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BALTIMORE -- Surprise, surprise: The Baltimore Orioles own the best record in the American League and the Seattle Mariners are in last place.
Sure, the season is only in its second week. Yet the rebuilding Orioles already have plenty to celebrate, most notably their first four-game sweep of Seattle since 1999 and their best start in 10 years.
Aubrey Huff homered to break an eighth-inning tie, Baltimore beat Seattle 5-4 Monday to remain atop the AL East at 5-1.
"As a team, as a whole, we're playing great baseball right now," Huff said. "I know it's early, but we just swept a pretty good team over there. So obviously we're feeling pretty good, and we just want to keep up the momentum."
The Mariners and Orioles were involved in one of baseball's biggest trades during the offseason, a 5-for-1 swap that sent Erik Bedard to Seattle. Baltimore got George Sherrill and Adam Jones, and they both played key roles in the sweep.
Sherrill pitched a perfect ninth inning Monday for his fourth save, his third in the series. Jones had an RBI on Sunday and scored the tying run in the finale to set the stage for Huff's winning hit.
Bedard, meanwhile, was scratched from his scheduled start Sunday and has only pitched in one game.
Another Baltimore import, Dennis Sarfate, earned wins Sunday and Monday. Obtained from Houston in the Miguel Tejada trade, Sarfate (2-0) retired all four batters he faced Monday before Sherrill entered.
"That's the best bullpen in the league, in my eyes. When you got guys that can come in for lefties or righties or go two innings or close, it's fun," Sarfate said. "It's fun sitting out there knowing that we have a chance to win every game if the starters keep us close."
Baltimore's bullpen has allowed two runs in 21 1/3 innings (0.84 ERA) this season. Seattle relievers yielded six runs over 7 2/3 innings in the four-game series, including Huff's homer by Eric O'Flaherty (0-1).
Think the Mariners miss closer J.J. Putz, who's on the disabled list?
"It's kind of a repeat performance," manager John McLaren said. "We had a tough time out there. (Huff) had a good pitch to hit and he hit it out. I can't explain it. Eric is a big part of our bullpen and I don't know if he has lost his confidence."
Melvin Mora also homered, and Brian Roberts had three hits for the Orioles, who haven't been this successful in the early going since going 7-1 in 1998.
"Obviously, you want to start out on the right side. I think, right now, winning five out of six games, everyone is contributing, everybody's getting their feet wet," said Kevin Millar, hitless Monday but batting .318. "It's a great feeling for everybody. You start creating some swagger."
If the city is excited over Baltimore's fast start, it wasn't reflected in the attendance. The second-smallest crowd in the 17-year history of Camden Yards, 10,774, came out on a chilly afternoon.
No matter. The Orioles know that no one expects them to win this season.
"That's why you play the game on the field and not on the stat paper," Millar said.
Seattle was betrayed by its bullpen, but the offense wasn't much better. The Mariners went 1-for-7 with runners in scoring position Monday and were 3-for-19 in the series.
Carlos Silva went seven innings for Seattle, giving up four runs and nine hits.
"We have a very good team," Silva said. "It's like we need to concentrate a little more. We need to do the little things. Today, maybe if I make better pitches, we win the game. Something is not working right now, but we're going to get better."
Ichiro Suzuki opened with his 26th career leadoff homer and singled in the seventh for his 1,600th hit. Raul Ibanez homered and drove in two runs, but it wasn't enough to overcome the Orioles' surprisingly robust attack.
Orioles starter Daniel Cabrera overcame a shaky start -- he gave up first-inning homers to Suzuki and Ibanez --to pitch six innings of five-hit ball. The right-hander allowed four runs, walked four and struck out five before leaving with the score tied at 4.
If the Orioles keep playing like this, the fans will come back in a hurry.
"We're going to win the World Series this year," Millar said. "I told you guys that in spring training."
- Nick Markakis went 1-for-4 with a double against Silva and is 7-for-12 with three homers and three doubles against the right-hander.
- Suzuki reached 1,600 hits in only 1,125 games.
- Baltimore's last four-game sweep of any opponent was against Texas in August 2004.


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Oh, I feel your pain. Unfortunately, the short answer is that you probably can't, unless you keep the door to the room with the couch closed and Kitty on the other side. My mother fought the cat vs. couch war for 18 years with my childhood cat, and ultimately lost. I assume that you mean your cat gets on top of your couch, leaving hair and/or dirty pawprints, which you don't like. If you mean Kitty scratches the couch, too, you've got double trouble. Cats are not dogs, and don't really understand the concept of punishment, so yelling or slapping is unlikely to help. I've heard of people spraying water, but that strikes me as cruel and doesn't seem to work well. You might want to look into clicker training--that works for some people. Other than that, get a leather or vinyl couch, or a couch covering. Kitty just wants to be comfortable, and to be near you on the couch. Learn to live with it, or figure out strategies for making the couch less appealing without scolding Kitty.
Spike answered on 5/15/11. Helpful? / 0
Every time your cat touches the couch spray it with water with a spray bottle
Member 1030039 answered on 5/16/11. Helpful? / 0
If it is only happening when you aren't home, lay some spread out newspapers over the couch. Cats (and dogs) do not like to walk on the crinkly paper.
Works great for keeping them off your bed as well.
Member 641257 answered on 5/16/11. Helpful? / 0
"NO! BAD CAT!" My Human "no bad cat"'s at me when I do something bad. (She doesn't care about the couch, but I like to get up on the shelf with the antique books. They smell sooo good and musty! YUM! I love to roll on them and get them all hairy!). It means being VERY consistent. If you see your cat on the couch, lift him of and say "NO BAD CAT!" If he tries again, "NO, BAD CAT!" third time, give him a little squirt with a squirt gun, and NO BAD CAT! There's also some great repellents that won't damage the furniture- My Human uses Pet Organics No Stay! - It smells stinky to me, but Humans can't smell it. The trick is to be one-hundred percent consistent, and get ALL of the members of your household to be consistent, too. Man-Human used to yell "UNA!" when I was being bad, and I was confused, because that was my name! So why was I in trouble? Now he remembers to 'No Bad Cat', too. Not that I'm EVER a bad cat... oooh nooo... I'm always good! :)
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|Larry Bird at Indiana State statue dedication: 'Boston has the best sports fans I've ever seen'
|11.13.13 at 2:30 pm ET
Larry Bird is quick to remind you he is only human. Incapable of any superpowers or magic, he promises, French Lick's Larry Joe Bird's talent is simply the product of a man who worked incredibly hard to become one of the greatest basketball players of all time.
'I was always told I wasn't big enough or strong enough to compete against the best,' Bird said. 'I heard it in high school, I heard it in college and I heard it in the pros, so I'd keep working harder. That's what pays off. I guess things worked out pretty well.'
This past weekend, Indiana State University recognized Bird's contributions to the game of basketball by unveiling his 15-foot bronze statue on campus outside ISU's Hulman Center. While the day was tremendous for the Sycamores, the city of Terre Haute, and the basketball-crazed state of Indiana, Bird admitted that a big piece of his heart still belongs to Boston.
'Boston has the best sports fans I've ever seen,' Bird said. 'They live it and breathe it. I was so honored to be able to put on a jersey and play at a place where they cared. One of the best lines I ever heard, I think it was in '86 against Houston, and we were going into Game 6 [of the NBA Finals]. The crowd was absolutely going berserk, and this was an hour before the game. Some of the guys were still shooting before they came back into the locker room. One of them said, 'I'm telling you, them fans want blood out there and they don't care whose it is. We lose, and it's our blood!' And man, was he right, the place was rocking that night.'
