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- November 24, 2009, 8:45 AM
The Wings Club presented a $25,000 donation to the Corporate Angel Network (CAN) at the club's 67th annual dinner dance on October 23 at New York City's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The award was to recognize CAN's service helping cancer patients fly to treatment centers in empty business aircraft seats. CAN has arranged more than 32,000 free flights for cancer patients. To further recognize CAN's contributions, the Wings Club is arranging to have "Wings Club Appreciation Plaques" installed at the 10 FBOs that see the most CAN patients traveling for treatment.

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Castle Rock Vineyards is offering a new table grapes display bin for retail.
Graphics feature the name of the Delano, Calif.-based grower-shipper with images of a castle, grapes and vine rows. The height is about 30 inches; width and length are 16 and 26 inches, respectively.
Similar graphics appear on the bags, which stand upon a section of cardboard that rests about 6 inches below the top of the bin.
The bins were launched in July, said Jim Llano, account sales manager.
"We're working with some retailers in the upper Midwest and we'll be sending them down to Central America for some retailers there in the next couple weeks," Llano said Aug. 28. "A lot of the business in Central America is late September through November."
"The theme of the bin really flows in with our stand-up bag and the labels and graphics we've developed over the last couple years with our outreach to the trade and ultimately to the consumer," he said.
"What we're doing here is creating an attractive format, but the final test is when a consumer takes a bag, looks at the grapes and decides to take it home," Llano said.


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What Is DUI Conviction?
Conviction is a term that usually refers to someone who is found to be guilty of certain charges that are levied against him or her. The same stands for DUI conviction which translates as driving under influence. District of Columbia and other states usually make it illegal to drive when one has consumed alcohol or other kinds of intoxicating substances.
State laws
When it comes to DUI the state laws differ. Some governments set a certain level of blood alcohol content which needs to be obeyed in order to prevent being convicted under DUI charges. If a person is caught to be driving with a BAC level above the permissible limit, he or she will be convicted as per state driving laws. Hence, even if one has been following gps tracking device they might still be convicted if they are stopped and asked to take the test.
Intoxication while driving
Many people often confuse DUI to be related to alcohol intake only. However, DUI is not limited to, alcohol intake only. One could be intoxicated by the intake of drugs and other chemical substances. The intoxication could happen with legal or illegal drugs. When the tests conducted and found positive, can lead to heavy charges being levied against such persons. Hence, when one is driving around with a gps tracking device in Sydney at night they need to be sure that they have not consumed any such substance due to which they might fail a drug test.
Convictions of different kinds
If one is found to be guilty with BAC being above permissible levels, they might face conviction as per state laws. Fines are levied for those who have done it as a first offense. Usually they are put on probation and their license is suspended. They are asked to make an appearance in court in order to pay a fine and clear their charge after which their driving license is reinstated. If one is found to be guilty of the same charge again, the consequent punishments are more serious.
Classification of convictions
The classification of convictions varies from state to state. Some states classify these crimes as misdemeanors while others upgrade these crimes as felonies. If one has had the same conviction for more than one instance, the charges are graver. It can not only make it difficult for one to get back their driving license in the state, but also make it difficult for one to get an insurance on their vehicle. It can even affect their employment state. For these reasons one needs to be especially careful when drinking and driving. They also need to seek legal assistance in order to get the charges reduced and be able to get their license reinstated after paying a minimal fine.


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Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask to be recognized for the purposes of a colloquy.
Mrs. MURRAY. Senator Levin and Senator Hagan are here today to talk about the National Defense Authorization Act, which authorizes funds for our troops. This is an important piece of legislation and I have always supported making sure that our military has the equipment, resources and effective policies it needs to perform its missions.
Mr. President, during floor consideration of the defense authorization bill, the Senate took two important votes regarding alternative fuels, signifying that we stood with our military leaders. We eliminated two provisions that would have severely limited the Department of Defense's ability to invest in alternative fuels.
Both votes were bipartisan, and my friend and colleague Senator Hagan sponsored one of those amendments. I commend Senator Hagan's leadership and her hard work on this issue.
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John Plattenburg transferred from Corona (Calif.) Centennial High School to Houston (Texas) Lamar High School last summer, but he made a much more difficult switch Monday morning when he committed to USC after giving his pledge to UCLA.
"It was tough because I love those guys at UCLA," said Plattenburg. "But you know, things change. I've always grown up a USC fan, and my mom went there so my family is all USC.
"When Coach [Steve Sarkisian] and Coach [Keith] Heyward ended up taking over from Washington, I just knew in my heart that USC would be the best for for me."
The planets aligned for Plattenburg just weeks after UCLA beat USC in the Coliseum. While the Bruins got the best of the Trojans off the field, Plattenburg was looking at more than just one game of football.
"Win or lose, SC is SC," said Plattenburg. "USC has a great tradition… great tradition. they produced so many great players at such a high level. And those coaches they've brought down from Washington can help produce even more great players.
"They have the ability to produce great players and move them on to the next level. USC has always had that place in my heart. The tradition and everything that goes with it."
Plattenburg's relationship started in Washington, when Sarkisian and Heyward were coaching the Huskies. That relationship never died regardless of his commitment to UCLA or the move from Seattle to Los Angeles for the coaches.
"They knew I was committed, and they respected that, but they never stopped recruiting me," said Plattenburg. "I discussed my interest in USC with UCLA on my home visits, and then the offer came from USC when Coach Sark was hired.
"Washington as a school just wasn't the fit for me. I liked the coaches, but Washington as a school wasn't the right for me. At the time, UCLA was the better fit. But then all in one week, Coach O was let go and the Washington staff moved down to SC.
"Then they reached out to me for a home visit and that's when things started to change."
Plattenburg now resides in Houston, but having commit to UCLA and now USC, his longing for Southern California is rather obvious.
"Man, the weather is definitely something else" laughed Plattenburg. "It's like 20-degrees freezing here in Houston. In Houston Texas it's freezing. I just came back from the Offense-Defense Bowl in Florida, so it's different.
"But having grown up an SC fan and having family out there always made that a good choice. I looked at other schools like Wisconsin and even Oregon, so it wasn't all about whether. It was about fit and the school I felt the best with."
Plattenburg has taken numerous unofficial visits to USC, but his official visit to the school will happen Jan. 17.
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An Australian TV host said Tuesday that foul-mouthed celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay would never again be welcome on her show after he hurled insults and sexual references at her during a food and wine fair.
Ramsay is the volatile star of reality television programs "Hell's Kitchen" and "Kitchen Nightmares" — ratings winners for Australia's Nine Network. The network also broadcasts the popular "A Current Affair" television show, hosted by high-profile journalist Tracy Grimshaw.
After an uneventful appearance by Ramsay on Grimshaw's show Friday night, the British chef and restaurateur went to a food and wine tasting event Saturday attended by about 3,000 people in the southern city of Melbourne.
Ramsay stunned the audience by unleashing a string of insults at Grimshaw in her absence, calling her a lesbian and likening her to a pig. Ramsay repeated the insults Sunday and Monday at the same food exposition. Later he said he was only joking.
Grimshaw, though, failed to see the humor and retaliated on her program Monday night, calling Ramsay an "arrogant narcissist" and a "bully."
"Obviously Gordon thinks that any woman who doesn't find him attractive must be gay," Grimshaw said. "For the record, I don't and I'm not."
Grimshaw continued her attack Tuesday in a radio interview during which she said Ramsay would not be invited back on her program.
"I'm not interested in speaking to the bloke again," Grimshaw told Fairfax Radio. "I can't imagine any circumstances where I would want to interview him again."
Ramsay's publicist did not return The Associated Press's telephone call on Tuesday. However, an unrepentant Ramsay told Nine News on Tuesday that his comments had had been "blown out of context."


