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Sunday was the last home game of the regular season for the Pats, and almost everyone in attendance had another victory atop their Christmas list.
In events I've worked, the home team has almost always won. In fact, the home team has lost a mere four games that I've been ushering.
For only the second time this season, I was relegated to taking tickets. But it isn't all that bad. You're giving people what they want (entry into the Stadium) so they're extremely pleasant. And after last week's snowy mess, any job would seem fun and easy.
Let me just talk about the weather for a second. It was in the high 40's when I got to Gillette. Although rain was in the forecast, it held off for most of the game. There was minimal wind, and the temperature stayed above 45 all night. It was truly glorious.
Back to ticket taking. It was fairly uneventful. I made sure to mix up my greetings. "Enjoy the game," "Happy Holidays," "Welcome to Gillette Stadium." Some fans would say "Merry Christmas" to me, and I'd say it back, but I didn't initiate any greetings with an allusion to that specific holiday. I didn't want to leave anybody out. At the BC game the day before, I said "Merry Christmas," but that's because BC is a Catholic school. I've obviously thought to much about this.
There were a few people dressed in Santa costumes. I said "Merry Christmas" to one of them and he replied: "I'm Jewish" then laughed heartily.
By the time we got sent to the break room, it was 14-0 Patriots. After finishing my meal, it was 28-0 Patriots, and nearly half-time. It appeared as though another blowout was in store for us.
I saw a supervisor that works the parking lot (her husband is also my regular supervisor) and asked her how things were going out there. She told me there was a "major incident" but left out details. I didn't find out until Monday that some drunk idiot jumped off a pedestrian overpass and tried to land in a snow bank. He missed. He was med-flighted out, but he's okay.
The Event Manager sent me to my regular spot in the North End Zone, along with four other redeploys. I got there just as half-time began. That's when things got interesting.
On his way up the aisle, a man fell head first onto the stairs. My supervisor went down to check on him. He also called the EMTs. With the concourses clogged with fans getting food, beer, and hitting the bathroom; it took some time for the paramedics to get there. Meanwhile, about a dozen event staffers (orange jackets) showed up to block the aisle and keep a path clear.
As people tried returning to their seats, they met a wall of orange, and me in my green jacket yelling "There's a medical emergency, you can go to your seats through another aisle, but we need to keep a path clear!" Most people understood and waited patiently, but some were restless. "But my seats are right there! Was a common plea.
Finally, the EMTs showed up. The fallen fan was hauled up the stairs, put on a stretcher, and brought out. He was showered with boos, but trust me, he deserved them.
When he got back to the first aid room, he popped up off the stretcher, good as new. He demanded to return to his section. But he was obviously tanked, so my supervisor gave him the choice of leaving the Stadium on his own, or leaving with the police. Once the words "sobriety" and "test" entered the conversation, he left on his own.
The second half of the game was dull, on the field and off. I had missed all the scoring Brady and the Pats would do, and had also missed the Red Sox pregame ceremony.
This girl working about 5 sections down from me was working her first game. She told me afterwards that she had a little chat with a blue wig wearing fan by the name of Jonathan Papelbon. I was insanely jealous. I've heard stories in this job of people meeting Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, Bill Belichick, Robert Kraft, Tom Brady, Gisele Bundchen, David Ortiz, Doc Rivers, Terry Francona, Curt Schilling, and so on. I've been working for 5 months and all I've met was Al Skinner, Jamie Silva, and Dan Reeves. But I did see undrafted rookie cornerback Tim Mixon at the Emerald Square Mall a few days ago. Does that make up for it?
The only entertainment in the second half was a drunk man clamoring for us to allow him into the section to find his make believe jacket, which was resting on a seat that didn't exist.
After the game ended, I had my "encounter" with Dan Reeves. We were walking from our post, back to the break room to check out. One of my bosses ordered us to follow Dan Reeves from the press box area to the media elevator. Neither he nor his two associates acknowledged our presence, nor did they slow down to allow us to catch up to them. It was a C level encounter with a B level sports celebrity. But hey, it was still Dan friggin' Reeves.
The employee lot was ensconced in ice, and once we left the confines of the Stadium, the heavens opened. Rain fell in sheets, and the once brisk 15 minute walk to Spooky World became a 40 minute expedition. But dryness, a place to sit, and beer awaited us.
We stopped at the McDonald's up the road from Gillette. There's always drunk Pats fans there, and this evening was no exception. A man in a Tedy Bruschi jersey in front of us ordered his food, and waited to the side. He got bored and started singing "I'm a Soul Man," then lifted his jersey to reveal a Bob Marley t-shirt, as if that supported his claim.
Apart from the medical "emergency," it was a simple day. It's about two more weeks until the Patriots play at home again. But I'm excited for next weekend. Kansas is coming to the Conte Forum to play BC.
I hope everyone is having a happy holiday season, and will have a happy new year!
Ushering stats:
Events worked: 34
Ejections: 1
Ejection threats: 50
Uncomfortably hit on/fondled: 9
Times I've Heard "Shipping Up to Boston": ∞
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Currently I have Server 2008 R2 with the print service role installed, with ip printers added. The user can then browse the directory and install the printer they need. Whats happening is when they print from word or excel and try and bring properties up for the printer they will get and unspecified error with a hexidecimal string. I think what i found out is that they need to have "manage printer" security for that printer object but that gives them more access to the printer than i would want. Is there a different solution?
Feb 23, 2010 at 8:47 UTC
Well, I ended up solving this issue. There were actually drivers conflicts on the workstations. I removed all printers, then all print drivers. I know longer get errors
Thanks Curtis for your posts
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Feb 19, 2010 at 4:05 UTC
You should be able to set access permissions for them on each printer you setup in the properties tab.
Not all printers are Server 2008 and 64 bit capable so like using universal print drivers doesn't work well.
If you are using a certified print driver fomr HP etc.. it should work and allow you to give each printer installed, the users access to advanced printing capabilites.
Canon, Xerox etc... require sometimes special software installed on the server to allow this.
Feb 19, 2010 at 4:33 UTC
Thank you for the response.
I will give some more info. I manually went to the manufactures site and got the current drivers for both x86 and x64 bit platforms. When i added them on the print server i used the drivers from there and not the ones that came with Server 08. specifically pcl6 drivers. I knew that running a 64 bit server and having x86 workstations the drivers had to have the same name.
