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TROY — City crews will begin repairs Tuesday morning on a water main break on Delaware Avenue.
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Wildcats edge Killer Bees in shootout on Tuesday
October 15, 2013
By Ben Horner, Wichita Falls Wildcats
Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees 1 @ Wichita Falls Wildcats 2 (SO) - The Wichita Falls Wildcats (9-2-2) picked up their third-straight win on Tuesday night, defeating the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees (6-3-4) in a shootout, 2-1.
David Zevnik made 22 saves on 23 shots, plus another four stops in the shootout, to earn his fourth win of the season. Max Reisinger scored the lone goal in regulation for Wichita Falls, while Tyler Ledford tallied an assist and also notched the decisive goal in the shootout.
After a scoreless first period, the Killer Bees were the first to find the back of the net in the second stanza.
Austin Hoff carried the puck into the zone on the left wing and centered for Anthony Croston, whose initial shot was saved by Zevnik. The rebound squirted free however, allowing Hoff to pick up the loose disc and slip it past Zevnik to give the Killer Bees a 1-0 lead.
Wichita Falls knotted the affair in the blink of an eye to open the third period. A miscue by the Killer Bees after the opening faceoff allowed Ledford to skate onto a loose puck just inside the blue line. His shot from the top of the right faceoff circle whistled wide of the net, but caromed right to Reisinger on the back door. With Olli Kalkaja out of position, Reisinger had an easy tap-in for his fifth of the year just nine seconds into the frame.
With the game deadlocked at one, the teams headed for overtime, where the Wildcats had a great chance to claim the win. Kyle Bauman had a breakaway from the blue line in, but his forehand effort was saved by Kalkaja.
The contest then headed to a shootout. Ben Greiner and Rudy Junda both scored in the first round before Zevnik and Kalkaja stopped the next two shooters they faced. Ledford scored in the fourth round for Wichita Falls, stickhandling around Kalkaja and sliding the puck inside the post. Zevnik then stoned Aleksi Luhtalampi to give the Wildcats the win.
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Until June, I had lived in California all of my life. Through lengthy business trips over the years, I had spent up to 3 months in parts of the USA where "Fall Colors" occur, usually catching glimpses of the color at the end of day across a Day's Inn parking lot.
The idea of trees changing dramatic colors and signaling a shift into a harsh winter always seemed an exotic notion to me, perhaps the way "snow birds" feel when viewing palm trees out of their winter timeshare windows. I had so many palm trees in my life throughout various parts of California that they still seem a bit like weeds to me, rather than symbols of an exotic retreat.
No matter how much time you spend around Fall Color, if you don't actually live there, it's not the same.
My new home, (Portland, Oregon) has a surprising amount of Fall Color. Not as dramatic as New England or Pennsylvania, but impressive none the less. With a latitude similar to Paris France, we're far enough North for the Sun to get low and cast a nearly horizontal light through gold, bronze, even heliotrope colored trees that have black/green fir covered slopes in the background. When you live in such a place, the changes in the trees takes on a significance that is difficult to grasp for a visitor from a milder climate.
I went to the zoo last weekend, and the Lorikeets were sometimes difficult to spot amidst the flaming foliage. It was almost enough color to make your eyes wince. Children were dressed in bright Halloween costumes. The experience was almost cinematic, a bit like walking from SUNSET BLVD into JULIET OF THE SPIRITS.
The changing colors (and decreasing amount of leaves) act like a slow motion sun dial, indicating the shift into the dark time of the year. To someone who lived all his life with two seasons (wet and dry) it is a wonder to behold. Some colors almost defy description, or cry out for new names (crimson/scarlet/vermilion). Viewing such outbursts of color through the tinted windows of a swiftly moving rental car is not the same as stepping off your own front porch, feeling the faint warmth of sun and being assaulted by an orgy of color on the way to your mail box. "These are my trees, these are my colors, they are changing for me." It was difficult to get that emotional about a never changing palm tree. (Well, there was Palm Sunday, but that was one day a year.)
Transiting childhood in my home town of Merced, California, there were only a handful of exotic trees that changed colors. They were usually found on the lawns of the well-heeled. Such trees require a lot of water and we could go 9 months without rain, so high maintenance was the word. As I've revisited my birthplace over the years, the "color" trees have gradually died off and were rarely replaced. For children growing up there now, it is kind of like having one or two crayons instead of the whole box. Winter in Merced was no picnic; temperatures were relatively mild (we screamed when it hit 40 degrees F). And it was not uncommon to not see the sun for more than 95 days at a time due to the ever present tule fog!
So after over half a century, this is my first "real" Fall …. and I can't wait to go through a "real" winter, with occasional snow, ice, the whole nine yards. (Isn't that what gas fire places were made for?) I can hardly wait until Spring, when the cycle is complete. The currency of freshly minted, new green leaves will really mean something after an absence of several months. I can hardly wait.


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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Former major-league boss Mike Redmond is now a project manager. He's charged with seasoning the Rockies' young catchers for a full season in the majors.
Midway through spring training, Redmond is earning high marks from his employees.
"As a catcher, this is the best I've ever felt," rookie Tom Murphy said. "I don't mean just physically, I mean everything. Behind the plate, and between innings, talking with my pitchers. I've grown a lot."
Added Tony Wolters, the infielder-turned catcher: "He's been great. He doesn't teach just one way. He knows that every catcher is different, so he kind of molds you that way. He knows I'm a different catcher than 'Murph,' or knows that I'm different from (Dustin) Garneau."
Redmond, who managed the Marlins beginning in 2013 until getting fired in May 2015, was hired by manager Bud Black to work as both the Rockies' bench coach and catching coach. His current assignment: getting Murphy, 26, and Wolters, 24, ready to handle Colorado's young pitching staff. Neither has been a full-time catcher in the major leagues.
Talk about a major spring to-do list. The duo have a combined 103 major-league starts behind the plate at a position that requires leadership and maturity.
"That's part of the reason I signed on with the Rockies," Redmond said. "I think they have a stable of nice young pitchers, not only in the big leagues, but in the minors. And it's exciting to know there are talented, young catchers. I like the challenge."
Murphy has had two September call-ups with the Rockies. Redmond is helping him refine his skills.
"He's huge on footwork," Murphy said. "That's something we work on every day, pretty much. Especially on throws to second base. Looking back, I would say my previous footwork was inefficient, so he's really hammering on that every day. He's making sure that we get the little things right."
Redmond, who caught for 13 seasons with Florida, Minnesota and Cleveland, has a gruff exterior, but Murphy said he's very approachable.
"The first thing you see with him, from a player's standpoint is his flexibility, and his willingness to listen," Murphy said. "His grittiness, all that stuff, once you get to know him, that kind of goes away. It's kind of like a facade to people from the outside. That's the way he wants it."
Black initially interviewed Redmond two years ago when he was managing in San Diego. Black was impressed then. He also had strong impressions from Redmond's days as a player and a manager.
"All of the things I thought about him before have been validated," Black said. "As a coach and a teacher, he's got a nice way about him. He's got a straightforward, personal approach, with great content and knowledge to work with.
"But I can also tell that once we get into the season, there will be an edge to him. There is a real competitive fire that's going to come out. ... He's a great fit for all of us."


