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Simple breakfast was more than enough for us and we embarked on our journey. Franz Josef glacier was located only few minutes from the place where we stayed.
Rain was slowing down and till we arrived to the valley the glacier showed up in its full beauty. We could choose from few walks, but with did the one which took us the closest to the glacier. We were walking slowly and enjoying the beauty all around us. Water from waterfalls was flowing from everywhere along the valley. We walked along a dark grey river all the way through a green valley where the lush forests turned into black rocks and with the fog around the mountains everything looked very surreal
Even if it was raining it stopped after a while and we had our rain gear on so it was not such a big deal. When we finally arrived at the glacier base we were totally taken by the view. We took as many photos as it was possible. After rather a long while we decided to go back to the car park and drove to the Fox glacier.
The heavy rain started once again however we again were praying and our prayers were answered, from whatever reason the sky was again relatively clear. The walk was not that easy as it was to the Franz Josef, so our lazy asses had bit of exercise - crossing a small creek and climbing up a hill but we were rewarded by the views of the beautiful valley and the blue glacier. When you will be in New Zealand you cannot miss these 2 highlights.
Again we were lucky for taking pictures and it did not rain at all. We went back to the car and we even have not noticed that we already had spent 5 hours on the road. We ended the day by buying a bottle of local wine and the next day we woke up early because we were travelling further up north,


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Wow it has been forever since I have been on here. My mom had gotten a new job and seemed like she never had time to get online! This past Sunday she decided she wanted to stay home with me and my "human" sisters a little more so she left her job. I don't think I have seen her this happy in a long time. The past few days we have been enjoying the weather and getting outside more. We even had a little fire last night and roasted hot dogs! Yummy!!! Mom cooled one down for me and let me have it without dad knowing. She is so sneaky, but I love her!
I made out like a bandit for Christmas!
This was my first year living with my new family, well actually it isn't a "new" family. I moved in with my aunt & uncle. They treat me so well I just call them mom & dad now.
But anyways, back to my Christmas! I had never gotten anything before, I use to just watch all the humans open their gifts. But this year, I hit the jackpot! I even got to have my own stocking hung up with the rest of the family, of course the cat had to have one too.
On Christmas morning mom woke up early and made a big breakfast for everyone. They had pancakes, sausage, eggs, and OJ. She even made me a special breakfast! I felt like a king because most of my meals come from a bag so this was a special treat! Yummy!! When everyone was done it was time for presents. I went and sat in the corner so I could watch but mom called me right over to the couch to sit with the rest of the family. Then she started putting presents in front of me. I didn't know what to do, I was so excited. Mom had to help me get them open. Dad got me a new Ohio State shirt to wear around the house, boy was he proud of himself when I put it on. I also got a new pair of pajamas, an ACDC jersey, two new rope toys, a bone to chew on, a bag of treats, and Santa even put an elf hat in my stocking! I kinda look silly in it, but I figured if the big man in red wants me to wear it I will! I wore it all day on Christmas. This was the best Christmas I have ever had!
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As we reported earlier this week, Cheezburger, the company behind the LOLcat generator and Fail Blog, raised $30 million in a major round of venture funding. I'm surprised this merits a send-up from everybody's favorite Taiwanese animators–on the level of their takes on enhanced TSA security screenings or Lindsay Lohan getting out of jail –but our friends at Next Media Animation are savvy about the power of hanging on to an Internet meme or, in this case, an Internet meme sweatshop. NMA depicts Cheezburger CEO Ben Huh as an evil stealer of memes, over-worker of cats and receiver of Internet flames. It's pretty funny.
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Kim Kardashian's Psoriasis Diagnosis: What It Means for Her Skin and Her Health
Fans of Kim Kardashian's luminous, seemingly pore-free skin were surprised to learn on this week's Keeping Up With The Kardashians that the reality star has been diagnosed with the skin condition psoriasis.
"Psoriasis!? I cannot have psoriasis," Kardashian told her dermatologist on Sunday night's episode*.* "People don't understand the pressure on me to look perfect. When I gain a pound it's in the headlines. Imagine what the tabloids would do to me if they saw all these spots!"
So does Kim really need to be worried about her career, not to mention her upcoming wedding? We asked board certified dermatologist Sandra Lee, who practices in Upland, Calif., for the spot-on truth.
"Psoriasis is a common, inherited condition affecting up to 3 in 100 people," says Lee, who does not treat the star. "It is not life-threatening, and often people with this condition also have a family member with the diagnosis."
According to Lee, psoriasis leads to thickening and scaling of the skin, which is why you see red, raised areas, often surmounted by a silvery colored scale (on the show, Kardashian panicked as red, scaly spots started appearing on her body).
Psoriasis occurs most often on the elbows, knees, nails, the top of the buttocks and the scalp, but can occur anywhere that you have skin, even on the face.
So why the sudden outbreak? Lee says the mean age of onset is 27 years old (Kardashian is 30), and stress may play a role.
"Emotional stress definitely can aggravate psoriasis, so the stress of an upcoming wedding can make psoriasis worse!"
So what does Kardashian do now? While psoriasis is not curable, it can be controllable, Lee explains.
"Most commonly we use topical medications -- topical steroids, which usually work well, but if not there are many other treatments, including ultraviolet light (similar to the light in tanning beds) and even treatment with oral medications."
Here's hoping Kim gets her psoriasis under control in time for her big day!
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Toronto is arguably one of those great cities whose diversity is as big as its heart. Our urban metropolis — the largest in the country — is a heady mix of many things. Neighbourhoods vary, ethnicities converge and the people who inhabit it are a true mishmash of culture and personality. We're known (and somewhat revered) for this multiplicity so when, in 2008, bids went out to host the 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games, we made a smart move: Take advantage of our diversity and sell it hard on the world stage. And sell we did.
Come July 2015, more than 10,000 athletes from more than 41 countries will take over our town for two weeks of sport and competition. The games will be the largest multi-sport event ever to be held in Canada, so with that demand comes high expectation. State-of-the-art infrastructure needs to be built and new communities created. Top of mind for city developers is the "village;" a home-away-from-home for visiting athletes to sleep and recharge during their stay. Toronto didn't have buildings to convert so, instead, took advantage of a residential development already in the works. Enter: The Canary District.
Situated in the former industrial lands of West Don Lands, this condominium project will transform into the official Athlete's Village but, unlike other village projects, which house competitors during major events and then get converted for other uses, the Pan Am Athlete's Village will be re-imagined as full residential environs after the games are over. For locals, the project gives them the opportunity to own a piece of Toronto history.
"Our goal was to make a place that will reflect the best of our city and culture for PanAmerica's athletes in 2015 and endure for generations of Torontonians as the preeminent downtown neighbourhood," says Bruce Kuwabara, Partner of KPMB Architects and part of the high-profile integrated design team.
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"We identified key qualities we associate with Toronto and Canada — open, heterogenous, complex and democratic in our design vision for the Canary District and infused every element into this legacy project," Mr. Kuwabara says. For their first offering, Block 11 (sales of which begin this June) inhabits a unique location that is a convergence of city, river and lake. Comprised of chic one- and two-bedroom market condos, also on deck is ground-floor townhouses with quaint porches, front gardens and summer-suited terraces.
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-You might remember her as the rebel rocking chick in Dead Weather and he is the new Mr. Kate Moss, but together they form The Kills, which if you have never seen will blow your mind. My other new favorite band, JEFF the Brotherhood are opening, and you definitely should not miss them tonight at The Masquerade.
–Bernadette Seacrest and her Provocateurs – with guitarist/songwriter par excellence, Charles Williams and bad-ass bassist Kris Dale will be rocking it out at The Earl tonight.
-A songwriter's in the roundish style party is going down tonight at Eddie's Attic, where Erick Baker & Mieka Pauley, with special guest, Meghan Arias will be entertaining the masses.
-Genre blending Colorado newcomer, Ronlit will be bringing in his sense of style tonight at The Five Spot with AV8R.
