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State of the County 2011
Jan. 13, 2011
In the speech:
2010 Accomplishments
2011 Agenda
2011 Goals and Priorities
Good morning.
January of 2011 marks the beginning of the last year of this Board's four year term. As we turn the page for the New Year, Fairfax County continues to face significant challenges. Our economy is on a slow road to recovery from the worst recession in decades.
While we are seeing a very modest increase in home prices, commercial real estate values are still negative. Close to a thousand homeowners in Fairfax are still struggling with foreclosures and nearly 30,000 of our residents are unable to find work.
Despite these challenges, and thanks to the creativity and innovation of our workforce and the positive engagement of our community, Fairfax County continues to be an exceptional place to live, work and play.
We have taken advantage of some of the opportunities the economic downturn has presented. With the cost of construction at a record low, we have been able to realize long term savings in our capital program for parks and schools.
We have also used this opportunity to make re organizational changes,
find efficiencies, and identify reductions that have lowered the cost of
providing services while allowing us to keep taxes affordable for our
residents and improve our quality of life.
2010 Accomplishments
We can all look back over the past few years with satisfaction on a number of accomplishments.
The Rail to Dulles project and the Transformation of Tysons both achieved significant progress in 2010.
2010 Accomplishments
Tysons Corner
History is being made as what has been a sprawling (albeit highly successful) retail and commercial center, amid a sea of impervious parking lots, is being transformed into a compact, walkable, transit-oriented, mixed use urban community – a new development pattern for Fairfax County, offering a new lifestyle choice for our residents.
In December, I hosted a summit which brought together leading national experts on workforce housing to discuss the critical issue of making sure future Tysons employees will have housing near their jobs. The co-host of the summit, the ULI Terwilliger Center, has agreed to continue their supportive partnership with Fairfax County as redevelopment unfolds.
The Tysons Corner Comprehensive Plan, adopted by the Board in June, has
received the prestigious Daniel Burnham Award from the American Planning
Association for being the best comprehensive plan in the country. This
award is a real honor and a testament to the inclusive process our staff,
the Planning Commission, our residents and Tysons stakeholders engaged in
to bring the Plan to reality.
Rail to Dulles
Progress in Tysons extends beyond adoption of the Comprehensive Plan. Anyone driving through Tysons can watch as pylons are installed and four new Metro stations are beginning to come into shape.
We are on-time and within budget for Phase I service on the new Silver Line to begin by the end of 2013 – a critical component for the Tysons Plan and for providing new transportation options in and around the area.
Most of the ingredients are in place for Phase II of the Dulles Rail Project and work is underway to develop and complete plans for the three stations serving the Reston/Herndon area. The Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority is sharing plans with both Loudoun and Fairfax regarding the location and configuration of a station at the airport. This project will be competitively bid. We are shooting for the end of 2016 for service on the Silver Line all the way to the airport.
More Transportation
In addition to Rail to Dulles, tremendous progress was made in 2010 on other projects on the Transportation front. Some highlights:
In September, the final segment of the Fairfax County Parkway was
completed – making it possible for motorists to travel straight through
all the way from Reston to Ft. Belvoir.
To address constant congestion and back-ups, ground was broken in
November to construct a separate grade interchange at the oldest
part of the Parkway where it intersects with the Fair Lakes
- While these projects were made possible with an infusion of federal stimulus dollars, Fairfax County also invested in transportation with our local funds. In October of 2009 we allocated $10 million for widening of and improvements to Telegraph Road and in November 2010 we approved the plans to fix this congested stretch of road.
Another accomplishment is our work on the 2011 budget.
While we are not yet out of the woods, our Board has so far survived The Great Recession – the most severe economic downturn in most of our lifetimes – while maintaining the quality of life we value.
We have adopted budgets during the past two years that have closed serious projected shortfalls, reduced spending in our $3.3 billion General Fund budget by about $200 million while remaining sensitive to the taxpayer. Several news editorials ("Fiscal Prudence in Fairfax County" and "A Tale of Two Counties") have complimented our Board for its fiscal stewardship.
Education continues to be this Board's highest priority. Even during these challenging times, all of our Fairfax County High Schools remain in the top 5th percentile in the nation.
As Chairman, I attend a lot of community events. One of my favorite experiences in 2010 was a visit (with Supervisor Gerry Hyland) to the Hollin Meadows Elementary School in September. Hollin Meadows is located in the Richmond Highway area. The school population is extremely diverse with a percentage of the students from families with lower incomes. Despite what some might consider "challenges" at the school, student achievement is over the top. The enthusiasm of the principal, the teachers and the dedicated volunteers has made this school a real showcase for learning.
We can also claim some great achievements in our Parks, Public Safety and Economic Development.
Recently our Park Authority won the coveted Gold Medal for Parks and Recreation from the National Recreation and Park Association and the American Academy for Park and Recreation Administration - edging out New York City, Miami-Dade County in Florida, and Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
Public Safety
Despite budget reductions in public safety, we have been able to maintain a historic low crime rate and continue to rank among the first in the Nation in our ability to respond to critical incidents.
Last summer I visited a training exercises conducted by our Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue Team in Lorton and in Merrifield. Last winter, we watched with pride as the federally funded Team, one of only two such units in the country, responded to the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti. These individuals returned to Fairfax in time to work hand in glove with our Fairfax County police and the National Guard as they assisted our own residents during "Snowmageddon."
Lastly, on the economic development front, on July 12th, Northrop Grumman signed an agreement to move their corporate headquarters to Fairfax County. They join CSC, Hilton, SAIC and Volkswagen as companies that have relocated their headquarters here since 2007.
2011 Agenda
And so, as we prepare for the months ahead, what is in store?
Four major issues are on our plate for 2011: Another challenging budget situation, redistricting, elections, and BRAC.
Once again we will face a challenging fiscal situation. We are not yet out of the woods. While we are beginning to see some improvement in residential real estate, a modest increase in value of approximately 2.4%, commercial values have continued to fall, though not as steeply as last year. Our combined revenue and disbursement projections estimate that we will once again need to close a projected shortfall for Fiscal Year 2012 (which begins in July of this year) of about $50 million.
If we were to attempt to resume compensation increases for our employees this shortfall would increase by over $100 million ($33 million for County employees and $74 million for school employees).
The County Executive's Advertised Budget will be released on February 22nd. Our Board will make changes to the Advertised Budget on April 12th, with formal adoption on April 26.
When we adopt the budget, we are adopting – and investing in – our community's priorities. It is critical for us to have the community at the table with us as we consider these decisions. More information about the Budget and our Community Outreach program this year can be found on the County's website. I encourage everyone to participate in this important process and to take advantage of the town meetings and forums that we will be hosting this winter and spring.
With new population numbers coming from the 2010 U.S. Census in February, the Board of Supervisors, through a public process, will redraw lines in order to "even up" the populations in each of our nine magisterial districts. While most districts have not experienced very much growth during the past ten years, populations in Hunter Mill, Springfield and Mount Vernon will likely need to be redistributed during the 2011 redistricting process.
In November, our Board approved our process and schedule for redistricting. This process includes the establishment of a Citizens' Committee to assist and advise us on changes to district boundaries. Each district supervisor has appointed one member to the committee along with County-wide organizations, including a representative from both political parties. To chair the Committee, I appointed former Board of Supervisors Chairman Katherine Hanley. As a former Secretary of the Commonwealth and Board Chairman, Kate clearly has the knowledge and experience needed for this role. She is also a veteran of three past redistrictings.