Before the statue unveiling on Saturday morning, Indiana State first honored Bird with a 'Larry Legend' scholarship dinner on Friday night. Hosted by Jackie MacMullan, the program was broken into four quarters focused on Bird's career in high school, college and the NBA, and his time as a coach and an executive as team president of the currently undefeated Pacers.
Bird's statue was unveiled a week after the city of Boston recognized Bill Russell with his own monument. As the two most famous Celtics of all time, Bird feels a connection to Russell, but he was quick to point out that, while both men wore the Celtics jersey for 13 seasons in their careers, only one earned 11 championship rings.
'If anybody deserves a statue, it's Bill Russell,' Bird said. 'We all looked up to him. He set the bar so high for all of us. He's had such a great career and a lot of success. I'm really happy for Bill, not only for his statue, but for Bill the man. He's a great man.'
The ceremony started with a look back at Bird's roots with the game of basketball, a connection that now is more deeply intertwined than ever. Bird's coach at Springs Valley High School, Jim Jones, served as a mentor, and Bird noted that lessons his coach taught him in 1970 still hold true today.
'Coach Jones spent a lot time with us as young kids and showed us how to play the game the right way,' Bird said. 'He was telling us, no matter how long you stay out here or how many jump shots you shoot, there's always somebody out there doing a little bit more. That guy in my life was Magic Johnson. Maybe that's why he got the ring from the NCAA tournament back in 1979.'
|Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith grateful to be in Bill Russell's inner circle
|11.04.13 at 1:37 pm ET
The city of Boston and the Celtics honored Bill Russell this past Friday, unveiling a 6-foot, 10-inch, 600-pound bronze statue of the 11-time NBA champion. Though the man has more championship rings than fingers, the ceremony detailed Russell's work beyond basketball. For those in Russell's inner circle — including Charles Barkley and Kenny "The Jet" Smith — the discussion was focused on Russell's impact on society.
'Most of us are too young to have seen him play,' said Barkley. 'But for guys like myself who got a chance to be around him, you see what a remarkable person he is. We know him more a man than a player.'
Barkley and Smith, who are teammates on TNT's extraordinarily popular "Inside the NBA," both consider themselves very fortunate to be friends with the legendary Russell.
'He don't talk to many people,' said Barkley. 'So if you get on the list, it's pretty cool.'
Smith was drafted by the Kings in 1987 and played a half-season for Russell, who was in his final stint as a head coach.
'I was his first-ever draft pick,' said Smith. 'I was overwhelmed meeting him. I didn't know what to say, I didn't know whether to call him 'Coach Russell,' 'Bill,' or 'Mr. Russell,' and then my assistant coach was Willis Reed. I was in heaven. He taught me what teamwork was all about, regardless of winning and losing.'
Smith, who emceed the ceremony, did not concentrate on Russell's blocked shots or rebounds. He looks at him as a whole man, one who inspired people around the world and broke racial barriers. Smith thinks of the man who served as his mentor.
Russell's greatest strength, in Smith's words, is 'his ability to take a basketball moment and relate it to a lifetime experience. Something that my teammates always thought was going to be a punishment for me — sitting next to coach Russell on the team bus — actually turned out to be the best moment of my life.'
Barkley laughed when recalling the story of Russell making Smith sit next to him on one of the Kings' long bus rides. 'Kenny said, 'Why've I got to sit beside you?' And Bill said, 'Because that guy's a loser, that guy's a loser, that guy's a loser, and I don't want you sitting with them.' '
Said Smith: 'I sat next to him, on a bus ride or a plane ride, four hours a day. And if I went to sleep, he'd nudge me and go, 'Sleep nights, young fella. Listen to what I'm saying.' And I listened to all those stories. It's a great feeling to know I was part of that. Not being Satch Sanders or Tommy Heinsohn or any other great players who played with him, I feel like I'm one of those.'
|Avery Johnson: 'Rebuilding was the right move' for Celtics
|10.23.13 at 4:10 pm ET
While New England is concentrating on the World Series, Avery Johnson will be focused only on Wednesday night's preseason game between the Nets and the Celtics at TD Garden.
Johnson, who coached the Nets for 2½ seasons and was dismissed shortly after the Celtics trounced Brooklyn last Christmas, will be adding a very distinct voice to the ESPN airwaves this season, sharing his insight every Wednesday on "NBA Countdown."
In a one-on-one interview with WEEI.com, Johnson shared his thoughts on the state of the Celtics, as well as the Nets' decision to go all-in.
'This is a totally different year for the Celtics,' Johnson said. 'A lot of the pieces that were there last year, those guys are pretty much in the twilight and near the end of their careers. They still had a lot of great basketball in them and can carry a team during the regular season, but that was an aging team.'
Johnson, known as the 'Little General' during his playing career, believes the Celtics were never the same after Ray Allen's departure to Miami as a free agent last offseason.
'The loss of Ray Allen was too much,' Johnson said. 'They never really were able to fill his shoes in terms of the great work he did on the court for the Celtics over the years during their championship runs.'
Similar to the beginning of his run with the Nets, a team that only won 24 games in 2011, Johnson sees a team in Boston with an uncertain future.
'This was a team that needed to change,' Johnson said. 'Obviously we didn't know the change would occur with Doc Rivers not being a part of it, but everything's changed. Now the Celtics have a lot of pieces they're still trying to figure out. They're still working on how they're going to play defensively and offensively, and where they're going, not only now, but in the future.'
|Back in Boston for ABCD charity event, Doc Rivers laments departure of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce from Celtics
|09.12.13 at 1:06 pm ET
Doc Rivers returned to TD Garden on Wednesday night. The former coach of the Celtics served as a co-chair of the Action for Boston Community Development's Hoop Dreams charity event and spent the evening shaking hands, signing autographs and sharing stories about his time in Boston.
"It's tough to leave the Celtics because it's the Celtics," Rivers said. "It was the best nine years of basketball that I've ever been a part of, but I also fell in love with the city. And, for me, the hardest part is leaving the city. I've met friends that have changed my life here, and they'll always be my friends."
Sitting a few rows behind the Celtics bench, Rivers shared some insight on his tenure with the Celtics.
Kevin Garnett served as a focal point of the discussion. Rivers lamented the fact that KG never let the city see his vivacious side.
"Fans never got to see Kevin's personality," Rivers said. "I wish the city got to know Kevin more. He's the single best athlete that I've ever been around as far as being a team guy. He's as 'team' of a star as I've ever seen. A lot of stars are stars, but he's unselfish, to a fault at times, but every coach should be able to coach Kevin Garnett just to see what a true team player should be."
Rivers agreed that Garnett is an atypical NBA superstar, as he is a pass-first player who relishes his role as a teammate.
"He did a lot of good things that people don't know," Rivers said. "When rookies came in, he would bring them up to my office. He'd sit them down, and then he would bring his tailor in and say, 'If you want to be a pro, you've got to dress like a pro.' And he would buy each rookie two suits, and he did it every year. To me, that says a lot about Kevin Garnett as a teammate."
Rivers also admitted that Garnett has an interesting use of the English language.
"The word that starts with 'f'? He thought it was a noun, verb and an adjective," Rivers said.
Celtics fans may never have the opportunity to see Garnett reveal his personality, but he delighted the city with his Hall of Fame play for six seasons.
"He's full of life and a great guy in the locker room," Rivers said. "He's so unselfish, I think he would have scored another 10,000 points if he wanted. He's the only player I've ever yelled at for not shooting. He always felt like if he took three or four shots in a row, that was too many. He needed to share the ball."
|Brian Scalabrine optimistic about Celtics as he leaves Boston for Golden State
|07.17.13 at 12:18 pm ET
Brian Scalabrine is in the midst of a very productive offseason.
