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The Winnipeg Jets are getting closer to finalizing what will eventually be their map and guide to Draft Day.
Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff led his amateur scouting team through meetings in Florida over the last few days wrapping up Monday night.
"We've been in a board room with 16 people on our amateur side going over players and forming our list," said Cheveldayoff. "You put together a list and rank players and take that into the draft. We've listened to input from all of our people and we'll take this list to the combine (May 28 to June 2) and interview as many as 80 players and then work on our list some more."
Cheveldayoff told the Free Press the organization now has a list of about 130 players available in this year's NHL Entry Draft ranked from top to bottom. Those rankings are far from final and they won't be set until the day before the draft when Cheveldayoff and his staff will conduct a mock draft.
"Even then, you go into the draft with a list but things can change in an instant," said Cheveldayoff. "Your phone can ring and someone can have an offer on the table for you or you can make a call and have someone bite on the deal you are offering. It can remain fluid right up until the moment you make a pick."
The draft is scheduled for Pittsburgh's Consol Energy Center for June 22-23. For a team like the Jets, bent on developing through the draft, this is in many ways the most important day of the year.
"This is the organization's way to build with youth and that is the true long-term way," said Cheveldayoff. "It's very exciting and a very important day for the organization. It's the culmination of thousands upon thousands of miles travelled and reports filed on players. It's an astronomical amount of work gone through by the amateur staff."
Last year's draft process was unique for Cheveldayoff in the sense that he had only been GM of the Jets for three weeks when he stepped to the podium and announced Mark Scheifele as his team's top pick. This year, the Jets pick ninth in the first round.
"I didn't get hired until June 8 and I didn't sit in on our amateur meetings," said Cheveldayoff. "I can't go 100 per cent into the building of the list from last year. Zinger (assistant GM Craig Heisinger) and I didn't take part in a lot of this because at this point last year the team was still in Atlanta. So how the building process worked last year is hard for me to comment on. But when we got to our pick, our scouts were very strong on making that selection and we wanted to pick Scheifele."
Cheveldayoff, however, has his feet planted firmly on the ground for the process this year.
"This work essentially started the day after the draft and we begin to put together a watch list. Tournaments start in August and our amateur scouts go out and begin to watch and start to add and modify the watch list," he said. "Constantly you have internal meetings and then around mid-season you will have a meeting where you put together a preliminary ranking. That gives you a little more focus for your viewings and focus on what the draft class potentially looks like. Then you get to this point here where you still have the Memorial Cup and the combine that will factor in. The meetings here helped us put a solid order together and then we'll meet as a group just prior to the draft and go over everything again and make your final list that you will take to the table."
The Jets will have a plan this year and one that Cheveldayoff will test time and time again before putting it into action.
"The last day before the draft, you go through mock drafts and you have discussions on who you would take if two players you like were available when it comes to your turn to pick. You throw as much of that out there as you can because you only have a small period of time in the first round to make your selection," said the first year GM. "There are rules for calling timeouts and making trades. You have to be buttoned down before you get to the table. Unforeseen things can happen. You have to be ready."
It's not all amateur draft these days as Cheveldayoff must also focus on re-signing restricted free agents goalie Ondrej Pavelec and forward Evander Kane as well as any UFAs he wishes to bring back. The UFA talks must conclude before July 1. Cheveldayoff says there's been some discussion between himself and the Pavelec and Kane camps.
"We haven't gotten into too much back and forth yet. There is lots of talk. To say we haven't talked wouldn't be totally accurate but to say we're into hard negotiations wouldn't be accurate either," he said.
Last year's draft was an exercise in trust. True North had just bought the franchise and placed its people at the top of the org chart. But most of the work had been done by the Atlanta Thrashers organization.
Cheveldayoff churned his scouting staff and says it's about half new faces and half old in the team's amateur meetings.
"I had a conversation with Mark (Chipman) at the end of our meetings on Monday to give him a rundown and like in anything, you certainly like the fact that you get to be in on these conversations and impart what our philosophy is," he said. "We have a good staff and they work really hard. I don't know if comfortable and GM are two things that are ever in the same sentence because you are always working to be one step ahead. We've said all along we have to play catch up with all the things that went on last year but we were in good shape in the planning perspective in all the things that had to happen in Year 2."
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The Top 30
(TSN released its Top 60 players for this year's NHL Entry Draft on Tuesday and here's the first 30 representing the first round).
RKPlayerLast TeamDOBPos.SHt/WtGPGAPts+/-
1.Nail Yakupov1Sarnia (OHL)10/6/93RWL5'11/18942313869+15
2.Mathew Dumba2Red Deer (WHL)7/25/94DR5'11/18369203757-6
3.Morgan Rielly4Moose Jaw (WHL)3/9/94DL6'0/1901831518+6
4.Alex Galchenyuk5Sarnia (OHL)2/12/94CL6'1/1972000-4
5.Teuvo Teravainen7Jokerit (FIN)9/11/94RWL5'11/1654011718-5
6.Griffin Reinhart6Edmonton (WHL)1/24/94DL6'3/20258122436+23
7.Filip Forsberg3Leksands (SWE)8/13/94LWR6'2/18153101020+1
8.Malcolm Subban10Belleville (OHL)12/21/93GL6'1/18839252.50.9233
9.Matt Finn8Guelph (OHL)2/24/94DL6'0/19561103848-13
10.Hampus Lindholm9Rogle (SWE)1/20/94DL6'2/19636279+7
11.Cody Ceci11Ottawa (OHL12/21/93DR6'2/20764174360+21
12.Ryan Murray12Everett (WHL)9/27/93DL6'0/2054692231E
13.Jacob Trouba13USNTDP2/26/94DR6'2/1935492332-
14.Mark Jankowski15Stanstead (Que.Prep)9/13/94CL6'2/17057534093+51
15.Andrei Vasilevski20Ufa (KHL)7/25/94GL6'3/20427-2.23.931-
16.Zemgus Girgensons16Dubuque (USHL)1/5/94CL6'1/19849243155+17
17.Radek Faksa18Kitchener (OHL)1/9/94CL6'3/20269293766+19
18.Derrick Pouliot17Portland (WHL)1/16/94DL5'11/18672114859+15
19.Ludvig Bystrom21MODO (SWE)7/20/94DL6'1/2084282533-3
20.Mikhail Grigorenko14Quebec (QMJHL)5/16/94CL6'3/20059404585+35
21.Tom Wilson22Plymouth (OHL)3/29/94RWR6'4/2034991827+17
22.Tomas Hertl23Slavia Praha (Czech)12/11/93CL6'2/19838121325-
23.Pontus Aberg24Djurgardens (SWE)9/23/93LWR5'11/194549716-3
24.Michael Matheson28Dubuque (USHL)2/27/94DL6'1/17853111728E
25.Scott Laughton30Oshawa (OHL)5/30/94CL6'0/17764213253+8
26.Gemel Smith25Owen Sound (OHL)4/16/94LWL5'10/16068213960E
27.Brady Skeji33USNTDP3/26/94DL6'2/2006041923-
28.Sebastien Collberg19Frolunda (SWE)2/23/94RWR5'11/176239817+2
29.Phillip Di Giuseppe27Michigan (CCHA)10/9/93LWL5'11/17640111526+23
30.Olli Maatta-London (OHL)8/22/94DL6'1/2025852732+25