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Nelson: I've been working out in cemetery
Ask Roy Nelson how he's been preparing for his fight against Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic at UFC 137, and you'll find that "Big Country's" sense of humor is still very much intact after two straight losses.
"I've just been working out in the cemetery a lot," he told MMA Fighting recently. "I've got to get ready for the left kick. I want to see what it's like."
It's a typical Roy Nelson answer, which is to say slightly absurd and said with a straight face, as if to daring you to say, 'No, seriously.' But these aren't joking times for Nelson. After coming up short against Junior dos Santos and then Frank Mir, Nelson is facing a potentially dire situation.
Don't tell him that, of course.
"All fights are dire," Nelson said. "I've seen guys get cut after one. I've seen guys lose three or four and still have a job. In this business, there's no rhyme or reason. It's MMA. It's like when you go into the Octagon: anything can happen."
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text: Veteran international correspondent Laufer, who covered the Eastern bloc revolution for ABC and CBS, here offers images, anecdotes, and conversations with ordinary citizens that give a fuller flavor of how the prospect of freedom affects individuals. A San Francisco-based journalist who spent much of the last three years covering Eastern Europe, Laufer was present in Berlin when the Wall came down and later loaded up a camper and toured all of the Communist countries in Eastern Europe (except Albania). At pains to help the Western reader see and feel the differences among these countries, he nonetheless finds many common elements: the grayness and dilapidation of once-noble capitals, the tiny cars that take two years' wages to buy, the absence of goods in the stores. The overall obsession with obtaining Western goods is a theme that Laufer reiterates time and again: ``Until Eastern Europeans get their chance at Barbies and Slurpies, Big Macs and Nintendo, and all the other junk the West offers, who can expect them to spurn it?'' His images touch on the political: Berlin punk rockers with purple hair spikes, the extreme of anarchism, who still won't cross the street against a red light. Laufer describes a series of lovable hustlers who find ways to exploit currency gaps between East and West, such as two Polish auto mechanics who work in West Berlin and live in Poland like kings. Throughout, those he interviews ponder whether real change will follow Communism's collapse, or whether only the faces and slogans of leaders will change. Well-crafted travel guide and an informative complement to Anthony Daniels's Utopias Elsewhere (p. 834). (Sixteen pages of photos--not seen).


