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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (116 votes).
In short: lovely race except the queuing at the endDate of review: July 7, 2013
In full: Not sure if this is the right way to respond but yes the runner who went down at the 9.5km mark was fine. Transferred to hospital to be on the safe side but released later on in the day.The weather took us all by surprise as the forecast was cloudy and overcast. In fact a Spitfire flyover was cancelled due to the bad weather around us.We do read feedback and discuss the comments made at a debrief meeting - how else can we improve things for the following year? Afterall this event is organised by parent volunteers and not a running club / runners, so how else would we learn?Thank you all for coming, taking the time to review us and helping to raise funds for our village.Date of review: June 2, 2011
In short: Well done HBOIn full: A lovely day for a race. As it was so hot we could have done with an extra water station.That said I love this race.well done and thank you.Does anyone know if the runner who collapsed at 9.5k is ok? I hope he is.Date of review: May 31, 2011
In short: Nice run & well organisedIn full: This is one of my local events & yet shamefully until became a running convert last year I didn't know it existed!!Having suffered the hills of Ashdon & the extra km's of Birchanger already in May I was looking forward to this one.I had read some past reviews & didn't know where to pace myself but decided on setting a 55 min target on my nike+ (sneaking a cheeky headphone in - although many opted for both ears).After a nice first 5k I lost my way as we climbed back out of the village between 5.5 & 7.5k before giving myself a kick up the arse to push on & clock a PB of 55:16 (although my Nike+ said 55:02 so I'm intrigued at how that happened).I think the course has lots of PB potential, I took 90 seconds off of my fastest that had been around a rather flat Regent's Park. The hill at 400m was a bit of an ache just as you want to put the foot down though!T Shirt was nice, as was the bottle of water. Would have been nice to get a medal as well. In terms of car parking, we got parked at the Primary school having heeded the advice to get there early.Also plenty for the wife to do while she waited as it coincided with the flower festival.Excellent event, looking forward to next year.Date of review: May 31, 2011
In short: Nice run, more water stations?In full: This is a nice small essex village run, very limited parking/facilities, so as long as you know that, the fact that there are 1500 runners is not a problem, i.e. get there early so you can park and use toilets before the queues.Obviously some did'nt hence the delayed start, also they may have been at the back, again if you know the venue, get there early and up to the front. Sorry club runners if there were lots of 1st timers on the start line(not me, honest).My only real complaint would be not enough drink stations, on a hot day 1 is not enough, set up 3 at least please, if it turns out wet you've only wasted a bit of water! Saw 1 runner down at 9.5K, hope he was ok, but was that dehydration? Organisers please consider.Date of review: May 30, 2011
In short: A race worth coming back for, year after year.In full: My 3rd time running this race. Always one of my best 10k times but still haven't managed to get under 54 min. Something to aim for in future races here. Very well organised as usual, considering huge turn out. Minor problem at start - apparently too many runners allowed up beyond 35 min mark, making it difficult for true 35 min runners to get moving quickly. (Not a big prob for me, but frustrating for some). I'll be back next year for my PB! Date of review: May 30, 2011
In short: An extremely well organised raceIn full: This is the first year I have entered the race and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Very well organised, good facilities and a t-shirt at the end. A really good turn out of spectators which is always great when you're running.Date of review: May 30, 2011
In short: A really enjoyable runIn full: I did this for the first time this year. The organisation was good. The chip timing was great as for me this was a PB run. The scenery was lovely, traffic-free, and the spectators were really encouraging. Water stations were welcome as it was a hot day and the T-shirt was nice... love the green! There were lots of club runners but this is certainly a race for all levels. This is definitely on my calendar for next year!Date of review: June 28, 2009
In short: Great race, nice weather too.Date of review: June 28, 2009
In full: The race starts in the picturesque village. The course does a figure of eight through gently undulating countryside and looping through the village so that supporters see you come through at the half way stage. Bottled water & a good T-shirt at the end. I didn't experience much queuing for the chip bin and T-shirt. The start was slightly confusing because the MC announced a problem with cars blocking the course and the race would be delayed until it was cleared. Some minutes later I noticed most runners had moved up from the starting pens and so I went up near the start too. I'd heard no follow-up annoucement that the course had been cleared but it started on time at the correct time as far as I could tell. My only criticism is the announcements could have been better at the start. Unless you are used to quite flat races this definitely has PB potential. Date of review: June 1, 2009
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Skip to comments.Early retirement selfish, unpatriotic (raise taxes to force you to pay taxes longer)
Posted on 03/27/2008 10:54:24 AM PDT by sickoflibs
When I hear my fellow baby boomers gleefully talk about their elaborate plans to retire ASAP, head for the Tuscan hills, or otherwise continue their lifelong quest for "self-actualization," I have to bite my tongue.
It's not that I'm all work and no play. But there's just something - make that lots of things - wrong, in general, with retiring at 55, 62 or even 65. I would go so far as to call it profoundly selfish and unpatriotic.
However, if Americans retired later, either staying in their current jobs or taking up "encore careers" - what Marc Freedman of Civic Ventures calls do-good, later-life jobs - we could significantly slow the growth of our multitrillion-dollar national debt, which is largely driven by rising Medicare and Social Security costs (as yesterday's Social Security trustees' report makes abundantly clear). We also could keep more people in a labor force that would no longer be growing appreciably if not for immigrants. For individuals, working longer can mean more income and savings and something to bequeath to one's children. For the nation, if millions of us worked until 67 instead of 62, Americans' wealth and consumption would increase appreciably, fueling stronger economic growth. That added income would provide about $800 billion in additional tax revenues, and reduce government benefit costs by at least $100 billion in 2045, according to Urban Institute calculations. This alone would cut the projected deficit in 2045 by 159 percent.
To encourage such behavior, Social Security benefits taken before age 66 or 70 could be more highly taxed, and employee rates of Social Security taxation could be progressively reduced for each year worked after 66 or 70. Or the government could provide a similar sliding tax credit for Americans who continue working beyond age 70.
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I hated it when Reagan and Clinton raised income taxes on social security benefits to pay for the general budget, It's no better than the phony I OWE YOUs they wrote themselves while spending the SS taxes. Notice they wont call for just cutting the benefits, that would show it's just a welfare ripoff scheme. By taxing SS benefits the people who paid no income taxes (but paid minimum SS taxes ) dont get a cut in SS benefits because they make under the income limit once gain.
Not surprised that it comes from that rag the Baltimore Sun, but here's an idea...
Take a flying leap off the nearest skyscraper, Yarrow. I'm retiring the day I turn 62, and I'd retire sooner if your beloved liberals weren't stealing so much of my income. You are not entitled to my labor, and I am not morally obligated to work to support your socialist nanny state.
I plan on working as long as someone will pay me.
I'll tell you what, Andy, you work until you fall over dead from old age, while I retire and cruise around the country in my geezer RV.
Seems to think the problem with government is not enough revenue.
WRONG!! It's too much spending. Bush and his liberal Republican cronies have been spending our, our childrens' money and their subsequent generations' money at a rate that would embarrass Bill Clinton.
"....You are not entitled to my labor, and I am not morally obligated to work to support your socialist nanny state...."
Double - Bingo
Thank goodness that doesn't include me, I retired at 54.
I will retire as soon as I can without counting on SS and play golf and with grandkids. Call me unpatriotic but the framers did not intend for me to pay for someone else's retirement.
Yeah, people should work longer so they can pay more taxes to help fund other people. If someone decides they can retire at 30 and they don't expect anybody else to support them, what business is it of mine?
Another mathematical illiterate with a journalism degree.
Apparently he doesn't understand how many days a year we all work for the government. Its into May now isn't it? I just retired in January at age 62 and I have one response for this idiot - BMA!!!
"To encourage such behavior, Social Security benefits taken before age 66 or 70 could be more highly taxed,"....
Kiss my rosy red ass!....Who were the village idiots who got us into this mess?....Maybe the politicians who got us here should all get 9 to 5 jobs til they turn 90!
this guy is a socialist moron...just because I started saving for retirement when i was 21, and put together enough money to retire at 52, I am unpatriotic!!!!!!!! This guy can Bl@w me big time......
One small step, folks...
Take a flying leap off the nearest skyscraper, Yarrow. I'm retiring the day I turn 62, and I'd retire sooner if your beloved liberals weren't stealing so much of my income. You are not entitled to my labor, and I am not morally obligated to work to support your socialist nanny state.
Bravo!!!! and ditto
The point is, that if you were able to keep what you have earned, you may, in fact not need social security to supplement your retirement. Thus, the whole purpose of the program is exposed as a fraud and scam to redistribute your income to those more deserving of your hard work.
I look at my AGI as reported by the SS Admin and compare what I have paid in taxes to FICA and what I would have (imputed value based on DJIA 1980 to present) as a nest-egg (about 2.2 million) now, were those funds not stolen from me. I could retire from my job, today at 45, and live very comfortably for the rest of my life.
So we should more and longer to pay more taxes... yeah, that's incentive. /s
I retired 3 years ago next week and am only upset because I wanted to do so by the time I reached 50 and it took til I was 52.
Why work more if I don't need the money?
I ride my Harley, Fly my plane, fish and play on my boat, and travel.
I don't take anything from the govt even though they still take from me. and I don't bother anyone.
I worked hard and am now just enjoying and doing anything I want.
Raise my taxes? Fine. Guess I'll go scuba diving.
