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Saturday marked one of the biggest moments in the Vikings' transition to TCF Bank Stadium for the next two years. It wasn't a player signing or a sponsor agreement. It was the long-awaited opening of the Green Line.
For those unfamiliar with the Green Line, it is the light rail system that opened Saturday connecting Minneapolis and St. Paul and likely will be the most used rail line in the light rail system that extends out like spokes in a wheel. What makes it vital to the Vikings is that one of the stops on the new line is going to be in front of TCF Bank Stadium and will be a critical link for the Vikings parking/tailgating plan.
The Vikings first foray into playing at The Bank came in 2010 when the Metrodome roof collapsed and the Vikings had to find other accommodations on the fly to play the final home game on its schedule. The quick turnaround to the University of Minnesota's stadium was a logistical nightmare. There was gridlock outside the stadium before and after the game, but it should be noted the weather was brutal and little to no preparation had been made other than to inform fans the game had been moved to a new location.
Much the same could potentially be on the horizon with the two-year move to The Bank … if not for the Green Line. Thanks to the new linking of the Twin Cities, the Green Line will run from downtown St. Paul to Target Field and fans can cut out the middle man when it comes from getting from Point A to Point B in terms of traveling to TCF Bank Stadium.
The NFL did the Vikings a favor of sorts in the first year of their two-year outdoor experiment. Every home game after September this season will take place at noon on Sundays – typically low-traffic times by comparison to prime time games, which typically butt heads with rush hour traffic that leads to slow-and-go driving and bumper-to-bumper vehicle movement.
The Vikings are expected to announce their parking/tailgating game plan in the next week or two as they try to retrofit an NFL game experience to an area not accustomed to the volume of traffic Vikings games will bring. With approximately 10,000 more fans expected to attend Vikings games than currently attend Gophers games, the pressure on the road infrastructure could have been a potential headache for the next two years, but the opening of the Green Line is expected to be the release valve on that pressure and a means by which thousands of fans will make their way to and from games.
The Vikings are a sponsor of the Green Line stop that will be in Vikings Village on game days at The Bank and are counting on fans using that avenue of accessing games. It's a viable alternative for those who may be enjoying the outdoor experience with a few adult beverages. It's also an alternative for those who don't want to pay the price of parking. Depending on how many people come in a group of ticket holders, the anticipated $25-30 parking fees in lots surrounding The Bank could be defrayed by taking the Green Line to within a block or two of the stadium doors.
Saturday's opening of the Green Line ends a plan that has been on the board for more than 30 years – the first discussion of connecting the Twin Cities via railroad was held in 1980. About 35 years later, it finally came through and it couldn't have come at a better time for the Vikings and their fans. For those who balked at attending games at The Bank due to the gridlock that took place in the first Vikings game played at the stadium now have a viable alternative to driving to the game that is both efficient and cost-effective.
Of all the days that have been important in the transition of the Vikings from the Metrodome to their yet-to-be-named stadium, June 14 may not jump out to historians years down the line. But make no mistake, the game experience has been enhanced by the ability to have tens of thousands of fans reach the stadium without having to deal with campus-area parking. The Green Line may not seem like a sports story, but for many fans who will be attending Vikings games at the University of Minnesota the next two years, the opening of the Green Line may be one of the more important moments in the Vikings' two-year displacement from their home base.
John Holler has been writing about the Vikings for more than a decade for Viking Update. Follow Viking Update on Twitter and discuss this topic on our message boards. To become a subscriber to the Viking Update web site or magazine, click here.
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Playspan Picks Up Spare Change
San Francisco-based Playspan, a provider of micropayment and microtransaction products for game developers, announced Tuesday that the firm has acquired Spare Change, a micropayments provider for social networking sites. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Playspan is venture backed by Easton Capital, Menlo Ventures, STIC, and Novel TMT Ventures.

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It's impossible to know what to expect from Markelle Fultz's first taste of NBA games.
His three most recent predecessors in the No. 1 overall draft pick club all had wildly different experiences. Andrew Wiggins put on a high-flying display and led everybody in scoring. Karl-Anthony Towns was too nervous and committed nine fouls. Ben Simmons missed the majority of his shots and had cramps in both legs.
And now it's Fultz's turn.
Summer League — a three-city, 17-day, 93-game extravaganza for the NBA where results will soon be forgotten — is back. It starts Saturday morning in Orlando, where eight teams will play over six days. Utah's four-team event begins Monday,...


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But the "hard problem" is getting the attention of computer and chip makers. IBM, which makes the Blue Gene family of supercomputers, has taken a systems approach.
Rather than cobbling together commodity processors with commodity interconnects like Ethernet or InfiniBand -- an approach that others have used -- IBM built five proprietary networks inside Blue Gene, each optimized for a specific kind of work and selectable by the programmer. Members of the Blue Gene family held the No. 1 and No. 2 positions on the Top500 list until June of this year.
By making memory access faster, and by doing it more cleverly, the absolute amount of memory in a system can be reduced, says Dave Turek, vice president of Deep Computing at IBM. As engineers work to build "exascale" computers (a thousand times faster than Roadrunner), that will be essential, he says.
"Going back a few years, you'd build a computer with the fastest processors possible and the most memory possible, and life was good," Turek says. "The question is, how much memory do you need to put on an exascale system? If you want to preserve the kinds of programming models you've had to this point, you'd better have a few hundred million dollars in your pocket to pay for that memory."
And it isn't just the purchase cost of memory that's a problem, Turek notes. Memory draws a lot of expensive power and generates a lot of heat that must be removed by expensive cooling systems.
Faster memory subsystems and faster interconnects will help, Turek says, but supercomputer users will also have to overhaul the programming methods that have evolved over the past 20 years if they hope to utilize the power of exascale computers.
He says users initially criticized Blue Gene for having too little memory, but eventually they were able to scale their applications to run well on 60,000 processors by changing the algorithms in their application code so they were more sparing in their memory use.


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Van Persie to United. :cam:
Yea. I'm glad he's gone just not happy its United. Now Arsenal will focus on getting another Striker.
Arsenal on verge of selling Song to Barca and Walcott to Liverpool... Omg... Arsenal just went from contenders to duds in one day... Wow... Wtf Wenger?
Arsenal were never contenders. It's a three horse race this year.
The battle of sugar daddies teams.
