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By Mike Dodd, USA TODAY
BEIJING Dara Torres couldn't perform miracles, but she made history in the opening day of finals at the Olympic swimming meet Sunday morning.
The 41-year-old mom anchored the women's 4x100 meter freestyle relay to a silver medal, giving her a 10th Olympic medal — second only to Jenny Thompson's 12 among U.S. women swimmers and tying Gary Hall Jr. for fourth overall.
"I think we're really happy with silver because I don't think we were expecting to get that," said Torres, who will compete in her signature event, the 50-meter freestyle, starting Friday. "It felt great. I felt like I had more energy, so I'm really psyched about my 50."
RESULTS: 4x100 relay action in Beijing
After Michael Phelps blitzed the field in the men's 400 individual medley, American swimmers faced stiff competition on the first day in the Beijing pool, adding the relay's silver and two bronze medals to Phelps' gold. World record holder Katie Hoff settled for bronze in her first event, the 400 IM, and Larsen Jensen also finished third, in the 400 freestyle.
MORE SWIMMING: Phelps on track for eight
Torres swam the second fastest anchor leg of the 4x100 relay, closing on the winning team from the Netherlands but not enough to make up the 7/10ths of a second deficit she inherited.
The five-time Olympian won her first medal in 1984, added two in 1988 and one in Barcelona in '92 before launching a comeback that netted her five medals at the 2000 Sydney Games. She retired again, only to begin swimming competitively again last year.
Olympic historian Bill Mallon said Torres became the oldest woman to compete in swimming at the Olympics by nearly seven years. Austrian swimmer Judith Draxler was 34 when she competed in Athens four years ago, failing to qualify in the 50-meter free. Torres already was the oldest woman to win a medal in swimming — she set that record Sydney and added eight years to it Sunday.
Torres' 24-year gap between her first medal and most recent decoration ties an overall Olympic record for women, Mallon said. East German canoeist Birgit Fischer-Schmidt also won Olympic medals — both gold — over 24 years, from 1980-2004.
Among her competitors in the relay was 16-year-old Cate Campbell from Australia, which finished third. "It's just bizarre. I think I might be older than her parents," Torres said. "But when you're swimming in the water, I know that the water doesn't know what age you are."
Natalie Coughlin, Lacey Nymeyer and Kara Lynn Joyce swam the first three legs of the final. Coughlin, who begins an ambitious individual program in the 100 back Sunday night (Sunday morning ET), captured her sixth Olympic medal.
Hoff, posting a time more than a half-second slower than her world record set at the U.S. Olympic trials, finished third to Australian Stephanie Rice and Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe.
Rice shaved 1½ seconds off Hoff's record with a time of 4 minutes, 29.45 seconds — 1½ seconds faster than the Aussie's bronze-medal time at the 2007 world championships in Melbourne. Coventry also beat Hoff's old mark with 4:29.89.
"She was the first to go under 30 (4:30) and it'll give me some motivation for the future," Hoff said. "It was a tough race, but I can't really be mad … I'm happy to get my first medal ever at the Olympics.
"I felt like I had to go out fast with these girls …my first hundred was almost a second faster than normal. I felt to even be in the race, I kind of needed to do that," she added. "I was trying. I didn't have it at the end."
Jitters, which overcame her as a 15-year-old in Athens, weren't a factor, she said. "I felt fairly relaxed going into this one. I felt in control of my nerves."
Rice, 20, in her first Olympics, said the increased competition provided a mental challenge. "It was a new race for me and something I really had to go into with a different mindset and really focus on my own race," she said.
Jensen, whose qualifying time Saturday night was the fastest in the world this year, finished behind Korea's Taehwan Park and China's Zhang Lin.
"I can't complain when you go (your) best time. I gave it every ounce of energy I had," he said of his 3:42.78 time. "I came up a little short of gold today. However, it's an honor to swim for a great nation and in front of the president."
Jensen was eighth after the first 100 meters, and the slow start cost him. "I didn't feel my stroke in the first 100. I built into it and gave it everything I had at the end," he said.
Contributing: Vicki Michaelis; wire reports
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This year's flu season has been declared an "epidemic:" with 41 states reporting widespread and severe outbreaks of flu this season, researchers are wondering why less than half of the American population has gotten a flu shot. Due to the way the flu virus mutates, this year's vaccine is only 62% effective, but that's better than nothing!
Despite widespread knowledge that a vaccine is the best way to reduce the chances of catching and spreading the flu, even three of the four main anchors on a popular morning TV show recently admitted they had not gotten a flu shot (until they did so live on the air).
Using an online computer game that simulates the spread of an infectious disease among its players, researchers learned more about what motivates people to protect themselves from infection--from the flu to whooping cough--and what motivates them NOT to.
Economist Fred Chen says, "Some people are very risk tolerant and some are super risk averse. Our research shows that to prevent an epidemic, there is a need to tailor a menu of options for different kinds of people."
The multiplayer game simulates an epidemic among the players over several weeks. At the beginning of each day of the game, healthy players have the option to choose, at a cost, a protective action that reduces the likelihood of getting infected.
Economist Amanda Griffith says, 'We can't do in real life what we can do in the game.We can't give some people treatment and others not. The game gave us a way to conduct an experiment on behavior that could never be done in real life."
Chen says, "Players were rolling the dice to see if they could stay healthy without paying the costs of protection. But even those players who were more inclined to take risks chose to self-protect the more often they got sick.
"The results can be applied to many illnesses from the common cold to sexually transmitted diseases, where there are costs, financial or otherwise, to taking a preventative measure. For example, in the face of an outbreak of flu, preventative costs might include a fear of negative side effects from taking a vaccination, a fear of needles, lost pay for time away from work, the gas cost of driving to a flu shot center and the time spent waiting in line for a vaccination as well as, for some, the cost of the vaccination itself."