The 35-year-old native of Long Beach, Calif., is returning closer to home after joining Mark Jackson's coaching staff with the Warriors. Scalabrine also is working as a spokesperson with 2 Gingers Irish Whiskey, and he served up the popular 'Big Ginger' cocktail behind the bar to excited patrons for three hours at Granary Tavern on Tuesday night in Boston.
'Scal' also sat down for a one-on-one interview with WEEI.com, and the former Celtic and Comcast SportsNet broadcaster shared his insight on topics ranging from the Celtics' championship in 2008, the bitter loss to the Lakers in 2010, and the work Danny Ainge has performed this summer. Scalabrine also quieted any speculation that he was in the running to replace Doc Rivers as coach in Boston.
"If four people would have passed on the Celtics, then I would have been interviewed to be the coach of the Celtics," Scalabrine said. "But there's no way four people were going to pass on that."
Scalabrine was eager to share how greatly he evolved as a basketball player during his time with the Celtics.
"You have to look around at what you have," he said. "That year [in 2007-08], we had Kevin Garnett directly from Minnesota coming in and changing the culture of our organization. He made sure guys were ready and focused. We could have fun in the locker room and joke around, but when it came to game time or practice, or the weight room or your individual time, it was time to lock in and get serious. Later on, on the bus or the plane, that's when we could joke around. At the end of the day, we were about winning. We were about being successful."
Winning a championship on a team driven by the likes of Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen helped Scalabrine perfect his own philosophy on the game of basketball.
"I'm about having success in life, but also having fun. There's a misconception that I joke around and I'm not serious about the game of basketball. I'm ultra-serious about the game. I like the challenge of working with young guys, making them better, and getting them ready for a championship-caliber type of team. It's not about getting better so you can be mediocre. I'm about getting you better so we can win a championship. That's my focus."
|Kevin Garnett's future determines Celtics' ability to be competitive next few seasons
|05.10.13 at 10:27 am ET
If next season's Celtics team does not start Kevin Garnett at power forward, prepare for a long, dark stretch. Without KG patrolling the middle in green and white, feel free to reintroduce yourself to the lottery, long losing streaks and the empty promise of rebuilding.
While you miss the scowls, intensity and blocked shots after the whistle, remember that the decline of the Celtics is more complex than the team simply aging. The major problem is the Celtics actually ask Garnett to do more now than they did during the NBA finals run in 2010. Despite his age (37 on May 19) and contract (2 years, $24.3 million), Garnett still is a premier power forward and a critical piece for a team chasing a championship.
'Back in Minnesota, Kevin used to say, 'I want to live beyond my contract,' ' new Timberwolves president (and former coach) Flip Saunders told WEEI.com. 'That meant whatever he was getting paid, whenever someone would see him in a game or in a practice, he wanted to live up to that contract and then play beyond that.'
Garnett has done exactly that in his six seasons in Boston. His playoff averages (35 minutes, 12.7 points, 13.7 rebounds, his highest playoff average since 2004) against the Knicks also demonstrated that quality basketball remains afloat in his veins. Surrounded by the right players, Garnett still can help Boston contend for a championship. After watching Garnett for 18 seasons, Kevin McHale — who drafted Garnett in Minnesota with the No. 5 pick in 1995 — still is amazed by his former student. Garnett was the first player in 20 years to go directly to the NBA from high school, and McHale recently reminisced about Garnett's rookie training camp in Minnesota, when the 19-year-old was only a couple of months removed from his senior prom.
'I loved the kid the first day of practice,' McHale said. 'He laid on the floor after his first training camp — laying on the ground with nothing left — and I said, 'We've got to go again tonight.' He went, 'Huh?' I said we did two-a-days, and he was like, 'Oh my.'
"But that night he came and he laid it on the ground, played on the line, laying on the ground, playing on the line. At the end, he was laying on the ground, and I said to him, 'Now we do two again tomorrow.' He looked up at me and said, 'Man, this is going to be a job.' He hasn't changed since then, he's just got better.
"His ability to compete at a high level for such a long time, his love of the game, his competitive nature,' marveled McHale, 'it really is fun to watch.'
Competing at a high level for an extended period of time in the National Basketball Association takes a rare talent. It is a skill that is difficult, but far from impossible. The highest standard of excellence has been set by the Spurs, a team with an aging superstar in soon-to-be-Hall-of-Famer Tim Duncan. Far from the best of friends, Garnett and the 37-year-old Duncan share very similar basketball philosophies, a fact not lost on Spurs coach Gregg Popovich.
'They can look in the mirror and realize they're both the same in so many respects as far as how they run their lives in the NBA and how they've run their careers,' Popovich said during his last trip to Boston. 'They're both competitive as hell, they both understand the game, they both love being on the court, and neither one of them is really that excited about the hoopla that is all around it, but they've also endured by taking care of their bodies and what they do in the summertime to take care of their bodies.'
|Brazilian legend Leandro Barbosa gets his kicks with Celtics
|11.28.12 at 9:37 am ET
Leandrinho. The Brazilian Blur. LB.
Leandro Barbosa has many different nicknames, but to anyone who has ever met the man, only one word will do.
'There was nobody who didn't like LB,' said Jack McCallum, the longtime Sports Illustrated journalist and author of "Seven Seconds or Less," a phenomenal snapshot of the Suns team — and the league — during the 2005-06 season. "LB was loved. He had a kind of innocence about him, and a real work ethic with the way he approached everything. He looked at himself as kind of an open book whereas a lot of guys who come into the NBA — guys without LB's ability or talent — think they know everything, but LB was never like that."
Barbosa, who celebrates his 30th birthday Wednesday, grew up in São Paulo, the world's seventh largest city by population, and a hotbed for soccer.
"I'm from Brazil, so everybody knows about soccer," said Barbosa, whose subtle accent still creeps up in conversation. "I used to play when I was a little kid, but I decide to play a different sport."
Barbosa, the youngest of five children, wanted to play basketball for a pretty simple reason. His brother played.
"My brother Arturo played professionally," Barbosa said. "I always was around him; whatever he was doing, I wanted to do the same thing. I decided to play basketball because of him. Arturo started teaching me how to play."
Arturo, 20 years older than Barbosa, became a driving force in his little brother's basketball career.
"Arturo was a pretty tough taskmaster," McCallum said. "I don't think those of us in the States really understand much about how kids in other countries learn the game. We just know they learn the game differently. LB still has scars from Arturo."
McCallum wasn't talking figuratively. If Barbosa made a mistake in his ball-handling drills, there were consequences. Arturo would whack him with a stick.
"I had to be quick with the ball, quick with my hands, because if I wasn't, he slapped with me the stick," said Barbosa, who still bears the scars on both hands. "At the time, as a kid, I was crying. I didn't know why he was doing that. But if it wasn't for all the work he put in, I don't think I'd be here in the NBA. Those drills still stay with me."
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G. Graduate Research, Teaching and Administrative Assistantships
Guidelines for Graduate Student Support from LSOE Funds
Research Assistantships
Research assistantships provide students with research experience. These experiences should greatly enhance students' research skills and may enhance students' curricular vitae through co-authored articles and grant writing with faculty. Past research publications, external grants and similar scholarly activities of the faculty member, as indicated in the annual report, and listing of students' accomplishments in the Graduate Student Association publication are predictors of the quality of this experience for graduate students. LSOE-funded research assistants work from September 1 to May 31, between 10 and 20 hours per week.
Teaching Assistantships
Teaching assistantships ought to be accompanied by mentoring from faculty. These awards are not merely a supplement to the faculty. Rather, these experiences should enhance students' curriculum vitae and, through mentoring from faculty, improve the teaching ability of the graduate student. The responsibilities of the faculty member for program development, the types of training available to students who are teaching assistants (as indicated in handbooks, teaching excellence awards, etc.) are some of the factors of the quality of this experience for graduate students. Class size, particularly if there are writing assignments, are also indicators that graduate teaching assistantships may be needed.
