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Realistic cruise review for Royal Princess : Royal Princess Cruise Review by darlingsteve
Overall Member Rating
Realistic cruise review for Royal Princess
Destination: Eastern Caribbean
Embarkation: Fort Lauderdale (Port Everglades)
The food was excellent as always. Always lots of room in the Horizon Courts to eat. The food in the two dining restaurants was also excellent. Only one problem with dining restaurants. Princess need to find a way to reorganize anytime dining as there was always a long wait to get into dining room at night. We found that one very small pool was not enough for such a large ship. They do have an adult pool but it was also very small. Our state rooms were on deck 8 #217 and 219 and we could hear a loud noise coming from the Princess Theatre but it always stopped by11:30 p.m. Yes its true about the toilet paper position but no big deal as you just put a roll on the ledge beside toilet. Staff was More very pleasant and helpful at all times. Entertainment was first class. Everything was so clean. It was a pleasure to be on this ship. You will just love it. Only thing different we will do next time is not get any state rooms on deck 8. Too noisy. We will try for deck 9 or 10. We usually get state rooms mid ship but this time they were towards the front of ship and we were near stairs so we never had to depend on elevators and they worked out fine except for a bit of noise. Also there was a knocking noise in our room during the night when the ship was cruising a bit faster. It was not the hangers. The noise was right in the walls of the ship. One more disappointment. The T.V. is mounted on the wall and the walls are very thin and you can hear the T.V. and telephone in the next room. The walls are not as sound proof as other Princess Ships. We really had a great time and you will too. Less
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Cabin review: 217
Bathroom was great and hand held showers were a real treat. Bed was comfortable. Room size was adequate. Pull out couch was a nice feature. Balcony was small but still acceptable. Cabin was were not as sound proof as other Princess Ships we have been on.
Port and Shore Excursions
Shopping area down town is fantastic. Beautiful beach just off the dock. Went to Orient Beach. Nice beach. Nude side of beach was a real eye opener. Traffic was congested. Weather was perfect.
Glad we docked at Havensight. Lots of hills and winding roads. A bit tricky driving on left side of road.
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Duke takes out Carolina in OT, 81-79
Posted March 1, 2009
Updated March 2, 2009
Duke guard Abby Waner began her Senior Night with a three-pointer against North Carolina on her first shot attempt, two minutes and 50 seconds into the game. She swished a wide open look from the left side of the key, which tied the game at 5-5.
After 14 not-even-close shot attempts and 41:24 of game time elapsed, Waner hit her second bucket of the evening. She swished a three in transition, again from the left side of the key, with 45.8 seconds remaining in overtime.
The shot gave Waner's team the lead for good and helped decide a tilt-a-whirl of a game, 81-79, in Duke's favor.
"I wasn't thinking," Waner said about her game-winning shot. "It was just ball, basket. Sometimes you just have to dumb it down – then it goes in."
Waner said she wasn't thinking about that shot, but she thought a little about the 14 that came before it. Those included airballs, rim-clankers, bricks – the kinds of shots you see fans take during half time prize contests.
"In basketball, if you over-think it too much, sometimes you let it get inside your head," Waner said.
On her final shot of the night, the final shot she'll ever take in an official game on Coach K Court, Waner delivered the bucket her team needed most as if she hadn't missed a shot all night.
But Waner's shot could never have happened were it not for sophomore point guard Jasmine Thomas, who seemed like she didn't miss a shot all night.
Thomas hit key bucket after key bucket for the Blue Devils. She keyed a major Duke run in the first half that lifted her team to a 40-32 halftime lead. Then, with Duke trailing, 67-65, and on down to its final possession in regulation, Thomas drove the lane and hit a bank-shot runner from five feet out with 20 seconds left.
After Cetera DeGraffenreid's lay-up attempt at the buzzer rimmed out, Thomas took over in overtime. She hit a pull-up jumper to open the extra frame scoring. After UNC's Rashanda McCants swished a jumper to give the Heels a 71-69 lead, Thomas came right down and answered with a jumper of her own. With the score tied at 73, Thomas penetrated, backed down her defender, then turned and hit a jumper from inside the foul line to put Duke up two. And after Waner hit her critical three, Thomas made two free throws with 19 seconds left to put the game away.
Thomas scored eight of Duke's 14 points in overtime and finished as the team's leading scorer with 19 points on eight-of-17 shooting.
During Waner's senior address to the fans following the game, the two-guard made sure her one-guard received recognition. "First of all, has anybody seen number five, Jasmine Thomas?" Waner said, eliciting a raucous cheer from the near-capacity crowd at Cameron.
During the game, that crowd included a large Carolina contingency, and a vocal one at that. The Tar Heel fans enjoyed plenty of moments during the contest, as the game featured 12 ties and 13 lead changes.
Especially late in the game, it seemed that Duke had let the game slip away. Carolina trailed for most of the second half but chipped away at the Blue Devil lead and eventually pulled ahead, enjoying its largest lead of the game, 67-61, with 2:02 to go.
At that point, Duke had managed just six points over an approximately six minute stretch, during which Carolina scored 11 points. But over the final two minutes, Duke shut Carolina out and scored six points unanswered to knot it up.
"This was like the best senior night ever," soon-to-be-graduate Chante Black said in her fan address.
Black fouled out of her final home game against UNC with 4:13 remaining in regulation, but her teammates came through. Fellow senior Carrem Gay tallied 15 points and 12 rebounds, sophomore Karima Christmas added clutch 18 points and seven boards, and junior Bridgette Mitchell scored 13 points for the Blue Devils.
McCants led all scorers with 24 points on 10-of-17 shooting, and three other Tar Heels – Jessica Breland, DeGraffenreid and Italee Lucas – scored in double figures. In the second half especially, McCants and Breland, along with some key three-point shooting, carried the Tar Heels during their comeback.
But the Heels turned the ball over 33 times (juxtaposed with only 15 assists) and allowed Duke to nab 32 offensive rebounds. Those numbers led to 28 Blue Devil points off turnovers and 21 second-chance points.
Duke coach Joanne P. McCallie said, "The pressure you feel is for your seniors," but she must have felt some herself – this was McCallie's first win in seven tries against the Tar Heels. It also ended a four-game Carolina winning streak against Duke.
Gay ranked the Senior Night victory "definitely at the top" among Duke-Carolina games during her four years in Durham.
Waner, who experienced the downs of a prolonged shooting slump and the ups of a game-winning shot, said, "This game is a really good example of what the last four years have been," meaning exultant at times and bleak at others.
"Everything came together in this game," Waner said. "The atmosphere was great, sold out, the fans were really into it … Then to go into overtime with your archrival in a very crucial game … I'd say it was a pretty good way to go out."
Better than, say, if she had missed.

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hi my name is katsa and i will be travelling around australia for work.
I am 26 years old a female and i want to work my way around. I will be going solo and i want to at least have my dog with me in case things go wrong.
What are my chances of finding work even just for room and board with a dog in tow?
Where can i look for work? Or at least find it?
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It is difficult to overestimate the importance of up to date database documentation for any serious project, yet maintaining it has been a tedious and boring job nobody wants to do.
LiveDoco tries to address this and make it easier and more fun.