Life's real nice.
Sounds like you would retire earlier than 62 if it were possible.
Sounds like you would retire before 65 if you could.
Aw, shucks. Why can't the liberals be straight with us, skip the foreplay, and go straight to the full-blown command economy?
Oh wait, I forgot, people would actually throw them out if that happened.
I am not a baby boomer.
But there's just something - make that lots of things - wrong, in general, with retiring at 55, 62 or even 65. I would go so far as to call it profoundly selfish and unpatriotic.
This guy would hate my guts if he found out I retired when I was 46.
For individuals, working longer can mean more income and savings
Filthy lucre!
...if millions of us worked until 67 instead of 62 [...] That added income would provide about $800 billion in additional tax revenues,
I do not wish to contribute money to finance programs I find disgusting.
Any bets on whether the author supports high death taxes so most of that bequeathing is actually to the government?
When you are retired, everyday is Saturday. And you know its Sunday because the paper is thick.
Raising the Social Security eligibility age would have the effect of reducing our fiscal problems. At the time SS was instituted, the retirement age was around the age the average American expected to be dead and buried. If we raised the SS eligibility age to 72 to 77, I don't think we would have a multi-trillion dollar problem on our hands any more. Seniors who did not save up on their own would work until they dropped (or when they became eligible for SS) - seniors who did would retire before they became eligible for SS, pretty much as it was when SS was first put into place.
That labor force might have grown if the liberals didn't abort millions of American babies.
At age 35 I am at the bottom of this ponzi scheme they call Social Security, and paying for benefits that I will likely never collect. Cry me a river if you have to work until 70.
There is always euthanasia.
Average life span is a bad number to use because it improperly counts the affect infant and childhood mortality have. A child dying has no affect on the financial status of retirement plans. It's sad for the parents, but since the kid never put anything into SS he doesn't affect the accounting.
A better number would be life expectancy of someone who has hit 18 and is entering the work force. I expect that number is significantly higher than the 63-65 ages we often see for life expectancy when SS was started.
Which brings us 'round again to my mantra...TERM LIMITS NOW!
These are the folks who must be resisted at every turn.
Hey, I'm already ticked off that they promised me full benefits at 65 many years ago, but recently changed it to 66. Want a geezer revolution? That's one way to start one!
Where did you find his email address?
That's the smart thing to do, IMO. For many of us baby boomers, the difference in benefits between retiring at 62 rather than 66 will not be equaled until 76 YO.
IOW, if you retire at 62, your benefits will be reduced by 25% to 30%. If you wait until 66 to 67 to start drawing SS, it will take you at least until you are 76 before you have received the same total amount of money that you will be retiring at 62. (For those born in 1960, the break-even is at almost 79 YO.)
Makes no difference which set of figures you use. Child mortality stopped being an issue stateside during the 20th century. Average life span went from the low 60's to the low 80's. That's 20 more years for SS to carry, which is a really heavy burden, considering the pay-as-you-go nature of the program.
Of course, if SS were structured so that people got what they put in, instead of getting more than they paid in, SS wouldn't have a solvency problem. At the same time, without the getting-something-for-nothing aspect of SS, it wouldn't be anywhere near as popular as it is today.
"Ill tell you what, Andy, you work until you fall over dead from old age, while I retire and cruise around the country in my geezer RV."
I retired, started a second career and now plan on leaving the work force, primarily due to the confiscatory tax system that punishes tax payers for earning more income, just as is done in other socialist countries.
It's time to sit back now and come out ahead tax wise without bothering to work in retirement.
More and more of the baby boom generation will be doing this soon.
So Hitlery and Obama tax the working men and women all that you want and watch the coming collapse.
Most who are considering early retirement could have retired at 29 if they hadn't been so foolish in their youth.
Liberals preaching patriotism is something akin to Eliot Spitzer preaching fidelity.
"...given our nation's crying need for teachers, social service workers and public servants, millions of "seasoned citizens" could serve our communities..."
What a maroon. I could easily retire now, but am working to do some fun stuff. However, were I to retire, I could teach at the university level (since I have a PhD), but could not teach at the high school level. And, I never would, because I would NEVER lower my IQ by taking any of the marshmallow courses offered to those pursuing a degree in "education".
Nothing will reduce the fiscal problems of a Ponzi scheme.
Ask a construction worker about retiring at 72 - physical demands of the job usually dictate an earlier retirement.
And an engineer whether his company will keep him employed at age 70 - most get laid off by age 45-50 now in favor of younger or foreign workers.
Socialists bring this on themselves and then wonder how it happened.
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Since 1985, Summer Sky, a Texas drug and alcohol addiction treatment center, has served the physical, spiritual and psychological needs of over 10,000 patients who have struggled with drug and/or alcohol addiction (both male and female, adults and adolescents) and their concerned families, friends and employers. Our Texas-based alcohol and drug treatment center is privately owned and operated. Summer Sky strives to offer a family-like environment for our patients. The treatment we provide has been designed to meet the overall needs of our patients. Our addiction treatment programs use the best in addiction treatment clinical practices. No two people recover in the same way or at the same rate; careful attention to providing sound, personalized, evidence-based treatment is one of our highest priorities.
Summer Sky Treatment Center
- Individual Counseling
|- Board Certified Addictionologist
|- Relapse Track
|- Free Tri-State Client Transportation
|- Group Therapy
- Aftercare/ Alumni Services
|- Adult Treatment Services
|- Relapse Prevention Program
- Free Consultations
- Intervention Service
|- Equine Therapy
- Intensive Family Program
|- Free Assessments
|- Therapeutic Activities
- Weekly Family Program
|- 24 Hour Nursing Care
|- R.O.P.E.S. Challenge Course
- 30 Day Treatment and 90 Day Treatment Programs
|- Recovery Support Services
|- Admissions 24 Hours a Day 7 Days a Week
- Individualized Relapse Prevention Planning
|- Medical Detoxification Program
|- Family Program
The Path to Freedom (Medical Detoxification)
Many of our patients come to us in need of answers and solutions for their addiction problems. Our patients seek a practical and easy-to-follow plan of action. Our Medical detoxification program allows our patients to become physically free from the chemicals upon which they have become dependent. Most of our patients are amazed at how our detox process allows for a smooth transition into complete abstinence. In short, we provide hope and deliver results!
What is an Addiction Treatment Center?
Addiction Treatment Centers are programs developed to provide treatment for individuals that suffer from the disease of addiction. Addiction can be a complex but treatable disease. The addictive individual is often impaired physically, psychologically and socially. Alcohol and drug treatment programs should offer different levels of care tailored to meet the needs of the individual seeking addiction treatment services.
What is a Drug Rehab Program?
"Drug Rehab" is a term used to describe a place where rehabilitation takes place. Drug Rehabs provide medical, psychological and psychotherapeutic treatment. Chemical Dependency involves a range of addictive substances. Some of the most common types of substances abuse disorders involve alcohol, prescription drugs, cocaine, heroin, amphetamines or a combination of one or more of these substances.
What is Dual Diagnosis?
Dual Diagnosis is a term used to describe people who have a psychiatric disorder along with a substance use disorder. Summer Sky does accept individuals that have dual diagnosis. Common examples of patients with dual disorders include patients who suffer from major depression with cocaine addiction, alcohol addiction with panic disorder, alcoholism and polydrug dependence, and borderline personality disorder. Some patients may have more than one diagnosis.
Licensed and Accreditation
Summer Sky is licensed by the Texas Department of State Health Services and accredited by the Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations ("JCAHO") or "The Joint Commission".
What Is Addiction?
Addiction is a major disease of the brain. It affects the brain's pleasure pathway and the drive of the individual. The addictive brain produces dysfunction that leads to biological, psychological, social and spiritual manifestations. The individual will purse the reward of the chemical and seek relief by using the substance. One unique characteristic of addiction is the inability to consistently abstain from the substance. The individual is impaired in the area of behavioral control, craving, and diminished recognition of problems with one's behaviors. Interpersonal relationships and emotional responses are often dysfunctional. The disease of addiction cycles from relapse to remission. Seeking treatment will often prevent disability or premature death.
Summer Sky has earned The Joint Commissions Seal of Approval
Our Medical Director Robert S. Wilson D.O. has been elected as a Regional Director to the Texas Chapter of the American Board of Addiction Medicine (ABAM).
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Welcome to Grand Haven Golf Club
Play golf at Grand Haven Golf Club, the birthplace of The Folds of Honor Foundation. Grand Haven Golf Club is one of the best golf values in the Midwest. It is just a driver away from the shoreline of Lake Michigan. Situated among a dense hardwood forest and spectacular sand dunes, it is both serene and beautiful.
Having quickly gained national recognition by Golf Digest, Grand Haven Golf Club was ranked as "One of the Nations Top 50 Public Courses" for over 13 years; thus placing it in the top 1% of the nations public courses.
The Grand Haven Golf Club was designed in 1965 by the legendary pioneers of Michigan Golf… architect Bruce Matthews Sr. and his son Jerry Matthews. The pair often referred to their creation as "The Pine Valley of the Midwest". Their vision now provides golfers with an unforgettable playing experience.
Our course conditioning is outstanding. The greens are large, undulating; a pleasurable putting challenge for all golfers. The course plays at just over 6800 yards from the tips. Four sets of tees provide golfers with a great range of choice. Grand Haven Golf Club is loaded with signature holes, it should be on every ones "Must Play List".
If you are considering a golf getaway, please put Grand Haven Golf Club on your calendar. We here at Publinks Golfer Magazine put it at the top of our list for "Places to Play and Places to Stay in the Midwest".


