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They were hoping for a break for themselves and for the local community.
Members of the board of directors of St. Pauls’ Annie H. McEachern Public Library met last Wednesday to discuss fundraising, specifically as to whether fundraising could be curtailed or dropped for a year.
Board members quickly found out that neither is possible for the foreseeable future.
County Library Director Catie Roche presented the board with its fiscal year 2012-2013 operating budget, which totals $46,500.
Of that amount, the St. Pauls library receives $12,000 annually from the Town of St. Pauls and $14,500 from the Robeson County Board of Commissioners.
This year, Roche was able to coax an additional $36,000 from the County for the library system, which she divided evenly among the county’s six libraries. So, even with the St. Pauls library receiving an additional $6,000 this year, meaning the library will receive a total of $20,500 from Robeson County, that still leaves a shortfall of at least $14,000. That shortfall must be met by the local library board, which calls upon the community to help raise it. They do so through a variety of fundraising methods. But those methods have felt the pinch of the still sour economy over the past few years, and fundraising has become problematic.
The board has already held its two most reliably profitable fundraisers of the year, a spaghetti plate sale and an auction, but both fell far short of previous years’ receipts. Other sources of funding, including memorials and class reunion gifts, have also fallen over the past several years. To date, the library has raised or received $3,392 since January toward its goal of $15,000 to cover basic operating expenses.
“We wanted to suspend or lessen fundraising obligations, but it is impossible to do so,” said Paul Terry, library board chair. “We really wanted to be able to skip a year of fundraising so the community could skip a year of giving, but we just can’t at this point. Maybe next year.”
Terry said that the library had suspended its annual letter campaign to businesses and churches for the past two fundraising cycles, and that helped lessen the burden on the community, which is besieged for donations by the library and other nonprofits throughout the year. “We wanted to give businesses a break, so we did not do a letter campaign requesting donations, but we will have to resume that method of fundraising,” Terry said.
The board discussed several other ways to raise funds. These include promotion of the Community Card program at Piggly Wiggly, where a shopper applies for a card, chooses the library as a recipient and swipes it at every purchase. The card does not cost anything and it does not increase costs of purchases. Piggly Wiggly generously donates a percentage of the receipt to the designated nonprofit. The board also decided to ask Food Lion to promote this community card program to benefit the library.
Another method of raising operating expenses is to participate in every Night Out, selling books and asking for donations. That began at the July Night Out, when Jessica and Jeremy Rogers and Terry set up outside the library.
Yet another method discussed is an annual Cookie Caper, where the area’s best bakers donate a cake or dozen cookies to be sold or auctioned ahead of the holiday season.
Raffles of TVs and other items were also discussed.
A final plan of raising money was to contact all area funeral homes and ask them to suggest the library as a recipient of memorial gifts for families that request memorials be made in a loved one’s memory.
“We truly appreciate the generous support that this community has provided the library over the years since it was established in 1972,” Terry said. “We could not have kept the doors open and we could not have grown and expanded services without that support. But it is clear that we will have to go to well again.” | http://www.stpaulsreview.com/view/full_story/19348238/article-Amid-dwindling-income-and-increasing-expenses--library-eyes-fundraising-options?instance=commented | 2013-05-18T10:41:36 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
National Doctors' Day is held every year on March 30th. It is a day to celebrate the contribution of physicians who serve our community by caring for its residents.
St. Tammany Hospital Foundation's Doctors' Day program provides you the opportunity to make a donation to the Foundation in honor of a physician of your choosing. Your gift is a meaningful way to say "Thank You" for the exceptional, compassionate care provided by your physician. A personal acknowledgment will be sent to your physician(s) informing them of this gift. In addition, their name will be added to the our Book of Tributes located in the lobby of St. Tammany Parish Hospital.
Contact Dee Middleton at 985-898-4110 to make your Doctors' Day donation today!
National Doctor's Day is a time set aside to honor the outstanding men and women who protect the health and lives of our families and community. First observed on a small scale more than 75 years ago, the practice swept the nation, and March 30th was formally proclaimed National Doctor's Day in 1990. | http://www.stph.org/content/National_Doctors_Day.htm | 2013-05-18T10:21:38 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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We had a discussion on here the other night If a distiller put white dog in a toasted barrel and let it mature would it legally be bourbon? I said no because it's not charred the other person said I was splitting hairs and it would be bourbon. What do you think? | http://www.straightbourbon.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-13023.html | 2013-05-18T10:58:05 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
I have this cool JD hip-shaped flask that I sometimes take to sporting events and other occasions. Fits great in the inside pocket of my jacket, and it's a kind of metal that doesn't set off metal detectors. It's a great way to take a little something special to drink, when I know the place I'm going won't have what I want.
Do you guys have a flask? If so, tell us a little bit about what it looks like, where you got it, how much it cost, how long you've had it, and what you use it for. | http://www.straightbourbon.com/forums/showthread.php?2346-Got-a-Flask&p=23508&viewfull=1 | 2013-05-18T10:44:37 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
"We were incredibly impressed at how quickly Strangeloop improved our site's performance. On average, they cut our page load time in half – and even more in key markets such as Asia and Europe."
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The Kiwi Collection website has a worldwide audience, but is served from a single data center in the US. The result: slow web page load speed and dramatically inconsistent user experiences.
Before developing a performance strategy, Kiwi identified its three primary goals:
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24th season: Violin in Fiddler on the Roof. Elsewhere: Adele has had an extensive freelance career playing violin in the Calgary Philharmonic, Hamilton Philharmonic, Victoria Symphony, Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Canadian Opera Company and Esprit orchestras. She has been a regular performer at the Elora Festival, Festival of the Sound and the Stratford Festival. Adele has played with many chamber ensembles, including the Toronto Chamber Players, Sinfonia Mississauga, the Baroque Players of Hamilton, Aradia Ensemble and the Bach Consort. She has also played for Josh Groban, Andrea Bocelli, Diana Krall, Anne Murray, Barbra Streisand, the Canadian Tenors and Il Divo’s Christmas special (CBC). Many of Adele’s students are now pursuing professional careers as performers and teachers. Film: Being Julia, Chloe. Recordings: Guido Basso, Lost in the Stars; Mike Murley, The Melody Lingers On. Et cetera: Adele has a passion for gardens, plants and design and as a Certified Landscape Designer has designed gardens throughout southern Ontario. | http://www.stratfordfestival.ca/about/company.aspx?id=17480&id2=22214 | 2013-05-18T10:12:35 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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During the London Design Festival, GraphicBirdWatching hosted an exclusive graphic design walk through East London’s female graphic design studios.
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During the London Design Festival, GraphicBirdWatching hosted an exclusive graphic design walk through East London’s graphic design studios
The Inspirational Moustache
09.2011
You may or may not have noticed but after too long, the moustache is making a comeback! April proposed the concept of Moustaches to Cicada and now the book has arrived in the studio!
Graphic USA
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The first project to arrive at our studio this year couldn't be any better. The second in the Graphic Guide series is Graphic USA.
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GraphicBirdWatching is a socially driven, international organisation and the only one of its kind. Its core team consists of young and practicing graphic designers that are passionate about design and live and work around th | http://www.studio-april.com/selfinitiated/ | 2013-05-18T11:02:26 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Gilbert Melendez Defends Title Against Pat Healy
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STUDIO MMA, LOS ANGELES – Strikeforce confirms today that Gilbert Melendez, lightweight champion and top pound-for-pound fighter, will make his next title defense against veteran Pat Healy, on Sept. 29 at Sacramento’S Power Balance Pavilion at Strikeforce: Melendes vs..”
Gilbert Meldendez defended his belt against Josh Thompson at Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier in May. Melendez defended his belt for the sixth consecutive time and beat Thompson via split decision. With a MMA record of 21-2, (11-1 Strikeforce) Melendez is ranked as the #3 lightweight fighter in the world by Sherdog and many sport enthusiasts want to see him in the UFC.
Pat Healy (28-16) fought earlier this month at Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Kennedy and won against Mizuto Hirota via unanimous decision. The decision was viewed as controversial as many felt Hirota won rounds one and two.
With five consecutive wins and Healy is the next man to challenge Melendez.
Tickets for STRIKEFORCE®: MELENDEZ vs. HEALY. | http://www.studiomma.com/2012/07/25/gilbert-melendez-defends-title-against-pat-healy/ | 2013-05-18T10:41:46 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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The Junior Football Ferns have gone out of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in disappointing fashion after losing 4-0 to Mexico in a game that could have seen them through to the quarterfinals.
After a 2-1 win over Switzerland and a 2-2 against eventual group winners Japan, New Zealand just needed to avoid defeat to progress to the quarterfinals for the first time at an age group FIFA women's tournament and looked relatively comfortable at halftime with close to 70 per cent of possession and the match scoreless.
Once Sofia Huerta stole in between Kiwi goalkeeper Erin Naylor and Rebecca Burrows and edged Mexico ahead two minutes into the second half however, the Junior Football Ferns were chasing the game.
Coach Aaron McFarland was forced to roll the dice with substitutions but Mexico ensured the gamble didn't pay off striking three times in the final 16 minutes as the game became increasingly stretched.
A deep cross was met at the back post by Natalia Gomez Junco for Mexico's second in the 74th minute, substitute Yamile Franco headed in from a 85th minute corner and Olivia Jimenez padded the score line with a well taken fourth goal three minutes from fulltime.
New Zealand coach Aaron McFarland said the goal just after halftime changed the game.
"Going into that game as much as we talk about having a positive mindset, in the back of your mind it's hard to get rid of that nagging thought telling you just need a draw, so when they score that first goal the mental focus now needs to shift. I didn't think we were ready to take the game by the scruff of the neck from the outset.
"We're happy to keep the ball but at certain times when we are talking about being positive and trying to win the game it didn't feel at times like we had full belief in our own abilities to get on the ball in the final third and make things happen.
"That'll come with more exposure. Playing more games, more frequently will help our players get over the fear of trying to play that style of football under that sort of pressure.
"I hope people back home have taken notice. There's huge potential for the women's game in New Zealand to blossom and there's a lot of good role models even in this team for young girls to aspire to emulate, and hopefully the positives from this campaign will drive more growth and more success."
In Thursday's first two quarterfinals Mexico will meet Nigeria who sealed top spot in Group B with a 4-0 win over Italy, and Group A winners Japan - who beat Switzerland 4-0 today - will take on Group B runners up Korea Republic who earned their ticket to Tokyo with a 2-0 win over Brazil.
The final placings in Groups C and D and the makeup of Friday's second two quarterfinals will be decided on Monday when pool play concludes.
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Heartland Shop Hop is over and we thank those who participated.. It was great to see new and familiar faces. This is a picture of my quilt which was made from the blocks exchanged with the other nine shops. Next event on the agenda, Moonlight Madness Monday, October 29. We will be open until eight.
Calico Cottage
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We make Gluten-free sausuages and burgers on request. While stocks last.
we are open...
Phone us on 01379 741268
Follow @JeremyatSFS on twitter to receive special offers.
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Like Stuston Farm shop on facebook for invitations to tasting days and other SFS events. | http://www.stustonfarmshop.co.uk/chicken.html | 2013-05-18T10:42:08 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Me Too Women's Linda Shoes (Gold Metallic). Add a tailored style to your everyday look in the Linda flat from Me Too. Leather upper in a ballet style flat with a round toe. Slight scoop at collar makes a pretty silhouette. Smooth lining with cushioned insole and flexible midsole. Patterned rubber traction outsole.
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Jean Paul Gaultier Wants A Male Version Of Coco Rocha To Walk His Shows
Instead of just lending clothes to Coco Rocha for her Patrick Demarchelier-lensed spread in Glamour‘s March issue, designer Jean Paul Gaultier also took it upon himself to interview the model.
Hervé Léger Fall 2013: Blizzard-Friendly And Coco Rocha-Approved
Who knew that an extra layer and a hip accessory would be all it took to transform a bandage dress into the pinnacle of downtown cool. Sleeves! Hats! A revelation! Not that the label’s signature style was the only thing to see on the runway at yesterday’s Hervé Léger by Max Azria show. No, it would be hard to miss the gigantic fur hoods worn by a number of the models, and even before everyone took their seats, the melee of photographers and journalists surrounding the front row celebs was, as per usual, a spectacle unto itself. We caught up with one such A-list showgoer, Coco Rocha, backstage after the show to hear her thoughts on the collection, how she’s weathering the blizzard, and where she’ll be watching the premiere of her new reality series “The Face”.
Coco Rocha Reveals The Secret To Modeling Success
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Which Supermodel Is Taking Over Sass & Bide’s Social Media?
We follow this model on Twitter and Instagram pretty regularly, but now she’s turning her funny faces and behind-the-scenes snaps into a gig with Australian label Sass & Bide.
PHOTOS: Who Was Best Dressed At Sundance And Beyond?
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Coco Rocha Opens Up About Her Faith As A Jehovah’s Witness
Religion doesn’t get too much air time in the fashion industry unless we’re talking, say, Kate Moss in a nun’s habit or Riccardo Tisci‘s penchant for Catholic imagery. But in the newest issue of Du Jour, Coco Rocha gives a frank account of her experience as a Jehovah’s Witness in an arena where few, if any, share her faith.
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WATCH: Coco Rocha Gives Us A Scare For Vs. Magazine
If you’re still looking for a last-minute Halloween costume, well, look no further than Coco Rocha‘s slighty-scary-mostly-trippy video for Vs. Magazine.
WATCH: Check Out Teasers For Naomi Campbell’s The Face
Reality television shows are filled with endless drama, and the teasers for Naomi Campbell‘s new modeling show, The Face, are no exception.?
PHOTOS: When Sharks Attack, Round Three!
You didn’t think we’d let Shark Week pass us by without putting together a third annual installment of “When Sharks Attack!”, did you?.
Vs. Delivers 4 Big Time Covers, One Unexpected Photographer
Who knew this A-list actress was such a whiz on the other side of the camera?
Two Big Name Models Sign On For Naomi Campbell’s New Show The Face
Can you guess who? Hint: neither of their names are Tyra.
Blake Lively, Coco Rocha, & More Grace The Red Carpet.: The 10 Best Dressed Celebs At The Met Gala
This year’s Met Gala red carpet was overwhelming, to say the least. There were tons of show-stopping gowns, but we had to narrow it down to a few standouts.
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Ohai guys! I just created my very first plugin (for which i'll write more chars in description).
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- Worldwide Plastic Surgery Statistics Available for the First Time
- Non Surgical Procedures Outpace Surgical Procedures
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Most Popular Surgical and Non Surgical Procedures
For the last ten years, the consensus has been that breast augmentation was the most popular plastic surgery procedure. The ISAPS Global Survey reveals a new trend with liposuction representing 18.8% of all surgical procedures, followed by breast augmentation at 17%, and blepharoplasty (upper or lower eyelid lift) at 13.5%, rhinoplasty (nose reshaping) at 9.4% and abdominoplasty (“Tummy Tuck”) at 7.3%.
The popularity of surgical procedures varied by country with Brazil, the United States, China, Mexico, India and Japan the dominant countries for the top five procedures.
Reflecting both advances in cosmetic surgery innovation and the desirability of less expensive treatments, the number of non surgical procedures performed by plastic surgeons actually topped surgical procedures. While there is no previous baseline of information against which to compare these figures, there can be no doubt that this is a dramatic turn of events.
The top five non surgical procedures are: toxins or neuromodulators injections (Botox, Dysport) (32.7%), hyaluronic acid injections (20.1%), laser hair removal (13.1%), autologous fat injections (taking a patient’s fat from one location and transferring it in the same patient in another location) (5.9%) and IP Laser treatment (4.4%).
The countries where non surgical procedures were performed were dominated by the United States, Brazil, Mexico and China and to a lesser extent by Japan, Hungary, South Korea, India and Germany.
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Craigslist Greensboro Used Cars for Sale – Finding By Owner Deals Under $5000 Getting Easier
Posted on | December 19, 2012 | Comments Off
It is almost crazy to think how the used car business has changed over the last decade. It used to be the case that potential buyers had to drive around to car lots to find what they were looking for. It is now the case that many will look for Craigslist Greensboro used cars for sale by owner as they hope to save some cold hard cash.
When looking on Craigslist.org for used vehicles it is very smart to document prices over the course of a few weeks or even a few months. This will make the negotiating process much easier. Rather than going into the buying process blind buyers will have an idea as to how much they should pay for a specific vehicle.