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Police in southern Utah shot and wounded a woman in Hurricane on Monday after she allegedly stole a police car from outside a jail and led officers on a high-speed chase. In a news release, the Washington County Sheriff's Office says the woman, who had been arrested for an unrelated offense, pulled a weapon on an officer as she was being removed from a police car at the Purgatory Correctional Facility in Hurricane.
The woman then took a police vehicle and led officers from multiple agencies on a high-speed chase, the release states. The driver went east through Hurricane, then north through the cities of LaVerkin and Toquerville, before heading south on Interstate 15 and exiting the freeway at State Road 9 back toward Hurricane, a dispatcher said.
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PMY Boat Test: West Bay 58 PHMY
Security Conscious
With high bulwarks, protected side decks, and solid construction, the West Bay 58 is ready to go to sea.
Some boats you ride on, some you ride in. Those you ride on–especially express cruisers–are typically sleek and stylish and put you close to the water. On a calm and sunny day, this is the boat to be aboard. But when the seas rise and the winds blow, it's far better to be in a boat, surrounded by a solid structure, safe, secure, and relatively comfortable.
The semicustom West Bay 58 is this kind of boat. You don't so much board her as enter her, and the moment you do you feel ensconced and secure. Her tall horizontal surfaces and sharp angles make her look serious, strong, and seaworthy, and her high bulwarks, solid handholds, and wide walkways confirm the impression.
Nowhere is this secure feeling more apparent than in the 58's seven-foot-long cockpit, where internal freeboard exceeds three feet. Her flying bridge covers two-thirds of the space, providing shelter from sun and rain. Cabinets forward can hold not only gear but also accessories like a barbecue and sink; they're to starboard of molded-in steps and a stainless steel ladder that provide a secure passageway to the bridge.
There's even security on the three-foot deep swim platform, thanks to a nearly full-width transom grabrail, two smaller vertical grabrails at either side, and five massive, individually removable, three-foot-high stern rails. It's two big steps from cockpit to platform, so although the standard transom baitwell makes fishing a definite possibility, an aft freeboard of 5'10" means you probably won't be dragging any giant tuna through the port-side transom door.
The high cockpit sole produces a huge lazarette. Accessed through a large hatch in the center, the space on our test boat easily swallowed a central vacuum, Sea Recovery watermaker, water heater, two 130-gallon translucent water tanks (with gallons printed on them so you can see exactly how much water you have), and a variety of pumps and batteries, with plenty of room for spares and provisions left over.
Also accessed from the cockpit via a separate hatch beneath the saloon steps is the engine room with six-foot headroom and walkaround engine access. Indeed, amid the stark, white environs (including painted 500-gallon aluminum fuel tanks to either side), our boat's Caterpillar 3196s looked positively Lilliputian. Everything here and in the lazarette is clearly labeled and accessible, especially the inboard-mounted sea strainers and duplex Racors. Simplicity provides operational security. The forward bulkhead has little more than a fuel manifold and d.c. main panel. Aft of each engine, our 58 had a 20-kW Northern Lights genset (one 12-kW unit is standard), aft of which were the a.c. electrical panels, the MSD manifold, and the reservoir for the power-assisted hydraulic steering. Powerful lights combine with the arctic ambience to make the space feel more like a kitchen than an engine room. Both fuel tanks have graduated sight glasses with seacocks top and bottom, and the prop shafts are oversize three-inch stainless steel.
There's another kind of security topside. Simple barrel bolts accessed from the lockable cabinet beneath the cockpit sink can secure both the lazarette and engine room hatches. Thus it's a matter of turning just two locks–the one on this cabinet and on the saloon doors–to secure the boat upon leaving.
You needn't worry about compromising safety when you send someone forward to tend lines or ground tackle. Two steps to either side of the cockpit take you to foot-wide side decks (there is port and starboard side-deck access from the pilothouse via flush-opening doors) that are protected by a toerail and rock-solid, 2'6"-high welded rails. Once forward of the pilothouse, these side decks widen, and although it's a moderate step from them to the cabin top, all surfaces are basically flat and covered in aggressive nonskid. The rail encloses the pulpit, and the standard windlass is self-tailing, so anchor hauling and retrieval can be accomplished from either helm.
The onlyplace you'll feel exposed aboard the 58 is the flying bridge, and that's by design, since the boat will no doubt be run from the lower station in deteriorated conditions. The helm is actually abaft midship, which puts a lot of boat in front of you. The cockpit overhang obscures most of the transom area, but that's not unusual in this type of boat. The layout is simple: a centerline helm and single seat (a second helm chair is optional) with twin L-shape lounges aft to provide seating for eight. A stairway to the saloon lies to starboard, and there's room for a wetbar with icemaker/refrigerator to port. The after third of the bridge deck is available for tender stowage (up to a 14-footer mounted athwartships), including a pad for an optional Nick Jackson davit.
Unlike many pilothouse boats, the 58's lower station is the preferred operational venue. Well forward and well off the water, it has superb sightlines through the five-panel windshield (the three center ones have large wipers) and out large windows on either side. Visibility aft is almost as good, thanks to the open saloon/galley layout; only the extreme aft port quarter is obscured. There's plenty of room for electronics. Our boat had the factory-installed package that includes a center-mounted OceanPC monitor flanked by a Furuno color depthsounder and radar monitor. There is no built-in helm seat, but there is a big chart area to port with a gooseneck lamp, chart drawers, and plenty of workspace.
Aft, the galley lies to port across from a large L-shape dinette. It's U-shape and offers all the normal accoutrements and appliances, with one oddity: The dishwasher is on the forward side, facing the pilothouse, so you must walk around the forward leg to place the dishes in it.
At 12 feet by 12 feet and with more than seven-foot headroom, the saloon is big, but ours felt even bigger. That's because new owners, who were about to take delivery of our test boat from Venwest Yachts of Seattle, West Bay's Pacific Northwest distributor, had removed all the furniture so they could decorate it. About all that was left was the optional retractable television in an American cherry (like all the wood aboard) cabinet located forward and to starboard. It also contained the rest of the entertainment equipment. From the saloon, double doors lead out to the cockpit. Not only are they more solid than your typical sliding door, they have integral screens that roll out to either side when you don't need them.
Below, everything forward of midship is accommodations. Our three-stateroom plan featured a large master amidships with centerline queen bed, a starboard side devoted to cherry built-ins, and an en suite head along the port side. Also en suite: a washer-dryer. Forward and to port is a midstateroom with bunks, then fully forward, a VIP that shares a starboard head with the other stateroom. At the foot of the pilothouse stairs, that head can also function as a day head.
Given the flat conditions on test day, there's little I can say about the 58's performance, other than she planes quickly for a 58,000-pound yacht and executes turns smartly. The Howard Apollonio-designed hull is available with or without propeller pockets; they save but four inches of draft (5'7" versus 6'1"), which is why most 58s–ours included–don't have them.
This being a semicustom yacht, her standard equipment is purposely limited to give each owner wide latitude in customization. The list of options is long, and unlike most builders, West Bay offers entertainment equipment (18 items) and electronics (28 items) as groups. This makes it harder to compare prices (they're also available individually), but ensures that you're buying systems, not just components.
Our well-equipped 58 carried a price of less than $1.4 million, which considering her quality, construction, and seaworthiness, is an attractive figure. That, combined with West Bay's limited production capacity, should ensure that each 58 maintains its value over the long haul.
Yet another form of security.
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This article originally appeared in the January 2003 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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Ted pushes the boundaries of familiar foods like eggs, corn and gravy and transforms them into new tastes and textures. Basketball-sized souffles, savory sorbets and bouncy gravy balls — Ted turns his kitchen into a playground tonight on Geek-A-Licious.
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Indian frog is a living fossil, as reported in Nature vol. 425, p711, 16 October 2003. Scientists have analysed the DNA of a strange purple burrowing frog recently discovered in India and found it is similar to some frogs that are only found in the Seychelles Islands in the middle of the Indian Ocean. The Seychelles frogs are considered to be living fossils whose origins are back in the dinosaur age. The Indian frog, described in a BBC news report 17 October 2003 as looking like "a squat, grumpy blob rather than a living creature" is quite different from other frogs and has been classified as a new family as well as a new genus and species. It has been given the name Nasikabatrachus. The first part of the name is derived from the Sanskrit word "nasik", meaning nose, because the frog has a distinct white protrusion on its snout.
Editorial Comment: Scientists believe this frog has been around since the age of the dinosaurs. How ever far back you believe that was, the frog has not changed since then, i.e. it has reproduced after its kind, just as Genesis said it would.
Its name is also interesting for linguists studying the history of languages. The Sanskrit word for nose, "nasik" is very similar to the Latin word "nasus" meaning nose, which is the root of the English word "nasal" the adjective used to describe things associated with the nose. (Ref. frog, India, Sanskrit)


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The Nebraska softball program has hired Ali Grant as its new Director of Operations, Head Coach Rhonda Revelle announced on Thursday, July 20.
Outfielder Rylie Unzicker cemented her status as one of the top incoming freshmen in the country when she was named a second-team high school All-American by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) on Friday, July
Incoming Nebraska freshmen Payton Huscroft and Rylie Unzicker both earned high school all-region accolades from the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) on Friday, June 30.
The Nebraska softball team continued its off-field success after three members were named Big Ten Distinguished Scholars on Wednesday, June 28, when the conference announced its highest scholastic honor team across all sports. Taylor Kadavy, Lotte Sjulin and Austen Urness each received the award for their academic achievements during the 2016-17 school year.
After leading Butler Community College to its second consecutive National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) championship last month, postseason accolades have continued to roll in for incoming Husker pitcher Regan Mergele.
Incoming Nebraska freshman Rylie Unzicker earned a trio of impressive honors in June. Unzicker was named the 2016-17 Gatorade Nebraska Softball Player of the Year on June 5, and she was also named a Premier Girls Fastpitch High School All-American.


