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First Amendment Day Celebration
Updated 2:13 pm, Saturday, April 14, 2012
The San Antonio Chapter of Americans United for Separation of Church and State will hold its second annual First Amendment Day Celebration from 1 to 4:30 p.m. April 28, at TriPoint, 3233 N. St. Mary's St.
The event will feature a keynote presentation by the Rev. Barry Lynn, live music and information booths from a broad spectrum of local and statewide non-profit organizations.
Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State since 1992, wrote "Piety and Politics: The Right-Wing Assault on Religious Freedom," and he co-wrote "The Right to Religious Liberty."
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Sesame Stories
Have we started collecting information about the umbrella title Sesame Stories anywhere?
"April 1, 1998: An Israeli-Palestinian co-production of Sesame Street airs in Israel and the Palestinian territories. The Israeli-Palestinian version of Sesame Street features an Israeli and a Palestinian muppet who together teach tolerance (in addition to letters and counting). Segments produced since the September 2000 outbreak of violence in the Palestinian territories and Israel are called Sesame Stories, which tell stories from each culture separately in an attempt to humanize each side in the conflict."--pbs.org Global Connections —Scott (talk) 08:21, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
- I'm not sure there's much to say about the umbrella title, not enough for a seperate page anyway, outside of serving as a disambig/directory to the three sub shows. The most notable thing, which the above quote demonstrates, is the fact that it arose when Sesame Workshopdecided Rechov Sumsum — Shara'a Simsim wasn't as effective as and was more problematic than they'd initially hoped (I have a *lot* more info on that parked away, detailing specific problematic responses from child viewers in the early stages, the problems with finding a mutual space, and so on), so I'd think that could just be a note. -- Andrew Leal (talk) 08:34, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
- I think it would make sense for us to have something about it here. As of now, if someone hears about Sesame Stories and comes here to look for it, they get the book title of that name. If a description of the umbrella title would just serve as a disambiguation page to the three co-productions, should we treat it as such and add an "other uses" link to the top of Sesame Stories, or should we move that to Sesame Stories (book) and keep the title proper for the more popular subject? —Scott (talk) 08:43, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
According to the A&E Biography of Sesame Street, the name of this international co-production is "Shara'a SimSim", or something like that. Where did "Hikayat Simsim" come from? -- D'Snowth 05:16, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
- See International Sesame Street. —Scott (talk) 05:18, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

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text: N. CENTRAL DISTRICT FFA officers set goals for the coming year at the two-day retreat. One goal is to enforce chapter bylaws and the second goal is to have 85 percent of first year members receive their Greenhand Degree by Hog Roast. One more goal is to have 60 percent of all members attend each monthly meeting. The Norwayne FFA motto is: Leading the Way.Jayna Hartzler, Megan Schemrich, Ross Cochrell, Drew Rupp, Jesse Rose, Rachel Rupp, Jeremy Shafer, Catie Noyes, Cody Summers, Zach Vannoy and adviser Aaron Arnold traveled to Ohio FFA Camp Muskingum for an officer retreat in cooperation with Project Reach.The officers discussed the upcoming year's events and scheduled all the activities that go on throughout the year. The officers participated in teambuilding activities including low ropes and high ropes courses.Members attended the fifth session of Ohio FFA Camp Muskingum. Campers were Rachel Rupp, Megan Schemrich, Jayna Hartzler, Nick Stromack, Nick Lawrence, Klae Stoller, Tyler Buckingham, Jeff Snyder, Zach Vannoy, Tricia Bauman and adviser Aaron Arnold.Activities consisted of hikes, team building games, sessions with the state officers, rock climbing, high and low rope courses, sports like volleyball, basketball, tennis, ping-pong, softball, rifle, archery and shotgun. There were also water sports like canoeing, kayaking, motor boating, pontoon boat rides, fishing and swimming.The state officers taught sessions on how to have a successful team. The only team that will completely succeed is one that has cooperation, enthusiasm, energy, effort, trust, good communication (verbal and non-verbal), respect and willingness to do more than "your share" from each person.Norwayne FFA Campers also bid on maple rolls and a wind-breaker jacket at the camp auction. The proceeds and donations were raised by members throughout the year and will benefit Children's Hospital.Students from across the nation attended the 2005 Washington Leadership Conference this summer in the nation's capitol. The conference is an activity of the National FFA Organization in cooperation with the Department of Education. Rachel Rupp and Jesse Rose members of the Norwayne FFA Chapter attended July 19-24.The week-long program helps FFA members improve their leadership skills and prepare for leadership roles in their chapters, communities, and their future careers. They attended workshop sessions on persuasive communication, character leadership and building relationships, and participated in discussions on citizenship. They also participate in service learning events.The National FFA Organization coordinates WLC, which attracts participants from across the country. This summer, more than 2,000 FFA members will attend one of the conference's six week-long sessions.Students also increase their understanding of the nation's heritage with visits to, Arlington National Cemetery, the Jefferson, Lincoln, and Roosevelt Memorials and other historic sights in Washington, D.C. A highlight of the week was a visit to the office of their local Congressman/Senator.FFA is a national youth organization of 471,000 student members preparing for leadership careers in the science, business, and technology of agriculture with 7,000 local chapters in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. FFA strives to make a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth, and career success through agricultural education. Visit www.ffa.org for more information.


text: Walgreens, the nation's largest drugstore chain (NYSE: WAG) (Nasdaq: WAG), today announced the launch of a nationwide program offering talking prescription devices to customers with visual impairments. The initiative introduces a new service that complements other accessible prescription information Walgreens currently provides. Walgreens is the first in the industry to offer this exclusive talking prescription device, called the Talking Pill Reminder, at its retail locations chainwide. The device attaches to prescription containers and will be provided free of charge with prescription medications that Walgreens dispenses to its pharmacy customers who are blind or who have visual impairments. The Talking Pill Reminder can be recorded to speak the information on the customer's prescription medication label, and also has an audible alarm to remind patients when to take a medication. The Talking Pill Reminder is available to customers of Walgreens retail pharmacies across the country and through Walgreens prescription mail service. The devices also are available in Walgreens drugstores for purchase for a retail price of $9.99. "Adherence to medication can be critical in treating illness today, and this is an innovation that will help our visually impaired customers correctly identify and take medications as prescribed," said Jeff Koziel, Walgreens group vice president of pharmacy operations. "As part of our mission to help customers get, stay and live well, we're proud to have worked closely with other leading organizations to make the Talking Pill Reminder available across all of our more than 8,100 stores nationwide." The initiative is the result of a collaboration between Walgreens, The American Council of the Blind (ACB) and the ACB affiliates in California and Illinois. All partnering organizations praised the Walgreens announcement. "Accessible prescription information is critical to people who are blind, and with today's announcement, Walgreens assumes a significant leadership role in serving its customers with visual impairments," said ACB President Kim Charlson.


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Northwestern Mutual Foundation Donates $215,000 to Service Organizations Through Community Service Award
The Northwestern Mutual Foundation is donating $215,000 to community service programs across the U.S. through the Community Service Award program.
The annual competition, open to the more than 7,500 Representatives of the Northwestern Mutual Financial Network, recognizes exemplary volunteer involvement and dedication to charitable organizations and philanthropic projects.
Each year, nineteen "Outstanding Volunteers," are recognized and honored for their achievements with a grant of $10,000 to each organization they represent. Additionally, a "Most Exceptional Volunteer" is recognized and honored with a $25,000 grant to the designated non-profit. In total, Northwestern Mutual will donate $215,000 this year to community service organizations through this program.
"The Community Service Award program was designed to underscore and foster our commitment to volunteerism," said Edward J. Zore, Northwestern Mutual President and CEO, when asked about this award.