Final census figures will not be available until February and a final redistricting plan will likely not be adopted until at least April. Information about the process will be posted on the County's website. Anyone will be able to access data and can even submit their own recommendations for consideration by the Committee.
Supervisor Jeff McKay, Chair of the Board's Legislative Committee, will be coordinating the redistricting effort.
The redistricting process takes on special significance this time, since 2011 is an election year for the Board of Supervisors. All members of our Board will be up for re-election, as will all members of the School Board, all State Delegates and Senators, the Sheriff, Clerk to the Court and the Commonwealth Attorney.
The redistricting process this year will complicate things somewhat, as changes to district boundaries will not be adopted until spring. In order to comply with federal Voting Rights law, Primaries may have to be held as late as August or even early September. The lines will be redrawn before the elections, and Board members will run for election in the new districts.
BRAC Implementation
Also on the horizon is the Base Realignment and Closure, or BRAC, process that began in 2005. About 20,000 Department of Defense employees will move into their new spaces this coming fall. According to the schedule, 14,000 jobs will be re-located to Ft. Belvoir by September 15th, 8,500 of these to the new Geospatial-Intelligence Agency at Engineer Proving Grounds (now called "north post") and 5,500 employees to the main post of Fort Belvoir.
To put things in context, about 25,000 employees work at the Pentagon.
Especially challenging is the BRAC 133 Mark Center site on I-395 in the City of Alexandria. Our Board opposed this site, which will bring 6,200 Washington Headquarters Service jobs to this already severely congested area. No adequate transportation improvements are in place to support traffic entering and exiting the new building.
I am working with our Federal representatives, elected leadership in Alexandria and Arlington, and my colleagues – Supervisors Gross, McKay and Hyland – to address issues associated with all of these re-locations. Our goal for the BRAC moves is to minimize the impact on Fairfax County residents and commuters and also to identify economic development opportunities these relocations will provide.
Goals & Challenges for 2011
Last fall, I met individually with each of my colleagues. The purpose of the meetings was to discuss everyone's goals, challenges and ideas for the year ahead. It is as a cohesive Board that we are able to effect positive change and best serve our constituents.
Some of the items we discussed include:
- Preserving the history of Fairfax County
- Meeting the environmental challenges associated with the cleanup of the Chesapeake Bay and bringing the community together to address the breach of the Kingstowne dam
- Engaging the community by strengthening leadership and building capacity within our community organizations
- Fostering a stronger relationship with the School Board, in particular exploring how we might align our respective goals
- Revitalizing and redeveloping – in the Tysons, Merrifield, McLean, Springfield, Baileys, Annandale and Richmond Highway corridors
- We also share a concern about insufficient transportation infrastructure to support Department of Defense employees as they make their shift in response to BRAC.
A wide range of transportation issues are on Board members' agenda – from pursuing our County-wide multi-modal transit plan, to assisting Herndon with a Kiss & Ride at the future Herndon Monroe Metro Station – to short term and longer term plans to facilitate mobility in the I-66 corridor – to pedestrian safety improvements to Franconia Road -
I am looking forward to working with my colleagues this year on all of these issues.
My Goals
In addition to the goals and work of the Board I have already discussed, there are several other areas where I plan to focus my efforts in 2011.
Fairfax County's future is in redevelopment. We must foster growth and development in ways that protect our older stable communities but address the challenges that past auto dependent development patterns have presented.
Just as growth has occurred over the past 50 years, we will continue to grow into the future. It is important that we get it right. Encouraging growth in areas that can be supported by mass transit in urban, walkable mixed use patterns will allow growth to happen in ways that protect our environment and offer a life style choice that is desirable for our residents throughout the different chapters in our lives, from young professionals to older empty-nesters (like myself).
Our most major redevelopment initiative is the Transformation of Tysons. Already six applications have been filed by Tysons landowners to rezone their properties in concert with the new comprehensive plan.
Our County staff is working with these stakeholders to establish a "Tysons Partnership", the "entity" that will be "the keeper of the vision" as described in the Tysons Task Force Report.
Efforts are underway to identify public facilities such as libraries, parks, cultural amenities and schools that will be incorporated into new development as it evolves, along with transportation improvements and a grid of streets.
In 2011, I will make encouraging innovation and collaboration for Energy that is clean, efficient, sustainable, secure and reliable a priority. Energy efficiency is critical for industry to remain competitive in Fairfax County. It is also the right thing to do.
Redevelopment in Fairfax County especially will offer opportunities for creativity and collaboration that we must explore. Additionally, technology is emerging that will help our residents and corporate neighbors save money and precious natural resources as we heat and cool our homes and offices and operate machinery and tools.
In November I began plans for a Private Sector Energy Task Force. While the County has made impressive progress in the area of energy efficiency and environmental stewardship, real progress can only be achieved by engaging the private sector.
At a Business Roundtable in December I presented a series of educational and organizational sessions that will begin soon and conclude by the summer. Members of the Task Force will include representatives of the residential and business communities, institutional representatives such as George Mason University, Northern Virginia Community College, INOVA, and utilities operating in Fairfax County.
In addition to energy efficiency, I will be working with our corporate neighbors in identifying and fostering the emergence of new industry sectors. We must continue to focus not just on remaining competitive, but being an economic leader with a diverse portfolio of industries.
Fairfax County is always in the process of reinventing itself. Originally a county of dairy farms, then a suburban bedroom community to downtown Washington D.C., we have evolved into what Time and Virginia Business magazines describe as "a job machine."
Our success in economic development helps to drive our excellent quality of life. We are able to invest in an excellent educational system. Our children go on to higher education and can find good jobs here. As an educated community we are better equipped to make good choices and to give back to the county that has nurtured us.
We cannot stand still. Industries have their ups and downs and we will ensure our continued success by diversifying the industries that call Fairfax County home. During the next year, working with my Business Roundtable Group, I will identify and pursue new areas for economic development and growth. Some examples to explore include biotechnology and personalized medicine, tourism and the hospitality industry, and energy and green technologies. I am especially interested in working with the Chamber and our Visit Fairfax organization to identify a location and funding strategy for a conference center in Tysons.
Together with our corporate neighbors we will identify new economic opportunities which will allow us to emerge from this Great Recession even stronger than before.
As I discussed earlier, improving mobility in Fairfax County that incorporates multi-modal options for our workers and residents will be a top priority for 2011.
Transportation is not just about roads. We must also plan for and invest in pedestrian and bike routes, light rail, Metro, the VRE and transit. And most importantly, these various modes need to be developed in a way that they connect and create an efficient system for those of us who live, work and play in Fairfax County.
During the months ahead, I will work with my colleagues, our staff and with the Commonwealth and our Federal partners to flesh out our multi-modal transportation plans. In particular, we must take advantage of the opportunity the 495 Beltway HOT Lanes project affords us to use those new lanes for express bus service.
And lastly, my goal once again, is to engage our community in the adoption of a budget for Fiscal Year 2012 that invests sufficiently in our collective priorities.
Fairfax County offers an exceptional quality of life. We are a great place to live, work, play and grow older comfortably. The most important ingredient in making that happen is the positive engagement of our community.
I encourage everyone to get involved – in the budget, in redistricting, in the election or in your neighborhood association. Your contributions have never been more important.
Thanks so much for listening. I look forward to working with you during the year ahead.


