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LOVE LUCY LIVE ON STAGE Ends Chicago Run 4/7
Broadway In Chicago announced today I LOVE LUCY LIVE ON STAGE, the brand new hit musical stage show adapted from the longest-running and most beloved television program in history, starring Lucy, Ricky, Fred and Ethel: America's favorite foursome, will have its final performance in Chicago at the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place (175 East Chestnut St.) on Sunday, April 7, 2013 after a successful six month run with multiple extensions.
The Chicago Tribune says I LOVE LUCY LIVE ON STAGE is "A big variety show for your money! A risk-free evening of music & familiar comedy!" The Chicago Sun-Times exclaims the show is "A sweet 95-minute musical comedy! Those nostalgic for 1950s America will have their internal time clocks rewound!"
Imagine stepping back in time and into the Desilu Playhouse soundstage! It's 1952 and you are a member of the studio audience awaiting the filming of two hilarious and oh so familiar "I Love Lucy" episodes. A charming host entertains and enlightens you to the behind-the-scenes filming process, the 1950's hi-fidelity technology, and this brand new thing called 'television'. The episodes begin and you witness, firsthand, the side-splitting antics of that crazy redhead in the Ricardo's New York apartment and thrill to the Cuban sounds of "The Ricky Ricardo Orchestra" at the famed Tropicana Nightclub. In between scenes? The Crystaltone Singers perform live advertising jingles of the show's newest sponsors in perfect 50s style harmony. Can you say 'Brylcreem'?!
The iconic television hit sitcom "I Love Lucy" was most recently honored in September 2012 as the "Best TV Show Of All Time" and the "Greatest TV Comedy" by People Magazine and ABC's "20/20" special "Best in TV: The Greatest TV Shows of Our Time. "I LOVE LUCY LIVE ON STAGE is produced under license from CBS Consumer Products.
I LOVE LUCY LIVE ON STAGE is produced by Stephen Kahn (Executive Producer), David George (Executive Producer) and Hyra George (Producer), Kim Flagg (Co-Adaptor/Producer), Allan Williams (Executive Producer), Dede Harris (Producer), Sharon Karmazin (Producer), and David Carpenter (Associate Producer). Staged, directed and co-adapted for the stage by Rick Sparks, the creative team also includes Aaron Henderson (Set Designer), Wayne Moore (Musical Supervision, Arrangements and Special Lyrics), Peitor Angell (Original Music Composer), Noah Mitz (Lighting Designer), Shon LeBlanc (Costume Designer), Cricket S. Myers (Sound Designer), Diane Martinous (Hair /Wig Designer), and Alan Bukowiecki (Music Director).
The performance schedule for I LOVE LUCY LIVE ON STAGE is as follows:
Wednesdays at 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.
Fridays at 7:30 p.m.
Saturdays at 2 & 8 p.m.
Sundays at 2 & 6:30 p.m.
Please note: Ticket prices and performance schedule are subject to change.
Tickets for performances through April 7, 2013 are on-sale now. Tickets range from $35-$85.A select number of premium seats are also available. Tickets for groups of 10+ start at $25 and can be purchased by calling 312-977-1710. Tickets are available at all Broadway In Chicago Box Offices (24 W. Randolph St., 151 W. Randolph St., 18 W. Monroe St. and 175 E. Chestnut St.), the Broadway In Chicago Ticket Kiosk at Water Tower Place (845 N. Michigan Ave.), the Broadway In Chicago Ticket Line at (800) 775?2000, all Ticketmaster retail locations and online at www.BroadwayInChicago.com.


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SWINDON Town boss Mark Cooper has claimed that defender Raphael Branco was spat at by Wolves striker Bakary Sako towards the end of their 4-1 defeat at the County Ground.
The incident went unpunished by referee Lee Collins but Cooper says that the club won't complain to the Football Association.
Branco, in for the injured Troy Archibald-Henville, also threw himself down to the ground in the second half when he was shoved by Nouha Dicko.
"It looked like it (spitting)," Cooper said after the match.
"I think Raffa went too easily for the first one but it looked like he spat for the second one.
"But it's Wolves, you don't get players sent off when you're big clubs."
Cooper was less than pleased with how his team performed in the first 45 minutes after the League One leaders cruised into a 3-0 lead thanks to a Sako brace and a strike from Dicko.
He said: "I don't think you can play against a club like Wolves, with the riches they've got and the players they've got, and not have 11 men pulling in the same direction.
"In the second half when we had 11 players who rolled their sleeves up and had a go, I was really pleased with the players.
"You might get away with it against teams lower down the table, but not Wolves.
"We didn't defend very well down the middle of the pitch in the first half and we need to address that going forward. It's hard to press high up the pitch when you don't have a lot of pace at the back."
The Town boss was pleased with how the second half went as Michael Smith grabbed his second goal in as many matches before former Swindon striker Leon Clarke rubbed salt into the wounds with his late strike.
Cooper added: "We asked the players to go out and earn a moral victory which we largely did.
"I thought that Michael Smith had his best game for us tonight.
"He took his goal well.
"But we did make it easy for him. We told him to run around for 90 minutes and put himself about a bit, how hard can that be?
"And he did it."

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Mrs. G and I actually made these up a few weeks ago, but by the time we were done, we didn't feel like cooking any of them up, let alone eating any sausage. We stuffed about 12 pounds of sausage that day, 6 lbs of brats and 6 lbs of Russian Sausage. Let me tell you, a dedicated sausage stuffer is on my Christmas list now, possibly a Dakota.
Mixed in our seasonings
Stuffed the casings
We first got to try it down at the river this weekend. On the Mini Egg at 350F with some apple wood chips for smoke.
Amost done
Look at all that juice!
We were very pleased with our first attempt at Bratwurst. They had a great flavor, were nice and juicy and had a good snap from the hogs casing. They weren't exactly like a Johnsonville (that's not what we were aiming for), but more like the ones we got in Germany in August. They had a finer texture (due to the grinder attachement we used) and a richer flavor due to the eggs and milk. Good stuff for sure.
The recipe can be found HERE if you are interested plus more pics and the rest of the story.


