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The program's been going on for "eight or nine years," Seals said, so she knows many of the White Sands residents by name. "I just love to go," she said. "I love to give them hugs afterward. It's just rewarding for us to be able to help them. They are so grateful."
It's not surprising, Seals added, that so many of the seniors have pets living with them in their apartments. "They're such good companions," she said. "Most of these people are single or widowed. To have somebody there with them all night long is wonderful."
La Jolla Veterinary Hospital has been around since 1948 and offers in addition to basic care, dentistry, surgery, grooming and more. Seals herself owned the business for 10 years before selling it to Breher.
Although she only works two days a week now, Seals savors the visits to White Sands. "When I first started going, I just took myself and a technician. Now the technician is skilled in everything, so I just kind of sit and chitchat with the client and talk about things in their lives."
You can bet that the pets are a major part of those conversations.
Microsoft will be launching its next-generation Surface devices on Monday, September 23 at 7:30 a.m. PT/10:30 a.m. ET in New York City, and CNET will be covering it live.
Welcome to our liveblog of Microsoft's Surface 2 announcement. There is no live video stream available.
Almost a full month of pre-order time.
There's also a 512GB Surface Pro 2 with 8GB of RAM.
Love the idea of the 512GB. Fearful how much it will cost.
For $100, getting the $450 Surface 2 seems like a much better investment than the still-available $350 Surface RT.
Panos is reminding that the $449 Surface 2 price includes SkyDrive 200GB, that Skype offer, and the full Office suite. "That is a massive, massive offering from Microsoft."
Scott -- I think $1,799 for 8GB RAM and 512GB SSD in the Pro 2.
"As the company continues to transform itself toward a devices and services company, this is a massive step. Get these products, make them yours... Let someone steal your devices and all your info and don't worry about it." A big laugh from Mary Jo.
I still think the Surface Pro 2 is the hero product here. It's $899, but that's not terrible for a Core i5/Haswell ultrabook.
Thanks. Well, not bad compared to equivalent laptops.
"For the professional users out there who want the most productive tablet, go get it." He's talking about the Surface Pro 2.
My only real complaint is that the Touch and Type covers are not included in those prices, really drives it up, as they're must-have.
"We brought a bunch of people here today, because they asked to be here, and then we hid them behind a curtain. These are the best customers of Surface today..." We're going to be introduced to a number of Surface users to see how they use the slates.
This seems to be Microsoft attempting to remind we journalists how most real people use their devices.
Doctors, in particular, want these tablets. Medical records/software don't play nicely with iOS...not at all.
"There's nothing to hide. Go feel and see the devices."
"Go feel these products come to life."
We are being compelled to go feel these devices. And we will.
"Grab one, touch it and feel it."
"The team is proud of what they did here. The team is proud of what they're offering for you to go and get... We believe we've produced two of the most productive personal or professional tablets in the world."
Of all today's announcements, I'm most excited about the dock.
"Thank you for coming here today, and thank you for listening to me talk."
Clearly no Surface Mini -- will MS be back before the end of the year?
And we're done! Panos is walking off the stage and a commercial is playing, showing off the new slates.
Press conference is over, but lights are still down. No one dares stand up.
Thanks again for joining us today, we had a blast bringing it to you -- despite the connectivity issues at the beginning.
So, that's it. I'd like to see a Surface Mini. Cute little tablet. In color. Make it happen.
Now, click on over to our hands-on of the new slates, and check out my interview with Panos Panay for more details!
Thanks for tuning in -- check the links at the top for our exclusive video and hands-on with the Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2.
Alexey Brodovitch and his contributions to Harper's Bazaar for more than 20 years remain the reference point for generations of photographers and art directors.
With an infallible eye, he promoted photographers such as Blumenfeld, Cartier-Bresson, Avedon, and Man Ray.
This book is a unique homage to an exceptional talent.
WASHINGTON — Congress is on a tear to wrap up spending bills, extend an otherwise expiring estate tax, and raise the national debt limit by $1.9 trillion by year’s end.
