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Has Gucci Mane officially lost his mind?
We're referring to the news that Gucci Mane is reportedly teaming up with — gasp! — Britney Spears so that the pair can record a new song called "Hit." Not even we could have predicted that one … and we tried.
But didn't we already see what happened when Gucci went bubblegum pop on us back in 2009 on Mariah Carey's single, "Obsessed"? Not exactly one of his most gangster moments yet, we've got to admit: This Britney duet isn't the worst idea for Gucci. In fact, it could turn out to be the very thing that gives him a second wind. And to prove it, we came up with five reasons Gucci and Britney's collaboration makes sense. Call us crazy, but we think "Hit" could actually be a hit.
1. Britney currently has the No. 1 single in the country
In case you haven't heard, Kanye West came under fire again this week for taking a shot — a sarcastic shot but a shot nonetheless — at Britney on Twitter for topping his single, "H.A.M.," featuring Jay-Z, last week. And the pop star's "Hold It Against Me" looks poised to keep Britney's name in the headlines for at least a few months, which could greatly benefit Gucci if he scores a song with her as well.
2. Gucci and Britney have both had their "crazy" moments
Whether either of them were legitimately mentally incompetent or not, both Gucci and Britney had very public meltdowns that were perpetuated by the media. So getting them into the same room together could: A) Get them talking about their individual situations and sympathizing with one another, and B) Result in one hell of a song if they develop a chemistry between them as a result of it.
3. Britney is very calculated in her decision-making process right now
If Britney wants to work with Gucci right now, it's not because she feels like experimenting with her sound. She's also not doing it because she needs a rapper on her new album. Truth is, she doesn't need a Gucci Mane feature, she'll be just fine without it. So if she agrees to work with Gooch, she's obviously doing it for a reason. On the other hand, a Britney Spears collabo would look great on Gucci's resume, which is all the more reason for him to make sure he makes it worth Britney's while to work with him.
4. Gucci needs a hit record—not now, but right now
Gucci may have the bigger name, but to-date, his protégé Waka Flocka Flame actually has the bigger hits. "No Hands" was huge in the clubs and on the charts in 2010. Flocka looks poised to continue that run of success well into 2011. Gooch needs a hit of his own right now, so it's a no-brainer for him to do everything that he can to find it.
5. No one really thought a Christina Aguilera and Redman collaboration (um…?) would work, either
Sometimes, super obvious pop/rap collaborations don't work because they're too predictable for people to enjoy. So let's say Britney teamed up with Nelly or Flo Rida or even Kanye for a song. It might be cool, but it also might be terribly cliché. Choosing Gucci is a risk, but it's a risk that could offer a big reward. We have to believe 'Tina did the same thing back in 2002 when she chose to offer some guest bars to Redman on a remake of his 2001 song, "Let's Get Dirty (I Can't Get in da Club)." And we all know how that worked out, right? So before we shut it down, let's give this collabo a chance.
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Voters to decide fate of new Montegut recreation taxes
Published: Thursday, October 18, 2007 at 12:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, October 18, 2007 at 12:31 p.m.
HOUMA Voters in Montegut and Pointe-aux-Chenes will decide the fate of two proposed property-tax increases in Saturdays election.
Both are intended to pay for new sports fields and improvements to the Montegut gymnasium and pool, as well as other recreation upgrades for the district.
Recreation District 6 is composed of three voting precincts in Montegut and Pointe-aux-Chenes.
Slightly more than 1,900 residents are eligible to vote on the taxes, according to Terrebonne Registrar Linda Rodrigue.
The recreation districts existing 8-mill tax would increase to 10 mills under the ballot measure, generating an additional $62,500 in maintenance money for upgrades to Monteguts 49-year-old gym and 46-year-old public pool.
The district is also asking voters to approve a separate 4-mill tax that will pay for up to $1.4 million in bonds, intended to finance a new baseball and softball complex complete with a concession stand and restrooms and new playground
Resurfacing tennis courts and adding new fencing are also included in the bond tax.
Susan LeBlanc, the recreation boards secretary-treasurer, said the 4-mill tax is expected to generate about $125,000 a year, which the board will use to sell 20-year bonds.
Marcia Trosclair, the board chairman, said the maintenance tax will help keep the recreation center in solid operating condition for the residents who use it, including repairing the gym floor and fixing a leak beneath the pools cement lining.
As the gym and pool age, Trosclair said, more money would be needed for their upkeep.
Its going to take more for us to maintain everything, she said.
Since the recreation district was established in 1958, only a handful of renovations have been undertaken at the gym and pool, according to Danny Picou, the recreation centers supervisor.
A new roof was put on the gym in 2001, a new bathroom was added in 2005, and a 25-ton air-conditioning unit was installed in 2006, Picou said.
The planned improvements are long overdue, he said.
Its definitely needed. Weve got a lot of work that needs to be done to the recreation center for the community, Picou said.
Children from Montegut, Pointe-aux-Chenes, Bourg and Chauvin all use the districts fields, gym and pool, he said. Local schools baseball, volleyball and football teams also take advantage of the centers amenities.
Montegut [and] Pointe-aux-Chenes residents are very enthusiastic about their recreation district and they support their children, LeBlanc said.
In Louisiana, the first $75,000 of assessed value of a home is not taxed, per the states homestead-exemption law.
LeBlanc said the majority of homes in Montegut are valued at less than $75,000, meaning the biggest share of the property tax is borne by local oil companies.
Under the new maintenance taxes, a house valued at $100,000 would pay an additional $5 in property taxes.
The 4-mill bond tax would cost the same homeowner $10.
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is probably having the most fun of anybody on The CW's series
The Vampire Diaries
. He gets to play bad boy vampire Damon Salvatore. Free from worrying about being sympathetic, he's actually the guy audiences love to hate. The show airs Thursday nights on The CW.
In real life, he might be the nicest handsome man I've ever met. I've met
, but Somerhalder certainly didn't need to be so generous and personable. Yeah, he's got a show to promote, and spending an hour standing in a corner as journalist after journalist hounds him with questions is part of the job. But he goes above and beyond with physical affection. Just a tap on the shoulder makes you feel like this isn't just a PR op, he's genuinely happy to meet you.
As the cast and creators of The Vampire Diaries hung out at a Bloody Mary reception for the Television Critics Association winter press tour, Somerhalder was a double star. Not only is he the lead on this show, but rumor has it he's coming back to
for its final season. He was the show's first and most tragic lead character death as Boone in the first season.
Starpulse: Can you talk about returning for the first Lost episode this season?
Ian Somerhalder:
Not even a little bit. Out of respect for them, I can't say.
What was it like to be back and have that closure?
It was great. It was so fun to be back. I was shooting all day, landed in Hawaii, went to set, did hair and make-up, and then slept. I woke up the next morning, went to set and then left.
So, it was a whirlwind for you then?
Yeah, but it was amazing to see everyone and be a part of that group again. Everyone has stayed the same, yet changed.
What memories stand out for you from being a part of Lost?
Almost every aspect of it. I know that's a blanket answer, but it's everything from being on a set with those phenomenally talented actors, to watching rainstorms come, to looking at a 767 that's completely torn apart on this deserted beach in the middle of nowhere, to being a part of one of the most amazing, historic television shows ever made. I wish I had stayed on the show, but it all works out the way it does. To be able to go back there and have that experience, with all of those people whom I've known for so long, and to have
Damon Lindelof
and Carlton Cuse still want me around, was a really, really cool experience.
Are they working around your schedule on The Vampires Diaries, so that you can do both?
Luckily, Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec, and Damon and Carlton, and the line producers from Lost and The Vampire Diaries, are making it happen. It is a feat.
Is it fun to go back and forth between the roles?
Yeah, because Boone was so out of his element. He was thrown into a really iffy situation. Boone was at a tough point in his life, at that point, and Damon is so fun. To go from heavy-headed, heart-broken, I-just-slept-with-my-sister Boone to Damon was a really funny transition.
Which character are you most like?
Damon, with the preface that I'm not a sociopathic killer.
Would you like to explore the good side of Damon Salvatore?
I think there's as much room for good in Damon as there is for evil in Stefan. We all have it inside of us.
How much did you enjoy having Damon spend time with Elena?
