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ANGLERS will not be sorry to see the end of 2012, which has been the wettest on record and has had severely affected sport, in the past couple of months in particular.
Generally rivers in the area have been in flood regularly, causing disruption to club and open matches.
Another event to fall because of the weather was the Calne Open match, due to be fished on Sunday but called off with the River Marden at Hazeland in flood.
Sunday's Wilts Angling Open did take place at Leech Pool where Matt Skyrme, of Trowbridge, won with 87lb 8oz of carp.
Stuart White, from Chippenham, was runner up with 58lb 2oz of carp, followed by Dave Bancroft, from Trowbridge, with 57lb of carp.
Other placings: 4 Ian Willetts, Bradford 56lb 2oz; 5 Pete Neate, Holt 32lb 8oz; 6 Terry Fell, Devizes 14lb.
THE Airsprung Open Pairs match on the Kennet & Avon Canal at Beehive and Airsprung was won by Dean Adams, of Bradford, with 10lb of roach and skimmers.
Rob Randell, from Gillingham, was runner up with 7lb 2oz of roach and skimmer, with Ian Stainer, from Bradford, close behind with 7lb 1oz of roach and skimmer.
The pairs prize went to Adams and Mick Withy from Westbury with six points, Stainer and Dean Bird from Bradford third with nine.
Other placings: 4 Steve Nadin, Garbolino Blackmore Vale MG 6lb 1oz; 5 Robin Guy, Melksham 5lb 11oz 8dm; 6 Martin Barrett, Bradford 5lb 10oz.
THE Avon Open Pairs match on the Kennet & Avon Canal at Seend Park and Semington was won by Kevin Abigail, from Westbury, with 18lb of skimmers.
Tony Gilbert, from Melksham, continued his good form with 7lb 7oz of skimmers for second.
Brian Haigh, from Melksham, was third with 6lb 10oz of perch and skimmers.
The Pairs prize went to Abigail and Mark Wooldridge, from Chippenham, with a combined 22lb, followed by Haigh and Nigel Smith with 11lb 11oz and Gilbert and Mick Withy, from Westbury, with 10lb 10oz.
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Sunday Jan 6: Lavington match at Baldham Mill; Bath Spartans match at Swineford; Chippenham v Airsprung match at Chippenham.


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Nice win for our guys! Shooting around 50% in total for the whole game can compensate those 21 TOs the team has given up. Still, this team has been off again in FTs. Gotta capitalize on those shots.
And Hill just went bananas in this game!
He plays like a punk on the court. He looks like a punk, acts like a punk, and is a punk.
If I were Paul I wouldve ran in and dunked, don't get respect if you dont give it
AttackTheRack on Mon Nov 25, 2013 9:14 pm
Str8 up, this Pacers team is like the 2nd or 3rd best team in the league. You can just see it. They got good players all over the court.
You can't be serious. This isn't 5th grade CYO league.
It's those toughness pills.
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they took those tough pills
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Nah, I don't have any issue with this. Shaking hands is not necessary. We know that Love doesn't like us so it would be hypocritical if he was shaking our players' hands.
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
And prob woulda gotten knocked to the floor. They just got blown out, why shake hands? We don't have to be buddy buddy. No biggie.
This space for rent.
It's not the fact that they didn't shake hands. I'm all for not shaking hands after the game because I love actually being competitive and not being "buddy buddy"...but that is a huge difference versus just walking off the court when the game isn't over yet. Like...really? You're going to head to the locker room before the game is even OVER? Before the game is OVER??? Classless. Pieces of ****. **** them. If PG dunked on them to end the game I woulda' ran on the court and dry-humped PG to death because it would've been awesome. Big difference between not shaking hands and leaving the game BEFORE it's even over.
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I'm gonna ask you not to dry hump our best player to death....
I was wit ya till the dry humping lol. That's just not okay ;-)
"Nobody wants to play against Tyler Hansbrough NO BODY!" ~ Frank Vogel
"And David put his hand in the bag and took out a stone and slung it. And it struck the Philistine on the head and he fell to the ground. Amen. "
Yeah, you're absolutely right.
It was on Dante Cunningham.
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
Watch damn near every NBA game that isnt close, it happens. Most coaches have already done their wave to the other bench before the clock expires. The game was over with 19 seconds left as soon as Paul got the rebound that is just how the NBA works. You really want them to stand there and pretend to defend why the clock gets dribble out?? That is just silly IMO.
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Yep. That's a thread killer if there ever was one.
Okay, then once a team is down 30 midway through the quarter they should just walk off the court. That would be ridiculous. There's no clear line when it's "cool" to just walk off the court when the game is over. I do watch many NBA games, and yes, I will see instances where the defense just kinda' stops playing defense and a power forward will stand their awkwardly and maybe try to show off his C-List dribble moves for a second or two, but very little do they walk off the court. I never said they need to stand there and act like they're gonna' defend, I just said I expect them to not just walk off the court like sore losers. They literally walked off the court like a bunch of sore losers.
What's annoying is that that somebody like Kevin Love was like "Guys c'mon let's leave - c'mon hurry!" Good for Rubio, though.
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The match initially appears to be made in dairy heaven – China's growing middle class generates greater demand for milk, and California can help supply that demand with the state's apparent surplus of milk. But is it really a good fit?
According to "PBS Newshour," that is the question on the minds of everyone from dairy farmers to environmentalists.
For the state's dairymen, the move to capitalize on this expanding market could help them creep out of financial hole left by a recession, high feed costs, and low milk price – a perfect storm that forced out hundreds of dairies over the last several years. California dairymen lost $882 million in 2012 alone.
"We know a lot of these markets in China will grow 10- or 20-fold over the next few decades. By being there now, we can be at the start of that growth," Ross Christieson, a consultant for the California Milk Advisory Board, said in an online interview.
Click here to read more or listen to the broadcast.
However, milk is only part of the equation. The state also exports alfalfa to China.
"(Alfalfa) exports to China are definitely increasing," Danlel Putnam, agronomist at the University of California, Davis, told KQED News. "We have seen a pretty dramatic rise since the year 2005-2006, and I think all expectations are that it will probably increase again this coming year."
For dairies in the state, exporting alfalfa makes feed more expensive.
Environmentalists worry that the increased exports of alfalfa, which use about a fifth of the state's water, combined with the new demand for California's milk will further strain the state's natural resources.


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Hi everyone,
I've already created a php site that has the following doctype:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
I need to now add some html5 code but wondered if I need to change the doctype in order to do this. If yes, how would I do this?
I wondered if anyone could give me some advice?
Thanks in advance
If you are going to use HTML5 code, you should certainly change the doctype to something like this:
<!DOCTYPE html>

<meta charset="utf-8">
If your doctype is stored in one place and fed to templates via an include or something similar, it will take just a few seconds to update the site.
Be aware of a few things, though. HTML5 is still in development and has little true browser support, so use it sparingly and judiciously. Also be aware that some old-style code that is allowed under a transitional doctype (like the one you have now) is not allowed under more modern conditions (strict doctypes) ... although the rules of HTML5 seem to be pretty forgiving/lax in relation to strict coding practices, so you may be fine. (And none of this means that the site will stop working, but rather that your pages may get more errors and warnings if you run them through a code validation service to check for errors or potential problems. In reality, browsers are very forgiving.)
Thanks for the reply,
My current doctype is a public one as it's pointing to a public .dtd file. Do I need to do this with the html or just insert what you suggested?
Just insert the code I posted above. That's the complete doctype for HTML5, but it is backwards compatible, too, so it won't break anything on current sites. A lot of people use it for all their sites, whether or not they have any specifically HTML5 code.
Ok thanks
The reality is that browsers don't care at all about what comes after "<!doctype html..." It doesn't matter to the browser if your doctype is HTML or XHTML, and it doesn't matter if it's strict or transitional. That's why the HTML5 doctype is backwards compatible, because the browsers never read beyond that point anyway.