Getting there will involve some of the toughest votes of the year, especially for lawmakers who won their seats on a pledge to restore fiscal balance to Washington.
The push to move the Big Three reform bills – healthcare, financial regulation, and climate change – has all but eclipsed the annual business of paying the bills to fund the government. Now those deadlines are piling up.
In a bid to avoid a government shutdown Dec. 18, the House is pushing to complete work on the fiscal year 2010 defense spending bill. As a must-pass bill, it’s also a vehicle for other leadership priorities, such as a new jobs bill, a six-month extension of unemployment insurance, and a controversial debt limit increas...
The Senate on Sunday voted a $446.8 billion omnibus spending bill to fund the other five of the six remaining appropriations bills for fiscal year 2010.
It’s not the year end that Democrats had hoped or that President Obama had promised. Mr. Obama campaigned to end the former GOP majority’s habit of defaulting to omnibus spending bills that lump several bills into one, rather than having a robust floor debate on each individual bill.
Absent floor scrutiny, omnibus bills are typically loaded with members’ pork-barrel projects. Democrats made an effort to trim the pork in this year’s omnibus package. The fiscal year 2010 spending bills passed so far include 7,577 disclosed earmarks worth $6 billion, according to the watchdog groups Taxpayers for Comm...
Asked whether Obama would veto the FY 2010 defense appropriations bill because of earmarks he campaigned to curb, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Monday that the number of earmarks is down 15 percent.
“There’s no doubt we’ve still got a long way to go, but I think one of the goals obviously is to keep the government functioning,” he said.
Senate Democrats and Republicans exchanged volleys on who is to blame for a pattern – omnibus, earmarks, minimal floor debate – that both sides condemn.
“Unfortunately, we ran out of time,” said Sen. Richard Durbin (D) of Illinois, the majority whip in floor debate opening a rare Saturday session. “We had over 90 different efforts made to stop debate on the Senate floor on a variety of measures,” including four weeks of delay on a bill to extend unemployment benefits t...
“This is the bill which, for those who have not been following closely, cleans up a little bit of a mess that the Congress has created because we did not do our work earlier in the year,” shot back Sen. Jon Kyl (R) of Arizona, the GOP whip.
Self-help always becomes even more fascinating when it’s backed by a little scholarship. In “How Philosophy Can Save Your Life: 10 Ideas That Matter Most,’’ Marietta McCarty, assistant professor of philosophy at Piedmont Virginia Community College and best-selling author of “Little Big Minds: Sharing Philosophy With Ki...
McCarty divides her book into 10 chapters, each dealing with one of the big ideas she feels are necessary for a good life: simplicity, communication, perspective, flexibility, empathy, individuality, belonging, serenity, possibility, and joy. Full of personal anecdotes, each chapter explores the topic at hand with the ...
For instance, when it comes to perspective, you can broaden yours by taking a tip from Mary Wollstonecraft, who saw past the mores of her society and refused to limit herself to conventional women’s roles. Instead of being wary of change, you can learn to be flexible, embracing the new and living in the now as Alan Wat...
McCarty is spirited and funny, and she gives you help in implementing all you’re learning by providing thoughtful discussion questions, and even a little homework under amusing topic headlines like Listen and Hum, Recite and Write, Read and Talk, Watch and Reflect, and Get Up and Do. Want to find serenity in your life?...
McCarty’s devotion to philosophy is obvious, and her tone is so conversational that it’s nearly impossible not to get enthusiastic too. “Entertaining new ideas can transform lifestyles,’’ she says, and this book - push-ups for your mind - most definitely makes you see and understand your world and yourself differently.
While philosophy really has no rules, humans often impose their own structures, particularly when it comes to health. “Live A Little!: Breaking the Rules Won’t Break Your Health’’ by surgeon Susan M. Love and psychologist Alice D. Domar aims to “take the hell out of being healthy’’ by examining the scientific evidence ...
The writing is warm and helpful, and the book is full of quizzes, sidebars, and study results about sleep, stress, health screenings, exercise, and personal relationships. Worried about exercising? Studies show that while it does help stress, it works the other way if you feel forced or unhappy about doing it, and it c...