My options for security (as you probably know) are print, manage printer, or manage documents, right now it is set to manage printer, that is the only way it works to allow users to click on properties of their printer in a micosoft office document. When i switch the security back to just print they will get the error again when trying to pull up properties. Sometimes they need to change page orientation, number of pages, etc
Feb 19, 2010 at 5:54 UTC
Here is what I had to do in one office.
Since my boss never did any research on the printers that we had in our office and the citrix farm he just installed the drivers, it was disastrous and eventually becasue it was a company wide roll out that cost the offices a few weeks of downtime he was fired.
So I installed Virtual PC and an x86 version of Server 2003 on it. Then basically reintalled all the printers on that server as a print queue with the right drivers and software.
Since it was a DL680 (If I remember), Quad Xeon with 32 gig of ram it was not big deal.
So that might be another alternative.
Feb 23, 2010 at 8:47 UTC
Well, I ended up solving this issue. There were actually drivers conflicts on the workstations. I removed all printers, then all print drivers. I know longer get errors
Thanks Curtis for your posts
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Chennai: The Election Commission on Friday rejected Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa`s defence on poll code violation and asked her to be careful not to lure voters with new schemes, reports stated.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa had on Tuesday replied to the Election Commission denying any violation of the model code of conduct and announcing any welfare schemes to lure voters ahead of the bypoll in Yercaud.
The Commission also asked various political parties, especially their leaders, to scrupulously follow the Model Code aimed at ensuring a level-playing field and not resort to any "subterfuge" to circumvent it.
"The Commission rejects the contention made in the reply of Ms J Jayalalithaa and has decided to advise her to be careful in future and not make such announcements of new schemes for electorate with a view to alluring them," said an EC order.
Before this on Monday, the EC had issued a notice to her for allegedly violating the model code of conduct ahead of December 4 bypolls in Yercaud.
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Jayalalitha ahad said it was presumed from the contents of the complaint in the notice that it was made by DMK, an adversary and political rival of AIADMK.
"My speeches to the electorate were in Tamil. I never made any promise or announcement of any new schemes in any of my speeches on November 28," she said, adding that she had only referred to development schemes already implemented and under implementation in the state after she assumed charge as the Chief Minister.
"I emphatically deny that my speech was in the nature of alluding to different social and infrastructure requirements such as opening of new Health Centres etc. I mentioned in my speech that the requirements for the development of Yercaud constituency have been brought to my notice," she said.
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Er I like the Chinese kinds! lol I like all types of sushi
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I love pizza sushi
& california rolls
Er I like the Chinese kinds! lol I like all types of sushi
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Pizza sushi sounds... terrible. I'm sorry but I'm into real, authentic Japanese cuisine. My favorite sushis tend to be nigiri. I especially love the ones with fish roe. I also love dishes such as "donburi", where you have a bowl with rice and raw fish and a raw egg on top. It's not exactly sushi (it's not rolled) but the ingredients are very similar. Oh and I also like Kimbab a lot, which is the Korean version of sushi (usually with thinly sliced meat instead of fish).
Pretty much any of the spicy suishi out there.
But if you haven't tried it get:
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I like dynamite roll and california roll and even though I'm somewhat allergic to mayonnaise, it's worth it to have those itchy rash
pizza sushi looks good
cali rolls
Salamon, maki, crabfish are my favs but i might try some new types if they serve those in our chinese resturants.
Sushi is Japanese.
I know but in my country they sevre it in Chinese resturants.
Oh okay
Sushi with good rice.
I've been getting the Norway Fire Salmon roll lately, it's pretty much the same thing as an Alaskan.
I loooove sushi and nigiri!
Salmon sashimi, that sushi pizza looks good; I've never even heard about pizza sushi.
I like California rolls and salmon. My favorite are the rolls that have the little eggs on top. I don't however like wasabi. :-)
Spicy tuna :P
I like the veggie rolls and the crunchy veggies rolls with rice paper.
That is probably my favourite too. I really like dragon roll and dynamite roll.
Butterfish sushi.
My favorite has shrimp, cream cheese, and avocado in it. Don't exactly know the proper name for it though.
That pizza sushi looks amazing! But there's some sushi I can't stand. I love California rolls though
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Plot against the ecumenical Patriarch foiled
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Plot against the ecumenical Patriarch foiled
The Istanbul public attorney's office is investigating a group of ex
army officers who seem to have plotted to assassinate Bartholomew I
as well as Mesrob of the Armenians.
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
By <http://www.speroforum.com/site/author.asp?AUTH_ID=147>Asia News
A group of ex army officers, now retired, plotted to assassinate the
ecumenical Patriarch: this is what has emerged from an investigation
carried out by Istanbul's public attorney's office, and brought to
light by a report in Aksam newspaper. The group known as the
Association of National Forces was led by Bekir Ozturk: the hard
drive of his computer revealed the entire project which also
consisted of the assassination of the Armenian Patriarch Mesrob and
of a Jewish businessman.
This network of retired army officials are believed to be in contact
with diverse well rooted nationalist groups on Turkish soil. What is
of even graver concern is the fact that arms in their possession seem
to originate from Army deposits. According to media and diplomatic
sources this only further underlines the deep ties between
nationalist activists and institutions linked to the State, thus
forming the so-called "Shadow State".
These worries are amplified by the recent entrance into parliament of
the nationalist MHP party (which includes the grey wolves) in
national elections, and their strengthening of the opposition, until
now represented by the Kemalist CHP party.
On the subject of the recent elections, observers have not failed to
comment on Erdogan's reshuffling of his government in favour of right
wing candidates over liberals. A fact that led to his landslide
victory in the centre east of the country. Some recall an interview
he gave in 1998, when he was on the verge of forming his party, in
which he said: "my aim is to unite my party base with the
nationalists", in short uniting political Islam with nationalism,
legitimized by the journey towards European Union membership, with
the country's obvious economic development as the winning factor,
which also brought election victory as proven by Kodan poll agency,
the only one to have correctly gauged pre-election forecasts.
In the area of religious policies, the Greek foreign minister Dora
Bakojiannis has informed her EU colleagues in Brussels of the
continuous difficulties faced by the Ecumenical Patriarch. Following
her meeting with the President of the European Peoples Party,
Martens, a statement was released criticizing the Turkish Supreme
Court ruling which contests the ecumenical nature of the Patriarchate
of Constantinople. Moreover, Interfax news agency reports that the
Moscow Church, has taken advantage of the Greek foreign minister's
initiative to contest Constantinople's primacy among the Orthodox,
while sharing in the Patriarch of Constantinople's
difficulties. In short, the word in Brussels is that Turkish
Nationalists have found an unlikely ally in the ambitions of the
Moscow Church. The reaction of Fr. Dositheos, of the Ecumenical
Patriarchate is calm and meaningful: "The Ecumenical Patriarchate was
not born as a national Church, but as a point of reference for the
ancient Christian world according to the apostolic and patristic
tradition, it is universally accepted and has as its basic precept
love in Christ".
