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Good run hotel
relaxing atmosphere. Beautiful use of space in the lobby and a nice place to sit for a few drinks before dinner. The food in the restaurant was excellent and buffet breakfast varied with local dishes. Very central to the town centre. Staff helpful and friendly. When booking on internet it stated parking free but it cost 8euros per day. But parking was secure and internet was free in room and lobby.
The facilities are excellent - located near the cathedral and the museum, and very well renovated and maintained. I like the good quality standard of the Paradors and no discount is made here upon it. The Internet worked very well (but only in the lobby) and the swimming pool access is free. The price of the restaurant is expensive, and I find 15 Euros per person for breakfast to be excessive. The Internet connectivity did not work in the rooms (but worked very well in the lobby).
Hotel is conveniently located in proximity to the ols section of the city. Has a parking garage.
We were the parents of the Groom at a wedding held at the hotel.The wedding party was in the name Adam.It was a superb event and the whole experience was excellent.I would like to congratulate and thank the organisers. The service at breakfast was slow.It seemed as though there was not enough staff and sometimes the orders were misunderstood.We did have the same on one occasion at lunch.
the atmosphere in the hotel was very pleasant and relaxing. The selection of foods for breakfast was excellant
On a 2 1/2 week driving tour through Spain & France this was by far the absolute best hotel. Incredibly inexpensive for the quality. Large beautiful room with great view of mountains. Good size indoor swimming pool with suana and gym. Excellent breakfast included. Ask about senior citizen special. Two min. walk to downtown. Very safe. Absolutely nothing to dislike.
Great location with a spectacular view of the mountrains. The room was too hot and the air condition did not work at all.
the beautiful sitting space in the hotel and the truly delicious breakfast
Location, price, friendly staff
The courtesy and helpfulness of the staff in addition to the sumptuous room, beautiful surroundings and cushy spa facilities.
The staff was very friendly and helpful. We loved the location and overall appearance of the place. The spa was very nicely designed and the food at the restaurant was good. Lovely views from the rooms. Although the spa was well-designed, we were unable to use the whirlpool at night - it was for some reason not heated. Also in the morning the sauna was not hot and the steam room was just being heated although it was well into the hours of operation. We enjoyed the pools but were not able to take full advantage of the spa during the hours it was open. That being said we enjoyed the hotel experience overall and would recommend it.
Delightful staff, excellent food, charming location, very comfortable and spacious room
Excellent attention by staff. Good location to explore area. Very pet friendly. Wide range of wines and superb restaurant. Clean & well appointed rooms.Most enjoyable!
The spa is very beautiful The wiew is not totaly natural...
the professionalism of the staff and their eye for detail was refreshing the price of the Armagnac but I suppose we choose the wrong bottle -))
We just had great time in the hotel. The staff were so nice, they just tried their best to make us enjoy our stay, and we did very much. It is not the chepest hotel in the area but you get great value for the money so it was just faboulous. Very recommended. Well, the selection and service in the breakfast room could be improved. The staff try to give the hotel a cozy, family-style ambiance and in the breakfast room that translated to a slow service. Some items were missing for a long time (plates, milk, napkins, coffee) and we had to ask for these several times. Overall the experience in the hotel was excellent.
Spacious rooms, beatiful decoration
All rooms are designed, ours has a view of the valley, comfortable, clean. Staff are nice.
A new hotel,nicely desighned,comfortable,quiet. Staff very nice and helpfull. The Dolcet familly,who owns the hotel and the wonderful restaurant attached to it,are exceptionally kind and warm.
quiet hotel the breakfest was very poor
Friendly Staff/Magnificent views from balcony and lovely room
site seeing and walking
Relaxing rural setting, excellent proximity to Cadi Moixero natural park. Hotel is furbished to a high modern standard - suit young couples/groups/families. Staff could have smiled a little more!
the location and building were great, the room was large and light. Staff were friendly the hotel could have made a better effort with breakfast. We feel if it is included it may as well be good, if not dont bother. Needed to ask for more soap.
no elevator, had to carry the luggage up 3 flights of stairs. breakfast was included but nothing much to eat.
Bedroom ok - buffet for breakfast - Car park but (11 euros/day) and the car park is closed from 8pm to 8am... Very poor welcome (unpleasant and disrespectful) - Air conditioning very poor in our bedroom No light in the corridor (difficult to open the door of our room) Breakfast (tables not set..)
Very noisy and poor air conditioning. Very slow reception
The hotel has been refurbished and offered a good standard of modern amenities whilst still retaining a lot of it's original charm. Our room was large and airy with a clean and very functional bathroom. Breakfast was more than adequate and included red wine although we didn't partake ourselves. Their website probably doesn't do the hotel justice. Being located in the centre there was a bit of noise at night but nothing that kept us awake. I would certainly recommend this hotel not only for it's staff,facilities and charm but also for it location close to the old part of the town which was fascinating especially on market day and the peace of the 1992 Olympic White Water park which was a wonderfully peaceful setting to relax.
Many hard stairs, no elevator and poor light in the room although the room was after renovating
pleasant staff who spoke a little english. parking is difficult and hotel is in a noisy area of town.
Very clean and very nice and friendly staff. No
Nice breakfast, very helpful staff, cozy atmosphere no wifi
Comfortable room for the price No elevator
Great location if you like quiet villages with fantastic views. Hotel nice, people very helpful, food good Finding it ! A gps is very useful for finding the turn-off to the village and the road up the hill is pretty hairy - don't try it with a big Mercedes or anything ! Once in the village, just park up and walk around until you find the hotel itself.
The hotel is set about 5km up a very narrow winding road in a very pretty village in which most cottages have been restored. The scenery is breathtaking although due to its location be prepared to eat in the hotel as the narrow road does not want to be tackled in the dark.The staff were helpful and as we were there during the summer we were able to sit outside and relax with drinks. We were only staying for one night and I could not recommend more than a couple of nights as there is nothing else in the village. However if you like walking and nature it will impress.
a beautiful landscape, rooms / interior are new and very clean, lovely bathroom, wonderful coffee and perfect service
Very friendly owners. Fantastic view from the balconies. The rooms are beautifully decorated in a rustic way with every detail thought through. The drive to the village take an experienced or at least a not too nervous driver.
The location was splendid, the hotel very chaming and the staff were very accomodating -- they even offered to make a meal for us one evening, which was delicious.
The views from the windows, romantic place
Peaceful with fantastic views. Warm hospitable host made us feel at home immediately. Enjoyed a bottle of local white wine on d terrace of my upper room. A gem of a place. Absolutely nothing!!!
Peace, tranquility, spectacular views, and the sympathy and cheeriness of Senora, the Owner.