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Cozumel Dive Paradise & Hotel Barracuda - Dive Package
Hotel Barracuda has 52 comfortable rooms, most with an ocean view.
Each room features A/C, two double beds, refrigerator and telephone.
On-site Dive Paradise training facility located at beachfront. Showers, rinse tanks and lockers are available for gear storage.
Diving trips depart directly from hotel pier.
4 night package totals 9 dives, 7 night package totals 15 dives!
Located on the waterfront, just 5 blocks south of the main plaza.
4 Nights
3 Dive Days / 2 Dive Afternoons
7 Nights
5 Dive Days / 4 Dive Afternoons
Jan 3 - Apr 30, 2017
May 1 - Dec 15, 2017
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Cozumel Dive Paradise & Hotel Barracuda - Dive Package
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Combo Promotion Packages available
January 3, 2017 to December 15, 2017
Dates 2017
Combo Promotion Packages are not available 5 days
before or 5 days after the following U.S. Legal Holidays:
CARNAVAL ~ February 28 ===> Feb 21 - March 3
Easter Sunday ~ April 16 ===> April 10 - April 21
Memorial Day ~ May 29 ===> May 24 - June 3
Independence Day ~ July 4 ===> June 29 July 9
Labor Day ~ September 7 ===> Aug 30 Sept 9
Thanksgiving ~ November 26 ===> Nov 18 Nov 28
December Holiday Period ===> Dec 16 Jan 2
NOTE: No Combo packages available during
December holiday period (packages begin again on Jan 3)
See Pricing Chart
$2 Per Diver Per Day Marine Park Fee Not Included
Equipment Rental Not Included
Flights/Transfers not Included
Terms and Conditions for All Above Packages Unless Otherwise Stated:
All Dive Paradise packages include a "Bienvenidos" (welcome) tank for practice shore dive on arrival date.
Any Equipment and/or Park fees when diving are not included and must be paid in Cozumel.
Non-diver accommodations must be shared with diver.
All posted rates in US$ and include the 10% "Mexican Government Tax".
Day dives are "Caribbean" 2-tank boat dives, afternoon dives are single tank boat dives. To convert to 3 tank trips all on the same boat add $30 per day.
The morning dive trips are "Caribbean" style. They utilize a big boat and include a snack, water/soft drinks, use of tanks, weights, belt, and an in-water divemaster. No upgrades are permitted unless space is available. There is an additional US$10 (per trip) surcharge for all upgrades. NOTE: "Express" boats can only accommodate 2 dives per trip because of space limitations therefore the third dive (available on the "Caribbean" trip) is forfeited.
A 25% deposit is required to confirm reservation unless otherwise stated. Full payment 30 days prior to arrival.
There are absolutely NO CHANGES to the packages as shown (other than stated) and no refunds will be granted for unused services.
Promotional packages are not available during certain "blackout" dates - see listing above.
Any cancellations must be made at least 21 days before arrival in high season and 7 days prior to arrival in low season.
For group bookings, each 14th package is complementary. No other "comp" structure is available with these packages. Blackout dates still apply.
Vouchers (from booking agency) for diving services must be presented at Dive Paradise's main store, 602 Melgar Ave., or one of our branches at Barracuda, Hotel Cozumel & Resort or Villablanca Hotels at least 12 hours prior to commencement of services.
For reservations contact your dive travel specialist listed in the Reservations section of this site.
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We just got back from Cozumel and the best thing we did was the Sea Turtle Release with FP&M. They were very educational and not just about the turtles. We were so excited to be able to hold the babies and set them free. Watching them bob their heads out of the water to breathe was quite a sight! Digging for them was enchanting, like finding buried treasure! Thanks to COZUMELINSIDER for helping us make this happen!
Karen E. ~ Arroyo Grande, CA USA
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You ladies (at COZUMELINSIDER) are the best ---- will write more when it doesnt costs 75 cents per minute --like it does on the ship. Our driver, humbuerto was awesome ! seak trek thing was the coolest thing in the world ---- we LOVED it --- we bought the cd-rom --- we are such tourists !!!!!!!!!!! i'm a tv reporter and the guy who shot the underwater video is a good photographer ----
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S. Beemer (March 2016) ~ Charlotte, NC USA
What a great Experience!!! We booked our excursions through this website with a slight bit of apprehension. We figured it would be safer to book through our cruise ship since this was our first time going to Cozumel. Boy am I so thankful we didn't. Our cruise ship (which we thoroughly enjoyed) had many excursions organized with tons of people in each excursion. By booking through INSIDER we were definitely given smaller groups to be with. We did the Atlantis Submarine excursion and we saved almost 100 dollars right there!!! We also booked a Resort Scuba with Eagle Ray Divers. We had 1-on-1 attention with Antonio (the owner), our own boat to go out on, and got personalized attention with the lesson/dive. I know if we had booked on the cruise ship there probably would've been many other people ...
Also, we originally booked a car rental for that Saturday morning. Jacqueline @ Cozumel Insider, called us at home prior to our cruise to inform us of some minor scheduling changes. She then suggested that the rental car may not be neccessary due to our number of excursions and our limited time. Due to her advice we cancelled our car rental which was the wise thing to do. This shows that this company has a lot of integrity and is not out there just to make a buck on the unsuspecting tourist. Next year we will definitely book through Cozumel Insider, we will recommend this company to all our friends, and we plan on booking with Antonio for more scuba next time!!!!
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There are a number of smartphone form-factors nowadays, but in five years time candy bars with touch-screens will dominate the market due to the trend towards increase of screen sizes. However, devices with QWERTY keyboards will continue to exist. Meanwhile, the share of traditional candy bars and clamshells will erode.
"We forecast global smartphone sales with a full touchscreen to rise from 46 million units in 2009 to 355 million by 2015. Smartphone form factors have undergone a rapid period of transition in the past three years, switching from keypad-centric designs to slate designs with full touchscreens due to the success of the Apple iPhone. We expect that trend to continue for the foreseeable future," said Tom Kang, director at Strategy Analytics.
According to a forecast by Strategy Analytics, smartphone form factors will become increasingly dominated by touchscreen slate devices, representing 58.5% of the global market by 2015 with sales volumes of 354 million units. The other two form factors associated with greatest market volume for smartphones are expected to be monoblock QWERTYand slider QWERTY.
The forecast by Strategy Analytics seems to be quite logical. The reason for the forthcoming domination of touch-screen smartphones is necessity to see higher amount of information from screens. As a result, cell phones with smaller screens will become unpopular and so will be phones in clamshell form-factor. By contrast, devices with QWERTY keyboard will continue to be adopted by those, who need to type rapidly on their mobile devices.
"The surging growth in smartphones with full touchscreens will ultimately benefit all kinds of media companies, from content presenters like Disney, Electronic Arts and Netflix to Facebook and other social media sites. Larger, brighter touchscreens deliver richer user-experience for media consumers and enable them to extract greater value in accessing Internet browsing, social networking and mobile video," said Martin Bradley, associate director at Strategy Analytics.
Considering the fact that smartphones are getting more and more popular and the fact that one day they will replace traditional cell phones, it is easy to predict that at a point in future phones with touchscreens will generally be the most popular.