– And although this may not be a concert, the winner of the 2010 Tony Award for Best Play, Red, will be at The Balzer Theater at Herren's Pontifical, obsessive, vain, arrogant and brilliant, modernist painter Mark Rothko turned the art world on its head with his revolutionary abstract expressionist studies in color, shape and texture. John Logan's Redarrives in Atlanta to paint a raw and provocative portrait of an artist's ambition and vulnerability in this electrifying play.
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As anyone who lives in the northeast knows, the winter can be an awfully difficult time, especially with decreased daylight, being stuck indoors, and the stress of seasonal illnesses such as the flu going around. For those who are sensitive, this time of the year may be hard, even depressing; however, here are some tips to help improve your situation:
1) Take a Vitamin D supplement – Known as the "sunshine" Vitamin, taking a Vitamin D supplement in the winter time is crucial in helping our bodies adapt to decreased sunlight when we are unable to go outside. Many Americans are deficient and think that even if they spend time outdoors in the winter that this will be enough. Unfortunately, we don't receive the proper UV light at this time of year to allow our bodies to produce Vitamin D so a supplement is highly advisable!
2) Participate in some sort of "mindfulness-based" activity each day – stress can really take root during the Winter and participating in activities such as meditation, Yoga, tai chi, and deep breathing may help reduce daily situational stress that can contribute to winter blues.
3) Exercise – daily exercise, sustained for at least thirty minutes, helps to relieve stress, get your body moving, and release 'feel-good' endorphins in the brain. It is easy to become sedentary in the winter time but winter is also the chance to try new activities, look into exercise groups and classes, or find a new workout buddy.
4) Eat Well – when Winter or life gets us down, it's easy to cave into cravings for sugary and salty foods. Instead, you might want to try cooking a warm meal on a winter's day. Eating cooked food and drinking warm liquids helps support our bodies during the cold, dark months. You may even want to search online for recipes that create a sense of health and satisfaction. Think soups, stews, and porridges.
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Have you been looking for an easy way to eliminate excess calories from your diet? Depending on your favorite thirst-quenching choices, cutting down on soft drinks or sugary drinks may be one simple way to do this. Many of us may have heard stories from parents or grandparents about the good-ole-days when having a soda at the local soda fountain was a special weekend afternoon treat. However nowadays, many Americans consume soda as part of their daily routine, a habit that is contributing to the ever expanding obesity epidemic and to the related health problems of diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and cancer.
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It's pretty simple, a sugary drink is one that has a sugar added to it which does not occur naturally in the beverage. For example, soft drinks, such as Coke or Pepsi are in this category. Sweetened teas, coffee drinks such as Starbucks Frapuccino, energy drinks like Monster Energy, and sports drinks like Gatorade are also included. Juices that are 100% juice, such as Tropicana orange juice, even though they also contain calories, are not considered to be in this category. However, there are certainly juice drinks on the market that have added sugar and therefore count. They would be indicated by ingredients label such as: sugar, evaporated cane juice, and high fructose corn syrup.
According to the Harvard School of Public Health, the average sugary drink contains about 150 calories, almost all of which comes from sugar sources, usually high fructose corn syrup – the same as 10 tablespoons of sugar with each beverage. People often don't realize how many calories they are consuming with these drinks. The problem with consuming these liquid calories is that the body does not feel full like it does after eating food. The body registers fullness with eating solid food, and naturally regulates hunger. Sugary drinks, however, don't have this same effect, and will cause the calories (and pounds) to keep mounting.
Mayor Menino and the Boston Public Health Commission have recently developed an initiative called "Stop. Rethink Your Drink. Go Green", guidelines on what kind of beverages are healthy to drink. Green light (drink plenty) drinks are those recommended for healthy consumption and include water, sparkling water, fat-free milk, and unsweetened soy milk. Yellow light drinks (okay to drink occasionally) include 100% juice, diet sodas or low sugar drinks, and red light (drink rarely if at all) includes regular sodas, energy or sports drinks and fruit drinks. This initiative is displayed on signs in BMC cafeterias.
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Brian Harper, Assistant Professor of Fine Art at Indian University Southeast, is an artist of many talents and effectively wields many materials, media, and processes. He has exhibited his work internationally in the Korean Ceramics Biennial and is the founder of artaxis.org, an evolving independent network of contemporary artists and their work. This site, which began as a compendium of artists working in ceramics, is now referenced by students, faculty, and professionals around the world!
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Latest monthly figures show that there were 3 new detentions of foreign flagged ships in UK ports during April 2006, along with 1 other ship still under detention from previous months. The number of new detentions compared to last month has decreased by 57% while the overall rate of detentions compared with inspections carried out over the last 12 months is 5 %, which is in line with March's 12 month rate.
During the month of April 92 Port State Control Inspections were carried out in the UK, which brings the total from January to April this year to 476 inspections. For those ships inspected during April a total of 71 vessels had deficiencies raised against them. 46 had between 1 to 5 deficiencies, 22 had between 6 to 10 deficiencies, 3 had between 11 to 20 deficiencies, but none had more than 20 deficiencies.
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Aston Villa 0-3 Wigan
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Wigan Athletic moved out of the Premier League relegation zone and above Aston Villa with an emphatic victory over their struggling hosts.
Wigan made the perfect start when Ivan Ramis escaped his marker to meet Jean Beausejour's corner with a firm header.
Brett Holman smashed a half-volley against the crossbar as Villa briefly threatened before the interval.
Emmerson Boyce calmly slotted in after a superb one-two with Arouna Kone, who added the third from a tight angle.
Hordes of frustrated Villa supporters headed for the exits immediately after Kone completed a routine win that lifts the Latics above Villa into 16th place.
It was another difficult afternoon for Paul Lambert's men, who have endured a nightmare Christmas period with heavy defeats against Chelsea and Tottenham.
Most of the pre-match talk centred on how their young side, with an average age of 23, would react to conceding 12 goals in their previous two matches.
But they made the worst possible start by conceding their 13th goal in just 183 minutes - after being let down by basic defensive errors at a Wigan set-piece.
The visitors' central defender Ramis, making his first start since late November following a hamstring injury, easily escaped his marker Christian Benteke and took advantage with a powerful eight-yard header from Beausejour's left-wing corner.
The Latics grew in confidence, stroking the ball around as a leaderless-looking Villa chased after their visitors, but Wigan failed to stretch home keeper Brad Guzan again before half-time, despite creating a number of decent opportunities to double their lead.
Wigan midfielder Shaun Maloney appealed for a penalty after he felt he was impeded by Villa's Stephen Ireland and also fired over from Beausejour's pull-back following the Chilean winger's clever run down the left.
The hosts finally managed to build some sustained pressure as half-time loomed, Benteke drilling low into the net with the flag already raised against an offside Andreas Weimann.
And they should have been level at the break when Joe Bennett's deep free-kick was nodded down by Benteke to the far post where Holman's effort beat Al Habsi but hit the crossbar.
Villa started the second half by creating another opportunity which Benteke headed over but within six minutes they were further behind, Latics defender Boyce bursting through the Villa midfield before stylishly finishing past Guzan after exchanging one-touch passes with Kone.
It was killer blow for an already demoralised Villa and Wigan, who had not won in their previous six matches, capitalised on the hosts' fragile confidence with a third goal.
Kone, recently called up by Ivory Coast for their Africa Cup of Nations squad having missed the past two tournaments, brushed aside a weak challenge from Matthew Lowton to race on to Franco Di Santo's pass and round Guzan before converting.
Villa's dismal day ended with those home fans still inside the half-empty Villa Park ironically cheering substitute Jordan Bowery's late shot on target - though there was some solace as Stoke's late equaliser against Southampton at least stopped them sliding into the bottom three.
Wigan manager Roberto Martinez:
"I felt from the first second the players were really focused. It was very important for us to keep a clean sheet but what they did going forward was first-class.
"The movement was very precise and the penetration was very good. I thought we could have got a few more goals if that final pass was cuter.
