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"CALIFORNIA GOLD" HOST REMEMBERED: Iconic television journalist Huell Howser brought a folksy, "gee whiz" style to shows he did on many historic and scenic places -- including ones in Antioch, Livermore, Danville, Oakland and Martinez.
He was parodied as a character on the "The Simpsons" television show. He appeared as himself on an episode of the television drama "Weeds." Some viewers dismissed him as a hick from Tennessee.
But Howser, who died at age 67 on Jan. 6, also was praised as a deceptively skilled interviewer who put subjects at ease with his enthusiasm and humility.
"He was full of energy. He was surprised and astonished that there used to be big coal-mining towns in eastern Contra Costa County," said Traci Parent, the former supervising naturalist at Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve south of Antioch and Pittsburg. "He was hard to keep up with hiking up the hill to the Rose Hill Cemetery on a hot day."
Parent worked with Howser in 2003 when he filmed a segment of his public television show "California Gold" at Black Diamond, which has an underground mining museum and is the site of once-booming coal towns.
A DVD and VHS version of that segment is still a popular sale item at the preserve.
In other shows filmed in the East Bay, Howser did segments on the Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site in Danville, John Muir National Historic Site in Martinez, John Marsh historic mansion in Brentwood, Joaquin Miller Park in Oakland, and the oldest known working light bulb, at Livermore fire station 6 (burning since 1901), according to the "California Gold" website.
"He was very funny," Parent recalled of the late ex-marine who worked at commercial television stations in New York and Los Angeles before producing his own shows. "He showed so much enthusiasm when he said, 'That's amaaaaazing.'"
INAUGURAL FLASHBACK: As President Barack Obama prepares for another inaugural celebration, The Eye was amused to come across an item that appeared in the Jan. 23, 1953, edition of the Brentwood News, shortly after President Dwight Eisenhower had been sworn into office. The "Over the Back Fence" column, which had a distinct Eye tone to it, noted that Pacific Gas & Electric had alerted homeowners that it would be turning off power to residences from 9 to 11 a.m. Jan. 20.
That happened to coincide with the time for Ike's inauguration to his first term in Washington, D.C., denying Brentwood residents the opportunity to watch the event on television or tune in to the radio (unless batteries were handy). Unfortunately, this was the era before YouTube.
"Over the Back Fence" speculated that the blunder could lead to a surge in support for publicly owned utilities in some sections of Brentwood; we all know how that turned out. It's safe to assume there will be no (intentional) power outages in a week when Obama takes the oath for a second term, and even if there is, you should still be able to stream it on your smartphone, something that would have been unthinkable in Ike's day.
TWITTER PLEAS: The Eye spotted a clever plea from an East Contra Costa group looking to boost its social media presence.
The user "Long Live the Delta Blues Festival" made light of the instantaneous Twitter fandom Katherine Webb received during Monday night's BCS Championship Game between Alabama and Notre Dame. Webb's Twitter followers spiked shortly after ESPN cameras focused on the 23-year-old Miss Alabama, who is the girlfriend of Alabama quarterback A.J. McCarron, during the game and announcer Brent Musburger piled on the compliments.
"Because of this, she gained 140,000 new Twitter followers," the post read. "The (Delta Blues Festival) has 25 followers. So that we don't look too bad, would you consider following us on Twitter?"
FYI: The Delta Blues Festival's Twitter handle is @DbfFest.
Staff writers Denis Cuff, Craig Lazzeretti and Paul Burgarino contributed to this column.


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Houston 84, SMU 80 (OT)
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Houston Cougars forward J.J. Richardson (55) looses control of the ball as Southern Methodist Mustangs guard Jalen Jones (21) and forward Shawn Williams (2) apply the pressure in the second half at Moody Coliseum in University Park, Saturday, February 2, 2013. SMU lost to Houston 84-80 in overtime.
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The low-profile vIRsa is unobtrusive, and adjusts to any installation environment with a flexible film adhesive which conforms to curved surfaces. For fast troubleshooting, a separate holder remains attached, allowing easy removal and replacement of the emitter. A blue LED flasher offers increased visibility, but may be hidden during normal operation. In addition, a translucent PCB improves the integrity of electrical connections, while a built-in resistor protects against over driving. RTI's Virtual Panel — Any PC with Internet access can now be used as a virtual RTI control panel with this new Web portal application. Users simply connect to the RTI interface online and easily gain convenient access to their RTI system and connected devices, empowering them to monitor and control their systems remotely. With RTI's virtual panel, functions such as adjusting thermostats or monitoring security systems can now be done from anywhere in the world. More Two-Way Drivers and New Service Offerings — Designed with an open architecture, RTI's remote controls and in-wall touchscreens interface seamlessly with yet an even wider variety of integration products. Via RTI's Integration Partners Program, several new two-way drivers will be demonstrated and discussed at CEDIA EXPO 2009. Furthermore, RTI will announce a new dealer custom-button engraving service offering on several of the company's control solutions, including the RK1-2, RK1-4, RK1-8, RK2, RK-3V, and T1-B. "CEDIA EXPO has always been the platform where we unveil our latest innovations, and this year will certainly be no exception," said Pete Baker, vice president of sales and marketing for RTI. "We are very excited to share with our valued dealers at this year's EXPO, the many remarkable new solutions we have been working hard on since last year." # # #


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During winter four bus companies operate regular direct services from Sapporo New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Niseko Hirafu Ski Resort. Most operators staff a service desk at the arrivals level of Chitose Airport, with English speaking ambassadors on hand to assist you. From here the staff will escort you to a waiting area before guiding you onto the bus. The journey to Niseko Hirafu takes around 3 hours, with a refreshment stop about half way along the journey. Although several of the services travel directly to Niseko Hirafu most operate via the resort of Rusutsu along the way. For guests travelling to Niseko Fresh Powder please advise the bus driver that you need to get off at the Niseko Hirafu bus stop.