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1 lb. ground turkey breast
2 carrots, peeled and diced
1 small zucchini, diced
1 rib celery, sliced
1 clove garlic, chopped
1 tsp. Chinese Five Spice Blend
2 tbs. lite soy sauce
Lettuce leaves (we used romaine, but butter lettuce would have been better)
Hoisin sauce, for topping (optional, but encouraged)
Heat a skillet over medium high heat. Coat pan with a small amount of canola oil. Add meat. When it begins to brown, add veggies. Cook for about 10 minutes, until meat is cooked and veggies are softening. Add spice and stir to coat. Then add the soy sauce. Cook another couple of minutes. Remove from heat, spoon into lettuce leaves and top with a drizzle of hoisin sauce.
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JENNIFER:"Abortion is more important than the filioque. Gay marriage is more important than azymes."I will agree to disagree. God help us if this is the concensus of the faithful.
Lets not rush to discount (Saint) Malachy. He existed shortly after the schism. He himself had been brought up still knowing the orthodox way. He may have been in the West but the impact of the Schism may not have actually affected his essential theology which could, in all likelihood, still be orthodox........
We're not discouting Malachy; we're discounting the guy who forged the prophecies attributed to him.
The theological issues that people have been fighting about for centuries don't matter so much to us laypeople. I'm content to let my bishops worry about those issues. It's not that abortion gets more attention than azymes thus making it more important but rather that we as American laypeople have more opportunity to witness against abortion than we do against azymes.
Yes. Doing no work on the sabbath is far more important than healing a sick man.
Who says Orthodox groups cannot work with Roman Catholic groups to end abortion? We do not have to compromise our beliefs to work together on social issues.Also what we believe is not just for the Bishops. We the Faithful must defend our Faith too. I do not believe that God the Holy Spirit is the substance of the love between the Father and the Son nor do I believe He has his origin in both the Father and Son. This is not some trivial matter! Who we believe God to be is of utmost importance. Schultz upholding what we believe about God is far different from hypocrital Pharisees who only are concerned with the letter of the Law. If we do not know what we believe we can help no one.
If we do not know what we believe we can help no one.
I'm not saying it's trivial or that we as laypeople don't have a responsibility to uphold the faith. However, you and I can actually end abortion, i.e. the murder of unborn children. You and I cannot hold ecumenical talks with Roman Catholics about the filioque. We can 'educate' Roman Catholics by living our faith instead of screaming and yelling at them. I suppose what I'm trying to say is that we as laypeople are called to teach our faith by living it. Priests and bishops are called to teach the faith in a different way. In an Orthodox parish, one doesn't get caught up in all of this theology. We live our faith through the liturgies of the Church and through doing good works and fasting and praying.
My question to those familiar with RC conclave is this....is it possible for a monk to be elected as Pope? I realize that it is probably unlikely but what are the actual rules?In Christ,Raouf
Last I checked, being 78 doesnt make on immune to heresy. And yes I will stand by my statement that he has significant theological problems. Filioque, Azymes, Purgatory, Papal Infallibility, need I go on?
My question to those familiar with RC conclave is this....is it possible for a monk to be elected as Pope? I realize that it is probably unlikely but what are the actual rules?In Christ,RaoufActually any male can be elected Pope....even from the laity!
Can. 378 -º1 To be a suitable candidate for the episcopate, a person must: 1-¦ be outstanding in strong faith, good morals, piety, zeal for souls, wisdom, prudence and human virtues, and possess those other gifts which equip him to fulfill the office in question; 2-¦ be held in good esteem; 3-¦ be at least 35 years old; 4-¦ be a priest ordained for at least five years; 5-¦ hold a doctorate or at least a licentiate in sacred Scripture, theology or canon law, from an institute of higher studies approved by the Apostolic See, or at least be well versed in these disciplines. -º2 The definitive judgment on the suitability of the person to be promoted rests with the Apostolic See.
Azymes is praxis, not theology.
I just really think that the Devil laughs every time someone says, "Azymes are more important than abortion"
Praxis is never separate from Theology in Orthodoxy.
If we do not know what we believe we can help no one.
Apparently she is funded by Catholic Charismatics and supporters of Garabandal and other groups.
You see, at least personally, I am content to not claim to know whether or not the Spirit issues only from the Father or also from the Son. There is much that I will not learn of God in this life, and this to me is one of those things. I am content with what I consider to be the larger truths that will serve me in this life, and what were the core of the message of the Son. This is my life...and at the risk of sounding relativist (trust that I am not) this is what I feel is best in my case.
Please explain the source for this statement. According to the articles I read, both EO and RC have supported her statements, but I haven't seen anything regarding financial support.
I think Lustiger would be Peter the Roman...who leads his flock through tribulation....which if his prophecy is true is another sign the catholic church will not go in the rapture.
I suppose that means I need to get rid of the bumper sticker that says, "In case of Rapture, can I have your car?"
many,many others that tell us that the Papacy will fall.........for this to happen, there has to be something big happen..Constantinople will again become the centre of Orthododxy...HOLY CATHOLIC ,APOSTOLIC CHURCH.....(AS many others here have stated before)For this to happen, there has to be a war.....world war 111
Maybe Al -qa-ida is working on this one....Kizzy
Looking at the prophecy of St .Malachy..if he actually did write that prophecy......he did not say anything about the last Pope being Petros Romanus...In fact, the last one from when he prophesied was the ''Glory of the Olive''....So if that is the case, then we have Orthodox prophecy of many various Fathers and Saints of our Holy Catholic(Universal)Apostolic Orthodox Church.....St Kosmas,Elder PaisiosSaint Kalinikou of Romania(1787-1868)Saint Eiphreim (Tou syrou)..sorry this in in Greek.....Saint Andrea(kata hristou salou).in Greek also.....Archpriest Father Akmasantos (kata ton 4 th century A.D )..also in Greek.....many,many others that tell us that the Papacy will fall.........for this to happen, there has to be something big happen..Constantinople will again become the centre of Orthododxy...HOLY CATHOLIC ,APOSTOLIC CHURCH.....(AS many others here have stated before)For this to happen, there has to be a war.....world war 111And Russia gives the Greeks back CONSTANTINOPLE......This will be a sign toward the end of times.......The Apocalypse begins not long after.....In Revelation it says there was ''silence in Heaven for a short time''This would be for all to gather their thoughts about accepting Christ and following Antichrist......or should I say...the time when the Tortures will begin for all the faithful that remain alive......(NO RAPTURE)Glory be to God ,Theotokos and His Saints....Have mercy on me a sinner.helen..
Hi Kizzy..... Are you from Greece?Apperently there is alot happening ..... helen...
Don't you think WW3 is in it's early beginnings, with the Bush government creating the war in Afganistan and Iraq, plus looking for other nations to strick an attack to keep it all going?
Can someone hook me up with a link or place where I can find the prophecies of Elder Paisios and/or St. Kosmas??Thanks!R
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Prince Harry's girlfriend Cressida Bonas took a makeup-free photo of herself and all I can say is WOW.
First of all, bravo to Cressida for going truly, all-out makeup-free, from the looks of it. So many celebs post "no-makeup" selfies in which they are CLEARLY wearing makeup. And it's annoying.
Second of all, how completely and utterly amazing does she look without makeup? Is it wrong to hate her, just a little?
See Cressida "baring it all" for yourself ...
Gorgeous, right? Even better is that she did it as part of a makeup-free celebrity selfie campaign that's raising money for cancer research. Wonder if Kate Middleton will follow suit?
Huh. Beauty and a heart of gold AND a boyfriend who happens to be a hunky, famous prince? What doesn't Cressida have going for her? That Harry is one lucky devil.
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He seems to know it too. Rumor has it that their relationship is getting more serious, with the two of them jetting off on a romantic ski trip to Kazakhstan and Cressida being invited to an official private party Harry threw in the Queen's rooms (which sounds VERY important).
So if these two lovebirds ever get engaged someday, Prince Harry just has to gaze at this photo to know exactly what he'll be waking up to every morning. (Since he's a royal, he's too pure to be waking up with a girl he's just dating, right?)
Somehow I don't think he'll be disappointed.
How do you think Cressida looks without makeup -- and do you believe she's really not wearing any at all?
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Property Report: INSTITUTIONAL: MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS. The Globe and Mail.
A nice place to pay taxes - and hang out
The $30-million city hall in Cambridge, Ont., is designed to bring a new focus to the downtown core
CAMBRIDGE, ONT. -- The ancient Athenians called it the agora. A meeting place. A civic space, where people would gather to discuss the comings and goings of life, surrounded by government buildings and mercantile shops.
Before this year, if you walked any of the streets along the Grand River in downtown Cambridge, you'd have found the small and scenic Southern Ontario city got most of it right. Victorian-era shops and restaurants with limestone facades dot the downtown core. An old, former city hall stands stoically near a historical fire hall with aging red brick. And churches and schools, some converted from old factories that wouldn't look out of place in a sunnier Dickens' London, line the streets along the river.
But city hall? It was tucked away in a dull grey building, away from the city's core, after several municipalities formed the City of Cambridge in 1973.
And the civic square, the central location where the city would hold events? It didn't really exist.
On a recent morning, Mr. Craig sits in the fruits - perhaps "shrubbery" is more accurate - of the city's labour: a $30-million, 85,000-square-foot building that opened in June after about two years of construction.
In August, the building received a gold certification in the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program from the Canada Green Building Council. It incorporates a variety of energy-saving methods, from collecting rain water in a 10,000-litre cistern and using it to flush toilets, to taking advantage of natural light with enormous windows.
"At a time when people are environmentally conscious, I think we've answered the bell on that one," Mr. Craig says. "This is going to be the finest, most eco-friendly, energy-efficient municipal hall in Canada, so we've set the example of what can be done with buildings."
The new city hall may be the largest capital project in the city's history, but officials estimate the city will cut its energy costs about 42 per cent relative to a typical building this size. That translates to roughly $160,000 a year, or $1.6-million over 10 years, in savings.
But there's more to it than that, says Don Smith, the city's chief administrative officer and committee chairman for the project.
"It gives a signal to people in the investment community ... that the city is serious and wanting to revitalize its core area," he says.
"There are a couple hundred people in this building that buy goods and services downtown [and] support the market, and so it has some very practical and immediate economic spinoffs.
"And of course," Mr. Smith adds, "it brings people into the core. Other people come down here to do business and they get the opportunity to see what a beautiful downtown we have."
The new city hall on Dickson Street links the old city hall, the farmer's market, the old fire station, a seniors' centre and an arts centre via a series of pathways. It sits tucked behind the new agora in Cambridge: a civic square that the mayor says will be used for city festivities and ceremonies.
When you walk into building, you immediately notice - and hear - its atrium centrepiece: a 110-metre wall of tropical plants with a trickling waterfall. The building has more than 3,000 plants in offices, the foyer and rooftop, which builders say cleanses the air of pollutants and re-circulates clean air throughout it.
"As you walk out of here," Mr. Craig says with a laugh, "the toxins will have left your body."
Other Canadian municipalities with aging infrastructure may want to take note of what Cambridge has done - in particular, how the city melded historical buildings with a modern one.
"With the advice of our architects, what we were interested in doing was not trying to duplicate a heritage building," Mr. Smith says. "It was important that there be some contrast between the old and the new."
Rick Haldenby was one of those architects. He's director of the University of Waterloo's School of Architecture, which is situated on the Grand River in Cambridge, in a building that once housed a silk mill.
"I'm a tremendous believer in preserving architectural heritage and re-using historic buildings," he says. "... I'm also a believer in the principle that it's important that heritage buildings, especially great, high-quality heritage buildings, contribute to the contemporary life of the city."
Contemporary architecture, Prof. Haldenby says, should co-exist and mutually reinforce historical heritage. And a municipal building shouldn't be a stolid expanse of concrete; it should create civic pride among citizens.
"We were really careful to try to make a building that wasn't a big display of pyrotechnics itself," he says. "It was a building that was careful about where it sat and careful about its deference to its historical neighbours."
State of the art
Some features of the new Cambridge City Hall:
A 110-metre wall of plants, complete with trickling waterfall, purifies the air and re-circulates clean air throughout the building.
Part of the roof will contain a number plants and shrubs. The building itself has about 3,000 plants spread throughout.
A 10,000-litre cistern collects rainfall, which is used for toilets
The building is a WiFi hot spot and has a computer kiosk with educational resources.
To encourage exercise, the staircases are visible, in the middle of the lobby, and more prominent than the elevators. "People will use them if they see them," Mayor Doug Craig says.
Seventy-five per cent of the building's daytime lighting is natural light.
To help moderate the building's temperature, a weather station on the roof sends signals about temperature, barometer, wind direction and speed.
An automated system tracks indoor temperature and humidity, and carbon dioxide sensors help detect whether a space needs more ventilation (by virtue of there being more people present) or less. Matthew Trevisan