"It is not just the win against Aston Villa which is important - it's the three points we wanted.
"You can't think anything until you reach 40 points, but today is a massive, massive boost."
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- 22 Guzan
- 06 Clark
- 27 Bennett
- 30 Lichaj (Albrighton - 64' )
- 34 Lowton Booked
- 07 Ireland (El Ahmadi - 63' )
- 25 Bannan Booked
- 31 Herd
- 14 Holman (Bowery - 63' )
- 20 Benteke
- 26 Weimann Booked
- 01 Given
- 29 Stevens
- 08 El Ahmadi
- 12 Albrighton
- 15 Westwood
- 40 Carruthers
- 21 Bowery
- 26 Al Habsi
- 05 Caldwell
- 17 Boyce Booked
- 21 Ramis
- 31 Figueroa
- 04 McCarthy
- 06 Jones (McArthur - 65' )
- 10 Maloney Booked
- 22 Beausejour (Gomez - 79' )
- 02 Kone (McManaman - 87' )
- 09 Di Santo
- 12 Pollitt
- 23 Stam
- 25 Golobart
- 14 Gomez
- 16 McArthur
- 15 McManaman
- 19 Boselli
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Full Time The referee signals the end of the game.90:00 +0:05
Callum McManaman takes a shot. Save by Bradley Guzan.89:07
Ivan Ramis takes the direct free kick.89:07 Booking
Booking Booking for Andreas Weimann for unsporting behaviour.88:59
Emmerson Boyce fouled by Andreas Weimann, the ref awards a free kick.88:41
Jordan Bowery takes a shot. Save made by Ali Al Habsi.87:20
Callum McManaman fouled by Karim El Ahmadi, the ref awards a free kick. Maynor Figueroa restarts play with the free kick.86:13
Free kick taken by Barry Bannan.86:13 Substitution
Substitution Callum McManaman on for Arouna Kone.86:13
Arouna Kone is penalised for a handball.85:22
Andreas Weimann produces a right-footed shot from the edge of the area and misses to the left of the target.84:16
Short corner taken by Jordan Bowery.83:50
The assistant referee signals for offside against Arouna Kone. Bradley Guzan takes the free kick.83:05
Unfair challenge on Shaun Maloney by Andreas Weimann results in a free kick. James McCarthy takes the free kick.82:26
Marc Albrighton challenges Franco Di Santo unfairly and gives away a free kick. Maynor Figueroa restarts play with the free kick.79:54
Gary Caldwell restarts play with the free kick.79:54 Booking
Booking Matthew Lowton shown a yellow card.79:50
Matthew Lowton concedes a free kick for a foul on Maynor Figueroa.78:26 Substitution
Substitution Jean Beausejour leaves the field to be replaced by Jordi Gomez.75:14
Joe Bennett has an effort at goal from just outside the area which goes wide of the left-hand post.
Marc Albrighton sends in a cross, Maynor Figueroa manages to make a clearance.72:16
Marc Albrighton fouled by Jean Beausejour, the ref awards a free kick. Barry Bannan takes the free kick.71:07
Marc Albrighton takes a corner.70:59
The ball is swung over by Marc Albrighton, blocked by Jean Beausejour.69:50
Outswinging corner taken from the right by-line by Marc Albrighton, clearance made by Gary Caldwell.69:13
The ball is crossed by Joe Bennett, Gary Caldwell makes a clearance.67:39
Chris Herd concedes a free kick for a foul on Franco Di Santo. Strike on goal comes in from Shaun Maloney from the free kick.66:52
Marc Albrighton delivers the ball, Gary Caldwell manages to make a clearance.66:39
The ball is crossed by Andreas Weimann, clearance by Ivan Ramis.65:39
The ball is sent over by Matthew Lowton, comfortable save by Ali Al Habsi.64:16
Direct free kick taken by Ivan Ramis.64:16 Substitution
Substitution James McArthur comes on in place of David Jones.64:16
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Ivan Ramis by Joe Bennett.62:51 Substitution
Substitution Eric Lichaj leaves the field to be replaced by Marc Albrighton.62:51 Substitution
Substitution (Aston Villa) makes a substitution, with Jordan Bowery coming on for Brett Holman.62:51 Substitution
Substitution Karim El Ahmadi joins the action as a substitute, replacing Stephen Ireland.60:03
Stephen Ireland concedes a free kick for a foul on Jean Beausejour. Jean Beausejour restarts play with the free kick.59:12
David Jones gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Andreas Weimann. Free kick taken by Barry Bannan.58:07
The official flags Franco Di Santo offside. Direct free kick taken by Bradley Guzan.56:59
Unfair challenge on Joe Bennett by Ivan Ramis results in a free kick. Barry Bannan takes the direct free kick.55:54
Assist on the goal came from Franco Di Santo.55:54 Goal scored
Goal! - Arouna Kone - A Villa 0 - 3 Wigan Arouna Kone scores a goal from inside the six-yard box to the bottom left corner of the goal. Aston Villa 0-3 Wigan.54:50
Maynor Figueroa takes the free kick.54:50 Booking
Booking Barry Bannan goes into the book for unsporting behaviour.54:38
Barry Bannan concedes a free kick for a foul on Shaun Maloney.54:09
Arouna Kone takes a shot. Save by Bradley Guzan.51:44
The assist for the goal came from Arouna Kone.51:44 Goal scored
Goal! - Emmerson Boyce - A Villa 0 - 2 Wigan Emmerson Boyce gets on the score sheet with a goal from the edge of the area to the bottom left corner of the goal. Aston Villa 0-2 Wigan.50:23
Free kick awarded for a foul by Franco Di Santo on Matthew Lowton. Matthew Lowton restarts play with the free kick.46:11
The ball is swung over by Eric Lichaj, Christian Benteke has a headed effort from close range and clears the bar.45:01
The game restarts for the second half.45:00 +1:18 Half time
Half Time The ref blows to end the first period.45:00 +0:37
Christian Benteke has a headed effort at goal from just inside the penalty area that misses to the left of the target.44:09
Brett Holman produces a left-footed shot from long distance which goes wide right of the goal.42:55
Brett Holman takes a shot.42:11
Direct free kick taken by Barry Bannan.42:11 Booking
Booking The referee shows Shaun Maloney a yellow card for unsporting behaviour.42:07
Shaun Maloney gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Joe Bennett.40:42
The ball is crossed by Matthew Lowton.39:49
The ball is crossed by Joe Bennett, clearance by Gary Caldwell.36:58
Foul by Franco Di Santo on Joe Bennett, free kick awarded. Ciaran Clark takes the direct free kick.36:29
The assistant referee signals for offside against Christian Benteke. Free kick taken by Ali Al Habsi.35:55 Booking
Booking Emmerson Boyce goes into the book.34:56
The assistant referee flags for offside against Andreas Weimann. Indirect free kick taken by Ali Al Habsi.34:36
The ball is sent over by Joe Bennett, Gary Caldwell makes a clearance.33:30
Chris Herd gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Franco Di Santo. David Jones restarts play with the free kick.32:58
Christian Benteke takes a shot. Blocked by Ivan Ramis.32:39
The ball is swung over by Joe Bennett.29:39
Inswinging corner taken right-footed by Shaun Maloney, Joe Bennett makes a clearance.28:52
The ball is swung over by Jean Beausejour, clearance made by Chris Herd.27:32
Christian Benteke takes a shot. Blocked by Ivan Ramis.27:07
Inswinging corner taken left-footed by Barry Bannan, Shaun Maloney manages to make a clearance.26:16
Arouna Kone has an effort at goal from deep inside the area missing to the right of the target.25:01
Unfair challenge on Franco Di Santo by Chris Herd results in a free kick. Gary Caldwell takes the free kick.24:18
Jean Beausejour produces a cross.23:48
Unfair challenge on David Jones by Stephen Ireland results in a free kick. Gary Caldwell takes the free kick.21:43
James McCarthy challenges Christian Benteke unfairly and gives away a free kick. Barry Bannan takes the direct free kick.20:12
Effort on goal by Shaun Maloney from just inside the area clears the crossbar.20:01
A cross is delivered by Emmerson Boyce.16:56
Unfair challenge on Barry Bannan by David Jones results in a free kick. Free kick taken by Matthew Lowton.16:25
Stephen Ireland challenges Jean Beausejour unfairly and gives away a free kick. Maynor Figueroa takes the free kick.15:40
Effort from outside the penalty box by Andreas Weimann goes wide left of the goal.12:39
Effort on goal by Franco Di Santo from long range goes harmlessly over the target.12:13
Jean Beausejour delivers the ball, Chris Herd manages to make a clearance.11:45
Brett Holman concedes a free kick for a foul on James McCarthy. Ivan Ramis takes the direct free kick.10:39
Corner taken by Shaun Maloney.8:25
Centre by Andreas Weimann.6:30
The ball is swung over by Jean Beausejour.5:24
The ball is sent over by Jean Beausejour, clearance by Matthew Lowton.4:55
Free kick awarded for a foul by Ciaran Clark on Franco Di Santo. Ivan Ramis takes the direct free kick.4:19
Andreas Weimann takes a shot. Save by Ali Al Habsi.2:25
The assist for the goal came from Jean Beausejour.2:25 Goal scored
Goal! - Ivan Ramis - A Villa 0 - 1 Wigan Ivan Ramis grabs a headed goal from inside the six-yard box. Aston Villa 0-1 Wigan.1:53
Jean Beausejour takes the outswinging corner,1:34
Shaun Maloney fouled by Stephen Ireland, the ref awards a free kick. Direct free kick taken by Gary Caldwell.0:00
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Southern California offers California's top vacation experience, and is the primary reason people come to California. Attractions are plentiful, as are theme parks, beaches, museums, dining and nightlife. One of the top trips to Southern California is to Disneyland theme parks. There are two parks in the Disneyland resorts, California Adventure, a newer, smaller attraction, and the original Disneyland. Located in Anaheim, tourists like the affordable hotels in the surrounding region and perks like buses that circle major hotels for day trips to Universal Studios Hollywood. Magic Mountain, Knott's Berry Farm, SeaWorld, San Diego Zoo, and Legoland California are some of the top theme park and attraction draws in South. Calif.