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Teaching fellows are usually advanced doctoral students. They serve as instructors in classes and work under the supervision of the Department Chair. The Department Chair assigns a faculty mentor for each teaching fellow. Although the teaching fellow generally requires less supervision and monitoring than the teaching assistant, the amount of supervision needed will vary depending upon prior teaching experience. They generally teach two sections each semester.
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I hope that Neato has resolved the issue of the wheel plastic breaking that they faced with the neato xv-11 model.
Robot Vacuum Cleaner
I've had a Roomba 560 for the last 3 years and have absolutely LOVED it.
The amount of dust that it picked up from what appeared to be a clean
floor everyday always amazed me. But, when I tripped across an article
about NEATO I got intrigued by what was described as the precision of
its navigation system because while love my Roomba, its random banging
around was beginning to irritate me. Sometimes it would clean the same
room 3X and miss entire areas of the house and when it bangs into stuff
it does so with a particular harshness. I overlooked all that
justifying that is it after all a just crude robot which does a good job
of sucking stuff up.
I bought a NEATO XV-21 to try out and immediately said goodbye to my beloved Roomba who quickly became a distant memory.
The Neato's Navigation in a word is "Phenomenal" It's precise, never
cleans the same area twice and with the firmware upgrade, the navigation
around corners is stunningly good. Because it's so good at knowing
where it is, where it was, and where it needs to go it cleans the whole
house in about 3/4 of the time Roomba used to cover the same spots
NOISE: The only concern I had with making this purchase
was the reported noise volume of the Neato. I read lots of posts,
reviews and watched a ton of YouTube Vids. Some even compared Roomba to
Neato and all of them showed Neato being slightly more noisy but it was
just marginal. I watch one Vid that showed Roomba at 78 Decibels and
Neato at 83. The story that none of that data can tell is what kind of
noise it is. The Roomba to me was always LOUD. Now that I've got
NEATO, Roomba was WAY LOUDER. Roomba has really noisy mechanical
mechanical. The motors in the wheels are produce really irritating and
loud whining noise in addition to the vacuuming sounds - but I kind of
put up with it jutifying that it was part of the package and that it
needed these motors to do its job. The NEATO on the other hand does
generate noise but it is a much softer noise - it's the sound of airflow
socking in and blowing out but the motors that drive it are far
quieter. On a decibel meter it may show a higher decibel count but my
wife and I both agree that the NEATO is far quieted and the sound it
does produce is far more ear friendly.
Overall, my wife and I
both agree this was a very worthwile upgrade so put ROOMBA online and
she was sold in minutes. I can't imagine selling our now found friend
NEATO Mosquito who we have nick named "Skitter".
I have an xv 21 neto vac which i now hate the stupid thing quit after ramming its way out from under a desk and now the display is out and this is the second machine iv'e had and it started acting strange and bumping into chairs and getting stuck in open places for no reason I'm taking this thing back to bed bath and beyond maybe they will replace it a waste of good money i could have used to it pay for a rainbow vac which is the best ..
How it works:
I love my Neato XV21 and am now only more blown away by Neato's service. Elsie (what we lovingly call our XV21) started giving me errors and after a few e-mails, Neato has replaced my old model with the new XV25. Keep in mind I live in South Africa. They have no stores here. They simply listened (well read) my problem, we tried an option or two and then they shipped me a replacement. I was totally blown out of the water when I did not receive an XV21, but the upgraded XV25. No cost, I just mail the old one back in a pre-paid courier box.
I did extensive research on robotic vacs - living on a farm with 2 German Sheppard, two cats and three horses added with the (ab)normal amount of dust of a farm . . . well I needed something with sucking power :) , not just something to move the dust and pet-hair around. This seemed the only viable option in all the reviews.
The Neato has more than satisfied my expectations. One of the best features is that it's design is so simple. Nothing can really break with normal use and nothing can get stuck in complicated places, like pethair. It works, it returns to it's station and recharges, then goes on where it left off. It takes up to 3 recharges to clean my house. (We live in a renovated barn, which is huge)
It does get stuck, cables trip it up, dog food chunks get stuck in the brush, but you solve the problem when it asks you, ever so politely to help, and it goes on it's way again.
Brilliant!!! Love my Neato, makes my housework so much less.
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Doctor joins area practice
Indiana Healthcare Physician Services and Indiana Regional Medical Center welcome an Indiana native as a new doctor in the area.
Dr. Jason Sharbaugh, a graduate of Indiana Area High School and Indiana University of Pennsylvania, attended Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed his internship and residency at Garden City Hospital in Michigan.
Sharbaugh practices internal medicine and has a special interest in diabetes. He is joining Dr. Shenggao Han's practice and is now accepting new patients at a new location at 625 Rustic Lodge Road in White Township.


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Property Location
Located in Norfolk, Econo Lodge Little Creek is close to Norfolk Botanical Garden and Hampton Roads Agricultural Research and Extension Center. This hotel is within close proximity of Nauticus and MacArthur Memorial.
Make yourself at home in one of the 48 guestrooms featuring refrigerators and microwaves. Flat-screen televisions with cable programming provide entertainment, while complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected.
A complimentary continental breakfast is included.
Business, Other Amenities
Featured amenities include a 24-hour front desk and coffee/tea in a common area. Free self parking is available onsite.
Hotel Facilities
- Total number of rooms - 48
- Long-term parking (surcharge)
- 24-hour front desk
- Free breakfast
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Free WiFi
- In-room accessibility
- Free self parking
- Number of floors - 2
- Accessible bathroom
- RV, bus, truck parking
Room Facilities
- Refrigerator
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Child Support Payments: Your Entitlement
If you are the parent of a child, or children, and are raising them on your own you are entitled to claim child support payments from the non resident parent. This periodic maintenance payment may be agreed by private arrangement between both parents, but it may also be collected and handled by the Child Support Agency (CSA), in cases where there is a breakdown of communication between the adults.
Absent parents, who refuse to pay maintenance, can also be traced by the CSA and have an enforcement issued.
Are You Entitled To Claim?Child support is a regular maintenance payment that is paid to parents who live with their children, by the parent who does not live in the same home. This periodic payment is made to assist the parent with care with the rising costs of raising a child. This payment can also be made to another family member or legal guardian if the child lives with them.
Child support is paid to a resident parent when a couple separate or divorce, or they have children but are not living together. The payment is made to provide financial support and to confirm responsibility for the welfare of the child. These payments also help to minimise the need for other forms of benefit.
How Is Maintenance Calculated?The CSA work out the payable rate of maintenance by applying one of a number of rates to the absent parent's income. Income means money earned from employment, tax credits or personal pension. Income tax and National Insurance is deducted, along with money that is paid into a pension plan. The remainder of the income is then evaluated and a basic, reduced, flat or nil rate is applied. The amount is adjusted according to how many children are involved in the maintenance application.
How Much Are You Entitled To?Child support maintenance payments are calculated by the CSA, after assessing the income and living circumstances of the non resident parent. The amount of maintenance a parent with care will receive is calculated as being 15% of the non resident parent's net income – for the first, or only child. The payable amount of maintenance increases to 20% of net income for two children, and to 25% for three. Children from subsequent families are treated in the same way.
Shared ParentingIf the child stays with the non resident parent for at least one night a week the amount of payable maintenance, given to the parent with care, is reduced accordingly. This situation is called Shared Care, and the amount of maintenance is reduced by one-seventh, for each night of the week that the child stays at the non resident parent's home.
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Who says you can never be too happy? Sure happy people are approachable and friendly and positive emotions are good for you, but for some being "too happy" is a reality. Those who suffer from bipolar disorder have periods of time where they experience too much bliss. These highs can be as negative as their lows.