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Whether you're heading out to the parking lot or simply popping a squat on your own couch at home, turn the usual Sunday game this fall into something a little more special with one of our tailgating burger recipes!
Whether you're heading out to the parking lot or simply popping a squat on your own couch at home, turn the usual Sunday game this fall into something a little more special with one of our tailgating burger recipes!
Tailgating parties have taken over! Nowadays, there are some places where the actual tailgate celebration in the parking lot has surpassed the game in the stadium it precedes.
Today, tailgates are a far cry from what they once were, which was guzzling a six-pack of beers behind the car. They're the ultimate outdoor parties complete with signature drinks and outrageous BBQ recipes, and in some cases, TVs, couches, rugs - basically, an outdoor living room.
In honor of these ultimate football parties, we've rounded up our ultimate burger recipes. They're the types of burgers that require a little bit more work, but they make every bite you take as exciting as the game.
You've topped your burger with bacon strips, but have you ever tried wrapping your burger in them? This ultimate bacon burger recipe comes complete with homemade thousand island dressing.
Stuffed with cheese, topped with cheese and all piled onto a cheesy bun, this ultimate tailgating burger recipe is a 3 cheese wonder we're loving!
A smokey spice infused burger topped with caramelized onions and peppers, all sanwiched between two toasted buns, is the making of one ultimate taligating bite. Bring a some south-of-the-border flair to your tailgate with this fajita burger recipe .
Want a burger recipe that's got a real kick? Look no further than this jalapeno burger - it's packs some heat, with a hint of sweet thanks to the pineapple pepper topping.
Onion rings are often ordered as a side pairing to burgers, but we're topping our next ultimate burger recipe with them. Crispy fried onions paired with chipotle peppers atop this burger makes for a real big bite.
Grilled cheese sandwiches just got a whole lot meatier! Skip the bun, add some more cheese and cook up this grilled cheese burger .
No one ever said you had to mix up a beef-only burger. While we've made chicken and turkey burgers plenty of times, it's this venison and blue cheese pairing that makes it into our ultimate burger recipe round up.
Get inspired by different cuisines when mixing up an ultimate burger, too. We stuffed a pita with a lamb burger and topped in this Mediterranean burger recipe .
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Ben Pimlott Building
Alsop Architects
London, United Kingdom
Ben Pimlott Building is already a local landmark by virtue of its iconic scribble sculpture.
The new building, that opened its doors to students on January 10, 2005, contains Visual Arts studios, Goldsmiths Digital Studios, and the Centre for Cognition, Culture and Computation, a unique new research unit.
The building, has been designed as a seven-storey box with an industrial aesthetic to reflect the tough studio space within. Three sides of the box are clad in metal with punched windows for daylight and ventilation where required. The large north elevation of the building is entirely glazed to flood the building with natural daylight and to reveal the unique mix of studios, digital media and scientific research laboratories within.
A layer of metal surface relief breaks up the mass of the silver coloured metal cladding and casts shadows during the day. At night industrial light fittings scattered across the elevations, throw pools of light and shadow across the metal surfaces.
A two storey chunk of the box space has been removed at high level to leave a roof terrace for outdoor working and display. The roof terrace is wrapped in a nine-meter high steel "scribble" that forms the eye-catching signature to the building and is highly visible on the south London skyline.
The scribble was developed in 3D as part of an accurate CAD model from a series of repeated fabricated steel units. The sculpture is constructed from 229 separate pieces of steel, of which 131 were assembled on site.
On the south elevation, the external escape stair cascades down the façade with panels of the metal cladding system forming balustrade panels to the outer flights. The stair is formed from a prefabricated steel structure with cantilevering support trusses at landing levels ensuring that it is self-supporting.
The cladding to the elevations consists of two systems: floor to floor curtain wall glazing to the north elevation and solid metal cladding with openings for windows and louvers to the south, east and west elevations. Panels of surface relief break up the larger expanses of metal cladding. Created from the same material, they are clipped to the ridges of the standing seam cladding system.
The studios are naturally ventilated and benefit from the mass of the exposed concrete soffits and the generous floor to ceiling heights.
The spaces are lined in ply with exposed concrete soffits; a raised floor system uses inexpensive chipboard panels that can be exposed to paint, scuffing and other inevitable marks of student activity, then easily lifted and replaced. This reflects a demand for flexibility in Visual Arts environments at the heart of the brief for the building.
To the front of the building, a two storey, white, table-like structure forms the entrance canopy to the building. This composition anticipates the double height entrance foyer beyond, which forms the arrival and social meeting space, pointing to the new building. It also relieves the neutral plane of this elevation, providing a counterpoint to the relative austerity of the façade treatment.
The "Ben Pimlott Building" is named after project instigator, Professor Ben Pimlott. The political biographer and historian had been the Warden of Goldsmiths College since 1998 and died unexpectedly in April 2004.
Facts about Ben Pimlott Building
Total Area: 3,559 m2
Alsop & Partners
Project Team:
Will Alsop
Jonathan Leah
Paul Altham-Lewis
Jeb Beresford
Caroline Koo
Lara Stetcic
Danielle Tinero
Esther Ortman
George Wade
Elke Zinnecker
Structural Engineering:
Adams Kara Taylor
D&B contractor:
ISG InteriorExterior plc
Project Management:
Buro Four
Quantity surveyors:
Davis Langdon LLP
Services consultant:
Roger Preston & Partners
Planning supervisor:
Robinson Low Francis
Fire safety:
Warrington Fire Research
Acoustic consultants:
AAD Applied Acoustic Design
Last updated: December 19, 2013
See also
Blog: From Venice to London
Venice, London,
Travel guide: London
Architect for Art: Max Gordon
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Europe July-August 2007
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Avia Huisman is currently a PhD Candidate in Comparative Studies at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, FL. She moved to Florida with her parents when she was five years old and has been exploring its wild places ever since. As a result, she is passionate about helping to preserve Florida's natural ecosystems and restore much of Florida's degraded swamps and wetlands to their natural state. Understanding that public support is key in such efforts, Avia uses her artist's eye to photograph Florida's remaining wild places. She hopes that by sharing Florida's natural beauty with the public that she may inspire those who see her photographs to learn more about Florida's Native Ecosystems and, ultimately, earn their support in protecting them.
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SAINT LEO, Fla. – Saint Leo catcher Brittany Yates was named Sunshine State Conference Offensive Player of the Week, it was announced Monday by SSC Commissioner Jay Jones.
In helping lead the Lions to a 4-0 weekly mark, Yates concluded a successful week by posting a .500 batting average, in addition to a team-best 12 RBI and six runs scored. She smacked four home runs, including her second multiple home run game of her career in a 13-5 win over Dominican.
The sophomore amassed a 1.667slugging percentage and .500 on-base percentage, while collecting at least one hit and two RBI in each of her four contests.
In the doubleheader sweep over Lewis University, the catcher combined to go 3-for-6 with two doubles, a home run and six RBI.
She followed that with her second consecutive six RBI performance in the two-game sweep of Dominican College. In the sweep of the Chargers, Yates blasted three home runs and was responsible for three runs scored.
The Riverview, Fla. native rounded out the week with a 1.000 fielding percentage.
Yates is the second softball player to be named Sunshine State Conference Player of the Week in 2010. She is the 17th Saint Leo student-athlete to earn the honor this season.
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To the three public employee unions currently negotiating new state contracts, the state's offers are nothing more than the governor's latest sneer toward organized labor.
Though they've been at the table since the summer, both sides "haven't even begun to address 75 percent of the contract" for Communications Workers of America members, according to Robin Gould, a lead negotiator for CWA. The Fraternal Order of Police and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees have similar perspectives.
"We haven't gotten to the major issues yet," David Heshley, executive director of the FOP's state lodge, tells SFR. "I'm not expecting anything to get done [this month], and we've been going since July."
Every three years, each union collectively bargains for new contracts with the state. Altogether, they represent just over 10,000 employees, although CWA political coordinator Miles Conway says past contracts have affected as many as 26,000 state employees.
The three unions' current contracts expire Dec. 31, although an "evergreen" rule allows them to extend beyond the expiration date while negotiations continue.
This time, though, the state's proposals are more far-reaching, prompting lengthy negotiations. They include eliminating requirements for employee breaks, ending employees' abilities to use sick time to care for family members and cutting the unions' power to contest negative performance evaluations, among others.
One proposal calls for eliminating all contract rules that overlap with State Personnel Office rules, Jakob Schiller, an AFSCME spokesman, says. Employee sick time accrual rates, for example, are spelled out both in the current AFSCME contract and Personnel Office rules.
Schiller argues that keeping Personnel Office rules in union-negotiated contracts serves a purpose: They bind the state to enforcing them. He fears that the Personnel Office could change its own rules at any point, putting employee benefits at the agency's mercy.
Schiller also laments the state's proposal to strike the words "fairness" and "equitable" from the new contract.
"They're arguing those are suggestive terms," he tells SFR. "We're saying, 'Who wouldn't want "fair" and "equitable" in any contract?'"
Gould blames a state strategy to "start from scratch," rather than build off of current contracts.
"We were quite shocked," Gould tells SFR. "The proposal from the state eliminated half of the contract."
But Gene Moser, director of the State Personnel Office, says building completely off of past contracts is unfair to taxpayers because the state is subject to giving union employees perks that nonunion employees don't have. Some union employees, he says, are paid to do union work on the state's dime.
The state built off of prior contracts during the last two negotiations, held under former Gov. Bill Richardson in 2006 and 2009. In neither case did the state request givebacks (cuts from previously won benefits). Robert Tinnin, an Albuquerque lawyer who consulted with the state during both contract negotiations, says the decision not to ask for givebacks was a "huge concession to the unions."
Though Gould says her union wasn't expecting anything different this time around, the sluggish economy may be affecting the state's proposals.
"It's probably partly because of the economic situation, and everyone is feeling that impact," Heshley says.
Miles Conway, a political coordinator for CWA, suggests a more sinister motive coming from Management Associates, the Albuquerque firm hired by the state to help negotiate the new contracts.
"They are the go-to union-busting firm in New Mexico," Conway says.
Although Gould says previous, separate negotiations she undertook with Management Associates went well, Schiller says current discussions over four Albuquerque city contracts involving AFSCME and Management Associates are officially in impasse. That means both sides must weigh in on a randomly chosen arbitrator, who in turn picks one side's proposal over the other.
The state's contract with Management Associates, which Moser says it won through a standard bidding process, is worth up to $250,000 over fiscal years 2012 and 2013. The firm, which works jointly with SPO, charges the state $125 an hour for professional labor services and $150 an hour for legal services, public money that comes from gross receipts taxes.
The firm's lawyers refused to discuss the current negotiations with SFR.
Moser estimates his side is meeting with the three unions at least three times a month. Hiring a private contractor to help with negotiations—a point of contention from the union side—is nothing new, he says, dismissing any criticism as the unions "blowing smoke."
Before this year, the state contracted with Tinnin's law firm to negotiate union contracts, although he didn't play a direct role in negotiations for the previous two contracts.
"I was aware of what was going on," Tinnin says about the previous two negotiations. "I was consulted, but was not at the table."
Tinnin's behind-the-scenes role cemented as the relationship between the unions and the state "matured," he says. Before, Gov. Gary Johnson refused to renew the collective bargaining law, which had expired in 1999. In 2003, Richardson and the state Legislature reaffirmed it.
Now, the unions are accusing Martinez of attempting to take away as much power as possible from the unions, albeit in more subtle ways than the governors of Wisconsin and Ohio.
"Martinez doesn't control the [state] Senate or the House, so it's a long shot for her to strip collective bargaining legislatively," Conway says. "But we do bargain with the executive branch."
As protests over collective bargaining rights exploded in Wisconsin in February, Martinez fired every member of the state Public Employee Labor Relations Board, to the detriment of local unions. In April, the state Supreme Court found her firing of two board members unconstitutional.
This summer, CWA Local 7076 President Michelle Lewis was laid off from her position in the Public Education Department. (She was later offered another department job at lower pay.) By fall, Expo New Mexico had cut Maxine Velasquez, the secretary-treasurer of New Mexico Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO. Martinez' office has stated that the cuts had nothing to do with employees' roles in organized labor.
Allthough previous negotiations took less time—roughly three to six months—Moser says the current discussions are still far from impasse. In the meantime, though, talks are slow going.
"Each side feels they're correct in their positions," Moser says. "It's tedious right now."