Museums are world class, and sometimes offer free admission. Two such favorites are The Getty and Getty Villa. Pay museums such as Huntington Library and Gardens are worth a visit, as is Balbo Park, located in San Diego. It contains many museums and requires picking and choosing, as its hard to see them all in one day.
In addition to these cultural and entertainment venues, tourists love California's world famous beaches. Several hundred miles of beachfront sand provides many chances to surf, swim, sunbathe, dine and shop. There are lots of hotels on or near the sand, making for some restful and relaxing vacationing. Top beach cities where you'll find hotels include San Diego, Laguna Beach and Santa Monica. Southern California spans from the Mexico border to Los Angeles, Simi Valley and Malibu beaches. Enjoy your Southern California vacation, and plan on spending a week or month to visit and do it right.
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I read your story on windshield washer fluid and all the comments. I'm curious why manufacturers don't just add more alcohol, for bragging rights. "Good to -60 C" washer fluid would be a hit with the kind of consumers who think "more is better" and buy premium gas when their cars only need regular. Sure, it would be flammable, but so is the stuff we buy now. I'm also wondering why they use methanol here and not ethanol like they do in Europe?
– Jeremy, Whitehorse
I'm no marketing expert, but I doubt "now more flammable!" would spark sales for a product sitting in a plastic reservoir under your car's hood.
"If we added more methanol, there are laws we'd have to follow about labelling and packaging," says Angelo Macchia, product development manager with Recochem, a washer fluid manufacturer. "We'd have to put it in a metal can because it would be so flammable."
A quick washer fluid refresher: winter washer fluids in Canada are rated from –35 C to –49 C. They're a mix of water and alcohol. In North America, this is usually methyl alcohol, also called methanol.
General Motors spokesman George Saratlic explained in an e-mail that the freeze point roughly corresponds to the percentage of alcohol.
"A –35 C washer fluid will have not less than 38 per cent methanol," wrote Saratlic. "A 50 per cent methanol mixture freezes at –50 C."
Adding more antifreeze to the usual 35-40 per cent mix would mean less water and a lower freezing point. But too much methanol creates problems – it would require special packaging because it's flammable, it could damage your car's paint job and it could release more smog-causing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) into the atmosphere.
"Minus 49 is the practical limit," Macchia says. "And, making a product with a lower freeze point is not warranted."
A product good to –60 C might have been a big hit at the now-closed base in Snag, Yukon (which recorded the North American record low of –63 C in 1947) – but it's not necessary for Canadian drivers, Macchia says.
The fluid sold now won't freeze solid in the jug or in your vehicle's reservoir up to the rated temperature. But once it's out in the windshield, the methanol evaporates quickly, especially when you're travelling at highway speeds. The less methanol left, the faster the remaining water will freeze.
"It's not the same as the wind chill factor, which has to do with how cold it feels on skin," Macchia says. "But wind does make it cool faster – like when you blow on hot soup to cool it down."
So, even a flammable, paint-eating fluid rated to –60 C could freeze on your windshield if most of the methanol flashed off, leaving water (which freezes at 0 C).
"When we formulate it, we're measuring the freeze point of the liquid itself," Macchia says. "Freezing on the windshield doesn't happen that frequently – it's impossible to test for every possible road situation."
Freezing could happen if the fluid is diluted – by ice on the windshield or by water or summer washer fluid still in the reservoir.
Drain the reservoir before putting in winter washer fluid, Macchia says. If ice forms while you're driving, blast the defroster (which is meant to melt ice and frost) and flood the windshield with washer fluid until it melts.
"I'm not saying that because we sell the stuff," he says. "But you'll get more alcohol onto the windshield."
Other alcohols – like ethanol and ethylene glycol – do get added to some formulas, but most fluids are mainly methanol, water and colour. Some products also include water repellants.
Ethylene glycol turns to a gel at cold temperatures and would clog nozzles and make it tough to see out your windshield, Macchia says.
Methanol doesn't get viscous at low temperatures and it's not as corrosive as ethanol. Plus, it's a lot cheaper than the alternatives.
"Methanol is fundamentally the cheapest and most readily available," he says.
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LA Auto Show 2012-Why Should You Ever Go There? Five Secrets Unveiled
Los Angeles this week will once again be the focus of the automotive world. The 105th LA Auto Show opens to the public on Nov. 30 at the Convention Center and runs through Dec. 9.
Great Deals on Outgoing 2012 Models
With the end of 2012, automakers have effectively shifted their lineups to all 2013 model year vehicles. What this means is that leftover 2012 vehicles that did not sell are heavily discounted. Therefore, make room on dealer lots for the new 2013 models. The 2012 model is still a very capable vehicle and a good buy, especially since you can likely bag one on the cheaper rate.
The Best Car Deals
The LA Auto Show representatives are working hard to make car shopping as easy and affordable as possible. A list of 10 of the best new car deals is prepared for November. The vehicles on the list are on sale for an exceptionally high discount compared to their MSRP and invoice price. For more information about the cars on the list, you can log on to CarWoo.com.
Tech-Plan: Pedestrian Safety Design
Pedestrian safety design hopes to limit more than 4,000 people killed every year in the United States. While there are no requirements for pedestrian safety in America, Europe has a growing number of rules and regulations carmakers must meet. Since many vehicles are sold in both the U.S. and Europe, those safety features arrive in America.
Pedestrian safety design directly affects the exterior styling of a vehicle and can sometimes work against other safety features.
2012 Technology of the Year Finalists Announced
Since January, AOL Autos and its esteemed board of judges have been working to find the best of the best in auto technology. With over 30 nominees in the areas of Connectivity, Active Safety and Telematics, they have narrowed it down to our six finalists. Now, they are inviting you to take a seat at the judges' table.
