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While students and parents from Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown toured and teachers set up their classrooms, school administration and police officials discussed how they would all move forward and bring back a sense of normalcy at a news conference Wednesday afternoon.
"I think right now it has to be the safest school in America," said Monroe Police Lt. Keith White.
Students and their families visited the former Chalk Hill School Wednesday afternoon as they prepare to return to classes for the first time since Adam Lanza opened fire inside Sandy Hook Elementary, killing 20 first-grade students and six adults.
He shot and killed his mother while she slept in bed before he headed to the school.
Teachers and several workers spent the last few weeks painting, moving in furniture and recreating classroom space in advance of the students' arrival.
At one point, there were about 80 people working inside the building to make it a "seamless transition" for the incoming students. Many Monore teachers offered to help Newtown teachers set up their classrooms.
"The students coming in completes the circle," said Newtown Superintendent of Schools Janet Robinson. "That's what's missing right now, getting our students back."
According to Robinson, the staff have officially renamed Chalk Hill School to Sandy Hook Elementary School to give them "a sense of identity."
The students will remain at this new building for the rest of the school year.
Robinson said the school "feels extremely secure" and White added that police will continue increased patrols in the area. Every car that comes onto the school's campus has been stopped and questioned, he added.
"Our goal is to make it safe and secure for these students," White said.
Security devices have been installed in the building, but police would not elaborate.
"Obviously we don't want to overburden them with the police," White said. "We want this to be a normal school where they can go and enjoy themselves and learn throughout the day."
Counselors said it's important for children to get back to a normal routine and for teachers and parents to offer sensitive reassurances. Mental health workers will be available to all the students and staff, Robinson said.
Robinson said that it was good to hear teachers laughing as they were setting up their classrooms, which will look similar to the ones at the original Sandy Hook School.
"Teachers were creative in setting up the rooms and some of them are very different," Robinson said.
Many furniture and supplies from Sandy Hook have be brought to the new building.
"Snowflakes from around the world are all over the school," Robinson said about the Sandy Hook Campaign.
Robinson said that Thursday will be a "normal school day" without a "heavy curriculum."
The students, who will be bused to the school, will be greeted by signs in green and white, which are the colors of Sandy Hook.
A majority of students and their parents have already visited the new school with many of them liking the larger gym, White said.
Gov. Dannel Malloy met with Sandy Hook Elementary School teachers and administration privately.
Newtown Police Chief Michael Kehoe also said that in Newtown, there will be increased police at all schools in the town. He added that there is a resource officer in each of the three schools and additional officers on the campuses.
When asked about the investigation, Kehoe said all questions about it will be handled by state police.
"Kids that age don't need to relive that," Robinson said in regards to speaking about the shooting at school.
The Connecticut State Police are still trying to determine a motive for the shooting.
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Facebook Messenger for Android Updated, Removes Need for Facebook Account
The latest update for Facebook's Android Messenger app doesn't require a Facebook account in order to be used. Users simply need to key in their names and phone numbers to start using the free messaging application right away.
This method of signing in is similar to that of popular messaging apps like Whatsapp, Line, and Kakaotalk. The difference here is that Facebook Messenger also takes control of your SMS messages too, if you allow it to.
One key advantage the Facebook Messenger has over the other messaging services is that users are able to send and receive messages on their desktop as well. What's more, it's free, and it relies on the mobile broadband network instead of traditional SMS texts.
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Back in October, I wrote about the wonderful Dean Obeidallah: Let's annoy the hell out of right wing haters. "You've never laughed this hard at a Muslim."
That very same wonderful Dean Obeidallah has a wonderful post about Chris Christie in the Daily Beast that he shared with me, one that I feel compelled to share with you in a huge way (no pun).
New Jerseyans should be ashamed of themselves for re-electing self-serving, narcissistic Gov. Photo Op. I'm talking to you, New Jersey Democrats. What in the world were you thinking?
- Chris Christie to teachers: "I am tired of you people!" Teacher: "If you vote for this man, shame on you." Her letter.
- VIDEO: "Christie is as bad as the rest of these radical governors. Chris Christie is a disciple of GW Bush."
- Chris Christie's guy: "I have no interest in paying for your health care. I'd hate to see you get cancer but that's your problem, not mine."
All that, and still the guy won by a landslide. That was one of the biggest WTF Moments in recent memory.
Dean reminds us that Gov. MeMeMe ran and won against an unknown, underfunded opponent. He was so excited about a completely expected win against someone who deserved more but didn't stand a chance, that he felt an uncontrollable urge to tell everyone how dedicated to New Jersey he is on four Sunday talk shows.
He's so dedicated, in fact, that he may cut his second term short to run for president in 2016. How Palin the Quitter of him.
Chris Christie's greatest obstacle to becoming president of the United States is neither his weight nor his conservative credentials. It's his crappy economic record as governor of New Jersey. [...]
But Christie won big for two reasons, neither of which is his record. First, as a proud New Jersey native, I can tell you Christie connects with New Jersey voters on a visceral level. [...]
To make matters worse for Buono and better for Christie, a number of Democratic elected officials and political bosses broke ranks and either publicly supported Christie or sat out the election. [...]
When governors run for president, their record is their résumé. [...]
Their political opponents, meanwhile, will sift through their record like a CSI lab technician, looking for any hint of failure... It won't take a person in a white lab coat to uncover Christie's failings, however. They're easy to spot. [...]
A lot can happen to the state's economy between now and then. But unless the economic numbers improve greatly, Christie will be wishing people were still just talking about his weight and not what matters most: his record.
Dean goes on to list Christie's economic record's lowlights. Please hop over to The Daily Beast for details.