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Fullino Nero Rooms and Apartments
Situated in a very good position to enjoy a stay in the Tuscany countryside around Siena (3 Km from the city center), the Fullino Nero serviced apartment complex is nestled between olive trees and cypress-covered hills and the ample green area of Monte Maggio and Montagnola Senese.
Recently restored, respecting the original rural architecture and the environment, featuring modern comforts and services, the Fullino Nero offers its guests a pleasant and relaxing holiday, quiet strolls along forest paths and olive tree groves or excursions and tours in visiting renowned Tuscan historic cities. The whole complex is surrounded by a lovely garden from which, by recommended paths, guests can access to an ample and secular olive tree grove, enjoying relaxing and healthy strolls around.
The Fullino Nero offers 7 apartments with independent entrance and terrace with view over the surrounding hills and Siena. Each apartment, restored following the original rural Tuscan architecture has individually controlled air conditioning and heating, telephone, satellite TV, PC with internet access, bathroom with shower and access area, fully equipped kitchen or cooking corner. Other services available: ample private parking area free of charge, barbeque, cleaning service, daily or every 3 days change of linen, laundry room with washing machine, drying machine and ironing facilities, strongbox, access and facilities for disabled; cot available upon request. Pets are admitted at no extra charge.
Local Tax Included in thePrice
72 hrs cancellation policy,check in from 3pm till 7pm,check out 11.30am
Availability & RatesTo view availability and prices please select dates and click 'Update Dates'
Hotel Facilities & Policies
- Air Conditioning
- Free Breakfast
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Telephone/Fax Facilities
- Free City Maps
- Free Internet Access
- Free Parking
- Internet Access
- Key Card Access
- Luggage Storage
- Parking
- Safe Deposit Box
- Tours/Travel Desk
- Wheelchair Friendly
Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 1 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
DirectionsShow MapHide Map
- From the Railway Station: bus n.4
- From Siena city center: bus n. 4-11-37
-from the Highway Siena-Florence exit 'Siena Nord', then proceed on the right in Strada Statale Chiantigiana. At the first roundabout, turn right merging onto SS2 Cassia towards Firenze-Monteriggioni. After about 1.2 miles (2 km), take Strada del Petriccio e Belriguardo on the left and follow the indications to Fullino Nero Residenza Turistico Alberghiera.
Located Near
Main distances :
- Monteriggioni 7 km
- San Galgano 31 km
- San Gimignano 25 km
- Pienza and Montalcino 35 Km
- Volterra 38 km
- Florence 46 Km
- Arezzo 92 km
- Seaside circa 90 km
- Perugia 113 km
- Pisa 145 km


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A COLLECTION of some of the finest work Malvern's artists have to offer will be going on display to raise money for charity.
The Art for Amnesty exhibition, now in its 14th year, will be host to a wide range of pieces in order to raise money for the international human rights charity.
Works on show at the Quaker Meeting House, in Orchard Road, Malvern, will include prints, paintings and sculptures, as well as jewellery and ceramics, many of which will also be on sale.
The event is a joint venture between the local Malvern Hills Amnesty International group, which has been running for nearly 40 years, and Malvern Quakers.
As ever, it will feature a wide variety of work from both professional and amateur artists to raise money for Amnesty International.
One of the volunteers organising the event, Peter Thomas, said the event is important not just to showcase Malvern's abundance of artistic talent, but to raise awareness of the big issues locally.
"It brings pleasure to a lot of people and raises money for Amnesty International's campaigns so it's a really good event," he said.
"We're looking to beat last year's fundraising total of £2,050 and we've already had a record number of entries," he said.
The Art for Amnesty exhibition will be officially opened by Gisela Stuart, MP for Edgbaston, on Saturday, August 16, running until Monday, August 25.
It will be open Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 10am-5pm, Tuesdays and Thursday from 10am-8pm and Sundays 2pm-5pm.
It will then run until Monday, August 25, and will be open from 10am-5pm, Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, between 10am-8pm, Tuesday and Thursday and from 2pm-5pm on Sundays.
Admission is free.
For more information, call 01684 573722 or visit amnesty.org.uk/malvern.


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PORTER, Texas - Surveillance cameras were rolling when a thief stole a woman's pickup truck and the trailer it was towing, with her horse inside.
Linda Lee said she did everything she could to keep her horse and property safe. She said she locked all of her doors when she stopped at Tractor Supply in Porter just after noon on Friday.
When Lee left the store, she found her pickup truck, trailer and horse were all gone.
"I just really want this little horse back," Lee said. "She's really special to me.
Lee calls her Paint Horse "Cat." She planned to ride the brown and white mare after making the stop at the store.
Surveillance video from the store shows her pulling into the parking lot. After she went into the store, a green Ford Taurus is seen circling the parking lot several times before the driver parked in front of Lee's pickup truck.
Investigators said someone got out of the Taurus and into the pickup truck.
A few minutes later, the Taurus pulls away and the person now in the driver's seat pulls away, too.
Lee said she doesn't really care about getting her pickup truck or trailer back – she just wants Cat.
"I want the horse more than anything else," Lee said.
Lee is offering a $1,000 reward for her horse's return.
The stolen pickup truck is a white 2006 Ford F-250 4x4 with black scrape marks on the driver's side door about mid-window. There are also several dents in the tailgate. It has Texas license plate No. BP75282.
The trailer is a white 2010 S&H two-horse slant with a front tack compartment. It has a Texas decal on the rear and Texas license plate No. DYZH70.
Anyone with information is asked to call Montgomery County Crime Stoppers at 800-392-STOP.
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Maison Martin Margiela Spring 2014 Couture
Couture homewear: no—it's not what you think, but nothing ever is at Maison Martin Margiela when the team gets going on its punningly clever ideas for the artisanal couture show. The spring collection is literally made from home furnishing fabrics, curtain material, and carpets, with the twist that the clothes all looked as if they'd come from the residence of someone with a taste for living in arty mid-century-modern style. A further twist to set it all in a Margiela-type "luxury" context: The fabrics were collector's items in themselves; bolts and scraps of printed materials variously designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, Raoul Dufy, and Mariano Fortuny. All the provenances were recorded in meticulous detail in the program notes—but you could also read it straight out, because the names printed on the selvedges proved it. Print, other than trompe l'oeil, hasn't had much of a place in the Margiela world till now, but this was a really smart way of introducing it, especially when it came to a pair of great pantsuits made from Dufy's colorful flower patterns. Take that, everyone who says "print is over." No, it isn't, when it can suddenly look this cool.
Bricolage, repurposed vintage clothes, found objects, and references to the tools of the fashion trade are the foundation of the Martin Margiela way of doing things. That's why the embroidery here is actually a mass of buttons, ring-pulls, keys, and chains applied to dresses and vests molded in the dressmaker's dummy Stockman shape. In its anti-luxe materials, that might make it seem the exact opposite of the extravagant handmade wonders produced by Lesage for establishment couture houses, but it's not a joke either. The results here are every bit as meticulously achieved and time-consuming as the officially haute. Whoever is in charge behind the scenes these days is also highly adept at turning appropriations—like a couple of sweeping coats made out of Aubusson carpet or antiques—into pieces which are not just arch showstoppers, but also evidently desirable.
Wearable is often a diss-word in fashion, typically meant to indicate work of a lower order of creativity, but these clothes have the confidence to pull that off (see the sequined striped pajama pants) without compromising the reputation of intellectual ethos this house depends on.
So this is all good news. Since the brilliant Martin Margiela left the company, the brand has found it hard to retrieve its credibility in the eyes of all those who regarded Belgium's mysterious designer as the closest thing to God. Now, there's a distinct feeling that the creative torch is in the hands of someone who gets everything Margiela was about. Thank goodness, that doesn't mean designing in the spirit of Margiela. There's nothing more deadly to fashion than the corporate design-séances that go on when creative people are made to second-guess what a departed genius might have done. Would Martin Margiela have produced this spring couture collection, were he still working in 2014? Who knows? It no longer matters, because the house he built is looking forward—while also feeling excitingly like home to the faithful.