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Oshani Perera
Director, Public Procurement and Infrastructure Finance
Oshani Perera is the Director of the Public Procurement and Infrastructure Finance program of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD).
She advises governments on smart public procurement, public-private partnerships (PPP) and infrastructure financing strategies to optimize value-for-money, at the point of commissioning and across the asset life cycle. In the public procurement of goods and services, Oshani focuses on the design of policies, technical specifications, award criteria and contract conditions that embed environmental and social performance. In the commissioning of infrastructure, she focuses on the structuring of project preparation and of PPPs, developing robust feasibility analyses, optimizing risk allocation, improving predictability of demand and revenue, channelling capital towards green and sustainable public assets.
Oshani has advised policy-makers in the EU, USA, Canada, India, Sri Lanka, Abu Dhabi, Chile, Bhutan, China, Ghana, South Africa, Costa Rica, Lao PDR, USA, Vietnam, Mauritius, Brazil and Costa Rica.
Before joining IISD, Oshani worked at KPMG, with a focus on corporate sustainability and supply chain management and at McKinsey & Company, specializing in foreign direct investment and industrial competitiveness.
- Biodiversity and Infrastructure: A better nexus?In this brief, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) provide initial policy guidance for parties to consider prior to COP 14 in Egypt on how biodiversity mainstreaming can be reconciled with the infrastructure sector.


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When half the beds at Johns Hopkins Hospital are filled with people whose illnesses or injuries could have been prevented, insurance coverage for preventive medical care seems to be common sense. Yet many insurance policies do not cover the simple procedures that can detect problems before they mushroom into serious, expensive conditions. Why? Because, too often, employers are not prepared to pay increased fees up front for savings down the line.
Even so, this week the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association announced new guidelines for its 73 independent member plans, recommending that they provide coverage for routine screenings for such conditions as breast cancer, lung cancer, heart disease, diabetes, thyroid disease and osteoporosis. Some insurance plans already cover such routine procedures. But not enough. According to officials at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Maryland, preventive-care options have been available to employers for a decade, but only about 10 percent choose these options for the plans they offer to workers. However, in recent months, the Blues have noticed among employers a surge in interest in preventive care.
And none too soon. To cite only one important preventive procedure, health care experts estimate that 80 percent of American women who should be screened for breast cancer do not have routine mammograms. Aside from the obvious human tragedy, it would seem that a dollar comparison of the cost of a mammogram with the cost of treating a woman for advanced breast cancer would prove the effectiveness of preventive care. Apparently, however, despite all the health care research done in this country, precious little has focused on the persuasive evidence employers need to justify the cost of adding preventive coverage to their health care plans. Surely science will have no trouble proving the old adage that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.