The study shows that to reduce disease prevalence, policies that reduce the cost of self-protection can be helpful, such as offering paid time off for employees who get flu shots or providing free flu shots onsite.
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OK. 62% is not high enough for me when the probability of getting sick from the flu shot is higher. That's my 1st reason for not getting one. The second is based on experiences I had in the 70's after Jimmie Carter took office and experiments I was subjected to when I was in the army. After Barak Obama took office there was an eerily similar incident involving flu vaccine. I beleive that the pharma company that makes the flu vaccines had something to do with both of those men getting elected. I do not trust government mandates as it is obvious that there is less concern for the health of the population than for lining someone's pocket.
When I was 10 I had the Hong Kong flu and it was very bad, and I survived it. It never occured to my mother to take me to a doctor as it was a known virus, what could the doctor do? The article does take into account different people's fear levels and that is what is the motivator. What do you fear most?

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Retinol cream or gel for DRY, acne prone skin?
I'm in my 30's, get hormonal breakouts, clogged pores on the forehead, milia prone on the tops of my cheeks, have minor sun damage & fine lines, on the dry side of combo. I was recently prescribed a retinol gel 0.05%. I've been using it for 3 months now, every other night. I still get some dryness (partially due to the dry, cold air from winter), & I'm still getting my typical breakouts. Gel is supposed to be for acne, cream for wrinkles & dry skin. So which is better for me?
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Coors Becomes Second Player to Attend Nationals in Program History; First Ever Freshman
The freshman earned her place in this year's national event after shooting a three-round total of 218 (76-71-71) at the NCAA South Region Tournament, held at Lake Jovita Golf and Country Club. Coors fired back-to-back rounds of 71 on days two and three to earn co-Medalist honors at the NCAA South Regional, and qualified as the top individual of the tournament.
Coors is the second Saint Leo women's golfer in the past three years to take part at the National Championships, with 2012 graduate Goeun Lee earning the program's first ever trip to play at the national stage in 2012 where she finished 29th overall.
Coors, a native of Gross-Zimmern, Germany, has had an impressive rookie campaign for the Lions, especially of late. She finished in the top six in the past four tournaments that she has played in, including at least a share of first place in her last two outings. During that four tournament stretch, she has shot 77 or higher just four times in 12 rounds, and is averaging 74.6 strokes per round; two strokes less than her average of 76.6 for the spring season.
Further proof of the improvement in her game, Coors began the spring season shooting under 80 just once in seven rounds (74 at the World Golf Invitational, Feb. 10) and averaged 80 strokes per outing in those seven rounds.
The reigning Sunshine State Conference champion, Coors shot an opening round 66 to set the pace in the event held at Lake Jovita, April 13-15. She held on carding a 75 and 77 in the second and third rounds, respectively, to earn Medalist honors by two strokes (218) over Emily Rymer (220) of Florida Southern.
On the year, Coors has helped guide Saint Leo to top five finishes in four of its seven spring tournaments, including second place finishes in the World Golf Invitational (Feb. 9-10) in St. Augustine, Fla. and the Argonaut Invitational (March 31-April 1) in Pensacola, Fla.
Coors is averaging 76.15 strokes per round this season – combining the fall and spring seasons – in 27 rounds of golf. Her low round was posted at the SSC championships on April 13, when she posted an impressive six-under 66. For the 2013-14 season, Coors has finished second twice, fifth once, and in the top 10 seven times in her 27 rounds.
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Men with cancer, especially those in the military, might hesitate to tap into helpful resources such as support groups that offer information and encouragement. Battles with cancer often trigger feelings of fear and vulnerability, and men are socialized from childhood to believe that it's "weak" to show sensitivity. Just because men don't express their emotions often doesn't mean they don't feel them. And it doesn't mean they should have to face cancer and related challenges alone.
There's a difference between "dwelling" on your feelings and expressing them. Speaking up often helps men process their emotions and feel less troubled. Sharing doesn't always feel like the thing to do; the support environment makes a big difference. So what's an optimal support group? Some men with cancer prefer these 3 qualities:
- being able to connect with others,
- participating in mixed-gender groups, and
- meeting those with mixed diagnoses.
There are other factors to consider too. Some support groups are led by professionals, while others are led by cancer survivors. Some are disease-specific (for example, prostate, lung, and colorectal cancers). Some groups are age- or gender-specific (for example, young adults, men, women, etc.), while others are time-limited, such as a 6-week series for those newly diagnosed.
But there are trade-offs, since these groups support different coping needs. While a mixed-gender group with various diagnoses can help you express yourself more easily, you might also benefit from one that shares specific information and uses a problem-solving approach.
HPRC offers helpful tips on using emotion-focused and problem-solving coping strategies. And visit the Cancer Support Community to find a local support group that works for you.
The best ways for men of any age to stay healthy include understanding risk factors, exercising regularly, eating right, and getting screened for potential health issues. Heart disease and cancer are the leading causes of death among men. The good news is that exercising and maintaining a healthy lifestyle can help reduce your risk for these illnesses. Visit your doctor for routine checkups too.
The Military Health System has declared June as Men's Health Awareness Month. Wear Blue Day is Friday, June 17. Wear blue to help raise awareness about men's health issues. Help spread the word that good-health habits keep them fit and strong. And visit HPRC's Exercise section for information on strength training, fitness guidelines, and more.
Alternative therapies such as acupuncture, massage, and meditation could help you cope with different aspects and symptoms of breast cancer. Stress-management programs such as music therapy and mind-body techniques (for example, yoga and mindfulness meditation) could bring some relief too.
