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Sam Duro has learnt to never judge a book by its cover. Duro owns and operates a car wash in Sydney's south and experience has taught him to treat all cars the same.
"Quite recently, I had a painter come in here in an old van with the back end hanging off, asking to speak to me personally," he says.
"The guy says, 'I don't want people driving it,' and I said, 'Sure, no one's going to drive your van.'
"'I'm not talking about the van,' he says. 'I'm talking about my canary yellow Lamborghini."'
"Whether it's a $500 car or a $500,000 car, we treat them all the same," he says. "It could be that person's biggest purchase. I remember my first car was a little Toyota Corona with a slanty roof. That car was my life and I worked my arse off to buy it."
Unsurprisingly, men in particular are very sensitive about their cars and, at first, customers would bring in their cheap run-arounds to see how well they were cleaned and polished.
Once they knew they could trust him, Duro says, they'd ask him to come over and pick up the Maserati or the Porsche for a treatment.
There are customers who come from as far afield as Canberra to get their car cleaned by Duro and his team at Lugarno Cafe Carwash.
"It's all word of mouth," he says. "This one guy had already paid $300 in Canberra to have his black Mercedes ML500 cleaned but he wasn't happy."
"He had heard about us and rocked up here about 10am and was quite content to sit in our cafe all day until 5pm while the car got the full works.
"Since then he's recommended us to his mate, who's visited from Canberra, too."
Duro, now 55, sufered a heart attack when he was 39. At 49 had a quadruple heart bypass. He liquidated his previous businesses while he recovered but then he couldn't get back into the workforce.
"People would give me work but when it came to filling in applications and they found out about my surgery, no one wanted to know," he says. With Duro unemployed for more than a year, the family - son Stefan, 22, and daughter Lara, 20 - had no money coming in.
They refinanced and with some money lent from his father, Duro looked around for a business to buy. When the car wash came up for sale, it seemed an ideal opportunity to start over.
When Duro bought the car wash in 2006, it was rundown and the on-site cafe was closed. But Duro could see its potential.
He had no previous experience in the car wash business but has always had a love of cars and currently owns a 1968 GT Fastback Mustang. "Boys have got to have their toys," he laughs.
He also owns a Suzuki Cruiser motorbike ("I would never trust anybody to wash it"), which he parks on the forecourt, and has attracted a lot of custom from motorbike owners.
The cafe was reopened and it is now run by his wife, Loredana, who makes all the cakes and biscuits. In an industry dominated by anonymous franchises, Duro has created a bit of an atmosphere, built up a loyal clientele and quadrupled the business.
In many ways, the car wash represents a new life for the family. Despite the trust that he's built, it doesn't stop customers occasionally making bizarre accusations, such as siphoning petrol or stealing tyres. But Duro is philosophical. "There's good and bad in all walks of life," he says.
His son, who is at university, and his daughter, who works full-time, both help at weekends. "They're great kids," he says.
"My son has helped me since he was 15. I've worked hard for what I've got and we've been through difficult times but ... we've always stuck together."


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July 11, 2013
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Lowering costs and providing the correct levels of light to crops are necessary concerns for any grower. A new LED lighting solution that addresses both of these concerns is now on the market. By teaming up with LumiGrow, Inc., a leader in smart horticultural lighting, Growers Supply now offers innovative LED grow lights for greenhouses and controlled environment agriculture. With the LumiGrow Pro 325 and 650 Horticultural Lights, growers will reduce energy costs by up to 70 percent and boost yields by providing the exact light levels and spectra that plants need. "With the LumiGrow Pro series, growers no longer need to choose between boosting yields and controlling operating costs," says LumiGrow CEO Kevin Wells. "The LumiGrow Pro series delivers the best of both worlds: tremendous power and energy efficiency unrivaled by any other light." LumiGrow Pro series lights have a 50,000 hour rating without degradation, lasting up to 10 […]
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Leucanthemum, or Shasta Daisy, has always been a favorite of gardeners. The simple daisy flower has great appeal, and they are fairly easy to grow. The name Shasta Daisy was designated by the breeder, Luther Burbank. He named his new hybrid after Mt. Shasta, a snow-capped mountain in northern California. The name Leucanthemum is derived from the Greek words leukos, "white," and anthemon, "flower." In recent years there has been a boom in the breeding of Leucanthemum and the development of new petal colors and forms. Green Fuse Botanicals has three distinct varieties in the First Light Perennial collection. All three varieties are first year flowering, requiring no vernalization. Consequently, they can be received later in the growing calendar, greatly reducing crop times. These perennials will also flower continuously through the first spring/summer, allowing the grower to produce them any time during the growing season. With a bit of plant […]