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In Javascript when the user clicks on a specific button I submit the form. When doing this though I get the 405 error. Oh, and ${post_url} point to the path looked for by the PUT handler in the above code. So any thoughts? If I need to provide more of my code please let me know. I could really use some help and understanding on why I can't get this to work. Even the spring docs that I've read talk about doing it this way so something is obviously missing on my end. Thanks.
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So it came as a surprise to discover that Borðoy, one of the 18 little islands (all but one of which are inhabited), was our third port of call on a cruise to Iceland and the Norwegian fjords. My camera-crazy husband had been hankering to visit Reykjavik with its hot spouting geysers and stunning Blue Lagoon ever since his son returned from the city a couple of years ago. So when an offer for an Icelandic cruise landed on my laptop, sailing out of Southampton in the UK on the Celebrity Eclipse, he needed little persuading to book a 14-night vacation in August.
As it was, even booking a month beforehand, we were almost too late to get on to the six-and-a-half-hour Gold Circle tour at our first stop in Reykjavik. We soon learnt why. In sparsely inhabited places, like Iceland, with three ships in the tiny port of Reykjavik all at once, and hundreds of sight-hungry day-trippers anxious to cram in every experience going, there can be problems.
Our first impression of Reykjavik from the ship was of a flat, green toyland. Once ashore, it's amazing how empty the streets of Iceland's capital city feel, even at rush hour on a working morning. We stopped first at The Pearl, one of the most recognisable landmarks in Reykjavik. The five immense hot water tanks that store water heated by natural springs, are topped by a domed revolving restaurant and an atrium with splendid views across a steaming landscape.
They may have cold winters, but even the poorest of Iceland's 300,000 inhabitants need never worry about affording central heating or hot water in their homes. With geysers steaming along the roadside, it's free. At Thingvellir National Park about 30 miles from Reykjavik, we visited the site of the world's first democratic parliament, formed in 930AD. Today it's bleak, rocky and there's little left to see of its former glory, other than a lake and black volcanic rock covered in moss.
Boiling fountains
After paying homage, it was on to the geothermal fields at Geysir, a Martian–like grey and yellow landscape with sporadic springs of scalding water. The Strokkur geyser sprang to life, wafting a spray of steaming water that exploded 12 metres into the air like a boiling fountain before vanishing as suddenly as it began. Nature's time clock sees these eruptions at Strokkur every eight to ten minutes. Others spring forth once every 18 to 80 years.
Another 30-minute drive along the road, and we reached the Gullfoss, the most famous of all Iceland's waterfalls, located in the canyon of the Hvita River. One of the most popular tourist attractions in the country, we watched, awestruck, as the mighty river tumbled a graceful 29 metres to rejoin the river below.
Iceland is literally where Europe and the Americas meet. Beneath the Earth's surface, two vast rocky plates – one the European plate, the other the American plate – are engaged in a constant battle. At Hafnarfjörður, we witnessed a new split in the surface of the land that appeared last February. Standing on either side, we had one foot geographically in North America and the other in Europe.
Then we reached the Blue Lagoon. It looked like a big steamy swimming pool, where hundreds of tourists were splashing noisily. With air temperatures struggling to reach 12°C under a drizzly grey sky, we huddled in raincoats trying to hide our disappointment. This wasn't what we expected. But then wandering outside, we turned right – and there it was.
The scalding, aqua-blue pool of my step-son's photographs, bubbling gently over black volcanic rocks, mineral-rich, salty deposits frilling the edges of the lagoon. It was breathtaking and worth the walk past the overpriced café and slightly tacky souvenirs.
A treeless territory
The next morning, our ship anchored in Akureyri. At first sight it looked like Switzerland with snowy peaks but without trees. Our five-and-a-half hour 'Jewels of the North' tour started at 8am. We travelled along mountain paths, nestled between rows of pine forests dotted neatly on the hillsides. Our guide explained that there is no natural forestation in Iceland and the trees have been planted by farmers to combat erosion as part of a national programme.
We went to a site called Dimmuborgir where we stopped for a closer look at a strange collection of vast volcanic rocks. Icelandic legend has it that the trolls, who fear sunlight, threw a party to cheer up a depressed friend. They celebrated too long, and failed to notice the sunrise that turned them to stone. We walked down a path to where the trolls Grýla and Leppalúði reputedly live, along with their sons, folklore's 13 mischievous yuletide lads, who in recent times have come to be viewed as Father Christmas.
In this sparsely populated land, with its snow-capped mountains, magnificent waterfalls, rushing streams and doll's house-pretty homes, any fairy tale sounds believable. Next stop was the Faroes. We berthed in the northernmost island, Borðoy, at Klaksvik, the second-largest town with 5,000 residents in this self-governing part of the Danish kingdom.
The capital of the Faroes, Tórshavn is the smallest in Europe with a population of 17,000. Our guide, mother-of-three Bara, was also a teacher and a dairy farmer's wife. As we trundled through tunnels, she filled us in on Faroean life.
Summer light
There are only four sets of traffic lights here, no trains, no trees or natural forests and virtually no crime. The most social drink, we learn, is tea with milk. Almost two million sea birds use this place as their breeding ground, and the most prolific are puffins. Relaxed, unhurried and safe, children can play outside all night in summer without fear, while their parents practise their golf in preparation for the highlight of the island's social calendar, the summer solstice midnight golf tournament.
Then it was on to Geiranger in Norway, sailing up the fjord past the exquisite Seven Sisters Waterfall. In Olden, we took a bus to Briksdalen Glacier and climbed right up to the glacier's face. We dipped the tips of our fingers in the icy glacier pool, feeling the water as it melted from under the ice before it transforming into the mighty waterfall that sprinkled freezing droplets as we travelled beneath it to the coach park.
Next we picked up the Oslo-Bergen train. At Myrdal, we changed to the old Flamsbana Railway, which is the steepest railroad in Europe, and takes an hour to travel through its 20 tunnels along the 20 kilometres of track. At the Kjosfossen Waterfall the train stopped. We disembarked to be greeted by a sylph – an opera singer dressed all in red – dancing on a ledge of the mountain to music echoing from behind the gushing water.
Bergen was picture-book pretty. Visits to the fish market are a must, if only to see the ugly monkfish with its label. 'Yes, I'm a Monkfish. Don't ask,' while music buffs can pay homage at Edvard Grieg's home. On the two-day sail back to Southampton, there was time to ruminate on our voyage. We came with many expectations, some high (the Blue Lagoon) and some less so (the Faroes) but we were pleasantly surprised in every case. One thing's for sure: the shipping forecast will never sound quite the same again.


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Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge
Review by dtm666
"Belmont gets his revenge... and boy is it sweet."
Castlevania Adventure, for all intents and purposes, was a test of patience due to its jumpy feel and constricted controls. To put it in simpler language, the game sucked lemons. The sequel, Belmont's Revenge, is improved to the point where the gameplay somewhat resembles the NES Castlevania, but also retains some elements of the previous Castlevania entry. Let's see how it fares.