You could experience anxiety, depression, and/or stress during your recovery. Many patients and survivors also suffer from fatigue or sleep problems. Qigong (moving meditation), gentle yoga, and stress management techniques can help ease fatigue and improve sleep habits. And make sure you monitor your energy. Don't try to take on too much.
If you're receiving chemotherapy and experiencing nausea, other complementary-health approaches such as electroacupuncture and acupressure can help. A mind-body technique known as progressive muscle relaxation, which involves tensing and relaxing your muscles, could ease discomfort too.
HPRC offers additional resources on mind-body techniques and yoga. Adding these "weapons" to your arsenal might help you or someone you love in the battle against breast cancer.


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Do you have family game night?? Does it tend to be scheduled? Or impromptu?
We have game night quite regularly. We are huge fans of card games and board games, and love to play them as a family.
Game night as a family is a great way to get everyone together, turn off all electronics and have fun. It will encourage communication, and will create memories that will last a lifetime.
Here are a few suggestions for a fun-filled family game night:
• Schedule it. If your home keeps a hectic schedule, mark it on the calendar so there are no excuses. Everyone is there.
• Keep it in the family. Leave the invites for friends and neighbors for another night. Make this night about your immediate family. To foster communication and comfort in your home.
• Avoid interruptions. Turn off the TV, laptops and iPhones. This time is all about the people in that room.
• Choose the right game. Make sure the game of choice is one everyone can enjoy. Take turns letting different family members choose the game. Giving children that responsibility will show them you trust them, helping to foster a sense of confidence. It's a win-win.
• Use this as a teaching time. Whether children realize it or not, math, reading, and logic are all used in most games. It's also a great time to reinforce social skills and manners – taking turns, good sportsmanship.
• Have fun! Just as the kids are to turn off the electronics, you as Mom and Dad are to turn off the never-ending-list-of-to-do's. This is a time to enjoy every minute – as a family.
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What else can I do to make it interesting?
Well, depth makes things interesting. You can't go too deep with a NHD panel (unless it's something that's removable). Remember you might have to cart it off to Des Moines or ship it to Washington DC!
There is an interesting and cheap way to give things more depth that we use in our big exhibits all the time Here's an example: See how Gene Autry and Champion stand out from the wall a little bit? They aren't just flat. The cutout photo of Tex Ritter is the same way. Here are instructions on how to make things stick out from the panel or wall.
A border around something will also add interest and and make things stand out more. Especially if it's a bright color (but keep the color within your color scheme!) Here's an example from our Mississippi River exhibit: notice how the blue border around the white text makes it stand out more than if it were just white on light aqua (the color scheme was based on colors of water, like aqua and blue and teal). Here's one from our Revolutionary War exhibit: all of the text has a red border to make it stand out and to make sure the visitors notice it (the color scheme was red, white and blue). But borders don't have to be the same shape as the photo or text. Try a colored matboard triangle with a rectangle photo on top of it. Or paint a circle on the panel and put a photo cutout on top of it. It's okay if it overlaps the edges.
Cutout photos can make things more interesting, too. You already saw some from the cowboy exhibit (Gene Autry and Tex Ritter) but do you remember the gold panel about the rose growers we looked at on the last page? Look at this to see the gold panel with white squares and one with the drawings cutout. Just cut them out with a pair of scissors. Notice what a difference it makes. To mix them is even more interesting--some square, some cutout.
Three-dimensional objects can add interest, too. For the rose-growing club panel on page #1, I used a cutout of a drawing of a rose, but better yet would be to buy a few silk flower rose buds and glue them right to your panel. Have an exhibit that is car related or on roads or something like that? Glue matchbox cars to the panel. Use your imagination. Don't overwhelm the panel with your cars or rosebuds--keep it simple, but a few of them would be clever and interesting and different.
You can also cover your panels with fabric. This would add texture and interest. You can glue it to board or better yet, stretch it around and staple it on the back. You could put pleats along the edges or gather it along the bottom edge, but don't go crazy--keep it simple--and don't get a really big and wild pattern. It will be too distracting from the text and the illustrations.
Another interesting idea to steal--(I mean borrow!!)
Look at this display unit--you can see larger images of each photo if you click on them. It was made to advertise the movie "Pearl Harbor" in a theater lobby, but it's got some great design that we could use for an exhibit. The person who designed this could kick butt in NHD competitions if they were still in school. Maybe those of you who end up being really good at this could have a future in designing those advertisements that sit in movie theater lobbies!
There are several reasons we like this piece and why it's visually interesting.
1. It has depth. Look at the airplane that sticks out from the background. It looks like it's a part of the background photo, but it just pops out in 3-D. It's just put on there with tabs that stick into slots on the cardboard background. How easy is that? It's also removable so YOUR exhibit will travel nicely! Even better! It can be stuck down with some tape on the back if it's loose. Look at the 3 photos of the plane being installed on the front of the panel. Those two big pieces on the wings fold back and give the wings more support, but they don't have tabs that stick through the cardboard. There is one tab on the top and one on the bottom of the airplane. Look at how the tab is just an extension of the wing and folds over on the edge of the photo. You could do this with a photo (either cutout or square) or do it with text. Lots of ideas if you sit down and think.
2. It has layers. We like the hole with the clear sheet of plastic taped behind it. Do you see the printing on the plastic (you can get plastic sheets like this that go through photocopiers or there's also a kind that goes through inkjet printers). There's not a whole paragraph--that would hard to read--but just a quote is cool. If you do something like this, make sure your print is big enough and choose a block style font (not something fancy) to make it easier to read. Oh, and make sure there is enough contrast to see it. Your photo needs to be light and your text dark.
3. The photo behind the plastic text is cool (you can see it in the photos above). There is a gap of about 2-3 inches between the photo and the plastic sheet, which gives it even more depth. Look at this photo of the back of the display at the left. See how the tabs for the photo are just taped to the back of the display? (They originally went into slots on the folded sides of the panel, but we just taped them.)