Did I mention that Christie Now Refuses To Say Whether He Supports A Pathway To Citizenship?
And there's this: A Chris Christie Presidency Would Be a Disaster for Liberals. But Democrats vote for him anyway. His treating the president as legitimate apparently makes him a "moderate," and he still got Democratic votes.


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With the iPad jailbreak available for nearly a month now, finding compatible Cydia apps is still a major issue for many users. The problems with installing an incompatible one may range from a simple crash of the app to introducing some major issues into the OS and having to resort to a full system restore.
To help ease the pain of the jailbreak community, MuscleNerd, one of the members of the infamous Dev Team, has created a crowd-sourced Google Docs file that lists the current tested apps, both compatible and not. And while there are dangers in such an approach, namely irresponsible users and possibly even vandals, to date it is the best and only way to check out if your favourite jailbroken app is ready for the big screen.


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The importance of a Professional Concretor
Concrete is a versatile and very widely used building material. There would be very few homes, old or new that don't have concrete in some way, shape or form. The mixing, forming, laying and finishing of concrete is extremely important and therefore should always be carried out by a professional, licensed and insured Concretor regardless of the size of the job. A shoddy concreting job is not only visually very obvious but also can be a risk to structural integrity and therefore a safety risk.Read more
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Everyone wants the front of their home to look fantastic. The driveway of the average Australian suburban house block takes up a big chunk of real estate. Your driveway needs to compliment the style of your home and landscaping. A driveway needs not only look great but has to be able to stand up to the rigors of having the ton or so of family car traversing it constantly. Other than the kids bedrooms it will take more abuse than any other part of your homeRead more
Choosing Exterior Shutters for Your Home
Adding shutters to your home is a great way to increase value, security, privacy, and curb appeal. They're stylish and low maintenance, and there are plenty to choose from. The two main types of exterior shutters are plantation shutters and roller shutters.Read more
Building Inspection -Why Do You Need One?
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The Elegance of Glass Pool Fencing
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The Middletown Township Public Library will host a Holiday Shopping Guide on Wednesday, December 5, 2012, beginning at 11:00 a.m. We'll discuss online shopping: how to find the best deals, using online budgeting tools to keep track of your holiday spending, and what websites to go to comparison shop.
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In order to make a fully modern and state-of the art facility a reality, the College of Dentistry is seeking private support. The capital campaign for the College of Dentistry provides alumni and friends with unique opportunities to recognize the special nature of this project through the funding and naming of prominent and important areas throughout the building.
Naming opportunities range from an exceptional gift that would provide the private funding component for the naming rights to the college to targeted gifts that would provide funding for particular elements, such as classrooms, clinics, group practices, operatories and much more.
The University of Oklahoma and the College of Dentistry are deeply grateful for your consideration of a gift for the renovation. With your gifts, you will be making a very concrete and meaningful difference in the lives of our students, graduates, and the future of dentistry in Oklahoma for generations to come.
*Funding for major portions of the first floor as well as the naming opportunity for the third floor has been secured prior to the launch of the capital campaign.
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MONTREAL — The court case of Luka Rocco Magnotta, who is charged in the slaying and dismemberment of a Chinese engineering student, resumes Wednesday.
Crown and defence lawyers will be in a Montreal courtroom Wendnesday afternoon to iron out the details of Magnotta's preliminary hearing, which is scheduled to begin March 11.
Magnotta faces several charges, including first-degree murder in the slaying of Concordia University student Jun Lin last May.
The other charges are: committing an indignity to a body; publishing obscene material; criminally harassing Prime Minister Stephen Harper and other members of Parliament; and mailing obscene and indecent material.
The 30-year-old Ontario native has pleaded not guilty and has chosen trial by judge and jury.
Magnotta surprised many by appearing in person in a courtroom last June but it's not clear if he'll be present in the courtroom Wednesday.
His previous appearances have created a circus-like atmosphere at the Montreal courthouse.
Magnotta became the subject of an international manhunt after parts of Lin's body began turning up across the country.
He is accused of mailing body parts to different places including the Ottawa offices of the Conservative Party of Canada, the Liberal Party of Canada and two Vancouver schools.


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You can find our next guest on most Monday nights at the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles, where he is part of Comedy Bazaar and he offers his signature riffs on his particularly interesting cross-cultural dilemmas.
TEHRAN VON GHASRI: My name is Tehran. It's like the capital city of Iran. You're, like, wondering, what were my parents thinking, naming me Tehran, right? But I'm half black, half Iranian, which comes with a lot of advantages. I have a lot of fun at the airport. It's true. Homeland Security knows me on a first name basis.
MARTIN: And, somehow, he managed to get through the screen and Tehran (unintelligible) is with us now. Welcome. Thank you for joining us.
GHASRI: Thank you for having me because I really love NPR and I love you.
MARTIN: Well, good. Well, thank you. I'm so glad. And we love you and we invited you to learn more about you, but also because today is a special day. It's Nowruz...
GHASRI: It is.
MARTIN: ...or the Persian New Year. So (foreign language spoken) to you.
GHASRI: Merci, merci.
MARTIN: And it falls every year on the first day of spring. It's celebrated in Iran and also parts of Afghanistan, Turkey, the Caucasus and so forth. So what are you going to do to celebrate?
GHASRI: Well, what people traditionally do is they get together with their families. It's a big time of family celebration. They sit around. We have a table called the Haft Sin. OK. That's like the Persian version of the Christmas tree and we decorate the table with various things that begin with the letter S. There are seven things and they have to be on this table.