This article compares the conventional database documentation generator way to the new web-browser based SQL Server metadata explorer interface approach - the LiveDoco. If you are already familiar with the former you might want to skip to the "new approach" section.
The conventional way
There are many database documentation tools on the market that try to make this job easier. These tools can generate nicely formatted database documentation or data dictionary from your database's metadata. Supported output formats are usually HTML, CHM and Microsoft Word. Some of them even allow editing descriptions, which in SQL Server's case are usually stored as "MS_Description" extended properties in the database.
Top 3 would probably be Red Gate's SQL Doc, ApexSQL Doc and ElsaSoft's SQLSpec.
Although documentation generators are a major improvement over the manual documentation process, they still have their own limitations.
The problem with documentation generators is that their output is essentially read only because any changes to the output would be lost once the documentation is regenerated. The solution is to keep these notes in the source database, and there are built-in facilities for that in most modern RDBMS, including SQL Server's MS_Description Extended Properties.
The problem is that the standard SQL Server Management Studio does not provide a user friendly way to edit them. Installing the above-mentioned tools would address this issue to some extent, but it is still far from ideal.
Commercial tools are feature rich but quite expensive and installing such software on every developer's and DBA's PC is usually not feasible.
Both commercial and free tools would also create additional IT admin overhead - installation and maintenance.
Even from user's perspective this solution is suboptimal. Imagine the following scenario: A developer or browses the database documentation and finds an error or an omission. In order to fix it he needs to:
- Start the documentation tool (say 20 seconds including connection to the preselected database)
- Find the place that needs editing (5 seconds)
- Edit it (let's say 20 seconds for a relatively simple edit)
- Then trigger the documentation rebuild (another 30-40 seconds or more depending on the database complexity)
That's three extra steps and a full extra minute for something as simple as changing a couple of words in the documentation! And by the way - the rebuild might even fail due to the file locking errors if there are other people using the same document. There's got to be an easier way, right?
LiveDoco - a new approach to database documentation
What if we had a tool that allowed us to just edit the descriptions in place? Like we would change our Facebook status?
LiveDoco tries to address these issues by approaching the task from a different angle. Instead of generating a static document it simply provides a web-based interface to your SQL Server database's metadata. It renders database object pages directly from the underlying database.
This approach makes the following features possible:
- LiveDoco completely eliminates the documentation generation step, thus greatly reducing "access latency" to any database
For instance it could be a database you have never worked with before and just received from a client - simply open LiveDoco in your browser, select the database - and start exploring your database's structure, or adding notes to the objects of interest.
In-place editing of descriptions
To edit a description just click on the pencil icon next to it:
Changes will be immediately visible to all your team members who use the same database. The information displayed by LiveDoco is practically never out of sync with the actual state of your database. This makes fixing or updating database documentation an easy and natural process, thus improving the quality of the documentation.
- Deep linking
This means you could bookmark a particular page or send a link to a colleague via email/IM:
This is normally impossible with other database documentation tools (generators) even when they output HTML because they usually utilize HTML frames and this hides the current page's address - all the browser's address bar has is just the address of the IFRAME page. This is one of the main reasons LiveDoco does not use frames. If your browser is currently pointing to a sub-object on the object's page (EmployeeID column of the HumanResources.Employee table in the above example) and you send this link to a colleague - it will even scroll to that column (if needed) and blink when opened as in the example above (see it for yourself here).
- Flexible and intelligent search facility
Because LiveDoco has access to the underlying database's metadata it can be restricted to search only the particular object types:
Search results are displayed as you type below the Search Options section:
This approach allows quickly examining your search results without using your browsers "Back" button.
LiveDoco has other features and enhancements that are not directly related to its architecture, but still worth mentioning.
These include:
- Foreign key column links
Any column participating in a foreign key relationship on both FK (referencing) and PK(referenced) ends, has a list of links pointing to both referencing and referenced columns:
We believe this is an important navigational aid that helps visualizing table dependencies in both directions. Merely listing foreign keys along with their columns as it is usually done is not good enough.
- Rich hyper-linking and visual enhancements
Although making object names a clickable link is quite common, LiveDoco adds a special "blink" effect - when you click on say a table column's name - not only it takes you to the parent table's page and scrolls the column into view, but also briefly blinks its background to attract users attention and save him or her few seconds.
- Foldable sections
LiveDoco has MSDN-style foldable sections:
This reduces visual clutter and allows hiding less important details on the page - such as trigger code in the example above, while still making them available if needed - the code is only a click away. These sections can be nested.
- Export facility
LiveDoco has extensible export facility that allows exporting your descriptions (or any extended properties for that matter) into a SQL script that can be used to insert/update the notes into another database of the similar structure. This is just one application of the export facility. It can be used to generate any text from the database metadata - be it XML or various SQL scripts or even C# source code.
All these features make LiveDoco an excellent database structure exploration and documentation tool, especially for database developers. With LiveDoco you can:
- Easily document your databases
LiveDoco can be made available to all your employees just by installing on an intranet IIS Server. If you already own a database documentation generator or plan you purchase one - you could use LiveDoco to let your employees document your database(s) and then generate the documentation using only one copy of the generator software, since most of them also use MS_Description extended properties for descriptions/comments.
- Explore and document unfamiliar databases
Quite often database professionals need to work with unfamiliar databases for example to import data from them or to implement interfaces to such databases. LiveDoco's easy access to metadata and search facility can greatly simplify these tasks when used in conjunction with SQL Server Management Studio or other similar tools. For instance you could use LiveDoco search to identify potential foreign keys in the database based on column names, then try adding them in the SQL Management Studio and see them immediately in LiveDoco. Another use would be to add notes to relevant columns or tables for future reference while exploring this new database. This is especially helpful when dealing with "ugly" databases with obscure naming and relationships between tables.
- Custom script templates
If you find yourself writing a particular type of script over and over again for different databases (for example delete from a set of tables without triggering FK errors) - you could prepare a LiveDoco template that would output such script given a selection of tables.


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INDIANAPOLIS --- Peyton Manning is on a simple mission this week: Strike fast, stay on the field and take the Colts back to Miami.
The four-time MVP and his teammates can't wait for the journey to begin.
Nearly a month after then- undefeated Indianapolis set off a national firestorm by yanking its starters early against the New York Jets, Manning & Co. will get another at them in this weekend's AFC Championship game -- even if nobody lets them forget what happened the first time.
"Do you expect to play all four quarters this week?" Manning was asked jokingly before he could even settle in at the podium Wednesday.
"I do, yeah," Manning deadpanned, drawing laughter.
But in Indianapolis, this is no laughing matter.
Furious fans deluged local radio talk shows after Indy's 29-15 loss in Week 16, and fans weren't the only ones upset.
After the game, four-time Pro Bowl center Jeff Saturday said he understood why Indy's home fans booed, other players seemed surprised by coach Jim Caldwell's decision to pull players early.
Manning insisted nothing should be read into his body language even though he uncharacteristically kept his helmet on for most of the final 20 minutes that day.
Since then, players and coaches have reached a consensus that they might not be playing in their third AFC title game since 2003 had they not done it this way.
"Really, we've tried to focus in on the things that we thought were in the best interest of our team to get us into the position we are right now," Caldwell said. "That was the ultimate goal."
It's taken the Colts (15-2) a little longer to convince the fans.