STORY: 16 years after Christopher Belmont supposedly kills Dracula, Chris' son goes missing. Thus ol' Belmont has to come out of retirement to save him from evil forces. It's better than Adventure's ''I don't know whether my name is Simon or Christopher but I gotta kill Dracula'' storyline, but it's nothing special either. 6/10
GRAPHICS: Much, much better than Adventure. Chris Belmont still looks bald, but everything else has a nice clean look to it and the detail is as good as a Game Boy can get it to be. Good effort. 8/10
SOUND: Like the visual aspect, the sound is improved tenfold. The sound effects are still nothing worthy to note, but they aren't a major loss. The music in this game is nicely done for a portable system that can't produce a decent soundtrack to save its life. It's better than its predecessor AND its successor (Legends). 8/10
GAMEPLAY: The gameplay took a major tweaking to the point where you have elements of the NES and GB Castlevanias meshed into one. You still climb ropes and stuff, but you can now collect sub-weapons (only holy water and axe, or the cross if you're playing the Japanese version) and it feels more like traditional Castlevania. The control is a little better than before. I just wished they didn't go with the Stage Select business. 9/10
CHALLENGE: The game is actually quite easy at times, although the last couple of bosses in the game will definitely test your patience. There's also a Hard Mode which adds a bit of extra difficulty into the game. 7/10
REPLAY VALUE: It's a one-time affair if you don't know the Hard Mode code. You can go like Megaman and try playing the initial levels in different orders, but it really doesn't matter. Of course, if you really like this game... there's your replay value. 8/10
OVERALL: Belmont's Revenge is one of the better 8-bit Castlevania games despite it's relatively short size and the fact that it's a Game Boy title. It's something different while at the same time is something traditional and familiar. Revenge is definitely sweet and worth your cash if you can find it. 8/10
Reviewer's Rating: 4.0 - Great
Originally Posted: 01/02/04
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The Women's Choice Award is the only recognition program for well-qualified advisors who are committed to the women's market and serving their female clients.
Wilton, CT (PRWEB) February 03, 2014
As the leading advocate for female consumers, WomenCertified®, Inc., is pleased to announce that Lori R. Price, of Price Financial Group, LLC., has received the Women's Choice Award® for Financial Advisors based on rigorous research, 17 objective criteria including a client survey to obtain feedback regarding service and practices.
The Women's Choice Award is the only recognition program for well-qualified advisors who are committed to the women's market and serving their female clients. Achieving this award reaffirms the commitment Price Financial Group has to extraordinary service in addressing the financial needs of women and their families. "Guiding women through life's transitions became my passion many years ago when a client asked for advice during her divorce. It is especially gratifying for our all-female firm to empower other women through comprehensive wealth management and financial education to achieve their goals and reach for their dreams," said Mrs. Price.
WomenCertified, originator of the Women's Choice Award, was created by Delia Passi, the leading advocate for female consumers and former group publisher of Working Woman and Working Mother magazines. In partnership with WIFE.org (Women's Institute for Financial Education) co-founders Ginita Wall and Candace Bahr, Delia has created the Women's Choice Award for Financial Advisors in an effort to help women identify those advisors who are committed to providing quality service. The award allows this elite group of advisors to showcase their commitment to the women's market, while giving potential clients a starting point for entrusting their finances to an advisor.
Women currently control 51 percent of all wealth in the United States, and, according to the Federal Reserve, this number is projected to reach 66% by 2020.* As the financial industry wakes up to the fact that a great majority of the female population are seeking advisors they can trust, Passi, Bahr and Wall have already created the solution. This powerful, national initiative distinguishes advisors who support female consumers in their quest for financial education.
At Price Financial Group, we are caring, independent advisors who focus solely on serving our clients' needs and acting in their best interests. We specialize in helping women and retirees navigate life's transitions – helping them define their needs and determine how much they can spend and not outlive their money. Through every phase of life, we help our clients protect and manage their assets, prepare for retirement and unexpected events. We listen and respond to our clients' needs and try to educate them about their risks and opportunities using clear, simple language. We offer personal service, seek to develop innovative strategies, and pledge to lead with great care along the path to pursuing our clients' goals.
The Women's Choice Award Financial Advisor Program is based on 17 objective criteria associated with providing quality service to women clients such as credentials, experience and a favorable regulatory history, among other factors. Financial advisors do not pay a fee to be considered or placed on the final list of Women's Choice Award® Financial Advisors, though they may have paid a basic program fee to cover the cost of comprehensive review and client survey.
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The all new EV Rider Sport Rider is a powerful and modern scooter with retro design that uses state-of-the-art electronics to deliver up to 12.4 mph and 30 miles of range.
The Sport Rider allows you to customize the weight capacity, seat size, maximum speed and driving range. Choose between an orthopedic single seat and a bench seat capable of supporting two people. Weight capacity ranges from 350 lbs up to 500 lbs, and a speed range from 7.5 mph up to 12.4 mph.
Safety features like a full headlight and turn signals combined with luxury touches like a Deluxe reclining high-back seat with headrest, stylish motorcycle handle bar, motorcycle gauges that include digital speedometer, trip meter and clock make the Sport Rider more than just a mobility scooter.
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The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is one of the agencies of the 11 from around the world involved in the International Space Station (ISS) project. Once complete, the still partially built space station will be about the size of a soccer field. However, it is already plenty big enough - even in its partially complete state - for the reflections of the sun's rays that it deflects to earth to be visible from the earth's surface.
To give people living in Japan the chance to view the space station for themselves, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has a daily "calendar" on its website showing at what times and from where in Japan the space station will be visible on any one day.
From as far north as Hokkaido, all the way south to Okinawa, everyone in Japan has the chance to see the space station depending on the station's orbit on any particular day. When it passes over, it is close enough that even people in big cities like Tokyo and Osaka can see it in spite of the light pollution.
Go to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency website to find out when you can next see the international space station.
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North Little Rock Mayor Joe Smith said he expects to save taxpayer dollars and help deter probation violations by partnering with the Arkansas Department of Community Correction.
Beginning in early June, the state agency assigned to the city of North Little Rock six to eight participants in a work program, who have committed some technical violation of their parole. Supervised by a North Little Rock police officer, these individuals are performing tasks designated by the city's Public Works department, usually lawn care and maintenance. No violent or sexual offenders are allowed to participate in the program, according to the mayor.
"This is a continuing effort by my administration to get the most out of each and every taxpayer dollar," said Mayor Joe Smith. "We have public space that needs to be maintained and the state has participants in a work program. It just makes financial sense to create a partnership."
In addition to saving the city money on labor costs, the program also has value in presenting a public deterrent to future parole violations.
"Hopefully this program will help reducing recidivism and parole revocation," said North Little Rock Police Chief, Mike Davis. "You have to follow the rules of your probation, and if you don't you might end up mowing at a city park or picking up trash on a sidewalk with a police officer looking over your shoulder all day."
Nathan Hamilton, a spokesman for the mayor's office, said the program is working well during its first few weeks of existence.
"Having a police officer doing the supervision works out great," Hamilton said.
The city plans on keeping the program permanent as long as the Arkansas Department of Community Corrections provides participants to the city.
"We can use them," said Hamilton. "The mayor hopes to have up to 50 to 60 workers by this time next year."
Hamilton added, "There is always enough property maintenance to be taken care of. And we can never have enough people to do all the weed eating and mowing property. We can always use the help."


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02 Today
Tampa Bay Frogman Swim: Wimps should stay home for this one. Here's a 3.1-mile open-water swim off the shore of Gandy Beach in the 58-degree waters of Tampa Bay. Swimmers must have some degree of open-water experience or competitive long-distance pool experience. Wetsuits are required except for swimmers training to cross the English Channel. Meets and departs from Gandy Beach east of the Banana Boat. Benefits the Naval Special Warfare Foundation. 6 a.m. $35 and $1,000 in donations appreciated. Banana Boat, 13090 Gandy Blvd. N, St. Petersburg. (727) 570-2996. tampabayfrogman.com/event.html.