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To accommodatingly posing for photos with the cars they represented, the so-called "booth babes" in Los Angeles are the ones pulling the covers-off the newly revealed rides.


text: GLEN ALLEN, Va., Nov. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Star Scientific, Inc. (NASDAQ: STSI) today announced that the Company has filed its preliminary proxy statement on Form 14A with the Securities and Exchange Commission in preparation for its December 27 annual shareholder meeting. The proxy statement outlines the Company's plan to accelerate the submission of an Investigational New Drug (IND) application to the FDA, with the assistance of a respected global contract research organization (CRO). The Company intends to continue the expansion of its dietary supplement business as well, including the addition of a time-release version of its Anatabloc® dietary supplement. The proxy statement proposes a shareholder vote for a transition in leadership in connection with this dual-track business plan. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130319/PH79245LOGO) The Company believes it has reached a point of inflection following a management and board review of the progress of research on forms of anatabine, for which the Company holds several patents and has patents pending. The Company's Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer both recommended to the Board that significant leadership changes are needed to better leverage opportunities in pharmaceutical development and FDA approval in the biotechnology space. The Company intends, following the leadership transition, to accelerate plans for submission of an IND to the FDA and, with FDA guidance, to undertake appropriate Phase I/II clinical trials. The proposed transition process, outlined in the proxy statement for a vote by the Company's shareholders, centers on the election of five new board members and one current director. Two of the proposed directors would then assume senior leadership positions with the Company. The remaining existing board members, who nominated the new board candidates and unanimously support their election, will not stand for re-election. As proposed in the proxy, Michael J. Mullan, MBBS (MD), PhD, who currently is CEO of the Roskamp Institute and Archer Pharmaceuticals, Inc., would serve as the Company's new Chief Executive Officer; it is anticipated that he also would be elected to serve as Chair of the Company's new board. Dr. Mullan would withdraw from the day-to-day operations of both Roskamp and Archer if elected by the board. Prior to relocating to Florida, Dr. Mullan resided in London, England, where he was a part of the team to identify the first-known genetic cause of Alzheimer's disease. Dr. Mullan has almost 30 years of experience in the development of biotechnology and intellectual property, and has authored or co-authored more than 200 articles on an array of medical topics. He also has worked with the Company's anatabine compound for more than three years as part of the Company's research collaboration with the Roskamp Institute. Christopher C. Chapman, MD, currently an independent director, would serve as President, and would be a management member of the new board. The Company believes that Dr. Chapman's prior experience, including his role as the Medical Director of Quintiles Transnational (NYSE: Q), from 1996-2001, makes him uniquely qualified to oversee the development of the Company's novel anatabine compound. Dr. Chapman also managed clinical trials for autoimmune diseases at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: REGN). During Dr. Chapman's tenure as medical director at both Quintiles and Regeneron, he and his medical teams were involved at various stages of clinical development with more than 15 products that met the requirements for regulatory approval. Dr. Chapman is the founder and Chairman of Chapman Pharmaceuticals Consulting, which currently manages the clinical development of several products for major pharmaceutical and biotech companies in the United States. The Company believes that Dr. Mullan and Dr. Chapman each bring extensive experience to the Company in the commercial aspects of pharmaceutical product development, approval and marketing, as well as in clinical research. Drs. Mullan and Chapman would assume their responsibilities if the slate of new board members is elected. At that time, Jonnie R. Williams and Paul L. Perito, Esq. would resign their current senior executive positions and board memberships. Mr. Williams, the Company's founder and current Chief Executive Officer, who has been instrumental in the development of the Company's anatabine patent portfolio and products, would serve for one year as a non-executive employee while working with current patent applications, new supplement product development, and advising on business development issues. Mr. Perito, who has served since 2000 as the Company's President and Chief Operating Officer, as well as board chair, would assume the role of Vice President & Senior Counsel, Legal and Regulatory Affairs, for one year. Mr. Perito would oversee all third-party litigation and generally would be available to provide advice during the transition period on all germane matters when requested by Dr. Mullan and/or Dr. Chapman. Mr. Perito commented, "The impressive progress in research with anatabine has formed the basis of our belief that a two-track business plan – with greater emphasis on development and approval of a pharmaceutical product in addition to our current dietary supplement product program – represents both our shareholders' best interests and the potential for enhanced shareholder value. We also believe, however, that these next steps require leadership with in-depth knowledge of pharmaceutical development and approval. Dr. Mullan and Dr. Chapman bring the combination of expertise and experience that we have sought, and which herald an exciting future for the Company." Mr. Williams added, "We are proud of the successes we have had in identifying and developing truly innovative processes and products that can make a difference in people's lives. Our anatabine compound is now well-positioned to help millions of people. It is time to further leverage these successes, and I have great respect for the skills and experience that Mike Mullan and Chris Chapman will bring to lead the Company to the next level." In addition to the election of new board members and subsequent leadership transition, shareholders will be asked to approve changing the parent Company's name to Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals Inc., to more clearly align the Company's dual-track business plan and mission as it moves forward.


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Social media was meant to be another digital destroyer of the $4 billion television business but Twitter has formally declared the platform is "thriving" because of Australian TV broadcasters.
Twitter's Australian director of media partnerships,
"It's TV first and foremost," Keen says. "We don't sit here and say TV is alive and thriving because of Twitter. The story is that Twitter is alive and thriving because of TV. Great content, like [The] X Factor, The Block, My Kitchen Rules, and Australia's Got Talent is what drives the conversations on our platform. It's no different to the trend in the US."
The new Twitter TV Ratings service from Nielsen is expected to launch in the June quarter and provide analysis of which TV shows are triggering social media conversations for networks and advertisers. It could reveal how broadcasters can better promote shows and monetise activity by incorporating advertisers into Twitter feeds – Twitter will give up to 50 per cent of ad revenues in these partnerships to TV networks.
But like Google and Facebook, which exist entirely because they demand users hand over enormous amounts of personal information which they analyse to monetise, the new tech titans are notoriously secretive about transparency in their own numbers. Twitter, for example, will not disclose how many users it has in Australia. "It's the most frustrating part of my job," Keen concedes, saying he would be fired if he confirmed or denied figures put to him by Fairfax Media. "This is the tech business and people these days don't talk numbers."
The chief strategy officer of media agency MEC, James Hier, said his company worked from Nielsen estimates in 2013 stating 13 per cent of Australian internet users were on Twitter. According to Experian Hitwise, Twitter had 2.4 million unique visitors. "If you look at [Google's] YouTube, the amount of data and understanding they have on how people consume video online is staggering yet a lot of the questions we ask they have no answer to or are not willing to answer," Hier says. "We do have concerns about why they are not sharing that sort of data."
Some early information coming from Twitter about how users interact with TV indicates channel surfing during ad breaks is half of "TV-only" viewers, at 8 per cent, and they have higher recall of ads during those TV shows.
"We like to believe that some of that conversation buzz helps direct [viewer] tune-in for TV shows," Keen says.
"We are yet to see the direct correlation of social activity in the lead-up to a program launch and its success or otherwise," he says. "Social creates noise and that's a good thing for us but a high indexing show in social does not guarantee a high-rating show. Conversely, you can have a low indexing show on social and it can be a huge success when it comes out."


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Tributes: Don Zimmer
Don Zimmer was a big man, physically, but he had a huge presence in the world of baseball for over 60 years, as a player, manager, coach, and adviser. He was married on a baseball diamond in 1951, and, some would say, he never left the field – between playing infield with the Brooklyn Dodgers, and the Mets (where he was an original member), and then as Yankee manager Joe Torre's right-hand man and bench coach on four World Series championship teams. He died recently at the age of 83. And you can hear his conversation with Leonard Lopate from April 2001.


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Patriots All Access airs tonight on WBZ-TV at 7 p.m. and immediately following on Patriots.com. Here are a few highlights:
·Brian Lowe chats with Hall of Famers Michael Irvin and Troy Aikman as well as Super Bowl-winning coach Jimmy Johnson about the development of wide receiver Wes Welker.