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Before you can optimize your website, you need to know what you're optimizing for. Finding the right keywords to focus your SEO efforts on can be challenging. Search engines like Google and Bing will go out and fetch the most relevant results for your search query based on everything they know about you and all the content on the entire Internet. The important thing to remember is search engines have a hard time understanding what a user is really after unless it's spelled out.
|Keyword Research Plan | The Starting Point
Formal keyword research is the foundational piece in SEO that will help you understand what people are typing into search engines, how frequently they do it, how relevant those terms are to your business objectives, and how competitive those terms will be to try to rank for.
Let's take an example. Say you sell cars. You might think that the keyword 'car' is something that you want to rank for, but after you've done a little keyword research, you'll probably find that that won't make your list. Why? Well, even though that word gets typed into search engines with a very high frequency, think about its relevance. How many reasons could someone type the word car into a search engine? They might be looking for toy cars, or a place to repair cars, or rental cars, any one of hundreds of things that have nothing to do with actually buying a car.
A phrase like, "buy used 2009 jeep wrangler" might not get typed in as much, but it's extremely relevant and probably not that competitive. Keywords like this will very likely end up on your list of keywords to optimize for.
Now that we understand a bit more about keywords and keyword research, it's time to talk about planning. An effective keyword research plan involves having a sound and structured approach that will lead to the discovery of keywords that you can use in the content of your website.
Ultimately, a keyword research plan will give you the data you need to make decisions about which keywords will give you the biggest bang for your buck and have the highest likelihood of being both relevant and profitable for your business. With billions of queries searched each month, it's important that we understand the goals of the keyword research process, what we're looking for, and how we collect and analyze that data to make decisions on our website.
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Still 'Taking the Books to the People'
In 2014 we celebrated our 40th Anniversary.
The idea of a West Country bookseller, Gerry Mosdell, the first small event took place at the Hotel Eden, Kensington, in 1972. Rapid expansion and several moves saw the small group of booksellers established at the Kenilworth Hotel on Great Russell Street, and in October 1974, after a very successful first York Book Fair at the White Swan Hotel, the group was formally named as The Provincial Booksellers' Fairs Association.
Further expansion, both in the number of members and in the number and variety of fairs by now established all over the UK, saw the Association also supporting a number of awards and exhibitions. We worked with the Arts Council, offered an award for a Topographical Book and supported the Appeal to save the Opie Collection of Children's Literature for the Bodleian Library Oxford.
Our fairs may be visited in places as far apart as Aberdeen and Dublin; Chelmsford and the Isle of Skye, the North East and the South West of England and, of course, in London. But at all events, our members display a wide variety of books, both second-hand and antiquarian, and often with maps prints and ephemera. All visitors are most welcome and can be assured that with a Code of Practice which ensures that items are correctly described and fairly priced, and with many members with a life time of experience, there will always be unusual and interesting items on display.
We celebrated our 40th year in 2014 and, in common with all other parts of the book trade, are experiencing many challenges. But our members, and the Association itself, continue to show resilience and initiative, and we take advantage of the new opportunities offered by new technology, such as our new website, launched in our Anniversary Year.
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In a decision with important ramifications for securities class actions across Canada, the Supreme Court of Canada has denied leave to appeal in Sharma v. Timminco, thereby upholding the Court of Appeal for Ontario's decision that the Ontario Securities Act requires a plaintiff to obtain leave to proceed with a statutory claim for misrepresentation in the secondary market under Part XXIII.1 within three years of the date that the alleged misrepresentation is made. If a plaintiff does not obtain leave and commence its action within three years, the claim will be statute-barred under section 138.14. The Supreme Court's decision comes on the heels of Green v. CIBC, in which Justice Strathy followed Timminco in dismissing the plaintiffs' claims on the basis that this limitation period had expired. (For a summary of Green v. CIBC please see our Osler Update of July 5, 2012.)
Taken together, Timminco and CIBC are expected to lead plaintiffs to seek leave to commence actions under Part XXIII.1 more quickly, as the implications of failing to obtain leave within the three-year window are dire. It is also possible that the current convention of bringing the leave motion at the same time as a motion for certification in a securities class action may change as plaintiffs' counsel seek to streamline the process for obtaining leave. The Supreme Court's refusal to revisit the Court of Appeal's decision in Timminco is also expected to have important consequences for existing proceedings – such as Silver v. IMAX – in which the plaintiffs did not obtain leave to proceed within the limitation period. The decision suggests that courts are starting to take a more restrictive approach as Canada's securities class action regime matures, and should come as welcome news to Canadian issuers, officers and directors.


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There is no denying that the world cup is a huge event that captivates the entire globe for a month. Countries' battling for the world's most prestigious cup gathers attention from everyone. This includes the most passionate fans to novice viewers like me.
When it comes to soccer or football it is the world's number one sport. Well its number one everywhere except here in America. To say that soccer is on the backburner of American sports is an understatement. It really isn't on our radar. American football, baseball, and basketball are the three sports that generate the most attention here in the states. How can one sport be so important to the rest of the world and be so irrelevant here? I'm not sure of the answer, but I do know that soccer has a long way in becoming even somewhat important here.
When it comes to soccer I only watch the world cup. I can't seem to bring myself to watching soccer during any other time. One would think that if I could watch a month long event that I could possibly watch the same sport throughout the year, right? Well, no I can't do it. In my opinion there are three reasons why soccer isn't relevant here. These may not being the only reasons, but I know someone feels the same way I do.
The Flops
I can't stand all of the flopping that goes on in soccer. Consistently in every match there are several players that dive to the ground when they feel that they were fouled in the process of dribbling the ball. What makes things even worse is that these players roll around writhing in agony seemingly in a tremendous amount of pain. These flop jobs are attempts to get anything from a penalty kick, to a free kick, and even red and yellow cards. Sadly some of these referees fall prey to these bad acting jobs and give in to these players. I can't stand watching this when some of these flops lead to goals which come at a premium in this game. I know that there is flopping in basketball also and it annoys me in that sport too; however there is so much scoring involved in the game of basketball that this element is a relatively small concern to the sport. Flopping will never go away, but referees need to do a better job in seeing these plays and either letting the play go or punishing the flopper rather than the innocent party.
In soccer there isn't a lot of scoring. In some matches the teams don't even score one goal. What bothers me is just like when it seems that the match is going to get interesting a referee raises his hand signaling that a player was offside when he received the ball. What's more difficult about this call is that there isn't a predetermined line for fans to see. It's all based on where the last defender is on the pitch. I'm sure if I watched enough I would have a better understanding, but to me offside seems to take away opportunities for teams to score.
Matches That End In A Draw
For the three major sports here in America there is a winner and loser for every game. We know that regardless of what happens during the game that a winner will be determined in the end. In soccer this isn't always the case. If a winner isn't determined at the end of ninety minutes then the match ends a draw. What about the penalty kicks? That's the one aspect of soccer that I really enjoy. It's exciting, there is scoring back and forth, its instant action, and it doesn't take that long. I understand that in playoff or knockout situations there will be penalty kicks so why not transition that into an every match possibility? In America we want to see a winner. We want to praise a winner and criticize a loser. To me it seems that teams could simply just settle for draws if they know they aren't as good as their opponents and they aren't getting any opportunities to score. I guess you can't blame them because ultimately a draw is better than a loss. In the end though regardless if it's just a regular season match or not I want to see a winner.
The sport of soccer has been around for a very long time. These rules and principles have been in place long before I was ever thought of, however if there are some adjustments made to this game then they just might make a true fan out of me and millions of Americans.