This is one of the reasons it never hurts to document prices in a spreadsheet. Remember to save this spreadsheet as all the hard work will be gone if it is not saved. There are many document software companies online that will allow buyers to do so for free.
Craigslist Fayetteville Used Cars – Best For Sale by Owner Options Available Online From Local Sellers
Posted on | December 19, 2012 | Comments Off
There is little argument to be made that Craigslist.org offers some of the most affordable vehicle prices online. The fact that so many people list used vehicle on the website makes it a very useful tool. Some will actively seek Craigslist Fayetteville used cars for sale by owner as they hope to get some deals well under $5000.
Taking the time and effort to look at many options when it comes to used cars is a wise decision. Websites like AutoTrader, Cars.com and CarMax all offer some great opportunities to individuals to check prices. All of this research can be done from the comfort of a home or office.
With all the in mind it might be a very good decision to look at multiple Craigslist websites. There are subdomains for almost every major city and each of these subdomains offers something a little bit different. Even if potential buyers have to drive a few hours it might be worth it to save a couple thousand dollars on a vehicle.
Craigslist Rocky Mount North Carolina Used Cars and Trucks – For Sale by Owner Options
Posted on | December 19, 2012 | Comments Off
The last few years have seen the interest in used cars for sale by owner pick up drastically. When looking to save cold hard cash many people are more than willing to seek out Craigslist Rocky Mount used cars for sale by owner. Luckily, there are quite a few options available each and every day.
Like most Craigslist.org subdomains the Eastern NC Craigslist page has a number of used car classifieds update every single hour. Rather than jumping on the first offer that looks attractive it might be a good choice to look at options over the course of time. With so many Craigslist.org classifieds going up there is no reason to chase one offer.
In the coming weeks it will be interesting to see what people do with their Christmas money. Some will look for great after Christmas sales while others will save up to make a big purchase like a vehicle or even a home. Once again, any major financial decision is very important so do plenty of research both online and on your own.
Craigslist Boone NC Used Cars and Trucks for Sale by Owner – Cheap Used Vehicles
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When looking for very affordable cheap used cars it might be a wise decision to start a search online. By doing research on Craigslist.org most people will find hundreds of used car listings uploaded every single day. Some will seek out Craigslist Boone NC used cars for sale by owner as there are a number of trucks and SUVs available in the mountains of North Carolina.
As we get much closer to the new year more and more people will think about a used vehicle purchase. This being true, it will also be the case that many sellers will post a ton of classifieds online trying to get rid of their vehicles. Rather than jumping at the first offer it might be smart to look at many options over the course of a few weeks.
Finding classified ads for used cars, trucks, vans and SUVs has gotten much easier over the last decade. With almost every single used car dealership now posting ads on Craigslist buyers have the opportunity to by from a dealer or an owner in the same spot.
Louisiana Printable Tax Forms for 2012 – IT 540 Will Be the Most Used Form in Early 2013
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In the very early part of 2013 many hard working individuals will hope to file their tax returns early to get their refund check in February. In the south some will seek out Louisiana printable tax forms for 2012. Remember that most states will allow taxpayers to file online but some people stil want to use the old fashioned method.
Before assuming that Turbo Tax and H&R Block offer only free products it might be smart to read the fine print. Some of the times they will suggest professional advice and this will end up costing the users money down the road. This is why it is never a bad idea to look at all options before spending any amount of money on an accountant or tax preparation software.
In the near future it will likely be the case that the only way to file taxes will be online. It is not that way now as some people still enjoy printing out forms and mailing them to the IRS or state government. All state government websites have forms that are available for free to residents.
After Christmas Mattress Sales 2012 – Low Priced Deals at Sleepys and Mattress Firm
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As more people look to get mattresses at discounted prices retailers are willing to offer sales holidays. Some thrifty shoppers are already researching after Christmas mattress sales in 2012 as they know that stores like Sleepys, Sams Club, Costco and Mattress Firm will all offer some amazing deal opportunities.
Rather than jumping at the first offer it might be smart to step back and look at all options available. By scouring all options most people will find they can compare prices rather easily. With the advancements of the Internet it is now easier than ever to get all the prices and put them in a spreadsheet to compare and contrast.
This is much easier than in the past because customers do not even have to leave their house. Rather than driving around and writing prices down shoppers can now go on their favorite websites and get all the information they need. Almost every single product sold at a retailer has a listing online and this listing also has prices and details.
After Christmas Tire Sales 2012 – Deals and Possible Rebates at Discount Tire and Sams Club
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Every single year millions of Americans have to debate about buying new tires. Some people go through a set of tires a year. With tires being quite expensive it should come as no surprise that some are looking for after Christmas tire sales in 2012. It should not be hard to find deals as most retailers will be vying for business.
In the coming weeks look for major names like Sams Club, Costco, WalMart and Discount Tire to offer some very affordable price points for those looking to upgrade their tires. It never hurts to do a little bit of research to see which companies are providing the best customer service to go along with the most reliable tires.
With plenty of online information available for free there is no reason to pay for honest customer reviews. In fact, it would be better to go to some of the free sites as customers have no reason to have a bias about a particular company or tire. Do plenty of homework before making a tire purchase.
After Christmas Car Sales 2012 – Finding Deals at Toyota, Ford, Dodge, Honda and Chevrolet
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As more and more people resort to online resources to find information it should come as no surprise that many people are looking to spend money after Christmas on deals. Very smart car shoppers will be looking for after Christmas car sales in 2012 as they recognize that most car dealerships will offer some very low prices.
In the near future it may be the case that customers can go through the entire car buying process online. Unfortunately, that is not the case yet as shoppers have to still deal with car salesmen. This is unfortunate but the way it remains at this point. Taking the time to look for close dealerships is a good idea.
With millions of people hoping to save money in 2013 it will be interesting to see just how many wait until after Christmas to make a big purchase. This has become more and more common over the last several years. After Christmas car sales might be a great way to get that vehicle at an affordable price.
Kentucky Printable Tax Forms for 2012 – Form 740 PDF File Available Online in Early 2013
Posted on | December 17, 2012 | Comments Off
Taxpayers in the state of Kentucky are already thinking about getting their taxes filed as soon as possible. Before assuming that Turbo Tax or H&R Block is needed to file taxes it might be smart to look at .gov options. Some would be smart to seek out Kentucky Printable Tax Forms for 2012 as the KY.gov website has all the forms that are needed.
In the next few months it will be interesting to see just how many hard working individuals look for ways to get their taxes done quickly. It is often true that the first wave of taxpayers will file in late January or early February then the second wave will wait until the last minute as they do not file until mid April.
No matter which wave you find yourself in always remember there are a ton of options available. By simply looking at multiple IRS.gov resources taxpayers will recognize that it is getting much easier to complete the entire process without having to pay a single penny to an accountant.
Kansas Printable Tax Forms for 2012 – Individual K40 State Income Tax Options in Early 2013
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It is almost hard to think about how fast time has flown by as tax season is almost upon us. Many people looking to save time and energy are hoping to get taxes filed well before April 15th, 2013. Some will seek out Kansas printable tax forms for 2012 as all of these documents should be available for free online. Take the time and effort to research these options ahead of time.
Most state government websites offer plenty of great opportunities to find tax forms at no cost. Kansas is no different as the ksrevenue.org site is very useful. Not only does it have all the tax forms that are needed to file there are also help documents to explain each and every step to those who are struggling.
In the near future most people will file their taxes online but there is still a large percentage of individuals who prefer to print out tax forms and fill them out individually. Most of these taxpayers are the same ones that want to file as early as possible. Note that early taxpayers do not get a larger refund.keep looking » | http://www.subprimeblogger.com/ | 2013-05-18T10:12:16 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Long Time Gone From SoozNooz
Having been away from my blog for so long, I hardly know where to start again. I have not been idle. I just haven’t been recording it here.
For one thing, I’ve been furnishing a new apartment in Tangiers, Morocco, just 100m from the beach one way and 500m from the railway station in the other direction. You can sip tea in bed in the mornings gazing out over the Mediterranean. You can also rent it from me for a relaxing break. See the photos.
As well as making a considerable investment, I also had a great adventure, travelling overland through France and Spain to Tangier arriving finally at the new Port-Méditerranée 30 km east of the city. Which is when the fun began with Customs. I was fortunate to be travelling with my Moroccan friend, Aziz, who was able to contact his friend in charge. The chief gave orders that we could be allowed through with household goods. Otherwise we could have been detained all weekend.
We were not the only travellers. Decrepit vans were piled high with the sort of stuff that people in UK take to recycling centres. Once cleared through Customs, they would be travelling south through Morocco to The Sahara, selling the goods on the way. I have a poor photo. If I can get the webhost to allow me to change permissions on my folders, I might even be able to upload it for you.
We were delayed originally because we had brought photo canvases which I had made. The Customs officials had been alerted to the theft of a painting from The Louvre in Paris only the day before, so we became suspects. I was mortified when Customs men began flinging them on the ground at the back of the van, and ventured to put them back carefully into their packaging. Aziz was alarmed, as he said my actions would be regarded as suspect.
After leaving Leicester at 8pm on a Wednesday evening, we arrived finally at the villa in Ksar Sghrir at midnight on the Friday. Sleep? What was that? A few snatched hours in the front of the 4×4 in garage lay-bys at irregular intervals.
Other than Morocco, I have been busy studying again with the Open University. I took the new Geology course and got a distinction. ‘So I should!’ exclaimed my husband, being a Geology graduate in the first place. However, it did teach me the new way of looking at Sedimentology, so was well worth it.
The following year, I took U101, Design and Design Thinking. I’ve never thought of myself as a designer, but discovered that I do it all the time. I’m not sure I feel particularly compatible with people who call themselves designers though.
It’s the short, ten week courses, that have been real eye-openers. I took T189 Digital Photography late in 2010, which has opened up new routes and interests via photography. Thus I have been recording what’s been happening to me through my camera rather than through writing. See the evidence on Flickr. I also did well on the partner course T150 Digital Audio.
More to describe another time. In the meantime, I shall have to harangue my webhost about ftp permissions on my directories. | http://www.suehutton.co.uk/sooznooz/2012/04/ | 2013-05-18T10:30:25 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
PURPOSE: To improve air utilizing efficiency in a combustion chamber for diffusing combustion gas jetted from the nozzle hole of a vortex chamber to plural cavity parts through a diffusion accelerating part by setting appropriately the angle of the nozzle hole and the configuration and position of the diffusion accelerating part.
CONSTITUTION: When the points of both longitudinal edge extension lines 1f, 1r of a nozzle hole 6 starting to go over the tip part of a diffusion accelerating part 13 are respectively made a decay point and an end point in the down process of a piston 3, the angle θ of the nozzle hole 6 against a piston top face 8 is set in such a way that the crank angle of the decay point is within ATDC 17-21° and that of the end point within ATDC 33-35°. When the angle of a straight line PQ connecting a point P of the front edge extension line 1f of the nozzle hole 6 intersecting the bottom face of a cavity part in the position of a top dead point to the central points Q of bilateral large cavity parts 12, against the jet center line lo on the plane is made (α/2)°, the configuration of a tip outer shell part 13A in the diffusion accelerating part 3 is set along the straight line drawn from the point P toward the point Q, within the range of (α/2)±2°.
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By TERRY WILLISSun Advocate reporter
In an effort to get the community and student body involved with helping fulfill the wishes of kids in need, the Carbon High Student Government and school clubs are holding some fun events over the next few weeks. The school has taken 50 Angels to furnish gifts and stocking stuffers off the United Way list. The students' goal is to raise $10,000 in cash and donated gifts in the next few weeks to give the children a Merry Christmas.
On Dec. 19 student council members will be going door to door in the community, offering their assistance with odd jobs in an effort to raise money. If you have a small job that the students can do to raise some funds you can call Carbon High or e-mail stockdaled@carbonschools.org and they will contact you about the job.
On Saturday, Dec. 10 and Thursday, Dec. 15, there will be a Carbon School district bus parked at the Wal-Mart parking lot. The students are asking the community to "stuff the Bus" with small items for stocking stuffers and little gifts for the children being sponsored by Carbon High. On Saturday the bus will be parked and waiting from 9 am-4 pm. On Thursday it will be in place from 4-9 pm.
On Dec. 12, the community is invited to a City-wide Christmas party at the high school starting at 6:30 pm. There will be light refreshments catered by the Pro-Start group as well as entertainment by the band and choir. Several elementary school choirs will also perform that evening. Santa will be a featured guest.
The school just wrapped up a food drive in which the students collected over 4,000 lbs. of food for the local food bank. Now they are doing a candy cane-gram fundraiser to also help with the Angel tree project. Students can pay to have a message and candy-cane sent to another student throughout the month of December. | http://www.sunadvocate.com/index.php?tier=1&article_id=23687&poll=267&vote=results | 2013-05-18T10:15:32 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
By RICHARD SHAWSun Advocate publisher
For those old enough to remember, electronic technology in the classroom used to consist of an overhead transparency projector, a 16 mm film projector, a slide projector and a television. This also didn't mean each classroom had one of each. This was when there was one of each of those machines that had to be shared amongst all the classrooms in the school. In addition, chalkboards were still the medium by which teachers conveyed messages to students and social networking meant sitting with your friends at the lunch table in the cafeteria.
But things have changed immensely in the last 40 years and the last 20 they have advanced even more quickly.
When people think of computers as the technology boom they are only partially correct; there is a lot more to it than just that.
"New technology has infiltrated every corner of the classroom," said Scott McKnight, the director of technology for Carbon School District. "It has become an unstoppable force."
Technology is a word that can be confused, because basically it can mean any kind of tool human beings may fabricate to change their world beyond the capability of their hands. Actually chalk and a chalkboard are technically technology, but now they are just of a different era. For decades, the technology used in schools remained the same. Now it is changing so rapidly that it is hard for even the experts to keep up with it.
Began almost 40 years ago
The advent of the technology (or forerunner of it) that is used in today's education systems stems from the late 1970s when the personal computer began to appear. At first Carbon School District turned to Foster Lott, a teacher at Carbon High School, to help in those early days with installing and implementing computer technology. It was about that time that the school district began buying Apple IIe computers. At first Lott was a half time teacher and worked the other half in technology. This was when the Apple School Bus programs came out (networking between computers that could be controlled by the teachers).
This is where McKnight also got into the picture.
"I was working at the computer store downtown for Robert Finney selling and fixing Apple products," said McKnight. "I worked with the district on a lot of things because they were buying Apples at the time."
Then Apple brought out the Macintosh, and things really started to churn. Lott moved over to the district office full time.
Little did anyone realize this was the beginning of a huge change in education, one that would tip it on its head.
"At the time a number of teachers in the district saw these machines as a fad, something that would pass," said McKnight as he smiled.
As things grew it became apparent that one person could not handle the demands of an expanding medium.
"Then Foster approached me about helping part time in the technology department," he said. "Eventually it evolved into a full time position. For a long time there was just the two of us."
IBM replaces Mac
As things changed, so did the technology, not only in capability, but in type. At that point IBM came out with its school education systems and offered the district a deal. The equipment was pre-Windows and ran entirely from DOS commands. Since then the district has been a PC district.
"The advantage at that time was the networking opportunities that IBM offered with local networks, file servers, password protection and central data storage," said McKnight. "That was when they started using the computers to teach basic accounting and keyboarding."
At the same time computers moved into the business and administration areas of the district.
"There was a lot of resistance to these changes as they came along," said McKnight. "That's when Foster and I came up with the Big Cookie Theory. That theory is if you hold up a big cookie and someone wants a piece, soon someone else down the hall will want a piece too."
McKnight said that certain teachers were real wizards with computers and they often were "showboaters" who exposed others on various school faculties to the uses and advantages of computers. Soon everyone wanted the technology.
"They (the showboat teachers) became the drivers for the proliferation of technology," he said.
In the early 1990s the Utah State Legislature passed the Education Technology Initiative. The lawmakers appropriated $5 million dollars across the state to set up networks, buy equipment and set up computer labs.
"That gave the big push," said McKnight. "We were able to wire our buildings and buy equipment we needed."
While that money was cut off within three years time, the ball had started rolling and could not be stopped. Districts now had this equipment and networks to go with it so it became a part of the overall budget.
"The largest part of the money we get now to fund technology comes from capital budgets," he said.