So the good news, gwh, is that it's pretty much impossible to break your page with these kind of changes. You can use HTML5 stuff even if you still keep your same old doctype. Or you can switch to the new HTML5 doctype, and browsers won't even know the difference.
The rest of HTML 5? Do yourself a favor, forget it exists... You should probably be learning STRICT before even thinking HTML 5 anyways, so you're qualified to tell if the DRAFT is worth using... and at least drag the markup out of 1998. That's what TRANSITIONAL means -- code in transition from 1997 to 1998 practices; which means it's probably already chock full of fat bloated nonsense and accessibility failings; slapping the absurdly loose HTML 5 nonsense on top of it? Not a good answer to ANY problem.
Jeff has it correct: browsers don't give a rat's. Any browser who has shipped with an HTML5 parser (and they're all partial since HTML5 is still in draft) will see any page served as text/html as "HTML5" no matter what the doctype claims. Any who hasn't, will use their HTML4 parser (yes, even XHTML... browsers ignore those closing slashes and other silliness too).
Validators care though. But even that only matters if you don't like wading through "errors" that you understand aren't really errors, or if you're worried about missing a stylistic error you were hoping a stricter validator would call you on (like using "checked" instead of 'checked="checked"' for example).
As a card-carrying dirty hippie FLOSS whacko, I f*ckin HATE Flash and the way Adobe's hatred and bigotry against Linux has caused us unreasonable problems with videos on our "open sores" internets. Screw Adobe with the longest, most barbed pole you can find... maybe one of those things cops lay on the road to make cars' tires go flat. One company controlling how a form of media can be used and played? With closed software that [gets hacked and [url=http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/08/you-deleted-your-cookies-think-again/]uses its own cookies](http://www.feross.org/webcam-spy/) (separate from deleteable browser cookies) so they can spy on us more? That sucks, and that's, like, my opinion, man.* all software has bugs and can get hacked. It's that I like more eyes and immediate response and fix like I get from the dirty hippies than waiting on Adobe to decide when they'll get around to my OS...
Canvas is getting retarded though, since the folks pushing it into the spec keep saying "all it does is make a picture by colouring pixels on the screen using coordinates, don't use this to make GUIs and things" and then what do people do? Make (naturally inaccessible at this point) GUIs and things with it. As everyone should have expected, being all new and pretty and coupled with the HTML5 hype and coming from the shiny Apple guys and, most importantly, not as scary-looking as SVG. (and for games, not as slow, I'll give them that)
(and for those of you about to pipe in with the "fallback content" Bull, that's NOSCRIPT's job!)
I assume when the OP says s/he needs to use HTML5, s/he means "needs one of the new APIs". Which is Javascript anyway. So reliance on JS here is moot.
That's why I said "why do you 'need'" -- without knowing what it is the OP is actually trying to do/use, we're guessing blindly or making assumptions. We actually don't know what's being asked -- could be something that you can do without any HTML 5 stuff in the markup, could be something like the new form stuff that you have to double-check server side anyways (kind-of defeating the point of using it), could just be handing the client who heard a buzzword what they want even if they don't understand it's nothing more than a sick fad that offers no advantages and many disadvantages.
But that makes it fun!
could be something like the new form stuff that you have to double-check server side anyways (kind-of defeating the point of using it)
If it encourages and increases these, it's a Good Thing:
that the user fills inthe RIGHT informationin the RIGHT fieldin the RIGHT formatthe FIRST time (before they hit submit and get that disappointing set of error messages)
then it's awesome. Not all the new HTML5 form thingies do this, but the ones who do, I'm all for. They were never meant for actually sanitising data.
That "autocomplete" is default on inputs is retarded and a security risk, causing us to add more retarded code just to stop it. YES, AUTOCOMPLETE MY PERSONAL INFO, CREDIT CARD, ACCOUNT NUMBERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, WHAT A WONDERFUL IDEA. Seriously that shizzle should be OFF by default.
Well, that's just the old problem of what the end user wants for convenience vs. what we as developers want for security. Remember, the number one security hole is little more than PEBKAC.
I just learned a new word ... well, two actually: PEBKAC and luser. :lol:[/ot]
Yer right, on that...
Yes and no -- per script blocking is problematic, but that's why scripts should enhance content whenever possible, and if not use the DOM to attach your scripted content and remove/hide the non-scripted.
Which is actually what I did with my little canvas demo I wrote a year or two ago:

This program requires the CANVAS element to function properly

var cCanvas=document.createElement('canvas');
if (cCanvas.getContext) {
var container=document.getElementById('canvasHolder');
flat dom replace of the firstchild -- said firstchild naturally being the DIV's textnode. You could also do:
To replace the div with the new canvas element... just beware that container would be invalidated by that.
Either way, there's no reason for CANVAS to have a tag since it's useless without javascript... just like there's no reason it couldn't have simply been made a property object you could optionally attach to any element drawing over it's content... after all that's what an object model is FOR.


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The College of the Redwoods Board of Trustees voted Tuesday to layoff 16 employees and eliminate a total of 39 positions by June 30, 2013, CR spokesman Paul DeMark confirmed.
The vote was unanimous, DeMark said, with Trustee Rick Bennett absent.
According to a CR press release, President Kathryn Smith recommended the board approve the proposed reorganization to address the college's ability to meet long-term financial obligations and accreditation standards.
The Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges slapped College of the Redwoods with its most severe sanction in February 2012, placing the college on "show cause" status due to its failure to meet accreditation standards on a variety of recommendations, including the assessment of student progress in the classroom.
A budget and job duty review conducted as part of the college's efforts to remove itself from show cause status indicated insufficient funds to support the positions. Over the past five years -- as staffing levels and costs have climbed -- funding to the college has been reduced by 15 percent. By eliminating the positions -- 23 of which are already vacant or anticipated to be vacant -- the college expects to save $550,000 this year and about $1.6 million each year after.
In the release, Smith said the reductions were difficult to make and did not reflect dissatisfaction with any one individual's performance.
"However, they (the eliminations) will allow CR to adapt, survive, and continue to adhere to accreditation standards and eligible requirements," Smith said in the release.
The college will be looking at the possibility of creating eight new positions to fill in the gaps left by the eliminated jobs. Laid-off employees will be given the first opportunity to apply for those new positions, according to the agenda.
The board also approved eliminating required furlough days for managers who will be laid off at the end of January 2013.
At a glance:
The following positions were approved by the College of the Redwoods Board of Trustees for discontinuation and elimination:
* Director, Planning, Grants, and Institutional Effectiveness
* Director, Distance Education
* Manager, Printing Services
* Electronic Systems Specialist II
* Purchasing Specialist
* Gardener I
* Instructional Support Specialist I
* Maintenance Specialist II
* Administrative Office Assistant II
* Library Technician
* Instructional Support Specialist III, Lab Tech
* Administrative Office Manager, CRDN
* Student Development Advisor
* Administrative Office Assistant II
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Just about a year ago, I wrote a three-part report about the impending state debate over right-to- work.
In that piece, I interviewed state lawmakers from both sides of the debate, union people and reviewed reports concerning the issue, its pros and cons and consequences.
When I wrote the series, the chances of a statewide ballot on the issue was still being discussed in union halls.
It was being quietly dismissed by Gov. Rick Snyder, who hoped it wouldn't get that far, even though he had escalated the debate last March 16 by signing into law Public Act 53, which prohibited public schools from deducting union dues or service fees from employees' paychecks.
Nevertheless, the governor said at the time that right-to-work was "too divisive" an issue for the state.
Still, one who felt strongly at the time that right-to-work was right for Michigan was state Sen. Patrick Colbeck, R-Canton Township.
"We're the only state to have lost population in the last census," the first-term state senator said a year ago. "And the people we lost moved to right-to-work states; they followed the jobs.
"And that means we've seen families split up because of that," he said then. "And that's not acceptable."