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Score a come-hither stare with age-reversing eye creams and more
Diane Intervention: DVF's Beauty Go-Tos
Farewell, fine lines and dark circles! Here, expert tips and products for a more youthful eye area.More
In 2010, the British medical journal BMJ published a study confirming what we already know: We're just not as pretty when we're tired. Test subjects were rated as less attractive after being forced to stay awake for 31 hours versus when viewed after a good, normal night's sleep. And the main aesthetic giveaway? Dark circles. "Stress or lack of sleep can put your body into fight-or-flight mode," says New York–based dermatologist Dennis Gross, MD. "This means our brain leaches every single molecule of oxygen it can from the blood, so a darker, more deoxygenated blood flows through our veins and is most visible in the transparent skin under our eyes." Plus, party-girl favorites—nicotine, alcohol, and caffeine—permanently weaken these veins, Gross says, causing "capillaries to leak iron and blood cells into the undereye area."
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Boosting circulation can brighten the eye area by reducing puffiness (which exacerbates the look of dark circles) and flushing out pooled, oxidized blood. The genius inventors behind the Clarisonic cleansing brush applied their sonic know-how to the Opal, a unique, ultragentle eye massager. According to dermatologist Wm. Philip Werschler, MD, FAAD, FAACS, "The Opal reduces dark circles with a gentle sonic action that creates enhanced blood flow to the undereye area." We also love Dr. Brandt Dark Circles Away—an illuminating, depuffing serum delivered via a microcirculation-enhancing massage-ball applicator. If targeting the eye area alone isn't doing the trick, try getting more exercise—particularly cardio.
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Business schools often try to entice potential students by promoting the collaborative nature of their programmes. This year, I witnessed what I believe are some of the best examples of collaboration and teamwork amongst my peers at the Saïd Business School.
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RESIDENTS at a Malvern care home did their bit for the British Heart Foundation by dressing up in red.
The Hastings Residential Care Home, in Barnards Green, joined the nation to support the charity's Ramp up the Red event.
For a small donation, the team and residents raided their wardrobes for their finest crimson attire and enjoyed a coffee morning, where they relaxed over a cuppa and cake. They raised a total of £40 for the charity.
Sue Milward, manager of the Sanctuary home, said: "We all know someone who has had heart disease, so this is a charity which is close to all our hearts."


text: OMAHA, Neb. -- Warren Buffett's company bought more than 500,000 more shares of dialysis provider DaVita Inc.'s ( DVA) stock last week after prices dropped because of fears of reduced Medicare payments. The latest purchases reported to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday give Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. ( BRK.A) ( BRK.B) 15.6 million shares of DaVita's stock. Berkshire now owns about 15 percent of DaVita, but it has agreed not to buy more than 25 percent of the Denver-based company unless, both companies agree. DaVita runs nearly 2,000 outpatient dialysis clinics. Berkshire has steadily increased its stake in DaVita over the past two years. Berkshire initially disclosed owning 2.7 million DaVita shares at the end of 2011. DaVita's shares had gained nearly 10 percent this year before last week's proposed 9.4 percent rate cut from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Berkshire's investments in DaVita likely drove some of the interest in the stock because so many investors try to copy Buffett's moves. Buffett has said that his investments tend to be the larger ones in Berkshire's portfolio. He says investments smaller than $300 million are likely to be the work of one of Berkshire's two other investment managers. The final Medicare rates won't be determined until October, and any reduction in rates could be phased in over several years. But any reduction would likely cut DaVita's revenue because the company provides dialysis services to about 156,000 patients with chronic kidney failure and end-stage renal disease.


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text: FromShadow 145 Report post Posted November 7, 2012 Hi everyone, so I'm working on a third person space shooter in XNA. The idea is to immerse the player in large scale battles with ships of different sizes and shapes, ranging from small interceptors to huge battle stations. So far i've primarily worked on the engine and i'm pretty happy with the results. For the graphics, I have only a Sky box, (very) basic ship models with diffuse lighting and some basic fog. My goal is to have a nice star background and to give the player a good perception of the other ship's 3D position/trajectory. So my question is, what do I need for that? Should I just add loads of fog? If so, what color should it have? white fog looks ugly when it's blended over my dark skybox. black fog works betters but all it does is smooth out my far clipping plane. Many space games seem to have static "stardust" that doesnt move so the player has a sense of his motion. But I can't spawn millions of particles all over space, and generating them around the player seems costly too. Also, games like Eve:Online don't look like they have skyboxes. distant stars seem to be light sources and have lense/flare effects, does that mean I need a full 3D galaxy model? appreciating any insight! 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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FOLKSTON, Ga. - The Charlton County Fire Department battled a large fire that broke out Thursday evening at the Relax Inn, a motel in Folkston.
According to Chief David Kirton with the fire department, the fire broke was reported at the motel at 3436 2nd Street just after 7 p.m.
Officials said about 18 or 20 rooms at the motel were completely destroyed by the fire. Kirton said no one was injured.
The Camden County Fire Department assisted fighting the fire. The state fire marshal was to begin its investigation into the cause of the fire Friday morning.
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HOUSTON - Houston police hope surveillance video of a man being robbed and stabbed in downtown Houston will help catch the suspect.
Police said the 47-year-old victim was waiting for a METRO bus when a car drove up, the passenger got out and forced him inside the vehicle at 6:30 a.m. on Oct. 10.
He was taken to a known drug house where the suspects bought cocaine and then he was driven to a Wells Fargo ATM in the 2700 block of Smith Street where the victim was told to take out cash, officials said. When the man refused, the suspect stabbed him multiple times, according to investigators, and stole his wallet.
"The victim attempted to put his Kroger's frequent buyers card in, making it appear as if he was using his ATM and the suspect was made aware and a struggle happened," officer Dustin Crowder with the Houston Police Department.
After he was stabbed, the victim managed to drag himself into the middle of the street, where he was discovered by Houston Police Officer Dustin Crowder.
"I was on my way to work and I saw this person. I thought he was sleeping in the street. I saw blood all over the place and called HFD. They thought he was going to die," Crowder said. "Aside from being stabbed, he was emotionally distraught over it. He was expected to die, but pulled through."
The robber and the driver escaped in a four-door, 90s model sedan, possibly a gold Mercury Marquis.
The suspects are only described as two black males. One was described as approximately 5 feet 7 inches tall, 20 to 30 years of age and weighing about 150 to 160 pounds. This suspect is depicted in the surveillance video to the left of the victim.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.YouTube video of robbery suspect
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"Game changer" is a term you hear often when people talk about how technology has changed their industry.
YouSendIt, the Web-based digital file delivery service, now offers the ability to send entire folders directly from Microsoft Outlook with a single click. The company's free Outlook plug-in delivers folders as large as two gigabytes. Users also can configure their Outlook to automatically send files above a certain size via YouSendIt, or prompt the sender on whether to send all attachments through the service. YouSendIt has previous released similar plug-ins for Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop and Acrobat, Apple iPhoto and Final Cut Pro, and desktop usage.


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Topic: 44YO single mom recently diagnosed
Hi all - as my subject line says, I'm a 44 year-old single mom of three, dx in August. I have a 3" x 2" intrahepatic tumor. I first noticed something wasn't right when I was on vacation in mid-July. By late July, I was getting very fatigued and had some stomach pains. By early August, I had very dark urine and itched all over.
Using the self-diagnostic tools on WebMD, I decided I had hepatitis. Friends, do not play doctor at home.
I actually did go to the doctor, and when the Hep test came back negative, my doctor ordered an ultrasound. The technician found a mass, so the next day I had an MRC. A couple of days later I had a CT Scan.
I am very fortunate to live in the Seattle area, which is on the forefront of fighting cancer. My family doctor referred me to the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. An oncologist there, Dr. Philip Gold, referred me to a surgeon who examined the films and decided that the tumor was unresectable at this time.
So in a couple of weeks, I am going to start chemoradiotherapy to shrink the tumor. After 4-6 weeks, I'll have another CT Scan to see if the tumor has shrunk enough for resectability.
Now, I'm scared because everything I read about CC mentions its high mortality rate. I have three kids, ages 14, 19, and 20 who really need me. I've been a single mom for 13 years. Their dad has not been involved in their lives all this time. I have bills to pay and a mortgage. I need to work! I can't afford to die!
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Shark nets along four Sunshine Coast beaches have been removed in anticipation of six-metre waves set to be whipped up by ex-tropical Cyclone Freda at the weekend.
The nets at Caloundra, Mooloolaba, Coolum and Rainbow Beach were removed yesterday.
Fisheries Queensland Shark Control Program manager Jeff Krause has issued a watching brief to crews along the southeast coast and will consider removing shark nets at Maroochydore and Alexandra Headland today.
But nets along Gold Coast beaches are expected to remain in place.
"Shark control gear can come adrift in adverse weather so it's important we remove it before it becomes another potential hazard in the water," Mr Krause said.
"While every effort is made to anchor the gear, high seas caused by strong winds can set some gear adrift.
"The nets will be returned to the water when conditions improve."
Beaches will remain open, despite the absence of the shark nets, although swimmers and surfers are urged to be vigilant.
Ex-tropical Cyclone Freda, currently off northern New Caledonia and moving south-southeast, generated treacherous conditions on Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast beaches yesterday.
With Freda's influence likely to strengthen through the weekend, surfers could not have asked for a better start to 2013.
However, conditions have eased today with the onset of fresh south-easterly winds fostering two-metre swells, Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Brett Harrison said.
"The swell has been increasing over the past 12 hours or so, but that's more due to the surface trough that we had move through the area last night," he said.
Freda reached category four intensity on December 31, before weakening to category two as it pummelled Noumea.
Gold Coast chief lifeguard Warren Young said conditions were ripe for surfers on the point breaks today.
"And it looks like it's going to pick up again on the weekend," he said.
People who spot shark control gear including ropes, netting or buoys which have come loose, are asked to call the Shark Hotline on 1800 806 891.


