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The city of Irvine has partnered with the Irvine 2/11 Marine Adoption Committee to hold a special toy drive benefitting children and families of the city's adopted Marine Battalion from Camp Pendleton. From now until Dec. 10 residents can place new, unwrapped gifts for children under 12 in special donation containers located in the lobbies of the Irvine Police Department, the Irvine Civic Center and the Orange County Great Park Visitor Center. Information: 949-230-4406.
Woodbridge High School's class of 2002 will hold its 10 year reunion on Nov. 24 at the Hyatt Regency Irvine. Tickets are $83 per person and include appetizers and a full dinner. The reunion will feature live music from a DJ and includes a full cash bar. Information: Contact Pieter Berger at firstname.lastname@example.com or Cassie Sparber at firstname.lastname@example.com.
The city of Irvine will hold a reception on Tuesday, Nov. 27 at 5 p.m. to honor Mayor Sukhee Kang. The event is open to the public and will be held at the Irvine Civic Center, located at 1 Civic Center Plaza. Information: Call 949-724-6205.
OC Parks and OC Public Libraries will hold their second annual Holiday Tree Lighting at the Irvine Ranch Historic Park on Nov. 29 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The free family event will feature music, refreshments and an appearance by Santa Claus. The park is at 13042 Old Myford Road. Information: Call 714-973-6609 or visit ocparks.com/irvineranch.
Heritage Park Friends of the Library will hold a holiday and clearance book sale on Saturday, Dec. 1 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the library's Bookstore and Community Room. All books will be 50 percent off of their normal price for the duration of the sale. Heritage Park Library is at 14361 Yale Ave. Information: heritagefol.com/events.htm.
The Irvine Barclay Theater will host the city of Irvine's free Joyful Jingles holiday concerts on Sunday, Dec. 2 at 3 p.m. The concerts will feature a number of holiday and seasonal music performed by local choral groups. While admission is free, parking for the event costs $10. Tickets for the event will be available at 2 p.m. on the day of the event. The theatre is at 4242 Campus Drive. Information: 949-724-6606.
Through Dec. 21, the Irvine Fine Arts Center will display the group exhibition, "Artists' Tales." It features three artists using their own distinct styles to show an artist's imagination through different visual narratives, including horror and fairy tale. The Fine Arts Center is at 14321 Yale Ave. Information: Call 949-724-6880 or visit irvinefinearts.org.
The Irvine Museum will host the "Autumn's Glory, Winter's Grace" exhibit through Jan. 17. It features paintings by California impressionist artists who depict the autumn and winter seasons of California as they appeared almost a century ago. Visit IrvineMuseum.org or call 949-476-0294 for more information.
Through Dec. 24, Make-A-Wish Orange County has partnered with the Woodbridge Village Center's Barnes and Noble for a holiday book drive. Shoppers can purchase books to be donated for the holidays. The store is at 4600 Barranca Parkway. Information: wishocie.org.
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By Terry Battisti
Special to BassFan
For those anglers who live in the southern-tier states, ice-out is a foreign concept. Moderate winter temperatures allow year-round fishing in water temperatures that rarely dip below the 50-degree mark.
In the north, though, the scene is much different. Summer transitions into fall and then winter – when the surface of lakes, reservoirs and even rivers freezes solid. About all the serious angler can do is drill holes through the ice in order to placate the desire to catch fish for up to 4 long months.
Late winter brings one of the best times of year, though – ice-out. To a southern angler, ice-out can only mean one thing – bitter cold weather. Whereas, to the serious northern angler, it means something else – free water and a rapid increase in surface temperature. This rapid increase in water temperature also signals the fish to move shallow into the warmest water they've seen in months.
In this installment of BassFan Pro Fishing Tips, FLW Tour pro and Pennsylvania resident Dave Lefebre talks about fishing ice-out – one of his favorite times of the year to be on the water.
Sun and Weeds Dictate Area
"Ice-out offers the most dramatic surface temperature increase you'll see the entire year," Lefebre said. "But that isn't the only thing an angler needs to consider when fishing at this time. Sun angle is also really important. In the southern lakes, the sun is relatively high in what we consider spring. But in the north, it's still low on the horizon, and this will dictate what area of the lake to fish.
"In nearly all the lakes I fish in the north, the northern side of the lake always has the biggest concentration of fish that are willing to eat. The fish are always where the sun shines most."
But there's another variable that plays a major role in Lefebre's ice-out success.
"Weeds are the second thing that come into play this time of year. I generally start out in the same places that I fished in the fall, the last places that had good weed growth. These areas have the best grass and actually hold bluegill, crappie and perch all winter long. Where you have the bait, the bass will be close by. It's your typical forage-prey relationship."
He doesn't just look for any weeds, though. He's primarily looking for milfoil and coontail, the latter being the best.
This isn't just going-down-the-bank type of fishing, though, he added.
"What you're looking for are flats in 4 to 14 feet of water. Once you locate the flat, then look for the dark and light areas. The dark areas are where the grass is and where they butt up against lighter areas signify a change in the bottom composition.
"You're not really keying in on one thing because the fish are pretty random this time of year. You just have to search them out day to day."
Tactics and Tackle
Once you've located a flat that contains a good weed population, Lefebre suggests two baits – one to find the fish and the second to clean up.
"When I first come into a weedy flat this time of the year, I prefer to throw a blade-type bait like a Jann's Netcraft VibE," he said. "This bait allows me to fish the area quickly to find the fish. Then, once I find the fish, I throw out some buoys and change to a Countdown Rapala."
"The Countdown Rapala is a lost bait, but it's my favorite bait to throw right after ice-out. I cast the bait out and let it sink into the grass. When it sinks, it kind of has a Senko-like fall, so always pay attention when you go to move it the first time – a lot of the time this is when you get bit.
"If you don't get bit on the initial fall, pull the bait as if you were fishing a worm. As soon as you feel the lip hit the grass, stop it for a few seconds and then give it a sharp yank to clear the grass. As soon as you feel it wobble, stop it and let it sink back to the bottom. Work the bait like this all the way back to the boat.
"The best flats seem to be in the 6- to 12-foot depth," he added. "The bait sinks slow and you have to fish it slow, so any deeper than that isn't good."
He mainly uses the CD9 version, but sometimes will use the CD7. He also keeps his color selection simple by using only silver/black, gold/black and chartreuse (if the water's dirty). But he has a little trick he does to the bait to make it more weedless.
"I take off the belly hook completely," he said. "Then I replace the rear hook with a No. 3 Gamakatsu treble hook and cut off the bottom hook all the way to the bend so it doesn't hang in the weeds."
His rod of choice for the Countdown isn't the typical rod you'd normally throw with a jerkbait.
"I use a 6 1/2-foot medium-heavy casting rod with 14-pound fluorocarbon," he said. "I'm fishing the bait more like a worm and don't need the shock-absorbing characteristics of a rod normally used for cranks and jerkbaits. Also, the fluorocarbon line sinks and gives me better contact with the bait."
For the VibE, he uses a little bit different tackle.
"With the VibE, I use a rod like you'd throw a 'Trap on. I also use 30-pound Suffix 832 braid with it. It's just like fishing a trap in the weeds and the braid helps me rip the bait free from the weeds."
His color selection for the VibE is the same as for the Countdowns – silver, gold and chartreuse – and he prefers the 3/8- to 1/2-ounce sizes.
"Like I said before, this is a bait that no one throws," he said. "It's my favorite way to fish this time of year and I've had days when three of us in the boat caught over 200 fish. It's not just a northern thing either. I've caught fish like this at Okeechobee in the winter and any lake that has a lot of grass flats."