But the senator didn't stop there: "When I rank all the things that can bring jobs to our state, right-to-work is at the top of that list.
"We need to compete with states -- some now on our own borders -- that are more competitive than we are.
"The inconvenient truth," he said, "is that jobs are growing in right-to-work states and declining in non-right-to-work states."
For Colbeck, the mainstream definition of right-to-work was right on target: "Right-to-work is a misnomer; everyone does have a right to work."
But the senator said then that the issue wasn't about unions, it was about bringing jobs to Michigan.
This brings us all to today -- just about a year later -- and the fallout over the use of the award-winning, feel-good "Pure Michigan" tourism campaign to tout right-to-work.
In case you haven't been paying attention, the Michigan Economic Development Corp. came under fire by using the Pure Michigan logo in advertising on the East Coast.
Specifically, in an ad in the Wall Street Journal that told Corporate America that a right-to-work Michigan was open for business.
Almost without exception, Michiganders everywhere love the Pure Michigan ads, narrated by our own Tim Allen and featuring some of the most beautiful images possible of our great state.
But then the MEDC decided to spend $144,000 to make a link between our pristine waterways wrapping through picturesque landscapes and one of the most divisive issues in our state's history.
Because of the outcry over the linkage, the MEDC pulled further advertising, except that -- according to reports from Lansing -- the MEDC announced it will continue its advertising of the state's emerging business climate, including the new right-to-work law.
The only question that remains is whether it will still be linked to the Pure Michigan campaign.
"We are still making an assessment on whether it makes sense to include the Pure Michigan logo in the ads," Mike Finney, president and CEO of the MEDC, said in one media report.
"We'll decide in the next two weeks or so."
And that's where Sen. Colbeck comes in: He's "urging Finney to keep telling the story of Michigan's new law, proudly and loudly," as one new report wrote.
"I want to make sure that story gets told," he's reported as saying. "Don't get bullied into stopping telling that story."
But what story is that, precisely, Sen. Colbeck?
Is it the story that by becoming a right-to-work state, Michigan is enjoying a flood of new businesses landing at our door?
That can't be right, because it seems every business survey shows that such a law is well down the list for any company considering a location in which to settle or grow.
Besides, I haven't seen any flood of any kind of new businesses even though we now have right-to-work plus tax breaks galore that have been given away to the business sector.
Where's that flood of new jobs, governor, senator?
Or is the story one simply of gloating, of spiking the ball, of flaunting a victory, of relishing a Republican majority in Lansing?
I suspect that's the real story for some. Please, go ahead and gloat and do a touchdown dance, if you must, but leave Pure Michigan alone.
That simple phrase means something to the rest of us, something wonderful even if it means only a political prop to some of you.
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Wow we come out of games so slow.
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Wow we come out of games so slow.
Danny made a good cut to the basket.
boom baby
Nice PG
If Vogel takes George out next dead ball I will be mad.
I will always remember the Boston fans for chanting "Ugly Sister" at Lamar Odom.
Haha Hibbert...getting blocked by no knees Jermaine
Great play by DC
we would be the ones who make Jermaine look good
I can't stand watching us look so lost on the offensive end.
Man our offensive execution is so terrible, never seen so many crappy attempts to run a pick and roll.
every time i see Collison play i'm more and more convinced that he's not the PG of the future for the Pacers. Not starter, at least.
the only way PG will reach his potential is if Danny Granger is traded... give PG the ball!
JO definitely doesn't have anything left athletically but dude is still a formidable shot blocker because of his great timing and willingness to block (even if he does occasionally get posterized).
Boston fans also need to get over themselves about the whole David West thing.
The shots not falling is really starting to frustrate me.. I keep making excuses for them cuz it was a lockout and short training camp.. but cmon, with 2 weeks of training camp and 9 games under your belt, you should have your legs enough to make a shot.. Cmon Pacers!
PG is the only one that's been shooting well, cuz he played ball all offseason with a bunch of young NBAers
sorry but after seeing rondo showboat knocking the ball off his head then showing off after the layup, I say **** rondo we're fine without him. go pacers!
I know the Celtics fans are chanting defense, but it might as well be D-West through my speakers.
Well look at that PG is out of the game...
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2 - It was more about the stupid fake pass crap after the shot.
I expect Bass to look amazing today.
Maybe it's just me but it seems like DC is refusing to make easy plays for us while Roy keeps struggling..
While our halfcourt defense has been quite good, we look like we don't understand that there is such a thing as a fast break that the other team can run.
I love that Boston is booing David West. You mad, Boston? hahaha.
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Kate: Not so common, after all
She is celebrated as part of a modern, enlightened approach to royal succession - a commoner without blue blood, a marriage of love rather than family constraint.
But Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, may have far more patrician roots than once suspected.
Research undertaken by a Melbourne school teacher and his senior students has found that the Berkshire-bred wife of Prince William, second-in-line to the throne, is related to one of Britain's oldest and grandest families.
The 30-year-old is related to William Petty FitzMaurice, the 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, who was prime minister from 1782 to 1783.
The Marquess, whose ancestral home, Bowood House in Wiltshire, is one of Britain's finest surviving stately homes, was instrumental in negotiating the end of the American War of Independence.
The ancestral connection is born from Catherine's second cousin three times removed, Lady Barbara Bullock. In 1917, Lady Bullock - nee Lupton - married a descendant of Petty FitzMaurice, Sir Christopher Bullock. Principal private secretary to Winston Churchill in 1919, Bullock went on to become permanent under-secretary at the British Air Ministry from 1931 to 1936.
Michael Reed, a history teacher at Hallam Senior College in Dandenong, told Fairfax Media that the discovery "grew out of a classroom activity based on celebrity family trees", and that students were asked to choose to study the ancestry of either 50 Cent, David Beckham or Kate Middleton.
"It was one thing to learn of Kate's British aristrocratic connections, but to now see the reaction and debate online is exciting."
While much has been made of the Duchess 'humble' roots - with links established from the Middletons to a street sweeper, coal miners and a prisoner - the new family connection tells a different story altogether.
William Bortrick, a royal genealogist and chairman of Burke's Peerage, told the Telegraph: "Given what a fuss people have made about Catherine's humble background, this will certainly make an interesting inclusion to the next edition of Burke's Peerage, which we hope to publish after the birth of the Duke and Duchess' first child."
Reed, 47, sent his findings to the Duchess in October and received a letter of thanks from St James' Palace. At the time, Catherine would have been in the very early stages of pregnancy.
"It was kind of you to take the trouble to write as you did and thank you for bringing this to our attention," wrote Rebecca Deacon, her assistant private secretary.
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Here are five tips to relieve cellulite:
1. Weight Loss: Research has shown that weight loss can help reduce visible cellulite
2. Resistance train: Subcutaneous fat is layered on top of muscle. Therefore, if muscles in the hips, thighs and arms are weak and flaccid, this can lead to the "uneven appearance of skin" One benefit to resistance training is reducing cellulite
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5. Quit smoking: As if you couldn't guess this one. Cigarette smoke has been shown to weaken the formation of collagen, which can lead to cellulite production.
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The school year for Central American countries starts in January or February, and parents have been shopping the last few weeks for school supplies.
For families living in poverty, however, school supplies can cost more than the families are able to afford. Usually the cost ranges between $50 to $60.
Families in the CFCA sponsorship program sometimes earn as little as $100 a month or less. That means buying school supplies would consume around half of their monthly income.
Here are two CFCA sponsored children in El Salvador, who obtained school supplies this year through sponsorship benefits.
Mauricio (interview with his grandmother, Antonia)
Mauricio lives with his mother, his two sisters and grandmother. His mother works as a security guard and is paid $180 a month. His grandmother sells vegetables and fruit and makes approximately $60 per month.
What does it means to your household budget for CFCA to provide these school supplies?