Now in its seventh year, the Community Service Award is open to any full-time Financial Representative who is actively involved in a non-profit, tax-exempt organization. Representatives may submit entries themselves or be nominated by another colleague.
A panel of judges selects the winners based on their commitment, dedication and hands-on volunteer involvement. The program is funded by the Northwestern Mutual Foundation, which has contributed more than $40 million to community betterment in the past five years, both locally and nationally. For decades, the Company has been committed to improving quality of life by concentrating its charitable investments in the areas of health and human services, education, and arts and culture.
The following are this year's Community Service Award winners: Winner's Name Organization Represented City, State David J. Casper Ronald McDonald House Charities, Upper Midwest Edina, MN R. Michael Condrey Oak Ranch Raleigh, NC Douglas A. Dawson FCA Southeast Texas/Greater Houston - One Way To Play Houston, TX Patrick A. Di Cerbo Center for the Disabled Latham, NY Paul W. Fitzgerald Safe Haven Family Shelter Nashville, TN Katherine M.A. Forrester University Good Samaritan Eden Prairie, MN Robert T. Frieling Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Wellesley, MA Edward T. Hempstead Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital St. Louis, MO Donald Holzhammer United Cerebral Palsy of Ulster County, Inc. Newburgh, NY Max C. Jong Big Brothers of Greater Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA Kurtis L. Kidder Chicago Association for Retarded Citizens Chicago, IL James B. Kirkpatrick Literacy Volunteers of America-Rhode Island, Inc. Warwick, RI David J. Lionett Big Brothers Big Sisters of Worcester County, Inc. Northboro, MA John F. Marston Pride of Kinston, Inc. Kinston, NC Amy J. McQuaid The Women's Fund of Western Massachusetts Springfield, MA Robert E. Muzikowski Near West Little League Chicago, IL Paul R. Pigman March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation Pittsburgh, PA Christopher C. Poe I Have a Dream Foundation - Charlottesville, VA Charlottesville, VA Robert M. Rhyme Sun Valley Youth Center Denver, CO Steven D. Walker Black Swamp Area Council, Boy Scouts of America Defiance, OH
SOURCE: Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Contact: Julie Stolper Dieckelman, +1-262-549-4328, or Caryn Bard Melton
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T-Minus On The Come Up Show [Video]
Toronto, ON – DJ Chedo sits down with Grammy Nominated producer T-Minus who is responsible for hits like DJ Khaled's I'm On One, Lil Wayne's She Will, Nicki Minaj's Moment For Life, Ludacris' How Low, T.I.'s Poppin Bottles, and he produced four tracks on Drake's latest album Take Care; Underground Kings, HYFR, We'll Be Fine, The Motto.
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BOLTON Food and Drink Festival 2014 was launched to traders with a promise that this year's event will be bigger and better than ever.
Celebrity chefs Gino D'Acampo, James Martin, John Torode and Michael Caines have already been booked to appear at the four-day extravaganza in Bolton town centre the August bank holiday.
Debbie Halls-Evans, winner of Channel 4's The Taste, also joined chef Andrew Nutter at the launch, held at the Renaissance Hotel in Manchester city centre yesterday as it was revealed they would cook a seven-course gala dinner to kick-start the event.
Other plans for the festival include a dedicated children's area along Le Mans Crescent and in the Octagon, while the Market Hall will host a variety of stalls — and its bosses say they hope the vaults underneath the shopping centre will be ready to be showed to the public.
Keith Davies, director of development and regeneration at Bolton Council, said more details will be revealed at the public launch in June.
He added: "Today we're bringing Bolton into Manchester because we believe there is an opportunity to tell our partners and customers that they have a fantastic offer in Bolton in terms of the food and drink festival.
"Last year 130,000 people visited the festival — we know it is the largest festival in the region and we know that nearly all will be back."
Andrew Nutter said he was thrilled to have been invited back to appear at the festival, which he has supported for three years.
He added: "I've done demonstrations all over the world, but Bolton is so amazing because I love the buzz around the stalls."
The festival takes place on August 22 to 25. For more information visit boltonfoodanddrinkfestival.co.uk


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The facts are well known. In the spring of 1942, shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, some 112,000 Japanese American citizens living on the Pacific Coast of the United States were rounded up, placed in holding centers, then interned in camps located in often geographically and climatically inhospitable parts of the interior. The majority would remain there under confinement for the duration of the war.
Although inmates were never subjected to physical brutalities, the incident is regarded by many today as one of the worst civil rights abuses of the last century. It was also, given that the country was ostensibly engaged in a war of liberation, a touch ironic.
The writer helpfully provides much needed historical detail on the Japanese diaspora, less well documented than the Chinese one, but considerable in scale. Robinson outlines its dimensions and reach, which, besides the emigrations to the West Coast of North America, saw settlements in Australia, New Zealand, Peru, the Philippines and even New Caledonia.
It is immensely important to know the racial climate in the decades before the camps were set up. Working as laborers, domestic staff, in canneries and on fishing boats, some Japanese Americans were able to open restaurants, small shops and boarding houses; a few managed to enter the professional class as newspaper editors, ministers and teachers.
By the 1930s, Japanese Americans were an established, albeit still discriminated against, strata of U.S. society. In an age that held to the idea of a kind of racial pre-ordainment, in which white supremacy was an assumption rather than a slur, the success of Japanese Americans, their refusal to keep to their assigned station in life, incensed Caucasian Americans of all ages and class.
The author traces the early, prewar signs of suspicion and discrimination against Japanese Americans and their eventual designation as "enemy aliens" in the minds of the authorities and the American public, steps that arguably began as early as 1882 with the Chinese Exclusion Acts. Laws were passed forbidding white women to be employed in the services of Asians, agitation begun among white farmers to prevent Asians from owning land, and a host of other measures ensued, all designed to send a "powerful message to Japanese Americans that they were unwanted."
Despite the actions of Japanese Americans in the moments after the attack on Pearl Harbor, which saw Nisei soldiers dash to their posts and fire at the enemy and Japanese-American Red Cross workers caring for the wounded and the dead, among whom many of their ranks were numbered, their fate was sealed on that day. A measure of the random and ill-conceived injustice was that, included among those rounded up, were subjects who had as little as one-sixteenth Japanese blood.
Japanese Americans were not without their supporters among white Americans of influence. Samuel Wilder King, a congressional delegate from Hawaii, represented their cause in Washington, stating in one address, "Frankly, my sympathies are with these young Americans. They take their citizenship seriously, and they accept their obligations and duties as citizens conscientiously." As usually happens when a fierce nationalism takes hold of an entire population, the voices of reason are drowned out.
Others were less magnanimous with their remarks. One columnist, the long forgotten Harry McLemore, spoke for many white people when he wrote that he supported the immediate removal of all West Coast Japanese Americans to the deep interior, adding "I don't mean a nice part of the interior, either. Herd 'em up, pack 'em off and give 'em the inside room of the badlands. Let 'em be inched, hurt, hungry, and up against it. Personally, I hate the Japanese. And that goes for all of them." It was not America's finest hour.
By all accounts, conditions at the centers were abominable, with fairground livestock pens and racetrack horse stalls quickly painted up and cobbled together as single rooms for entire families. A mattress cover and straw for inmates to make their own beds was issued on arrival. Food supplies were poor, and sanitation low enough for epidemics to pose a constant threat.
Punishing losses mounted as scavengers descended on members of the Japanese community, scooping up land and belongings for scandalously low sums. Warehouses where goods were stored were broken into and pillaged during the war, while property entrusted to the care of white American friends was often damaged or never returned.
During a recent U.S. congressional hearing on radicalization in the American Muslim community, Congressman Mike Honda of California, who spent part of his childhood in an internment camp, said, "We know from history that you don't solve problems by victimizing one group."