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Idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE) is a group of epileptic disorders that are believed to have a strong underlying genetic basis. Patients with an IGE subtype are typically otherwise normal and have no anatomical brain abnormalities. Patients also often have a family history of epilepsy and seem to have a genetically predisposed risk of attack. IGE tends to manifest itself between early childhood and adolescence although it can be eventually diagnosed later. The genetic cause of some IGE types is known, though inheritance does not always follow a simple monogenic mechanism.
Note: Nomenclature for seizure types is discussed in the main seizure types article.
Benign myoclonic epilepsy in infancyEdit
This form of epilepsy is very rare, representing less than 1% of cases, and is twice as prevalent in boys compared to girls. Age of seizure onset is between 5 months and 5 years of age. Children with this disorder often present with head drops and brief arm jerks. Although there is believed to be a genetic basis for this disorder, no genetic linkage has been shown.
Generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plusEdit
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Generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus (GEFS+) is an umbrella for many other syndromes that share causative genes. Patients experience febrile seizures early in childhood and grow to experience other types of seizures later in life. Known causative genes for GEFS+ are the sodium channel α subunit genes SCN1A and SCN2A and the β subunit gene SCN1B. Mutations in the GABAA receptor γ subunit GABRG1 are also causative for this disorder.
Epilepsy with myoclonic absencesEdit
This rare epilepsy has a wide age range of presentation (from the first year of life through the early teens). This epilepsy is characterized by absence seizures concurrent with myoclonic jerks, typically occurring several times daily. The genetics of this disorder have not been delineated. Seizures from this disorder often cease within 5 years.
Epilepsy with myoclonic-astatic seizuresEdit
Originally called Doose syndrome, epilepsy with myoclonic-astatic seizures accounts for ~2% of childhood epilepsies. Children with this disorder have incredibly brief (<100ms) myoclonic jerks followed by equally brief loss of muscle tone, sometimes resulting in dangerous falls. Some patients have much longer lasting seizures of this type. Many patients with this disorder also have absence seizures. This is believed to be a polygenic disorder.
Childhood absence epilepsyEdit
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Also known as pyknolepsy, childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) represents up to 10% of all childhood epilepsies. It first manifests in childhood between the ages of 4 and 8 as brief periods of unconsciousness (absence). Mutations in the calcium channel α subunit encoding gene CACNA1H and the GABA receptor γ subunit encoding gene GABRG2 yield susceptibility for CAE.
Juvenile absence epilepsyEdit
Juvenile absence epilepsy is similar to CAE but has an onset between ages 9 and 13. Other differences are that patients with this disorder have less frequent but longer absence seizures than those with CAE. There are a number of possible genetic loci for this disorder, though no causative genes have been demonstrated.
Juvenile myoclonic epilepsyEdit
See the main juvenile myoclonic epilepsy article for more details
Also known as Janz syndrome, juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) is a common form of epilepsy, accounting for ~10% of all cases and ~25% of cases of idiopathic generalized epilepsies. Many children with CAE go onto to develop JME. JME first presents between the ages of 12 and 18 with prominent myoclonic seizures. These seizures tend to occur early in the morning. Patients with JME may also have generalized tonic-clonic seizures and absence seizures. Linkage of this disorder has been shown to mutations in the genes GABRA1, CACNB4, CLCN2, GABRD2 and EFHC1.
Epilepsy with generalized tonic-clonic seizures onlyEdit
This type of IGE can present at almost any age and is poorly characterized. Because of its loose definition, it is impossible to supply an accurate estimate of its prevalence. As implied by its name, patients with this disorder present only with tonic-clonic seizures.
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Just The Shoes: 7 Neutral Celeb-Approved Kicks For Less!
Often when I'm looking for a celeb outfit to steal, the first place my eyes go is to the ground to get a good look at their footwear. It always seems like such a shame when the rest of their outfit doesn't work from the ankles up, or the clothes are great but the shoes are a travesty. Well, who says we have to steal the whole outfit anyway? Not me, and I'm in charge around here! This time, I'm focusing on shoes in neutral tones — black and nude, mostly — that are a great works-with-anything addition to any closet. Check out these celeb shoes and their more affordable counterparts above!


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"We pattern our lives on the poor, humble and crucified Christ, and on the example of Saint Francis and Saint Clare of Assisi, who lived the Gospel," the Poor Clare Sisters of Popayán, Colombia explain. Their daily life follows a structured pattern of contemplative prayer, silence, community life, joy, poverty and work. Two years ago, given the steady flow of new vocations, seven of the Sisters left the convent here in order to establish a new convent in another part of Colombia. Since then there have been 16 nuns living here in the convent of Saint Clare. The eldest of them can look back on 74 years of religious life since taking her permanent vows. She is now 94 years old! The youngest – a postulant – is just 17.Every year, dozens of young Colombian men and women opt for a life of service of their fellow men, whether as a male or female religious. Some 96.7% of Colombia's 46 million inhabitants are Christian, and one-third regularly participate in Church life. The number of vocations is high, and the need for priests, religious and lay pastoral workers is enormous, as the people of Colombia are living through a time of ongoing crisis. For Father Werenfried, it was through the Contemplative Brothers and Sisters that the "sacred and spiritual" is made visible "in a world that is losing the sense of the sacred." The Sisters of Saint Clare pray daily for those struggling spiritually and economically. Unfortunately, the extreme poverty affecting the country does not spare the Poor Clares. As their prioress, Maria Letica of the Child Jesus, explains, their efforts to support themselves by their bakery, the embroidering of liturgical vestments and the manufacturing of candles and other items are simply not enough. The local people try to help, often coming to visit the Sisters, bringing them gifts from the little they themselves possess.Humbly, Mother Maria asks us for financial support to sustain the lives of the 16 nuns. They will need an extra $2,178 simply to make ends meet. Let us not abandon these Sisters, with their living faith and unshakeable trust in God. In return, they will not forget you, but will respond with the precious and priceless gift of their prayers for your own personal intentions.Aid to the Church in Need commits to invest your funds where they will have the greatest impact for the Church that we serve. Funds donated to Aid to the Church in Need's projects will be used towards the greatest need in our programs to help keep the Faith alive.
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Expert Amateurs: Local Dive Guides Report Sharks for Citizen Science
Which of these two groups do you think would know the whereabouts of sharks better: local dive guides or professional marine biologists?
In a new paper in PLoS ONE, marine researchers in Australia report on the reliability of data collected by experienced SCUBA divers. Can amateurs report observations of sharks accurately?
The researcher did not actually compare observations of experienced SCUBA divers to professional observations. That answer will remain debatable. The researchers compared relative abundance of sharks estimated by dive guides to estimates by passive acoustic tagging and telemetry. They used data from 62 dive guides during over 2,000 dives on coral reefs in Palau, Micronesia for 5 years. Dive guides reporting on the dive site, date, species, counts, estimated depth, current, visibility, and number of tourist divers in the group.
Time and again, when leisure and science intersect, we gain new knowledge. There is a long history in some disciplines, like astronomy and ornithology. During the Victorian era, large-scale citizen science advanced understanding of the ocean and tidal environments. And yet, to this day doubts apparently remain as to its efficacy.
I've seen over 50 studies that address issues of data quality and study design related to observations by volunteers with various hobbies. Birds. Lady beetles. Moths. Wolves. Trees. Air pollution. Contrails. Light pollution. Damselflies. Water quality. Plants. Pikas.Frogs. Snails. Invasive plants. Bees. These are only a modicum of the areas where we have learned that expertise is not confined to professionals. In each of these instances, amateurs can be experts.
This is not brain surgery. Or citizen vasectomies (thank you, Dr. Isis). Many fields and certain tasks require specific training and practice.
I'm talking about enthusiasts who enjoy observing the natural world, and frequently they become experts at observing it. Their observations can be useful for scientific goals when used appropriately.
In this context, researchers can stop asking the question, 'can citizen scientists collect reliable data?' Citizen science volunteers have repeatedly proven to be reliable, careful, and enthusiastic (and probably better than your novice undergraduate intern). The reasonable questions to ask are the same as for any field study, such as: 'what data collection protocol works best?', 'how can we deal with sampling biases?', and 'how can we obtain the necessary sample sizes?'
This is not to trivialize the assessment of methods for citizen science. If recreational divers do not follow rigorous protocols, their observations may not be useful due to rounding bias, inflation bias, or misidentifications.
There are over 1,000 species of elasmobranchs (sharks and rays), and there is not enough information on almost half of those to assess their extinction risk. The lack of information on so many species prompted the desire of researchers to fill these data gaps with observations by dive guides ...
Continue reading the full article on the PloSONE blog
Citizen science design allows scientific practices to benefit from the expertise of amateurs.
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FORMER politician Michael Portillo will give a talk entitled Life: A Game of Two Halves at the Huntingdon Hall, Worcester, on Saturday, January 25 and he will share his story that has take him from a seat in the House of Commons to presenting television programmes about the world's railways.
The talk starts at 7pm and tickets are £17.50.
For more information and tickets, go to worcesterlive.co.uk or call the box office on 01905 611427.