We really, really had a lot of fun on that episode. There's a very interesting thing that happens with Damon and Elena, and that is that when you take vervain out of the picture, Damon has to really make a decision whether to be really devious or actually be polite. Whatever that decision is, he makes a decision and sticks to it, and delicately creates a balance. Elena has a good time with Damon. He says things that are true. Damon is very truthful when he speaks. Even if he's a deviant bastard, he's still telling you the truth, and I think Elena feels that she's been lied to by Stefan. In Stefan's defense, he's essentially had to lie to her to protect her.
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Do you have a favorite vampire book?
I don't have a favorite book, but Lestat is one of the coolest dudes ever. I grew up on the lake in New Orleans, on the north shore, in a more rural area, and I could look across the lake and see New Orleans. I remember always thinking, "There's vampires over there." Sometimes we'd go over there when I was a little kid, and it wasn't that it was scary, but it was enticing. It was the not-knowing. Now that I'm on this show, it's cool to go back there and see it. I thought, "Wow, I used to look at that skyline from 26 miles away, across this huge lake, and think, 'Are the vampires going to get me, mom and dad?'"
How do you prepare for playing a vampire?
It's a little strange. I actually don't like blood. It freaks me out, a little bit. But, when you think about being hungry, and you think about a time when you were stuck on a plane or you were somewhere without food, or you see people that are starving in the world, and you think about how intense that is, and then you imagine being a vampire and having 160 years of life experience, and the knowledge of humanity, love, death and history, and on top of that your senses are heightened by 1,000 percent, it's a very intense proposition. So, trying to inhabit someone who has that much knowledge of the world is a feat. I hope I'm doing it right and living it as truthful as possible.
Have you read any of the
books or seen any of the movies?
I haven't seen Twilight movies, and I haven't read the books. I didn't want to make that comparison. I will not be seeing them. Maybe I'm one of the only people in the country who will not be seeing them.
This is a very different story, though.
There are some common denominators, but it is its own entity. Kevin, Julie and everyone have worked very hard to make sure that it is its own entity. It's a living, breathing, evolving show, on its own.
Which of Damon's powers would you like to have?
The mind-compulsion thing is pretty cool. He can literally look at people in their eyes and then make them do whatever he wants. That could be really dangerous. He can also get into people's minds and move at the speed of light. Being able to read someone's mind and get inside of their head could be really dangerous. He can also make them see what he wants them to see.
Have you had any embarrassing moments on the set?
We have some embarrassing things that happen. I've had some Freudian line slips. I can't repeat it, but they're on the dailies. I don't know where it's coming from or why, but I've had some pretty significant Freudian slips.
Have you had any, off set?
People have been wanting me to bite them, which is not a good idea. I get put in an embarrassing position. It's a bad idea because not only of hygiene, but there's a legality factor, and I don't think my girlfriend would really appreciate it. Also, by virtue of the fact that it's almost impossible to tell how old someone is, it's a bad idea. You have to extricate yourself from the situation. But, they're so sweet and so great.
Do you play any pranks on each other?
I think
[Wesley] may have done some things to
[Dobrev]. No one messes with me. They're smart enough not to.
Is it weird to play a character that has such an age difference from you?
Damon is 162 years old. It's not that it's weird, but it is interesting. We spend our lives searching for knowledge and learning history, art, music and film, and we travel, and Damon has so much of that. When he does talk to Elena, who his 17 years old, he finds a commonality there that is unexplainable. There's chemistry. My niece is a year and a half old, and the time that I have with her is my most cherished time on the planet. When you're sitting there with this person who is this big, everything they do and say blows your mind, and you connect with that child, even though she's 30 years younger than I am.
Do you think it's a shame that, given Damon's long life span, the only thing he seems interested in is aggravating his brother and getting Katherine back?
That's all it's about for him. It's pretty interesting that this person who has access to the most unbelievable historical events, and access to monetary and travel resources, he still wants to be in this small town in Virginia, with his brother and to find his girl. That's powerful.
What scares you?
Nothing scares Damon. Bad cooking scares me. Not mine. I'm a good cook. I'm from Louisiana. I eat all day long. I eat everything I can put in front of my face. I wouldn't recommend that for everyone because health is wealth. What scares me is microwaves. It's ruining our culture and our bodies. It changes the integrity of the protein and the molecular structure of it, so our bodies digest it differently. It's just killing us.
Of all the roles you've done, what's the one that people recognize you for the most?
It was Lost, but now it's shifted to The Vampire Diaries. When I was in Hawaii shooting Lost, I was in Jack Bender's office, the directing executive producer, and I looked up on his wall where he has all these big newspaper clippings. It said that the Lost Season 2 premiere had 31 million viewers in the States. That is a massive amount of people. This show has five million viewers, so it's significantly less, but it's the power of the youth culture. That's what's so amazing.
What are the noticeable differences between Lost fans and The Vampire Diaries fans?
Either way, these fans are awesome. The Lost fans are amazing. The Vampire Diaries fans are a lot younger, which makes it really adorable. Every 13-year-old girl in America who's not watching Lost is watching this show, and they're so cute and so into it. They have so many questions and they get so excited. I just want to hug them. The little girls get scared because they think I'm a vampire and that I'm going to kill them.
How surprised were you by the fact that The Vampire Diaries won the People's Choice Award for Favorite New TV Drama?
Incredibly because it's a numbers game. It's about the number of people who vote and, crazily enough, they voted for our show. It's a really active audience.
How do you think The Vampire Diaries is raising the bar for television?
I hope it's raising the bar for this kind of show. This show looks and is the way it is because of every single department.
What are Damon's motivations for all of his antics?
Love and loneliness, for his brother and his missing girl. Damon is a lonely bastard. Imagine being that old.
Can you hint at anything else going on, for the rest of this season?
A lot of stuff will be going on. You'll get to see Paul and I with our shirts off, a lot more. You'll get to see some of the girls, half-naked. We're going to be dealing with the tomb. With this relationship between Damon and Stefan, you're going to find out all the reasons why they are the way they are together. And we're going to start diving into Katherine and all the antics and things that she brings with her. It's going to be good.
Are you inspired by any vampires of the past?
Oh, my God, I was so obsessed with
The Lost Boys
. One of my favorite vampire movies is
Shadow Of The Vampire
because it was just so not this romanticized, physicalized, sensual, beautiful thing. It was really what I always imagined vampires to be. With that film, you can almost feel what it would be like to be cold and dead.
Willem Dafoe
is just on another planet, as far as how talented he is. But, the inspiration I have comes more from other actors that I remember watching growing up.
Had you always wanted to play a vampire?
I did. And then, when I blew my audition with
Alan Ball
and didn't get
True Blood
, I was so pissed. I couldn't watch that show until just recently, when I got The Vampire Diaries. I was so bummed.
Will the people who read the Vampire Diaries books know what's coming in the finale, or are you shaking things up?
We deviate a lot, and it's necessary just for production reasons. This isn't a movie. This is a show that's going to evolve with these characters.
Do you work out to stay in shape?
It's just about being healthy. Sweat once a day, no matter what you do.
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Raleigh, NC – The N.C. Museum of History Foundation announced the recipients of its inaugural Philanthropy Awards during a Nov. 13 event at the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh. The awards recognize individuals and organizations for outstanding contributions to the preservation, study or understanding of North Carolina history. The awards also honor exceptional commitment, service and support to history museums or related sites.
Julia Jones Daniels and Frank A. Daniels Jr. of Raleigh received individual Philanthropy Awards, and the State Employees' Credit Union (SECU) Foundation accepted the corporate Philanthropy Award.
"We established these awards to show our appreciation of business partners and individuals who have made a difference to the Museum of History in significant and meaningful ways," said Lyl MacLean Clinard, Chairman of the Museum of History Foundation. "Our first award recipients truly exemplify some of the state's finest representation of business and citizens who care about and share in preserving the rich history of the Old North State."
Julia Jones Daniels and Frank A. Daniels Jr.
For more than half a century, the Danielses' generosity and leadership have greatly benefited the N.C. Museum of History. The couple's financial gifts have helped open several exhibits, such as The Story of North Carolina. Julia is a founder of the Museum of History Associates, a statewide support group, and has held many leadership roles in the organization. She is currently vice chairman of the Museum of History Foundation. Frank, an active Museum of History Associates member, served as president and publisher of the News & Observer Publishing Company for 25 years.
"The Danielses were instrumental in helping the museum complete The Story of North Carolina, a much-needed, permanent exhibit that will educate future generations of visitors about our great state," emphasized Ken Howard, Museum Director. "In addition, Julia's leadership in the Museum of History Associates and Museum of History Foundation has been key to the success of these support groups."
