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To many Corvette lovers, the '74 Stingrays were the worst ones yet. Down on power (compared with just a half-decade earlier), up in price, and wearing those body-colored bumpers.
But, to Vette folks in the know, there's a two word answer: So what?
So what if the powertrain choices included only three engines, two of them 350s? Was the base sticker price ($6,001.50 for the coupe, $5,765.50 for the convertible) too high? Look at how much less that money got you elsewhere that year. And as far as bumpers go, have you ever seen the hideously heavy ones that other car lines (especially the Blue Oval ones) wore back then?
There were plenty of updates to America's Only True Sports Car for its 22nd year of production. Under the hood, a new aluminum radiator attacked the shark's low-speed cooling problems. Three-point lap/shoulder belts made their first appearance for '74, as well as resonators on the exhaust system, and a relocation of the alarm system's activator from the rear panel to the left front fender.
And there were the bumpers. After meeting the 1973 Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard-which called for 5-mph front-impact protection-by adding the first body-colored bumper and impact- absorption system, Corvette's engineers met the 1974 FMVSS-which called for 5-mph impact protection in back as well-with an aluminum impact bar and two telescopic brackets behind the new fascia. (If you think that added too much weight, take a look at what Chevy's big-car team added to the fullsize Impala, BelAir, and Caprice Classic to meet those bumper standards back then!)
Mike Vaccarelli's '74 Stingray coupe wears its body-colored bumpers well, even though it hasn't worn its original Corvette Orange exterior color all these years. "The person I bought it from in April 1993 hated the orange and painted it black," he says from his Wantagh, New York, home. "I kept it black for a while, [but] after the paint started getting ratty, I figured that the whole car is original except for the color, so let's go back to the original." Black wasn't a Corvette color choice for 1974-it left the color selection after 1969, and didn't reappear until 1977.
He also says that it didn't take years of searching for correct parts to keep his '74 original. "I've [had good luck] checking the catalogs from places like Mid America Motorworks, and getting parts when I've needed them," he says. "For the most part, the original stuff is still there. In the interior, the only things that aren't original are the door panels and the carpet. All the body panels are original. Under the hood, about the only thing that isn't original is the master cylinder."
That means the standard L48 350 is still there, with its OEM AC/Delco points-style ignition system and plenty of pre-catalyst vacuum lines added in the name of emissions control. Nevertheless, Vaccarelli says that it's quite a performer. "The car's great," he says without hesitation. "It moves! Even though they rated it at 195 horsepower, the car goes, even when I'm in Fourth gear up on the highway. If I hit the gas, I just go!"
As mentioned earlier, Vaccarelli has had this C3 for nearly two decades. Though it's not a daily driver, he's managed to put some miles on it-and the '74 hasn't begun to show its age the way many of its steel-bodies contemporaries did. "The car's tight-it doesn't squeak, rattle, or bang," he says. "There are about 76,000 miles on it. I usually use it for club events and shows, but I don't put more than a thousand miles a year on the car."
If you're lucky enough to find an original Corvette of any vintage, Vaccarelli says there's one important thing to remember if you want to keep it that way. "Stay up with the maintenance, and keep doing the tune-ups and oil changes. One thing that people forget about the older cars is lubrication of all the chassis and suspension parts. On newer cars, you don't have to do that, because they're all sealed, but on the older cars you need to get the old grease gun out."
Despite the first "oil shock" that hit about a month after the '74s went on sale (and all but killed sales of many other domestic cars that year), Corvette sales were up a bunch in 1974, totaling 37,502 (32,028 coupes and 5,474 convertibles) despite a two-month-long strike that hit St. Louis Assembly in late June. Still, that total was up from 1973's tally of 30,464 sharks, part of an upward sales trend that started in 1972 and didn't peak until 1979's total of 53,807 Corvettes.
With its body-colored bumpers and other required safety and emissions-control gear, was the '74 Corvette really that bad? Not if you ask those who've owned one-like Mike Vaccarelli.
Spec Sheet
|'74 coupe
|Mike Vaccarelli; Wantagh, NY
|Stock L48 iron, casting No. 3970010
|350 ci
|Compression Ratio
|Stock L48 iron, casting No. 33881
|Rocker Arms
|Intake Manifold
|Stock iron
|Stock Rochester Quadrajet four-barrel, PN 7044207
|Fuel Pump
|Stock Rochester mechanical
|Stock Delco points-style (non-electronic)
|Exhaust System
|Stock full dual with resonators and no catalytic converters
|Stock M21 Muncie four-speed manual
|Stock with Positraction and 3.36:1 gears
|Stock four-wheel discs with 11-1/2-in rotors and RPO J50 power assist
|Stock 15x8 steel Rallyes with chrome trim rings and "tall" center caps
|Goodyear Eagle ST RWL radials, 225/70R15
|3,492 lbs (factory shipping weight)
|Current Mileage
|About 76,000 (original)


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Elaine Lytle has spent all of her 61 years in this region - and for more than a third of that time she was a member of the Woodland Joint Unified School District Board of Trustees.
"I've lived in the area all my life," she said, attending schools in Knights Landing and later graduating from Woodland High School. When her children began attending local schools, Lytle took an interest in school politics. Today she has three children and eight grandchildren.
With a background in education and social work, Lytle also joined the county's Department of Employment and Social Services, and has been there for 19 years. Currently she works as a program supervisor for the department.
But she's been on the school board even longer.
"I had been on the board for 22 years, and then in 2010 I went off in November, so I've been off for two years," she said. "And then I helped with the redistricting."
Now she's ready to be a trustee again, she said, taking on Jennifer Archer-Cox in Trustee Area 4. She cites her ties to the community as the inspiration to run.
"I work with many of the families that go to our schools," she said.
She added, "It's not just Woodland, it's Yolo County that's my community, and I'm not going anywhere. So this is my part."
Lytle said she believes that in recent years the Woodland school district responded to budget cuts "very frugally and conservatively. So I'm very proud of that."
She said she's also proud to have met and worked with so many "wonderful folks, teachers at the district, other board members, and other partners within the community."
The true feeling of accomplishment, she said, "is when you go to graduation."
Among her goals, Lytle said she would like to work at bringing back the Community Counseling Center, which had been housed at Douglass Middle School until it petered out due to lack of funding.
"It brought interns from the universities around, and they did hours there," she said. Overall, the center "provided support to the counsellors that were at the school, the elementary schools especially, and it provided counseling services for the community."
"It was a wonderful addition and asset to our community, because everybody could use it," she said. First, though, Lytle wants to "just kind of get the feel back of what the goals are for the current board." "You need to work as a team. so I'm just going to feel my way at first."
Editor's Note: Elaine Lytle's opponent in the school board race, Jennifer Archer-Cox, did not respond to the Democrat's attempts to contact her.
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An Interview with Ernesto Padilla
A conversation with Ernesto Padilla, owner of Miami's Padilla Cigar Co.
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David Savona: What got you into cigars?
Ernesto Padilla: I was born in Havana, left when I was six years old. My father is from Pinar del Río, the most famous tobacco-growing region there, and his family grew tobacco. They owned the land and contracted for people to work it. They would sell the tobacco in Havana, to brokers or to cigar factories. They came from Spain, from the Canary Islands, like the majority of the people in our industry. My father smoked cigars, and I always saw him smoking cigars. Wherever he went it was like a cloud of smoke. I was dying to try one. I grabbed one of his Cohibas—this was in the 1980s—and I smoked it, and I turned green and I really didn't get it.
Q: How old were you?
A: I was probably about 14.
Q: Did you get caught?
A: No, surprisingly I didn't get caught, but later on, when I got out of high school, I started smoking some with him. Cigars were a big part of his life, so that's why the Padilla brand has so much to do with him. The brand is about a guy who really loves cigars.
Q: Your father was a poet. Let's talk about that.
A: He actually became a poet because of where he happened to be born. Cubans of Spanish descent would recite poems back and forth on the plantations. At the end of the day, the workers would gather and recite poetry.
Q: So the poetry was a poem they knew, or would they make it up as they went along?
A: At times they would make it up. They would have face-offs. It's still done in Pinar del Río.
Q: Your father's writing got him in trouble with the government.
A: In 1959, my dad was living in Manhattan, a professor of languages at Berlitz, and then he traveled throughout Europe and met intellectuals like Albert Camus, Sartre, people who were interested in seeing if the [communist] experiment was going to work in Cuba. Fidel's thing was to say "take the easy road. We'll let you write—just don't touch politics." Fidel was using writers to create propaganda. But my father started seeing the repression, the sadness. Socialism provides an equal amount of sadness for everyone—it provides shelter, but at what cost? He was a liberal thinker, but he also understood the dangers of what his country was facing. Like Shakespeare said, the pen is mightier than the sword. He spoke out, in poetic form. My dad wrote this book called Fuero del Juego [Out of the Game], and he was briefly imprisoned. And he was under house arrest from 1972 to 1980.