Extreme vigilance is required to ensure that such things do not happen again. The short taper of history is easily relit.


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Thanks for clicking through. Rob and Dom are moving to New York for a couple of months this autumn to help Mikey build the US side of Escape the City.
We wanted to ask you (our existing Esc members) for help - to ensure that we maximise our time out there.
If you can help with any of the following please do let us know. Any tips are greatly appreciated.
> Introductions to US corporate professionals who have escaped to do something inspirational. We would love to share their stories on Esc.
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Blistex Lip Infusion Soothing Splash Reviews
Lip ConfusionThis product is confused. It's not a balm and it's not a gloss. It's an oily substance that's supposed to moisturize and sooth chapped lips. Unfortunately, it didn't moisturize or sooth my very chapped lips nearly as well as other medicated balms. The oily formula lasted only a few minutes, meaning I was reapplying constantly. I will not be repurchasing. — 8 years, 3 months agoAmberDB | 189 reviews
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Not that great.I used this and didn't like it at all. Not only did my lips feel "oily" as another reviewer put it, but it dried out my lips big time. Would not buy again. — 8 years, 2 months agonancy3991 | 61 reviews
LOVE IT!! keeps chapped lips at bayI have been using this for a while and I am very pleased with the soft lips it gives me. I am prone to biting my lips so I use this to heal up those cuts I make in my mouth. I would recommend this for severely chapped lips. It works!! — 8 years, 8 months agoBettyBeauty1 | 20 reviews
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Do not like this stuff....When I have a cold or really irritated lips, I need to have some medicated lip stuff. I was out of my regular Burt's Bees (love it!) and decided to try this. The roller ball is nice and feel cool when you put it on your lips and it is medicated to the right degree BUT it feels horribly oily and doesn't seem like it lasts that long! If you're going to buy Blistex, don't get this unless you don't ...read moremind too much about the oily feel. They (Blistex) make stuff called "Lip Medex" in a little blue pot that is fantastic that I suggest. — 8 years, 8 months agoserpentinasolis | 12 reviews
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Really like this oneI won this lip balm in a contest and decided to give it a try. It is now one of my favorites. I use it all the time. It makes my lips really smooth. — 9 years, 2 months agoAPRILWYATT | 12 reviews
Not What I thoughtThe product inside on your lips is great..but I found the metal ball a little annoying. It feeles weird going on, and made me less likely to use. — 9 years, 3 months agoLaMonica | 112 reviews
Soothing healing balmGood product to sooth those cracked, dry lips. worsk well. — 9 years, 3 months agodhamilto02 | 160 reviews
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Extengine Top Performer in National Diesel Emission Reduction TestFULLERTON, Calif.--Jan. 24, 2002--Extengine Transport System's new Advanced Diesel Emission Control (ADEC) System emerged as the top performer in tests of new diesel emission control technologies recently conducted by Environment Canada for the city of Houston.
Like other cities across the country, Houston must find ways to meet federally mandated clean air requirements or risk losing federal highway funds.
In the Houston tests, Extengine's ADEC System lowered nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions (the most difficult diesel air contaminant to control) by 82% and particulate matter (PM) by 92%, exceeding reductions achieved by all other technologies tested. As a consequence of the test results the city of Houston is in the process of ordering multiple retrofit systems for city vehicles from Extengine.
Dr. Pamela Berger, director of the Mayor's Office of Environmental Policy, characterized testing of Extengine's ADEC System as an important part of Houston-Mayor Brown's leadership in addressing the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria Region's air quality challenge.
"It will be through widespread application of such innovative and successful technologies that regional compliance with requirements of the state implementation plan will be achieved," said Berger.
In the tests, which involved nine manufacturers of emission reduction products or systems, each was applied to and tested on a piece of equipment owned by the city of Houston. Extengine's ADEC System achieved its notable results on a 10-year-old Gradall excavator with a 190-hp engine.
"By retrofitting the ADEC System on older diesel engines, like those used in city trucks, buses and construction equipment, we can help cities like Houston meet their federally mandated clean air targets," said Phillip Roberts, president of Extengine Transport Systems.
"Indeed, cleaning up older diesel vehicles with our advanced retrofit system will have a more immediate impact in reducing urban smog than any other practical means."
The proprietary ADEC System employs a controller that senses when an engine creates NOx and diffuses tiny amounts of ammonia into the exhaust stream in direct proportion to the NOx being created. Technologies that use ammonia to reduce NOx in stationary diesel power plants have been used for more 25 years.
What makes the ADEC System different is that it minimizes both the amount of ammonia required to reduce NOx emissions and the amount of on-board ammonia, making its use in diesel vehicles safe and cost-effective.
"We were very impressed with the way Extengine's ADEC System performed in our real-world test," said Steve Dornak of the Mayor's Office for Environmental Policy. "It's the best retrofit system we've seen demonstrated."
The Houston test confirms the results of prior tests of the ADEC System. The University of California at Berkeley, for instance, recently conducted a series of tests that verified the effectiveness of the ADEC technology. A white paper on those tests titled, "The Combined Effect of Ammonia Injection and Catalytic Reforming on Medium Duty Diesel Emissions," was published in September 2001.
Extengine is working with large French and Chinese transport firms to integrate the ADEC System into new and older vehicles worldwide. The company is also in discussions with U.S. manufacturers to integrate the ADEC System into new diesel engine vehicles, marine vessels, locomotives and other equipment to meet more stringent federal air quality standards.
For additional information contact Phillip Roberts at 714/774-3569, email@example.com.


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Hello all.was wondering how do I get rid of these tags?I didn't put them in my code. This happens also after i placed the text in notepad to strip it of any possible coding.I think it is causing problems in validator and it is adding extra spaces when not needed in my layouts.
Its probably from the Wordpress function that sets the text spacing, new lines etc. It replaces (or augments) the PHP function nl2br but uses paragraphs to keep the formatting you type in.
I wouldn't worry about them to be honest, if you see the function you will understand why!
well. it is throwing off the padding and margins in the layout. I'd love to know how to get rid of it.
It might be the editor you're using. AFAIK the WYSIWYG is the one that adds p tags, the other doesn't.
well i just used the wp section to create the pageseven used notpad to strip it of possible code before i pasted it in.
Also I keep getting this in validator
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I am thinking it is tied to that.
My offhand guess would be that you have some returns in your text editor that WP is automatically turning into empty <p> tags. See if it fixes things to delete anything after the final word. (I see clients entering content with extra returns like this all the time, and it drives me nuts.)
Wordpress is buggy with its auto formatting and especially with its insertion of <p> tags. I had to go so far as to disable auto <p> tags by using a plugin. Instead of <p> tags I have faux paragraphs using <br> tags. It is not what I would prefer but it is better than the buggy paragraph tags appearing where you don't want them and screwing up everything. I found the problem worst when using certain HTML tags like <code>.
Hi Cheesedude, thank you for the advice. Will look into that plugin.D


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Looking for a luxurious place to stay where you can relax and unwind? Would you like to stay in a beautiful apartment with everything you need and gorgeous views? Fancy joining us for our complimentary pizza party and learn to make fantastic pizzas in a wood fired oven?
Casal dei Fichi is a traditional farmhouse carefully restored into luxury holiday apartments, set in a tranquil spot with spectacular views over the rolling countryside. Your large well appointed apartment has everything you will need for a relaxing and luxurious holiday in one of the undiscovered parts of Italy.
The 15m heated pool has all day sunshine and is boarded by a full length deck and lawns with lots of sun loungers and a grape covered pergola from which you can take in the scenery.
Your own private garden awaits you in which you can dine or relax in privacy.