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The contributions of the State Employees' Credit Union Foundation began in 2007, when it funded all student tickets for the exhibit Mysteries of the Lost Colony and A New World: England's First View of America from the British Museum. The exhibit featured original watercolor drawings made by John White in the 1580s. Furthermore, in 2010 the SECU Foundation provided funding to build the SECU Education Center, a state-of-the-art learning facility for the museum's educational programs.
"The State Employees' Credit Union's contribution also enabled the museum to build a distance-learning studio, which brings history to classrooms across the state and to students who cannot visit Raleigh," added Howard. Through live, two-way videoconference programs, students interact in real time with a museum educator.
The 2012 Philanthropy Awards were presented during Mount Rushmore Live: An Evening With the Presidents. During the event, four nationally renowned historical interpreters brought to life the leaders depicted on Mount Rushmore: Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt.
Sponsors of the Philanthropy Awards and An Evening With the Presidents included Bailey's Fine Jewelry, Capel Rugs, Catering Works, CE Rental, Chris and Bill Hamlin, N.C. Executive Mansion, N.C. Museum of History Associates, Kelly Odom Flowers and Interiors, N.C. State University Pipes and Drums, Raleigh Marriott City Center, Jean and Everette Sherrill, and Wayside Furniture.
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The N.C. Museum of History Foundation was formed in 2004 as a 501(c)(3) organization to support the N.C. Museum of History and regional museums in the Division of State History Museums. The foundation raises funds for large exhibits, the museum's endowment, and other operational needs. Individuals from across the state comprise the foundation's board of directors.
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The museum is located at 5 E. Edenton Street, across from the State Capitol. Parking is available in the lot across Wilmington Street. Hours are Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. The Museum of History, within the Division of State History Museums, is part of the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources.
About the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources
The N.C. Department of Cultural Resources annually serves more than 19 million people through its 27 historic sites, seven history museums, two art museums, the nation's first state-supported symphony orchestra, the State Library, the N.C. Arts Council, and the State Archives. Cultural Resources champions North Carolina's creative industry, which employs nearly 300,000 North Carolinians and contributes more than $41 billion to the state's economy. To learn more, visit www.ncdcr.gov.


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The apartments, with modern design are equipped with everything you need for your holidays, whether for short stays of several days or longer stays, weeks, fortnights, months and even full apartments prepared for long term rent for periods of one year . A 100 and 200 meters (radius) of the apartments, find cafes, supermarkets, taxi rank, bus station and free public parking to park your vehicle.
The apartments have fully equipped kitchen with microwave, fridge, ceramic hob and kitchenware. Bathroom with shower. In the apartment were left towels for all the occupants and length of stay, also leave towels and linen replacement. If missing sheets or towels during the week will be given without any problems. Lounge / diner with TV 21 "remote control, sofa, dining table and chairs. A bedroom. All beds are supplied fully equipped with sheets and blankets. Moreover if during the stay might make him take more blankets will lead without no problem. Iron and ironing board.
Location, location and surroundings: It is located in San Miguel de Nerja. 1 minute from the bus station and taxi rank Nerja. To arrive by car, enter the street address Chillar bus stop where you can find parking a few meters. In the vicinity are: Mercadona Supermarket at 50 meters. Cafes, bakeries, confectioners, butchers, shoe stores, sports shops, clothing stores, banks. Throughout the entire street. A 3.5 km by car find the caves of Nerja, on the N-340. Free public parking 100 meters and municipal parking 1 minute drive. Less than 5 minutes walk from the Balcon de Europa. You can visit some beaches Nerja walk, as are 10 and 15 minutes walk: Burriana beach, Carabeo beach, Playa de Calahonda, Hall Beach, Playa la Turret. About 20 minutes by car will find the Centro Comercial Larios, Torre del Mar (Vélez-Málaga. Activities and Leisure: Restaurants, cafes and bars, nightlife, water sports, skiing, tennis, hunting, fishing, horse riding, scenic views, nature walks, hiking, nature park. All in Nerja or Frigiliana. See the list of places to visit in Nerja.
Aspects to consider: The apartment has a communal terrace for sunbathing (on top of the building). Post and for all tenants. There are two washers on the terrace for public use of all amenities at the apartments. And several drying racks for clothes. The apartments have air conditioning currently OPTIONAL AND REQUEST from 6 € / day. (For longer stays inquire). If the layout you want a portable fan can ask for them to move them to the hall and / or room.
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We really had à nice time in Nerja. The appartment was muy bien!
Thank you for such a good care!
The ideal home, ideal !! we loved had a great, very attentive Miguel and perfect. The only hits the road to the house ... it was a little hell and we had a little scare ... but the house amazing. :)
La casa ideal, ideal!! nos encantó lo pasamos muy bien, Miguel muy atento y todo perfecto. La única pega el camino hacía la casa...fue un poco un infierno y tuvimos un pequeño susto...pero la casa increíble. :)
Nice little apartment, lovely terrace. The beds were a bit hard.
Trevlig liten lägenhet, härlig terass. Sängarna var dock lite hårda.
The apartment had everything we needed, a double bed, a small kitchen and a t.v. and a nice roof to enjoy the sun. All the windows are opening on a small inner court however, so there is no outside view to speak of. A bonus is the free parking in the neighbourhood, a big supermarket in front of the appartment. It is a nice 10 minute walk to the beach.
A nice apartment in a good location in the center of Nerja. Just in time for 2 people. The only downside was that we had no heat in the apartment.
En fin lägenhet med ett bra läge i centrala Nerja. Lagom för 2 personer. Enda nackdelen var att vi inte hade någon värme i lägenheten.
Nice touch with Miguel. Everything was very clean and functional. A bedside lamp would be nice and a small lamp in the living room. Otherwise everything was perfect. Would gladly come again. Good location. Beautiful well-kept house.
Netter Kontakt mit Miguel. Alles sehr sauber und zweckmäßig. Eine Nachttischlampe wäre schön und eine kleine Lampe im Wohnzimmer. Sonst alles perfekt. Kommen gerne wieder. Gute Lage. Schönes gepflegtes Haus.
Nice and clean apartment. Well located but a bit noicy from the traffic. The kitchen equipment needs to be upgraded
A fresh, somewhat spartan furnished apartment. Cooking equipment was also a bit spartan. Neat and clean! The street outside very busy daytime. Evenings, nights and mornings no problem. Good parking facilities in nearby gravel pit.
Close to downtown. Miguel very service minded and friendly.
En fräsch, något spartanskt möblerad lägenhet. Köksutrustningen var likaså lite spartansk. Snyggt och rent! Gatan utanför mycket trafikerad dagtid. Kvällar, nätter och mornar inga problem. Goda parkeringsmöjligheter i närliggande grusgrop.
Nära till centrum. Miguel mycket service minded och vänlig.
We had a lovely holiday on the Sunshine Coast and an important point was the apartment of Miguel, The quality of sleep in the beds was excellent, kitchenette with two ceramic hobs were sufficient for paella, salmon fillet with mashed potatoes and many other dishes. Our cigarette breaks all common areas on the roof - an oasis of calm. Shopping for groceries and other things - 30m distance. One could mention many positive things, but Miguel was love with his very kind and cooperative continues to recommend one reason this apartment.
Wir hatten einen schönen Urlaub an der Sonnenküste und ein wichtiger Punkt war das Appartement von Miguel; Die Schlafqualität in den Betten war ausgezeichnet, die Küchenzeile mit den zwei Ceran-Kochfeldern waren ausreichend für Paella, Lachsfilet mit Kartoffelpüree und viele andere Gerichte. Unsere Zigarettenpausen auf dem gemeinschaftlich genutztem Dach - eine Oase der Ruhe. Lebensmittel und andere Dinge einkaufen - 30m Entfernung. Man könnte noch viele positive Dinge erwähnen, aber Miguel war mit seiner sehr lieben und kooperativen Art ein Grund dieses Apartement weiter zu empfehlen.
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No. 25 Baylor Is Cyclones' Final Road Test
AMES, Iowa - The Cyclones (14-33, 2-16 Big 12) will play their final road games of the season this weekend, heading to Waco, Texas to play No. 25 Baylor (30-19, 7-13 Big 12).
