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Review: Parasailing in Queenstown
It was the last day of our holiday in New Zealand and we were due to leave Queenstown early afternoon. Now it is important to finish a holiday in style, especially since between us we had already done whitewater rafting, jet-boating down the canyon (FANTASTIC FUN!), horse-trekking, paragliding, the Gravity Canyon Flying Fox, swing and chair, as well as the touristy things. There was nothing for it - it had to be parasailing. Well, the intention was that my daughter would go Para-sailing and I would enjoy a leisurely cruise in the boat, admiring the view and silly people up in the air.
Now the technical term for the activity is 'Paraflight', for a good reason - you fly! High! Some of you may have read my review about gliding and may already be aware of my stomach-churning fear of heights? Bear this in mind as you read the rest of this review.
A short walk down to the harbour, along to the Main Pier in central Queenstown, to enquire about times and availability. We were in luck - the next group of up to twelve people could go out in half an hour's time. Trips went once an hour, so this was good timing.
The advertising leaflets proclaim:
Age is no barrier, our greatest flier is 98 years old.
Fly high, stay dry.
We paid for our tickets - one person to fly, one as an ordinary spectator. Forms absolving the company of any blame in the eventuality of an accident were signed. Weight was checked. The minimum combined weight should be at least 35 kg and the combined weight should not exceed 200kg. Would-be birds could enjoy solo flights or tandem flights. Most people opted for the tandem, preferring to share this experience with a friend. The solo flights cost $110 for adult, $80 for children. Tandem flights cost $85 pp for adults and $65 pp for children. An observer was charged $25, with the option of paying extra afterwards if you were tempted into more active participation once on the boat....as if!
Well we have already established this is an excellent spectator sport. A fairly smooth cruise on Lake Wakatipu, admiring the scenery with the occasional glance of admiration for the human birds above. Sounds good, eh? Relaxing, yes?
Everyone was fitted with life-jackets and then boarded the boat, which was custom-designed for New Zealand conditions and powered by twin 225 horsepower engines. Off we set.
The first two people were fitted into a comfortable, hands-free harness. This looked rather like a twin chair used in ski lifts, except the 'seat' was just a very strong harness. First the harness was laid out on deck and each person slithered into the leg straps. Next they sat up and another strap was fastened firmly round their stomachs. This combination of straps was already fastened to three vertical straps (very strong ones!) which were suspended from a horizontal pole. Those straps were in a convenient place to hold once up in the air, should you feel the need. At each end of the pole, on top, were fastened more straps which attached this contraption to the bright yellow parachute. Yes, parachute! I thought parachutes were intended for use when involuntarily leaving a plane in mid-air?! Just to make doubly sure that you would remember to enjoy the experience, the parachute was decorated with a big smiley face and you were advised to smile at all times as there was a camera which would take sneaky shots of the varying expressions on your face at random times during your flight.
'How did people get up into the air?' you are wondering. Well, clear instructions were given. Each person would have to be ready to take trusting steps backwards onto the platform jutting out from the back of the boat. The boat would surge forwards rapidly achieving the desired speed of 25 km / hour. The combination would, hopefully, launch the fliers into the air, rather like a kite on a beach. Otherwise they would get rather wet.
Steps back. The boat shot forward, rapidly achieving its required speed . The carbon fibre tow line unwound, enabling the fliers to swoop up into the air. Girlish shrieks filled the air as two teenage girls went up, obviously praying they would not lose their shoes. They went higher...and higher...and higher, squealing all the way. The boat swerved to the left, causing the 'chute to swerve to the right. Then another swerve, this time to the right and the 'chute swung to the left. Backwards and forwards they went, the speed at times slowing down or intensifying. The slower speeds caused the 'chute shoot to drop sickeningly, the faster speed lifted it back up again. Eventually the 'chute was slowly pulled closer to the boat by means of a winch, slower and slower, down and down. And the girls landed safely on the platform, staggering slightly forward as they struggled to get their feet.
Once all the straps were unfastened, they were carefully assisted back into the seating area, grinning and chattering in triumph and excitement at their amazing experience.
Two young children went up next - it was a special birthday treat. I think they were about nine or ten years old. Then a young couple went up.
Now all of this activity provided plenty of time for informal chat amongst the passengers, people marvelling at what was going on, admitting excitement tinged with an element of fear. Every now and again the instructor turned to me and asked me if I wanted a go after all. As if!... Hmm...Well, if young children and old people could do it, and if the young man who admitted a total phobia of heights could do it....well, you can imagine what my mouth opened and said! After all, how hard could it be?
We were duly strapped up... straight into action. Now, for some reason, my daughter thought it would be a good idea to take our own digital camera up with us, especially good as it could record video clips as well as take shots of.... the scenery (she said.)
My heart fell straight down into my stomach as we swooped up higher, higher, and even higher. "AGHHH!" could be heard almost continuously from one person - I wonder who? Meanwhile a running commentary could be heard from said daughter into the camera about the magnificent scenery, wonderful views, the beautiful clear water way below us (How on earth did she manage to release her hands? - Mine were clenched tightly round the straps, a true white-knuckle job). Needless to say, the camera ended up incidentally recording my every groan of agony and terror, accompanied by cheerful remarks such as, "Mummy is really enjoying this, aren't you, Mummy?" The replies were barely printable but were something along the lines of, "I'm never going to do this again!" Well, naughty words can't be used in front of one's offspring!
Eventually I stopped screaming...until the boat swung first this way, then the next. As for when the boat slowed down, deliberately to scare us... I still pale at the thought. "Smile for the camera, Mum," I heard in my shell-like. Down / up /down / up... and to think I paid for this torture!
After an eternity it was time to reel us in. The smiling instructor helped us out of our bindings, having prised my fingers off the straps, helped me to my feet (for some reason my legs were wobbly!) and asked how we had enjoyed the experience.
I don't think he quite expected the reply from yours truly. "An amazing experience. Truly a 'once in a lifetime' experience. I AM NEVER GOING UP IN THE AIR LIKE THAT AGAIN!"
At least, not until time has healed me, and I have forgotten the abject terror that tore my heart.
I wonder where we could do this in the UK?
PS The good thing about going on holiday / adventures with the younger generation, is that you get encouraged to try out all sorts of activities which you might otherwise avoid. Their very calmness can rub off on you, or at least give you the courage to be more adventurous than you would be otherwise. Wonder what I'll be encouraged to try next? ;-)
(This review has been posted on Ciao and Igoyougo, under the same user name and with pictures.)
Paraflights is a parasailing company based in Queenstown, New Zealand.


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Monday, November 12, 2012 at 6:30 PM (EST)
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Monday November 12- Speed Dating for Latin Men and their Admirers
Gossip, 733 9th Ave at 50th St, 6:30pm check-in & cocktails / 7pm start (promptly)
Two Groups: Gay Latin Men and Their Admirers ages 21-34 and ages 35-49
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Mr. Onslow, indeed, ought to call at once; but he is so odd.
Now, Mr. Onslow—so Maltravers took the cottage, and a lady with it?
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Kellie Pickler's trio with Derek Hough and Tristan MacManus, meanwhile, divides the judges as Len Goodman expects more technique in her dramatic paso doble.
The remaining six pairs of "Dancing with the Stars" danced twice on Monday night, May 6. They first performed a traditional partners' dance before being joined by another pro dancer for a trio dance.
Zendaya Coleman and her partner Val Chmerkovskiy kicked it off with a cutely choreographed foxtrot. Len Goodman said, "The longer it goes on, the stronger you get," and the judges gave her 28 points.
For the trio dance, Zendaya was joined by Gleb Savchenko to dance a salsa. The Disney star got the spotlight despite the companion of the two pro dancers as Len commented, "These two guys gave up their talent to make you a star." Carrie Ann Inaba called her "the queen of the salsa" and it wasn't exaggerating as Zendaya earned 30 points, marking the first perfect score of the season.
Dancing a tango, Sean Lowe and Peta Murgatroyd could be in jeopardy as the judges criticized his dance. "You're hot and you're cold, you're on and you're off," Bruno Tonioli said, advising him to "concentrate and sustain your dancing." For Len, "it was a little bit ugly." The insurance agent only got 21 points.
Sean got the same score for his trio jazz with Sharna Burgess. "You got out of sync a few too many times," Carrie Ann complained, but praised him for doing the "ambitious routine." Bruno, meanwhile, said, "Plenty of magic with a little bit of tragic."
Jacoby Jones and Karina Smirnoff danced a Viennese waltz and Len "loved it." Carrie Ann thought "that was absolutely stunning." The NFL player earned 27 points.
Cheryl Burke later joined Jacoby and Karina for a paso doble. "Up until now you've just been a pretender. You've become a contender tonight," Len raved, as Bruno called it "raw...powerful...untamed." He got 25 points.
Bruno also sang praise for Ingo Rademacher, saying he "did a great job" with his foxtrot, which he danced along with pro partner Kym Johnson. Carrie Ann thought "that was by far your best posture in the hold." The soap opera star earned 24 points.
His jive with Kym and Lindsay Arnold earned the same points. Len said, "It was full on, it was fun, I liked it," and Bruno wanted "some more." Carrie Ann added, "I thought when we lost Andy that we were gonna lose this heart and this fun. And you brought it back."
While Zendaya was dubbed the queen of salsa that night, Kellie Pickler's dance with Derek Hough earned her the title of a queen of the Viennese waltz from Bruno. Carrie Ann also raved, "You went beyond the steps... You have something incredible." The country singer got 28 points.
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Angels in the Outfield (1994)
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Roger, who has lost his mother, is living separated from his father. As he and his friend J.P. are one of the biggest fans of the Los Angeles baseball team he has got only two dreams: living together with a real family and let LA win the championship. As he is praying for these two things to happen some angels show up in order to help him - but he is the only one to see them and believe in them. Fortunately the coach of the baseball team sees his abilities and so LA has a run to the finals...- Written by Volker Boehm
Roger Bomman lives in a foster home along with his best friend J.P., but when Roger's dad comes to visit him, a little bit of hope grows back into Roger's heart about him going to live with his dad. But his hopes suddenly die down when his dad says that they can be a family again when Roger's favorite baseball team, the California Angels, win the pennant, but the team is in last place in their division. So Roger prays to heaven and ask if the angels up there can help the Angels (baseball team) win the pennant so Roger can have the family that he always wanted, and because of his prayer, he just might.- Written by nick_z13
The California Angels are currently the worst team in their division. It seems that the players have a little trouble with their teamwork. Manager George Knox would like nothing better than to dump all of them, which the owner says is impossible. Roger is a boy whose mother died and is currently living in a foster home. His father feels that it would probably be in Roger's best interest if he becomes a ward of the state. But Roger would rather that he and his father get back together, and when he asks his father if that is possible, his father's reply is "when the Angels win the pennant". Roger then prays and asks if they could help the team. When Roger goes to a game, he sees some angels come down from the sky and they help the players make some astounding catches and hits. When Roger tells Mr. Knox about it, Mr. Knox decides to keep him at every game, and it seems that Mr. Knox's faith is put to the test because it seems that the angels are going to help if he uses his worst players, but it seems to be working.- Written by email@example.com
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Australia has caved into pressure from its Asian neighbours and agreed to sign a regional non-aggression pact which for months the federal government had derided as an irrelevant cold war relic.
In return, Australia will get a seat at a much-anticipated East Asian summit later in the year that is expected to sow the seeds for a potentially massive regional trading bloc.
Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said Canberra would drop opposition and sign a friendship treaty tying together the 10-member Association of South-East Asian Nations, as well as regional heavyweights such as China, Japan, Russia and South Korea.
The announcement coincided with a meeting of ASEAN foreign ministers in Vientiane in Laos.
In a separate development, pariah nation Burma agreed to forgo its 2006 chairmanship of ASEAN to avoid an embarrassing boycott of the group's meetings by the United States and Europe.
Mr Downer outlined Canberra's reversal on the treaty in Bangkok before heading to Laos for a security summit with ASEAN ministers.
It followed last-minute negotiations in Vientiane between ASEAN and a team of officials from his department headed by Deputy Secretary Gillian Bird.
The decision was made after ASEAN listed accession to its Treaty of Amity and Cooperation as a precondition to attending the inaugural East Asian Summit in Malaysia later this year, he said.
"Australia has traditionally not favoured signing the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation," Mr Downer said.
"But we've reconsidered our position in light of the fact that it was made one of the three conditions for participation in the East Asian Summit."
The summit is the first step in an ambitious plan to form a regional trade bloc to rival Europe, drawing together ASEAN, China, Japan and India, as well as Australia and New Zealand.
Australia's refusal to sign the treaty, which prevents signatories from attacking one another, had raised suspicions within ASEAN about Canberra's military intentions.
Indonesia said signing would put to rest residual anger over Prime Minister John Howard's 2002 threat to carry out pre-emptive strikes on terror bases in neighbouring countries if other governments refused to act.
The government had refused to sign amid concerns the TAC could interfere with Australia's security obligations to the United States, as well as United Nations responsibilities.
But officials in Vientiane said Canberra and ASEAN had come to agreement after the treaty was "fully explained".
An ASEAN spokesman and Australian negotiators said there would be no preconditions attached to the signing.
But it was understood Canberra may have followed a model adopted by South Korea and Japan, and agreed to sign only after formal guarantees the treaty would not interfere with US security obligations.
"Over the last few weeks - months really - I personally and my officials have been having discussions with all 10 ASEAN governments about Australia's participation in the East Asian Summit," Mr Downer said.
Accession would be a two-step process.
Mr Downer would sign a "declaration of intent" in Vientiane on Thursday, while formal accession would occur later this year after parliamentary approval.
Burma's ruling generals, meanwhile, agreed to forgo their scheduled chairmanship of ASEAN next year to avoid a damaging row between ASEAN and the west over human rights.
"Myanmar (Burma) has to focus on the national reconciliation process and has requested their ASEAN colleagues to postpone its chairmanship for another occasion," Lao Foreign Minister Somsavat Lengsavat said following closed-door crisis talks.
The decision will help ease diplomatic friction ahead of the East Asia Summit and as ASEAN seeks to boost its international standing.
The US and European Union had demanded Burma either move toward democracy and release pro-democracy campaigner and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi or forfeit its turn at the rotating chairmanship of ASEAN in late 2006.
ASEAN foreign ministers were expected to hand the chairmanship to the Philippines.
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The note says "the camber adjuster is maxed out, steering knuckle possibly bent." So likely RCA bent enough to limit camber adjustment.
As for toeing all four to the right; makes sense to me. But when I tell a shop/dealer this, they look at me like I'm crazy. And in theory, the pothole hole impact must have bent something regarding the incorrect toe, right? Something has to give to change the toe.
When the control arm bends, it effectively shortens the arm. The arm attaches to the knuckle at the bottom of the knuckle. So bending the rear control arm will cause a loss of negative camber. I believe the tech when he says camber adjustment is maxed out. It's due to bent rear arms most likely.
It's easy to inspect- if the plastic guards don't fit on the arms well anymore, they are most likely bent.
For the alignment- they are driving the car into the rack and leaving the wheel cocked to the right. Tell them to drive in and park. Then turn the wheel to left so it's centered. Both fronts will now be pointed left slightly. Straighten the front toe then make the rears point the same way as the fronts. Simple. All four wheels need the same exact toe adjustment. How much toe adjustment is a function of how much you need to turn the steering wheel to get it at TDC.
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I ended up talking to MCT tonight about the power supply issue and he mentioned this guy's virusy windows laptop to me. We had a good chuckle over it but since I have used ustream before and am familiar with windoze I thought i'd at least offer to look at it, since ustream is super buggy and I suspected that was the support he needed.

The laptop was out of his control, powered up and logged in, for at least an hour.Ā It seems now that some windows user preferences are changed/reset, and his ustream account has been, errr, spoofed? Ish. Anyway he had a petty conflict with someone at the occupation, regarding territorialism & ustream, and it would appear that they did some malicious things to his computer. I talked him off his ledge and he knows how/is prepared to wipe and reformat.Ā If anyone is interested in the details let me know.

If anyone is interested in providing support for the occupation in a less painful way than helping a windows user who has left their computer laying around in a public space, there are lots of ways we could help support them! I'd love to help get NB more involved, we have done some awesome things already. Shouts out to jake and miloh and zach and I am sure others I don't know about.

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Summer in the Austrian Tyrol (Seefeld)
|Flights ↔ Munich
|07:10 / 10:00
|15:40 / 16:35
|12:05 / 15:05
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|07:00 / 09:50
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Saturday Check in at the airport for your flight to Munich, where on arrival you will be met by our representative and transferred to your hotel in Seefeld. The rest of your day is at leisure to settle in and enjoy dinner and your first night's stay.
Sunday A buffet breakfast first, then a Welcome Meeting with our representative who will tell you about the area and assist you with booking any of the optional excursions you may wish to take. The rest of the day is at leisure to explore Seefeld and enjoy a leisurely dinner in the evening.
Monday A free day, or join our optional excursion (see below) discovering Hidden Tyrol.
Tuesday A free day, or join our optional excursion (see below) to Neuschwanstein Castle.
Wednesday Free day. If you fancy an away–day adventure, how about a day in Innsbruck? Trains from Seefeld to Innsbruck run regularly through the day, and the journey takes about 40 minutes.
Thursday Achensee and Rattenberg
A leisurely breakfast first, then we depart at around 11 a.m. on our excursion to Lake Achen (Achensee) and Rattenberg. Tyrol's largest and highest lake, often known as the 'Tirolean Fjord', is surrounded by mountains and we will stop at the small attractive lakeside village of Pertisau. You can take an optional boat trip (Scholastika–Pertisau, €10.40) on the lake if you wish, subject to timings, and you are advised to take a windproof jacket as Lake Achen is renowned for being a wind trap! We leave Achensee in the mid–afternoon, then make a short visit to the delightful medieval town of Rattenberg, located in the Inn valley, famous for its artisan glass blowers. We will return to the hotel at around 5.15pm.
Friday Free day. If you haven't already taken a cable car ride up into the peaks to enjoy the views, now's the time! You can take the funicular railway up so far (Bergbahnen Rossehütte), followed by a second stage cable car to the summit if you wish. An adult return ticket to the first station will cost you around €19, or €24 if you want to go right to the top (2016 prices).
Saturday Breakfast first, then at the appropriate time you will be transferred to Munich airport for check–in and your flight home.
|Optional excursions Supplements apply
|Hidden Tyrol (High mountain tour including the Ötztal valley, glaciers, and Stuiben waterfall) Monday approx. €30 per person
|Neuschwanstein Castle Tuesday approx. €38 per person
|Please note that for both excursions all prices quoted are 2016 prices, and may change in 2017. The tour order and content may vary depending on local conditions.
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A former member of the board of trustees of Sutter Health-affiliated Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, Mr. Depolo received his bachelor of science degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, and is a certified public accountant. Mr. Depolo also received the Distinguished, Outstanding, and Meritorious Award for service to Alta Bates.
Mr. Depolo's background includes a long and distinguished career with Transamerica Corporation, culminating in his role as executive vice president, responsible for finance, corporate staff and administrative functions. He joined Transamerica in 1963 as assistant treasurer after six years on the audit and tax staffs of Ernst & Ernst. He became Transamerica's controller in 1968, was named vice president in 1971, senior vice president in 1977 and executive vice president in 1989. He retired from the corporation in 1991.
Mr. Depolo is a resident of Orinda.
Mr. Fry joined Sutter Health in 1982 as an administrative resident at Sutter General Hospital in Sacramento. Over the years he has held increasingly responsible administrative positions—both at the local affiliate level and region level—with responsibilities covering the breadth of Sutter Health's services.
After serving as regional president for Sutter Health's affiliates in the greater Sacramento region, Mr. Fry became president of the organization's eastern operations. He later assumed leadership of Sutter Health's Western Division and in 2000 became Sutter Health's second-in-command, serving as chief operating officer and executive vice president. In 2005, Mr. Fry became president and CEO of the not-for-profit health care organization.
The California Hospitals Association elected Mr. Fry Board of Trustees chair for 2010. His educational background includes a bachelor's degree in public health administration from the University of California, Davis, and a master's degree in health services administration from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He is a member of the American College of Health Care Executives (ACHE), the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) and the Leadership Institute.
Mr. Gaulke is the chairman of Exponent, Inc., a firm which specializes in engineering and scientific consulting. For the past 18 years, he has held senior management roles at Exponent, including 13 years as CEO. Before joining Exponent, Mr. Gaulke served as the executive vice president and chief financial officer for Raynet Corporation, a fiber-to-the-curb telecommunications company.
His earlier roles include serving as a senior executive at Spectra-Physics and a consultant with McKinsey & Company. In 2008, Oregon State University inducted Mr. Gaulke into its Engineering Hall of Fame.
For 24 years, Mr. Gaulke has served on the Board of Trustees of the Sutter Health-affiliated Palo Alto Medical Foundation, focusing on advancing health care quality and access. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Cymer, Inc.
Mr. Gaulke lives in Atherton.
Jim Gray has been associated with the Sutter Health network and its affiliates for more than 20 years. A former board member of Sutter Davis Hospital, he also served on the board of Sutter Health's Sacramento Sierra Region, including a two-year term as board chair. In addition, Mr. Gray has served on numerous committees within Sutter Health and chaired the board of directors for two years.
Mr. Gray is a partner and broker with Cassidy Turley/ BT Commercial Real Estate. He also is founder and board chair for Community Business Bank.
Holding a degree in housing and community development from the University of California, Davis, Mr. Gray is a certified commercial investment member of the Commercial and Investment Real Estate Institution of the National Association of Realtors. He is former chair of the Yolo County Planning Commission, co-founder and chair of Davis Community Housing, and a founder and board member of Yolo Community Bank, which merged with North Valley Bancorp.
Mr. Gray and his family reside in Davis.
After serving on the Sutter Health West Bay Region Board of Directors, Mr. Jacobi joined Sutter Health's Board in January 2011.
Mr. Jacobi's career includes 30 years of international business experience with Levi Strauss & Company. He also currently serves on the board for Crocs, Inc., a casual shoe manufacturer, and is a board member of the not-for-profit Dominican University.
His previous experience includes serving on various not-for-profit boards, including the Levi Strauss Foundation, the Prince of Wales Business Leadership Forum, the Michigan School of Engineering, the President's Advisory Board of San Jose State University, the New Hampton School Board and the Marin Theatre Company.
A Business & Industrial Management graduate of San Jose State University, Mr. Jacobi resides in Mill Valley with his wife.
Dr. Levy is chair of the Finance and Planning Committee of the Sutter Health Board of Directors and is a board member of the Sutter Health Peninsula Coastal Region. He is also the non-executive chairman of the board and former CEO of Varian Medical Systems. This leading Silicon Valley company provides high-energy radiation equipment, hardware and software for treating cancer, as well as X-ray tubes for diagnostic radiology.
Dr. Levy has co-chaired the Advisory Committee of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice and is an active participant in summits for CCI (Center for Corporate Innovation, Inc.), with a focus on improving the national health care system. He has also served as board chair of the American Electronics Association.
Dr. Levy has served as a board member of United Way Silicon Valley since 2002, including chairing the board from 2008 to 2009. He holds a bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College and a doctorate in nuclear chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley.
A frequent speaker on health care reform issues, Dr. Levy resides in Portola Valley.
Todd Murray, attorney and owner of the Law Office of Todd A. Murray, has been practicing law for more than 30 years in Northern California, specializing in business, business litigation and estate planning. Mr. Murray also serves as a judge pro tem for the Sacramento and El Dorado County Superior Courts and is an administrative hearing officer for the Sacramento County Civil Service Commission.
Actively involved in the community for decades, Mr. Murray has been part of the Sutter Health family for nearly 30 years. Among his many roles, Mr. Murray served as the last chair of the Sutter Community Hospitals Board and the first chair of the new Sacramento Sierra Region and Sutter Medical Foundation Boards. For many years, he also chaired the Medical Affairs Committee for Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento.
In addition, Mr. Murray has served as a board member and president of the Ronald McDonald Camp at Eagle Lake, the Sacramento Area Special Olympics, the Active 20-30 Club of Sacramento and the Point West Rotary Club.
Mr. Murray received his bachelor's degree in business administration from University of Iowa and his law degree from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law.
A longtime resident of Marin County, Mr. Pansini is president and CEO of Savoy Corporation, a San Francisco-based firm that owns and manages commercial real estate in Northern California. He was formerly president and CEO for Jandy Industries, Inc., based in Marin County.
Mr. Pansini is also a former board chair and board member of the Novato Community Hospital Board of Directors, Marin Community Health, and Sutter Marin. Mr. Pansini has served on advisory and governing boards for multiple Northern California companies and community organizations. He attended College of Marin and the University of San Francisco, where he received a bachelor's degree in Economics.
Mr. Roosevelt rejoined the Sutter Health Board in 2009, after serving as a member from 1996 to 2006. When California Pacific Medical Center's then-parent organization—California Healthcare System—merged with Sutter Health in 1996, he also served on CPMC's Board of Directors. Mr. Roosevelt was among the original members of the post-merger board and served as board chair in 2006. In 2007, he led the Sutter Health Governance Assessment Steering Committee, which recommended a new regional governance structure for the organization.
A shareholder in the San Francisco law firm of Friedman, McCubbin, Spalding, Bilter, Roosevelt, Montgomery & Hastings, APC, Mr. Roosevelt is a Harvard University graduate with a law degree from Columbia University. In the community, he has served as both a board member and chairman for San Francisco Home Health Services and the Visiting Nurses Association of San Francisco. A former director of the Berkeley Community Fund and former trustee of Tougaloo College in Jackson, MS, Mr. Roosevelt remains active in several professional associations. He currently serves on the board of directors of the Association for the Preservation of the Presidential Yacht Potomac.
Mr. Roosevelt resides in Berkeley.
Dr. Smith, an orthopedic surgeon with Modesto-based Sutter Gould Medical Foundation, specializes in surgery of the hand and upper extremities.
A native of Fresno, Dr. Smith earned an undergraduate degree from University of California, Berkeley and a master's degree in business administration from California State University, Hayward. He graduated from the Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C., and completed his residency training at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. He also completed a fellowship in hand and upper extremity surgery at the University of Virginia.
Dr. Smith also serves on the board of directors for the Sutter Health Central Valley Region.
Dr. Vilardo, an internist with the Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group (formerly Camino Medical Group) received her doctorate of medicine from the University of California, San Francisco, and a master's in business administration from Pepperdine University. Her thesis project was a strategic analysis and plan for the affiliation of Camino Medical Group and the not-for-profit Palo Alto Medical Foundation.
Active in the local health care community, Dr. Vilardo was recently named president of the Camino Division of Palo Alto Medical Foundation. She has served on the Palo Alto Medical Foundation board of directors and on multiple physician group boards, including PAFMG. For seven years, she also chaired the board of Camino Medical Group (formerly Sunnyvale Medical Clinic). Involved in physician leadership at El Camino Hospital, she became the hospital's first female chief of medicine.
For four consecutive years, Dr. Vilardo was named a "Top Doc" by San Francisco Magazine. She has also been featured in Bay Area Consumers' Checkbook. In 1994, she won a TWIN award (Tribute to Women in Industry), and in 2002, she was nominated for a "Women of Achievement" award.


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Sure constructing a real high-profile cast, Columbia Pictures' superhero drama "Tonight, He Comes" has successfully added Jason Bateman and Charlize Theron into its cast, Production Weekly has reported.
Accompanying Will Smith in the lineup, Bateman is billed as a corporate public relations consultant who revamps the image of Smith's character in his effort to repay the hero for rescuing him. Meanwhile, Theron will play Bateman's alluring wife whom the hero is secretly romancing.
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FDA Drug Safety Podcast: Investigation into New England Compounding Center
[11-13-2012] This is a FDA Drug Safety Alert from the Division of Drug Information on the investigation into New England Compounding Center, or NECC, and the multistate outbreak of fungal meningitis and other infections.
FDA is concerned about the lack of sterility in products produced at the NECC Framingham, Massachusetts facility. As a result of FDA, CDC, and state health departments' ongoing investigation of contamination at the facility, NECC announced a recall of all its products and has voluntarily shut down.
FDA and CDC identified the fungus Exserholium rostratum in NECC- supplied, preservative-free methylprednisolone acetate products. These products from 3 implicated lots may have been given to 14,000 patients. Bacteria have also been identified in NECC- supplied preservative-free injectable betamethasone and cardioplegia solution, but the clinical significance of the bacteria identified is not known. Fungal cultures for these two products are pending.
Healthcare professionals should retain and secure all remaining products purchased from NECC, and contact the facility at 1-800-994-6322 to obtain instructions on how to return products to NECC.
FDA also advises healthcare professionals to follow-up with patients who have been administered an injectable product shipped by NECC on or after May 21, 2012, including ophthalmic drugs that are injectable or used in conjunction with eye surgery, or a cardioplegic solution. You should inform these patients of the symptoms of possible infection and instruct them to contact you immediately if they experience symptoms.
FDA does not urge patient follow-up at this time for NECC products of lower risk such as topicals and suppositories, or for patients who received an NECC product in these categories before May 21, 2012 unless they've reported symptoms of infection.
We ask you to use your clinical judgment in deciding which patients are at risk and need to be contacted. FDA has posted a patient notification letter on our webpage at www.fda.gov for healthcare providers to personalize and send to their patients. Also posted on our webpage are lists of customers who received products from NECC.
Please report any suspected adverse events following use of these products to FDA's MedWatch program at 1-800-332-1088 or online at www.fda.gov/medwatch.
You may also reach FDA's Drug Information Line at 1-855-543-DRUG and press * to get the most recent information regarding the multistate outbreak. Again that is 1-855-543-DRUG, then press *.
We take our responsibility to safeguard the nation's medical drug supply very seriously, and we are committed to doing everything we can to help ensure this situation does not happen again.
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Making the move from living at home to life at a senior living community may at first seem like a concession to many seniors. But once they're settled, many find the transition an overwhelmingly positive one.
Such was the case for Gatesworth resident Katherine 'Kayo' Stinson, who moved to the Ladue campus four years ago. A Clayton native living in Chesterfield, Stinson was persuaded to make the move by Gatesworth director of operations Bob Leonard. "Bob was very persuasive, promising me that living there would make me more independent, not less," says Stinson. And shortly after moving in, she says, she found out he was right. "I have fewer responsibilities, and more time to enjoy life. Plus everyone here, the staff and the other residents, is so interesting!" Stinson says the Gatesworth's many amenities, including a fitness center, topical lectures and diverse entertainment programming, are a big bonus.
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I thank the gentleman for yielding.
Mr. Speaker, we are facing a crisis in the country today. Imagine back home in your family budget if for every dollar you spent, 40 cents was borrowed. Surely you would bring your entire family to the kitchen table and say, okay, what can we cut out? We cannot continue to borrow 40 cents for every dollar we spend. You would make changes in your household budget. But for some reason, many in Washington, D.C. want to stick their head in the sand and say, no, we really don't have to do this. And yet right now the national debt is 90 percent of the GDP.
We borrow billions of dollars a year from China, which is not exactly a great idea in terms of national security. I sit on the Defense Subcommittee of Appropriations. We watch China year in, year out building up their army, and yet we go to them over and over again for more money. And yet, while we do that, those in Washington, D.C., don't want to do anything.
We heard yesterday the President's mulligan budget. As you know, Mr. Speaker, the President of the United States is responsible to submit his budget to Congress each year, which the President did in February, totally ignoring his own deficit commission's recommendations. The Simpson-Bowles language was not in there. And yet, yesterday, the President decided, oh, well, give me one more chance, I'm going to introduce another budget, which has a lot of phony numbers in there and a lot of false promises and calls for more studies and commissions. I ask my Democrat friends, is that budget going to be on the floor today? Are we going to be able to offer it?
I yield to my friend from Maryland.
You will be offering the budget the President talked about yesterday? I'm going to yield back to my friend from Maryland, but I want to say this: Unlike when you guys were in charge, we are offering the Democrats opportunities to offer budgets. We think it's very important, because we want the best of your ideas, and we think the best of our ideas can be combined together for the best of America.
I am going to yield to my friend, but here's what I want to say, that we keep hearing over and over again in the last 24 hours about the President's wonderful mulligan budget that he offered yesterday, but I don't believe it's going to be offered on the floor of the House.
Now let me yield to my friend.
Let me ask specifically, the mulligan budget that the President offered yesterday, will it be on the floor of the House today?
Let me thank my friend from Maryland for answering this, because I do think it's important for the Democrats to be given an opportunity to offer an alternative budget, and I'm glad that you will be, and there will be five such budgets. And I'm hoping even if your budgets don't pass, that we can still pick and choose some parts of those, and there will be some parts of our budget that you like and want to support as well.
But I want to emphasize over and over again that the President, who yesterday tried to reclaim some territory because he did not take on the recommendations of his own deficit reduction commission, he was not offering a budget yesterday. What he did was give a speech. Now, the President is kind of becoming the Spectator in Chief or the Speaker in Chief. He's the guy who offers a budget, and then yesterday decides to give a speech. Well, the time has come and gone for speeches.
What our budget does is take on some serious changes in our spending habit. It does tackle the difficult choices that we have on Medicaid and Medicare. It does not create a voucher system; it is a supplemental system which will give seniors more choices. And it doesn't affect anybody 55 years or older, which is very important.
But we will hear from the liberals in this community the cage rattling of senior citizens over and over again, and that's why we can't make progress in this town, because we always reduce policy to politics.
The time to put policy first is now. We've got to tone down our rhetoric and say, you know what, here is a plan to save and protect and preserve Medicaid and Medicare, not for the next election, not for politicians, but for America's future seniors. The baby boomers who are under 55 years old will have a Medicare/Medicaid plan that they can count on because it will be there. If we don't change, it will not be there for them.
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QuickieGlenn & Wife Great Cruise: Explorer of the Seas Cruise Review by QuickieGlenn
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Destination: Eastern Caribbean
Embarkation: New York (Manhattan)
We are a couple in our mid 40's & I am a full time wheelchair user. This was our second cruise on RCL; the first was 19 yrs ago (our honeymoon). We have cruised twice on NCL on the Dawn in 2006 & the Gem 2008.
Debarkation - Arrived at terminal about 12:00 No line, no hassle, was on the ship by 12:30 I was a little worried about the bus to the ship but the staff handled me fine
Ship - We had a balcony room on deck 6, plenty of room for me in the chair and the bathroom suited my needs. The ship accommodated my needs well. Public bathrooms & exterior doors had remote openers. The refrigerators onboard are called coolers because they are set to just keep the contents cool (not really). The ship was nice but I wish they had a bar that was outside where you can order a drink, sit at a table and watch the ocean. The only outside bars were on deck 12, but there were no tables and around the More pool behind glass. The shops on the Promenade were unimpressive.
Staff - they could have not been nicer. Our room attendant was always there and always trying to please. We seemed to make friends with almost everyone we ran into. Shelly at the Pub on the "street" (promenade) as my called it, made our night every night.
Food - we mostly ate at the buffet and only twice did we go to the dining room (my time dining) and only once for breakfast, which took way to long. We enjoyed the food, stir fry made to order, pasta made to order. The hamburgers were good and the fries were awesome. The staff in the buffet were great always trying to help.
Alcohol - I enjoyed my Coors Light & my wife the occasional drink. I also enjoyed the shot of the day, great souvenir shot glasses. Prices reasonable
Shows - only went to 3 well almost 3. The first was Mark Eddie Rock Comedian he was good, but the majority of the audience was a little old to understand his jokes about the music of the 70, 80 & 90's. The next night was Fast Forward; I lasted about 10 minutes and left. (I am not one for musicals and if they could sing or dance I might have stayed). The third was the ice show Seasons. It was great; doing those maneuvers on steady ground would be hard, but on a moving ship.
Bermuda - First time being there, nice people, clean, fort was amazing. Nice shops with products made in Bermuda. We took the ferry to Hamilton, nice town.
St. Maarten - this was our fourth trip here, made our way from the dock down the road to town (the water taxi is not accessible) The town looked like it needed a bath, not as clean as in the past.
St. Thomas - this also was our fourth trip here, only went to the shops at the pier and then back to the ship
San Juan - this was our second time here, traveled up the cobblestone hill (a feat in itself in a wheelchair) to about 3 streets up and did some shopping. I have to get a t-shirt at every port. Had lunch at the Hard Rock then back to the ship
6 hours out of San Juan a crew member jumped overboard and we returned to the spot and searched for 8 hrs. The coast guard took up the search for another day covering 1800 sq miles. He was never found. This delayed our arrival into NJ by 8 hrs.
Debarkation - we were told to be out of rooms by 2:00 and we had a Beige color tag #1 and were to be at the main dining room by 5:00. All the people who were to meet in the dining room from 5:00 to 7:00 went there after 2:00. Then they made an announcement that you could only enter the dining room � before your assigned time. What a mess. They needed to be clearer on the procedure. At 5:00 we were called and went to the buses, got to the terminal, people went nuts grabbing their luggage and went straight thru customs; no questions they did not even look at our customs cards. We were home by 6:30q
Overall - We both enjoyed our cruise. Flat seas & good weather & Great crew I would cruise again on RCl but I still like NCL better. They have a larger selection of dining venues and they have 2 outside bars. Less
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Subject: Is Amazon behaving peculiarly?
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TheEntitledOne 3 years ago#41
Actually, they are helping as far as I'm concerned.
I got your number! I got all your numbers!
DarkZV2Beta 3 years ago#42
AsucaHayashi posted...
godplaysSNES posted...It takes a long time for popular games to get big discounts. Take Skyrim for example.
So stop buying into it.
"How dare a company try to make as much money as possible, as they are legally obligated to do! They should make less money to suit MY interests!"
god invented extension cords. -elchris79
Starcraft 2 has no depth or challenge -GoreGross
Steam sales are the smart answer to used games. Why pay $10 for a sketchy looking disk in a junked jewel case when $5 gets you the game retail, for life, on Steam - and the devs made $5 off the Steam copy, but $0 off the used copy. Literally everyone wins.
Except Gamestop. They lose.
Because it's digital, it actually doesn't matter at all in the big picture if each individual game is cheap so long as the customer spends the same amount they would have otherwise. If you have a backlog, they did what they set out to do - you spend the same as you ever did, but now you feel like a king with a huge game library, while it has cost them exactly nothing to give you all the games instead of one or two games.
Really, it's worth admiring - new media enables economics to shift in a mutually beneficial direction.
DarkZV2Beta 3 years ago#44
Lvthn posted...
Steam sales are the smart answer to used games. Why pay $10 for a sketchy looking disk in a junked jewel case when $5 gets you the game retail, for life, on Steam - and the devs made $5 off the Steam copy, but $0 off the used copy. Literally everyone wins.
That actually primarily benefits smaller companies, as larger companies could see a larger per-unit profit by keeping prices high, and without those sales, smaller companies would have a harder time getting consumers' attention. that's one of the reasons why the console market has become so hostile and anticompetitive. Consumers only have so much to spend, so if a large company that makes mainstream, "safe" games can force you to choose between a game that could be terrible, or a game that's guaranteed to at least be good, consumers will almost always choose the safe purchase.
I'd bet that's one of the reasons EA was campaigning so hard against Steam sales, claiming it "devalues intellectual property" ect ect.
However, on the flipside, smaller companies need to stay competitive. While you could previously get more sales by offering your game at a "budget price"($30-$40), primarily on people with low income, those same people have the option to wait shop around and get a better deal for a better quality product. So, a lot of publishers are having a hard time pushing "budget games" at those prices(usually the kind of crap that parents buy for their kids because they don't know better, or fans buy because of some license) and in many cases, they don't stand to reach a large audience with that kind of product anyway.
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Starcraft 2 has no depth or challenge -GoreGross
AdeonWriter 3 years ago#45
Game stores only pay the developers when they buy games from them. Then they sell used games, they just get to keep the money
When a steam game is sold the money goes to the developer, duh
AsucaHayashi 3 years ago#46
DarkZV2Beta posted...
AsucaHayashi posted...godplaysSNES posted...It takes a long time for popular games to get big discounts. Take Skyrim for example.
yes, how dare they actually when there's no grounds for it whatsoever other than to create the illusion of pricing parity between PC and console while "still" treating PC gamers as 2nd rate customers(eg. ubisoft launcching their games later etc.).
also, i don't buy into it(for the most part... bought D3 because my friends wanted to get in on it asap) but there are millions out there that do which just enforces the practice.
PC hardware doesn't need to match console hardware in price when PC gamers save literal thousands from the software they buy.
Dawnshadow 3 years ago#47
The difference is that Steam sales are voluntary on the publisher's part and can make them a ton of profit-- they're not losing money with a Steam sale. With a few rare exceptions, game sales peak not long after a game is released, then trail off into the "long tail" of people occasionally hearing about your older game and buying it. In physical retail, eventually that tail dies down enough that it's no longer worth letting that game take up a little of the store's valuable shelf space, and the game goes out of print (and is only available through the used game market at that point.)
But a game has a set cost to create, and a digital sale has no cost for packaging or storage beyond a few pennies of hard drive space and bandwidth-- through a digital storefront, a game can be left up for sale for years, or even decades-- look at GOG.com, which originally specialized in getting older games back on the market legally in digital form (until they ran out of older games to ask about and branched out a little so they could keep adding new content.)
A steam sale or including your game in an indie bundle can generate a new spike of interest from people who wouldn't pay full price for the game, earning the developer more money and getting more interest in future games the developer may release. I got Torchlight on the cheap, liked it, and preordered Torchlight 2.
Majoras_pants posted...
Used games give NO money to publishers. It's as bad as pirating.
A used car gives NO money to a car manufacturer. Is buying a used car as bad as stealing a car? Should yard sales and secondhand stores be made illegal? (Admittedly, I don't think piracy is as bad as people make it out to be, but....)
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popping4it 3 years ago#48
1 > 0
small amount of profit > none gamestop used games
whens mahvel?
I think a lot of people HAVE stopped buying into it which is what prompts all these topics making steam users out to be cheapasses because they wait for a sale. How dare I try to save my money and get the most out of it as I can!
It goes both ways. If I had to spend $60 on every game then I'd probably have 1/10th the game library I have now, and all that money would go to one or two developers. That's gotta be good for the industry huh?
xpiritflare 3 years ago#50
The cranky hermit posted...
Used Game: Developer gets not a penny, Gamestop makes 100%
It's not that cut and dry. You have to factor in the amount of people that WOULD buy the game at $10 that wouldn't have when it was full price, whether it's people looking for a discount or if they're not quite sure or whatever reason. The scenario could very well be a $60 game bought once new and bought used, versus 20 people buying it at $10 because it was cheap enough to take the plunge. I know that I wouldn't have bought and even given a chance/look to around half of the games in my Steam library if they weren't on sale. Put me in the "it's cheap enough, why not?" crowd.
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