And here's the thing about Persian New Year's. It's not as convenient as American New Year's, which is at midnight. Persian New Year's this year was at 7:01 and 56 seconds AM. So we all had to get up. We all had to sit around and it's exactly at the time of the spring equinox and that's how it's figured out. And I don't know how they knew this thousands and thousands of years ago, because I have no idea how they figure it out now.
MARTIN: OK. Well, but it was a good time?
GHASRI: It's always a good time.
MARTIN: It's always a good time.
GHASRI: We get together as a family. Other people come over and we enjoy ourselves, so in my family it's like we blend. We mix the Iranian and the black cultures together, so it's like having, I guess, like Quanza and Nowruz at the same time.
MARTIN: So could one of the S items be a sweet potato pie or is that not part of the mix?
GHASRI: Oh, it could be. That would - see, that was it.
MARTIN: Could be hot. That could be hot. But how did you get the name, Tehran? I understand that really is your first name, but your mom is the American part of the duo?
GHASRI: My mom is black and my father is Iranian, and here's the thing. Tehran is not an Iranian name. It's not a Persian name. No one has that name. And when I was born, everyone thinks that my dad named me Tehran, but that's not true at all. My mom named me Tehran because she thought it sounded black enough where I could be black, but it was still Iranian enough where I could always retain that part of my culture as well.
MARTIN: And your stage name is SoParvaz, translates - it's a stage name. That's not your real last name.
GHASRI: It is a stage name - yeah. My last name is Von Ghasri. SoParvaz means fly in Farsi, so I'm Tehran So Fly. Get it? Because I'm so fly.
MARTIN: OK. What - you know, there's so much one wants to ask about this, but given subsequent events, I mean is it hard to carry your name? I mean do you ever wish for Terence?
GHASRI: I've been Tehran since I was born and I'll be very candid right now. When I was five years old - being mixed in America has not always been as accepted as it is now and in such a homogenous people as Iranians, being mixed, especially with black, was very difficult growing up. When I was five years old, my father came to pick me up from school one day and the kids there and one teacher made a comment that actually made me feel - I guess it would be a sense of shame, you know, that I did not look as much like my father as other kids. White kids had white fathers. I look black. I looked black and yet I had an Iranian father, and at that time they didn't even know what Iranians were. They thought he was Mexican.
So ever since that day when I was five years old, I decided I would never feel that sense of shame ever again and that I would be completely proud of my ethnic background, my heritage, the hard work that my father and mother did and the love that they had between each other, and I would never be ashamed, and from then on I was very proud to have the name Tehran. Capital of Iran or not, it is my name.
MARTIN: All right. Well, good for you. Bravo, you. And you've also turned that into a job.
GHASRI: See? As a little kid, my dad would always be like - I would do things and my dad would be like, you need to stop doing them. You can't do this stuff. And then I would be like, no, Dad, I'm me and this is what I do. And he was like, when you grow up, nobody's going to pay you to be you and now they pay me to be me.
MARTIN: Exactly.
GHASRI: That is exactly what I do.
MARTIN: And tell your stories. And one of the things that you talk about a lot is the - kind of the being between the two worlds. Let's - we have a fun clip of you talking about dating in one of those worlds or trying to kind of learn the ropes, and here it is.
GHASRI: You want to get a Middle Eastern girl? That's fine. First, you go to medical school for about three years. Real easy. It's real easy. Then you email her dad. Actually, it's better if you have your dad email her dad your resume and then your friends become friends with her friends and after six to 10 years, boom, you've got her.
MARTIN: Boom.
GHASRI: It's an easy process.
MARTIN: I'm a little frightened to ask if you do a black version of that...
GHASRI: Oh, I do.
MARTIN: ...story.
GHASRI: I do. I...
MARTIN: I'm not sure I want to hear that, but...
GHASRI: I like to cross - I really talk about the conflicts of the two cultures, and you know, it's become very hip to be Persian nowadays. It's become very hip with shows like "Shahs of Sunset" and other programming. Persians are in.
MARTIN: You've been a guest on "Shahs of Sunset."
GHASRI: I was. I was...
MARTIN: Yeah.
GHASRI: I played myself, again, and I was on "Shahs of Sunset," and those people are crazy. And that's the thing. A lot of people criticize that show. It's on Bravo, people. It's not on the Discovery channel. It's not about Iranians as a culture. It's about those particular Iranians and they're all good people and good friends.
MARTIN: I understand that you're working with Ryan Seacrest on a show based on your podcast, "Imperfect Gentlemen"?
GHASRI: "Imperfect Gentlemen."
MARTIN: You want to tell us about that?
GHASRI: We have a show, ImperfectGentlemen.com, and Ryan Seacrest has optioned the show for a reality show and we're in talks about having a talk show, and that's very cool.
MARTIN: So you do get paid to be you?
GHASRI: I really do. I really do. And our podcast is very interesting and we do talk about relationships and the modern day gentleman because that seems to be like a dying breed. Instead of shopping at Armani, most of us shop at H&M. We talk about (unintelligible) on a budget and living life in a metropolitan city, and it's actually very interesting. It's nothing like your show.
MARTIN: Well, I think my show is very entertaining.
GHASRI: I love your - that's what I'm saying.
MARTIN: Well, thank you.
GHASRI: Your show is actually entertaining and educational.
MARTIN: Well, thank you.
GHASRI: I have written some reports based on your show.
MARTIN: Well, thank you for that, and thank you for visiting us briefly at this busy time of year. Thank you for sharing some of your family time with us. Before we let you go, I did want to just kind of loop back to where we started. We are living in a time when there is more acceptance of people from different backgrounds, people who are biracial. Obviously, you know, our president is biracial, but it isn't always easy to be from a certain background. I just wondered if you had any little last words of wisdom for people who might have felt the way you felt when you were a little boy before you came into your own place of saying, you know what, I'm not going to apologize for who I am, I'm going to be happy.