After her fifth inning grand slam against No. 10 Missouri on Sunday tied the all-time Iowa State home run record of 27 and broke the single-season RBI record, junior Tori Torrescano will carry her 13 home runs on the year - another Cyclone record - and 43 RBIs into the Baylor series, looking to make history once again.
Torrescano currently sits on 23 walks in 2012, three walks shy of the single season record of 26 set by Sydni Jones (2007-10) in 2010. Jones, Torrescano and Erica Martinez (2000-03) are the only players currently ranked in the top 10 in both single-season home runs and walks. If Torrescano reaches 26 walks this season, she will be the first Cyclone in Iowa State history to hold both the single-season home run and walks records during her career, and Torrescano would have managed both in the same season.
This is the first season Torrescano has recorded more than five walks and in the Cyclones' last six games Torrescano has walked more times (6) than she has recorded a hit (4).
After getting off to a slow start this season, sophomore Sara Davison has had the hot bat for the Cyclones over their last two conference series - Kansas and Missouri - hitting .414 and slugging .471. Davison also has a stolen base in the six game stretch.
Baylor is coming off a 7-3 loss at home to No. 8 Texas on Tuesday. The Bears, who advanced to the Women's College World Series last season, lost All-American hurler Whitney Canion to an ACL tear earlier this season and have leaned on Courtney Repka since the injury to Canion. Repka is 5-9 in the Big 12 this season with a 3.42 ERA and seven complete games.
The Cyclones and Bears begin their series on Friday night at Getterman Stadium. First pitch is slated for 6:30 p.m. CST.
Cyclone Notebook
- Iowa State hits the road for a final time, playing No. 25 Baylor May 4-6 in Waco, Texas
- Junior Tori Torrescano made history on Sunday in Iowa State's 6-5 loss to No. 10 Missouri. Torrescano smashed her 27th career home run, tying her with teammate Erica Miller and former Cyclone Erica Martinez (2000-03) for the most home runs in Iowa State history. Torrescano's grand slam broke the single-season RBI record at ISU; Torrescano now has 43 RBIs this season.
- The slam was Torrescano's first of the season and third of her career.
- Torrescano has a record 13 home runs this season.
- Lexi Slater is the only other Cyclone to smash a grand slam this season, doing so against Brown.
- As patient as she is powerful, Torrescano has walked 23 times in 2012, just three shy of the Iowa State single-season record.
- If Torrescano reaches 26 walks this season, she will be the first Cyclone to ever hold the single-season records in both home runs and walks.
- In addition to Torrescano, only Martinez and Sydni Jones (2007-10) rank among the top 10 players for home runs and walks in a single season, and neither player ranked in the top 10 in both categories during the same season. Martinez hit 10 home runs in 2002 before walking 23 times in 2003. Jones hit nine homers in 2008 and broke the walk record with 26 bases-on-balls during her 2010 senior season.
- Mizzou built a 6-0 lead before Torrescano's slam cut the deficit to two runs. The Cyclones scored a fifth run but failed to score the tying run for their second six-run comeback of the season and in Iowa State history.
- Second baseman Sara Davison was the only Cyclone to have multiple hits in two games last weekend, with two hits on Friday and two more on Sunday.
- In Iowa State last two conference series (Missouri and Kansas), Davison is hitting .414, slugging .471 and has a stolen base.
- Over the six game stretch, Torrescano has walked more times (6) than she has collected hits (4).
Notable Big 12 Rankings
- Iowa State is second in the Big 12 this season with 310 assists. Dalyn Varela (103, 5th), Lexi Slater (99, 6th) and Sara Davison (86, 9th) all rank in the top-10 for individual assists.
- Erica Miller ranks in the top-10 in the conference in several categories: batting average (.377, 7th), slugging (.645, 10th), hits (52, T6th) and doubles (10, T7th).
- Fellow junior Tori Torrescano boasts three top-10 areas: slugging (.683, 7th), RBIs (43, 5th) and home runs (13, T4th).
- Slater is tied with Miller in seventh with 10 doubles.
- Davison is fifth in the Big 12 with eight sacrifice bunts.
- Slater tied with Miller with 10 doubles.
- Varela has been hit by a pitch eight times this season, third-most in the league.
- Miller's 338 putouts are third-most in the conference.
- The Cyclones' 35 total bases against Brown are tops in the league and their six home runs in the same game ties for the most this season by a Big 12 program.
- During their series, Iowa State and Texas Tech topped the league with the most runs scored (26), hits (27), RBIs (23), total bases (42) and assists (32) in a game this season. The first four marks were set during the March 30 game, the other on April 1.
- Miller is one of three players with a league-best four runs scored in a game. Miller had four runs scored against Brown.
- In league play, the Cyclones are second in assists with 164. Slater (44, 3rd) and Varela (39, 8th) rank in the top-10 individually.
- Against Big 12 opponents, Miller is eighth in batting average (.370), seventh in slugging (.704), tied for seventh in hits (20), tied for sixth in RBIs (15), tied in fifth in home runs (5) and fifth in total bases (38).
- Miller has 140 putouts against Big 12 teams, ranked fifth.
Getting to Know No. 25 Baylor
- Iowa State is 11-20 all-time against Baylor, last winning in Waco in 2008.
- The Cyclones and Bears split their 2011 series in Ames, Iowa State taking game one, 6-4 and then-No. 17 Baylor winning 10-1 in game two.
- Erica Miller hit her record-tying 11th home run of the season and drove in two runs in the Cyclone victory. Heidi Kidwell, Dalyn Varela, Tori Torrescano and Anna Cole also had RBIs in the contest.
- The Bears came back on day two of the weekend series with eight earned runs behind RBIs from six players. Clare Hosack led BU with 3 RBIs.
- The Bears are coming off a 7-3 loss at home to No. 8 Texas on Tuesday.
- Baylor is without its ace Whitney Canion, who suffered a torn ACL back in February. The 2011 All-American made eight appearances for Baylor before her injury, throwing 40 innings, striking out 66 batters and compiling a 0.35 ERA.
- In Canion's absence, Courtney Repka has absorbed the majority of time in the circle, throwing 84 innings in conference with a 3.42 ERA and 40 K's.
- Holly Holl leads the Baylor offense in Big 12 play with a .386 average.
- No Baylor player has double-digit RBIs in conference this season but five players have at least five RBIs: Sarah Crockett (7), Jordan Strickland (6), Hosack (5), Kaitlyn Thumann (5) and Megan Turk (5).


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Fourth of July Celebrations Outside the U.S.A.
by Doug MackPosted Jul 2nd 2013 04:00 PMUpdated Jul 2nd 2013 07:18 PM
When you can't go home for the holidays, sometimes you have to fake it. For American expats on the 4th of July, that means not just celebrating our nation's independence and history but also creating or seeking out the cherished traditions of the day. It means barbecue and hamburgers and hotdogs. It means music -- a marching band, banjo serenade or gospel rendition of "America the Beautiful." It definitely means fireworks.
Around the world, there are many options for Americans living or traveling abroad to get their fix on this day so evocative of wholesome Americana -- even if the details aren't precisely what they're used to back home; the locally-available fruit in lieu of watermelon, sparklers standing in for fireworks.
These festivities range from informal backyard get-togethers to parties in expat bars to elaborate soirees hosted by U.S. embassies or business associations, some of which would put most municipal celebrations back home to shame. And in all cases, the events are not meant just for homesick expats but also for locals with a taste for Americana -- think of it as unofficial diplomacy fueled by greasy food and rockin' music.
In keeping with our nation's proud, swaggering spirit, three different locales claim to host the largest 4th of July celebrations outside the U.S.A. So let's start with this aspirational trio and then take a look at some more humble but equally interesting Independence Day festivities abroad.
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Insect Diseases
Compiled by Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University:
Insect Diseases
Infrequently observed, insects and mites often suffer from lethal disease. Periodically, epizootics resulting from infection by fungi, bacteria, protozoa, or viruses may sweep through an insect population.
Although the classes of organisms that cause human disease are the same for many other animals and plants (e.g., viruses, bacteria, fungi), it is important to keep in mind that insect diseases are very specific in their effects. Insect diseases do not infect mammals or birds, restricting their effects to the arthropods. Furthermore, most insect diseases are so specific in their effects that they only can infect a few insect species.