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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — AutoZone has elected Enderson Guimaraes to its board of directors.
Guimaraes is CEO of PepsiCo Europe, a role he assumed in September 2012, and is responsible for PepsiCo's food and beverage businesses in Continental Europe as well as the United Kingdom and sub-Sahara Africa. "
Enderson's exceptional international operations experience will benefit AutoZone greatly. We are fortunate to have him as a new board member," said Bill Rhodes, chairman, president and CEO.


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UGG Boots Banned in School. Education Crisis Solved!
Little did you know that Uggs were this dangerous.
-Piper Weiss, Yahoo! Shine
Say what you will about UGG Boots (warm, fuzzy, cruel, unflattering, so 2003, etc.), they're not the biggest problem in education today.
But a Pennsylvania middle school wants them off students' feet and out of the classroom for good.
As of Monday, students of Pottstown Middle School will be barred from wearing the fur-lined boots in classes, reports the Delaware County Daily Times.
This past Wednesday, Pottstown Middle School principal Gail Cooper sent a note home to parents stating "following several problems with these items, I have banned the outdoor, open top boots from our classrooms."
Those "problems?" Cell phone contraband, hidden in the cozy space between the ankle and boot. School policy states students are allowed to bring their phones to school but they have to be turned off and kept in their lockers during classroom time. All that roomy fur has become the perfect place to smuggle handheld technology into the classroom.
The new school policy states: "Students may continue to wear outdoor boots to and from school to protect them from cold, snow and ice but need to change into a pair of sneakers or shoes before entering homeroom."
It's a sad day for people who dress like Chelsea from Teen Mom 2, but a triumph for Goths, '90s revivalists and skaters. Under the new ordinance: "lace up, tight at the ankle, boots, shoes and high top sneakers," are totally acceptable. Expect a few extra members in the middle school Oi! punk appreciation club and the distant "bah" of relief from an Australian baby lamb.
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But parents — sick of school clothing bans — aren't nearly as grateful for the new policy. In recent months, schools around the country have outlawed baggy pants, skinny jeans, dyed hair, colorful makeup, short skirts, scoop neck tops and the list goes on. Administrators' focus on student fashion isn't just a confounding approach to serious holes in education, it's becoming a frustrating financial burden for parents.
"Are you seriously kidding me?" one mom posted on a local paper's Facebook page beneath the reported story. "When the schools started paying to raise and clothe my children then maybe…maybe they can have a say in dictating my child's wardrobe."
Another parent, among the hundreds commenting on The Mercury's page, called for a student push-back: "I told my kids that they should start a petition. I mean it's bad enough they already wear uniforms and now they want to tell them what shoes they can wear. I could see if it was flip flops, but boots?"
One parent finds the ban discriminatory towards girls: "I'm assuming this is applying to mostly girls since I rarely see any boys wearing Uggs…. Pockets, bras, socks, what's next?? I think this is absurd!"
Meanwhile, one pupil makes the most convincing case for reversing the ban: It won't work.
"Most girls hide [cell phones] in there bra, or their waist band, it's ineffective they will just keep finding other places," writes the local student. "Plus my phone fits in my sneaker."
Let's not give schools anymore ideas.
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Poet Richard Hague will be featured at the annual Emory & Henry College Literary Festival Oct. 3-4.
Hague has published numerous volumes of poetry including Ripening, Possible Debris, Garden, The Time It Takes Light, and Public Hearings. His prose works include Milltown Natural: Stories and Essays from a Life and Learning How: Stories, Yarns, & Tales. His book Lives of the Poem: Community & Connection in a Writing Life mixes genres.
Hague was the 2012 recipient of the Weatherford Award for Poetry for his most recent publication, During the Recent Extinctions: New and Selected Poems 1984 - 2012.
The festival, held in the E&H Board of Visitors Lounge of the Van Dyke Center, begins with a scholarly session at 2:30 on Oct. 3 with a live interview conducted by Robert Miltner of Kent State University to follow at 3:30. At 7:30 p.m. Hague will read from his work.
On Oct 4 scholarly sessions will continue with presentations by poet and novelist Michael Henson and Chris Green, current president of the Appalachian Studies Association.
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Does Ryan Lochte believe in reverse psychology? At this point, I'm starting to think that is what he's trying to pull off with respect to Michael Phelps and his future. If Phelps does not compete at the 2016 Olympics in Brazil, Lochte would conceivably have less competition swimming against him in the pool. Phelps insists [...]
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- Free continental breakfast, free WiFi, and free parking
For families
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- Private bathroom
- Television
- Free toiletries
- Daily housekeeping
What's around
- Canadian Museum of Flight (0.3 mi / 0.5 km)
- Langley Golf Center (1.1 mi / 1.8 km)
- Newlands Golf and Country Club (1.3 mi / 2.1 km)
- Milner Downs Equestrian Center (1.7 mi / 2.7 km)
- Willowbrook Shopping Centre (2.7 mi / 4.4 km)
Travelodge Langley Cityfrom Rs4,314
- Upgraded 1 King Bed Non-Smoking Suite
- Deluxe Room, Multiple Beds, Non Smoking
- Standard Room, 1 Queen Bed, Smoking
- Suite, 1 King Bed, Non Smoking
- Upgraded, Standard Room, 1 Queen Bed
- Efficiency, Room, 1 Queen Bed, Non Smoking
- Suite King Non Smoking
- Room, Non Smoking (Efficiency Bunk Bed)
- Room, 2 Double Beds, Non Smoking
- Suite King Non Smoking
- Double Room, 2 Double Beds
- Room, Non Smoking (Efficiency Bunk Bed)
- Double Room, 2 Double Beds, Accessible
- Standard Room, 1 Queen Bed
- One Double Non Smoking Sleepy Bear
- Efficiency, Double Room, 2 Double Beds
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Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 64 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 2 floors
- Check-in time 3 PM-7 AM
- Check-out time is 11 AM
Required at check in
- Credit card deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
- Minimum check-in age is 21
Travelling with others
- Children (17 years old and younger) stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding
- Pets allowed (dogs only) *
- Specific rooms only, restrictions apply *
- 2 per room (up to 40 lb)
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Free WiFi in rooms
- Free self parking
- Free RV/bus/truck parking
Other information
- No alcohol served onsite
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In the hotel
- Free continental breakfast daily
- Computer station
- 24-hour front desk
- Laundry facilities
- Multilingual staff
- Number of buildings/towers - 2
- Year Built 1970
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Designated smoking areas (fines apply)
- Fireplace in lobby
- Television in common areas
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
In the room
- Air conditioning
- Coffee/tea maker
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Private bathroom
- Shower/tub combination
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- 32-inch TV
- Cable TV channels
- Desk
- Free weekday newspaper
- Free WiFi
- Free local calls
- Daily housekeeping
- Access via exterior corridors
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Guests who may encounter issues with stairs should contact this property in advance. Elevators are not available. "Room, 1 King Bed, Non-Smoking (Efficiency Bunk Bed)" room type is not on the ground floor. Contact the office using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
Pet-friendly rooms can be requested by contacting the property at the number on the booking confirmation.
This property's policy is to refuse certain bookings for the purpose of group events or parties, including pre-wedding stag/bachelor and hen/bachelorette parties.
Noise-free guestrooms cannot be guaranteed.
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.
This property does not have elevators.
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
Mandatory fees
You'll be asked to pay the following charges at check in or check out:
- 2 percent tourism fee will be charged
Optional extras
Early check-in can be arranged for an extra charge of CAD 45.00
Late check-out can be arranged for an extra charge of CAD 45.00
Rollaway beds are available for CAD 15.00 per night
Pets are allowed for an extra charge of CAD 20 per pet (may vary based on length of stay)
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Not so much showers as deluge with sound effects. The down pour started at around four in the afternoon and finished around 10 pm. We ought to have know something was on its way as both cats were in and demanding laps before the rain arrived. We must have had at least 12" as the plant pots were full and overflowing and the driveway to the gates from our house washed away again. Fortunately friends had just returned from the UK with our replacement wheelbarrow wheels.
We kept having to replace the inner tubes as the acacia thorns went right through the tyres. We were advised to either have the tyre filled with a silicone foam or to replace the phenumatics with solid tyres. We duly went along to the specialist who told us either option would be in the 40 euro range and that included discount. Bemoaning our woes to a friend he said he could get some via the Internet and drop them in the next time he was driving between Italy and the UK. He saved us huge expense as he not only got us the 2 solid wheels but snow chains for £35 the lot ! It may seem very penny pinching but with unexpected running costs happening all the time, new pergola roof, the new rates charges, extra taxes and so on every penny does have to count.
Easter was early with the daffodils and jacaranda in bloom together. Who would think chocolate was a luxury item with the size and quantity of eggs available, most with presents inside not more chocolates. Easter cards are still unknown in this part of the world so we sent e-cards out to family and friends.
The first week was still fine and the pots needed a watering and so do the gooseberries. Armed with watering cans I was almost done when something cold and clammy grasped my thumb. I dropped the can and was about to leap 40 feet upwards when I caught sight of a small bright green frog hanging on to my thumb for grim death. Getting my heart and breathing back to normal I watered the jasmine by the BBQ and popped the amphibian into the pot for safety and for my peace of mind. Naturally the weather broke and the temperatures plunged by 12 degrees sending night time figures into the minus area again. It felt more like November, except November had actually been warmer and sunnier.
One wet afternoon we decided to drop into the local Same dealership as they'd said we should attend their 50th anniversary that was being celebrated with demonstrations of equipment and light refreshments. The equipment ranged from garden strimmers to the biggest combine harvester we'd ever been close to. We were informed they do come a lot bigger but the fields and road accesses locally didn't warrant them. The entire three generations of family were there, showing items, chatting with friends and offering platters of rolls, bruscetta, cakes, things to drink and try. We lost ourselves for a good couple of hours and left with accordion music ringing in our ears. They do know how to put on a show here.
The third weekend we attended the annual air show where private companies sell small light aircraft, parts, clothing etc. and demo their products. No we're not in the market for a plane, helicopter or microlight but it is an interesting event. This year they had a fly past by two military biplanes, probably early trainers for the airforce, and a pair of stunt planes that did the most incredible vertical acceleration and death deifying spins, loops and stalls.
The two things caught our attention this year. The first was a Strike-T microglider that was powered by a lithum battery that gave a flight time of 20mins to over an hour, depending on the battery size. www.veleriadedalo.com Naturally it is a glider so a short battery time isn't an issue and its an option when you consider the price of petrol these days. The second was a plane that was almost just an aluminium frame and canvas wings. Very light but very strong, aviation aluminium is phenomenally strong and a higher grade than the type used in greenhouses. The downside is that it starts at around £10k. www.aviad.it . The helicopters can in all shapes and sizes too, some shaped like bubbles on skis others looked like sharks with folding wheels. The smallest began at £134,000 and they use 30ltrs of fuel an hour to cover 70km, not an viable transport option except for those in a big hurry where money is no object. We asked who bough these and the reply was "people who haven't room for a runway, these take less space". Recession, what recession?!
The following weekend was the "colour the skies" event. This is where kite enthusiasts bring their collection of wind powered kites, banners, balloons and other rotating items along for others to enjoy. Naturally there are a few market stall holders who sell kites, Frisbees, wind-powered sail-skateboards but its really for hobbyists to show off their stuff. We were astonished to meet exhibitors from Venice, Berlin, Terni , Zurich and other Europeans, all proud to show off their skills, home made kites, the latest designs as well as antiques. It is also the weekend before may day and the tourist board promote Lake Trasimeno for people to walk, bike or ride around it either on their own or in groups with experts pointing out the fauna and flora as they do the rounds. A small area was set aside for inflatable fun for the young at heart , air tunnels, air castle and tumbling balls you squeezed into and rolled around the area, like a hamster exerciser on a carpet, for the more energetic.
April was suddenly gone and with the spring showers, swifts, lizards, butterflies, hoopoe, cuckoo and blossom, May was here.
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Constitution Day
What is Constitution Day?
The birthday of our Constitution, September 17, the date in 1787 on which delegates to the Philadelphia Convention completed and signed the U.S. Constitution.
The ideas on which America was founded--commitments to the rule of law, limited government, and the ideals of liberty, equality and justice--are embodied in the Constitution, the oldest written constitution of any nation. Constitution Day is intended to celebrate not only the birthday of our government, but the ideas that make us Americans.
The United States Government has designated September 17 as Constitution Day to commemorate the September 17, 1787 signing of the U.S. Constitution.
Preamble to The Constitution of the United States of America
We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
2016 - Solomon Oliver Jr. ('69): Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio; "Shoring up the Constitution: The Legacy of the African-American Lawyer and the Quest for Equality."
2015 - Bryan Fair: "Equal Justice Under Law: A Constitutional Look Back and Ahead"
2014 - Benjamin C. Mizer ('99): "Practicing Constitutional Law in the Executive Branch."
2013 - John Szekeres ('85); "The Implications of Technology, Social Media & Knowledge Management on the Practice of Law: Findings of the New York State Bar Association Task Force on the Future of the Legal Profession."
2012 - Leila Atassi ('02); Journalist, The Cleveland Plain Dealer; "The Death Penalty on Deadline: A reporter's perspective on capital punishment in Ohio."
2011 - Harold J. Winston, J.D.; Assistant Public Defender, Cook County, Illinois; "Overturning a Wrong Conviction After 26 Years: Lessons from Alton Logan."
2010 - Shawn Judge ('93), J.D.; Career Law Clerk for the Honorable Gregory L. Frost in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio; "Pizza, Corpses, and Messages from Beyond: The Constitution in the Trenches of the American Judiciary."
2009 - Peter Irons; University of California, San Diego; "God on Trial: Religion and Law in American
2008 - Mark Allenbaugh, J.D.; Allenbaugh Samini LLP, Newport Beach, California; "Recent Supreme Court Jurisprudence on Rationality, Proportionality and Equality in Federal Criminal Justice: Are We Safe?"
2007 - Jeffrey Brand-Ballard, J.D., Ph.D.; George Washington University; "Must Judges Respect the Constitution?"
2006 - Jason Desiderio, Prosecutor's Office; Douglas Drushal, private practice attorney; Mark Wiest, Common Pleas Court Judge; and Beverly Wire, Public Defender; "Why is the Constitution Important?"