The extensive landscaped grounds are surrounded by sunflower fields, olive groves and vines and there is lots of space to find sun or shade under a tree or in a hammock. Your view includes the stunning views of the rolling countryside, medieval towns and the fantastic Sibillini mountains.
Apartment Leopardi has a large living room with a double sofa bed. There is a fully fitted kitchen/diner, a magnificent large private terrace, luxurious bathroom and a spacious bedroom with king size bed. It is one of 6 apartments at Casal dei Fichi. Please contact us for further information.
Complimentary Produce: Guests are encouraged to help themselves daily to the produce from our vegetable and herb gardens as well as fruit from the orchard and eggs from our chickens - no food miles here and it all tastes so good straight from the garden to the plate in minutes!
Pizza Party: Each week we hold a complimentary pizza party. We make the dough and bring along the ingredients and you get a chance to roll out and make your own pizza of choice. Cooked in our original brick oven in the garden it's great fun with a glass or two of local wine - everyone enjoys it!
Press Reviews: Please take a look at our website for extensive press reviews of Casal dei Fichi: 'Expect luxurious bathroom, designer kitchens & beamed ceilings...' Sunday Times Newspaper. 'beautifully furnished apartments in a landscape by a Renaissance painter' Observer Newspaper. '..stylish good value apartments with a terrific decked swimming pool.' Telegraph Newspaper.
Environmental policy: We are Bob and Ian, owners of Casal dei Fichi and we do our best to be active and responsible members of the local and global communities. Check out our environmental page on our website which outlines the efforts we have made to make our business and your holiday environmentally friendly.
We are Bob and Ian and moved to Marche 11 years ago to set up Casal dei Fichi. We left behind successful careers in London to move to a less stressful way of life in an area often described as 'all of Italy in one region'. We live on site with our two dogs, 4 cats and 7 chickens. We are very proud to have established a reputation for helping our guests have a fantastic holiday.
Bob Garner purchased this apartment in 2005
We chose this property to renovate and convert into apartments because of the view - it has a wonderful panoramic 360 degree view and it is the first thing that our guests comment on when they arrive! The area is truly stunning and we are located near to a village for shops, restaurants and things to see and do. We also chose our area as it less than one hour's drive from the airport which we think is an important factor for our guests - why be driving when you can be sat by the pool with a glass of local vino!
We have tried to create a friendly, stylish and comfortable place for your holiday. We are there if you need us and we are always ready to give advice, book a restaurant or organise a day out or event for you. If you like your peace and quiet then you have it - as one guest review said 'Bob and Ian are available but never intrusive'.
Please join us for our weekly complimentary pizza party based on our original brick oven in the garden - great fun to make your own pizza and share it with your fellow guests.
In the grounds you will find an orchard, herb and vegetable gardens and our free range chickens, please help yourself to our produce - nothing better than fresh ingredients straight from the garden!
Finally we have worked hard to make sure you have everything you need in your kitchen to prepare a wonderful meal. The feedback we get is that we have thought of everything and we have tried to equip your kitchen to the same standard as you have at home.
After reading about Casal Dei Fichi's gourmet break years ago we finally took the plunge and signed up.
In the 72 hours between being picked up and dropped off at the airport we had 6 amazing dining experiences (not including the breakfast. The venues for dining ranged from rustic traditional places atop a hill, to a stunning spot at the foot of the mountains, to fine dining within an ancient walled town, to a cosy spot in a medieval plaza to a seafood restaurant by the Adriatic coast, and even Casal dei Fichi itself. In this time we had antipasti, pasta, vegetables, fish, shellfish, meats, desserts in more guises than I can remember and all were delicious.
Somehow there was also time for visits to some very cool (literally) underground Roman cisterns, the ornate local theatre, a cathedral, a vineyard (just in case we hadn't had the opportunity of a glass of wine for the previous 30 minutes) the local olive press, a cookery course and even a beach.
Casal dei Fichi is a great spot with fabulous views onto the rolling hills of the local countryside. Our hosts Bob and Ian treated us like old friends and ferried us around the winding roads of Le Marche from one fantastic experience to the next. Nothing was too much trouble for them and they are obviously passionate and knowledgeable about the place they call home.
All in all a fantastic experience that will unfortunately involve you going home at least 2kg heavier. You will also have experience the finest hospitality, accommodation, food, wine and scenery this lesser known area of Italy has to offer.
If anyone is looking to treat yourself to a fabulous holiday I highly recommend a stay with Bob & Ian at Casal di Fichi. Le Marche is a hidden gem to explore by foot, car, bicycle or on horseback. Thanks to Bob & Ian they gave us many recommendations on places to visit including some exceptional osterias to sample local regional cuisine. The 'Tenuta' ie 'Estate' is picturesque and our apartment was very spacious and comfortable. To top off our visit every morning Obi, their cute little puppy, left us a few stones on our doorstep as a greeting. I definitely recommend a visit & we look forward to returning.
Wonderful as ever. The fifth visit was as good as the first.
Le Marche is a great area to explore, beautiful hillside towns, excellent dining, good shopping, beach access and no crowds. Staying with Bob & Ian is a perfect way to enjoy the area. They are ever so gracious hosts and have a vast knowledge of the many things there are to do and see. The apartments are roomy and comfortable and the setting for the property is absolutely beautiful.
Can't wait to return.
We had a most enjoyable Gourmet break with our kind and attentive hosts Bob and Ian.
They had planned a very interesting programme of visits to vineyards and an olive oil press. We ate different and delicious meals in lovely surroundings which we never would have found by ourselves.The appartments are spacious , comfortable and well designed. We could also enjoy all the delicious wines as we did not do any of the driving! A wonderful weekend in Le Marche
If you want to eat and drink le Marche you can do no better than this! Accommodation is very comfortable and the service outstanding. The restaurants we visited were all well chosen and excellent with local dishes and local wines; we also visited two wine producers where we tasted some very good wines, and the local olive press. And as a bonus we had a communal cookery lesson in a professional 'Agriturismo' kitchen. And there's no problems with drinking and driving as our hosts Bob and Ian ferried us everywhere, even from and to the airport.
If you enjoy food and wine Italian-style in a relaxed setting then this is for you!
ps. this was our fourth visit to Casal dei Fichi - says it all really
We had the most relaxing two week at Casal dei Fichi. The accommodation cannot be faulted and it is in such a stunning setting. Bob and Ian are amazing hosts, recommending places to visit and our children absolutely loved pizza night (so did we!) It was the best family holiday we have ever had and we just had to book again for next year as soon as we returned home. We would thoroughly recommend Casal dei Fichi.
Casal dei Fichi is one mile from the small walled medieval town of Francavilla d'Ete with a pizzaria/restaurant, bars, shops, bank and historic churches. Several renaissance walled towns are within 15 minutes drive, steeped in history and waiting to be explored. Each has great restaurants in which to while away a lazy afternoon with fantastic food and excellent local wine.
We are 30 mins from the Adriatic coast where beaches range from secluded coves to vibrant lidos with bars, restaurants and nightclubs. 30 Minutes in the other direction are the Sibillini mountains offering superb walking, mountain biking and scenery. Macerata, with its famous outdoor Opera festival, Fermo, Ascoli Piceno and Loreto are close by and the Umbrian gems of Assisi and Perugia are within 2 hours, as is Urbino.
Stunning views start on our doorstep and extend for miles and we will be very happy to help guide you to the local attractions and highlights of this unspoilt part of Italy.
In 2015 45% of our guests were returning to stay with us again, some for the 5th or 6th time. What they tell us is that they find 'their kind of holiday' with us - lots to see and do if you want it and also sometimes it's just nice to unwind and do very little. We try to find out what each of our guests is looking for and then we help them find it. Please take a look at our reviews on Tripadvisor for a feel of what previous guests have thought about us.