Miniature Train Rides: Kids of all ages can ride the miniature trains of Largo Central Railroad. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free (donations for train maintenance appreciated). Largo Central Railroad, 105 Central Park Drive, Largo. (727) 587-6775. lcrailroad.com.
Music Fest on the Water: Relax by the water and enjoy live music in the Pier's music series. This portion features the Arch. 1 to 4 p.m. Free. The Pier, 800 Second Ave. NE, St. Petersburg. (727) 821-6443.
Holiday Lights in the Garden: Today is your last chance to stroll through a garden of tropical plants glowing with more than 500,000 twinkling lights. 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. $2 suggested donation, 11 and younger free. Florida Botanical Gardens, 12211 Walsingham Road, Largo. (727) 582-2100. www.flbg.org.
Pinellas Park Civic Orchestra: An evening of light classical and pops music with vocalists. 7:30 p.m. Free, donations accepted. Pinellas Park Performing Arts Center, 4951 78th Ave. N, Pinellas Park. (727) 397-3832. pinellas-park.com.
03 Monday
'School for Nerds' Auditions: Open auditions for School for Nerds. St. Petersburg Petite Little Theatre is open to all children ages 8 to 14. 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Free. St. Petersburg Little Theatre, 4025 31st St. S, St. Petersburg. (727)864-2950. www.splt.info.
04 Tuesday
Mini Trade Show for Seniors: The Dove 105.5 FM will host this mini trade show that will feature live entertainment, free health screening, senior-friendly vendors and prizes. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free. Tyrone Square Mall, 6901 Tyrone Square, St. Petersburg. (727) 347-3889. simon.com/mall/default.aspx?id=135.
International Film Movement: This portion of the International Film Series features the 73-minute G-rated film Alamar. In the film, a young man of Mayan roots and Natan, his half-Italian son, embark on an epic journey into the open sea to understand his heritage of a fisherman's life. 4 p.m. Free. Gulf Beaches Public Library, 200 Municipal Drive, Madeira Beach.
05 Wednesday
Florida Orchestra Coffee Concert Series: The annual coffee concert series features a variety of classical music mornings served with strings, wind, percussion and a side of doughnuts. "St. Petersburg, Russia: A Musical Tour," kicks off the three-concert series with Tchaikovsky's Polonaise from Eugene Onegin, Shostakovich's Tahiti Trot/Tea for Two and Prokofiev's Balcony Scene from Romeo and Juliet. 10 a.m. $24-$42; package deals for three-concert and seven-concert series available. Ruth Eckerd Hall, 1111 N McMullen-Booth Road, Clearwater. (727) 892-3337. floridaorchestra.org/coffee-series.asp.
The Florida Orchestra at the Studio@620: A Surreal Surprise: "An Intimate Collaboration II: The World We Live In," is the second season for a series of seriously fun happenings by the Florida Orchestra. Seating is limited; it's a good idea to reserve a seat in advance. First up: A Surreal Surprise, with a special performance of Party Pieces: Sonorous and Exquisite Corpses, plus a performance from Nine Surrealist Studies (After Salvador Dalí) No. 3. Also on the program, readings from Little mi-ma Monsterlet and Frankenstein. 7 p.m. $10 suggested donation. Studio@620, 620 First Ave. S, St. Petersburg. (727) 895-6620. thestudioat620.org.
06 Thursday
Largo's Downtown Market (formerly Largo Harvest Marketplace): Produce, flowers, plants, baked treats, handcrafted items and more. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free. Ulmer Park, 301 West Bay Drive, Largo. (727) 587-6740, ext. 5015.
07 Friday
Treasure Island Market: An open-air market in Community Center Park. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Treasure Island Community Center, Gulf Boulevard and 106th Avenue, Treasure Island. (727) 360-4121. treasureislandchamber.org.
Florida Orchestra Pops: The One and Only Louis Armstrong: Byron Stripling, star of the hit musical Satchmo: America's Musical Legend, relives the music of Louis Armstrong. Stripling plays such hits as Sweet Georgia Brown, Honeysuckle Rose, Ain't Misbehavin' and more. Jeff Tyzik is guest conductor for the performance. 8 p.m. $20-$67. David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts, 1010 N MacInnes Place, Tampa. (813) 229-7827. strazcenter.org.


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I feel like I should be having an easier time finding a class. I'd like to do a 4 or 6 week class because I really don't like to sit still and listen to someone talk for a long period of time. After about 2 hours my mind starts to wander. Anyone know of good class, preferably in SE?
Or is there anyone else in the area looking for something similar? There's a midwife in the area who is willing to do a group class, but she doesn't have enough couples (or mamas) who want to do it.
Unfortunately, the mama baby center closed recently. The midwife who did the classes there said she can still do private classes, but I'd really like to do a group class since it would be a good opportunity to meet people and I've lived here for 6 months and still haven't made any friends.
Did you try Zenana? I think they have someone in that teaches. Or MotherTree?
Hey mama, Alma does classes!! Zenana also as someone mentioned. I'd love to get together sometime if you're interested. I've been here 4 years but am the first of my friends to have kids and it changes so much. Lmk!
Thanks. We ended up just doing a private class because I waited too long and we ended up not having time for a group class. Oops!
As far as getting together, I just replied to your thread. :)
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Bank predicts fall for Tasmania's jobless rate
A new bank report is tipping Tasmania's unemployment rate will fall by 2015.
The Commonwealth Bank is predicting the unemployment rate will drop from 7.3 per cent this year to 7 per cent by 2015.
Tasmania is expected to continue to lag behind every other state and territory, and remain well below the national average of 5.7 per cent.
Economist Diana Mousina says job losses in agriculture, construction and retail have hit the state hard.
But she says Tasmania's double-A plus rating should remain, despite Western Australia being stripped of its triple-A rating last week.
"We think that the credit rating remains quite stable for the state," she said.
"We do have quite positive signs that growth will start to trend up over the next few quarters, so we think that that remains quite stable.
"The underlying indicators for Australia and Tasmania as well are in the positive direction," she said.
"We've had a very large fall in the interest rate, now interest rate is at a record low, we've had a large fall in the Aussie dollar even though it has come up over the last few weeks.
"So I think those indicators will drive the recovery in the employment market."
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Roasted Winter Vegetables Recipe
- 3 small red potatoes, cubed
- 2 medium carrots, chopped
- 2 medium parsnips, peeled and chopped
- 1 medium turnip, peeled and chopped
- 1 cup cubed peeled butternut squash
- 3 shallots, peeled and halved
- 1 whole garlic bulb, cloves separated and peeled
- 4-1/2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1. Place the first seven ingredients in a greased 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan. Combine the oil, salt, thyme and pepper; drizzle over vegetables and toss to coat.
- 2. Bake, uncovered, at 425° for 30-35 minutes or until tender, stirring occasionally. Yield: 6 servings.
Nutritional Facts
3/4 cup: 115 calories, 4g fat (1g saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 135mg sodium, 20g carbohydrate (4g sugars, 3g fiber), 2g protein.