Three weeks ago, Manning jump-started the reconciliation process after another loss at Buffalo by explaining nothing could be changed. He said it was time to move forward and that he hoped fans would forgive the Colts and provide a united front in the playoffs.
The message resonated.
A win Sunday, and a ticket to Miami, would finally fix everything.


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A PET rabbit was dumped in a box on top of a bin and left to freeze to death by its owner says the RSPCA.
Wirral RSPCA inspector Anthony Joynes was called to Mersey Park in Tranmere on Sunday where passersby had discovered the animal in a cardboard box.
The rabbit, which was "emaciated" and in a "poor condition," failed to survive the cold weather and had been suffering from illness.
Now Insp Joynes is calling on local residents to come forward with any information they may have.
He said: "The box had holes that had been punched through the box and the edge appeared to have been nibbled away.
"At this stage it looks like someone has dumped this rabbit in a weak and emaciated state and it has succumbed to the cold weather on Saturday night or Sunday morning.
"This has been a cruel act as this rabbit was clearly suffering from malnutrition or illness and would have needed urgent veterinary treatment.
Inspector Joynes added: "In my opinion rabbits are the most neglected pet in the UK. Rabbits have a complex set of needs and to make good pets need time spent on them every day from a very early age.
"The person responsible for this cruel act if caught could be sent to prison for six months and given a fine of up to £20,000."
Anyone with information can call the RSPCA on 0300 123 4999 and leave a message for Inspector Joynes.


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A new state audit (http://bit.ly/ferUBE) questions the fairness both of how the Utah Department of Transportation awarded a $1.1 billion contract to rebuild I-15 in Utah County, and the $13 million it later quietly paid to settle with an upset bidder that contended it had been cheated out of the contract.
"Because of subjectivity [of the process] and lack of documentation, we were unable to conclude regarding the actual legitimacy" of the bidding process, state Auditor Auston Johnson wrote. And about what it paid to settle claims of unfairness, he added, "UDOT did not obtain complete and adequate documentation to support the settlement amount."
As an aside, the audit also found that a UDOT manager who was having an affair with the head of one of the bid-winning companies also once awarded him an emergency bridge contract without following normal procedures. That former manager, who was disciplined and put in a different job last year, was not involved in the Utah County 1-15 project, UDOT officials have said.


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Hot Tubs (Detoxification - body, natural, cleansing)
One of the biggest things regarding using saunas has always been getting the bad stuff out of your body through detoxification and natural cleansing. However, what you might not know is that a hot tub is also a great way to rid your body of things that might be in it that are no good for it.
What Are Toxins?
When you rid your body of toxins by using a hot tub, you are doing sort of a natural cleansing process in order to get them out. But what are they? Toxins are anything that isn't supposed to be in your body. They might be things that you have put into your body yourself, such as drugs or alcohol, and they might be things that you are hoping to rid your body of, that you have used unintentionally, or unwisely. However, even if you haven't used anything that you would consider a toxin, there are still toxins in our bodies that a hot tub will help use get rid of. Toxins can get into a body through what they eat, what they drink, or even what air they are breathing in. A good way to do a natural cleansing for your body is to use a hot tub.
How Does It Work?
A natural cleansing through a hot tub is a great way to rid your body of toxins. Basically, the hot water causes you to sweat, and once the toxins are sweated out of you, they are washed off of your skin by the water. If you use a hot tub that doesn't use a lot of chemicals, you are going to find that you are much cleaner when you are finished using the hot tub. Just be sure that you have checked with someone to make sure that you are using the hot tub in the best way that you can to naturally cleanse the toxins from your body.
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IF LAST SUMMER'S over-the-top Hollywood blockbuster about global warming was titled The Day After Tomorrow, Michael Crichton's new book on the same subject should be called The Day Before Yesterday. Much of the information on which he based his tale is woefully out of date.
In State of Fear, the science-fiction writer tells the story of a band of high-tech eco-terrorists who conspire to blow up part of Antarctica, generate flash floods in the southwestern United States and loose a tsunami on the California coast. The thriller is interspersed with a series of diatribes about what Crichton sees as the world's utterly unfounded fear of escalating climate change.
In debunking concern about global warming, however, Crichton ignores the findings of the more than 1,500 scientists from 100 countries who report to the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the largest and most rigorously peer-reviewed scientific collaboration in history. These scientists all agree that the threats posed by global warming are real.
That view has become the basis for profound policy changes by many of the world's governments. Holland recently completed a plan to cut emissions by 80 percent in the next 40 years. The United Kingdom and Germany have pledged cuts of 60 percent and 50 percent, respectively, in the next 50 years. Clearly these governments have no real doubts about the science.
Crichton, on the other hand, apparently thinks he knows better. In the book, he dismisses climate computer models for what he sees as their subjectivity. If he were writing in the late 1980s, he would have a basis for such criticism. Back then, most models did project far too much warming and failed to match the known climatic record. Since then, researchers have refined the models, which have now essentially fallen into line with the observed historical record.
In focusing almost exclusively on the models, Crichton also ignores a vast reservoir of other scientific data. For example, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration researcher David Easterling found several years ago that, as the planet warms, nighttime low temperatures are rising twice as quickly as daytime high temperatures. That pattern constitutes a specific signature of human-induced warming. Were the warming natural, the high and low temperatures would rise and fall in parallel.
Another example: Tom Karl, director of the National Climatic Data Center, was initially skeptical about human-induced climate change. But when his team analyzed all U.S. weather data recorded by reliable instruments, they found a significant increase in intense rainfalls, protracted droughts and severe storms since the mid-1970s—changes that experts say could be attributed only to a rise in human-generated greenhouse gases.
Moreover, changes in the migration and breeding patterns of numerous species testify to changes in the timing of the seasons, further evidence of global warming. (See "Out of Sync.")
This scientific evidence is underscored by nondebatable physical measurements of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Surface temperatures on the planet have correlated almost perfectly with atmospheric carbon concentrations throughout prehistory. In fact, a stable amount of atmospheric carbon dioxide—about 280 parts per million—kept the climate largely as we now know it for about the last 10,000 years. But since the industrial revolution began in the mid-19th century, that figure has jumped to about 370 parts per million. With temperatures moving in lockstep, the planet is now heating faster than at any time in the last ten millennia.
James McCarthy, a cochair of the 2001 IPCC, summed up the findings not only of that panel but also of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy for the Advancement of Science, the American Geophysical Union and the American Meteorological Society, when he said, "There is no debate among any statured scientists working on this issue about the larger trends of what is happening to the climate."
The sole exception is a figment of Michael Crichton's fertile imagination.
Pulitzer Prize winner Ross Gelbspan's most recent book is Boiling Point (Basic Books, 2004).


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Police seize computers linked to large cybercrime operation - Sept 7, 2013
command and control servers of a bot network - [Citadel] - were linked to the computers of a web hosting service, White Falcon Communications, that leased network Internet Protocol addresses from Burnaby's Arima Networks. "Botnets" are networks of computers that have been infected by malicious software and can then can be controlled by cybercriminals.
White Falcon Communications has been renting space and a connection to the Internet from Arima Networks for about three years, according to the search warrant. White Falcon is owned by Dmitry Glazyrin, whose account is listed with a Port Moody address, according to the warrant.