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While 3DS owners might see the lack of a pinball game on their new handheld as an injustice, Zen Studios sees only an opportunity. The creator of the Pinball FX series, Marvel Pinball, and Zen Pinball is planning on satiating the cravings of pinball wizards everywhere this fall with the launch of Zen Pinball 3D for the 3DS.
Zen Pinball 3D will be available on the Nintendo eShop and feature local hotseat multiplayer, online leaderboards, table rankings, table-specific missions and rewards, multiple score rankings, and four tables: Earth Defense, Eldorado, Excalibur, and Shamen.
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The Most Ridiculous Laws In Texas
You may have heard all the hype about the new law passed in Los Angeles where you aren't allowed to throw a football or Frisbee on the beach. While that may be the most ridiculous law you're hearing about right now, there are tons of ridiculous laws all over the place that put this one to shame. Some of the worst offenders being in our own great state of Texas.


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Near Field Communication is hot. In today's increasingly connected world, this simple, intuitive technology lets you interact securely with the world around you with a simple touch. NFC is available in hundreds of millions of smartphones, tablets, and other consumer electronics, with new devices arriving almost daily. We are convinced to see NFC everywhere very soon. This hub gives you technology insights as well as the latest news about NFC solutions from NXP.
With NFC being a specialized subset of RFID, also check out our dedicated RFID technology page.
When adding NFC to a system, there are three options to choose from: NFC frontends, which provide just the NFC function, NFC controllers, which combine the NFC frontend with a microcontroller, and NFC connected tag ICs, which are passive microchips used in smart NFC tags. We have released new products in all categories ushering in a new era in the evolution of NFC to bring intuitive proximity technology everywhere:
IoT solution made easy with NFC 1: NFC commissioning solution with the NTAG I²C plus kit for Arduino pinout
The newly released NTAG I²C plus kit for Arduino® pinout further simplifies the integration of NFC with many MCU families. This webinar series consists of two sessions. This one details how NFC overcomes the cumbersome network commissioning process.
How to develop NFC applications 3: NFC pairing for audio devices
Audio speakers and headphones are becoming wireless, with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi as the most popular technologies. NFC is the fast and simple way to associate wireless devices, without creating conflicts. No menus, no waiting.
How to develop NFC applications 1: Parametrization via NFC
30 min hands-on session on how-to integrate NFC into your application for configuration and parametrization, along the concrete implementation of a DIN rail demo.
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30 min hands-on session on how to integrate NFC for device-to-device communication, e.g. when you need to exchange data between devices which cannot be connected via a cable, as sealed, moving or rotating parts.
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The cTuning foundation is a non-profit research and development organization. It is the outcome of Grigori Fursin's initiative started in 2006 to build faster, smaller, more power efficient and more reliable computer systems via open repository of optimization knowledge, artifact sharing, reproducible experimentation, universal and multi-objective autotuning and crowd-tuning of real workloads across diverse hardware provided by volunteers, statistical analysis, predictive analytics, and run-time adaptation. We enabled collaborative computer engineering via open challenges, and actively collaborate with leading universities, Fortune 50 companies, ACM and dividiti.
The cTuning foundation is developing an open source knowledge management framework and web-based repository to enable collaborative and reproducible experimentation in computer engineering while exposing it to powerful predictive analytics (statistical analysis, machine learning, detection of missing features, improvement of models) and collective intelligence. The latest version of our technology (Collective Knowledge or CK) is available at GitHub, in Google Play Store and in Debian distribution. You can see latest results from various experiment crowdsourcing (such as GCC/LLVM crowd-tuning) in CK live repository. You can see an example of a CK-based interactive article here (OpenCL crowd-tuning and machine-learning based run-time adaptation). You can see the list of the CK-powered open research challenges here. Here are a few papers describing our approach: [ DATE'16, CPC'15, JSC'14, TRUST'14@PLDI'14, GCC Summit'09, IJPP'11, TACO'10, PLDI'10, SMART'09, HiPEAC'09 ]
Our tools and techniques have been successfully used in multiple academic and industrial projects helping the community unify, systematize, standardize and accelerate their previously ad-hoc, complex, time-consuming and error-prone process of benchmarking, autotuning (optimization) and co-design of computer systems (software and hardware). Enabling faster, smaller, cheaper, more energy efficient and reliable computer systems help, in turn, boost innovation in science and technology!
For example, our CK-based, universal, customizable and multi-objective auto-tuner can help gain up to 10x performance speedups and 30% energy savings on various OpenCL/CUDA/CPU libraries without sacrificing accuracy (or up to 20x speed-ups with a small accuracy degradation) as shown in a CK-powered interactive graph below for a popular SLAM algorithm (all points can be reproduced/validated on practically any platform using CK):
Since the beginning of his own research in 1997, Grigori Fursin realized that it will not be possible to advance without sharing artifacts, reproducing empirical experiments, validating others' results and enabling fair comparison of techniques. Therefore, he spent a considerable effort sharing all artifacts from his own research and promoting new publication model where results are validated by the community. cTuning foundation continued this effort and recently successfully arranged the first workshop in computer engineering where publications and results have been validated by the community (see ADAPT workshop). Furthermore, together with other colleagues, we managed to persuade several major conferences in computer engineering to start artifact evaluation. We are now a part of the ACM taskforce on reproducible research and experimentation! We also actively participate in various international research projects developing novel techniques to improve machine learning, data mining, knowledge discovery, statistical analysis, feature detection, experiment crowdsourcing and so on.
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Swimming daily and dying my long hair was starting to take its toll so I decided to test out some products which would get it into tip top condition again.I decided to choose a light leave in conditioner which I could use daily to condition and add shine. Herbal Essences is a spray in conditioner with "Leightweight Formula for All Hair Types". COST: I bought my Conditioner spray from Boots for £2.80 for a 200ml sized bottle,although I feel if I had shopped around I probably could have found it a few pence cheaper. PRODUCT: The product is presented in a green pump spray bottle(made from recycled plastic) and smells divine!It contains Primrose,Angelica and Marigold Flower which help to condition the hair without weighing it down. The Conditioner also contains Mountain Spring Water which I felt just seemed like a bit of a con,after all water is water. The product seems to be aimed at women as it has a flower on the front and has a feminine fragrance. USAGE: I felt I had to use quite a bit of the product to get coverage so it probably isn't that economical.However it makes the hair really silky,smooth and soft to touch.The fragrance lasts fairly well but is subtle and not over powering.When used with the other products in the range it has a nice floral effect.The product doesn't make your hair greasy and detangles well. I would warn that because it makes your hair so silky it'd be difficult to make into a up do without it all slithering out. OVERALL: I'd definetly rate this conditoner very highly as it's effective and smells oh so good!The bottle is fairly attractive so it'd look good in the bathroom though it might be a bit big for carting around.The price is reasonable as the product is high quality.The only real disadvantage is application although I have very long hair and it may be better on shorter styles.


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The story read like a best-selling thriller. For 13 years, the family of missing 37-year-old Tandiwe Betty Ketani had no idea whether she was dead or alive. They spent those years searching for her, but were not able to find any answers.
Two months ago, during renovations to a home in Kenilworth, Johannesburg, a bundle of letters was uncovered under an old brown carpet.
They told the tale of five men who went on a spree of violent abductions and at least one murder – that of Tandiwe Ketani.
The letters were given to police and, within weeks, investigators traced the old dockets, made their arrests, dug up the spot where the men had buried her and brought the suspects to point out the crime scene.
All five men are in custody and due to apply for bail at the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court today.
Ketani's family, of the Eastern Cape, say they are happy about the arrests, but are battling, even after all this time, to come to terms with her death.