Most buses from Sapporo depart from the Sapporo JR train station. The two main companies operating services from Sapporo are the Chuo Bus Company and the Donan Bus Company. Typically the buses are large, modern coaches with comfortable seats. We strongly recommend purchasing food and drink prior to the trip as the travel time can be up to three and a half hours. In addition it is definitely worth making a toilet stop just prior to boarding. The frequency and routes for the service are reduced significantly over the summer period making it an unsuitable transport method. As with the Chitose service guests for Niseko Fresh Powder should disembark at the Hirafu bus stop.
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DescriptionRide up the Zephyr or Eskimo Express, and look directly to the left of Zephyr for The Boulevard trailhead.
The Boulevard starts with an immediate 50 or 60 foot long, man-made rock garden that has a very gradual pitch. It's advisable to give yourself a little bit of a run-up here as you'll want some decent speed to clean this feature. If you come in with enough speed, and pick the right line, you can air-drop off of the final rock and onto the trail. Most people will probably find themselves having to do a technical roll-off, however.
After clearing the rock garden, you'll gather speed quickly and have the opportunity to catch some air off of some little built dirt/rock features. Keep bombing down the loose and slightly rocky trail under the Zephyr Express and rip through the first left-hand berm. The trail continues into an open ski-run and is still fast with a little bit of chatter from loose rocks and breaker-bumps. Navigate a few banked corners and then you'll notice the trail becomes a bit of a straight away - traversing across the pitch.
At this point the trail widens and you'll find multiple table top jumps. Advanced and intermediate riders will love sending these jumps given that most have the option of a steeper takeoff toward the left and a more mellow takeoff toward the right. These jumps carry little consequence for coming up short as they are flat on top and have long gradual landing transitions.
Pass under a bridge that carries Trestle Downhill over your head, hit a few more tabletops, and prepare for a series of tight turns in the trees. The trail through the trees is mostly buffed, smooth singletrack with optional rock and dirt features built into the side of the trail. These berms are well built and you can really let it go here!
The Boulevard then breaks out of the trees and you'll see the option to bear left onto Pipe Cut or stay right on The Boulevard. Blast through some chattery berms out in the open and you'll come to another intersection with Trestle Downhill. The remainder of The Boulevard is fairly similar to what you'll have already seen - fast, sometimes chattery singletrack.
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- Samish Island Tide Calendars for $3 at Blau Oyster. Proceeds go to SICC to support the Community Center.
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By Kimberly K. FritzMay 10, 2012
FORT LEE, Va. (May 10, 2012)- Need is the mother of all invention -- ask a few military Families how they manage to stretch their monthly budgets to seemingly impossible boundaries, and you'll likely find a plethora of creative approaches.
To help combat big expenses like clothing two Fort Lee moms have organized a clothing swap where Families can bring gently used clothing items they are no longer using to trade or contribute and collect clothing items others have.
Military wife and mother of three growing children Bobbi Brown began the initiative in her garage with just a few neighbors several months ago. She created a Facebook page and soon had a growing and eager-to-participate fan club.
With the help of fellow Army spouse and mother of three boys, Michelle Lewis, the movement has grown into a once-a-month, multi-day swap were more than 100 people have benefited.
The partners are becoming fast friends through their endeavor. Brown describes herself as shy and insists that Lewis is the extravert the organization needed to get the word out about the clothing swap to the Fort Lee community. Lewis said she saw the Facebook site and quickly started spreading the word by posting information on other Fort Lee Facebook pages. She wasn't affiliated with the swap at that time, just an enthusiastic supporter. Brown quickly recruited her and now they work together, they said, to help military Families like their own.
As word began to spread, parents of growing boys and girls were interested in finding out where and when the next swap would take place.
Eventually the duo would like to find a room on Fort Lee that they could use to set up a place to store the clothing in a more permanent setting.
"As of now, after each swap we divide up the remaining clothing and store them in our garages until the next meet," Lewis said. "It takes a lot of time to set up and tear down each of the swaps."
The most recent swap in April was the most successful, Brown said. She attributes the large turnout to having it at the Jackson Circle Community Center.
"I had reserved it for a baby shower and had an extra day so we decided to hold the swap there," Lewis said. "We have been able to reserve the center for several days in June, which allows us to collect donations for a few days and have daytime and evening hours for the swap."
Brown began the swap when they arrived at Fort Lee and didn't find one.
"My children have always gotten clothes handed-down to them, and we've always passed along the things we couldn't use any longer," Brown said. "When we got here, there wasn't anyone to hand-down to, and I hate to see things wasted."
Brown said she likes to help other military Families because they know what it is like to stretch a budget.
Kristina Seymour said she is thankful that there are military spouses who are willing to sacrifice their time and energy for the greater good of the community.
"It's very inspiring," she said. "These events are not just appreciated or fun, it's what the military is about. It's helping those around you, meeting new people and gaining culture."
Seymour said she hopes the endeavor continues to grow.
"They've started something awesome, and I hope more people reap the benefits of their service to the community," she said.
Lewis said they aren't doing anything exceptional, just what needs to be done.
"My oldest son grew nine inches in 10 months," she said. "Every few weeks I was shopping for new clothes for him. I missed the clothing swaps."
That is a point that many parents can relate to. Ana VanderMolen said that her daughter, like all children, grows quickly and can go through clothing at an alarming rate.
"The swap helps our Family by reducing the amount of money we have to spend on clothing," she said. "Swapping with others helps us all get what we need. I am so grateful for Bobbi and Michelle making it possible."
Swapping is good for the environment, too, Lewis said. "It's basically recycling and reducing what we put into landfills."
Brown's motivation is clearly helping other military Families. "It's about helping your neighbors," she said.
The Fort Lee Clothing Swap accepts donations of all types of clothing (excluding underwear) for men, women, youth and babies. Baby items are always in demand and welcome at swaps.
The next swap is set for 11 a.m. -- 2 p.m. and 5-7 p.m. June 4-8 at the Jackson Circle Community Center. Donations will be accepted on June 4. Swapping will begin June 5.
For more information, visit www.facebook.com/#!/pages/FOrt-LEe-Va-CLothing-swap/182485741827109.


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Eight years after a survey counted 2,630 earthquake-vulnerable "soft story" apartments in Santa Clara County, little progress has been made in publicly identifying, inspecting and fixing these buildings.
The pancake collapse of an apartment complex during the 1994 Northridge earthquake that killed 16 people exposed the dangers of buildings with weak first floors, called soft stories. The recent flurry of moderate earthquakes in the South Bay is a further reminder of the risk.
To identify the scope of Santa Clara County's problem, San Jose State engineers estimated that about 90,000 residents live in these apartments -- but their findings, published in 2003, have languished.
The exact addresses of these buildings have not been disclosed. "Density maps," showing general locations, have been released to city officials in Santa Clara County, but not residents.
Report author and SJSU engineering professor Guna Selvaduray said the survey was inspired by the Santa Clara County Emergency Managers' Association and partially funded by the Santa Clara County Emergency Preparedness Council -- but that his team's executive board feared they would be exposed to litigation if the list caused property values to fall.
Additionally, because the inventory is a field survey based on visual observations, rather than detailed structural engineering inspections, some of the buildings may have been retrofitted to be safe, he added.
Mitigating liability
As a result, little progress has been made. Although toughened building codes mean that newer structures tend to be safe, no city in Santa Clara County has an ordinance requiring retrofitting of older soft story buildings.
Even an educational risk-assessment brochure was stalled.
"The intent was to send it out to all of the property owners, but that too ran into a roadblock," Selvaduray said. "If you send it, that could imply they're at risk.
"There is very little scope for taking proactive steps," he said. "There is no means of motivating or convincing the owners to undertake retrofitting of their buildings. We sit here and churn out data and hope someone takes notice. Hopefully somebody else can make policy decisions. The ultimate purpose is to save lives."
The city of San Jose is beginning to negotiate with the SJSU team to gain access to the list while building in legal protections, said Chris Godley, director of emergency services at San Jose's Office of Emergency Services.
Joining with other Santa Clara County cities, San Jose also is participating in an informal subcommittee that meets once every two month to address the soft story problem as part of the county's upcoming Hazard Mitigation Plan.
"The city is interested in moving ahead. It is clearly the most immediate hazard we are now seeing," Godley said. Although the list is flawed, "it does give us a starting point."
Some other cities already have found ways to tackle the problem. Fremont, which straddles the Hayward Fault, has made the most progress by not only identifying buildings, but also mandating retrofits. However, Fremont had relatively few of these buildings.
The cities of Berkeley and Alameda have identified soft story buildings, released the lists to city residents, and now are discussing ways to make them safer. In Alameda, all tenants are notified when they sign a lease. Oakland has sent letters to 1,459 soft story building owners and soon will release its list of buildings to the public.
Seismic experts have been worried about soft story buildings for a long time. In the 1980s, building codes were toughened to require greater support on all new construction. So the big concern now is the safety of apartments built before 1980.
These buildings tend to house people with fewer resources than homeowners -- and thus are most likely to need emergency shelter for the longest period of time. Knowing their locations also helps firefighters, who can rush to the sites after a disaster.
The problem goes beyond just identifying risky buildings, said some experts.
"To get an engineer, submit a report, get a permit, hire a contractor -- it is very expensive, both in money and time. If there are gold-plated standards, it could cost tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars," said Eric Weigers of the California Apartment Association.
Unanswered questions
In San Jose, director of planning Joe Horwedel said he worries that landlords "may not be able to justify the rents to pay the costs." And if they retrofit, "where do we move people to, while the work is done? Do we have enough housing capacity?"
"It's easy to just drive around and look for anything with spider legs -- but what do we do when we find them?" asked Horwedel. "It needs to get done. But nobody has come up with a good way."
But releasing a list is an important first step, said Danielle Hutchings, Earthquake and Hazards Program Coordinator of the Association of Bay Area Governments.
"Addresses are important because the buildings themselves need to be retrofitted," she said. "It's been a very long time. Tenants deserve to know they live in risk."
Contact Lisa M. Krieger at 408-920-5565
For more information
Modeling by experts at the Association of Bay Area Governments concludes that in a large earthquake on the Hayward or San Andreas faults, two-thirds of all uninhabitable housing units will likely be in soft story residential buildings.
To read the Inventory of Soft-First Story Multi-Family Dwellings in Santa Clara County, go to www.sjsu.edu/cdm/public/EPC-Report.pdf.
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Jennifer Egan and Jeffrey Eugenides have known each other since the early 1990s, when they were both working at The Paris Review, sitting by side while editor George Plimpton reviewed their stories.
It's fortunate, then, that they've each produced critically-acclaimed works, attained a similar level of fame and oh, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Otherwise, last night's sold-out Reading Series event at the 92Y in Manhattan could have been a little awkward. Instead, Egan and Eugenides were able to read and discuss their most recent publications, "A Visit from The Goon Squad" and "The Marriage Plot," respectively, and applaud the accolades of the other without suffering intense jealousy.
Eugenides wasn't in the best shape, telling audiences he had suffered a touch of food poisoning and was hoping to avoid throwing up on the audience. "I'm glad this is being broadcast," he said drily. "Gives a whole new meaning to going viral." The audience loved that.
During the Q&A portion of the evening, Eugenides said he's largely been unable to bring the lessons he's learned from writing each of his books to his new projects. He focused on voice, language and sentence crafting during the writing of "The Virgin Suicides," then moved on to plot for "Middlesex" and finally character development for "The Marriage Plot."
Both he and Egan said they write intuitively, without knowing where the book might go next. Egan hadn't even been planning to write a novel but when she spied a fat leather wallet in a hotel bathroom, she had to write the story out to see where it would go. That vignette became the first chapter of "Goon Squad."
Egan writes longhand on paper in illegible handwriting, she said. "One reason is I don't want to be able to read it because if I can see it, I know that it's bad and I'd want to fix it." That would interfere with the "tumbling" forward of her thoughts, she said.
Both authors also have had to grapple with the film adaptation process. While Egan said she enjoyed being able to dream something up and have someone else "build that dream," she was less enthusiastic when a screenwriter turned some of her (innocent) characters from her book "The Keep" into murderers.
Eugenides, for his part, talked about "The Switch." (We couldn't believe it either, but Eugenides penned the inspiration for the rom-com co-starring Jennifer Aniston.) For that movie, the lead is supposed to be unappealing, but the filmmakers cast actor Jason Bateman, who is "not unattractive," Eugenides remarked. To make him appear more neurotic, the film had him wear sweater vests, which Eugenides himself happened to be wearing at the time producers told him of their plan.
Both "Goon Squad" and "The Marriage Plot" have been optioned for the screen, with the former being adapted as a series for HBO and the latter as a film.
Speaking about the applicability of his book, which is set in the 80s, Eugenides said we're all still the same people who waited by the phone back then. Now we just wait for texts.
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(Still haven't seen The Dark Knight Rises? Spoilers follow.) We're not the only ones who have been pondering Joseph Gordon-Levitt's Dark Knight potential.
While THR doesn't state it outright, the implication is Stewart's place in the franchise was rethought in the wake of the scandal over the actress "stepping out" on boyfriend/Twilight co-start Robert Pattinson, with Snow White director Rupert Sanders.
Hours later, Deadline countered with a denial from Universal refuting the report. According to Deadline, the studio issued this statement from Universal co-chairman Donna Langley: "We are extremely proud of Snow White And The Huntsman and we're currently exploring all options to continue the franchise. Any reports that Kristen Stewart has been dropped are false."
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The old appeal policy left hundreds of thousands of coal miners, disabled from black lung disease, usually without a penny of benefits before they died.
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On that dismal day in West Virginia history, when the Upper Big Branch mine exploded, a son of one of the miners, Eddie, went from person to person asking: "Is there any word?"
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration "will use not just our normal inspection system, but regulation by shaming" against notorious job safety and health violators.
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West Virginia coal miners stopped work April 16 to mourn the 29 killed at the Massey Energy mine, and President Obama ordered a top-to-bottom review of mine safety enforcement.
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For the Massey miners: Journal of Catherine Terry, 30 November 1920
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ANACORTES, Wash.---Families and co-workers of six oil workers killed in a refinery explosion here April 2 were mourning their dead when three days later another explosion, this one in a West Virginia coal mine killed 25 miners, a deadly toll of 31 energy workers in less than a week.
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Imagine a language that is watched over by a group of forty "Immortals," a language with rules so complex that few people ever completely master it, whose status as the world's lingua franca has been declining for two centuries, whose use in global institutions is waning and whose speakers are so insecure they pass laws banning the use of other languages and spend millions of tax-payers' dollars to make sure it gets used in literature, music and film. Now imagine a language that is second only to English for the number of countries where it is spoken officially, surpassing both Spanish or Arabic, a language that is the official tongue of two G-7 countries and three European nations, that is employed alongside English in most international institutions and that is the number-two choice of language students across the planet – a language with two million teachers and 100 million students worldwide, and whose number of speakers has tripled in the last fifty years.
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Ani went undercover, Frank embraced his sensitive side, Paul tested his powers of observation, and Ray went insane.
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Well, I've been to 7 funerals, and NO weddings!
My nan (mums side) passed away when I was 4, I still remember some memories of her and I remember seeing her body and going to her funeral. At 9, both my dads parents passed away within a couple months of each other, and I also remember going to see their bodies and going to their funerals. When I was 12, my grandad (mums side) passed away, which I also remember everything too. At first it was hard coping with it all, but in a way it got easier, I suppose you can adapt quite easy when you're young. I also attended my bestfriends nans funeral, as she was like a nan to me, se passed away when I was about 13 or 14. I also attended a close family friends funeral, but I'm not quite sure how old I was!
March this year, I also lost my 9 year old brother very suddenly due to a brain haemorrhage. This is the one death that I honestly cannot cope with, and thoughts of seeing his body 2 and a half weeks after his death still haunts me. After my brother died, we donated his organs and as a result it has transformed 5 people's lives, including two young children who received his heart and liver.
Then, in November this year, I miscarried.
It's been hard to deal with the loss of my brother and baby the most, although I do miss my grandparents very much also! But I guess in some way, you always know that your grandparents are going to die. You never imagine your younger sibling or child dying before you, which I guess is why I took it so hard, especially on top of a 5 year relationship break down.
I said quick, and I guess this is as quick as I could make it! .. That's my story so far, so just thought I would share with you all. I am terribly sorry for everyone else's losses.
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After a tough battle at the ATP World Tour Finals today, Roger was defeated 4-6, 7-6(2), 2-6 by Novak Djokovic in his first match in Group B.
Roger was not able to convert two break points towards the end of the first set and later dropped his serve as Djokovic grew in confidence. The second set was a true battle, Roger came from 40-0 down to break his opponent and gain a 3-2 lead. But with three more breaks in the following games the players eventually fought their way into a tie-breaker - which Roger clearly won. The decider was then in the hands of Djokovic who wrapped up the match after 2 hours 22 minutes.
The semi finals are on Sunday and the final on Monday evening.
4-5 stan in the tie break, good first serve, gets a short ball back and goes AGAIN to nadals backhand as he misses this shot. i do not understand this anymore to be honest. but overall, well played by stan, could have won this one..
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In the past, cardiac rehab was offered only to people who experienced a major cardiac event, such as a heart attack or bypass surgery. But cardiac rehab is now known to benefit people who have long-term heart problems, such as heart failure. You may benefit from a cardiac rehab program if you have had one of the following conditions or procedures:
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Singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson recently came by the Rolling Stone office to perform stripped-down renditions of a few of her songs, including her latest single "Parachute" and "Maybe," a song from her most recent album Everybody. Michaelson also sang her breakthrough hit "The Way I Am," a gentle little tune that she says serves as an "ambassador" for the rest of her music.
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When motorcycle owners purchase a bike, they often customize it to make it louder. However, a louder exhaust makes it almost impossible to hear the radio. Mike "Pez" Pesdirz recognized this unique opportunity, and began creating custom audio speakers for Harley Davidson owners.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Bruce Rossmeyer's Harley-Davidson in Fort Lauderdale will close by the end of the month, consolidating business from that store with the one in Sunrise.
The move will mean a loss of 22 jobs, a dealership executive told the Sun-Sentinel, though some employees will be transferred to the Sunrise store.
The recession has taken its toll on the Rossmeyer group. The dealer shuttered its Pompano Beach store in 2010 and later sold that property.
The Ft. Lauderdale store opened in 2000. Cheek said it will close by the end of the year, and the real estate may be sold.
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Breakdown of Hogan Lovells' interview process
The assessment days for training contracts take place in August for law students and January for non-law students. The assessment days for vacation schemes are scheduled for January and February for law students and October and November for non-law students.
Hogan Lovells assessment day
The itinerary of the day typically runs as follows:
- Introduction to the firm from a partner and associates
- The Watson-Glaser critical thinking test
- Informal buffet lunch with trainees and guided tour of Atlantic House, the firm's main London office
- Commercial business exercise (training contracts assessment day only)
- Interview with two partners
- Interview with a senior associate and member of the graduate recruitment team
The introduction to the firm is designed to give interviewees an overview of the latest goings-on – new clients, deals of note and so on. The critical thinking test that follows is similar to the one candidates submitted along with their written application. You can also practise an online version of this test on the firm's website. The commercial exercise that follows lunch is a group exercise with other candidates to assess team skills. A past exercise posted on graduate forums was in the form of a collaborative activity where candidates were given a hypothetical deal or legal topic to discuss. Remember to maintain a balance between contributing ideas and listening to other members of your group. It's important that you show you can fit well into a team. Follow our advice on how to be your best self in group exercises.
Hogan Lovells interview
After the rigors of the commercial exercise comes the partner interview which is said to be fairly relaxed and informal. Previous questions posted on graduate forums include:
- Tell me about a recent transaction in the news. What departments would it involve?
- Can you explain the difference between contract and tort?
- Why do you want to be a solicitor?
- What steps have you taken to research becoming a solicitor?
- Why commercial law?
- Why do you want to practise at Hogan Lovells?
- What other law firms have you applied to?
- Why did Hogan Lovells merge?
Candidates should consider their academic achievements and work experience, including vacation schemes and open days, and match the skills and qualities they've developed to those required of a trainee solicitor. Make sure you know why you want to be a City lawyer and what makes a successful lawyer. On the day of the interview, it's important to project calm and confidence because this is what lawyers must inspire in their clients.
Many past interview questions have been focused on commercial awareness. Make sure you know the issues facing the legal industry and be up to date on current affairs. The firm's website advises candidates to follow the news from a number of different publications to get the complete picture, as well as read the Financial Times or the finance and business pages of The Economist. It's also a good idea to choose stories that interest you so that it's easier to talk about in an interview situation – you will come across as more enthusiastic if you are genuinely interested. Read our advice on commercial awareness and how to achieve it.
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Zynga said Friday that some of its largest insider stakeholders, including CEO Mark Pincus, planned to sell 43 million shares worth about $591 million in a secondary offering.
Shares of San Francisco-based Zynga, which went public in a highly anticipated initial public offering in December, fell 2.6 percent to $13.40 Friday.
Pincus, who did not sell shares in December's IPO, will reduce his stake by selling 16.5 million shares, and will pocket roughly $227 million, according to a regulatory filing. The company had previously said it would hold a secondary offering but disclosed only Friday who the participants would be.
"It is never a positive to see a founder sell off shares," Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia said.
After the secondary offering, Pincus will hold 36 percent of the voting power and 13.1 percent of the company's stock, according to the filing.
"Pincus's ownership stake and his control stake is so significant that it really shouldn't change the basic tenets behind the company," Bank of Montreal analyst Edward Williams said said.
Other participants in the sale will include Chief Financial Officer Dave Wehner, Chief Operating Officer John Schappert, board member and LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman, and the venture capital firm Union Square. Mountain View search giant Google (GOOG) will sell 3.96 million shares, worth more than $50 million.
Zynga will not receive any proceeds from the sale.
Investors are typically expected to wait about six months after an initial public offering to sell their shares but Zynga waived a "lockup" arrangement to let the offering take place. A "lockup" period during an IPO means that certain investors with a large number of shares are usually not able to sell their stock until a prearranged date.
Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs are the lead underwriters on the offering.
Zynga has seen its shares rise 31 percent since its initial public offering in December. It is trying to minimize its dependence on Facebook and announced its biggest-ever acquisition Wednesday, buying OMGPOP, maker of the popular game "Draw Something."
The company Friday said it paid $180 million in cash for OMGPOP, a New York-based company that was considered obscure until about six weeks ago when its "Draw Something" game hit the mobile market.
The sudden success of "Draw Something," which amassed 35 million downloads, could be a boon to Zynga. But Bhatia, the Sterne Agee analyst, said Zynga overpaid for OMGPOP.
"While the quick success of 'Draw Something' is certainly impressive, we believe it is too early to tell how well the game will monetize," he said in a research note Thursday.
In another bold move to diversify its revenue stream, it launched in March a new gaming service allowing users to make personal profiles and play games outside of Facebook. Six publishers have signed on to make games for the service.


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Local coach joins national hockey team
UVM's Kevin Patrick talks about his opportunity to coach the USA National Junior TeamUPDATED 11:38 PM EDT Aug 06, 2014
University of Vermont's Kevin Patrick talks about his opportunity to coach the USA National Junior Team.Video Transcript
HOSTING TEAM NO STRANGER TO HOSTING TEAM U-S-A IN BIG GAMES. TODAY THE U-S JUNIOR NATIONAL TEAM GOT THEIR SHOT AT PLAYING IN THE HISTORIC HOCKEY TOWN, AND HAD ONE LOCAL HOCKEY GUY, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT ALL. STEPHEN WATSON WAS THERE, AND HAS MORE... DURING THE BUSIEST PART OF THE U-V-M HOCKEY SEASON, ASSISTANT COACH KEVIN PATRICK RECEIVED A SURPRISING PHONE CALL .. "We were in playoffs at the end of our season and I got a call from Mark Oseiki asking me to be a part of his staff." NO HE WASN'T LEAVING VERMONT TO JOIN OSEIKI IN THE A-H-L... THE THIRD YEAR CATAMOUNT COACH WAS HAND PICKED TO ASSIST HIM WITH THE U-S NATIONAL JUNIOR TEAM.. "You talk about the players putting on the jersey and wearing that USA across their chest and the opportunity to go up north, this year it's in Canada to represent the United States of America. Proud feeling, honored to be a part of something so special. "Patrick has been involved with USA hockey camps for close to 15 years, but to be on the bench with the world juniors was both a coaching and life opportunity he could not pass up." "Well you're always learning as a coach, it's always part of the process, you're always trying to get better and you're talking about the elite players, you're talking about the highest end players that the U.S. has to offer. It's a daily process of learning, helping them get better. Working on a coaching staff with guys like this is Mark Oseiki, Don Granato, Mike Ayers, Adam Nightengale, you can't help but get better when you're talking hockey with guys like that." HIS COACHING DUTIES WILL KEEP HIM CLOSE TO THE REGION... THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS WILL TAKE PLACE IN MONTREAL AND TORONTO BEGINNING ON DECEMBER 26TH.. HE WILL MISS SOME TIME WITH THE CATAMOUNTS, BUT IN CASE KEVIN SNEDDON CAN'T VISIT HIM ACROSS THE BORDER, HE KNOWS HE IS A PHONE CALL AWAY.. IN LAKE PLACID, STEPHEN WATSON WPTZ NEWSCHANNEL FIVE..
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Havana Itinerary 6-7 Days
Day 1
Immerse your senses in Havana's rich culture. Enjoy guided tours of the outstanding Cuban contemporary art museum, and the antique-embellished decorative arts museum. After a relaxing lunch in a chic private restaurant, explore the avant-garde art scene with a Havana curator taking in the home-studios of famous and emerging contemporary artists.
Day 2
Havana sizzles to music all day and habaneros love to dance all night. Explore an introduction to what makes Cuba tick: learn how to play the pivotal percussive instruments of salsa and son, before learning the flirtatious moves of rumba and the rhythmic footwork of salsa. In the hours before midnight, head out with your guide to hear the latest tunes in Havana's hippest haunts, or move those hips to the salsa beats in a number of late-night dance haunts.
Day 3
Cross Havana's harbour to tour the fascinating Guanabacoa museum with its outstanding exhibits on Afro-Cuban religions. Principal Afro-Cuban religion, Santería, has a pantheon of saints syncretised with the saints of Roman Catholicism. Meet ethnologist and Santería expert Natalia Bolívar, who will introduce you to the intricacies of the religion, and organise a ceremony.
Day 4
Getting your finger on the musical pulse of Havana is difficult without expert insider knowledge. Esencia's music connoisseur will introduce you to singer-songwriters and accompany you to matinee and evening performances. Classical music concerts and the famous Ballet Nacional de Cuba will also feature on Havana's hot and happening cultural calendar.
Day 5, Day 6 & Day 7
Either choose from three relaxed beach days, or opt for some boho adventure at sea or on land. Choosing R&R, head for one of three Esencia picks: one of the large Garden Villas with private pools and Jacuzzis at Paradisus Varadero Resort & Spa; a luxury villa at the Iberostar Ensenachos which nestles among tropical plants and flowers on the curves of two of the best powder white beaches on Cayo Santa María – the Ensenachos and Mégano; or fly to the acclaimed golden licks of sand on Cayo Largo and stay in a junior suite at the island's best hotel, the Sol Cayo Largo.
For those looking for some soft adventure, sail to Cayo Levisa off Cuba's western coast. This small, dinosaur-shaped island, fringed with aquamarine seas, houses beachfront cabañas, and offers offshore diving. Alternatively, sail on a catamaran from the French-founded sherbet-coloured city of Cienfuegos down to the coral castaway islands of Cayo Largo, snorkelling with marine turtles as you go.
For landlubbers, a three day trip to Baracoa won't disappoint. Cuba's adventure capital offers crystalline rivers, mini-mountains and archaeological remains. It's also one of Cuba's culinary capitals as chocolate, coffee and coconut work their way into deliciously prepared platters and drinks.


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The Pirate Guys ham it up with Annette McFarland during
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Any hopes of success for British women at Melbourne Park dissipated inside the first three hours after Robson was humbled 6-3 6-0 by Kirsten Flipkens and Watson lost 7-5 3-6 6-3 to Daniela Hantuchova.
Robson, who had been forced to withdraw from the warm-up Hobart International tournament with a wrist injury last week refused to blame that for her loss on Monday.
It was an undoubtedly disappointing performance from Robson who was dumped out in 50 minutes.
"She just played better than me," Robson told reporters of her loss to Flipkens. "I don't think I ever really got into a rhythm at all.
"I wasn't really able to deal with her slice that well.
"I definitely expected to play better, but, you know, it happens."
Robson and Watson were the only two British women to make the main singles draw at Melbourne Park, with none involved in the doubles or mixed doubles.
Watson, in contrast, made a better fist of her encounter but was disappointed not to push on having forced her way back into the match having fought back from a set down as her opponent raced into a 4-1 lead in the decider.
"I felt I was close throughout the match," said Watson.
"I started slow in the third set - I should have got up while she went to the bathroom [before the final set] and kept moving - but I had plenty of chances and didn't take them."
The nation's remaining hopes in singles of the year's opening grand slam now rest with world number four Murray.
Last year's beaten finalist, however, is still recovering from back surgery and has already moved to dampen down expectations of his progress at the tournament.
Murray, who meets Japan's Go Soeda in the first round on Tuesday, has played two competitive matches since his surgery, thumping a local in the first round in Doha before he lost to Florian Mayer in the second.
"I still obviously want and try and keep winning as much as possible. That's always been the goal," Murray said before the tournament began.
"If somehow I can work my way into the tournament, feel a little bit better every day, then I might start to raise those expectations.
"But for now they're not going to be obviously as high as they were the last few years."
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What is the thesis of "A Hanging" by George Orwell?
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The central thesis of this account of Orwell's witnessing a hanging in Burma whilst he was a colonial officer there is that capital punishment is profoundly wrong. Orwell describes the horror he feels when he sees a prisoner being led to the gallows and how he realises, when he witnesses this prisoner stepping around a puddle, that he is a human being just like everybody else. Note how he describes this epiphany:
It is curious, but till that moment I had never realized what it means to destroy a healthy, conscious man. When I saw the prisoner step aside to avoid the puddle, I saw the mystery, the unspeakable wrongness, of cutting a life short when it is in full tide.
He reflects on how in two minutes, with the death of this prisoner, this would mean "one mind less, one world less." The wrongness of capital punishment is shown by the awkwardness of the men following the hanging and the way they try and distract themselves in poor humour and drink from the reality of what they have done. In this essay, the image of the hanging man, left suspended in air, without being able to hit the ground, becomes a powerful symbol of how wrong cutting off somebody's life in mid-flow is.
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No money, no bridge.
"When you have costs going up like that, and revenue going down, it's just like at home. You go out of business at some point," said Bill Conklin, director of the local road commission.
The business is the Willoughy Road Bridge, in Alaiedon Township. The costs are the repairs that Conklin says the overpass desperately needs. Now he's shutting it down. And he says, without more funding from MDOT, it could be closed for the next three years.
"The main problem that caused us to decide to close the bridge to traffic is there are rust holes, or what we call corrosion, in the main support columns," he said.
Conklin says it could take up to $2 million to replace those columns. The problem, of course, is finding the money to do it.
High gas prices and a slumping economy are keeping drivers off the road. Bad news for the road commission, which relies heavily on gas tax revenues. The group has lost 10 percent of its revenues from that source over the past six years.
Conklin's solution? Raise the gas tax.
Michigan drivers currently pay just 19 cents a gallon -- 46th lowest in the country.
"On the local road system, I would say upwards of 50 percent of our roads need significant work, and probably upwards of 50 percent of our bridges, as well," Conklin said.
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I have recently updated my model/sprite rendering, so items in the back will render before items in the front. I am still running into an issue and I'm not certain how to remedy it. I have attached two pictures that will hopefully help tell my story. In the first picture you can see the tree and sprite are rendered properly, the branch extends over the sprite just fine.
In the second picture I have circled the area where the issue is arising. It looks like some of the sprite is hiding the tree. My first thought was the sprite should be drawn first and then the tree, as the distance from the middle of the sprite is farther away than the distance of the middle of the tree. And if the sprite is drawn before the tree, then there shouldn't be any interference with the way the tree is being rendered as the tree doesn't exist at the time the sprite is drawn. So when I tested rendering one object at a time, the sprite is indeed rendered before the tree. If I move the camera around to get the tree to render before the sprite, it appears correctly which doesn't make sense to me. Is there something I am doing wrong or has anyone ran into an issue like this before?
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The 35th annual school law conference will be held April 14 in Dede 1 of the Hulman Memorial Student Union building at Indiana State University. This year's conference will focus on technology, the first amendment and the law.
The school law conference begins at 9:30 a.m. and continues to 3 p.m., with registration and a continental breakfast starting at 9 a.m.
"Every year we try to have a different theme. This year the conference will inform them on the law regarding technology and how it should be used in the schools" said Terry McDaniel, assistant professor of Bayh College of Education.
Breakout session topics will include bullying, Internet security and sexting as well as defining the boundaries of Facebook, MySpace between students and teachers.
"The event targets individuals in leadership positions like school districts and corporations; especially school administrators, principals, superintendents and students who are studying to work in leadership positions," he said.
Registration fee is $50 per person and this includes breakfast, lunch, refreshments, parking and conference materials.
For more information and to register, visit http://coe.indstate.edu/elaf/
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The 35th annual school law conference will be held April 14.
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See the overview of the Lightweight Obermayers on the previous page.
Some pictures can be clicked for larger views.
Entire wheel view
Spots on the wheels below are raindrops that started just as I began to photograph the wheels.
- Note the marker (sticker) for the embedded wheel magnets, which is placed at about 160° from the valve hole.
- The Lightweight logo text on the hubs is black (my choice) instead of the usual white.
- The center hub has Obermayer indelibly on it.
- The spokes are integral to the wheel; the wheel is literally one single carbon part.
- Each pair of spokes is bonded together where they cross.
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The front skewer is just 21 grams.
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The Lightweight Obermayers complement the white paint on my Trek Madone 6.9 SSL. For a dark bike, the white logos are probably better, but I like the understated look that does not draw too much attention away from the bike and to the wheels.
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Katherine the Queen
The Remarkable Life of Katherine Parr, the Last Wife of Henry VIII
The general perception of Katherine Parr is that she was a provincial nobody with intellectual pretensions who became queen of England because the king needed a nurse as his health declined. Yet the real Katherine Parr was attractive, passionate, ambitious, and highly intelligent. Thirty-years-old (younger than Anne Boleyn had been) when she married the king, she was twice widowed and held hostage by the northern rebels during the great uprising of 1536-37 known as the Pilgrimage of Grace. Her life had been dramatic even before she became queen and it would remain so after Henry's death. She hastily and secretly married her old flame, the rakish Sir Thomas Seymour, and died shortly after giving birth to her only child in September 1548. Her brief happiness was undermined by the very public flirtation of her husband and step-daughter, Princess Elizabeth. She was one of the most influential and active queen consorts in English history, and this is her story.less
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A popular radio disc jockey in the Triad has signed off for the last time.
Santillian of 102 Jamz announced Thursday night on Twitter that, "My time at Jamz has come to and end. Thank you all!"
On his website, he said the Triad has become his extended family and that he will miss waking up with his listeners every morning. He didn't say why he left or where he's going.
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11-year-old saves mom from choking to death
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An 11-year-old saves his mother from choking to death. Scott Harrison talks to the boy and his mom.
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So excited blogging another breakfast cafe in Brisbane! I heard about Comfort at My Table for quite some time but we always had something to do somewhere to go on Saturday and didn't end up visiting until now! Mr F said this is by far the best brekky he had in Brisbane! We arrived on a Saturday morning 10am and it was already jam packed (both inside and outside), luckily the lovely waiter said we could just wait at the shade and when a table is ready he'll just call our name (and of course next time we're going to ring and reserve a table).
The indoor sitting is so lovely and cosy! No wonder it's called Comfort at My Table 😛
To start the morning we ordered a Skinny Cap and a Skinny Latte, with each coffee cup it comes with a special teaspoon which must be a collection of the owners? Mine is a silver spoon from Big Banana and I think Mr F's one is from Canberra…
Mr F ordered the One Pan Fry Up which has cheese kransky, bacon, roasted chats, thyme mushrooms, fried egg, spinach, farmhouse chutney, seeded mustard and a toasted rye on the side ($16.80). Believe it or not! It's a great great great brekky we had for quite some time! Not saying the other cafes not doing good brekky, but just the flavour of this One Pan Fry Up is spot on!
Little Monster loves banana and toast so I ordered a French Toast with banana, poached blackberries and housemade ricotta toasted with flaked almonds ($12.80), and of course if you are American you would like to add some bacons for an extra $4.
Comfort at My Table
5/19 Cribb St Milton Q4064
Phone: 07 31628574
Web: www.comfortatmytable.com.au
Do you want to read more about other interesting breakfast places in Brisbane?
Mizu Japanese, Teneriffe
Ikea, Slacks Creek
Bungalow 4171, Hawthorne
Vagelis Cafe and Bar, Ascot
Brown Dog Cafe, Woolloongabba
Pearl Cafe, Woolloongabba
Madisons Cafe, Broadbeach
Dandelion & Driftwood, Hendra
Au Cirque, New Farm
The Lido Woodfire Cafe and Restaurant, Ascot
Cliffs Cafe, Kangaroo Point
Spoon Deli Cafe, New Farm
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