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The Mizner Park Amphitheater is owned and operated by the City of Boca Raton, and can be rented by private or non-profit organizations for various functions including concerts, performances, fundraising events and festivals. If you are interested in renting the facility, please review the Rental Fees and then complete the Rental Application for review and approval. For more questions please contact the amphitheater at 561-393-7890 or by e-mail at email@example.com.
Items not allowed inside the amphitheater for events include but not limited to: Umbrellas, pets, outside food, alcoholic beverages, coolers, backpacks, drones, and/or selfie sticks. If the event is ticketed, please check your ticket for restrictions on cameras and video recording devices.
If the event is ticketed, you may not bring a chair, but you may be able to bring a blanket, please check your ticket for seating information. If you are attending a free event that is sponsored by the City of Boca Raton, you may usually bring a blanket or chair, but check the website for specifics or call 561-393-7890.
There is limited parking in the garages in Mizner Park. We encourage event attendees to carpool and use off site park and walk options from City Hall, which is located four blocks south west of Mizner Park from NE 2nd Street. For certain events, preferred, paid parking is available in the lot adjacent to the amphitheater and at the First United Methodist Church located on Mizner Blvd. Other parking options include limited on-street, metered parking in Mizner Park and valet service for those patronizing the shops and restaurants.
What is a labyrinth?
A labyrinth is an ancient symbol that relates to wholeness. It combines the
imagery of the circle and the spiral into a meandering but purposeful path.
A labyrinth looks like a maze but is not. A maze is like a puzzle to be solved.
It has twists and turns and dead ends. You have to think and think and be
alert for any clues you may find. A maze can be frustrating, frightening, or
challenging. You can get lost in a maze.
A labyrinth, unlike a maze, has no dead ends. There is only one path, and
while it does have twists and turns, you can't get lost. The same path takes
you into the labyrinth and out again. With a labyrinth you don't have to
think, or analyze, or solve a problem.
With a labyrinth you just trust that the path will lead you to where you need
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Catnip's Effect on Big (and Little) Cats
Though we may call catnip "kitty crack," the herb is non-addictive and isn't even a drug (so it's perfectly safe to give to your kitty, big or small). But how does it work? And why doesn't it have any effect on humans?
Catnip comes from plants of the Nepeta genus. These plants are a type of mint and produce a host of volatile oils and other chemicals. To us, they just smell a little sweet, but most cats have a different reaction. They roll around, rub their heads and bodies on whatever you've stuffed with the herb, and often act as if they've been smoking some kind of illegal substance. Veterinarian Ramona Turner explained how catnip elicits these reactions a few years ago in Scientific American:
Nepetalactone, one of catnip's volatile oils, enters the cat's nasal tissue, where it is believed to bind to protein receptors that stimulate sensory neurons. These cells, in turn, provoke a response in neurons in the olfactory bulb, which project to several brain regions including the amygdala (two neuronal clusters in the midbrain that mediate emotional responses to stimuli) and the hypothalamus, the brain's "master gland" that plays a role in regulating everything from hunger to emotions.
The amygdala integrates the information flow from the olfactory bulb cells and projects to areas governing behavior responses. The hypothalamus regulates neuroendocrine responses through the pituitary gland, creating a "sexual response." That is, the cat essentially reacts to an artificial cat pheromone.
This reaction lasts for about 5 to 15 minutes and then a cat is immune for an hour or so. Kitties don't react to the stuff until they're about six months old, when they reach sexual maturity. And not all cats are affected—sensitivity to catnip is an inherited trait, and only about 70 to 80 percent of house cats will react. (I couldn't find statistics for big cat species, but we can see in the video above, from Big Cat Rescue, that it works on at least some individuals.)
Humans don't react in the same way because our brains are different. In us, nepetalactone acts more like valepotriates, the compounds in the herb valerian that are a mild sedative in most people. So if you can't sleep, you can try drinking catnip tea, if you can keep from laughing at your kitty rolling crazily across the floor.


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Friday, February 12, 2010
Private Health Insurance.....the assholes
But it's the evil Gub'mint that wants to implement death panels right?
8 comments:
- Andrew_M_Garland said...
Top insurers reap billions as health costs soar
Wellpoint's profit margin was 7.3%. 40% of that was from selling a division, making its operating margin 4.38%. So, it could charge 4.38% less in premiums and make no profit. But, it would also be out of business.