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Whatever the case, for those who have the means and the fortitude to wager as much as five figures or more on a single hand of baccarat, Las Vegas can become anything and everything they want it to be. The lavish accommodations at the most exclusive hotels will afford them license to their fondest hopes of luxury, privacy and privilege. They will get all the "second chances" they need, and there's little fear of ever being lonely.
No absolute criteria exist for determining how a gambler qualifies to receive the ultimate indulgence in R, F, B (room, food, beverage) ... and beyond. Hotel executives choose their words carefully when the subject is even broached, because confidentiality is an unspoken promise between hosts and guests in Las Vegas.
"It is very difficult to simplify the process, but suffice it to say that frequency of play and average bet are the only two variables that count," says Alan Feldman, vice president of public relations at the Mirage. "Basically, if you have to get down to some number, it would be persons who wager up to $1 million during their stay. But even then there are a number of variables."
Mark Juliano, president of Caesars world marketing, puts it another way: "In every business, it's important to make the customer feel special. If you owned a shoe store, and someone came in and purchased a pair of shoes, that person is very important to you. If someone bought 200 pairs of shoes, chances are that you would offer that person some type of incentive to do business with you again.
If someone purchases 2,000 pairs of shoes, your company might offer this customer a fabulous vacation, luxury-hotel accommodations, gourmet meals, headliner shows, tickets to championship sporting events--some memorable experience that would show the customer that you value the business. Well, that's what we do at Caesars Palace."
At the Desert Inn, the unspoken credo has universal application. "Everyone is created equal at the DI," says a marketing executive. "Some are just more equal than others."
Winning and losing, it should be noted, have no bearing on a guest's status with a particular resort. Should a gambler win $3 million to $5 million in a visit--and it happens more often than you'd imagine--he will still be given complimentary red-carpet treatment on his next visit. That's because the odds are always with the casino, and resilient gambling landlords know that no matter how many times Lady Luck dances with a guest, at the end of the evening she'll go home with the host.
The suites chosen for this article--the Golden Nugget, the Mirage, the Desert Inn, and Caesars Palace--offer ambitious gamblers far more than just wonderful accommodations. The privileged patrons receive chauffeured-limousine service, the catering talents of the hotel's culinary staff preparing meals in their private suites, a gift basket and round-the-clock butler service. Complimentary shows, dinners, tours and a myriad of other amenities are acquired through VIP desks, which exist solely to serve the needs of these guests.
The best suites in downtown Las Vegas, some five miles from the Strip, are at the Golden Nugget, a formerly unassuming, little gambling hall that gaming baron Steve Wynn has parlayed into an expanding empire, which now includes the Mirage, Treasure Island, the former Dunes and a variety of smaller ventures around the country.
A decade ago, Wynn transformed the Golden Nugget into an elegant white palace with suites as lavish as any in Las Vegas at the time, thereby proclaiming to the bigger players along the Strip that he was in the game to stay.
Ignoring brash neon signage and the Vegas inclination to splash the hotel name all over the building, Wynn chose understated opulence and limitless hospitality as the tickets to lure in high-rollers to an area of town previously thought of as garish and seedy. He surrounded himself with several of the city's top casino hosts, who brought with them their highest-rolling customers, and within six months the Golden Nugget became the chic place to stay and play. He chose a Victorian design theme--a wry touch for a place called Sin City--and his suites, which are adjoined by state-of-the-art health-and-fitness and spa facilities, spared little expense or extravagance.
A spiral staircase leads from the spacious living room to the intimate bedroom area in the Nugget's Spa Tower suites, and floor-to-ceiling windows span the length of the room. Each of the six penthouse suites, which rent for $750 a night, is individually designed in dramatic, sophisticated decor. The most recent redesign features a cool, tropical motif with exotic, floral design.
When Wynn christened the Mirage in November 1989, it was the first new hotel of magnitude to open in Las Vegas since the original MGM Grand in 1973, and public reaction was immediate and overwhelming. More than 700,000 enraptured visitors toured the property in its first three days of business. Wynn was shocked by the volume and intensity of public curiosity. "It's no longer our private dream," he said as he watched the teeming crowds move through the hotel. "It belongs to the people now."
With the Mirage, Wynn was able to accomplish another feat long thought impossible in Vegas: he successfully integrated the masses, who were curious to see the erupting $40 million "volcano," the $5,000-apiece palm trees and Siegfried & Roy's rare white tigers; with elite customers, those drawn by more materialistic wonders like silk sheets, vintage Champagne and the adrenal rush that flows from the snap of a vinyl playing card with $100,000 on the line.
Wynn's promise was to build something so spectacular and appealing that the world's biggest gamblers would rush to his doorstep. And that's just what happened. In its first year, the Mirage broke all casino win records with a take of $417 million. And it held that level after the second year. Even the owner was surprised by the volume and magnitude of play.
"Shortly after the Mirage opened, Mr. Wynn asked the marketing staff in the casino to bring him a printout of all those who conceivably could wager $1 million on their stay," says Alan Feldman. "He figured the list would have 40 names, but it turned out there were 400! These were people who either had the ability--or had done so at the Mirage--of wagering up to $1 million during their visit."
The ante had been upped, so Wynn called the bet and added eight suites that would equal or surpass anything his guests had at home. Built at a price tag of $3 million each, they are known simply as the Villas. "We wanted the eight most magnificent and so far superior to anything anyone had ever seen, that there would be no doubt about that status "Feldman says.
The Villas are numbered one through 10, but there are no numbers four and five because they are considered bad luck in some parts of Asia, where about 70 percent of the world's highest rollers hail from.
To get to the suites, one is ushered through a private door off the casino and down a marble hallway some 130 yards long, which is richly appointed with European artwork and large metallic urns and plants. The entryway has the ambience of a venerable cathedral.
Over the foyer of each suite is a beautifully crafted, glass dome highlighted with gemlike crystals, which reflect a rainbow of light across the imported wall fabrics and inlaid marble floors. Just off the foyer is a private powder room with a demi-lune basin stand and gold fixtures.
The living room is bathed in sunlight, which streams through 10-foot-tall French doors. Hand-loomed carpets center a luxurious seating area fronted by a marble fireplace with an inlaid-design mirror above. A crystal chandelier and elegant dining table provide a romantic setting to enjoy the cuisine prepared by the hotel staff in the private Villa kitchens.
The library adjoining the living room contains luxurious overstuffed sofas and club chairs, perfect for reading, sipping a cocktail from the fully equipped bar or enjoying the media center with complete audiovisual equipment and a large-screen television. Padded-wall treatments enhance the acoustics.
The master suites are accessed from the foyer and offer a level of privacy usually reserved for a lavish private residence. Each bedroom has been created in a scale reminiscent of a 17th-century royal château, but without sacrificing a warm and personal mood. Private seating areas offer views to the formal gardens and fountains outside the beveled-glass French doors. The draperies are electronically operated and light controls are operated from a single bedside switch.
Four of the Villas are three-bedroom suites and another four are two-bedroom. The larger suites have 5,000 square feet of space and have a rack rate of $3,000 per night; the two-bedroom suites are slightly smaller, for $2,500. The rates are perfunctorily posted merely to follow state law. Feldman cannot recall a time when any of the Villas were ever paid for.