Mania is characterized as a a period of time in which someone experiences an extremely positive mood. While manic, people feel more confident, get little sleep and have increased energy levels. As cool as that sounds, people who suffer from bipolar disorder become dangerously impulsive, and struggle with their relationships.
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Michael Fassbender was honoured at last night's (March 30) Empire Awards for his performance in 12 Years a Slave.
The actor picked up the Best Supporting Actor gong, beating competition from Daniel Brühl (Rush), Sam Claflin (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire), Richard Armitage (The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug) and Tom Hiddleston (Thor: The Dark World).
Meanwhile, the Best Supporting Actress award went to Sally Hawkins for Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine.
Dublin actor Aidan Turner took home the Best Male Newcomer award for his role in The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug, with Australian actress Margot Robbie being honoured with the Best Female Newcomer gong for The Wolf of Wall Street.
Gravity was a big winner on the night - picking up the Best Film award, while Alfonso Cuarón was honoured with the Best Director gong for the space thriller.
Emma Thompson (Saving Mr Banks) and James McAvoy (Filth) took home the Best Actress and Best Actor awards respectively.
Actors Hugh Jackman, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Simon Pegg, Tom Cruise and director Paul Greengrass were all recognised for their professional achievements on the night.
Take a look at our gallery of the red carpet action here.
Best Female Newcomer winner Margot Robbie
Best Male Newcomer winner - Dubliner Aidan Turner
Hugh Jackman with his Icon Award
Check out a full list of the winners at the Empire Awards 2014 below.
Best Film presented by Sky Movies
Best Director presented by Air New Zealand
Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity)
Jameson Best Actor
James McAvoy (Filth)
Best Actress
Emma Thompson (Saving Mr. Banks)
Best Supporting Actor
Michael Fassbender (12 Years A Slave)
Best Supporting Actress
Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine)
Best British Film
The World's End
Best Male Newcomer presented by Tresor Paris
Aidan Turner (The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug)
Best Female Newcomer
Margot Robbie (The Wolf Of Wall Street)
Best Horror
The Conjuring
Best Comedy presented by Magic 105.4
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
Best Thriller
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy presented by MediCinema
The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug
Icon Award
Hugh Jackman
Action Hero of Our Lifetime Award
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Empire Hero
Simon Pegg
Empire Inspiration
Paul Greengrass
Legend of Our Lifetime
Tom Cruise


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Changing the Default Printer Spool Directory (Windows NT/2000/XP)
Windows uses the hard drive to store information before sending it to a printer. If the system is acting as a print server it is possible that the default location may cause insufficient disk space.
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Create a new directory to act as the Printer spool directory.
Open your registry and find the key below.
Change the value of 'DefaultSpoolDirectory" to equal the full path of the newly created directory.
Restart Windows or stop and start the 'Spooler' service.
The default directory is: %SystemRoot%\system32\spool\PRINTERS
To change the spool directory for a specific printer only, find the sub-key under the key below that corresponds to the printer required. Modify the value of 'SpoolDirectory' to equal the directory you want to use.
Note: This directory must be created manually, if the it does not exist Windows will use the default.
Value Name: DefaultSpoolDirectory
Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value)
Value Data: Full path to printer spool directory
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Why did the US enter the Persian Gulf War?
The small oil-rich country of Kuwait, historically part of the Ottoman Empire, was invaded by Iraq on August 2, 1990. Kuwaiti forces retreated to neighboring Saudi Arabia and appealed to the UN for...
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Operation Desert Storm, the first Persian Gulf War, launched on January 18, 1991. President George H.W. Bush called for a cease-fire on February 28, 1991. So, this war lasted 41 days, and it ended ...
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Let me set the stage.
It's late Wednesday night around 9pm. My wife and I are having a date night in our favorite after-dinner place.. Barnes and Noble.
I start thinking about what everyone kept asking me at my last Continuity Summit – "what's next?".
So it hits me like a ton of bricks.
Call a friend who has done some KILLER products – but we've never worked together on a product. And lets see if we can come up with something great together.
I pick up my iPhone, dial his number and stand outside so I can have some privacy.
He LOVES the idea of working together. I tell him that I'll be in Vegas TOMORROW morning (yes, on Thursday) with all of my top affiliates and he should come. He can network and we can tell the affiliates about our new product too!
Now this is where the winners are separated from the rest of the crowd…
They would make excuses. "Oh, I can't make it tomorrow, not enough notice", "It's too far", "I'm tired", and on and on…
They would have wanted to think more about it. They would NOT have come, especially with just a few hours notice to fly cross country to Vegas.
My friend said, "I'm in! Let me just double check with my wife and book a flight."
He knew how valuable the experience would be. And getting to network with a new group of marketers is priceless.
And at 3pm, Las Vegas time, we're all hanging out by the pool in a cabana and my friend walks right in. 105 degrees of Vegas heat. With all of his clothes stuffed into a backpack.
That's how a winner rolls…
Winners move fast.
Winners NEVER make excuses.
Winners embrace a challenge.
Winners do what it takes to WIN.
Right now, I can guarantee there are a lot of people who are reading this post are already thinking of the negative and the excuses – "sure, that guy can afford to fly to Vegas last minute – I don't have the money" or "I have a full-time job and can't just pickup and leave" Blah, blah, blah.
And I'd say to them, if you REALLY want it – you find a way…period!
You sell something. You borrow money from a friend or family member. Heck, you hitchhike if you have do. You call in sick. You find someone to watch your kids for a day.
I wish I had a dollar for everyone who told me they couldn't make it to one of my events because "it was too far" – and they LIVE within a 4 hour drive.
At the latest Continuity Summit, we had people fly in from as far away as Israel, Australia and New Zealand to attend, but yet someone just a few hours away complained it was too far.
I bet you can guess how successful those excuse-makers will be.
And on the 5 hour flight to Vegas I worked my ass off and knocked out an entire sales letter for a new ebook – while most of the other people on the flight read trashy magazines or watched Laverne and Shirley reruns. Yet they complain they don't have time or money to invest in learning more (I also bet a large percentage of those heading to Vegas were going to shell out some bucks on Blackjack!).
It's purely a question of prioritizing what's important to you.
"But Ryan, I don't have time…"
I used to work 17+ hours a day. Training clients in the morning, working a full-time job, training clients after work, then taking night classes. Only to come home at 10 at night to work on my web site for another couple of hours.
Know what drives me insane?
When people say "Ryan, you're SO LUCKY!".
Lucky? Are you kidding me?
Do you know how many years of hard work and how many thousands of hours of studying marketing it has taken me to get where I am today?
Over a fucking DECADE of blood, sweat and tears – so I can take all of this information and condense it down to my subscribers in easy to understand chunks?
Luck ain't got nothing to do with it, my friend.
How BADLY do you really want success? And I mean REALLY want to succeed?
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The sporty polo shirt from GOODYEAR with longitudinal stripes on the front and the large back application not only looks right down the line, but also offers a comfortable fit.
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Greene County Master Gardener's Sponsor Drought Tolerate Gardening Speaker on Oct. 9th
The public is invited to attend "Drought Tolerate Gardening in Iowa," on Tuesday, October 9, 2012, at 7:00 p.m., at the Greene County Extension meeting room. Aaron Steil, Education and Visitor Services Coordinator for Reiman Gardens, will give the presentation, uniquely designed for gardeners in Iowa to learn strategies for planning around the impacts of the 2012 drought. There is no cost to attend and no reservations are required.
The program is sponsored by the Greene County Master Gardeners through proceeds from the group's annual plant sale. The group is planning other guest speakers for future months, who will discuss a variety of topics related to gardening, lawn, and trees. Additionally, a training session is being planned for early 2013 for individuals interested in becoming Master Gardeners. More information will be shared as plans are finalized.