You couldn't replicate a big photo like the one behind the plastic sheet without a large format printer, but you could do it if your hole was small enough for an 8 x 10 print. Or put your 8 x 10 photo on a colored or black board that is bigger. And your hole doesn't have to be round. You can make it whatever size or shape you want.
Another thing we can learn from and borrow is that the background photo is kind of faded out so it's not so crisp. That makes it easier to see the writing on top of it. It makes it less busy and the contrast is greater.
You could do this with an 81/2" x 11 sheet of paper and a photo if you can use Photoshop or some other photo-altering software. In the one at the right, I put the background of at about 40% opacity, but it could go even lower to fade it out more. Sorry about the quote--it was the first one I found on the space shuttle and I just ran with it. Your quote would be much more dignified, of course, as it should be for a serious exhibit.
Or you could do a background photo in black and white and make it more faded on a photocopier. You could type the text right on top of the photo in some photo software and print it out, or you could put the text on the clear plastic and hang it in front of the photo like the Peal Harbor display.
or jump to another section by choosing one of these pages:
1. How to Relate the Topic to the Design of the Exhibit, in which we discuss the overall feel of your exhibit and how to match up the visual stuff with your topic.
2. Interesting Exhibit Design, in which we discuss all sorts of fun stuff like choosing an appropriate color, where to put stuff on your panels, photo sizes, and other things that make your exhibit go from ho-hum to KAZOWIE! There's so much info here that it takes up 2 huge pages of info.
3. Fonts and Type Faces, in which we discuss all the cool fonts in the world and how they go hand and hand with a good visual presentation and where to find them.
4. How Do I Do That? (a virtual hands-on demonstration), in which we show you with photos how to attach a photo to fomecore, how to cut fomecore with a knife and how to other stuff.
5. Sources, in which we show you that there are lots of places to find ideas and stuff to use in your exhibit. Some of it for free!
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Los Angeles opens temporary lounges
LAX has demolished the 16 airline lounges at the Tom Bradley International Terminal as part of a major renovation of the 22-year-old structure.
But frequent fliers who are used to the clubs' comforts can take heart. Earlier this month, the airport opened a temporary lounge for first-class passengers and a second temporary lounge for business-class fliers.
Passengers of all 33 airlines that fly from the Bradley terminal may use them.
The first-class lounge, a 4,000-square-foot facility, is on the mezzanine level. To get to the 16,000-square-foot business-class lounge, travelers have to get on a shuttle bus from the terminal and travel 300 yards to a separate building.
The lounges feature the usual array of amenities that customers have come to expect: wireless Internet, food and drink and comfortable chairs.
This arrangement will last until May, when the airport will reopen renovated lounges. They will be consolidated into four new lounges, including one each for loyal fliers of airlines in the major marketing alliances: OneWorld, Star Alliance and SkyTeam. The fourth lounge will be for customers of the airlines that don't belong to any of the three marketing alliances. The four lounges, at 47,000 square feet combined, will be 72% larger than the space used for the 16 closed lounges, says Joe McGlynn of Laxtec, an organization that represents the airlines at the airport.
LAX is spending $576 million to overhaul the 1-million-square-foot Bradley terminal. Expected to be completed by March 2010, it's one of the largest projects in the airport's history.
Signs to tell Logan drivers if lots are full
Boston airport officials have approved a plan to install by early next year electronic signs that will indicate if parking garages are full or have spaces.
They'll be installed at the Ted Williams Tunnel exit to Logan and on an inbound roadway coming from Route 1A. In addition to indicating if parking is available for the general public, the signs will separately indicate if reserved spaces are left for members of the airport's new PassPort Gold parking plan.
By paying extra, PassPort Gold members are guaranteed reserved spots. The Massachusetts Port Authority, which runs Logan, will spend about $278,000 on the signs.
Children's play areas take off
More airports are building children's play areas as travelers spend more time waiting for flights.
Buoyed by the success of its three children's play areas, the Tampa airport is building three more. To be completed by next August, the areas will be at least 600 square feet each. They'll be located in concourses A, E and F.
The new areas will feature a beach theme, a car-train theme and an outdoor theme. North Carolina-based Klondike Kidstuff, which specializes in soft foam play sets, will design and build the areas.
Children flock to the three areas already open. The one in concourse C, which opened in April, is the model for the play areas to come, says spokeswoman Brenda Geoghagan. It has three World War II vintage miniature planes that children can climb on. It also has carpet with renderings of the airport's runways and taxiways.
Another in concourse E features a climbing wall and leather airplane seats. The play area in concourse A features an airport-theme with trucks, cars and a control tower.
Colorful terminal wins top award
The new Terminal 4 in Madrid's Barajas International, which opened in February, won the Royal Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize, the country's most prestigious architecture award. Designed by British architect Richard Rogers, the colorful terminal features large, light-filled halls. The $7.2 billion terminal, which took six years to build, doubled the size of the airport.
It's now one of the largest in the world in terms of terminal space.
"The sheer scale and complexity of what has been tackled and achieved here cannot be overestimated," the judges said.
Rogers also designed London's Millennium Dome and Paris' Centre Pompidou.
Every Monday, we report on the latest news in airports across the USA. See something noteworthy in your travels? E-mail your suggestions to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Located in the heart of Government Camp, Collins Lake Resort features a year-round outdoor heated swimming pool, hot tub, leisure pool, and is walking distance to Government Camp shops and restaurants. As a guest of Collins Lake Resort you will have access to the Creekside Lodge Clubhouse and Pool amenities, exclusive discounts for Lift Tickets, Rental equipment, snowmobiling, porch to powder shuttle services and many more! Only 50 minutes from downtown Portland, Collins Lake Resort has easy access to year-round skiing, cross-country skiing, the summer Adventure Park, mountain biking, hiking, fishing and more.
