8, in Springfield, Mo.
The newly ordained Father Joel will then serve as the priest in charge of the Orthodox mission recently established in Rolla.
The mission, formerly named "St. John the Wonderworker," has now officially been given the name "Annunciation of the Virgin Mary Orthodox Christian Mission" by Bishop Alexander.
The ordination of Deacon Joel will take place at St. Thomas Orthodox Church, 4200 S. Holiday Ave. Springfield, Mo., during the church's Sunday Divine Liturgy at 10 a.m.
The mission community invites everyone in the Rolla area to come and experience this event.
For further details, including special hotel rates for the weekend, visit www.orthodoxyinrolla.org or call the mission at 573-458-9138.
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Officials attending the event noted that Meridian has a long history as an entertainment city.
"This right there is going to be the foundation to what is going to bring Mississippi and put her back on the map," said Mayor Cheri Barry.
The district is comprised of the downtown area, but also extends to the interstate which would include the old Village Fair Mall and the midtown area.
"We look forward to the possibilities that lie ahead of us, and continuing to enjoy not only the arts district but the arts as a whole," said Lauderdale County supervisor Craig Hitt.
And it looks like the city has the opportunity to think outside the box. Those who drafted the legislation at the state capitol say the ways investors might use these incentives are varied.
"It's very broad. It allows for things as diverse as music halls, museums, even golf courses," said state Rep. Greg Snowden. "Entertainment venues are allowed for this."
Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann said he isn't surprised city officials jumped on this opportunity.
Hosemann called it a win-win for local residents and those looking to go into business. He had a main role in the legislation, which passed in 2009.
"One, it will allow more arts and songs and people to come here, but it also gives a tax break from them," Hosemann said.
Also on hand for the announcement was a local businessman who recently spoke out on WTOK's On the Record program in support of this type of incentive.
Peavey Electronics founder, Hartley Peavey, had a prominent seat in the audience.
"I don't know that this bill is perfect, Hartley, but it certainly is a good step in the right direction," said Rep. Snowden. "And you and others I know helped Delbert put this together and stood behind us to get it passed."


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Grants to help essential businesses in Terrebonne install emergency power generators
Published: Friday, August 17, 2012 at 3:03 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, August 17, 2012 at 3:03 p.m.
Terrebonne Parish businesses that provide essential services after hurricanes and other disasters can apply for grant money to help them install emergency power generators.
The Terrebonne Parish Economic Development Authority is administering the grants, which range from $1,500 to $3,000.
Eligible companies include pharmacies, grocery stores, gas stations and ice producers.
For information, contact Shannon Rhodes at email@example.com or call TEDA at 873-6890.
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SAN JOSE -- It's a grassroots campaign to find out who's poisoning the roots of their grass.
All along serene Moreland Way -- where some residents have lived since the West San Jose neighborhood sprang up in the early 1970s -- someone has been scarring their lawns with an unknown chemical that turns whatever it touches into barren blight.
Tony Athan has lived at the end of the street for 14 years. What used to be nearly 1,500 square feet of lawn space is an amalgam of brown and orange from the work of the yet-to-be-identified saboteur.
"You can't fix it," Athan said. "I'm not going to replant it, all that work going to nothing. Not until something happens."
The "something" Athan and his dozens of neighbors would like is answers. To that end, they have banded together with a full-court press for tips that could lead to the capture of a culprit believed to have killed swatches of lawns at more than 30 homes in the area.
Led in part by Lisa Riggs, another Moreland Way resident of nearly 14 years, the last neighborhood watch meeting became a de facto strategy session to raise awareness. They pooled a $1,000 reward and posted fliers. A website was created. They contacted the media.
That latter was propelled by resident Suzanne Johnson, who said she contacted a relative working at a local television station, who in turn alerted reporters.
Moreland Way resident, Frank Maggi, a San Jose native and marketing specialist who made his money in Hollywood, helped the group coin "lawn tagging" to gain more publicity.
The outcome: "lawn tagging" is readily searchable on Google and for a brief spell last week trended on social media.