·Scott Zolak chats with head coach Bill Belichick about the difficulty of game-planning against a familiar opponent, and Belichick raves about the talent of the Jets' special teams in the Belestrator segment.
·Steve Burton sits down with tight end Rob Gronkowski.
·Dan Roche examines the mood of the Patriots after rare consecutive losses for the team, and takes a look at the release of defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth.
·Zolak and Christian Fauria demonstrate ways the Jets like to get the football to wide receiver Plaxico Burress in the TURF segment.
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Fifth Installment in The Walking Dead Game Available Today
According to shocktillyoudrop.com. "No Time Left," the final episode of the The Walking Dead game is available for download today. The fifth episode picks up where episode four ended. Clementine has been taken, kidnapped by an unseen enemy. Lee must set out onto the streets and rooftops of the city of Savannah, a place now completely overrun by the undead, to get her back.
The game debuted in April, and episodes one through four were met with critical acclaim. This includes various Editor's Choice Awards, the Best of E3 2012 awards and nominations, a Golden Joystick nomination and 6 nominations in this year's upcoming Spike TV Video Game Awards, which includes Game of the Year.
The Walking Deadis available for $4.99 or as a $19.99 season pass on PlayStation Network; for 400 Microsoft®Points per episode on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360, and as a $24.99 five-episode season pass for PC and Mac from the Telltale Online Store, Steam, and other digital outlets.
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MagicEngine (MAGIC-ENGINE) is a video game emulator from France, designed for NEC's PC-Engine (AKA: TurboGrafx-16) game console - the first console has CD games, which can almost emulate the PC-Engine/TurboGrafx-16 most perfectly. We usually call it PCE emulator for short.


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Donovan Hutchison claims to be an automobile mechanic. He even has some kind of certificate that he has posted in his gargage that claims he has earned an ASE Master Technician certification and claims he can work on any car and repair it.
To make a long story short, he was to work on the 2004 VW Beatle in November 2012. Our VW was having its temperature gauge temperature light come on and Donovan told our daughter to drive it to work and bring it in when she finished work. He also instructed her on how to put water in the radiator. By the time she got the car to Donovan's gargage, the VW engine was steaming and making a noise. He told us the head gasket needed to be resurfaced and it would cost $1K, which we paid him in cash (he insisted cash only).
He had to wait for the resurfaced gasket to come back from the shop and then called and said there was another problem. He said the block was cracked but he said he could get a good used one with 83,000 miles on it for $1,600. We paid him cash as my daughter needed to get the car repaired so she could go to work. In short, Donovan claimed the car was repaired but the car still was not operating properly.
Donovan was able to convince my wife and daughter the VW needed additional work, which we paid additional big dollars in cash. We finally said enough and had the car towed to a reputable car mechanic shop "Accurate Automotive". They examined the car and said the head gasket was indeed blown but it was never replaced. The original problem that caused the car to overheat was a crack in the radiator. Donovan promised that he would get the VW running smoothly and even detail the car. These were hollow promises and a costly lifetime lesson learned.
BTW, Automotive Aid is not registered with the Arizona Secretary of State so after months of waiting for this agency to investaigate our claim, we found out they will not investigate this fraud case because he never registered his business with the Secretary of State. ( You can't make this stuff up!). You will see internet posts that some customers were very satisfied with his car repair work but my guess is he had his friend or family member write these rebuttals. Also, Donovan provided no receipts and only accepted cash for all the parts that he alledgedly purchased to repair the vehicle. This alone should be a warning to all prospective clients of Automotive Aid!!!
Check out the other posts of being defrauded by Donovan and Aotomotive Aid, which is sometimes advertised on Craig's List and you will see a pattern. Caveat emptor!!!!! Caveat emptor!!!!!
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Victim of Donovan awarded Judgement
SUBMITTED: Sunday, November 09, 2014POSTED: Sunday, November 09, 2014
A judgement was just issued to someone that was ripped off by Donovan in the amount of 3100 for supposedly replacing an engine and infact never did. Same story all around the rip off report and the was just awarded Nov 7 2014. If everyone files a compaint against this guy with the city and police for fraud he will go to jail for his actions but if you only post it on the rip off report nothing will ever happen to this guy. He will probably pack up and move states and be free with the money he took from you. Hes already been sued and lost so please make these reports now while he is still fresh in the judges mind.
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Wow, Hannah! *fans self* what a scene! I already have the book but it's moving to the top of the pile to read now lol. I'm a BDB addict myself as well.
As for Paranormal Romance vs Urban Fantasy, I think it's a pretty blurry line these days. I'm just glad that there's contemporary fantasy out there that doesn't involve vampires, no matter what category people place it in.
Melinda: I totally agree – I love that the genre/s have moved beyond vamps and shifters.
I explain UF as a book usually told from first person POV, takes place in "real world" with paranormal features. Can involve romance (which personally I like), and can visit "other places" (like land of fae, hell, etc.), but based on present day Earth. The story line usually continues over more than one book, and there may be a cliff-hanger ending (or story arc not completed by end of book).
On the other hand, PNR tends to be 3rd person POV, shifting POVs. Generally focuses on one primary couple that will "hook up" (HEA) by end of the book. There may be an overall story arc that plays out over several books, but the primary couple will be together by end of book. It also takes place in real world – but can be historical, present day, alternate world, etc. Can involve any number of paranormal features.
How does that sound?
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So I finally have the time to get my car flashed. After much reading, debate, hymming and hawing, I decided to go with GIAC a while back. I live in the Pheonix area, and there is only 1 dealer in the state.
Friday, I make the appointment and leave work early. During the phone conversation, the guy (I think hes one of the owners) says he would like to be paid in cash....The money takes a while to get into his account if its from a card...not to mention his fees. I told him I would see what I could do.
I left work early and arrived. I had a chance to get 300 cash from the ATM at work and told him I would pay the rest on the card. He kind of frowned on that a little, and made it clear that cash is preferred. He was never rude or anything, but it just made me feel like he wasnt in a good position from a business standpoint.
I had a few minutes till the car before me was complete, so I went to the bank a few miles away. On my way back to the shop, he called me and said they dont have some sort of adapter to flash my car. He could have it shipped overnight, and maybe I could have it flashed on Monday (last day of sale). At this point I have to admit I was both disappointed, and relieved. Little red flags were popping up throughout this process, but this last one was big. I guess it just makes me feel like they are somewhat of a fly-by-night operation.
My question is, would any one else feel like I shouldnt go back? My other option is APR, and as I have learned...is probably a lateral move....
So as of now, I feel like I should just pre-pay the APR dealer for the sale that ends on Monday and have it done. I know they are somewhat reputable, and have always been very nice on the phone...and in person a year ago when I went in to have them check my ECU numbers.
Just like to hear what you guys think...THANKS!


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When's the Best Time to Send Email to Your List?
by Doug Braun • August 31, 2012 • Digital
"Talking email marketing strategy can be a bit like talking religion or politics at a party. Everyone has their own (very strong) opinions about what does — or does not — work.
… I call B.S. [on the regular advice]
The fact is, your industry, your business, and your audience have unique demands and desires. You've got to test (and test, and test) what works in your world.
Here's my experience of email marketing …"
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Neponsit Money Pit
Waiting might be the new pastime in Rockaway. Residents wait for sand replenishment, for Build It Back to get started, for a new boardwalk, insurance payments, building permits, and so on. With all this waiting, it's easy to overlook a soaring symbol of idleness – the Neponsit Health Care Center, closed since 1998.
Nearly sixteen years after it was abruptly closed on orders from the Giuliani administration, the beachfront property sits unused and decaying but costing the city plenty.
The Neponsit property, located at 149-25 Rockaway Beach Boulevard, is maintained by the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC), and it pays a lot of money for it to sit idly. The various buildings aren't being used but HHC says it pays $266,000 annually for security and basic repairs to the property. When asked about Sandy damage, HHC made no mention of flood damage but said that "the property sustained significant damage to the guard booth and fencing as a result of Hurricane Sandy." The cost for repairs: $139,000.