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Successful mobility requires appropriate decision-making. Seniors with reduced executive functioning— such as senior fallers—may be prone to poor mobility judgments, especially under dual-task conditions. We classified participants as "At-Risk" and "Not-At-Risk" for falls using a validated physiological falls-risk assessment. Dual-task performance was assessed in a virtual reality environment where participants crossed a simulated street by walking on a manual treadmill while listening to music or conversing on a phone. Those "At-Risk" experienced more collisions with oncoming cars and had longer crossing times in the Phone condition compared to controls. We conclude that poor mobility judgments during a dual-task leads to unsafe mobility for those at-risk for falls.
Cognition is an important contributor to safe mobility through the environment. Although physical abilities (e.g., balance) undoubtedly factor into our capacity to be mobile, specific cognitive processes such as attention, planning, and decision-making collectively ensure our safety during mobility.
Within the multiple domains of cognition, executive functions—or higher order cognitive processes—are integral to safe mobility (Anstey, von Sanden, & Luszcz, 2006; Persad et al., 1995). These include the ability to concentrate, attend selectively, and to plan and strategize. Selective attention to hazards in our environment is essential for safe mobility. Our ability to effectively plan and strategize contributes to decision-making about when and where to move. Importantly, a failure to make appropriate and timely decisions may result in unsafe mobility, such as falls.
With age, walking requires greater cognitive effort and a larger allocation of attentional resources (Lindenberger, Marsiske, & Baltes, 2000; Lovden, Schaefer, Pohlmeyer, & Lindenberger, 2008; Wollacott & Shumway-Cook, 2002; Yogev-Seligmann, Hausdorff, & Giladi, 2008). This likely results from reduced parietal cortex function, leading to a higher need for sensorimotor processing (Huxhold, Li, Schmiedek, & Lindenberger, 2006). Additionally, impaired prefrontal cortex function results in reduced employment of attentional resources for effective postural control (Huxhold et al., 2006).
Hence, not surprisingly, reduced executive functioning is a risk factor for falls (Tinetti, Speechley, & Ginter, 1988). Falls, a clinical consequence of unsafe mobility and a significant health care problem, occur in approximately 30% of community-dwelling seniors (Skelton & Todd, 2004; Tinetti et al., 1988). Falls are often attributed to impaired physical abilities but recent evidence highlights the role of reduced executive functioning. Anstey and colleagues (Anstey et al., 2006) found that cognitive performance on "Similarities," a test of verbal reasoning, was inversely associated with falls rate. Also, performance on the Stroop Color-Word Test, a test of conflict resolution, predicts falls status beyond that explained by age and functional motor ability (Rapport, Hanks, Millis, & Deshpande, 1998). Both verbal reasoning and conflict resolution are dimensions of executive functioning (Lezak, 1995; Stuss & Alexander, 2000).
To better understand the interaction between executive functioning and falls risk, studies have relied on dual-task paradigms incorporating a motor task with a concurrent cognitive task. These studies consistently demonstrate that reduced gait speed during dual-task performance is associated with falls risk (Verghese et al., 2002) and that impairments in the ability to hold a conversation while walking are notable in senior fallers (Lundin-Olsson, Nyberg, & Gustafson, 1997). However, studies to date have not examined the role of decision-making relevant to navigation and mobility during dual-task performance.
Previous studies are also limited by their use of laboratory-based dual-task paradigms. While dual-task paradigms such as reciting the alphabet or counting backwards while walking result in changes in overt motor outcomes (Verghese et al., 2002), they are not activities performed in the real world. Rather, in our modern and increasingly technology-based world, we are more likely to engage in conversations on a cell phone or listen to an iPod as we walk down the street.
To address these limitations, we examined the relationship between decision-making and falls risk in the context of a simulated real-world task using an immersive virtual reality environment (VRE). We compared seniors at-risk for falls with seniors not-at-risk on the ability to successfully cross a busy street under a single-task and two different dual-task conditions. The primary objective was to determine if there were differences between the two groups in their ability to judge when it was safe to cross the street under dual-task conditions. The secondary objective was to determine if there were differences in gait speed between the two groups under single and dual-task conditions. Additionally, we included a computer-based dual-task to assess cognitive aspects of performing a dual-task independent of mobility.
Thirty-three community-dwelling seniors participated (16 female; Mean age = 73.12 years, SD = 4.46). Participants were recruited via advertisements and participant pools from previous studies within the lab at the University of Illinois. All interested participants were initially screened by phone. Inclusion criteria were: (a) community-dwelling; (b) age 65 years or older; (c) normal or corrected to normal vision, with visual acuity of 20/40 or better based on Snellen chart performance; (d) no diagnosis of a neurological or neuropsychological disorder; (e) not currently taking medication impeding balance; and (f) able to walk ≥ 0.5 kilometers unaided.
There were two experimental sessions, each 1.5 hours. In Session 1, participants completed descriptive measurements, a computer dual-task paradigm, and falls risk assessment. In Session 2, participants performed the primary experimental task (VRE). Session order was counterbalanced between subjects. All participants provided written informed consent.
We measured age in years, standing height in centimeters, and mass in kilograms. We assessed global cognition using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MOCA), where scores ≥ 26 indicate normal cognitive performance. Current level of physical activity was determined by the Physical Activities Scale for the Elderly (PASE) (Washburn, Smith, Jette, & Janney, 1993), in which physical activities completed in the past 7-day period are reported. General mobility and balance were measured by the Timed Up and Go Test (TUG) (Podsiadlo & Richardson, 1991) and the Short Performance Physical Battery (SPPB).