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A birthday cake needn't be large and layered. Clever slicing and colored icing transform simple cupcakes into real delights. Gumdrop heads and licorice antennae may be the first things picked off and popped into happy mouths. Finally, something from the insect world you don't have to grab out of children's curious hands.
Cupcake liners
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5 tints of food coloring
Serrated knife
Small offset spatula
Licorice strings
Pastry bags, couplers, and round tips
Prepare: 1 recipe One-Bowl Chocolate Cake in cupcake liners; and 1 recipe Swiss Meringue Buttercream or Simple Sugar Icing. Divide frosting into 5 small bowls, and tint each bowlful a different color with food coloring.
Bug Cupcakes How-To
1. Use a serrated knife to cut the domed tops evenly off of each cooled cupcake. Cut each top in half.
2. Use a small offset spatula to evenly spread 1 1/2 tablespoons colored frosting over each flat cupcake top. Then position halved cupcake tops on top of frosted cupcakes, pressing gently to adhere wings to soft frosting. To make bugs, attach tops with the domed side up and points meeting just inside edge of cupcake and extending off the opposite side. To create butterflies, attach pieces, cut side up, with rounded edges in center of cupcake (domed shape will create angled wings). Refrigerate until frosting is firm and wings are secure, about 30 minutes.
3. Prepare gumdrop and licorice heads: Snip licorice strings on a diagonal into 1 1/2-inch lengths. Use a toothpick to make 2 holes in the top of each gumdrop on opposite sides. Insert the pointed end of a licorice strip into each hole to create antennae. Using extra frosting as glue, attach gumdrop head to cupcake.
4. Decorate wings as desired with assorted colored frostings: Place frosting in pastry bags fitted with couplers and round tips, and pipe over surface of wings. Alternatively, gently spread frosting with a small offset spatula over the surface of the wings as desired. For lots of frosting, spread each wing with a base coat of frosting first and pipe out decorations in a different color. For just a touch of frosting, pipe simple decorations onto the bare black wings.


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Ukrainian film director Sergey Bukovsky takes the viewer on a poignant journey of discovery as he and several Ukrainian students absorb the testimony of local people who escaped brutal execution and those who rescued friends and neighbours during the Holocaust.
A collection of men and women share the details of their experiences, and we are afforded a glimpse of modern day Ukraine: the ethnic stereotypes that continue to exist and the manner in which Post-Soviet society is dealing with the question of how to memorialise the sites where tens of thousands of Jewish families and others were executed and thrown into mass graves.
Spell Your Name was made possible by a generous grant from Victor Pinchuk, and was created in continued partnership with the Victor Pinchuk Foundation.
Bukovsky crafted the film using Ukrainian and Russian-language testimonies from the USC Shoah Foundation Institute archive and new footage shot on location in Ukraine.
Stephen Spielberg said he considered œSergey Bukovskiys film to be one of the brightest films on the Holocaust that I have ever seen.?
This is the epic story of how World War I changed the face of battle forever. This war was a war of firsts , a transitional war from old style hand-to-hand combat with small guns and fixed bayonets and cavalry charges to high-tech weaponry that are still features of present-day armed conflicts. Firsts include aerial bombardment of cities, epic tank battles, fight for control of the skies, development of submarines, chemical and bunker warfare. Troops who were bunkered down in vast trenches became overwhelmed by powerful, new weapons including tanks, WMDs, submarines and the first blitz. World War I had horrible consequences 15 million died and 20 million were injured. Through experts, eyewitness testimony, riveting archive and special recreations seamlessly blended into an archival background, each episode features the story of one of these weapons. This mini-series event will bring the legendary, unrecorded events of World War I to life to create a seamless account of how people born into a simpler age learned to deal with the future shock of rapid technological advances driven by the engine of total war.
A fascinating look at how we have shaped our planet. In our relatively brief time on the planet, mankind has truly changed the world in many ways, from the global scale down to the minutiae of our day-to-day lives. Groundbreaking technological inventions, objects of beauty and genius, agricultural advances and increasingly deadly weapons have continually reshaped the world in which we live. This incredible 3 DVD collection explores just how those changes have come about, and what they mean to all of us. Including inventions such as the telescope and the internet, everyday objects from guitars to wedding rings and everything from fast food to atomic bombs and audio cassettes, these programmes reveal how even the smallest items can have globally significant effects. The results will make you look at the world around you from the TV you re watching to the contents of your pockets in an entirely new way!
Law of Attraction & EFT Guide to maximising the 2012 consciousness shift. Ancient texts, wise old masters and up-to-date scientific evidence supports the upcoming shift in universal consciousness. 2012 represents the end of a 26,000 year cycle where all the planets in our universe coming into Galactic alignment. Something wonderful is coming so relax and enjoy the ride!
A fascinating insight into warfare technology of the past, present and future.
The machines and weapons designed to fight the heavy metal wars of the 21st Century now face a grim challenge: they must adapt or die.
Today, the armies of the world operate in low burn guerilla conflict often in urban environments where civilian casualties must be avoided at all costs. Are today s enemies gaining ground against the cutting-edge military might of the West? And how can the designers and manufacturers of 21st Century War Machines counter these ever growing threats?
In this compelling series, renowned military analyst Simon Pearson provides a fascinating insight into warfare technology past, present and future. He expertly guides us through the origins of main battle tanks, attack helicopters, missiles, fighter and bomber aircraft and artillery right through to today s state-of-theart digital battlefield .
We hear from the makers and users of the military technology whilst also investigating the history and the future of man and machine in combat. Supported by spectacular action-packed footage and intricate 3D computer-generated imagery, 21st Century War Machines poses and answers many questions on this extremely topical and important subject and is a must have for anyone interested in military history.


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Create Correspondence interface is the agent facing (flex based) application of the Adobe Correspondence Management Solution that is used to create the final correspondence, using a given Letter template.
In the event of an unexpected behavior or an unlikely error or to get more details on the request processing, there could be a need to troubleshoot the application. Following are some of the ways to do so.
General Flash Logs
Flash Log output is obviously critical when debugging a flex application. All general log messages, including the Form Bridge log output that is redirected from both the PDF and the HTML layers, is output to the Flash logs.
Of course, you would need Flash Debug player, which can be downloaded from the flash download site, to enable such logging. You can appropriately configure the logs based on your operating system.
The application also keeps an in-memory log of all messages that can be displayed using Ctrl + Alt + D, once initialized (note that you must have your mouse focus on the Flex application when you do so). The main purpose of this is so that we can get log contents even when the application isn't run in a Flash Debug Player.
URL parameters
The Create Correspondence application can be enforced to log additional information by invoking it with some special URL parameters. Note that this can adversely affect the application performance, given the large amount of data being logged.
This flag (that can be given as a URL parameter) is used to specifically enable data output to the Flash Log. The output in such cases can be very large (for a complex templates that use large data) but sometimes it is critical to see the generated data the way it is sent to the PDF.
One can set it by including the following parameter in the URL parameters when invoking the Create Correspondence application:
This is an ON/OFF flag, so anything other than "0" will activate the mode.
This is yet another flag, that is used to enable debugging and logging in the Form Bridge layers, and help troubleshoot communication issues. One can set it by including the following parameter in the URL parameters when invoking the Create Correspondence application:
a = debug level until a connection is established (0 = none; 9 = highest/most verbose)
b = debug level after a connection is established (0 – none; 9 – highest/most verbose)
c = delay in seconds (can be a decimal, as in .1) after the HTML has created the PDF <object> and the time it sets its messageHandler (its definition of listener functions) on that object
d = delay in seconds (can be a decimal, as in .001) after the PDF has got as far as the 'docReady' message, until it starts to send it's "initialized" connection message.
The above parameters can hence be tweaked according to the intent of troubleshooting. For instance, if there is a communication issue wherein the PDF takes longer to be 'ready' (may be due to a slow connection), you can tweak (increase) the value of 'd' to a value that sets enough delay for the communication to be successful. If there is a need to log detailed HTML-to-PDF communication messages for a user interaction on the flex app., you can set an appropriate value for 'b'.