GHASRI: Wow. When you have to check a box that says your race and you only get certain options and by checking one box or the other, you deny either your father or mother, and that's the thing. I refuse to be boxed in and I hope that all the biracial children out there - and this has become a thing. In 50 years there will not be black, white, yellow, brown. We will all be beige. OK? Everyone's mixing, whether we want to or not. That's what America is about. It's about the melting pot. Somewhere along that line it became a mosaic, but we're getting back to the melting pot.
And my last words to any kid out there that has ever felt the way I felt or grew up the way I grew up is remember to be proud of yourself. Proud - being proud and having pride are two different things. Being proud of your family, being proud of your parents - especially your parents - putting in all that hard work, and being proud of who you are, because who you are and where you're from is going to lead to where you're going to end up.
MARTIN: Well, thank you so much once again. Happy New Year once again.
GHASRI: (Foreign language spoken).
MARTIN: Exactly. Yeah, like that. Like he said.
GHASRI: (Foreign language spoken) - it says - it's like...
MARTIN: (Foreign language spoken)
GHASRI: Exactly. It's like have a victorious new year.
MARTIN: We know you will be doing that.
GHASRI: I will try.
MARTIN: That was Tehran Von Ghasri. You can find him most Monday nights at the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles. You can also download his podcast, "Imperfect Gentlemen." You can find that on iTunes.
Thank you so much for joining us.
GHASRI: No. Thank you for having me. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Steam's gearing up for another of its famous 'free weekends,' this time granting full and free access to Call of Duty: Black Ops' multiplayer mode on PC to anyone who fancies it. If you've somehow manage to avoid the hugely successful series, whether through disinterest, frugality, or hate, here's your chance to give it a bash.
The free weekend will begin at 10am Pacific today and run until, one imagines, around the end of the weekend. You can pre-load Cod Blops now to have everything downloaded before it unlocks.
With Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 now revealed and on its way, it's a fine time for publisher Activision to take advantage of the hype and get more people interested in the series with a free weekend. If it also helps shift a few more copies of Cod Blops before it's superseded, well, that'd be just dandy.


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Ohio Northern University's Freed Center for the Performing Arts will present "Nine" from April 18 to 20 at 7:30 p.m. In addition, there will be matinee shows on Saturday, April 20, and Sunday, April 21, at 2 p.m.
Based on Federico Fellini's film "8 1/2," this musical delighted Broadway theatregoers in a hit revival in 2003. "Nine" is the story of a celebrated Italian film director, Guido Contini, who has lost his creative inspiration under the looming deadline for his latest film. Contini attempts to court his muse through the company of beautiful women, all clamoring to be loved by him. Haunted by the shadows of his past, Contini is forced to contemplate the real substance of his life, which will become the material for his next film.


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Lapa Rios Costa Rica
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Notes about this Hotel:- Costa Rican tax of 13.00% is not included.
- Rates include 3 extraordinary meals per day and non alcoholic & non mixed drinks, one round trip Puerto Jimenez-Lapa Rios-Puerto Jimenez transfer, selection of on-site guided tours such as: Early and Sunset Birds Tour, Wild Waterfall, Local Medicine Tour, Rain Forest Ridge Walk, Osa Trail, Matapalo Tour and Night Walk Pigs, Twigs and Garbage Tour.
- Reservations booked for High Season require full payment of services 45 days prior to the reservation date.
Hotel Description
Lapa Rios Costa Rica wilderness resort is set in a private nature reserve spread over 1,000 acres (400 hectares) of Central America's last remaining lowland tropical rain forest, in Costa Rica. Lapa Rios Eco lodge overlooks the pristine point where Golfo Dulce meets the wild Pacific Ocean. Its location makes it the destination that matches every one's idea of paradise. Lapa Rios in Cabo Matapalo is built in harmony with the surrounding forest and beach environment. Lapa Rios wilderness lodge resort is in a reserve connected by a corridor of lowland tropical rain forest to Corcovado National Park on the Osa Peninsula. The main lodge and bungalows line three ridges connected by walking paths and steps. Built over 350 feet (105 meters) above sea level, Lapa Rios catches the cooling tropical breezes. The main lodge, housing the restaurant and bar, is 50 feet high and is built of local natural materials. Palm thatched roofs meet a three-story hardwood circular stairway. Climb the stairway to overlook the forest canopy and breathtaking ocean views. The comfortable, locally made bamboo furniture, adds relaxation in this tranquil panorama of nature.
Rain forest hotel or eco resort next to the beach. Lapa Rios Costa Rica is a model eco tourism project that strives to show that "a forest left standing is worth more than one cut down". Lapa Rios Costa Rica is a pioneer in sustainable tourism employing only people from the local community and being committed to environmental practices. Lapa Rios, Costa Rica, is an ideal vacation experience for people that like nature and are open to learning about conservation, culture and biodiversity. Honeymoon couples looking for a more active and unique kind of experience as well as families with older children that are looking to spend some real quality time together also enjoy the experience. Think of yourself as a traveler and not a tourist when coming to Lapa Rios.