For more information about Master Gardener events and how to become a Master Gardener, contact the Greene County Extension office at (515) 386-2138. To find out more about Greene County Extension, including other agriculture and natural resources programming, visit www.extension.iastate.edu/greene.
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Instrument Bingo is designed to improve your students' aural perceptions of the tone color and characteristic sounds produced by many familiar musical instruments. Includes 30 player cards, caller cards, a special recording (with six different sequences of sound samples of each level) and helpful instructions for using the game. For all ages.
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Poland arrests bomb plotter linked to Norway's Breivik
By Dagmara Leszkowicz and Marcin Goettig
WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish authorities have arrested a radical nationalist who planned to blow up parliament and had links to the right-wing extremist who murdered dozens of people in Norway last year, they said on Tuesday.
The suspected plot - to detonate a bomb outside parliament when the country's most senior officials were inside - was the first of its kind since Poland threw off Communist rule more than 20 years ago.
It is likely to bring renewed scrutiny on radical right-wing groups inside Poland, which are fiercely opposed to the liberal government, and on the way extremists intent on violence share information with each other across Europe.
"This is a new and dramatic experience," said Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who, according to prosecutors, was one of the intended targets of the assassination plot, along with the president. "This should be a warning."
Prosecutors said the suspect, a 45-year-old scientist who works for a university in the southern city of Krakow, planned to plant four metric tons of explosives in a vehicle outside parliament and detonate it remotely.
The plot had parallels with Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian who set off a bomb in Oslo last year and then went on a gun rampage on a nearby island, killing a total of 77 people.
"The would-be bomber did not hide his fascination with Breivik. This should not be ignored," Tusk told a news conference.
The prime minister said that investigators had found practical connections to Breivik too: the Norwegian bought bomb components in Poland, he said, and an analysis of his contacts helped lead Polish intelligence to the suspect. Continued...


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Planning a wedding can be very overwhelming, a bride must think about every detail from flowers, to music to food, to where everyone is going to sit. More importantly a wedding can become extremely expensive very quickly if you are not careful. However, a great way of taking control of your wedding plans and making sure you do not over spend is simply by making a budget and do-it-yourself instead of hiring someone to put it together.
A simple do-it-yourself item is by making the centerpieces yourself, and remembering that they do not have to be extravagant. A phrase that will become your best friend while planning your wedding is ""simple is better"", you will be amazed at how something simple can look better than some extravagant over the top piece. You can either do some origami, maybe a picture of you and the groom in a fun way. This is a great way for you to be creative and make it fun for yourself.
Another DIY tip is the cake, to some brides this is a non?negotiable area they want the most extravagant cake there is. However, if you can forgo this idea you can save quite a bit in this one area. Many times you do not have to sacrifice having an awesome cake either, chances are you know someone who can make a cake, which will still look awesome and can be creative. You may also be able to do-it-yourself that will fit your style more than one that you could buy.
One of the most expensive aspects of a wedding can be the photographer, now while it is probably be best to have a professional photographer during the wedding ceremony and even pictures outside of the ceremony. A DIY way to cut back is to buy some disposable cameras and put them on the tables at the reception. This way it gives your guests a way to have some fun and you have several photographers instead of just one. Do-it-yourself photography may seem a little crazy but in the end you will be glad that you did when you stay on budget and have unique pictures from your friends.
You may also be thinking about hiring a videographer for the whole wedding day, a great DIY way to save money and stay on budget is to simply ask a friend to do video for you. Now you will want to make sure that this friend knows how to handle a video camera and will be able to focus on what is important. This could actually be better than hiring a professional videographer because a friend can have more fun with it, can ask people questions at the reception, and be more personal with what he records. Remember that when making any decision such as videographer or photographer is budget, you want to stick to your budget. Which is why if you can do-it-yourself or have a friend do it for you than you should
Another great DIY idea is skip the catering. Now some may think that this is a horrible, scary idea, but most people who cater weddings are extremely over priced and will cost you most of your budget. Now since it is your wedding day you will not have the time to do-it-yourself so ask some friends to help out, or ask people to bring their favorite dish. You can also just buy some Hors d'oeuvres and make it a lighter reception.
Now you may think that DIY with food for wedding will look too cheap, or that the food will not be any good. However, you will be able to serve better food for a lower price because you are not paying for the name of the caterer. You can also offer your guests more of a variety and you do not have to worry about that one picky guest who has to be kosher, or vegetarian.
The idea of a do-it-yourself wedding may seem scary and maybe even a little more overwhelming than when you first started planning. However, if you take one item at a time and see where you can cut back, stay on budget and DIY, you will see how easy it is.
Now this is your special day, you want it to be nice and something to remember, absolutely nothing wrong with that. However, they key to remember is that it is only one day; you do not want to go so much off budget where you blow your life savings on one day if you do not have to by simply taking one some do-it-yourself ideas. Also the more money you save on simple DIY ideas the more you can save on your honeymoon. So when you think about making a budget up and where you want to spend money, think do you want to seem like you spent a lot of money centerpieces or splurge for that cruise you always dreamed of. DIY ideas save money without sacrificing the quality of your wedding; they only improve your honeymoon and your future life together.


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Palmer Hall, Farmington State Normal School, 1930
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This house on South Street was named Palmer Hall in 1929, in honor of Mary Palmer, a much-loved Home Economics teacher.
Prior to being used as a dormitory for students in the Home Economics program, the building served as Dr. Ross's hospital. It was later torn down to make room for Mantor Library.
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- Title: Palmer Hall, Farmington State Normal School, 1930
- Creation Date: circa 1930
- Subject Date: circa 1930
- Town: Farmington
- County: Franklin
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P.O.D. To Release New Acoustic Album
The boys that brought the boom from the San Diego are back but this time a little more stripped down and unplugged. Get the details here.
The boys that brought the boom from the San Diego are back but this time a little more stripped down and unplugged. Get the details here.
P.O.D. have announced that their next single from the "Murdered Love" will be "Beautiful". So far the band hasn't release a video but I have a simple one that conveys the message rather well. More after the jump.
Xfest 10 totally rocked! We, on the other hand, we're totally sucking wind and sick. Fortunately at least one listener got us some great concert shot...
If you were not among the lucky ones who made it out to XFEST early enough to catch P.O.D. let me just say, you missed a great performance by one of my favorite bands.
I'm hoping I can answer any and all questions with this blog. I'll be adding to it as information comes in. Get all that info after the jump.
Wow, Brent Smith of Shinedown has really cleaned up. Gone is the raggedy pink Kurt Cobain hair. He's now sporting a G.Q. look and is ready to rock. Check out more after the jump.
Well, this is pretty odd. P.O.D. and Hellyeah will be touring Europe after P.O.D.'s North American tour. Two very different bands with two very different messages sharing one stage for a few nights; that's going to be interesting.
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BCHS Protest Demands Return Of AP
Beach Channel High School students returning to school on Tuesday morning were startled by a line of demonstrators loudly demanding the return to the school of Assistant Principal Regine LiFranc, who was re_cently transferred to the region's Regional Operations Center (ROC) a space that many call "The Rubber Room).
Chanting "Bring Back LiFranc," and "Morris lied to us," students and family members, led by NAACP President Ed Williams, stood in front of the school attempting to get students to join their ranks.
Few, however, did so, although a few yelled "Black Power" as they walked into the building.
Williams said that the demonstration was designed to get justice for the ex-assistant principal, who was removed from the school just before the vacation period.
"The region, led by Kathleen Cashin," are big bullies," Williams told a Wave reporter. "LiFranc was doing things for the children that Cashin did not like her to do. The students in the school know that she cared about them and Cashin doesn't. That's why they had to get rid of her."