It means a lot, because it is expensive to buy something for the child. To buy what CFCA has bought for him, we would have to work so much and this is all good quality and expensive. Everything that was given to us, shoes, backpack and supplies are a big help. The child is already wearing the school shoes because he likes them.
What would you have to give up if you had to buy these items in the store?
Well, it would mean that he would have to use what the government supplies. These do not last long, and by the middle of the school year we would have to buy new ones.
What does it mean to Mauricioís self-esteem to know he can attend school with the required supplies?
He is very happy because he is going to take his new shoes to school. He is already wearing them and the sports shoes, but I have put them away because I don't want him to ruin them.
One day I saw him looking at himself at the mirror with his backpack on. Since the children chose their backpack, he chose the one with cars that he really likes.
He can't wait to start school.
Jose (interview with his grandmother, MarÌa)
Jose lives with his grandmother and aunt's family. His aunt is the household provider and works on a coffee plantation. She makes $110 a month.
What does it mean to your household budget for CFCA to provide these school supplies?
It means that Jose can go to school with all that he needs. I wouldn't be able to give him all that he needs, but now he can go with no worries.
He is very diligent at school, and I know that he will do his best with all of this.
What would you have to give up if you had to buy these items in the store?
We couldn't afford not to eat if he goes to school. Whatever he had would be enough for him, but we cannot give up food.
What does it mean to your children's self-esteem to know they can attend school with the required supplies?
He was really happy when it was given to him. He feels complete; he has his shoes.
He wants for school to start on Monday so he can wear his new shoes and backpack. Thanks to his sponsor, Jose is able to have everything this year.
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Nothing like hitting for catcher Brantly
JUPITER, Fla. -- Defense and handling the pitching staff may be the highest priorities for any regular catcher.
Still, to Miami catcher Rob Brantly, there is nothing like hitting.
Brantly is a promising hitter who has a solid approach, and he's willing to take his walks. A left-handed hitter, he batted .290 with three homers and eight RBIs in 100 at-bats for the Marlins last year. Brantly spent most of the season in the Minor Leagues, where he combined to hit .298 with five homers and 41 RBIs.
"I love to hit," Brantly said. "I'd be lying if I didn't say it wasn't a lot of players' favorite part of the game -- to get out there and take their hacks. I trust my process. I trust my abilities to hit. My swing, even now, is good. It feels like it's in a good place."
Brantly is excited to have the chance to work with hitting coach Tino Martinez.
"I think he has a lot of good things to bring to my game offensively," the 23-year-old catcher said. "It's only going to help me grow there and become a better hitter. I definitely trust my ability to hit."


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Health Department Promotes "Community Immunity" this Flu Season
September 20, 2011
The Fairfax County Health Department has launched a vaccine literacy initiative to educate residents about community immunity and the protection afforded to the entire community, especially the vulnerable, when a critical portion of the population is immunized against a disease. The initial focus of the campaign is on influenza vaccination, with the goal of increasing influenza vaccination rates in the Fairfax community. In order to reach community immunity in Fairfax, everyone who can receive flu vaccine must be vaccinated every year.
"Getting an annual flu vaccine is the best way to prevent the flu," says Fairfax County Health Director Gloria Addo-Ayensu, M.D., M.P.H. "Even if people feel they are healthy and don't need the vaccine, I'd urge them to get vaccinated because they not protect themselves and family, but others in the community as well."
This campaign reinforces the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's universal recommendation that everyone over the age of 6 months receive an annual flu vaccine. It also educates the community about how community immunity protects the vulnerable people among us, such as those who are ineligible to receive the flu vaccine or are at greater risk of flu-related complications and death.
The health department has produced an educational video that explains how community immunity works, reminds viewers that flu vaccine is safe and effective, and encourages everyone to contribute to this important initiative by getting a flu vaccine as soon as vaccine becomes available each fall. Everyone is encouraged to visit the health department's website, www.fairfaxcounty.gov/FLU, to learn more about community immunity, view the video, and locate a nearby flu vaccination site.
In addition, the health department continues to remind residents about other important ways of preventing the flu such as covering coughs and sneezes, washing hands properly and frequently, and staying home from work or school when sick.


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TAUNTON Titans visit Clifton for another National League 2 game today (2.30pm).
This will be another tough test for the Titans against a side who have won all of their home games this season.
Clifton have good links with Bristol RFC and have several dual registered Bristol players. One is current Bristol and Argentinean International second row Mario Sambucetti who has helped bolster their pack.
Taunton know they will have to be at their best to break Clifton's home record and forwards coach Chris Brown is well aware of what is needed.
He said: "Clifton represent a great challenge to us as they will be keen to make amends for their loss at Hyde park in the first half of the season.
"They are dangerous with the ball in hand and have not lost at home this season. That said, they are a team that likes to play rugby and this will suit us.
"I am confident we can cause them problems if out collective focus is good and we bring a strong work ethic. Clifton are well coached and have a proud history within their club – these two things count for a lot and we will have to be at our best to win.
"Our squad is not short of motivation and we are keen to finish a good season with performances that are representative of the progress we have made. The players are in control of these outcomes and the ball is firmly in their court."


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I hope you don't me posting without a diagnosis yet. I am going to see a rheumatologist the end of this month. I was just diagnosed with Hashimoto's, had Grave's previously, and have been battling a slew of symptoms: horrible fatigue, joint pain that started in the knees and has moved to my hands, mouth ulcers, chest pain with deep breaths, photosensitive rash on my chest, dry eyes, anemia, and thrombocytopenia. My low platelets led me to be seen by a hematologist. My hematologist ran a plethora of tests, which I was very grateful for, I had a negative ANA but was borderline positive for anti-dsdna (reference range=negative is 0-30 and I had a 33). The hematologist is concerned that I may have Sjogren's because of the dry eyes. I am thinking it may be lupus due to the fact that the anti-dsdna is more commonly associated with lupus in conjunction with all of the symptoms listed above. Has anyone experienced anything similar? Also, has anyone had a negative ANA with a positive anti-dsdna?
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Gear Live Magic Giveaway: HP Mini 1000, Office 2007, Kung Fu Panda, VideoStudio X
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Announcements, Features, Hot Deals, Microsoft, Movies, PC / Laptop
So, our HP Magic Giveaway winner was awesome enough to give back to the community, thus invoking a second giveaway. We've got an HP Mini 1000 here, along with a bunch of software as well. Specifically, here's the prize package:
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Well I want in on an awesome giveaway….so here it is http://twitter.com/ceglow
What a sweet deal…Thanks GearLive
Well, Akismet and Delicious don't like each other, so I put my delicious link here. I hope it doesn't bother. Sory for the quadruplecomment =S
My user is "Microutopia"!
Well that was really nice of him to give away the HP Mini notebook. Good job Ashe. Thanks for making this contest easy to enter Andru. I like random contests, they're really easy to join.
hey!I just posted the add on my twitter u guys! http://www.twitter.com/NikTantardini
Cool giveaway! Thanks for the chance. My daughters would be so happy if I could win this for them. Just joined twitter, and twittered this:
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ZOMG!! I won!!! I'm so stoked! I can't stop smiling! :D WooHoo!!! Happy Holidays!
Congrats uglyfido =D
Nice to see an actual board member won
Plus, now I'll be able to post much more often. :D
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Cycling In Germany And Austria
Imposing castles, glorious abbeys and pretty farms line the banks of the River Danube. We cycle along the most famous section of the river between Passau in Germany and Vienna in Austria, through densely-wooded valleys and green fertile countryside. Highlights along the route include Wilhering, the medieval city of Krems and the wine-growing region of Wachau.
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1Join trip Vienna; travel to Passau
2Cycle from Passau through small villages to Schlögen
3Cycle the 'Great Loop' from Schlögen to Linz
4Pedal through the fertile countryside to Grein
5Cycle from Grein to Melk
6Ride along the terraced vineyards to Krems
7Cycle the Krems and Danube tow paths to Tulln
8Arrive in Vienna by bike for orientation tour
9Trip ends Vienna
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AN EMOTIONAL Paula Walker was left searching for answers after finishing 12th at the Winter Olympics.