Q: I saw The New York Times articles—he was also tortured?
A: Yeah, I talked to him about that.
Q: That must have been a very tough conversation.
A: He spoke about what it was like to one day have the police come to your door, and take you and your wife prisoner. To be in a cell and hear the tape of your wife being interrogated. They inject you, they try to intimidate you. There was torture, your basic beating up, but for the most part he was fortunate—he didn't spend a long time in jail. They made a mistake. They wanted him to retract what he had said. Well, you don't give a writer the ability to do that because he's going to use the words [against you]. This was in 1971, and it was videotaped. It was called The Padilla Affair. He spoke out in such a way, he made a parody of it. And they were so into their ideology, they didn't see it. It was a message from a guy who almost had a gun to his head. Soldiers are easy to take out. But how do you take someone out who isn't trying to shoot you? When you come unarmed, what threat are you?
Q: How did you get out of Cuba?
A: I came directly to the States; I had special permission. My father had to stay behind. I remember coming to Miami, and meeting my grandparents. They had left in the '60s.
Q: How old were you?
A: I was six. I landed here, I remember someone gave me my first chocolate bar...
Q: You had your first chocolate bar in America?
A: Yeah.
Q: What are your memories of Cuba? It was only six years...
A: We'd go to the country every once in a while, see the horse, tobacco in the barns. I just remember being a kid, being excited to get my Russian toys. What I remember the most is the excitement of leaving. I didn't know I wasn't going to see this country [again] for the rest of my life.
Q: What was it like living without your dad?
A: It was not even a year. My mom was petitioning, talking to different people, senators, prime ministers. Then when he came, Sen. [Ted] Kennedy was there, news crews were there.
Q: And your father always had a cigar?
A: That thing never seemed to leave his mouth. [He lights up a second cigar, a Padilla Miami.]
Q: Let's talk about creating the Padilla cigar brands. When did you get started?
A: Late 2003. There was this factory in the Dominican Republic. They had some interesting things, and we made this cigar, called the Padilla Hybrid, using a hybrid seed that the Perezes [owners of ASP Enterprises] had come up with. The factory was making cigars for Europe. They had really, really good tobacco for what they were doing. But I always pushed them to try to make fuller blends. And they said, "Americans don't want fuller." I said, "OK, statistically, you're right, the majority smokes milder cigars. But I'm not really interested in that guy. 'Cause I'm not that guy. That style cigar is out there."
Q: So you have the Hybrid, but—
A: It wasn't exactly what I wanted. It was a cigar that, in my opinion, someone who wanted to smoke a good medium-bodied cigar would enjoy, but I wanted the next progression. I really wanted to come up with something that was fuller than the Dominican. I thought it was a great starting cigar.
Q: It got some good ratings. Do you still have it?
A: I do. I ended up giving it to a catalog, and they do very well with it. I still get requests for it, but my main goal is to make something very similar to the first cigar I smoked—full flavored.
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Temozolomide and Bevacizumab in Treating Patients With Metastatic Melanoma of the Eye
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
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RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as temozolomide, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Monoclonal antibodies, such as bevacizumab, can block tumor growth in different ways. Some block the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Others find tumor cells and help kill them or carry tumor-killing substances to them. Giving temozolomide together with bevacizumab may kill more tumor cells.
PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying giving temozolomide together with bevacizumab to see how well they work in treating patients with metastatic melanoma of the eye.
|Intraocular Melanoma
|Biological: bevacizumab Drug: temozolomide Genetic: polymorphism analysis Other: pharmacogenomic studies
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Phase II Single-Center Study of Bevacizumab in Combination With Temozolomide in Patients With First-Line Metastatic Uveal Melanoma
- Disease control rate, in terms of objective response rate and the stable disease rate determined according to RECIST criteria at 6 months
- Response rate
- Duration of response
- Progression-free survival
- Overall survival
- Safety of this regimen in these patients
- Functional imaging of response by CT perfusion imaging
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|October 2009
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|October 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
- To evaluate the efficacy of temozolomide in combination with bevacizumab in treating patients with metastatic uveal melanoma not amenable to curative surgery.
- To determine response rate in these patients.
- To determine duration of response in these patients.
- To determine progression-free survival of these patients.
- To determine overall survival of these patients.
- To determine the safety of treatment with this regimen in these patients.
- To study the CT perfusion imaging for functional imaging of response in these patients.
- To determine the pharmacogenetic influence of constitutional VEGF-A polymorphism on the efficacy and toxicity of bevacizumab. (ancillary)
OUTLINE: Patients receive oral temozolomide once daily on days 1-7 and 15-21 and bevacizumab IV over 30-90 minutes on days 8 and 22. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 6 courses. Patients achieving at least stable disease then receive bevacizumab monotherapy IV every 2 weeks as maintenance therapy in the absence of unacceptable toxicity and disease progression. Patients undergo CT perfusion imaging at baseline, day 28, and at 3 and 6 months.
Blood samples are collected at baseline and then periodically for VEGF-A genetic polymorphism analysis.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 1 month.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Histologically or cytologically confirmed uveal melanoma
- Metastatic disease
- Measurable disease, defined as ≥ 1 measurable lesion as measured by RECIST criteria
- No curative surgical treatment envisaged
- No active brain metastases (if clinical suspicion, must have a brain CT scan within 28 days)
- WHO performance status (PS) 0-1 OR Karnofsky PS 70-100%
- Life expectancy ≥ 12 weeks
- Hemoglobin ≥ 10 g/dL
- Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/mm^3
- Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm^3
- Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) OR calculated creatinine clearance ≥ 50 mL/min
- Proteinuria < 2+ on urinary dipstick OR 24-hour proteinuria ≤ 1 g
- Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times ULN
- AST/ALT ≤ 2.5 times ULN
- Lactate dehydrogenase ≤ 5 times ULN
- INR and PT ≤ 1.5 times ULN
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Negative pregnancy test
- Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for 6 months after completion of study treatment
- No uncontrolled active disease or at risk of bleeding, ongoing infection, or clotting disorder
- No other cancer except for skin carcinomas and cervical carcinoma in situ
- No pre-existing peripheral neuropathy, > grade 2 (NCI CTC-AE)
- No failure to comply with the medical follow-up of the study for geographical, social, or psychological reasons
- No recent thrombophlebitis or pulmonary embolism within the past 6 months
- No uncontrolled hypertension (systolic BP > 150 mm Hg and/or diastolic BP > 100 mm Hg)
No concurrent active cardiovascular disease, uncontrolled by medical treatment within the past 6 months, including any of the following:
- Unstable angina
- Severe hypertension
- Severe arrhythmia
- No unhealed wound, active peptic ulcer, bone fracture, history of abdominal fistula, gastrointestinal perforation, or intra-abdominal abscess within the past 6 months
- No known hypersensitivity to bevacizumab, temozolomide, or their excipients
- No prior chemotherapy for metastatic disease
- At least 24 hours since insertion of central infusion port
- More than 5 days since prior non-hepatic biopsy or aspiration cytology
- More than 10 days since prior aspirin (> 325 mg/day), clopidogrel (> 75 mg/day), or full-dose oral or parenteral anticoagulant therapy, except prophylactic anticoagulant therapy prior to inclusion in the study
- More than 14 days since prior laparoscopic liver biopsy
- More than 28 days since prior major surgery
- More than 28 days since prior participation in another study with experimental treatment
- No other concurrent anticancer treatment
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01217398
|Institut Curie Hopital
|Paris, France, 75248
|Contact: Contact Person 33-1-4432-4068 email@example.com
|Principal Investigator:
|Sophie Piperno-Neumann, MD
|Institut Curie
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01217398 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|October 7, 2010
|Last Updated:
|August 23, 2013
Keywords provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):
ciliary body and choroid melanoma, medium/large size
ciliary body and choroid melanoma, small size
iris melanoma
metastatic intraocular melanoma
stage IV intraocular melanoma
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Uveal Neoplasms
Neuroendocrine Tumors
Neuroectodermal Tumors
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue
Nevi and Melanomas
Eye Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Eye Diseases
Uveal Diseases
Angiogenesis Inhibitors
Angiogenesis Modulating Agents
Growth Substances
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Growth Inhibitors
Antineoplastic Agents
Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating
Alkylating Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
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Are we too obsessed about certain stocks? Are there some stocks, stocks like Apple (AAPL) or Google (GOOG), that strike our fancy, that captivate us and are so important, psychologically to the stock market that they blind us to all others, including far less risky opportunities that should be the focus?