The Osa Peninsula is home to Lapa Rios. The beauty of the peninsula will remind you that in Lapa Rios you are in paradise surrounded by red macaws and exotic wild animals. Activities at Lapa Rios wilderness lodge resort are focused around the rain forest and the nearby Ocean. Rain forest hikes, bird watching, ocean kayaking, horseback riding, catch and release sport fishing and surfing are some of the activities offered. Guests can also have a massage, participate in Yoga classes, relax at the pool with a tropical cocktail or just take a nap in a hammock and maybe observe birds, monkeys and other animals that come by. Lapa Rios wilderness resort is located 12 miles (20 kilometers) from the office communications center. They take full advantage of this isolation to concentrate on the peaceful wilderness experience that can be appreciated. Communication between the office and the hotel is by marine radio for emergencies. They have several trips daily by car between the two locations to transport faxes or messages. To make a personal telephone call it would be necessary to take a 45 min taxi ride to the office. The added advantage? The secluded location is ideal for many guests, whose highlight during their stay is a tour to Corcovado National Park by plane or a night camping tour in the jungle. Contact our travel agents to make reservations and arrange every other detail of your Costa Rica trip painlessly: hotel reservations, transportations and tours can be paid in advance at no extra charge to you for the ultimate relaxation in Costa Rica.
Location and Driving Directions
Lapa Rios is located 12 miles (20 km) south of Puerto Jimenez exactly at Playa Carbonera on the Osa Peninsula. If you choose to drive in a 2x4 vehicle call the hotel once you get to Puerto Jimenez or even better while you're on the way there. The personnel of Lapa Rios need to know the approximate time of your arrival in Puerto Jimenez in order to arrange transfer in their vehicle to Lapa Rios. This is why a 4x4 vehicle or one with good ground clearance is highly recommended when traveling to Lapa Rios. Driving from San Jose to Lapa Rios By road from San Jose take the Inter American Highway to San Isidro del General (2 to 3.5 hrs). Continue through Buenos Aires (1 to 1.5 hrs) to Palmar Norte (1 to 1.5 hrs). 19 miles (30 km) past Palmar Norte turn right at Chacarita. At Chacarita you will see a service station named 'Corcovado'. The right turn to Puerto Jimenez is directly after the service station. On this paved road you will drive 28 miles (44 km) to Rincon where the pavement ends. From this point you will need to drive another 20 miles (33 km) that will take you through La Palma and eventually on to Puerto Jimenez (1 to 2 hrs). Once you get to Puerto Jimenez, please check in at the Lapa Rios office. The office is located at the corner of the landing strip and the cemetery. Feel free to ask anyone in town where the Lapa Rios office is. At the office you will be given directions to Lapa Rios (about a 45 minute trip).
An alternative route is to drive from San Isidro del General to Dominical (15 minutes to 1 hour) and follow the coastal road to Palmar Norte. This route is shorter and faster but is not a paved road. Approximate travel time is 7 to 10 hours depending on stops, sightseeing, weather and road conditions. Driving from Dominical From Dominical you will drive south along the coastal road to Cortes (1 - 1.5 hrs). You will turn left before actually getting to downtown Cortes and follow the road to Palmar Norte (15 min). At Palmar Norte turn right (south) on the Inter American Highway. Take a right turn at Chacarita 20 miles (33 km) past Palmar Norte. At Chacarita you will see a service station by the name of 'Corcovado'. The right turn to Puerto Jimenez is directly after the service station. On this paved road you will drive 28 miles (44 km) to Rincon where the pavement ends. After the paved road ends you need to travel 20 miles (33 km) through La Palma and eventually on to Puerto Jimenez (1 to 2 hrs). Driving from San Vito (3 - 4 hrs) Do not go to Golfito. The ferry to Puerto Jimenez is only for people not cars. To get to Puerto Jimenez from San Vito follow the road to Ciudad (Villa) Neily. Take the Inter American Highway here back towards San Jose past Rio Claro (approximately 19 miles further) to Chacarita. It may not be on your map as Chacarita but at that location there is a gas station called Corcovado . Take a left turn left there and take the road to Puerto Jimenez.


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OJ seeks bid for new trial
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A weary-looking O.J. Simpson weighed down by shackles and more than four years in prison shuffled into a Las Vegas courtroom on Monday hoping to eventually walk out a free man.
His arrival in court to ask for a new trial in the armed robbery-kidnapping case that sent him to prison in 2008 for up to 33 years could be heard before he was seen — as a loud rattling of the chains that bound his hands to his waist and restrained his feet.
His lawyers had unsuccessfully argued to forego the shackles. After the 65-year-old Simpson was seated, a guard removed his handcuffs and clicked them onto the chair arms.
The once-glamorous football star and TV pitchman was subdued in his dingy blue prison uniform. Grayer and heavier, he briefly flashed a smile and mouthed a greeting to people he recognized before being stopped by a bailiff.
Simpson listened intently as his lawyers tried to make the case that he had poor legal representation in the trial involving the gunpoint robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers in 2007 in a Las Vegas hotel room. Of the 22 allegations of conflict-of-interest and ineffective counsel his lawyers raised, Clark County District Court Judge Linda Marie Bell has agreed to hear 19.
Simpson has said his former attorney, Yale Galanter, had rejected appropriate defense moves and even met with Simpson the night before the disastrous heist to bless the plan as long as no one trespassed and no force was used.
Galanter was paid nearly $700,000 for Simpson's defense but had a personal interest in preventing himself from being identified as a witness to the crimes and misled Simpson so much that he deserves a new trial, lawyers for Simpson claim.
Simpson is expected to testify Wednesday and say Galanter advised him that he was within his rights to retrieve family pictures and footballs being peddled by memorabilia dealer.
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Bill Belichick doesn't say much one way or the other on most topics of general interest, but on this one, he made it pretty clear. "There's nobody I'd rather have than Tom Brady," he said.
FOXBORO — Bill Belichick doesn't say much one way or the other on most topics of general interest, but on this one, he made it pretty clear.