A voicemail message on Glazyrin's phone number said he's out of the country on a business trip.


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Stamkos could begin light contact in Saturday's skate
Lightning star center Steven Stamkos says he hopes to begin practicing with light contact in Saturday's skate, the next step in his rehab from a broken right tibia.
Stamkos, who suffered the injury Nov. 11, said the 10-week x-ray taken Thursday night was encouraging, and if everything continutes to progress, he may be able to play in one of the Lightning's two home games (Feb. 6, Feb. 8) before the Olympic break. Stamkos has worn a red non-contact jersey during the team's practices the past week, but could start getting pushed more physically in Saturday's skate, with a key how his leg responds.
"I'm very pleased with how the bone is healing," Stamkos said. "I think it's pretty close to a point where it comes down to how I'm feeling out there."
Stamkos x-rays revealed enough bone formation where the leg is stable, and while there's some soft tissue pain, he's felt good each time he's tested it further, including doing more jumping in the gym Thursday night.
Stamkos said the extra time he's put on the ice has helped with his conditioning, though admits when he gets back "it'll feel like the start of the year again." There will be another x-ray taken in a couple weeks, at the 12-week point, which he believes will be more for "mental purposes."
If Stamkos returns Feb. 6 or Feb. 8, before the Sochi Olympics, it would beat even his optimistic goal of 12 weeks post-injury.
"When we talked about it being three months, 12 weeks, it was very aggressive," Stamkos said. "But saying that, I like to think that being young and being able to do all the rehab I've been able to do, having that postive mindset that it can be before that. That's obviously something that we were shooting at as soon as I was in the hospital, 12 weeks from now, hopefully I can be back. That's the goal, we're going to shoot towards taht goal and hopefully we can accomplish it."


text: Caldecott Medalist Emily Arnold McCully's delightful new story is based on a real Thanksgiving banquet given in Brown's Hole, Utah, in the 1890's by Butch Cassidy and his gang. In November 1896, Clara Maher and her mother are traveling by train across the United States when snow blocks the tracks in Wyoming. A fellow passenger invites them to celebrate Thanksgiving with his friends in Utah -- but Clara is shocked to discover that the glorious feast's host is Butch Cassidy, the most notorious outlaw of all! An Outlaw Thanksgiving provides an enthralling look at the Wild West as it reminds us that hospitality can be found in the most unexpected places.


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FORT BRAGG, N.C. - The Fort Bragg and Fayetteville community celebrated National Airborne Day at the Airborne and Special Operations Museum, Aug. 13, honoring the 71st anniversary of the first successful parachute jump and the accomplishments of the American paratrooper.
Festivities at the museum kicked off around 10 a.m. with a free-fall parachute demonstration conducted by members of the 82nd Airborne Division's All American Freefall Team, the U.S. Army Parachute Team, the Golden Knights and the Black Daggers of the U.S. Army Special Operations Command.
After comments by the deputy commanding general of XVIII Airborne Corps, Maj. Gen. Rodney Anderson and the mayor of Fayetteville, Anthony G. Chavonne, a wreath was laid in honor of all airborne and Special Operations soldiers.
Paratroopers from airborne units stationed at Fort Bragg manned displays throughout the ASOM showcasing equipment and weapons for visitors to see and even touch.
Special Operations soldiers helped the curious learn about the specialty equipment they use to enhance their capabilities while in the field.
Pfc. Moses Villanova of 2nd Platoon, Company B, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, felt it was a good morale booster to be taking part of the National Airborne Day celebration.
Villanova was part of a fully-equipped infantry squad present outside the museum that helped visitors understand some of the technology today's paratrooper uses on the battlefield.
Staff Sgt. Sean Kosiba and his fellow artillerymen of Battery A, 1st Battalion, 321st Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 18th Fires Brigade, were busy all morning helping young visitors work some of the features on an M777 howitzer.
Kosiba greeted visitors to the station with a smile and helped everyone understand why the massive artillery piece, which shakes nearby homes when fired on a Fort Bragg range, is important in today's military operations.
Second Lt. Robert Gallimore of the 274th Forward Surgical Team, 44th Medical Brigade, spent his morning surrounded by medics, a litter, surgical supplies and curious visitors.
Gallimore took the time with each visitor to explain how medical assets like the tent and medical station he was in could be parachuted onto the battlefield to help them understand how care can be given those wounded on the battlefield in a quick manner.
National Airborne Day is celebrated throughout airborne communities in the United States Army.
None of them have a facility like the Airborne and Special Operations Museum, an ideal location to celebrate the heritage of the American paratrooper and Special Operations community.
"The ASOM was founded for the sole purpose of honoring our airborne and Special Operations soldiers – airborne and Special Operations pioneers such as Gen. Bill Yarborough, who designed our jump wings and played major roles in the design and development of the museum," said retired Gen. James J. Lindsay, a former commander of both the XVIII Airborne Corps and 82nd Airborne Division, in an email about the celebration.
Lindsay now serves as the current Chairman of the Board of the Airborne and Special Operations Museum Foundation.
"If you look at the first unit monument in front of the museum, you will note that it honors the test platoon that made that first jump. Incidentally, the museum opened on National Airborne Day 11 years ago," he wrote.
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BANGOR — Northern Maine Development Commission is pleased to announce Joanna Russell of Bangor has been hired as Tri-County Workforce Development Director. In this role, she also will serve as the executive director of the Tri-County Workforce Investment Board serving Penobscot, Piscataquis and Hancock counties.
Russell has served as the executive director at TCWIB at Eastern Maine Development Corp. since 2007 and previously served as director of career services at the Metropolitan College of New York. On July 1, NMDC replaced EMDC as the fiscal agent for TCWIB.
"Joanna brings extensive years of experience in workforce development and career services, said NMDC Director of Workforce and Economic Development Ryan Pelletier. "She has done an exceptional job in her role as Executive Director of the Tri-County Workforce Investment Board under the previous fiscal agent. She is highly regarded in the tri county region as a dedicated, hard working individual. We are delighted to have her join the NMDC staff and look forward to more collaboration between our two regions."
Russell has been engaged in workforce development her entire career and said she looks forward to continuing her work with TCWIB.
"I get the greatest satisfaction when systems are successfully built to accommodate educators, businesses and job seekers within the same framework," said Russell. "This requires that all entities speak the same language and follow the same guidelines. The task is easier said than done. In local area two, we have made great strides to see this come to fruition to the extent that all three entities understand the importance of having a 'WorkReady' community."
Under the direction of the Chief Local Elected Officials (CLEO's) and the Tri-County Workforce Board, the TCWIB Executive Director position provides professional management and administrative services at the board level in directing fiscal planning, budgeting, contract development and assessment of Workforce Investment Act (WIA) programs in Hancock, Penobscot and Piscataquis service delivery area. The position is responsible for developing a budget from multiple funding sources and budget preparation for a wide variety of grants, contracts and reimbursable agreements. Work includes developing recommendations for the Tri-County Workforce Investment Board (WIB) in areas such as service strategy, program planning, design and operation, performance standards and other duties needed as related to the workforce development needs of the Tri-County region.
Russell began her employment with NMDC July 2, based out of a new Bangor location at 26 Franklin Street. She can be reached firstname.lastname@example.com.