Still, some of the suggestions are somewhat controversial, particularly in regard to health screenings. The authors suggest forgoing yearly mammogram tests until age 50, when breast tissue is less dense, the risks from radiation are lessened, and there is less chance of a false positive that can lead to unnecessary bio...
And what is more personal than advice from grandma? “How to Sew a Button and Other Nifty Things Your Grandmother Knew’’ by senior Self staff writer Erin Bried is the perfect book for these hard economic times when money is tight, but ingenuity is plentiful - and often necessary. A collection of wise practicalities from...
As comforting as a hand-sewn quilt, and filled with beguilingly retro illustrations, the tips are a snap (stand up straight and you’ll feel more beautiful), empowering (clean your home with baking soda and vinegar and say sayonara to toxic chemicals), and fun (learn to waltz in perfect three-part harmony). Who knew you...
Bolstered with nostalgic charm, every page is filled with age-old wisdom for brand new do-it-yourself empowerment, proving that sometimes the best advice can come from the heart as well as from the science lab or philosophy office.
Caroline Leavitt’s ninth novel will be published by Algonquin books next year. She can be reached at www.carolineleavitt.com.
1) More than a quarter of Latinos struggle with hunger — compared to 14.6 percent of the general population, according to Bread for the World, a D.C.-based non-profit that works to end hunger in America and abroad.
2) Latino children are more likely to go hungry than their peers. While one in four American children is hungry, “child hunger is even more prevalent among Latino households — one in three Latino children is food insecure”, according to Vicki Escarra, president of Feeding America, a non-profit working to help America’s...
3) Nearly 60 percent of Hispanic families with young children receive food from a program called Women with Infants and Children (WIC), according to the National Hispanic Leadership agenda, a nonpartisan association of major Hispanic national organizations and leaders. WIC provides low-income women and their young chil...
4) A third of Latino kids use emergency food service programs. The 2010 Hunger in America study conducted by Feeding America found that one out of every three Hispanic children received services from their national network of emergency food providers or food banks.
5) Almost half of all eligible Latinos do not receive food stamps, according to the National Council of La Raza, the largest national Latino civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States.That may be because applying for food stamps, formally called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, can be com...
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“Almost half of all eligible Latinos do not receive food stamps” because we don’t sit on our @sses waiting on government handouts!
La Raza doesn’t represent The Race if it wants to double the number of Latino food stamp recipients, they sound more like the White Liberals that have decimated the African American population the last 45 years.
The woman in the photo is fat. Might help your cause if you had a skinny person there gazing at the food.
Liberationtheology, it is a myth that hungry people are necessarily skinny. There is a large body of evidence showing that obesity and carb consumption are linked. And it is also well known that not only do carbs (bread, grains, corn, potatoes) cause weight gain — they are cheap, subsidized by our government and promot...
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Israeli President Shimon Peres congratulated Abdullah Gul on his election as the 11th President of Turkey.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice congratulated Abdullah Gul on his election as the 11th President of Turkey.
During a phone talk with Gul, Rice expressed her wish for the continuation of good relations between Turkey and USA during Gul's new post.
Meanwhile, Israeli President Shimon Peres called Gul to congratulate him on his election as president as well.
Praising Gul's experiences and contributions to his country and to his region, Peres stressed that he hoped the good relations between Turkey and Israel would continue.
True grit. You’ve either got it, or you haven’t. For some, it’s a virtue that is developed out of desperation - tactical obstinacy employed to endure - yet, for others, it’s simply their ingrained means of survival: living to fight, and fighting to live. As Clash strides defiantly into our 15th year, we proudly present...
Ever since his early teens, Octavian has pulled destiny into his own hands, leaving home at the age of 14 and disconnecting with his family. Chasing his dreams came with costs - including a stint of homelessness - but this forward-thinking tactician has never limited his ambitions, incorporating a tunnel vision mentali...