Kroenke's worth more than the Glazer's so what does that make Arsenal?
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Manchester United don't really count. They crazy in debt... I dunno how long they will stay afloat. Manchester United pretty much bought RVP with a credit card. I believe this season, it will be between Chelsea and Manchester City... the battles of sugar daddies.
United will be a factor. You can't write them off when they are buying players. Debt doesn't kick balls into the net.
United bought 2 players this season so I dunno. I don't even know if RVP will do good in United system.
The battle of sugar daddies teams.
The battle of sugar daddies teams.
Sadly, it's always been that way.
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Cavaliers to Play Preseason Game in Canton for Second Consecutive Year
Tuesday, October 15th AT 7:00 P.M. at the Canton Memorial Civic Center
CLEVELAND - The Cleveland Cavaliers will hold a 2013-14 NBA preseason contest at the Canton Memorial Civic Center when they host the Charlotte Bobcats on Tuesday, October 15th at 7:00 p.m. This will be the second consecutive year in which the Cavaliers will play a preseason contest at the home of their exclusively owned and operated NBA Development League affiliate, the Canton Charge.
"We were thrilled with the fan reception and atmosphere during last year's preseason game in Canton and are really looking forward to bringing the Cavaliers back to play in front of the Stark County community who have embraced us and the Charge so enthusiastically," said Cavaliers Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Kerry Bubolz.
In their first-ever visit to Canton last season, the Cavaliers hosted the Milwaukee Bucks in preseason action before a sellout crowd at the Memorial Civic Center.
All 2013-14 Charge Nation Members can purchase tickets for the Cavs-Bobcats preseason game at their membership price. Charge Nation Memberships for the 2013-14 season are on sale NOW and start at just $125 for the season (less than $6 per game)! Fans can also now purchase the new 6th Man Plan starting at $54 (just $9 per game!) that includes the Cavaliers preseason game as well as five 2013-14 Charge games, with premium giveaways featured at all six games. Single game tickets for the Cavs-Bobcats game will go on-sale at a later date to be announced.
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Keith Urban And Carrie Underwood Perform 'The Fighter' At The GRAMMYs
Obama To Lead Nation In Remembering Those Killed On 9/11President Barack Obama is joining the nation in remembering the nearly 3,000 people who died in the Sept. 11 attacks 15 years ago.
Flight 93 Passengers, Crew Honored In Sunday CeremonyThe 40 passengers and crew members who died during the crash of Flight 93 during the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks will be honored at a ceremony Sunday at the Flight 93 National Memorial in western Pennsylvania.
9/11 Anniversary Marked With ObservancesAfter years as a private commemoration, the anniversary of Sept. 11 at ground zero now also has become an occasion for public reflection on the site of the terror attacks.
Volunteers To Plant 22,000 Seedlings At Flight 93 Memorial In ShanksvilleHundreds of volunteers are joining state forestry officials in a massive tree-planting project at the Flight 93 National Memorial.
Flight 93 Victims' Families Honored At Sept. 11 Memorial One by one, the names of the victims from Flight 93 were read at a ceremony at the national memorial in Somerset County Thursday morning.
Service Marks 13th Anniversary Of 9/11 At Flight 93 Memorial This date 13 years ago is one Americans will never forget, when terrorists took aim at America.
Local Author Sheds New Light On Heroism Of Flight 93 PassengersThe National Park Service will provide a tour of the visitor center being built at the Flight 93 National Memorial on the eve of the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Relief Fund Still Helping Familes Affected By Sept. 11thPITTSBURGH (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA) - Rick Applegate from Cantor Fitzgerald Wealth Partners gives his Moneytalk report with Larry and John every morning and 13 years ago the company was hit with a devastating loss. Cantor Fitzgerald occupied offices at the top of the World Trade Center and on September 11th 2001 the company lost 658 employees during the attacks. Edie Lutnick who lost her brother Gary on September 11th is the co-founder and president of the Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund.
Pittsburgh Firefighter Honors 9/11 Victims With Touching Bagpipe PerformanceWe all remember and commemorate 9/11 in our own way.
Coast Guard Honors Victims Of 9/11Ceremonies in Washington DC, New York City and Shanksville commemorate the events of 9-11, but the Coast Guard wanted to give the people of Pittsburgh an opportunity to reflect some twelve-years later.
Flags Fly Along Grandview Avenue To Remember 9/11Pittsburghers are remembering the 9/11 anniversary in their own ways.


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Finishing up sets, making some sweet incentives and open to shooting with new models... lets go!
Yayyy I show my muse my $11 check from zivity and she wants to join. You guys are in for a real treat!!
Thank you folks :) I will post some sweet incentives as soon as I talk with my models about what we can offer :)
How do I make the little incentive box ???
More sets coming now!
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back from Miami and off to work. When I come back, I will pay my respects to all who support my first set!!
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Lady Mable Bum Bable Big Bobs Galore
and my previous bunny was Missy MooMoo Beef Curtains (don't ask)
HAHAHAHHA!!!! This was a funny thread!
I had never even thought of doing more than one name for my bunnies. But having first,middle, last names etc etc etc. is the funniest thing ever! Love it.


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We report the RF-to-DC characteristics of the integrated AlGaAs/GaAs Schottky diode and antenna under the direct injection and irradiation condition. The conversion efficiency up to 80% under direct injection of 1 GHz signal to the diode was achieved. It was found that the reduction of series resistance and parallel connection of diode and load tend to lead to the improvement of RF-to-DC conversion efficiency. Under direct irradiation from antenna-to-antenna method, the output voltage of 35 mV was still obtainable for the distance of 8 cm between both antennas in spite of large mismatch in the resonant frequency between the diode and the connected antenna. Higher output voltage in volt range is expected to be achievable for the well-matching condition. The proposed on-chip AlGaAs/GaAs HEMT Schottky diode and antenna seems to be a promising candidate to be used for application in proximity communication system as a wireless low power source as well as a highly sensitive RF detector.