Fantastic welcome from owner. Amazing location. Very traditional catalonian in every possible way. No English TV channel. No minibar/fridge in room.
What a find. This hotel is gorgeous. Very peaceful in a very small village.the owner could not do enough for you. Although it is a little hard to get to it is well worth it. Stunning views, fresh air, peace and quiet.As part of a trip around france and spain this was one of the nicest hotels we stopped in. Great breakfast as well. lovely room with balcony and great views Long trip up mountain road and then very narrow through village but just take your time and do it in daylight.
Very friendly welcome. Simple but very good and reasonably priced evening meal on request with choice of wines. Comfortable well appointed en-suite room. Own terrace and stunning view. A bit of an unexpected steeply climbing drive up and through narrow village streets to get there but worth it! Not for novice or nervous drivers.
Excellent, peaceful location, wonderful views, well equipped rooms, friendly owners.
The hotel was good value for money. The room was quite basic but clean and the shower was good. The beds are hard and we only had one pillow each. It's on a fairly busy corner so there is some traffic noise. From early in the morning there were a lot of doors slamming.
convenience to tourist sites Service at checkout
Central location Very, very noisy - both from outside (not the hotel's fault) and from the inside - plumbing from room above and corridors. No kettle in room. No air conditioning. Staff spoke nearly no English. Wifi signal present but no code provided.
The family room was fantastic as it was like 2 roooms in one. We were in the same room, but the sleeping areas were separated a small corridor (off which was the bathroom) so that there was a bit more space and privacy.


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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That lands heretofore purchased for school purposes at Queets Village, within the Quinault Indian Reservation, State of Washington, and constituting 15.3 acres of land, more or less, in lot numbered 7, section 35, township 24 north, range 13 west, Willamette meridian, a portion of which has been subdivided into lots and occupied by certain Quinault Indians, and all of which are surplus to the needs of the Department of the Interior, shall, with the improvements thereon, be disposed of by the Secretary of the Interior as follows:
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Jacques Dovonou had his second double-double of the season with 13 points and 11 rebounds as Brevard (9-4, 3-1 SAC) outrebounded the Railsplitters 48-34 in the contest. Jonathan Whitson added 13 points and nine rebounds and Roper had eight rebounds and went a perfect eight of eight from the free throw line for the Tornados who connected on 35.3 percent (24-68) of their field goal attempts in the game.
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I learned ding repairs on some old beat up yellow boards and they turned out pretty bad at first. After a while you'll get the hang of it and now I feel much more comfortable repairing my nicer boards.
Get a power sander if you don't already have one, it will save you A LOT of time and will do a much better job.
So I just got done putting a second layer of glass/cloth over top. Tommorow I'm gonna hot coat and then call it done. Few more questions tho... Today I noticed that the more hardner you add to the mix the more yellow the resin getts. Won't that look badd?? Am I supposed to add extra hardner to the mix with the hot coat or is that just for poly hot coats??? I'm not loving the way it looks now.. I just used epoxy resin to fill the ding (mistake) instead of Q-cell. So now its water tight but not pretty. Don't get me wrong I don't care if its perfect or even a little ugly but I'm hoping you guys have some tricks to make it look a little better then it does now. I've got a couple ideas. Can I put q-cell overr top then hot coat over top of that?? or maybe theres some kind of white paint I can put on it and then fiberglass over that??? Any tips would be greatly appreciated as always guys. Thanks for all of your help so far.
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First... epoxy has to be mixed by the ratios the manufacturer says... EXACTLY. You can't deviate from the prescribed ratios or bad things WILL happen. Extra catalyst is used in hotcoats for poly only. Epoxy and hardener is not a catalytic reaction. It's an additive reaction... one particle of this matches up with one particle of that. A catalyst only speeds up a reaction that will happen on its own by creating a shortcut. Even hotcoats have limits on how much cat you can add before things get funky... yellow, brittle, hot enough to burn foam and fingers...
Second... there's nothing you can do about it now, except grind it all out and do it over. West Marine epoxy tends to be yellow anyway. Surfboard epoxy should have been the call. White paint won't match... it will be whiter to start and stay whiter as the board yellows. But... do whatever you think looks better at this point. Maybe a dab of white EPOXY pigment in the hotcoat?
Third... you should have just taken it to a ding guy, asked a lot of questions, and let him do the work. Maybe even watched, if he'd let you. You need some foundation of knowledge to start, even just doing dings.
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- 1973
- Hanna-Barbera Studios, Halas and Batchelor Cartoon Films
- The Addams Family Episode Guide
- Cartoon Characters: Gomez, Morticia, Uncle Fester, Lurch, Pugsley, Wednesday, Granny.
- Vocal Talent: Leonard Welanib (Gomez), Janet Waldo (Morticia, Granny), Jackie Coogan (Uncle Fester), Ted Cassidy (Lurch), Jodie Foster (Pugsley), Cindy Henderson (Wednesday), Josh Albee, Howard Caine, John Carver, Pat Harrington, Jr., Bob Holt, Don Messick, John Stephenson, Herb Vigran.
- Directed By Charles Nichols (as Charles A. Nichols).
- Produced By Iwao Takianoto.
Executive Producers: William Hanna, Joseph Barbera.
Associate Producers: Paul Sommer, Maurice Pooley.
- Animated By Janet Nunn, Rosemary Welch, Mike Pocock, Marie Szmichowska, Tom Barling, Lew Saw, Peter Sachs, Jim Waddell, Bryan Foster, Enrique Arnau, Joan Swanson, Marlene Robinson, Mike Murphy, Alan Simpson.
Animation Director: Carl Urbano.
Animation Supervisor: James A. Pabian.
- Written By Bill Raynor, Bud Atkinson, Jack Mendelsohn, Miles Wilder, Dick Conway, Gene Thompson.
Story Direction: Jim Carmichael, Carl Fallberg, Dave Hanan, Fred Crippen, Jan Green, Don Sheppard.
- Edited By Mel Roberts.
- Created by: David Levy.
- Based on the Cartoons by: Charles Addams.
- Character Design: Takashi Masunaga.
- Dialogue Director: Wally Burr.
- Background Styling: F. Montealegre.
- Layouts: Ted Pettingell, Tom Bailey, John Cooper, Mel Danser.
- Backgrounds: Geoff Chennell, Caird Green, Chris Collingwood, Jane Penning, John Dick.
- Animation Co-Ordination: Graeme Stubbings, David Thwaytes, Alma Sachs.
- Trace and Paint Supervision: Sally Walls.
- Musical Director: Hoyt Curtin.
- Musical Supervisor: Paul DeKorte.
- Unit Directors: Arthur Humberstone, Mike Salter, Terry Harrison.
- Production Manager: Dennis Gardiner.