If younger, healthier people are dropping their insurance, then of course premiums would have to go up on the older insureds.
There is a lot of cost-shifting imposed on health insurance. States want younger adults to subsidize older ones by applying higher rates to the young, higher than the cost of insuring them. How do we know this? Because Wellpoint had to raise rates. If the young were paying a true insurance rate, then losing them would not pose drastic problems for Wellpoint.
The government is the only agency that can enforce a monopoly on health insurance and health delivery. If Wellpoint is offering a bad deal, insureds could go to other companies. Well, they could, if the state insurance laws promoted competition rather than politically administered monopoly.
Are you concerned about a government monopoly telling you to lower your rates for surgery, in "fairness" to your sickest patients? What will you do when the government claims that it is the outrageous income of doctors that is preventing the fair distribution of medical care? - February 12, 2010 at 2:51 PM
Well, they just ended chance of anyone deciding to go out on their own and start a new business in Cali. There will be no "choice" all insurers will follow.
-SCNS - February 12, 2010 at 5:33 PM
- Debra said...
And why would they NOT jack up the rates, there is nothing to stop them now.
No, wait a minute, health care "reform" is right around the corner right?
Should have went with Hillary. Just sayin. Somehow I don't think she would have been scared to ram the legislation through.
I speak as a woman of course.
"Yes we can". Well, no we didn't.
What a mess. - February 13, 2010 at 12:11 AM
Mr. Garland,
The government already tells me and many other surgeons/physicians what to expect to be paid for surgeries/procedures/office visits. Medicare and Medicaid. Where they go, so do the private insurers. - February 13, 2010 at 12:02 PM
- Bianca Castafiore? said...
hi buckeye surgeon! i don't comment much anymore on any of the medical blogs, in large part because i am sinking into a très large depression. i was priced out of my health insurance in october, when -- in the course of ONE YEAR -- my premiums were raised 41% from an already almost untenable rate. at $1513/month, plus a $5000 deductible, BCBS was receiving all my disability income (through a private insurer contracted by my school system), with the exception of $600 -- for THE YEAR.
it would be ridiculous of me to assume that bcbs did this on purpose.
it had nothing to do with the six major orthopedic surgeries last year.
and i certainly do expect to find other coverage, especially since i was already in the high risk pool for my state -- because our system is geared toward helping people, and is fairly run.
this whole debacle, this failure to enact meaningful reform in line with reality? it is going to be the death of me and every day i speak less and less.
i stopped one medication last week.
i stopped another today.
sí, se puede? not me... not anymore. - February 15, 2010 at 8:54 PM
"But it's the evil Gub'mint that wants to implement death panels right?"
Call it what you like crony capitalism, corporatism, or liberal fascism. It's definetly not capitalism when you get corporate welfare incentives from government and bailouts. With pure capitalism you have competition and prices will naturally fall.
Benito Mussolini defined fascism as the merger of the state and the corporation. In Italy they had a jackboot military fascist dictatorship. We have in the US today what is called liberal fascism or fascism with a smile as Jonah Goldberg defines it in his book Liberal Fascism. People will eventually realize that things always get more expensive and less efficient when government is involved. - February 16, 2010 at 10:05 AM
- Jeffrey Parks MD FACS said...
Liberal fascism? That book has been thoroughly discredited by more critics (left and right) than anyone can keep count. Goldberg's ploy is to just re-define terms as he sees fit to square with his conjectures. Words have meanings, bro. You're stuck using them in their intended sense. That's the way the English language works... - February 16, 2010 at 3:09 PM
I understand words can have multiple meanings depending on what your intended sense of the word is. Like Bill Clinton said "it depends on what your definition of is is". That was of course in reference to the Lewinski scandal. I understand semantics and the meanings of words. A text without a context is a pretext for a proof text.
The point is Goldberg's book gives an historical perspective that highlights todays liberals align themselves with beliefs that would be considered fascist. These historically fascist beliefs are normally associated with the conservative right but in reality it's the liberal left which holds these beliefs today. Hence the name of the book Liberal Fascism.
It's always good to discern between critics and commentators when watching Fox News, CNN, and NBC. - February 18, 2010 at 8:49 AM