Physiological falls risk was assessed by the short form of the Physiological Profile Assessment (PPA) (Lord, Menz, & Tiedemann, 2003). The PPA is a valid and reliable measure of falls risk in seniors, with 75% predictive accuracy for falls in older adults. Based on performance of five physiological domains (reaction time, contrast sensitivity, sway, proprioception, and knee extension strength), the PPA computes a falls risk score for each individual. We classified our participants as "At-Risk" or "Not-At-Risk" for future falls according to their PPA scores. Based on previous work demonstrating that a PPA cutoff score of 0.6 validly classifies seniors into separate falls risk categories, we decided a priori to divide our participants into two groups using this cutoff score (i.e., <0.6 = "Not-At Risk"; ≥0.6 = "At-Risk") (Delbaere et al., 2010). While the TUG is another measure used to determine falls risk, we chose to divide our group based on PPA because it is currently the most valid way to assess falls risk (Lord et al., 2003).
Cognitive dual-task ability was assessed using a computer-based paradigm. Participants viewed a computer display with either a single number or letter (single task) or a number and letter concurrently (dual task). Participants were required to respond by pressing a button with their left hand for letters and right hand for numbers (index fingers corresponding to "B" and "2" and middle fingers corresponding to "A" and "3," respectively). Reaction times and accuracy were recorded.
Dual-task ability in simulated "real-life" was assessed using the CAVE Automatic Virtual Environment (CAVE; Beckman Institute, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois; http://isl.beckman.illinois.edu/Labs/CAVE/CAVE.html). The CAVE consists of four viewing screens (one in the front, one on each side, and a floor), each measuring 303 cm wide × 273 cm high and a screen resolution of 1024 × 768 pixels. Participants stood approximately 149 cm away from the front screen, creating a viewing angle of 91° × 85°. A custom designed program (Illinois Simulation Laboratory) provided the environment presentation, motion simulation, and data acquisition. Images were projected from a PC running on a 64-bit Windows Server (2003) and graphics were presented by an nVidia Quadro Plex 1000 Model 2. We monitored head movements (i.e., the number of times participants looked in either direction in preparation and while crossing the street) through an Ascension Flock of Birds 6DOF electromagnetic tracker, where head movements were defined as moving 10° in one direction to at least 10° in the opposite direction. Depth perception was created by wireless CrystalEyes liquid crystal shutter goggles, rapidly alternating the display to each eye, thus providing the "virtual reality experience."
Participants viewed a VRE simulating a two-way busy street, with cars approaching from both directions (Figure 1). Starting at a crosswalk, they had to cross two lanes of traffic, totaling eight meters in width. To cross the street, participants walked on a LifeGear Walkease manual treadmill, which was synced to the VRE. Cars moved at a constant speed of 54 km/hr, with consistent spacing of either 75 or 90 meters apart for each trial.
Participants were instructed to cross the street without getting hit by oncoming traffic. They were permitted to walk forward only and could walk as fast as necessary without running. Trials began after passing through a gate, after which they had 90 s to complete the trial. There were eight practice trials. The actual experiment comprised 60 trials. Participants were permitted to take breaks between trials.
The experiment was a blocked design, with three experimental conditions: (a) No Distraction; (b) Music; and (c) Phone. Each block consisted of 10 trials, and each of the three conditions was completed twice (i.e., 20 total trials per condition). Condition order was randomized. In the No Distraction condition (i.e., control condition), participants crossed the street without a secondary task. In the Music condition, participants listened to one of several pre-made playlists through earphones on an iPod while attempting to cross the street. In the Phone condition, participants crossed the street while conversing on the phone with a confederate via a hands-free headset. Experimenters had a set list of questions to engage the participants. An experimenter was present in the room to supervise the participant at all times.
Data was imported into SPSS (Version 16.0 for MAC). Descriptive measures and computer-based dual-task performance were analyzed using independent-samples t-tests to test for between-group differences. Primary CAVE measures were analyzed using repeated-measures ANOVAs, with condition as the within-subject factor, and group as the between-subject factor. We analyzed: (a) the number of successful trials completed, defined as crossing the street without being hit; (b) whether unsuccessful trials were the result of collisions versus running out of time; (c) number of collisions occurring in the first lane of traffic (assuming collisions in the first lane indicate reduced decision-making ability, or judgment, regarding when to initiate street-crossing); and (d) using only successful trials, length of time to cross the street. Body mass index (BMI; kg/m2) was included as a covariate for the analysis of length of time to cross the street, because stride length is an important contributor to gait speed (Callisaya, Blizzard, Schmidt, McGinley, & Srikanth, 2010; Kuo, Lin, Yu, Wu, & Kuo, 2009). For all analyses, the overall alpha level was set at p < .05.
Table 1 provides results of the descriptive measures. Of these measures, both the TUG score and PPA score significantly differed between the groups, t(31) = 2.53, p = .02 and t(31) = 7.52, p < .001, respectively.
"At-Risk" seniors performed significantly worse in the dual-task compared to those "Not-At-Risk" (Table 2). Specifically, "At-Risk" individuals had both reduced accuracy, F(1, 32) = 5.64, p = .02, and slower reaction times, F(1, 32) = 4.65, p = .04, in the dual-task condition, relative to their "Not-At-Risk" peers. In the single-task condition, there were no significant between-groups differences for either accuracy or reaction times ( p = .11 and 0.93, respectively). Additionally, the number of successful crossing trials in the CAVE Phone condition was positively correlated with dual-task accuracy performance on the computer task, r = .48, p = .004. Furthermore, time to cross the street in the CAVE Phone condition was positively correlated with dual-task reaction time in the computer task, r = .54, p = .001.
Regarding the number of times participants successfully crossed the street, there was a significant main effect of condition, F(2, 62) = 6.65, p = .002, . Specifically, follow-up simple contrasts revealed that participants performed worse in the Phone condition compared to No Distraction, F(1, 31) = 11.93, p = .002, . "At-Risk" participants performed significantly worse overall than those "Not-At-Risk", as confirmed via a significant main effect of group, F(1, 31) = 4.34, p = .05, . Additionally, there was a significant condition × group interaction, F(2, 62) = 3.69, p = .01, . Follow-up analyses revealed that "At-Risk" participants successfully crossed the street significantly fewer times in the Phone condition relative to those "Not-At-Risk", F(1, 32) = 7.86, p = .009, , but no significant between-groups differences were found for the No Distraction ( p = .17) and Music ( p = .25) conditions (Figure 2a).