At that point the district had gone through the Apple phase, through IBM 286, 386, etc. and into the latest computers. What happened next would be the thing that would change education more than any computer; the advent of the internet as we know it today. Wireless technology has even driven the experience beyond what most could have imagined only a few years ago. It is now part of the educational experience not only in terms of research and reading, but also communication.
Today the district has over 2000 workstations (desktops, laptops, tablets and thin clients). There are at least 30 file servers and 60 wireless access points. In terms of other hardware the school district also has 800 printers (inkjet and laser). All schools are interconnected via full gigabit ethernet over fiber and to the Internet via fiber through USU Eastern.
Add to this Smartboards in literally every classroom and one has a technology advancement well beyond the old chalkboard and chalk.
"We are at nearly 100 percent coverage now on Smartboards," stated McKnight. "If you don't know what a Smartboad is, think of it as kind of like a big I-Pad. It not only can show students what they need to know, but it can be interactive as well. There are many video/audio websites that can be used for instruction. Students can use "clickers" to be polled on information and to interact with the teacher."
This is a big advantage for teachers since when they ask a question they can see immediately how many students get the idea or don't. It doesn't single out students who don't know, but the teacher is aware. That way teachers can tailor their instruction to be sure students are coming up with the right conclusions.
All classrooms also now have audio systems so that teachers can be "miked up" so students can hear them talk.
State testing has also moved to high tech methods as well. Most state tests are now taken on-line so the district had to come up with laptops for students to use for these tests since the labs in schools are so busy they can't be used for all the testing that needs to be done. That is where the 100 percent of wireless coverage within the schools becomes so important.
These devices, software, wireless networks, Smartboards and other technology all have created the need for an expanded technology department.
"Obviously we have maintenance and security issues with so much technology," stated McKnight."I am very proud of our technology center staff."
The staff consists of five very busy people who do a lot of their work on systems from the center. But a lot still needs to be done on site, at the schools as well. While work is going on keeping systems and technology rolling along, research is always on-going about what will come or what needs to be incorporated next. Caution before jumping on any bandwagon is a key concept in the technology department.
"Another thing Foster and I came up with was what we called the leading edge," said McKnight. "We want to be on the leading edge, but not on the bleeding edge. That's why we went from Microsoft XP and held onto it until Windows 7 came out. We skipped Vista altogether because of all the problems it had."
The district has a policy of not letting any technology get too old. Computers are rotated out every four to five years. Without doing that students would be at a disadvantage in the real world.
The future will certainly bring more changes. McKnight says there is a push in some school districts to give every student some type of device to use for school work and information. Some districts are allowing a BOYD policy (Bring Your Own Device) but at present Carbon District does not allow for this.
"We are always gathering information about all the new ideas around the country and we evaluate that information constantly," McKnight concluded. | http://www.sunadvocate.com/index.php?tier=1&article_id=26151&poll=268&vote=results&poll=272&vote=results | 2013-05-18T10:53:47 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Claudia Lee Atwood Grange, age 58, our best friend, hero, doctor, but most importantly our wife, mother, grandmother, and daughter passed away Oct. 6, 2012 in Eagle Mountain.
Claudia was born Nov. 1, 1953 in Price to James and Doris Atwood. She married Gale Grange May 12, 1973 in the Manti LDS Temple. She worked for Alpine School District for over 20 years, and enjoyed the kids she worked with. Her joys were her family, especially her grandchildren.
She is survived by her husband of 39 years, Gale Grange; children: Becky (Shane) Bogdin, Barbara LaCrue, Jason (Jenni) Grange, Conrad (Destiny) Grange Sr., Chelsea Kleinman, Jason Kleinman and Candace (Jon) Bowen; 20 grandchildren; her father, James Atwood; stepmother, Marsha Atwood; and sisters: Wendy (Terry) Gregson, Kelly (Ted) Luke, Chris Ann (Todd) Pace, and Natalie (Jay) Humphrey. She was preceded in death by her mother, Doris Atwood, and her stepmother, Sally Brinkerhoff Staker Atwood.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012 at 10 a.m. at the Highland LDS 31st Ward Church (11190 N. Alpine Highway, Highland). There will be a viewing Friday, Oct. 12, 2012 from 6 - 8 p.m. at Fausett Mortuary (680 E. 100 S., Price) and on Saturday at the church from 9 -. | http://www.sunadvocate.com/index.php?tier=1&article_id=26207&poll=268&vote=results | 2013-05-18T10:34:40 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
By RICHARD SHAWSun Advocate publisher
After 80 years of squabbling over the water that flows from Sanpete County into the Price River drainage, the idea of a Gooseberry Narrows Dam still lives, and seems stronger than ever. The federal Bureau of Reclamation on Monday released the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the controversial project.
The BOR will issue a record of decision in 30 days depending somewhat on what comments it gets from the public. The EIS is not necessarily the last word in getting the dam built for the interests of Sanpete County, but it could go a long way in promoting it in a very conservative environment in Washington, D.C.
However, there is still a lot that stands in the way of the construction of the dam. The EIS was positive about building the project, but it only represents one step in getting the money to build it. That money will have to come from the federal government, because most other sources (other than possibly some state money) are not available. With huge cuts possibly coming because of the compromise worked out last August to keep the country from falling off a financial cliff, money for such a project may not be available.
While the EIS document is over 900 pages, its recommendations seem simple and direct. The Army Corps of Engineers (who would look at the factors in the project) can consider four alternatives, with them supposedly being able to chose the one with the least vironmental damage. To most people that would seem to be the one in which nothing would be done.
But instead the report points out that the preferred alternative is the most drastic; built a reservoir with a 17,000 acre foot capacity which would be stored behind a 120 foot high dam with a length of 550 feet. The surface of the full reservoir would have 604 acres. The water that is stored there would be used to provide water year around for agriculture in northern Sanpete County and some municipal/industrial use as well. The water provided would amount to about to 5,400 acre feet per year. But that isn't all the water the reservoir would need. It would have a storage pool of 12,000 acre feet. One has to also consider evaporation from that entire body of water.
The project would also include renovating and improving water tunnels to the Sanpete area to carry the water.
The dam, which has been discussed for the better part of a century, has been the target of lawsuits, rhetoric and battles galore. Additionally, the project will also need funding. Being that Congress has been on the "austerity" binge in the last few years it would seem that the chances of getting the money to build it would be remote. With the statements by various prominent Utah leaders about cutting the federal budget it would seem to many that they would not be willing to see the money go to such a project.
However, the opposite seems to be true, based on statements made in the last few months by the Governor's office, by the new congressman representing Carbon County, and by the senior senator from Utah.
Last week Lieutenant Governor Greg Bell did a lunch date in Carbon County and when asked about the dam he said that what the Governor had said last year during a Sanpete County visit ("You don't have to convince me about Gooseberry") was what the administration was hanging their hat on. They think the dam should be built.
Also last week Rep. Jason Chaffetz visited town in a campaign stop. His district, Congressional District 3, previously represented Sanpete County, but now represents other areas, including Carbon County. Tuesday he was reelected to represent the district.
Last June he told a group of people (as reported by the Sanpete Messenger) that regardless of the change in district representation he would stick to his word about seeing the dam get built. During that stop-over during dinner at a local restaurant he said basically the same thing.
"I am a man of principles," he said. "I said I would support building it and I still will support it."
Sen. Orrin Hatch has also come out in support of building the project, while Sen. Mike Lee, the junior senator from Utah, said last spring during a visit to Carbon County that he had not studied the issue because it had not come before Congress. However it would be hard to imagine him bucking the trend of the other representatives in the state as well as the fact they are all in the same party.
Jim Matheson, who won the Fourth Congressional seat on Tuesday night and the only representative that wanted to find another solution, is now representing the very area that wants to build the dam. What his take on the dam is now remains to be seen. His continued service in Congress may depend on how he treats those he now represents. Unlike Chaffetz, who has a big political base in Utah County and can tell the voters in Carbon that he supports a project most of them oppose, Matheson may not be able to do that.
Does this leave Carbon County alone, with few political allies, in fighting to stop construction? With the exception of our own representatives to the state legislature, it appears so.
Both State Senator David Hinkins (District 27) and newly elected Representative Jerry Anderson (District 69) of Price agree that the dam should not be built.
"I am totally opposed to its construction," said Hinkins. "I am the chair of the Natural Resources Appropriations Committee and they would have to get some money from there to build it. I would do my best to stop that."
Anderson questions the viability of their claim to water.
"How do they figure that water belongs to them?" he asked on Wednesday morning. "We would be left out in the lurch without it."
The BOR has gone to great lengths in their EIS pointing out that this would not really be a federal project. They are trying to spin it as something else. They continue to point out that the dam would be built and operated by the Sanpete Water Conservancy District. But the fact is that no one else will really touch financing the project other than the feds. It doesn't appear that dam could be built for under $50 million and over that it has become a different animal and doesn't fall under the small dams regulations.
And Carbon is not totally unprepared. The water users, the Carbon Water Conservancy District and others are no fools. There are holes in the EIS, particularly pertaining to the National Environmental Policy Act, as well as other flaws.
"We have been planning on this for a long time," said Carbon County Commissioner Mike Milovich, who is also on the board of the Carbon Water Conservancy District. "We have a plan and we will be vigorously opposing the construction of the dam."
So in the end, once again, while political power seems so prevalent against Carbon on this issue, the county has been there before and survived. | http://www.sunadvocate.com/index.php?tier=1&article_id=26428&poll=272&vote=results | 2013-05-18T11:05:09 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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2013
March 19, 2013
Introducing Dawn Ott as SunCorp's Vice President of Risk and Compliance
February 21, 2013
SunCorp Moves to New Office for Member Savings
2012
August 20, 2012
SunCorp Staff Helps School Affected by Wild Fires
August 2, 2012
SunCorp's Member Service Makes the Difference
July 12, 2012
SunCorp Staff Supports CUAid
June 21, 2012
SunCorp's 2012 Annual Meeting Results
March 30, 2012
SunCorp Announces Pacific Time Zone Service Hours
March 23, 2012
SunCorp Announces Replacement for U.S. Central ACH
February 29, 2012
SunCorp Adds Another Town Hall Webinar to Match Demand
January 25, 2012
Oregonians Chooses SunCorp as Corporate Solution
January 19, 2012
SunCorp Plans Meetings with Western Credit Unions
2011
December 20, 2011
SunCorp Welcomes Jeff Smith as Director of Investment Sales
December 20, 2011
SunCorp Adds Another Business Development Officer for Southern California
September 15, 2011
SunCorp Achieves Successful Capital Raise
2010
August 20, 2010
SunCorp Donates to 9News Stuff for Students
April 16, 2010
SunCorp Volunteer and Staff Demonstrate Service Culture to Help Haiti
2009
January 28, 2009
NCUA's Corporate Credit Union Stabilization Program
2008
June 20, 2008
SunCorp Announces Appointments to Executive Committee
June 13, 2008
SunCorp Announces New Business Development Officer
2007
April 16, 2007
SunCorp Selects WesCorp as Merger Partner
2006
July 12, 2006
New Members Added to SunCorp's Official Family
April 11, 2006
SunCorp Annual Meeting: "History in the Making"
April 6, 2006
SunCorp Sells Bill Pay Services to MY CU Services
March 28, 2006
SunCorp Donates Three Murals to Three Hospitals
March 7, 2006
SunCorp Staff Helps Build Homes for Those in Need
March 2, 2006
SunCorp Upgrades Rates Pages on Website
February 28, 2006
SunCorp Offering Five Investments Seminars in March
January 27, 2006
SunCorp Board Names Mark Lau Chairman
January 12, 2006
SunCorp Celebrates Best Fourth Quarter for Term Deposit Issuance in Over Three Years
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It’s Monday morning and Super Bowl odds are finally posted. The two best teams from each conference are facing off in the Super Bowl but the general chatter around the water cooler is how can the New Orleans Saints really compete after playing the way they did last night?
The Saints did outlast the Minnesota Vikings but their effort was pathetic.
Overall, they forced five turnovers (three fumbles and two interceptions) and really should have had two others. So the Saints, the so-called best team left standing in the NFC, wins the turnover battle in a big way but still needs a miracle too many men in the huddle penalty, overtime and a fourth-and-one conversion just to outlast the Vikings.
How’s that going to fly against the Indianapolis Colts – the best team in the NFL?
The Colts just shredded what was considered one of the best defense around and they still have yet to lose a single game this year when they actually try and play their starters.
Two weeks to prepare is going to help the Saints more than the Colts but the reality is that the Colts are just the better team. It will be a close contest but you have to pick the Colts to win this one. Experience is on their side.
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A new immigrant initiative will help solve looming labour shortages and make B.C.’s economy more competitive at a global level.
Labour analysts have long known that Canada’s aging workforce is set for big changes over the next several decades.
But the developers of Embracing Cultural Diversity in the B.C. Workplace, an innovative project being launched this week, believe those changes can be positive.
“We want employers to know that hiring and retaining a more diverse workforce will help them stay competitive in the 21st Century,” said Project Manager and DIVERSEcity Career Services Director Sanjeev Nand.
Retiring baby boomers in B.C. will help create more than a million job openings by 2015. And Canada’s low birth-rate has not produced enough workers to replace them.
That trend is being felt throughout the industrialized world. The solution, Nand says, is to hire, retain and train more new immigrants.
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Some larger Lower Mainland businesses are beginning to realize the economic benefits of creating diverse workforces. But many small and medium-sized businesses have yet to access the value of this employee group.
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Tracy, CA 95377
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Samira Aliabadi, M.D.Fremont Center
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(510) 490-1222
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The Swift Current Broncos could not keep pace with a record-tying performance from Darren Deitz in a 7-3 loss to the Saskatoon Blades on Friday.
Deitz tied a Western Hockey League record for goals by a defenseman in a single game with four goals to help the Blades improve to 35-23-0-1 with their fifth win in as many attempts against the Broncos. The 18-year-old Medicine Hat native only had 19 goals in 134 WHL games heading into the contest.
The Broncos have just a single point in five meetings this season and have now been outscored 25-13 by the Blades.
Coda Gordon scored two more goals for the Broncos and Levi Bews also scored against his former team. Gordon, 17, now has 25 goals after his second consecutive two-goal game. His 25 goals are the most by a Bronco rookie since Alex Leavitt scored 27 in 2003-04.
Jon Groenheyde allowed six goals on 36 shots to drop to 18-25-1-4 in 40 minutes of work. Austin Smith stopped eight of nine shots in relief. Andrey Makarov made 41 saves to improve to 24-16-0-0 for the Blades.
Gordon scored his 13th powerplay goal of the season to lead all WHL rookies as the Broncos finished one-for-four on the man-advantage.
Their woeful penalty-killing unit allowed three goals on five Saskatoon man-advantages, including two powerplay goals from Deitz. Deitz tied the WHL record with seven other blueliners. Richie Regehr was the most recent defenseman to score four goals in a game on Nov. 27, 2002 for the Portland Winterhawks.
The Broncos fell to 21-32-2-4 and are now 17 points back of the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
The Broncos have 13 games remaining this season, six at home and seven on the road. They will host the Blades on Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Credit Union iplex. | http://www.swbooster.com/Sports/Hockey/2012-02-17/article-2899341/Dietz-matches-WHL-record-against-Broncos/1 | 2013-05-18T10:21:54 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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East Ridge girls hockey: Raptors’ season ends in section quarterfinalsThe youthful East Ridge girls hockey team put forth a noble effort in its final game of the 2011-12 season, but came up on the short end of the stick with a 5-1 loss to top-seeded and ninth-ranked Eagan in the Section 3AA playoffs.
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Meet The Team - Nick Robinson-Baker
Get to know Nick Robinson-Baker. Read his tweets, view images, watch videos of him in action and being interviewed, check how his Olympic rivals compare and much more.
D.O.B.
23.06.1987
Born
Bromley, Kent
Height
5ft 11in
Training base
City of Sheffield Diving Club
Coach
Steve Gladding
Olympic History
2008: Seventh in 3m Synchro
In Action
Synchronised 3m Springboard on 1 August
Did you know?
- Nick is one of four athletes who posed naked for the July 2012 edition of Cosmopolitian magazine in order to raise awareness for male cancer.
- Nick also enjoys other sports such as boxing and climbing. In his spare time he travels to the Peak District to relax.