The 27-year-old, partnered by brakewoman Rebekah Wilson, was 12th in the standings after her first two runs at Sochi 2014 yesterday but was unable to get nearer her top-eight target after times of 58.88 and 58.60 in her final heats today.
Trowbridge-based Walker, who lives with partner and men's GB1 pilot John Jackson in Paxcroft Mead, finished with an overall time of 3:54.24 as she remained in 12th place.
"I don't know what went wrong really," Walker told BBC Sport.
"I had a horrible third run and it hasn't got much better. We just need to move on and think about the next Olympics."
She added later: ""No athlete comes in wanting to come 12th at the Olympics but to put it into perspective both Rebekah and I have had a long, long journey in different ways but we have made it to the Olympics and I think we have done ourselves proud.
"With this track the characteristics are such that if you make a mistake before corner six it is game over and I made a monumental mistake between corners two to three.
"It was only to do with me, nothing to do with Rebekah, and we lost about half a second. On the fourth run we just had to come back and I had to make sure I drove it as best as possible.
"I saw my mum in the stands screeching away and she looked like she was having a good time, which is fine. If she is having a good time, I am too."
Meanwhile, Walker's tearful teammate Wilson added: "I wanted to do so much better."
Walker, who became the first-ever British female athlete to be crowned junior world champion when she won gold at Park City, in the USA, in 2011, was competing in her second winter games.
Canada's Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse retained Olympic gold in dramatic style as they capitalised on a nervy final run from the USA's Elana Meyers and Lauryn Williams to finish top of the pile by just 0.21 seconds.
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Chronological order, day 2 of 3 spent in Barcelona this time last year.
Barcelona has some of the best graffitti I've seen.
that's the wall to the right of the MACBA, a stark contrast to the bldg. In fact, the whole Ravel area is a stark contrast to the Meier museum.
actually its the MACBA building which is a stark contrast to the Raval neighborhood.. first was the Old City, then came Meier... though after 10 years of bringing tourists first and becoming later a skater's paradise the building has accomplished his ultimate end, which wasn't the contemporanean art exhibitions 'per se' (though it has excelled in that way during some periods of his first decade of existance too), but to relive and foster the urban dinamics of that particularly abandoned zone without causing (significant) gentrification...
the middle and low sections of the Raval neighborhood are a complete mess still nowadays though... it has become a filthy hole, much worse than what the Gothic Quarter used to be.. but there's a project running to do the same operation of the MACBA but in the central part of the Raval, with a masterplan by Oriol Bohigas (MBM Arquitectes): a reurbanization of a superblock in front of the Raval Rambla which will include the new Generalitat's Filmoteca (National Film Center) by Josep LluÃs Mateo, a luxury hotel (not sure who thought about putting a 5star hotel right next to the zone that has the highest rate of junkies/pimps/whores of the whole city), called Lamp Hotel -which will be a translucent glass cylinder, 38 m high, and looking something like a lighthouse-, new residential blocks, etc... how this will affect the neighborhood -and the Old City by extension- is, or should be, one of the crucial questions of the recent urbanism in BCN...
nice pics, by the way..
ps. 'barca' means 'small boat' in catalan.. most people misspell the shortname of the city, Barna, for Barça (or Barca), but the later its exclusively the soccer team's (FC Barcelona) shortname..
thanks for the spelling/language check (no sarcasm intended)...
Ya, of course the bldg is the contrasting element, that's what I meant...also, I appreciate your commentary on the museum and public space's affect on the area, I've never heard it put that way. When I visited, the exhibits were all excellent (during that semester I was studying in Vicenza, visiting numerous art galleries throughout Europe, and the MACBA exhibits were first-class, comparatively)...and as you said, the ext.space was filled with skateboarders (as well as graf-artists to the right, and plenty of beer drinking and hash-smoking on the "bench" created by the ground plane shift). The crowd that evening certainly didn't suggest any sort of gentrification...so, your comments are in line with my specific experience.
Most criticisms of it seem to focus on the starkness of the visual (including my own initial reaction, admittedly). Thanks for your native expertise / input...
the Filmoteca seems like a very nice project...hopefully the hotel works out as well, without gentrifying side effects. It appears that it's on the periphery of Raval, or at least bordering La Rambla??? (maybe that's the same thing, not sure)
Either way, Raval was by far my favorite neighborhood that i visited in the city. Have you ever eaten at Food Ball by Camper? oh man, that was tastey, and organic!
never eaten at the FoodBALL .. sounds nice -and interesting, I didn't know there was "a" Moneo in El Raval- .. I'll try it someday, though I rather have a good steak -whenever I can afford it-, I love blood .. :)
yes, the MACBA's whiteness is like if a contemporanean UFO had landed in the medieval core of Barcelona.. I remember that it was quite a shock at the time it was inaugurated, not for being a big piece of modern architecture inside the Old City -'cause just behind there's the Faculty of Communication by Freixes, all cladded in aluminium-, but for the shiny whiteness of the thing .. but when you hire Meier to design a museum you already know what color it will be...
the Filmoteca and hotel block is right in the middle of El Raval (1):
as you know the MACBA is at the northern part, close to the Eixample (2), at the down part there's the Royal Shipyards and the end of La Rambla ... both the upper and lower sections of the neighborhood are relatively clean and safe compared to the middle section... that's why the Filmoteca block (3) will be quite important..
I don't know if you went to the Rambla del Raval (4), which is like the little sister of the big famous Rambla, but far less touristy and, at night, quite dangerous even for locals sometimes.. but that's the social heart of the neighborhood and hence the importance of this project with the hotel (5) and the new residential blocks (6) -planned to bring in middle-class population and break the ghetto, with again the consequent possible gentrification effects-.. in the end, its just at the other side of the elitist Liceu Opera House (7) and the crowded and popular Boqueria market (8)... but also next to what is, as today, the worst hole, full of piss and shit, with people sleeping on the boardwalks, drunkards -mostly tourists, subsaharian immigrants or homeless, but also some locals- partying and fighting almost every day: the Sant Agustà square, a little plaza in front of a semi-ruinous -and unfinished- baroque church (9) -see example of a woman pissing on a baroque wall-... and the gardens of the romanesque Sant Pau del Camp monastery, which are filled with people sleeping and thrash everywhere -example 2-.. (10)
Of course all this come from my own personal experience, some locals would give you other opinions (I don't even live in Barcelona) .. but this last summer, even the general newspapers have talked a lot about the whole mess that the whole Raval middle section has become -like this guy, apparently a regular in that zone, that lives in the streets, bringing his sofa and things from one plaza to another-..
local neighbours -also from the Gothic Quarter, at the other side of La Rambla- are sick and tired .. let's hope the Filmoteca urban project helps to improve things, even if only with the aesthetics, It'd be a start..
great dialogue, aaron and medit. i remember wandering this neighborhood.
this is the kind of critical discussion of a place, and description of a sense-of-a-place that i hope we'll see more of on archinect. much more interesting than video chicks and bill bennett.
hope barcelona is having its own internal dialogue about what the raval is and should be since all of this new development is going on.
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COOPERSTOWN, NY, MAY 13, 2008—On view in the New York State Historical Association's Research Library's exhibit room is a centennial exhibition honoring Louis C. Jones. Organized by students from the Cooperstown Graduate Program—John Hart, Ashley Hopkins, Brian Richards, Kimberly Springle, and Lori White, the exhibit Three Eyes on the Past: The Legacy of Dr. Louis C. Jones (1908-1990) commemorates Jones's work as historian, author, folklorist, director of the New York State Historical Association and The Farmers' Museum, and a founder of the Cooperstown Graduate Program. The exhibit may be viewed during library hours, Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Saturday, 1 – 5 p.m.