- Supervising Editor: Mel Roberts.
Copyright © 1973 Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc.
Characters Copyright © 1973 Charles Addams
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Tea Party loses key battles, but is winning the war
The Tea Party got shut out on Tuesday night.
In Idaho, incumbent Rep. Mike Simpson easily defeated Bryan Smith, the Club for Growth-backed challenger. In Kentucky, businessman Matt Bevin got walloped by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and the two most establishment candidates made the runoff in the Republican Senate primary in Georgia.
Ironically enough, however, last night represented a big win for the Tea Party's ultra-conservative ethos, and the extent to which Tea Party philosophy is now cemented into the GOP is now plain to see.
Despite not having any candidates who draped themselves in Gadsden flags win marquee races on Tuesday, the election results showed the ultimate success of the Tea Party's effort to change the very DNA of the GOP, as the median voter in a Republican primary has become far more conservative in the past few years. The "establishment" candidates may have won—but they did so by becoming increasingly conservative.
The biggest win for the Tea Party was in Georgia, a state where outside Tea Party groups declined to endorse any candidate in the GOP primary. There, the most two establishment candidates, businessman David Perdue and Rep. Jack Kingston, beat three socially conservative opponents, Reps. Paul Broun and Phil Gingrey as well as former Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel.
Handel was an underfunded quasi-perennial candidate who never attracted superPAC spending, while Broun and Gingrey were both gaffe-prone traditional social conservatives—more akin to Todd Akin, with whom they served in Congress than the new wave of Tea Party candidates since 2010. In contrast, while Kingston was a longtime member of the House Appropriations Committee, he was the appropriator that budget hawks liked. Kingston voted against Murray-Ryan, against raising the debt limit, and against ending last year's government shutdown.
Perdue, a businessman with no prior political experience (although his cousin is the state's former governor), used Herman Cain as his top surrogate, lambasted his opponents as career politicians and emphasized that, if elected, he wouldn't vote for Mitch McConnell to lead the GOP caucus in the Senate. Both Kingston and Perdue are strongly opposed to comprehensive immigration reform as well. Neither one is likely to be a Mike Lee clone if elected to Senate but no one would ever confuse them with Mike Castle, the moderate Republican congressman and former governor who lost a 2010 Senate primary to Christine O'Donnell.
In Kentucky, Mitch McConnell may be the quintessential establishment Republican. McConnell, a five-term incumbent, built the modern GOP in the Bluegrass State; the very building that the Kentucky Republican Party is headquartered in is named after him. However, facing a Tea Party threat from conservatives deeply dissatisfied with the state of affairs in Washington, D.C., McConnell quickly moved to the right. He hired Jesse Benton, a longtime aide to Ron and Rand Paul, as his campaign manager and swiftly built a strategic alliance with his fellow Kentucky senator.
In McConnell's victory speech Tuesday night, he dwelled on one of Rand Paul's pet causes, the so-called "Freedom to Fish" law, which prevented the government from lowering water levels in a Kentucky lake in order to protect a threatened species of minnow.
McConnell's win wasn't just due to the backing of Rand Paul and taking steps to strengthen his conservative credentials. He also heavily outspent Bevin and went ferociously negative. It also helped that Bevin, a first-time candidate, ran a deeply flawed campaign, which culminated in a minor scandal involving speaking at apro-cockfighting rally. McConnell didn't shy away from pointing to the advantages that his seniority and leadership role could provide Kentucky in terms of pork either. But he did about as much as one can while serving as Senate minority leader to co-opt Tea Party support.
The biggest loss for the Tea Party was the primary in Idaho's Second Congressional District, where Boehner ally and eight-term incumbent Rep. Mike Simpson faced a strong primary challenge from Bryan Smith, a lawyer backed by Club For Growth. With 56% of precincts reporting, Simpson was up 61%-39% against Smith, a first-time candidate who was also backed by other outside groups. Simpson and his allies were also able to outspend Smith's backers by a margin of 6 to 1. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce alone spent $725,000 on the incumbent's behalf there (almost as much as Smith raised in total).
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Italian photogprapher Lorenzo Vitturi describes his work as "hand-made visions" where each body of work consists of a completely constructed new world where each visual element is hand crafted with the utmost attention to detail. For his latest project Anthropocene Vitturi created a strange industrial world filled with debris, strange colored horses, and surreal body builders. Vitturi say's about this project:
"This project is the result of a reflection about the relationship between man and nature, as it proposes – in line with 16th Century naturalistic painting – a symbolic system able to visualize the intersection between this two dimensions.
Up to the early 20th Century nature had been represented as an unspoiled, pure space animated by uncontrollable forces;
today, after just one Century, nature has proved to be a fragile system whose survival is highly dependent on an increasingly pervasive and destructive anthropization.
In such a context, where all equilibria and "rules of the game" are being overthrown, how can we still depict nature and men? Nature is loosing its natural features, while men are increasingly taking control over the whole cycle of life.
Starting from this paradox, my project consists in a series of images where site-specific installations built within a derelict location play a central role. In this visions the "mis en scene" becomes a tool for representing a nature which appears less authentic and indeed more and more a cultural product.
Each image is the result of a meticulous process of scene design and construction. The materials used were scattered construction and industrial remains, natural pigments and fake plants."
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As part of Illuminated by Fire, filmmaker and social historian Malcolm McKinnon has produced a series of short films that aim to stimulate historical learning for individuals, for local communities and for government.
The films tell a range of genuinely illuminating stories about difficult truths associated with living in some of the most fire-prone places on the planet. As well, they seek to challenge the recurrent amnesia that creates an element of "predictable surprise" in our response to bushfires.
These little films aim to reveal a wealth of knowledge, experience and imagination that needs to become more commonly held.
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Malcolm McKinnon is an Australian artist and filmmaker working mainly in rural communities. Over the past 15 years, his work has encompassed oral history, urban planning, public and community art projects, critical writing and exhibitions. His current practice is mainly focused around documentary filmmaking and social history, motivated by an appreciation of living memory and local vernacular.
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Arts, Community, Education, Environment, Health, Music, Recovery, Story Telling, Victorian Bushfires
Screen content developed for presentation of Illuminated by Fire at Federation Square, Melbourne, as part of the Light in Winter festival, 29 June - 3 July 2011.
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Lennie Hayes relates the dreamtime story of how the fire finch first brought fire to the Kurnai / Gunai people of Gippsland in eastern Victoria.
30th October 2010
Arts, Community, Environment, Recovery, Story Telling, Victorian Bushfires
Kevin Tolhurst has spent thirty years studying the role, impact and management of fire in the Victorian environment. In the Wombat Forest, 100 kms north-west of Melbourne, he reflects on the need to appreciate fire as a defining force and presence and to develop a stronger knowledge of the environments in which we live.