- His nickname is Peanut.
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Nick has become one of Great Britain's most consistent performers from the 3m Springboard in recent years, winning 3m Synchro gold at the past six British Championships. He made his Olympic debut in 2008, finishing seventh with Ben Swain in the 3m Synchro. He also finished seventh in the same event at each of the World Championships he has competed at, in 2009 and 2011. Nick has won gold, silver and bronze medals on the lucrative World Series tour, including most recently silver with Chris Mears in the 3m Synchro in Mexico.
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WILTSHIRE LEAGUE: Pidgeon fumes at ref justice (From Swindon Advertiser)
WILTSHIRE LEAGUE: Pidgeon fumes at ref justice
6:00am Tuesday 20th November 2012 in Sport
TONY Pidgeon fired a broadside at whistler Adie Cripps after Southbrook’s 2-2 draw at Ludgershall in the Wiltshire Premier.
Southbrook had two men sent off within the first 35 minutes but somehow managed to salvage a point, with their equaliser coming deep into injury time.
However, coach Pidgeon’s thoughts were more concerned with the performance of referee Cripps than the result itself.
“I was a referee myself for 30 years and I’ve never slagged a referee off, if it’s a referee’s opinion it’s his opinion,” he said.
“Unfortunately this gentleman has no footballing nous whatsoever.
“I was disappointed in his overall performance, he wasn’t biased to one side or the other, he was poor for both.
“He didn’t give himself the opportunity to interpret the laws of the game like they are there to be interpreted.
“That’s just my opinion and not the opinion of the club.
“The players said after the game, if they had him again they actually wouldn’t play.”
Ludgershall took the lead inside 10 minutes before Chris Balfe was dismissed for foul and abusive language.
Luke Mitchell levelled when he lobbed the keeper but then Wes Pidgeon was red-carded for two bookings, one for dissent and another for a shoulder barge.
Despite their man advantage, Ludgershall took until five minutes from time to find their second.
And just when it seemed they had the game won, Colin Yates struck an unlikely equaliser in off a defender.
“It was an amazing result. The players were absolutely superb,” added Pidgeon.
Elsewhere in the division, Chippenham Park are top after their 1-1 draw with Corsham, while Purton kept the heat on the leaders with a 3-1 win over Blyskawica.
Marlborough lost 2-0 at high-flying Wilts Calne Town while Wroughton picked up a hugely creditable point at home to Bradford Reserves.
In Division One, Madames made it 12 wins from 12 starts with a 3-1 victory at Marshfield.
Marlborough Reserves were defeated by the same scoreline at home to Chippenham Park Reserves.
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Home > Swinerton in the News
Each week, we show you the top five companies from our Lists printed in our Friday paper. This week we feature general contractors.
The companies on the list posted $2.97 billion in 2012 and they employ 2,701 people during peak construction season. Eleven have headquarters in the four-county area.
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Autodesk, Inc. is launching a new version of Autodesk BIM 360 Glue, a cloud-based Building Information Modeling (BIM) solution. Autodesk BIM 360 Glue is an innovative management software solution that extends the BIM process from design to the construction stage by providing access to project information for model coordination and clash detection to all project stakeholders via desktop, mobile and web.
Extended project design and construction teams can better coordinate and communicate with one-click access to review the latest project models and run clashes in real-time, saving time and money on design and construction projects. The introduction of mobile devices into the construction industry is transforming the way that projects are built and managed. With BIM 360 Glue, enhanced cloud-based collaboration and mobile access helps ensure that the entire project team can participate in the coordination process, minimizing the coordination cycles and providing teams with tools to view the designs wherever they are located.
“We have found that BIM 360 Glue has considerably shortened the amount of time needed to perform building system coordination,” said James McKenzie Director-Center for Excellence, Swinerton Incorporated. “Usage of BIM 360 Glue now means that we can focus on clash avoidance using our experienced field personnel rather than relying on an automated clash detection process that often times results in an enormous amount of false clashes that needed to be sorted out. This clash avoidance helps project stake holders have an intimate knowledge of the building in a relatively short amount of time.”
Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) today announced it has appointed P.J. Cosgrove to lead the firm’s Construction group in Northern California and has promoted him to Managing Director. In this new role, Mr. Cosgrove will lead the 11-person Northern California team which provides construction management, general contracting and design/build services for interior build outs and similar scale projects on behalf of landlords and tenants across the West Coast.
Prior to joining JLL in November 2011, Mr. Cosgrove co-founded Barnegat Group, a Bay Area-based general contracting and development company that specialized in corporate tenant improvements, hospitality/restaurant renovations and seismic upgrades. Prior to that, Mr. Cosgrove led the national marketing and business development team for MBH Architects. During his career, he has successfully managed construction projects from New York to California for Swinerton Builders, Bovis Lend Lease and Sordoni/ Skanska.
On a recent project for Swinerton Renewable Energy, Columbia Weather integrated the newly released Hukseflux SR20 solar sensor. SR20 is a pyranometer of the highest category in the ISO 9060 classification system: secondary standard. This solar radiation sensor is used where the highest measurement accuracy is required. The weather station utilizes an Acromag amplifier to amplify the solar sensor.
California-based construction firm Swinerton Builders has completed the second phase of a 93,000 square feet data center in Irvine for Latisys, a national IT infrastructure services provider.
Taking the scheduled 14-week time, the data centre expansion has included a three feet..
Central Market Street is not changing by the day, it’s changing by the hour.
After a week out of town traveling with my family, I cycled down Market Street Monday morning. Of course I expected some of the progress I saw: AvalonBay had added a couple of floors at 55 Ninth St., Crescent Heights had snapped on more of the glass skin at 1401 Market and poured a few more floors on the tower as well. But other developments were more startling.
At Trinity Plaza, Angelo Sangiacomo is making good on his two-decade old promise to demolish the old vintage 1960 Del Webb’s Townehouse motel and replace it with housing. Swinerton Builders has started pulling down the western edge of the motel. It will be a trip to be able to stand at United Nations Plaza and see clear across a vast vacant parcel to Mission Street.
But Trinity Plaza is not home to the only wrecking crew in the neighborhood.
This Saturday, April 27, from 8 AM to 4 PM, Rebuilding Together Seattle () will celebrate its major program event, Spring Rebuilding Day, where over 1,000 volunteers will restore 26 homes in one day at no cost to the individuals served, providing over $500,000 in market value home improvement projects. With a vision of a safe and healthy home for every person, Rebuilding Together Seattle provides low income homeowners and nonprofit facilities with free critical repairs, modifications, and energy-efficient upgrades.
Sponsor group Swinerton Builders will also be restoring a Parkview Services home in the Shoreline area. Volunteers from Swinerton will be rebuilding their wheelchair ramp and rotted deck, repairing a broken fence, painting the interior and exterior of the home and assisting with yard work.
The Sacramento Municipality District (SMUD) has been taking advantage of the sun's abundant energy since 1984, when it built the nation's first utility-scale solar array at Rancho Seco, California. Today, the site continues to generate 3.2 megawatts of electricity - enough to power 2,200 single-family homes. Over the years SMUD has continued to pioneer solar efforts in the state, even working with homeowners to put solar panels on their roofs. With the addition of four new photovoltaic sites developed by renewable energy developer Recurrent Energy, SMUD is adding nearly 70 more megawatts of alternating current (AC) to its solar energy portfolio.
Recurrent Energy contracted Swinerton Renewable Energy as the engineering procurement, construction (EPC) contractor as well as to be responsible for the operations and maintenance of the site for 10 years.
Swinerton Builders, one of the nation's oldest and most trusted construction firms, tapped into the talent of its Critical Facilities division on the recently completed Phase 2 of a 93,000-sq ft build-out for Latisys, a national IT infrastructure services provider with a large data centre in Irvine, CA. Backed by 125 years of construction expertise, Swinerton has built data centres for Time Warner Cable, T-Mobile, Army Space Command, and Intel, among numerous other marquee brands. The Latisys expansion contract follows record revenue growth for Swinerton in 2012 and a significant project backlog in the critical facilities sphere for 2013.
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The wrecking crews are revving up on Market Street.
At Trinity Place the windows have been removed from the old Del Webb Townhouse motel and Swinerton Builders is getting ready to start knocking down walls. At Market Street Place, demolition crews are preparing for construction at the site of what will become a 250,000-square-foot retail center scheduled to open in 2015.
The buildings slated for demolition are mid-block on Market Street between Fifth and Sixth streets. Demolition will take approximately 12 weeks and will begin at the interior of the current structures in conjunction with preparing for exterior demolition.
It was something that would have been inconceivable during the Great Recession. Companies tied to the real estate industry ranked extremely well in the Denver Post’s Top Work Place 2013 special report that it published last Sunday.
Oakwood Homes, the largest privately owned homebuilder in Denver, as well as a number of large commercial construction firms, including Mortenson Construction, Swinerton Builders and Shaw Construction were on the list.
Workplace Dynamics compiled the data for the Post based on employee surveys that ranked their employers on things such as appreciation of workers, direction, confidence in leadership, values and ethics, encouragement of ideas, competence of management, as well as pay and benefits.."
Swinerton's 10th & Market Street Project in San Francisco was designated one of the Top Starts of 2012 by ENR California!
Sarah Creighton and Holly Cindell of McCarthy, McCarthy vice president operations, education services. "There are other industry organizations out there for women in construction, but none of them are tailored to women in construction operations roles. We started WiOPS to fill that gap.".
The Moapa Band of Paiutes Social Services Department hosted the 5th annual Child Abuse & Neglect (CAN) Parade and Health Fair for the surrounding communities on Friday, March 29. Friends gathered in the tribal village area to celebrate and learn with each other.
Swinerton Inc. also sponsored a booth at the Health Fair on Friday. The renewable energy company is building the largest industrial solar system in Indian country on the Moapa Reservation. It will produce 250 mega watts of power with a capacity of 350 mega watts.
According to Moapa Band Chairman, William Anderson, the solar plant will be opening up 600 construction jobs beginning as early as this summer.
With more than 125 years of experience in the construction business, Swinerton Inc. knows a thing or two about the building industry. And how to stay ahead of the curve.
In line with its belief that “building green is building smart,” the San Francisco-based contractor branched into the solar industry in early 2000. In 2008 it established a solar division, Swinerton Renewable Energy, in San Diego.
The move seems to be paying off. During the past 18 months alone, Swinerton Renewable has built four photovoltaic power plants in the Sacramento area. Overall, about 25 percent of the company’s construction business ...
What does an electronics professor at American River College have in common with a 104-year-old architectural firm?
Both were among the 19 individuals and companies honored this morning at the Business Journal’s Green Leadership Awards.
The winners, chosen by a panel of independent judges, all have a strong commitment to making the Sacramento region a thriving hub for clean technology. Some are startups, others are large well-established companies. Some are private ventures, others are public entities. Some are harnessing energy from the sun and recycled trash while others are reducing harmful diesel emissions and chemical pesticides.
Kaiser Permanente Hawaii today unveiled the six-story Mauka Tower at its Moanalua Medical Center after an extensive renovation, which increased the number of patient rooms while creating a healing environment and making the hospital more conducive to accommodating families and visitors. The $140 million Mauka Tower renovation completes a multi-phase expansion project at Moanalua Medical Center; the first phase was completed in April 2008 with the addition of a new six-story wing.
Architect on the renovation project was Lionakis, with Swinerton Builders as the contractor.
Kaiser Permanente is the highest ranked health plan in the state, among the top 20 nationally and the only 5-star Medicare plan in Hawaii. It continues to be a model for innovative health care by leveraging new technology and best practices, and continually working to provide better service and access.
Something big is happening in construction technology. It goes beyond the recent rampant growth of smart devices on jobsites and the explosive development of apps around the globe. It even goes beyond the growth of cloud computing, helping to manage large project files with faster networks that connect far-flung work crews.
As big as these trends are, an even bigger shift is happening: Collaboration and web services are becoming the norm on more and more projects and transforming how the industry operates. Construction firms increasingly are seeing the value of deploying web services, which can be broadly defined as a set of protocols that help apps to interact over web-connected devices.
Collaboration in the Cloud
The top results? Bluebeam Revu for the iPad got the most recommendations. The app ranks high with readers for its ability to view PDF plans, mark up project files and, using those markups, collaborate with work groups around the globe.
Eric Davis, a virtual-design and construction manager with consultant Swinerton, told the FutureTech attendees that field apps have changed the firm's workflow and helped it set standards. "It's a tool to create your own process and standardize" processes, he said. "What we realize now is that we also have real metrics. We have data that we can leverage." Now, the firm is using its workflows to create metrics for benchmarking. "The future is leveraging and sharing the metrics, so we can better the industry and make it more efficient," he says.
Final preparations are taking place for the grand opening of the Viejas Hotel, which will open its doors on Thursday..
Cumming Corp. USA was the project management firm and served as the owner’s representative and liaison between the design-build team.Swinerton Inc. was the general contractor and JCJ Architecture was the design firm.
A 155,000-Sq-ft, three-story renovation project in Walnut Creek, Calif., which will house John Muir Health's new outpatient center and administrative offices, is the test bed for Swinerton Builders' next-generation design and subcontractor collaboration and coordination.
As the general contractor on the John Muir Health project, Swinerton Builders implemented Autodesk's BIM 360 Glue as their platform for virtual data interface and coordination. BIM 360 Glue is a cloud-based BIM Management solution designed to simplify model coordination and clash detection in a real-time format with access from anywhere.
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Reference Question of the Week – 12/2/12December 8th, 2012
If this question were a tweet, the hashtags could be #bestguess or #thisiswhycitationsareimportant.
A patron walked up to the desk and asked if I could help find the source of a quote. She slid me a small piece of paper with this written on it:
The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.-Plato
My favorite quote resource is Bartlett's (I still like print resources - sue me) but it wasn't in there - not under government, punishment, wise, or Plato. I checked a few other large quote dictionaries we had on the shelf, but still no luck.
So I turn to the internet, and am able to find the quote mentioned in plenty of places - but they just attribute it to Plato, without citing where in Plato's work this quote appears.
Until I find the quote on PoemHunter.com, which gives a citation of
Plato (428-347 B.C.), Greek philosopher. Quoted in Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Eloquence," Society and Solitude (1870).
Emerson's Eloquence wasn't hard to find - one place is in the Google Books copy of The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society and solitude. I scrolled in to where Eloquence started and then skimmed until I found:
And the footnote is:
From there, I merrily skipped on over to Google Books' The Republic, and did a series of searches for "punishment," "government," "wise," and "suffer" - but didn't find the quote.
From the context, I really couldn't tell if Emerson was directly quoting Plato, or just paraphrasing his sentiments from Republic. Since the search didn't turn up the quote though, I'm leaning towards paraphrasing.
I brought everything over to the patron, and let her know what I found. I offered to get a copy of Republic for her, in case she wanted to read it herself more thoroughly to find the quote, but she declined. She thought the Emerson source was good enough for her need, and was happy.
I have to admit, this is one of my favorite kind of research - where one resource leads to another, and along the way you uncover bits and pieces you wouldn't have expected. You'd think that with having resources like Google Books online, more and more people would be doing this sort of thing. However, I have the feeling that most people stop after the first website or two. Oh well - just more fun for reference librarians.
December 8th, 2012 at 1:58 pm
Book I, 347c:
Of course it’s always hard to track down quotes whose source text is not English; different translations may use different English words… I had hoped to be able to search the Greek text of the Republic in the Perseus Project for the likely Greek originals of your keywords (sophos, rhetor, stuff like that) but this inexplicably failed. But Ctrl-F plus classics.mit.edu’s edition located the source for me, which I could then map against Perseus to get the proper citation.
I wouldn’t call the patron’s/Emerson’s version a translation so much as a paraphrase, which also adds to the difficulty of tracking it down… | http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2012/12/08/reference-question-of-the-week-12212-2/ | 2013-05-18T11:02:43 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Wit's End Players present funny, moving "25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee"
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Ted Koppel, Frank Langella event sold out at Syracuse University
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Syracuse, NY-- Syracuse University has sold out tonight's performance of "One on One: Frank Langella and Ted Koppel." Langella, a stage and screen actor, and Koppel, a television journalist, will take the stage for a version of the popular " Inside the Actor's Studio" at 8 p.m. at the Syracuse Stage, 820 E. Genesee St. Both are Syracuse alumni,... Full story »
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Syracuse, NY -- The Onondaga County Legislature is back on track to raise a new roof on the War Memorial auditorium, rather than raze the building.