The location of Collins Lake Resort within Government camp is ideal, set among the majestic scenery of Mt. Hood with an abundance of recreational activities for the outdoor enthusiast, yet within walking distance to the town's amenities. Our porch-to-powder shuttle service places you and your family at the ski slopes in minutes. And you can ski down from Timberline via the glad trail and simply walk across the street to your front door. Annual events, shopping, wine tasting and museum exhibits bring relaxation and excitement to a town that offers more than meets the eye. Likewise, live evening entertainment at our local eateries and brew pubs are a great way to complete a long day of fun in the Mt. Hood National Forest. Several ski areas can be found within minutes of Collins Lake Resort, including Mt. Hood Skibowl, Timberline, and Mount Hood Meadows. Other snow parks and ski areas dot the mountainside nearby. With so many options you're sure to find that gentle family slope or the deep back-country powder you crave. Utilize your on demand concierge to schedule a multitude of activities for the whole family. Back country snowshoe or snowmobile trips, summer canoe or kayaking adventures, rock climbing, white-water rafting trips, wind surfing or you can simply relax at the clubhouse pool. Collins Lake Resort is a place to bring your family and loved ones and enjoy togetherness.
We had a great time, the condo is located in a good location,there was plenty of room for all 8 of us plus our pup, very clean we would come back
The only thing I would say is it would have been nice if it was decorated more, It would give it the mountain feel, But I think this condo was for sale so maybe that's why ,and that is just me, the cheetah over the bed needs to go. LOL But really it was Great, Thanks Tammy
Our family thoroughly enjoyed our stay at Collins Lake Resort. This home was, for the most part, very enjoyable. It is the BEST location for the resort pool/sauna/hot tub - no trudging through the snow in your flip flops!
Beds and couch were comfy, and DVDs were well stocked for our entertainment. The kitchen, however, left much to be desired. We've stayed at many VRBO homes over the years and this one had the worst-appointed kitchen we've ever seen. The few pots and pans were in desperate need of replacement (scratched and peeling teflon), no large pots, no full set of measuring cups/spoons, few large bowls for mixing/serving food, no spatulas, no kitchen sponges or dish rags. For a family that enjoys home-cooked meals on vacation, this house did not accommodate our needs. We even had to hit the store for liquid hand soap- none provided.
There were issues in the master bedroom too - dirty, stained bedspread in need of cleaning, and a bug infestation - it looked as though they were coming from the attic.
A guest staying with us brought our concerns to the front desk concierge, Tasha, and requested a phone call to resolve the issues. We never got a call, and when I followed up she claimed she had offered to call us, but our guest had told her not to worry about it. Maybe it was a misunderstanding, but I feel she could have handled it better.
Overall we still enjoyed our stay, and would consider returning to this house if we can be assured the problems we had are resolved.
This Chalet is located in the heart of Government Camp. During the winter guests enjoy the short walk to Mt. Hood Skibowl, where they can ski all day and all night! There are also two other Ski Resorts just a few miles away. During the summer enjoy the hiking trails that will take you to beautiful Mirror Lake, Trillium Lake, or maybe a waterfall. If you need help planning your adventures, just ask our on-site Concierge.


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How long has the goldfish been in this condition?
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The condition your fish has is called Swim Bladder Disorder (sbd) which is obviously a disorder that affects a fish's swim bladder. The swim bladder is responsible for a fish being able to swim upright and maintain its buoyancy. When it becomes blocked, infected or too full of air it ceases to function properly as you are witnessing with your fish.
Many types of goldfish are highly susceptible to this disorder mainly because of the odd shapes of some species, genetics and poor breeding practices.
There really does not exist a fool-proof way to prevent sbd but by maintaining excellent water conditions and soaking flake food prior to feeding can lower the prevalence of the disorder. The reason for soaking flake food, prior to feeding, in tank water set aside, is that the flakes will absorb water thus lessening the amount of air the fish intakes when gulping the food
The traditional way to treat this is by isolating the affected fish in a quarantine tank, if possible, using water from the main tank so as to not change the fish's environment too much.
Once seperated begin to feed the fish canned peas without the husk. Feed 2-4 peas twice a day making sure to clean out any uneaten portions. Peas are well known to clear out a fish's swim bladder.It's best to feed the pea diet exclusively. If the pea diet does not work then try the pea diet with intermitent days of fasting.
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Frozen peas can be used instead of canned peas but it's best to thaw them a bit before feeding and also remove the husk/shell before feeding.
As for quarantining the fish--it's not absolutely necessary especially if you're going to feed peas as the other fish can eat them too without suffering any unfavorable consequences but it's the use of the medicine that makes using a seperate tank desirable.
Sometimes the use of medicine(s) will damage the biological balance of an aquarium but if you do not have an extra tank handy then there's no other choice but to treat in the main tank.
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This morning my daughter and I had a conversation about cancer and Relay for Life. It started out with a question about what "Relay for Life" is all about and progressed to a Q&A session about organics. I am a firm believer that genetically modified products, chemicals and hormones in food and drinks, and non-organic farming are to blame for a huge percentage of cancer cases. So my naive child asked me why they can't just stop making non-organic food. Indeed, that would be a very easy and simple solution. Unfortunately, our world is a lot more complicated. The simple answer is because there are too many companies that are making unreal money profiting from non-organic manufacturing practices. "But it's not fair! What if they got cancer from the food they make?" They won't, they don't eat the food. They have more than enough money to afford organics. What they do is they make food cheap and affordable for others. And there are millions of people who are dependent on the food and are not ready to switch to healthier choices. Some people can't afford it or don't think they can afford it. Others believe that organics are overrated. If you are on a tight budget, it's not easy to make a conscious decision to buy a $10-$15 chicken when a $3-$5 chicken is also for sale.