Even though it is has been pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars every year into the crumbling eyesore, HHC says it has "no plans for a new structure or new use of the property."
A covenant in the deed for the land says that it can only be used for a park or a public health facility and this can only be changed by an act of the state legislature.
The current sad state of the property can be traced back to September 7th, 1998 when a strong Labor Day storm rolled through Rockaway. The storm, allegedly, caused structural damage to the Neponsit Health Care Center. At the time, Mayor Giuliani's administration said that the buildings were in "imminent danger of collapse." Close to three hundred residents were forced to evacuate the buildings a few days later, without being given prior notice. Many of the residents, who had Alzheimer's and dementia, were bused to other hospital wards and nursing homes across the city in a move that was traumatizing to some. Two residents died while being relocated to acute care facilities and another resident couldn't be found for several weeks.
With the sudden closing, there were rumors that Giuliani wanted to sell the land to a political ally and friend, to turn the facility into an oceanfront hotel. The plan was tripped up because the deed to the land requires it to be used as a health care facility or a park. With the residents removed and the hotel plans thwarted, the City made plans to clear the property and turn it into park land. A Legal Aid attorney, however, got a court-ordered injunction in October 1999 which prevented the city from tearing down the buildings.
In early 2000, Merritt & Harris, Inc., was hired by the City Council to conduct an independent structural survey of the Neponsit home. Merritt & Harris determined that the buildings were never in imminent danger of collapse and determined that they were in "fair to good structural condition."
Democratic District Leader Lew Simon was among those who fought to have the facility reopened after the Giuliani order and remains bitter about the way patients were treated. With the building left in shambles for so many years, Simon says he would now support the idea of the property being used to build homes, which was an idea proposed by the Neponsit Homeowners Association in past years. "I'm hoping to see within the next year or so, maybe with economic boom back, maybe they can start a project for one family homes."
Amanda Agoglia, President of the Neponsit Property Owners Association, says that the property is now more than an eyesore.
"Homeowners who live in close proximity to the buildings have reported a serious rat problem recently. One has said that the rats have eaten their way into her garage and car. It is also a terrible eyesore as it is the first building you see as you enter Neponsit and Rockaway from Brooklyn. We have had problems in the past with vagrants squatting there, and young people drinking, having parties and painting graffiti in and around the building."
Turning the property into home lots could be a boon to the city, say some neighbors. The 246,000 square-foot property could fit roughly 35 homes on 60 x 100 lots. "If they were to divide it up into 35 home sites, and each were worth a million bucks, the city would get $35 million on the sale. And on top of that, the City would no longer have to pay these maintenance costs," a local resident said. In addition to this, with home property taxes averaging about $15,000 a year, this would mean an extra $525,000 in property taxes for those 35 homes. "And if they kept it as a hospital, like the deed says it supposed to remain, that's a lot of jobs and tax revenue for the city as well," the resident added.
When asked what should be done with the property now, Agoglia said the buildings should be demolished. "The building was closed because it was a danger and has deteriorated further due to age, neglect and the storm. We would love to see it return to a passive recreation area," she added.
Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder said that the city should be held accountable for letting the property go vacant for so long. "I think something needs to be done. We need to get a sense of what the interest is and what the value is and determine what should be done. The City should put out a Request for Proposals and should give everyone in the community a sense of what options are possible," Goldfeder said.
Representatives from Councilman Eric Ulrich's office say they hope to facilitate a meeting with city agencies within the next month to renew interest in the property.
Many ideas for the land have been presented at various meetings. A hearing was held in November 2006 as HHC wanted public comment on a plan to turn over the facility to the City of New York and opening the site to the development of single family homes. This idea received mixed reviews. Some community members offered alternative suggestions such as a hotel, a school and a rehabilitation center for "Wounded Warriors." Following the hearing, the HHC vote to turn the property over to the City was postponed indefinitely and the buildings continue to go unused. The carrying costs continue as well.


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Word of the Day, February 20, 2014
" I'll praise You in this storm. And I will lift my hands. For You are who You are. No matter where I am. Every tear I've cried. You hold in Your hand. You never left my side. And though my heart is torn. I will praise You in this storm "
Proverbs 18:24
24 A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
This seems like a easy verse to understand. I believe it is in two parts. We must show ourselves friendly to our friends, strangers and people that we would like to be friends with and the second part I believe is there is a friend, Jesus Christ that sticketh closer than anybody can.
Pastor Grace once spoke a sermon on this verse. I'll never forget it. He spoke about true friendship. It is hard to have lots of true friendships and that you are truly blessed to have a few true friends in life. Friendship is not a one way path, both people have to love, give of themselves and be there in the good and bad times.
This is what my Bible says as a foot note for this verse: " A man that hath friends must show himself friendly may also be translated, " A man of many friends comes to ruin." In other words, a man must not spread himself too thin among many superficial relationships. Far better is it to have genuine friends who become like family and love at all times."
Friendships can be hard at times. Sometimes someone is giving more than the other person and someone gets hurt or upset. We are to love our friends like Christ does us. That may mean telling your friend that they are doing something destructive or you many need and accept the same thing back from a loving friend.
I've been a salesman my whole life so for me, it is easy to talk to anybody and about anything. It may start with a simple hello, how are you today or what a beautiful day it is today. If you are new to a group, business or church, don't wait for everybody to come to you, you start by saying " good morning, I'm Tim." Rejection does not bother me because if you in sales, you get used to it. Try it today.
The second part of this verse is that there is no friend that can be like our Saviour Jesus Christ. Speak to Him like you would a friend, share with Him, get to know Him and you will see Him, the perfect friend that loves you always, willing to teach us how we are to live our life, carry us out of the bad times and rejoice with us in the good times. Don't hide your faults with Jesus or your earthly friends. Reach out to both today. Be the love of Christ to your friends today.
If you are not an outgoing person, pray first, ask for guidance and reach out to someone today and say, " Good Morning. How are you today?" A simple hello can start the opportunity to show someone Christ today. If you are an outgoing person, do it twice as much today and show them the peace, joy, love and grace that can only come from our LORD and Saviour, Jesus Christ.
Christ Jesus will never forsake those that trust in and loves Him. We need to be the same to our friends and others in the name of Jesus Christ.
" Come however you are. Come with all your heart breaks. Come with all the mistakes you've made. Lay them down at the cross. Give them to the God who loves you. Hurt, scared, falling apart. Come however you are."
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If you don't like the new transparent window effects in OS X Yosemite, you can easily disable them… or at least tone them down quite a bit.
Recently an email has been making the rounds, scaring people like my mom by claiming that the flashlight app on their smartphone is stealing their information and sending it to China. This, of course, isn't exactly true, and for the iPhone's built-in flashlight, is patently false.
Microsoft has changed the name of "My Computer" to "Computer" and then to "This PC," and for those people that prefer it one way or another — or something completely different — you can easily rename it.
Last year, Google announced plans to lock down Chrome so that extensions can't be side-loaded by crapware installers. Sadly they've found a way to trick users into installing lousy extensions, although in this case these spyware and adware extensions do exist in the Chrome Web Store.
Windows 10 is a huge step forward into the future! Or wait, isn't it a step back? Either way, it's a technical preview that isn't finished yet, which gives us a huge opportunity to help shape what the final version might look like.
Google recently launched a new tool in the fight against crapware and spyware, and it's an excellent start to helping clean up a computer that has been infected with nonsense like the Ask Toolbar.
If you live in a really congested network area like an apartment complex, you might want to change your Wi-Fi channel to something different than the default to try and get a better signal. Here's how to do that for Verizon FIOS.
If you want to make sure that a particular device is always available through your firewall, you can assign it to be a DMZ host in your Wi-Fi router. Here's how to do it on Verizon FIOS.