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The Legislature's Facilities Committee approved two bond issues Tuesday, one calling to borrow $1.29 million to help finance a new, 30-year granular roof, the other to borrow an extra $1.74 million to fund a 100-year metal roof. The full Legislature likely will choose between them on April 7.
The lawmakers barely mentioned the idea broached over the past week, to tear down the 58-year-old hall, preserving its monuments to the county's veterans and war dead, and erect a new auditorium.
"I would have been on favor of replacing that building," said Martin Masterpole, D-Syracuse, who raised the issue of tearing down the building last week. "However, I fight fights that I can win and my colleagues, from the conversation around the table, had no interest in doing that. I went with what I thought we could accomplish."
Another Syracuse Democrat, Sam Laguzza, instead encouraged lawmakers to think about building another, larger arena under the Westin Hotel proposed for the Oncenter Complex.
The question of rebuilding the War Memorial came up at the March 3 session, when Masterpole and his fellow Democrats balked at bills presented then seeking roof money.
They said they wanted to know whether it would be more cost-effective to build a new auditorium than spend money on a new roof. They also were mad at the majority Republicans for blocking one of their measures aimed at reviving a transportation program for the disabled.
The new War Memorial idea resurfaced at another committee meeting Monday, but it got a chilly reception later that day from veterans groups.
The talk Tuesday centered around the need to fix leaks in the current roof, now 15 years old, and to prevent damage from water that pools along its edges. Whether the roof's concrete subsurface could take another set of anchors also was brought up.
Deputy County Executive Edward Kochian urged the lawmakers to act swiftly to keep the project from spilling into the 2010 construction season and rising in cost. Still, the bills he presented each called for borrowing $50,000 less than the ones rejected a week ago.
The lawmakers also explored, but saved for another day, a series of bills calling on the county to borrow money to put a new scoreboard the War Memorial and to levy surcharges on tickets sold at the arena. | http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2009/03/new_roof_not_wrecking_ball_see.html | 2013-05-18T10:23:04 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Oregon's community pharmacists have a prescription to keep more health care dollars within the state to support local jobs, while bringing more clarity to complex drug pricing practices and giving consumers greater choice of pharmacy.
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"As one of the country's most-trusted professionals, community pharmacists work with patients and doctors every day to promote the safe use of prescription drugs. Pharmacists help patients and those that sponsor health care plans, such as employers, get the maximum value out of their prescription drug benefit," said Michele Belcher, pharmacist and owner of Grants Pass Pharmacy in Grants Pass, Ore. Belcher also serves as Second Vice President of the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA). "This legislation will help prescription drug programs work more efficiently for employers, fairly for pharmacists and ensure more of Oregon health care dollars contribute to local jobs and small businesses."
Pharmacists are calling on state lawmakers to support three legislative proposals during the current session. There are 153 independent community pharmacies in Oregon, employing 1,600 citizens and generating over $586 million in annual sales for the state economy.
First, S.B. 402, would give employers and other plan sponsors greater insights into how intermediaries known as pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) determine the rates ("maximum allowable costs" or MACs) at which they pay pharmacies for dispensing generic drugs as well as the rates at which the PBMs will bill the plan sponsor for those same claims. The legislation also gives pharmacists clarity on how MAC reimbursement limits are set, require them to be updated to reflect rising drug costs and to put in place an appeals process for when disputes arise about MAC rates.
"No homebuilder would agree to build a house without knowing what they would be paid, the cost of their construction materials or whether they would be held harmless when the cost of lumber or other goods increases," said Belcher. "Yet that's exactly the situation that community pharmacists are in today. This bill would simply let the pharmacist know how they will be reimbursed for drugs and allows employers to better understand what makes up their drug plan costs."
At a recent legislative hearing, an Oregon pharmacist reported being reimbursed less than $1.80 for a prescription for which the previous reimbursement was $8.69. A pharmacy's cost of dispensing has been estimated to be $12.39 per prescription in the Pacific Northwest.
Similar legislation is moving forward in Kentucky, North Dakota and Oklahoma.
Second, H.B. 2123 would establish reasonable standards for pharmacy audits as well as require PBMs to register in the state and be licensed by the Oregon State Board of Pharmacy. The bill also includes the same MAC disclosure and updating requirements featured in S.B. 402.
"Pharmacists welcome reasonable oversight to guard against waste, fraud and abuse," added Belcher. "However, pharmacy auditors are sending Oregon health care dollars out-of-state by recouping many thousands of dollars from local pharmacies over trivial clerical errors that have nothing to do with fraud. Medicare officials recently attested to the problems that they see with pharmacy audits as well. This legislation is based on a simple principle: when a pharmacist dispenses the right medication to the right patient at the right time and for the agreed upon price, it shouldn't be a punishable offense.
"Pharmacists and the lawmakers sponsoring this proposal have worked in good faith with PBM representatives on the audit provisions of this legislation for many months," Belcher added. "Changes were made to address many of the PBMs' concerns with the bill's original language. So it's surprising and disappointing to see the PBMs walk away from this compromise legislation at the 11th hour and now attack the bill. Oregon lawmakers should approve this legislation, which reflects many months' worth of effort to forge a consensus approach that works for pharmacists and PBMs."
PBMs heavily influence virtually every patient's access to prescription drugs and many PBMs run out-of-state mail order pharmacies that ship drugs into Oregon. Despite this, the Oregon State Board of Pharmacy, which is charged with protecting the public health, safety and welfare, has no oversight authority over PBMs. H.B. 2123 would address this regulatory oversight by requiring board registration and licensure of PBMs.
Third, S.B. 363 would give Oregonians more choice among pharmacies in filling their prescriptions – at no extra cost. Some health plans require that patients use out-of-state mail order pharmacies to fill certain prescriptions, typically 90-day supplies of "maintenance" medications. S.B. 363 would allow those patients to transfer such prescriptions to any local pharmacy that is willing to accept the same reimbursement and terms as mail order – ensuring that the costs to the patients and the health plan do not increase. Similar legislation was recently enacted in New York and Pennsylvania, giving consumers additional options while keeping more health care dollars in the state to support the local economy and jobs.
Four out of five patients prefer to use a community pharmacy rather than mail order. Moreover, a new study examining millions of 2010 Medicare prescription drug event data found that local pharmacies provide 90-day supplies of prescription drugs at lower overall cost than mail order pharmacies and that community pharmacists were more effective than mail order in promoting the appropriate use of lower-cost generic drugs. Mail order pharmacies have also been associated with generating wasteful healthcare spending, as Medicare officials recently affirmed.
The need for greater transparency in PBM business operations has been well-established. PBMs have paid $370 million to settle claims of deceptive practices or fraud over the past decade, with other cases pending. In Oregon, a 2006 report authored by the Heinz Family Philanthropies for then-Governor Ted Kulongoski of Oregon strongly recommends that the state provide for the transparency of PBMs.
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People like to talk about the weather.
I was getting the oil changed in my car the other day and one of the men working at the shop commented on the mild winter weather we have been having. He said that we were likely to have a lot of bugs this year because it hasn't been real cold yet.
I overheard a lady at church Sunday commenting that she was tired of winter. She said she was ready for spring.
Personally, I have enjoyed this particular winter's weather. It has been pretty mild, even spring-like for the most part.
I was born and raised in North Dakota. Winter is winter up there. Snow and cold are an everyday occurrence, not just once a winter.
I remember going trick-or-treating on many Halloween nights dressed up with a big parka and snow boots, wearing mittens and a scarf. Our Halloween costumes were hidden by our attempts to keep warm.
Once it snowed, the snow was on the ground for five or six months; and believe me, it was cold.
One winter the snows were so bad that the whole backside of our house was covered by snow drifts, from the ground to the roof. We could get out our front door, barely, and we had to dig through those deep drifts to get to the back door. My brother and I dug a tunnel through the drifts so we could look in our bedroom window.
We always went outside to play in the winter back in those days. We didn't stay cooped up in the house for months waiting for spring.
There were no video games back then. There wasn't a TV in every room of the house. There were no cell phones to text or tweet or call our friends on. We went outside and enjoyed the snow and ice together.
We built snow forts and played army or cowboys and Indians.
When the weather was right we had snowball fights.
On special days, we would go to Lincoln Park and go sledding down the hills on the golf course, or we would go to Elks Park and go ice skating at the outdoor ice rink.
One winter, my father and our next door neighbor cleared away most of the snow from our back yards and they dug out a garden hose and flooded the two yards. Within a matter of hours, we had one big ice rink and the kids in the neighborhood skated and played hockey all winter long.
We didn't have "snow days" like we do here in middle Tennessee, where we would get out of school if it snowed. If it snowed a little or a lot we had school, and we walked to school.
My brother and sister and I went to Lewis and Clark Elementary School. It was about six or seven blocks from our house. We would bundle up in all of our winter warm clothes, layers of it, and we would walk to school, and we would walk home again. Once we got our afternoon snack, we would head back outside to play in the snow.
We used to talk about the weather back then too. We would talk about how we were looking forward to the spring; and we knew that whether the groundhog saw its shadow or not we were going to have a lot of winter days ahead.
But, you know what? It's one thing for me to reminisce about those days and remember how much fun we had back then, but you can be guaranteed that I do not want to go through that kind of weather again.
I love living in middle Tennessee. I am thoroughly enjoying this mild winter; and whether we have a lot of bugs this summer or not, I like not having to wear long-johns (thermal underwear) and several layers of pants and shirts underneath my coat, wrapped up with a big woolen scarf and topped off with a stocking cap and gloves.
I am enjoying this winter. I am looking forward to spring too. And then summer after that. And I love autumn in Tennessee. And then next winter. All four seasons; I love them.
And I enjoy talking about the weather just like the next guy.
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Britons using Facebook and Twitter increase
Tech savvy adults in Britain increasing
The Office of National Statistic released its annual survey of British Internet Habits, showing that a majority of Britons use social networks such as Facebook and Twitter.
Adults (over 16) are using Facebook and Twitter more than they did last year, show the reports. According to the data, 57% of adults used social networks this year, as compared to 43% last year.
They are slowly catching up to the 16-24 age group, where 91% have used Facebook or Twitter this year. The over-65 group is also becoming tech-friendly with 18% using social networks.
A gender divide is also found, with 60% of women using social networks, compared to 54% of men. However, when it came to professional social networks such as LinkedIn, men use them almost twice as much as women (16% versus 9%).
How often do you use social networking sites, and which one is your favourite? Let us know through our social networking channels, Twitter and Facebook, and stay tuned in for more tech news.
Via: The Telegraph
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After six-and-a-half years in the Ferry Building Marketplace, ~DELICA~ has made some significant changes as of last Friday, starting with new extended hours from 4pm until 9pm. There is now a sushi bar, featuring only sustainable seafood (so don’t ask for any unagi), prepared by a sushi chef from Tokyo’s Ginza district (he even makes his own soy sauce). Owner Yasu Iwata recommends making a reservation at one of the five seats at the new sushi counter.
Plus there are inventive new small plates, like a halibut sashimi carpaccio with pickled radish, spicy curry croquettes with potato and American kobe beef, fried organic tofu with mizuna in a spicy sauce, and albacore with Oregon white truffle soy sauce. Everything is made with organic, sustainable, and seasonal ingredients. There is additionally a newly added wine and sake list, with two white wines, two reds, a sparkling wine, and three to four sakes. Swing by for happy hour Mon-Thu from 4pm-6pm, with beer for $2.50, and wine for only .
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- 3111 24th St. San Francisco
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Cartman would be thrilled: starting this Wednesday the 17th, ~GREEN CHILE KITCHEN~ is going to start serving hot, fried sopapillas nightly, from 5pm until closing. For $3, you’ll get a basket of four, which you can douse with honey (a bottle will be on each table), or you can get them as a savory side dish with the green chile stew or pozole. (Look for stuffed ones coming later.) Launching a week later will be a green chile tortilla cheeseburger, and then the week after that, chile rellenos will be on the menu. 1801 McAllister St. at Baker, 415-614-9411.
As for the old GCK location at Baker and Fulton, it’s going to be Chile Pies & Ice Cream at the end of March. There will be pies like buttermilk pecan, apple, coconut cream, and even yuzu marmalade, plus ice cream from Straus (soft serve too!). Bonus: Ici is going to be making a chile chocolate flavor. There is also going to be a sole savory item on the menu: Frito chili pie! Hours will be Tue-Sun noon-9:30pm. 601 Baker St. at Fulton.
Photo from DJ Mr. E.
Tune into the Food Network’s Throwdown! with Bobby Flay this Wednesday night (10pm ET/PT) to watch Victor and Miguel Escobedo of local fave ~PAPALOTE~ take on the Flay in a Burrito Throwdown. And in true Mr. E style (Miguel is a DJ), there will be a viewing party at MILK in the Haight starting at 9pm, with a whole lineup of DJs to celebrate the premiere. Word.
And for those who aren’t following my Tweets, you should know Papalote’s special occasion Mexi-Pino Burrito, a cross-cultural mash-up of chicken adobo and garlic fried rice, is now available every day on the menu. Let’s hear it for popular demand. There’s also a vegan version with tofu, plus folks are ordering the chicken adobo in chilaquiles, quesadillas, and nachos. Palabra!
~NOMBE~ in the Mission is now serving brunch, whether it’s a Japanese breakfast of broiled black cod, lightly poached egg, miso soup with winter vegetables, seasoned rice with wild nori, a green salad, mixed pickled vegetables, and Balla’s house pickled plums (umeboshi) for $21; a fusion-y tuna melt: poached ahi tuna, grilled sourdough, cheddar cheese, mixed chicory salad, and a fried egg ($12); or warm beignets filled with yuzu jam and nested in creme fraiche ($7). There are also some brunch-y drinks like a blood orange mimosa ($8).
~LE COLONIAL~ has also launched weekend brunch service (Sat-Sun 11:30am-2:30pm). Rotating items may include beef pho soup with oxtail; banh mi cha cua (Vietnamese sandwiches with crab cakes); grilled pork chop with broken rice, fried egg, and pickled bok choy; and a shrimp and crab rice crêpe.
As of today, February 16th, you can now have lunch at ~THE RICHMOND RESTAURANT~ in… the Richmond (and you thought I was going to say North Beach). On the menu: American classics, like potato leek soup, a seasonal green salad, fried oysters with coleslaw, a seasonal fish dish, meatloaf, and a half-pound cheeseburger with fries. Starters will cost between $6 and $9, while mains will range from $9.95-$14.95. Lunch is served Tue-Fri from 11:30am-2pm. 615 Balboa St. at 7th Ave., 415-379-8988..
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On March 8th, Christine Law is returning to the kitchen as executive pastry chef for Mitchell and Steven Rosenthal (they all worked together at Postrio). She will be overseeing the pastry department at all three of their restaurants: ~TOWN HALL~, ~ANCHOR & HOPE~, and ~SALT HOUSE~.
In case you want to get a copy of The Butcher and The Vegetarian, the book highlighted in this week’s bookworm, author Tara Austen Weaver will be reading at a variety of events around town:
Thursday February 18th, 7pm-9pm
18th Hour: The Butcher and The Vegetarian Reading and Book Signing
18 Reasons, 593 Guerrero at 18th St.
$5 donation at the door (drop in)
Come and hear Tara read a bit of her book and meet the special guests from the 6pm panel discussion.
Monday February 22nd, 7:30pm
Book signing and reading
Booksmith
1644 Haight St., 415-863-8688
Saturday March 13th, 3pm
Book signing and reading
Omnivore Books
3885a Cesar Chavez St., 415-282-4712
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~SR24~, a restaurant from Josh Woodall (formerly the chef at South Food + Wine Bar) and Howard Schindler, is due to open on Monday February 22nd. SR24, which stands for State Route 24, is going to be “a classic American eatery with a consciousness for sustainability and the community.” The menu is designed to be affordable, with nothing over $20. Expect dishes like classic salads (wedge, green goddess, Caesar, chop), a variety of sandwiches, comfort staples like roast chicken and pot pie, a few pasta dishes like spaghetti and meatballs and lasagne, and a bunch of sides (baked beans, Yorkshire pudding). There will also be an affordable international wine list from Guillermo Guerra, with local beer on tap.