It is stories like this that kindle hope for families who are living through the anguish of missing loved ones.
It stirs memories of other missing people, those for whom no answer has yet been found. Perhaps the best known of them are the girls abducted by paedophile Gert van Rooyen and his mistress, Joey Haarhoff. When Van Rooyen killed Haarhoff and then himself, answers were lost.
Tracey-Lee Scott-Crossley, 13, Fiona Harvey, 11, Joan Horn, 13, Anne-Marie Wapenaar, 12, Odette Boucher, 12, and Yolanda Wessels, 12, disappeared between August 1 1988 and November 2 1998.
The recent letter discovery, describing Ketani's end, shows that the truth remains out there, and may pop up.
"Please do everything you can to avenge me," the confession letter concluded. Now, at last, it appears that vengeance in the form of justice may be delivered to Tandiwe Ketani and her family.


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TWO teenagers who got in to a fight outside McDonalds in the early hours of the morning have appeared in court together.
Lewis Ather, 19, and his 18-year-old friend Jaime Hone were in the dock at Eastbourne Magistrates Court on Wednesday morning of last week (May 9).
The court heard that the pair, who both have part-time jobs at Eastbourne's Halfords store, had been out in the town centre on February 19 and became involved in a fracas outside McDonalds at around 2.15am.
Both men pleaded guilty to using threatening words or behaviour to provoke unlawful violence.
Ather, of Ratton Road, was walking past the fast food restaurant on his way to the taxi rank at Eastbourne Railway Station when a stranger, who had previously been thrown out of a nightclub, threw a punch at him.
The court heard Ather retaliated and then Hone, of Kings Avenue, joined in.
The pair were kneeing and hitting the man. Other men were also said to be involved.
In a police interview Ather said the first swings were in self-defence but he admitted he lost control afterwards, although didn't intend to cause the man any harm.
Hone said he had seen his friend being attacked for no reason and 'saw red'.
Christos Christou, defending, said the offence was instigated by the man who was causing trouble and getting aggressive with people outside McDonalds.
Mr Christou described Ather and Hone as being in the 'wrong place at the wrong time'.
Mr Christou said, "These are young men at the start of their careers who got involved in a silly and unfortunate incident which was started by someone else."
He also explained that neither of the men had been in trouble with the police before before adding, "A criminal record will be punishment enough." Magistrates gave both men a conditional discharge for 12 months and ordered them to pay £85 each in court costs.


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The eyes have it
More radical measures were needed. I consulted privately with an expert in predation at the University of Minnesota, who pointed out that almost universally, predators rely on binocular vision so that they can accurately fix on their prey, while prey rely on a wider field of view so that they can spot predators early. Armed with this insight, I approached my client and explained the plan.
"No more gene splicing," she told me in no uncertain terms. Instead, we agreed to a longer but less painful process: selective breeding. I didn't complain. A consulting engagement that lasts decades is, in my trade, a good thing.
We accomplished our goal. The result was creepy-looking but effective, and my clients were able to catch all the squirrels they could eat.
Sadly, that was more than the number of squirrels they could digest. As it turns out, the deer digestive tract is optimized for extracting nutrients from vegetable matter, not meat. I proposed a GI-tract reengineering project to deal with this challenge, but by then, my client had had enough.
Coevolved systems
OK, it's a ridiculous example, but it illustrates an important point: Every organism and every organization are the results of a process of coevolution, in which all of the component parts converge to a state where they support and reinforce each other.
In the case of organisms, it's purely evolutionary. In the case of organizations, someone generally designs the big pieces -- the "core processes," to use the industry's preferred phrase -- but that's just the beginning. Middle managers, supervisors, and often frontline employees do the rest, figuring out solutions for handling all the gaps, exceptions, and situations business planners never thought of.
Every part of a deer is optimized for deer-ness. Every part of your IT organization is optimized for whatever style of IT provisioning fits the actual company you support right now.
And your company? As an old saying has it, every organization is perfectly designed to deliver the results it actually gets.
As everyone's partner in collaboratively designing and planning business change, it isn't enough to figure out a new business process and the software needed to support it.
Depending on the change, you might need to take into account all manner of structural factors as well, including how the company is organized, its facilities, its governance, its accounting systems, and how everyone in the company, from top to bottom, is compensated -- not just how much, but for what.
Think change is complicated for white-tailed deer? If you want a serious migraine, think through all the different moving parts that will have to change if your organization is to be different tomorrow than it was yesterday.
[ This content first appeared in different form in Bare Bones Change Management: What you shouldn't not do, Bob Lewis, 2010 ]
This story, "A parable of business change: Turning prey into predators," was originally published at InfoWorld.com. Read more of Bob Lewis' Advice Line blog on InfoWorld.com. For the latest business technology news, follow InfoWorld.com on Twitter.


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Chris Christy fires aid in bridge scandal; prosecutor launches probe
"Embarrased and humiliated' Chris Christie apologizes for Bridgegate
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Thursday fired a top aide at the center of a brewing scandal that public officials orchestrated a massive traffic snarl on the busy George Washington Bridge to settle a political score.
Christie told a news conference he was stunned and heartbroken by revelations that his staff was behind the traffic jam designed to punish a local mayor who declined to endorse Christie's re-election bid. The office of the U.S. attorney in New Jersey said it had launched an investigation.
The scandal and potential legal problems come as Christie has emerged as one of the most powerful figures in the Republican Party as head of its governors association and a possible contender for the White House in 2016.
"I am embarrassed and humiliated by the conduct of some of the people on my team," Christie said. "I am who I am, but I am not a bully."
At the news conference, Christie referred to the lane closings as a "rogue political operation."
"I am stunned by the abject stupidity that was shown here," Christie said. "This was handled in a callous and indifferent way, and this is not the way this administration has conducted itself over the last four years."
Christie took reporters' questions at the packed news conference at his office that lasted just short of two hours.
He appeared contrite, describing himself repeatedly as heartbroken and apologizing to the public, and even to the media, several times.
Toward the end of his lengthy appearance, he visibly relaxed, leaning against the podium, and resorted to his more typical form, calling one reporter's question "crazy."
Christie said he has dismissed his deputy chief of staff, Bridget Anne Kelly.
U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman - whose job Christie held before he was elected governor - has opened a probe into the lane closures, his spokeswoman said.
"The Port Authority Office of Inspector General has referred the matter to us, and our office is reviewing it to determine whether a federal law was implicated," Rebekah Carmichael said in a statement.
The controversy erupted with the public release of incriminating emails showing that a top aide to Christie played a key role in closing some lanes to the bridge, in a ploy to punish the Democratic mayor of Fort Lee, New Jersey.
The George Washington Bridge, one of the busiest spans in the world, connects New York City to Fort Lee. The abrupt four-day lane closures in September caused hours-long traffic jams and held up the passage of school buses and ambulances.
A local newspaper reported that emergency responders were delayed in attending to four medical situations. One involved an unconscious 91-year-old woman who later died of cardiac arrest and another, a car accident, in which four people were injured.
Christie has enjoyed immense popularity at home since his election in 2009, particularly for his handling of recovery and rebuilding efforts after Superstorm Sandy devastated his state in late 2012. He was re-elected in a landslide in November.
He has also touted his ability to work with political opponents as a mark of his skill at overcoming partisan divisions and forging alliances to get things done.
But the blunt-talking governor is known as well for engaging in shouting matches, hurling insults and belittling challengers.
Christie said he had been misled by his staff and knew nothing of the lane closings before they occurred and that he had been led to believe the closures were part of a traffic study.
He also said he was "blindsided" and heartbroken by the emails, and that he was doing some "soul searching."
"What did I do wrong to make these folks think it was okay to lie?" Christie said. "What I want the people of New Jersey to know is that this is the exception, not the rule."