In order to increase the performance of silicon (Si)-based ultra-large-scale-integrated circuits (ULSIs), miniaturization of complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) transistors is needed [
Since the 1970s, one of the major reasons for intensive research on rectennas has been due to the development of solar power satellites in space for energy harvesting from sunlight [
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Recently, we reported the design, fabrication and characterization of individual n-AlGaAs/GaAs high-electron-mobility-transistor (HEMT) Schottky diodes [
In this paper, we report the RF-to-DC characteristics of a Schottky diode where the diode and load are connected in parallel under direct injection of the RF signal. The rectifying characteristics of the Schottky diode where the signal is irradiated from different transmitting dipole antennas to the integrated dipole antenna are also reported. This experiment was conducted in order to understand the performance of the integrated devices for real practical applications. The results show the potential breakthrough for direct on-chip integration towards realization of low power rectenna devices for their advanced heterogeneous integration on a Si platform.
In this work, we fabricated the CPW and dipole antenna structure on the semi-insulated (SI) GaAs layer, and not directly on the n-type HEMT structure, as shown in
In this study, a RF direct injection measurement was conducted in order to confirm several parameters such as: (1) the input power needed to turn on the diode; (2) the maximum input power generated by the signal generator; (3) the operating frequencies of the fabricated Schottky diode; (4) the resonant frequency of antenna; and (5) the RF characteristics of the Schottky diode.
Finally, the dependence of the distance,
Here, it can be clearly seen that a maximum rectified output voltages were obtained at 7 GHz and a maximum voltage of 35 mV was still obtainable for the distance of 8 cm. From these presented results, the proposed on-chip AlGaAs/GaAs HEMT Schottky diode and antenna seem to be promising candidates to be used for application in proximity communication systems as a wireless low power source as well as a highly sensitive RF detector device.
In conclusion, the rectification by the integrated Schottky diode and dipole antenna via CPW transmission line under direct irradiation from antenna-to-antenna was achieved without insertion of any matching circuit. Higher output voltages, up to the volt range, are expected to be achievable if the resonant frequency of the dipole antenna is well matched to the optimum operating frequency of the diode that produces the maximum rectified output. Despite of the large mismatch in the frequency between the diode and antenna, output voltages of several tens of mV were still obtainable for a distance of 8 cm. This seems to suggest the feasibility of using such integrated device structures in proximity communication systems.
F. Mustafa thanks Universiti Teknologi Malaysia for a scholarship during her Ph.D course. This work was partly supported by a NSG grant from Nippon Sheet Glass Corp., Fellowship grant from Hitachi Foundation, Science-Fund grant from the Malaysian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, FRGS and ERGS grants from the Malaysian Ministry of Education, RU grant from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and MJIIT grant from Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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Rectified output voltages as a function of input voltages at different frequency level.
Rectified output voltages as a function of the frequencies at input power of 22 dBm.
Measured and simulated return loss of the dipole antenna.
Conversion efficiency as a function of input power at several frequencies.
Measurement configuration for direct irradiation from antenna-to-antenna.
Rectified output voltages as a function of input power at distance of 2 cm.
Rectified output voltage at a frequency of 7 GHz.
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MEXICO CITY - A vaunted three-party alliance that sustains President Enrique Peña Nieto's drive to enact major changes in Mexico is severely fraying, casting a shadow over pending overhauls in tax collection, finance and energy production.
On Tuesday, Peña Nieto's office abruptly postponed announcement of sweeping new financial measures because of the crisis in the alliance, known as the Pact for Mexico, which was forged in December and ties Peña Nieto's Institutional Revolutionary Party with two other parties, one from the political left and the other from the right.
The current crisis centers on whether Peña Nieto's PRI is using a federal hunger-fighting program to gain political advantage as 14 of Mexico's 31 states prepare for elections later this year.
The financial package that Peña Nieto was scheduled to announce is intended to ease credit for businesses and lower interest rates while increasing tax revenues to the federal government.
Instead, Peña Nieto deployed top aides to try to make peace with the National Action Party on the right and Party of the Democratic Revolution on the left.
Finance Minister Luis Videgaray denied that the postponement meant the end of the financial reform plans.
"The financial reform is not in danger," Videgaray told a local radio station. "What matters is that the president has sent a very clear message that the priority is to listen and take what is happening in all seriousness."
The three parties signed the Pact for Mexico on Dec. 2, agreeing in broad terms to seek 95 reforms during Peña Nieto's six-year term. The agreement was seen as a major alliance that could overcome entrenched interests, such as business monopolies and unions, which oppose some of the changes.


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Veterans tell of healing power of Canyon Heroes outings, camaraderie
Laura Offerman was the lone woman in an Army troop of 150 men in Iraq.
On her return home, she said, she had low self-esteem and difficulty in relating to other women.
"It was very different for me coming back because I had lost my identity," said Offerman, who served in 2008 and 2009 as a combat medic.
Now a bubbly Greensburg resident, Offerman credits her turnaround to a seven-day rafting trip sponsored by the Ligonier nonprofit Canyon Heroes.
"I'm just so thankful for this," the Alabama native said.
She and four other veterans who took part in the August journey on the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon shared their gratitude on Sunday during a forum attended by about 30 people in Ligonier.
Canyon Heroes offers seven-day expeditions for veterans who are struggling with issues related to past deployments, such as a disability, depression or substance abuse.
About 50 donors chipped in to fund the August trip for 11 veterans and three therapists, organization President Margery Hermann said. The summertime trip was the organization's first for a large group.
The group is raising money to send 24 veterans on an expedition in 2014. Hatch River Expeditions in Arizona guides the trips. Days consist of hiking, rafting, meals and therapy sessions.
The sessions proved to be important to Michael Stovall, an Army veteran and Missouri native who lives in Ligonier.
"I never spoke about my time in Vietnam," which lasted from 1967-69, Stovall said. "I battled with that for 40-something years."
Michael Kelly, also an Army veteran of the Vietnam War, came home to Seward from the August trip a changed man.
"I don't stay inside like I did (before)," said Kelly, who was involved in two helicopter crashes between 1964 and 1967 while in Vietnam. "It was really a meaningful thing."
Hermann created the nonprofit after her fourth Colorado River rafting trip in 2011 as a way to help veterans who have a disability as a result of their service.
"You're in complete solitude down there," she said, which provides time for participants to reflect and open up about their combat experiences.
Ligonier photographer and Army veteran Bill Pribisco of Stahlstown captured the group's trip through photos.
"I had hesitations about going, because I know I'm going to miss work," said Pribisco, who served at Fort Hood, Texas, and in Germany between 1974 and 1978.