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In Scott Crawford's world, fitness is everything. First drawn to the importance of healthy living during a soccer career that would see him play professionally, Scott's interest initially centered on staying fit enough to take the pitch. However, he also found himself intrigued by the psychological side of wellness. This curiosity led him to earn degrees in psychology and study in Ph.D. programs for somatic and sports psychology. Along the way, he never neglected his physical side; after his playing career ended, he earned a slew of training certifications. Soon, he held licenses in personal training, bodywork, and yoga from governing bodies ranging from the National Academy of Sports Medicine and Stott Pilates to The Body Therapy Institute the White Lotus Foundation.
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Have a Tax Question? Ask a Tax Expert
Per IRC §1368, the treatment of a distribution in excess of stock basis depends upon whether or not the S-Corporation has any earnings or profits from when it was a C-Corporation.
If there were no earnings and profits, then any amount distributed in excess of stock basis is considered gain from the sale or exchange of property according to IRC §1368(b)(2). The character of the gain is dependent upon the holding period of the S-Corporation stock.
So, you would report the gain first on Form 8949 Part II for Long-Term (assuming that you owned the S-Corp for more than a year). You would write "S-Corp Distribution in Excess of Basis" in the description (column A), put the date the S-Corp was incorporated (column B), the date of the distribution in Column C, the amount of the distribution in excess of basis in Column D, and zero in Column E. The gain is the distribution in excess of basis and is reported in Column H. The amount from Form 8949 goes on Schedule D.
The S-Corp K-1 should show the distribution on Line 16, with the code D. The nondeductible expenses would also go on Line 16, with the code C. The S-Corp does not show the basis calculation - it is up to each shareholder to maintain their basis. For my clients, I do provide basis calculations when I prepare the corporate returns. However, this is not required.
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Would You Wear 'Bazinga' Pants?
Do we get a little carried away with popular culture? When you were a kid did you have a Batman lunch box? Shaun Cassidy, Leif Garrett maybe? I wonder if we ever outgrow it.
I was recently visiting some "Redneck" (It's OK. They call themselves that.) friends. They have a 60″ flat screen in the dining room, love Dale Earnhardt Jr. & Tony Stewart. Jeff Gordon, not so much.
The husband informed me that he'd been on a self – imposed ban from social media. He was feeling a little overloaded, OD'ed, burned out or whatever you want to call it. A rerun of "The Big Bang Theory" came on, prompting me to tell them about a story I'd written on 999ktdy.com about Raj falling in love with Siri, the voice recognition feature on the iphone. On a recent trip out of town, my friends bought me a "Sheldon" Bobblehead. It's in my office at KTDY. After a few mintues, the husband disappeared & returned with a pair of "Bazinga" sleeping pants!
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SO what did we learn about Wednesday's (June 25) Malvern Hills District Council debate on the proposal to share a chief executive with Wychavon District Council?
We learnt that the leader had been carrying on "informal" discussions with Wychavon for over two years.
We learnt that government funding was made available last year, yet the leader said he was unaware of it until agreement had been reached with Wychavon recently, so the proposal can't have been driven by the bid!
We learnt that, over the last seven years out of 216 councils, only 40 have opted to share a chief executive, despite severe financial restraints and the offer of government funding!
We learnt that in all that time there have been no independent studies to indicate the pros and cons, successes and failures of such a move.
We learnt that the Liberal Democrat, Green and independent councillors had dug deep into the subject, well beyond the papers the leadership had presented to them, and discovered that what they were being told by the leadership was not reflected in the wording of the government documents.
Despite all this, the Conservative chairman twice broke with the convention of maintaining the status quo in the event of a tied vote and chose instead to support his party leader's proposal for radical and irreversible change.
Thus the chairman has condemned this council to a future which at best is shrouded in uncertainty and at worst is one of subservience.
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Minnesota is a fairly gambling-friendly state, especially when it comes to land-based games. The state has several Indian casinos and the local racetrack is currently working on opening the first commercial gambling establishment in the area. Like most US states, Minnesota has a state-run lottery and allows pari-mutuel betting. However, the state doesn't have regulated online gambling aside from some pull-tab games that can be played remotely since late 2012.
Top MinnesotaLegal Sites
Section 609 of Minnesota code criminalizes unregulated gambling and the act of gambling itself has a rather broad definition. Most gambling-related offenses are likely to result in misdemeanor charges, but the state doesn't specifically prohibit online play. Consequently, the legal status of playing on offshore sites is rather complicated, but it's worth pointing out that the state never tried applying the general laws to offshore site customers. This means that this issue has never been tackled in front of the court – and since the authorities aren't interested in prosecuting individual players anyway, most people simply assume that online gambling is legal within the borders of the state.
Minnesota Online Gambling FAQ
What laws cover online gambling in Minnesota?
All of the issues dealing with playing games of chances for money in a land-based setting are explained in the Minnesota coda. Despite the fact that none of the Minnesota regulations refer to online gambling directly, you need to keep in mind that it may be argued that some of the regulations do indeed extend to online play. However, Minnesota authorities have never attempted actually using this loophole the prosecute an online player, which is the reason why most experts consider Minnesota to be a rather iGaming-friendly state.
Is real money online gambling legal in Minnesota?
Internet gambling isn't prohibited in Minnesota and the local law enforcement isn't interested in using the existing regulations to prevent Minnesota residents from playing on offshore sites.
Which offshore gambling sites accept Minnesota residents?
Most offshore sites accept new customers from Minnesota due to the fact that the local regulations do not prohibit online gambling.
What are the most popular banking options supported by Minnesota -facing sites?
If you live in Minnesota, the best way to make a deposit to an offshore site would be to use your credit or debit card. Cashing out also shouldn't be much of an issue, as most sites will allow you to choose between a standard wire transfer and a VIP check by courier. Please note that the latter withdrawal method is rather expensive and should be used exclusively for large payouts.
Does Minnesota offer any intrastate online gambling?
With the exception of remote pull-tab games, Minnesota-based companies aren't allowed to offer remote gambling products. This means that Minnesota-based gamblers have to stick to offshore sites that accept new customers from the United States, such as Bovada.
Is it likely for Minnesota to regulate online gambling?
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Still a Big Hit
Found on the Eolian island of Vulcano, Chamaerops humilis Vulcano is a mutant of Chamaerops humilis with great cold resistance, it can survive temperatures to -14°C.
According to Venerando Faro, who with his two sons Michele and Mario runs Piante Faro in Carruba di Riposto (Sicily), this palm is really something different to the current Chamaerops humilis (Mediterranean fan palm) in the way that its shape is more compact and bushy with lots of spiky grey-green fan shaped fronds. In addition Chamaerops humilis Vulcano is smaller, growing less than 20 cm each year. The Vulcano palm reaches a height of 1 m whereas its more common counterpart Chamaerops humilis reaches up to 1.5 m. In southern Europe Chamaerops humilis Vulcano makes a nice accent in a shrub border, whereas in northern Europe this palm is more suitable for patio containers and indoor decoration. Chamaerops humilis Vulcano comes in pot sizes 18-28 cm. Piante Faro sells around 70% of these palms to wholesalers in Germany and the Netherlands. The remaining 30% is destined for the Italian market.