The exhibition features folk art, historical artifacts, and ephemera culled from the collections of the Research Library, the New York State Historical Association, the Fenimore Art Museum, The Farmers' Museum and the Cooperstown Graduate Program.
Some of the objects on view include a mallet from the 20th century, which belonged to the infamous murderess Eva Coo who allegedly used the device to kill her handyman to collect his life insurance; The American Songbook by poet Carl Sandburg, and the books Murder at Cherry Hill and Things That Go Bump in the Night, both authored by Louis C. Jones.
Along with the New York State Historical Association's Chairman and founder Stephen C. Clark, Sr., Louis Jones selected many of the museum's most cherished pieces and acquired much of the Fenimore Art Museum's renowned collection of folk art. On exhibit are a barley fork, an angel weathervane, and a peacock dating from the 19th century.
Also on view are Jones's papers, which include the illustrations from his publication Things That Go Bump in the Night; his notebook from his early days at the New York State Historical Association; brochures from The Farmers' Museum's Seminars on American Culture; and an 1950 issue of Art in America, which was devoted to the Fenimore Art Museum's growing folk art collection.
Louis C. Jones was renowned for several initiatives as director of the New York State Historical Association (NYSHA) and The Farmers' Museum in Cooperstown, New York, from 1947 until 1972. Among his major accomplishments were the establishment of the Seminars on American Culture, the Cooperstown Graduate Program, the folk art collection at the Fenimore Art Museum and the Thompson-Jones folklore archives, the New York Folklore Society, and the expansion of The Farmers' Museum as well as educational programming, publication programs and outreach to local historical societies. He was also a popular writer and accomplished editor on folklore, art and history, including Cooperstown (1949), Things that Go Bump in the Night (1959), Growing Up in Cooper Country (1965), Three Eyes on the Past (1982), and Murder at Cherry Hill (1982). Other notable achievements include being an original member of the New York State Council on the Arts in 1960 (serving on the council until 1972) and chairman of the New York State Historic Trust. Jones received the Award of Distinction given by the Association of State and Local History in 1968, and honorary degrees from Hamilton College and the State University of New York in 1987.
Louis C. Jones was born June 28, 1908 in Albany, New York, and died November 25, 1990 after suffering a stroke in Haverford, Penn. He graduated from Hamilton College in 1930 and received his MA in English from Columbia University in 1931 and his PhD in 1942. Jones also taught English at the University level and held teaching positions at several universities including Long Island University, Syracuse University, and the State College for Teachers in Albany (State University of New York at Albany).
About the Research Library
The New York State Historical Association Research Library's holdings include primary and secondary resources in the areas of American and New York State history and culture, American art history, genealogy, Native American art and culture, history of agriculture, folklore, and museum studies. The Library's Special Collections Department possesses a wide variety of materials including rare books, manuscripts, archival collections, maps, broadsides, and ephemera. For information, write or call: NYSHA, PO Box 800, Cooperstown, NY, 13326; (607) 547-1400. The web site address is www.nysha.org.
About the New York State Historical Association
The New York State Historical Association is committed to engaging and connecting a broad public audience to New York State's unique cultural heritage through exhibitions, extensive library collections, statewide educational programs, and publications that provoke, delight, and inspire. Founded in 1899, NYSHA is a private, non-profit, membership-based, educational and cultural institution dedicated to preserving, collecting, and interpreting art and historical artifacts significant to New York State's rich history and American culture. The Association's remarkable collections, showcased in the Fenimore Art Museum, comprise some of the best examples of American landscape, history, and genre paintings including seminal works by Gilbert Stuart, Thomas Cole, William Sidney Mount and Benjamin West; the renowned Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection of American Indian Art, a masterpiece collection of more than 800 art objects, representing a broad scope of North American cultures; and one of the nation's most comprehensive and significant folk art collections. NYSHA's Research Library holdings include over 90,000 volumes on American, New York State, and local history. For more information on the Association, the Fenimore Art Museum, the Research Library, or Membership, please call (607) 547-1400 or visit www.nysha.org. The Association's mailing address is P.O. Box 800, 5798 State Hwy. 80, Lake Rd., Cooperstown, NY 13326
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Monday, Jan. 21
8:45 a.m.—The Obamas and Bidens attend a church service at St. John's Episcopal Church.
11:20 a.m.—Ceremonial swearing-in at the Capitol.
11:50 a.m.—Obama gives the inaugural address.
The order of the program:
Musical selections: The U.S. Marine Band
Musical selections: P.S. 22, Staten Island in N.Y., and Lee University Festival Choir, Cleveland, Tenn.
Call to order and welcoming remarks: Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.
Invocation: Myrlie Evers-Williams
Musical selection: Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir
Oath of office administered to Vice President Biden: Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor
Musical selection: James Taylor
Oath of office administered to President Obama: Chief Justice John Roberts
Inaugural address: President Obama
Musical selection: Kelly Clarkson
Poem: Richard Blanco
Benediction: the Rev. Luis Leon of St. John's Church, Washington
The National Anthem: Beyoncé
1:05 p.m.—Obama, Biden and their wives attend the inaugural luncheon.
2:40 p.m.—Inaugural parade begins. The Obamas and Bidens participate in a parade featuring floats and vehicles representing about 60 groups.
6 p.m.—The Commander in Chief's Inaugural Ball at the Washington Convention Center. The gala honors service members and their families.
6:30 p.m.—The Inaugural Ball at the Washington Convention Center.
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
10:30 a.m.—National Prayer Service at Washington National Cathedral. The Obamas and Biden attend.
Staff Inaugural Ball at the Washington Convention Center.
Sources: The Presidential Inaugural Committee and the White House


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July 9 Board of Supervisors Meeting
Fairfax County Office of Public Affairs
12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 551
Fairfax, VA 22035-0065
Contact: Merni Fitzgerald, Director of Public Affairs
703-324-3187, TTY 711, Fax 703-324-2010
Media Pager: 703-324-NEWS (6397)
July 6, 2007
Fairfax County Board of Supervisors to Recognize Residents and Staff, and Issue a Proclamation
Note to editor: A downloadable photo and synopsis of each presentation will be posted on the county's Web site at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/opa/presentations.htm on Monday, July 9. These photos will remain on the Web site until the next board meeting with presentations on Monday, July 23.
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, at its meeting on Monday, July 9, scheduled to begin at 9 a.m., will recognize residents and staff, and issue a proclamation. For more information, call 703-324-3187, TTY 711.
And the Winners Are …
The Board of Supervisors will recognize two programs for receiving National Association of Counties 2007 Achievement Awards.
The nonprofit Lorton Arts Foundation developed a vision for reuse of the Occoquan Workhouse site, which is a former correctional facility. The Fairfax County Department of Management and Budget, Wachovia Bank and the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority collaborated in assembling the financing for the development and operation of the project. This financing plan won the Bond Buyer newspaper 2006 Southeast Regional Small Issuer Deal of the Year.
"Sharing the Wealth – Teen Volunteer Fairs" is a project benefiting four constituencies – teens in search of volunteer opportunities; nonprofit and government groups in need of volunteers; schools trying to help their students find valuable community service opportunities; and library staff looking to better serve potential teen volunteers. Since 2004, the Fairfax County Public Library has connected more than 1,500 teens with nonprofit agencies and government organizations that need volunteer help at a series of volunteer fairs held each October. In partnership with Volunteer Fairfax, a nonprofit organization that developed a list of organizations that needed student volunteers, coordinators at participating library branches set a fair date, contacted local nonprofits and provided space and logistical support for each teen volunteer fair.
An Unique Nationwide Crime, Drug and Violence Prevention Program
The Board of Supervisors will issue a proclamation to designate Aug. 7 as National Night Out in Fairfax County. On this night communities across the nation and in Fairfax County demonstrate neighborhood spirit and cooperation among residents and police. The first Neighborhood Watch Program in the nation was founded in Fairfax County, and today more than 500 county communities and tens of thousands of volunteers continue this tradition of community service.