Each master suite includes two separate private baths and dressing facilities for men and women. Marble walls reach a height of 12 feet and are illuminated by alabaster sconces and crystal chandeliers, which cast a glow over hand-bordered carpets and solid marble floors. The woman's bath and dressing room offer a spacious whirlpool, extravagant makeup vanity, walk-in closet and private safe. Bidet and commodes are secluded in their own chamber behind hand-textured, European glazed doors. For the gentleman, a European vanity is lighted from the side by a floor-to-ceiling textured window. A large steam shower contains a guilloche motif hand-carved into the crystal glass and brass enclosure.
For guests of the Villas, privacy has been carried forward into a separate gaming area called the Salon Privé, which is designed to convey the elegance of an exclusive European gaming room. The Salon Privé has its own private chef and dining room.
The Mirage, like the other top hotels, flies in its best customers first-class should they be inclined to fly commercial, but, as Feldman says, "we're dealing with a level of guest here that typically has his own plane. Either that, or we've sent one of our own corporate jets to pick him and his entourage up."
Perhaps the best marketing tool the Mirage and the Golden Nugget have to draw affluent customers from the Far East is Shadow Creek Country Club, Steve Wynn's private golf course, which, in less than five years, has earned the distinction from both Golf and Golf Digest magazines as being one of the best courses in the United States. Wynn codesigned the course with architect Tom Fazio, and invitations to play allow visitors to stay in the Villas. On a typical day, only two or three foursomes are extended the privilege of an invitation.
"To the Asian customer, who is so used to golf courses looking like bus stations, Shadow Creek is just an unrivaled experience," Freedman says. "In Japan, having a course like this all to yourself is a fantasy even the most successful executive would never expect to live out."
Rumor has it Shadow Creek is the most expensive golf course ever built, but Wynn eschews discussing dollars when talking about it. "Golf is a gentleman's game, and this is a gentleman's place," he says. "But having said that, I'll tell you that within the first two months it was open, Shadow Creek paid for itself."
A wonderful golf course has long been a drawing card at the Desert Inn Hotel and Country Club, so it is not surprising that some of the best suites at the DI overlook the lush layout that once hosted the Tournament of Champions on the PGA Tour. Within the past few years, the course has hosted all three major professional tours--men's, ladies' and seniors'.
The 4,000 square-foot Versailles Suite in the Wimbledon Tower, a seven-story pyramid structure located between the main building and the golf course, epitomizes the DI's elegance. The three-bedroom accommodation is decorated entirely in a French Provincial motif and is priced at $1,500 a night--a comparative bargain. Again, the use of the suite is controlled by the casino, although there have been occasions when corporate executives have rented the suite to entertain guests during a large convention.
The suite was redesigned in January and contains all-marble flooring, colonnades and crystal chandeliers with brass and crystal drops. The formal dining room can be used for large parties, which are catered by the hotel's culinary staff that prepares the food in a private kitchen complete with a microwave and four-burner oven.
The master suite has a king-sized canopy bed, a settee and a television set that withdraws into a cabinet. The master bath features a whirlpool tub, steam shower, bowl and bidet, double sinks, American granite that is impervious to stain and a spacious dressing area within the closet. The cabinet wood is exquisite throughout as is the trim work along the ceiling and borders. A 2,000-square-foot terrace wraps entirely around the Versailles Suite and is an ideal location for receptions and parties.
In an earlier incarnation, the suite served as the residence of a hotel mogul played by Tony Curtis during the taping of the Vegas television series.
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CHILDREN in Winchester are picking up skills for life after a local woman set up a cooking classes business.
Cookie Kids, the brainchild of Harestock entrepreneur Debbie Plunton, started at the beginning of this year, and is focused on providing children aged six to 11 with essential cooking skills and information on how to eat healthily.
The after-school and holiday workshops are run in Ms Plunton's brand-new kitchen, on Woodgreen Road, and she recently held one of her first sessions during half-term.
She said: "It's lovely to see it all come together, and especially when you see the children go off and enjoy it. They love getting their hands sticky and messy but still getting the finished product at the end."
Ms Plunton received approximately £650 from Winchester City Council at the start of the year to help buy the equipment needed. She said: "It was great to use all of my new equipment. The grant from Winchester City Council really helped get all of the last bits together, and the children got to use the colourful scales and utensils.
"As they were leaving I heard one of the little girls shout 'I loved it' so that was lovely."
Classes cost £12.50 per week for six weeks, or £15 on the day, with a variety of themed workshops planned over the coming months.
For more information go to cookie-kids.co.uk.


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Heifer's Malawi Adventure
4 Dec 2012 at 13:48
Anna visited with Mrs. Etelse Kadewere in Chimbeta village. Here the camera caught them standing in her cornfield with some of her "grandchildren." She says, "Right now we have milk for home consumption and we sell the surplus to earn some extra income. We also have manure to put on our fields". Mrs. Etelse's story is a common one for Heifer International families.
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Indians continue green initiatives
CLEVELAND -- The Indians have been going green for years, but Earth Day on Tuesday gave the club another chance to do its part in helping the environment.
The Tribe planned on giving 5,000 flower seed packets to fans to help celebrate the annual event and invited Craig Butler, the director of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, to throw out the ceremonial first pitch for Tuesday's game against the Royals.
"Ohio EPA is proud to bring awareness about the importance of recycling on Earth Day with the Cleveland Indians," Butler said in a news release. "We are asking fans to support recycling on Earth Day and every day because it saves energy and valuable landfill space, conserves our natural resources and creates jobs."
The Ohio EPA has partnered with the Indians and provided a grant to help with recycling at the stadium. This season, there are more than 60 new recycling cans throughout Progressive Field to aid that process. The Indians have run their "Our Tribe is Green" campaign for several years and the Ohio EPA plans on doing its part to expand the team's efforts.
According to the Indians, the organization recycled more than 30 percent of its waste in 2013 and recycled nearly 600,000 pounds of materials last year. The Indians also donated roughly 9,500 meals to the Cleveland Food Bank and recycled nearly 12 tons of fryer oiler used to make bio-diesel fuel.
Cleveland has reduced trash hauls to the landfill by 60 percent since 2007, has recycled more than two million pounds of material since '08 and has composted around 90 tons of organic material since '10.
Jordan Bastian is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Major League Bastian, and follow him on Twitter @MLBastian. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Of course this would be great to serve over rice if we weren't focusing on phase one recipes all month, but quite honestly I ate it plain and thoroughly enjoyed it.
Crockpot Chicken Curry with Patak's Sauce
2 small onions, diced in 3/4 inch pieces
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 T olive oil (or more, depending on your pan)
1 can diced tomatoes (I recommend Muir Glen organic fire roasted tomatoes.)
6 T Patak's Biryani Curry Paste (to taste, this was only slightly spicy)
Add a bit more olive oil, heat, and then saute chicken breasts until slightly browned on both sides. (They do not need to be cooked through.) Remove chicken from pan, let cool enough to handle, then cut into 1 inch pieces and place in Crockpot.
Add diced tomatoes with juice and Patak's Biryani Curry Paste. (The six tablespoons I used is about half the jar.)
Turn crockpot on to high for half hour, then reduce heat to low and cook 6-8 hours.
This could easily be simmered on top of the stove in a heavy pan instead of being cooked in the Crockpot. I would eastimate that stovetop cooking time would be about 45 minutes.


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Here's some of what I remember:
Ron has been going hard as always. He has one speed and it's been interesting to see the rookies try to take it to him. None of them have backed down from him.
David Harrison has been playing well, too, and appears to be in good shape. He thinks he's going to be able to play in most of the summer league games, but they are going to play it by ear a bit.
He doesn't want Ron to try and get 40 points and 20 rebounds, although he'd take the 20 rebounds. He wants him to try and fit into the team framework. It's a good chance for him to get re-acquainted with the system and get up and down the court.