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28th October 2010
Arts, Community, Education, Environment, Recovery, Story Telling, Victorian Bushfires
Lance Robilliard is a man who knows how to describe fire. Here, burning off an old tree felled by a storm, he provides a running commentary on the progress and behaviour of the fire as it builds in the wind. (As Lance says, don't try this in your backyard at home!)
20th October 2010
The small town of Flowerdale, about 80 kms north-east of Melbourne, was decimated by the bushfires that swept through much of Victoria on 7 February 2009. In undertaking the long process of rebuilding and recovery at least eighty Flowerdale residents have been tattooed with the same image of renewal, a blackened tree with one new, green leaf. Here, Flowerdale locals Odette Hunter and Josie Cubley and tattoo artist Olivia Brumen relate this unlikely story of community healing.
5th October 2010
Bruce Baxter is an Aboriginal man of Wiradjuri descent, living near Swan Hill in northern Victoria. For many years Bruce has performed smoking ceremonies intended to cleanse the spirit of people and places. Here, Bruce tells how he came to be a "keeper of the smoke" and explains why he performs these ceremonies.
11th September 2010
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Phillip Wierzbowski spent ten years building a house in the bush just outside Healsville, east of Melbourne. In February 2009, while he was away overseas, bushfire destroyed the house and all his possessions. Here, Phillip contemplates the cost of living in a place where fire has always been a part of the natural environment.
10th September 2010
Arts, Community, Cultural Exchange, Education, Environment, Recovery, Story Telling, Victorian Bushfires
Dianne Simmonds is captain of the Country Fire Authority at Christmas Hills on the outskirts of Melbourne. Like many other locals, she moved to this area attracted by the bush and the semi-rural lifestyle. She understands however that bushfire is an ever-present hazard. Here, she weighs up the risks associated with making a home in this kind of environment.
Lance Robilliard has lived and worked all his life on a dairy farm near Camperdown in western Victoria. Fire has always been a part of the toolbox he uses to manage things on the farm. Here, he reflects on the knowledge required to work safely with fire and laments the fact that, today, many people seem to have lost this knowledge.
9th September 2010
Arts, Community, Health, Recovery, Story Telling, Victorian Bushfires
Do the cremated ashes of a loved one retain some essence of the departed person? And what are the responsibilities of a bereaved custodian in dealing with these ashes? Here, Mary Smith contemplates the substance and meaning of the ashes of her deceased parents. Is the elaborate vessel she had crafted for her mother's ashes capable of containing all of the associated spirit and emotions?
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Arrested man faces several charges
Aaron Benjamin Bruce, 37, was arrested Sunday morning, October 20, just before 3 AM and now faces six local and four out-of-county charges.
Courtroom gets new facelift
The soon-to-be 100-year-old Gadsden County Courthouse just completed a major renovation of the upstairs courtroom.
Successful attorney hasn't forgotten Gadsden rootsGene Johnson is donating his memoirs to East Gadsden High School to be used as reference material for students concerning his many historical endeavors including the second congressional investigation into the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
McLean keeps seat as city manager, attorney confirmedA crowded city hall meeting room of about 45+ people were in attendance on Tuesday, October 22 in support of city manager Jack McLean who has been under fire by Derrick Elias for the last few meetings.
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Munroe got a wake-up call pretty fast Friday night when Temple Christian quarterback Donald Brown connected with Isaiah Carpenter on a 35-yard pass to give the visitors a quick 6-0 at Corry Field.
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The Quincy Scottown Dodgers defeated the Camilla, Georgia All-Stars for the Florida-Georgia Baseball League Championship.
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POKER players often search for an opponent's ''tell'' - a mouth tic or an eyeball twitch, perhaps - to help read their chances of success. Nate Silver has a different game plan for this week's Aussie Millions poker tournament.
The 35-year-old American is feted as a mathematical whiz-kid and will try to outwit his opponents when he hits the table at Crown Casino on Tuesday by calculating and revising, with each new card dealt or bet made, exactly what cards a rival may hold.
The information-gathering skills and obsessive data analysis he applies at the poker table have also helped him become a household name in the US, where he tipped the winners in 49 out of 50 states in the 2008 presidential election, plus 35 Senate seats. To prove it was no fluke he did it again last year, correctly tipping all 50 plus 31 out of 33 in the Senate.
He has also developed a highly regarded prediction model to identify talent and trends in America's major league baseball, and was listed in 2009 by Time magazine as one of its 100 most influential people.
He shuns the prospect of using his talent to earn riches via professional sports punting or poker play, instead focusing on political analysis as his bread and butter and using poker as a stress release.
His seeming clairvoyant ability is highly sought by the major political parties, but Silver is adamant he prefers to remain an independent commentator.
''Even though I have political views, I'm here as someone who is trying to analyse politics, not as someone who is trying to influence politics,'' he said.
''We're taking publicly available information and applying some statistics that are not simple, but they're not complicated either. It's not rocket science.''
Silver said lessons learnt at the poker table could be applied to politics. ''One thing about poker play is that because you have the experience with probability, chance, skill and luck in a very visceral, hands-on way, it makes you much better at developing intuitions for other fields,'' he said.
With his successes in baseball prediction, could Silver pick this year's AFL premier? In a word, no.
''In sports like baseball and cricket, you mostly have one player acting at a time and you can isolate the actions in a very precise way. In most football codes, everyone is on the field at once acting in a more fluid way,'' he said.
Silver said the key to making more accurate predictions about anything from politics to sport and even the weather was ''to reduce the gap between how good we think we are at making predictions and how good we actually are''.
''The easier way is becoming a little bit more humble about our predictive powers. People want quick-fix solutions and that's usually not how it works,'' he said.


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Under strict bullying law, kid who called classmate 'horse' and 'fat' goes to court
After enacting the strictest anti-bullying law in the country, the state of New Jersey must now hold trials for kids who call each other names on the playground.
An eighth-grader in the village of Ridgewood who allegedly called a girl "horse," "fat," and "fat ass" is just one of a dozen cases that suggest the 2011 law went too far in criminalizing bullying, according to The Star-Ledger.
The boy denied calling his classmate any name other than "horse."
"I never made any remarks other than horse," he said in his testimony. "I did not have any intent."
The boy's family insisted on having the case brought to trial. In effect, they are appealing the decision to add a bullying charge to his permanent record, which they worry could harm his college chances later in life.
"I don't feel what my son said to this young woman constitutes violation of the harassment, intimidation and bullying law," said the boy's father. "It's possible that this could track my son through college graduation."
At least 15 other families have gone to trial to dispute charges leveled under the Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights. Many other students are in the process of initiating appeals.