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After hosting their first ever Premiership match at Allianz Park, Saracens fans are "overjoyed" to finally have somewhere they can call home - according to the chair of the club's Supporters Association.
The Men in Black got off to the perfect start at their new Barnet base, beating Exeter Chiefs 31-11 and securing a bonus-point in the process thanks to tries from Charlie Hodgson, Matt Stevens and two from Mako Vunipola.
Saracens have played home matches at several venues this season and have shared Vicarage Road with Watford Football Club since 1997.
Chair of the Sarries Supporters Association John Trigg admits that process has been "unsettling" for fans who he says were delighted their nomadic existence came to an end on Saturday.
"It was a great day - it's great for the supporters and season ticket holders to finally have somewhere we can call home," Trigg said.
"Any true rugby fan is overjoyed at getting somewhere like Allianz Park that supports rugby, that supports the culture around rugby and where you can mix with the opposition guys, have a drink before the game and after the game.
"Of course there is still work to do but it's like moving into a new house - you're overjoyed to get what you want but it's going to take time to get all the fittings sorted out."
Sarries supporters often have to tolerate jibes from opposition fans about a lack of identity and Trigg hopes some of those arguments will have less clout now.
"There's always a lot of banter about Saracens not being a proper rugby club like Harlequins, Northampton and all the rest of it and I think part of that is sharing a ground with another sport.
"The home isn't geared for the game so part of that argument will hopefully go away now."
One of the most impressive aspects of Allianz Park is the plastic pitch which is the first of its kind ever to be used in professional rugby union.
The surface's durability means supporters are allowed to walk around, socialise and play rugby on the turf before and after the match.
"Putting your foot on the pitch I think used to be an arrestable offence at Vicarage Road," Trigg said.
"At the end of the game I was leaving the stadium and the easiest way to get out was literally to walk across the pitch - it's sort of bizarre - but I bumped into a couple of people, had a conversation with them, there were a few kids kicking rugby balls around, it just felt like a great, family atmosphere."
Whether or not the rubber crumb turf will inspire Saracens to play a more attractive brand of rugby remains to be seen but early signs suggest that, at the very least, rugby at Allianz Park will be a smoother visual experience.
There were no reset scrums during the game, no injuries as a result of the pitch and the pace of the action was noticeably quicker.
Off the pitch as well Saracens were as daring as ever. Saracens Pie with buffalo beef seemed to go down well while the Saracens ale was so well-received the main bar actually ran out.
Less popular however was the decision to have a man dressed in Viking drag representing 'the fat lady singing' by belting out Nessun Dorma over the PA system with two minutes of the match still to play.
Trigg said: "You can see the funny element to that but my opinion, and I think a lot of people felt this, is it would have been far, far better to wait until the game had finished.
"To do that during the game still in play I don't think was quite right. I don't think it was necessarily disrespectful, I just think it was a mistake.
"[CEO] Edward Griffiths likes to push the boundaries and I think there's sometimes a degree of it's better to ask for forgiveness than permission. That doesn't always go down well with fans of other teams or indeed sometimes with our own supporters - but that's Saracens."
There are other, more practical problems, that need addressing including improved access in and out of the stadium, but Trigg insists they are just minor housekeeping issues.
Saracens are still taking feedback from fans about their experience at Allianz Park and CEO Edward Griffiths told The Times Series last week the club are targetting the match against Harlequins on March 24 to have everything completed.
Tickets for the Quins clash sold out this week while there are less than 2,000 left for the match against London Welsh on March 3.
Trigg is confident Saracens' new home will retain the previous fan base and attract new supporters from the local Barnet community.
He added: "I get the sense most people who have supported Saracens for a while will continue to support the team - it's like any sport, once you support a team it's in your blood and that's it.
"It's difficult to gauge how many local supporters we'll be picking up but the signs are very positive. I've spoken to local residents and there are an awful lot of people who have a very positive viewpoint about the community aspects of it.
"There's a feel-good factor at the moment that will hopefully draw people along especially of course while Saracens are doing so well."
The Men in Black will be looking to gain an advantage over one of their top four rivals when they travel to Leicester Tigers on Saturday.


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WASHINGTON Dear President Putin,
Thank you so much for your letter to the American people! I am an American person, and when I learned on Thursday from the official Russian news agency, the New York Times, that you wanted "to speak directly to the American people," I thought: How sweet!
I know I speak for many American people when I congratulate you on your English. It was flawless, with none of those dropped articles that plague so many of your countrymen. Please don't be offended, but I have to ask: Did Edward Snowden help you with your letter?


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This document is a guideline for determining caching and compatibility considerations when implementing Cisco Content Services Switches (CSS) 11000/11500.
Readers of this document should be knowledgeable of the following:
The cache's default gateway must be the CSS.
This information applies to all Cisco CSS (11000 & 11500) running WebNS Software Release 3.0x or higher.
The information in this document was created from the devices in a specific lab environment. All of the devices used in this document started with a cleared (default) configuration. If your network is live, make sure that you understand the potential impact of any command.
For more information on document conventions, see the Cisco Technical Tips Conventions.
The CSS is a flow switch, as opposed to a Layer 2 (L2) switch. A flow switch maps flows to ports based on IP information, as opposed to MAC layer information as in a L2 switch. The flow switch functionality is what allows the CSS to be content smart and look at the TCP synchronize/start (SYN) packet or HTTP GET and make content decisions, as opposed to just forwarding frames. In caching environments, the flow switch requires that you route all of the packets coming from the cache destined to the clients.
Since the CSS must be the default gateway for the cache, and route all of the packets from the cache, the CSS must have a complete routing table.
When you configure a service as type transparent-cache, the CSS rewrites the destination MAC address with the cache's MAC and forwards the IP packets to the cache in order to preserve the destination IP address. If the cache cannot listen promiscuously for all port 80 traffic, then you must configure the cache as type proxy-cache; however, proxy-cache services cannot use the failover method of bypass. Since you MAC forward the packets to the cache, the cache should be directly connected to the box. If this cannot be accomplished, then it must be connected through a L2 device that cannot be shared with the client or Internet connection.
When a service is configured as either proxy-cache or transparent-cache, there is an automatic invisible access list (ACL) that is created that lets the source IP of the cache bypass all content rules so that it can go get pages from the origin server. Starting in WebNS version 4.0, you can enter the no cache-bypass command for transparent-cache and proxy-cache services in order to disable the automatic bypass of content rules.
You cannot have two live CSS, each with one cache directly attached, load balance the two caches when configured as type transparent-cache, unless each cache has a connection to each switch directly. One switch will get the request from the client and then maybe choose to serve the request to the cache connected to the other switch, which would then see the request come in and match it against its rule and perhaps decide to serve it to the cache connected to the first switch. Since these packets are MAC forwarded, there is no way to construct an ACL to do this correctly.
A rule is considered to be Layer 5 (L5) when the information required to match the rule or make the load balancing decision is not in the TCP SYN, but is in the HTTP GET; therefore, when you add a URL, a balance method of domain, domain hash, or URL hash, the rule is automatically L5 and induces spoofing. Spoofing is an advantage even when not a requirement because it protects the cache against SYN flood attacks. A L5 configuration allows for both the Extension Qualifier List (EQL) and failover bypass, which causes the box to spoof a connection with the origin server, as opposed to the cache. When a content rule is considered L5, this means that the CSS spoofs the connections with the clients.
If there is a route back to the clients from the origin server that does not pass through the CSS, then you have asymmetry, otherwise known as triangulation. If you are using L5 rules and there is a bypass, the box spoofs a connection with the origin server, and the return path goes directly to the client, where it is then very quickly dropped since the client does not recognize the sequence number. You need to either fix your asymmetry, send everything to the cache and use failover linear, or use Network Address Translation (NAT) peering, by NATing your clients IPs with source groups.
It is recommended that you use the balance method of domain hash and URL hash. Domain hash does a hash across the entire host tag and then determines which server should services that domain, allowing for an evenly distributed load. The URL hash balance method works similarly to the domain hash method, but uses the URL as the data source as opposed to the host tag.
When using a service type proxy-cache, we balance based on the first GET of a persistent connection, and as long as the second GET matches the same rule, we do not rebalance, which could cause for some sites to be duplicated across the caches (refer to the pre-fetching section below). In WebNS 4.0, you can configure the CSS to break the persistent connection and rebalance by issuing the no persistent command on the content rule. Whenever you issue the no persistent command, you want to use the WebNS 4.0 persistence reset remap command as well. The persistence reset command is used to determine how persistent connections should be broken. The default is persistence reset redirect, which causes the CSS to send a TCP reset and an HTTP 302 redirect to the client, forcing the client to establish a new connection. Internet Explorer (IE) 5.0 has known problems with receiving multiple redirects back to the same domain. Persistence reset remap preserves the client connection and moves the connection on the backside from one server to another.
When a content rule is composed of services that are of the transparent-cache type and using one of the caching balance methods, then the failover bypass method can be used to allow for the requests destined to a specific cache to be forwarded on to the origin server if the cache goes down. Refer to the asymmetry issue above.
The CSS can be configured with a list of file extensions to send to the cache. This list is called an EQL. If you append an EQL to the URL line in a content rule, then the rule only matches requests with the file extensions that are in the list. The CSS can also be configured to bypass an EQL by changing the application on the content rule to bypass. In WebNS 4.0, if you want the CSS to serve each request in a persistent connection to the appropriate destination based on an EQL, you need to issue the no persistent command on the content rule. Once the content rule has been bypassed, if you want the next get in the persistent connection to be sent to the cache if it is cacheable, then you need to issue the WebNS 4.0 bypass persistence disable global command. Whenever you disable persistence, you want to issue the 4.0 persistence reset remap global command to avoid issues with IE 5.0.
Some caches have the ability to configure a list of sites which should be bypassed by the cache. The CSS is incompatible with the bypass functionality of most caches. The CSS allows you to configure Network Qualifier Lists (NQLs), which allow you to configure a list of IP address or networks that you can add to a single clause in an ACL.
The CSS can be configured to automatically bypass any URLs that have parameters. These are requests that a cache can never satisfy (for example, stock quotes).
When providing a cache service to clients, the variable that creates the greatest delay in response time is when the cache does not contain the page being requested, because it then has to go and retrieve it. The goal of load balancing caches is to increase the probability of a cache hit. Some caches have a feature called pre-fetching, which allows the cache to parse the data returned from the initial get request and proactively go get objects on that page before the client explicitly requests them. At times this can cause extra utilization of the Internet backbone if the client were to stop the page from loading, but this is probably a negligible amount of traffic.
If you are using transparent caching, then the EQL bypass feature on the CSS breaks the pre-fetching algorithm because, by default, the EQL does not include the home page, which is simply a GET for "/." Without the main home page for a site, the cache does not have the main page to work off of for pre-fetching. Secondly, if we do not send dynamic requests to the cache, there will be duplicate requests going to the origin server, one from the CSS and one from the cache. The customer must decide what their goal is, and then determine which functionality from each product they want to combine
At sites where multiple caches are deployed, the load balancer should try to make a best effort attempt to ensure a cache hit. The CSS has several load balancing algorithms that were designed to optimize the number of cache hits. Since the switch is a L5 switch, it can look at information in the HTTP GET that other load balancers cannot. For instance, we can determine which cache to send a request to based on the domain name or the URL being requested. If you were to use the domain hash algorithm, all requests for content that had identical host tags would be sent to the same cache, therefore increasing the probability that the content would reside on that cache. When using pre-fetching with transparent caches, the cache is going to go get the request before the switch forwarding the request to it, which may cause the for the wrong cache to go get the page. In this instance, you may want to disable pre-fetching.
When discussing proxy caches, the IP header does not provide any truly valid information for load balancing in a manner to provide for optimizing the number of cache hits; the destination IP address does not change. The only information to go on would be the source IP address, which does not really mean anything when it comes to surfing the Internet. The switch can still view the host tag and URL information for making these decisions. Since proxy caches typically maintain a persistent connection with the client, the switch only makes the load balancing decision based on the first HTTP GET, and all subsequent GETS go to the same cache. Since we do not break the persistent connection, this works well with pre-fetching feature for all subsequent GETS on the same connection. Starting in WebNS Release 4.0, you can configure the CSS to break these connections if you so desire by issuing the no persistent command.