Robert Shaw of Greensburg said he's gotten in contact with old friends and his marriage has improved since the trip. He served with the Army National Guard for seven years and was deployed to Iraq in 2008 and 2009.
Because the guide service runs two rafts at a time on the Colorado River, the veteran group was paired with an equal contingent of civilians.
Though wary of each other at first, the veterans said some members of the two groups intermingled by the end of the trip. Although decades separated some of the veterans, many found their experiences and the after-effects to be the same. Stovall said he and an Iraq-era veteran even carried the same weapon.
"They had the same problems that we had; it's just a different time zone," Stovall said.
Many of the veterans keep in touch with each other, their bond going beyond the seven-day excursion.
"I'm so thrilled to death to see these people today," Stovall said. "It's like a long-lost family."
Renatta Signorini is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. She can be reached at 724-837-5374 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Surveillance video has captured dramatic footage of an armed robbery that left a Colorado store clerk grateful to be alive, KUSA-TV reports.
The video shows two men entering the convenience store in Aurora, one moving to the front counter and one brandishing a gun.
"I was looking at the gun and first thought was, 'Is this real?'" Paymon Ghamari says of last week's robbery at his father's store.
Within seconds, the gunman opens fire on Ghamari, who is working behind the counter. He tells 9News that the bullet pierced his bicep, but missed both bone and artery.
"It felt like someone hit me with a hammer," Ghamari says.
Amazingly, Ghamari stays calm and opens the cash register. The men flee with cash, and remain at large.
He says he's thankful his wound wasn't worse.
"You don't really know until it starts bleeding and you're like, 'Damn, there's a hole in my arm,'" Ghamari says.
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Source: South Williamsport, Pa.
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 25, 2009, 4:00pm ET
LAustin Batchelor's Little League lifetime faded with the sun early Tuesday
evening. He laid it to rest squarely in the center slope of the hill behind
Howard J. Lamade Stadium. What a way to walk out of the Little League World
"It was my last Little League career at bat, and I hit a home run in Lamade Stadium," Batchelor said. "It was just awesome."
Neither Batchelor's Peabody (Ma.) Western Little League team nor Logan County Russellville (Ky.) Little League had a shot at reaching the tournament semifinals. His team eventually won 12-3, taking a commanding 10-3 lead by the time Batchelor approached the plate in the bottom of the fifth inning and blasted a towering shot over the centerfield fence.
"We knew this game either way wouldn't matter as much as the other ones so we weren't too nervous," he said. "We were just having fun this time."
Batchelor rounded the bases of his new favorite venue to the echoes of applauding strangers peppering the hill with lawn chairs and beach towels
"It's awesome to see the whole hill build up," he said. "All these fans come to your games and they don't even know you. It's like a major league stadium,"."
The high point in Peabody's final game in Williamsport came in the third inning, when it squeezed more fun, and more runs, out of the inning than it had in their two previous games, two blowout losses.
Peabody put up nine runs in the third inning of Tuesday's contest, eight more than they scored in either of their two defeats to San Antonio, Texas and Chula Vista, Calif.
"We finally hit the ball and got a win," said David Batchelor, Austin's father and the team's manager. "The ride home will be better. Maybe the next month or so will be better."
Batchelor, Matt Hosman, and Anthony Cravotta each put up two-run extra-base hits in the third as Peabody sent 13 batters to the plate.
Besides going 3-for-3 at the plate, Batchelor tossed five innings and piled up seven strikeouts without allowing an earned run. But he did start a little shaky in the first inning when he allowed an Ian Woodall RBI double that scored Barrett Croslin, who originally reached base on an error by the shortstop.
"I wasn't throwing real hard like usual, and then we had to focus in on this," he said. "As it went on I just got better."
Looking to match Batchelor's last at-bat, Cravotta swatted a two-out RBI double in his final Little League at-bat. Righthander Michael Petrosino closed out his Little League career with three strikeouts in the sixth.
When August rolls around in the years to come, the Peabody boys will watch a pixel-constructed Howard J. Lamade Stadium on TV. The youngest Batchelor might look for his spot in the center of the hill, and he'll smile and remember his final swat.


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Claire Campbell, PCC-S, ATR, NCC, is an artist, supervising clinical counselor, art therapist and Nationally Certified Counselor who uses the expressive arts, movement, breath work, guided imagery, yoga & sensory integration to guide her clinical practice. Claire has presented workshops nationally on trauma informed treatment, compassion fatigue and art based approaches to wellness. Her expertise and passion lies in supporting wellness in the workplace and creating sustainable treatment and wellness practices. Claire is owner & founder of SerendipityCleveland, a multi-use, private practice space that centers its work on growth, creativity & potential and is a trauma therapist and wellness advocate for the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center.


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The hosts of MSNBC's Morning Joe on Wednesday ripped into the National Rifle Association (NRA) for using President Barack Obama's daughters in an advertisement opposing new gun safety measures.
On Tuesday, the pro-gun lobbying group sparked outrage by releasing an ad calling Obama an "elitist hypocrite" for opposing guns in schools while allowing his own daughters to be protected by armed bodyguards. The ad comes one month after 20 children were gunned down at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, and just days after the NRA released a first-person shooting game for Apple's iPhone and iPad targeted at children as young as four.
After reviewing the ad on Wednesday, MSNBC contributor Mike Barnicle immediately denounced it as "political pornography."
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Pop the cork for a sparkling encounter with Paris, the French Riviera, Burgundy's gastronomic talents and the Roman footprints left on the French landscape centuries ago. View the Palace of the Popes at Avignon, soak up the sun-kissed charm of the Côte d'Azur and meet the widow of Pierre Salinger, special advisor to John F. Kennedy, over a home-cooked meal.
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8 hot buffet breakfasts
4 dinners (including Be My Guest)
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What's Included
City tour in Arles
Insider walking tour in Paris
Orientation of Paris, Beaune, Lyon, Monaco, Nice and Avignon
View Place Bellecour and the Basilica of Notre Dame in Lyon, the Royal Palace and Cathedral in Monaco and the Palace of the Popes in Avignon
Visit the Eiffel Tower and Pont du Gard
What's Included
8 hot buffet breakfasts
4 dinners
(including Be My Guest)
What's Included
Audio Headsets for flexible sightseeing
Daily breakfast and an average of 50% of evening meals
Luxury air-conditioned coach with WiFi in most countries or alternative transportation (such as rail journeys)
Cherry-picked hotels, all tried and trusted
Hand-picked Insider Experiences
Optional Experiences and free time
All porterage and restaurant gratuities
Must-see sightseeing and surprise extras
An expert Travel Director and separate Driver
All hotel tips, charges and local taxes
TGV Express train between Paris and Avignon.