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Former Eastenders actress Corinne Skinner Carter will present her memoirs in Croydon this month as part of Black History Month.
Carter, who played landlady Audrey Trueman, will be signing copies of her book, Why Not Me? From Trinidad to Albert Square via Empire Road, at Central Library on Saturday 27 October, beween 2.15pm and 3.45pm.
In a career spanning more than 50 years, other credits include Live and Let Die, Cleopatra, Burning an Illusion and Prime Suspect.
She also appeared in the 1970s BBC TV series, Empire Road, the first black soap on British TV.
Councillor Vidhi Mohan, cabinet member for communities and economic development, said: "Corinne will be a familiar face to many people from her various acting roles and her life story is a fascinating one.
This is a great opportunity for people to meet her in person and hear her talk about her new book.
"We're delighted that she has chosen to come here during Black History Month to help Croydon celebrate the huge diversity of our borough as we look back at the heritage of a large part of our local community."
The event is free but you should book your place at blackstockmedia.eventbrite.co.uk.
For more details about Black History Month events visit www.croydon.gov.uk.


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A DRAWING by one of the foremost women painters of the 20th century is now hung in pride of place in Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum.
Museums Worcestershire, who care for the city and county's museum and art collections, has purchased Dame Laura Knight's portrait of Professor Allardyce Nicoll pictured on the Malvern Hills, study for 'Harvest'.
It joins two other works in the collection by Dame Laura Knight at the Foregate Street attraction, the Yellow Dress and In the Dressing Room.
Philippa Tinsley, senior curator for Museums Worcestershire, said: "It is wonderful to be adding this drawing to our collection. Thank you to all those who made the purchase possible, particularly visitors to the art gallery who donated so willingly.
"Work by Dame Laura Knight is always extremely popular and it is lovely to have the links to local Worcestershire stories. We hope that the subject including a local landscape will generate a feeling of pride for our local visitors."
Dame Laura Knight, who died in 1970, was a leading figure in the art industry, known for both her artworks and forging a path in the sector for women artists
During the Second World War, she stayed in Malvern and painted many of her landscapes on the Malvern Hills.
In 2012, the touring exhibition, entitled Laura Knight in the Open Air, received record breaking visitor figures at Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum, with the venue's highest numbers since 1996.
There are plans in the future for the work to be integrated into a series of talks, highlighting the stories of the landscape.
It was purchased with the assistance of the Art Fund, Arts Council England/V&A Purchase Grant Fund, Friends of Museums Worcestershire, Friends of Dame Laura Knight Malvern Branch, Peter Smith and through kind donations from members of the public.