Hours will be Mon-Wed 11am-10pm, Thu-Sat 11am-11pm. Happy hour will be from 3pm-6:30pm, and you know there’s some PBR on the specials. 5179 Telegraph Ave. at 51st St., Oakland, 510-655-9300. Note: their official address is Telegraph Ave., but they are actually located on 51st St.
Perhaps you’re jonesing for some spicy tuna, or yuzu chicken wings? ICHI has the answer!
ICHI, a local family-owned catering company, offers to-go platters, business lunches, catering, and service staff for your next soirée or big business deal. We provide the finest in restaurant-quality sushi and Asian cuisine with seasonality and sustainability at the heart of our menus. What impresses the future mother-in-law or boss more than fierce chopstick skills and keepin’ it local?
To place an order or get a quote for your next event, drop us a line or call us at 415-822-4024. Arigatou.
Smoked trout, celery root latke.
Liberty duck breast.
Page mandarin sorbet.
Interior photo by Jesse Friedman.
I was sinking my choppers into such a soft, fluffy, flavorful piece of whole wheat and honey bread, and realized, yup, this place is different. It made me think of my mom’s homemade wheat bread, and right then, I felt at home.
Which is exactly the feeling ~BAKER & BANKER~ is after. Service is attentive and friendly, and the husband-and-wife duo of Lori Baker (pastry chef) and Jeff Banker (chef) regularly circulate the 49-seat room like the good hosts they are. The former Quince location has always had a cozy feeling, and now it feels more masculine and den-like, with lots of dark wood, leather banquettes, and a carpeted floor. There’s also a slightly industrial touch, with exposed ceiling pipes overhead and pendant lamps with Edison bulbs. It’s definitely more lit up than the dusky lighting I was used to at Quince, and the vibe is decidedly neighborhood-y. There’s a small six-seat bar in the back, but it’s tight if you’re bigger than a size four, so I think it’s a better waiting-for-my-table spot than dining-at-the-bar seat.
Banker’s market-driven New American menu shows an interest in Japanese ingredients (find me a chef who isn’t), with luggage stickers from places like Italy, France, and Thailand. It feels very San Francisco to me, without being fusion-y. My guest and I luckily got to try the spicy crab spring roll off the chef’s tasting menu ($55). It was an explosion of flavor: ponzu, sesame, frizzled shallot, yuzu, chervil, chive, mint. I was sorry it was only an amuse—I could have eaten six of them. Yeah, watch me.
I love seeing, nay, tasting innovations, like the spectacular beet reduction drizzled around the edge of the house-smoked trout dish ($12). Why haven’t I seen this more often? I started imagining all kinds of uses for beet reductions, starting with dessert. The hearty dish was almost like a Jewish breakfast, with flaked trout piled on top of a celery root latke sporting a healthy swath of horseradish crème fraîche. The dish became a touch soggy, but was super-satisfying the way it all melded together, brightened with acidity from pickled beets and shaved fennel.
The grilled Star Route little gem salad ($10) featured another ingenious touch: shaved sunchoke. The nuttiness of the brown butter hazelnut vinaigrette and the Parmesan cheese made a memorable combo, playing against the slight smokiness from the greens. A great salad.
We also tried the salad of tender Monterey calamari a la plancha ($13) with fresh chicories, hearts of palm, and fried chickpeas. I can see how everything was meant to fit together, brightened up with three kinds of citrus (ruby and Oro Blanco grapefruit, and Page mandarin), but with all the citrus, I feel like it tipped on the “too many ingredients” scale.
A few of the dishes perhaps border on one too many elements, but in the end, Banker knows exactly what he’s doing: the flavors groove. Sometimes we have to shelve our super-simplified Cal-Ital palates. The upscale preparations are interesting and clever—the food here has its own thing going on. And it’s obvious there’s a lot of technique and prep going into each dish. I also wonder if he is living at the farmers’ market, because it’s apparent how fresh and seasonal everything is. I’d totally bring someone visiting San Francisco here.
My Liberty duck breast ($25) was one of the better duck dishes I’ve had in a while—the fat was perfectly rendered, and the meat was cooked to the right temp and texture. Seasoned beautifully, too. Just ducky. The hearty and juicy plating included meaty shreds of duck confit, Chantenay carrot purée, parsnip gnocchi (another twist on the usual), spinach, and an intriguing whisper of licorice root and orange zest in the sauce. There was also a scattering of parsnip chips to keep the textures varied.
There are six mains in all, from a seared black bass ($26) with a Thai shellfish risotto, to a bacon-wrapped pork tenderloin ($24) with semolina Spätzle, Savoy cabbage, and a dried cherry reduction. My friend was happily feasting on his braised lamb shoulder that came on a bed of creamy polenta—the plate was punched up with black olives, a flourish that we both adored. It was the kind of dish that forced my friend to proclaim, fork in hand, “I will never be skinny.” I ate another bite of my decadent duck in solidarity.
After tasting the “I have no control, please stop me from eating all of this” bread at the beginning of the meal, I was primed for Lori Baker’s desserts (all $8) at the end. Release the hounds. The Page mandarin sorbet rocked my world—it was such a creamy sorbet, not icy at all. It was almost like a 50/50 bar. Brilliant. I just wanted the price brought down a dollar considering the heft of the other desserts.
The kumquat-prune sticky toffee pudding is initially the kind of dish whose sweetness could make your teeth hurt, but then the tart blood orange sauce cuts into the sugar—it was a smart twist on an old-fashioned favorite. And then there’s the XXX-triple dark chocolate layer cake, a barely legal layering of flourless chocolate cake, chocolate cheesecake, and devil’s food cake. When the slice is served, the table next to you will visibly covet your dessert—you’ll see. The Four Barrel French press coffee would have been great with the decadent cake, but was a bit weak (pressed too soon).
Be sure to peek at the blackboards for some wine specials—our snappy server was also very helpful in making pairing suggestions. The ambitious wine list by Collin Casey (he was last at La Mar) is full of Old World selections—many of them natural wines—and even has a few of my Italian favorites on there. I understand his POV, but considering how local the food is at the restaurant, I do think a little more California representation would be welcome on the list—and I can imagine some customers would like a few wines they have to think less about. I also had a hard time reading it—the right-justified formatting was challenging.
The crowd was a hodgepodge—some Pac Heights folks (they can appreciate the spendier bottles of Burgundy and Bordeaux on the wine list), couples on date night, industry folks checking it out… And it’s exactly the kind of scene the restaurant should have. The room was lively and social—you could almost ask your adjoining table about their dinner.
You can tell a lot of care has gone into this establishment, from the well-chosen silverware and glasses to the pretty tulips and server training. Baker and Banker both have a lot of restaurant experience in San Francisco, and they really wanted their restaurant in this location (Banker used to work here as a line cook when it was The Meetinghouse). As I sat and surveyed the room from table 14 (a swell corner table for two, by the way), it felt nice to see them manifesting their dream. Good for them.
This first impression was only based on a one-time visit—but I will be back. My lamb-loving friend will, too. I’m sure any of the small kinks I’ve mentioned are the types of things that will be fine-tuned in time—the owners are paying a lot of attention.
Note: at some point later this year, the duo hopes to open a tiny walk-up counter downstairs where you can pick up a few items like sandwiches and baked goods, plus coffee and cakes. They’re waiting on permits for now—you can keep up with the news in my column, of course.
Baker & Banker
- 1701 Octavia St., San Francisco
- 415-351-2500
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Wednesday Feb 17, 2010
5:30pm–10pm
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Delfina
- 3621 18th St. San Francisco
- 415-552-4055
Prohibition Days kicks off tonight, and Harry Denton’s Starlight Room will be offering a complimentary cocktail class led by master mixologist Jaques Bezuindenhout, where guests will learn how to make (and taste) a number of delicious libations popular in the Roaring 20’s. (There will also be a burlesque dance class taking place to get guests ready for the Bootleggers Ball taking place on Saturday February 20th.) Plus there will be a 1920s-inspired fashion show compliments of Costumes on Haight. 6:30pm-8:30pm
And Friday night will include a special 1920’s-themed dinner in ~SCALA’S BISTRO~ wine salon by chef Jen Biesty. There will be five courses (prawn cocktail, vichyssoise, Waldorf salad, sautéed sole à la Grenobloise OR steak Diane, crêpe Suzette blood orange), paired with a variety of gin cocktails. 7:30pm. $50 for dinner only, $65 with gin cocktail pairings (one cocktail per course, gratuity not included). Call 415-395-8555 for reservations.
~CAV WINE BAR & KITCHEN~ is hosting an Introduction to Wine Class
on Saturday February 27th. During this two-hour session, they will break down the components of wine, go over basic terminology, and you will taste a selection of eight wines that illustrate tannin, acidity, body, and a variety of aromas and flavors. Seating is limited. 2pm. $40.
And then on
Saturday March 6th, there is a Varietal Comparison Class, focused on red wines, while the class on
Saturday March 13th will highlight white wines. The Varietal Comparison sessions are the perfect follow up to the Introduction to Wine class. In each, you will taste two examples, one from the “new world” and one from Europe, of four different grapes. The different characteristics of grapes as well as terroir will be clearly illustrated so that less-experienced wine drinkers can choose wines with confidence. 2pm, $40.
Saturday Feb 27, 2010
– Saturday Mar 13, 2010
2pm–4pm
$40
more info
CAV Wine Bar & Kitchen
- 1666 Market St. San Francisco
- 415-437-1770
Union Square’s ~URBAN TAVERN~ is offering no-corkage Mondays, from 11:30am to 10:30pm. And you also get five hours of free parking, which is available every day to guests dining at the restaurant. There’s also a new chef: Colin Duggan has taken the reins. 333 O’Farrell St. at Mason, 415-923-4400.
Thanks to this Tweet from Ben of Cooking with the Single Guy, I learned that there’s a new bar opening on February 19th in the Lakeshore District of Oakland called ~HEART AND DAGGER SALOON~. The tagline is “Good Spirits for Bad People.” All righty then. A couple informative posts on Yelp have more details: it used to be the location of the Serenader, and it’s going to be a rock ‘n’ roll bar (which you can gather from the logo). There’s reportedly an outdoor patio, a pool table, video games, and pinball. Oh yes, and cheap drinks. 504 Lake Park Ave. at Rand, Oakland.
Historic Veedercrest, a pioneering Napa Valley winery and participant in the infamous Judgment of Paris, won a Double Gold in the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition for its 2006 St. Helena Cabernet, and won Silver for its 2006 Mt. Veeder Cabernet. Double Gold means that every judge awarded the wine a Gold.
The wines will be available for tasting this coming Saturday afternoon in the VIP Pavilion at the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition tasting, Ft. Mason.
Veedercrest was founded in 1972 after a visit from legendary Andre Tchelicheff. Andre invited himself to dinner after hearing about founder Al Baxter’s good quality amateur wines. Andre rated the wines “excellent,” and recommended “going commercial.” At the Paris tasting, the wines were recognized as the “most French in style.” Veedercrest wines have been served at White House dinners and for a visit of the Pope.
You can reach Veedercrest by phone: 510-459-5115, fax: 510-451-1033, and email.
Tuesday Feb 16, 2010
I know, it was a pile-up this weekend with Valentine’s Day, Chinese New Year, President’s Day, and now ~MARDI GRAS~—but you can do it. Here’s a mini roundup of what’s going on:
~TOWN HALL~ in SoMa is known for its annual Mardi Gras blowout—this year will be their seventh. The evening kicks off at 6pm with unlimited buttermilk fried chicken, etouffée, gumbo, oysters, BBQ shrimp, jalapeño cornbread, Abita Beer, caipirinhas, and Hurricanes. The D’Amphibians will be playing, plus there will be face painters, balloon artists, and samba dancers (just when you thought it sounded like a kid’s party). Tickets are available for $70 per person (plus tax) at the door.
~FILLMORE STREET~ restaurants and clubs are going to feature live music (Black Quarterback, Bohemian Knuckle Boogie, Steve Snelling, and Bobbie Webb) at six Fillmore District venues, along with free Mardi Gras beads and signature $6 cocktails or wines. Participating restaurants and bars include: 1300 on Fillmore, Rasselas, Sheba Piano Lounge, Yoshi’s, Gussie’s Chicken and Waffles, Fat Angel Wine Bar and Café, Bruno’s, and the Boom Boom Room ($7 cover). Enjoy Fat Tuesday favorites including jambalaya, gumbo, fried oysters, and shrimp and grits. 5:30pm-midnight.
~TIPSY PIG~ in the Marina is celebrating their anniversary on the same night, so the kitchen is going to be adding hush puppies, gumbo, and (fingers crossed) crawdads to the menu. They’re also bringing in a three-piece New Orleans jazz band as well. Starts at 5pm.
~MISS PEARL’S JAM HOUSE~ at Oakland’s Jack London Square is hosting its first annual Mardi Gras Festival. Miss Pearl’s new chef, Peter Jackson will be offering a special and extensive menu with all kinds of NOLA favorites. There will be live local zydeco and samba bands starting at 7pm, plus $5 Hurricanes, $4 Jello shots, house-made King’s Cake, beignets, and a New Orleans trip giveaway. Entry is free; 7pm-midnight. One Broadway St., Jack London Square, Oakland, 510-444-7171.
And if you don’t want to deal with all the ruckus, but would still like a taste of some King’s Cake, ~ARIZMENDI BAKERY~ is serving slices today! Good luck on getting one with the little plastic baby.
Saturday Mar 27, 2010
VIP: 5:15pm; General: 6pm.
VIP: $120. General admission: $110.
Info/tickets
Hotel Nikko
222 Mason St. San Francisco
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Proctor Arts Fest is back and better than ever
Now in its 16th year, Proctor Arts Fest has more going on than ever before. This three-day event – Aug. 3, 4 and 5 – offers a wealth of attractions what will appeal to all ages, from little tykes to grandparents. Up to 10,000 people are expected this year, and more than 140 art vendors will have their best on display.
The fest is presented by the Proctor Business District Association and made possible by more than a dozen area sponsors. Tacoma artist Eugene Kester and Chalet Bowl owner Nancy Frederics are longtime co-chairs of the planning committee. “It’s always amazing to me what our group puts together,” he said, and for good reason: the fest offers a variety of attractions not found at other Tacoma street fairs.
Kicking things off will be the annual Proctor merchants’ sidewalk sale on Aug. 3 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Continuing the same hours Aug. 4, the sidewalks in front of shops on 26th and North Proctor Streets will be lined with merchandise tables and racks full of great deals on everything from home and garden décor, to clothing, art and more. In fact, the sidewalk sale is what gave rise to Proctor Arts Fest years ago. “Our arts fest emerged out of the sidewalk sale the merchants had been putting on,” Kester said. “They decided some time ago to add the arts fest and it evolved into what it is today.”
The big festival day is Aug. 4. Starting at 10 a.m. and rolling until late afternoon, the day is jam-packed with arts and crafts vendors, music, entertainment on four stages, the Bite of Proctor offering delicious foods at various spots around the festival grounds, a Kids Fest at North 28th and Proctor streets where little ones can play and make art, a quilt display by the Comforters Quilt Guild at the Masonic Lodge, a “Mega Uke” ukulele jam on the Proctor Farmers Market Stage, and even a Top Dog Fashion Show and Parade at the Click! Family Stage. (See the complete schedule of events accompanying this article.)
The bustling Proctor Farmers Market will be open for business that day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will feature its own entertainment stage all day. The Blue Mouse Theater will be holding a free screening of the film “Puss In Boots” (Rated PG).
One of the highlights of the Art Fest is the juried art show at Mason United Methodist Church. Running for two days, Aug. 4 and 5, visitors can see more than 80 art works by local artists that were selected just for this show. Winners will be announced Aug. 5.
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*stands in the sun for a few seconds then retreats to the shade**repeat as needed*;)I'm driving with my friend's mom out to Nova Scotia tomorrow to pick my friend up from school. Should be a fun trip. Leaving early tomorrow morning, getting there sometime on Wed. Staying over night, then leaving early on Thursday to get back here sometime on Friday.Yay, roadtrip! :D
Cool, a roadtrip. :) Sounds like much fun.@Calesta- glad to hear your weekend went well. Where were you guys staying?
I'm back. It was fun. I'm tired.
Drive safe flupes!! Have fun! How long does it take to get there from where you are?@Jen ~ we went back to Radium - so really, just over the mountains & not far into your province at all...