Born on the island of Sicily, the founder of Piante Faro, Venerando Faro is very familiar with Opuntia vulgaris, also known as Opuntia ficus-indica, and which in Italian is called "fico d'india". In Sicily, this cactus grows wild and cultivated to heights of 3.5–5 m. The cactus flowers in May followed by fruits which ripen from August through October. After chilling in a refrigerator for a few hours and minus their thick, spiky skin, the fruits are edible. The fruits of the Opuntia from Etna are not edible though, stresses Venerando Faro when adding that this cactus is only meant to be an indoor plant.
"As a grower you are always looking for innovative products. One day, seeing this cactus growing wild everywhere, I wondered how this cactus would perform as a pot plant. Ten years ago we set up a stock of mother plants and a limited production of a few hundred plants. We cut pads from the mother plant after which the pads root very quickly in a volcanic soil mixture. Our present day production of Opuntia from Etna is around 50,000 plants each year. One of the biggest challenges to be overcome was to get the plants to fruit. We discovered that abstaining from watering the plants for a certain period initiated the fruiting of the cactus."
Opuntia from Etna comes in colourful trays and pot sizes 12, 16 and 20 cm. One tray contains six plants. The 12 cm Opuntia is definitely Faro's bestseller. 9% of the Opuntia production is sold to wholesalers in Germany and the Netherlands, which in turn sell the plants to garden centres. The only disadvantage of the Prickly Pear would be the spikes, but as Faro says, "A cactus wouldn't be a real cactus without the spikes."
Pot protea: "Such a small plant with such a big impact." This is one of the very positive reactions Flora Toscana received on its stunning presentation of pot proteas. Flora Toscana is a cooperative of 160 growers of which 10 are growing these plants. Way back in 2000 Flora Toscana and the Australian protea breeder Proteaflora set up their first trial of pot proteas, which today has resulted in a range of eight different varieties in red, white and pink. According to Luca Quilici, commercial director Flora Toscana, one of the best performing varieties is Little Prince with its compact shape and bigger, shiny green leaves. In northern Europe the plants should be used as patio plants since they have little frost resistance. The plant is sold when it presents a minimum of three stems with half open flowers. Wholesale prices range from €15 to €18 depending on the number of stems. "These relatively high prices are easy to explain: the mother plants produce only a limited number of cuttings each year; the cultivation from cutting to end products takes about two years; the crop is rather difficult to stir and requires a balanced fertilization," explains Flora Toscana's Maria Castellani.
She adds: "For northern Europe, the best way to sell the plants is when the flowers are medium open. We would also like to stress the importance of fast transportation; pot proteas are rather sensitive to dark and dry circumstances. Apart from the fact that the demand is low anyway, we prefer not to sell pot proteas during the summer since they run the risk of becoming too dry during transport. As soon as possible after arrival the buyer should put the plants in a luminous place." Flora Toscana exports 80% of its pot proteas, with the Netherlands, Germany, Portugal and France as the main markets.
Telopia is another exotic beauty from the proteacea family which has been developed by Flora Toscana. Quite commonly found as a tree in Portugal the rest of Europe is about to discover the pot telopia with its large, beautiful flowers. As a pot plant the red varieties perform the best, since the leaves of the white varieties are not as attractive. Flora Toscana produces around 50,000 telopia each year. Just like the other members of the proteacea family telopia is not very frost resistant and is therefore only suitable as a patio plant.
Hardenbergia is a climbing plant with exceptional flowering capacity. Flora Toscana is growing four varieties of Hardenbergia violacea: Happy Wanderer (colour violet),
Pure White (colour white), Free 'N' Easy® (colour white with violet edge) and Candy Wrapper® (colour cerise). These varieties are protected by the Community Plant Variety Rights. Origin is Australia, minimum temperature -7°C, height 2 m. Place in full sun or partial shade and during the growing period water it well. Flowering period: Winter (January-March).
The cycas panzhihuanensis originally came from the Szechuan region in China. The German company, Roozen, presented this plant as the most cold tolerant of all cycas. One big advantage of the novelty cycas is the fast growing rate; Chinese growers report 60 cm of trunk growth in only five years. Cycas panzhihuanensis is protected by breeder's rights and can withstand temperatures of -12°C.
Aromatic plants: On the occasion of IPM Essen Mario Roba, managing director Merloflor, proudly presented its wide range of aromatic plants. Roba is an expert when it comes to rosemary, lavender and thyme. His new bred Rosmarinus Gorizia Blue is presented as the most frost resistant and bushy rosemary. According to Roba the plant keeps its compact shape even after five years in the garden, unlike the more common rosemary which tends to fall apart after a few years. Also worthwhile mentioning is the latest rosemary being developed by Merloflor which could be used as a stunning new element in hanging baskets. Merloflor also produces other edible herbs like parsley and fennel. For flat leaf parsley there is a market yet to be discovered in northern Europe where people are mostly only familiar with the curly leafed variety of parsley. Flat leaf parsley has a stronger flavour, this opinion is backed by chemical analysis which finds much higher levels of essential oil in the flat-leaved cultivars. Flat leaf parsley is often used in the Italian kitchen.


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Birdathon Awards Party – July 2nd
The annual Birdathon Awards Party will be held Thursday, July 2nd at 6:30 p.m. at the East Gallatin Recreation Area picnic shelter. Drinks, snacks and desserts will be served. Awards to be handed out include: Most Species Identified, Most $$ Raised, Rookie Award, Sitting Duck Award, Carbon Neutral Award, Mentor Award, Best Bird Award, Most Pledges Collected, Sacajawea Audubon Award (most raptors seen) and Montana Audubon Award (most magpies seen).
All Birdathon team members and their families are invited, as well as chapter members.
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Knock Out Burdock work parties – See web post for locations: Aug. 16th, and 26th.
Sept. 2nd- Headwaters State Park/Three Forks Field Trip
Sept. 11th- Sacajawea Audubon Society monthly program
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Aug. 15th- Clark's Grebe, Cottonwood Reservoir
Aug. 13th- Ferruginous Hawk, YNP-N.Entrance Rd
Aug. 12th- Cassin's Kingbird, Livingston home
Aug. 12th- Wilson's Warbler, Sourdough Nature Trail
Aug. 11th- Western Kingbird, Love Lane
Aug. 10th- Pileated Woodpecker, Bridger Bowl-Timmy's Rd
Aug. 9th- Greater Yellowlegs, Cottonwood Reservoir
Aug. 8th- Nashville Warbler, West Fork Campground
Aug. 7th- Double-crested Cormorant, Quake Lake
Aug. 6th- Baird's Sandpiper, Cottonwood Reservoir
Aug. 5th- Williamson's Sapsucker, East Gallatin Rec. Area
Aug. 5th- Semipalmated Sandpiper, Love Lane Pond
Aug. 4th- American Pipit, Ennis Lake
Aug. 4th- Say's Phoebe, Patterson Rd
Aug. 3rd- Wild Turkey, Cottonwood Ranch
Aug. 2nd- American Dipper, Bozeman Fish Technology Center
Aug. 1st- Lesser Yellowlegs, Cottonwood Reservoir
July 31st- Lazuli Bunting, Forest Creek
July 30th- White-throated Swift, Missouri River Headwaters State Park
July 29th- American Pipit, Bench Rd
July 28th- American Kestrel, Story Hills
July 27th- Rufous Hummingbird, Forest Creek
July 26th- Long-billed Dowitcher, Cottonwood Reservoir
July 25th- Black Tern, Willow Creek Reservoir
July 24th- Solitary Sandpiper & Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Mayor's Landing
July 22nd- Long-billed Curlew, Varney Cutoff Rd
July 22nd- Orange-crowned Warbler, Lower Bridger Creek
Board Minutes Abstract
Sacajawea Audubon Board Meeting
March 2, 2017
Loreene Reed
Janne Hayward
Lou Ann Harris
Chris Nixon
John Edwards
Paulette Epple
Rick Sanders
Board approves minutes from February Board Meeting.
Janne gives treasurers report.
Discussion of process to identify new board members.
Discussion of management of the Bridger Raptor count. Not clear if Montana Audubon is going to continue managing the count. SAS is ready to step in if Montana Audubon does not carry this out for 2017.
Discussion of Trident Trail signage situation. Additional grant funds have been identified that will allow construction of signage and a shelter.
Discussion of a "be nice" policy that guides our volunteers when they interact with outside groups and agencies on behalf of SAS.
Discussed a policy for review and approval of written documents that are sent on behalf of SAS to third parties. Consider developing an MOU that guides the actions of SAS representatives that serve on third party committees and programs. Rick and Janne volunteer to prepare a draft MOU.
Board vote to approve the letter for the American Kestrel partnership grant.
Discussion of status of Berkeley pit efforts. Edwards has attended the last three meetings of the Waterfowl Mitigation Plan committee in Butte. Good progress is being made toward identifying and pilot testing new preventative and hazing methods at the pit. Some new technologies are going to be tested at the Pit.
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Doctor Accused Of Employing Felon To Treat Patients, Falsely Prescribing Drugs
A Powell doctor's license was suspended after allegations surfaced that he employed a felon to treat patients.
Adam P. Hall, 39, also is accused of claiming to have examined patients and prescribed drugs when he was in another country.
According to the State Medical Board of Ohio, Hall employed Kevin Bowers, 42, of Grove City, a former physician whose license was revoked in 2010.
Investigators said Bowers examined patients and issued prescriptions on blank forms that were pre-signed by Hall.
Investigators also said that records show Hall claimed to have examined patients and prescribed medication when he was instead on vacation in Italy and Switzerland.
Hall has not been charged with any crime. He has the option for an appeal hearing before the board.
His license was also suspended in 2007 after he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and substance abuse issues.
10TV went to Hall's home for comment, but no one answered the door.
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Burger Bracket 2013: The Elite 8
Illustration by Monica Fuentes
Our teams of judges have spoken. Eight burgers advance into the next round and we say goodbye to eight more, all of which were worthy competitors.
The biggest upset during the Sweet 16 round is likely to be The Refinery edging out Little Bitty Burger Barn in the Readers' Choice bracket -- a newcomer knocking out an old favorite. While the team of judges assigned to the bracket admitted that all four of the burgers were terrific, they said Stanton's City Bites was by far the best, with The Refinery as a close second.
And although the bracket winners aren't determined by side items, the Readers' Choice judges gave a shout-out to them anyway.
"The Refinery definitely gets a mention for its amazing service and fries," judge Ryan Ngo mentioned in his tasting notes. "We tried fries with all of our burgers and The Refinery's waffle and sweet potato fries really stole the show there."
In the Classic Roadside bracket, the judges had a tough time calling it between Cream Burger and Champs.
"Both brought their A game during the lunch rush and a line was at each," reported judge Wesley Jurena. "Both with very fresh, crisp vegetables and obviously cooked while you wait. Similar buns, fresh and soft, both wrapped in white paper and both served in a paper bag by very friendly folks."
Not all teams sent along tasting notes, but the judges assigned to the Wild Game bracket were succinct in their summation of the bracket: Rainbow Lodge and Bubba's Texas Burger Shack blew past the competition.
The judging teams have now been assigned new brackets and we wait with baited breath while they decide which of the Elite 8 will advance to the Final 4. As a reminder, the Final 4 tasting party will feature samples from all four Burger Bracket finalists -- and you, our readers, are the final judges.
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The battery in the case is higher in capacity than the one in the iPhone 5s, but it's only able to juice it back to the 85% mark.
In testing it out, we completely drained an iPhone 5s and relied on the Ventev Powercase 2000 to replenish it. By the time it was complete, the iPhone 5s plateaued at the 85% mark. Considering that the iPhone 5s itself packs a 1570 mAh battery of its own, we were hoping to have it juiced back to 100% with no issues at all. Unfortunately, the case is unable to reach that goal.
As for the protection part of the case, our only gripe is that the entire façade of the phone is exposed – so the screen is at the risk of being scratched/damaged. Well, the plastic front casing is raised a bit, which pushes the surface of the display down a bit so it's not in complete contact with the surface if it's placed down on its screen. Dropping it from low heights won't do too much damage, but from higher heights, and depending on the surface it hits, the case and phone can incur some scruffs or damage.
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Flaunting a price of $69.99 online, it's definitely cheaper that some other similar offerings. Needless to say, savings is something you'll get from this one. It's not the most extravagant or revolutionary battery case we've seen for the iPhone, but nevertheless, it's an item that no doubt caters to power users. Instead of having to constantly recharge throughout parts of the day, the Ventev Powercase 2000 ensures that you won't have to worry.