I think a lot about this because I spend a huge amount of time researching companies that don't tug at our heart strings and aren't household names, stocks like Eaton (ETN), PPG (PPG) or Briggs & Stratton (BGG) or Honeywell (HON) because I think they represent good value at a reasonable price. These are not sexy stocks. They aren't consumer plays, although you might at some point in your daily travels see a Cutler Hammer fuse box or a Honeywell thermostat or a Briggs & Stratton engine of some sort, a lawn mower, a portable generator or maybe a snow thrower. PPG just spent a billion to buy Akzo's household paints unit today and like so many moves that CEO Chuck Bunch makes, you caught a quick 5 points on top of an already-amazing market run.
I like these kinds of somewhat mundane ideas, because these are superior companies that do so many things to make themselves valuable and are always finding ways to make the top and bottom lines more lucrative. I bet most of you don't care about PPG, but that terrific company has generated a 56% return this year by continuing its march toward being a more proprietary and less commodity-oriented chemical company.
But I know that for every one person that wants to learn about PPG, there are a hundred people who want information, any information, and a viewpoint of how the company's doing at this very moment.
So, with that preamble of what I think you should be looking for, let me give so many of you what you really want, a rundown of what's happening with the most asked about stocks, the ones that come up every moment the stock market gets mentioned in a conversation.
Last night, while I was at the AARP concert -- oops, I meant the Rolling Stones concert -- as I was working my way to my seats I was asked not once but twice about what to do with Apple.
You get these questions all of the time when you are in my shoes, typically when they are losing, not when they are winning. And, oh, is Apple losing, with the stock down 20 points on very heavy volume. The guy next to me at the will-call window said, "Hey, what's the matter with Apple?" and I answered, "It's going down, that's what the matter," and I put it like that because stocks acquire an overtone that determines the fact and Apple's one that's swirling in that particularly toxic soup.
As exciting and fabulous as the run-up was, this decline from $700 to $500 has a sickening fascination of its own.
So, here goes. First, I think there are a host of reasons why Apple's going down. The first is just an embarrassment of riches as a time when capital gains taxes are about to go up. Put simply, it makes too much sense not to sell and lock in gains now rather than later. Second, I think when a stock gets sold down like this there's always a kernel of truth about why it might be tanking. Today we heard that Apple's cutting back its ordering for part for phones and tablets. That means an inventory glut could be developing. We heard that the iPhone's not selling well in China and it doesn't have the right carrier sponsors. We heard that Samsung's device is much more loved. That means numbers might have to come down. So, why not take them down, do it simultaneously with taking a price target down that's become an absurdity, a high-$700s target, say, that one analyst slashed today as part of concerns about earnings.
My take: I am not dogmatic. I think the stock's going down for a whole host of reasons, including the one I said caused me to sell some of the stock for my charitable trust about some 100-odd points ago, the lack of an OMG product because of the death of its founder, who's regarded as the brains behind every single successful invention.
But the trust holds on to the rest because I think Apple's a good investment that is not expensive even after the analyst number shave we got today. Can't trade it. Way too hard.
Now, Google. Here's a company that's in our face every day because we all use Google. It's rallied big lately because Apple's offering Google maps to replace its own map product now. I think that Google recently had a terribly disappointing quarter and even though it has a huge number of good long-term ideas and trends going for it, that disappointment's still with me. I would be scaling out of Google, especially because I see no end to the decline in advertising margins.
Then there's Research In Motion (RIMM), which has a new phone out and remains endlessly fascinating to its users. I think that RIM's taken out a lot of costs and recently said it is now cash-flow positive. It's had a huge run, which worries me, but it is down a great deal from its high. To me, it's more of a sell than a hold because if the new device gets a negative welcome, a la the Microsoft Surface, you are going to lose money rather quickly.
How about Netflix (NFLX)? This one's got a quality that's like Research In Motion, a gigantic client base. I believe that those 27 million names are worth something to someone but it, like RIM, has run a lot and I have to believe that the company would like to raise money given the hefty price tag on a deal with Disney (DIS). I sense that the shorts are really panicking here. I don't want to be a part of that.
People obsess about Amazon (AMZN). I think this company's spending and building to lay the groundwork for being the most convenient, lowest-price department store in the world. That matters. I think Amazon will go higher.
Then there's the fascination with two retailers, J.C. Penney (JCP), because of the attempt to turn the company around by Ron Johnson, and Best Buy (BBY) because its founder, Richard Schulze, seems hellbent on taking the company private.
I think Penney was on the ropes until recently when we have learned from Manny Chirico, the terrific CEO of PVH (PVH), that Penney's is starting to order a ton of merchandise for its stores within the store. At $20, I think it can go a tad higher even without any new news. Best Buy? I think the fundamentals are on the decline here, it feels terminal. So, it seems a little ridiculous to own the stock, just as I think it is a little ridiculous that Schulz will get the financing it needs to make the transaction occur.
Let me close by saying I totally understand the predilection, if not the obsession, here with these. But I also have to say, though, that they have become total battlegrounds and I get no pleasure from stepping on the battlefield. Which is why I like the mundane plays. Not as good a reward but certainly a lot less risk.


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I think I have read my fill, my complete fill of wrap up blog posts from everywhere. Seriously. So much verbal verbosity had gone through me that I threw out on facebook and twitter yesterday to describe your 2010. But in one word. One single word to sum up your whole past year. Because we can so easily hear about one's life if given a thousand words. But how fascinating is it, to be able to know one's life for the last 365 in just a single word. I learnt so much from all of you. So thank you for sharing. Now it is my turn. My year, was saturated.
While everyone is running around cooking up their New Year's Eve plans, and gearing up for the annual countdown to the dawn of the next 365 days, I'm going to admit here that I am a little scared of 2011 creeping around the corner. New years, always mean the bringing of the new. Yeah, that's stating the obvious, I know... but tied up with the word new, are words like unknown. Or change. Or expectation. And to a creature of comfort and security like myself, those words are scary. Because change, expectation, and the unknown can also bring about disappointment. And for a dreamer who dreams and hopes so much...so very very much...that is scary - scary times three.
I'm sighing as I am writing this you know. The sigh is my way of relinquishing the fears, and just keeping my eyes on the hope and excitement of the other side of 2011 stepping through the door. Because sometimes change can be good. Better in fact. And that is my hope for the next year.... the next 365 days...to be good. Better in fact :)
On that note, 2010 was amazing. Crazy, delirious, lightning quick, and noisy, but all round amazing. Most of you won't know it... in fact if you have been following my footsteps the last 365 days, all you probably would have felt from my vibes would have been my extreme busyness and the search for air from time to time... but behind the scenes, it was a year of transition. A year of lessons. And a year of challenge. I felt pushed like I had never been pushed before... personally, professionally, and creatively...and I won't be shy to say that it was hard. Extremely hard. But in looking back, I have learned much, and I am so grateful to be standing on this side of the year with the eyes I now have to look at the world and people in it because it means that I stand a little wiser, and a better photographer for it. And praise God for getting me through in one piece.
So thank you to everyone who filled my 2010. God for giving me everything. Every last molecule of it. He continues to give give give, and I still don't know why. But I stand blessed because of Him. My husband and my family who fill all the in betweens with their love, support, honest reproach, and especially normality - because although I never knew it, I needed it.
And to my clients. Without your beautiful faces, and amazing love stories, what would fill these pages? Absolutely nothing. So for your friendship and trust in my camera to capture your essence, thank you. You are the faces of JSP and have made it what it is today.
To everyone else, happy New Year :) I hope you are exactly where you want to be as we all count down, and hope for the next 365 days. I know I am exactly where I want to be as the last page of 2010 closes.**Below: From probably my favourite moment of 2010. I was shooting an amazing session at Santa Monica beach in Los Angeles, California earlier this year....watching THIS most beautiful sunset...it was the most incredible I had ever seen in my life. By my side was my husband at that moment. And we were enjoying life. That's what it is all about :) **
And lastly, MY 2010 SLIDESHOW - SHOTS FROM EVERY SESSION THIS YEAR :)
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Crane praises baseball's next Commissioner
Astros owner familiar with Manfred, MLB's chief operating officer
BOSTON -- Astros owner Jim Crane, whose shipping company has an office and clients in Boston, is at Fenway Park for the series against the Red Sox. Crane arrived in Boston on Thursday afternoon from Baltimore, where he and other Major League owners voted Rob Manfred as the next Commissioner at the quarterly Owners Meetings.