Stephen Jackson asked about playing on the summer league team.
Chris Thomas is intriguing.
He's impressed by Romain Sato.
He's going to blame any losses on Chuck.....


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TPWD News Release — July 29, 2011
AUSTIN – With only a few weeks left until kids are back in school, the chance for a summertime visit to a Texas state park is dwindling. And, while some state parks report slowing visitation, dropping lake levels, trickling rivers and parched vegetation and wildlife due to the persistent drought and heat, others are faring quite well and are continuing to draw crowds seeking recreational opportunities in the great outdoors.
State parks with steady lake levels, such as Inks Lake and Cedar Hill, beach parks and those with swimming pools, continue to see high usage as sweltering visitors look for a place to cool off and kick back. Inks Lake saw visitation over the recent four-day July 4th holiday weekend increase 25 percent over last year, most likely because of the fairly constant level of the lake drawing legions of day users seeking a cool swimming spot. Balmorhea State Park in West Texas is hopping, as well.
"This is the busiest season I've ever seen," says Tom Johnson, superintendent of Balmorhea State Park in West Texas. "On July 3, we sold more than $11,000 worth of daily entrance permits. The springs that fill our pool are still flowing clear, cool and strong, attracting huge crowds."
State parks on the water or with swimming pools are proving to be some of the most popular places this summer. There are 50 state parks on lakes, rivers and creeks, four on the Gulf of Mexico and eight with swimming pools.
The large, L-shaped swimming pool at Lyndon B. Johnson State Historic Site in Stonewall welcomed more than 5,000 guests from June 1 through mid-July, a 43 percent uptick in pool use compared to the same period last year. Vending machine and merchandise sales were up, as well.
Sweltering denizens of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex flocked to Cedar Hill State Park on the Joe Pool Reservoir, whose water level was faring much better than many other area lakes, to swim, boat and fish. Anglers have been catching plenty of fish and higher-than-normal day use boosted June's visitation numbers 9.1 percent compared to June 2010 numbers The lack of mountain biking trail closures due to scant rainfall has brought a good response from local bikers, as well.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department officials caution that the downside of dropping reservoir levels at some state park lakes are closed boat ramps, heightened safety concerns due to more crowding and exposed hazards, and the possibility of compromised water quality. Lake Arrowhead State Park near Wichita Falls, for example, has seen the lake drop from full capacity a year ago to being 63 percent full in mid-July. Park officials have received several complaints from boaters who say they have struck exposed sand bars.
Another major danger for park-goers during this torrid summer is heat exhaustion or heat stroke, as a recent incident at Palo Duro Canyon State Park reminds us.
Acting park superintendent Nathan Londenberg says that earlier this week a 20-year-old woman attempting the six-mile round-trip hike with a friend to The Lighthouse formation ran out of drinking water and died from apparent heat stroke.
Londenberg warns people engaging in outdoor activities in the daytime should drink plenty of water, wear hats and other protective clothing, stay on designated trails, hike with a buddy and be aware of symptoms of heat exhaustion that can lead to fatal heat stroke: pale, cool moist skin; profuse sweating; muscle cramps or pain; dizziness, light-headedness or headache; and weakness or nausea.
State parks throughout much of Texas are operating under county burn bans due to the ongoing exceptional drought and limiting the types of fires permitted in picnic and camping areas in most cases to charcoal and containerized fuel stoves. A notice on the Inks Lake State Park web page, however, proclaims that not even charcoal fires are allowed. Sea Rim State Park near Sabine Pass is once again allowing beach-goers to build campfires on the beach, now that Jefferson County has lifted its burn ban due to recent rains. For a rundown on burn bans and campfire regulations affecting Texas state parks, visit Texas Parks and Wildlife Department website's frequently-asked questions page, or visit tpwd.texas.gov and check out information on the state park you wish to visit.
The state's third worst drought of record means wildland fire fuel moisture is at an all-time low in many areas, prompting extra caution from Jeff Sparks, who oversees the Texas state parks fire program.
"It is important park visitors use common sense when it comes to outdoor cooking, and follow each respective park's guidelines and bans on outdoor cooking and campfires," Sparks says. "Never leave any open flame unattended and always use extreme caution when smoking in a wildland environment, making sure cigarettes are fully extinguished and safely discarded."
Some of the state's most popular parks, such as Lake Somerville's Nails Creek unit and Fort Richardson State Historic Site, report significant drops in visitation numbers this summer because of the extreme heat and drought conditions. Low water levels forced Nails Creek to close its boat ramp and swimming area. Fort Richardson's tiny lake, popular with anglers, has almost dried up.
Other state parks, however, are holding their own in summer visitation. Ray Roberts Lake State Park near Denton reports visitation has been about the same as last year because the lake is only a couple of feet lower than the average. Day use has been busy and the water and electric campsites continue to be full on most weekends.
At Garner State Park, superintendent Rick Meyers says it's been a busy summer despite the lower river flow, with visitors thronging to the popular weekend dances. "Nobody around here has water, but we have a dam in the day use area, so we have a deep swimming area. We're swamped on weekends. We've had to shut down park entry by 11 or 11:30 a.m. every weekend. I would recommend that people wanting to visit during the weekend, come early."
Near Junction in the otherwise parched Texas Hill Country, South Llano River State Park continues to draw big numbers due to the still-flowing, clear, spring-fed waters of the South Llano River offering relief from the summer heat. The same can't be said of places such as Guadalupe River and Pedernales Falls state parks, where rivers have stopped flowing.
The prolonged drought continues to impact wildlife inhabiting Texas state parks as well. The iconic bison herd at Caprock Canyons State Park no longer has prairie grass to graze, so are being fed about half a ton of range cubes and hay each week. Shaggy-haired bison at San Angelo State Park are finding the going rough, too, because of the high temperatures. However, the park's resilient longhorns are holding up fine so far. At Sea Rim, the marsh that typically flows under the Gambusia Boardwalk has dried up, killing a fish and crabs and forcing the alligators to move further inland into the wetlands, making them less visible to park-goers.
But there is some silver lining in the otherwise dark weather conditions. At some state parks, wildlife is moving around more to find water and food, making it easier for park visitors to spot deer, turkey, birds and other critters. The Clarity Tunnel bats on the Caprock Canyons State Park Trailway are leaving their shelter earlier than normal each evening this summer to travel farther to find sufficient food resources, providing excellent photo opportunities. Elsewhere, pesky mosquitoes and snakes seem diminished. And, at Possum Kingdom State Park, the drought seems to have taken its toll, at least temporarily, on the feral hog population.
All things considered in this summer of drought discontent, Texas state parks for the most part are holding their own, providing special places for families and nature-lovers to pursue a variety of recreational activities and enjoy the outdoors. And, with cooler weather and increased potential for rain right around the corner, it's not too early to plan a fall visit to a Texas state park.
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Are you open-minded about couscous? I ask because when I mentioned how much I liked this whole wheat couscous recipe during a food conversation with a couple of my sisters and a friend, they were polite but obviously skeptical that couscous could ever be transformed into something you'd really want to eat. I understand, because plain white couscous has never been something I'd get very excited about. However, I love the nutty flavor of whole wheat couscous, and after I ramped up the flavor with lots of thinly sliced green onions and a generous amount of Parmesan cheese, I gobbled up a huge bowl of this for lunch. Best of all, whole wheat couscous is one of the quickest South Beach Diet friendly side dishes you can imagine; this can easily be on the table in 15 minutes.
Stir the whole wheat couscous into the boiling chicken stock.