Despite earlier denials that anyone in his administration would shutter the bridge entrances as retaliation, emails released on Wednesday showed that at least one of his top aides, Bridget Anne Kelly, was involved in discussions about the closures weeks beforehand.
"Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee," Bridget Anne Kelly, wrote to a Port Authority executive in August.
The executive, David Wildstein, replied in an email: "Got it."
In another message sent amid the gridlock, an unidentified author wrote: "Is it wrong that I'm smiling," and Wildstein responded: "No."
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which oversees the bridge, had previously said it was the result of a last-minute traffic study.
The emails were supplied to the media by Wildstein, the Port Authority executive, in response to a subpoena issued by a panel of state lawmakers.
Wildstein later admitted ordering the lane closures and resigned his post.
The emails were supplied to the media by Wildstein in response to a subpoena issued by a panel of state lawmakers.
He appeared before the panel on Thursday but declined to answer questions, repeatedly invoking the constitutional protection not to say anything that might incriminate him.
A long-time Christie ally, Wildstein previously has admitted ordering
the lane closures and resigned in December. Kelly was fired prior to
Thursday's press conference.
In September, according to a report from The Record, paramedics trying to reach an unconscious 91-year-old woman in Fort Lee, N.J., got stuck in a traffic jam caused by the lane closings.
The woman later died at a hospital of cardiac arrest, according to a Sept. 10 letter that EMS coordinator Paul Favia sent to the borough's mayor.
Although Favia did not explicitly blame the woman's death on the traffic delay -- the paramedics got to her in seven minutes -- it was one of four such delays reported by the coordinator, the Record reported.
"Paramedics were delayed due to heavy traffic on Fort Lee Road and
had to meet the ambulance en-route to the hospital instead of on the
scene," Favia wrote.
Matthew Hale, an associate professor of political science at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey, said the growing scandal deals a huge blow to Christie's 2016 presidential ambitions.
"The smoking gun is not quite in the governor's hand, but these e-mails show that it is awfully close to it," Hale said.
In his press conference, Christie downplayed his potential plans to run for president. "I am not preoccupied with that job [the presidency]. I am preoccupied with this job," he said.
The New York Times called on Christie to explain, apologize and clean house.
"Mr. Christie can start by getting rid of every one of his aides and cronies who knew about this scheme," the Times wrote.
The Wall Street Journal said it was a test of Christie's credibility.
"America doesn't need - after a year of revelations that the IRS was turned against President Obama's opponents - another chief executive willing to condone government attacks on his political adversaries," the Journal wrote.
"And Republicans don't need a presidential nominee who fulfills the liberal stereotype that he's a political bully," it said.
In an editorial, New York's Daily News pronounced Christie's presidential ambitions as "all but kaput."
"He will be lambasted and lampooned as a man of low character and horrible judgment," the newspaper wrote. "Take his denials of knowledge with skepticism, and the man is a monster."
Taking a poke at Christie's heft and aspirations, the Daily News front page headline read: "Fat chance now, Chris."
Chairman of the Republican Governors Association and enormously popular, Christie won his second term by a landslide in November, garnering votes from all sides of the political spectrum.
But some question how far his blunt, tough-talking "Jersey" posturing will take him on the national stage. Christie is known for engaging in shouting matches, hurling insults and belittling challengers.
In one not-untypical response, when asked earlier if he knew about the lane closings, Christie sarcastically replied that he personally had put out the traffic cones.
Christie often touts his willingness to work with opponents as well as allies - a stance seen as a way of positioning himself as a national candidate able to close bitter partisan divides and win the White House.
A former prosecutor, he was highly visible working with Democratic U.S. Senator Cory Booker, the former mayor of Newark, and he notably praised President Barack Obama in 2012 for his response to New Jersey's needs after Superstorm Sandy.
Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich, said on CNN he was starting to doubt that Christie had been in the dark about the closings.
"As things begin to unravel with emails, the actions of counterparts, resignations, engagement of defense council, that position becomes more and more difficult to understand, more and more difficult to comprehend and, quite frankly, more and more difficult to believe," he said.
"I'm actually rooting that the highest elected official in the state of New Jersey isn't involved in this, but I will tell you I'm beginning to question my judgment," he added.
This is why our country remains inhabited by a lot of really stupid and uninformed people.
Fast and furious - media couldn't care less about
Fat and furious - media all over this one.
I have been hearing so much about this guy that surely the people in Jersey have to know about. How is he so popular there???
I think he did what our own president couldn't do. He took responsibility, he apoligized and fired the two aides who did it. He had no clue but he did what any boss should have done. A hell of a lot more than Obama when he should have fired many especially holder but instead we have crooks in washington
I really do not see the big deal about this whole thing. so what a back up on a bridge in Jersey or New York, no news here:/
I really like Christy so when I saw this article I started screaming "NO!" at the computer! I hope this doesn't destroy his chances of running for President! I really don't think he knew about any of this either. I am sure he'll be growing through everything witha fine tooth comb from here on out so that something like this doesnt happen again.
Christie is not my favorite politician - but I admire the fact that he moved quickly on this issue and held people accountable.
I wish his buddy Obama would pay attention, and learn a thing or two about how to take responsibility and lead when faced with scandals.
Quoting SallyMJ:
Christie is not my favorite politician - but I admire the fact that he moved quickly on this issue and held people accountable.
I wish his buddy Obama would pay attention, and learn a thing or two about how to take responsibility and lead when faced with scandals.
I find it funny that you guys love to bring Obama into this. I bet you did not even care that here in NC, thousands of peoples personal information were sent to the wrong people and all our Republican Gov. did was say it was human error no big deal:/ gotta love how none of you guys are screaming where is the accountability on this subject:/ Noone getting fired over this, oh wait maybe it was Obama's fault:/ I also think it is funny how quickly you guys are to say, Oh I believe he did nto know anything but are still trying to throw Obama in a noose over the same type of not knowing thing:/ How do you know he is just not using these guys as a scape goat, that he knew everything but threw them under the bus? I personally do not care one way or the other, traffic in that city or NYC is not new:/ I think this whole thing is bs


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"Small enough to know you, Strong enough to serve you well"
I absolutely love the motto of Bogota Savings Bank in New Jersey: "Small enough to know you, Strong enough to serve you well." If only other institutions would follow suit. It's a refreshing change from "too big to fail." Imagine if our government programs took this approach! Or the companies where we work, places we study or even our local auto repair shops. Small enough to know you: because you are … Continue reading
Back to School Supply Drive
When I was a kid, my favorite time of year was early fall… getting ready to go back to school. As you know, nearly a half million foster kids will be going back to school this September. To help California's foster youth, the heroes at Sleep Train will be collecting new school supplies for foster children throughout the state. I have participated in this drive and it's a lot of fun! Click here for store locations. Click here if you … Continue reading
Stand Up for Kids
What does foster care have to do with homelessness? Tragically, a lot. Some 30,000 young people will exit foster care this year and many have nowhere to go. Former foster youth are disproportionately represented among the homeless. YOU can help. Our friends at Standupforkids.org help homeless youth across the nation. You can help by joining one of the organization's outreach teams. You can help by organizing a "Don't Run Away" lecture at your local high school or middle school. You … Continue reading
Collecting Backpacks and School Supplies
From our friends at the LaMorinda Sun comes this news of an upcoming backpack and school supply drive: The Moraga Youth Involement Committee is holding a backpack drive all month to collect backpacks as donations. The backpacks will be given to students fourth grade and younger whose families can't afford to purchase a new backpack. The drive is taking place at Moraga's Parks and Recreation office at the Hacienda de las Flores, located at 2100 Donald Drive. Donations will be … Continue reading
Back to School for California Foster Youth
If you live in the Golden State, take a bit of time between now and Labor Day (September 6th) to drop off new school supplies for foster children. Sleep Train–one of our heroes!–does an enormous amount of good for foster children all year long. They are wrapping up their back-to-school supply drive this week and over Labor Day weekend. A binder, backpack, pencils or some cool art supplies could make all the difference in the life of a foster kid.