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USA Canoe/Kayak Lifetime Achievement Award
USA Canoe/Kayak would like to recognize Henry K. Krawczyk for his continued and dedicated contributions to the Olympic sport of Canoe/Kayak with the lifetime achievement award.
Henry was born in Poland in 1946 where he grew up and started canoeing. After moving to the United States (New York area), Henry and his brother Gene continued to paddle and soon became among the stronger US paddlers.
Henry reached the height of his paddling career when he represented Team USA at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games where he raced in the K1-500 meters competing against such kayak legends like Vasile Diba (Romania) and Rüdiger Helm (East Germany).
After the Olympics, Henry continued his activities in the sport as a leading member of the Sebago Canoe Club - NY. In 2005, the U.S. Olympic Committee honored Henry with the "Coach of the Year" Award.
Henry has also been very active in the sport as an Official, both as a certified National Official and as an International International Canoe Federation (ICF) Certified Official.
In 2009, Henry was part of the officiating crew at the 2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Dartmouth, Canada. In 2010, Henry led the US Canoe/Kayak Team at the ICF Canoe World Championships in Poznan, Poland.
Henry has two sons, Brian and Daniel, both former paddlers and members of the USA Canoe/Kayak National Team. Henry resides in New York City Bayside with his wife Antonina and continues his life-long committment with kayaking by racing in the Master's categories.
USA Canoe/Kayak and all its members would like to thank you Henry for all these years of continued contribution and leadership.
Thank you Henry!
Henry (L) at the 2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Dartmouth, Canada with former National Team Coach Nathan Luce.