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False Prophet Pat Robertson Warns Viewer To "Be Careful" Of False Prophets
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This morning on The 700 Club, a viewer said her mother's friend had recently claimed to be a "prophetess," but her predictions were "way off." The viewer wanted to know "how could someone who says she's hearing from God be so wrong?"
Responding to the question, host Pat Robertson explained that this happens "all the time," and called it "baloney" when people purport to "have a word from the Lord for you." Robertson clarified that there are people who "really do have a prophetic word, but they are few and far between" and that you should "be careful" of false prophets and instead "let the Lord speak to you himself."
His viewers would be well-served by this advice, considering Robertson himself has a long track record of offering utterly false "predictions" on The 700 Club that he claims to have gotten from God.
For example, in January of 2007, Robertson reportedly predicted that a terrorist attack on the United States would result in a "mass killing" during 2007. He told viewers that he was "not necessarily saying it's going to be nuclear," because "The Lord didn't say nuclear. But I do believe it will be something like that."
Explaining during his 2008 prediction episode why the attack hadn't come to pass, the Associated Press reported that Robertson said, "all I can think is that somehow the people of God prayed and God in his mercy spared us." That must have been it.
The AP also reported that in May of 2006, Robertson thought storms and a "tsunami" would hit the U.S. coastline, then claimed partial vindication when heavy rains hit New England:
In May, Robertson said God told him that storms and possibly a tsunami were to crash into America's coastline in 2006. Even though the U.S. was not hit with a tsunami, Robertson on Tuesday cited last spring's heavy rains and flooding in New England as partly fulfilling the prediction.
During a March 2006 broadcast, Robertson predicted that "before the end of this year there will be another vacancy" on the Supreme Court. There wasn't.
As part of his predictions in 2006, Robertson also said that he "heard it from the Lord" that President Bush would successfully pass Social Security reform. He didn't.
Completely botching "predictions" from God is not a recent development for Robertson - he's been doing this for decades.
In a May article reflecting on "Five failed end-of-the-world predictions" in light of the circus surrounding Harold Camping, The Christian Science Monitor reported that Robertson said in a 1980 broadcast of The 700 Club: "I guarantee you by the end of 1982 there is going to be a judgment on the world."
According to a February 15, 1988, Washington Post article (via Nexis), during an address at a church, "Robertson declared today that he has heard messages from God about his presidential campaign and that he is now sure he will be the next president":
Today, the candidate did not state directly that God has told him he will win the election -- but he left that impression with some in the congregation. He said he entered the presidential race only because God ordered him to. He suggested that divine aid was at work in his strong finish in Iowa last week.
It is a basic tenet of Robertson's charismatic faith that God gives humans precise directions about secular events. Robertson is among tens of millions who feel this way.
Robertson told the congregation today about the success of Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN), the international cable-television operation he began in 1960 after, he said, he heard God directing him to do so.
By the mid-1980s, Robertson said, "I had everything you could ask for," and he was content to finish his life at his electronic ministry. "But God had something else for me to do," he said.
"I heard the Lord," Robertson related in a whisper, "saying 'I have something else for you to do. I want you to run for president of the United States.' "
Because of the divine call, Robertson said, "I was not surprised the way [others] were when we did so well in a place called Iowa. I didn't think that the One who has never failed me was going to fail me now."
This echoed a comment Robertson made a week ago, after his second-place finish in the Iowa caucuses. He told an acquaintance that "It felt like God had reached down and turned a switch."
Today, Robertson told the congregation that "This is where God wanted me to be . . . . Here I am in New Hampshire, before a major primary." He then said, "I assure you that I am going to be the next president of the United States." [Washington Post, 2/15/1988, via Nexis]
So take heed, 700 Club viewers -- there's a lot of "baloney" out there.
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SAINT LEO, Fla. – The Saint Leo baseball team was one out shy of claiming the series-opening win over visiting Palm Beach Atlantic, but an unfortunate bounce allowed the tying run across as PBA went on to eventually claim an 8-7 win in NCAA South Region action on Friday night from Southard Stadium.
Jumping out to a 7-0 lead after just two innings, the Lions (19-12) seemed to be in solid control of the game, taking a five run lead into the sixth inning, but PBA's bats would respond in a big way.
Four PBA (14-11) runs in the sixth ended the night for Saint Leo starter Aaron Brandt as a pinch-hit RBI single and a long two-run home run on Brandt's final pitch cut the deficit to 7-6.
The Lions would manage to hold the Sailfish a single run shy until things moved into the final inning. Two of the first three batters reached base, the first on a walk and the other on a 1-2 hit-by-pitch allowing PBA to put a runner in scoring position. A fly out to right field allowed the runner at second to move just 90 feet away from scoring. The game-deciding play saw a hot shot hit directly to the Saint Leo shortstop, but just before hitting his glove, the ball took a bad hop and hit him in the chest. Unable to control the ball, the runner advanced home and tied the game on the unfortunate miscue.
The next batter would rip a shot down the left field line, scoring the go-ahead run and making it eight unanswered runs against Saint Leo pitching.
PBA relief pitching would star in the victory as relievers Andres Lopez and Kenny Frosch went 7.1 innings, shutting down the Saint Leo bats. Frosch (1-3) picked up the win while closer Nic Kovacs earned the save.
Matthew Hewitt (1-1) was handed the loss after going 2.2 innings and was responsible for leaving the eventual winning runs on base when relieved by Adam Albers.
The loss overshadowed an outstanding 4-for-4 night by Anthony Santa as he was one of five Lions to register multiple hits in the ballgame.
The Lions will look to draw even in the non-conference series when the two teams square off in doubleheader action on Saturday afternoon. The Lions and Sailfish will get game one underway at 1 p.m. at Southard Stadium. For the latest news, information, and updates on the baseball team, visit SaintLeoLions.com.


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HEAD professional Martin Smith is hoping to celebrate 25 years at Hartley Wintney Golf Club with success at the Senior PGA Professional Championship.
Smith is one of 195 pros who will be competing for the Bernard Hunt Memorial Trophy at the Senior PGA Professional Championship at Foxhills Resort next week.
The 55-year-old cut his competitive teeth in the early 1980s, alongside the likes of Sir Nick Faldo, Sandy Lyle and Ian Woosnam, when he combined club pro duties with playing.
"It was the era of Monday qualifying, when club pros would juggle working, teaching and playing so it was difficult to get enough time to play," Smith said.
"I think those three were the benchmark at the time. They were full time and didn't have the distraction of having to work at golf clubs and just played for a living."
The days of pre-qualifying are long gone but Smith relishes his role as head professional at Hartley Wintney, which has expanded from a nine to an 18-hole course in his time.
"It's such a varied role which has changed dramatically over the 25 years," Smith added. "I sit on several committees and also run all the society and corporate golf for the club plus club fitting, teaching and the retail business. I enjoy the variety."
Despite his passion for Hartley Wintney, Smith is looking forward to competing in the 54-hole tournament, which carries a prize fund of £38,000.
He said: "I haven't played Foxhills for a long time so I'm hoping to get a practice round in to reacquaint myself.
"I compete so little these days so I just hope I can hit a bit of form on the first few days and make the cut.
"That would be success for me, but either way I plan to enjoy it and look forward to catching up with a few familiar faces."