VIP entry to many sights
Airport Transfers
Specific transfer information can be found on the airport transfers page
Wonderful France
Day 1Arrive Paris (2 Nights) Day 1 - Arrive Paris (2 Nights)
Welcome to Paris. Relax after your journey or take a leisurely stroll through the City of Light. This evening meet your Travel Director and companions for a Welcome Reception. Later enjoy an evening drive to see some of the most famous Parisian landmarks including the Champs Elysées and the Arc de Triomphe.
Renaissance La Defense
Renaissance La Defense
Day 2Paris Sightseeing Day 2 - Paris Sightseeing
Today your Local Specialist reveals not just where, but how real Parisians live and shop, showing you the quaint historical local neighbourhoods. This short insider walk finishes at one of Paris's loveliest squares, little known to outsiders, but a real favourite of the locals. Visit the second level of the Eiffel Tower for breathtaking views across the city. Tonight why not experience a traditional Parisian Cabaret?
Optional Experiences
Giverny House And Gardens Of Claude Monet
Today, with our Local Specialist, we'll visit the charming former home of the greatest Impressionist painter, Claude Monet, which inspired his magnificent water lily paintings. Our coach will take us to the village of Giverny where we'll enjoy a tour of the delightful house, gardens and famous Japanese bridge.
Adult Price: €49.00
Moulin Rouge Cabaret And Dinner
Enjoy dinner and cabaret, including wine and champagne, at the world-famous Moulin Rouge – the original Paris cabaret. Immortalized by the award-winning film of the same name, this Parisian institution features 60 dancers and entertainers and over 1000 costumes!
Adult Price: €162.00
Nouvelle Eve Cabaret And Dinner
Join us for dinner with wine included at one of the most prestigious cabaret shows in town, where you'll watch an evening of exciting acts, stunning tableaux and wonderful entertainment – including the world famous Can-Can. A Parisian night you'll never forget.
Adult Price: €139.00
Day 3Paris – Beaune – Lyon Day 3 - Paris – Beaune – Lyon
Journey through the Burgundy wine region and stop in the regional capital Beaune. Later arrive in Lyon, the great gastronomic city and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Perhaps discover the Old Town and enjoy a Beaujolais dinner in a local 'Bouchon'.
Novotel Gerland
Novotel Gerland
Optional Experiences
Beaujolais Gourmet Dinner And Old Town Discovery
Enjoy an evening drive along the beautiful Saône River and taste the most acclaimed French cuisine. You'll discover Lyon's secrets, from the Gauls to the medieval old town. A UNESCO World Heritage city, Lyon is also the gastronomic capital of France and our chef will prepare a mouth-watering three course dinner, with local wines included.
Adult Price: €69.00
Day 4Lyon – Monaco – French Riviera (2 Nights) Day 4 - Lyon – Monaco – French Riviera (2 Nights)
Travel south to the Principality of Monaco. View the Palace of the ruling Grimaldi family and the cathedral where the late Princess Grace and Prince Rainier were married. Enjoy a Regional Meal this evening in Monaco before arriving at your hotel in Nice on the French Riviera.
Day 5French Riviera Day 5 - French Riviera
Spend today as you wish. The Côte d'Azur is a sparkling and pristine stretch of famous coastline. You might like to relax on the beach, shop in elegant boutiques or perhaps visit the hilltop town of St. Paul de Vence.
Optional Experiences
St Paul, Corniche Drive, Perfumery and Meal
Discover the medieval hill top town of St. Paul, known as an artists' paradise. You'll travel along the Riviera on the spectacular corniche, stopping off at a local perfumery. Finally, join us for a delicious meal and drinks at a local restaurant.
Adult Price: €83.00
Day 6French Riviera – Pont du Gard – Avignon (2 Nights) Day 6 - French Riviera – Pont du Gard – Avignon (2 Nights)
Visit Pont du Gard aqueduct with a Local Specialist. Enjoy a guided walk along the top of the impressive aqueduct which dates back to Roman times. Later arrive in Avignon where your orientation includes views of the imposing Palace of the Popes and the ruined bridge straddling the River Rhône. This bridge inspired the famous French song 'sur le pont d'Avignon'.
Mercure Pont
Mercure Pont
Optional Experiences
Treasures of Provence
Discover one of the most beautiful villages of France amongst outstanding natural scenery, a true Treasure of this region. Enjoy a walk through the centuries of local history where you'll get a real insight into Provence before a delightful meal with wine. (On occasion, may be offered without meal for €25)
Adult Price: €63.00
Day 7Arles Excursion Day 7 - Arles Excursion
Today travel to Arles and marvel at the Roman amphitheatre and Romanesque Cathedral during your sightseeing with a Local Specialist, a city where Vincent Van Gogh lived for a time. Tonight enjoy a delicious Be My Guest meal in a converted historic mill on the banks of the River Sorgue.
Day 8Avignon – TGV Train – Paris Day 8 - Avignon – TGV Train – Paris
This morning take the high-speed TGV train through the heart of France, past Auxerre and the sprawling vineyards of Burgundy back to Paris. Tonight celebrate with your Travel Director and newfound friends at a Farewell Dinner in the City of Light.
Evergreen Laurel
Evergreen Laurel
Optional Experiences
Notre Dame And Latin Quarter
A guided drive through Paris' bohemian Left Bank with our Local Specialist brings us to amazing Notre Dame to discover one of the world's most famous Cathedrals and the epitome of Gothic architecture. Afterwards, take a stroll through the delightful Latin Quarter, a medieval maze of winding cobblestone alleyways where you'll have free time to enjoy the sidewalk bistros, boutiques and hidden squares.
Adult Price: €33.00
Seine Cruise And Paris Illuminations
Paris at night is a city transformed. Enjoy this superb 'City of Light' on a leisurely cruise along the River Seine. Afterwards, as we drive through this amazing city, we'll stop at some vantage points for you to capture the fascinating sights on camera. In summer, this trip may take place before sunset.