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4. Apis andreniformis HNS .
A. nigra laevis nitida; alis hyalinis; abdomine fasciis albis pubescentibus ornato.
Worker. Length 4 lines. Black: smooth and shining, slightly pilose; the face with a short cinereous pubescence; the metathorax, the coxae and femora beneath with whitish pubescence; the wings hyaline and iridescent; the basal margin of the second segment of the abdomen slightly rufo-piceous; the basal margins of the third, fourth, fifth and sixth segments with bands of white pubescence; beneath, the three basal segments of the abdomen pale testaceous in the middle.
Hab. Borneo (Sarawak).
This remarkable Honey-Bee has exactly the appearance of an Andrena; it does not appear to be a worn specimen; the wings are not torn, and the abdominal bands entire; the eyes are pubescent, but less conspicuously so than in any species I have previously seen.


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Mephisto's Songs at the Apollo Theater SoundstagePosted by Chris Becker in Composers, Contemporary Classical, New York, Opera, Performers, Premieres, Women composers, tags: Andrea Liberovici, Apollo Theater, Helga Davis, Jeffrey Zeigler, Mephisto's Songs, multimedia, paola prestini, Robert Wilson, Salon Series
This Friday and Saturday October 22 and 23, Andrea Liberovici's multimedia work Mephisto's Songs premieres a part of the Apollo Theater's Salon Series. I'm not familiar with Liberovici, but I am familiar with Mephisto's featured performer singer Helga Davis. In addition to Ms. Davis' amazing vocals, the piece includes recorded narration by Robert Wilson and cello improvisations by The Kronos Quartet's awesome Jeffrey Zeigler. Live musicians for this performance include Clarice Jenson (cello), Fred Cash Jr. (bass), and Abe Fogle (drums).
Some of you may be familiar with Helga Davis as a host of WQXR's Overnight Music. She works frequently with composers Paola Prestini and Bernice Johnson Reagon who, in collaboration with Robert Wilson, created the critically acclaimed opera The Temptation of Saint Anthony with Davis singing the role of Hilarion. And some of you truly hip folks may know that she sings on two scores I composed for dance, Like Dirt for Racoco Productions and La Spectra for Movement Pants Dance. Davis is also a distinctive and powerful composer. Her solo shows combining song, spoken word, theater, and video at venues that include New York City's Whitney Museum or Galapagos are not to be missed.
Check out the Apollo Theater website for ticket information for their Salon Series. An article about another one of Liberovici's recent projects can be found here.


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Thick and Voluminous Slicked Back Hair
Medium-length, straight black hair is worked into high, sexy spikes that spell edgy, yet sophisticated. The emphasis is given to the crown, with thick hair left at least 5 inches in length, while the sides are cropped and neatly outline the ears. Men with long jawlines or short foreheads benefit from this style, as the height of the hair balances the lower face and adds length to the upper portion of it. Hair is roughly sectioned into large spikes and styled to stay up, with the ends allowed to slightly bend, just avoiding that stick-straight punk look.
Joico The Art of Healthy Hair Hair: Damien Carney Products: Joico Design Line Collection Photography: Hama Sanders


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Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (Intel® SIPP)
Manage the complexities of the PC lifecycle with ease
Upgrading end-user systems in your enterprise can be daunting. It can introduce unexpected driver variations from previously qualified platforms, adding image management complexity while increasing hardware support costs. Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (Intel® SIPP) is designed to address that challenge.
Ease your growing pains
Intel® SIPP aligns and stabilizes key Intel platform components, enabling a predictable transition from one technology generation to the next. Enhancing software stability, Intel® SIPP ensures zero changes to key platform components and drivers for at least 15 months, allowing for a three-month qualification period and a 12-month deployment cycle.
Reducing the need for required driver changes or "new hardware found" events between annual technology transitions, Intel® SIPP supports your ability to better maintain a standardized software image for the duration of an Intel® SIPP cycle.
Lower your total cost of ownership
Intel SIPP helps to lower total cost of ownership (TCO) by enabling IT organizations to annually qualify their desktop PCs. Through Intel® SIPP, you can plan for a more predictable annual transition from one generation of technology to the next.
Intel® SIPP reference drivers
At platform launch, Intel will define reference drivers for Intel® SIPP components and make them available to IT administrators. This driver set will be stable for at least 15 months from platform launch, and will be used for the duration of the Intel SIPP cycle to verify image compatibility of Intel® SIPP components.
Choose your deployment strategy
In some cases, additional reference drivers might become available after the initial qualification window to enable implementation of a new important feature. Adding a set of reference drivers will not force an image change, as the originally defined reference drivers will continue to be valid for the duration of the Intel® SIPP deployment cycle. You will be able to choose whether to continue to deploy a stable image based on the original reference drivers or implement the new features supported in an additional set of reference drivers.
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Quick Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix RecipeRead Reviews Be the first to add a review
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This mix comes in handy when you need to bake a batch of cookies in a hurry. Add two ingredients, and soon you'll be serving warm-from-the-oven cookies as an after-school snack or for drop-in company. —Patti Bailey, Chanute, Kansas
Featured In: 14 Cookie Mix Recipes
- 4-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1-1/2 cups sugar
- 1-1/2 cups packed brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1-1/2 teaspoons salt
- 2 cups shortening
- 2 cups chopped pecans
- 2 packages (12 ounces each) semisweet chocolate chips
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- In a large bowl, combine the first five ingredients. Cut in shortening until crumbly. Stir in pecans and chocolate chips. Store in an airtight container in a cool dry place for up to 6 months. Yield: 2 batches (14 cups total).
- To prepare cookies: In a bowl, beat eggs and vanilla. Stir in 7 cups cookie mix until well blended (if dough is dry, add 1-2 tablespoons water). Drop by teaspoonfuls 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 7-9 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 1-2 minutes before removing to wire racks. Yield: about 6 dozen per batch.
Originally published as Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix in Quick Cooking September/October 1999, p51
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Reviewed Nov. 14, 2013
"What is the best shortening to use? I don't like a flat cookie!"
Reviewed Aug. 4, 2013
"I've always had a hard time with chocolate chip cookies. These turn out perfect every time. And there have been a lot of times. :)"
Reviewed Oct. 24, 2010
"This is the only chocolate chip cookie I ever make now. I made it when I first saw it in the magazine. Everybody loves it. I have gone so far as to not make the mix and just make a double batch of cookies if making a lot of cookies...although I do like the convenience of having the mix on hand."