Crane is certainly no stranger to Manfred, having talked to him quite a bit in the last few months about the team's television stalemate with Comcast and its inability to sign No. 1 overall Draft pick Brady Aiken last month.
"He's very impressive, very knowledgeable," Crane said of Manfred. "One of the key things he's very good at is he worked on the labor agreement. He's got a lot of history working on that. I was on the other side when we were buying the team and they wanted us to move to the American League, so I've seen him on both fronts.
"He's a fair guy, a smart guy, and he's really good."
Among the things Crane said Manfred would like to address is speeding up the games and attracting younger fans.
"I think the new Commissioner has a very good platform with all of the relationships with the owners," Crane said. "The owners are pretty much on the same page. It was a very cohesive group."
Manfred, MLB's chief operating officer, will formally take over Jan. 25 to replace Bud Selig, who has presided over the game for 22 years.
Brian McTaggart is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Tag's Lines. Follow @brianmctaggart on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Date: September 26, 2013 PIO Number: 13-9-37
The procession is scheduled to depart at 10:15 a.m. September 27, 2013 from Forest Lawn Funeral Home at 200 W. Copans Road in Pompano Beach.
Just prior to the 10:15 a.m. departure, additional procession units will leave Pompano Citi Centre at Copans Road and Federal Highway and merge in with the procession leaving the funeral home.
The procession will head west on Copans Road to Interstate 95, south on I-95 to Cypress Creek Road exit, then west to Calvary Chapel at 2401 W. Cypress Creek Rd. in Fort Lauderdale.
The reserved area for live-truck parking will be outside the northwest corner of the sanctuary. Please have your live trucks in place by 9:45 a.m. Media check-in will be at the mobile Joint Information Center (JIC), located at the live-truck parking area. All media will be escorted by PIOs to facilitate any needs as they arise.
There will be no pool video feed. Calvary's broadcast facility is being updated and rebuilt, and therefore the production unit will not be able to provide external video of the procession's arrival. The church's production team will stream live video on their website utilizing two or three cameras inside the sanctuary. The feed is high quality, standard def. and has DVR functionality in case you miss any portion of the service. It has a bit rate of 8mbs 4x3. You may experience about a 30-second delay. Call the BSO Public Information Office at (954) 831-8300 for the URL address.
News crews entering the sanctuary are asked to dress appropriately. PIOs will escort reporters, photographers and videographers to the crow's nest in the mezzanine level. Flash photography is not allowed.
Following the ceremony, the procession will head west on Cypress Creek Road to Northwest 31 Avenue, south on 31 Avenue to Prospect Road, west on Prospect to State Road 7, then north to Our Lady Queen of Heaven Cemetery at 1400 S. State Road 7 in North Lauderdale where the 21-gun salute, taps, a flyover and end-of-watch radio (10-7) call will take place.
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Semana de la Raza celebrates seventh year
Photos and Story by James Hill
Semana de la Raza, or "Week of the People," is set to celebrate its seventh year honoring Latino culture and fostering advocacy.
From April 22-26 at the Rock Creek Campus' Building 9 Event Center, Semana de la Raza will showcase Latino entertainment, special programs, films, a theater production, panel discussions, workshops and a special awards brunch. Semana is open to the public. All of its events are free to attend and children are welcome.
Highlights include a kickoff event from 10-11:30 a.m., Monday, April 22 featuring Afrotimba, a Cuban Percussion Band. On Wednesday, April 24, the films "14" and "La Mision" will be shown from noon to 2 p.m. and 3-5 p.m., respectively, with discussions to follow. On Thursday, April 25, there will be plenty of workshops and panel discussions, including "Routes to Permanent Residence" about immigration law from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. On Friday, April 26, the closing ceremony will feature the Cesar Chavez Awards, essay contest recognition and the revealing of the 2013 mural from 9-11 a.m.
Semana de la Raza is truly a PCC affair. It's sponsored by the Multicultural Programming Committee and Multicultural Center at Rock Creek, ASPCC, Student Clubs, Dean of Students Office, Office of International Education, Blick Art Supplies, Utrecht Art Supplies and MUSE Art & Design.
If you are interested in helping out, volunteers are always needed for the various events. To volunteer, visit the Semana de la Raza webpage.
Interested in more about topics during the week? The event will feature books, articles and music at the PCC Library to complement Semana de la Raza.


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It's another strike for milk and imitation milk beverages as consumers are instead reaching for bottled water, energy beverages and other "specialty" drinks.
"Specialty beverages are starting to cannibalize the soy milk market," Philippe de Laperouse, managing director of agribusiness consultants HighQuest Partners, told The Wall Street Journal.
Soy milk saw a 500 percent increase in sales over the last 15 years, but since then sales have steadily declined. This trend continues as soy milk sales have dropped by 2.9 percent in the past year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Read, "Soy milk sales sour along with dairy."
The Wall Street Journal also acknowledged the dairy industry's milk "crisis" in another article released this week, which examined the decline of milk consumption in the country and how the industry is trying to revive consumer interest.
The dairy industry "is coming to recognize this as a crisis," Tom Gallagher, CEO of Dairy Management Inc., which manages the national dairy checkoff program, told The Wall Street Journal.
This isn't news to dairy farmers. The decline in fluid milk consumption has been in place for 40 years.
See "Milk consumption about to fall below a key threshold."
In this month's issue of Dairy Herd Management, Editor Tom Quaife took on the fluid milk crisis, noting that while there is no "silver bullet," many options still exist. See, "Let's solve the fluid milk crisis."
As The Wall Street Journal article notes, a "muscle builder" version of a high-protein milk is being sold by Arizona-based Shamrock Farms Co. in an attempt to win back those who buy non-dairy sports drinks, while busy families are the target for better packaging and child-friendly single servings. Dean Foods Inc., has introduced low-sugar chocolate and lactose-free milk. Read more here.


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There is so much promise and optimism in the onset of any new year that, in this case, we've almost forgotten there is an unlucky "13" inside of it. Nevertheless, at least as far as the market is concerned, I don't think 2013 will offer too much to worry about -- save for any panic caused by a surprise event. With the "fiscal cliff" pushed aside (for now), the U.S. economy is set to move higher and we have less to worry about, which is a good thing.
Why do I seem encouraged about coming year? It's not merely a guess; the data are reflecting optimism. Here in the U.S., companies are showing their muscle and gaining ground, staying lean and mean, and they're posed well for future growth.
Sentiment can move the market tide in and out, but what really matters is productivity, manufacturing and sales -- and, in the third quarter, the U.S. upped exports and cut the deficit by 10%. That's not spectacular, but it is a good start. General productivity levels have been steady and look set to rise, and industrial production in particular is still trending higher. Among sectors, some of the better performers include housing, banking, commodities, industrials, airlines and aerospace/defense.
Overseas, China has lately come through with some solid economic numbers. Purchasing managers are active, and they're picking up the pace for the country's recently announced growth initiatives. Some are expecting China to grow in the mid-8% range in 2013. Meanwhile, Japan has finally woken up and has decided to stimulate its economy with an aggressive yen strategy, something not seen over the past 20 years.
Furthermore, the eurozone continues to show signs it has bottomed. That is good news, as those countries need time to work through their respective debt crisis. Once these have been cast aside, the world's largest economy by region may even contribute some growth in the back-half of the year.
There is an old saying: "As January goes, so goes the rest of the year." If the month gets off to a fast start and the impending political wrangling are resolved amicably (boy, is that an ambitious statement!) then I believe a good 2013 could lie ahead.


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MATT Mason has praised the determination of Worcestershire's bowlers to fill the gap left by Alan Richardson after the County suffered more weather woe at Hampshire.
Rain meant play was called off on the LV= County Championship clash's second day with Hampshire still on their overnight 37-3 after being put into bat.
In that short spell, bowling coach Mason saw Chris Russell and Charlie Morris continue the form shown in pre-season as they look to fill the shoes left by Richardson.
Mason said: "It is funny how the news of Alan's retirement was received by the lads. We were concerned it would be a big shock to them.
"But you could almost see their eyes light up and they were thinking 'here is an opportunity for us'.
"They have worked so hard this winter and at the moment I am really pleased with where all the bowlers are at.
"I think they've all pushed themselves really hard and the motivation is there definitely.
"When they saw a chance created by Alan leaving, it has driven everyone to work the hardest they have done for some time in my opinion."


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Lets subtract Dale Davis from the 2000 Pacer team and add the current 20-10 JO. Do you think the Pacers would beat the Lakers or that they wouldnt even make it to the NBA finals.... How bout doing the same thing for the 1998/9 Pacer team?