It's an unintended result of the law, which took effect in 2011. Designed to combat the kind of ritualistic and pervasive abuse that led to the suicide of bullied Rutgers University freshman Tyler Clementi, the law raises questions about the line between offensive speech and harassment.
Some of the other pending cases underscore this difficulty. One couple insists their daughter's math teacher bullied her by calling attention to her inappropriately short skirt. A male student faces a bullying charge for retweeting a list of female classmates' names with the word "grenade" written next to them. In the context of the tweet, the word "grenade" means marking the girls as "the ugly girl always found with a group of hotties," according to urbandictionary.com.


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Any professional money manager would be thrilled to show their clients a 30.61% return on a $1 million investment, especially when the S&P average over the same time period was 5.68%. That's exactly what Central High School student Caleb Plattner did this spring in a mock investment competition organized by the College of Business through the Finance Department's Financial Literacy Program. Surprisingly, Plattner's performance was recognized not as the best, but as the fifth-place winner out of nearly 400 students from 5 local high schools.
First place winner Asia Slay, also of Central High School, invested her client's mock funds and garnered returns equaling 37.04%.
"Our objective is to make stock ownership more comfortable for the average person by providing an easy mechanism to manage a simulated portfolio and learn about the markets and investments, particularly through public libraries and high schools" according to Virginia France, Assistant Professor of Finance.
The Finance Department of the College has jointly sponsored the Financial Literacy Program with the Champaign Rotary since 1995.
This year's competition engaged 8 teachers and 396 students from 18 classes in 5 Schools around Champaign. The top five students this semester were:
1) Asia Slay investing as Asian Food Soul 40 in Ms. Graham's class at Central with 37.04%
2) Jacob Meyer investing as Prestige Worldwide in Mr. Johnson's class at Central with 35.31%
3) David Ruedi investing as Ruedi, Inc. in Mr. Snyder's Investments class at Centennial with 34.01%
4) Riley McCulley investing as McInvestments in Mr. Mann's Investment class at Central with 32.69%
5) Caleb Plattner investing as Calfilms Inc in Mr. Johnson's class at Central with 30.61%
The top three teachers were:
1) Aimee Smith from Urbana High School with a class average of 15.81%
2) Dave Snyder from Centennial High School with a class average of 9.12%
3) Yalanda Graham from Central High School with a class average of 7.28%
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Pittsburgh • Ben Roethlisberger's sprained right shoulder appears to be OK. It's everything else about the Pittsburgh Steelers that could use some work, as the San Diego Chargers showed Sunday.
Philip Rivers threw three touchdown passes, two to Danario Alexander, and the Chargers beat the Steelers 34-24.
The win was San Diego's first in 15 regular-season visits to Pittsburgh and snapped a four-game losing streak. The Chargers (5-8) dominated from the outset, never letting Roethlisberger get comfortable in his first game in nearly a month.
Roethlisberger completed 22 of 42 passes for 285 yards and three second-half touchdowns. But he also threw an interception and had a botched screen pass turn into an easy San Diego score as Pittsburgh (7-6) hardly played like a team readying for a postseason run.
The Chargers have been one of the NFL's biggest disappointments after a 3-1 start evaporated into a 1-7 slide that fueled speculation coach Norv Turner and general manager A.J. Smith could be fired at season's end.
Maybe, but for an afternoon, anyway, the Chargers played with a focus lacking for much of this season. The injury-ravaged offensive line kept Rivers out of harm's way and helped him convert 12 of 22 third downs, allowing San Diego to chew up the clock and keep Roethlisberger from getting going while the game was still competitive.
It wasn't exactly the triumphant return the Steelers were expecting from their franchise quarterback. Pittsburgh hoped Roethlisberger's comeback combined with last week's emotional win at Baltimore would serve as fuel for another December push.
Instead, the previously inept Chargers pushed back.
San Diego took a 13-3 lead during an ugly first half that made it difficult to tell which team was trying to get back into the postseason and which was simply playing out the season.
Roethlisberger, less than a month removed a punishing hit against Kansas City that nearly sent one of his ribs into his aorta, struggled getting loose. His second pass stuck in his hand and ended up spiking into the ground. His third short-hopped an open Mike Wallace.
Things never got better. The running game got no traction Roethlisberger actually led the Steelers in rushing in the first half and Pittsburgh's receivers did little to help their rusty quarterback.
Wallace let a 50-yard pass that would have gotten Pittsburgh out of an early hole bounce harmlessly off his fingertips. Brown followed suit on Pittsburgh's next drive, a 30-yard bullet thudding off his chest.
It led to a familiar pattern. The Steelers got pinned deep in their territory, sputtered out in a handful of plays, giving San Diego the ball near midfield.
Eventually, the Chargers took advantage. Playing conservatively while trying to protect Rivers behind that patchwork offensive line, San Diego got going late in the half.
Rivers hit a wide-open Alexander on a 39-yard touchdown pass and Nick Novak added a 39-yard field goal to make it 13-0.
Pittsburgh briefly rallied, getting across midfield for the first time during a last-second drive. Shaun Suisham made a 49-yard field goal at the halftime gun.
Any boost for the Steelers disappeared during the first 10 minutes of the third quarter.
San Diego converted five straight third downs during a clock-chewing, momentum-sapping drive, the final conversion on a 3-yard pass from Rivers to Floyd to make it 20-3.
The 17-play march ate up nearly 10 minutes. And San Diego needed barely 10 seconds to put the game away.
Backed up yet again, Roethlisberger tried to hit Brown on a screen pass. It caromed off tight end David Paulson's rear and rolled into the end zone, where Quentin Jammer fell on it.
The play appeared to be overturned on review. Pittsburgh's offense ran back onto the field when referee Scott Green popped out from under the hood.
Instead, Green pulled a switcheroo, confirming the score to give the Chargers a 27-3 lead and a brief moment of joy in a year full of chaos.
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Pittsburgh 0 3 7 1424
First Quarter
SDFG Novak 51, 3:06.
Second Quarter
SDAlexander 39 pass from Rivers (Novak kick), 3:40.
SDFG Novak 39, :50.
PitFG Suisham 49, :00.
Third Quarter
SDFloyd 3 pass from Rivers (Novak kick), 5:28.
SDJammer fumble recovery in end zone (Novak kick), 5:16.
PitWallace 40 pass from Roethlisberger (Suisham kick), 2:33.
Fourth Quarter
SDAlexander 15 pass from Rivers (Novak kick), 9:46.
PitWallace 11 pass from Roethlisberger (Suisham kick), 6:07.
PitA.Brown 1 pass from Roethlisberger (Suisham kick), :58.