Are most commonly found among the caterpillars and sawflies. One particularly gruesome group of these viruses (nuclear polyhedrosis viruses/NPV) cause 'wilt disease'. Caterpillars infected by these viruses are killed rapidly, their virus filled bodies hanging limply by their hind legs. At the slightest touch, the insects rupture, spilling the virus particle on the leaves below them to infect other insects. One type of wilt disease is an important biological control of the Douglas-fir tussock moth. Other types of viruses cause less spectacular infections. Most are slower acting than the wilt viruses. External evidence of these viruses may be a chalky color of the insects and a general listlessness.
Although virus diseases of insects are widespread in nature, rarely have they been adapted for applied biological control. Much of this is due to problems in registering these as insecticides. Regulatory agencies have had difficulty in deciding how to insure the safety of such mysterious particles as viruses. Manufacturers have also been leery of developing viruses due to problems in production (they need live cells to develop) and because the selectivity of viruses allows them to only be used against a few insects.
have received more attention, due almost entirely to the successful adaptation of Bacillus thuringiensis. Several manufacturers have produced and marketed various strains of this famous bacteria. Bacillus thuringiensis, and most other bacterial diseases of insects, work by disrupting the 'gut' lining of susceptible insects, ultimately killing them by a type of blood poisoning. Infected insects usually shrivel and darken. Strains of this bacteria are effective against caterpillars (kurstaki, thuringiensis, aizawai strains), leaf beetles (tenebrionis/san diego strain) and larvae of certain flies such as mosquitoes and blackflies (israelensis strain).
produce some of the more spectacular diseases of insects. A wide variety of insects succumb to fungus disease around the yard and garden. Fungus killed insects and mites become stiff and often are tightly attached to a leaf or stem. When conditions are right they become covered with a white, light green or pink 'fuzz', the spores of the fungus. At least one fungus, Beauveria bassiana (e.g., Naturalis, BotaniGard), is currently marketed to control insects on ornamental plants.
tend to cause debilitating infections among insects. Effects are often subtle, such as reduced feeding, activity or reproduction. Immature stages are usually much more susceptible to protozoan infections and survival can be reduced. Spruce budworms and grasshoppers are among the groups of insects that are common hosts of protozoa.
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In recent years, it has become apparent that a key benefit to be gained from enterprise architecture is the ability to support decision making in changing businesses.
The Top 25 Enterprise Architecture KPIs of 2011 - 2012 report contains a thorough analysis on the most popular enterprise architecture KPIs in 2011-2012, selected by the number of views they received from the smartKPIs.com community.
About Enterprise Architecture as an Industry
Enterprise Architecture sustains the organization to establish a decision framework that enables its various parts to articulate how information and technology can be used in the context of business strategy. KPIs refer to the role Enterprise Architecture plays in business development and the business methods used for assuring the organization's structure and processes are connected to the strategic objectives.
Enterprise Architecture sub-categories on smartKPIs.com are:
- Information Architecture
- Enterprise Arhitecture Compliance
- Enterprise Arhitecture Costs
- Business Planning
- IT Reliability
Highlights from the report
Top 25 Enterprise Architecture KPIs of 2011-2012 offers an overview of the most popular KPIs for enterprise architecture as an industry, by combining input from the smartKPIs.com community with research and analysis from the editorial team. Some of the main sections are:
- "KPIs ... Naturally", an article that sets the context through a discussion on what is old and what is new in the use of KPIs;
- An introduction to the custom KPI documentation form developed by the smartKPIs.com research team for documenting KPIs (with over 30 fields of data, making this the most thorough KPI documentation template in use today);
- A list with the names of the Top 25 Enterprise Architecture KPI examples in 2011-2012 on smartKPIs.com;
- Among the most popular 25 KPI examples for IT in 2011-2012, top 3 is made of:
- # System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) exceptions granted
- # Enterprise applications used per employee
- # Frequency of IT governance as an agenda item in the IT board meetings
- A detailed description of each KPI listed in the report, as documented in smartKPIs Premium (the premium content section of smartKPIs.com);
- Comprehensive insights on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) as performance measurement tools and a glossary explaining the most popular terms characterizing KPIs.
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- A valuable baseline resource to informing and addressing 2013 enterprise architecture performance management and measurement challenges.
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Veteran Cincinnati Folk Pop duo Over the Rhine released the gorgeous, sprawling double album, Meet Me at the Edge of the World, on Friday the group performs a hometown show at Moonlite Gardens in Coney Island near Riverbend Music Center.
Tickets for the all-ages show are $25 and available for advance purchase through Over the Rhine's website.
Austin, Texas-based singer/songwriter Matt the Electrician opens the show at 8 p.m. The Coney Island show kicks off an extensive leg of touring that will take the group deep into fall and from coast to coast.
8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 3. $25. Moonlite Gardens, 6201 Kellogg Ave., California, coneyislandpark.com.
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It's an important week in on-screen lady-cop history. First, The Heat was released in theaters last Friday, and it made almost $40 million — nearly the flick's entire budget — in three days. So it's finally been proven that the ladies can go head to head with the fellas when it comes to buddy-cop comedies. But there's more big news in the world of female law enforcement officers in movies and TV. Friday sees the REELZ premiere of the police drama King. In honor of the confident and sassy Staff Sergeant Jessica King, played by Amy Price-Francis, we thought we'd choose our top ten favorite actresses to have played law enforcement officials from television and the big screen. Take a look and see if your favorites made the cut.
Police Chief Marge Gunderson may be the police chief of a small town in Fargo, dontcha know, but we believe that she has what it takes to be the police superintendent of any force in the nation. She has an eye for detail and a knack for police work, even if she has to pause every now and then and wait for a wave of morning sickness to pass.
Clarice Starling may have been new to the job as an FBI Special Agent in Silence of the Lambs, but she was able to handle Hannibal Lecter and find the serial killer Buffalo Bill. Jodie Foster's Special Agent wasn't completely on her game, considering the fact that she should have had some back-up when she visited the moth-filled house of Jack Gordon/ Jame Gumb, but we're hoping she learned her lesson.
Hargitay was born into Hollywood royalty as the daughter of Jayne Mansfield, but instead of becoming an on-screen princess, Hargitay became a hard-nosed detective with a soft spot in her heart for Special Victims in NBC's popular Law & Order spinoff. Possibly the most remarkable thing about Hartigay's tenure on the show, is that even though she's been on for fifteen seasons, she has only appeared to age about fifteen minutes. That alone is a feat that deserves recognition.
Marg Helgenberger's character, Catherine Willows, had a major change in her career path when she went from being a Vegas stripper to becoming a CSI shift supervisor. Similarly Helgenberger herself went through a career change during her time playing the no-nonsense lady law enforcer, transforming from a critically acclaimed working actress who showed up regularly in TV guest spots to becoming one of the highest paid actresses on television. She must have been doing some mighty fine police work to be making that kind of money.
Of course Sandra Bullock starred in the hit comedy The Heat, but this wasn't her first time playing an FBI agent who is badly in need of a makeover. Bullock carried a badge and a gun in Miss Congeniality as well as in the sequel, making Bullock an expert at playing a tough lady law enforcer.
Heather Locklear handily holds the title for having the best feathered hair of any on-screen cop — after all, Charlie and his Angels worked outside the law. The young actress could also take home the prize for best co-star, since she appeared in TJ Hooker alongside the incomparable William Shatner. That is one heck of a way to kick-start a television career.
Bullock isn't the only lady on the list to take multiple police woman roles. Holly Hunter is another actress to protect and serve more than once, and most recently she starred as OKC Police Detective Grace Hanadarko in Saving Grace. But our favorite Holly Hunter cop role is when she was booking Nic Cage's HI McDunnogh in Raising Arizona. Sure, Ed might have also been involved in a kidnapping plot after she retired from the force, but that doesn't take away from her overall lady-cop excellence.
A-list actress Angelina Jolie has had more than her fair share of action roles, such as a spy, a billionaire archaeologist, professional assassin, and another spy. It's no surprise that in her action-packed career she has also worked in law enforcement on the big screen. She was a patrol cop working with forensic expert Denzel Washington in The Bone Collector and an FBI profiler in Taking Lives. Those performances make her a shoo-in on our best lady cops list.
We pretty much love Melissa McCarthy whether she's playing an innkeeper, a teacher, or a bridesmaid, and in The Heat, she plays a tough, take-charge cop. So she's on the list, because we'll take McCarthy however we can get her.