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Lets subtract Dale Davis from the 2000 Pacer team and add the current 20-10 JO. Do you think the Pacers would beat the Lakers or that they wouldnt even make it to the NBA finals.... How bout doing the same thing for the 1998/9 Pacer team?
I don't think a front line of Rik and J.O would be very effective especially with Jalen at small forward
Those twenty points - especially at JO's dismal short-range percentage - means a lot fewer touches for Smits, Reggie and Jalen. Dale fit the team perfectly, Jermaine, even at his current prime, would require a complete restructuring of how that team played.
The coaching staff was smart enough back then that they would have come up with a good system and playbook with JO in the lineup, but I don't think we would have made it past the first round considering just how much Dale's presence would have been missed.
Think of all the screens, the muscle, the defense. The team in my eyes would have been worse with JO.
That would have been a very good lineup. I think we would have won it.
That wouldn't work. Who would rebound? Rik wasn't a very good rebounder, and neither is Jermaine. Plus if they feed Jermaine in the post non-stop, it would never comeback out, making the Reggie offense useless. Then there would be a lack of interior defense. Wouldn't work, Dale was perfect for that team.
Sorry, I didn't know advertising was illegal here. Someone call the cops!
Are you kidding me?!?!?! JO is a great rebounder. Hints the 20-10 description.
As stated above, it wouldn't work because there would have been too many offensive weapons and no real grunt. I think this is the problem Miami may have this season.
I could agree with that but the "JO isn't a good rebounder" remark threw me off.Originally Posted by SycamoreKen
Damn.... I have to say the B word....
Replace Bender with JO in 2000 and you may have something. Replacing Dale with JO in 2000 and we aren't playing in the finals.
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
I'd rather replace Rik with JO than Dale...
You, Never? Did the Kenosha Kid?
Yep. As UB stated, pair JO with Jalen and Rik, not to mention Jax and Reggie in the backcourt, . Jermaine's a superb weak-side man, but weak-side does you no damn good when you don't have strong-side.Originally Posted by SoupIsGood
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Wow, Dale was one of my favorite Pacers too....but wow.
I think JO would've worked fine with Rik... Similar to he and Brad.
Put in Artest instead.
Don't ask Marvin Harrison what he did during the bye week. "Batman never told where the Bat Cave is," he explained.
He's a numbers type rebounder rather than a tough rebounder. It's easy enough to nab those missed free throw rebounds, but when he has to out-muscle someone for a rebound, he doesn't do that to the extent that he should.Originally Posted by Pacers#1Fan
"It's just unfortunate that we've been penalized so much this year and nothing has happened to the Pistons, the Palace or the city of Detroit," he said. "It's almost like it's always our fault. The league knows it. They should be ashamed of themselves to let the security be as lax as it is around here."
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true---Originally Posted by Suaveness
Rik (then), JO (now), Artest (now), Reggie (then) , Mark J (then) win it, IMO.
add today's bench and I'm sure
That's a damn perceptive description of Jo's rebounding.Originally Posted by PacerFanInAZ
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Stalking eBay for an Entry Point
Overall, the stock market is vulnerable because of the failure to clear the Dec. 19 high in the S&P futures that I have posted on this site before. With that being said, I'm still going to stalk a buy setup in eBay (EBAY). If it's not any good, then we should not see a buy trigger against it. Let's take a look at the daily chart, as far as Fibonacci time and price parameters are concerned.
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First established as the Department of Archaeology in 1937, with
a special focus on Paleoindian and Archaic archaeology, the Museum
was long home to pioneer scholar Hannah Marie Wormington. In 1968,
the Department of Anthropology was created when the 12,000-piece
Crane Collection of North American Indians was donated to the
Museum. Today's department focuses on original research,
collections development, inclusive outreach, and service to the
The need for active and innovative research has always been
emphasized at the Museum. Research in the past has included tracing
Paleoindian migrations, the aesthetic development of basketry, and
spiritual and historical importance of bison for Native peoples.
Research in the department today focuses on tree-ring chronology
and the history of archaeology in the American Southwest, locating
the earliest evidence of humans in the Great Plains, and the social
and political uses of history.
Exhibits have long provided the department with the opportunity to present world cultures. Since 1956, the department has supported more than 170 individual exhibits. Aside from sustaining two permanent exhibit halls, the department creates small temporary exhibitions in two spaces, the Weckbaugh Special Exhibit case and the Ethnological Art Exhibit. Recent efforts have extended beyond exhibits to include a range of programs geared towards connecting with the Rocky Mountain region's Native American communities.
In addition to administrative duties, the Museum encourages
staff to contribute to the development of the discipline. In 1968,
Hannah Marie Wormington held one of the country's highest
positions, as President of the Society for American Archaeology.
Current staff holds a diverse range of positions, including board
memberships with the American Anthropological Association's (AAA)
Archaeology Division, the AAA Council for Museum Anthropology, the
American Quaternary Association, and the Colorado-Wyoming
Association of Museums.
More than 50,000 objects constitute the Anthropology Collection.
As recently described in the book Crossroads of Culture,
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and Oceania. Additional holdings include the 800-piece Ethnological
Art Collection and archival photographs and documents. The
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cooran wrote:Interesting, Kym.
Who came up with this and what research supports it?
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Kim O'Hara wrote:Why did I call our ignorance and forgetfulness on this issue a "problem"?
Simply because we so often forget that, truly, we can afford to give more generously to those less fortunate than ourselves.
SDC wrote:First World Problems
For even more perspective.
Digity wrote:What percentage of your yearly income do you think should be put towards charitable needs? I'm sometimes hesitant about giving money, even though I make a good salary, because I live on my own and have to pay a mortgage. If I lose my job, etc. then I don't have a second income. However, I would like to be charitable and I am at times..I just have trouble figuring out the right amount/balance.
That makes you the 1,440,774,310th richest person on earth.
m0rl0ck wrote:That makes you the 1,440,774,310th richest person on earth.
If everybody lived like i did there would be alot fewer problems in the world.
David N. Snyder wrote:m0rl0ck wrote:That makes you the 1,440,774,310th richest person on earth.
If everybody lived like i did there would be alot fewer problems in the world.
That's in the top 31% richest in the world -- bourgeois
corrine wrote:I was raised that ten per cent was for caring (actual charity) and ten per cent was for sharing (that is, giving to and helping friends and/or family who may be in need).
My father taught me to live way below my means, whatever that happened to be, to save for whatever happens in the future and to share whatever I am fortunate enough to be given. I try. I do not always succeed. I am frequently told I am a fool to share what I have. Maybe. But I was told, and I believe, that sharing doubles joy and halves sorrow.
But then, living where I do makes it easy because, really, we all here have much more than we need and we waste a great deal. I think that sometimes those of us to whom much has been given, take it all for granted. We think in terms of being able to afford a newer, bigger television or a fancier phone, and not about finding money just to put food on our tables. It is all about perspective. I think sometimes the more we have the more we seem to require to make us feel comfortable.
If you listen to the nation's political leaders the 'hard-working families of Australia' are 'doing it tough'.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has repeatedly promised to "support modern families with the stresses and strains of everyday life".
While last week Opposition Leader Tony Abbott pledged to "help the forgotten families of Australia with cost of living pressures".
It's a simple election pitch: almost everyone wants more financial help and opinion polls show cost of living is again a key concern in marginal electorates in the major cities.
But should it be?
"I would regard Australians as never having it so good," says Commsec chief economist Craig James.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-04-24/j ... ng/4647786
James the Giant wrote:I guess it's all relative.
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Welcome to the Heritage Circle! Congratulations on achieving this milestone since graduating or attending Harding College. As you return to campus during Homecoming weekend, we will remember our past college memories. You will see the present students, and we can only imagine the future of the next generations of the Harding family. The campus has changed over the past 80 years in Searcy, yet the Harding experience remains the same. Many activities will occur during the weekend, and a complete schedule will be posted soon at the Homecoming page.
Please see the Area Lodging page for lodging information.


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HOUSTON - Thousands of United Airlines passengers around the globe were stranded at airports and on planes Thursday after another computer outage at the world's largest carrier.
This is at least the third major computer outage for the Chicago-based airline since June.
About 10 a.m., the airline posted on it's Twitter page that its system was back up and running.
Some fliers waited hours during the outage to depart. Some people who showed up at the airports to pick up travelers waited hours, too.
Renaissance Nahil planned to pick his grandmother up at George Bush Intercontinental Airport first thing Thursday morning. He spent several hours sitting in a chair at baggage claim.
Nahil said he didn't get many answers from ticket agents.
"I actually really haven't been hearing anything," he said.