Then turn off heat, cover the pan, and let it sit for five minutes without lifting the lid.
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Whole Wheat Couscous Side Dish with Green Onions and Parmesan
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1 1/2 cups whole wheat couscous
2 cups chicken stock (I used homemade chicken stock, but you could use canned chicken broth)
4-5 green onions, thinly sliced
1/2 cup finely-grated Parmesan cheese
fresh ground black pepper to taste
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The Willits school board appointed Willits resident Alex Bowlds to fill the vacant seat on the board due to Robert Kirkpatrick's resignation in September. Bowlds took his seat at the board table right away Wednesday night after being sworn in.
Bowlds is a fulltime fire captain with the Novato Fire Protection District, serving a rotating two days on, four days off shift.
Bowlds also served as head wrestling coach for Willits High School for two years, and still assists the wrestling coaches with "coaching, driving athletes to and from events, and financial support." Bowlds is also a certified weight assessor for the California Interscholastic Federation, and provides certified weights for wrestlers at Willits High School and other schools.
In his application, Bowlds writes that "four generations of my family graduated from Willits High School," including his two sons. Bowlds' wife, Becky, is the ag teacher at Willits High School.
In addition to his work as a professional fire captain, Bowlds also currently volunteers as a labor negotiator and shift representative for the Novato Professional Firefighters Association.
Bowlds also is the purchasing officer for the Novato Fire Protection District, in addition to his duties as a fire captain. "In this role I am responsible for managing portions of the budget, purchasing supplies and equipment, and researching items to purchase," Bowlds writes.
"I have devoted nearly my entire adult life in service to others through my work as a firefighter, paramedic and fire captain," Bowlds writes. "I see the opportunity to serve as a school board member as an opportunity to continue that service in a different capacity."
Drywall contractor Paul Riley, president of the Willits Otters and vice president of the Little Lake Fire Associate, also applied for the board appointment. Both applicants answered 10 questions at Wednesday's meeting, and their answers were ranked numerically by school board members.
District secretary Laura Sleeper tallied the rankings, and Trustee Barb Starr, serving as board president since Kirkpatrick's resignation, announced that Bowlds came in No. 1 in the ranking.
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Thursday: (Sorry I am out of date – just too much to do here to spend time on the computer!)
Balandra Bay is a thing of beauty. Clear blue water, and shallow enough to walk forever (thankfully our guides told us how to shuffle our feet so we would not be stung by sting rays; others were not so lucky) Kayaking here is easy on the smooth water, and the kayaks are steady. Though if you fell out you'd just stand up and climb back in. I think the boys did that a couple of times. We took off for a nice paddle around the bay and down into narrow lanes of mangroves – such awesome and peaceful beauty with egrets and herons gracing the shoreline. Our lunch spot was on top of a steep dune (can you guess how many times the kids ran and rolled up and down it??) overlooking the bay. We could see the tide going out – and in fact ended up having to pull rather than paddle the kayaks for the last 20 feet to 'shore'. In no time the bay became the perfect field for an impromptu game of soccer….. then the ride back to Todos Santos became the perfect opportunity for a bit of a snooze!
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The girl who once denied being the "female Sandusky" has pleaded guilty to criminal sex charges.
Sarah Jones, a former Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader, admitted to a judge Monday that she had sex with a 17-year-old student while teaching at a Kentucky high school. Jones, 27, pleaded guilty to sexual misconduct and custodial interference, while avoiding more serious charges as part of the plea agreement.
Jones will not have to serve jail time as part of the plea agreement, as she's instead been sentenced to five years of diversion, which will require her to report to a probation officer and undergo drug tests. The former teacher, who resigned from her previous teaching job in November, agreed to never teach or coach children again, but will not have to register as a sex offender.
One of Monday's more interesting tidbits is that Jones and the student, who is now 18 years old and thus free to have a relationship with his former teacher, left the courtroom together, apparently carrying on a — now legal — relationship. Jones said the relationship began back in February 2011, when the boy was still 17.
"Our romantic relationship included voluminous phone calls and text messages," Jones said during the hearing. "I sent sexually explicit text messages to [the victim] when he was a student.
"I had sexual contact including sexual intercourse with [the student] in Kenton County, Kent., while he was a student and I was a teacher."
The admission comes in the wake of Jones' relationship with the student being very much publicized on the Internet.
"I read on a blog that I was the female [Jerry] Sandusky," Jones said in an interview with ABC News earlier this year. "To read those things and not be able to comment, not be able to stick up for myself is not fair."
Jones, who faced up to 10 years in prison if found guilty of the original charges of sexual abuse and using electronic means to entice a minor, is not expected to try to become a Bengals cheerleader again in the future.
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POOL: Champions close to another title following victory
3:25pm Wednesday 26th February 2014
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3:25pm Wednesday 26th February 2014
By Andrew Simpson
RUDHEATH will be crowned champions of the Northwich and District League for an 11th time if they win their next match in the top tier.
Their latest success, by the odd frame at Green Dragon A, leaves them 14 points clear of closest rivals Gladstone C with three matches left.
The Elms are tasked with pooping the party on Wednesday.
Gladstone C proved too strong for clubmates Gladstone B, winning six of the seven frames played, to all but make certain they will finish as runners-up at the end of their debut campaign.
Barn Owl D's slump continued, a 5-2 defeat against Barn Owl C marking a third loss in succession, while The Elms are closer to preserving their place in the top flight for another season after beating Barn Owl B.
Owley Wood A won the other Division One match played this week, easing past back-markers Bowling Green A.
Hartford B became the first team to secure promotion this term, doing so in style after a whitewash of Owley Wood C.
They will return a higher level at the first attempt.
Greenbank A remain in second spot in Division Two after winning at Owley Wood B.
However Castle Private are favourites to overtake them, closing to within a point – and with two games in hand – following a fine win against Witton Chimes.
Bowling Green B, an outside bet to finish second, kept alive their hopes after edging Wheatsheaf.
Chapels landed what they hope will be a decisive blow in a fight to finish first in Division Three, thrashing fellow promotion contenders Blue Barrel.
Their lead is worth 10 points as a result, pushing the Castle outfit down to third.
The Lion replace them in second spot after scoring an expected success at lowly Davenham Legion.
Elsewhere, Greenbank B were comfortable winners at Green Dragon B's expense while Beech Tree A claimed bragging rights after seeing off clubmates Beech Tree B.
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Notebook: Pacers chose to wait to play Stephenson
Vogel says team wanted his legal issues resolved before putting him on the court
OKLAHOMA CITY -- It was no coincidence that rookie Lance Stephenson's debut with the Indiana Pacers came after his legal issues were resolved.
The Pacers, who have had a number of players go through off-court problems in the past, waited until Stephenson's case in New York was dismissed last week before letting him play for the first time.
"We're trying to do the right thing in terms of his court case and waiting to see what happened with that," Pacers interim coach Frank Vogel said. "Now that the charges were dismissed, we feel better about what we're doing for this organization as a whole."
Stephenson was ready to put his latest off-court issues behind him, too, saying he has been "wanting to move on from it."
Vogel is trying to give Stephenson, who wanted to stay with the Pacers rather than play in the NBA Development League this season, minutes at both guard spots.
Stephenson isn't shy about shooting the ball. He went into Wednesday's game against the Oklahoma City Thunder having attempted eight shots in only 18 minutes. He had 11 points, six rebounds and two assists in 20 minutes Wednesday.
"The more he grows, we'll see how he does and how much we're going to use him," Vogel said. "He could be a good factor down the stretch."
Stephenson, who is confident in his ability, said conditioning has been one of his biggest issues.
"That and when I get my confidence level up, it'll be easy," he said.


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COUNTY: The leader of Dorset County Council has warned fellow members that money will be spent on 'external expertise' as the council enters a transformation phase.
Cllr Spencer Flower told a full council meeting the authority was taking a new approach to its way of dealing with continued funding cuts through its Forward Together programme.
He said the focus would not be about what cuts can be made to existing budgets and services, rather how the council can run things differently and more efficiently to ensure it is in the right shape moving forward.
Cllr Flower said: "We are going to get less money year on year and it would be quite wrong in my view to rely on the old approach of just top slicing budgets."
The leader said that council spending on consultants had attracted negative attention in the past but he insisted that some money would need to be spent on the use of experts to help the authority transform and run more efficiently.
He also told members that no money would be spent on projects that would not bring overall savings to the council.
He said these would all be monitored closely to see if they are achieving what they set out. Cllr Flower said: "It does need some external expertise we don't possess.
"We have not quite got into some people's minds that it is about using experts to help us change the way we do things."
Cllr Flower also said that he had been delighted with the success of the Ask Dorset public engagement exercise, which had involved more than 30 public roadshows around the county that had canvassed the opinion of over 6,000 people on what council services were important to them.


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Proyecto SOL: A Risk Reduction Intervention for Hispanic Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM)
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The purpose of this project is to determine the acceptability, feasibility, and the preliminary efficacy of an HIV prevention behavioral intervention (Proyecto SOL) to reduce behaviors associated with HIV acquisition among Hispanic men who have sex with men (HMSM). The primary goal of the intervention is to motivate and assist participants in forming and carrying out a "Safer Options for Life" plan, thereby reducing their risk of HIV acquisition or transmission.
|HIV Infections
|Behavioral: Proyecto SOL Behavioral: HCT
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|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
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|Proyecto SOL: A Risk Reduction Intervention for Hispanic MSM
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A group-based intervention consisting of 4 sessions lasting approximately 90 minutes each. Using a variety of pedagogical and interactive approaches, facilitators will introduce new concepts and skills.
Behavioral: Proyecto SOL
Group intervention
Active Comparator: 2. HCT
Offer of HIV counseling and testing
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Offer of HIV counseling and testing
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Inclusion Criteria:
- self-identify as Hispanic or Latino;
- be between 18 and 49 years of age;
- be a resident of South Florida (Miami-Dade, Broward or Palm Beach counties) and not planning to move out of the area for the next 9 months;
- self-identify as male;
- have had at least one episode of unprotected anal sex with a man in the preceding 3 months;
- have had 2 or more male sex partners in the preceding 3 months;
- be HIV negative or of unknown serostatus;
- speak English and/or Spanish;
- provide informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- have previously participated in any Phase of this study;
- self-identify as transgender;
- not being a resident of South Florida.
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00690976
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00690976
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HIV Seronegativity
HIV risk behavior
Unprotected sex
men who have sex with men
Unsafe Sex
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HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
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Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
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John Reynolds of Mill Valley was honored Thursday at the White House as a "Champion of Change" for his work helping returning veterans find and keep jobs.
A decorated Vietnam War veteran, the 63-year-old Reynolds founded the nonprofit Veterans2Work in 2008.
"I didn't know what to expect, but it was really fun," he said of the event, which honored 10 others active in the veterans community, particularly those who served in Vietnam.
The Champions of Change program was created as part of President Obama's "Winning the Future" initiative. Each week a different sector is highlighted, including educators, entrepreneurs, community leaders and now Vietnam vets.
"Today's Vietnam Veteran Champions of Change represent some of the best of their generation, those who served with dedication and courage," said Rosye Cloud, White House director of veterans, wounded warrior and military family policy. "As we mark the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War, we are reminded of their unwavering commitment to their country yesterday, today and tomorrow."
Reynolds, who earned a combat infantryman badge and two army commendation medals for his service as a combat rifleman in Vietnam, participated with the other honorees in a panel discussion about their efforts to help veterans with such problems as homelessness, unemployment, substance abuse and post-traumatic stress disorder.
"I spoke about my frustration over the fact that those who serve and sacrifice come back to a less than fully welcoming society," he said, speaking from personal experience. "I also expressed my frustration over the reluctance of government to fund innovation that might bring about a solution to the problem of high unemployment among our veterans, particularly our young ones who do the fighting. That was me 40-plus years ago."
Reynolds said he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder after Vietnam, but that he was able to overcome it and become a successful businessman.
"I was one of the lucky ones," he said.
Reynolds' organization uses a business-focused approach that complements the work of public agencies in putting returning service members back to work.
"I talked about government not being enough," he said. "And that's not the fault of any individual, but there's a role for private enterprise as a catalyst. We create services that solve business problems and take the risk out of hiring veterans."
As a rifleman, he recalled, he could hit a target at 800 yards.
"But so what?" he said. "I was lucky, though, because I was able to take that experience and say, 'Look, it's not about what you did, it's about what you're capable of doing. Let's focus on that, lest we conclude that all infantrymen should only be security guards in a mall.'"
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lynda.com has been rolling out Office 2010 courses since its launch last month, and I've been talking with our Office 2010 authors about their experiences with the latest version of Microsoft Office. Today's Q&A features Karen Fredricks, Customer Relationship Management expert and author of the lynda.com course Outlook 2010 New Features.
Q: An overcrowded inbox is something most people wrestle with. Does Office 2010 have features that make this easier?
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A: Technically Outlook is not a contact manager, it's a PIM (Personal Information Manager). A PIM allows the user to keep track of emails, addresses, appointments, notes, and tasks. A contact manager makes it easier to track the interactions between you and your contacts. For example, in Outlook you don't associate an appointment with an individual; with a contact manager you do, which means you can cross-reference your appointments from either your calendar or from a contact record. Some Microsoft Office suites include Business Contact Manager, which adds true contact management functionality to Outlook.
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Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Healthy Weight Center
Is Only My Weight Causing These Symptoms?
Is it possible for a fat person to have anything else wrong with them? I am an overweight lady in my late 50s. I almost never go to the doctor any more because the ONLY thing my doctor ever says to me is that I have to lose weight. I have been fat all my life and have been trying to lose weight since before i started grade school (my mother had me on my first weight loss diet when I was 4). I have lost weight, but have always gained it back, and then some. I am just too exhausted from fighting with my weight to keep focusing on that as the exclusive focus of EVERYTHING having to do with my "health" any more. But no matter what I go to my doctor for, I just get chewed out for not losing weight.
I have been having some very scary symptoms for at least 5 or 6 years now - extreme shortness of breath, and legs and ankles that are so swollen that I can barely get shoes on my feet any more. I am becoming increasingly disabled by whatever is wrong with me. I have been to the doctor several times, and all they`ve ever said is, "You need to lose weight." Isn`t it possible that they should even TEST me for something else? Or is the ONLY POSSIBLE thing wrong with a fat person that they need to lose weight? I see lots of people who are bigger than I am and/or older than I am who don`t seem nearly as disabled as I am. Isn`t it possible that there is something ELSE other than my weight wrong with me?
I weigh about 250 lbs, but a lot of that 250 lbs I think is water weight, since I started having the grotesque swelling in my legs. Before that I only weighed about 190 lbs. Thanks for any insight.
I can understand your frustration. Weight, of course, is important to your overall health, however, it is not the only thing that can cause problems. If you are experiencing "some very scary symptoms", then you should see a doctor as soon as possible for help in diagnosing and treating the problem. The symptoms you describe can be aggravated by being overweight, but being overweight may not be the only cause.
If you are "getting chewed out" by your doctor and do not feel comfortable speaking with him/her about these issues, then it may be time for a change. Consider finding a doctor that you can talk with comfortably and will respect your feelings about weight. In the meantime, do not stress about being overweight. Instead, try adopting a new value system and focus on a better lifestyle. This helps avoid the feelings of disappointment, frustration, etc. from lapse and relapses. In other words, the emphasis is not to follow a specific diet, but to follow the "nondiet approach" which focuses on wellness rather than weight loss.
According to the Healthy Weight Journal publication Health Risks of Weight Loss, most treatment programs that use the nondiet approach focus on three factors: feeling good about oneself, eating well in a natural, relaxed way, and being comfortably active. The nondiet advocates helping people learn hunger awareness, how to respond to internal signals, self-discovery (not willpower), self esteem, diversity and accepting people as they are (not judging), and getting on with one's life, not waiting to be thin.
In the book You Count, Calories Don't by Linda Omichinski, RD, key differences between diet and nondiet thinking are described. For example: a dieter's goal is weight loss, a nondieter's goal is to develop confidence in his/her ability to make choices for better health. For more information on the nondiet, you may enjoy reading Omichinski's book or Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole, MS, RD and Elyse Resch, MS, RD.
A Registered Dietitian can help too. To find a Dietitian in your area, refer to the American Dietetic Association's website below.
I hope this is helpful to you. Good luck to you.
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I�m pretty much now convinced there isn�t a damn problem with �blowing a team up.� Not in today�s league.
Look at the final four teams this year and what do you see?
Suns this year-
Shawn Marion
Steve Nash
Kurt Thomas
Raja Bell
Amare Stoudemire
James Jones
Brian Grant
Boris Diaw
Leandro Barbosa
Eddie House
Pat Burke
Dijon Thompson
Jared Reiner
Sharrod Ford
Josh Davis
Tim Thomas
Last year-
Shawn Marion
Steve Nash
Quentin Richardson
Joe Johnson
Amare Stoudemire
Jake Voskuhl
Zarko Cabarkapa
Bo Outlaw
Casey Jacobsen
Maciej Lampe
Leandro Barbosa
Steven Hunter
Jackson Vroman
Yuta Tabuse
The highlighted players are the only holdovers. Four guys. Four guys?!! Suns were in the WCF two years in a row.
The Heat? This year-
Shaquille O'Neal
Jason Williams
Antoine Walker
James Posey
Udonis Haslem
Dwyane Wade
Michael Doleac
Dorell Wright
Alonzo Mourning
Gary Payton
Shandon Anderson
Jason Kapono
Wayne Simien
Andre Emmett
Earl Barron
Gerald Fitch
Last year?
Shaquille O'Neal
Eddie Jones
Dwyane Wade
Damon Jones
Michael Doleac
Malik Allen
Wesley Person
Rasual Butler
Dorrell Wright
Christian Laettner
Shandon Anderson
Keyon Dooling
Wang Zhizhi
Jerome Beasley
Udonis Haslem
Heat were in the conference finals two years running and are now going for the title.
Dallas has essentially stayed the same the past two years (although look the their roster three years ago) and the same could be said about Detroit. (Once again, look at three years ago.)
I guess what I�m trying to say is that there�s a new model for winning a title these days, in my book. Make radical rosters changes, give it a couple of years, if it doesn�t work, try again.
Slow and steady doesn�t get it anymore. Adding a piece here and there and pulling a wait and see will get you a wait and watch on the couch in your living room.
The reason I bring this up is the radical change of opinion in this forum. I did a little checking, and in a forum poll at the begining of the season, something like %30 of us felt that the Pacers would be playing for the title and another big chunk felt we�d either get to the second round or be in the ECF. The midset was �keep these guys together. Now? Well, you know.
I�m more convinced now than ever, that we should not fear a �blowing up� of the team. (Not that it will happen. Just 3 weeks ago, Bird flat out said he doesn�t plan on any major changes, just shipping out those who are lazy, selfish or have bad attitudes if they don't shape up. )
Who cares if we make a trade for Garnett (All you JO for Garnett naysayers) and give ourselves a 2-3 year window? Or you Stephen Jackson lovers, so what if he gets dealt. Maybe he�s a one hit wonder and simply had a stern Popovich and the wonder that is Duncan to make him better.
I guess I�m just venting my possible future aggravation. No matter what noise I hear from the front office or media, I just KNOW we aren�t going to make any changes of note. I see one trade, that�s it. Other than that, I suspect it�ll be business as usual.
And that scares me.
I feel maintaining your roster gives you no more leg up on the competition that it does keeping one key player (Nash, Shaq, Dirk, Ben Wallace), throwing caution to the wind and reshuffling the deck every three years or so.
Which of course leads back into the previous thread about whether or not JO is a franchise guy who you build a team around. Is he? Check out other�s answers in rexrom�s thread.
Man, I hope we majorly re-tool this roster. But this is the great Midwest, heartland of conservatism and we have a team run by pretty conservative guys. I�m not seeing it.
Someone convince me my anticipatory frustration is unfounded. Is there any way you REALLY see us making some big trades? How many of you think "blowing up a team" (not just this team. Any team.) is a bad thing?


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About half of Pa. hospitals dinged over new quality measures
The federal government recently announced new Medicare hospital bonuses and penalties based on quality of care.
They affect 1 percent of total Medicare payments to hospitals next year, and are part of an ongoing effort by the federal government to hold hospitals financially accountable for what happens to patients.
The calculations are based on patient surveys and a dozen basic patient care measures, including whether heart failure patients get discharge instructions, or surgery patients get antibiotics before operations.
In Pennsylvania, 51 percent of hospitals are getting a little extra cash, while 49 percent are getting dinged.
Abington Memorial Hospital chief of staff Dr. John Kelly said at big hospitals like his, it is harder to get everything right 100 percent of the time.
"The more chances you have, the greater the likelihood that you're going to drop the ball every now and then," Kelly said. "At a very busy hospital, you have a lot more chances to not hit these targets."
His 665-bed hospital was a moderate loser in this Medicare payment plan, with a $215,000 cut to payments. Conversely, its sister hospital in Lansdale, run by the same health system, is getting a bonus.
The 24-bed Rothman Orthopedic Specialty Hospital was the biggest comparative winner in the Philadelphia region with a 0.67 percent bonus.
CEO Kelly Doyle says the hospital's small size is an advantage.
"We are able to focus on any issues that come up, and they don't get lost, like if you're looking at the large university settings," Doyle said.
Harvard researchers found that, nationally, larger hospitals, teaching hospitals and those with poorer patients tended to fare worse than smaller, non-teaching hospitals and those with richer patients.
Some people, including Abington's John Kelly, are skeptical the new payment plan will do much to improve care.
"We're not working any harder, or less hard, I should say, than we would if the dollars weren't there," Kelly said.
Kelly said Abington had working groups addressing these patient care measures long before cash incentives were involved.
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Host of events to mark 70th anniversary of D-Day
10:45am Thursday 5th June 2014
10:45am Thursday 5th June 2014
The 70th Anniversary of D-Day - the Invasion of Occupied Europe in June 1944 - will be remembered and marked by a special programme over the D-Day weekend at Pembroke Dock's new Heritage Centre at the Royal Dockyard Chapel.
Pembroke Dock Sunderland Trust, which opened the Heritage Centre last month, is staging special displays, films and talks and also events for youngster visitors on Friday and Saturday, 6th and 7th June.
Talks focus upon the American GIs in Pembrokeshire in the run up to D-Day and RAF flying boat operations from Pembroke Dock to protect Allied forces.
Research by Trust Volunteer Gareth Mills, a former history teacher, has been turned into a book entitled 'The Friendly Invasion', incorporating memories of the Americans in wartime Pembrokeshire. This will be available at the Heritage Centre.
Sessions for young visitors include explaining Operation Overlord - the Invasion of Normandy - code breaking and Morse code.
A short service will take place on Saturday morning to remember those involved in the Invasion.
On view at Hobbs Point over the two days will be a restored wartime seaplane tender, No 441, which has been generously made available by owners Alistair and Marion Walker who berth it at Neyland Marina. It is complete in wartime markings as when it served at RAF Pembroke Dock.
Over the weekend the Coastal Command and Maritime Air Association - great supporters of the Sunderland Trust - will be staging its annual reunion at Pembroke Dock and other support is being provided by 14 Signal Regiment at Brawdy and the Penfro Model Group with various displays. Military and period vehicles are also promised for the Saturday.
Further details are available on the Trust's website www.sunderlandtrust.com and on the Facebook page.
How Pembrokeshire played its part in D-Day
D-Day - 70 years on, one letter and one word remain instantly identified with one immense moment in history - the Invasion of Occupied Europe.
On 6th June 1944 Allied forces landed on five beaches in Normandy, spearheading the assault which, after 12 months of bitter battles through France, Belgium, Holland and Germany itself, would lead finally to VE-Day - Victory in Europe.
Pembrokeshire, far removed from the Normandy beachheads, made decisive contributions to the success of 'Operation Overlord', codename for the Invasion. The Milford Haven Waterway was the most northerly port to provide direct support to the invasion, supplying munition and stores for the Allied forces.
Many military units trained for the invasion in the country - on the beaches, on Castlemartin Range, in the Preseli Hills. The 'invasion' of Pembrokeshire by overseas allies included American soldiers who would play a big part in battles to come. The Supreme Allied Commander, General Dwight Eisenhower, paid a brief visit to American soldiers at Llanion Barracks, Pembroke Dock, just two months before D-Day.
And Pembroke Dock's three Sunderland flying boat squadrons flew day and night to prevent German U-boats from reaching the invasion fleet.
This they did successfully…. but at a human cost.
Today, seven decades on, D-Day is remembered in many communities, none more so than Pembroke Dock which in wartime was base for all three Armed Services. A special programme of events takes place on Friday and Saturday, 6th and 7th, at the town's new Heritage Centre in the Royal Dockyard Chapel. See details above.
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Council moves to appoint council member by Feb. 12
December 27, 2012
The South Lake Tahoe City Council voted unanimously Thursday to appoint a fifth council member to replace Claire Fortier through an application and interview process.
The council moved against holding a special election, which would have cost the city an estimated $9,000 to $15,000 and have left the council shorthanded for up to seven months.
"I cannot in good conscious recommend an election because we're seven months out and it will cost the taxpayers a lot of money," Councilwoman JoAnn Conner said.
Conner and Mayor Tom Davis both stated a strong preference for a public application and interview process that they claimed would save both time and money. Councilwoman Angela Swanson stressed the importance of listening to the public when it comes to electing government officials, but ultimately agreed to appoint a fifth member as long as the process is transparent.
John Cefalu and Kenny Curtzwiler endorsed Bruce Grego at Thursday's special council meeting, and stated that the council should try and replace Fortier, who concluded her one-year term as mayor on Tuesday, Dec. 11, as quickly as possible.
Four residents sent letters to the city in favor of Austin Sass, the runner-up in the November election. Sass finished third with 496 votes less than second-place finisher Conner.
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"I'd like you to remember that the public has a will too and to keep an open mind about that. I'm sure there are a lot of people in town that would love to have the experience to be on the City Council, but I think it's important to have someone who really does have that fire and that willingness to serve," former South Lake Tahoe Mayor Judy Brown said Thursday during the public comment period.
The city clerk will accept commission committee applications and attached resumes for the position until Jan. 25. Interviews will take place at the public South Lake Tahoe council meeting on Feb. 5. The council's deadline to announce the final appointment is Feb. 12.


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After the four years from the mid-'70s come two Dominik Hasek seasons in the early '90s that happened in a rapidly expanding NHL. The league had added five teams over three seasons, and this depressed the average level of goaltending. Hasek's two MVP seasons came later, when the NHL was in between expansions and thus did not rank as highly on this list.
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I'd say a LT, RB (or "pulling" LG) and DT/NT and perhaps a SS or strong-side LB are more important, or at the very least, as important, as the QB.
Without pass protection and a running game, its easy to defend against a team with "skilled" players in the passing game.
The Jeff George trade is the perfect example - what did the Colts give up? Chris Hinton and Andre Rison. Jeff may have had a rocket arm but the Colts were a better team with Trudeau handing the ball to Dickerson, being protected by Hinton, and passing to Rison.


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The Friendly StrangerSituation puzzles (sometimes called lateral thinking puzzles) are ones where you need to ask lots of yes or no questions to figure out what happened in the situation. These are good puzzles for groups where one person knows the puzzle and answers the questions.
A man was running away from an elderly couple who wanted to kill him. Although chased, the man still taunted his pursuers. Soon, more people chased the man. The man, desperate on escaping from his pursuers, agreed to let a friendly stranger help him, but later the stranger betrayed the man and killed him.
Who was the man and who was the friendly stranger?
HintThe man is short.
The stranger helped the man cross a river.
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The friendly stranger was the fox.
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Goole is launches an email, gmail is what google calles it, capable of storing 1 GB of email messages!
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I first thought that it's an aprile fools joke... but not any more!
i just read about it today, which made me think about a hoax, too. it seems to be a serious thing though, afaik. i don't take their word for the gb of storage but i trust google to create an optimum webmail service
when you go to http://gmail.google.com/ it says it there, so i think its pretty official
Don't throw anything away. 1000 megabytes of free storage so you'll never need to delete another message.
well, i've seen other ads that turned out to be... well you know
your right... think about it, when people hear about that, I'm pretty sure millions of people will start signing up, they'll even create multiple accounts. So lets say there will be 500 Million accounts, that means Goggle is going to have to spend 500 Million GBs of storage, I don't think any server would be able to handle that much storage :unsure: .
i imagine gmail being used for illegal exchange of files... if i was them i'd put a restriction on the maximum size of a single mail. but seriously, google knows very well that almost nobody on the planet will produce 1gb of mail
but seriously, google knows very well that almost nobody on the planet will produce 1gb of mail
I would ;7
if i was them i'd put a restriction on the maximum size of a single mail.
exactly. If this restriction is small enough, say 1mb, who's going to have 1000 emails in a webmail account? not enough to make it awkward for google.
Oh, and AFAIK it's not the google april fool, this is. This was announced on the 31st, and has been in too many major news sources to be fake. If it was, they'd lose out big time.
thats only you that think that.
if we would not delete our work-mails here, we would have mails of the last three years, going over several gigabytes for some users.
davepermen : no question about that but joe average won't accumulate 1gb of mail
hehe.. well.. just checked, and got some gigabytes free just by letting 2 (TWO!!) people clean up their mail accounts
i don't even want to know what kind of attachments get passed around in your company
not really much. just thousands of e-mail..
i doubt that any serious company would use a webmail service...
i knew that there was a catch... google not only plans on letting you search through your mail with google's "advanced" search algorithms but also insert context related ads by analysing your mail with google's "advanced" search algorithms. they wouldn't even be alowed to do that in germany. i spit in google's face for this one