Safety First
The Board of Supervisors will recognize three Fairfax County Public School safety patrols selected by the AAA Mid-Atlantic Foundation for Safety and Education to receive awards for demonstrating excellent leadership qualities and safety skills, noteworthy involvement in school and outstanding citizenship. Matt Hoch, of Canterbury Woods Elementary School, Annandale; Kacie Townsend, of Terra Centre Elementary School, Burke; and Sophia Okorn, of Crestwood Elementary School, Springfield each received a 2006-2007 Outstanding AAA School Safety Patrol Award. In addition, Okorn was named a National Outstanding Patroller of the Year.
That's all she Wrote
The Board of Supervisors will recognize Amber Healy for the 2006 Virginia Press Association awards she won for general news writing; health, science and environmental writing; specialty section writing; and spot news writing.
Catalogue of Philanthropy
The Board of Supervisors will recognize eight nonprofit organizations in Fairfax County selected by a review committee of experienced grant makers and members of local nonprofit organizations to be included in the 2006-2007 Catalogue of Philanthropy. Criteria for selection was based on excellence, innovation, cost-effectiveness and diversity of field. Each nonprofit selected has a budget of no more than $2 million per year. Organizations selected include the Northern Virginia Conservation Trust, Annandale; the Alzheimer's Family Day Center, Fairfax; Food for Others, Fairfax; the Ecumenical Community Helping Others, Springfield; the Lorton Community Action Center, Lorton; Housing and Community Services of Northern Virginia, Springfield; Good Shepherd Housing and Family Services, Alexandria; and Coptic Orphans, Merrifield.
For the Love of Art
The Board of Supervisors will recognize the McLean Project for the Arts for initiating the Art Reach program to organize after-school art projects, trips to museums and galleries, and exhibit the work of young Fairfax County school art students at the McLean Community Center.
For more news and information, visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/news.


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Instead of game, Ortiz has work day in cage
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Instead of playing against the Orioles on Wednesday, David Ortiz had a work day in the cage with hitting coaches Greg Colbrunn and Victor Rodriguez.
The lefty slugger is 2-for-35 in Spring Training with 12 strikeouts.
"He's going to go through his normal early work pregame and he'll get some extra work in the cage with Vic and Colby," said manager John Farrell. "It's going to be more of a specific work day for him."
Though Ortiz's spring slump isn't of any concern to the Red Sox, particularly considering his history of quiet performances in the Grapefruit League, he is trying to work on a few fundamentals before Opening Day on Monday in Baltimore.
"Yeah, that's why he and Colby and Vic are going to get in there, and I know they've been looking at some video with what's taken place here in camp," said Farrell. "I think it's more repetition and getting back to maintaining the work routine."
Last year, as he was battling back from an Achilles tendon injury, Ortiz didn't play in Spring Training and responded with a terrific regular season and postseason.
"Last year he didn't have any at-bats," said Farrell. "He had 15 at-bats in Triple-A on a rehab assignment before he came to us. I think there's more of an understanding of what he needs and knowing that if he feels comfortable in the box and he's seeing the ball well, then everything is going to fall into place. Last year certainly proved that."
Ian Browne is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brownie Points, and follow him on Twitter @IanMBrowne. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The city of Phoenix, considered by many to be the crown jewel of the southwest, played host to the opening of this year's tour with an amazing show sponsored by Lugz, Ruthless Records and Unique Auto Salon. The sold-out Arizona State Fairgrounds served as the perfect backdrop for this amazing event, boasting over 700 entries in one of the largest shows of the past few years. It's only fitting that the city named after a mythical bird symbolic of resurrection would play host to this show, as it is a telling tribute to the resurgence of the lowrider culture in the southwest. Once thought to be slowly dying out, lowriding is still a formidable fixture in the four corners area. The number of entries and spectators involved with this show is a testament to that longevity. We're here to stay.
This show started with the anxious fever common among the big lowrider shows. People were lining up early Saturday morning, causing a snake line of cars to wind around the block. The anxious contestants lobbied in the hope of getting that prime location inside. In fact, Saturday's anticipation led to quite an event of its own in the parking lot, as people took advantage of the wait time by cleaning and waxing their rides, doing the final wipe down once the car was parked inside the show. Move-in teams worked with NASCAR level quickness to ensure contestants an efficient entrance and adequate set up time–a back-breaking effort indeed.
The gates finally opened to the public at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, and people began flooding the aisles, gasping in awe at the one-of-a-kind cars. Many of the cars on display came from all over the country, but the local clubs really came out in full force. Todd Land and the Arizona Majestics made their presence felt, as did other car clubs including UCE and Rollerz Only, who rolled in particularly deep. Some of the older traditional clubs competing with cars from El Paso, New Mexico, Arizona and Los Angeles included the Techniques, Klique, Groupe, Society, Spirit and Imperials. Another club from out of state was the impressive Obsessions Car Club of Atlanta, Georgia, who brought in two amazing rides to be part of this kick-off event. Mexico even represented, with one Mexican Side Car Club contestant hailing from south of the border. Other clubs in attendance included Los Angeles' Stylistics, Oldies, Ultimate Riders, Old Memories, Good Times, Royals, Unity and the Intruders.
The outstanding quality of this year's cars could be seen at the outset. Looking down the aisles, spectators could find contributions from Society Car Club including Steve Shmitz' '66 "Rug Burns," as well their incredible vintage Bonneville leading off the line up. The Imperials made their mark on the competition by displaying vehicles that included the '58s pictured with gorgeous Playboy Bunny, Holly Madison, on the March '09 Lowrider cover. Two clubs that rolled out together in a show of solidarity were the SoCal-based Stylistics and Los Angeles Car Clubs. They also brought out their cover cars like George Ramirez' '80 Cabriolet, "Fame," featured on the cover of our April '09 issue and Jose Rodriguez' '64 Impala, "The Game Don't Last Forever," pictured on the cover of our September '08 issue. Cesar Rodriguez of the Oldies broke out a clean '38 Master Deluxe that dared to be different by featuring a leather interior, an element usually frowned upon by the bomb purists.
The Klique C.C. made quite an impact on the crowd with a clean '65 Impala that featured wild graphics throughout and a custom trunk done up by master tuber, Leonardo. Other contestants making a splash towards qualifying early for the titles included Armando Gonzalez of Uniques C.C. with his '91 Chevrolet pick up truck. Good Times Car Club had a multi-chapter showing which included Jesse's '65 Impala, "Overnight Celebrity," that kept them looking good indoors while the rest of their fleet looked impressive under the hot Phoenix sun. Spirit Car Club also looked good with an impressive lineup that was roped off with beautiful club display stanchions.
The tour sponsors had something for everyone as well. Lugz displayed their newest footwear, raffled off free shoes, and handed out complimentary discount coupons to those who were not fortunate enough to win a pair. Unique Auto Salon showed off their customized rides, displaying their impressive pearled out exotic Lamborghini to the delight of the crowd. Vendors' row also included music from Ruthless Records, as well as clothing from Wanted Wear. Exhaust giant, Flowmaster, was on hand to answer the public's questions. And for those looking for a hook-up, hydraulic teams were also on hand to describe and sell systems.
This year marked the change in the entertainment at the show, as the hydraulic competition also became an invitational exhibition. Music entertainment began with local hero MC Magic, who kicked off the concert and got the crowd ready for another Arizona favorite, L'il Rob. L'il Rob warmed up the crowd with a medley of hits including his radio smash "Summer Nights." Show headliner Mike Jones performed some of his favorites including "In Love With a Stripper", "Back Then", "Flossin" and his latest joint "Next to You." The show concluded once he finished up the set, putting a final exclamation point on this weekend extravaganza.