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>Runner's World - My Event Ratings>
In short: lovely run. going to do it again next year for the third time.Date of review: September 19, 2011
In short: great race in a great venue.In full: second time I've ran this event and I'll be back again next year too.Pulled my calf and Achilles a tad on the second big hill but still really enjoyed it. excellent half to do in the build up to a spring marathon in my opinion.Date of review: March 29, 2011
In short: My most enjoyable race this year.In full: Excellent race, 1st time I've ran here, I did the half marathon and really enjoyed it. I'm planning on coming back next year and having a bash at the full marathon. the only down side was if you wanted a T-shirt you had to pay more money on top of what was already a fairly expensive half mara, but lets be honest other than that petty gripe it was an excellently organised event.Date of review: September 14, 2010
In short: Great 10K. plus best race day toilets I've ever seen. Well done M'bro couoncil!!In full: Very well organised, great 3k fun run before hand which my son ran, and next year I'll be running the 3k with my youngest son too as well as the 10K. Excellent for all of the family. Even an elite men's 1 mile race before the main event too. (unfortunately I missed the Red Devils parachute in before hand, but have been reliably informed that they too were amazing!)... Oh yes and the toilets were of an exceptional standard.Date of review: September 5, 2010
In short: great setting for race.Date of review: March 30, 2010
In short: My first 10K race and now can't wait for the next oneIn full: A minor blip with the organisation at the start, but other than that a well run event. The route was nice enough. If the council ever decide to make the leap to a half-marathon then the potential would be there to show people from outside the area some of the lovely country side right on our doorstep. It was good to see so many people I knew, and also so many people who up until recently wouldn't have dreamed of doing something like a 10 minute run let alone a 10K one, and after all, that's the whole point of these event's in middlesbrough, to get people activeDate of review: September 9, 2009
In short: well organized, I'll be there next year.Date of review: June 17, 2009
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Watch Caribbean Made Easy, with Levi Roots, on the Cooking Channel.
Watch Made Easy on the Cooking Channel.
Learn how to prepare and serve delicious seafood from the grill.
Levi makes his sunny vegetable patties.
Pineapple represents welcome: you'll welcome this delicacy on your table!
Jeffrey's taste buds go island hopping in New York City with chicken wings.
Curried Chickpea Doubles pay tasty tribute to spicy Caribbean street food.
Michael grills a Caribbean-vacation-inspired jerk-spiced fresh mahi mahi.
Roger Mooking's search for fire and food takes him to Jamaica.
Trinidad's bake and fish sandwich is a specialty at NYC's Shark Bites.
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OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. --- Ohio State Buckeye pitcher Kim Reeder (Salinas, Calif.) earned the USA Softball National Collegiate Player of the Week award for the week of February 9-15. The 5'10" senior helped lead the Buckeyes to a five-game sweep of the Easton Tiger Classic in Baton Rouge, La., over the weekend. Named the tournament MVP, she compiled a 3-0 record in the circle with wins against a then No. 13 Texas A&M and No. 20 LSU.
"I'm extremely excited to have received national honors because it reflects how amazing our defense did this weekend to shutout two ranked teams," said Reeder. "My catcher, Sam Marder, did a fantastic job behind the plate to prevent runners from advancing and our entire team deserves a ton of credit. It is an honor to represent how well our team played. "
Against LSU, the right-handed hurler tallied a 2-0 shutout victory with seven strikeouts allowing just two hits before defeating Sam Houston State in four innings with a 6-3 victory. Against Texas A&M Aggies on Sunday, Reeder struck out 11 batters and allowed just two hits. In four games of action, the senior gave up just one run on eight hits for a 0.38 ERA through the weekend.
"Kim was absolutely outstanding this weekend, as was our entire team," said Ohio State head coach Linda Kalafatis. "She is without a doubt one of the hardest workers on the team and has taken a great leadership role in her senior season. She is very focused, driven and is doing a great job, along with the rest of the captains, of keeping the team focused."
This marks the first USA Softball Player of the Week honor for Reeder in her career.
About ASA
The Amateur Softball Association, founded in 1933, is the National Governing Body of softball in the United States and a member of the United States Olympic Committee. The ASA has become one of the nation's largest sports organizations and now sanctions competition in every state through a network of 83 local associations. The ASA has grown from a few hundred teams in the early days to over 240,000 teams today, representing a membership of more than three million. For more information on the ASA, visit http://www.asasoftball.com/.
About USA Softball
USA Softball is the brand created, operated and owned by the ASA that links the USA Men's, Women's, Junior Boys' and Junior Girls' National Team programs together. USA Softball is responsible for training, equipping and promoting these four National Teams to compete in international and domestic competitions. The USA Softball Women's National Team is one of the only two women's sports involved in the Olympic movement to capture three consecutive gold medals at the Olympic Games since 1996. The U.S. women have also won eight World Championship titles including the last six consecutive as well as claimed two World Cup of Softball titles. For more information about USA Softball, please visit http://www.usasoftball.com/.


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In this week's Acton Commentary, I reviewed a new book by George H. Nash on the history of the American conservative movement:
By Bruce Edward Walker
In his 1950 work, "The Liberal Imagination," Lionel Trilling famously stated that American liberalism was the one true political philosophy, claiming it as the nation's "sole intellectual tradition."
Unknown to him, two young men — one toiling as a professor at Michigan State Agricultural College (now Michigan State University) and the other finishing his degree at Yale University – would publish two articulate, galvanizing works. The first, Russell Kirk, unleashed "The Conservative Mind," in which he defined conservatives as being wary of change, revolutions and ideologies in the manner of Irish statesman Edmund Burke. The second, William F. Buckley, first published "God and Man at Yale" and later inaugurated The National Review, the first issue bearing Buckley's definition of a conservative as one who stands "athwart history, yelling stop!"
Slight differences, to be sure, but, as George H. Nash notes in his excellent " Reappraising the Right ," these variations are indicative of the inherent schisms in the modern American conservative tradition from its beginning.
Both Kirk and Buckley agreed that the conservative tradition had its roots in spirituality –specifically, the Judeo-Christian tradition. Morality and right-thinking come not from man, but from a higher power. Furthermore, humankind will continue to succumb to the temptations and appetites of the flesh it has been heir to since the Fall. The two men took as articles of faith that humanity is not perfectible and that the striving for earthbound utopias is foolhardy.
Kirk, writing from the "stump country" of Mecosta, Michigan, and Buckley, writing and speaking in his Brahmin-drenched New England patois, differed in their views of where conservatism derived, what precisely it was and where it should go. Despite their differences, Kirk wrote a column for nearly every issue of National Review from its inception and for almost 30 years.
The early 1950s were watershed years, to be sure, because as soon as a new conservative front was established, the fortress was besieged from within and without. The 1964 Barry Goldwater campaign against Democrat incumbent President Lyndon Johnson notwithstanding, the high water mark of conservatism in the lifetime of most readers would more than likely be defined as the victory of Ronald Reagan over Jimmy Carter in the 1980 election. Reagan, a former Hollywood actor, supporter of Goldwater in the 1964 election, and former California governor, became an icon for all that modern conservatism came to represent: low taxes, personal responsibility and small government.