This list proves that the "tough lady cop" is a TV and movie trope that we've all long been familiar with. There are all kinds of expectations and types built in to the role, but somehow the title character in King manages to simultaneously play into the type and turns the trope on its head. The wit and heart of the character take her in directions that aren't always expected, and this puts Amy Price-Francis on our top ten lady cops list. Be sure to catch King when it makes its US premiere on Reelz Friday, July 5th at 10p ET/ 9p PT.


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Bombshell: Obama Neck Deep in Breaking Campaign Finance Scandal
This is a bona fide bombshell. Obama loves to say that 90% (or whatever the phony made-up figure is) of his donors contributed less than $200? Sounds good, right? Real, honest to goodness grass-roots support there. The little people, the poor people, really want this guy to be their president. Well it turns out that 35 or 40 of those "people" turn out to be | Read More »


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Last week we took a look at some hotel stocks that have been performing quite well over the past year. After digging deeper into the travel and leisure sectors, we also uncovered a niche group that has been performing even better: online travel website companies. These stocks have been on a tear over the past few months and could be a group to watch moving forward. While they are already extended, they look to be primed for buying on a pullback.
One of the best performers in this group is Priceline.com (Nasdaq:PCLN). PCLN has almost doubled in price after trading just under $180 per shares only a few months ago. PCLN had originally backed off of the $280 level in May. Interestingly, when it gapped up in August, it opened right back at this level. It showed great strength after the gap and never pulled back, providing proof that buyers were willing to pay higher prices. It has followed through and continues to be one of the best performers in the current markets. While PCLN is extended, it could be one to watch on a pullback. The $305-$310 level may be on area to watch for support if it shows some weakness. (For more, see Online Travel Companies Soaring.)
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Expedia (Nasdaq:EXPE) is another online travel booking site that has also had a fantastic run over the past few months. EXPE pulled back from the $26 area in July as the markets began a correction and ended up consolidating in a cup-and-handle pattern over the next few months. EXPE cleared the handle portion of this base in early September and easily followed through to much higher prices. Much like PCLN, EXPE is extended from its base. However, this stock is in a clear uptrend and could provide a great opportunity on a pullback.
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Travelzoo (Nasdaq:TZOO) is another online travel site, although it focuses on vacation deals rather than bookings. In either case, TZOO has also performed quite well recently. TZOO recently cleared a few resistance levels and volume has really picked up. The $20-$22 level would be one area to watch if TZOO pulls back in the near future. This was the prior peak in May, and TZOO consolidated in this area again in September.
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It's interesting that the recent strength in this group is also showing up in foreign travel sites. Ctrip.com International (Nasdaq:CTRP), which focuses on China-related travel, has also experienced a strong rally over the past few months. Until this recent breakout, CTRP had been trading sideways between $36 and $42 for several months, with only a few spikes above and below this range. The past few sessions have seen CTRP clear its June peak, and the stock has now rallied from $38 to over $48 in about a month. While the levels are not as clear on this stock, the recent area of resistance near $44-$46 should act as support moving forward and traders should monitor this area on any weakness. (For more, see Gauging Support And Resistance With Price By Volume.)
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MakeMyTrip Limited (Nasdaq:MMYT) is a recent IPO that focuses on India-related travel. While this stock is very volatile, it has had an impressive debut. After opening in the low $20s, MMYT has since doubled to trade in the $40 range. The $35 level will be an important area to watch moving forward as this area has been a battleground over the past few weeks.
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Bottom Line
While there could be a variety of reasons as to why these stocks should or shouldn't be rallying, the bottom line is that they have all rallied above prior resistance levels. They have also been among the strongest performers over the past several weeks. These are the type of stocks that traders should monitor for orderly pullbacks as possible buying opportunities. While they are certainly extended at current levels, these stocks could continue to lead the markets higher over the next few months.
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At the time of writing, Joey Fundora did not own shares in any of the companies mentioned in this article.


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5,000 family events will be taking place around the country this June – why not tell us what you are getting up to?
There are so many things you can do with this year's theme of All Aboard – open-air buses, hot air balloons, trains, boats – really, everything and anything to do with transport and travel.
Get the latest information and downloads for National Bookstart Week here
If you've got a great event planned that you'd like to share with the Bookstart community then let us know by leaving your comment below.
To kick things off, we thought we'd share three of our favourite events that we've heard about so far...
Transport Rhyme Trail in Wiltshire
We've produced a set of laminated photos featuring the Bookstart Bear with a variety of modes of transport. The pictures will be distributed to our larger libraries to use in a 'Transport Rhyme Trail' event during National Bookstart Week.
Groups of children will be able to find the pictures that have been hidden around the library – each discovery will provide an opportunity for a rhyme connected to the particular form of transport. At the end of the trail and once all the pictures have been found the children will be rewarded with Bookstart goodies.
Kathryn Arthur, Bookstart Coordinator in Wiltshire
View more of Kathryn's photos in the National Book Trust Week Flickr group
All Change in South Gloucestershire
This year we will be sharing All Change by Ian Whybrow to as many children as possible, following on from the success of reading Shark in the Park in 2010.
We're aiming to bring the story to every early years setting and children's centre, as well as some childminders – and we've bought 200 copes to distribute to these various locations.
The book itself is a fun story where Miss Lollipop takes a sad tiger on an epic journey from car to train to boat. They're joined along the way by a horde of animals for a wacky adventure that cheers the tiger up.
Ian Whybrow is very thrilled to know this event is happening!
Annette Hicks, Bookstart Coordinator in South Gloucestershire
Stories, crafts and rhymes at Kingsbury Water Park, Warwickshire
Bookstart Coordinator Sandy Chapman has arranged a special event for families at Kingsbury Water Park. On Saturday 12 June there will be story stomps and Rhymetimes on a transport theme, plus craft activities and goody bags for all children under five.
Families will also have the chance to go All Aboard on the miniature railway!
Photo by Neil Barnwell
So, whatever role you play with Bookstart in your area, let us know your plans for National Bookstart Week by leaving a comment below.
Don't forget to tell us where your event is, what you'll be doing and when you'll be holding it!
If you are a Bookstart Coordinator remember you can also publicise your events to families using our events calendar.


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PADRES NOTES: Grounds grew has night for the books
SAN DIEGO -- Luke Yoder has been working on baseball fields for most of his adult life.
But the Padres' director of landscape and field maintenance had never encountered anything like Friday night.
Four times Yoder and his crew had to pull the tarps that cover the Petco Park infield on and off. And they used 60 bags -- 1 1/2 tons -- of a drying agent on the infield dirt at $9 a bag ($20 a bag retail).
"It doesn't get much crazier than Friday night," Yoder said of the four rain delays, which totaled 3 hours, 36 minutes before the game was suspended at 1:40 a.m. Saturday. "And I worked in Pittsburgh where they really have some bad weather."
There was a 28-minute delay before the start of Friday's game in anticipation of rain. Yoder explained that it was the Padres' decision.
Once the game started, it was in the hands of the umpires, who ordered a halt in the top of the second inning, the bottom of the sixth and finally in the top of the ninth.
"We worked closely with the umpires and the crew chief (Ed Rapuano)," Yoder said. "He allowed us to get on the field before it was flooded. Even after the second delay, the field was great. It finally was saturated, but the footing was still good.
"Because we're in San Diego, people expect tarp pulls to be a Chinese fire drill. But my crew works hard on that kind of thing, and is really good."
While Saturday was routine for the players, it was any but that for Yoder and his crew.
"All that drying agent had to come off the field," he said. "It's a Band-Aid for a bad field; it isn't meant to stay on the field all the time. So we hard to scrape it off and start over. Plus, we destroyed the edges of the infield Friday and had to work on that.
"The work we did for that one game was equal to what we do for an entire homestand."
Rapuano praised Yoder and his crew on a rough-weather night.
"The infield was in terrific shape, particularly given the circumstances," Rapuano said. "In my 22 years, that was a first here. You don't expect to see that in San Diego.
"The grounds crew did a terrific job. They were very helpful with everything we asked. We could see water puddling up, and it was addressed. We look for slippage. We didn't see any by hitters coming out of the box. We repeatedly asked the pitchers if they were OK and got favorable responses.
"The final decision came down to when we saw and heard the forecasts that said the rain pattern was going to be continuing."
Friday oddities
-- There is no curfew in San Diego, so the game could have continued to a conclusion had the conditions permitted.