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LAKEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Colorado agriculture officials say they plan this week to release the quarantine on a dairy herd whose cows were diagnosed with bovine tuberculosis in April.
The cows were diagnosed in April.
The Colorado Department of Agriculture said Tuesday that tests showed a "significant level" of infection within the 500-cow southern Colorado herd, but that the premises have been disinfected.
Agriculture officials also have been tracing the movement of livestock that were at the operation before the quarantine.
The 500 cows were killed but officials say no meat from infected animals ever reached the human food chain, and there is no public health concern from pasteurized milk. Commercially sold milk is pasteurized.
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Mud Man Zhang refers to Zhang Zhiming who was a widely known craftsman in Tianjin. The techniques used in this type of painted sculpture are over five generations old; the original creator was Zhang Mingshan. It is said that when Zhang Mingshan went to watch a play, he would hide a piece of mud in his sleeve. He tweaked the mud while he watched the play. When the play ended, his lively and visually accurate sculptures of all the characters in the play were also finished. The most brilliant work of Mud Man Zhang is from the play Zhongkui ("How to Marry Your Younger Sister"). There are 29 sculptures each with unique expressions and stances; it is a rare and precious work.
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RANGERS defender Lee Wallace was sculpted into shape by the Gorgie elite crew as Hearts blossomed into a team that could challenge the Old Firm.
Now the Scotland left-back wants to form a Light Blues equivalent to help fast track Gers' kids to the top.
Ally McCoist's end game at Ibrox is to return to the SPL as quickly as possible, with the first step on that long road set to be completed sooner rather than later.
Winning the Irn-Bru Third Division crown is of primary importance, but the Gers must look longer term, too, with the manager blooding a number of youngsters that he hopes will serve the club with distinction in the years to come.
As one of a handful of experienced stars, Wallace has led by example this season and is confident the future is bright for the Light Blues.
"You are always going to get ups and downs throughout a season and we did take a bit of time to gel, that is a fact with young guys coming in and the foreign lads as well," he said.
"They didn't know much about the league we were in and we lost several starters, but we now have a 22-point gap at the top of the league.
"We're pleased about that and I think the future is bright with the young players coming through.
"I think they have benefited from having a few of us in the squad with five or six years' experience in the SPL, that can only help their development.
"I always remember when I was at Hearts we had seven or eight guys such as Paul Hartley, Steven Pressley, Andy Webster and Craig Gordon.
"They were big players for the club when I broke through and it was great for my confidence and my career because you always listen to them and take on board the advice they are giving you.
"You appreciate that and we have seen in recent months boys that are 16 and 17 getting five-year deals at Rangers, which is great for the club as it moves forward."
The future appears bright, but on the week that the anniversary of administration has come and gone, some uncertainty continues to surround the club.
A year ago Gers fans woke on the morning after the night before hoping that it had all been a bad dream.
Unfortunately for the Light Blue legions, their nightmare had come true, with the club they love forced into administration by disgraced chairman Craig Whyte.
It set off a chain of events that saw the Gers dragged through the mire, teeter on the brink of oblivion and only just survive their brush with death.
It also lead to them playing in the Third Division, the league which they have waltzed through as expected and will be crowned champions of in a matter of weeks.
Even that success will not bring stability, however, with, for the second summer in a row, huge questions remaining over where McCoist's side will be playing next season.
If league reconstruction plans are forced through, they could find themselves heading to the likes of Elgin, Montrose and Peterhead all over again, rendering their efforts this season virtually meaningless.
However, Wallace insists the latest months of uncertainty won't derail the long-term goal as they bid for title glory.
He said: "I'm not quite sure what will be happening and what league we will be in, there's still things to be decided, but I definitely believe the future is bright for Rangers.
"We have a lot of young boys coming through who have had a positive impact on our team, which is terrific for the youth department. I'm just delighted to be a part of it.
"Moving forward, no matter what league we are in we will continue to take positive steps forward and we will get Rangers back to where they belong."
The next stop on Gers' title procession is at Broadwood tomorrow as they look to complete their third win of the campaign over Clyde.
They will have to do so without midfielder Lewis Macleod once again, with the youngster still sidelined through injury as his impressive campaign has been halted in its tracks.
"It's a shame for Lewis that he picked up his injury against Montrose," Wallace told Ready, Rangers' matchday magazine.
"We know he will be out for a number of weeks which is a big blow as he is one that lit the place up a bit.
"A lot of the first-team boys knew about him last season when he came in and joined the training sessions.
"This season he has really burst on to the scene and done ever so well.
"But he will come back as he is mentally strong and it's been great to see boys like Lewis, Barrie McKay, Fraser Aird, Robbie Crawford, Tom Walsh and Charlie Telfer progressing as well."