People waiting for flights increasingly grew impatient.
"Does anyone have a Radio Shack computer or abacus to help United get their system fixed?," tweeted Lewis Franck, a motorsports writer who was flying from Newark, N.J. to Miami Thursday to cover the last race of the NASCAR season.
In a subsequent phone call with The Associated Press, Franck added: "Why is there a total system failure on a beautiful day? What happened to the backup and the backup to backup?"
Judd Shapiro of Nashua, N.H. said he got to the gate at Logan Airport in Boston and agents told him and other frustrated fliers that planes could land but not take off.
"JetBlue is taking off, American is taking off, but United is on the ground," he said. "I was having a flawless airport experience until I got to the gate."
United has been struggling with technology problems since March, when it switched to a passenger information computer system that was previously used by Continental. United and Continental merged in 2010. That system, called "Shares," has needed extensive reworking since March to make it easier for workers to use.
Michael Silverstein, who works in finance, was supposed to be on a 6:01 a.m. flight from Los Angeles to San Francisco. The computer outage had already caused him to miss one meeting and he was worried about missing another. So he walked off the plane and bought a $195 last-second ticket on a Southwest Airlines flight to Oakland, Calif.
"I'm frustrated because I'm missing a meeting that I thought I had plenty of time for," Silverstein said.
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"Motorradtour nach Schottland im Juni 2014"Das Morriston B&B ist eine Topadresse was Unterkunft in Schottland angeht.Das Morriston B&B ist eine Topadresse was Unterkunft in Schottland angeht. Suzanne ist eine wundervolle Köchin, ihre Zimmer sind geräumig und sehr schön eingerichtet, das Preis-Leistungsverhältnis ist nicht zu toppen. Sie war mit Abstand die beste unserer 8 B&B in Schottland. Wir können sie wärmstens weiterempfehlen.
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- Ground floor accommodation
- Ground floor bedroom
- Smoke-free
- Garden / Patio
Moriston Lodges
Invermoriston 2.5 miles. Set in a group of three purpose-built holiday lodges, these delightful properties offer superb ground floor accommodation in a small hamlet close to the village of Invermoriston, just above the south banks of the famous Loch Ness. The lodges are set on the banks of the Moriston River, and are well positioned to take full advantage of the views over the fast-flowing river and wooded hills. Each property has a bright open plan living area, as well as a private patio with picnic bench and shared use of the large grounds and trampoline, ideal for children. The area is an outdoor enthusiast's paradise, with superb walking, cycling, fishing and clay pigeon shooting on hand. An ideal base to tour the Highlands, Skye and the West Coast, there are many places of historic and scenic interest nearby, including Eilan Donan Castle. Bird watchers and wildlife enthusiasts could spot pine martens, herons and deer in the vicinity - and maybe even the Loch Ness Monster!
The property
Lovely single-storey lodge in a rural hamlet 2.5 miles from Invermoriston.
Patio with river and hillside views, comfortable well equipped open plan accommodation.
Note: This property is next to Ref. 2514, together they sleep 8.
All ground floor. Two bedrooms: 1 x double, 1 x small twin. Shower room with shower cubicle, basin, and WC. Open plan living area with fitted kitchen, dining area and sitting area.
- Oil central heating
- Electric cooker, microwave, fridge/freezer, washer/dryer, TV with FreeSat
- Electricity on £1 coin meter
- Bed linen and towels inc. in rent
- Off road parking for 2 cars
- Front paved area with picnic bench
- One small well-behaved dog permitted at £15 per week
- Sorry, no smoking
- Shop and pub 2.5 miles
- Note: Unfenced river near to property - children should be supervised at all times.
About the location
Inverness 28 miles.
The small village of Invermoriston is situated just above the south end of Loch Ness, in the heart of the Great Glen. The village is famous for St. Columba's Well, and offers regular events including ceilidh nights in the village hall. The 73-mile long walking path, The Great Glen Way, passes through the village, and is just one of the many trails and walks awaiting visitors to this peaceful spot. Following the main road close to the village takes you to the mystical Isle of Skye, or of course you could stay closer to home and do some monster-spotting, visit the impressive ruins of the 16th century castle Urquhart, or enjoy the Loch Ness Exhibition Centre.The Caledonian Canal runs to Fort Augustus, offering lovely canalside walks. The perfect location for the whole family.
This property offers the following short breaks:
- Winter
- Off-season
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A guest student is a person studying towards a degree or certificate program at a college or university (referred to as the home institution) who wishes to take courses at Lansing Community College to complete that program. Guest students should complete the LCC online guest application. Guest students should apply only for the first semester of attendance.
International Guest students (any student on an F1, J1, or M1 visa) must meet other requirements for guest admission and should use the International Admissions link for additional information.
Note: Lansing Community College does not require that guest students submit the Michigan Uniform Guest Student Application. However, the student's home institution may require it. In that case, the student should retain the application for his/her personal records.
Guest students must meet the course pre-requisites as published in the LCC course catalog prior to registering. Guest students who wish to use course work completed at their home institution must either apply for a waiver or for transfer credit. Waivers are the quickest method of meeting pre-requisites but are valid for only one semester.
Transfer credit becomes a permanent part of the student's educational record at LCC. It may take up to six weeks during peak times for transfer credit evaluations to be completed.
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PRIMARY school children enjoyed a nature lesson with a difference when they watched penguins perform for the cameras.
The penguins were taking part in the filming of a scene for Our Zoo, a BBC drama about the Mottershead family, who established Chester Zoo in the 1930s.
The filming took place on the High Street in Great Budworth, one of the locations chosen for the series due to be screened in late 2014.
The children attend Great Budworth Primary School, which was also chosen as a location, and the whole school was invited to watch the penguins being filmed.
"The children were amazed when they saw all the penguins," said head teacher Sandra Finney.
"I couldn't believe how small the penguins were. They were quite naughty, and wouldn't do what they were told."
The children were allowed to have a closer look at the penguins in a pen, and chatted with actors Lee Ingleby, Anne Reid and Ralph Little.
The school hall and corridors were used during filming at the school.
Mum Debbie Bailey watched the penguins perform during her school run.
Debbie lives in Wincham, and her children Matthew, seven, and Grace, four, attend Great Budworth Primary School.
"It was a surreal sight – you don't normally see penguins on the school run," said Debbie.


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Depending on where you live, fans who pre-order LittleBigPlanet for the PS Vita will be rewarded with a some pretty cool costumes as a "thank you" from Sony.
The bonus costumes include BioShock's iconic Big Daddy (who will also be a featured character in Sony's PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale) and Little Sister. Your pre-order could also include the Knights of Old costumes which will allow you to dress up your Sackboy or Sackgirl as a knight, damsel in distress, black knight, or fearsome dragon.
Details vary depending on which country you live in or where you pre-order from, Sony confirmed. On top of that, the particular colors of these pre-order Knights of Old costumes will remain exclusive forever!


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Why do we watch sports? We watch sports because every now and then, when you least expect it, you see something like this.
You see Billy Beane, the A's general manager who was portrayed by Brad Pitt in a movie, being doused with beer like John Belushi in the frat-house-like celebration of the Bay Area's most improbable championship ever.
You see every available seat filled in a stadium that everyone hates, cheering a team that everyone loves. (Certain residents of Texas excluded.)
You see one of the game's best players, Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton, drop an easy fly ball in the sun at the O.co Coliseum and allow the go-ahead runs as the Oakland A's rallied from a four-run deficit to win Wednesday's clinching game 12-5.
You see Beane, wearing his trademark shorts and sandals, standing in a corridor off the locker room trying to explain it all -- and failing miserably.
"We've had some pretty amazing things here over the years," Beane said. "But as I was watching all of this, I was thinking, 'This is pretty unbelievable. How'd we do that?' "
Easy. The A's did it because they were determined to complete a mission that no one was stupid enough to actually give them back in spring training: Win the American League West division title and gain the No. 2 seed in the playoffs.
As such, the A's will now meet the Detroit Tigers in a best-of-five-games series that begins Saturday in Michigan. It will continue their unexpected journey, one that began eight months ago at spring training, when a winter of questionable roster moves left the A's with the lowest payroll in the American League and a fairly hopeless outlook.
How hopeless? Ninety losses was the most common prediction. However, A's relief pitcher Grant Balfour decided to tune out the negative noise.
"I'll be honest, I didn't read any of that or listen to any of it," said Balfour, Champagne dripping down his face in the afterglow. "Our job is to go out and win. I looked around the room and I believed we could win. I asked myself, 'Is that realistic?' And I said, 'You know what? I think it is.' "
Likewise, when the A's fell behind by a score of 5-1 in the third inning Wednesday, Balfour stayed consistent in his outlook.
"I'm not going to lie," Balfour said. "I knew being behind by four runs wasn't good. But you know what? We've come from behind all year. I've kept believing all year. Why stop believing now? There was no fear out there. None."
Why do we watch sports? We watch sports because of weeks like this week. Texas is the two-time defending American League champion. The Rangers surely couldn't lose three straight games in the clutch and blow the division lead, could they? They couldn't devolve from swaggering bullies into a ball-bobbling mess of bad body language, could they?
They could. After A's starter A.J. Griffin gave up five runs in three innings, his teammates could have shrugged and prepared for the wild card. No shrugging occurred. First, A's manager Bob Melvin made his best move of the game by quickly pulling Griffin and replacing him with unheralded pitcher Evan Scribner, who stopped the bleeding. Then the A's banged out six runs in the fourth inning to take the lead for good.
With each successive Athletics hit -- double, single, single, double -- the crowd noise inside a packed Coliseum built and built until it became a thumping, vibrating, screaming force of nature.
"I think it fueled us," Balfour said.
Why do we watch sports? We watch sports because they can turn an inanimate architectural structure into a living creature. The noise from 36,067 mouths might have played a role when Hamilton, the Rangers center fielder, made the game's worst error by allowing a routine fly ball to clank off his glove for two runs that broke a 5-5 tie. Hamilton didn't claim that he lost the ball in the sun. He just blew the play, he said.
Five innings and five more runs later, the A's were having their second Champagne party in less than 48 hours. But first, many of the players took an impromptu victory lap around the Coliseum warning track, slapping the hands of fans on the rail -- even if it meant climbing atop the rolled-up rain tarp alongside the box seats.
Team owners Lew Wolff and John Fisher, meanwhile, were absorbing the proceedings in an almost dreamlike state. Wolff was honest enough to admit he never expected to see what he was seeing.
"I didn't," Wolff said. "But you know, Billy thought we were going to be competitive. And I knew we weren't going to lose 100 games. I've got to go find the person who wrote that we were."
Why do we watch sports? Because of sights like this one: Amid the locker room spray and cigar smoke stood A's pitcher Brandon McCarthy, whose skull was fractured by a batted ball last month, sending him to the hospital for life-endangering surgery.
The scar from McCarthy's surgery is still visible on the right side of his head, even as his hair is growing back. He was standing along one wall of the room, smiling. He was asked if he had been medically cleared for a Champagne shower.
"It's all permitted now," McCarthy nodded, smiling. "If it doesn't hurt, I can do it."
He and the A's, as it turns out, can do just about anything. Wednesday's game, with a different result, could have been the last time they played at the Coliseum this season. Instead, it could be just the start of a ridiculously amazing October.
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Fairfax County Announces Budget Timeline
Fairfax County Office of Public
12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 551
Fairfax, VA 22035-0065
Feb. 10, 2005
Fairfax County Announces Budget Timeline
Fairfax County Executive Anthony H. Griffin will present his proposed fiscal plan for FY 2006 to the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on Monday, Feb. 28, at 10 a.m., following the proclamations, during the regularly scheduled board meeting. The meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m. in the Board Auditorium of the Fairfax County Government Center, 12000 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax. The meeting will be shown live on Fairfax County Government Cable Channel 16, which is also video streamed live at www.fairfaxcounty.gov.
The county executive's presentation will air on cable Channel 16 on the
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· Friday, March 4, at 9 p.m.
· Sunday, March 6, at 9 p.m.
The presentation will also air as part of the Board of Supervisors meeting replays on Tuesday, March 1, beginning at 8 p.m. and Saturday, March 5, at 10 a.m. The presentation will also be available as video-on-demand on the county's Web site at www.fairfaxcounty.gov throughout the month of March.
Public hearings on the FY 2006 Fiscal Plan have been set for April 4, 5 and 6, at 7 p.m., with the School Board presentation to the Board scheduled on April 5 at 6 p.m. Those wishing to speak at any of the public hearings should contact the Office of the Clerk to the Board at 703-324-3151, TTY 703-324-3903, to place their names on the speakers list or sign up online at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/gov/bos/speaker_bos.htm.
The Board has scheduled the budget markup session for Monday, April 18, at 10 a.m. The formal adoption of the budget is scheduled to take place on Monday, April 25, at 10 a.m. during the regularly scheduled board meeting.
All of the Board public hearings will be held in the Board Auditorium of the Fairfax County Government Center and will be televised live on Fairfax County Government Cable Channel 16. Fairfax County is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination in all county programs, services and activities and will provide reasonable accommodations upon request. To request special accommodations, call 703-324-3151, TTY 703-324-3903.
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DETROIT - An Auditor's General report into the city of Detroit Finance Department's Assessments Division cash receipts over the past four years shows the city is missing more than $310,000.
The report was dropped on Detroit City Council on Wednesday afternoon. It's fairly clear most of the money was stolen from a cash register on the 8th floor of City Council.
Some would call it a window into how badly managed the city of Detroit has been.
The auditor's report says the department operator with next to no operational controls and a cash register turned into a personal piggy bank for someone. The register sits behind an 8th-floor counter where property taxes are paid among other things.
Read more: Detroit city in crisis section
Since 2007, $310,000 in cash went missing from that register. The report also says 40 percent of all the cash that went into the drawer went missing over three years. In fact, in 2007 through 2008, every penny that went into the cash register went missing.
It was not found out because the department, according to the Auditor General, has no effective citywide cash management policy. The city operated like a child's lemonade stand. Everyone dipped into the till. This was all while the city was going broke. The department itself went over budget every year to the tune of $94 million.
It was not a happy reception at the City Council table for councilmember Ken Cockrel and Linda Bade, the new Detroit assessor.
"Looking at it, it's hard not to come to the conclusion that leadership in this division was asleep at the switch," Cockrel said.
Cockrel posed a simple question to Bade: Should everyone in the department be fired?
There was no answer. However, as of Wednesday, there are no concrete answers about what happened. The assessor said the division is now changing its operating methods.
The city of Detroit is $45 million in debt. The state of Michigan is withholding cash until the city gets on track.
"The city of Detroit is going to run out of cash by December," said Irvin Corely Jr. Detroit fiscal analyst.
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Father Alexandre Paciolli, LC, the day he was ordained a priest.
I was ordained two years ago but the thrill of
that event is still very fresh and alive in my
heart and mind
on January 2, 2001, at
more or less 11:00 AM when Cardenal Darío Castrillón Hoyos
said the prayer of priestly consecration. Before the CallI was
born in the city of Fortaleza, Brazil, on December 12,
1968. By the grace of God I am a Guadalupan
and it is to her, Our Lady of Guadalupe, that
I owe my Legionary vocation for which I am extremely
grateful. We are a currently a family of five: my
dad, my sister and two brothers. My parents were born
near Fortaleza. They grew up in an environment of great
faith and a continuous struggle to get by and improve
their standard of living. I learned so much from them,
especially a love for challenges and to never settle for
what you have already accomplished. I was always mischievous but
after so many practical jokes and pranks it was time
to redeem myself. I began to study in earnest so
I could enter a military school at ten years of
age. There I learned what discipline and good behavior were
all about. After four years at the Military School of
Fortaleza I decided that I wanted to become an officer.
I really liked the Air Force because my brother was
a fighter pilot and my brother-in-law a pilot so I
decided to follow in their footsteps. My parents were elated.
I took the necessary tests for the Navy and the
Army and I passed them but not that of the
Air Force. God had other plans. So I entered the
a Naval Academy and a whole new set of adventures
began. Gods plan for my life gradually was beginning to
take shape. The Call to the Priesthood Comes KnockingI went
to the Naval Academy at fifteen years of age. I
left my hometown of Fortaleza and off I went alone
to Rio de Janeiro. This was a huge challenge. I
had to make it on my own and live up
to what my parents expected of me. My first year
in the Naval Academy was very difficult. The chapel was
a refuge for me from the arduous rhythm of life.
God in his infinite wisdom knew how to take advantage
of this situation so he could sew in my heart
Father Alexandre entered the Naval military academy of Brazil at fifteen years of age. Here he is with his dad.
a love for him. In 1987 the chaplain invited me
to organize a retreat. Another great challenge! I gave a
talk on the Prodigal Son (I hadnt the foggiest idea
where the passage was in the Bible). As I was
giving the talk a number of people, including myself, began
to cry as they reflected on their sins. The experience
of my own mediocrity was amazingly strong and the grace
of God even more. The retreat passed on but the
grace of God had touched my heart. A few days
later a friend told me: Alexandre, I was just thinking
about the priesthood. That same idea had been coming to
my mind as well. He then asked me: Are you
going to become a priest? I told him: Never! God
vs. AlexandreHere began the struggle between God and Alexandre Paciolli.
I did not want to have anything to do with
God´s call. He would keep insisting. I was half-way through
my second year at the Naval Academy in the year
1987. I tried to escape his call by devoting myself
to sports. First it was track and field: shot put,
discus, javelin, 100 meters. I got tired of that and
went for volleyball. After a while I found that to
be be too slow. Then it was water-polo and I
wound up becoming the goalie. However God´s call was still
loud and clear. He just would not leave me be.
So I tried some other sports that were a bit
more adventuresome like deep-sea fishing and high-risk island camping, etc.
Anything to avoid hearing God´s voice -- but his soft
interior voice stayed with me.Afterwards I opted for windsurfing, thinking
that I had finally found the way to definitively escape
from God. I fell in love with this sport and
God gave me the grace and talent to really excel.
I was winning more and more competitions, named captain of
my team and I was as happy as could be.
Still, God´s voice was there. Another plan for forgetting about
God came to my mind: finding a girlfriend from Copacabana.
The plan seemed to be working because one of my
friends invited me to go with him one day and
there I was introduced to a wonderful young lady who
would play a substantial role in my vocation. She became
my girlfriend and we even began thinking of getting married.
January 2, 2001 he was ordained a priest by Cardinal Darío Castrillón during the festivities of the LX anniversary of the foundation of the Legion of Christ.
But God would not quit: "Alexandre, I want you to
be a priest." I just kept trying to escape.How I
Came Across the Legion of ChristI was at a stage
in my life where I was pretty much at peace
because I felt as if I had finally escaped the
threat of a vocation. Then, during a Sunday Mass with
my girlfriend, I noticed that the priest who was celebrating
the Eucharist, Father Javier Sicilia, LC, did it with such
fervor and joy. I was really impressed. He later introduced
me to Father Eduardo Robles Gil, LC, the Regnum Christi
Movement´s young mens section direction in Rio de Janeiro.First AccidentGod
then tried to really get my attention. I was preparing
for a very important sailing competition in Rio de Janeiro
and at one point a very dangerous storm broke out
over the ocean. An enormous wave crashed into my boat;
I lost everything I had in it and was thrown
from the boat. There was an oil carrier coming right
for me. My brother appeared out of nowhere in a
motor boat and carried me off to safety. This experience
helped me to realize just how short life really is,
and it showed me that I needed to do something
more for Christ with my life. And so I decided
to incorporate into the Regnum Christi Movement.Regnum Christi IncorporationFather Eduardo
Robles Gil helped me a great deal by means of
frequent spiritual direction. Before I really saw what was happening,
I became seriously involved in a few apostolates for Christ
with the aid of a shepherd who was truly interested
in my personal sanctification. I really felt at home in
Regnum Christi and I once again felt the call of
the priesthood ... but my girlfriend and the Navy still
had a hold on me.Second AccidentThen I was involved in
a second life-threatening boat accident. I was invited to participate
in the South American Sailing Championships. On our way there
another storm suddenly arose when we were about twenty kilometers
from the shore. The waves were at least 6 meters
high and we felt like little pieces of paper being
thrown about in the wind. Our boat, approximately 20 meters
high, tipped over. I was in the bow and I
wasn´t wearing a seat belt. I fell into the water
but in God´s grace my foot got caught on a
cord. I was dragged about for a few minutes but
I managed to get myself back to the boat and
help my teammates stand the boat up again. It was
an unforgettable experience. We wound up winning the South American
Sailing Championship and yet we saw death staring us in
the face. Time and eternity. In that moment I decided
that I would become a priest. God´s Final PushWhen we
returned to Rio de Janeiro I got caught up in
all of the honors and awards that came with our
victory as well as the invitation to participate in a
race around the world. Once again I began to resist
the idea of the priesthood. My egoism just would not
leave me be. Yet God was ready this time.The knockout
punch arrived when I least expected it. I was walking
through the park with my girlfriend when she suddenly said:
"Alexandre, can I ask you a question?" I told her
of course. She then asked me:"Haven´t you ever thought of
becoming a priest?" I couldn´t believe it! It was like
a bucket of freezing water. God´s loving punch finally hit
me: "I want you to be a priest please accept
this beautiful call!" I still fought some but I finally
gave in: "Here I am, Lord, I come to do
your will." My commanding officers and my parents were by
no means thrilled with my decision. As a LegionaryToday people
ask me whether or not I am happy. I would
have to say No. No, I am not happy. I
am VERY HAPPY! My family grew to accept my vocation
after about six years. I later had the grace, about
two months after my ordination, to offer the Mass during
my mother´s funeral after she died of cancer. She passed
on full of peace, happy and an incorporated member of
Regnum Christi. God expects an answer out of each
and every one of us. All we have to do
is trust and he will take care of the rest.


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White Pass Scenic Railway
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Tour at a Glance
Tour Overview
Experience the most popular attraction in Skagway! Convenient dockside service allows you to board alongside the ship instead of making your own way to the train depot. Your fully narrated, 40-mile round-trip adventure on the historic, narrow gauge railroad is an unforgettable way to see the beauty of the area and to learn its colorful history.
The White Pass & Yukon Route is unlike any other railroad. Against all odds, the iron trail was carved through some of the North's most rugged terrain in 1898. Built during the Klondike Gold Rush, this engineering wonder is an International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark, an honor shared with the Eiffel Tower, the Panama Canal and the Statue of Liberty. Considered an impossible feat, the railway was completed in 26 months by blasting through the mountains with 450 tons of explosives. The 110-mile railroad was officially completed when a final golden spike was hammered into place on July 29, 1900 in Carcross, Yukon.
The fully restored cars, pulled by vintage diesel locomotives, climb nearly 3,000 feet over 20 miles of steep grades and around cliff hanging turns. You'll retrace the original route to the White Pass Summit, passing Bridal Veil Falls, Inspiration Point and Dead Horse Gulch. Take in the breathtaking panorama of mountains, glaciers, gorges, waterfalls, tunnels, trestles and historic sites from your large, picture windows. As you travel, the train agent serves as your guide, recounting fascinating tales of Gold Rush history. You'll even see the original Klondike Trail of '98 worn into the rocks, a permanent tribute to the thousands of souls who passed this way in search of fortune.
At the completion of your excursion, convenient dockside service returns you directly to your ship.
Special Notes
No passport required as you do not disembark the train at the summit. Actual tour duration varies between 3 and 3.5 hours depending on traffic on the train tracks.
Provided: All Aboard souvenir magazine, bottled water
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MINNEAPOLIS and CINCINNATI Kroger announced that it has teamed up with U.S. bank to offer credit cards and reloadable prepaid debit cards with rewards to help Kroger customers save money on groceries and fuel.
Customers who shop at Kroger's family of stores will earn free groceries and fuel discounts with every purchase when they use their 1-2-3 REWARDS MasterCard®, Fred Meyer Rewards MasterCard, Ralphs rewards plus MasterCard, or Visa prepaid debit card with 1-2-3 REWARDS from U.S. Bank.
Beginning Nov. 8, existing cardholders' accounts will transfer to U.S. Bank.
"Kroger is thrilled to partner with U.S. Bank to offer an exciting suite of rewards cards that help Kroger customers to earn free groceries and fuel discounts," said Kathy Kelly, president of Kroger personal finance. "U.S. Bank shares our commitment to listening to customers and offering the right financial products that reward them for their loyalty."


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In this study, researchers looked at the role of dietary fiber and risk of early death among 219,123 men and 168,999 women enrolled in the National Institutes of Health AARP Diet and Health Study. Researchers reviewed food questionnaires that participants had filled out assessing the amount of fiber they ate and followed them for nine years.
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The study authors conclude, "The current Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend choosing fiber-rich fruits, vegetables, and whole grains frequently and consuming 14 grams/1,000 calories of dietary fiber. A diet rich in dietary fiber from whole plant foods may provide significant health benefits."
(Arch Intern Med. 2011;171:1061–8)
Jane Hart, MD, board-certified in internal medicine, serves in a variety of professional roles including consultant, journalist, and educator. Dr. Hart, a Clinical Instructor at Case Medical School in Cleveland, Ohio, writes extensively about health and wellness and a variety of other topics for nationally recognized organizations, websites, and print publications. Sought out for her expertise in the areas of integrative and preventive medicine, she is frequently quoted by national and local media. Dr. Hart is a professional lecturer for healthcare professionals, consumers, and youth and is a regular corporate speaker.
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