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First downs 19 18
Total Net Yards 294 340
Rushes-yards 36-94 17-69
Passing 200 271
Punt Returns 3-35 1-0
Kickoff Returns 3-24 5-113
Interceptions Ret. 1-0 0-0
Comp-Att-Int 21-42-0 22-42-1
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-0 2-14
Punts 7-37.4 7-47.4
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1
Penalties-Yards 6-51 8-52
Time of Possession 36:46 23:14
RUSHINGSan Diego, Mathews 25-65, Brown 2-17, McClain 3-4, Weddle 1-4, Rivers 3-3, Battle 2-1. Pittsburgh, Dwyer 8-32, Roethlisberger 5-31, Rainey 1-6, Redman 2-0, Wallace 1-0.
PASSINGSan Diego, Rivers 21-41-0-200, Alexander 0-1-0-0. Pittsburgh, Roethlisberger 22-42-1-285.
RECEIVINGSan Diego, Alexander 7-88, Spurlock 7-64, Gates 3-31, Floyd 3-10, Brown 1-7. Pittsburgh, Wallace 7-112, Miller 5-66, A.Brown 4-35, Dwyer 3-18, Sanders 2-36, Burress 1-18.
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Lovelessness prevails in a great portion of the Islamic world. I mean beating, cursing, shouting, prohibiting, insulting women and being against beauty. For instance they do not appreciate beautiful clothing. They do not appreciate a beautiful outlook. According to their twisted minds women should be like monkeys. Men should be like monkeys as well. They should be cruel, they should be cranky. When Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) appears- I am not saying when he comes- these would not take even a month. It would turn into heaven on earth from hell within a fortnight. He will immediately turn that hell into heaven.
Without doing much, only with his cordiality and his sincerity. That is because communication is perfect. There is the internet, radio, television. Nothing is as it was in the past. That is why good things will happen.
We have talked with the Master Masons. Masha'Allah, they actually are all over the world and hold an amazing sway over the intellectual circles. I mean they are holding sway even over the most unexpected places, masha'Allah. Yet they have said, "It is not possible to do this on our own, Master." I mean that is not something that could be solved solely with Freemasonry or solely with this or that. They said, "This is to be done in coalescence." Brotherhood, love, peace, democracy, art, benevolence, aesthetics, decency, kindness, everything that is beautiful. Allah, all these are tried to be obstructed, that is hard to believe. Let this world be like heaven. Why should there be ignominy? Why should there be bloodshed and abusive talk? We browse the internet and see that one cursing this one, this one cursing the other. Compliment the others and let them compliment you. Add beautiful pictures, let there be beautiful people around and praise those beautiful people. I mean why should there be bloodshed in Syria? Why should Syria kill three hundred people, five hundred people? Let Damascus be a festive place, let Syria be a festive place. I am astonished to see this talent of the satan. Allah has bestowed an amazing power on satan but this time satan has bitten off more than he can chew. This time it has Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) standing on its way. The Messenger of Allah (saas) says; "Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) will appear and will kill the satan and beat it down under his feet."
(Hadiths about the physical attributes of Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh))
Abu Jafar; I asked to Mohammad Al-Baqir (pbuh); "Are you al-Qaim, [Mahdi] (pbuh)" Note how the companions are looking for the Mahdi (pbuh). But some people today are trying to cover it up and are at loss about what to do to conceal the facts. "He says, "I am a son of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), I am come from his blood. Allah is the One Who does all He Wills." So he pretends not to understand. He says, "I repeated my question." And asked, "Are you the Mahdi (pbuh)?" And he replied, "I do know what you are trying to imply." That is just like people asking us questions frequently, "Are you the Mahdi?" "The Mahdi, your owner, has a wide stomach." It is his hallmark, I mean he has such a feature. His stomach is wide, thighs are wide, I mean as a definitive feature. "And he has an admirable charm." He says that he has an appeal. That is how he is if you want to recognize him, he says.
"The Messenger of Allah (saas) commanded;.. " They are asking the Messenger of Allah (saas) about the Mahdi (pbuh). Note that who knows how many hundreds of times this question has been asked that our Prophet (saas) replies, and says, "Hazrat Mahdi's (pbuh) dip in between his eyebrows will be in the form of a crescent. His shoulders are broad. His teeth are bright. He has a thin and beautiful nose. His forehead is wide and bright. His shoulders are robust as a rock. His cheeks seem to be less full." So he has hollow cheeks, his cheeks are not full and convex. The Messenger of Allah (saas) says – look at the detailed information here- "when he is sleepless he sometimes looks pale." I mean he is not always ruddy, lively and fresh. "His muscles are curved and strong." So Hazrat Mahdi's biceps are strong, Masha'Allah. "His hair have curls over his ears" So his hair curls as it grows.
It seems as though world Masonry will assume a great task in the global reign of Islam. I have just met with the leaders of Masons. They hold sway over American Masonry, over European Masonry. I mean this master who came to visit us is the Grand Master of the Italian Lodges. As far as I see, they are very sincere in their beliefs in Allah. They truthfully want to see the world leading toward peace, brotherhood and love. But they said, "It is apparent that this cannot be done solely through Masonry. Your contribution is very important." So it seems that Allah would make Masons, Rotarians, Rotaracts, Lions Club members and all, religious sects, religious congregations an instrument in attaining that.
Even though it is very easy to attain love and peace, even though it is easy to attain an joyful environment, it is being obstructed. They are showing an effort in a way to open the way for the satan partly because they are lazy. They constantly open the way for the satan. They abide by their lower selves as well. And as a result they are turning the world upside down with the insane, aggressive spirit of a few bigots. Had there been a leader- one single leader- a leader everyone loves, he would turn the whole world into a perfect place within a month through the use of radio, television and internet. That is because the whole point lies with ensuring their psychological welfare. There is no problem of food, everyone has a house and a family. The only thing they do not have is happiness, people do not have joy or happiness. There is no need for a wide space to be joyful. The whole point is to have faith, joy and happiness. The whole point is about love but without belief in Allah love doesn't have any meaning. You cannot enjoy love without the love of Allah. It is not possible to be happy without having sincere faith in Allah. I mean then the world would turn into a nightmare. When there is a fervent, sincere love for Allah, Allah beautifies the world.
After my last conversation with our Masonic friends I have seen how close the End Times is much more clearly. That is because the love they have for me, their respect towards me, their interest in me is really amazing, masha'Allah. All they want is – as far as I see- to ensure the global reign of Islam and to bring peace. The point that they are interested in the global reign of Islam is love, peace, brotherhood, friendship, the stopping of bloodshed, the end of wars and the triumph of art and science. And that is the System of the Mahdi anyway. Freemasonry is not religious of course in the sense that we understand it, but it is a system that could provide an amazing basis for devout people, it is a structure that could provide all kinds of convenience.