The drop shadows on applications in the Windows 10 preview are really big and suspiciously similar to the ones in OS X, and if they aren't your speed, you can easily remove them. We actually think they look good, but since somebody out there won't like them, here is how to disable them.
Anybody who has installed FIOS has the same problem… a hand-written card with an insane password to enter on every new device. And are those numbers or letters? Luckily it's easy to fix.
While poking around Windows 10 we noticed that you can pin the Recycle Bin to the Start Menu… and then from there you can pin it to the Taskbar, something that people have been asking about for a long time. Sadly, it doesn't quite work the way it should.
If you've ever tried to login to your Wi-Fi router, you know exactly why you might want to change the admin password. They never make the password even readable… is that an S or a 5? We can easily change the password though.
The Windows 10 Start Menu is really quite busy with all of those live tiles all over it. If that isn't your thing, luckily you can remove them all really easily.
If you have Verizon FIOS, you have the same problem that everybody else has… the default network name is really boring and forgettable. Luckily you can easily change it.
Today Microsoft officially announced the next version of Windows, which was expected to be called Windows 9, or maybe Windows One, or even maybe just Windows. But it's Windows 10. Here are the highlights.
iOS8 adds a new quick contacts feature to the app switcher (you know, the view when you double-press the Home button) but not everybody is thrilled with it. If you want to hide your frequent contacts from this view, you can do it easily in the settings.
If you have ever wondered why your Mac seemed to slow down and then opened up Activity Monitor, there's a good chance you might have seen the installd process sitting at the top of the CPU usage view. So what is it?
If you are writing a batch file and you don't want to continue until somebody presses a key, you can do it really easy with the timeout command.
The System Information panel has always been a great way to get more information about your system, but in Windows 8 or Windows 10 you will have a hard time figuring out how to open it. Here's how to do it.
These days, you can share files using all of the different cloud storage providers like Dropbox and OneDrive, but if all you want is a super easy way to share files with people, Jumpshare might be worth a look.
Enclosing text in quotation marks is fairly standard practice on the command line, especially when dealing with files that have spaces in the names, but how do you know whether to use single or double quotes? Let's take a look at the difference, and when you should use one vs the other.
One of the best features of OneDrive in Windows 8.1 is that even if you have a terabyte of files up there in the cloud, it isn't going to automatically try to download them to every device that you use. The files only download on-demand… but what if you want to make them download all at once?
Recently we started a firestorm by telling the world how the Windows 8 app store was completely full of scam applications, and Microsoft has officially responded by removing 1500 applications and pledging to keep it clean.
Today at work, I wanted to know how to create in Windows 7 a simple icon/shortcut to play a sound on the background, without having any media player opening (in my case, I wanted to play a rimshot sound whenever a colleague would say a relatively bad joke).
If you want really quick access to launch a frequently used application without putting extra icons on your desktop, you can add that application to the context menu for the desktop with a simple registry hack. Here's how to do it.


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The Steamboat Springs Alpine team posted solid finishes at a slalom race held Friday in Winter Park.
Middle Park High School hosted the event, but Vail's Duncan Robinson took first in the boys' slalom, while Summit's Katie Hartman convincingly won the girls' race.
The Sailors, meanwhile, placed four boys in the top 20, while the girls' team had four girls finish among the top 26.
Robyn Dye led the way for Steamboat, coming in second with a combined time of 1 minute, 29.5 seconds between her two slalom runs.
Kathleen Lyon was fifth at 1:33.2; Brittany Lamb finished 10th at 1:36.6, and Katie Conrath, also a Nordic skier, was 26th at 1:43.3
Priska Sorensen also raced for Steamboat but did not start her second run.
Hartman's winning time was 1:27.9.
On the boys' side, Thomas Allen skied to a fifth-place finish to lead Steamboat. His time of 1:25.7 was just five-tenths off a third-place result.
Jeff Dye and Andrew Zopf came in ninth and 10th, respectively. Dye's time was 1:27.8 and Zopf finished in 1:29.6
Ian Landy came in 20th with a combined time of 1:34.2 to round out the Sailors' skiers who finished both slalom runs.
Andrew Goss also competed for Steamboat but did not finish his first run.
Robinson's winning time was 1:21.4
The Steamboat Springs Alpine team returns to the slopes at 9:30 a.m. Friday in Loveland for a giant slalom race hosted by Clear Creek High School.
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Bergen, Hudson county defendants are among 48 charged in Medicaid fraud scheme
A contingent of Bergen and Hudson county men were among 48 defendants charged Tuesday with taking part in a massive prescription drug diversion scheme that resulted in losses of more than a half billion dollars to the Medicaid program, authorities said.
Thirty-four of the defendants were arrested in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Texas and Florida, accused of trafficking in prescription drugs used to treat HIV, schizophrenia, asthma and others diseases.
The drugs had been originally dispensed to Medicaid recipients in the New York City area who sold them into collection and distribution channels that ultimately ended at pharmacies for resale to unsuspecting consumers.
The defendants profited by exploiting the difference between the cost to the patient of obtaining the drugs through Medicaid, which was usually nothing, and the hundreds of dollars per bottle that pharmacies paid to purchase those drugs to sell to their customers. To maximize profits, the defendants targeted the most expensive drugs, which cost more than $1,000 per bottle, authorities said.
"As alleged, these defendants ran a black market in prescription pills involving a double-dip fraud of gigantic proportions," Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said. "It worked a fraud on Medicaid – in some cases, two times over – a fraud on pharmaceutical companies, a fraud on legitimate pharmacies, a fraud on patients who unwittingly bought second-hand drugs, and ultimately, a fraud on the entire health care system."
"With the dozens of arrests we made today, we have taken a significant step toward exposing and shutting down the black market for second-hand drugs, and our investigation is very much ongoing," Bharara said.
The defendants — including eight from Bergen County, three from Hudson County and one from Essex County — were charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, mail fraud and health care fraud. Some were additionally charged with conspiracy to commit adulteration offenses, conspiracy to commit misbranding offenses and the unlawful wholesale distribution of prescription drugs.
The New Jersey defendants were Juan Manuel Tavarez Padilla, 30, Edwin Tavarez, 26, and Eduardo Diaz, 58, all of Cliffside Park; Joselito Peralta, 37, Juan Carlos Peralta, 24, and Glenn Luis Cabrera, 22, all of Ridgefield Park; Hanser Olivo Liranzo, 32, of Fairview; Sergio Novo, 74, of North Arlington; Eligio Armas, 54, of North Bergen; Armando Garcia, 40, of Guttenberg; Carlos Peralta, 49, of West New York, and Lazaro Ospina, 71, of Bloomfield.
Janice K. Fedarcyk, the assistant director-in-charge of the FBI's New York field office, said the scheme posed serious health risks at both the collection and distribution points.
"People with real ailments were induced to sell their medications on the cheap rather than take them as prescribed, while end-users of the diverted drugs were getting second-hand medicine that may have been mishandled, adulterated, improperly stored, repackaged and expired," she said.
As a result of the fraud, Medicaid lost more than $500 million in reimbursements for pills that ended on the black market.
The diversion began with Medicaid recipients, typically AIDS patients or others requiring expensive drug therapies, who sold their prescription drugs to collectors for cash at street corners and bodegas in and around New York, including in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan and in the Bronx. Collectors then sold the bottles to "aggregators," who, in turn, sold them to higher level aggregators. The pills were ultimately sold to wholesale prescription drug distribution companies, which then sold them to pharmacies and to other wholesale distributors across the United States.
Ultimately, these pharmacies dispensed the second-hand drugs to customers, some of whom were Medicaid beneficiaries, causing Medicaid to pay out reimbursements for the same drugs twice – the second time for drugs that were misbranded, adulterated and possibly expired, authorities said.
Several defendants were also charged with narcotics trafficking offenses for buying and reselling drugs including oxycodone and oxymorphone.
Evidence obtained during the investigation revealed that a certain subset of the defendants bought and sold more than $62 million worth of second-hand prescription drugs over a 12-month period, authorities said.
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