For unsuccessful trials, we examined rates of collisions versus time-outs (Table 2). Collisions were defined as trials where participants were struck by an oncoming car during crossing. Time-outs were defined as trials where participants were unable to cross the street within the allotted 90-s time, and were not struck. For collisions, there was a significant main effect of condition, F(2, 62) = 3.26, p = .05, . Follow-up simple contrasts reveal that overall, participants experienced more collisions in the Phone condition relative to No Distraction, F(1, 31) = 7.24, p = .11, . There was also a significant main effect of group, F(1, 31) = 4.57, p = .41, , where "At-Risk" participants experienced more collisions than those "Not-At-Risk." Lastly, there was a marginally significant condition × group interaction, F(2, 62) = 12.64, p = .06, . Follow-up analyses show that "At-Risk" participants experienced more collisions in the Phone condition, relative to age-matched controls, F(1, 32) = 8.39, p = .007, . There were no significant between-groups differences for the No Distraction ( p = .18) and Music ( p = .25) conditions. For time-outs, there was a significant main effect of condition, F(2, 62) = 4.58, p = .01, , with more time-outs observed for the Phone condition relative to No Distraction, F(1, 31) = 4.89, p = .04, . There were no significant between-group differences, p > .05 for number of time-outs.
For the length of time taken to cross the street, there was a significant main effect of group, F(1, 30) = 4.68, p = .04, , indicating that overall, those "At-Risk" for falls were significantly slower to cross the street. More specifically, however, "At-Risk" participants crossed the street significantly slower in the Phone condition compared to those "Not-At-Risk" (Figure 2b), as indicated by the significant condition × group interaction, F(2, 60) = 3.45, p = .04, . Follow-up analyses revealed significant between-group differences in the Phone condition, F(1, 32) = 9.00, p = .005, . There were no significant between-groups differences for the No Distraction ( p = .12) and Music ( p = .14) conditions.
To examine the relationship between mobility judgments and falls-risk in the real-world, participants "At-Risk" for falls and those "Not-At-Risk" crossed a busy street in a VRE while completing a secondary task. We report two key results. First, seniors "At-Risk" were less successful at street-crossing while conversing on a phone. Reduced success rate was secondary to greater number of collisions in the first lane of traffic. Second, those "At-Risk" crossed the street significantly slower compared with those "Not-At-Risk" in the Phone condition. Given these results, several points of discussion follow.
First, our results are consistent with previous findings that dual-task performance leads to reduced gait speed in senior fallers (Faulkner et al., 2007; Lundin-Olsson, Nyberg, & Gustafson, 1998; Verghese et al., 2002; Yogev-Seligmann et al., 2008). In tasks that require performance of a physical task (e.g., walking) and a concurrent cognitive task (e.g., talking), young adults tend to prioritize gait and compromise cognitive performance (Bloem, Valkenburg, Slabbekoorn, & Willemsen, 2001; Yogev-Seligmann et al., 2008). However, Parkinson's patients and senior fallers are susceptible to increased gait variability and reduced ability to prioritize gait performance under dual-task conditions (Beauchet et al., 2007; Bloem, Valkenburg, Slabbekoorn, & van Dijk, 2001; Chapman & Hollands, 2007; Yogev-Seligmann et al., 2008). It has therefore been suggested that reduced executive functioning leads to impaired divided attention and ineffective use of available resources, resulting in reduced gait speed (Yogev-Seligmann et al., 2008).
More notably, our study is the first to show that individuals "At-Risk" for falls may have reduced ability to plan and decide on their mobility through the physical environment when cognitively loaded. Reduced abilities to plan and judge under dual-task conditions among seniors "At-Risk" for falls are likely to be secondary to reductions in cognitive capacity evident in this population (Rapport et al., 1998; Springer et al., 2006). Reduced judgment resulting from increased cognitive load may result in two forms of behavior: (a) conservative behavior, or (b) risky behavior. A previous study used the same VRE paradigm to examine the effects of dual-task performance on pedestrian behavior among college-aged adults (Neider, McCarley, Crowell, Kaczmarski, & Kramer, 2010). While talking on a cell phone, young adults were more cautious crossing the street, such that participants took longer to both initiate and complete street-crossing. Young adults also timed-out more during the phone condition. Hence, dual-task demands resulted in more cautious behavior among young adults. In contrast, seniors "At-Risk" for falls engaged in risk-taking behavior, jeopardizing their safety. Specifically, they had significantly more collisions in the first lane than those "Not-At-Risk," suggesting that seniors at risk for falls were less able to appropriately judge when to initiate street crossing. Interestingly, in a previous study senior fallers cited their own risk-taking behaviors as the most common cause of falling, rather than their health or environmental factors (Hornbrook, Wingfield, Stevens, Hollis, & Greenlick, 1991). Hence, an inability to judge one's own neuromuscular constraints to plan successful movements, as limited by executive functioning impairments, may be linked to falls-risk (Liu-Ambrose, Ahamed, Graf, Feldman, & Robinovitch, 2008).
Our results also suggest that dual-task demands per se may not be detrimental to safe mobility. Rather, the nature of the concurrent task demands (i.e., a "passive" task, such as listening to music versus an "active" task, such as talking on the phone) is important. This factor may have contributed to the equivocal results to date on the association between dual-task performance and falls risk. For example, Verghese and colleagues (Verghese et al., 2002) found that reciting the alphabet while walking significantly reduced gait speed in fallers. In contrast, Bootsma-van der Wiel et al. (Bootsma-van der Wiel, et al., 2003) asked participants to count backwards while walking, and found that dual-task performance is not a significant predictor of falls. Hence, future studies are needed to better ascertain the modulating effect of cognitive load on the relationship between dual-tasking ability and falls risk.
Finally, while there are certainly differences in mobility between those "At-Risk" and those "Not-At-Risk" for falls, our results were not merely due to physical differences between the two groups. First, there were no group differences in the Short Performance Physical Battery and current physical activity level. Second, gait speed was not significantly different between the two groups in both the Music and No Distraction conditions. Third, results from the computer-based dual-task support the notion that our results are likely due to between-groups differences in cognitive control, as results from the computer task and the CAVE data positively correlate. Together, our findings suggest that differences between our falls-risk groups can be attributed, at least in part, to cognitive abilities.