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The economy will turn around—whether it begins in 2010 or 2011, it will happen. And it's the companies and individuals that keep their pipeline for new products strong that will be well positioned when that turna
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The Children Who Time Lost by Marvin Amazon
Posted by Krystal Larson at 1:40 AM Friday, December 20, 2013
What happened to the children?
The year is 2043, and humans have been mysteriously unable to reproduce for almost thirty years. To prevent panic and keep the population from dwindling to nothing, global authorities offer a Lotto, where a few winners each week can enter a time portal and bring back adopted children from the future. They're never allowed to talk about what they saw.
The exception to this system is Los Angeles resident and reluctant celebrity Rachel Harris, the only woman of her generation to naturally give birth. Years of medical tests and treatments have been unable to explain or replicate her pregnancy, and the whole world grieved when Rachel's daughter died in a tragic accident.
When Rachel wins the Lotto, she's shocked, and then elated. She can be a mother again. But the baby she meets in 2108 carries a secret that will shatter Rachel's reality and endanger everyone close to her. Now Rachel must race across time to save her life and her child, even as she discovers that nothing—and no one—are what they seem.
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I thought this book was super interesting. What would it be like to be the only woman in the world able to birth a child? How would a society with no new children behave and act? Technically, this whole book sounds impossible, but if you ignore the impossibility behind the plot, you will discover a good book. I really liked Rachel's character. I rooted for her throughout the book and thought her very brave and mature. I knew that this book would contain plenty of plot-twists from the summary, but I was not prepared for how many plot-twists there turned out to be.
This book kept me on my toes. Everything was constantly changing and I had to accept new reality after new reality. I loved the time travel aspect and the character Rachel meets in 2108. The characters were decently well-developed for being thrown everywhere in the novel. Every time I thought something might settle down, something would start up again. I think that adult, scifi readers should definitely give this book a chance.
3 Stars
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2 comments:
Susan T. said...:
I love sci-fi and time travel books and the plot sounds intriguing! I'll check it out!
Berenice said...:
This one does sound really interesting. I don't think I've ever read a book that deals with time travel. I'll have to check it out. Fantastic review. Thank you! =)
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Discussion in 'Outpost' started by Sansfear, Jul 1, 2013.
How about simple patriotism...its public sector work for the people, ffs, not private sector.
how much cheese will patriotism buy you at Safeway these days?
I thought you said you took a government lawyer job so that we could all pay your student loans back for you. I must be remembering wrong.
Same thing, there is no union in the military because it creates insubordination, corruption, and strikes.
Much like public unions do now.
IRS ::cough::
BART ::cough::
That's why you get a private sector job if you are doing it for the money.
Public service is supposed to be about patriotism.
It might be more exciting as a newbie lawyer working the public sector instead of as a private lawyer where your first few years are mostly depositions and stresing over billable hours.
It be more exciting for a newbie lawyer if he started sifting though the accounting books to see how much public money is being mismanaged in government.
That is if he can stomach it over time.
Muffin's post wouldn't be as funny if it was coming from someone who actually worked and paid taxes.
Typical libtard.
You folks should come visit.
Got fishing license too.
I'm very comfortable with Yuki and more white collar workers joining a union, public or otherwise. I think there's a lot unions can do to 'help' white collar workers identify with them and their concerns. There has to be a shift at some point of public perception of union workers, which I think unions do have in their power to influence. In other Western economies, union membership is not based on the type of job you do but rather than on your desire to seek representation in matters concerning wages, benefits, and job security. When asked correctly, who would NOT want that type of representation? There's a lot of PR and wiggle room for unions to increase their membership other than relying on historical sources of members.
If we are truly moving to a services sector based economy and unions for the last ten years have been losing membership, then alternate sources for union members are going to have to be sought. Unions also have to work very hard to prevent the MSM from portraying them as loud mouth pushy grunt workers with clubs over their shoulders [which our MSM can be consistently relied on to do]. At some point it has to be more attractive to be a white collar worker in a union than not. There is no reason on earth why more private unions can't include engineers, waiters, chemists, doctors, office workers, nuclear physicists, lab rats of various stripes, accountants, MBA holders, paper pushers, bean counters, whatever it is GC does, etc. If this can possibly be done here as it has in other nations, it would be a long stride in securing whatever rights our labor force has at this time, then move forward instead of backwards.
Yuki's job is to defend citizens against the government. He's in a union though because it's assumed he can't defend himself against the government.
We know. We know.
That's definitely a plus. But it's not the reason. That would be a pretty stupid reason. With the salary differential between private practice and the gubmint I could pay off all my loans with 1 year of the extra salar I would have got had I taken the law firm job offer. Meanwhile it'll take 10 years of gubmint service for the gubmint to pay off 80% of that debt for me.
Lol these days you are lucky to get depositions. Most of the time of a first year associate is document review. I.e. reading thousands of pages of crap just to make sure there's nothing important in it.
Huh, turns out everyone who reads your posts on the Outpost is a first year associate now.
As we all know...the unions are the devil and rich white people rock...or did I miss something.
Not enough time in the world.
I love when Lyken does a drive-by to remind us all how stupid he is.
Flip that around. What makes private employees less valuable than public? Productivity per worker, in the private sector, has soared over the last 20 years but compensation has stagnated.
Supply and demand. For generations we've been paying worker bees to breed massive numbers of worker bees that we don't need. Add in unchecked immigration, and libtards have guaranteed worker bees won't get much.
It's not a thread about unions until Paul mentions eugenics.
Groucho asked the question so technically he brought it up.
True, but I said mentions, not bring up.
to sum...rich white people are awesome.
unions suck
Being a white male in America is a raw deal!
I'll never give up my white privilege. Fuck you lesser people. Go cut my lawn or something useful.
A perfect spotlight on paul's thinking. I mention that workers aren't sharing in the increase in productivity as they were when our country had its strongest and best economy and his solution is, not start sharing those gains again, instead of giving it all to corporate masters, but, rather, let enough workers starve to death so that demand will go up. A Rorschach test into his mind set that he blames me for bringing it up. It's kind of like me saying I like black and white movies and someone claiming, as he makes a racist remark, that I started the racism talk.
Paul is a slave
But a little background check proves you're not white. Many German Jews thought the same thing until, ovens.
lol I am not!!???
Then I want my minority shit! Gimme my shit!
I'm trying to slap you in the face and help you realize anyone can be discriminated against. Even people that think they're all safe and warm in their whiteness. That's why you defend the minority. You never know when you're going to become it.
You ain't man enough to slap me in the face... bitch
Okay. Way to overreact to a figure of speech.
Way to take my inane mocking post #227 as seriousness.
Oh, you ain't mad. You just play a bitch slapped in the face on TV.
... would Yoss be enough of a man you'd want to be slapped in the face by?
you mean pay them 50k/yr+free housing+pension+food....
yeah, thats atrocious. they should really fix that
No.. none of you bitches are! I am white. Deal with it!
No, not really. You're like the diet coke of white.
I'll take it
which ignored douche splatted all over this thread?
But deep down you know you're not really white. That's what counts.
I'm whiter than you. I'm so white that I never abbreviate when I send texts.
lol I am so white I don't txt!
I'm so white I have a greater chance of hitting the MEGA JACKPOT than I do getting sickle cell.
I am so white the police say sorry when they pull me over!