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Rushall 2 Witton 0
11:57pm Thursday 26th December 2013
By Andrew Simpson
11:57pm Thursday 26th December 2013
By Andrew Simpson
WITTON are in uncharted territory.
This, a fourth successive Premier Division defeat, is their worst run of results since Brian Pritchard took charge as manager.
It also condemns them to the table's bottom four places for the first time since the season's opening seven days.
Yet there was a period early in the second half, when Albion trailed to Ahmed Obeng's goal for the Pics, during which they might have made the outcome a different one.
Anaemic in the opening period, they awoke.
Danny Andrews and then Josh Hancock both made custodian Chris Gemmell work within minutes of the restart. Rushall, dominant previously, retreated.
Chris Simm, after Andrews nudged the ball into his path, scorched a shot goal-ward only for the net-minder to react instinctively to block with a raised hand.
At the other end Christian Dacres' drive from distance was pushed to safety at full stretch by goalkeeper Matt Cooper, a reminder Rushall could still threaten.
But Witton's next chance, on 64 minutes, was their best.
Andrews, from a central position, split the Pics' defence to send Hancock clear. Face-to-face with Gemmell, his finish was feeble, and diverted wide.
The visitors' confidence, frail already after recent results, shrivelled further.
It had evaporated by the time a second goal for Rushall arrived in the last minute.
Carl Palmer took possession in the centre circle, sweeping a pass out left for ex-Witton man Mathew Wood. He steered the ball into a shooting space for Josh Craddock, whose attempt squirmed under Cooper.
It was more than the hosts' showing since the interval had merited.
In mitigation, they ought to have established a bigger advantage before then.
Wood's control was sloppy when he attempted to intercept Anthony Gardner's header in the first quarter hour, then Cooper saved smartly when Dacres blasted Dele Adebola's lay-off.
Witton, second best, were not without regret of their own.
Scott Bakkor badgered Gavin Caines into a mistake on 20 minutes, though Gemmell parried the forward's curling effort. Simm, reaching first the loose ball, fired it against the recovering Rushall man.
Shortly afterwards, the Pics were ahead.
Jack Duggan's pass reached Obeng in a pocket of space between Ben Harrison and Ally Brown, the home team's top scorer looping the ball over the latter before guiding a low shot past Cooper.
Craddock drilled narrowly over after Jimmy Turner cut back from the by-line, then Cooper smuggled clear at his near post after Obeng wriggled past a would-be tackler.
Rushall's threat receded rapidly though when Albion were more aggressive after half-time.
But again Witton, goalless now in four of their past seven league encounters, could not cash in by scoring.
It is a problem they need to solve, and quickly.
Witton Star Man: Rob Bodie. In Dele Adebola and Ahmed Obeng, Rushall's attack has within it threats that are diverse yet Bodie adapted to see off both in convincing fashion.
Rushall (4-4-2) Gemmell (GK), Turner, Martin, Caines, Duggan, Craddock, Palmer, Dacres, Wood, Adebola (Spink 82), Obeng (Mugisha 86) Subs not used Maher (GK), Daniel, Ellis Goals Obeng 26, Craddock 90 Booked Wood (foul)
Witton (4-4-2) Cooper (GK), Gardner, Bodie, Harrison, Brown, Andrews (Crofts 78), Breeze, Jackson, Hancock (Dawson 78), Simm, Bakkor (Blundell 78) Subs not used Moyo, Moseley Booked Bodie (foul)
Referee Akil Howson (Leicester)
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On Your MarkRiddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.
Sometimes I'm fast, and rarely I'm slow.
I'm at my best after you say go.
If I don't do well, my fans will nag.
If I win, I'll see a checkered flag.
I like the street,
but the track's my true home.
The name of me is a palindrome.
AnswerRace Car.
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George E. Dodge's Family
When Tec 5 George E. Dodge was born in 1922 in Wayne, Kennebec, Maine, his father, George, was 20 and his mother, Winiford E. [Palmer] Dodge, was 16. His parents were married on the 8th of May 1922 in Kennebec, Maine, He had three sisters, Agnes, Alice and Dorothy. George also had 2 half brothers.
His father and mother divorced and his father then married Glasys Messis Waller Dodge on the 14th Aug 1937 in Wayne, Kennebec, Maine they had Arthur 'Skip Dodge, and Thomas Edward Dodge. His step mother, Gladys Messis Waller was divorced from John B. Breton and they had two sons together, Adrian Royal Breton and John Pete Breton.
He enlisted into the Coast Artillery Corp [Coast Artillery Corps or Army Mine Planter Service] on the 13th of Dec 1940 in Kennebec Maine as a private. He was single without dependents.
He was promoted to Tec 5 and was asigned to the 895rd Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion when he was killed.
He died on August 15, 1944, in Rhone, France, at the age of 22, and was buried in Rhone American Cemetery and Memorial Draguignan Departement du Var Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France


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Katie Holmes now Kate Holmes
With the help of Tom Cruise's brilliant guidance, Katie Holmes has changed her name to Kate. After discussing the subject of names, the two decided her Christian name "Katie" sounded too young for a 27-year-old and she would now be known to friends and family as "Kate." Tom says:
"Katie is a young girl's name. Her name is Kate now


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-2, 4, -12, 48, -240, ...Series teasers are where you try to complete the sequence of a series of letters, numbers or objects.
-2, 4, -12, 48, -240, ...
What is the next number in the above series?
Answer1440. The first number is multiplied by a negative 2, the second by a negative 3, the third by a negative 4 and so on.
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SAN BERNARDINO - Matt and Kristen Franklin walked for Allyson Grace on Saturday.
The Redlands couple, who lost their baby daughter on Jan. 8, said they think of her every day.
Sarah and Jonathan Miles of Rancho Cucamonga walked for their son, Brayden Jordan, who they lost June 26, 2007.
The families were among more than 300 that gathered Saturday morning ate Cal State San Bernardino to remember the babies who live on only in their hearts.
Sarah Miles, 29, helped establish the "Walk to Remember-Inland Empire" after her son's death.
Lindsay and Ryan Hidy of Redlands walked for three of their children: Twins Hunter Allen and Wyatt Ward and baby daughter London Sky, who all died as infants.
The couple pushed 3-month-old Mason in a stroller.
"It helps so much to have him," said Lindsay, indicating her tiny sleeping son.
The "Walk to Remember-IE," sponsored by the CSUSB Institute for Child Development and Family Relations, commemorated the lives of the hundreds of thousands of famiies affected by the passing of a baby, whether through pregnancy loss, stillbirth or infancy loss of any kind.
The nonprofit was founded in 2010 by two Cal State San Bernardino graduates - Miles, along with Amanda Balderrama - after experiencing their own tragedies, each losing a son.
Families came to walk, many of them carrying the memory of a son or daughter who died during pregnancy or infancy.
For most, it was an opportunity to celebrate and honor their baby's life, no matter how short.
Some wore T-shirts that said, "A moment in our arms, A lifetime in our hearts."
Among the babies' names called out during the remembrance ceremony were those of sets of twins and triplets.
Ryan Hidy wore a bracelet that read "Daddy of Angels" to honor his twin sons and baby daughter.
Guest speaker Nicole Smith, who lost two babies - Lauren Faith and Judah Sean-Patrick - told the crowd that you can get through it if you lose your baby.
"It can change; it will change. Things in life that hurt will feel better, but it will require something of you," Smith said. "You've been blessed to be a parent."
Proceeds from the Walk to Remember fundraiser go to assist families who have endured infant loss.
Reach Michel via email, find her on Twitter @michelnolan, or call her at 909-386-3859.


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|From: Jon Rafkind (rafkind at cs.utah.edu)
Date: Wed Jan 12 15:57:06 EST 2011
On 01/03/2011 02:11 PM, Matthew Flatt wrote: > At Mon, 3 Jan 2011 14:55:05 -0500, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt wrote: >> On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 2:51 PM, Robby Findler >> <robby at eecs.northwestern.edu> wrote: >>> Or maybe there is another possible solution that involves changing how >>> the distribution and or the docs build works? >> I think the conventional solution is for `make install' to do much >> less work than it current does. In "normal" Make-built software, >> `make' does all of the compilation, and `make install' just does the >> copying. That way, `make install' wouldn't be doing things like >> reading preferences and creating the '.racket' directory. > Well, moving work from `make install' to `make' does nothing in itself. > What you're suggesting is that we change what `make install' produces. > > In particular, I think you're suggesting that no user-specific actions > take place as a result of a build and install. That change sounds ok to > me, and it can be accomplished by passing `--no-user' to `raco setup' > during `make install'. > > Unless anyone objects, I'll push that change soon. > Was this change pushed? I did a simple search but didn't find it.
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People do many different things in their daily lives.
But whatever they do, they still have to keep breathing.
Yet they never need to make a conscious effort in order to breathe.
Neither do they use their free will in order to breathe. They breathe right from the moment of their birth, even in their sleep.
The brain is the command centre for the whole process of respiration.
A group of nerves in the brain stem and the medulla region of the brain direct the respiratory system.
The nerves in the medulla send commands to the muscles surrounding the ribcage to contract for two seconds. As the muscles contract the lungs fill with air.
Then, the nerve signals from the medulla are cut for three seconds. The muscles then relax. The air in the lungs is then expelled as the muscles assume their earlier form.
Directed by the medulla, breathing takes around five seconds: two seconds for inhaling and three for exhaling. Under normal conditions a healthy person breathes some 12 times a minute.
Yet that figure goes up under certain circumstances.
If you exercise, you'll see that your breathing rate rises considerably. Yet it is not you who has decided to breathe quickly at this moment, your chest muscles are forcing you to, and you feel discomfort if you try to breathe slowly. Since you are working out, your tissues has a greater need for oxygen and your brain obliges you to breathe faster. In the same way that your breathing under normal conditions is out of your control, so is the way when you are breathing quickly.
Control of breathing is thus independent of an individual's will.
When the muscles work more than under normal conditions they consume more oxygen. As the level of oxygen in the blood falls, the level of carbon dioxide rises.
Muscle cells under pressure give off lactic acid.
The oxygen, carbon dioxide and lactic acid receptors in various parts of the body become aware of this change and send warnings to the respiratory centre in the brain.
When the warning reaches the medulla, the respiratory neurons send commands to the chest muscles and ensure that they work faster.
On the other hand, other precautions are also taken in the body. The heart starts beating faster, for instance. The skin pores are opened in order to balance the rise in body temperature and attempts to cool the body down.
When pressure on the muscles is lifted, all the systems gradually return to their normal conditions.
The flawless, interconnected systems work and serve beyond the individual's control, will and knowledge.
Man's duty is thus to give thanks to Allah, Who created him with such perfection, and to appreciate the artistry in His creation.
In one verse of the Qur'an, Allah reveals:
He is Allah – the Creator, the Maker, the Giver of Form. To Him belong the Most Beautiful Names. Everything in the heavens and earth glorifies Him. He is the Almighty, the All-Wise. (Qur'an, 59: 24)