(In response to a viewer's mail asking, " Iranians believe that Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) will appear in the coming months. Do you agree with them?)
If those people among them are saying this reasonably with an actual fear of Allah, then that is nice, but it is a second possibility; but they say, "Mahdi (pbuh) will enter everyone's houses, not as a voice or an image, he will personally appear every house." They say that, "He enters the rooms with his human body." They say," When we ask for something, he brings it to us," and then they say, "Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) will appear." Now that is a very awkward statement. Did you not just say that Mahdi (pbuh) enters your houses, your rooms and everywhere ? So why do you say that you are still waiting for his appearance? You claim that he has appeared anyway. You claim that he has entered your house. Be honest, you are not awaiting for the Mahdi (pbuh). You are just pacifying Muslims. Satan is playing you to obstruct the way for the Mahdi (pbuh).
(In response to the viewer's mail asking ," You have had Masons as your guest yesterday. Why do you talk to those people who have killed children, who have destroyed countries?")
I do not know that Masons kill children. I do not know that Masons destroy countries. If you could provide me evidence to prove that claim, I can investigate, think about it and ask them as well. If you are saying those after reading my books, then it is not acceptable. But if you have an original source then bring them. I mean how is it acceptable, Masonry is against violence and wars. Aren't there any atheistic Masons, crazy Masons? Of course there are. Aren't there any Masons who worship satan? There are. I consider those Masons who believe in Allah as my friends. There are good Masons as well.
(In response to a viewer's mail asking, "Will the Mahdi solve the ecological problems when he appears? Will our planet turn into a livable place?")
That is one of the main characteristics of Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh). Look, I have planted fruit trees all over the garden in the house I am staying in. The moment you open the door you come across pears, apples, grapes and figs. I love them. Why? Because I am the student of Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh). We go out. There isn't even one single fruit tree. Well, what is the aim in that? I used to go to Amasya when I was a child and when I reached out from the bus I used to be able to grab one apple. Why? Because they are the sons of the Ottomans. They have been brought up with love. They have love for trees, for plants.
Atheists, those who do not believe in Allah, would be terrified when the Name of Allah is mentioned. All the more so because they have numbed themselves with the theory of evolution, with Darwinism, realizing that Darwinism is a false belief terrifies them. That is because the fact that Darwinism is a false belief means that ALLAH exists. And the Existence of Allah means that there is Hereafter. The fear they have for Hereafter is far more than their fear of death.
(In response to a viewer's mail asking, "Should we feel love for Israel? Should we feel hatred for Masons?)
Israel is the name of a prophet, we surely do love Israel. If you mean the Israeli state, there are good and bad people in the state of Israel. We love those who are good, we love those inoffensive ones. What do we do about the evil ones? We do not love them, and strive for them to be good. If you hate Masons, you wouldn't be acting in accordance with the Qur'an. If they are on the wrong path, you should be calling them to Islam. If they are on a wrong path, you should be calling them compassionately to Islam. If they are doing good, then they are your allies anyway. You act in unison. If they have any missing information you are charged to, "Amr bil maroof wa nahi anil munkar" [enjoining good and forbidding evil). You are not obliged to hate. Our Prophet (saas) felt compassion even towards idolaters, he felt compassion towards the People of the Book, he was communicating Islam to everyone. You cannot get somewhere with hatred. You need to do it with love, compassion, mercy, reason, science, art and beauty.
The reason behind the fear of a communist or an atheist is the fear of believing. They feel terrified when they come face to face with sound evidence that would make him believe. That is because he has made a life for himself. He has denied the existence of Allah and thus he's been committing all kinds of unlawful acts, he's been doing all kinds of things that he shouldn't have done according to his mindset. And his heart is at ease because he is sure that –may Allah forbid- Allah does not exist. He is sure that there is no Hereafter and he will not be accountable for what he has done (May Allah forbid). But then you present him such evidence.. You present fossil evidences and the miracle behind the structure of proteins. When they see them they would be terrified and they would come to their wits' end. And they might insanely attack just for this reason. They might give a crazy struggle. You should take no notice of that, and carry on your activities here when stonewalled there, there when stonewalled here so that they would be at a loss.
(In response to a viewer's question asking, "In the Qur'an, there is the mentioning of Samiri producing a calf from gold which made a lowing sound. How could this happen, do you have any information regarding that?")
Samiri has produced that calf statue because he had the technical know-how with the means of that period. And it is probably an airflow causing that lowing sound, a lowing sound was coming from the calf's mouth as far as I understand. He might have done it in the form of a music instrument. He might have attached it to a blower system. And as he presses it from a corner with his feet, that sound might be propagating.2012-09-13 11:29:24


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More Studies Elicuidate the Anti Stress Effects of Essential Oils
Despite the image aromatherapy has gotten for itself in the USA, science keeps backing up the practice! While one can easily find information on the medicinal effects of many essential oils through pubmed.gov, it's a little more rare to find articles that discuss effects of only the oils' aromas.
This just released study shows a significant anti-stress effect of Sweet Orange essential oil. We're really fond of Sweet Orange -- it's VERY uplifting, as are the citrus aromas in general. The study confirmed the effect by noting the same anti-stress (termed 'anxiolytic') effect did not occur when Tea Tree was inhaled (though I actually like the smell of Tea Tree too!)
The second study was performed using Bergamot essential oil, similar to Bitter Orange, and one of the most highly regarded anti-stress, anti-depressant essential oils. The study revealed an anti-stress result from adolescents wearing an aromatherapy necklace, spiked with Bergamot.
Study 1: Anxiolytic-like effect of sweet orange aroma in Wistar rats.
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2010 Mar 6. Faturi CB, Leite JR, Alves PB, Canton AC, Teixeira-Silva F. Universidade Federal de Sergipe-Departamento de Fisiologia e Departamento de Química, Av. Marechal Rondon, S/N-CEP 49100-000-São Cristóvão/SE-Brazil.
Aromatherapy is the use of essential oils as an alternative treatment for medical purposes. Despite the lack of sufficient scientific proof, it is considered a holistic complementary therapy employed to enhance comfort and decrease distress. Citrus fragrances have been particularly used by aromatherapists for the treatment of anxiety symptoms. Based on this claim, the present study investigated the effects of Citrus sinensis (sweet orange) essential oil on Wistar, male rats evaluated in the elevated plus-maze followed by the light/dark paradigm. The animals were exposed to the orange aroma (100, 200 or 400mul) for 5min while in a Plexiglas chamber and were then immediately submitted to the behavioural tests.