-- Padres starter Clayton Richard was removed after one batter in the second inning, having thrown just 16 pitches. Padres manager Bud Black said it was his decision to remove Richard "basically because of the risk factor," Black said. "There was a 94-minute rain delay, and the rule of thumb is not to let a guy resume pitching after 90 minutes. Plus, we have eight guys in our bullpen right now."
-- The Padres have had just one other suspended game at home in the club's 42-year history. That was July 18-19, 2001, when a light transformer blew up at Qualcomm Stadium. Curt Schilling started that game for the Diamondbacks, and Randy Johnson entered in the third inning when play resumed the next day. Johnson set a major-league record for strikeouts by a relief pitcher (16). The Padres lost the game 3-0, with Wiki Gonzalez getting their only hit.


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Living in north Nevada I have plenty of opportunities to see fire ants. Well, about a week ago I was in the backyard, naked, with a dildo in my ass thinking of what new insects I could feed my cock to. The mosquitoes are nice but I wanted something new. I noticed the new mound in my yard and after some investigating I picked up a couple and put them on my cock. Nothing happened. I know ants love sugar so i went in the house and grabbed a Qtip and some left over maple syrup from breakfast. I took it to the mound and they went crazy for it. Taking another Qtip I coated the inside of my pee hole with a thin layer of the syrup. Using a straw I inserted it just far enough to open my cock hole. Placing a couple ants by the straw they quickly marched inside. Before i knew it I could feel them biting and destroying the inside of my cock. I was hard as a rock. I barely touched my cock when I shot a load of cum and cleaned out the inside of my cock. It was remarkable. The mosquitoes are nice but the ants go where the mosquitoes won't. Now I just have to wait for the Mormon crickets to show up. Can't wait
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Pathetic tradeoff
Campaign 2008 | Conservatives hurt their cause with harsh rhetoric against illegals
In an election year when conservatives face all the hurdles they can imagine just to hang on to the meager position they presently hold, why keep doing things that seem only to make a bad situation worse? Especially on the issue of immigration, why keep piling up our woes?
It happened again in New Bedford, Mass., a couple of weeks ago-not in some grand episode that by itself changes the national political landscape, but in one of those little stories that, when added all together, remind you why things turn out as they do.
Financier Robert Hildreth of Boston had decided he would take up the cause of some 40 immigrant factory workers who had been arrested and sent on the first leg of a trip back to Latin America. "All I did," said Hildreth-after investing $130,000 of his own money in bail bonds and legal costs-"was to allow these people to have their day in court. Some of them have already been deported. Their day in court has happened, and I'm OK with that."
But conservatives in the area, including radio host Ken Pittman, seemed intent on spoiling such a good notion. "I just wish," said Pittman on the air, with the grumpy churlishness that is too often attributed to conservatives, "that Hildreth had shown that same compassion for all the displaced Americans who are competing for the same funds."
But isn't free-market economics one of the main values conservatives are known for cheering? Isn't it part of the glory of America that Hildreth is free to do with his money what he wants to do?
What happened instead is that once more conservatives were publicly, widely, and emphatically identified with an unfeeling and unwelcoming spirit toward a group of immigrants who were not only hard at work but, ironically in this case, sewing vests and backpacks for U.S. soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.
To which tidbit of information I can already hear people responding: "Aha! So they were after all taking good jobs away from American workers. I knew it!"
But that "I-knew-it" attitude on the part of too many conservatives is proving costly-on at least two fronts.
First, such a harsh spirit is proving more and more to be out of sync with the facts. Take a careful look, if you will, at Richard Nadler's January 2008 report for the Americas Majority Foundation. There, in incredible detail (amermaj.com), Nadler makes the case that the states with the greatest increase in immigrant population over the last decade-half of it almost certainly illegal-also enjoyed the most favorable statistics reflecting unemployment, individual poverty, and total crime. All the influences that are supposed to be tearing apart the wholesome fabric of society and American culture are actually enhancing it. The conservative scare talk is just plain wrong.
But things get worse. While holding fiercely to such misconceptions about the societal and cultural effects of immigration, conservatives also get things wrong with reference to the political impact. So they put all their eggs in the basket called "Deport the Immigrants!" supposing that candidates who run on such a platform will win every election in sight. And we keep doing it even while watching one candidate after another go down to ignominious defeat.
It's not just that we miss the hearts and affections of tens of thousands of folks who should be (and in many cases are) our allies on a variety of conservative issues. We also tragically set the hearts and affections of their children and grandchildren against us in important elections for years to come. And get this: Along the way, we aren't even winning the hearts and affections of present-day voters we thought our message would appeal to. That's why names like Tancredo, Hunter, and Romney are so dominant in the political landscape these days.
It would all be bad enough if we had something to show for trading away such an important principle-if we could show that by stiffing the immigrants we are at least preserving a political base for achieving some other important values. Instead, we end up with neither accomplishment. It's a pretty pathetic tradeoff.
Arrogance, especially on the subject of immigration, has no place among God's people. "Remember," He says repeatedly to all His children: "You too were once immigrants."
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We're quickly wrapping up the year on SXSWfm - each specialty show so far this week has done a "Best of 2013" episode and today's Austin local show, The Chronolog, is no exception. Join our esteemed hosts as they discuss the best music produced by Austin-based artists in 2013, including tunes by SXSW 2014 artists Max Frost and League of Extraordinary Gz.
Tune in as our hosts, Chase Hoffberger and Kevin Curtin of the Austin Chronicle, sit around the "Christmas tree" and open the gifts given to us by Austin bands over the past year. The two writers will discuss what they liked (and didn't like) in 2013. Additionally, Austinites can tune in to get the scoop on the best shows here in town this weekend.
Don't miss the final episode of The Chronolog in 2013! Tune in to SXSWfm today (Thursday) at 12 & 6 CST - or catch the rerun this Saturday at 8pm CST. You can stream us here on your mobile device or desktop. And don't forget to check out The Austin Chronicle's Top 10 lists for 2013 on the first Friday in January.
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- Music of the world at İş Sanat
- Jazz fun begins
- December at Babylon
- Exciting nights at Balance
- Tango Pasion at Maslak
- Open Sesame!
- Silk Road films pass through Bursa
- History and cinema meet for the 9th time
- They loved Turkey
- Genghis Khan is coming
- Contemporary art in Istanbul
- 'Opening and closing doors of life'
- Palace storage chests...
- What André Kertész saw and felt
- Marking the 150th anniversary of the Crimean War...
- Nature and nature
- Mithat Bereket's 'Compass'
- Nedim Günsür retrospective
- The vibrant sculptures of Mehmet Aksoy
- a 24-hour-a-day exhibition
- Civil Aviation at the end of 2006
- "The customer is my all"
- Skylife trademark is registered
- '444 0 THY' is most successful call center
- Professional Competence Workshop held at Turkish Airlines
- Special talks for Turkish Airlines' cabin personnel
- Turkish Airlines promotes Turkey in Prague and Dublin
- Turkish Airlines' Rostov office has a new address
- 'Here, there and everywhere' for 111 Euros
- Luck puts a smile on your face at www.thy.com!
- Teachers fly at half price
- Direct flights to 10 more cities
- Turkish Airlines to transport 100,000 pilgrims to Mecca
- Turkish Airlines celebrates World Children's Day
Chasing an airplane
My childhood was spent in Kahramanmaraş, the city where I was born. We went around every day in the heady atmosphere of the Second World War years, which arouses such disparate emotions in the human heart.
Reports of planes being sighted were broadcast over the radio. Those planes were war planes. But we were too young to know the difference between war planes and passenger planes. For us a plane was just a massive object made of metal. There was no airport in Maraş in those days. So the idea of boarding a plane never crossed our minds even once.
Until one day...
We were in school. It was a Saturday noon. In those days we had a half day of school on Saturdays. The weekend started at noon. All of a sudden there was a big commotion among the pupils. A rumor spread like wildfire through the school. It was incredible! A plane had landed at Maraş! How could it be? How could a plane land in our city when there was no airport? But within a few minutes the truth was out: a propeller bi-plane, grey in color, was indeed gliding over our city with an unaccustomed roar, sometimes flying so low as to almost scrape the minarets, and finally vanishing deep into the sky in an elegant curve. But before long it was swooping overhead again with that magnificent purring sound.