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Maybelline New York Great Lash Washable Mascara Reviews
After all of these years, still a favorite.I've been wearing this mascara since I was 14, and no matter what product I try, at 41, I keep going back to this tried and true favorite. The ease of application remains the constant, the brush size is exactly right to reach even the smallest lash and the dry time is right on point for multiple coat application. You just can't improve on perfection... — 9 years, 10 months agoTami14 | 3 reviews
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The only one I use!I have used this for the last 10 years, and it never lets me down. I have tried the more expensive brands but have been disappointed. This doesn't clump, gives me the length and color I am looking for, and it is the most affordable mascara around! — 9 years, 10 months agoashleyjoy | 2 reviews
The best Mascara!!!I tried this mascara many years ago and have tried alot of other mascara but keep coming back to this one. — 9 years, 10 months agoDanaSmith | 4 reviews
I always go back to it!It's my #1 favorite for no clump, high definition and length. I keep trying other brands to out-do it and I CAN'T FIND ANYTHING BETTER!! — 9 years, 10 months agoheatherb | 3 reviews
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My own and only!I first used this mascara 14 years ago and fell in love with it. Through the years I have tried other brands but nothing compares to Great Lash. It is simply the best mascara on the market! — 9 years, 10 months agoTgerpride | 2 reviews
Love It!I love this mascara. It's color gives me shine in my eyes and there are very few clumps. The only problem is that I wear contacts and when it dries, it gets flaky and gets into my eyes and under my contacts. I usually have to put my contacts in one or two extra times a day. — 9 years, 10 months agoMayLin | 4 reviews
Oldie but goodieEverytime I see a new Mascara that I think will do what it claims it always lets me down. Maybelline has never let me down. It always makes my lashes thicker and seperates them beautifully, they are never dry and brittle even when I have slept with it on all night. — 9 years, 10 months agokeepinup | 3 reviews
Mixed BagI didn't understand for the longest time why magazine after magazine kept naming it as greatest mascara ever. It keeps winning so many awards too. But the women I talked to and the Makeupalley reviews said it sucked. I was curious and I bought a tube to try it out. Well, the color is amazing, especially if you buy blackest black. My eye color looks vibrant, and its good at volumizing too and ...read morecreating nice length. It doesn't clump. Its flaw is that it tends to smear, so what I have done is put on a primer before I put on this mascara and it doesn't smear anymore. — 9 years, 10 months agoMina24 | 3 reviews
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Bucks' Jabari Parker does on-court work before game
Milwaukee Bucks rookie forward Jabari Parker participated in an on-court workout at the BMO Harris Bradley Center before Wednesday's game against the Chicago Bulls, the first time he has been seen doing so since having surgery to repair the torn ACL in his left knee in January.
Jabari Parker out on the court working before the game pic.twitter.com/JwITlcBisY— Andrew Gruman (@AndrewGruman) April 1, 2015
#Bucks Just got to the arena. Here is something to make you smile. Jabari on the floor taking jumpers! #ownthefuture pic.twitter.com/ufBasJvh8B— Ted Davis (@nbated) April 1, 2015
• Training with Jabari Parker: How the Bucks forward is working to get back
[daily_cut.NBA] Parker sustained the injury in a Dec. 15 game against the Phoenix Suns when his knee buckled while driving to the basket. The 20-year-old forward will miss the remainder of the season, but no further timetable has been given for his recovery following his Jan. 5 surgery.
The No. 2 overall pick in last year's NBA draft, Parker appeared in 25 games before the injury and averaged 12.3 points and 5.5 rebounds in 29.5 minutes.
The Bucks entered Wednesday's game 36–38, sixth in the Eastern Conference.
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Squire Bosworth "Bosy" Kittle,
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Squire Bosworth (Bosy) Kittle, age 94 years, a resident of East Dailey and for the past four years, a resident of Nella's Nursing Home at Crystal Springs, passed away at 4:02 A.M. Sunday, October 22, 2006 at the nursing home. He was born February 14, 1912 at Adolph, a son of the late Simeon Benjamin Kittle and Rena Jane Goss Kittle. Mr. Kittle was a veteran of WWII having served his country with the United States Army at New Guinea. He received both the Asiatic Pacific Ribbon and the American Defense Metal. During his tour in Australia, he met and married the former Annie Cowan McDiarmid, formerly of Mannum, South Australia, who survives. They had celebrated 63 years of marriage. In addition to his wife, he is survived by five children, Squire I. Kittle and wife Mona of Mill Creek, Janet M. McCloud and husband Danny of East Dailey, Robert W. Kittle and wife Linda of Warren, OH, Barbara A Kazulen and husband Tony of Uniontown, PA and Donald John Kittle and wife Pam of Alliance, OH. Also surviving are two sisters, Lenora Kidd and husband Richard of Pharr, TX, Betty Kimbrew and husband Dennis of Elkins, 10 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Preceding him in death were three brothers, Cecil Wilbert Kittle, John Elbert Kittle, Floyd Feaster and six sisters, Emma Vivian Kittle Derricott, Geneva L. Kittle Schafer, Icie Fae Kittle, Anne Elizabeth Oetting, Reva Kittle Shannon and Rouy Kittle Pritt. Mr. Kittle worked at Moore and Keppel as a timber cutter and worked at Labcraft in Beverly until his retirement. He loved to hunt and fish at his home place on Kittle Creek. He enjoyed carpentry work and made figurines and furniture for his children and grandchildren. Friends may call from 6:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M. on Wednesday, October 25, 2006 at the Tomblyn Funeral Home of Elkins. At 7:00 P.M. Wednesday, a service will be held in the funeral home chapel with Rev. Bernard Teter officiating. Presentation of the United States Flag will be made members of the H.W. Daniels Post No. 29 American Legion of Elkins. At Mr. Kittle's request, his remains will then be cremated. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that memorial contributions may be made to Hospice Care Corporation, P.O. Box 760, Arthurdale, WV 26520. The Tomblyn Funeral Home of Elkins is in charge of the arrangements for Squire Bosworth (Bosy) Kittle Condolences may be made to the family at www.tomblynfuneralhome.com.
Memorials: Hospice Care Corporation,
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For the Scotia-based band Doug Fir and the 2 x 4's, this weekend's Apple Harvest Festival may be the last outdoor gig this year, and if you miss that, you can show your support for the band by casting your vote in the KWPT Radio Battle of the Bands Classic Cover Contest.
Doug Fir and the 2 x 4's will be playing for free from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday at Rohner Park to support the Fortuna Parks & Recreation Department, according to guitar player Frank Bacik.
Doug Fir and the 2 x 4's performs classic guitar-driven rock and roll songs from the 1940s forward, including favorites from the Rolling Stones, Bad Company, James Gang, Bachman Turner Overdrive, and others.
It is a multigenerational rock and roll band featuring fathers, sons, and friends. The current performing members are Humboldt State University student Griffin Back on keyboard and vocals, his dad Frank Bacik on guitar, Michael Chapman on bass, and his son Ryan Chapman on drums.
The band's fans will have an opportunity to show their support today, by casting votes for them in the Third Annual Battle of the Bands Classic Cover Contest on KWPT.
"Local band recordings are played on the radio three times a day," Bacik said, "and folks vote for their favorite by calling in to the radio station or voting on the station's Facebook page."
Bacik said the band likes to participate in the Classic Cover Contest every year "because we get some of our classic recordings played on the local radio, and it's fun to hear all the other local bands we see around at venues and gigs throughout the year."
Photo by Mary Bullwinkel/Beacon
Scotia-based band Doug Fir and the 2 x 4's will be performing at the Apple Harvest festival in Fortuna this weekend. Pictured, from left: Frank Bacik, Griffin Bacik, Ryan Chapman and Michael Chapman.


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BOCA RATON, Fla. — Office Depot has nominated former president and CEO of Collective Brands Michael J. Massey to its board. If elected, he would fill the vacancy created by current director Brenda Gaines, who has decided not to stand for re-election at this year's annual meeting of stockholders.
The news comes as the office supplies and services retailer filed its preliminary proxy statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for its annual meeting, the delay of which has prompted the company's largest shareholder, Starboard, to file a complaint on June 12. Prior to filing its complaint with the Delaware Court, Starboard had been pressing the retailer to schedule the annual meeting because it had been more than 13 months since the company's last meeting.
"We are very pleased to announce that Michael Massey has agreed to serve on the Office Depot board and stand for election at the upcoming annual meeting," said Neil Austrian, chairman and CEO of Office Depot. "Michael is a highly qualified industry veteran who brings more than 23 years of significant retail experience to our board, having served in numerous senior level roles at Collective Brands and the May Department Stores Company. On behalf of the board, I'd like to welcome Michael and we look forward to working with him. I also want to thank Brenda for more than a decade of service to the Office Depot board and wish her well on her future endeavors."
Massey served as president and CEO of Collective Brands from June 2011 to Oct. 2012. He also served there as SVP from March 2003 to June 2011 and general counsel and secretary from March 2003 to Oct. 2012. Additionally, while at Collective Brands, Massey held various executive roles in corporate development and law from 1996 to 2003. Prior to Collective Brands, Massey was at the May Department Stores Company from 1990 to 1996 and Paster West & Kraner, P.C. from 1989 to 1990.
Massey is not one of the four candidates Starboard is nominating to the board. Starboard decided to forego its consent solicitation and instead announced plans to seek the election of four of its candidates: Cynthia T. Jamison, Robert L. Nardelli, Jeffrey C. Smith and Joseph S. Vassalluzzo.
Shareholders will get to vote for 10 director nominees at the company's upcoming annual meeting of stockholders, scheduled for Aug. 21.


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Feel like you've got 101 jobs to do but no time to do them? This was the dilemma that Storm ID and the creators of Juggle set out to resolve with a new mobile app that helps you complete absolutely any job – from fixing up your garden shed to learning to play the piano –with only a swipe of a finger.
A mobile must-have, Juggle presents list of opportunities based on location, completion deadline and the maximum cost an individual is willing to pay for work to be carried out.
Other users (called Jugglers) can switch on their handset's location services to easily find opportunities near them, aided, in no small part, by the sleek, intuitive and user-friendly interface.
The brainchild of the creators behind LetsAllShare, Juggle leads a new wave of apps that look to give the power back to the people by making it easier to advertise and manage tasks for a price of their choosing.
Despite being launched at the end of March 2012, the app is already entering a second phase of development ahead of its rollout into Europe where it will be translated into German and other languages.
David Marrinan-Hayes – Co-founder of LetsAllShare – worked with the Storm ID project team to develop the app:
"We had a concept for a new utility app but did not have the technical and usability knowledge to turn it into a viable product.
"Working with Storm ID turned what could have been a complex problem into a great experience and we relied on them heavily to help define the user experience and provide us insight to what would work and what doesn't.
"What we've ended up with is a great product which we hope to build on for years to come."


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This past Saturday was quite a nice one from my perspective. I was driving behind a Raptor when a Bentley Continental convertible drove past. After following it for a bit, there was a VW Thing coming the other way.
Neat! And I saw not one, not two, but three Maseratis (only one of which was a Quattroporte) that day as well as a Ferrari F430 Scuderia. Yeah, not a bad day.


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With summer approaching, now is the time to talk with your teen about their plans for the summer. While it would be great to think your high school student can finally get a break from their onslaught of school activities, it's not a good idea to let their summer go completely unstructured.
Gone are the days when it's OK to hang out at the beach or pool all summer, as most colleges request that students report what they did during the summer between school years. Aside from the college motivation, we all know that an idle teen is much like a bored puppy – if not engaged, they will make their own mischief! Additionally, study after study has shown that students lose academic gains over the summer if they don't continue some type of academic pursuit.
So, what should the average teenager do this summer? First, make sure they continue to read. For advanced students, they will likely have summer reading. Other students need to take it upon themselves to set aside weekly, if not daily, time to read something that interests them. This is also a good time to hone up on study skills, be it math and reading, or standardized test prep. Taking an enrichment course is also a great way to explore new interests.
Part-time jobs, paid or unpaid, are always a great thing for teens to do. They teach responsibility and show commitment. Volunteering with a community organization on a daily or weekly basis will also allow your teen to learn about the importance of giving back to their community. Both of these activities can be continued during the school year.
Regardless of what your teen chooses to do this summer, try to ensure that they have some type of academic and/or civic engagement over the course of the break. While it is important to have fun and recharge their batteries, a teen who has been bored and idle all summer is seldom ready to face the new school year with enthusiasm.
Christine M. Hall, Ed.D., is owner of CMH College Consulting in Cary. Hall, who has children of her own, offers advice on the college application and decision process here on Go Ask Mom from time to time. See some of her earlier posts in the box above.


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Tuesday, May 20, 2014 | 5:04 p.m.
Las Vegas tattoo artist Walter Frank faced the toughest challenge of his career to get into tonight's finale of Spike TV's "Ink Master" reality TV competition airing live from New York. At stake for him are bragging rights, an Inked Magazine cover and centerfold feature and a $100,000 prize he has earmarked for his children's education.
Walter, known industry-wide by his nickname "Sausage," is the only person other than the TV camera crew to have seen his work of art. It took him five extraordinary seven-hour sessions in a secured room at his workplace, Club Tattoo in Miracle Mile Shops of Planet Hollywood.
"I was exhausted. It was as if I'd been behind the wheel of a car nonstop for 35 hours," Sausage told me. "Nobody has seen it. Not even the dancer-model I tattooed it on. It will be seen for the first time in full on the live broadcast."
Walter's boss, last season's "Ink Master" champion Joey "Hollywood" Hamilton from Club Tattoo, flew with him to New York on Sunday and will be there tonight to root him on to a hoped-for victory. Joey will perform a tattoo on the show on a human canvas selected from viewer submissions on Twitter.
The journey for Sausage began when 17 of America's top tattoo artists competed in extreme challenges for host, judge and rocker Dave Navarro and tattoo icons Chris Nunez and Oliver Peck. Each week on the wild ride, one artist has been sent home. Now just three remain. Sausage competes against Matt Hixson and Scott Marshall.
I talked with Sausage as he packed for his flight to New York on Sunday:
What was the most difficult task they gave you so far? Bobbing up and down around the Statue of Liberty or having to cover up the breast cancer survivors?
The toughest one out of those two would be the Statue of Liberty. We were on a rocking boat, we were seeing the left side of her and then five minutes later we were seeing the right side of her, so it was really tough. Mentally, the breast cancer survivor challenge was extremely tough because you were dealing with people who had really waged the war on their femininity and their ability to just take on something that is so devastating and then turn it into a positive.
That challenge was extremely rewarding. The Statue of Liberty challenge, though, was super tough to complete. We had five minutes going in a circle around her to remember every detail of the lady.
The emotional drama that goes on in the show, and I am somewhat familiar with how reality TV programming is put together, but are tattoo artists fiery by nature anyway?
Yeah, I think so. I think we are an emotional bunch, and we like things a certain way in order to make sure we are able to perform at our best. We're sensitive and always want to be told that our stuff is awesome, and as soon as you try to poop on someone's party, a lot of energy comes out. So, yes, I would say that anything you saw on there like people firing jabs and what have you — all true.
You seem to me, though, to be the gentleman among the contestants.
Of course! If somebody wants to fire off at me, they can if that makes them feel better, but ultimately my character is I'm a big boy, I'm an adult, I'm a father, and the last thing I really want to show on TV is my son seeing me just rip into somebody. I just try to take things with a grain of salt.
What advice did Joey give you before you left to start the series?
Joey told me to just do exactly what I do at work and that whatever comes your way, do it to the best of your ability and just knock it out of the park. Because we are such a high-volume store and we get people in from all over the world, we literally do everything that is done on the show.
That is a huge advantage for me, so he was just like, "Don't let anybody else get to you. Do what you have to do. Stay smart. Keep your head in the game, and you'll do well." And that is exactly what I did.
With 17 of you starting out, did you have fears at any point? Was there a worst week where you feared you would get eliminated?
Yes, there were several occasions. The aquatic challenge was very tough. I had a very tough client that day. I thought I was going to go home on the demon challenge because that guy was a real "winner," and the snake challenge, I thought I was going to go home because we are the Top 5, and Melissa (Monroe) had pulled out something really strong and I didn't feel that mine was as strong as everybody else's. Several times throughout the season, I thought that it was my demise, that it was the end.
And here you are now in the top Three! The pressure is really on. When did you start doing the full back of your human canvas for 35 hours?
That process actually started in February. We had five seven-hour sessions three weeks apart.
So on Tuesday, what do we see you doing in the last hour of the show?
You see me sweating and competing to try to make sure that I tell the judges that I am the one that they should choose as Ink Master. No tattooing will be done. All of the back pieces will be finalized, so when my canvas walks out on the stage, you will see the 35-hour tattoo completely healed and in all its glory.
Now you have no idea come Tuesday night of what your competitors have completed, correct?
Correct. I have absolutely no idea. All I can do is survive.
And what have you created for your 35-hour back piece?
I can't say anything about it as far as anything that it deals with. All I can tell you is that my human canvas sat like a rock. I couldn't have asked for a better back piece canvas. She sat for 35 hours almost without moving once. She had some very minor pains and weakness from it. She was a supreme trooper.
She's a Las Vegas girl. She had only one previous tattoo just on her left hip. This was by far her biggest, longest undertaking. It is an entire back piece from the lower part of the neck to the top of her backside and stretches from left side to right side, shoulder-to-shoulder from neck to just the top of her hind end.
Wow. Was that physically exhausting? How long of a rest do you need after five seven-hour sessions. How do you feel after something like that?
After my very first appointment, I was extremely drained. After my very first session, I was able to get the entire outline done. And then I did some black shading on her that took just under seven hours, and on the way home I was literally falling asleep behind the wheel. Almost like I had just driven seven hours to some place.
It was super, super draining, and then when I got home I was so physically bushed that I slept like a baby that night. It was probably the first time in a long time that I slept that hard. It was extremely draining, so basically you start at 7 in the morning and wrap up around 3 p.m.
And so they filmed all of your artwork here in Las Vegas?
Yes, it was all filmed at Club Tattoo. We were in the back room, everything was quarantined and cordoned off by security. It was like my own little private studio.
Has Joey seen it?
Joey has not seen the final. He saw the first bits and pieces. He will see it also for the first time on Tuesday. It'll be the very first time presented to anybody on Tuesday. My model was Teresa Sharp, an Electric Daisy Carnival DJ club dancer, and what's really interesting is that she'll never really be able to see it properly, maybe from a photograph or from reversing mirrors.
But the coolest thing about this particular piece is that it is very "her." When I went in and decided to do the back piece, it's not really what I wanted to do. I was like, "OK, if this is what you're going do, you're gonna like it. I really dealt with her on a client level." Almost like she came in the shop and was like, "Hey this is what I wanna do." Because ultimately she has to live with it for the rest of her life.
I know that I am competing for $100,000, but if she wears this and she loves it, she will carry herself way differently than somebody who is like, "Man, I don't like anything they put on me." So it is a really beautiful piece that mirrors her and just beams her essence, and I love that fact.
So let me ask you an oddball question for an amateur here. If you're a doctor, you can specialize in ear surgery, you can specialize in plastic surgery, you can specialize in throat surgery. What can a tattoo artist specialize in like you? Can you say I am a back specialist?
I think that I am a unique snowflake in a way because of the fact that I don't really feel like I specialize in anything. I really do just all sorts of tattooing. If I could do anything, if I could specialize in anything, I would say I specialize in detail.
I think my attention to detail in tattoos sets me apart from everybody else because it puts a different dynamic on that particular tattoo. It gives it something fun to look at. It's a lot deeper than just a flat tattoo. If I have a specialty, I would say it's in detail.
This was your first TV experience. Are you over the nervousness of it now?
Yes! You forget about the cameras pretty fast. But of course I will be nervous on Tuesday night. I've got my future in the balance, you know? I've done this entire competition for my family. The money is going to go for my children's schooling. And I want to invest it so my money works harder for me than I have to work for it. This is a very, very, big deal, and because Joey did so well last season, he's a little of a competition, too. So I've gotta make sure that I follow in his footsteps, and there is only one winner.
We hope that is you celebrating at 11 p.m. in New York on Tuesday.
You know, I have heard of all these people who are screaming at their TVs like it's a football game, so I can honestly tell you that with all my fans and followers that if I am able to take this home, if I am able to bring the hardware home, there will be a huge celebration back in Las Vegas.
SPOILER ALERT: "Ink Master" airs in the East and Central time zones three and two hours ahead, respectively, of the West Coast broadcast here in Las Vegas. Accordingly at 8 p.m. PT, we have no choice with nationwide coverage but to post the winner at 8 p.m. on Twitter @robin_leach. If you want to keep the tension and surprise until the 8 p.m. airing, please turn away from Twitter until after the show.
Robin Leach has been a journalist for more than 50 years and has spent the past decade giving readers the inside scoop on Las Vegas, the world's premier platinum playground.
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The ambiance of the casino is retro-chic meets high-tech with black granite floors throughout and colorful LED lights throughout the space. The theme carries into the 100,000 square-foot casino with 250 flat screens topping off slot machines. The casino is also home to 87 tables, a sports book and a poker room.
There's also the Miracle Mile Shops, one Vegas' largest malls, with 140 stores including BCBG Max Azaria, bebe, Urban Outfitters and The Discovery Channel Store.
Following an afternoon of shopping, guests can satisfy their appetites at one of the gourmet restaurants in Planet Hollywood, like the non-traditional approach to steakhouses at Strip House or check out the exotic Far East motif at KOI restaurant and lounge. And if guests are still looking for more, they can spend the after hours at Privé, Triq or Krave nightclubs.
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hopefully its not another next man up year !!!! knocks on wood
At least last year, we had the good sense to only lose a starter every week.
This year, we seem to have upped the ante, and are taking them out daily.
Just thank the Football god they are all planned to be back by week 1. Knock on wood...i really want andre to get back to his 2008-2010 self
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Minutes of the Open A11y Expert Handlers SIG Call 2008/09/29
Note: These minutes have not yet been finalized.
- Neil Soiffer (NS/chair)
- Janina Sajka (JS)
- Vladmir Bulatov (VB)
- Aaron Leventhal (AL)
- regrets: Pete Brunet, Gregory J. Rosmaita, Alexander Surkov
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Minutes of Expert Handlers Conference Call 2008/09/29
Aaron described his ISimpleDOMNode. They accessed info via the DOM (mainly for IE). Initially, AT used MSAA with Firefox, but it wasn't as good as At's access to IE. Firefox added ISimpleDOMNode. It is a simpler interface than IE's interfaces. It allows you to walk the DOM, getting the parents, children, etc., or getting the entire child's "HTML". It is the full DOM, not a mirror to the accessible DOM.
ISimpleDOMNode allows the AT to decide that it doesn't want to handle the content and it can hand it off to the EH, either by passing the contents or a pointer to the interface.
The AT should be the one that associates a handler with specific content, not the application.
This solves one of the problems we have been talking about. It doesn't address what the interface is between the AT and EH. For example, what is the speech text, braille, etc. However, it keeps the apps out of the business of interacting with the EH other than ISimpleDOMNode.
VB: What about navigation?
AL: Supports "navigate to". Can't do highlighting directly. ISimpleDOMNode can QI for other interfaces though. It directly supports access to node info (names, namespace, attributes), cascaded style info, In particular, ARIA roles, properties can be accessed. scroll to (make x,y visible) child, parent, sibling, .... language (current language) ISimpleDOMText access to text node, bounds, font family ISimpleDOMDocument (URL, title, MIME type, ...)
ISimpleDOMNode is only used/implemented by Firefox, but ATs are asking Opera to implement, which will then get WebKit to implement it.
NS: ISimpleDOMNode sounds a bit like Acrobat/Reader's DOM interface: IPDDomNode, IPDDomDocument, IPDDomeElement (see http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/en/pdf/access.pdf). In the last few years, I think use by AT of this interface has become widespread (as oppose to the MSAA interface).
AL: Easiest only implement InnerHTML, next traversal methods, to overlay on Accessible to QIs back and forth work (links, form controls inside of content).
JS: what about non text node bounds.
AL: maybe that info should be added to ISimpleDOMNode.
AL: support can be incremental. First static info can be implemented (Braille, Speech Text), then more support can be added such as QI for other interfaces/info.
JS: need to get non-windows folks on call in October or November. We'll figure out who later.
VB: still worried about graphics not really a tree. Not natural to navigate as a tree. AL: ARIA provides relational links, and so accessing them allows for different views on the DOM tree.
AL: See codetalks.org for more examples of ARIA.
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Hey I am new here and just wondering. What is a good way to get some cheap but durable speakers that I can install under my seats in my 05? I want bass and some treble if possible. I am only in 11th grade but I want to be able to play my music a little louder. My current speakers which i am sure are stock are really good but when i get is a certain volume there is a noticeable raddle in them. Any ideas? I am willing to make the box for the speakers but some specs would be nice. I haven't done any car audio mods before but I am a handyman. I mess with just about everything and rarely screw things up if I have an idea of how to do it.
the stock speakers fall apart really fast/easily, upgrade the stock door speakers
@jeeptorino68 The ones I have as far as i know are stock. They have been working really well and get pretty loud. Maybe I have just been lucky with them.
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Ariana Grande + Nathan Sykes (Finally) Confirm They Are Dating!
They're Twitter Official! Ariana Grande and the Wanted's Nathan Sykes took to Twitter to confirm that they are indeed an item.
We sort of already knew that, since rumors had swirled for weeks, including a denial from her dad. Plus, they oozed chemistry when performing their duet 'Almost Is Never Enough' on live TV.
It was pretty obvious that these two are in lurve.
Since they are now Twitter official, they'll be Facebook official next.
The duo each issued a tweet thanking fans for caring about the fact that they are together. Too. Cute.
Guess who gets to referee things if/when the couple has spats or quarrels? Yep, Scooter Braun. In addition to babysitting Justin Bieber, Braun manages Grande and he manages the Wanted. Hands = full for Scoots! We have faith that he can handle it, though!
The way that they chose to announce their relationship was sweet and modern!
See their tweets below.
So, I guess it's obvious now … thanks to everyone who is being so lovely. I'm so happy ❤ #butweareterrified #pleasedontkillme #orariana
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2012 Resources
Mother Jones on Romney Immigration Adviser's Plan for a State by State Purge of Immigrants (Mar)
Floridianos 101: A Crash Course in the History of Latino Voters & Immigration Issue in FL Politics (Jan)
Conventional wisdom has held that immigration is less an issue for Latino voters in Florida than in other states. While that may be true in a Republican primary, demographic realities make it less and less true in a general election, where Cuban voters make up only 5% of the electorate. In the general election, anti-immigrant positioning will come back to haunt the Republican nominee, not only in Florida but other swing states.
The Obama Administration has recently announced that it will start allowing spouses and children of U.S. citizens, who are eligible for legal status, to apply for family unity waivers in the United States. Many U.S. citizen family members currently have to travel to one of the most dangerous cities in the world, Ciudad Juárez, apply for their waiver there, and remain there while awaiting a decision.
The U.S. Consulate in Ciudad Juarez is the only one in Mexico that can process and issue certain types of immigrant visas--including those for spouses, children and parents of U.S. citizens. But violence in Ciudad Juarez, and other towns, has exploded in the last decade, and has accelerated since 2008 as Mexican President Felipe Calderon declared war on Mexican drug cartels.
2011 Resources
For years, anti-immigrant activists have scared Republican officials into thinking that GOP voters are rabidly anti-immigrant and oppose any candidate who supports common sense reform. The recent ascent of Newt Gingrich, who has weathered attacks from enforcement-only candidate Mitt Romney over his immigration position, demonstrates conclusively that this line of thinking is wrong.
Russell Pearce's Recall Shows Danger of "Negative Tone," Anti-Immigration Stance as "Pet Issue" (Nov)
The DREAM Act is a bill that would provide a pathway to citizenship for young students who have lived in the U.S. nearly their whole lives, who were brought here through no fault of their own. It would help educate the next generation of Americans, would generate tax dollars from improved wages, and would spur enlistment in the Armed Forces. The DREAM Act makes so much sense that even conservatives have supported it -- here's what they've had to say.
A fact-sheet highlighting the various dangers posed by passing mandatory E-Verify.
This report uses examples from across the country to document the "chilling effect" that police-DHS collaboration has on immigrant crime victims and witnesses, and describes how programs like Secure Communities (S-Comm) actually make all of us less safe.
Reps. Gallegly, Lungren, Bilbray to Reap What They Sow: Mandatory E-Verify Dangerous for CA Economy (Jul)
This report explains why the forced E-Verify approach as advocated by Reps. Gallegly, Lungren, Bilbray, and their allies in Congress is a potential disaster for the nation's economy – in particular, California's precious agriculture industry. The same approach is also a precarious political move for California Republicans, who are increasingly shooting themselves in the foot with Latino voters.


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Miracle claims are being made for a new treatment for rheumatoid arthritis which stops the immune system attacking joints. Prof Jonathan Edwards at University College Hospital in London has found that destroying B-cells has produced dramatic remissions, with huge reductions in pain, other symptoms lasting months as a result of a single treatment with almost zero side-effects. 20 people with severe rheumatoid arthritis were treated, only 2 had no benefit, five had residual pain from previous damage, one took up gardening again for the first time in twenty years.
Rheumatoid arthritis is caused by white cells in the body reacting to tissue in normal joints by mistake, thinking it is a germ to be destroyed. The mistake is made by B-cells which produce antibodies to joints. These stick to joint lining, and encourage other white cells to go in for the kill. The result is inflammation, pain and progressive joint destruction - typical of rheumatoid arthritis. Fortunately this mistake is rare, and after all the B-cells are destroyed the body has to build up a library of germs again from scratch. So unless the person with rheumatoid arthritis is unfortunate enough to have another B-cell mistake, the new B-cells have every chance of developing normally.
The paper published in Rheumatology in November 2000 says that those treated had a selective immune deficiency as a result, but was mild and not a risk to them.
The next step in rheumatoid arthritis treatment will be to try and selectively destroy B-cells with sensitivity to human joints, which would have the same reduction of pain and immobility with even lower risks.
We can expect to see a large number of rheumatoid arthritis research programmes to refine these exciting new treatments. It is possible that we may have a powerful, well-tested treatment or even a "miracle" cure for rheumatoid arthritis within the next decade.
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A power hedge trimmer can simplify the job of keeping your shrubs in shape. It can also be very dangerous.
"They've got those sharp teeth that can cut branches and twigs that are rather thick and your finger is just about that thickness. So, a hedge trimmer could very seriously injure the user or someone else in the area."
John Drengenberg, director of consumer safety at Underwriters Labs, says make sure both of your hands are on that trimmer.
"It gives you better control of the tool and also keeps your fingers away from what you're cutting. Also, make sure that your extension cord is away from the tool. It's very easy to cut that cord, creating an electrical hazard as well as a hazard for the user," Drengenberg says.
Never leave that hedge trimmer plugged in when you take a break. If there are kids around, they could try to mimic your behavior and turn it on.
And Drengenberg reminds us: electric yard tools should never be used in the rain.
"Not only because they're electric, but also because the user could slip and lose control of the tool, causing a serious injury," Drengenberg adds.
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LinkedIn just released a survey ranking the top pet peeves that are plaguing offices all over the world. The survey questioned over 17,000 professionals asking 'what's your pet peeve'? Not taking ownership for your actions took first place followed by a negative attitude, dirty common areas, starting meetings late or going long and people who don't respond to emails in a timely fashion.
It is also interesting to see how professionals in different countries were peeved. Apparently our friends over in Italy are a little more relaxed as professionals there only selected 15 out of 38 peeves on the list that they were really bothered by. India on the other hand is a very peeved nation as their professionals selected 19 peeves on the survey. Office pranks rank highest in Japan, with Brazil getting most peeved by excessive gossiping and then apparently you can wear much more revealing outfits in Sweden.
We could go on for hours about all the things that annoy us in our offices but what about actually dealing with them, especially if you are a manager. We talked with Nicole Williams, author of Girl On Top and LinkedIn's connection director, and other experts about a way to deal with all the peeves in our work life.
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What can we learn from Alltech's 2014 Medal of Excellence winner, Norman Borlaug, the Father of the Green Revolution? Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh may have said it best shortly after Borlaug's death in 2009, "His life and achievements are testimony to the far reaching contribution that one man's towering intellect, persistence and scientific vision can make to human peace and progress."
Dr. Borlaug is proof that knowledge is the key to changing the world. So as we ask "What if?" this week at Alltech's 30th Annual Symposium, we should ask ourselves, "What if, as professionals in agribusiness, we looked past personal recognition and achievement and saw what we could do together to feed the world of 9 billion by 2050?"
In a video produced by Maithili Institute for Human Nutrition, Borlaug said of the global hunger epidemic, "We're going to need you to be ready, not with guns and daggers, but with science and technology. If the people of the affluent nations want to hope to have tranquillity and peace for their children and grandchildren, it has to start with alleviating hunger."
If you don't know Borlaug's story, here's a brief background: During the mid-20th century, a vast food shortage was taking place in Mexico, Pakistan and India, leading to famine, political unrest, disease and poverty. As a solution, Borlaug developed semi-dwarf, high-yield, disease-resistant wheat varieties, which doubled wheat yields in those countries, and greatly improved food security. He introduced the wheat with modern agricultural production techniques to Asia and Africa as well, helping to bring peace to nations by increasing food supply. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970, earned a Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Congressional Gold Medal, and has been called the "Father of the Green Revolution" for his advancements in agriculture that saved over a billion people worldwide from starvation.
Today, Alltech recognizes the life of an extraordinary man. The Alltech Medal of Excellence is awarded each year during the opening session of Alltech's International Symposium to individuals whose unique contribution has changed the global food industry. Thanks to Julie Borlaug Larson for being here today to accept the award and for continuing her grandfather's legacy.
So what's the key takeaway from all of this, as agribusiness professionals and students attend Alltech's 30th Annual International Symposium? Perhaps those of us in agriculture and agricultural science should look at our industry's potential to create a peaceful world.


text: Tour Operators Venice itineraries continue despite floods By Michelle Baran / November 13, 2012 Share 1 -- Tour operators said that Venice itineraries have been relatively undisturbed even though much of the city was underwater on Monday following heavy rains.Brendan Vacations has a number of passengers in Venice, both on guided tours and traveling independently, but all are fine, said Brendan President Nico Zenner."While the center of Venice has flooded, it has not impacted our itineraries or the operations of the hotels our guests stay at," Zenner said.Italy specialist Perillo Tours said that the impact of the flooding was minor, and that the floodwater began to recede on Monday, ensuring that passengers could participate in their scheduled city tours."Yesterday they had no high tide, today the same. Clients are having a good time!" Perillo Tours wrote in an email on Tuesday.Brian John, vice president of sales and marketing at Intrepid Vacations, said that the company did not have customers in Venice during the flooding but that customers who are scheduled to arrive this week and for the next few weeks have been offered travel to alternate cities in Italy, should they so choose."The impact should be minimal as it is currently the lower season to Venice," said John. "The Italian government is working with local officials to minimize the damage."Zenner added that he hopes that the MOSE project, a system of mobile gates intended to isolate the Venetian Lagoon from the Adriatic Sea during high tides, will protect the city from flooding once it is completed in 2014.Follow Michelle Baran on Twitter @mbtravelweekly.


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I feel like I have come home at Obama because my first teaching job was here many years ago! My hope and dream for our scholars is that they will be awakened to their greatness and achieve at their highest level! I will support our scholars and staff and families to create a fun, safe, and respectful community.
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With less than a month remaining in the calendar year, now is a good time to assess your income tax situation. Gifts to a qualified nonprofit organization such as TVMF made before the end of the year may provide you with a needed tax deduction while benefiting the profession of veterinary medicine. Gifts can be contributed in the form of check or credit card. Securities (stocks, bonds or mutual funds) that have appreciated in value or tangible assets, such as real estate or personal goods and services, are also accepted by the Foundation. Deferred gifts, such as charitable gift annuities, can fulfill the dual purpose of providing future assistance to a Foundation project or program while achieving tax benefits and estate planning objectives for the donor.
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ARSENE WENGER admitted losing Abou Diaby is a massive blow for Arsenal.
The Gunners will face Greek champs Olympiakos without the midfielder who faces
"at least" three weeks on the sidelines after suffering a thigh injury in
Saturday's defeat by Chelsea.
And Arsenal could also be missing midfield mastermind Mikel Arteta, who is a
major doubt with an ankle problem and will have a fitness test this morning.
But Emirates boss Wenger is refusing to rush Jack Wilshere back in to action.
Gutted Wenger said: "Losing Diaby is a blow, yes. Not only because we lost a
good player but because he has qualities that the other players haven't got.
"For example, on Saturday when he went off, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain came on,
took his position straight away and we lost the ball for a set-piece.
"It was a ball Diaby would have won easily because he has the size. We have
better balance with him because he has the power."
Diaby, 26, has been Arsenal's best player this season but has always been
injury-prone and played just five games last season.
Wenger admitted: "It is really frustrating because once you think you get
there it happens again."
It is no coincidence Arsenal's first loss of the season came against Chelsea
after Diaby was forced off the pitch.
Wenger blamed Diaby's injury on the French insisting he played in a World Cup
qualifier against Belarus. But now he is urging the rest of his midfielders
to step up and carry Arsenal's hopes.
He said: "We have Aaron Ramsey, Francis Coquelin, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and
Jack Wilshere. It depends on if you want to be more offensive.
"Arteta can play higher and deeper, as well. So we can put a deeper midfielder
in like Coquelin and then Arteta can move forward."
But Wilshere is unlikely to be thrown in quickly despite coming through his
first appearance in 14 months — an Under-21 match against West Brom on
The England midfielder has been recovering from a stress fracture of his foot
and Wenger said: "He came through it OK. It is now down to taking the right
time to get him slowly back."
Wenger also revealed Olivier Giroud's confidence is shot after missing three
key chances against Sunderland, Liverpool and, most notably, Chelsea.
Arsenal's £13million signing broke his duck against Coventry in the 6-1
Capital One Cup romp but the Frenchman has yet to find the net in the League
and Wenger admitted: "Olivier is upset.
"I told him not to worry but a striker who does not score, does not really
listen to you.
"They run it through their minds over and over again.
"He had a chance against Liverpool, a chance against Sunderland and a chance
against Chelsea.
"Once the first goes in, maybe the rest will follow.
Wenger admitted he had to lift his side after Saturday's morale-sapping 2-1
defeat to the Blues. After beating Montpellier 2-1 in their Group B opener,
another triumph tonight will give Arsenal's chances of going through a huge
He said: "The players are focused and disappointed after we lost the game.
"But there were a lot of positives in that game as well, what was not good is
easy to correct. I believe the championship is long, but we have to make
sure the Champions League is long as well."
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Forgot to add TAR Canada. Oops! It's there now.
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Ha! YES! I finally have found it! HaMerotz LaMillion's starting line!
(Picture of it in case you don't know or remember)
That is clearly not Ben-Gurion Airport as Wikipedia most incorrectly states. No, it is actually this place, Avenue/Avenue Hall/Avenue Convention Center/Avenue L (I don't know what it's actually called since there isn't much info on the place online in English) in "Airport City", which is about 3 miles east southeast of the airport.
I've placed my point at 31°59'9.82"N 34°54'56.66"E. Time to find the finish line.
Nice find! Everyone thought it was BG Airport because Raz introduces himself and says "This is BG Airport", and teams are basically shown walking through a door directly to the departure gates.
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The couple have three children, Jaden, Willow and Trey—Will's son from a previous marriage.


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DEL MAR ---- Don't look now but jockey Garrett Gomez is riding as well as ever.
The veteran jockey had three wins on Saturday's program and it was tough to figure what his best ride was, but we'll go with his $20 winner on Shadow Runner in the fifth race.
Shadow Runner, trained by Mike Machowsky, was seventh at the head of the stretch in the one mile event on the turf course, but Gomez came up the inside to win the race with relative ease.
He also won the second race on Pumpkin Pie ($4.40) for trainer Peter Miller and he took the co-featured Osunitas Stakes with Broken Dreams ($16.20) for owner Leonard Lavin's Glen Hill Farm.
Maybe Gomez has benefitted the most from the move of Joel Rosario to the East Coast. Whatever the case, he's riding well.
Gomez is also riding in the Doug O'Neill barn, which is always a good thing because O'Neill annually starts so many horses. Last year, Gomez had one win in nine tries for O'Neill at Del Mar, but he has already matched that total this meet.
Speaking of jockeys, Victor Espinoza took all of his mounts after he was dumped on a horse during morning training hours.
According to sources, Espinoza was on the ground for quite a while, but he was cleared to ride in the afternoon.
However with first post approaching, Espinoza called agent Brad Pegram and decided he was a "little body sore." He was excused from his mounts by track stewards.
"He has no injuries," said Pegram. "He'll be riding (Sunday)."


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The First Annual Travel Summary Awards was a fun experiment for me and my readers also seemed to enjoy it as well. With that in mind, I've decided to do another poll for April Fools' Day that's hopefully a little more fun and entertaining.
All Travel Bloggers fill a particular niche, with each one carving out their own category of reader. Travel Bloggers are very passionate about their particular way of traveling, be it earning points and miles, the destination itself, or the road less traveled once you get there.
April Fools' Day is the one day the Internet basically lets it's hair down, and all rules are broken. It's the day you can't believe anything online (because otherwise everything online is true, right?). Today is no exception, so lets see which of our favorite bloggers did and didn't let us down. You can check out their links and vote below if you haven't read them yet:
- The Mr Pickles
- Very Good Points
- View From The Wing
- The Deal Mommy
- Food, Wine and Miles
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- Indulge the Wanderlust
- Frequent Miler
Voting will commence as soon as this post goes live, and voting ends at 11:59PM PST on 4/3/13. You can vote as many times as you want.
I will be sure to do a separate post with the final results. Happy voting!


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SPRING HILL — Springstead High School entered the big leagues of academic achievement this week, gaining official status as an International Baccalaureate diploma school.
Hernando County School Board officials were over the moon Tuesday upon learning the school had received final acceptance of its application to join the rigorous, two-year program.
"This is a significant milestone, not just for Springstead High School but for all students in Hernando County," said coordinator Cliff Wagner.
More than 2,000 schools worldwide take part in the program, which is widely considered to be more challenging than taking a full slate of advanced placement classes. IB diploma candidates must take high-level courses in science, math, language and history; pass tough IB exams; write a 4,000-word research essay; and conduct 150 hours of community service.
Committing to climb that mountain of work was daunting, admitted sophomore Sasha Spalding.
"I thought I wasn't going to be able to do anything," she said. "My life was going to be consumed with studying, work and no sleep."
She is one of nearly 70 students who have been taking honors-level courses together at Springstead in anticipation of starting the program. Next fall 28 juniors from the class of 2011 will begin the required coursework, and around 80 eighth-graders from across the county have expressed interest in transferring to the school.
They're an ambitious group, Wagner said. All scored near the top of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test and most earned A's and B's in middle school, though top grades are not an absolute requirement for admission to the new Hernando program. "What the program requires more than anything is self-motivation," he said. "The idea is to open ourselves to as many students in Hernando County as meet the minimum qualifications."
Sasha comes from a family of achievers; one older sibling is an accountant, while another is finishing her final year of medical school. She hopes to attend Stanford University and major in finance, and balances her studies with membership in the cross country, basketball and track teams.
"As long as I stayed on top of my work and studied, I got good grades," she added, saying that's what her family expects. "They won't let me do less than my best."
It wasn't easy for the district to join the program, either. Gaining acceptance took nearly four years of training, site visits and applications, Wagner said. And more inspections and evaluations will follow once the program is running. Springstead joins 61 other IB diploma schools in Florida, including Land O'Lakes and Gulf high schools in Pasco County.
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Well, from what you posted, and given the studies that your wife has already had, and the lack of relief of her symptoms I believe she may have damaged a very important part of the nerves to her arm
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Your wife may have traumatized/damaged her brachial plexus.
Her left side rib cage is higher as well.
That goes along with this possibility.....
She must have taken a pretty severe fall....
She has to hold below her breast continually to allow her to breath properly.
At this point, I think you should get her into a neurologist as soon as you can for evaluation of her pain, nerve function and anatomy.
She slamed it into the arm of a couch when reaching for something?
Ouch :(
Who can I see next?
I would have her see a neurologist next.
The sooner the better....she shouldn't have to suffer with this much pain for such a long time.
Does this make sense to you?
No , I see her rib cage extended and the way she explains the pain, could it be that the shock of the force injured organs?
Blood tests were also peformed, no results.
If she had done any significant damage to her internal organs that would have shown up on physical exam, the CT scans, and Xrays. Also if an organ were damaged that bad 4 months ago she would be in much worse shape at this point then just pain..
A broken rib(s) is possible, but that, once again, should have healed up by now on its own.
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Thieves stole tools and a sat nav from vehicles in Silver End.
Tools were taken from a Citroen Berlingo van in Grooms Lane between 6.30pm last Thursday and 6.55am the following day.
A £100 sat nav was also taken from Vauxhall Insignia in the same road during a similar timeframe.
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As expected, the extension of the Right to Buy scheme was today announced in the first Conservative-only Queen's Speech for nearly two decades.
The controversial bill will give 1.3 million housing association tenants the opportunity to buy their homes, and will require councils to sell off high-value properties and invest proceeds in to building affordable ones.
Right to Buy, which was reinvigorated in 2012, already allows 800,000 tenants the right to acquire their homes, and will now be available with significantly increased discounts on offer - a maximum of £77,900 across the country and £103,900 in the capital. Critics claim that the plans will worsen rather than relieve the UK's housing shortage.
The government has also reaffirmed that help will also be offered to first-time buyers, with 200,000 starter homes to be made available to under-40s at a 20% discount.
Matt Hutchinson, director of flat and house share site SpareRoom.co.uk"Government plans to encourage ownership and give housing association tenants the opportunity to own their homes means we're likely to see an extension of Right To Buy.With a desperate shortage in affordable housing what we need is a clear plan to build more and also make better use of existing stock, rather than selling it off at a discount."
Stephen Johnson, managing director of commerical mortgages at Shawbrook Bank"We see the move to extend the Right to Buy scheme as part of a wider decline in the supply of social housing available to tenants. By encouraging tenants of Housing Associations to buy their homes, the government is increasing the reliance of remaining social tenants on availability within the private rented sector. Demand for this sector is therefore the catalyst for the growth of the housing market moving forward."
Miles Gibson, head of UK research at CBRE"The proposals laid out in today's Queen's Speech represent a mixed bag for the property industry. The stronger leadership likely to be provided with the introduction of 'metro mayors' is good news for cities, as it will empower decision making that affects local economies in a more meaningful way than ever before."However, confirmation of the EU referendum is likely to have a more negative impact. It will no doubt shake the confidence of business leaders, and the property industry is no different. In a recent CBRE poll of leading property experts, four in ten said their biggest current political concern would be an in/out vote."
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Experts and novices alike can share the wonders of photography together, learning from each other. Tips from the expert whose been shooting for over 60 years or watching in wonder as a 10-year-old lays on her back in a rose bed shooting up at the flowers.
The Fortuna Camera Club provides that opportunity, a reason to gather together and experience nature through a camera lens. We meet the last Friday of the month at the United Methodist Church at 10th and N St. Fortuna at 7:30 p.m. or join us on one of our monthly field trips -- all are welcome.
For information on the club you can call Kathy Blanchard, newsletter editor, at 442-6282.
The October competition was judged by Alayne Hunt, Neal Kesterson, Sandy Blaszak
"A" Print Division
1st: "Yosemite Falls," Theodore Silva
2nd: "Alley in Old Town in the Rain," Jackie Wales
3rd: "Voyages of Old," Ron Irvin
HM: "Yosemite Snow," Theodore Silva
"B" Print Division
1st: "Bronc Rider," Pat Kesterson
2nd: "Christmas Card," Theodore Silva
3rd: "4th of July 2012," Ron Irvin
HM: "Labor Day Morning Visitors," Alayne Hunt
Electronic Image Division
"A" Division
1st: "A Calm Day," Debbie Tull
2nd: "Frog on Leaf," Debbie Tull
3rd: "Violet Flower Rendering," Ron Irvin
HM: "Am I on Candid Camera?" Tom Blanchard
"B" Division
1st: "View Towards Loleta Hill," Jackie Wales
2nd: "S is for Slug," Debbie Wales
3rd: "Seed Pod," Ron Irvin
HM: "Rocky Shore," Sarah Hasiuk
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1. The Fortuna Camera Club "A" Print Division first-place winner for October was Theodore Silva's "Yosemite Falls."
2. First place in the "B" Print Division was awarded to "Bronc Rider" by Pat Kesterson.