Adult Price: €38.00
Day 9Depart Paris Day 9 - Depart Paris
This morning after breakfast, say 'au revoir' to Paris, your fellow companions and Travel Director as this fascinating journey through France comes to an end. Transfers are available. Conditions apply.
Be My Guest
Delicious Provençal home cooking is the perfect accompaniment to a fascinating dinner enjoyed on the banks of the Sorgue with Poppy Salinger, who will regale you with stories of her famous former husband
Hidden Treasures
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For included sightseeing in Paris and Arles. Enjoy a guided walk with a Local Specialist across the top of the Pont du Gard aqueduct dating back to Roman times
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City tour in Arles
Insider walking tour in Paris
Orientation of Paris, Beaune, Lyon, Monaco, Nice and Avignon
View Place Bellecour and the Basilica of Notre Dame in Lyon, the Royal Palace and Cathedral in Monaco and the Palace of the Popes in Avignon
Visit the Eiffel Tower and Pont du Gard
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8 hot buffet breakfasts
4 dinners
(including Be My Guest)
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Audio Headsets for flexible sightseeing
Daily breakfast and an average of 50% of evening meals
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Cherry-picked hotels, all tried and trusted
Hand-picked Insider Experiences
Optional Experiences and free time
All porterage and restaurant gratuities
Must-see sightseeing and surprise extras
An expert Travel Director and separate Driver
All hotel tips, charges and local taxes
TGV Express train between Paris and Avignon.
VIP entry to many sights
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ACM SIGGRAPH Honors Computer Animator For Visualization Advances
Max to Receive Highest Honor in Computer Graphics
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The Association for Computing Machinery
Max to Receive Highest Honor in Computer Graphics
SAN DIEGO, August 6, 2007 - ACM SIGGRAPH will award its 2007 Steven A. Coons Award to Nelson Max for his pioneering scientific visualization films that profoundly influenced a generation of young scientists to see the potential of computer graphics to convey complex ideas. Dr. Max, a computer scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), and a professor at the University of California Davis, produced computer animated educational films on mathematics that demonstrated how both aesthetic choices and mathematical understanding are required for successful scientific visualization. He was also cited for his insightful technical contributions and his encouragement of ideas and intellectual exchange in computer graphics.
The SIGGRAPH Coons Award, the highest honor accorded by ACM SIGGRAPH, is given in odd-numbered years to individuals for lifetime intellectual and creative contributions to computer graphics and interactive techniques. The award is named for Steven A. Coons, an early pioneer in the field of computer graphical methods, who envisioned interactive computer graphics as a tool to aid design and engineering. Dr. Max will receive the award at SIGGRAPH 2007, August 5-9, at the San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA.
Dr. Max was director of the NSF-supported Topology Films Project in the early 1970s, which produced two computer animated films, Space Filling Curves and Turning the Sphere Inside Out. These films represented the state of the art in specifying, animating, and rendering moving curves and surfaces. In Carla's Island, made in 1981, Dr. Max further demonstrated the new power of computer graphics, which he combined with visual and mathematical sensibility. In this film, for example, trigonometric functions and numerical approximations became water waves reflecting moonlight and endlessly lapping at the shores.
At LLNL, he produced a series of molecular structure animations that have served to show the role of computer-generated imagery (CGI) in scientific visualization. The most famous of these films are DNA with Ethidium and Doxorubicin/DNA. He was also instrumental in the success of the IMAX movie The Magic Egg shown at SIGGRAPH 84 in Minneapolis, MN.
In the early 1980s, Dr. Max served as computer graphics director for the Fujitsu pavilions at Expo 85 and 90 in Japan for two Omnimax (hemispheric screen) stereo films for international expositions, showing the molecular basis of life. He joined LLNL in1977, and currently teaches computer science at the University of California, Davis. He has also taught mathematics and computer science at UC Berkeley, the University of Georgia, Carnegie Mellon University, and Case Western Reserve University.
Dr. Max holds a B.A. in mathematics from Johns Hopkins University, and a Ph.D. in mathematics from Harvard University.
About ACM
ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery http://www.acm.org, is an educational and scientific society uniting the world's computing educators, researchers and professionals to inspire dialogue, share resources and address the field's challenges. ACM strengthens the profession's collective voice through strong leadership, promotion of the highest standards, and recognition of technical excellence. ACM supports the professional growth of its members by providing opportunities for life-long learning, career development, and professional networking.
About ACM SIGGRAPH
The ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques (www.SIGGRAPH.org) is an interdisciplinary community interested in research, technology, and applications in computer graphics and interactive techniques. Members include researchers, developers and users from the technical, academic, business, and art communities. SIGGRAPH provides information to the computer graphics community through its annual conference, publications and the SIGGRAPH Video Review.
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A photographic look into Cleveland Ohio's current graffiti scene. This work showcases primarily work done by artists in and around Cleveland inside abandoned properties. While documenting the artwork itself, it also serves to give a perspective of what these environments are like and the things the artists traverse in order to do it.
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Chili does not really sound like a summer dish, unless it's one of those nights when you just want to pretend it is winter and crank the air conditioning. This summer, though, I found a chili that I consider to be perfect for summer, in part because it can be made with fresh ingredients.
Many of Spencer County's newer residents may not be fully aware of the county's rich and interesting history. Here's a review of some of the county's highlight events of the past and people who made those events memorable.
Of the hundreds of pictures in historian Tom Watson's possession, several are special because of their rarity, while others are just nice likenesses that deserve to be preserved.
Research has produced some interesting photos that have been published in this column for the first time anywhere.
What is offered this week are pictures this scribe just personally likes and they include some of the first-publication types.
Pioneers who settled along streams of water like the Salt River and Brashears Creek often decided to build a mill. The mill was a common enterprise and attracted settlers who could not build their own facility for making flour and grinding grain.
An 1882 atlas that pin-points cemetery, residential and business locations in Nelson and Spencer counties shows a historic burying ground on the "E.T. Holloway" farm.
Cemeteries don't vanish, but when the headstones and footstones are thrown into a hollow or otherwise crushed by man or beast, evidence of their existence becomes rare.
The Waterford area of Spencer County has been populated for many years, dating back to the Mississippian native Americans who found life along the Salt River particularly good. There were animals to hunt through the use of spears and later the bow and arrow as hunting methods advanced into the woodland period.