How it happened I don't know. Suddenly a new rumor spread among the children: "The plane is going to land at Arkbaşı!" If they said it then it must be so... Arkbaşı was, by today's standards, a vast rural expanse in the foothills of Ahır Dağı, which lay to the north of our city. An area fit only for the landing of such a plane. But before we even had a chance to head in that direction, a rain of confetti poured down on our town. My God! What lovely little fluttering bits of paper these were! How could we catch them?
Suddenly all the pupils burst out the school gate and began dashing madly all over town. Each in the direction where he thought he could catch some of the confetti. I too was running along behind the plane.
I thought the rain of confetti would never end, and if nothing else I wanted to catch at least one of little pieces. I had the good fortune of finding one at a spot rather far from our house. I was only in the first grade but I could already read and write. The bit of paper I found had written on it in big letters, "Happy Holidays". I didn't know what holiday this was, which holiday was being celebrated. But what better holiday could there be than this? I was the proud owner of a holiday greeting tossed from an airplane, and that was holiday enough for me!
Unfortunately the rain of confetti came to an end. The roar of the plane began to fade from our ears, and the plane to vanish in the distance. We had stopped chasing it now. Not only me but all the children stood with our arms hanging helplessly at our sides, watching sadly as the plane disappeared from view. Even after it vanished completely beyond the horizon, we continued to stand there, rooted in place, not budging, but waiting in its wake with an inward longing for the day when we could touch an airplane with the tip of our fingers... And ever since that day that plane has been engraved in my brain, in a constant yearning to be reunited with it once again.


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Seth Rogen May Sing Asia In Rock Of Ages
By Josh Tyler 2010-07-21 11:28:02 comments
Im starting to miss the chubby, funny Seth Rogen. Now hes doing superhero movies and musicals? The Star says hes considering a role in Adam Shankmans movie version of Rock of Ages. Id rather see Rogen get back to smoking pot and attending illegal Mexican donkey shows. I definitely do not want to see him sing or worse, dance.
See people liked Seth Rogen because he sort of seemed like he could really be your odd, slightly metal, stoner friend. And it was fun rooting for that guy, who could be you or one of your buddies, to make it big in Hollywood against the odds. Now it seems like hes making it big by abandoning himself and becoming just another generic Hollywood dude, and youve gotta wonder how long it will be before people start bailing out on him. Im still on the Rogen bandwagon, Ill put up with all the extreme weightloss to play a superhero, but Im probably getting off if he does a musical.
At least Rock of Ages is sort of a rock and roll musical, though if he did Cats that would potentially be hilarious. The Broadway musical on which Rock will be based is built around classic glam metal hits of the 80s, including Asia. You know how I know youre gay? Because youre going to be in a musical which uses music from Asia.
Word is that Rogen is being considered for the part of the movies narrator Lonny. Shankman is expected to start shooting Rock of Ages later this year with an eye towards a 2011 release.
UPDATE! Seth Rogen has denied the rumors that he'll be involved in Rock of Ages.
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Safer Down Syndrome Prenatal Test Available MondayLauren Jimeson
At 12 weeks pregnant my doctor insisted I go in for the Nuchal translucency screening test, a prenatal test that assesses your baby's risk of having Down syndrome and other chromosomal abnormalities. I wasn't offered this test for my first pregnancy, and I honestly didn't think that I would be asked to have it for this one either. {I thought I was young enough to not need it.}
When I asked my OB the reason for the test, she told me that it was routine for them to test all women, regardless of age. Unaware of what exactly the test involved she assured me that it was low risk, and although not a diagnostic test, has a good rate of identifying my baby's risk for chromosomal abnormalities.
Prior to scheduling the tests I went home and searched the internet on the test. All of the search results came back with the mention of the "false positive," which identifies your baby's risk as high, when the baby is fine. Further testing would be required and most likely an amniocentesis (an invasive test with slight risk for miscarriage) would be done.
On Monday, the first non-invasive, prenatal blood test for Down syndrome, will become available for pregnant mothers. The blood test measures the fetal DNA from the mother's bloodstream and can be detected as early as 10 weeks into the pregnancy. The test is said to be 98.6% accurate with results taking up to 10 days.
According to the LA Times, the test will be available in 20 metropolitan cities across the United States, and with insurance, will cost the patient no more than $235.
My Nuchal test came back negative and thankfully I didn't have to run through the options of what other tests were needed. Although the idea of these tests make me extremely nervous, if given the choice between the Nuchal test and this new test, I would definitely opt for the new one.
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Fresh Android Apps for June 20: Crackle Galaxy on Fire 2 THD, Kami Retro
by Ian Black
We're all familiar with the race for the biggest, most spectacular flat screen TVs, but what about the smallest. Mobile apps and services want to turn your Android into television to-go and the latest entry in this arena is Crackle. Check it out below.
Today's fresh games live on different ends of the graphics spectrum. One is super high-end for Tegra-based devices (Galaxy on Fire 2) and the other is low-end retro that will remind you of arcade games of the past (Kami Retro).
Crackle (Free)
When a business doesn't have a household name, it has to do something dramatic to get attention. That's likely why Crackle went all free with its latest update.
Watch full-length movies and TV episodes for nothing using the Crackle app and service. You'll recognize most of the content, even if it may be slightly dated – think Bad Boys, Ghostbusters, Patriot, and, for TV, Seinfeld and The Three Stooges. Twenty new movies and TV shows will be added monthly and you can watch over 3G or Wi-Fi.
Sounds too good to be true? Well, a few folks with playback issues over certain devices have published complaints in the Android Market. Since it's free, there is no problem with trying it for yourself.
Galaxy on Fire 2 THD (Free)
Miss the space operas like Star Trek or Star Wars? Now, you can participate in one through Galaxy of Fire 2.
You play the role of space adventurer Keith T. Maxwell, thrown into a far future where an alien race has started a galactic war and is bent on dominating the universe. Your missions include escorting convoys under pirate attack, rescuing alien VIPs, hunting down criminals, and more. The gorgeous graphics are the real star here as this game was designed specifically for NVIDIA Tegra-based Android phones and tablets.
OpenFeint support will let you taunt your human friends but to unlock all levels of this sci-fi adventure, you'll need to execute the $14.99.
Kami Retro (Free)
GAMEVIL, Inc. app creators have launched some very successful Android games including Zenonia and Illusia. Those two games were fantasy role-playing games but Kami Retro is different.
Think 80s-style platform games like Super Mario Bros. You run and jump across chasms and obstacles trying to make it to the next level. Comforting pixilated graphics and a retro soundtrack keep it fun.
It's not all old-school, though. Clever puzzles await and you'll need to touch and drag helpful trampolines, fans, and cannons around the screen into the right positions to solve them.


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Construction Management
What can I do with my course in construction management?
Careers in construction management
As a construction manager, you manage site operatives and ensure that client objectives, profit targets and occupational health and safety requirements are fulfilled.
You need knowledge of human resource management, commerce, law, contract administration, industrial relations, estimating and financial risk, technology, computing and environmental sustainability and how these areas interact.
You can find opportunities with contracting companies, property developers, and consulting firms. You may find employment as project manager, an estimator, a project planner or quantity surveyor for a large contracting organisation.
You may perform the following tasks:
- Bidding and negotiating on projects
- Co-ordinating crews of labourers, skilled trades-people, as well as permits, equipment, machinery rentals and supervising the construction project
- Ensuring laws and codes are followed
- Implementing specifications for a project
- Overseeing all work
- Setting up building inspections with authorities
Skills and attributes
Key skills that construction management graduates demonstrate include :
- Time management skills and the ability to work to tight deadlines
- Strong organisational, logical and analytical skills
- Ability to be detail-orientated and accurate, especially with figures
- Ability to work independently or as part of a team
- Strong communication, negotiation and mediation skills
- Knowledge of construction industry, local laws and codes
Related occupations Include:
- Building inspector
- Building surveyor
- Estimator
- Property developer
- Project manager
- Construction Consultant
- Quantity surveyor
- Site manager
Salary and job outlook
You can learn more about salaries and job outcomes for graduates of construction management at Graduate Careers Australia.
Look at industry trends and employment prospects by visiting Australian Government Job Outlook.
Professional associations are an invaluable connection to industry information, networking and professional development opportunities. Most offer student membership discounts. Professional associations related to your course include:
- Australian Institute of Building
- Australian Institute of Building Surveyors
- Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors