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As the global leader in domain names, Verisign powers the invisible navigation that takes people to where they want to go on the Internet.
Verisign's infrastructure services help to ensure that your organization's websites are reliable and always available.
Verisign provides in-depth analysis, insight and response recommendations to help keep businesses and government organizations ahead of new and evolving cyber threats and vulnerabilities.
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Federal Reserve officials may be getting closer to tapering the central bank's controversial bond-buying program, but minutes from the most recent meeting show some hesitation remains.
The upshot: While a pullback in historically easy monetary policy is ahead, for now it's status quo until the economy shows more significant improvement.
The stock market saw a kneejerk selloff initially following the minutes but rebounded within a half hour to wipe out all of the day's losses. Selling renewed into the close, with the averages heading toward a slightly negative but highly volatile day.
Interest rates increased, with the benchmark 10-year Treasury note rising to 2.87.
(Read more: US Treasury yields rise after Fed minutes)
With markets on edge as to when the Fed will ease off on its $85 billion a month in quantitative easing, minutes from the July Fed Open Markets Committee meeting reflected concern about the future direction.
"The latest FOMC minutes suggest the Fed wants to keep us on tenterhooks over the timing of tapering its bond-buying appetite," said Andrew Wilkinson, chief market economist at Miller Tabak.
(Read more: 'Bernanke Bubble' going bust in emerging markets)
Divided committee members showed clear worry about the impact the tapering talk was having on the markets, and what policy should look like in an economy that still showed sluggish growth.
"Meeting participants pointed to heightened financial market uncertainty about the path of monetary policy and a shift of market expectations toward less policy accommodation," the minutes stated.
Importantly, they gave their imprimatur to Chairman Ben Bernanke's comments at a post-meeting news conference in June, during which he indicated that tapering asset purchases likely would begin this year and the program would wrap up in mid-2014.
(Read more: Is 'chaos' ahead? Some truths about Fed policy)
"Almost all participants confirmed that they were broadly comfortable with the characterization of the contingent outlook for asset purchases that was presented in the June postmeeting press conference and in the July monetary policy testimony," the minutes said.
"Participants were satisfied that investors had come to understand the data-dependent nature of the Committee's thinking about asset purchases."
Central bank officials revised their longer-term economic projections slightly upward during the meeting, but expressed concern about the effect fiscal policy would have.
"The staff viewed the uncertainty around the forecast for economic activity as normal relative to the experience of the past 20 years," the minutes said. "However, the risks were still viewed as skewed to the downside, in part because of concerns about the situation in Europe and the ability of the U.S. economy to weather potential adverse shocks."
Stocks have experienced a rocky August as concerns grow that the QE wheels are beginning to grind to a halt, albeit slowly.
Wall Street has ridden the three versions of the program launched since the financial crisis to a market gain approaching 150 percent.
But as worries grow over the end of asset purchases—money printing—interest rates have climbed and stocks have fallen.
To be sure, the S&P 500 is still up more than 15 percent in 2013, but some in the market worry that the aggressive rally is in jeopardy.
Committee members appeared to discuss market reaction to Fed policy at length, noting that "domestic and foreign asset markets were volatile at times during the intermeeting period, reacting to policy communications and data releases.
They pointed out improved sentiment toward financial institutions and said "stock prices of large domestic banks outperformed broader equity indexes."
Since that meeting, though, the KBW Bank Index has fallen nearly 2 percent.
_ By CNBC's Jeff Cox. Follow him @JeffCoxCNBCcom on Twitter.

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Annual, biennial, perennial herb (rarely shrub, tree), often from taproot
Stem often ± scapose, generally ribbed, hollow
Leaves basal and generally some cauline, generally alternate; stipules generally 0; petiole base generally sheathing stem; blade generally much dissected, sometimes compound
Inflorescence: umbel or head, simple or compound, generally peduncled; bracts present (in involucres) or not; bractlets generally present (in involucels)
Flowers many, small, generally bisexual (or some staminate), generally radial (or outer bilateral); calyx 0 or lobes 5, small, atop ovary; petals 5, free, generally ovate or spoon-shaped, generally incurved at tips, generally ± ephemeral; stamens 5; pistil 1, ovary inferior, 2-chambered, generally with a ± conic, persistent projection or platform on top subtending 2 free styles
Fruit: 2 dry, 1-seeded halves that separate from each other but generally remain attached for some time to a central axis; ribs on each half 5, 2 marginal and 3 on back; oil tubes 1several per interval between ribs
Genera in family: 300 genera, 3,000 species: ± worldwide, especially temp; many cultivated for food or spice (e.g., Carum, caraway; Daucus; Petroselinum); some highly toxic (e.g., Conium). Underground structures here called roots, but true nature remains problematic. Mature fruit generally critical in identification; shapes generally given in outline, followed by shape in X -section of 2 fruit halves together.
Perennial, glabrous, often glaucous; roots tuberous, single or clustered, or fibrous, clustered
Stem erect, branched
Leaf: blade lanceolate to triangular-ovate, generally 12-ternate-pinnate or 12-pinnately or ternate-pinnately dissected, leaflets or segments generally linear to linear-lanceolate
Inflorescence: umbels compound; bracts 0many, conspicuous and reflexed or not; bractlets severalmany, narrow, ± scarious; rays, pedicels fewmany, generally spreading-ascending; 2° umbels generally convex on top
Flower: calyx lobes evident; petals generally obovate, white, tips narrowed
Fruit linear-oblong to round, slightly compressed side-to-side or not at all, glabrous; ribs subequal, thread-like to prominent, not winged; oil tubes per rib-interval 1several; fruit axis divided to base
Seed: face flat to grooved
Species in genus: ± 12 species: generally w Am
Etymology: (Greek: around the neck, from involucre)
Reference: [Chuang & Constance 1969 Univ Calif Publ Bot 55]
Roots, basal leaves needed for identification.
Plant 314 dm; roots tuberous, single or 23-clustered, 1.58 cm, fusiform
Leaf: basal petiole 815 cm; basal blade 2035 cm, oblong to ovate, generally 1-pinnate, leaflets 212 cm, linear or lanceolate, basal sometimes lobed or ternately dissected; cauline leaves 12-pinnate or 12-ternate
Inflorescence: peduncle 320 cm; bracts generally 0; bractlets 813, 14 mm, linear-lanceolate; rays generally 716, 1.57 cm, unequal, spreading-ascending; pedicels 48 mm; 2° umbels 1540-flowered
Flower: styles 12 mm
Fruit 2.53.5 mm, ± round; ribs thread-like; oil tube per rib-interval 1
Ecology: Moist soil of flats, meadows, streamsides, grasslands, pine groves
Elevation: 03000 m.
Bioregional distribution: s North Coast, Klamath Ranges, High North Coast Ranges, Central Coast, South Coast, Warner Mountains
Distribution outside California: to sw Canada, South Dakota, New Mexico
Sspp. could be considered distinct species
Plant ± rigid; roots tuberous, generally 23-clustered, < 1015 mm wide
Inflorescence: rays generally 1116
Flower: petals 5- or 7-veined
Chromosomes: 2n=40,80,120
Ecology: Generally moist soil of flats, meadows, streamsides
Elevation: 03000 m.
Bioregional distribution: Klamath Ranges, High North Coast Ranges, Warner Mountains
Distribution outside California: to sw Canada, South Dakota
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Continues September ~ December 2009 in the Decker Library
Posted 09.15.09 by Jodi Hoover
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January 19, 2009 marked the 200th anniversary of Edgar Allan Poe's birth.
Although best known as the city where Poe died, Baltimore is using this year to celebrate Edgar Allan Poe's life through events and exhibitions all over the city.
The upstairs Library display cases have information about Poe's life and legacy in Baltimore.
The downstairs Library case shows off the Decker Library's small but impressive collection of Poe inspired books and artwork.
Images here are from Poe's Annabel Lee (Bvenos Ayres: R. Veroni, 1976; text in English and Spanish; lithographs by Raoul Veroni; Spanish translation by Miguel Alfredo Olivera), which is part of the Decker Library's book arts collection. For more information, see the Book Arts Collection catalog on the Library/MRC website: danube.mica.edu/library/ABCat/site/index.cfm.


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Information about reporting weeds and litter in Albuquerque.
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Clean City provides ongoing clean-up of weed and litter from major thoroughfares and along curblines and undeveloped medians.
Clean City also responds to special requests for clean-up of private properties which the City Zoning Enforcement office has identified as being in violation of the Weed and Litter Ordinance.


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Loco for Cocoa
Experience an indulgent spa treat at The Ritz-Carlton Spa this month, with this ultimate and delightfully delicious "Loco for Cocoa" chocolate spa ritual. Proven rich with anti-oxidants and nourishing properties, experience the power of chocolate without the guilt... Begin your "Cocoa" journey with a refreshing chocolate drink followed by a soothing chocolate scrub and chocolate body wrap for radiant skin. Spoil yourself with a healthy post treatment chocolate treat for a 'bitter sweet' end to your holistic spa experience. Date: throughout April 2014Price: AED 1050, 120 minutesEaster Egg Spa Hunt (for adults)Celebrate Easter with our Spa Bunny and get a chance to join the search for the Easter Eggs filled with delightful spa surprises. Date: April 18Time: all dayBeauty Lovers' Day - April 23Inspired by a popular tradition in Barcelona whereby men present roses to women and women in return, offer a book. Join us in celebrating Beauty Lovers' Day at The Ritz-Carlton Spa and discover the 500 year-old history of Natura Bissé and its Barcelona-born Founder. Visit The Spa, located on the 4th floor, and receive a discovery gift. Experience a personalized consultation with our skin care specialists from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and with the purchase of two Natura Bissé skin care products receive additional gifts worth over AED 200, including a beautiful rose and a book. Prior booking requested.Date: Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Time: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Spa Bubble, Pure Air Ritual. Be the first to try the latest cosmetic innovation exclusively by Natura Bisse and The Ritz-Carlton Spa. The NATURA BISSÉ-BUBBLE PURE AIR features a new detoxifying ritual with energetic, balancing and repairing benefits for the skin, performed within an environment where 99.995% pure air is breathed. The Bubble provides a sumptuous ambience of luxury and well-being, maximising the effects of the treatment through deep breathing and holistic techniques thus, assuring powerful results and leaving you feeling rejuvenated and detoxified.Date: Available from April 15 to April 26Time: by appointmentPrice: 30 min Facial AED 60030 min Massage AED 500 The Detox Supercharger This 1 day program has been designed to kick-start your Detox program. Start off with a Detox drink, enjoy the steam room as well as our cold and hot plunge pools, followed by 20 mins relaxation on the Tepidarium lounger, a Detox Wrap with a Lymphatic Massage, includes a healthy lunch and a Slimming home care gift. Price AED 1150 per person
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Students must select one course from three of the four following areas (African American Studies, American Indian Studies, Asian American Studies and Chicano/Latino Studies) for 9 credits.
African American StudiesAMCS 209 African American Humanities I: Roots (3)AMCS 210 African American Humanities II: 1865-Present (3)AMCS 211 Contemporary African Americans (3)
American Indian StudiesAMCS 102 Contemporary American Indians (3)AMCS 202 Traditional American Indian Cultures (3)AMCS 225 Ojibwe Culture (3)
Asian American StudiesAMCS 220 Contemporary Asian America (3)CHIN 132 Introduction to Chinese Culture (3)JAPN 142 Introduction to Japanese Culture (3)
Chicano/Latino StudiesAMCS 103 Contemporary Chicanos (3)AMCS 203 Chicano Culture (3)
Students must choose at least 18 upper level elective credits from the courses listed below. Courses taken for the core or electives may not be taken for the related requirements OR students may select upper level courses from English, American Studies, Languages & Cultures, Anthropology, Economics, East Asian Studies, History, Women''s Studies or International Studies, with PRIOR approval from the department chair.
Chicano/Latino Studies390, 461 and 469 must have a Chicano/Latino Studies emphasis.
AMCS 302 Latinos of the Caribbean: Cuba, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico (3)AMCS 303 Latinos in the United States (3)AMCS 390 Topics in American Multicultural Studies (1-3)AMCS 461 Readings: American Multicultural Studies (1-3)AMCS 469 Internship (1-12)ANTH 327 The Aztecs (3)ANTH 337 The Maya (3)HIST 333 History of Latin America I (3)HIST 334 History of Latin America II (3)HIST 336 History of Mexico (3)
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Message from the Mayor
Everyone looks forward to the return of warm breezes, green grass and longer days of spring and summer. What better way to celebrate the spring thaw than to get outside and enjoy it with some classes and camps.
There is a wide range of outdoor activities to choose from; things we've been waiting all winter to get out and do. I invite everyone to look through this guide and find something you can do for a week, a few weeks or book an entire summer with camps.
The camps are for kids, but there are still many opportunities for grownups to learn new activities, play new sports and develop new hobbies. Or, spend your time exploring the skills you already have.
Of course, if the great outdoors aren't for you, there are plenty of great indoor classes offered at recreation facilities year round.
City of Ottawa classes are affordable, convenient and offer a variety of options second to none. Inside or outside, rain or shine, something is going on in your neighbourhood. Check it out!
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The House of Lords has thrown out a 'wrecking amendment' designed to prevent faith groups from hosting same-sex civil partnership ceremonies on their premises.
Quakers, Unitarians and Liberal Jews have urged the House of Lords to reject a challenge to civil partnerships being celebrated on religious premises.
A law coming into effect today will allow same-sex civil partnerships to be registered on religious premises in England and Wales.
Quakers in Britain have issued a statement welcoming the opportunity to register their premises for civil partnerships from next week.
The Equal Love campaign have criticised the Labour Party conference for failing to hold a discussion on giving legal recognition to same-sex marriage.
Equality campaigners have given a critical response to the latest government announcement on same-sex marriage.
Every Quaker in Britain will be urged and supported to reduce their carbon footprint, under a plan adopted by the Annual Yearly Meeting.
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This page displays only a select list of music events.
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Cathedral Homecoming Concert (STREAM)
|Wednesday, April 9, 2014
|7:30 pm
|Center for Faith and Life, Main Hall
The Cathedral Choir of Luther College, conducted by Dr. Jennaya Robison ('96), will be in your area soon as a part of their annual Midwest Tour. The concert program will include choral masterpieces by J.S. Bach, Hassler, and Ralph Vaughan Williams. At the heart of the program is Estonian composer's Ēriks Ešenvalds' "Stars" for choir, water-tuned glasses and Tibetan singing bowls. Favorite works by Olaf Christiansen, F. Melius Christiansen, Moses Hogan, Z. Randall Stroope, and others are included in an eclectic program suitable for listeners of all ages.
We hope you can join us for one of these performances and enjoy the Music of Luther College presented by Cathedral Choir and Dr. Jennaya Robison.
This event will be streamed live and available as an archive concert through Luther College Connect.
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ETS Issues "Primer" on Preschool Assessment
Authors detail current state Pre-K policies and approaches.
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Princeton, NJ (February 14, 2012) —
As millions of dollars in government spending flows to states seeking to strengthen the quality of early education programs, a new report from Educational Testing Service (ETS) summarizes the challenges and current state approaches to assessing the learning outcomes of children enrolled in Pre-K.
The report, State Pre-K Assessment Policies: Issues and Status, was created to serve as a resource for educators who wish to incorporate assessments into their programs for young children.
"The process of documenting preschoolers' learning can reveal children's strengths, needs, and progress, as well as how effective their Pre-K programs are in enhancing their skills and knowledge," says Richard Coley, co-author and Executive Director in the Research & Development division at ETS. "This information can also guide decisions about the assistance or training teachers need and/or how individual classroom experiences and program policies might be improved to better serve and educate young children."
The authors note that over the past 10 years, despite economic challenges and uneven spending on early-education programs, enrollment of 4-year-olds in Pre-K programs has grown. Coley, along with co-author Debra Ackerman reviewed different assessment approaches and the policies on their use in 50 Pre-K programs in 40 states.
"Our review identified a preference for comprehensive observation-based protocols over direct assessments," says Ackerman, Lead Research Project Manager at ETS. "This type of measure allows children to be assessed while engaged in everyday program activities within their classrooms, as opposed to being asked to perform discrete tasks that may not be connected to what they are learning or doing at a particular time. And, of the 50 Pre-K programs that collect child outcome data as part of the monitoring process, just three report policies requiring the annual administration and reporting of such data," she adds. "A majority report that such measures must be administered and reported two or three times during the school year."
In addition, the authors discuss some of the challenges in documenting young children's learning including the fact that traditional, read and respond, filling in a bubble, circling an answer, or writing methods are unlikely to produce useful data about what a 4-year- old knows or can do. Children's attention spans and ability to sit for any length of time or interact with unfamiliar adults are also problematic.
The authors describe the three main approaches to assessing young children's learning:
- Direct assessments — valid and reliable for providing evidence about whether children are meeting a specific skill or knowledge benchmark; less burdensome on teachers administering and scoring them, but may not provide a full understanding of a child's skill set or the quality of the program
- Observation checklists and scales — more labor intensive for teachers than direct assessments, but considered more "authentic" by observing children on a day-to-day basis while engaged in everyday program activities
- Samples of children's work — also labor intensive for teachers collecting purposeful samples of children's written work, but complementary to observations and also considered to be a more "authentic" measure of children's abilities
The authors also examined the extent to which individual Pre-K providers can choose which assessments to use in their classrooms. Twenty-one Pre-K programs report a policy mandating the use of a required measure or measures; 10 programs have policies that allow Pre-K providers to select from a menu of approved child outcome measures; and 19 programs allow individual providers to go beyond the menu approach by providing them with varying degrees of latitude to select which outcome measure(s) should be used.
"An ETS report on early literacy assessment issued eight years ago concluded that, monitoring the literacy development of young children and evaluating the effectiveness of programs cannot be accomplished by administering a single test during the academic year," adds Coley. "The results of our survey appear to indicate that states are, for the most part, complying with that recommendation. Hopefully this primer will be useful to education policymakers and practitioners as early education initiatives expand and the need to document their effectiveness increases, particularly in challenging economic times."
Printed copies of State Pre-K Assessment Policies: Issues and Status can be ordered for $15 (prepaid) from: Policy Information Center, Mailstop 19-R, Educational Testing Service, Rosedale Road, Princeton, NJ 08541-0001, or by calling (609) 734-5212. Copies can be downloaded from: http://ets.org/research/policy_research_reports/pic-pre-k.
About ETS
At nonprofit ETS, we advance quality and equity in education for people worldwide by creating assessments based on rigorous research. ETS serves individuals, educational institutions and government agencies by providing customized solutions for teacher certification, English language learning, and elementary, secondary and post-secondary education, as well as conducting education research, analysis and policy studies. Founded as a nonprofit in 1947, ETS develops, administers and scores more than 50 million tests annually — including the TOEFL® and TOEIC® tests, the GRE® tests and The Praxis Series™ assessments — in more than 180 countries, at over 9,000 locations worldwide. www.ets.org


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Dogs allowedSee all facilities…
There's nothing fossilised about a stay at Newlands Holiday Park a stone's throw away from the Jurassic Coast on the Devon/Dorset border, where the staff and facilities will crater to your every holiday need: two separate play areas for the mini dinos, an in-house chef dishing up the best of local food, takeaway fish and chips using the freshest of the local catch, an indoor heated pool – and an outdoor one with water slides and loungers so you can bask in the sun and wonder where the kids get all that energy…
Shale we continue? There's the nightly entertainment in the lounge and bar, the conservatory with picturesque patio for having a glass of wine and drinking in the uninterrupted Dorset views, Twurzel Tuesdays, the toboggan run, Dino Dan…Use family-run Newlands as a base for a Lyme Regis fossil hunting holiday or just lounge about on site; either way we think you'll have an epic time.
The 23-acre landscaped park has pitches for tents, tourers and motorhomes and with all the facilities you'd expect from a thoroughly modern site: food shop, internet access and clean up to date amenities including hot showers and a launderette. The World Heritage village of Charmouth is on the doorstep for shops, restaurants and pubs, and is also known for its hardy souls taking to the sea in fancy dress on Christmas Day.
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The ANC blog is back! SNA once again will be bringing you the latest updates and insider insights about this summer's Annual National Conference (ANC) via a conference blog. The "Connect in Nashville" blog is the place to get a sneak peek of all the conference excitement, as well as a hub for getting the discussion going before the conference even begins! So be sure to drop in, add your comments and return frequently to see new posts and make new comments.
And so, without further ado, let's get this blog—and the countdown to ANC 2011—going with the top eight reasons why you absolutely must hop a plane, travel by car or do whatever you have to do to come CONNECT at ANC:
1. Sharpen Your Mind: ANC is a four-day learning experience tailored to your needs. Whether you're looking to develop new skills or enhance your existing knowledge, ANC has been designed so you can create a customized schedule that fits your own educational needs. With 90+ education sessions, you can pick and choose, mix and match the right ones for YOU.
2. Advance Your Career: With everything you've got going on, you may be thinking you can't afford a few days out of the office… but you can! You don't want to kick yourself years down the road for not investing in your career sooner! The time is NOW! Stay ahead of the curve by gaining access to information you won't get anywhere else. Plus, you'll earn while you learn. Attendees will earn 25 continuing education units (CEUs) toward SNA Certification or SNA Credential renewal by attending ANC. You can also become Level 1 certified during the conference. To learn more, click here.
3. Grow Your Network: You can't afford NOT to tap into the power of networking. The time to network is not when you're seeking guidance, it's NOW. At ANC, you have the opportunity to interact with peers who are in the trenches with you, going through many of the same challenges you face. Tap into their expertise to enhance your productivity. Many say that the opportunity to make professional connections at ANC is their top reason for attending.
4. Boost Your Business: With more than 300 booths to visit, you will have a unique opportunity to view, taste and touch the products and services designed to improve the success of your operation. Industry reps will be eager to meet you, discuss your requirements and demonstrate supplies and equipment that can provide you with solutions to your needs!
5. Inspire for Excellence: Richard Simmons, Susan O'Malley, Christopher Gardner and Robin Roberts… ANC has had its share of amazing, inspiring and memorable keynote speakers over the years, and this summer will be no different. After this year's general sessions, you'll feel ready to take on the world… and the challenges and opportunities of a new school year.
6: Enrich and Enlighten: Impress your boss and colleagues. When you return to your school or district you'll be able to host an information-sharing session to pass along all your new-found information and tools.
7: Discover and Experience: The conference is taking place in the one and only Music City and this year's Final Event performer is… wait for it… ALAN JACKSON! Enough said!
8: Celebrate Your Passion: Finally, and most important, you will CELEBRATE—in an environment of camaraderie and fun—your passion and commitment to feeding our nation's children. ANC Nashville is your opportunity to take the lead in the school nutrition profession and collaborate on the future of school meals. Seize it!
Of course, the reasons for attending could go on and on… but no matter how you slice it, ANC is your best opportunity to get connected to the skills, strategies and solutions you need to energize your program, entice your students and enhance your career.
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545 Munroe St, Sacramento, CA | Directions 9582538.575677 -121.402855
Neighborhoods: Arden - Arcade, Arden-Arcade
Not great! – We ate at this restaurant on 10/12/2010 Service was terrible! Food is overpriced and the prices have gone way up. Waiter refused to do seperate checks.
Will not be back, ever!
Great seafood & service overall – In my book; in the midst of community detachment largely due to overpopulation; customer service, mutual attempts at reparation of poor service, and honest quality comes first. Without intending to undo any of the legitimate complaints from previous customers of SS, I have experienced SS customer service and quality of food to be among the best of the restaurants in the area. I'm not a regular, perhaps dining there three to five times a year, and always dress casual, but they've provided consistent and professional services and food from the regular menu and specials that have never disappointed me to date. I hope they continue this calibur and also improve on other areas that have been complained about.
If you like Vibrio Parahaemolyticus then go there_Poor Food_poor Service – On 9-13-08 I visited Scott?s Seafood @ Loemanns Plaza in Sacramento. Taking my elderly parents out for dinner my treat. The restaurant didn?t appear to be to busy.
We were seated promptly but that?s were the night went wrong. We ordered and the service from the kitchen was extremely slow, we went through two baskets of bread before we received our salads. We should have got up and went elsewhere. But it was my decision to stick it out finally after another 30 min wait we received our entree?s and frankly for the price I have received better quality at Red Lobster. And to top it all off I thought I had a good dinner until I got violently sick the following Monday 9 hours of emptying my stomach both entry and exit and extrememe pain plus another 10 hours in Kaiser's Emergency Room Receiving IV, pain meds, meds stop nausea, I lost a day of work. My $100 dollar dinner for three turned into $500 not including the pain it caused. On a scale of 1 to 10 with ten being the worst pain this was an 11. I am 100% sure that Scott?s was to blame the Lab results came back with Vibrio Parahaemolyticus which was reported to Sacto Health Dept.
This is a fair warning don?t go there unless you like pain
I have not received one word of an apology from them at all.
( I have a receipt that I gave to the Health Dept. that I proves that I was there and Lab Results.)
So I will tell as many people as I can to avoid Scotts Seafood like the plague.
Inhospitable. – We live nearby and visited this restaurant in the morning (about 9AM) while on a walk with our small dog. We asked the host if we could have a breakfast on the terrace. She confirmed that the dog was not a problem and invited us to walk around two corners to approach the terrace from the outside. After arriving at the terrace we found that no tables were set for breakfast and ALL doors leading to the restaurant were closed. We waited for a while then realized this was the sign that we were not welcome and left. This used to be a nice neighborhood with friendly people. Not anymore.
great seafood ! – My 3rd visit to this great seafood spot is definetely the best restaurant experience I've had in a long time. The service was impeccable from host to sommelier to waiters, very knowledgeble and caring staff. The food was wonderful, the presentation was beautiful. We had the chef tasting menu; just perfect. I'm very impressed.
Service great, food mediocre – My friends and I went to Scott's Seafood for our annual Christmas dinner. Prior to going, I read the reviews about the bad service, so I paid extra attention to this. We must have gotten lucky, because our server was great! She was attentive and had a wonderful personality. However, the food was just mediocre, nothing special. The portions were small and everything is a la cart. With those prices, it would have been nice to include a soup or salad with the dinners. Will have to think if we'd go back considering it was quite pricey.
really good shellfish! – I went to Scott's for the first time a few weeks ago. I'm new to sacramento and it was highly recommended. I had their tower of shellfish, with oysters, muscles, calamari, and crab legs. It was amazingly good, very fresh. The raw oysters are excellent (if you like raw oysters, that is!)
My only complaint is the price, more than $30 for the dish. But you do get an amazing aray of foood. My dinner date at the swordfish, which he says was fine too.
I just don't get the enthusiasm for this place – Took my parents there to impress them, and I was embarrassed due to the poor service and mediocre offerings. The waiter seemed insulted when I told him my father was lactose-intolerant and to be careful to avoid any butter or cheese in his meal. The entree came with the promised butter, anyway. Bringing the mistake to the waiter's attention just made things worse. The waitress was baffled at our requests for refills of our iced tea and coffee. It may have been a bad night, but this restaurant in Folsom was unimpressive at best, and I would never go back. Close friends have reported similar troubles with Scott's: poor service, stingy servings, bad seafood. Maybe the rest of the town is going to Scott's on Munroe. Oh well. Maybe I'll give that one a try someday.
Great night out! – We went there for the first time, and really liked it. We were seated right away, and felt the service was outstanding. We both ordered different Seafood dishes, and both had a delicious meal. It seemed to be a great special date night place, and I think we would go back for sure! I love Crab cakes, and thought they had some of the best I'd ever had!
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Video technology is finding its place among virtual meeting tools, from teleconferencing to webcasting. And for good reason: Video lets you see facial expressions, which convey much more than disembodied words ever could. It brings virtual meetings to life. Besides saving the time and cost of travel (especially for very short meetings), the benefits of virtual meetings include increased efficiency (video meetings often are more tightly run), increased reliability (no flight delays), and easy recording.
At one time, the only means of videoconferencing was via satellite, and costs were as astronomically high as the satellites themselves. But with the advent of faster data lines, you can buy good quality teleconference video at a fraction of the cost. And with the "fat-pipe" bandwidth currently being laid, videoconferencing eventually will become nearly as easy and inexpensive as long-distance telephone calls are now.
Satellite Broadcast This is still the best choice when you have large audiences in many locations and must have high-quality video. The video signal is uplinked to a satellite, where it can be broadcast over a large area. Each downlink must have a satellite dish receiver. Because of the equipment, staffing, and satellite time involved, this option can cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Videoconference Rooms For a less expensive alternative, try videoconference rooms designed for group discussions, distance learning, and lecture-style meetings. Good-quality video can be distributed via a company's local area network, ISDN line, or T-1 or T-3 high-speed lines. If you run a lot of these meetings, consider installing a videoconference room of your own. Today's prices range from $10,000 to $40,000, but they are dropping. More than 6,000 public sites are available at an average of $200 per hour. Kinkos (www.kinkos.com) is a leader in providing public rooms. For a directory of videoconference meeting sites, visit the GVCNet Knowledge Base at www.gvcnet.com.
Desktop Systems Desktop units are best suited for one-to-one applications, similar to a telephone call. These units work over local area networks, ISDN lines, standard telephone lines, and increasingly, over the Web. Costs for stand-alone, non-Web-based systems range from $500 to $5,000, but prices are likely to decrease substantially in the next few years.
The pluses are convenience and low cost - just one computer and a $70 video camera can get you started. But low-quality transmission on a small screen can be a problem. Even at its best, Web video is substantially less crisp than broadcast video, and grainy, jerky images are common.
Webconferencing Web systems are usually point-to-point applications similar to telephone calls. These technologies, together with their many online collaboration tools, provide document sharing, desktop sharing, presentations, interactive white boards, and more, that can reach increasingly larger audiences. (See the "Offline Guide to Online Tools" for a detailed look at some of the top webconferencing companies.)
Virtual meetings will not replace face-to-face contact, but enhancements in these technologies will continue to make them indispensable communication tools.
1. With the latest high-speed data lines, good quality teleconference video is available at a fraction of the cost of satellite broadcasts. But if you have large audiences in many locations and need high-quality video, you may want to take advantage of the full-broadcast-quality video that satellites offer.
2. Web systems provide not only video but a range of collaboration tools. Sites such as www.webex.com and www.netmeeting.com offer a range of tools, including document sharing, desktop sharing, presentations, and interactive white boards
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Irwin >Doctors > Irwin Eye Care
511 Main Street, Irwin, PA | Directions 1564240.330583 -79.710898
Kelly A. is very Rude – Irwin Eye Care,
It is a shame that Kelly Achtzehn is so rude cause Dr Colleen Kroll is very nice. 1 star for Kelly and 5 stars for Dr. Kroll ! If you go, I highly recommend Dr. Kroll, Kelly is an optician there, make sure to stay away from her, she is not professional and can be very rude. My family will not be back, 100% because we don't need Kelly A. bad attidute. Sorry Dr. Kroll
Horrible Experience! – My Daughter has never had to see an eye doctor before. We have always seen the family doctor. But today I needed to have her seen by an eye doctor due to a possible injury to her eye. The female doctor at Irwin Eye Care was horrible! She was very rude and short with my daughter from the beginning. When she asked my daughter what eye was bothering her my daughter thought for a second and said "right". This woman looked at my daughter and in a very degrading tone says "well, I would think you would know your right from your left, but that was a good guess I suppose" then rolled her eyes at my daughter. Without any warning and without an explanation to me or my daughter she came at my daughter with a Q-tip and put dye into my daughters' eye. This frightened my daughter (because she didn't know what the woman was going to do) and she jumped back. The doctor snapped and said "it's JUST dye!!! I need to put it in your eye, come here!!" Then she snapped at my daughter and told her to put her face into the chin strap on her exam equipment. My daughter was confused and did not know where she needed to be. So this woman snaps at her again and yells "WHAT DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND??" I then had enough of this woman degrading my daughter, treating her like she was stupid, and talking to her like she didn't matter. I explained to the doctor that my daughter has NEVER been to an office like this and that piece of equipment looks weird and confusing to any child the first time! Finally her tone calmed down a little. THEN I don't know what she did but she did something that made my daughter jump back and yell "OUCH!". The doctor litterally threw her hands in the air and yelled "what's the problem?!" At this point my daughter was crying from pain and being scared to death about what this horrible doctor might do next. I ended the exam when the doctor said "I don't see anything in her eye" in a nasty tone. I will NEVER use this eye doctor again!! And I would suggest no one with kids every use this woman. She has no idea how to treat kids and she has a horrible bedside manner. I trusted this office to treat my daughter and myself with care and respect. Instead my daughter was yelled at, degraded, made to feel stupid, then tortured. Shame on you Irwin Eye Care for making this horrible experience my daughters' first experience with an eye doctor! I have already apologized to my daughter for their horribe behavior and for the fact that I didn't stop the exam sooner!
Staff is very helpful – The doctors are friendly and the staff is very helpful in picking out the latest styles. They carry all types of stock and designer frames as well as contacts. When my daughter was having trouble with her prescription, they gave her a few different samples of contacts to tryout until she found one she liked. They work well with our insurance company and made the process of getting glasses easy.
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Yosemite National Park has issued a health alert for some visitors who stayed in the park from mid-June through the end of August.
An outbreak of hantavirus, spread mainly by the urine and feces of infected deer mice, has killed at least two people and possibly sickened an unknown number of other campers.
Those who possibly could be affected by the outbreak stayed in "Signature Tent Cabins" in Yosemite National Park's Curry Village during that time period. The park is contacting 1,700 past visitors who may have been exposed to the disease.
If you think you may have been exposed, you should see your doctor immediately.
Deadly illness
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , the hantavirus illness is deadly in 38 percent of patients.
People infected with hantavirus typically show symptoms one to five weeks after exposure.
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jWatchdog delivers a simple watchdog to actively monitor your infrastructure and send you notifications in case something goes wrong. It is configured using a simple XML configuration file. This configuration file can be changed on-the-fly without a need to restart the watchdog. jWatchdog does not offer data collection itself. It assumes that you already collected the data on which you want to run jWatchdog. The de facto standard tool Collectd is recommended for data collection. jWatchdog assumes that you use the RRDTool collectd output plugin to store the collected data in RRD files, or use Graphite as a datasource.
STOR2RRD provides storage performance and capacity monitoring for IBM DS8000, IBM Storwize, and IBM SVC. It generates historical, future trends, and nearly "realtime" performance utilization graphs of monitored storages. It graphically presents the IO rate, data throughput, and response times for all Ports, Pools, Ranks, Mdisks, Volumes (LUNs), and drives. It collects complete physical and logical configuration of all storages.
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malloc_count provides a set of source code tools that measure the amount of memory allocated to a program at run-time. The code library provides facilities to measure the current and peak heap memory allocation, and write a memory profile for plotting. Furthermore, separate stack_count functions can measure stack usage. The code tool works by intercepting the standard malloc(), free(), etc. functions. Thus no changes are necessary to the inspected source code.
ShuttlePRO is a user program for interpreting key, shuttle, and jog events from a Contour Design ShuttlePRO v2. It translates these events into X keystrokes, mouse button presses, or scroll wheel events. ShuttlePRO events can generate sequences of multiple keystrokes, including the pressing and releasing of modifier keys. The binding can be selected based on the title of the window which is focused.
LibLogicalAccess is an RFID library developed in C++ for Linux/Windows, also available on C# for use on Microsoft operating systems (using a COM wrapper). It provides low-level commands access and high-level generic abstraction for several chips and readers (PC/SC readers like OMNIKEY, STid readers, etc.) on 125Khz (EM4102, HID Prox, etc.), 13.56Mhz ISO14443/ISO15693 (Mifare Classic, Mifare DESFire, HID iClass, etc.), and 433Mhz frequencies.


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Posted on June 27th, 2011
Favourites from the Shona Joy Spring Summer Collection
Favourites from the Shona Joy Spring Summer Collection
Boots - Topshop - AMBUSH Tan Side Zip Ankle Boots
Jumper - Topshop - Knitted Self Stripe Jumper
Shorts - Topshop - MOTO Pink Pleat Front Shorts
Sunglasses - The Row
How perfect is this Thakoon romper for spring.
So sweet. Loving the twists.
Also comes in a burgundy
I bought myself a few treats from the Russh Store
Did you know that Nic Briand from Lover designed the Russh masthead? amazeeee.
This colour is stunning. I don't own anything this bright, but now I really want to give it a go.
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New phone-a-doctor program starting up in the areaFargo-Moorhead (WDAY TV) - There's a new way to get the medical attention you need and avoid the climbing cost of insurance.
There's a new way to get the medical attention you need and avoid the climbing cost of insurance. A phone-a-doctor program is kicking off in our region, giving patients easy access to prescriptions. Some pharmacists say this access could cause more problems than it's worth.
Any Lab Test Now Owner Dan Parker says the average emergency room wait is 4 hours. Ameri-Doc can help out in about 22 minutes.
Dan Parker – Any Lab Test Now Owner: "Over 70% of all visits can be done over the telephone."
Parker says patients call Ameri-Doc with their symptoms. Doctors will diagnose the illness, offer advice, sign off on prescriptions, and if it's an emergency, recommend patients get immediate attention.
Dan Parker: "It's there to help work with your regular physician. Not replace them."
And it's cheap. Thirty dollars a month covers an entire family's calls. Prescriptions are the only extra cost.
Dan Parker: "It's not a cure-all, but it's an option."
AmeriDocs can't prescribe DEA controlled substances like sleeping pills or pain medicine, but some pharmacists say it could lead to potential pill abuse and misdiagnosis."
David Olig - Pharmacist: "Not all sore-throats are strep. Neither are they throat cancer, they could be a virus, but the only way to find out is look, or do a throat swab."
Pharmacists say for complete medical care there has to be an in-person, working relationship between physicians, pharmacists, and patients.
David Olig: "Self-directed therapy, taking the physician out of the circle, doesn't make a lot of sense to me."
Olig says in the end, you get what you pay for: Full price, for a full experience or low cost for a quick fix. The licensed doctors are on call, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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Poachers beware: new skills for bear guardians
A January training course has formed part of a package of measures to protect bear cubs from poachers in India's Bihar region. WSPA and member society Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) have given forest guards the skills they need to shield sloth bears from lifetimes of distress as 'dancing' bears.
Dancing bears live uncomfortable, unnatural lives, blighted by illness and removed from their wild environment. Approximately 150 bears are on the streets of India performing for their owners.
But thanks to this training, expertise in protecting bears and keeping them safe in their natural environment is now both deeper and wider in Bihar.
Creating wildlife detectives
Nearly 150 of the Bihar Forest Department's field staff, including forest guards and range officers working in protected areas, attended a first training course in 2007. January's refresher course saw 50 new faces join them.
The two-day course, run by WTI's Van Rakshak Project and funded by WSPA supporters, covered topics including:
- the importance of wildlife
- Indian wildlife laws
- an overview of the country's wildlife crime scenario, focussing on sloth bears.