We recognize the limitations of our study. First, due to recruitment issues, we were unable to directly assess seniors with a history of falls (i.e., "fallers") versus seniors without a history of falls (i.e., "non-fallers"). Instead, our groups were defined using a validated PPA cutoff score to identify those "At-Risk" versus those "Not-At-Risk" for future falls (Lord et al., 2003). Second, our ability to make conclusions regarding the Music condition is limited by our lack of behavioral measures of the secondary task. Specifically, it is possible that participants were simply "tuning-out" the music, performing only the walking task without a secondary cognitive task. However, listening does not appear to impair secondary task performance (McCarley et al., 2004). Therefore, our results are more likely due to actual differences between listening and talking, rather than mere task engagement. Another limitation was that we did not compensate for the fact that our viewing distance requires a small accommodative response in order to yield a well-focused retinal image. This may be addressed in future studies by adjusting the LCD stereo goggles. A fourth limitation is that our virtual environment did not replicate any traffic sounds. Future studies may examine how inclusion of road noise may affect street-crossing performance by providing auditory cues. Lastly, our task was designed to be more difficult than crossing the street in real life. Indeed, street-crossing performance in all conditions was markedly lower than what we would expect in real life. However, this was necessary in order to ensure that there would be performance variability between participants. While we recognize that this is certainly a limitation of our current study, we highlight that our study has increased ecological validity, compared to strictly laboratory-based tasks, and that our results here represent the trade-off between internal and external validity.
To conclude, our study suggests that critical mobility decisions, such as when to cross a busy street, may be impaired in those even at moderate risk for falls (i.e., mean PPA score of 1.2). These impaired judgments result from increased cognitive load. We highlight the value of increasingly ecologically valid paradigms designed to test "real-life" situations. Given the complex relationship between cognitive and physical abilities, it is important to understand how they may interact in the context of the real world.
This work was supported by The National Institute on Aging (R37 AG025667, R01 AG25032) to Arthur F. Kramer and the Canadian Institute of Health Research (MOB-93373) to Teresa Y. L. Liu-Ambrose. The authors would like to thank Feng Zhao and Shanna Wilcox for their assistance with participant recruitment and data collection. Lindsay S. Nagamatsu is a trainee with the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Todd C. Handy and Teresa Y. L. Liu-Ambrose are both MSFHR Scholars.
Lindsay S. Nagamatsu, Department of Psychology, Centre for Hip Health and Mobility, Vancouver Coastal Research Institute, and Brain Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Michelle Voss, Beckman Institute and Department of Psychology, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
Mark B. Neider, Beckman Institute and Department of Psychology, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
John G. Gaspar, Beckman Institute and Department of Psychology, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
Todd C. Handy, Department of Psychology and Brain Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Arthur F. Kramer, Beckman Institute and Department of Psychology, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
Teresa Y. L. Liu-Ambrose, Centre for Hip Health and Mobility, Vancouver Coastal Research Institute, Brain Research Centre, and Department of Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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Statêra, "We Make Cloud and IT Services Easy™," http://www.Statera.com, participated in constructing a house for Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver on Saturday, April 13th. Statêra's team of seven volunteers helped to build the initial walls of a Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver residence at 45th Avenue and Sherman streets in Denver, CO. A Habitat construction supervisor provided task lists and instructions on how to efficiently complete these in a logical, fun and safe manner.
"I felt as if I was able to contribute in a meaningful way," said Katie Kish, Consultant, Statêra. "It was physically demanding, not easy, but strength of spirit always wins over strength of body, so they have a life-long volunteer in me," Katie continued.
"It was really exciting to be involved in the early process of house building," added Desiree Robinson, Consultant, Statêra. "It was also nice to hear who we would be helping, both the home buyer and the community," continued Desiree.
"I was worried that I wasn't going to be strong enough or have the right skill sets. However, volunteering with my co-workers on the Habitat for Humanity house was incredibility rewarding and not at all something I should have been nervous about," said Erin Sundet, consultant, Statêra. "It was a hard day, but it was so much fun to spend time with amazing co-workers and build something wonderful together," Erin continued.
"It was very rewarding for me to volunteer for Habitat for Humanity," said Diana Minnehan, office manager, Statêra. "I would definitely recommend it, a great team building experience!" Diana concluded.
"We are so pleased to give back to our community in Denver, and we encourage our employees to participate in local charitable organizations like Habitat for Humanity," added Carl Fitch, CEO, Statêra.
About Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver:
Habitat for Humanity is a homeownership program for low-income families. Habitat engages the community in building high quality, energy-efficient homes which are sold to hard-working families seeking stable and affordable housing. Qualified families purchase Habitat homes with zero-interest loans and make mortgage payments based on 25 percent of the family's income. Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver has built 500 homes throughout its 33-year history of building in Denver. For more information about Habitat for Humanity, please visit http://www.habitatmetrodenver.org.
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The Vine and the Branches John 15
9 "As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. 10 If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commands and remain in his love. 11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. 12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command. 15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. 17 This is my command: Love each other.
I have read this passage many times and early on in my ministry I have preached on it and yet when I read it again to prepare for today it feels as if I am reading it for the first time. That's the wonderful thing about scripture, at different seasons in our life the words from familiar scripture can speak to us in new and refreshing ways.
The thing which struck me most was the section which I have just read and the fact that Jesus chose us and he calls us to be his friends. I felt so moved when I read these words and they spoke straight into my heart - Jesus chose me and he calls me to be his friend. He doesn't see the relationship as master and servant but as equals, as friends. As I thought more about this I understood that this means warts and all, in the worst of times and the best of times, at our worst and at our best he wants to be alongside us.
Friendship is a powerful thing and that's why it is no surprise that one of the most popular features on Facebook is "friendship", Facebook is the most popular social get together place on the internet. There are 400 million users and if they had their own country it would the 3rd largest nation in world. It is a place where people can share their lives, where they can talk with others, post pictures and articles they'd like people to see… presenting their life as they want it to be seen, sharing what they had for tea, their wonderful holidays, their hectic social lives or for some it's a place to rant about the government. All this is done between "friends", the people you've given the privilege of being able to visit your Facebook.
The average Facebook user has about 150 friends. But there are many that can have hundreds – even 1000s – of friends. Some have as many as 30,000 friends who get access to their page and their lives at the click of a button.
I checked and I've got 248 "friends" on Facebook. But there is an odd thing about these friends. They're not all really what I'd call "friends". Many of these are people I work with, network with, there are people there who I lost touch with , people from church people from college - but very few of them are what I'd call close friends. Very few are people that if I were sick and in hospital would come and visit me or if I was stranded on the M1 at night would come and rescue me. That's because many of them don't really know me. They know what I project on facebook but they don't know the details of my life, they only know about what I want them to see about my life on facebook. They don't know what I struggle with because I don't share my intimate pain on facebook. In fact not only might they not know me, they might not even LIKE me. On Facebook they're my friends but, for the most part, they're just passing acquaintances, some are self admitted facebook stalkers who like to peep in on the lives of others but leave no trace of their visit, some leave comments some just press the like icon, some pass by.