Also featured in this issue is Lizzo, Lil Pump, Ezra Collective, Loyle Carner, Little Simz, Sigrid, Col3trane, Joji, David Crosby, Soak, and much more. Final cover to follow.
Octavian wears jacket, trousers and bag by Dior.
Jennifer Aniston has spent the majority of her adult life in the spotlight. Not only did she spend ten years playing Rachel on Friends, she has also been cast in many top-rated films including Marley and Me, The Break Up, We’re the Millers, and Horrible Bosses. She has an extensive resume dating back to 1988, and has b...
Because she has created such a name for herself in the television and film industry, she has spent her fair share of time being publicly scrutinized in the tabloids, and constantly followed by the paparazzi. However, she says that she refuses to let them, and their bogus stories, steal her joy.
To avoid the drama that comes along with being a celebrity, Aniston explains that she has developed a tight-knit group of friends and tries to remain as humble as possible. “There’s times when you see people climbing and getting success and you start to see, oh, they’re starting to really change. So I always just make ...
Aniston recently celebrated her 45th birthday and sat down with the Associated Press to talk about her current milestones in life. She revealed that she doesn’t spend her entire life planning what is to come, however she tries to live life one day at a time and reflect on all of the things she has accomplished so far.
JAY-Z and Beyoncé are “On the Run” in Jamaica. The power couple rode a motorcycle though Kingston on Tuesday (March 20) while filming video content for their upcoming stadium tour.
Queen Bey looked stylish on the back of the bike, donning cutoff shorts, fishnet stockings, pink boots, and small sunglasses. The iconic songstress waved at fans and blew kisses on set of the Melina Matsoukas-helmed production. Meanwhile, Jigga drove around Trenchtown, looking cool in a tracksuit from Big Sean’s new PU...
The Carters were reportedly filming video content for their upcoming “On the Run II Tour,” as per TMZ. Additionally, they will be shooting more content at Tuff Gong, Bob Marley’s home and studio, according to the report.
Hov is no stranger to Jamaica. In fact, he filmed the music video for 4:44’s “BAM” in Kingston last year. The clip also doubled as a short film about Marley’s family history and Jamaican traditions.
Earlier today, the Carters confirmed more dates for “OTR II,” which is now slated to run from June 6 in Cardiff through Oct. 4 in Seattle.
Red & Yellow recently repositioned as a ‘Creative School of Business’. Now the college is offering a limited number of bursary opportunities for all 2018 programmes, in keeping with its policy that 10% of all students have bursaries for full-time studies at the Cape Town campus.
“Part of our mission is to provide a free, private tertiary education experience for as many students as possible in order to truly impact our society and support our mission: to teach the great creators, inventors, leaders and entrepreneurs of the 21st Century. We are a better business school because we are filled wit...
Bursaries are open for a three-year BA Degree in Visual Communication, a one-year Advanced Diploma in Marketing and Advertising Communications, a one-year Advanced Diploma in User Centered Design, and two newly introduced one-year Certificate programmes (Creating Digital Content or Graphic Design).
Red & Yellow’s bursary offering allows a broad range of students to apply regardless of their background or circumstances. “It doesn’t matter where I’ve come from, this bursary gives me the opportunity to decide where I’m going,” said a 2017 bursary student.
“Diversity is not just about what happens in the classroom. It opens the playing field for different perspectives; it encourages open minds and curiosity and builds a solid, inclusive foundation for different cultures, socio-economic backgrounds and passions. It is a non-negotiable for Red & Yellow to have bursary stud...
Applications for student bursaries are now open, with limited spots available. Students can apply online or email bursaries@redandyellow.co.za.
Is it time for radio to take podcasting more seriously?
GALION — The City of Galion announced Friday that last week it received notification from ODOT that it has been awarded $2 million in grant funding to widen the northern section of State Route 598 and add a center turn lane.
Of the $2 million, $1.1 million will come from the Federal Highway Safety Program, and up to an additional $900,000 will come from the Small City Program.
The widening project will begin at the Carter Drive junction and end at the Brandt Road intersection (approximately 1.2 miles), and the entire road within this section will be resurfaced.

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