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text: Culture 19 March 2007 Best of British Pop music provides a national identity based on creativity rather than hatred Sign up for our weekly email * Last month I took my twin 13-year-old sons to see the Black Keys at the Shepherd's Bush Empire. The Keys are two American guys, one on drums, the other on guitar, and they make a mean, dramatic and impressive noise. That evening my sons were tired from a day at school; they were worried about not doing their French homework, and whether they'd get in trouble the next day. "Missing your homework for a rock'n'roll band," I grumbled. "You'll have to do it in the morning on the bus." Then, as casually as I could, I asked one of them what he was best at, at school. "Don't worry about it, Dad," he said thoughtfully, "I'm the best looking." The boys, who are uninterested in most adult things, were mesmerised by the show. They considered the evening to be "sick", watching the guitarist and drummer carefully and talking to one another about what the musicians were doing. It was the usual rock'n'roll experience: sticky carpets, the toilet cistern leaking on your head, people taking your seat, the boredom and excitement of waiting for the band to appear, and a headache at the end. But during the gig I recalled a quote from Jann Wenner, the founder of Rolling Stone magazine, who said something like: "I recognised that the most talented of my generation were going into music, so I did, too." Wenner was acknowledging the truth, something I've known since my teens. Music has been the most interesting, significant, liberating and sexually compelling cultural force of my time - and the most lively, gifted and attractive people went into it. Alas for the talentless and shy. Now, nearly 40 years after Sergeant Pepper, it's not only Tony Blair strumming his Stratocaster in the evenings. A good proportion of the over-40 male population is doing the same. Well-off and winding down, these lost men can now spend a lot of time in the music shops of Denmark Street, and with friends, practising their licks. A successful writer pal of mine has been rehearsing with his band every Monday for ten years. He jammed with my sons recently, teaching them Clash songs as they explained to him who the Feeling are. For this man, there is much to wonder over, and even regret. "Don't you think," he says seriously, almost plaintively, "I could have been in a professional band - maybe as a bassist? I'm not Hendrix, but I'm as good a player as many of those who made it." Like most of my generation, I've spent more time listening to music than I have spent reading. Pop is the cultural form I have in common with most of my friends and certainly, as I'm discovering, with the kids. Luckily, after listening to hip-hop for a couple of years, my sons turned to American rock, and then to British pop and rock. I became interested in music again through them. Otherwise I'd feel a little embarrassed liking the Kooks and the Streets, as if I should have grown out of it. When music hall died after the war, reappearing on television as variety, pop took its place on the stages of those old theatres. During the 50 years I've been alive, this country has continued to produce masses of high-class music, as well as absorbing and reinterpreting American music and saturating its youth in the leery attitudes that accompany it. Pop is the cry of the "outsider" - free speaking to a large audience. It has done more to remake British identity than any other form, and the spirit of punk still inspires it. British music has always been mixed up in all senses. It is a democratic form, and it is multicultural; it has been black and Asian, working-class, middle-class, gay and lesbian. If I find myself talking to the kids about this, it is because this is their history, too, and something they might like to know about - indeed, probably should know about, as an alternative education. The present commitment and fervency of religious believers is disconcerting, impressive and daunting, making us wonder what it is we believe. Our own lack of such belief might make us slightly ashamed. However, if such commitments are more or less unavailable to us, there are others which are, though they are less tangible and authoritarian, less of a programme, and more about feeling and self-expression. However, that which makes an identity - perhaps the most important part of it - might be something that, as The Who put it, you "can't explain", that is put beyond the refinement of language. Pop still represents the voices of those who are not normally listened to, and there remains something subversive and obscene about it. The odour of cheap sexuality, drugs and drinking, as well as desperation and people going mad, reminds us that pop is, ultimately, about the deepest and most important things: anarchic enjoyment and bodily pleasure. Unlike most art, which becomes over-sophisticated as it develops, pop remains simple and direct. As with music hall, its most important qualities are vulgarity, naivety and exhibitionism. Fortunately, it is almost impossible to articulate or teach this. Think of our recent passion to characterise "Britishness", in order that we might impress it into the psyches of the potentially British, to stop them from becoming terrorists. Perhaps we could have newly arrived immigrants being forced to sit in booths while wearing headphones, writing an explication of "I Am the Walrus". The Britain of pop is the country I understand and like, partly because its music has never quite been domesticated. Neither parochial nor patriotic, pop is an unusual identification, one based not on hatred, but on creativity. Unlike identifications built on religion or on love of the state or the leader, it is forever shifting, still anarchic, cussed, rebellious, nonconformist. It is intelligent and witty, a running ironic description of contemporary British life. Subscribe from just £1 per issue This article first appeared in the 19 March 2007 issue of the New Statesman, Trident: Why Brown went to war with Labour More


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4 [go small(er)] good things come in small packages, so let that be your mantra when choosing your dinner plate - you'll automatically consume less when you opt for a smaller 8-9" plate. pile on veggies and protein first, and then enjoy those foods you only have once a year.
5 [seconds is for losers] look over all the food options and choose indulgences wisely. going back for seconds is just a holiday-habit that leads to tummy aches and tight pants!
6 [indulge wisely] don't waste calories on boxed cookies or candies – choose a dessert that's worth it! all of them look good? try a 2-bite sampler of two or three and savor the seasonal treats with a cup of coffee or tea.
7 [trick the chef] chew gum while cooking to avoid nibbling (many) calories while preparing food. testing for taste is one thing (tip: remove gum!), but eating half the cookie dough before it hits the oven is another story.
8 [rally the troops] go on a walk with your aunt betsy, invite cousin fred to the gym with you, or join the kiddos for a snowball fight. being active with family and friends is the best way to get movin' and have quality time too!
9 [snack smart] snacking is good – but not when it's a sugar-bomb of candy canes, confections + cookies. eat high-protein snacks like nuts, greek yogurt and fruit, or an apple with peanut butter 2-3 hours before a party or family dinner to avoid overeating at the buffet table. stash your snacks so you never go hungry during all those long hours of holiday shopping!
10 [party patrol] enjoy your fellow party guests rather than lingering by the food table. ladies, take a clutch-sized purse, and gents, carry your coat or cell phone. this leaves just one hand available for that champagne glass. free hands + buffet = holiday scarf-down.
11 [drink to excess...h20, that is] guzzle the good-stuff before each meal and you'll consume 75-90 fewer calories! research shows that people who drink 2 cups of water before eating lost an average of 4.5 lbs more than those who don't. not a water fan? infuse your h20 with fresh fruits + herbs and get your gulp on!
12 [be prepared] traveling for the holidays? pack your sneakers, a resistance band and jump rope, and you've got all you need for a total-body workout. go for a morning jog and do a quick circuit. if it's too cold, hit the local gym or bring a workout DVD.
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I make sure to eat a balanced breakfast and not to skip meals especially on the days I'm attending a party or having a holiday dinner. Pack some snacks in your gym bag, purse and car just in case set yourself up for success!
I'm staying fit this holiday season because I have my first Figure competition coming up in May.
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First, I make sure I'm eating healthing and drinking plenty of water to help make sure I stay in good health. I also like to park in the spot the farthest away from any store that I'm going in — that helps add a little cardio.
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I try to keep the water flowing throughout the holidays. It helps me avoid the more sugary drinks.
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Working out with family/friends versus going out to eat or happy hour!
My go to tip is to always make one healthy snack and dish for holiday parties I go to. That way I can indulge more on those and less on the fatty, sugary treats?!
My goal thru the holidays is going o the gym no less then 3 times a week.
My goal for the holiday season is to stay away from treats! I bake every Christmas and this year I plan to not eat any of it!
my work out time is scheduled in ink! I make time (whenever i can find an extra hour) and i stick to it. I scheudule everything else around my workouts!
My goal thru the holidays is planning. Keeping a track of what we will have each wk. plan on Sunday to be ready for the busy wk
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Hewlett-Packard's Ray Lane is giving up his role as chairman amid ongoing shareholder disapproval of HP's troubled Autonomy acquisition. Lane will stay on HP's board as a director but has given up his position as chairman, HP said Thursday. In addition, two of HP's longest-serving board members -- John Hammergren and G. Kennedy Thompson -- have resigned their seats altogether, after being reelected just last month.
The news comes after some of HP's largest shareholders tried to have Lane and other HP directors voted off the board at a meeting last month.
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HP's board has been under fire for its role in approving HP's acquisition of Autonomy for about $10.3 billion in 2011. HP subsequently took a massive charge for the acquisition because, it says, Autonomy's business wasn't as healthy as it thought.
HP has struggled since 2001's acquisition of Compaq Computer over the objections of HP cofounder Bill Hewlett and a string of controversial CEOs -- Carly Fiorina, Mark Hurd, and Léo Apotheker -- who moved HP into several businesses where its performance has been problematic, such as business cloud services, or spectacular failures, such as its acquisition of Palm's mobile business. Meanwhile, HP's once-core PC and printer businesses have declined as the market has changed to new technologies such as non-Windows tablets.
HP director Ralph Whitworth will take over as chairman while the company finds a permanent replacement for Lane, HP said. Lane is a former president of Oracle and was made chairman of HP in November 2010.
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