*posts to refure rumors of his death*
Mike! Hey! Welcome back, dude. :)And you, too, Seith. Glad you had a fun trip. :)
*attempts to pounce the mike*damn! missed.*glowers in general direction of disappeared guerilla trailing tattered remains of the Banner*
See-through one - got him pinned in the Mint.
My goodness, things are certainly quiet in here.~ lowers voice ~Should I whisper?
*runs up and yells boo! in Seith's ear*That wasn't very nice of me was it? :-)I'm struggling with a cold this morning ~ I was healthy for about 2 weeks so I guess it was time....
Colds are awful. I've got the ending of one mixed in with bits of allergies. Uck.Well, around here there are finally the early signs of spring. Trees are starting to look oddly greenish, daffodils are blooming and my Indian Helebore is sprouting.Today I go pick up my new glasses. And more contacts, too. My prescription still feels a bit funny, so I'll have to mention that to the eye guy.Then I do more spring cleaning. Yay.
Indian Helebore? That sounds cool. What does it look like?We're getting pretty springy around here - I think I'll do some work in the beds in the backyard tonight. Maybe. My neighbor is going to spray for spiders - some sort of less toxic biodegradable stuff - I don't want to but I think I have to do it if I'm going to be able to get into the flower beds at all.... I'm a wimp. I admit it.
Spring sprang here a while ago. The wildflowers on the trip to Austin were lovely. Lots of blue bonnets and Indian paintbrushes and those yellow things whose name I can never remember. And the trees . . . All the different shades of green ranging from bright yellow green to that dark green firs always are. Way kewl. It would be really loverly if it stayed spring. ;D
Sounds lovely Seith. We're still a good month away from green trees and grass. Everything is ugly winter brown right now. Can't even plant anything in the garden until our May long weekend ('round the 22nd). *sigh* I love spring but I wish it would show up a little earlier up here.I need to go find some lunch.
we've been sprung for a while too. it's still kidna brown and winterish but everyday i can see a difference in the grass and trees, especially at the park when i take the dogget out. the big maple in front of our house is always one of the last to get it's leaves in the neighbourhood. it's one of the older trees that haven't been cut down because of rot yet. i'm not sure how old it is. i remember asking my dad when i was really little and he said it was 80 years. i asked him again last year and he said it was 80 years again. my mum overheard him and laughed and said that when she first met him and asked how old the tree was he said it was 80 years then too. i guess it's safe to say it's a bit older than 80 years. i hope it lasts for a long time yet. the main reason i took the small front room instead of the larger back room with the sun deck was because of that tree. but the way the big trees in the neighbourhood have been dropping lately it makes me kind of nervous.
Gah. It's almost summery here today. It's at least 80 F out there.~gleeful~ YAY SUMMER!
It is in the 80's here as well - and expected to stay that way through the weekend.Blessed sunshine!
Love spring. Best season. But I like summer lots, too. And fall, love the fall. Wish I could live in a three season world.am dreading imminent department meeting....
Okay, I've accomplished nothing today. Blah. I wanted to spring clean my kitchen. Oh well. My new glasses make me feel all wobbly. Very strange. Still haven't found contacts that are right. Meh.As for spring? Well, it comes third on my list of seasons. Summer comes last.
I absolutely agree with summer coming last on my list of favorites, Jen. But my first favorite is spring then fall then winter. If I could leave summer off altogether I wouldn't mind.
Yeah, summer blows. I like fall then winter then spring. Just leave out that blazing annoyance of summer and I'd be a happy girl. :)
*shakes head*Silly girls :)*lifts face up to sun to soak up some rays*Decongestant makes my mouth so dry - I've been drinking gallons of water today.
Summer rocks!
Summer came to Albuquerque in abrupt spurts around the end of winter, sometimes being blazingly hot and other times snowing two feet. I dread to think what will become of us between june and august. The only word I can think to describe it is... hell.
It's still cool enough here to open the windows during the day to let the house air out. I don't expect that to last much longer before the infamous Texas Gulf Coast heat and humidity settle in for the duration. I suspect I wouldn't dislike summer so much if I were somewhere dryer and at a much higher elevation. | http://www.tadwilliams.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=563737 | 2013-05-18T10:54:06 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Once again, Old Brockway beat its competition to the punch.
The historic Kings Beach golf course, which prides itself on early openings and late closings, was the first in the Lake Tahoe area to open when it kicked off its 88th season on Wednesday.
The course hit its target date, which always coincides with The Masters golf tournament, said Lane Lewis, owner and operator at Old Brockway since 1993.
Last year Old Brockway had to hold off until April 27 due to a lengthy winter season, which was the second-latest opening since 1980, Lewis said. Only 1982 was later, when the course didnand#8217;t open until May 27.
Three seasons ago it opened March 26, and Lewisand#8217; staff recalls it opening March 24 one year during the late 1990s.
Old Brockway is open under full operation and#8212; seven days a week, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and#8212; with no intention of closing until next winter sets in. It has remained open into December in the past, long after other Tahoe courses closed for the year. | http://www.tahoedailytribune.com/article/20120404/SPORTS/120409971 | 2013-05-18T10:21:40 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
from three to eight dogs will depart the starting line in Soda Springs and run to the Village at Sugar Bowl Resort and return. "As part of our overall efforts to return Royal Gorge Cross Country to its once and former glory, adding special events to the calendar is important. And with history in mind, this particular event fits the brand perfectly. It should be a lot of fun to watch," said Sugar Bowl Director of Marketing John Monson. nonprofit service organizations interested in participating in the race should contact Preston Springston, pspringston@hughes.net.
About Sierra Nevada Dog Drivers
The Sierra Nevada Dog Drivers (SNDD) was formed in 1961 in Truckee by northern California mushers to organize and promote the recreational sport of sled dog racing in California. SNDD is a sled dog Race Giving Organization (RGO) Sugar Bowl Resort
Sugar Bowl Inc. owns and operates Sugar Bowl Resort in Norden, Calif. Sugar Bowl Resort, California owned and operated since 1939, provides family-oriented alpine skiing and sports events on terrain that receives the most annual snowfall in North Lake Tahoe.
Sugar Bowl Resort recently inked a deal making it the operator of the Royal Gorge Cross Country Ski Resort, America's largest cross-country operation. Sugar Bowl plans to invest $500,000 into Royal Gorge this season, including upgrades and renovations to Summit Station, the purchase of two new grooming machines, enhanced way-finding signage and a new website with comprehensive daily grooming report. Sugar Bowl and Royal Gorge are already connected by an "interconnect trail" that allows skiers to ski back and forth between the Donner Summit resorts. Plans are in the works to further enhance the connection with two additional beginner-friendly routes.," ski-j.
ISDRA gives the highest priority to the welfare of the canine athletes that are partners in the wonderful world of sled dog sports. To underscore that commitment, each sanctioned event is provided with the Animal Welfare policy as an important component of their sanctioning materials. No abuse is tolerated and all injuries are documented and investigated.
Annual membership averages 850 total members with 55 to 75 sanctioned events and 30 to 40 member clubs. ISDRA is an IRS 501 c (7) nonprofit incorporated in the state of New York. Governance is by an 18 member board of directors and an executive director. | http://www.tahoedailytribune.com/article/20121013/COMMUNITY/121019934 | 2013-05-18T11:02:26 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
When the heart finally comes home
A few weeks ago I found this site by accident (or destiny). At the time, I had a quick look, decided it wasn't for me, and moved on. For some reason, I found myself back here, not once, but over and over. As if all paths led here. I began to read and take notice. Then, the most incredible thing happened. I quietly realised that I had discovered a safe place. And, it wasn't this website. It was within the loving arms of my husband.
How strange that looks in writing. I've loved my husband for a long time. This year we'll celebrate 17 years of marriage. But almost every year has been an incredible struggle. A power play. Allow me to explain.
I grew up in a family that was out of control. My father was into his fourth marriage. His third ended in suicide. His daughter from that union was my step sister. My father was into black magic and could be incredibly violent at times. I don't remember loving him. He left when I was about 11. My mother was addicted to prescription drugs. She wove fantasy stories into every aspect of our lives. I would have died for her. My brothers were both physically disabled. I suspect her addiction helped that happen. She actually blamed me. Apparently I weighed too much at birth and made her later pregnancies arrive too soon. She told me that as a young teen.
At the age of 14, my mother forged my birth certificate to make me look older, then pulled me out of school (which I loved, I was an A student and lined up for a scholarship) and sent me to work to support the family. We moved constantly, living in a shelter for a while. She smoked and made me get doctor after doctor to prescribe her morphine.
Somehow, I found the courage to move to another country for a while. I totally stuffed up. I had no skills, no education, and more importantly, no self esteem. But I was proud and independent and would never let another person get the better of me.
Fast forward a few years. I met my husband. "I". He fell madly in love with me straight away. I loved him. Not madly. But somewhere inside I knew that out of all the men I'd known, this man somehow was my future.
We married. Had two beautiful children. Went through every rocky moment possible. I thought he was controlling and didn't understand me. I also thought he worked too hard and put too much of himself into making a career. Because I was mortally afraid of losing him, I was certain that every woman he spoke to was after him. Part of that came back to my father, who indeed did have multiple affairs.
Over the years, we had fights so destructive, so hurtful, that he would leave for a few days. At the time, I blamed him. Looking back, I know that my own defences probably made a normal dispute become a war. To allow this man in, to let him see me as needing him in control, was too much to ask.
So, where am I now? After learning a lot about him, about his genuine desire and need to protect me (even when I didn't see it that way), and realising that he worked so damned hard to make sure his family was properly looked after (something my own parents didn't do), I started looking at me. Why was I so hard on him? Why was I so determined to be in control?
That's where taken in hand came in. One thing I've always loved is being spanked. He was the first man to spank me, although hesitantly at first. It became a part of our erotic lives for a while on and off. A couple of times, when I really stuffed up, he definitely took his annoyance out on my bottom! I remember those times, and that I never made those mistakes again. But, my perpetual need for independence has made him more cautious over the last couple of years. And I didn't look for that kind of attention.
We work together, as he owns a very successful small business. Lately, we've joked about the various places at work he could spank me. That got me thinking about a lot of things. Not just erotic, but attitude adjustment.
After spending a lot of time at this site, I started acting as if he was head of the household. I know he likes to be in control and so it was easy to take a step back and let him see me do so. He liked it. I wrote him a letter about my inner thoughts. That I realised how defensive I've been for so long. That I finally "got it" about his care and concerns. That I am so very sorry for not understanding earlier. And that I hope he will no longer let me get away with anything, just because I protest.
He told me it wasn't anything he didn't already know!!!! Now, I feel in a bit of a limbo. I long to ask him to really take over the reins. Not to micro-manage me—for I have a position of authority and responsibility in the business that he trusts me to do well. But in our day to day life. I mentioned my need to be spanked more. In the first week, he spanked me erotically every night. Very nice indeed, but I so wanted a little more! He says he is afraid of hurting me. I tell him that spanking is meant to hurt! But that he isn't harming me.
Last night we were cuddling. I took his right hand in mine and said that this hand I love. It gives me pleasure, and gives me ... and he finished the sentence with "pain". And a tap on the bottom. I asked him if that hand is really for me, even if it is for pain. He said yes.
I know this has been a long post. I am so sorry... but for me, it is cathartic. For the first time in my life, I am in love. I am content, and happy at the deepest level. Two moments of stress that could have turned into fights were quickly calmed simply because we are both calmer.
I know it is early days. I'd love some advice on how to broach subjects with him about more discipline and taking on more control again, seeing as how I've fought tooth and nail for every thing I thought I'd gained.
He is a good man. He loves me and keeps reassuring me of that. I don't want to scare him off at this point.
Any suggestions?
Thankyou to anyone game enough to have read the whole post!
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That was a very touching post. I can relate to a lot of the childhood/adolescent turmoil that you experienced and the funny thing is, I'm actually moving abroad myself in a few weeks. Although I'm not so much running away from something as I am running to someone. I am moving abroad to be with my fiance. I have always been a strong-willed and independent girl (I say girl because I am in my 20s and the majority of my life thus far was spent as a "girl"). I don't think anyone would ever use the word "submissive" to describe me, but when I met my fiance and established a trusting relationship with him I found myself wanting to end the power-struggle I had encountered my whole life in past relationships with family, friends and exes. I showed my fiance this site and we talked about the things that we both wanted out of our relationship and our future marriage and the kind of dynamic we wanted to have. He respects, cherishes and loves me to the utmost, but is also take-charge and assertive in our relationship which makes me swoon. Giving up the power-struggle and giving someone who I trust and feel so safe and at home with the control in our relationship is so relieving. I think as women, we have the tendency to try and carry the world on our shoulders, so to have a place and a someone that you can surrender to can really create a balance that we so need. It is certainly a breath of fresh air for myself. | http://www.takeninhand.com/when.the.heart.finally.comes.home | 2013-05-18T11:02:39 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Don’t those words have a startling ring – after all, Democrats loathe wars (and instead, at least, these days in Congress, seem to have fallen in love with bailing out Wall Street billionaires).
But, now, the Democrats have a war of their own – and they’ll own it lock, stock and barrel the moment Obama lifts his hand and takes the oath of office.
I’m not talking about Iraq – but Afghanistan. Because whatever happens in Iraq, Obama has pledged to stand and fight in Afghanistan – and the peace wing of the Democratic Party might ought to have paid closer attention.
Because things in Afghanistan don’t look too good. Right now.
For instance, Obama’s new Secretary of Defense (designee) just returned from Kandahar, promising he’d rush 20,000 more troops to Kabul before any Taliban spring offensive – which will bring the number of American soldiers in Afghanistan to 54,000.
Is Secretary Gates speaking for his old boss – George W. Bush – or his new boss – Barack Obama? Or both?
How far are we from victory? Opium production is higher than ever, the Taliban is stronger than it has been since 2001, air strikes have killed so many civilians even our puppet president – Hamid Karzai – is condemning us and in one week hauling supplies over the Kiber Pass we lost hundreds of trucks.
Obama’s Secretary of Defense to be says victory means a “sustained commitment for some protracted period of time” – then in the next breath compares Afghanistan to the Cold War, which lasted 45 years. Our generalissimo in Afghanistan, David McKiernon, is a little more optimistic. He says it will take – minimum – three or four years to get the Afghan army up to snuff so it can go toe-to-toe with the Taliban.
How will Obama sell that to the antiwar Democrats whose tolerance for fighting any war that lasts longer than a Super Bowl party is non-existent?
If General McKiernon is right we’re still going to be fighting in Afghanistan about the time Obama runs for reelection. Who’d have expected that?
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Belinda Carlisle still gets weak ... but only because she's 52 today
Possibly true fact about Belinda Carlisle, who turns 52 years old today: 82 percent of all teenage boys who grew up in the '80s reached puberty the moment they saw the Go-Go's lead singer frolic in fountain during the Our Lips Are Sealed video. (The remaining 18 percent reached it when they saw Nick Rhodes frolic in Hungry Like the Wolf.)
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Jerimy Finch will transfer
Sophomore safety Jerimy Finch is planning to transfer from Florida.
Finch has asked for, and received, permission to transfer, Florida officials confirmed Monday afternoon.
Finch was ranked as the No. 1 safety in the nation by Rivals.com coming out of high school in Indianapolis. As a senior, he helped lead Warren Central to its fourth-consecutive Class 5A state title, the first high school football team to accomplish that feat in the state of Indiana. He recorded a team-high 11 tackles, returned an interception 42 yards and had a 55-yard punt return for a touchdown in the state title game his junior year. He earned Class 5A all-state honors in both his senior and junior years.
Finch was considered a recruiting coup when coach Urban Meyer landed him over Michigan last season. He garnered much praise in fall practice when he was converted to linebacker. He played in the first three games as a freshman, but a broken right leg in the Tennessee game abruptly ended his season, and apparently, his Florida career.
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Wasserman Schultz-West feud heats up
The feud between South Florida Reps. Allen West and Debbie Wasserman Schultz only intensified up Wednesday, a day after she criticized his position on a debt cutting bill and he fired back with an e-mail calling her the “most vile, unprofessional, and despicable member of the U.S. House of Representatives” and “not a lady.”
To read our profile of Wasserman Schultz, click here.
And to read about West, click here.