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Spirit Awards 2015: J.K. Simmons Wins Best Supporting Male
In his acceptance speech, the 'Whiplash' actor thanked his wife and their "two above-average children."
J.K. Simmons added one more trophy to his case for his heralded performance in Whiplash.
The actor won the Independent Spirit Award for best supporting male, besting fellow nominees Riz Ahmed (Nightcrawler), Ethan Hawke (Boyhood), Alfred Molina (Love Is Strange) and Edward Norton (Birdman).
"Everybody who hasn't seen the movie — it's still out there," Simmons said in his acceptance speech. In Whiplash, he plays a menacing drum instructor to a determined music student, played by Miles Teller.
Simmons, who is widely considered the frontrunner for best supporting actor at Sunday's Oscar ceremony, thanked his wife for "being a brilliant mother to our two above-average children, who were not interested enough to bother coming here today."
The 2015 Independent Spirit Awards, which pay tribute to independent filmmaking, were hosted Saturday by Fred Armisen and Kristen Bell.


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Syria – What the Media Isn't Telling You
If you were able to sift through the Miley Cyrus 'twerking' uproar yesterday, you may have heard that Secretary of State John Kerry explaining how it is necessary that the U.S. involve itself in the civil war that is erupting in Syria.
Unfortunately, the media barely touched on this and, even when they did, they only gave you one side of the story.
Independent journalist Ben Swann has been doing grassroots, investigative journalism regarding this situation and said the following on his website earlier today:
In Secretary of State Kerry's address on Monday, he pointed out that the "evidence" against the Syrian government included YouTube videos he had watched of the victims. Too bad while scanning YouTube for evidence Sec. Kerry didn't do a simple Google search of the words "al Nusra Front sarin gas". Had he done so, he would have known that his claims of only the Syrian government possessing chemical weapons is not only untrue but easily disproved.
Watch his vlog and see if you are still convinced that the United States should intervene in still yet another country militarily.


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Let me count the ways….http://rpk-tramplin.ru
Okay, I'm thinking Hate isn't the right word. Perhaps Loath is a better choice.
Way #1
You see, I've been traveling a lot for business. That means most of my shooting time is at night and night photography benefits significantly from a tripod. My big aluminum Bogen with a nice ball head is a pain to travel with when I fly. So I've gotten pretty good with makeshift bean-bags. But here is my driving trip to Myrtle Beach and what did I do? I left the the tripod at home….. Doh!
Way #2
Murphy's Law is in effect. Every time I don't take my camera on a trip, I regret not having it with the exception of my last trip to Buffalo which I didn't miss my camera. (Sorry friends in Buffalo, if you get my drift). So I have my camera on this trip and I'm looking forward to getting some good shots. In fact tonight at dinner, I saw some really good "Night Photography" opportunities.
So as I'm walking trough "Broadway at the Beach", the huge monolithic tourist trap complete with a Hard Rock Cafe, and a KISS themed coffee shot, I'm saying to myself . . . "Man, I should have brought the camera. But don't worry, I'll come back, the lights are not going away." It was at this time I realized that I forgot the tripod!!!!
I had a fantastic dinner at the Key West Grill. A reasonably Conch Republic themed restaurant that isn't part of a chain. As I was paying my bill and getting ready to leave, some rather odd lights caught my eye.
Across the street (and coincidently two buildings down from my hotel) is a minor league baseball field and they happened to have a home game tonight.
It was Fireworks night.
Photographically, fireworks are fun to photograph, but there are a million photos of red and green bursts, some quite nice. But like Sunsets, the fireworks themselves doesn't make for a strong photograph. You need something to give them a frame of reference. In the case of sunsets, there should be something, a tree, person, building that is silhouetted by the setting sun making them the subject and the sunset the setting. Fireworks are the same. Bursts of colorized burning pyrotechnics against a black sky is well boring, cliche and over done. But put something in the foreground, a statue, a building, a person and your off to creating a wonderful piece of art.
Well as I started walking back to the car there it was. A well lit, attractive foreground with the fireworks providing a beautiful background. The photo would have been perfect. It would have spiraled to #1 on Flickr Explore. It would have sold multiple times to various stock houses. I would have made enough to get my Nikon D3.
Would have.
No camera. No Tripod. And the event will not repeat while I'm here.
Oh How I Hate Me!
Note: Yep, there is no photo with this post because I forgot my camera!!!!!


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(Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp on Wednesday reported higher quarterly revenue and profit on strong growth at its cable assets including its Regional Sports and FX networks.
But the rosy quarterly figures - revenue and profit beat expectations - masked troubles at three of News Corp's properties, most notably Fox.
The "fourth network," as Fox is sometimes called, has seen ratings weaken, with more softness at "American Idol" and "X-Factor."
"It's no secret (Fox) had a tough fall," said News Corp President and Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey on a call with analysts, pinning the blame on both programming and a sports line up that fell short of expectations.
Carey, for instance, specifically cited the fact that the San Francisco Giants' World Series sweep of the Detroit Tigers deprived Fox of three high profile nights of live event programming.
News Corp's other trouble spots were overseas, with SKY Italia experiencing a drop off in subscribers because of that tough economy and declines at its Australian newspapers - the early seeds of the News Corp empire.
Carey said Sky Italia's performance so far this year is tracking $100 million below expectations and $150 million lower than last year's performance. He said News Corp plans to take $200 million out of the unit's cost base over the next two to three years.
Shares of News Corp, whose global assets also include The Wall Street Journal and film studio Twentieth Century Fox, fell 3 percent in after-hours trading after closing at $28.22 on Wednesday.
The media conglomerate said revenue rose 5 percent to $9.43 billion for the quarter that ended in December. Analysts were expecting revenue of $9.28 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
News Corp is preparing to separate its faster growing entertainment assets from its newspapers, a move that has been greeted with enthusiasm from investors who have driven up the stock almost 50 percent year-over-year.
Some details about the new publishing operations have been released, including naming Robert Thomson, a Murdoch confidant and the former top editor at The Wall Street Journal, as CEO. More financial information is expected to be released in the next month or so and the split is still on track to be completed by the end of the year, News Corp executives said on the call. Beyond that, however, no other information about the split was provided and analysts did not ask any questions about it.
Despite the problems in Australia, the division that operates the company's newspapers and book publishing assets reported an operating income increase to $234 million from $218 million in the same period a year ago, credited in part to the launch of the Sunday edition of its British tabloid The Sun.
Murdoch was once again absent from the earnings call but his son James Murdoch, the company's deputy chief operating officer, fielded questions including the latest cable news out of Europe.
Rupert Murdoch's long-time rival John Malone on Tuesday inked a deal through his Liberty Global to buy British cable group Virgin Media - a potential threat to News Corp's dominance in pay-TV in Europe and its BSkyB network in the U.K.[ID:nL5N0B5646]
But James, who also serves as a director at BSkyB, downplayed any competitive threat.
"Across Europe we compete as well as work with Liberty Global. I don't think there is really a big change to the landscape there. We're pretty pleased with momentum and pleased with the strategic position of the business," he said.
Indeed, News Corp's cable assets have turned in strong growth and this quarter was no exception. Operating income increased 7 percent to $945 million. Advertising revenue at its domestic cable channels rose 8 percent.
"You are getting a massive out performance of growth at the cable group and we think that is compelling," said RBC Capital Markets analyst David Bank.
Also attractive is News Corp's ambitions of expanding its sports programming. The company recently took a 49 percent stake in the network that airs the New York Yankees baseball team and snapped up a regional sports network in Ohio, Bank noted.
News Corp's moves to acquire sports programming rights is widely believed to be the prelude to its launching a national sports network to compete with Disney's ESPN.
On that point, Carey sheepishly said that while News Corp hasn't made an official announcement, "you could call it the world's worst kept secret."
"We think sports is in a huge arena that has room in it to build really attractive businesses," he added.
Carey also took the opportunity to take a shot at Time Warner Cable, saying that company's recent deal for the television rights to the LA Dodgers, reportedly valued at $6 billion-$7 billion, was "too rich for our blood."
News Corp said that net income was $2.38 billion or $1.01 per share, compared with $1.06 billion or 42 cents per share in the same period a year ago.
Excluding special items including costs related to the phone hacking scandal in the U.K., earnings per share was 44 cents, ahead of analysts' estimates by a penny.
Reporting By Jennifer Saba in New York; Editing by Peter Lauria and Bernard Orr