At all doses, C.sinensis oil demonstrated anxiolytic activity in at least one of the tests and, at the highest dose, it presented significant effects in both animal models, as indicated by increased exploration of the open arms of the elevated plus-maze (time: p=0.004; entries: p=0.044) and of the lit chamber of the light/dark paradigm (time: p=0.030). In order to discard the possibility that this outcome was due to non-specific effects of any odour exposure, the behavioural response to Melaleuca alternifolia essential oil was also evaluated, using the same animal models, but no anxiolytic effects were observed.
These results suggest an acute anxiolytic activity of sweet orange essence, giving some scientific support to its use as a tranquilizer by aromatherapists.
Study 2: The effects of aromatherapy on stress and stress responses in adolescents
J Korean Acad Nurs. 2009 Jun;39(3):357-65. Seo JY. Department of Nursing, Youngnam Foreign Language College, Gyeongsan, Korea. email@example.com
PURPOSE: This study was done to examine the effects of aromatherapy on stress and stress responses in adolescents. METHODS: A two-group cross-over design was used for this study. The experimental treatment was aroma essential oil (using Bergamot essential oil) inhalation and the placebo treatment was carrier oil inhalation using a necklace. The sample included 36 female high school students. Fisher's exact test, t-test, and paired t-test using SPSS/WIN program were used to analyze the data. RESULTS: Stress levels were significantly lower when the students received the aroma treatment compared to when they received the placebo treatment. The stress responses except salivary IgA levels were significantly lower when the students received the aroma treatment.
CONCLUSION: Aroma inhalation could be a very effective stress management method for high school students. Therefore, it is recommended that this program be used in clinical practice as an effective nursing intervention for high school students.


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The short answer is "no."
In the past, several states enacted "source tax" laws that attempted to tax retirement benefits if they were earned in that state, regardless of where a taxpayer resided when the benefits were ultimately paid. For example, if you earned a $50,000 annual pension while working in California, and then retired to Florida, California would attempt to tax those benefits, even though you were no longer a California resident.
But, in 1996, a federal law was enacted (P.L. 104-95) that prohibited states from taxing certain retirement benefits paid to nonresidents. As a result, if your retirement benefits are covered by the law (most are, see below), only the state in which you reside (or are domiciled) can tax those benefits.
Whether you're a resident of, or domiciled in, a state is determined by the laws of that particular state. In general, your residence is the place you actually live. Your domicile is your permanent legal residence; even if you don't currently live there, you have an intent to return and remain there.
The law applies to all qualified plans (this includes 401(k)s, profit-sharing plans, and defined benefit plans), IRAs, SEP-IRAs, Internal Revenue Section 403(a) annuities, Section 403(b) plans, Section 457(b) plans, and governmental plans.
The law provides only limited protection for nonqualified deferred compensation plan benefits. Benefits paid from nonqualified plans that are designed solely to pay benefits in excess of certain Internal Revenue Code limits (for example, Section 415 excess benefit plans) are covered by the law. Also covered are nonqualified plan (for example, top-hat plan) benefits that are paid over the employee's lifetime, or over a period of at least 10 years.
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NFL Draft > 2012 Prospects > WR > DeVier Posey
DeVier Posey Scouting Report
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DeVier Posey, WR, Ohio State
DeVier Posey is fast receiver that is a very raw route runner who needs to show more precision and snap to his game. He has the right height but is still a bit thin throughout. He can be jammed or re-routed off the line and doesn't show enough determination to fight through press coverage. When entering his breaks, he is rough around the corners and doesn't explode to create separation. He needs to show more discipline in his routes and scouts will certainly see this as a big negative. There is also some upside since he hasn't learned to consistently play with this type of discipline; if he does, it will greatly improve his game.
He can stretch the field and get behind defenders at times. He follows the football in the air well and does a nice job to be in position to make the catch. Posey flashes nice body control while in the air and can make the acrobatic catch. But again, discipline is a factor and doesn't necessarily bring the same level of concentration every play or even every game.
There is some upside here which could push his stock up slightly for some teams. The bottom line is that while Posey does have some natural gifts, there doesn't seem to be a workmanlike approach (which is something he'll really need to excel in the NFL). Off the field concerns may push him a bit further into the middle rounds.
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South Carolina taking heat over attempt to nullify Obamacare
South Carolina has, again, caught the nullification bug. As reported by The State, Republican lawmakers have proposed a bill that would allow the state attorney general to take a business to court if he has "reasonable cause to believe" that implementing the law would harm people.
One of the co-sponsors, state Sen. Larry Martin, insists that there's nothing in the bill that would prevent a business from participating in a federal health-care exchange (Gov. Nikki Haley has already refused to build an exchange for her state). But that's only technically true; under the proposal, there is nothing to stop the state attorney general from deciding that a participating business is harming her employees, and thus can no longer continue implementation.
Obviously, there will be no war if this bill passes—no one plans to fire on Fort Sumter, again. The most likely outcomes involve a lawsuit against the state of South Carolina—filed by businesses, like hospitals and health insurers, who want implementation—or nothing, as the state moves forward and its citizens are kept from access to decent, affordable health insurance. Congrats, South Carolina Republicans! You've scored an ideological win at the cost of immiseration of your fellow residents.
This push to essentially nullify the Affordable Care Act within the state's borders is another indication of how far the modern Republican Party has fallen from the ideas that animated its creation. The GOP of Abraham Lincoln wasn't just an anti-slavery party—or at least, one opposed to the expansion of slavery—it was a unionist party, one dedicated to the idea that there was a single United States, whose government could not be shattered by individual states.
This idea is in wide currency now, but it wasn't in the middle of the 19th century. Then, an influential wing of Southern conservatives—led by the fiery John C. Calhoun of South Carolina—pushed the view that the federal government wassubordinate to the states, who could nullify the Union at any time. This was an ideology borne of history—the exact nature of the constitutional pact signed in 1783 was unclear—and of economics. Calhoun and his allies, intellectual and political, were overwhelmingly slave owners, deeply invested in the system of bondage and white supremacy that supported their society.
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Mount Saint Mary College president Fr. Kevin E. Mackin, OFM,
will bless pets in honor of Saint Francis of Assisi on Sunday,
September 30 after the 9 am Mass.
Alumni, students, and their families, as well as area neighbors,
are welcome to bring their furry, feathered, or finned companions
for the blessing, taking place on the patio outside Founders Chapel
around 10 am. The campus is located at 330 Powell Avenue in
Pets should be on leashes or in carriers.
The blessing celebrates Saint Francis' praise to God for all
creation and is part of the college's Alumni and Family
"The bond between person and pet is like no other relationship,
because the communication between fellow creatures is at its most
basic. Eye-to-eye, a man and his dog, or a woman and her cat, are
two creatures of love," said Fr. Mackin.
"No wonder people enjoy the opportunity to take their animal
companions for a special blessing. Church is the place where the
bond of creation is celebrated."
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