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Impatiens — it's not only a plant genus; these days, it's a state of mind. With confirmed reports of Impatiens Downy Mildew in more than 20 states as of July 31 and disease pressure in 2013 expected to be worse, the industry is beginning to understand just how serious this issue could be for producers who grow one of the most popular bedding plants in America. "Impatiens avoidance behavior will largely be seen for the first time in 2013," says Cornell University Plant Pathologist Margery Daughtrey. "More outbreaks are occurring all the time that will continue to affect customer demand next spring. The amount of inoculum available in the trade and in the garden beds will interact with the spring weather patterns to determine what will happen next year — and those are all unknowns." But it's not all bad news. Growers who preventatively treated for Impatiens Downy Mildew and […]
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The ancient city of Ephesus, located near the Aegean Sea, was one of the biggest cities of the Greeks in Anatolia and home to the Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The ruins of Ephesus are a major tourist attraction as well as being a sacred site in Christianity due to its association with several biblical figures, including St. Paul, St. John the Evangelist and the Virgin Mary. Ephesus is also one of the seven churches of Revelation. In the Roman period, Ephesus had a population of more than 250,000 in the 1st century BC, which served to make it one of the largest cities in the Mediterranean world.
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Dustin Dikes came barging into the world two months early and eager to get his life started. He was raised as an only child in a town nobody cares about, overshadowed by the bright lights of San Francisco. He was growing happily, dreams of game development dancing in his head, when his parents dropped two huge life changing announcements. He was getting a sister, and they were moving to the great Pacific Northwest. Having watched too much Nickelodeon in his formative years, little Dusty one day decided to fulfill his longtime dream of becoming a fry cook, ideas of the developmental world long forgotten. Though the Krusty Krab was his true calling, the King was a close second. Not as exciting as he imagined, Dustin put both feet into the waters of higher level education, re-realizing his love of code, and worked toward a website design degree all the while keeping long hours with the King. Always a fan of juggling, Dusty decided there wasn't enough on his plate. He let his devious nature set in and he sought an illicit relation with his boss. Somewhere along the way, they both quit working for The King and tied the knot. Dusty made good use of his design degree by working hard as a developer at 14Four, a place he'd been destined for from the very beginning.


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The first semifinal is over, and we had the first 10 countries to go through to the final on saturday. Now it's time to find the last finalist between the 18 countries in todays Eurovison Song Contest Semifinal!
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Beach Life Slot Machine Review
Featuring twenty lines and five reels, the Beach Life slot machine certainly offers some pretty significant chances to win. Beyond that element, you certainly can't find fault with the bright visuals and neat sounds that compel you from one opportunity to the next. You should also keep in mind that Beach Life comes to us from Playtec. When people talk about the best manufacturers of these games in the world, this is one of the companies that usually comes up in the conversation.
Everything about the Beach Life slot machine makes it pretty clear that you're in for a good time. Even so, what can you expect from this game, in terms of having something that stands out from the pack? Featuring a standard line bet that starts at .50, there are a variety of aspects to this title that are worth noting.
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With the ability to wage anywhere from .50 to a full 10.00, there is no question that this game is giving you tons of opportunities to win. Furthermore, you could make a strong case that Beach Life endeavors to give its players a variety of different ways in which to come out winners. Your goal will be to match the symbols from left to right consecutively across your active pay lines. The type and number of symbols is going to be the element that determines not only what you win with this Beach Life slot machine, but how much you are going to win, as well.
Popsicles, ice cream treats, and other foods make up your lowest-value symbols. If you can get to the snorkelers, sunbathing women, and surfers, you will find yourself getting into some of the higher values. However, what you are ultimately going to want to achieve, if you want to be truly successful with this game, involves hitting the special symbols that will give you the best prizes possible. Sandcastles represent your scatter. Hit the full five sandcastles, and your winnings are going to be impressive, to say the least.
You will also want to keep an eye out for the sun symbol, which is a substitute for the regular symbols. This is one of the most straightforward slots games that is currently on the market. It also happens to be a tremendous amount of money. It isn't hard to understand why this game continues to be a hit, or why Playtec is considered to be one of the giants of the industry.
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Sierra Madre, CA (PressExposure) March 14, 2009 -- World Storytelling Day is a global celebration of the art of oral storytelling. It is celebrated every year on the spring equinox in the northern hemisphere, this year on March 20. On this date as many people as possible tell and listen to stories in as many languages and at as many places as possible. Performers announce their events to each other in order to share their stories and inspiration with the storytelling community, to learn from each other and create international contacts.
In honor of World Storytelling day, master storyteller Melea Brock and her husband David are hosting a live party at their home (also a celebration of David's birthday on March 20). This is event is unusual because the live event will be broadcast worldwide using a combination of electronic sound mixing and cutting edge Internet technology. Guests can listen remotely from around the world by telephone or computer audio streaming.
During the event, Melea will tell several stories with her pianist, Perry Moore adding to the mood. Here's what listeners are saying:
What a wonderful hour we spent listening to your stories via computer. It reminded us so much of sitting by the radio years ago and listening to stories. Dick especially remembered Ralph Twigger. He listened intently for the whole hour to every story. You are certainly blessed with a special gift. (Her husband has Alzheimers)
I loved your tele-story night!!! I had a blast sitting in Dunkin Donuts crying and laughing out loud while weird looks were sent my way. : ) When is the next one?? (grad student)
Since 1982, Melea's storytelling has taken her to schools, churches, and organizations across the United States and Canada. Her work has been produced into audio and books and has been featured in numerous magazines. Her newly released book and audio, "Step Inside... Where Stories Come to Life," is already receiving favorable reviews from adults and children alike.


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The Wrong Way and Right Way to Conduct a Quality Assurance Audit
During your quality assurance audit planning and preparation you may have been able to determine which audit approach to take to evaluate the processes you will be auditing.
The Wrong Approach to Conducting a Quality Assurance Audit
Some people think that an audit is a process of finding out what's going wrong or fault-finding. Consider what would happen if you took this approach during an audit.
Humans by nature feel uncomfortable when they're being tested or observed, even more so if they feel the observation is intended to 'catch them out.'
Typically when a quality audit is approached as a fault-finding exercise, the audit outcome can be quite destructive and stressful for all parties.
The Right Approach to Performing a Quality Assurance Audit
When we approach an audit as a tool for improvement or verification of effectiveness we seek to verify that the system has all the required integrity it needs.
We look for the necessary evidence, both objective and subjective, that will demonstrated consistent and thorough implementation and effectiveness of the quality system.
Remember in most internal audit scenarios both the auditor and the auditee work for the same company and are on the 'same side.' It would be perfectly ok to remind the auditee of this fact so as to put them at ease.
Another Consideration When Conducting a Quality Assurance Audit
Another consideration for putting the auditee at ease is to touch on something other than the audit. Use small talk to break the ice.
Perhaps you can discuss the footy results, the weather or the holiday you recently took. Just steer clear of gossip or innuendo as this is in conflict with the audit principles of professionalism and integrity.
While an auditor must maintain professionalism, a sense of humor can make the audit more enjoyable. An auditor with a sense of humour is usually welcomed back by any auditee.
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A bus carrying the University of Maine women's basketball team crashed last night, forcing the closure of Interstate 95 northbound in Georgetown, sending the driver to the hospital with serious injuries, according to state police. Injuries were otherwise mostly minor, police said.
The commercial passenger bus belonging to Cyr and Sons out of Old Town, Maine, was headed south about 8:30 p.m. near the Route 133 exit and careened off the road, crossing the median and slamming into the woods on the other side of the interstate, police said.
The driver of the bus was seriously injured, and emergency crews shut down the road for a helicopter to land and fly him to Boston Medical Center for treatment, police said.
"One area being explored is whether the driver may have suffered a medical incident," said state police spokesman David Procopio.
"Nearly all passengers are being transported for evaluation or treatment of minor injuries."
Procopio said witness statements indicated the driver may had a medical emergency just before the crash. Procopio said the other 22 injured people were transported with minor injuries or for precautionary evaluations.
Maine's women's hoops team is due to play Boston University tonight at 7. The University of Maine said in a statement that coach Richard Barron suffered facial cuts in the crash.


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Washtenaw Glass Co is located at the address 414 Bemis Rd in Saline, Michigan 48176.
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Sulphur (sulphur) has super property of being combined with almost all other elements if favorable circumstances are provided. Only element which they are not reactive with are gold, platinum and gases.
Sulphur is found in different allotropic forms including rhombic, polymeric, monoclinic etc. The rhombic is the most common amongst all allotropic forms of sulphur. All forms are differ in different physical properties like gravity, solubility, crystalline structure etc. Depending on temperature applied, different allotropes of sulphur can be found combined together in definite proportion.
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Mark McClellan was a major policy figure in health care during the Bush administration. Along with several other health care experts, he is trying to persuade President Barack Obama's reform team and Congress to pay hospitals and doctors more if they can show they're improving treatment for Medicare patients while lowering costs. McClellan argues that sharing savings could keep Medicare viable without bankrupting the federal government.
- Medicare, the federal program for seniors that accounts for 20 percent of health care spending, pays providers on a fee-for-service model.
- Each visit, each test, each procedure a doctor performs pays a certain amount; the system creates an incentive to see lots of patients, lots of times.
- For many years, reformers have argued in favor of payment systems based on performance rather than volume.
- Pay-for-performance advocates argue their approach gets patients the most effective type of care rather than an uncoordinated cascade of diagnostic tests, prescriptions and treatments.
Dr. Elliott Fisher of Dartmouth's Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice developed a pay-for-performance approach called Accountable Care Organizations that McClellan is now backing in Washington.
Fisher came to his model after sifting data that shows Medicare pays twice or even three times as much per patient in different parts of the country:
- The average enrollee in Medicare in Dallas, for example, consumes $10,103 a year in medical treatments, while Medicare enrollees in Salem, Ore., get by on half as much.
- The Dartmouth researchers found that Medicare spending in Dallas was growing at an average of 5.25 percent a year.
- The national average was 3.5 percent, while spending in Salem was going up just 2.31 percent a year. If the rate of increase could be dropped from 3.5 percent to 2.4 percent ("bending the curve"), the Dartmouth research showed, Medicare spending could be lowered $1.4 trillion by 2023.
Fisher argues the regional cost disparities can be bent toward lower costs if physicians group together around hospital networks where each Medicare patient's care is coordinated and each treatment is evaluated for quality and effectiveness.
If the network can demonstrate its care regimen reduces average spending by 2 percent or more a year, the doctors and hospital would get bonuses amounting to 80 percent of the savings. If the network fails to meet either its quality or savings targets, its compensation would be penalized.
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When your teenager has to deal with a bad coach, be the voice of reason, especially if your teen wants to quit the sport. Bad coaches might yell at players, communicate with a mean tone, use bullying to intimidate players, abuse their authority, bench players unnecessarily or show favoritism. You don't want your teenager to dislike or quit playing a sport just because the coach has a bad attitude or poor coaching skills.
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According to a 2012 article at the Washington Post's online sports section, parents might need to join their teens and schedule a meeting with the coach, if the coach's behavior is unacceptable. Parents and players should address the coach's unfair coaching techniques or harsh language, without name-calling or blaming the coach for her actions. Let the coach know that as parents you expect her to be a positive role model. You might say, "When you yell at the players, it negatively affects their self-confidence." Or, "When you only play and practice with the best players, other athletes don't get the opportunity to improve." Meeting with a coach gives her the opportunity to explain her coaching behavior. More importantly, it shows your teen that you care and take the situation seriously.
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Sometimes a parent's presence at practices or games helps keep a volatile or unfair coach in line. Even though coaches have the authority to manage the team, parents, by their mere presence, have a strong influence on whether the coach is respectful and effective. By attending practices and watching the coach interact with players, you gain an eyewitness account of his conduct. Talk with your teen after the game or practice about the coach's personality, techniques, weaknesses, coaching style and strategies. Even if the coach is on his best behavior while you're there, it shows your teen you're willing to investigate and hold the coach accountable for his actions.
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লেবুর পাতা করমচা, যা বৃষ্টি ঝরে যা
Koromcha(করমচা) is a very interesting plant that is native to South African region. But this is widely available in our country Bangladesh. Common name of Koromcha(করমচা) is Natal Plum. Botanical name is Carissa macrocarpa and belongs to the plant family Apocynaceae.
Natal plum is a dense evergreen shrubby plant that sometime can grow as a small tree. Leafs are dark green and having a shape of elliptical or ovate. It is having thorn on it. Plant is having milky white sap and that makes people to believe that its poisonous, but actually not.
Flowers are very abundant in the trees and very much showy, blooms more or less every seasons. Small white waxy flowers are having five petals(slightly twisted) and having a noticeable tube under it. Flower is having a fragrance of lemon/orange flower during the night time.
In my opinion, fruits of Natal Plums are more beautiful than the flowers. Light red-rosy colored glossy fruits look like small bird's egg inside the green thick leafs. Fruits are having slight acidic/sour taste and slightly sticky. People use to make jam, jelly, pies using this fruit. This fruit is a mouthwatering fruit in our country Bangladesh.
This plant is popular as hedge plant for its dense leaf with sharp thorns around. Also, its a very popular ornamental plant as the plant looks beautiful without anything, and the fruits are delicately beautiful along with the flowers as well.
Photos of this article were taken from Mymensingh(ময়মনসিংহ) botanical garden during March 2013 and from Brikkho mela(বৃক্ষ মেলা) at Dhaka during June 2013.
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Carla Hall and Clinton Kelly teamed up in an effort to answer a very important questions: store-bought or homemade? It depends on the recipe, right? For their Cheesy Herb Biscuit Monkey Bread, the duo made two versions, one with homemade biscuits and one with store-bought canned biscuit dough. They admitted that both were surprisingly, equally delicious, but there can only be one winner. They turned to some audience members sitting at the tasting table to hear what they thought, and ultimately declared store-bought the winner. But all-in-all, it doesn't matter which version you go with, because this recipe is an absolute winner! If you decide to go with store-bought dough, use 2 cans or 16 biscuits.
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- On a lightly floured surface, press the dough out with a 2-inch biscuit cutter, to make 12 rounds
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Why would anyone vote for Trump over Clinton? Why would a minority vote for Trump? Truthfully? Revenge! Madam Secretary stood by while 500 Palestinian children were ripped apart by flechettes (which are illegal according to international law, which is meaningless because no one is held accountable anyway). Not only is Hillary Clinton supported by every pro-Israel, pro-Zionist organization under the sun, she is also backed by Israel's biggest agricultural industry, led by none other than Monsanto.
Monsanto is not only an Israeli company with affiliates all over the world disguised as subsidiaries, it also happens to be what gave Mitt Romney votes in the last election, which was won by Obama, who was supported by all those pro-Israeli organizations. The intent of those organization is to decimate the Palestinian population, much like Hitler's goal was to decimate the German Jewish population in the 1940's. The election was in the bag either way. Monsanto won either way.
So what does this have to do with Trump? He's actually the only candidate that has any history of opposing Monsanto, and he's managed to keep his mouth shut about them (except for a tweet that a poor intern was fired for retweeting). Trump despises Monsanto's claim to fame, the genetically modified organisms (GMO), or "fake food" as its been called. Trevor Noah is right, our political system is beginning to resemble a nation from Africa or the Middle East. So what, pray-tell, does the Israeli regime have to do with this? They have land.
Actually, they don't have land, the Palestinians do, which is why Palestinian lives are a cheap price to pay for that land. What's a few lives when bulldozing homes for billionaires? Israel needs the Palestinians to leave in order to continue their incestuous relationship with Monsanto. More land = more GMOs. More GMOs = more billions for the billionaire class. So why vote for Trump, who is part of the billionaire class?
If Trump is president, I'm leaving. Muslims are no longer welcome in TrumpLand. Neither are Arabs, Blacks, Mexicans, Women, etc. I've got my exit strategy. If this country wants a dictator, I'd rather go to an island and watch the chaos that ensues from afar. It's warmer there, and I'll get to pick fresh fruit without concern for GMOs or Monsanto's poison. You know, like Monsanto's white phosphorus that was used to torch Palestinians to the bone in the 2014 attacks in Gaza.
The hope is that after karma comes around (the disaster of a Trump presidency), Americans will realize the sanctity of human life and the indignity of oppression. Perhaps then, America will learn what Palestinians have always known: that we are part of a human race, and that "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" are freedoms that every human deserves.
Growing up Arab American, my parents constantly reminded us that those freedoms are why they chose to travel 11,000 miles to a country, where they did not know a soul, they could barely speak the language, and barely had two cents to rub together. They knew that when they got here, they would have a fair shake, as would their children. They never imagined that after proudly raising generations of Arab Americans, they would be second guessing their choices and that we would be entertaining an exit strategy in fear of facing the same oppression they left behind.
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Conservative Michele Bachmann and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton are poles apart in ideology. But Bachmann said recently they share one thing — the difficulty of being a woman dealing with the realities of keeping up appearances on the campaign trail.
"I really do have great empathy for what Mrs. Clinton is going through, because the hill that she has to climb on — appearance — it's just a different hill than men have to climb," said Bachman, who sought the Republican presidential nomination in 2012. "I'm not whining about it. It's just reality. It is what it is."
Bachmann, speaking on a Candidate Confessional podcast, recalled one instance in South Carolina where oppressive heat and humidity forced her to make four outfit changes, some taking an hour, in one trip.
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Another client has a small inside telemarketing team. The team isn't effective for a number of reasons. The people making the calls aren't motivated, partially because sales people often don't follow up on leads, and since there is no formal feedback mechanism, no improvement is ever made. Also, there is no integrated marketing support to enhance their efforts, such as website landing pages, where the telesales team might direct potentially interested parties.
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While Axl Rose may have a reputation for being a difficult frontman, a new book is set to paint the singer in a different light.
As Classic Rock reports, Craig Duswalt, who was once the Guns N' Roses singer's P.A., is due to publish his memoirs of touring with the band throughout the early 1990s. If his comments in a recent interview with MyGNRForum are anything to go by, Duswalt, who still keeps in contact with his former boss, regards the singer as a "caring and compassionate" individual:
"Axl was very good to me and my family. I last saw GNR at Universal Amphitheater in 2006, and the show was amazing. After the concert, my friends and I were invited backstage to Axl's dressing room.
"Usually my wife Natasha would have come, but she had been diagnosed with cancer and was going through chemo and didn't have the strength to go to the show. I go back to Axl's personal area and Axl gives me a hug, and the first thing out of his mouth was 'How's Natasha?' That is exactly who Axl Rose is."
Duswalt, who insists that his book won't be a tell-all tale, also recounted Axl's reaction to playing the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, the moment when the singer felt that he'd "made it."
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Long's cancer fight inspires Pinstripe Bowl
For as many years as they play the Pinstripe Bowl, no coach is likely to give a better pep talk than the one Kansas State coach Bill Snyder delivered at Yankee Stadium on Monday night. It wasn't a win-one-for-the-Gipper classic in the locker room; it was a private talk at a dinner, to a player on the opposing team who won't even suit up Thursday.
Snyder sought out Syracuse punter Rob Long to tell the young man that he is and will continue to be a winner. He encouraged Long to give it all he has in his fight against brain cancer, a condition Long didn't even know he had a month ago.
"To hear that from somebody I had never met before yesterday, that was a real nice thing to hear," said Long, a 22-year-old who plans on being able to tell the story of this week in New York City for many years.
The inaugural Pinstripe Bowl is turning into quite an experience for everyone on both teams, who arrived amid a blizzard to play the game at Yankee Stadium Thursday afternoon. But it probably means more to Long than anyone else. He got to see his teammates for the first time since he learned Dec. 2 that he had a brain tumor and learned Dec. 20, following surgery, that there were malignant cells.
He was reunited with the guys who called to encourage him after he got the bewildering news that he must have aggressive radiation and chemotherapy. The senior and special teams captain was able to tell his buddies - the guys with whom he shared the struggle to put Syracuse football back on the map - that he will be on the sideline with them tomorrow. He even got to take a few punts Tuesday during practice at the Jets training facility.
Quarterback Ryan Nassib found it hard to describe the feeling of seeing Long get out of the elevator in the team hotel. "He's our leader," Nassib said.
Long put it this way: "Honestly, just being with my team is a little escape from everything around me. It's kind of like going out and playing on the playground. As far as kicking and punting, it's like therapy for me."
Who would have dreamed of therapy for a seemingly healthy college kid? Long did not think much of his occasional headaches at first. And he simply had not been punting very well and had been unable to figure out why. On top of that, he just was not feeling well. The team doctor prescribed an MRI, which showed something. He received that news the same day his aunt was diagnosed with breast cancer.
"I can't really describe it," he said. "It's like your world came crashing down."
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Waking hours have made him that much more determined to stay positive. He smiled readily and spoke animatedly Tuesday afternoon during a meeting with the media at the Grand Hyatt. He vows that he is going to recover and that he will punt in the NFL.
It helps when people remind him that the odds can be beaten. Snyder told Long about his daughter who was so seriously injured in an auto accident that it appeared she never would walk again. The coach added, "She is walking today."
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Review of "Flash Lemon All Purpose"
"Elbow Grease? Not Me."