Asked about the place that Peyton Manning and Tom Brady occupy in NFL history, he spent a few nondescript words on the subject of their shared greatness and then offered the good stuff.
"There's nobody I'd rather have than Tom Brady," he said.
After watching the Patriots' surgical 31-21 win over Denver Sunday, there's little point in arguing that Belichick's 100 percent right.
It's not that Brady is a better QB than Manning — he's not. They both played nearly flawless games on Sunday; Manning's supporting cast held him back, Brady's helped put him forward. Over their amazing careers, which as football fans we should feel a sense of privilege in witnessing, they have produced a set of moments that have to be considered a dead heat.
But you never really believed that Brady was going to lose his "head-to-head" matchup with Manning Sunday, and he didn't. When these two quarterbacks go against each other, there's no reason to believe the greatness isn't on equal footing ... and yet, Belichick's words ring truest: "There's nobody I'd rather have than Tom Brady."
And if you realize, that no matter what the numbers say, that there's no one you'd rather have than Brady, that if he played the great Manning 100 times, Brady would win 65 or 70, then how great does that make him? The greatest of all time? The greatest of our lifetime?
It certainly makes you appreciate having been there to see it, although it doesn't make it much easier to explain.
Asked to give his best shot at explaining what makes Brady special, Wes Welker paused and let out a chuckle, as if to say "Impossible." Lineman Donald Thomas said "It sometimes can be surreal, you know, to be able to say you played with such a great quarterback in your own career. But he's a really nice guy, down to earth. It's a pleasure playing for him. You just want to keep him upright." Jerod Mayo smiled, and said "What's there to say? One of the greatest to play the game."
Of course, Manning certainly falls in the same category, which is why watching this otherwise methodical football game felt as much like a privilege as a job.
It was fun to spend an entire game watching them, on the sidelines, in the huddle, directing their offenses — maybe the secrets are all in the little things, the different ways both quarterbacks get where they need to go.
Manning is a little lumpy where Brady is smooth; the strain of the game shows on him, in the circles under his eyes, the tightening of his shoulders, the exasperation he shows. His throws are full of clutches, millisecond delays, as if he's seeing 100 scenarios at once. His interactions with teammates seem professional, not personal — famously, his Colt teammates didn't learn about Manning's twin infants (born during a season) until after the fact.
When Manning gets together with his receiver after a touchdown pass, he seems to speak in reassuring tones: "There you go, that's how you do it, nice job." When Brady does, it's with a head butt and a profane howl of intense congratulation: "YEEEEEAAAAAA!!!!" When Manning throws an interception, it's a surprise. When Brady does, it's a shock.
Brady just seems natural in all ways. The way he throws the ball, the way he interacts with teammates, the way he interacts with society as a whole. Sure, you'd be happy to have Peyton Manning, or Aaron Rodgers, or Joe Montana, or Brett Favre, but would any of them bring what Brady brings, or any better?
The thing that makes Brady special is the same thing that makes him hard to sum up. He's married to a supermodel, but he's also an everyman. He's the football grunt that works and listens and "does his job," but the guy who might be doing his job as well as anyone ever has.
Manning's class has never been questioned, nor his play. I remember his grace after many of the Colts' losses in Foxboro — some season ending, and nothing had changed Sunday. He was still facing the music long after both locker rooms had emptied out, measured, reasonable tones, sounding every bit like the head coach and quarterback all in one in his sharp blue suit, supportive of his teammates, saying all the right things.
Brady, of course, does the same. But while there's a sense of the robot to Manning, Brady still seems to have a lot of kid in him — and maybe that's why he's still so good, so likeable, so impressive after all these years.
After the game was over and he'd changed into his normal post-preppy interview attire, Brady checked his hair, offered a few quick half-hugs to teammates and clubhouse guys, snapped a towel or two, and walked to the podium.
As it turned out, Vince Wilfork was still up there, so Brady sat in the front row, wrapping his long, quarterback frame into the folding chair stiffly, looking up at Wilfork from barely two feet away.
You could see the wheels turning in Brady's mind as sat there, awkwardly, wondering what to do. Wink at his buddy, bringing Wilfork's millon-watt smile to the surface? Make a quick joke, to get a laugh from the room? Put on a look of interest to show that he was listening, taking this part of the process seriously, worried about what everyone might think?
In the end, he cast his eyes down and tuned into some private thought that we'll never be privy to, and waited his turn, patiently.
It was the right move. As always.
Jonathan Comey is sports and features editor for The Standard-Times. Email him: email@example.com


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The bill plans for a proposed budget authority of $53.4 billion, $3.9 billion less than the 2012 enacted level. The total funding level is $3.8 billion or 3.5 percent below the equivalent 2012 enacted level.
Funding would give $500 million for TIGER grants to support significant transportation projects in a wide variety of modes, including highways and bridges, public transportation, passenger and freight railroads and port infrastructure. The bill requires the secretary to allocate no less than $120 million for projects in rural communities. The funding level included in the bill is equal to the fiscal year 2012 enacted level.
Funding would also include $1.75 billion for rail infrastructure, of which $1.45 billion is for Amtrak. Of the total amount provided, $100 million is for the High Performance Passenger Rail grant program to assist states with the improvement of existing intercity services, congestion mitigation and multi-state planning initiatives. The funding level is $126 million more than the fiscal year 2012 enacted level.
Additionally, transit investments would receive $2.044 billion, $89 million above the fiscal year 2012 enacted level, for the transit "New Starts" program. This funding supports projects across the Nation that will provide new or expanded public transportation services.
The bill would provide $250 million for the Honolulu Rail Transit project and $20 million for Amtrak's continued work on the Gateway Tunnel project.