When there's a lowrider event taking place, it's as if the circus has come to town. The entire weekend was a non-stop party among competitors, enthusiast, and event staff; all coming together in the name of unity and the love and worship of classic automobiles. The lowrider following is strong here, so it's easy to see why many regard Phoenix as the "City of the Future." This event was an overwhelming success and an amazing kick off to this year's tour season. We'll catch you at the next event!


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This applies to any of you who are serious about photography (particularly portraits and wedding photography) in Sydney and KL, Malaysia. If you are from anywhere outside of these cities, drop in your details anyway in case I ever shoot in your part of the world (as I tend to get assignments everywhere around the globe).
I'm currently looking for someone who can 2nd shoot with me on some of the assignments that I do... particularly weddings. The reason why I'm looking is mainly because the weddings are getting more frequent, and bigger as well and while I can cover weddings on my own, its often logistically less crazy when having two - plus is fun working with someone else around! :)
- 200% people friendly!
- 200% honest, genuine, and ultra helpful
- a really positive and energetic attitude
- has a good sense of humour (this is really helpful when situations/people dont always go according to plan)
- is serious about photography
- is serious about wedding/portraits photography in particular
- will NOT steal my clients (sorry peeps, I've heard of some horror stories of 2nd shooters who tag along with the main photographer only to use the photographer's networks and clients to get their own clients - this is a big no no no!!)
- is not a marketing/business/networking leecher (I know this sounds harsh, but I honestly cannot stand photographers who are apply just to find out my 'secrets' - not that I have any. I am looking for genuine people who are about learning AS WELL AS looking out for the wellbeing of JSP as a business and brand and person).
- has a willing to learn/open attitude
- is good at thinking on their toes
- creative with the camera + photography (DUH!!!)
- I'm also inclined (but not restricted to) canon users - this is mainly for technical reasons which I can share later if any of you ask. I have nothing against nikon i promise! :)
- you MUST be able to handle alot of stress. Not from me, but weddings are crazy and can be completely unpredictable. You need to be able to cope with things that do not go according to plan, and still produce great results!
- is 200% dedicated to the JSP team. I'm sorry, but I really don't want to pour my heart and soul in training, only to have to leave the team after just a mere few months. We NEED to be able to rely on you if we call you, and we love team members who stick around :)
- you NEED your own car!!
- bonus points if you are a girl! Because it means you get to TRAVEL with me to any outstation/international assignments I get booked in for! :D
Please bear in mind that this is a job-by-job (and not a permanent full time position) gig!
If you are interested, please email me at firstname.lastname@example.com with some form of 'resume' (gosh i hate that word! It sounds so formal and posh!! its basically a fancy way to say tell me about yourself, what photography you have done, experience, etc etc etc - you get the idea :p ) + porfolio/website of your work + tell me why you are interested or why you want to do gigs with me, and answer the following questions:
(1) Why do you want to work for Jenny Sun Photography?
(2) What gear do you use? Please list it all out.
(3) What do you think you could possibly add to the team? (think in terms of photos, business, and personality/attitude)
(4) How long would you be willing to be committed to the JSP team as a 2nd shooter on call?
Thank you!!! :D


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After successful all-nighter Black Friday sales, this year's theme of marathon retail hours continues right up to Christmas, another sign of the steep competition from online and mobile retailers that has nudged brick-and-mortar holiday shopping to new extremes.
Macy's set the tone of round-the-clock convenience for the holiday season's homestretch when it announced that for the first time most of its 800 stores will be open from early morning Dec. 21 until midnight Dec. 23, with some stores staying open through Christmas Eve for more than 80 hours of continuous shopping. Now rival retailers are feeling the pressure to keep their doors open at all hours, and small businesses say they're struggling to draw budget-conscious customers into neighborhood stores and eke out a place in the 24-hour cycle of holiday sales.
Macy's isn't the first to do round-the-clock shopping, but its announcement turned heads. Macy's often sets the precedent for big retail -- it was the company's midnight Black Friday opening last year that spurred earlier openings at most big retailers this year.
"Macy's takes the lead and others fall in line," said MaryAnn Bekkedahl, a retail specialist and co-founder of Swizzle, an email service that manages retailer promotions.
Earlier this month Toys R Us said it will stay open for 88 consecutive hours beginning Dec. 21. And expect to hear more announcements of extended hours in the coming days, analysts say, as retailers contend for the last trickle of holiday spending.
"I think that you're probably going to see a kind of a domino effect," said Bob Hetu, a retail research director at Gartner.
But for some stores, it's too late to change their schedules. Kohl's, Sears and Kmart already announced their stores will close no later than midnight on the final shopping days before Christmas.
"But it doesn't mean that type of approach won't be used next year," said Kevin Sterneckert, Gartner's research vice president. "The battle is under way."
Left on the sidelines in this extreme holiday shopping skirmish are small and boutique businesses, which generally don't have enough staff, money or customers to stay open around the clock. David Eiland, owner and manager of San Francisco specialty gifts store Just for Fun and Scribbledoodles, said he stays open an hour later most days before Christmas. But he could never stay open all night -- he's already working double shifts and doesn't hire seasonal staff members.
Eiland said he doesn't consider Toys R Us or Macy's direct competitors to his small Noe Valley shop, but he acknowledges that "big-box is making our jobs a bit harder."
Mark Cosio, owner of San Jose bike shop iMinusd, said, "It wouldn't be economical for us to stay open" around the clock. He relies on social media to get customers into the store for sale events.
"We've got to offer all these promotions to keep up," Cosio said.
Some boutique businesses are trying out promotions for the first time, recognizing the discount frenzy that has swept through malls and department stores. Women's clothing store Brandy Melville in downtown Walnut Creek broke tradition when it held a Black Friday sale this year.
"Our store normally never does sales," said store visual manager Arianna Pardini.
Like most small-business owners, Carol Yenne, co-owner of Small Frys, a San Francisco children's store, knows her success depends on offering items that shoppers won't find at big retailers. But exclusive items tend to be more expensive, and Yenne said she has lost some budget-conscious customers.
"People are going to choose to buy what I sell," she said. "Or, they're going to see where they can get Carter's onesies the cheapest."
And "cheapest" is still the priority for many shoppers. Despite a strong showing on Black Friday, consumer concerns about the economy and looming tax hikes have kept sales relatively flat.
"The fiscal cliff, it's having an impact," said Gartner analyst Hetu. "It's this general feeling of uncertainty that's out there."
The 24-hour openings could be the moneymaker to offset consumer belt-tightening. Stores that stay open around the clock are a procrastinator's dream, and last-minute shoppers can be a retailer's gold mine.
"A last-minute shopper will buy anything," said retail specialist Bekkedahl. "It's 'OMG, I have to buy something right now.'"
And there are enough last-minute shoppers to go around. A poll released Dec. 7 by the NPD Group and CivicScience showed that half of holiday shoppers hadn't started their shopping.
But Macy's customers Jill Parks and Doris Spencer are more prepared, and they're unimpressed with the store's extended hours. The two were heading into Macy's at Westfield Valley Fair on Wednesday morning; Spencer had a few last gifts to pick up. But her daughter, Parks, had already finished her shopping and said the 24-hour sales were excessive.
"I don't think it's necessary" during the holidays, she said. "I think people should go home and be with their kids."
Contact Heather Somerville at 925-977-8418. Follow her at Twitter.com/heathersomervil.


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There are several non-stop ATM automats available at the Liszt Ferenc International Airport.
At Terminal 2 passengers can find Euronet automats.
Location of ATMs
On the arrival level in the baggage claim halls we have 1 ATM in Terminal 2A and 1 ATM in Terminal 2B. On the arrival level in the landside waiting hall we have 2 ATMs in Terminal 2A and also 2 ATMs in 2B.
In the departure check-in halls we have no ATMs. Departing passengers can find an ATM in SkyCourt, walking towards Terminal 2A, underneath the escalators. All ATMs are orange coloured.