"She fought the system to do right by her students and, as a result, she's out of her job and assigned to the rubber room."
LiFranc was not at the protest rally. Williams says that she is sick, "devastated by being removed from her school and in physical collapse."
He said that the assistant got a letter just prior to the vacation, removing her from her position and assigning her to the Region Five Operations Center in Long Island City.
"{Principal David] Morris lied to the students," he added. "He is just trying to cover up the problems in the building that LiFranc was exposing."
Cashin, however, tells a far different story.
"[Her removal] was a personnel action that had to be taken," Cashin told The Wave after the protest ended. "We had to do the right thing for the students and address such issues as long-term absences, credit accrual, and graduation rates. We are all evaluated by the data and she was evaluated by the same data."
Cashin said that LiFranc will have the right to return to a position in her last tenured license, which is as a teacher.
While Cashin would not rule out the possibility of her going back to Beach Channel High School in that position, school experts say that it would be highly unlikely for her to be assigned back to the school from which she was removed as a supervisor. A member of the parent association, who asked not to be identified but who was in the building the entire duration of the protest said that the building was very quiet, as opposed to a demonstration a few years ago where many fires were started in the school and a large number of students walked out.
"We have to congratulate the students for not acting in a negative manner," the parent said. "I don't think that the protestors got the reaction they were looking for."


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San Diego Long Term Parking Tip SheetHere at Park and Go, we offer long term parking and shuttle service San Diego International Airport a.k.a. Lindbergh Field or SAN. For information on SAN, airline schedules and general information on the Airport, visit www.san.org
Located across the street from the Airport, we are one of the closest off-site lots servicing Terminal 1, Terminal 2 and the Commuter Terminal. Our customers fly on a variety of carriers including: Southwest, United, Alaska, American, Delta, Northwest, Continental, Jet Blue, Virgin America, AirTran US Air and more.
Please be advised that TSA recommends that you arrive to the Airport one and a half hours prior to your scheduled departure time. Even though we are located just a few minutes from the Terminals, we recommend that you allow 10 to 15 minutes for loading transport and unloading. Please do not show up a half hour prior to your flight and expect to make it on time.
- When you arrive at Park and Go take a ticket and proceed to any open space. Leave your parking ticket in your car. The drivers will issue a dispatch ticket with our phone number on it.
- Unload your luggage, lock your car and wait by your car or proceed to one of our sheltered pick-up areas. Please do not leave food in your car. Trash cans are located throughout the lot.
- One of our drivers will come to you and assist you with your luggage. The driver will ask you which airline you are flying with and give you a dispatch card. You will be dropped off curbside near your airline entry point. Have a great trip!
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- For your convenience we have numbered the spaces, when you get back to the lot please direct the driver to your car. The driver will assist you with your luggage.
- Proceed to Exit Booth/Gate. Thank you for choosing Park and Go.
- Terminal 1 Pick-up Area is across the sky bridge and down the escalator. Look for the courtesy vehicle area and wait in that area.
- Terminal 2 Pick-up Area is outside of baggage claim, across the street at the traffic signal. Look for the courtesy vehicle area and wait there.
- Commuter Terminal Pick-up Area is just outside of baggage claim


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Chris Christie's opponent not doing so well
posted at 1:09 pm on May 6, 2013 by Guy Benson
Democrat Barbara Buono is on the precipice of making state history. Where will she display the futility trophy?
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Barbara Buono's campaign war chest is so skimpy she may not generate enough contributions to secure all of her public matching funds for the primary or general election. State election finance records show that if the senator from Middlesex County wants to get the maximum public matching funds before the June 4 primary, she would need to raise about $250,000 a week, or about eight times her current $30,000-a-week clip…Buono is on pace to become the first major party nominee in state history who fails to raise enough money in the primary to qualify for maximum public financing. She's raised $738,000 thus far, earning an extra $1.02 million in public matching funds. She must bring in $1.9 million to qualify for the maximum $3.5 million in public financing for the primary. And she'll need another $4.2 million to qualify for the maximum $8.2 million match for the general election.
In light over her fundraising crisis, Buono's cronies in the state legislature have mobilized to try to salvage things:
Nothing demonstrates Buono's dilemma more than a closed-door meeting in a Statehouse basement last week. Assembly Democrats were hashing out which of the dozens of bills would be put up for vote when two of the top surrogates for Buono asked the legislative staff to clear the room. The surrogates, Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Mercer) and Assemblyman Joe Cryan (D-Union), wanted no extra ears to hear their sensitive request: squash a popular bill that could further deepen Buono's money woes as she challenges the popular Gov. Chris Christie, according to two sources who requested anonymity because they are not authorized to speak publicly about internal discussions. The bill would force certain political advocacy groups to disclose their donors. These nonprofit groups have emerged as major mouthpieces for Christie — and recently his opposition forces — by filling the airwaves with expensive commercials without having to tell the public who's picking up the tab. As a state senator, Buono publicly supports the measure and once sponsored an identical bill. But that bill would cut off one avenue contributors have to help her without having their names being made public and possibly facing Christie's wrath. One such group just spent more than $1 million for ads attacking the governor. The bill never made it to the Assembly floor.
Remember, though, Buono "supports" the bill that she made sure never saw the light of day. Democrats are all about disclosure — except when it complicates their electoral fortunes, or afflicts their buddies. Meanwhile, Christie is still enjoying eye-popping job approval ratings (as he has for some time) and has just announced a fundraising mega-haul:
The Christie campaign is out today announcing $6.166 million in total net contributions since the New Jersey governor declared for reelection. That figure comprises contributions from over 14,000 individuals, or roughly six times as many individual contributors as gave to the campaign during the 2009 primary season. Eighty-five percent of Christie donors are New Jersey residents, and 75 percent of them are small donors, giving $100 or less.
But hey, at least Buono's got her head on straight regarding at least one important topic.


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Ph.D., U. at Buffalo–SUNY, 2007
My research interests fall under the rubric of the interdisciplinary field of Geographic Information Science (GISc). I am a broadly trained geographer and GIScientist with research experience in several topics including topographic ontologies, terrain analysis, cartographic generalization, participatory GIS, multicriteria analysis, and spatiotemporal data modeling of human mobility patterns. Currently, my time is divided between three research projects through which I explore: i) the physical and social dimensions of conceptualizations of topographic landforms and other natural landscape features, ii) the intertwined relationship between the situated, local and external, formal knowledge of climate change and impact of such knowledge on adaptation practices (for an NSF funded project based in Tanzania), and iii) GIS and GPS based spatiotemporal modeling for relating people's daily activities to their health (with colleagues in Athletic Training and Physical Therapy).
This diversity of topics is essential because of the nature of my research—I want to understand the cognitive dissonance arising due to incompatibility between scientific theories and our intuitive, common sense notions of geophysical phenomena. Cultural, linguistic, and institutional factors and scientific paradigms all affect our geographic conceptualizations, even of supposedly objective physical landscape features such as mountains and rivers. Thus, my interpretation of GIScience is that it must be not just multi-disciplinary, but also multi-perspective; it must relate human condition to human experience; and GIScience must resist prescriptive, inflexible modes of knowledge representation and analysis. After all, geographic information is near ubiquitous, and geospatial technologies are becoming embedded in our daily lives. The science of geographic information must be similarly dynamic and support both nomothetic and idiographic approaches to geographic knowledge and geographic information.
Sinha G, Silavisesrith W (2012). Multicriteria Generalization (MCG): a decision-making framework for formalizing multiscale environmental data reduction. International Journal of Geographic Information Science. Vol 26(5), pp. 899-922. DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2011.618132.