Participants also received training in field crafts, enabling them to identify indirect evidence of animals (such as droppings and prints), patrol more effectively and learn crime investigation and prevention techniques.
Necessary skills to save bears
Dr Rakesh Kumar Singh, WTI's Training Coordinator, explains the need for the course: "Most field staff do not have access to information about developments in wildlife scenarios and the law; the training we organised in May 2007 was perhaps the first focussed and intensive course for them.
"In the refresher training we updated their understanding, going a notch higher in terms of the information imparted."
Every animal matters
WSPA and WTI's Sloth Bear Conservation and Welfare Project is a holistic programme that seeks to protect every bear it possibly can.
Throughout 2009, the joint project will concentrate on:
- undercover operations against poachers and wildlife traders
- campaigning against bear poaching
- running the successful alternative livelihood programme, which helps Kalandars – the people who own dancing bears – who have voluntarily given their bears to the Forest Department find another way to support their families.
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Apropos Free Speech Day: Jesse Helms Dies at 86
Breaking News: "Former Senator Jesse Helms Is Dead at 86, the Jesse Helms Research Center Says"
Does anyone remember, or want to remember, one of his most famous statements ?
" Homosexuality is the disease, and AIDS is the cure. "
I lived in NC during the later stages of his political stronghold. What shocked me even more than his behavior were his closet supporters. Helms would trail his opponents in the polls by up to 18%, then be re-elected handily. It has always scared me how many citizens holding similar views as Helms walk amongst us saying the correct things, but thinking another.
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COVINGTON - The proprietor of L&B Recycling in Porterdale recently reported to a Covington Police officer that he had video surveillance tape showing a suspect stealing radiators from his business, according to a Covington Police Department incident report.The business owner said that approximately 100 to 300 pounds of radiators were stolen. The report states he valued the radiators, which he said had been cleaned and were composed of copper and aluminum, at approximately $500. The CPD officer notified the owner of Oconee Metal that if anyone brought in any "cleaned aluminum copper radiators" to notify the CPD. About 15 minutes later the owner of Oconee Metal called the officer and said "there was a subject there with approximately 150 pounds of radiators," the incident report states. Officers reviewed the video tape and confirmed that the man shown stealing the radiators from L&B Recycling matched the description of the man who was trying to sell them to Oconee Metal, just across the street, according to the report. The matter was turned over to CPD detectives and Caycee Lee Spears, 18, of 12145 Ga. Highway 36, Lot 6, was arrested and charged with burglary, criminal trespass, theft by taking and driving without a license. Barbara Knowles can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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The AP reports that McDowell has 95,142 votes, while Benishek has 94,860. Libertarian Party challenger Emily Salvette has 6,329 votes and Green Party candidate Ellis Boal has 2,316.


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STEUBENVILLE - Kevin Kendziorski of Hopedale and Glenda Birkhimer of Steubenville announce the engagement of their daughter, Jessica Kendziorski, to Matthew Colflesh, son of Richard and Loretta Colflesh of Steubenville.
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Jeffrey Parfitt, 26, of Middlebury, was indicted Wednesday on a single felony charge of unlawful sexual conduct, according to the Bangor Police Department in Maine. Lt. Paul Edwards said Parfitt is expected to surrender himself to Maine authorities.
Bangor Police made few details on the case available Wednesday, saying that Parfitt was in Maine to follow-up regarding the living situation of a juvenile female there. The girls father made a complaint to police after Parfitt made an unnecessary and inappropriate examination of the child after asking the father to leave the residence to allow for privacy.
Two Bangor detectives came to Vermont and interviewed Parfitt before the local prosecutor brought the case before a grand jury.
DCF commissioner Dave Yacovone did not immediately return a call seeking comment Wednesday afternoon, but did issue a statement saying that Parfitt had been placed on administrative leave and that his department had cooperated with Bangor Police and reviewed the safety of children and youth Mr. Parfitt had contact with as part of his official duties.
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Michael Giacchino (pronounced juh-kee-no) (born 1967, Riverside, New Jersey) is an American soundtrack composer who has composed several multi-award winning scores for many popular movies, television series and video games. He attended the Evening Division at the Juilliard School, as well as the School of Visual Arts in New York City, where he acquired a degree in film production and a minor degree in History. Giacchino's first major composition was for the DreamWorks video game adaptation of the 1997 movie, The Lost World: Jurassic Park. The video game was the first PlayStation (also on Sega Saturn) console title to be recorded with an original live orchestral score. Giacchino has since continued his relationship with DreamWorks, providing full orchestral scores for many of their popular videogames. Giacchino's award-winning compositions covers the first four Medal of Honor series, (Underground, Allied Assault and Frontline, along with the original Medal of Honor). He has al ... Read More
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Governor to honor Maryland Green Schools and promote environmental education
ANNAPOLIS, MD (June 3, 2010) – Governor Martin O'Malley will join students, teachers and administrators from nearly 100 schools and education centers to celebrate improvements in Maryland's environmental education programs through the Partnership for Children in Nature. Governor O'Malley will address students and educators from Maryland's Green Schools program, a nationally-recognized program to enhance students' environmental literacy.
The Partnership for Children in Nature and the Maryland Green Schools program were launched by Governor O'Malley to ensure all Maryland young people have the opportunity to learn about their environment, connect with their natural world and grow to become responsible stewards.
The Maryland Green School program is a member of Governor O'Malley's Partnership for Children in Nature. The Governor will also be joined by representatives from the Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education (MAEOE), the Maryland No Child Left Inside Coalition, the Chesapeake Bay Trust, and others. The Governor will present MAEOE with a Smart, Green & Growing Award.
WHAT: Governor O'Malley to highlight importance of environmental education with participants in Maryland's Green School program
WHEN: TOMORROW, Friday, June 4, 2010 at 12:30 p.m.
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