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Liverpool - second world war bla,bla,bla, paul meet George on a bus blah, blah, blha,quarrymen Paul meet John,blah,blah,blah
Hamburg,blah,blah,blah,the Cavern bla,bla,bla, Brian EPstein, George Martin, Love me do, Beatlemaniablah,blah,blah,
Usa, Bob Dylan smoking pot,blah,blah,blah, Yesterday, Rubber soul, Revolver, Northern songsblas,blha,blah, stop touring, swinging sixties, drugs, Sergeant pepper, more drugs, Yoko, the White album, All you need is love, Epstein dead,Linda, Applebla,blha,blah,Allen Klein,
George Harrison songwriting arguments, fights, Abbey road, Let it be, Beatles split blah,blah,blah,sue me sue you blues, how do you sleep, to many people, Plastic ono band, Wings........and in the end the love you make is equal to the love you take blah,blah.Obladi oblada blah blah blah.
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Fetal and Infant Mortality Review
The Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Project (FIMR) is implemented in two areas of the state: In Kansas City through the Mother and Child Health Coalition of Greater Kansas City and in St. Louis through the St. Louis Maternal, Child and Family Health Coalition.
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- St. Louis Maternal, Child and Family Health Coalition
The overall goal of fetal and infant mortality review is to enhance the health and well being of women, infants and families by improving the community resources and service delivery systems available to them. Through FIMR, key members of the community come together to review information from individual fetal and infant deaths. The purposes of these reviews are to identify the factors associated with these deaths; and determine if the factors represent system problems that require change, develop recommendations for change and assist in the implementation of the change.
The overall FIMR objectives are to:
- Identify both positive and negative social, economic, cultural, safety and health factors associated with fetal and infant mortality as well as factors associated with neighborhoods and community groups with higher mortality through review of individual cases
- Work with the community to plan a series of targeted and cultural competent interventions and policies that address the negative factors related to fetal and infant deaths and improve the service systems and community resources
- Participate in the implementation of these community-designed interventions and policies
- Assess the progress of the interventions and work to maintain the positive aspects of the systems serving families
Many sources provide information for FIMR reviews. These may include records from physicians and hospitals along with those from home visits, the Women, Infant and Children (WIC) and, perhaps, additional social service records. Information is obtained in an interview with the family, usually the mother. All identifying information (i.e., names of families, providers and institutions) is removed. A summary of the case is prepared and presented to the case review team (CRT).
Members of the CRT represent a broad range of professional organizations and public and private agencies (health, welfare, education and advocacy) that provide services and resources for women, infants and families. The CRT will ask questions as it examines each case.
For example:
- What can this case tell us about how families can use the existing local public health care systems?
- What community infrastructure resources support local families?
- Where are the gaps in services and resources?
- What added barriers do culturally diverse families face?
- What culturally competent resources are available to them?
The answers to these questions help the CRT to identify barriers to care and trends in service delivery and suggest ideas to improve policies that affect families.
Typically, the case review team presents their recommendations to a second team of individuals referred to as the community action team (CAT). The CAT is composed of two types of members: those with the political power, fiscal resources and responsibility to create large-scale system change and those who can define a community perspective on how best to create the desired change. The CAT translates the case review team recommendations into action. They also participate in implementing interventions designed to address the problems that have been identified.
Feedback is critical to the FIMR process. The ongoing review of new cases identifies consistent trends in mortality and serves as a built-in feedback mechanism that reveals the change or lack thereof in the service system and community resources. Teams may also develop other ways to stay informed about the progress of interventions.
As problems are resolved and the health care, physical and social environment for families improves, communities that implement FIMR change for the better. The FIMR process not only improves services and resources for women, infants and families, FIMR can also generate a sense of energy and hope for the future in a community because the community is, indeed, successfully addressing local issues.


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Tom McMahon, Al Boscov recall Arlen Specter's impact on Berks County
READING, Pa. - Some of Arlen Specter's friends in Berks County are remembering the former senior senator from Pennsylvania.
A day after the passing of Pennsylvania's longest serving U.S. senator, many local leaders took time to reflect on Specter's lasting impact.
"Arlen was not only concerned about Reading, he was concerned about any city that was doing lousy," said Al Boscov, owner of the Boscov's department store chain.
"He was the kind of person who was a professional, and you knew as a career politician that he really cared about the people," said Tom McMahon, former mayor of Reading.
Reading was always on Specter's radar, said McMahon, noting that when the city needed help over the years, the senator was willing to listen and help with revitalization projects.
"He was there when we needed him for things like the brownfield sites, mediation money, when we had a project at Fifth and Penn and needed to take a derelict building down, he was there to help out," said McMahon. "He really helped on the Exide issue, with the contamination of the soil here and in Laureldale."
When it came to turning around Reading's image, Specter worked very closely with Boscov.
"He tried any way he could to try and solve some of these problems. I respected him, and I think he respected what we were doing here," said Boscov, who added that federal funds and private donations were distributed to many projects in Berks County, such as revitalizing homes, widening Route 222 and helping city schools.
Specter also helped to secure federal money for training courses for nurses and medical technicians at Reading Area Community College and St. Joseph Medical Center.
Federal funds gathered by Specter also provided Reading police with security cameras, Boscov said. The Opportunity House also received $500,000 in federal funding, prompting the shelter to name its daycare center in honor of Specter and his wife, Joan.
"It can care for 300 children and 72 babies a day over three shifts," said Boscov.
The former senator was Reading's voice on Capitol Hill, said Boscov, and his legacy will continue to impact lives in the future.
"We get to talk about our problems, and he responded to them," said Boscov.
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Board moves to hold Juilfs at fault
POMEROY – The former administrator of the Pomeroy Care Center is facing licensing penalties related to a 2011 incident when the facility housed a registered sex offender.
A notice of hearing from the Iowa Board of Nursing Home Administrators alleges that Susan Juilfs, former administrator at the Pomeroy Care Center, is guilty of professional incompetence.
The statement, filed June 11, alleges that Juilfs should have known that William Cubbage, a resident of the facility from 2010-2011, was "a threat to other residents" and that she "failed to ensure that all residents were protected from the known threat posed by the male resident."
Cubbage was convicted of sex crimes in 1987, 1991, 1997 and 2000. He lived in the Iowa Civil Commitment Unit for Sex Offenders in Cherokee from 2002 until November 2010 when he was court-ordered to move to the nursing home because of his health after not being declared a threat by the state.
An Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals report stated that Cubbage had chronic airway obstruction and that he is borderline intellectual functioning with an IQ of 81.
The Pomeroy facility was under investigation by the IDIA for an incident involving staff members, allegations of abuse and a resident who was a known registered sex offender, according to an October 2011 Messenger story. Three individuals employed by the care center were let go at that time, however, it was unclear if the firings were related to the investigation.
The facility had been fined $10,000 by the IDIA for failure to properly supervise some of its residents, The Messenger reported on Nov. 10, 2011. According to the investigation report the facility "failed to provide adequate supervision to five of five" residents reviewed for supervision concerns."
The report also stated that on Aug. 21, 2011, a child visitor at the facility witnessed a resident, later identified as Cubbage, touching a female resident between the legs and that he would often target another female resident whom he frequently attempted to take to the restroom.
Cubbage was removed from the Pomeroy Care Center in November 2011, The Messenger reported Nov. 22, 2011. At that time, he was moved to the Newton Correctional Facility pending a trial to determine if he should be committed to a locked unit for sex offenders.
The Iowa Sex Offender Registry lists Cubbage as a current inmate at the Iowa Medical and Classification Center in Oakdale.
Pomeroy Care Center staff said Wednesday that Juilfs was employed at the facility until October 2011. She is presently the administrator at the Lakeside Lutheran Home in Emmetsburg.
A board hearing for Juilfs has been scheduled for Oct. 24.
Attempts to reach Juilfs Wednesday were unsuccessful. A call to the Iowa Board of Nursing Home Administrators was not returned.


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I think just write whatever you feel is good enough. I appreciate whatever info I can get from any review, it's not like I'm paying tea session for the reviewer
Besides a lot of other factors can affect the taste of the tea you gotten. It may not be the same. Like a review I read on a China tea forum of the XG nanzhou 2008 (olympics) bing.
The initial review said the bing has strong chaqi, so strong you can feel numb drinking it. So someone read that 2008/9 review in 2012 and went to buy one to try.
Buy when he gotten it the liquor brew reddish, taste like old tea (cheng xiang) and there's not much tea aroma or chaqi. He posted the photos (liquor, leaf, wrapper) and asked if he had gotten a fake from the shop or wet stored.
The "gurus" in the forum, said the tea is real but was natural stored in Guangzhou (the shop is there). On that same thread someone open that bing in question which he bought in 2008. The brew is still clear yellow and the chaqi still there and had aged well. That guy said he'll food wrap that bing and put in back in his storage.
4 years difference, same production, different taste, different brew.
On the other hand, I review a review which the reviewer didn't say too much about the taste of the tea and just a couple of photos of the bing and wrapper. But she went into detail of saying how she brew the tea, in grams, temperature, the water flow rate of rinsing and 5 steeps.
I can understand why she didn't go into details of the taste, as there are factors that can affect the taste which include weather and season.
I guess I'm just happy to see a review of any tea I'm interested in


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A trio of Lion crews medalled Sunday at the 2013 WIRA Championships including the men's N4+, men's LTWT N4+ and women's V4+.
Lions Sweep Trio of Races
In its final tune-up before the Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships on April 27-28, the LMU men's rowing team won a trio of events, two in head-to-head competition against UC Santa Barbara and one versus the Gauchos and UCS, Saturday on the L.A. Harbor course.
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The LMU men's rowing team sent four boats to the Chapman Regatta on April 14, taking first place in both the varsity four and novice four races.


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Today I brewed the last of a sample of Balhyocha Noeul from o5 Tea. Brewed according to their instructions it's very light compared to yancha. Very enjoyable, and probably won't keep me up tonight. Tomorrow I'm going to try the Balhyocha Saebyok. I have enough to brew it more intensely to get a sense of the difference brewing style makes. I'm thinking of buying full packages of these teas as they're still in stock.
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Albert B. "Al" Cecchini
Albert Babb Piccard "Al" Cecchini, 57, of 13 Towner Ave., Jamestown, NY, passed away unexpectedly at 11:50 p.m. Thursday (June 20, 2013) in WCA Hospital.
A Jamestown resident since 1985, he was born Sept. 30, 1955, in Plainfield, N.J., a son of Babette Kaiser Cecchini and the late Albert L. Cecchini.
He was a 1973 graduate of Warren Area High School, where he earned several college credits while in high school. From 1973-1975, he earned two four-year bachelor's degrees with honors from the University of Pittsburgh and also attended the Med-ical College of Pennsylva-nia. Al also graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with three master's degrees and earned his Ph.D. in Bioengineering.
Al was currently the President and owner of Libera, Inc, a case manage-ment and information management software com-pany he founded in 1987 in Jamestown, N.Y. He has had several articles pub-lished in the Journal of Theoretical Biology for which there have been requests for republication from all over the world. He also was instrumental in securing 17 patents, one of which was sold to the Microsoft Corporation, and currently has 20 patents pending.
He will be remembered as a loving, caring and devoted dad. He was a very generous and kind-hearted man who had both tech-nique and talent in his business and personal life. He will also be remembered as a smart, wise and very caring boss by his Libera family.
Al was a gifted singer, possessing a magnificent tenor voice. While in college he sang in the Univer-sity of Pittsburgh Men's Glee Club. In past years he was a member of the Chautauqua Chamber Singers, sang in the choir for the Trinity Episcopal Church in Warren, Pa., and also sang in the Living Christmas Tree at First Covenant Church. In earlier years he was a coach for his sons in the YMCA Basketball Program.
Surviving are his mother of Warren, Pa.; a daughter, Lauren Babette Cecchini of Boston, Mass.; two sons, Benjamin Albert Cecchini of Atlanta, Ga., and Adam David Piccard Cecchini of Jamestown, N.Y.; a step-daughter, Meghan Lisa Morris of Chicago, Ill.; two sincere friends, Dr. Lyndon Gritters and Dr. Patric McPoland; his best friend and other half, Stephanie Hobson; and members of the Libera family and associates.
He was preceded in death by his father, Albert L. Cecchini; by his grandparents as well as several loving aunts and uncles.
The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, June 24, 2013, in the Lind Funeral Home. The Rev. Donald E. Ray will offici-ate. Burial will be in the Pine Grove Cemetery, Russell, Pa.
The family will receive friends from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the YMCA Basketball Program or to the Jamestown High School Basketball Boosters Club.
Al will lovingly be remembered by all who knew him.
You may light a candle in remembrance of Al at www.lindfunerlhome.com.


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Toxic to Democracy
What about the right-wing media foghorns? Convicted in the fatal shooting of abortion provider Dr. George Tiller in a church in Wichita, Kansas, Scott Philip Roeder was a regular consumer of conservative talk radio, television, and websites. But did Bill O'Reilly, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck—or any other commentator whipping up an audience with overheated demonizing rhetoric—actually help pull the trigger?
It's not that simple, explains Chip Berlet, senior analyst for the independent think tank Political Research Associates (PRA), in a new study entitled Toxic to Democracy: Conspiracy Theories, Demonization, and Scapegoating. "They are not legally culpable for the assassination of Dr. Tiller, says Berlet, "but they must share some portion of moral responsibility for creating a dangerous environment."
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We will now refer to one of the most common database errors, the unique constraint violation.
In CUBRID, the error looks like this:
ERROR: DBMS, -670, Operation would have caused one or more unique constraint violations.
Just like in other database management systems, this error occurs during an INSERT or UPDATE statement and it is due to having a unique constraint on one of the fields inserted or updated.
Important! The primary keys in CUBRID must be unique.
The procedure to use in order to find the cause of the problem:
DESC foo; SHOW indexes in foo;
The first command displays the table columns. Check for the ones with "PRI" type (primary key). The second command displays all the indexes. Look for the ones with Non_unique field (the second one) set to 0. More information on how to understand the fields can be found here: SHOW INDEX
Let's say your "foo" table has a "foo_id" AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY. If you have imported the values from another database and you have manually set the value for foo_id, then the next AUTO_INCREMENT value has not been adjusted.
Therefore, since AUTO_INCREMENT value was not updated in the above scenario, when you run INSERT commands without specifying foo_id (and relying on AUTO_INCREMENT to do it for you), the AUTO_INCREMENT will go to the next value and it may match one of the values you have manually inserted for this field.
The solution for this scenario is to get the maximum value for foo_id + 1 using the first command below and then adjusting the table AUTO_INCREMENT value (For this example, we assumed the first command returns the value "10").
SELECT MAX(foo_id)+1 from foo; ALTER TABLE foo AUTO_INCREMENT = 10;


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