Milillo T M, Sinha G, Gardella J A Jr. (2012). Use of geostatistics for remediation planning to transcend urban political boundaries. Environmental Pollution, Vol. 170, 52-62. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.06.006.
Sinha G, Mark D M (2010). Cognition-based extraction and modelling of topographic eminences. Cartographica: The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization, Vol. 45(2), pp. 105-112. DOI: 10.3138/carto.45.2.105.
Sinha G, Mark D M (2010). Toward a foundational ontology of the landscape. In S I Fabrikant, T Reichenbacher, M Kreveld and C Schlieder (eds.), Geographic Information Science, 6th International Conference, GIScience 2010, Extended Abstracts, Zürich, Switzerland, September 14-17, 2010.
Chang, Y S, Sinha G (2007). A Visual Basic program for ridge axis picking on DEM data using the profile-recognition and polygon-breaking algorithm. Computers & Geosciences, Vol 33(2), pp. 229-237. DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2006.06.007.
Sinha G, Mark D M (2005). Measuring similarity of geospatial lifelines for use in environmental health studies. Journal of Geographical Systems: Geographical Information, Analysis, Theory, and Decision. Vol. 7(1), pp. 115-136. DOI: 10.1007/s10109-005-0153-8.
Link to complete CV.
Bridget Kraynik (& Gaurav Sinha), 2013. Identifying potential flood risk areas using GIS and hydrological modeling tools. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG), Los Angeles, April 9-13, 2013.
Eric Lovell, Samantha Jones, Kgosi Velempeni (& Gaurav Sinha), 2013. Local knowledge and climate change adaptation project (LKCCAP): Issues in geographic representation. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG), Los Angeles, April 9-13, 2013.
Matthew Jackson, Matt Mendel, Li Lin (& Gaurav Sinha and Brian Ragan), 2013. Accuracy of GPS units in stationary and dynamic modes. National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA) 64th Annual Meeting and Clinical Symposia, Las Vegas, NV, USA, June 24-27, 2013.
Eric Lovell, 2011. Ground Truthing Climate Change: A Mixed Method Approach to Pastoral Knowledge, Water Access, and Climate Uncertainty. MA Thesis, Department of Geography, Ohio University.
Michael Battaglia (& Gaurav Sinha), 2010. A Critical Comparison of Conceptual and Measurement Models of Urban Forests. 33rd Annual Applied Geography Conference, Forth Worth, Texas, October 20-23, 2010.


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A private Auckland training establishment at the centre of immigration-fraud allegations has had to refund nearly $1 million worth of fees as dozens of worried students pull out of courses.
Kingsland Institute, which offers business, IT, English and cookery courses to up to 400 students each year, is undergoing assessment by the Qualifications Authority to see whether it meets required standards.
In July, the school's general manager, Donald Han, and a licensed immigration adviser, Chheogyal Lepcha, were arrested on immigration-fraud related charges. The charges relate to dealings with students at the school.
After the arrests, Immigration NZ said it would review the permits of 200 students who were studying at the school's two Auckland campuses. It also suspended the processing of applications for study permits for a further 130 students.
This month, Kingsland went to the High Court seeking an interim order to set aside Immigration NZ's general instruction which halted the processing of all applications for students wanting to study there.
Mr Han's wife, Kathy Hou, a director at the school, told the court in an affidavit that students started withdrawing from their courses and wanting refunds for their fees as soon as Immigration's ban was imposed.
She was also contacted by agents here and overseas who were worried that the school was under investigation and that the processing of visas for prospective students had been suspended. They added the school's good reputation had been damaged and as result their clients would be looking to study elsewhere.
Ms Hou said the effect on Kingsland had been "enormous" and its finances so affected that if Immigration's NZ's suspension was not lifted, the school would have to consider its future.
At that stage 75 students had withdrawn, or wanted to withdraw, and $700,000 in fees had been refunded. It was expected 50 more students would do the same, resulting in a further $700,000 of fees being refunded by the middle of this month.
In addition to the fleeing students, Ms Hou estimated at least another 100 prospective students had decided not to study at the school, a loss of about $1.4 million in potential fees.
She said the combined effect was approximately a $2.1 million loss for Kingsland and "the longer the suspension remain (sic), the greater the likelihood that the institute will be forced to consider closing its doors".
In a reserved judgment, Justice Alan MacKenzie ruled against the school, instead allowing Immigration NZ to keep its suspension on the processing of visas in place.
He said many of the effects Ms Hou had described were the result of publicity surrounding the charges laid and imposition of the ban, not the actual ban itself. He also said even if the ban was lifted applications might still be declined by Immigration.
"It is therefore unlikely that the position of the applicant would be substantially improved."
When contacted yesterday, Ms Hou refused to say how many students remain at the school but said it was coping and not about to close.
The Weekend Herald has been told that students - and staff - continue to leave and only around 60 of the 350 students are left. It is understood students were each paying up to $18,000 a year in fees.
NZQA said its assessment of the school was not related to the charges but had already highlighted "a number of issues of concern". The school had been asked to submit a response, which was now being analysed.
Immigration NZ head Nigel Bickle said 25 students who had lodged applications to study before the processing was suspended in July had now changed providers.
A number of other students who had valid permits have also applied to attend another provider.


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The Brian Lehrer Show
Test Scores Tank
New York adopted more stringent standardized tests this year and has the big drop in scores to prove it. Beth Fertig, contributing editor for Education, WNYC Radio and Schoolbook.org, looks at the results, why federal education officials are satisfied with them and what they mean for Bloomberg's legacy and for the next mayor.
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Home > Law > RLJ > Vol. 6 (1996) > Iss. 1
Article Title
This article uses the East Asian tax policy experience to shed light on fundamental uncertainties about the future direction of tax policy in the West. It highlights some of the broad questions facing tax policy analysis and suggests that, while the East Asian experience cannot be used as a model for the West, it can provide useful comparative input.
Recommended Citation
Cullen, Richard
"The Plight of Tax Policy : an East Asian Perspective,"
Revenue Law Journal: Vol. 6
, Article 2.
Available at: http://epublications.bond.edu.au/rlj/vol6/iss1/2


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OMG This Is A Real Plastic Surgery Procedure For Men?
George Clooney has inspired a new Hollywood craze that is similar to a woman's bikini wax. Some refer to it as a procedure called 'Tighten the Tackle'. It actually "evens out skin tone, removes discoloration from ingrown hairs, removes skin tags and provides overall tightening to the external skin you know where…" Surprisingly, more and more male clients are opting to get this service done on a regular basis.


text: I didnt see any "new members" threads so I wanted to introduce myself. My name is Marc I purchased an 04 Escalade ESV Platinum Edition in Feb 2013 with 120k miles which I financed about $10k which was not too bad IMO. The previous owner treated this vehicle well even adding a TV in each headrest. Im blown away that I found a forum about the escalade hopefully I can learn alot while im here. Thanks!


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Fun and games at Kirirom
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Bloody-Disgusting, Havsum Entertainment and Re-Evolution present Festival of Fiends the first of many Ultimate Horror Cons. The show is slated to take place September 11-13 in Chicago, IL (Westin Chicago Northwest) and features guests including Derek Mears (Friday the 13th), Chris Carnel (My Bloody Valentine), Jason Mewes (Tripper), Daeg Faerch (Halloween), Andrew Bryniarski (Texas Chainsaw), Bill Moseley (TCM 2, House of 100 Corpses, Devil's Rejects), Jake Busey (Frighteners), America Olivia (Friday the 13th, Bitch Slap), Besty Rue (True Blood), Tom Savini, John Kassir 9The Cryptkeeper) and many more. Pre-order your weekend tickets now (for only $40) and get a free autograph and/or DVD while supplies last (details here). Watch this spot for any new additions and announcements regarding future shows.
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