Reviews for Roasted Winter Vegetables
Average Rating
"love this. my whole family loves these veggies"
"Love this! Warm comfort food - but veggies! Not too popular with my husband and son, who object to the "funny" veggies - Parsnips, and squash. Still I make it just for me!"
"Put all the oil and seasonings in a ziplock bag, add veggies, zip closed and toss around to coat. pour onto the pan and bake as directed. coats the veggies more evenly and is less messy."
"Last year I roasted winter veggies instead of the traditional "sugary, fattening potatoes; sweet and regular" fearful that my family would revolt and to my surprise and delight they didn't. They actually ate more of them and I didn't have left overs. They were all gone. We had to make more the next days to eat with turkey and cranberry salad. It was great. I recommend to try it and see what happens. I have found a "new" tradition. healthy and Happy Thanksgiving everyone."


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If you are a football lover, then you must be aware of Maradona's hand of God Goal in 1986 World Cup Football. It was a quarter final match between Argentina v England, played on 22 June 1986, during the 1986 FIFA World Cup at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City. The match, between two of the biggest powers in world football, is remembered as one of the most epic in FIFA World Cup history due to the Hand of God controversy. For Argentina, Diego Maradona scored two of the most famous goals in football history. His first, after fifty one minutes, was the Hand of God goal in which Maradona scored via an illegal, but unpenalized, handball. His second, after fifty four minutes, saw him dribble past six England players and was voted in 2002 as the Goal of the Century. Finally, Argentina won the game 2-1 and went on to win the 1986 World Cup with a victory over West Germany in the final.
Hand of God
Six minutes into the second half, Maradona cut inside from the right flank and played a diagonal low pass to the edge of the area to team-mate Jorge Valdano and continued his run in the hope of a one-two movement. Maradona's pass, however, was played slightly behind Valdano and reached England's Steve Hodge, the left midfielder who had dropped back to defend. Hodge, who swapped shirts with Maradona after the game tried to hook the ball clear but miscued it. The ball screwed off his foot and into the penalty area, toward Maradona, who had continued his run. England goalkeeper Peter Shilton came out of his goal to punch the ball clear, with his considerable height at 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m), making him clear favorite to beat Maradona at 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) to it. However, Maradona reached it first, with the outside of his left fist. The ball went into the goal, and the referee (Tunisian Ali Bin Nasser), not having seen the infringement, allowed the goal.
See the video of Hand of God Goal.
Goal of the Century
Just 4 minutes after the controversial Hand of God goal, there came the Goal of the Century. This Goal is claimed to be the greatest individual goal of all time. Hector Enrique passed the ball to Maradona some ten metres inside his own half. Maradona then began his 60-metre, 10-second dash towards the English goal, leaving behind five English outfield players, Hodge, Beardsley, Reid, Butcher and Fenwick. Maradona finished the move by dribbling round Shilton to make the score 2-0 to Argentina.
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BENG 100 - Lecture 22 - Tissue Engineering
Lecture 22 - Tissue Engineering
Professor Saltzman motivates the need for tissue engineering, and describes the basic elements of the tissue engineering approach. Professor Saltzman defines three different types of tissue transplants: autografts, allografts, and xenografts. An online resource for organ donors/recipients is presented, which stresses the great need for donors, and the important contribution of tissue engineering in producing/growing organs that can be used for this purpose. Next, Professor Saltzman compared drug and gene therapy, and discusses the use of stem cell in tissue engineering for wound healing. The need for compatible biomaterials to support growth and differentiation of stem cells into functional organ is also highlighted.
Biomedical Engineering: Bridging Medicine and Technology, in preparation by Mark Saltzman (forthcoming by Cambridge University Press); chapter 16
Summary and Key Concepts: Chapter 16
Griffith, Linda G. and Gail Naughton. "Tissue Engineering -- Current Challenges and Expanding Opportunities." Science, Volume 295, (February 8), pp. 1009-14. 2002.
Langer, Robert and Joseph P. Vacanti. "Tissue Engineering." Science, New Series, Volume 260, Issue 5110 (May 14), pp. 920-926, 1993.


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Get an overview of this hotel4-star family-friendly hotel, walk to Basilica of Saint Marino
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This family-friendly San Marino hotel is located on the boardwalk, just steps from Piazza Garibaldi and Guaita Tower. Basilica of Saint Marino and Liberty Square are also within 5 minutes.
Hotel Features
This hotel features a restaurant, a bar/lounge, and a coffee shop/café. Free buffet breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and a free manager's reception are also provided. Other amenities include a rooftop terrace, 24-hour room service, and meeting rooms.
Room Amenities
All 18 rooms offer comforts like premium bedding and down comforters, plus free WiFi and LCD TVs with satellite channels. 24-hour room service, minibars, and hair dryers are among the other amenities available to guests.
Guest Highlights
- Good location
- Breakfast and onsite restaurant
- Helpful staff
- Nice bathrooms
Hotel Cesare
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Dining options at the hotel include a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning as well as a complimentary manager's reception. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access.
This family-friendly hotel also offers a rooftop terrace, multilingual staff, and a garden. Parking is available onsite for a surcharge.
- 24-hour front desk
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 18
- Babysitting or childcare
- Number of floors - 3
- Bar/lounge
- Coffee shop or café
- Free breakfast
- Concierge services
- Elevator/lift
- Laundry facilities
- Multilingual staff
- Rooftop terrace
- Luggage storage
- Restaurant
- Free reception
- Year Built 1999
- Offsite parking discounted rates available
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Use of nearby fitness center (discount)
- Wedding services
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Free WiFi
- Meeting rooms
- Garden
- Television in common areas
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Playground on site
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Self parking (surcharge), Offsite parking discounted rates available
Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Phone
- Minibar
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Hair dryer
- Bidet
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Satellite TV service
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Premium bedding
- Free WiFi
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Shower only
- Free toiletries
- Room service (24 hours)
- Down comforter
Where to Eat
A complimentary buffet breakfast is served each morning between 7:30 AM and 10:30 AM. A complimentary manager's reception is offered each day.
Ristorante Cesare - This restaurant specializes in Italian cuisine. Open daily.
24-hour room service is available.
Nearby Things to Do
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
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- Playground on site
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Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-in time ends at 1:30 AM
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Does Active FX work on freckles? What are the results like?
Does Active FX Get Rid of Freckles?
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Yes, Active FX gets rid of freckles
Yes. ActiveFX will help with the majority of sun exposed skin discolorations like sun spots and freckles. It will also improve on wrinkles. As a advance physician course trainer for Lumenis ActiveFX and IPL, I can also tell you that IPL can improve on the freckles if this is your only concern. Also IPL treatments would be more economical and give you no downtime. But, if you are worried about wrinkles, which usually accompany freckles due to sun exposure, then you will have to do some type or resurfacing that would improve wrinkles and discoloration (freckles) at the same time.
Active FX Lightens Freckles
Freckles can be significantly lightened with treatment from an Active FX laser. Depending on how many freckles appear on the treatment area, multiple procedures may be required. As a board certified dermatologist in San Diego and Diplomate of the American Board of Cosmetic Surgery, I would advise that you visit a laser expert for your treatment as results can vary greatly depending on your practitioner's experience. I also advise using skin lightening creams like Lytera™ from SkinMedica before and after treatment to prevent freckles from recurring. Sunscreen is also very important since freckles are produced from sun exposure.
Active Fx reduces freckles and other brown spots.