Most of them are very nice people, otherwise I wouldn't let them into my life but they're not REALLY my friends and perhaps this is a reflection of real life too. Sometimes even the people we call our friends – aren't really our true friends. They're not there when we need them. They disappoint us forget us, or ignore us. They may even betray us and hurt us.
Sadly the reality of life and the reality of being a human being is that we don't ALWAYS have true friends that we can always count on… But the good news is that Jesus tells us HE wants to be our friend and he will never let us down, he will always be there, he is our constant faithful friend in the truest and most complete sense.
If you take tie to reflect on this passage it blows you away. Jesus wants to be our friend. We didn't send a facebook friend request to Jesus. He sent one to us. We know this because it is there in black and white in verse 16 when Jesus says "You did not choose me, but I CHOSE YOU and appointed you to go and bear fruit— fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name."
Jesus reached out to us – first. And what is important about that, what is amazing about that what is unbelievable about that is that if most people knew what we were REALLY like, deep, deep, down… they wouldn't accept a friend request from us. If people knew some of the things we have SAID/DONE/THOUGHT in our entire lives, they wouldn't have anything to do with us. But Jesus does. Jesus knows exactly what we're like… He knows our darkest shame and secrets and He STILL wants us as His friends. Ephesians says it this way:
"…because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions…" Ephesians 2:4-5
Even when we were dead in our sins even when we had messed up lives even when we weren't worth much --- to God… or anyone else even then he wanted to be our friend.
I know that s true because I have lived it. I ranted against God, against Christians and for sixteen years I was a Buddhist leader, I turned my back on God and I slammed the door in his face and hollowed abuse at him until I was empty and broken and lost in the darkness. And it was then - when I was a broken and lost an enemy of God, dead in my sins, lying on the floor in front of a Buddhist altar challenging him by saying; 'ok if there is a God reveal yourself,' it was then in that moment that God sent His "friend" request. Rephrasing John 3:16, you could say "For God so loved you and I, He sent us a very special friend request" He sent me Jesus and I thank him for reaching down into the mess that was my life then and lifting me up and bringing me to the life I have now.
"For God so loved the world that He gave (sent) His only begotten Son" - not just for me but all, for all who would accept him as their friend and who would come to know him as their savior, their Lord, their everything.
The way you become a "friend" on Facebook is that one person sends out an INVITATION to someone else to be their friend. The other person can then either "CONFIRM" them as a friend or IGNORE you. What Jesus is telling us here is "I invited you to be my friend… you didn't invite me." "You did not choose me, but I chose you..."will you confirm me or will you ignore me?
He invited US to be HIS friend, He reached out to us because we weren't worthy to reach out to Him – He accepted us in all our mess and brokenness and I for one feel humbled that He thought I was worth His time.
Unlike Facebook… where most of my "friends" aren't really my friends, not only is Jesus my friend, but my friendship with Jesus improves my friendship with others. I believe that my friendship with Jesus makes me a better person, my friendship with Jesus gives me a heart for other people to be the friend to them that He is to me. His life, his example his stories make me want to be like him.
My friend Helen often used to say to me that in this world, earthly friends will disappoint me, that she would disappoint me, that she may even hurt me and I never really understood at the time what she meant, I felt it was a bit of a cop out for letting me down. But now I understand. I understand because I know I am human and If I am your friend… sooner or later I'm going to disappoint you too, not because I want to not because I mean to but because as human beings we mess up and we can be selfish, we can put ourselves first, we can fail to see life through the eyes and situations of others. It's not normal for us to think of others first. It's not normal for us to worry about other peoples problems when we have problems of my own. We human beings tend to be inherently selfish to lesser or greater degrees. I know that much as I hate it I tend to think of myself first, I will admit that if I am sharing chocolate with Polly and one of the two pieces has broken bigger I want the bigger one, I hasten to add she does too, and what follows is a cover up for our inherent selfishness which follows this pattern of you have the biggest, no you have the biggest – she always gets the biggest. Because I love her, and love overcomes that inherent selfishness, love dissolves greed.
Jesus said "My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you." It's a repeated command, over and over again throughout the Scriptures. Why repeat such a command? Because Jesus knows that this doesn't come naturally to us. We don't really know how to love until we've learned the love of Jesus in our lives and how did Jesus love us?
"Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends."
I believe that God isn't concerned with how many friends you have on facebook, He's concerned with how many people to whom you are a friend. How many people you and I laid down our lives for. Because God KNOWS that in this world people can be lousy friends because human beings can be selfish. Despite best intentions human beings look after their own interests first. But Jesus set us the example of putting others first. He laid down His life for us… so that we could live.
That friendship he offers us models why Jesus put such an emphasis on friendship in His ministry. Friendship is the framework for His church, and it's the power of our ministry for Him it also emphasizes the value friendship can have in SAVING others from death.
My friend Helen spent eight years building a friendship with me so that I could be saved from death. There are friends in this church who have also saved me, who have listened to me, prayed for and with me, who have even loved me enough to tell me when I have messed up and as you look around this church I hope and I pray that you too share friends who will do the same for you.
Jesus showed compassion and love towards the weak and the outcasts. Jesus loved the unlovable. I think I was pretty unlovable when I met Helen. But she loved me and she loved Jesus enough to show compassion to share with me her Jesus stories and slowly bring me to faith.
My favorite Jesus story is the on the night that he was betrayed by Judas, when he and the disciples went to an upper room. Before they sat down, Jesus took off His outer robe, he knelt down and he gently and lovingly washed their dirty feet. His love that night was the love of a man who was willing to be humbled as a servant.
In John's Gospel, John uses two Greek words that both translate into the English word "love". The first Greek word is philos- which means a friendship type of love and the second Greek word the John uses is agape - which is more of an intimate type of love.
As John was writing this passage, he used both words, alternating between the two of them. The English translators translated philos as "friend" and agape as "love".
Jesus knew that the type of love that we needed to show each other was more than just a facebook friendship; it needed to be a love that was genuine, a love of patience and a love of tolerance, a love of compassion. A love that would love the unlovable, a love that would forgive a love that didn't hold grudges because Jesus instructs us to love people in a different type of love than we are taught to love in the world.