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Outlook Report, Vol 10 Theres no better time
to start something.
As we gathered the data and spoke to clients and industry watchers to put together the Razorfish Outlook Report, we once again found our business in the middle of tremendous global change. The conversation around digital marketing long the domain of digital agencies and technology companies is now part of a much broader conversation about social and cultural change, the global economy and business landscape.
In today's world, social tools that started as communications and marketing tools have become conduits for revolution. Cloud-based services have finally emerged as viable methods for increasing collaboration and driving greater efficiency. And the investment world increasingly looks to start-ups to once again push the global economy forward.
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Next, there is a strong drive to leverage the power of technology to increase efficiency and drive down the cost of marketing and doing business. We are seeing tremendous opportunities in the media marketplace, with the rise of ad exchanges, analytics and marketing platforms, to do just that. Were merely scratching the surface of whats possible.
Finally, efficiency alone wont move business forward forever. When I meet with CMOs, CIOs and CEOs around the world, I continue to hear a call for innovation and see an ever-present search for sources of incremental revenue. Marketers and business leaders once tasked with spending budgets efficiently are increasingly challenged with identifying new sources of growth, as well as product enhancements.
The truth is, building an agency that fires on all cylinders high levels of creativity, innovation, efficiency and technology is a tremendous challenge. But its what agencies and great marketing organizations will need to do to survive in the face of change.
Which brings me back to the Razorfish Outlook Report. I think youll find it to be a little less theoretical and a bit more practical than in years past. Why? Arent digital agencies supposed to be the predictors of the digital future? Theres nothing wrong with dreaming big, but first and foremost, in our view the next 12 months will be about doing.
Were not just talking about the social media explosion, but also scaling an organization and agency partners to execute on a strategy. Not simply checking the boxes of media best practices, but leveraging every tool available to plan, buy and measure its effectiveness. Not just accepting the product experience as it exists today, but using technology to improve customer experience. Not just ideation, but also execution.
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The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today provided more than $3 million in federal grant funds to help California explore new ways to reduce congestion through projects like high-occupancy toll (HOT) toll lanes.
The grants are part of the FHWA Value Pricing Pilot Program to fund testing and evaluation of innovative ways to reduce traffic congestion. California will implement HOT lanes on I-680 in Alameda County and study dynamic pricing, where tolls vary in real time, on SR 91 in Orange County. Since 1995, tolling on SR 91 has proven successful in reducing travel time by bringing highway speeds up to 60 to 65 mph on express lanes while increasing the share of vehicles on those lanes.
The landmark highway, transit and safety legislation signed in August by President Bush gives states more flexibility to use tolling, HOT lanes and other congestion solutions to offer drivers more choices for a reliable trip. With HOT lanes, low-occupancy vehicles are charged a toll while high-occupancy vehicles may use the lane at no charge or at a discounted rate.
"The Bush Administration championed tolling in the new transportation law so states would have more innovative ways to tackle congestion and give drivers more choices to get home or to work," said Acting Federal Highway Administrator J. Richard Capka.
In addition to keeping lanes free flowing, tolling generates revenue for transportation improvements and expansion, according to Capka.
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PREMIER PRODUCTS, INC. Premier Products, Inc. manufactures tennis rackets. Premier Products has grown extensively over the past two years. While the company has been very profitable, President XXXXX XXXXXon is concerned with its ability to cost products accurately. Some products appear to be very profitable while others, which should be showing a profit, seem to be losing money. The production manager is convinced that his production processes are as efficient as any in the industry, and he is unable to explain the apparent high cost of producing some of the products. Harrison agreed with his production manager and is convinced that the cost accounting system is at fault. He has hired Tom Arnold, a management consultant, to analyze the firm's costing system. Arnold has documented the existing costing system. It is a very simple system that uses a single allocation rate for all overhead costs. The overhead rate for the year is determined by adding together the budgeted variable and fixed overhead costs and dividing this sum by the number of budgeted labor hours. The standard cost of a product is found by multiplying the number of direct labor hours required to manufacture that product by the overhead rate and adding this quantity to the direct labor and material costs. Arnold is convinced that the company's costing system is partially to blame for some of the firm's problems. He has assembled data for four of Premier's products. He has put together the actual costs required for each of these products in Table A. These costs will serve as the benchmark against which the results of different allocation schemes can be evaluated. Of course, in real life we could never start out with accurate actual costs - accurate actual costs would be the end result that we would attempt to determine. But we provide this information as a learning aid to help you to clearly understand the key issues. Table A is as follows: PRODUCT A B C D Material $15.00 $ 5.00 $10.00 $ 5.00 + Labor 30.00 5.00 15.00 10.00 +Variable OH 15.00 7.50 5.00 7.50 = Unit var. cost $60.00 $17.50 $30.00 $22.50 Fixed overhead $10,000 $10,000 $12,500 $12,500 Units produced 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 Unit fixed cost $10.00 $10.00 $12.50 $12.50 Total unit cost $70.00 $27.50 $42.50 $35.00 The manufacturing processes for these products are structured such that the same labor and equipment can be used to produce products A and B but cannot be used to manufacture products C and D. Similarly, the labor and equipment used to manufacture products C and D cannot be used for A and B. The company has the capacity to produce: (1) 1,000 units of product A and 1,000 units of product B, or (2) 2,000 units of product A, or (3) 2,000 units of product B; or (4) Any linear combination of products A and B. The same is true for products C and D. The company has the capacity to produce: (1) 1,000 units of product C and 1,000 units of product D, or (2) 2,000 units of product C, or (3) 2,000 units of product D; or (4) Any linear combination of products C and D. Product Labor hrs per unit Variable Ohd/unit Number of units Total labor hrs Total var ohd A 6 $15.00 1,000 6,000 $15,000 B 1 7.50 1,000 1,000 7,500 C 3 5.00 1,000 3,000 5,000 D 2 7.50 1,000 2,000 7,500 Total 4,000 12,000 $35,000 The allocation rate is: Variable overhead $35,000 Fixed overhead 45,000 Total overhead costs $80,000 Labor hours 12,000 Allocation rate per hour $6.67 Using this allocation rate, Arnold calculated the standard cost for the four products. PRODUCT A B C D Material $15.00 $ 5.00 $10.00 $ 5.00 + Labor 30.00 5.00 15.00 10.00 +Allocated cost 40.00 6.67 20.00 13.33 Total unit cost $85.00 $16.67 $45.00 $28.33 The selling prices for the four products are: A B C D $98.00 $38.50 $59.50 $49.00 Premier is considering a policy that would discontinue a product if its mark-on is under 25%. The mark-on is calculated by taking the selling price, subtracting the product's standard cost, and dividing by the standard cost. Harrison is concerned that if the firm's costing system does not provide accurate cost estimates, products will be dropped that should be retained. Arnold calculated that the mark-on for each product using the correct product costs in Table A is 40%. TABLE B PRODUCT A B C D Selling price $98.00 $38.50 $59.50 $49.00 Unit cost $70.00 $27.50 $42.50 $35.00 Profit $28.00 $11.00 $17.00 $14.00 Mark-on percentage 40% (28/70) 40% (11/27.50) 40% (17/42.50) 40% (14/35) Arnold then calculated the mark-on for the four products using the standard cost for each product based on allocating the overhead costs using direct labor hours. PRODUCT A B C D Selling price $98.00 $38.50 $59.50 $49.00 Unit cost $85.00 $16.67 $45.00 $28.33 Profit $13.00 $21.83 $14.50 $20.67 Mark-on percentage 15% 131% 32% 73% Under the policy of dropping products with mark-ons under 25%, product A would be dropped. Arnold recalculates the allocation rate assuming product A is dropped and the manufacturing capacity is shifted to produce an additional 1,000 units of product B. Product Labor hrs per unit Variable Ohd/unit Number of units Total labor hrs Total var ohd B 1 7.50 2,000 2,000 $15,000 C 3 5.00 1,000 3,000 5,000 D 2 7.50 1,000 2,000 7,500 Total 4,000 7,000 $27,500 The new allocation rate is: Variable overhead $27,500 Fixed overhead 45,000 Total overhead costs $72,500 Labor hours 7,000 Allocation rate per hour $10.36 QUESTIONS 1. If Premier maintains its rule about dropping products with a mark-on below 25%, which additional products, if any, will it drop? 2. If you decide to drop additional product(s), recalculate the allocation rate for the new product mix. Keep repeating Question 1 until you reach a conclusion. What is that conclusion? Is there a pattern emerging in the order in which products are being dropped? 3. The firm allocates only variable product costs to each product based on direct labor hours. What is the contribution margin for each product? Which product or products should the company produce if it wants to maximize the contribution margin for all of the products it produces? What would be the impact on profits? How accurate is this method of allocating costs? If Premier stopped producing some products in its product line of tennis rackets, what might happen to the demand for the surviving products? NOTE: A product's contribution margin is its selling price minus its variable cost per unit. 4. What would happen if the firm modified its costing system so that all variable costs were traced to the product accurately, but fixed costs were allocated using the existing system? Compute the cost for each product using this allocation process. What would be the impact on profits? How accurate is this method of allocating costs? 5. What would happen if the firm modified its costing system so that it contained two cost pools, one containing the overhead costs associated with Products A and B and the other overhead costs associated with Products C and D, and then allocated these overhead pools on the basis of direct labor hours? Compute the cost for each product using this allocation process. What would be the impact on profits? How accurate is this method of allocating costs? 6. Under what conditions would direct labor hours accurately allocate Premier's indirect costs to its four products? What are the characteristics of a cost accounting system that accurately allocates a company's fixed and variable indirect costs to its products? 7. Tom Arnold was hired to find accurate costs and a method of allocating that allows decisions to improve profitability. Compare the profits and accuracy of all cost allocation schemes based on Tom Arnold's initial reason for being hired. 8. Do the company costing systems cause a problem? 9. What is the purpose of a cost allocation system? I need answers to 6, 7 and 8
6. As the fixed costs are related to A and B is not related to C and D therefore they should be calculated separately as follow.
A and B
C and D
rate per hour
After its allocation no product is generating less than 25% mark on therefore they all can be produced, the profitability is given below.
Selling price
Total cost
Mark on
It would be better to use the variable costing approach for decision making and the contribution margin for each product should be calculated for each product based only on variable cost, not the fixed cost.
7 The profitability calculated on the basis of allocation of total fixed and variable overhead over labor hours is not justified as the fixed cost of each group of products is not related to each other.
Moreover the cost allocated on the basis of 40% for all products is also not justifiable as it will not represent the actual cost of each product being incurred.
If the profitability is determined after dropping product A, the cost allocation will not be realistic as all overheads are allocated on the basis of direct labor hours, but in this scenario, the fixed cost portion of product C and D is not related to product B therefore it s also not justifiable.
Only the allocation mentioned in number 6 is near to accuracy and justify the situation.
8. Yes as they are not providing the justified basis of allocation of overheads, there is not problem in material and labor cost. It would be better to use variable costing approach to determine contribution margin ratio for each product. The ABC costing approach can also be considered but detail data is not given, so comments cannot be given in detail for the use of ABC costing method.
How did you get the numbers? I don't see any of the formulas. I need you to please show me how to get the numbers or submit my answers in an excell format. I can't really do anything not nowing how to get the results. I have to show the formulas. Thanks
How did you get the numbers? I don't see any of the formulas. I need you to please show me how to get the numbers or submit my answers in an excell format. I can't really do anything not nowing how to get the results. I have to show the formulas.
How did you get total costs, profit and mark on


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* Canadian dollar at C$1.2484 or 80.10 U.S. cents * Bond prices mixed across the maturity curve By Solarina Ho TORONTO, March 25 (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar was modestly firmer against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday, supported by higher oil prices and weak U.S. data that further pressured the broadly softer greenback. The U.S. dollar, which had rallied for months, and weak global demand likely dragged on U.S. business investment spending plans, which fell for a sixth straight month in February. The durable goods report is the latest data to suggest economic growth has slowed and could prompt economists to further scale back first-quarter growth forecasts. "(The Canadian dollar is) just a tad firmer - softer U.S. data probably helped a little on that front. You've gotten broad U.S. dollar weakness since the Fed announcement pretty much," said Benjamin Reitzes, senior economist and foreign exchange strategist at BMO Capital Markets. Last week, the Federal Reserve raised the possibility the next rate hike may not come as early as some market participants had expected when it issued a more cautious outlook for U.S. economic growth and slashed its projected interest rate path. The weaker U.S. dollar also makes dollar-traded commodities like crude, a major Canadian export, more attractive for holders of other currencies. "(The weak U.S. dollar's) helped the Canadian dollar perform pretty well, along with most other currencies and you've got oil prices coming back to some extent. Still weak, but well off our lows," said Reitzes. At about 9:27 a.m. (1327 GMT), the Canadian dollar was at C$1.2484 to the greenback, or 80.10 U.S. cents, slightly stronger than Tuesday's close of C$1.2501, or 79.99 U.S. cents. Markets are looking ahead to a speech by Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz on Thursday for clues on the bank's monetary policy intentions and its outlook on the state of the economy. Canadian government bond prices were mixed across the maturity curve, with the two-year down 1 Canadian cent to yield 0.470 percent and the benchmark 10-year up 5 Canadian cents to yield 1.299 percent.


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A flirt is a person, usually male,
whom' you never saw before in your
life and who persists in forcing his
attention upon you.
Every woman who finds it neces
sary to go unescorted on the streets
of any large city has the flirt to con
tend with. The flirt is most obnox
ious to the woman battling her way
alone in the world.
The "he" species of flirt is much
more virulent than the "she" spe
cies. It is seldom that a woman flirt
is a menace to society. As a rule,
the male flirt always is.
The male flirt preys continually
upon the womanhood jot the nation,
not discriminating particularly be
tween the married and unmarried.
He is responsible for half the divorces
and nearly .all the broken hearts
along the highway of sorrow.
The he-flirt is a type that infests
all large cities. It is also found in
the country towns, but not in such
plentiful numbers. The city is its fa
vorite habitat, because in picking its
victims it prefers to run the entire
gamut of human nature. The city
affords this opportunity.
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provovation, ogle with their eyes and
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Hi!, I´m working with sshdos to make an sftp linux client.
The client connects, list and put files without problem.
But with "get" happends something strange.
With files that have small size (less than 1 K or less), no problem; but when I try to get any file with more size, the applicattion says; Socket read error on trasprt.c At this point:
if (n = read(GlobalConfig.s,inbuf+16,PktLength-16) != PktLength - 16)
But only fails if the filesize is greater than 1kb moreless.
Anybody knows what happens?? Why this socket reading fails only for this files?
Sorry my poor english, thanks
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On Sun, Apr 22 '01 at 20:22, Stephan Austermuehle wrote: > anybody out there who has a running kernel 2.2.19 with Raw-IO patch, no, but a patched onw > LVM, and RAID patch 2.2.19-A1? Applying all these patches seems to be > inpossible. This actualle workes out of the box (see Patches/README). Get the latest tar ball from sistina.com, untar it, get the raw-io patch from the patches dir and apply it to a clean 2.2.19 kernel. then change the fragments file (see the readme for the location) and do a "make; cd Patches ; make" to get the patch for your kernel. apply the raid patch, and than the LVM patch. Good luck, Goetz.
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Obama warns against 'judicial activism' on health care law
WASHINGTON – President Obama cautioned the Supreme Court against overturning his landmark health care law Monday, a move he said would be "unprecedented" and "extraordinary."
In his first comments on the court's historic oral arguments last week, Obama said a decision to reverse the actions of Congress would be "judicial activism," which conservatives usually oppose.
"I'm confident that the Supreme Court will not take what would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress," the president said.
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"And I'd just remind conservative commentators that for years what we've heard is the biggest problem on the bench was judicial activism or a lack of judicial restraint, that an unelected group of people would somehow overturn a duly constituted and passed law. Well, this is a good example. And I'm pretty confident that this court will recognize that and not take that step."
Obama's comments came during a news conference at the White House with Mexican President Felipe Calderón and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper after a summit of the three North American leaders.
Obama had been in South Korea during the court's three-day consideration of the law, which was narrowly passed in 2010 by a majority of Democrats in the House of Representatives and Senate over Republicans' objections.
Obama predicted the justices would uphold the law, despite strong reservations voiced by four conservative justices about its requirement that most Americans buy insurance or pay a penalty. A fifth justice, Clarence Thomas, is widely expected to vote against the "individual mandate."
Conservatives quickly shot back at Obama's comments. "It must be nice living in a fantasy world where every law you like is constitutional and every Supreme Court decision you don't is 'activist,' " said Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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