During the Civil War, Taylorsville native Jack Allen fought for the South and rose in rank to colonel.
With the Spencer County Fair opening July 15, it seems a glance back at some classic photos of the fair decades ago is appropriate.
One local reader submitted these old receipts for subscriptions to The Spencer Courier and to The Spencer Magnet. The Spencer Courier receipt, pictured above, dates back 100 years.
In 1983, this scribe wrote a series of columns on one of the men of Confederate guerrilla leader William Clarke Quantrill and his infatuation with a young Spencer County girl.
The late Emma Wilson Brown said that old John Purdy could be heard before he was seen on the streets of Bloomfield, tapping his cane and bellowing with his strong voice.
It wasn't unusual for him to stop on a corner and let loose with a rebel yell.
The Beard family and related lines have been around Spencer and Nelson counties for a mighty long time. In The Terre Haute (Indiana) Morning Star, Oct. 17, 1904, there appeared a tribute to John L. Beard, 80, and his wife Judith Frances Wells, 75, who had been married for 56 years.
In a copy of the newspaper appears a picture of the couple, but because of the age of the paper, the photograph is not very sharp. The couple lived in Vigo County, Ind.
It is said that people who seem obsessed with history live with their minds in the past. I am happy to report that I have just a passing interest in the subject and really don't care how old everything is, who lived where and when and if their great grandparents had a pet chimp. But I wonder what the chimp's name was?
My uncle Gilbert had a parrot that cursed, but that's another story.
Editor's note: The following is a continuation of Tom Watson's column last week, which looks at Spencer County family names and the history associated with them.
It's not easy to find biographical sketches about Spencer County people and that's why Perrin's collection is so valuable. Here's a look at some Spencer County families from "Kentucky: A History of the State." Perrin, Battle & Kniffin, 6th ed.,1887, Spencer Co. References to the current time are to 1887.
M.C. ALLOWAY was born in Nelson County Feb. 23, 1837, the second of a family of nine children born to Joel and Elizabeth (Grigsby) Alloway.
(–Based on the work of Byron Marshall of Minneapolis–)
There is an unusual case of doctrinal interpretation regarding the marriage of a member of the Van Buren Church of Christ to her stepson.
On a rise just north of Taylorsville, above the intersection of Yoder-Tipton Road and Kentucky 55-155 stands the Jacob Yoder home that was originally called "Beechland," but was renamed "Vaucluse" by Yoder's son-in-law, Frenchman David Roselle Poignand.
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• "Pre-engagements" are becoming a trend for Hollywood couples. Take these celebs for example… [The Frisky]
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Sir John Peace - Chairman: Good morning London. Good afternoon to those of you in Hong Kong and in Mumbai. I'm pleased to report that 2012 was our 10th consecutive year of income and profit growth.
Throughout a turbulent decade for the world economy and for banking, we've continued to deliver consistent value for our shareholders. Standard Chartered remains a growth story with a modest increase in profits in 2012 and a normalized return on equity of 12.8%.
Clearly, the settlements reach with a DFS and other U.S. authorities had an impact on our profits. But despite this, we are increasing the total amount of dividend paid to shareholders. The Board is recommending a final dividend of $0.5677 per share.
This brings the total annual dividend $0.84 per share, which is up 10.5%, in line with our long track record of performance. We are entering the New Year with strong momentum in both of our businesses.
Now in a moment, Richard will take you through our results in more detail and Peter will talk about our strategy and opportunities we see for growth, but first, there are a few things I'd like to highlight.
Over the last decade, Standard Chartered has delivered consistently not just for shareholders, but for the communities in which we operate. We have tripled the number of people we employ to over 89,000. We have paid an excess of $11 billion in corporate tax. We have increased our lending to clients and customers around five-fold to $289 billion.
Importantly, we have achieved this by sticking to our strategy, focusing on the basics of good banking in markets we know well with clients and customers with whom we have deep and, in many cases, long relationships.
As 2012 showed, there is still work to be done to rebuild public trust in banks. There will therefore be some interest today I am sure in how we reward our management and staff. We've not changed our approach. We continue to remunerate our people, not just for what they achieved, but how they demonstrate our values rewarding long-term performance not failure.
Reflecting the Group's overall performance in 2012 and the impact of the U.S. settlements, our bonus pool is down by some 7%. Once again, the amount paid in bonuses is less than the amount paid to our shareholders by way of a dividend; it's less than the corporate taxation and well under half of the retained earnings.
We know that we will be held to our brand promise here for good, and we continue to work hard to embed this commitment in everything we do taking a long-term view of our obligations to shareholders, to clients and customers and the communities in which we operate.
2012, in summary, was another good year of performance, thanks to a consistent strategy, a stable management team, supportive clients and customers and shareholders, and above all, our great people. The Board remains confident for the year ahead.
Let me now ask Richard to walk you through the numbers in more detail. Richard?
Richard Meddings - Group Finance Director: Thank you, John. Good morning London and good afternoon Hong Kong and Mumbai. What I will be presenting to you today is another strong set of results, where we have delivered our 10th consecutive year of income and profit growth before and after the settlement costs with the U.S. authorities.


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Publication Number: FHWA-RD-95-176
Date: November 1996
Development of Human Factors Guidelines for Advanced Traveler Information Systems and Commercial Vehicle Operations: Task Analysis of ATIS/CVO Functions
Analysis of Tasks Integrated with Critical Driving Functions
The value and usefulness of the ATIS are found largely in the driving environment. An understanding of the interaction of ATIS/CVO tasks with the primary tasks associated with driving during critical periods is an important factor in the development of human factors design guidelines for ATIS.
Function of Tasks Integrated with Critical Driving Functions
Tasks associated with ATIS/CVO use include some that must take place in close proximity to driving tasks, such as scanning for pedestrians or obstacles, controlling the vehicle in speed and direction, and coordinating the position of the vehicle in relation to other vehicles on the road. Such tasks are of particular importance to an understanding of the design requirements necessary for ATIS/CVO systems to be used safely on the road. Examples of such tasks include:
General Characteristics of ATIS Tasks Integrated with Critical Driving Functions
Of the 165 driver or dispatch–centered tasks examined in detail, approximately 13 percent directly involved the integration of ATIS/CVO system tasks with driving. This should not be construed in any way as an indication of the likely distribution of the various tasks that would be encountered in operational systems. Such a distribution will obviously depend on the specific design of the system and how drivers actually use it.
Although ATIS may provide information to drivers that is of interest, the real importance of ATIS use is found in the execution of the ATIS recommendations on driving behavior. In the scenarios evaluated as part of the task analysis, tasks that integrate ATIS functions with driving functions are based on two different types of requirements:
Tasks that integrate the results from the IRANS route guidance tasks with driving behavior lead to the driver maneuvering the vehicle to follow a planned route (see figure 23; also see appendix D, Scenarios P1 OSD, P2 OSD, P16 OSD, P20 OSD, and C12 OSD). Such tasks are preceded by a decision task that determines that the recommended action is safe and appropriate; they are usually followed by a resumption of the ATIS tasks.
Tasks that integrate the results of ISIS and IVSAWS notification and warning tasks with driving behavior result in the driver taking action based on experience and training (see figure 24; also see appendix D, Scenarios P8 OSD, P14 OSD, P22 OSD, C4 OSD, C11 OSD, and C15 OSD). Such tasks are preceded by a decision that the notification or hazard requires immediate action, and they are usually followed by modification of the planned trip.
For ease of understanding, these two sets of functions for tasks integrated with critical driving functions have been summarized in table 22.
Table 22. Summary of tasks integrated with critical driving functions.
Human Factors Design Implications (General and Specific)
In the sequence of actions involving ATIS tasks integrated with critical driving functions, ATIS initially informs the driver of a recommendation or provides warnings or notifications of an event. In order for the recommendation or notification to be effective, it is essential that the driver be able to receive and process this information.
Upon receiving and processing this information, the driver must make a decision. This decision task must determine whether an immediate action is needed or not, or in other instances, whether the ATIS–recommended action is safe and appropriate.
Upon deciding what action to take, the driver must proceed with his or her driving tasks. Tasks that integrate ATIS functions with driving are basically vehicle control tasks. As such, when the decision has been made to execute the tasks, they both become the primary focus of the driver's attention and are within the normal range of driver performance.
Table 23 summarizes the general characteristics and considerations associated with integration tasks that involve both driving and ATIS use.
Table 23. Summary of the general characteristics and considerations associated with integration tasks that involve both driving and ATIS use.
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Gardai had to pepper spray flower bed vandal
A 36-YEAR- OLD who became very aggressive towards Gardai, saying he could kill them if he wanted to, found himself before last Tuesday's sitting of Wexford District Court.
Before the court was Jason Flanagan from 1 The Green, Convoy, Donegal, who incurred charges against him after Gardai set out to find who damaged flower beds on the Quay.
Inspector Pat Cody told the court that on July 15, 2011 Gardaí received a call about criminal damage to the flower beds on the quay.
They stopped a vehicle at Scullabogue and found the defendant, who was sitting in the back of the car, very aggressive. He shouted at them ' is this about the stupid flowers' before kicking the flowers around the back of the car. He told the Gardai he would plant the flowers in his garden.
The defendant, who was drinking out of a litre bottle of vodka, told the Gardai they were c**ts' and said he was in the army and could kill then if he wanted to.
He was arrested and began to fight with Gardai and had to be pepper sprayed.
Defence solicitor Cormac Dunleavy said his client is a father of three children and the week the incident arose he was in danger of losing custody of his children.
'On the night he was extremely intoxicated,' said Mr. Dunleavy, who apologised to the Gardai on his client's behalf.
'He hasn't drank since this incident or taken drugs,' he said, adding that his client has moved to Donegal to make a 'fresh start'.
' This incident was a turning point in his life,' he added.
Judge Gerard Haughton ordered that he makes a €300 donation to New Ross Town Council for the criminal damage charge, convicted and fined him €400 for obstructing Gardai in their duties and took charges of being drunk in public and using threatening, abusive or insulting behaviour into consideration.


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I'm sure you've heard of Problogger before, so it goes without saying that I'm quite proud to have gotten a post up on this site. Link issues aside, I'm glad to have been able to share a personal story that many readers were able to relate to.
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I took some surf lessons in the Gold Coast, so I decided to put together a little post for Christine on all that I learned while doing it. Coming from a person who grew up far, far away from the ocean, it's an interesting list.
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Suzy Guese: Suzy Stumbles Over Travel: Week of February 7, 2011
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I filed for a contempt on my ex-wife for blocking visitation. I had a previous OSC and Affidavit re: contempt dismissed due to the judges feeling that the allegations were in sufficiently pled. My second contempt did not have the previous application for relief box checked and the defense counsel filed a motion to dismiss based on this. It is my position that the dismissed application was deemed invalid on its face by the order of dismissal and therefore does not legally constitute a previous application ( I.e. no determination on the merits). Is there authority that supports this position?
The failure to check the box as to a previous application is harmless error if the previous application was dismissed. The logic for the checking of that box is to determine if there have been other convictions for contempt. I do not know of any case law on point.
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Job satisfaction and intention to leave among critical care nurses in Saudi Arabia
Alasmari, Hajar Ali M. & Douglas, Clint (2012) Job satisfaction and intention to leave among critical care nurses in Saudi Arabia. Middle East Journal of Nursing, 6(4), pp. 3-12.
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The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between registered nurses' (RN) job satisfaction and their intention to leave critical care nursing in Saudi Arabia.
Many studies have identified critical care areas as stressful work environments for nurses and have identified factors contributing to job satisfaction and staff retention. However, very little research has examined these relationships in the Saudi context.
Design and Methods
This study utilised an exploratory, cross-sectional survey design to examine the relationship between RN job satisfaction and intention to leave at King Abdul-Aziz University Hospital, Saudi Arabia. Respondents completed a self-administered survey including demographic items and validated measures of job satisfaction and intention to leave. A convenience sample of 182 RNs working in critical care areas during the data collection period were included.
Regression analysis predicting RN intention to leave found that demographic variables including age, parental status and length of ICU experience, and three of the job satisfaction subscales including perceived workload, professional support and pay and prospects for promotion, were significantly associated with the outcome variable.
This study adds to the existing literature on the relationship between job satisfaction and intention to leave critical care areas among RNs working in Saudi Arabia. These findings point to the need for management and policy interventions targeting nurses' workloads, professional support and pay and promotion in order to improve nurse retention.
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