But there are still no suspects.
"We've received a lot of great feedback. But we haven't received leads," said Riggs, the neighborhood watch leader.
Thanks to the past week's publicity, San Jose police are aware of the problem. Residents have been mindful of how police understaffing has limited patrols and the investigation of quality-of-life crimes, and the lawn taggings push right up against that threshold.
Before the media barrage, only one resident had actually filed a report with police, said Officer Albert Morales.
That might be because only recently did residents believe they had enough dots to connect. The consensus in the neighborhood is that lawns began dying around Halloween 2012 with another instance a year later. Because of that timing and the relatively minimal damage -- a smattering of lawns had straight lines burned into the grass -- many dismissed it as a youth-fueled prank.
Then within the past couple of months, the taggings grew in frequency and severity.
This much is agreed on: Whoever did it had to have some sort of multi-gallon sprayer to be able to strike upward of 30 homes up and down Moreland Way as a well as a smattering of homes on surrounding streets. And because whatever chemical used takes up to two weeks to start showing its effects, pinpointing exactly when the sprayer struck is a guessing game at best.
Athan, who has installed home surveillance cameras hoping to catch a glimpse of the vandals, hopes to narrow that guessing game by sending out a soil sample to be analyzed for the chemical, which makes reseeding ineffective and instead requires homeowners to excavate a sizable depth of contaminated dirt and re-sod.
The chemical could be an industrial-grade herbicide, said Joe DiTomaso, a weed specialist with the University of California Cooperative Extension. He listed possibilities such as tebuthiurion, commonly known as spike herbicide, or bromacil, compounds used by Caltrans to render soil barren in places where dry grass would be a fire hazard.
Compounds of such high strength typically aren't available for ordinary consumers to purchase at retail garden and home-improvement stores, DiTomaso said. In some cases, buyers are required to possess specialized knowledge and show their qualifications.
Not only is it a whodunit, it's a why-dun-it. Compounding residents' frustration is the fact there seems to be no calling card or broader rationale for why their street has been targeted.
"There's no real message on it," said Rodger Ryan, who has lived on Moreland Way for 40 years. "I can't think of any gain a person would have."
Theories are plentiful. Environmental activists protesting lawn upkeep in times of serious drought? Someone with a neighborhood vendetta? Those Halloween pranksters raising the stakes?
Ryan said the problem goes far beyond landscaping. If unchecked, he says, the lawn tagger could become emboldened and escalate to other crimes, like vandalizing or burglarizing their homes.
"The worst part is you don't know what the second act is," he said. "It's not over."
Contact Robert Salonga at 408-920-5002. Follow him at Twitter.com/robertsalonga.
Residents of Moreland Way in West San Jose have posted a $1,000 reward for information on who is scarring their lawns with an unknown chemical. Tips and questions can be sent to email@example.com.


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How to Book a Tour or Program
Bookings can be made for all programs. The full address of the school/institution is required for a booking.
How long in advance should a program be booked?
We recommend booking 4-6 weeks in advance of the desired date.
How many people can participate in a program?
The maximum number of participants is specified for each different program. The maximum number for tours is 15. Larger groups will be split, in which case we ask you to book tours on different themes for each of the subgroups.
What will happen on arrival at the Jewish Museum Berlin?
Due to security checks at the entrance to the Jewish Museum Berlin, groups should arrive 30 minutes before the program begins. Please make your way to the signed group entrance on arrival. Payment should be made before the tour in cash or by card (EC, VISA, American Express with PIN).
What should be done in the case of late arrival or cancellation?
Groups are no longer entitled to the tour they booked if they arrive 15 minutes or later after the time the tour was due to begin. Cancellations should be made at least two working days prior to the arranged time; the fees for the guide will be charged to the school/institution for all cancellations made later than this.
In which languages are programs available?
All information at the exhibition at the Jewish Museum Berlin is in German and English. Tours are available in a number of foreign languages and in sign language.
Please contact the Museum directly about foreign-language tours.
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