I fully acknowledge that I am nowhere close to demonstrating the type of love that Jesus wants me to demonstrate, I dearly wish I was.
But I can promise you one thing I promise you that I am trying and I will keep trying and I ask you to try with me. Because I believe that it is a love such as this, it is a church such as this that will become the center of this community in Rawdon. It will be a church such as this that will be known as a loving church where people care. It is a church such as this, which will bring the lost home. It is a church such as this which will have a servants heart for those outside these four walls.
We have been commanded to do this and we have a promise that we will not do it alone. I know that we can do this because Jesus has promised to guide us.
I am not asking you to do anything that I am not trying to do myself. But I can't do it alone, I need you to stand with me, and when I fail I need you to encourage me and when I get it wrong I want you to tell me and when I mess up I need you to forgive me. If we truly want to serve Jesus if we truly want to bring people home to Christ then it starts with love and we can do it because Jesus said we could, Jesus said he will guide us. We wont be alone and we don't have to be scared. Jesus said: This is my command: Love each other.
Jesus died for all those times we mess up, he died for all those things we are ashamed of, He died so that we might become His friends but to be his friend means that he also asks us to love others.
My prayer for this church and by church I mean you – my prayer for this church is this; my prayer is that everyone in this church accepts that friend request from Jesus not just today, but every day and my prayer is that we become addicted to that friendship and through that friendship we all learn how to love as Jesus did and my prayer is that as we do we will bear fruit and we will bear fruit that will last.


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Up to €100k stolen by raiders in bold ATM robbery in Wicklow
Raiders have damaged an ATM attached to the Permanent TSB branch in Greystones and made off with up to €100,000, according to reports.
Gardaí have confirmed they are investigating the incident that took place at approximately 4.20am this morning.
The ATM was extensively damaged during the course of the raid.
The scene is preserved for a technical examination and investigations are ongoing.
While gardai say it is not yet clear how much cash was taken in the raid, RTÉ are reporting that up to €100,000 could have been taken.
Today is Black Friday and a massive pre-Christmas spending spree is expected as stores offer sales to mark the start of the festive shopping period.
That leads to ATMs being used more frequently and only today gardai said they had launched a major operation to watch for cash-in-transit vans being robbed.
Anyone with information about the Greystones incident is asked to contact Greystones Garda Station 01 6665800 or the Garda Confidential Line 1800 666 111.


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Two senior Winnipeg public servants have been promoted while the city searches for a new chief administrative officer.
City solicitor Michael Jack, who heads up the city's legal services, has been named acting chief operating officer, the second-highest-ranking position in the City of Winnipeg's public service. City lawyer Krista Boryskavich, a former adviser to Mayor Sam Katz, has been named acting city solicitor.
Acting chief administrative officer Deepak Joshi announced both appointments to city staff via email.
Jack fills the position vacated by Joshi last fall, when council appointed him acting chief administrative officer following the resignation of Phil Sheegl. Joshi has pledged not to apply to become chief administrative officer on a permanent basis, council was told.
At a recent executive policy committee meeting, city auditor Brian Whiteside said that Winnipeg's legal department should never have prepared the paperwork that authorized the construction of the new fire-paramedic Station No. 12 on land that the city didn't own.
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Thursday 30 October 1919
It was Thursday, under the sign of Scorpio. The US president was Woodrow Wilson (Democratic).
Famous people born on this day include Jane Randolph singer and Fernando Coto Alban.
Blind Husbands, directed by Erich Stroheim, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1919
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- Jane Randolph singer: backup for Tony Orlando (Dawn).
- Fernando Coto Alban: Costa Rican jurist.
- Ermando Malinverni: Italian soccer player.
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- Baseball league presidents call for abolishment of the spitball.
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Dartmoor Edge Lodges
This secluded cluster of Scandinavian style lodges have a fantastic location along fairways of the prestigious Fingle Glen golf course. This location could hardly be better for golfers, but the site is also ideal for families looking for a peaceful holiday base. All of the lodges offer beautiful views of the rolling Devonshire countryside.
Each Fairway lodge boasts spacious living areas featuring pitched cathedral-style ceilings, tasteful furnishings and a contemporary luxurious finish. The added benefit of private hot tubs in Fairway VIP lodges makes this location perfect for the ultimate romantic break!
Situated on the edge of Dartmoor National Park this is an excellent base for exploring the numerous treasures awaiting in the coast and countryside of Devon – the popular south coast and lively seaside resorts are within just 30 minutes' drive offering many attractions for families including parks, gardens and theme parks. The contrasting wild beauty of Dartmoor is also within easy reach and is the perfect place to enjoy a range of outdoor activities.
- Beauty treatments *
- Restaurant and bar
- Driving range *
- Coarse fishing lakes (rod licence required)
- 18 hole golf course *
- Barbecue *
- All facilities available for all dates.
- * Charges Apply.
- Beautifully designed and crafted lodges.
- Outdoor hot tub (in Fairway Lodge VIP only)
- Flat screen TV with Freeview/DVD/CD
- Kitchen including microwave, dishwasher, fridge/freezer and washing machine
- Shower
- Bed linen, duvets and towels
- Beds made up for your arrival
- Verandah with garden furniture
- Double glazed and heated throughout
- Electricity included
- Cots and highchairs free of charge
- Pets £40pw each (max 1)
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- All non smoking accommodation
Accommodation at Dartmoor Edge Lodges
Dartmoor Edge Lodges Reviews
Accommodation type: Fairway Lodge
Accommodation type: Fairway Lodge VIP
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Booked again for September 2017
Accommodation type: Fairway Lodge
Accommodation type: Fairway Lodge
Accommodation type: Fairway Lodge
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We grabbed a great last minute deal and headed down to Exeter. The four of us (Two Couples) were greeted by a nice chap in reception who gave us our key and pointed us to the lodge. The lodge was in very good shape and although needing a lick of paint on the outside, was perfect.
The hot tub was in constant use and we found ourselves sat outside until 3am both nights watching the shooting stars.
We had a few hours on the golf range which was great but spent the majority of the time relaxing in the hot tub.
The only downside was the shower - the boiler was tiny so the showers were literally a quick 2 minute shower then jump out - any longer than that and everyone else would be showering in cold water or waiting an hour for it to fill back up (As we found out on the first night).
Stayed April 2017, travelled as a couple
Accommodation type: Fairway Lodge VIP
Accommodation type: Fairway Lodge VIP
Accommodation type: Fairway Lodge VIP
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