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12" Copper Glitter ball ornament. Shatterproof and UV resistant. Pre-drilled cap secured with 6" of green floral wire. Comes with a 1 year seasonal warranty.
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Color: Copper
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- Do not leave your keys lying around in public places, or loan them to anyone, including a classmate or friend.
- Immediately report the loss or theft of room keys to your RA, Residence Director, or Campus Police.
- Never walk alone on or off campus after dark. Call extension 5284 to request an escort.
- Park in well lighted areas as close to your destination as possible.
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- Stay in populated areas and avoid short cuts through deserted places, alleys, or nearby bushes.
- If you have a cell phone, carry it when traveling in and around campus. Have emergency numbers programmed to save time during an emergency.
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Mark 14:1-15 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
The Plot to Kill Jesus
14 It was two days before the Passover and the festival of Unleavened Bread. The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to arrest Jesus[a] by stealth and kill him; 2 for they said, "Not during the festival, or there may be a riot among the people."
The Anointing at Bethany
3 While he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,[b] as he sat at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very costly ointment of nard, and she broke open the jar and poured the ointment on his head. 4 But some were there who said to one another in anger, "Why was the ointment wasted in this way? 5 For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii,[c] and the money given to the poor." And they scolded her. 6 But Jesus said, "Let her alone; why do you trouble her? She has performed a good service for me. 7 For you always have the poor with you, and you can show kindness to them whenever you wish; but you will not always have me. 8 She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand for its burial. 9 Truly I tell you, wherever the good news[d] is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in remembrance of her."
Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus
10 Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went to the chief priests in order to betray him to them. 11 When they heard it, they were greatly pleased, and promised to give him money. So he began to look for an opportunity to betray him.
The Passover with the Disciples
12 On the first day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, his disciples said to him, "Where do you want us to go and make the preparations for you to eat the Passover?" 13 So he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, "Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you; follow him, 14 and wherever he enters, say to the owner of the house, 'The Teacher asks, Where is my guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?' 15 He will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there."
New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Mark 14:47 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
47 But one of those who stood near drew his sword and struck the slave of the high priest, cutting off his ear.
New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
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iCulture project is a comprehensive detailed collection of iphone, ipod and ipad inspired prints.
The iCulture collection is inspired by apple products such as the great iPhone and iPod, these are devices that changed our lives completely, everyone around the world recognizes these beautiful products and we love them so much...that we decided to express ourselves through these iphone, ipad and ipod inspired fine art poster prints, t-shirts and more.
The iCulture Collection - all designs below are available as Fine Art Prints; T-shirt prints and Stickers
Prints and Stickers will be printed on high quality paper.
Your money is going towards the cost of the high quality printing production of all the prints , stickers and t-shirt prints. It will also cover the cost of all the packaging materials to properly send all of these products to you in a safe way. It also covers the postage for them too, unless you are located outside the USA where additional shipping costs will be applied.
The main challenge will be to reach the $3,000 target. Both posters, stickers and tshirts will be printed on demand once the project ends. The target, then, is the minimum amount of orders we will need so we can offer the products at a reasonable price. It is very hard to compete with big publishers because of the large numbers they handle and the fact that they print and produce most of the stuff in other countries where it's cheaper. iCulture will be printed in the USA, and will be packed and shipped carefully one by one.


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Mel Bay World Percussion DVD Volume 1 - Djembe
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World Percussion Instruction
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A powerful aid to initiate you into the world of percussion.
The Mel Bay World Percussin DVD, Volume 1 - Djembe tells the story behind the djembe drum, how to tune it, the correct playing position, the different sounds, hand technique, and study exercises and rhythms. All rhythms are taught with a metronome click track.
Following this you will be able to see and hear the rhythms played by a live band. Finally, you will be able to play your djembe along in the Minus One section. A free PDF in English and Spanish including scores of all the exercises and rhythms is available on the Mel Bay website. Also included are tips for buying a djembe, how to organize your study time, and links to the best related sites on the web.
African Rhythms covered: Kakilambe, Kuku, Kass¡, Soli, Timini, Marakadon
World Rhythms covered: Rock, Hip-hop, Reggae, Rumba
(Playable in five languages: English, Italian French and Spanish-Castellano and Catal¡ dialect).
- Format: DVD
- Publisher: Ventilador
- Date Published: 10/29/2007
- Difficulty: beginning
- Duration: 120 minutes
- Binding: boxed
- Size: 5-1/4" x 7-1/2"


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Johannesburg Airport
Johannesburg airport has two terminals and a free shuttle service operates to allow for travel between them. It is officially known as O R Tambo International Airport.
The airport has a long and short stay car park. There is also a free shuttle bus service between the furthest car parks and terminals.
Information and help desks are located in international and domestic arrivals as well as international departures.
There are banks, ATMs and bureau de change at the airport. Mobile handsets are available to borrow and wireless internet has been set up in the International Departures area.
There are numerous varieties of food and drink outlets, including bakeries, steak houses, coffee shops and juice bars. A duty free mall is among other amenities where tax free products are sold and some high street shops keep the airport buzzing as well.
A left-luggage facility is available in the underground car park. Porters can be recognized in their orange uniform, and it is recommended that they be tipped for their services.
The airport also has its own medical clinic, Islamic prayer room, chapel and baby changing facilities. A Business Centre with complete office and secretarial facilities is available as is a Premier Conference Centre with 4 meeting rooms for up to 14 delegates, seminar room for 50 delegates and a conference room for 120 delegates. There is also a media conference room with additional facilities.
Two of the lifts at the airport are Braille equipped. There are plenty of ramps and the shuttle running between the car park and terminals can accommodate wheelchairs. A golf cart service is also available between terminals to carry disabled passengers.
Contact Details
Private Bag X1, O R Tambo International Airport, 1627, South Africa
Tel Number: (011) 921 6911 (Flight information only)