When it comes to housework I'm a bit lazy and also find problems with the arthritis in my knees and back. I take my cleaning in easy stages resting between tasks which I do in a haphazard fashion, sometimes cleaning one room at a time but at other times hovering the whole house and then going on to clean the kitchen and bathroom before polishing. This particular weekend I was hoping to have my daughter, son-in-law and my grandson Jack to stay. As it happened Jack has a cold so my Herculean efforts were not appreciated by anyone except myself.
Having a young baby in the house requires a high degree of cleanliness and a germ-free environment so I started the cleaning of my two-up, two-down terraced house on Wednesday knowing that it would wear me out. My major problem apart from cleaning the carpets is washing and polishing surfaces, I swear my house is a dust-magnet although it could be because my front door opens straight out on a busy street. With this in mind and a vague memory of a recent advert on the television I went armed with shopping-trolley in tow to find some easy cleaning products.
The pictures were of kitchen, bathroom, doors, the interior of cars, garden furniture and a chair and table. That was sufficient for me I could read the instructions for use afterwards so off I trotted to the till and paid my 99p for one packet (I thought I would test it first).
I may sound like a sad person getting all excited over a cleaning product but I had to try it out straight away. Just like baby wipes there is an oval opening on the front of the packet and a little arrow for idiots like me to know where to open it (it does fit rather flush to the surface). Mmmmm this was nice, a delicate whiff of lemons wafted out reminding me of the smell in some Greek apartments on holidays (advertisers please note the comparison). Okay, it had passed the smell test so on to the instructions.
I won't bore you with an exact description (go and buy your own), but I did like the fact that you can use these straight from the pack: wipe surfaces to remove dirt, no need to rinse or wipe dry. "Hah!" I thought, "they didn't bank on my mucky doors and the fiddly bits I have everywhere." I felt reasonably confident these would be okay on kitchen and bathroom surfaces but a bit reluctant to try them on my computer desk and shelves. So back to the instructions to find out that these are suitable for hard washable surfaces but a small area should be tested first. I had already gathered these would be unsuitable for fabrics (I do have some grey cells in working order) but there is a warning plain to read.
Should I use rubber gloves or chance it, all the instructions say is to wash hands after use (there is a bit about not using for personal hygiene but I think this is just a caution).
With a deft flick of the wrist I pull out one wipe that looks rather small a bit like a tissue and proceed to try it out on my computer desk. Well 'stone the crows' one quick wipe later and my desk top is gleaming even getting into the fiddly corners but now my wipe looks like the bottom of a mine. My plastic bin is waiting for me, nope you can't flush these down the loo, heaven forbid it!
I'm a hard person to convince though so even though my kitchen and bathroom are calling for attention I just have to try one of these on my nicotine stained woodwork. The hardest test of all since I get sticky finger marks around the door-handle as well. I don't believe it! One wipe cuts through the stains like a hot knife through butter. I stand back, take a look and try another wipe by now I can see the original door was once white. Even my brass door-handle is shining. One test I hadn't tried was whether these wipes would fall apart when confronted by vigorous rubbing on sticky patches. They hold together even after clogged with dirt but I tried to tear one anyway (I did say I'm hard to convince). I pulled, I tugged but still they held together until finally I was beaten.
With two filthy wipes aimed for the bin I try not to think of the state of my lungs. Hastily moving on my coffee table gets the same treatment as well as my gas fire and marble surround. My B&Q wooden surround responds in a similar manner. By now wipes are flying everywhere along the bookcases, round my TV and stereo-system and even my imitation antique drinks globe, is there nothing these wipes can't do?
Thursday morning dawns and I get going some time later, now it's the bathroom, which needs attention. I'd already put disinfectant down the loo and a drop in the sink but missed the bath out as I was using it later. My bathroom suite is white with gold taps but the use of strong bleach was wearing away the gold on the taps. Once more I do my party-trick and out comes just one wipe, really good in my estimation as once I managed to pull out about a dozen baby-wipes in one go! I use just one wipe on the sink and another on the toilet with it's highly -polished wooden seat.
Now I am getting into the swing of things I choose to wear rubber gloves, as there are my Venetian blinds to clean as well as the tiles. I also have a large chest of drawers painted white which needs some attention as well as my slatted airing cupboard doors. By now I am about half way through the pack but I've used it on every room in the house apart from own bedroom, which will not be seen for the weekend. I'm tired out but all my surfaces are clean and on Saturday I will be doing another quick clean before my guests arrive. The whole house smells fresh and clean and the lemon smell is delightful. I feel quite proud of myself and my little helper," Flash wipes. "The rest of the housework was hard going with my one cat moulting and her white fluffy fur everywhere, I was running out of energy fast with no time for the elbow grease involved in cleaning my surfaces so the wipes were a godsend.
In conclusion I would recommend these as there are few surfaces these wouldn't tackle. Even my radiators got a clean and that is nothing short of a miracle. My guests didn't arrive but I now know that with a minimum amount of effort I can keep the house clean so I'm off to my local shop while these are still on offer and I'm going to be saving money in future.
I've only checked Tesco for the price and this retails at £1.44, still a bargain for everyday use and ideal for travelling when you need to know that your accommodation is citrus fresh.
Happy cleaning,
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PrincessDi published 15/08/2005I use the Flash spray with bleach, but I might give those wipes a try. A bit less messy.
jonathanb published 12/08/2005We use Flash products too, as they cost a bit more that own brand equivalents but work so much better that they're worth they extra money.
foggy77 published 08/08/2005Great review! I'm going to go and get some of these! If it makes the house work easier i'm all for it! Fiona x
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AUSTIN — House and Senate negotiators said Saturday they have reached a deal to overhaul high school standardized testing and curriculum standards while also dramatically increasing the number of charter schools allowed to operate in Texas.
Public Education has dominated the legislative session, with both chambers approving different versions of a charter school expansion bill, and a proposal to slash from a nation-leading 15 to five the number of standardized tests high school students must pass to graduate while overhauling curriculum standards to promote academic flexibility.
Those were reconciled in conference committee — but that compromise must still clear an up-or-down vote expected Sunday in each chamber before it can go to Gov. Rick Perry's desk to be signed into law.
"We're where we wanted to be," said Sen. Dan Patrick, who heads the Senate Education Committee and helped craft the reconciled proposal.
Patrick and Rep. Jimmie Don Aycock, head of the House Public Education Committee, said they expect Perry to support the bill — if it can clear both chambers. The compromise could face an especially tough road in the often-fickle House, however, which sometimes bristles at changes to its bills.
Asked if he had enough support, Aycock told reporters, "I think so. Obviously we will lose some votes."
The plan slashes by two-thirds the state-mandated standardized tests students must pass, leaving only exams in Algebra I, Biology, Chemistry and English I and II. It also combines testing on English reading and writing, which had been given in separate exams.
After two years, it requires that the state produce separate tests in Algebra II and English III that will be optional for school districts to administer and won't count toward a school or district's accountability rating scale.
The shakeup comes amid a backlash against what students, parents, teachers and even school administrators say was over-testing. But leading business groups have worried that cutting back on testing requirements too much could ultimately leave Texas students ill-prepared for the demanding jobs of tomorrow.
The reconciled bill is also designed to free high school students from so many curriculum requirements, thus giving them the flexibility to focus on career and technical training for jobs that are well-paid but don't necessarily require going to college.
It replaces the current academic plan requiring students to take four years each of math, science, social studies and English with one that only mandates three years of math, science, and social studies. It also is meant to offer courses in math and science geared more toward career training.
But the plan also establishes a "foundation" diploma that allows students to avoid taking four years of math and science and skip upper-level classes like Algebra II, which higher education experts say is a key predictor to success in college.
Those opting for the base plan, though, won't be allowed to qualify for automatic admission into the state's public universities under current law admitting the top 10 percent of graduating classes.
Meanwhile, the state currently has 209 charters. Because operators can use a single charter to run multiple campuses, though, Texas has about 500 total charter schools educating about 154,000 children, or 3 percent of its 5 million-plus public school students.
The Senate charter school bill increased the cap to 305 by September 2019. Though the House version included a maximum of just 275 over time, the conference committee opted to approve a cap of 305 — a move that may anger some lawmakers in the lower chamber.
The reconciled version also may not count proven, out-of-state charter operators who want to run multiple campuses in Texas against the cap, and exempts special "drop-out recovery" charters that specialize in getting students who have previously abandoned their studies to return to school. That could free up still more space for additional charters.
Patrick is the Legislature's leading advocate for school choice. He said Saturday, "I would have liked to see the cap lifted entirely, but I'm just one of the 181 members." He was counting all lawmakers in both the House and Senate.


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