The video below shows Wasserman Schultz's speech on the House floor, followed by comments from West and Wasserman Schultz's response. The second video shows the Democrats press conference.
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On TV this week
MONDAY
The Hollywood Christmas Parade, 6 p.m., Hallmark More celebrities show up to take part in this parade, which started way back in 1928. They don't let reality show stars in, do they? Because that totally doesn't count.
American Country Awards, 8 p.m., Fox In its third year, this is the people's choice version of the endless country music award ceremonies. So, you could say this is the one that matters, no matter what the CMAs want you to think.
Mel Brooks Strikes Back!, 9 p.m., HBO Mel Brooks talks about his career with the BBC's Alan Yentob. Just so long as he talks about more than Blazing Saddles.
Take It All, 9 p.m., NBC Howie Mandel has a gig hosting a game show, but it only lasts until Dec. 17. Because having Howie Mandel on every night can only last just so long.
Michael Buble: Home for the Holidays, 10 p.m., NBC Another holiday special for the Canadian crooner, this time with Rod Stewart, Blake Shelton, Carly Rae Jepsen and Elmo, who should have some interesting stories to tell. Also, a duet with Bing Crosby, who has been dead for 35 years.
TUESDAY.
WEDNESDAY
Toddlers & Tiaras: Most Memorable Moments, 8 p.m., TLC After the introduction of redneck larvae Honey Boo Boo, all the other memorable moments come in second, wouldn't you think?
Toy Hunter for Misfit Toys, 9 p.m., Travel Jordan helps people find hot-selling toys from their childhood for the holidays. You know, Furbies are back, so be careful how much you pay..
LOLwork, 11:30 p.m., Bravo Two women get engaged online and want a cat-themed wedding. No, see, you're getting married, so don't need the cats anymore.
THURSDAY
Up All Night, 8 p.m., NBC Chris and Reagan want to take Amy to see snow for the first time. Because while it's nice,.
FRIDAY
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, 8 p.m., CBS Sure it was on before, but we all love a talke about social conformity. It's what Christmas is all about!
Prancer Returns, 8 p.m., CW Did anyone really want this sequel to Prancer? Did anyone really want the first Prancer?
Yes, Virginia, 9 p.m., CBS The famous yarn about an 8-year-old who writes to a newspaper to ask if there really is a Santa Claus. Francis Church handled it well enough, but these days she'd either have her photo splashed all over the Internet to shame her for asking such a silly question, or she'd get a reality show.
The Elf on the Shelf: An Elf's Story, 9:30 p.m., CBS How do Santa's elves know who has been naughty and who's been nice? Drones.
— Joshua Gillin jgillin@tampabay.com | http://www.tampabay.com/features/media/on-tv-this-week-dec-10-14/1265391 | 2013-05-18T10:46:56 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
About a third of all shoppers will be out in force Black Friday, hunting for deals, looking for gift ideas and holding up their end of an annual family shopping rite that signals the start of the holiday season. Retailers are expected to do a modest 2.8 percent more business than last season from consumers eager to score more deals than ever. Here's how to pull it off:
1 A plan helps: Wandering aimlessly for gift inspiration in a crowd of driven bargain hunters at 3 a.m. is one way to stumble into a deal. But a written list or smartphone app filled with price comparisons, expectations and deal alerts is far more effective. Because sale prices often vary by time of day, map out where you want to shop and when. Schedule breaks for meals or take a rest when your eyes start to glaze over from sensory overload.
2 Not that jammed: One benefit of stores opening earlier is that the crazies will be out all night, leaving malls less crowded after dawn Friday. There will still be plenty of 40- to 50-percent-off deals left. Many restaurants are offering special lunch deals. Don't be discouraged if your usual parking spot is taken. There are always spots on the west side of Tyrone Square, upstairs in the garage behind WestShore Plaza, the eastern flank of Countryside Mall and the south lot between Nordstrom and Dillard's at International Plaza. By 4 p.m., crowds dissipate.
3 How do I register my opposition to stores elbowing their way into thanksgiving? Use store customer-relations hotlines. A Target clerk in Nebraska initiated a petition posted at change.org, while a cooking blog from New Jersey started another hands-off Turkey Day drive at RespecttheBird.com.
4 Stay safe: Shop in a group, because you'll be traipsing around dark parking lots. Take a cell phone to keep everybody on-mission and connected. Never leave a shopping cart unattended, because someone may swipe your prized finds before you pay for them. Considering how many shoppers are out, fistfights are exceedingly rare. They usually are triggered at a mobbed entrance when the crowd surges in and cheaters try to dodge the line.
5 How to find deals: Scan and compare retailers' ads in the Thanksgiving Day newspaper. Or read many of them online already on Black Friday sites like gottadeal.com, dealnews.com or bfads.net. Many retailers provide ads for posting, but most don't. So websites sometimes swipe them from print shops, meaning you may be looking at an ad for another market with different prices. Doublecheck ads and store websites right up to Thanksgiving Day, because retailers love to spring surprise deals at the last minute to ace out competitors.
6 Not all crooks are visible: So protect credit card numbers by sticking to secure sites, especially on all those smartphone apps.
7 Doorbusters vs. Markdowns: The best deals are often doorbusters, planned promotional deals used to lure crowds out early, which come in limited quantities or at sales events that last a few hours. Others are sweepstakes giveaways to the first 100 or so in the door. Many of the best sales are never advertised beyond a window sign. But the markdown racks — usually in the back of apparel departments — harbor the real steals. That's stuff the store discounts 365 days a year (routinely at 50 to 70 percent off, depending on how long it has languished there) because it didn't sell at full price. Be patient: Less than a third of all clothing sells at full price.
8 Know what a real deal is: Do the homework. Research bigger-ticket items by reading customer reviews, shopping deal blogs or Consumer Reports. Shop around or use the Web to comparison shop and learn what a product should cost. Read store price-matching (or price-beating) guarantees and ask for them. Plenty of people will buy all of their holiday toys on Black Friday at deep discounts, but could get them cheaper by waiting a few more weeks. Know the features you want. TV sets are cheap every Black Friday because big chains make deals with manufacturers to engineer a super-bargain price by leaving features out of a low-end model. Rarely are top-end sets discounted on Black Friday. Luxury stores rarely discount much Black Friday.
9 I can get it for you cheaper online: About a third of shoppers claim they get better deals online while just as many insist prices are lower in stores. Four out of five shoppers will hit the Web to research or compare prices. Online sales are forecast to leap 15 percent this holiday, but online sales will remain less than 10 percent of all holiday merchandise buying, experts say.
10 The online action is 24/7: Bealls says its site lights up with traffic Thanksgiving morning from people scanning the prices while cooking turkey. That morphs into a big sales bump after mealtime. Many retailers will be dangling the same doorbuster deals online on Thanksgiving Day as at their own stores, so you don't have to join the mobs. Online sites are staging a series of one-hour to one-day sales to stretch this into a five-day shopping spree that runs until what they call Cyber Monday. Insist on free shipping because it's standard this time of year. But remember: Postal officials say the priority mail domestic shipping deadline is Dec. 21 for pre-Christmas delivery.
Mark Albright can be reached at albright@sptimes.com or (727) 893-8252. | http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/retail/holiday-shopping-strategy-guide-for-black-friday/1202742 | 2013-05-18T11:03:48 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
the improvement of services.
The next meeting will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 14 at the ESE office, 900 Emerson Road, Brooksville. Parents are encouraged to participate.
Upcoming workshops include:
• Early Steps/ESE, collaboration on helping children make the transition from home to school, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Sept. 15, Spring Hill Elementary School, 6000 Mariner Blvd., Spring Hill.
• ESE Transition Parent Workshop, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 17, Central High School. This workshop is for parents of middle school-age students and older.
For information, call (352) 797-7022. | http://www.tampabay.com/news/education/k12/exceptional-student-education-department-helps-disabled-gifted-students-in/1023367 | 2013-05-18T11:07:40 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
TAMPA — Over the past three years, the Children's Board of Hillsborough County has lost millions of dollars in property tax revenue to the recession.
But in some ways, the public agency with 56 full-time employees doesn't look any different than it did in the boom years.
It has an executive director who makes $171,330 annually and five other administrators who make more than $100,000, including a communications director on medical leave since December.
The average employee salary is nearly $66,000. They work out of a $4 million building that has an Internet radio station, a lending library and a children's traveling art gallery with a $116,000 budget.
Why would an agency tasked primarily with overseeing public money reserved for child welfare organizations require that type of spending?
Many officials, past and present, say the board isn't just a middleman. They say its mission includes promoting healthy children, researching the success of the organizations it funds, and helping grass roots and faith-based groups become more financially stable.
"We used to say 'We're not just a funder,' and we're not," said chief executive Luanne Panacek, who took the top job 16 years ago.
But others say the little-known agency has let its attention wander from its primary purpose — getting money to the organizations that provide direct services to the county's most vulnerable children.
Former Hillsborough Commissioner Jan Platt, one of the board's earliest supporters, said she has grown disenchanted by the size of the staff — it has 20 more employees than the Hillsborough supervisor of elections — and a large headquarters in Ybor City. She said it's hard to tell what the agency does.
"They've built an empire of their own," she said, "and that was not the intent."
• • •
Hillsborough voters created the Children's Board in 1988, empowering it to tax them and funnel that money toward child-welfare programs.
Backers of the initiative wanted to finance prevention programs for the youngest children, as opposed to the treatment programs financed by the county's child services department, recalled Colleen Bevis, one of the early activists and a former board member.
But the board, made up of appointees and representatives from public entities, including the county and School Board, quickly began picking up tabs for intervention and treatment programs because the needs were so great, she said.
That trend continued until this year, when the board began requiring nonprofits that want grant money to show how they would use it to serve babies and children up to age 8.
In 1988, initial estimates envisioned the agency's annual revenue to be around $10 million. Now it stands at around $35 million, nearly all of which — $30 million — comes from county property taxes.
In the boom years, personnel costs soared along with property tax revenue, from $2.4 million in 2002 (9.6 percent of the total budget) to just under $5 million in the current year. That's about 14 percent of the total budget.
Among the greatest beneficiaries has been Panacek.
In 2000, she made $90,219. By 2006, she was making nearly $165,000 — a 15 percent jump from the previous year — and by 2008 her salary had crept up to $180,336. She took a voluntary 5 percent pay cut the following year, and her pay has been flat since then.
Panacek, who has a doctorate and is a leader in a number of statewide children's policy groups, said she didn't ask for the largest pay raise the board of directors gave her. "I don't do this work for the money," she said.
The board has not laid off any employees because of the recession, but has frozen salaries. There are 11 unfilled positions.
Former board member Deborah Tamargo said she was often the lone skeptic when it came to staff raises during her tenure nearly a decade ago. Told about some of the current salaries and expenditures, she questioned how much has changed.
"We were not the life and death end, we were the clearinghouse," said Tamargo, a former state representative appointed to the board by then-Gov. Jeb Bush.
Tamargo said she also had misgivings about the board's decision to buy land on Palm Avenue and build a two-story, 30,000-square-foot office building, which was completed in 2004.
The final cost of the project was $4.1 million. The sale of the board's old office building financed $1.2 million. The rest came from a one-time tax increase on property owners. (State law prohibits children's service councils from borrowing money to pay for buildings.)
Board employees occupy the second floor of the building. The first floor doubles as meeting space for community groups as well as a family resource center, where people can take free classes, and as a lending library, which features a collection of books focusing on children and families.
Officials say 38,000 visitors use the building each year.
"The purpose of the building is as a gathering place," Panacek said.
Platt, the former commissioner, views the building as a waste of money. "There are already meeting spaces in libraries, numerous meeting spaces throughout the county," she said.
• • •
Board officials have struggled over the years to explain the agency's mission — and to make the public aware of what it does.
Fewer than 30 percent of Hillsborough residents surveyed late last year had heard of the Children's Board. That was an improvement over a survey five years earlier, but still low for an agency that must return to voters for reauthorization in 2016.
In recent months, the Children's Board received some unwanted attention amid revelations that Panacek had let a devout Christian friend into the office on a Sunday to spread holy oil as part of a blessing. The private blessing confused employees, who found an unknown substance on their desks the next day and called police.
Marketing the board, officials say, hasn't been a funding priority, which is why they invested in cheaper communications, including the Internet radio station.
According to the board, the startup budget for the radio station was nearly $15,000, and there is currently about $18,500 dedicated to it. Staff members have produced shows about bullying and conducted interviews with other staff members and community leaders.
Officials also say the KidzCreate Gallery of Children's Art, a traveling exhibit of county children's artwork that began with a mix of private and public funding, is another example of how the board can promote itself — as well as overall children's issues.
Of the $116,000 budget, which includes the salary of the gallery director, $27,500 comes from a state grant and private foundation funds.
"It generates attention and a voice for issues more than anything we've done," Panacek said of the exhibit, which includes a central gallery in the Children's Board building.
Some communication efforts, however, have not yielded groundbreaking results. Four years ago, the board invested in a $45,000 "rebranding." That price tag included a change to the logo — the same silhouette of children, but transposed and turned from black to purple.
Times researcher John Martin contributed to this report. Jodie Tillman can be reached at jtillman@tampabay.com or (813) 226-3374. | http://www.tampabay.com/news/localgovernment/hillsborough-childrens-board-spending-raises-questions-on-mission/1221835 | 2013-05-18T11:04:08 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
ST. PETERSBURG — Police have identified a man they say was fatally stabbed by his girlfriend Thursday.
Michael Gene Espy, 32, was pronounced dead just after 1:30 p.m. Thursday, less than an hour after officers arrived the home he shared with his girlfriend, Jillian Smith, 24.
Police arrested Smith on a charge of second-degree murder. Detectives said the stabbing occurred during a domestic dispute, but did not say what the fight was about.
The young couple had been together for a year, police said.
Officers had been to their home, at 6412 Sixth Ave. N, 11 times this year for domestic issues.
Smith alleged her boyfriend assaulted her three times. He was arrested two of those times. | http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/st-petersburg-police-release-name-of-stabbing-victim/1266133 | 2013-05-18T10:46:13 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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A special exhibit of life-like and life-size dinosaurs. The outdoor display features towering dinosaurs that move, blink and roar.
Additional attraction fee applies: $4 plus regular park admission during park hours; $9.95 for after-hours Dino Nights (park admission not needed); 2 and younger free at all times.
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Note: When reading any chart or graph, please keep in mind that space and software limitations may create misleading spatial relationships. The Y-Axis may not necessarily start at zero, further distorting spatial relationships among the data. Furthermore, if multiple samples were taken on the same date at different locations on the water body, multiple values are plotted for that date. This presentation of the data explains the appearance of vertical lines on some of the graphs. If you need to see accurate spatial relationships, we highly recommend that you use the Data Download section, download the available data, and graph according to your needs.
To download data, visit the Data Download Tool in the Research section of the Tampa Bay Water Atlas. | http://www.tampabay.wateratlas.usf.edu/graphs20/seasonal_graph_it.aspx?wbodyid=20007&data=Secchi_ft | 2013-05-18T10:21:27 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Hello:
I am newish to tanking. I am proud to say that I am starting to work through Heroics and early Kara. One area I have not touched are macros (apart from offering services in trade chat). Also, I use the arrow keys for movement and will not change that. I'll be doing heroics and raids 1-3 times a week.
To the point:
Will it greatly enhance my tanking if I start using macros and keybinds? If so, what should I really focus on. Again, I am not interested in turning my gaming into a science (that is not fun for me), but wouldn't mind a couple macros so I don't need to click, click, click just to say, perhaps, intercept or beserker rage.
If this area is covered in detail elsewhere, no need for a lengthy response, just direct me to that location. | http://www.tankspot.com/printthread.php?t=34032&pp=20&page=1 | 2013-05-18T10:13:37 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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It is not a legal packet. The the first character after the (first) : is the data type identifier. The space is not a defined packet type, therefore it is not a legal APRS packet. Looks like aprs-go has a problem. Steve K4HG On Mar 28, 2009, at 5:33 PM, rfinesmith at aol.com wrote: > I? > > EC1CS-9>APZRAF,EA1A-3*,WIDE2-1,qAR,EA1RCT-3: <>:=4231.11N/ > 00752.81W>aprs-go beta tester > > Many Thanks, > Rob, AA3NJ > > A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! > _______________________________________________ > aprssig mailing list > aprssig at tapr.org >
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