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Ron Paul's descent into self-parody continues. Earlier this week, the newly official presidential candidate offered his unique take on the mission that killed Osama bin Laden:
"I think things could have been done somewhat differently," Paul said this week. "I would suggest the way they got Khalid [Sheikh] Mohammed. We went and cooperated with Pakistan. They arrested him, actually, and turned him over to us, and he's been in prison. Why can't we work with the government?"
Asked by WHO Radio's Simon Conway whether he would have given the go-ahead to kill bin Laden if it meant entering another country, Paul shot back that it "absolutely was not necessary."
"I don't think it was necessary, no. It absolutely was not necessary," Paul said during his Tuesday comments. "I think respect for the rule of law and world law and international law. What if he'd been in a hotel in London? We wanted to keep it secret, so would we have sent the airplane, you know the helicopters in to London, because they were afraid the information would get out?"
Actually, there are conflicting reports about the possibility that the United States did have Pakistan's permission to get bin Laden on our own if we got a bead on him. Now, your guess is as good as mine as to who's telling the truth, but something tells me that getting the details straight wouldn't change Paul's opinion. Either way, one wonders if Paul has ever stopped to consider the fact that bin Laden spent six years in a sizeable compound built in a town dominated by the Pakistani Army, and wonder how that little detail could have possibly escaped the Pakistanis' notice.
Ed Morrissey succinctly explains what should be obvious to a veteran congressman who's been active in foreign policy debates for years:
For one thing, had we found him holed up in London, we would have been able to trust the British intelligence service to cooperate. MI-5 didn't spend more than a decade helping to build up the Taliban and playing footsie with radical Islamists the way Pakistan's ISI did, primarily as a bulwark against India. Moreover, as Paul should know, we tried trusting Pakistan once before on an opportunity to target bin Laden when Bill Clinton had a chance to target his compound. The ISI warned bin Laden, and to paraphrase President George Bush, we wound up sending a $10 million rocket into a ten-dollar tent to hit a camel's butt.
Paul also implies that it would have been preferable to take bin Laden alive. While a live bin Laden could conceivably have been a valuable intelligence source, our experience with how to prosecute Zacarias Moussaoui and Khalid Sheik Mohammed suggest that the question of how to try the terror kingpin would have been an even bigger circus. Nor is the fact that we killed him worth losing sleep over morally—serving lethal justice to the planet's worst evildoers sends a message to the world about what we will and won't tolerate. And whether or not he was armed when the SEALs took him down is irrelevant; would we really want our soldiers to have risked the possibility that bin Laden had been wearing a bomb vest, or had booby-trapped the room?
Lastly, I'd like to draw Paulestinians' attention to the bit about respect for "world law and international law" (we can skip the "rule of law" at home for now, since we already know he doesn't respect that). I'll be the first to agree that America shouldn't simply disregard foreign laws whenever we'd like, but the extreme degree to which Paul takes it here goes way beyond responsible caution and into blind, unconditional deference, without regard for practical necessity or whether or not a particular nation is a good-faith actor. This brand of "non-interventionism" is hardly the sort of prudence championed by true conservatives and libertarians; it's an internationalist submission of the United States' interests and foreign policy to the interests of friend and foe alike, and as such is much more at home on the Left.
If that's what you're looking for in a presidential candidate, that's one thing. But can we please dispense with the nonsense that Ron Paul is some sort of infallible arbiter of "true" conservatism?


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The Characters were all taken by a press gang from a tavern in their home town. They were put on a ship and sent off to be thrown into a distant battle in a war between their home country and a country on the coast of a neighboring continent.
Unfortunately a terrible storm came up and they were just able to escape their captivity in a small boat which broke apart on the shore. With nothing but the shirts on their backs, they headed inland to avoid being recaptured. Their goal was to find out where they were and try to get home.
A few minor encounters provided a couple javelins and some basic tools. They eventually reached a small village and were able to add a few more items to allow them to travel a little more confortably (water flasks, flint, bedrolls, etc).
While on the road, they witness a large Kobold attack on a group of travellers on a wagon. They join the fray and manage to help turn the tide and kill or chase off the attackers. The leader of the group, a very capable persona named Grogan, who single-handedly killed more than 10 of the kobolds from horseback, has lost his hirelings and recruits the adventurers to continue with him to a place where he is taking the contents of his wagon.
The travel continues but cuts offroad at a hidden trail that begins to wind down to the coast. In the heavily wooded pathway, there is another attack on the party. This time it is assorted humans, including at least one who had been previously working for Grogan and had run away from the earlier kobold battle. The party follows Grogans instructions and tries to outrun the attack with the wagon while Grogan hangs back to deal with the fight. The wagon eventually breaks free from the remaining horses and begins to careen downhill, finally stops in a small clearing by a narrow hidden channel.
Grogan catches up to the party and thanks them for their help. The Characters happen to notice Grogan has the severed tattooed hand of the one turncoat in a small leather pouch. He comments that he needed to teach a lesson to anyone that might cross him.
The party locates a further hidden cave under a small waterfall and set up camp in its relative safety. The next day a large boat comes up the channel from the ocean and Grogan has people transfer the contents of the nearly destroyed wagon on it. He thanks the party, pays them, and leaves on the boat.
The party takes advantage of the location to heal up and send the Ranger out to hunt for some food.
Several injured bandits find the clearing and just as they are about to enter the cave, the ranger launches a javelin from cover which skewers one bandit through the ribcage and he accidentally fires his crossbow into his partners buttox. The party attacks in the chaos and wipes out the bandits.
The party continues to travel to reach the nearest large town of Phadenton.
Oddly enough (yeah right) the party is heading down to the docks to get information on potential ways to book passage back home and walks into the middle of an attempted kidnapping of an arriving merchant. Once again they join the fray and turn the tide, saving the merchants life. After the local law verifies they are not part of the problem, the merchant recruits the party to accompany him for a few weeks as protection while he tries to complete an assortment of business deals locally. This arrangement gives them some free time in town to focus on some upgrades (leveling up a bit) and will leave them enough money to have some options afterwards.