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President Obama made a pledge today to end the Iraq war by August 31st, 2010, with his "highest priority" being the safety of both troops and civilians. In a speech at Camp Lejeune, Obama announced a plan to withdraw the bulk of American combat troops by next summer. The remaining 35 – 50,000 troops will stay to help support the Iraqi government and its Security Forces.
The Iraq war has been a bitterly debated topic since its inception; our own catalogue has 1.4 million Iraq T-shirts and other products, with the primary theme being sharp criticism of the Bush administration and the war itself.
A larger theme even than Iraq, though, is the overwhelming display of troop support. Troop t-shirts and gifts outnumber the Iraq topic with almost twice as many creations, with 2.3 million troop products created by their friends, family and supporters.
The Iraq war has taught us many lessons, and the T-shirts have taught us this: while people may vehemently disagree as to how or why or whether the war in Iraq should end, it would seem that one topic that unites us is the respect and support we have for our American soldiers.


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Air travelers be warned: Airlines enforcing carry-on bag size limits
WEST PALM BEACH — No shoes. No belt. No large liquids.
We all know the rules of flying, or do you?
Airlines are cracking down on oversized baggage, enforcing the fine print of their carry-on bag policies that restrict the width, height, and length of your bag.
"I was surprised," said Maggie Losch.
"I don't think it's fair," said jewelry designer Ashley Carson.
Carson is well traveled and packs with a plan.
"Whenever I pack my carry-on, it's everything I couldn't live without," said Carson.
On a recent trip, her carry-on was loaded with jewelry, expecting it to stay in her possession the whole trip. However, she went through security empty-handed.
"My bag was way too big for a carry-on bag, which is funny because I carried it on probably 100 times," said Carson.
An agent "told me it was too big and they have those crates out front, but no one's bag fits in there. They are so much smaller than what actually fits overhead," said Carson. "I tried to reason with her, but she forced me to check it."
Carson was fed up with the Transportation Security Administration because she was turned away at security. We found it was not a TSA agent who was the baggage police. Independent contractors hired by the airline or airport are turning you away.
They are even tripping up airline experts like George Hobica of Airfarewatchdog.
"Airlines don't want to advertise that they are cracking down because people immediately assume it's because of checked bag fees, but that's not the case," Hobica said.
Airfarewatchdog thinks the crackdown is a result of fuller flights, and expects the enforcement will last through the summer travel season.
"They want the planes to load faster, unload faster, and make sure there is enough space in the overhead bins for everyone," Hobica said.
As the airlines enforce their space and size requirements, travelers are left scrambling.
"We try to condense it as much as possible, but obviously we did not do a good job today," Losch said.
The Losch family had to make a carry-on bag slimmer, with the baggage police watching their every move.
"We worked it out. We brought some backpacks and made it work," she said.
Carson didn't have an extra bag, so she checked her carry-on along with all her valuables. When she opened it in New York, there were two bags of jewelry missing. Carson filed a claim with the airline, but she wants to get the word out so you are prepared the next time you travel.
To deal with this new level of scrutiny, measure your bag before you leave home. Only take valuables that you can fit in your purse or personal item.
Delta, United and American Airlines restrict bags to 22 x 14 x 9 inches. JetBlue, Southwest and Spirit Airlines are a little more generous.
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Defiant House delays Obamacare; government shutdown looms
By Tom Cohen, Holly Yan, and Martina Stewart | 9/29/2013, 1:16 p.m.
"They're the ones playing games," she continued. "They need to act. They're the ones that are truly threatening a government shutdown by not being here and acting."
Going after the tax
The decision to vote on the House amendments overnight emerged from a rare weekend GOP caucus meeting called by House Speaker John Boehner. The votes, taken after midnight, were 231-192 for the Obamacare delay, and 248-174 for the medical device tax repeal, mostly along party lines.
Two Democrats broke rank and voted for the Obamacare delay: Mike McIntyre of North Carolina and Jim Matheson of Utah.
Seventeen Democrats voted for the tax repeal.
Meanwhile, a bill to guarantee pay for military personnel during any shutdown passed 423-0.
House Republicans had said they wanted to stop as much of the president's health law as possible. The medical device tax is one of the more controversial taxes in the law, with Republicans saying it sends jobs overseas.
Democrats, particularly those from states or districts with medical device manufacturers, have spoken out against the tax.
"Republicans have pointed out over and over (Saturday) that many Democrats in the Senate are already on record voting for this repeal," said Dana Bash, CNN's chief congressional correspondent. "So that's why they're trying to put Democrats there in a box."
"But we're already being told by Democratic sources in the Senate that they feel they're going to keep all of their senators in line," she said.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid called the Republican strategy "pointless" and said the Democratic-led Senate would reject the GOP alternatives. The White House said Obama would veto the House proposal if it reached his desk.
A separate White House statement said voting for the GOP measure "is voting for a shutdown."
Partisan back and forth
The back and forth over the spending plan -- called a continuing resolution in legislative jargon -- began when House Republicans stripped all funding for Obamacare from their original version and sent it to the Senate.
The Senate, where Democrats hold a slim majority, restored the funding on Friday and kicked the plan back to the House.
On Saturday, Boehner convened his caucus to forge a counteroffer to the Senate changes.
House Republicans added an amendment that would fund the government until December, a month longer than the Senate version. They also added a "conscience clause" to the one-year delay amendment to allow employers and insurance plans to refuse to cover birth control.
Keeping military pay
In a sign that the House Republicans don't expect the Senate to accept their changes, House leaders held a separate vote to ensure that the military gets paid in the event of a government shutdown.
Officials estimate the military pay could be affected by a shutdown as soon as October 14, and the GOP move was considered a political gesture to shield the party from criticism that its brinksmanship could hurt U.S. fighting forces.
But on the spending plan, Reid said the Republican tactics amounted to what he described as extortion by "tea party anarchists."


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1. Think the free-skater Rachael Flatt, 17, has delicate footwork on the ice? Well, her coach Tom Zakrajsek says she's a demon when it comes to playing the Dance Dance Revolution video game. "She is really good at it," he says.
2. Before competing, she makes a habit of eating a couple of M&Ms that match the colors of her dress.
3. The daughter of Jim, a chemical engineer, and Jody, a retired biotech scientist, Flatt's academic load includes four Advanced Placement classes at Cheyenne Mountain High School in Colorado Springs. "My parents joke that I learned to walk when I was 10 months old, and I walked only for a week and then ran everywhere else – that's how I do stuff," she says. "I run everywhere."
4. She keeps her eye on the road. "With her schedule, you'd think she be a fast driver, but she's very careful driver, drives the speed limit, always uses her blinker," says Coach Zakrajsek.
5. Don't take her on in Where's Waldo: For good luck, her dressmaker always puts a renegade bead in her dress, which Rachael diligently hunts down. "She always finds it," says Zakrajsek.
6. About to vie in the ladies' long program Thursday, Mirai Nagasu, 16, grew up in the back of her family's sushi restaurant in Arcadia, Calif., doing her homework and sleeping on a cot. "I'm an only child and both my parents worked so I spent a lot of time there," she says. Now when she's home, she has a pet Chihuahua with a fierce bark keep her company.
7. She started skating at age 5 when a rainy day forced her parents to take her skating instead of golfing. She still putts to relieve stress. "I play golf to give myself an excuse to hit something and it's a place to channel my energy," she says. "Hearing the chink of the ball is satisfying."
8. If not blades on ice, then kitchen blades. "If I wasn't skating I want to be a food person sampling dishes – which is what I do with my family's restaurant. Or I will do something in design and art."
9. The restaurant has a sushi roll named after her, the Mirai Olympic Roll, which "basically has the whole ocean it," Nagasu explains.
10. Her mother, Ikuko, who is in Vancouver, is recovering from thyroid cancer, and Nagasu would like nothing better than to win a medal for her, "as a token of my appreciation," she told USA Today. She wrote about her mom on Facebook, describing her as a woman who "works overtime, clocking in at the restaurant and chauffeuring me to practice and events."
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Calling all editors in the making — the British edition of Elle just announced an open call for a particularly cool project. The magazine's October 2012 issue is going to be "Edited by the Interns," and to get the job done, the publication is opening up 10 positions, for budding stylists, writers, photographers, and of course, editors.
While you need to submit a proper application, don't forget to tweet about it, too (yes, there's a social media component). The magazine is asking prospective interns to highlight their entries on Twitter, using the hashtag #ELLEintern2012. That said, don't think the upcoming intern issue is a social media stunt — entrants will be judged by an Elle editorial panel, and the winners, who start work in July, will be paid contributor fees.
The initiative is an effective means for the magazine to start farming tomorrow's top editorial talent. But while we're looking forward to seeing how many of the group of 10 make their way on staff, it's also worth noting that a massive open call for highly coveted internship positions is a great way for Elle to engage a young audience, building up a new demographic's readership.


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Gilead Sciences is purchasing a clinical biologics manufacturing facility and certain process development assets located in California from Genentech, a member of the Roche Group. Gilead says that it will offer employment to about 55 of Genentech's current production specialists and development scientists.
The companies expect the transaction to close in the third quarter of this year. Genentech's Oceanside Clinical Plant (OCP) is 70,000 square feet in size. It is currently designed and equipped to produce biologic compounds for toxicological, Phase I, and Phase II studies.
Genentech will continue to operate and maintain ownership of the Oceanside Commercial Manufacturing (OCN) facilities at One Antibody Way and other adjacent land. The company was bought by Roche in March 2009. Roche paid about $46.8 billion for the 44.2% of Genentech it didn't already own.
Initially, Gilead will use the OCP facility for the process development and manufacture of two mAb candidates—one that is in preclinical testing, and GS 6624 for cancer and for fibrotic diseases. GS 6624 targets the human lysyl oxidase-like-2 (LOXL2) protein and is in Phase I for solid tumors and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
The molecule was discovered by Arresto Biosciences, which was acquired by Gilead in December 2010 for $225 million. Arresto's focus was on targeting enzymes involved in the synthesis of the extracellular matrix, which appear to play a role in the etiology of a variety of fibrotic diseases and cancer.
Two months later Gilead picked up Calistoga Pharmaceuticals, which also had expertise in oncology. The company paid $375 million up front and agreed to another $225 million in milestone fees. Calistoga, which also works on inflammatory diseases, is focused on developing compounds that selectively target isoforms of phosphoinositide-3 kinase (PI3K). This pathway has been shown to be a central signaling pathway for cellular proliferation, survival, and trafficking. Calistoga's pipeline is largely at the preclinical stage, with applications in oncology and inflammation.
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CHICAGO -- Celeste Castillo, a Guatemalan immigrant, was invited to a news conference with Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius early in 2013 to help promote enrollment in the country's new health insurance marketplaces.
From the podium, the U.S. citizen excitedly spoke of soon being able to get insurance for the first time under President Barack Obama's health-care law. "I felt so honored to be there that day," Castillo recalls. "They told me I would be the face of the campaign."
Fourteen months later, the 57-year-old nanny was still uninsured until the Associated Press contacted the Quinn administration last week. She had first become tangled in computer problems, then was denied by the state's expanded Medicaid program -- underscoring how complicated the process has been for many Americans, even one held up as an example of who the law was designed to help.
State officials blame a mistake in how to categorize an $800-a-month gift from Castillo's estranged husband, which they quickly corrected. But it's also ironic that she ran into such difficulties because Latinos were among the groups the Obama administration most coveted for enrollment and fell short in signing up, according to federal figures released last week.
"Every story is unique, but the theme that keeps coming up is how complicated this is," said Jane Delgado, president of the National Alliance for Hispanic Health, a nonpartisan advocacy network.
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Tourists arriving at the Vatican Museums on Tuesday (March 5) were greeted with the news that the Sistine Chapel had been closed to prepare for the conclave. Signs at the entrance to the museum advised visitors that the Sistine Chapel would be closed from 1300 local time (1200 GMT) on Tuesday until further notice. "It's necessary, we need a new pope but it's ugly for us because we wanted to go in," German tourist, Anke, said. "I think if it's history, it's acceptable. Some people will miss it but that's part of history," Peter Wallace, a tourist from the United States added. "We were actually thinking of going to the Musei Vaticani yesterday and we are sort of regretting a little bit that we didn't do that so now we don't know whether to go in or not," German tourist, Florian, said. Some said the conclave was a good enough reason for them to get over their disappointment. "We are happy about the conclave," said Maria Myers. "It's for a great reason. It's disappointing not to see it but it's a great reason," David Sheehy added. At a briefing earlier on Tuesday, Vatican press officers said the closure was necessary to carry out important preparations ahead of the conclave. "In addition to the famous stove where the ballots will be burned, a whole floor has to be put in the Sistine Chapel. It's an elevation of the floor to make it all level, that will extend up to the first step of the altar area, and the floor then provides the space where the tables will be put that you've certainly seen in the pictures," Vatican press secretary, Thomas Rosica, said. Cardinals are holding meetings at the Vatican this week to get to know each other and decide when to start the conclave to choose a new pontiff. Video Source: Reuters
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Shirlee Zane and Pam Stafford cope with variety of questions on May 22
Third District Sonoma County Supervisor Shirlee Zane and Rohnert Park Mayor Pam Stafford were the only two up front where the microphones were at a Town Hall meeting in Rohnert Park's Public Library Wednesday night. Turns out they were more than capable of handling a sold-out Forum Room. Attendees filled out cards with their questions. Not everyone in the audience displayed patience or politeness.
A group called StopGratonCasino.com (not the Stopthecasino101coalition.com of Rev. Chip Worthington), apparently set up a prior telephone tree robocall system telling citizens the meeting would do something about the casino. Then flyers were distributed at the meeting pointing out faults of the casino and problems if promises about mitigation payments were not made. No names, phone numbers or e-mail addresses were attached.
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Stafford noted at the start of the meeting topics were anything people wanted to ask. Zane mentioned the new trailhead to the top of Taylor Mt. east of RP, soon to be located on Petaluma Hill Road. Questions were asked about water conservation and Ann Dubay of Sonoma County Water Agency was in the audience to answer them; Len Carlson of Rancho Grande mobile home park said there are pipe leaks and much water is wasted but the park owners aren't eager to fix them and the problems connected with SCAYD's loss of homeless prevention was also discussed by Stafford and Zane. They pointed out RP's loss of redevelopment funds by Gov. Jerry Brown's ruling was the villain here. The subject of adding sodium chloride to the county's drinking water to lessen juvenile tooth decay also got a hearing. Another question concerned RP's Dept. of Public Safety's firefighting adequacies.
Question about casino
Then a woman in the audience asked Stafford why all she got was "the silent treatment " when she talked to them about the casino. Someone else wondered why the city allowed the casino to join RP's sewer system to the treatment plant on Llano Road. Assistant City Manager Darrin Jenkins (in the audience) replied because it's a better arrangement than having the Graton Tribe build it's own sewer plant adjacent to RP.
This prompted Zane to explain the machinations leading to the casino's current location on Wilfred Avenue. She noted it started back in 2000 when California voters approved a ballot proposition allowing gambling machines on existing Indian reservations. "Then Congress gave additional powers to the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and new rules came into effect," said Zane.
DC, Sacramento took over
Further machinations in Washington and Sacramento made tribal casinos extra-legal in nature and the public was virtually frozen out of the picture so counties and cities could not interfere with casino progress.
Both Stafford and Zane praised the Graton tribe's Memorandum Of Understanding approved years ago by the RP City Council. They cited it as a model that should be used by other tribes, and Zane said, "It was the best we could do to handle mitigating factors like traffic, public safety and sewer concerns."
Why no vote on casino?
A man in the audience interrupted Zane and cried out, "Why weren't the people in Sonoma County allowed to vote on the casino? You didn't do all you could to stop the casino!" Zane referred to her previous comments again, mentioned the MOU's value and said, "We did all we could do." Stafford said, "I've always been against the casino. But it was OK'd by the voters and state and federal agencies are in charge." She was not on the city council when the MOU was approved.
RP City Councilman Jake Mackenzie was in the audience and answered questions about water supply. He was the only city council member when the MOU was approved and the only one to vote against it.
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A complaint was heard contending the
city's "sweeping the casino's dirt under the rug." She added, "If you don't get the mitigating impact money from the tribe, the city will suffer."
Zane replied, "The state has a compact with the Graton tribe, and if they fall short, the problem goes straight to the state Legislature and the governor."
Following the meeting, Tim Danesi, chairman of the RP Historical Society, unveiled a layer cake honoring RP city co-founder's Paul Golis' birthday. Sharing in the cake was surviving co-founder Maurice Fredericks and his wife, Betty.


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Sanders, a leadership coach for Internet giant Yahoo, grabbed the hearts and minds of America's corporate world with his first book Love is the Killer App. It became both a New York Times and international bestseller. In his second book, The Likeability Factor (Crown, April 2005), Sanders explores the measurable aspects of what it means to be likeable, including levels of friendliness, relevance, empathy and realness, and how you can improve your life and achieve your dreams by boosting your likeability factor, or L-factor.
Now, this highly sought-after speaker brings his philosophy of positive enrichment to viewers in a new WQED television special, based on his second book. "The Likeability Factor with Tim Sanders" premieres Thursday, April 21 at 8 p.m. on WQED tv13. Sanders will be live in the studio that evening for this fundraising event.
Taped in the WQED Multimedia studios on March 22 before a live audience, the program explores what likeability is, misconceptions people have of being likeable, the L-factor scale, and how you can evaluate yourself and improve your L-factor.
In a society that tolerates unlikeability and often rewards it, Sanders shows how this cultural problem affecting every one of us can be reversed, through moving stories and letters, and inspiring interviews with those who have turned their lives around.
As Sanders says, likeability "is the ability to produce positive emotional experiences in others." So, what's your current L-factor? Find out on Tim's official website at http://www.timsanders.com/books/likeability.html and take the L-factor self-assessment test. Then tune in to WQED on April 21 at 8 p.m. to find out how you can boost your likeability factor!
Major funding for "The Likeability Factor with Tim Sanders" is provided by SAS Software and Affiliated Computer Services Incorporated, ACS.
Tim Sanders is the author of the New York Times' bestseller Love Is The Killer App: How to Win Business and Influence Friends. His sophomore, The Likeability Factor, published in April 2005, is the basis for both a PBS and 20/20 Specials, where Tim explores the measurable aspects of likeability, including levels of friendliness, relevance, empathy, and realness and how you can improve your life by increasing your likeability factor. From 2001 to 2003, Sanders served as the Chief Solutions Officer at Yahoo!, delivering next-generation marketing programs to world-class brands. He currently serves as Yahoo!'s Leadership Coach as well as advises business and public sector leaders on next generation strategies. Sanders is one of the most eloquent and poignant speakers on the circuit, sought after to deliver high energy and compelling speeches and seminars.
Prior to his current position, Sanders created and led the Yahoo! ValueLab, an in-house "think tank" which delivers value-added propositions to prospective and current Yahoo! clients. The team Sanders built continues to serve as a consultation practice for clients by coordinating and leveraging Yahoo!'s resources to find, connect with, and add value to clients' growth strategies.
Sanders joined Yahoo! as part of the acquisition of broadcast.com in July 1999. For over two years at broadcast.com, he served as an integral part of the company's business services division and developed audio and video broadcast ventures for a variety of clients including The Limited, Inc. (the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show Web cast), Harvard University, Dell Computers, Intel, and Ford Motors.
Sander's dynamic speaking presence and presentation skills have landed him appearances at high-level executive conferences and graduate schools, as well as an enthusiastic endorsement from renowned business motivational speaker, Tom Peters. He developed and honed these skills as a competitive debater, where he was national debate and public speaking champion in five categories over his career.
Sanders attended Loyola Marymount University as an undergraduate and the University of Arizona for graduate work. He worked in the early cellular phone industry in the 1980s and produced content for cable television in the 1990s until going to work for broadcast.com in 1996.
I was just four years old when my grandmother, who lived in the little town of Clovis, New Mexico, adopted me, despite the fact that I was suffering from a serious respiratory illness. As she rocked me to sleep that first year in our life together, she feared that I might grow up sad or hateful because my parents had abandoned me. As she rocked me back to health, she would repeat over and over into my ear, "Please love people. Believe in Love. Have a loving heart."
My grandmother, who was quite religious, started taking me to church as soon as she could find nice enough clothes for me to wear. She was pleased that I showed an early aptitude for public speaking, and by the age of nine I was already giving sermons, having absorbed the speechifying tactics of my Baptist preachers; soon my local congregation was calling me "the little reverend."
I learned to lean on those same speaking skills throughout my life. My next phase of extemporaneous public speaking was an extremely successful career as a debater, both in high school and college, where I won numerous awards against larger and more favored schools at state and national levels.
In 1983 I enrolled at Loyola Marymount University, majoring in political science, and then did graduate work in business communications at the University of Arizona. However, I didn't take a 9-5 job. Inspired by my love of music (and especially the reggae music of the late Bob Marley), I traveled around the country with a band, living out of vans and cheap motels before finally settling in Dallas, where my newly wedded wife, Jacqueline, and I performed in a four-member band.
To augment my meager weekend wages as a musician, by the early 1990s I'd gone into marketing, working as a salesperson first for a video production studio. I also became interested in the newly burgeoning Internet, and, drawing on my background in television, I learned as much as possible about the up-and-coming technology of broadcasting video over the Internet, or video streaming.
Through careful research and follow-up work I was able to meet the staff at a start-up company called Broadcast.com, which at the time was the cutting edge company in video streaming technology. They offered me a job as an account executive.
It was at Broadcast.com that I first formulated my lovecat philosophy. There, in an attempt to be as successful as possible, I began to devour books. One of my favorites was John Hagel and Arthur Armstrong's Net Gain, about the theory of reciprocal marketing strategies of Internet groups. I sold the book's idea to Ken Weil, vice president of Victoria's Secret, and the result was broadcasting a fashion show over the Internet, a first in the medium's history.
The show brought huge marketing advantages to Victoria's Secret, and made me an overnight star. But it was in working with Mark Cuban, the founder of Broadcast.com, and with people like Ken Weil at Victoria's Secret, that I learned even more important lessons--namely, that by sharing my "intangibles"--cutting-edge knowledge, a wide network of contacts, and workplace compassion--that I could become not only successful in business, but also immensely happy. I soon became an evangelist for what I called "bizlove," and my colleagues and I became roving ambassadors for the lovecats philosophy.
When Yahoo bought Broadcast.com in 1999, I created and led the Yahoo! ValueLab, an in-house think tank that serves as a consultation service for clients, coordinating and leveraging Yahoo!'s resources to find, connect with, and add value to clients' growth strategies, Yahoo! then created a new title for me: Chief Solutions Officer. In this capacity, I am responsible for delivering next-generation marketing programs to world-class brands. My team focuses on matching marketers' needs with Yahoo!'s arsenal of cutting-edge capabilities and solutions. I currently consult with the CEOs of major companies worldwide to find ways to fulfill their needs.
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The couple's new E! reality show Khloé & Lamar, which premieres Sunday, will follow them as they navigate their first year of marriage. When it comes to the Kardashian family, there's never a shortage of drama. Here are few things other things you can expect:
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The newlyweds are not alone as they settle into their life together. Khloé's little brother Rob has moved into their home. While Rob sees Lamar as the brother he never had, Khloé wants more alone time with her basketball star husband. Tensions flare when the couple leaves Rob at home to enjoy a romantic getaway.
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We celebrated with good sport Sue Lechner from the Erie Playhouse dressed up as a witch. Why a witch? Well there is the obvious Halloween season. And we all know that some of us can "change" as we approach or hit menopause. It can be hard on us and those who love us.
This is not your mother's or your grandmother's change of life. Her Times writer Debbie DeAngelo shares natural remedies, suggestions and coaching that remind us never to give up on feeling better.
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In Hong Kong there is so much to see and do that you may not know where to start!
To help you out, below is a list of the top 10 things to do in Hong Kong.
- Take in the Views from the Peak - Not only do you get jaw-dropping views of Hong Kong and its incredible harbor, you also get to ride the Peak Tram, a 120-year-old funicular railway, to the top!
- Trundle Through the City by Tram - Experience the city at a relaxed pace on the tramway. You can travel the length of the island (from Kennedy Town in the west to Shau Kei Wan in the east) for just HK$2!
- Ferry across the Harbor - Some of the best travel experiences are the cheapest and the most functional and catching the Star Ferry across Victoria Harbour is no exception. For just HK$2.50 you can take in the city's famous views as you ferry between the two islands.
- Shop at Temple Street Night Market - Shop for trinkets and chow down on weird and wonderful dishes at Kowloon's fascinating Temple Street market.
- Travel Without Moving - Hong Kong's escalator system is the longest of its kind in the world. This wacky and futuristic mode of human transport will whisk you to the Mid-levels – a vertical climb of 443ft (135m).
- Sip Tea at the Peninsula - Whether you've come for high tea in The Lobby or a cocktail in the Peninsula Bar, this 80-year-old hotel is a nostalgic trip back to the days of British Hong Kong.
- Gorge on Egg Tarts - Wobbly on the inside, crunchy on the outside, Hong Kong's egg tarts are as famous as its harbor.
- Shop, Shop, Shop - From knock-off watches at Temple Street to designer threads in the mega malls, Hong Kong is every shopper's dream.
- Check out Chungking - More than 5,000 people call Chungking Mansions home and they are popular with anyone seeking a grittier, less homogenized view of the city.
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Don Brennan at the Ottawa Sun reports on the Senators success at Madison Square Garden…
"In the all-time series between the two teams, the Senators are 23-13-0-1 at MSG — 11-2 since the lockout and 14-3 in their last 17 visits."
Here's Daniel Alfredsson on the Senators game plan going into the series…
"We're going to go in and give it everything we have. Hopefully, we can get off to a good start in the series and make the (Rangers) chase us."
…MSG during the playoffs is a whole different animal than during the regular season. So while the Senators have had success at the World's Most Famous Arena, they've never witnessed as raucous a scene as they'll see on Thursday night.
…having said that, the Rangers better watchout because the Senators have a lot to feel confident about coming into the series.
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Blake Griffin was engaged in a heavyweight fight with Marc Gasol and Zach Randolph, and he struggled to score with his usual brand of brute force on the block. In the second half, Griffin started to figure it out and used quick, decisive moves to free himself from the grasp of the Grizzlies' defenders. But on the defensive end and the glass, Griffin looked helpless.
Chris Paul's jumper was true all night, but his usual control of the game and smart decision-making fell by the wayside in a more franticly paced game against the Grizzlies' aggressive defense. Chalk this up as an uncharacteristic performance by Paul -- when's the last time he turned it over five times and failed to beat the shot clock at the end of three consecutive quarters?
In typical Memphis fashion, this game was decided by the little things. The Clippers' defense looked great early on in large part because DeAndre Jordan was glued to Marc Gasol, completely shutting off his production in the high post. Jordan was the best defensive rebounder the Clippers had and the best shot blocker. He deserved more minutes than he received.
You'd expect the more athletic team to be the naturally superior rebounders, but the Grizzlies won the position battle and punished the Clippers for not boxing out. The defeat in the position battle led to the loss of the possession war: the grinding of the Grizzlies led to 16 offensive rebounds and 20 forced turnovers. That's a hole too big -- even for the Clippers -- to come back from.
This was quintessential Grizzlies basketball. It wasn't pretty, but the Grizzlies overpowered the Clippers in the paint and on the boards. The Clippers will win a shooting contest every time between these two teams, but when the game gets physical, the edge obviously belongs to the Grizzlies. If Sunday night is any indication, this series looks like it could go the distance.


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As a result of recent enquiries about the availability of funds in the region, South West Tourism has taken out a subscription to a comprehensive database called GRANTnet.
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2009 Leonetti Cellars Sangiovese Walla Walla Valley
Producer: Leonetti Cellars
Style: Red Wine
Grape Type: Sangiovese
Origin: Washington
Region: Walla Walla Valley
90(+?) Points | Stephen Tanzer's IWC - November/December 2012
Good bright deep red. Lively aromas of strawerry and raspberry. Tight, juicy and on the lean side, but with excellent cut to the blueberry and strawberry flavors. This very young wine is currently dominated by its firm tannic spine but should expand with several years of bottle aging. Chris Figgins told me that 2009 brought a huge crop, noting that "a lot of '09s show tea leaf and dried fruit character due to machine harvesting." He left 35% of his fruit hanging on the vines after the sharp frost on October 10, when the temperature plunged to 24 degrees.


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Friday, 25 November 2011
felt angel...for sale?
As I'm tapping my fingers, waiting for a few supplies to arrive, I thought I'd take the opportunity to create my angel design into a hanging felt decoration. It measures 13cm long and each felt piece has been strongly bonded then mounted on extra thick felt for stiffness. If anyone thinks I should sell these in my Etsy shop or would like to buy one, please leave a comment...I'd love to know your thoughts!
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- Claire Fritz-Domeney said...
They are so cute you should put them on Etsy!!!
- 25 November 2011 at 20:38
- Lotten said...
Yes! Ofcourse you should put them on Etsy! I would love to buy them ;-)
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- MakeEveryDayCount said...
i'd deffo buy one!!! Wait til you see my christmas decs.... she'd fit in perfectly!
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- littletree... said...
Shes so cute! You could definitely sell these no problems x
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To celebrate CSV's Make a Difference Day, which encourages people to across the UK to find out more about volunteering, a conservation work party will be held at the Cumbrian site on Saturday 26 October.
Keen volunteers will work alongside the reserve's Assistant Farmland Warden, Belinda Lloyd, to learn skills which will help to improve this vital home for birds, small mammals and insects.
Belinda said: "Conservation volunteers provide an invaluable role in creating and maintaining homes for wildlife across the reserve. Our volunteer sessions also provide opportunities for people to meet like-minded individuals and support local wildlife.
"No experience is necessary, just lots of enthusiasm. We hope many conservation volunteers will come along and make the event a success."
To take part in the event, which will run from 11am to 2pm, please meet in the reserve car park NY588586 at Hallbankgate, Brampton.
Volunteers are advised to wear strong waterproof clothing and boots and bring a packed lunch. Tools, gloves and hot drinks will be provided by the RSPB.
Now in its 18th year, Make a Difference is CSV's annual campaign and this year is set to be bigger than ever before. For the first time, it will take place during the whole month of October, allowing people more time to get involved. This year's theme is Get Inspired, with the aim to inspire two million people to find out about local volunteering opportunities in their community and the ways in which to sign up and get going.
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I can neither imagine nor remember a time when I wasn't making things.
I have tried almost every fiber art, and currently knit and spin my own yarn. I sew clothes and furnishings occasionally. ...
I can neither imagine nor remember a time when I wasn't making things.
I have tried almost every fiber art, and currently knit and spin my own yarn. I sew clothes and furnishings occasionally.
I've dabbled in polyclay, lampwork and silver-smithing, but immerse myself in seed beading.
I teach at a local bead store, as well at national shows from time to time. Patterns in my shop are by and large based on classes I have taught, so they've been tested on real people!
Here's a beaded bead slider that's fabulous singly, in pairs or by the dozen!
Work some seed beadweaving, add some faceted beads and drop beads, reinforce and you're done! This is a lovely little piece for colour studies, as the use of contrasting versus coordinating colours really emphasizes different aspects of the Wheelie.
As well as making a fun slider for a necklace (it fits well on a tubular herringbone rope using four size 11 seeds per round), dangle these from large hoop earrings for some drama.
You should be comfortable with even-count tubular peyote stitch.
Notes about supplies:
- I used a size 10 beading needle, but had to cull seed beads ruthlessly; I recommend a size 12).
- For thread, I used Nymo B, doubled which is my default, but feel free to use your favourite.
- The size 11 beads that you choose MUST have bead holes large enough to accommodate four thread passes; for this reason I do NOT recommend any of the Permanent Finish galvanized or gilt-lined beads as their holes are very small. Many of the inside colour-lined or silver-lined beads have smaller holes as well.
Choose your needle and thread accordingly.
This is a fairly quick intermediate-level project, but if you're a beginner who has even-count tubular peyote nailed, you should have no problems with this pattern.


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Kriser's Feeding Pets for Life, specializing in the retail sale of natural organic pet food, pet accessories, grooming, adoptions and related domestic pet services, has leased 2,470 square feet of retail space in the Valencia Crossroads retail center.
Val Surf, a shop for extreme-sports enthusiasts, recently opened its new store in 6,000 square feet of retail space.
Valencia Crossroads retail center is located at Valencia Boulevard and McBean Parkway in Valencia, and is home to Kohls and Whole Foods among other retailers. With the leasing of space to Kriser's Feeding Pets for Life, operator developer Regency Centers reports the center is 99-percent leased.


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Hello all, new board member, and first time poster. Born and raised on the East SIde (Osborn High School June '68.)
I enjoy my spectator sports, especially involving Detroit and Michigan Teams, and still try to keep tabs on the teams via the media and friends up there.
Thought I'd put a flyer out before hitting one of the local watering holes and catching the game. I'm trying to locate Detroit sports fans down here in South Florida. Primarily looking for places to hang out and cheer the fans on. We have one bar not to far from me that's near an ice arena, but my understanding is the place is loaded with-OMG dare I say it?- penguin fans. Hey I don't want yins tryin ta mug me ya see?
Seriously though, are than any ex-Detroiters, Red wing fans, or other Beleivers here on the board from down here in balmy South Florida. Got to cheer about something, and it sure isn't the Panthers-God do I miss the Year of the the Rat.
South Florida and the 954, where you at?
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So everyone is talking about Oblivion, the ESRB and third party modders. Apparently a 14 year old Dutch kid found a way to remove the cloth mammary coverings in oblivion and added one of the most obscene body parts of all, nipples.
So, why is this all of a sudden a problem? This is definitely not the fist mod to expose "flesh", far from it. I have a heavily modded version of Morrowind in my PC, and there are multiple nude mods for it, and the same goes for The Sims (ever want to watch a virtual person take a crap?). So what is different? Well you may remember that the ESRB is on double secret probation with the government over the whole hot coffee mod, and another apparent infraction would get them booted off campus for good. Undoubtedly having the ESRB in charge is far better than the government. I'll stay away from politics in the blog save for this: Politicians have an affinity for going beyond reason for one purpose alone- You have to sir up the masses to get noticed. It's an election year, and a good witch hunt would make for nice publicity for one's constituents.
OK, So we know that the government wouldn't do it effectively or for the right reasons, and the ESRB can't function properly with thugs looming over them. Now who does that leave? Who could protect could oversee what kids are and aren't playing? Who would have a vested interest in said kids, making it a seemingly obvious answer? I'll give you a minute. *leaves for a smoke break* Got it yet? That's right, the parents of said kid.


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I understand the usefulness of such phrases as sound bites, and doing what I do for a living, I have some respect for that.
But honor and dignity are not synonyms for pride. And I'm not convinced that victory, which is hard to define in Iraq, is a prerequisite for any of the three.
Anyone here think Robert E. Lee lacked dignity or honor?
Furthermore, I'm not clear on the value of leaving Iraq with dignity, particularly weighed against the needs of the Iraqi people, our soldiers, their families, American objectives worldwide and prosperity for the world at large.
And, now, I'm going to say something really crazy: I don't see nearly the distance between John McCain and Barack Obama's Iraq policies as the campaigns would have us think exists.
Let's dismiss this notion that Sen. Obama wants to cut and run in Iraq, leaving our soldiers disgraced and freedom-loving Iraqis to fall back beneath a yoke of despotism.
And let's dismiss the notion that Sen. McCain wants a significant United States presence in Iraq for the next 100 centuries. Flip remarks aren't policy.
These men are politicians. What they're most likely to pursue is some combination of what the majority of this country wants, the right thing to do and what's best for their supporters. And if anything in this world can change, surely it's military strategy.
But if you read the two candidate's current proposals in detail, they're certainly not night and day.
This is one of them:
I do not want to keep our troops in Iraq a minute longer than necessary to secure our interests there. Our goal is an Iraq that can stand on its own as a democratic ally and a responsible force for peace in its neighborhood. Our goal is an Iraq that no longer needs American troops. And I believe we can achieve that goal, perhaps sooner than many imagine. But I do not believe that anyone should make promises as a candidate for President that they cannot keep if elected. To promise a withdrawal of our forces from Iraq, regardless of the calamitous consequences to the Iraqi people, our most vital interests, and the future of the Middle East, is the height of irresponsibility.
And this is the other:
We can safely redeploy our combat brigades at a pace that would remove them in 16 months. That would be the summer of 2010 — two years from now, and more than seven years after the war began. After this redeployment, a residual force in Iraq would perform limited missions: going after any remnants of Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia, protecting American service members and, so long as the Iraqis make political progress, training Iraqi security forces. That would not be a precipitous withdrawal.
In carrying out this strategy, we would inevitably need to make tactical adjustments. As I have often said, I would consult with commanders on the ground and the Iraqi government to ensure that our troops were redeployed safely, and our interests protected. We would move them from secure areas first and volatile areas later. We would pursue a diplomatic offensive with every nation in the region on behalf of Iraq's stability, and commit $2 billion to a new international effort to support Iraq's refugees.
p.s. What I don't know about Iraq could fill a warehouse. But that's a caveat whenever I open my mouth on most subjects. And it's a paraphrase from The Simpsons.


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'Systemic risk' After Lehman Brothers' collapse had such a negative impact on the wider economy, politicians and regulators have been keen to spot the next cause of systemically risky institutions, from investment banks to exchanges to trading firms to investment banks to clearing houses. The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision even has specific requirements for companies designated as a systemically important financial institution (Sifi)
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"Quality package 2010"
Guaranteeing quality to consumers and securing fair prices for farmers are the twin aims of the "Quality Package" for food and agricultural products adopted by the Commission on 10 December 2010. The Quality Package is the first step in the overhaul agricultural product quality policy. It is the result of three years of extensive consultation and participation of stakeholders and it opens the way to a more coherent agricultural product quality policy.
What is the Quality Package?
The Quality Package puts in place for the first time a comprehensive policy on certification schemes, value-adding terms for agricultural product qualities, and product standards, covering the different facets of quality, from the compliance with minimum standards to the production of highly specific products. The Package comprises:
- a new 'Agricultural Product Quality Schemes Regulation', bringing coherence and clarity to the EU schemes; reinforcing the flagship scheme for protected designations of origin and geographical indications (PDOs and PGIs); overhauling the traditional specialities guaranteed scheme (TSGs), and laying down a new framework for the development of Optional Quality Terms, such as feeding method and production method;
- a new general base-line Marketing Standard for all agricultural products and a specific power to adopt place-of-farming and other sectoral rules for marketing product;
- new Guidelines of best practices on voluntary certification schemes and on the labelling of products using PDO-PGI ingredients.
For the future, the Commission announced its intention to study further the problems faced by small-scale producers in participating in Union quality schemes as well as mountain producers to market their products.
>>Read the legislative proposals on agricultural product policy schemes
>> Read the legislative proposals on marketing standards
>> Read the guidelines on certification schemes
>> Read the guidelines on labelling of products using PDO-PGI ingredients
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What happened next?
The guidelines which are directed towards operators are directly applicable.
The legislative proposals were forwarded to the European Parliament and the Council, for discussion and adoption.
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So Sullivan was targeted by all sides as an Obamabot and an Obama apologist following his Newsweek cover story.
But last night he very obviously and self-consciously reacted to critics by completely trashing the president's speech and by praising Mitch Daniels' ultra-conservative, the-sky-is-falling-AAAHHHH! response — a response, by the way, in which Daniels, George W. Bush's budget director who presided over turning a surplus into a record deficit and doubled the national debt, chastised the president for adding to the debt! Instead, this "sane Republican," as Sullivan called him, demanded more tax cuts for the rich — a prospect that, when passed by the Bush team, contributed most to the debt.
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John Clayton thinks the Colts may be seeking an offensive mind for their next head coach:
Some of the early considerations would be Eagles offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg, whom Grigson knows from his days in the Eagles' personnel office. Another possibility could be Broncos offensive coordinator Mike McCoy, who has become a hot name because of what he did with Tim Tebow and the Broncos' offense. There is an outside chance Grigson could interview Marc Trestman from Montreal of the Canadian Football League.
The key to all of this, though, might be what happens at defensive coordinator. One of the things that could have kept Caldwell as the head coach would have been the hiring of Steve Spagnuolo as the defensive coordinator. A lot of the drop-off on offense came with Peyton Manning sitting out the season with a neck injury. But things were so bad with the defense that Larry Coyer was fired during the season and replaced by linebackers coach Mike Murphy.


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Officer struck by vehicle while responding to burglary call
Published 6:55 AM PST Dec 08, 2012
A Turlock police officer was recovering Saturday after being hit by a car Friday.
Sgt. Anthony Silva was investigating a possible burglary in progress when he was hit, police said.
The driver stayed at the scene. There was no indication that the driver was under the influence of drugs or alcohol, police said.
Silva was listed in stable condition Saturday and was expected to fully recover.
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Taiwan News, Website Editorial Staff
Nearly 9 in 10 of those who voted were against the proposed changes, but only about 668,000 people cast ballots. ThatŌĆÖs a tiny percentage of FacebookŌĆÖs users, which number more than 1 billion.
Facebook requires that 30 percent of Facebook users participate for a vote to count. Facebook has held two earlier elections and neither met that threshold.
One of the proposed changes: Taking away Facebook usersŌĆÖ right to vote on future changes. Facebook said it plans to give users other ways to weigh in on policy changes, such as an ŌĆ£Ask the Chief Privacy OfficerŌĆØ question-and-answer forum on its website.
Among the other proposals that users voted on: whether Facebook can loosen restrictions on who can message you on Facebook and whether it can share information with its affiliates, including popular photo-sharing service Instagram.
Two privacy groups ŌĆö the Electronic Privacy Information Center and the Center for Digital Democracy ŌĆö urged Facebook to withdraw the proposed changes.
Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, called the vote ŌĆ£notableŌĆØ and ŌĆ£historicŌĆØ because it was roughly twice the size of the vote held in June and called on Facebook to heed the will of those Facebook users who did vote.
The next step will be a review of the Facebook vote by an outside auditor.
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Featured White House Announcements
Current White House announcements are highlighted in AANP's Government Affairs Update Newsletters. For historical news archives from 2012 and earlier, please see the White House Announcements Archives below.
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- Promising News from NSDUH and Take-Back Day Reminder!
(September 25, 2012)
- Presidential Proclamation -- National Health Center Week, 2012
(August 6, 2012)
- Obama Administration Announces Ground-Breaking Public-Private Partnership to Prevent Health Care Fraud (CMS, July 26, 2012)
- Fact Sheet: Women's Preventive Services and Religious Institutions(Feb. 10, 2012)
- National Health Center Week, Presidential Proclamation
White House press release (August 5, 2011)
- Renewed Commitment to Global Vaccines and Immunizations Will Save Lives
The White House Blog (June 15, 2011)
- President Obama Appoints Dr. Donald Berwick to CMS Administrator Position
AANP Web feature (July 7, 2010)
- Multiple Announcements from the White House Office of Public Engagement
AANP Web feature (June 5, 2011)
- On 30th Year of HIV/AIDS, Obama Administration Recommits to Fighting Pandemic
White House press release (June 3, 2011)
- Strengthening Social Security and Medicare
The White House Blog (May 13, 2011)
- President Obama Nominates Nurse to be the Army Surgeon General
AANP Web feature (May 10, 2011)
- Presidential Proclamation--Older Americans Month
White House press release (April 29, 2011)
- Fact Sheet: President's Framework for Shared Prosperity and Shared Fiscal Responsibilty
White House Fact Sheet (April 13, 2011)
- Remarks of President Barack Obama – As Prepared for Delivery. The Country We Believe In, The George Washington University, Washington, DC
White House document (April 13, 2011)
- One Year of the Affordable Care Act: We've Come a Long Way
The White House Blog (March 23, 2011)
- Voices of Health Reform: Nan's Story
White House press release (Feb. 9, 2011)
- The Senate and the Affordable Care Act
The White House Blog (Feb. 2, 2011)
- Judicial Activism and the Affordable Care Act
The White House Blog (Jan. 31, 2011)
- Voices of Health Reform: A Small Business Owner's Story
White House press release (Jan. 25, 2011)
- Voices of Health Reform: Betsy's Story
White House press release (Jan. 19, 2011)
- Voices of Health Reform: Cathy's Story
White House press release (Jan. 18, 2011)
- Sebelius Op-Ed: Don't Turn Back The Clock On Health Care
White House press release (Jan. 5, 2011)
- The Price of Repealing the Affordable Care Act: New Fact Sheets
White House Office of Public Engagement announcement (Jan. 4, 2011)
- Health Reform: Good for the Economy and Good for Jobs
AANP Web feature
- Presidential Proclamation--45th Anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid
White House press release (July 30, 2010)
- Fact Sheet: The Affordable Care Act: Supporting Innovation, Empowering States
White House press release (Feb. 28, 2010)


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Language and the Ideology of Kingship in the 'Canon of Yao'
Martin Kern, Princeton University. Discussant: John Haldon, Princeton University.
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CHP: Driver killed after drifting across Hwy 50
2 other vehicles involved in crash near Sunrise Blvd
UPDATED 12:09 PM PDT Aug 12, 2013
A man was killed Monday morning in a multiple-vehicle car crash after witnesses said he began drifting across lanes on Highway 50.
Photos from the scene
The California Highway Patrol said the vehicle was traveling westbound near Sunrise Boulevard before crashing into a center divide. A second car was hit after the driver hit the divide.
Authorities said the driver hit another car after crossing traffic again. The man, of Placerville, was killed in the crash. A lane was shut down on the highway following the crash.
Minor injuries were also reported to one of the other drivers.
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MIDLAND, MI — Coming off the delivery of his third State of the State address, Gov. Rick Snyder is speaking to the Midland Area Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, Jan. 17.
During his Wednesday night speech, Snyder touched on securing more funding for crumbling Michigan roads and improving the state's schools.
Beginning around 8 a.m., Snyder will speak with chamber members at the Great Hall Banquet and Convention Center, 5121 Bay City Road in Midland.
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American Underwater Products (AUP) announced today the merger of two of their recreational dive companies, AERIS & Oceanic effective September 1st, 2014.
The AERIS A SERIES line of dive computers is poised to set a new design standard. The A100 is a sophisticated yet basic dive computer in a small, ergonomic wrist or console unit; packed with essential out-of-the-box features. The A100 is ideally suited for someone who is new, dives infrequently, or just wants to get in the water and not looking to push buttons.
The A100 boasts a high resolution Tissue Loading bar graph which allows for at-a-glance feedback that lets you control your dive on the fly and regulate your dynamic conservative factor. The bright Green/Yellow/Red indicators make it easy to monitor your dive. It displays only essential information during the dive in large easy-to-read digits so you know how deep you are and how long you can stay there. The A100 is complete with other useful features like an automatic safety stop countdown timer and simple one button interface to provide smooth navigation through the menu.
We guarantee that at any time during the first 30 days of purchase, your Aeris product fails to meet your expectations, that product may be exchanged by a participating Authorized Aeris Dealer. No questions asked.