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Lindenwood University and AT&T are pleased to announce that, thanks to a $100,000 commitment by the company, four areas of the new Lindenwood Center for Fine and Performing Arts will bear the AT&T name.
"We at Lindenwood are very pleased that AT&T's name will be a permanent part of our new Center for Fine and Performing Arts," said Lindenwood President James D. Evans, Ph.D.
Three classrooms and a newsroom are included in the naming package for AT&T. They will be referred to as the AT&T Newsroom, the AT&T Fashion Design Computer Classroom, the AT&T Music Computer Classroom, and the AT&T Graphic Arts Computer Classroom.
"Having graduated with my master's degree from Lindenwood, taught in the LCIE program and having served on Lindenwood's Board of Directors, I know first-hand the excellent work that Lindenwood is doing," said Craig Felzien, regional director of external affairs for AT&T–Missouri. "I'm very gratified that my corporation can assist Lindenwood in their continued march to excellence. It does need to be said that this gift is made possible by the excellent business environment and good public policy that has been created by local state elected officials like Representatives Sally Faith and Joe Smith and Senators Tom Dempsey and Scott Rupp. They have created a business environment in Missouri that makes this kind of partnership possible."
The $32 million Lindenwood Center is slated to open in the fall. In addition to the television studio and a variety of classrooms and offices, the building includes the 1,200-seat Bezemes Family Theatre, the 250-seat Emerson Black Box Theatre and the Boyle Gallery for art exhibits. In addition to Lindenwood theatre, music, dance and art, the building will also host professional performances and traveling exhibitions.
For information about additional naming opportunities in the building, contact Tom Wallace, Lindenwood director of corporate and foundation relations, at 314-949-4939.


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you have to admit they are committed to him for better or worse...
Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter 13m
Cowboys and Tony Romo reached an agreement on blockbuster 6-year extension that makes him highest paid player in team history, per sources.Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter 5m
And here are the numbers: Dallas is giving QB Tony Romo a six-year extension worth $108 million, per sources.WHAT THEAlbert Breer @AlbertBreer 1m
Tony Romo's deal is worth $108 million over six years (2014-19), and includes $55 million guaranteed.
you have to admit they are committed to him for better or worse...
Jerry Jones is a jackass
QBs are expensive. Romo is not as bad (for an undrafted free agent) as some people make him out to be. he puts up good numbers. he does need to win a big game though/
Good move by dallas. \
Bottom line here is if Romo played for another NFL team and turned out to be mediocre over the next few years, the GM who made that deal (55 MILLION guaranteed!?) would be crucified, but in Dallas, JJ isn't going to fire himself if Romo sucks going forward.
How many years? He is 34.
My guess is 7.
romo is 10x better than sanchez.
Eagles, Giants, Skins fans gotta be laughing their asses off
Wow. $55MM guaranteed. These QB contracts are getting out of hand. But there won't be a bubble. I am a Romo apologist but at least Flacco carried his team to a SB.
Good for Romo. guy is banking.
So, there has to be an assumption that they are saving money against the cap this season.
Base Salary Prorated*Bonus Roster Bonus
2013 $5,000,000 $5,500,000 $2,580,000
2014 $5,000,000 $5,500,000 $8,420,000
2015 $6,000,000 $5,500,000 $6,000,000
2016 $9,000,000 $5,500,000 $0
2017 $15,000,000 $5,500,000 $0
2018 $18,000,000 $5,500,000 $0
These QB deals are idiotic for the guys that are getting them Flacco and Romo are not hof huge franchise guys. Just stupid.
55 guaranteed? WHY??? who the **** would have even given him 20? Why would Dallas bid against themselves?
Romo = overrated
Aaron Rogers is gonna be laughing all the way to the bank after the deals Flacco and Romo just got....


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'Lena Dunham Is The Devil' And Other Conservative Responses To Her Ad
So, Lena Dunham made an ad suggesting that your "first time" should be with someone who "who cares whether you get health insurance, and specifically whether you get birth control." It's funny because "first time" applies to voting, not sex! You can watch the video here:
Quite honestly, what I got out of it was that your first time sleeping with someone should be with someone who cares about you, ditto, your first time voting. I'm not that offended by that. But other people are! Check out some Republican responses to it here:[ITPGallery]


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Kevin Mitnick Helping Secure Presidential Elections In Ecuador 85
hypnosec writes "Kevin Mitnick, who was one of the most wanted computer hacker in the US at one time, is now heading a security consultancy firm – Mitnick Security Consulting, and is entrusted with the task of securing Sunday's presidential elections in Ecuador. Mitnick tweeted, '18 years ago I was busted for hacking. I do the same thing today but with full authorization. How cool is that?' His company will focus on protecting the Net Lock computer system tasked with tabulating Ecuador's elections."


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Question: Should I let my children see me bald?
Answer: It's really scary the first time you look in the mirror and see yourself bald, so you can imagine the reaction of other people around you -- especially kids. For young children, they're usually kind of mesmerized by seeing mommy without any hair. Teenagers though, genuinely will be shocked, because that's an element of looking at you and realizing Mom genuinely is sick; she does have something that is seriously wrong and is life-threatening. And baldness, I think, for society, for people undergoing chemotherapy, it has become a symbol of cancer.
I think it's perfectly fine for your family to see you bald. The effort you would have to go through to continue to hide from them -- what would be three to four months of baldness -- is not worth its effort. You may even want to have a little party in the process of getting bald. I encourage women to cut their hair very short and not have their hair long when it starts to fall out.