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East meets West in this sleek, sophisticated jewelry box. The ancient Chinese technique of lacquering gives a high gloss finish to its contemporary design. The box has two small compartments and one larger one, making it efficient for storing various sizes of jewelry. The top simply lifts off. Box and lid are lined in black velvet. A stylish, functional gift that complements any décor.


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The 16th century Old House Inn is a former farm worker's cottage that has recently been converted to a dog-friendly, country dining pub with room. Latticed windows, oak-beams and wonky ceilings add character, while rustic decor and retro accessories complete the look.
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Recapping the Year That Was: Hosted by Ray Cisbani
SAINT LEO, Fla. - A youthful Saint Leo men's golf team saw three freshman, a sophomore, and one senior take to the course for the majority of the season. While the group did encounter growing pains throughout the year, the quintet began to show signs of life at the end, heading into next season. The Lions wrapped-up the Sunshine State Conference Tournament with a fifth-place finish, providing a boost of confidence as the team aims for the fall to hit the course once again.
Collecting two, top-six finishes during their last three tournaments has Coach Ray Cisbani excited about the future of his young and talented group.
Join Cisbani on a look back on the year that was. This video montage was produced by Mike Carlson and was debuted at the 2011 Athletics Banquet.


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HOUSTON - Federal officials arrested a child pornography suspect hours after putting out a nationwide alert.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations asked the public to help find an unidentified woman accused of producing child porn that featured a 4- to 6-year-old victim. She was only known as "Jane Doe."
Agents arrested Corine Danielle Motley, 25, late Wednesday in Okaloosa County, Florida.
"The quick identification of the victim and suspect in this case demonstrates the power of the press, social media and the general public in helping solve these cases," said ICE Director John Morton. "Literally hours after we asked the public for their assistance in identifying Jane Doe, a tip came in that led to her identification and arrest. There is nothing more satisfying than knowing that, due to these efforts, a child is now safe and her tormentor now in custody."
According to officials, Motley is believed to have produced at least one long-form child pornography video featuring herself engaging in explicit sexual conduct with a 4 to 6-year-old victim.
Authorities believed that the video had most likely been produced in the United States and posted online for the first time on Nov. 27. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children determined that the victim had not yet been identified or rescued.
The public is encouraged to report suspected child predators and any suspicious activity through a toll-free hotline at 1-866-DHS-2-ICE or by completing an online tip form. Suspected child sexual exploitation or missing children may be reported to the National Center for Missing an Exploited Children via its toll-free 24-hour hotline, 1-800-THE-LOST.
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas - A Texas A&M professor committed suicide because he was being blackmailed, investigators said.
The suicide of professor James Aune came as a shock to students and staff at Texas A&M University.
Aune, head of the communications department, jumped from a campus parking garage to his death.
FBI agents said they believe a sexual blackmail scheme concocted by another man may be at the root of the death.
Court records claim Daniel Duplaisir put photos of his own relative, an underage girl, on a social networking sight to lure Aune.
The documents allege Aune started exchanging messages and explicit photos with someone he thought was the girl.
Investigators said Duplaisir then called the professor pretending to be a father angry that Aune was involved with his daughter.
Records allege Duplaisir demanded cash from Aune, saying he needed it to get therapy for the girl, who he claimed was also a transgender.
Investigators said Duplaisir sent Aune an email, threatening him. According to investigators, the email read, "If I don't hear from you, I swear to God almighty that the police, your place of employment, students all over the Internet, all of them, will be able to see your conversation, texts, pictures you sent."
Investigators said Aune sent a text back. In it, he said, "Killing myself now. And U will be prosecuted for black mail."
Mintues later, Aune leaped from the parking garage, authorities said.
Duplaisir is in jail and faces felony charges for threatening communications. He appeared in court on Tuesday, pleaded not guilty and a judge set his trial to begin on May 28. He will have a court-appointed attorney.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Twelve area non-profit organizations are getting some financial help, thanks to the Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation.
The foundation is handing out $334,000 in grants to groups that help children and families in northeast Florida.
This is the foundation's second and final grant cycle of 2009. The foundation's total grants for the year top $1 million.
The following grants were given out:
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Florida: $50,000 for youth programs at the NFL-YET (Youth Education Town) Boys & Girls Club in Brentwood.
- Dignity U Wear Foundation, Inc.: $10,000 to help with the repair of roof leaks at the main warehouse of Dignity U Wear, used to store and distribute brand new clothing to children and adults in need.
- HOPE Worldwide: $5,000 for Saturday academy and mentor program at Hilltop Apartments.
- Limelight Theatre, Inc.: $25,000 for children?s theatre program serving children from low-income families in St. Johns County.
- Metro Kids Konnection: $22,000 for after-school and summer program at the Cleveland Arms Apartments and surrounding neighborhood.
- National Council of Negro Women's Child Watch Partnership of Jacksonville: $25,000 for community-based after-school tutoring and summer enrichment program for girls at the Reed Educational Campus.
- Police Athletic League, Jacksonville: $50,000 for after-school education and recreation program at Mallison Park, west of downtown Jacksonville.
- Stage Aurora Theatrical Company, Inc.: $22,000 for community outreach after-school program designed to bring music and theatre education to youth.
- St. Augustine Youth Services: $50,000 for capital campaign for a new therapeutic group home campus.
- St. Gerard Campus: $25,000 for nursery and daycare for pregnant teens and teen parents attending St. Gerard?s high school.
- War on Poverty Florida: $20,000 for childhood obesity prevention project targeted for youth in Northwest Jacksonville, funded through a partnership with Baptist Health/Wolfson Children?s Hospital ($10,000 from the Jaguars Foundation and $10,000 from Baptist Health).
- Youth Crisis Center: $30,000 to support for the youth resource team at Touchstone Village to help older youth transition to independent living.
Since 1995, the foundation has given more than $12.9 million for programs benefitting youth in northeast Florida.
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