Freckles and other pigment spots are lightened significantly by Active Fx. Depending on the aggressiveness of the treatment the spots may actually be removed. This happens because the Active Fx is a resurfacing laser. It "vaporizes" tiny areas of the top layer of the skin leaving tiny areas of untouched skin or bridges (kind of like aerating your lawn). If 80% of the area is treated and 20% is not then the pigment is likely to be much lighter. If on the other hand 20% is treated and 80% untreated then the pigment will be lighter but not necessarily gone. Discuss with your physician what your desired outcome is so that she/he can adjust the treatment to achieve the goal.
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ACTIVE FX is very effective for removing freckles or sun spots
Active FX laser resurfacing is a very effective way for removing brown spots from your skin. Unless you also have significant facial aging associated with these spots, very light treatment settings can generally be used since these brown spots reside in the upper layers of the skin. As such, your downtime can generally be reduced to anywhere from 3-4 days with very nice results.
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Fractional CO2 lasers including Active Fx minimizes freckles
Freckles or lentigines are skin manifestation of sun damage. Fractional CO2 lasers including Active Fx effectively minimizes freckles by sloughing layers of sun damaged skin in addition to tightening and smoothing irregularity of skin textures. If you are not prepared to have a week of downtime, a series of IPL or photofacial can get rid of majority of freckles as well.
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The French notion of liberty is political equality; the English notion is personal independence. [William R. Greg, "France in January 1852" in "Miscellaneous Essays"]
Nautical sense of "leave of absence" is from 1758. Meaning "unrestrained action, conduct, or expression" (1550s) led to take liberties "go beyond the bounds of propriety" (1620s). Sense of "privileges by grant" (14c.) led to sense of "a person's private land" (mid-15c.), within which certain special privileges may be exercised, which yielded in 18c. in both England and America a sense of "a district within a county but having its own justice of the peace," and also "a district adjacent to a city and in some degree under its municipal jurisdiction" (as in Northern Liberties of Philadelphia). Also compare Old French libertés "local rights, laws, taxes."
Now shal this heape licke up all that is about vs, euen as an oxe licketh vp the grasse in the field.But to lick (of) the whip "taste punishment" is attested from mid-15c.
Beres ben brought forthe al fowle and transformyd and after that by lyckyng of the fader and the moder they ben brought in to theyr kyndely shap. ["The Pylgremage of the Sowle," 1413]
In mod. use, the word is normally a violent expression of moral reprobation, which in polite conversation tends to be avoided, the synonyms falsehood and untruth being often substituted as relatively euphemistic. [OED]


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bgroban wrote:Ted, in case you are reading this:
Mystics - 12th place out of 12 teams
Wizards - 28th place out of 30 teams
Capitals - 29th place out of 30 teams
fishercob wrote:LEARNING TO WIN
Posted on April 06, 2011
Read these quotes. See the players' confidence building. See players developing right before your eyes. That is what a rebuild is all about. A new big three has announced its arrival - Wall, Crawford and Blatche. Big minutes - big productivity - big results. And wins, too. We are short-handed and so players are getting bigger minutes to show the world what they can do. We have two first round draft picks next off season. We have cap space. We are young. We have upside. We are becoming an exciting team to watch. The sun is shining out today. Admit it. It feels good to be Wizards fans watching the rebuild unfold, yes? I am so grateful to you all and I appreciate all of your positive emails. Thank you.
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Make MySpace, Facebook Enforce Age Rules, Cooper Says
Posted March 1, 2007
"When we see child after child being lured off these sites into the clutches of child predators, we're just not going to stand by and let that happen," Cooper said Thursday.
The attorney general pitched the legislation to a state Senate judiciary committee.
Cooper is also calling for tougher penalties for child predators and people who distribute child pornography.
He also wants to make it a felony to lie to an State Bureau of Investigation agent.


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Second Revised Volume No. 1
Contents / Previous / Next / Main Tariff Index
Effective Date: 08/01/2009, Docket: RP09-723-000, Status: Effective
Second Revised Sheet No. 131 Second Revised Sheet No. 131
Superseding: First Revised Sheet No. 131
13. SCHEDULING OF RECEIPTS AND DELIVERIES (Continued)
13.4 Allocation of Receipts. (Continued)
(b) In the absence of a methodology set forth in 13.4(a),
Shipper will cause the Interconnect Operator at the Receipt
Point to notify Transporter of the pre-determined allocation
("PDA") methodology to be utilized in determining actual
receipts among all Shippers scheduled to receive service at
the Receipt Point. Such notification may be submitted
electronically to Transporter's Designated Site or, if
mutually agreed between Transporter and Interconnect
Operator, by other modes of communication. NAESB WGQ 2.3.5:
"The upstream or downstream party providing the point
confirmation should submit the pre-determined allocation to
the allocating party after or during confirmation and before
start of gas day." Such PDA will be effective for the term
specified in the PDA agreement, provided that the term may
not cover a period of less than one Day. The chosen
methodology must allocate receipts, to the maximum extent
possible, based upon confirmed nominations.
(c) In the absence of methodology set forth in 13.4 (a) or (b)
above, Transporter will rely on its default methodology of
allocating quantities to all Shippers. NAESB WGQ 2.3.18:
"The types of allocation methodologies is a list from which
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The Montana Center to Advance Health through Nursing (MT CAHN) and Montana State University's Office of Rural Health (ORH/AHEC) will host a series of open meetings in April to discuss the future of nursing education in Montana. All individuals who are interested in nursing education are invited to attend.
The meetings are designed to gather information about local needs related to nursing education, according to Kailyn Dorhauer, project coordinator in the Montana Office of Rural Health at MSU. Meeting participants will be asked about nursing workforce needs in their areas now and in the future, as well as nursing education that is needed to meet future healthcare needs. Information from the meetings will be summarized and shared with nursing educators and nursing leaders at a statewide summit set for June 9-10 in Helena, Dorhauer said.
The meetings will be held as follows:
- Glasgow: Monday, April 7, noon-2 p.m., Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital conference room
- Glendive: Tuesday, April 8, noon-2 p.m., Glendive Medical Center Carney Center
- Miles City: Wednesday, April 9, 4-6 p.m., Miles Community College, Jim Lucas Building room 106
- Billings: Thursday, April 10, 6 p.m., City College Health Science Building room 219
- Great Falls: Monday, April 14, 6:30 p.m., University of Great Falls Student Center cafeteria
- Butte: Wednesday, April 23, 2-4 p.m., MT Tech of the University of Montana campus, Health Sciences Building room 202
- Kalispell: Monday, April 28, 1-3 p.m., FVCC Arts and Technology building room 139
- Pablo: Tuesday, April 29, noon-2 p.m., Salish Kootenai College Theatre
- Missoula: Tuesday, April 29, 4-6 p.m., Missoula College Health and Business room 01
- Bozeman: Date and location to be announced
- Helena: Date and location to be announced
The meetings are funded by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that is administered through the Montana Office of Rural Health/AHEC in the MSU College of Nursing.
For more information, contact Dorhauer at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Diorama brings Lent and Easter Gospels to life at Revere parish
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REVERE -- The Sermon on the Mount; the temptations of Jesus in the desert; the entrance into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday; Peter's denial of Christ; Golgotha; the empty tomb -- all of these Gospels and more come to life in a 30-foot diorama of the Gospels at Immaculate Conception Church in Revere.
Father Felipe Gonzalez, parochial vicar at Immaculate Conception and creator of the display, explained that the inspiration for creating this unique diorama stems from his early childhood in California.
"Every year during Advent, my father would take us children and we would create an enormous nativity," he recalled. "We would literally take furniture out of the house in order to make room for it. It was awesome, and really was a big part of our Christmas."
Then, at the age of 13, Father Gonzalez's father unexpectedly passed away, and the tradition abruptly ceased.
"In 2015, I had a dream that I was making a nativity again, and when I woke up I realized that I really should create one, just like when I was a kid," said Father Gonzalez.
That Advent, he set to work, building a model of the town of Nazareth in the rectory's dining room. Over 2,000 people came to the rectory in to see the nativity.
This past Advent, Father Gonzalez created the nativity in the church, beside the choir, in order to make it more accessible to the parish community.


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Search, sharing, and social networking. Demofall 07, a two-day new product showcase being held in San Diego, had plenty of products in each category, many blurring the categories, most adding a new twist. Attendi, for example, searches for experts instead of web pages, and connects you to volunteers willing to chat with you about your particular problem. Your Truman Showâ''s V-Linker maps video viewing and can plug a map onto Facebook pages, connecting video search and social networking. SceneCaster lets users design a 3-D scene, with real products in it, to organize online shopping or, again, stick into a Facebook page. None of these evolutionary applications really blew me away.
But Iâ''ve yet walked away from a day at the Demo conference without some new product to love. Today Iâ''ve got two; PiP from Vyro Games out of Dublin, Ireland, and FixMyMovie from Motion DSP out of San Mateo, Calif.
Pip, for Personal input Pod, is a biofeedback gizmo intended to help people relax. Sure, Iâ''ve seen attempts at consumer biofeedback devices for years, but this one gets it all right, for once, I can actually envision myself using it. I liked it so much that it could even be a reason to get my high-stress tween daughter a cell phone. But Iâ''m getting ahead of myself.
PiP is a wireless cellphone peripheral. It uses a Bluetooth connection to control software installed on the phone. Held between the thumb and forefinger, it tracks the electrical conductivity of the skin to determine changes in the userâ''s stress level. The Vyro Games folks demonstrated a two-player dragon racing game (the more you relax, the faster the dragon moves, from a slow plod to speedy flight). Dragon racing made for a good short demo; but better for a real relaxation session is the storm application, in which the user tries to clear up a thunderstorm and replace it with sunny skies. The company announced but did not demonstrate a lie detector application.
I got a chance to play a quick round of dragon racing. It wasnâ''t easy to relax in the noisy demo hall, but I did briefly get my dragon airborne, and then got so excited with my success that it quickly landed. I lost my race.
Vyro expects to release PiP early next year; the company is hoping to attract business partners, like cell phone providers, to market the gizmo. Company representatives arenâ''t yet talking price.
Vyro Games onstage at Demofall
The demo by Motion DSP also rang the â''winnerâ'' bell for me. Motion DSP originally developed its â''FixMyMovieâ'' video enhancement technology for use in military intelligence (one of its backers is the CIAâ''s venture capital arm, In-Q-Tel). FixMyMovie is aimed at a broader marketâ''consumers who take videos using cellphone cameras or digital still cameras, rather than higher resolution dedicated video cameras. FixMyMovie reduces noise, removes blocky artifacts caused by dropped data, and adjusts color and lighting, turning horrible quality videos into acceptable onesâ''not great, true, but certainly better and, for most applications, good enough.
The company envisions wireless carriers and videosharing sites offering FixMyMovie to their customers, but until then, anyone can use it at the companyâ''s website for free. (When I looked at the site, the company had prices listed for different services, like downloading a cleaned up version of a video or making high-quality still pictures from a video, but company representatives told me these are fictitious prices, and the whole thing runs for free, at least for now.)


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EasyJet row after airline turns away blind passenger with guide dog
A blind woman was left stranded at Gatwick Airport after check-in staff for budget airline easyJet refused to allow her guide dog to board the plane.
Joanna Jones, who lives in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, had been due to fly to Belfast International on Sunday with her dog Orla, a poodle/labrador cross, but was left shocked after staff demanded to see the animal's passport – even though the flight was an internal one.
And when she was unable to produce paperwork proving that Orla was a genuine guide dog she was told she would not be allowed on the plane.
She eventually managed to get confirmation of Orla's status from the Guide Dogs Association – but by this time had missed her flight.
The 34-year-old – who said she had booked the flight months in advance and had contacted the airline to check they knew she was travelling with a guide dog – said that she had been left 'totally frustrated and flabbergasted' by the whole incident
'I've been flying backwards and forwards from Northern Ireland for 12 years and have never been asked for paperwork,' Miss Jones told the Mirror, pointing out that Orla had been wearing an official guide dog harness.
'I have experienced discrimination before but not to this level.'
EasyJet said, 'We would like to apologise. However regulations require documentation show that they are a trained guide dog.'


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Smokin' White Hot Chocolate
With Thanksgiving behind us, Christmas looms closer. One of my family traditions is to take my children to a tree farm to pick the perfect Christmas tree. After the right tree is brought home, we start decorating both the tree and the house with Christmas music playing in the background and this recipe for hot chocolate. The cayenne pepper gives it a little zip.
Smokin' White Hot Chocolate
4 cups milk, 2 percent
8 ounces white chocolate chips
1 egg, beaten
one-fourth teas. cayenne pepper
three-fourths teas. cinnamon
Place the white chocolate in a medium metal bowl over a pan of barely simmering water, or in the top half of a double boiler. Allow the chocolate to melt, stirring occasionally until smooth. Stir in cayenne pepper and cinnamon. Whisk in the egg until smooth. Gradually whisk in one cup of the milk until completely incorporated, about 2 minutes. Gradually whisk in remaining milk, and heat until hot, but not simmering. You do not want a skin to form on top of the milk. It will be ready to drink when either the taste of the cayenne is masked by the temperature of the milk or when the hot chocolate is at your desired temperature. Ladle the hot chocolate into mugs and garnish with a sprinkle of cinnamon.


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PRIME Minister David Cameron has been pursuing cuts in the European Union budget, particularly the perks received by Eurocrats.
The EU high heid yins have predictably shied away from taking away allowances and other emoluments built in to the EU admin budget, planned to rise from £45 billion to £51bn.
I'm with Dave on running the gravy train into the buffers.
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This will have serious consequences for many EU staff who will no longer get a free lunch. An emergency development programme will be required to open many branches of Greggs in Brussels and other EU feeding stations.
The expat allowance of 16% on top of tax-free salaries for non-Belgians will have to go. How can you be an expat when we're all Jock Tamson's Euro bairns?
Retirement age will go up to 68 from the present 63. Euro civil servants will have to get by on pensions capped at 60% of final salary.
At present, European taxpayers bear the costs of sending Eurocrat offspring to private schools. Let's have an end to this unlevel playing field. It is developed Europe we're in. There's bound to be a perfectly good school up the road.
Save money by flying Ryanair. Or don't fly and do business over the phone. Keep calls short to cut bills.
The message to Europe's public servants is live cheaply like most of the rest of us. But not like MEPs, MPs, and MSPs who do not seem to have got the message about austerity.
Like, for instance, Glasgow South MP Tom Harris, who likes iPads so much he bought three on expenses.
As a journalist I used to see expenses claims as a necessary evil in the pursuit of truth, honesty, and decency. I now realise they merely cause division and inequality in society.