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SOCHI, Russia—Russian credit unions suffering the effects of the global economic crisis can learn from problems that have plagued financial institutions in the United States. That's the message a delegation of U.S. credit union executives brought to the Third Russian Credit Union Forum, sponsored by the Russian Credit Union League (RCUL) last week in Sochi, a city on the Black Sea. Lessons learned by U.S. credit unions formed the basis for advice and guidance given during the three-day event.
"This is a tough time for U.S. credit unions, as it is for financial institutions worldwide," said Anne Cochran, president and CEO of the Louisiana Credit Union League and member of World Council of Credit Unions' (WOCCU) board of directors. "If we in this room have any advantage over our competitors, it is that we represent financial institutions that are member-owned and member-operated."
Cochran, whose league has partnered with RCUL as part of WOCCU's International Partnerships Program since September 2007, was joined by fellow U.S. delegates Eric Richard, executive vice president and general council for CUNA, and Rod Taylor, president and CEO of Barksdale Federal Credit Union, Bossier City, La. The trio shared perspectives on challenges faced by the U.S. credit union movement, as well as ideas and techniques regarding management and governance issues.
"U.S. credit unions face a complicated situation," Richard said. "We did not contribute to the current crisis, but we are suffering collateral damage from it. At my organization, which is the U.S. counterpart of the Russian League, we have been urging credit unions to take a calm and restrained approach to the situation."
Forum topics covered numerous subjects, including external regulation and self-regulation, legislation, accounting, taxation and governance in crisis situations. The meeting drew more than 160 credit union leaders from all regions of Russia and several neighboring countries.
In addition to updating attendees on WOCCU, which counts RCUL as one of its member organizations, Cochran spoke at length about good governance and the importance of strong supervisory oversight. Richard outlined in detail the struggle U.S. credit unions currently face, drawing some parallels between situations in the U.S. and Russia. Taylor addressed the importance of capital and the value of member ownership. Other session topics included developing a cooperative network, managing diversity and accounting and taxation issues facing cooperative systems.
Dealing with the global economic crisis proved to be a pervasive discussion subject throughout the event. U.S. delegates expressed cautious optimism about the strength and stability of credit unions, noting signs that an economic turnaround may be forthcoming.
"Patience and wisdom are the orders of the day," Richard explained. "We are just beginning to see some small signs of possible recovery in the economy. Our goal is to hang on as the environment improves."
Cochran agreed. "It is my hope that through our combined strength credit unions will continue serving members well no matter what economic issues come to bear on the global credit union movement."
Prior to the forum, Cochran met with Vadim Kalinichev, RCUL CEO, to help the league develop strategies to face new challenges. RCUL offers members a variety of services, including loan and savings insurance and regional credit union association development. The league has 160 credit union members and eight credit union association members that collectively serve more than 268,000 members.


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This article was published 14/11/2008 (3202 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
What is the surest way for someone to accuse a government of having a hidden agenda? Hiding one's agenda.
What is the one thing the Conservative Party of Canada has been fighting off pretty much since it was amalgamated five years ago?
Allegations it has a hidden agenda.
Strange then that the party at its convention is once again going into hiding to debate the majority of the policy resolutions in private. Convention delegates are behind closed doors right now.
A handful of resolutions the party decides are good for public consumption will emerge from the policy debates today and be debated by the full delegation tomorrow in full view of cameras etc.
I wouldn't dispute that there is some merit to being able to speak one's mind without feeling like you're on candid camera but this is a policy convention for one of Canada's major political parties that shapes the direction of the party that just happens to be in government right now.
If you don't want to be accused of having a hidden agenda then don't go into hiding.
Besides it's no secret that there are some members of the Conservative party who would like to see the party put forth a socially conservative set of policies. But there are also some members of the NDP in Manitoba who want Gary Doer and crowd to put forward a bunch of looney lefty policies.
Neither Stephen Harper nor Gary Doer tend to listen to the far right or left reaches of their party because they both know Canadians like centrist governments. Sometimes they lean a bit to the left and sometimes they lean a bit to the right but most of the time Canadians are comfortable sitting right smack dab in the middle.
So why try and hide the fringe elements from view? We know they exist. All hiding today's policy debates really does is allow their critics once again to cry "hidden agenda."
So instead of watching a debate where many members of the party have vastly differing views on everything from privatizing health care to stiffer penalties for teenage thugs, where Canadians can see for themselves that the Conservative Party is a relatively well-balanced mix of center-right and right-right point of views, we get a closed door and we don't get to see what's being said and conspiracy theories abound.
But it's their party. I guess they can hide if they want to.


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Friday, September 02, 2011 - 9:47 AM
Meinl Artist Dirk Verbeuren Playing Live With Devin Townsend In London
Meinl Artist DIRK VERBEUREN will proudly join the one and only DEVIN TOWNSEND in London this fall for several exclusive live performances.
With a schedule of four shows in four days, VERBEUREN will be at the helm on two of these limited engagements. Each concert will consist of one album performed in its entirety, in which "Deconstruction" and "Ki" will feature VERBEUREN.
The performance dates are November 10 - 13, 2011 and tickets are currently available on hevydevy.com
All shows will be filmed for a future DVD release.
It has been a busy summer for VERBEUREN with multiple SOILWORK festival appearances across the globe, a recording with renowned ex-Nevermore guitarist JEFF LOOMIS, and currently recording with POWERMAD of Wild at Heart fame. Additionally VERBEUREN has created Library of the Extreme Volume III, in his personal Die Crawling Studio, which is due out this fall. Volume III is the follow-up to VERBEUREN's acclaimed MIDI libraries The Metal Foundry and Library of the Extreme Vol. I & II released through Toontrack.


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The Natural History of Hormone Receptor–Positive Breast Cancer
The Natural History of Hormone Receptor–Positive Breast Cancer
Approximately 70% of human breast tumors express hormone receptors (HRs), comprising the estrogen receptor (ER) and/or progesterone receptor (PR). The ER is the primary transcription factor driving oncogenesis in HR-positive (HR+) breast cancers; it is both a target of, and predictor of response to, anti-estrogen therapy. Unlike in other breast cancer subtypes, more than half of all disease recurrences in HR+ breast cancer occur 6 years or more after diagnosis, particularly following 5 years of adjuvant anti-estrogen therapy. Late relapses in HR+ breast cancer thus represent a significant clinical challenge. There is considerable molecular and clinical heterogeneity underlying HR+ breast cancers, and a limited understanding of the mechanisms underlying treatment resistance and late relapse. In this review, we describe the long natural history of HR+ breast cancer and discuss relapse patterns in relation to their clinicopathological and molecular characteristics. We highlight the relationship between tumor relapse and anti-estrogen therapy resistance, and we describe the concept of tumor dormancy. Finally, we review novel translational research strategies utilizing preclinical models and patient tumor samples, and current clinical strategies that address this increasingly common challenge in breast cancer.
Approximately 70% of human breast tumors express hormone receptors (HRs)—the estrogen receptor (ER) and/or the progesterone receptor (PR); these are the primary transcription factors driving oncogenesis in HR-positive (HR+) breast cancers. Both are targets of and predictors of response to anti-estrogen therapy.[1,2] Upon stimulation by estrogen, ER is recruited to specific sites across the genome in a highly organized manner through specific epigenetic events that restrict its recruitment to a subset of its potential binding sites.[3] ER signaling can be effectively targeted by antagonizing the binding of estrogens to the ER with tamoxifen, blocking estrogen biosynthesis with aromatase inhibitors (AIs) and luteinizing hormone–releasing hormone (LHRH) agonists, and down-regulating ER with fulvestrant (Faslodex). However, a significant minority of patients relapse despite adjuvant anti-estrogen therapy. Most patients with metastatic disease ultimately develop resistance to anti-estrogen therapies. HR+ tumors do not represent a single disease entity, and there is considerable molecular and clinical heterogeneity.[4] Unlike other breast cancer subtypes, HR+ breast cancer is commonly associated with late recurrences,[1,5,6] with an annual risk of distant recurrence following adjuvant anti-estrogen therapy of 1% to 4%, depending on the extent of initial disease.[7] The use of adjuvant AIs and the addition of chemotherapy to anti-estrogen regimens may benefit some patients,[8,9] but these seem to have little impact on the risk of late recurrence.[10] At present little is known about the predictive markers for late relapse and underlying mechanisms of treatment resistance and late relapse, for which alternative treatment strategies are clearly required. In this article, we describe the long natural history of HR+ breast cancer and review current research and clinical strategies to address this clinical challenge.
Heterogeneity of Luminal Breast Cancer and Determinants of Prognosis and Biological Behavior
Classic clinicopathological factors such as tumor size, nodal status, histological grade, and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) co-expression are important predictors of patient outcome and are commonly factored into treatment algorithms for HR+ tumors, but their relationship to relapse patterns is less clear. A retrospective analysis of 3,000 patients with early-stage breast cancer demonstrated that larger tumor size predicted for both early recurrences (0 to 5 years after diagnosis) and late recurrences (5 to 12 years after diagnosis), but did not predict for late recurrences when controlled for nodal status.[6] In contrast, nodal involvement was a good predictor of both early and late recurrences. Although tumor burden is incorporated in prognostic tools such as Adjuvant! Online (https://www.adjuvantonline.com), current clinical and molecular tools generally select for relapse primarily in the first 5 years and not for late relapse.[5] Another retrospective analysis of 400 patients found no association between histological grade and time of relapse.[5] In a meta-analysis of 10,000 patients, HER2 and HR coexpression was associated with poorer outcomes than HR+, HER2–non-amplified (HER2−) tumors.[11]
Invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) represents the second most common breast cancer histological subtype, accounting for 10% to 15% of breast cancers, and the vast majority express HR. ILC differs from invasive ductal carcinomas (IDCs) with respect to epidemiology, clinicopathological features, and natural history.[12] In early-stage breast cancer, patients with ILC have a better overall survival (OS) in the first 10 years after diagnosis compared with those who have IDC, but the opposite was observed with longer follow-up.[13] It is unclear whether these observed differences in the natural history can be explained solely by differences in histology, or whether they are influenced by the different distribution of molecular subtypes.
Molecular subtyping of breast cancer represents a major advance and includes at least two luminal subtypes (luminal A and B), each with distinct pathological characteristics and disease outcomes.[4] Luminal A tumors are characterized by ER-regulated genes and better outcomes, while luminal B tumors have higher genomic grade values and are associated with poorer outcomes.[14] Several multigene expression signatures and PAM50, a multi-gene expression signature using reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) to classify breast tumors into their major "intrinsic" subtypes,[15] have been shown to provide prognostic value in early-stage breast cancer beyond traditional clinicopathological risk assessment.[16,17] These include Oncotype DX (Genomic Health),[8] MammaPrint (Agendia),[18] and Genomic Grade Index (Ipsogen),[19] which also provide additional information on the benefit of chemotherapy in early-stage breast cancer.[16] The common denominator in these multigene signatures is the inclusion of proliferation genes in their indices,[8,16] and they tend to identify patients at higher risk of early relapse.[5] The combination of Ki67, HR, and HER2 expression have been used by some groups as an immunohistochemistry (IHC)-based surrogate for the molecular subtypes, with variable cut-off points for Ki67 proposed to differentiate between the low-proliferation luminal A and the high-proliferation luminal B tumors.[20] A retrospective analysis of 2,000 patients with node-negative breast cancer from two phase III trials at a median follow-up of 13 years found that while patients with both IHC-defined luminal A and B tumors had a persistently elevated risk of late recurrence over time, patients with luminal B tumors had higher distant recurrence rates and significantly worse survival outcomes compared with those who had luminal A tumors.[21] Therefore, both luminal A and B subtypes contribute to early and late recurrences, and there are few data to support the common assumption that luminal B tumors relapse early and luminal A tumors relapse late.
Relapse Patterns in Relation to Anti-Estrogen Resistance and Tumor Dormancy
Patients with HR+ tumors are at continued risk of relapse for many years after their initial breast cancer diagnosis. This clinical behavior is not unique to HR+ tumors; it is also seen in B-cell lymphoma, melanoma, prostate cancer, and renal cell cancer.[22] Among women treated with tamoxifen for 5 years, more than half of all recurrences occur between 6 and 15 years after diagnosis.[1] In a meta-analysis of 10,000 patients, HR-negative (HR−) tumors were found to have a poorer prognosis in the first few years after diagnosis, but after 5 to 10 years, HR+ tumors were associated with relatively poorer outcomes.[11] Similarly, a combined analysis of 9,000 patients with node-negative disease found that patients who did not receive adjuvant therapy had a higher risk of recurrence 48 months after diagnosis if they had HR+ tumors rather than HR– tumors.[23] In patients with HR+ breast cancer treated with tamoxifen, the risk of relapse exceeded that of HR− breast cancer after 5 years, and chemotherapy benefit was primarily in the earlier period. These findings are concordant with the overview data from the Early Breast Cancer Trialists Collaborative Group (EBCTCG).[1,2]
In thinking about the relapse patterns of HR+ breast cancer, it is important to consider its relation to anti-estrogen resistance and tumor dormancy, as the mechanisms underlying these two processes may be quite different (Figure). Resistance to anti-estrogen therapies can occur de novo (primary resistance) or be acquired (secondary resistance), and is likely a major cause of early relapse during adjuvant anti-estrogen therapy, and during progressive disease in metastatic breast cancer. Anti-estrogen resistance occurs despite continued expression of the ER, and the signaling pathways regulating this are thought to involve a complex signaling network that is poorly understood.
Tumor dormancy is a term used to describe subclinical residual disease, which typically either remains undetected or relapses after a long interval period (Figure).[24] The regulation of the switch from quiescent dormancy to active regrowth in metastatic sites is poorly understood and likely includes interactions with host immunity and the metastatic niche.[22] The bone marrow is a common homing organ for breast cancer metastases and dormant breast tumor cells. In a large pooled analysis of 4,700 patients with clinical stage I-III breast cancer who had screening bone marrow aspirates, a surprisingly large proportion (approximately 30%) of patients with HR+ tumors had micrometastatic bone marrow tumor involvement.[25] The primary tumors were larger and associated with a higher histological grade and nodal involvement. Bone marrow micrometastases were a predictor of poor outcome on multivariate analysis, and correlated with subsequent bone metastases and overt metastasis to viscera and brain. The incidence of bone marrow micrometastases was significantly lower in another study of patients with early-stage breast cancer by the American College of Surgeons Oncology Group (3% positive in 3,413 bone marrow specimens analyzed), but as in the above study, the presence of bone marrow micro-metastases was associated with decreased survival.[26]
The quantification of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) represents an area of active research as a marker of prognosis and treatment response.[24] In a study of 36 patients with no clinical evidence of breast cancer for 7 to 22 years following mastectomy, IHC-detected CTCs were found in a third of patients. As CTCs have a limited lifespan in circulation, these findings suggest the presence of a metastatic niche that gives rise to these cells.[27] As these patients may remain clinically disease-free for long periods, there is likely a homeostatic mechanism maintaining the balance between tumor replication and cell death that replenishes the CTCs at a subclinical level.[22] In some patients, this balance keeps the dormant tumor cells in check for their entire life.


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Palais des Congres
Stade Gilbert Brutus
Mas Latour Lavail is a GORGEOUS renovated villa. It only has 5 rooms total so you practically have the entire place to yourselves. The owner lives on the property and is exceptionally friendly. The staff is so kind and helpful and went out of their way to help our group of 9 with three small kids. The hotel is out of the main city and you will need a car or taxi to access. It is down narrow roads (sometimes dirt) depending on which way you approach. I was a little nervous driving there at first given the roads, but was pleasantly surprised upon arrival at how beautiful it wad despite the remote location.