Something that has been a fun project and women have actually taken photographs -- I've known several patients who have videotaped this -- is to have a hair removal party, which their children participate in. They sit in a chair in the kitchen with a towel around their neck; their hair's already been clipped very short. And your husband, or significant sweetie -- possibly even your mother or your sister -- is going to shave your head bald so that your kids can see that this is something they expect, something you expect, and that you're trying to make light of it as best that you can. Don't be upset if they make bald jokes about it; that's part of their way of dealing with this disease too -- to try to find laughter within them. And, you can also ask them to help you select a wig. That would be a good thing and a good project for them to go with you. In selecting the style you may even decide to try on different ones in front of them -- ones you would never plan to bring home -- that are different shades, different lengths. You may want to look like Dolly Parton for five minutes -- which would very much give them pleasure and hopefully also you. So don't hide what's happening to you, because it's also happening to them. And you can make them feel comfortable by demonstrating that you, too, are comfortable with your baldness.
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St. Thomas More Hospital recently received an executive summary of Fremont County's 2012 Community Health Needs Assessments for the Centura Health system.
The results? Overall, Fremont County is not one of the healthiest communities within the Centura service areas.
The good news, however, is there are battles that can be won to improve the health of Fremont County residents. The hospital now has pledged war on cancer screenings and tobacco use.
As a nonprofit hospital, STMH is required by the Internal Revenue Code requirements to produce the community health needs assessment, assess the risk factors and create action plans to address those risk factors.
Sheri Trahern, chief administrative officer for STMH, said leader focus groups took the survey into the community to get feedback and then Centura Health collaborated with the University of Colorado Denver to develop the assessment. A taskforce then selected the top two risk factors that will be addressed.
"Based on the focus groups and all of the information that we came up with, we had two selections," Trahern said. "One was cancer screenings and the other was tobacco."
Reports show that women in low-income households are less likely to get a clinical breast exam and mammogram and cervical cancer screening (or pap smear) -- two screenings that likely could detect a problem early and save a life.
Fremont County has a 54.
The Colorado goal is to have 80 percent of adult women past age 50 to receive clinical breast exams and mammograms.
"We have an opportunity to work with the Women's Wellness Connection, a grant-funded program, to provide (mammogram) screenings for low income women," Trahern said. "At the same time, if they have a positive diagnosis of cancer, they are automatically flipped into a certain Medicaid category in order to get that treatment."
She said the opportunity to improve the health of lower-income population is a tremendous benefit for the community.
The county has a 76.3 percent screening rate for cervical cancer screenings, compared to 85.4 percent for the state and 83 percent for the nation. The Colorado goal for 2015 is a 90 percent rate.
The other target area the hospital will concentrate on in the community is tobacco.
"The smoking rate in Fremont County is 26.6 percent," Trahern said. "The healthy Colorado goal is 12 percent."
Fremont County's rate is the highest compared to Pueblo County, 21 percent; El Paso County, 19.5 percent; the state, 18.1 percent; and the nation, 17 percent.
"We're working with the Public Health Department on opportunities to collaborate on some smoking cessation and the Re-1 School District to see how we can get people to not smoke or stop smoking," Trahern said. "We're just getting started with that; it's certainly a huge opportunity that we have to improve that."
Other health indicators considered from the assessment were overall health status, access to care, diabetes, heart and Cerebrovascular diseases, HIV/AIDS, communicable diseases, injury, mental health, obesity, nutrition and physical activity, oral health, sexual health and substance abuse.
For more information on STMH and services offered, visit stmhospital.org or "like" St. Thomas More Hospital on Facebook for current event announcements.


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MAYVILLE - "The plan is to choke us out," is the assessment of Chautauqua Lake Central School Board of Education Vice President Jay Baker regarding Albany educational bureaucrats and small rural school districts.
Baker made the comment at the board's meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 23 during a broad discussion among board members about problems facing CLCS and many other Chautauqua County and upstate school districts.
Many of the comments expressed both the disappointment and frustration of those who attended a "legislative open house" on Saturday, Jan. 19, a question and answer session with New York State Assemblyman Andy Goodell (R,C-Chautauqua) and Senator Catharine Young (R,C,I-Olean).
"I don't think there were any big revelations," board President Jill Scott said.
Most of the questions and answers, Scott said, involved the on-going problems posed by expenses caused by state requirements without any state help in paying for them.
Both Scott and Baker criticized Young for promising certain issues would be addressed in the latest New York budget if members, "would be patient." These issues are not even mentioned in the budget proposal, according to Scott and Baker.
CLCS Superintendent Ben Spitzer said the "punch line" from the session for the district is, "We're losing."
Also at the meeting, the board was informed by district Business Manager Dave Thomas that about $177,000 has been shaved from the 2013-14 budget proposal. However, that still leaves approximately $842,000 that has to be eliminated to bring expenses roughly in line with revenue projections.
"That's where we are. That's our challenge," Thomas said.
Thomas presented the board with a document comparing the actual budgets from the last two years with the latest numbers for the 2013-14 budget. Two of the biggest spending increases are for teachers' retirement and district employees' health insurance, which total about $360,000 more than in the current budget.
A hearing on a final budget proposal will be held at the school on Tuesday, May 7 at 7 p.m., with the vote set a week later between 7 and 9 p.m., also at the school. Both dates were unanimously approved by the board.
In other business, the board okayed the addition of Theo Nelson, Michelle Pattison and Stanley Saeli, all certified, to the substitute teachers list.
Also approved as spring coaches were: Micheal Cummings, varsity baseball; Jennifer Davis, assistant varsity girls track; Rennae Majka, girls jayvee softball; and Jill Emerson as unpaid assistant cheerleading coach.
In addition, the board accepted the resignation of Cummings as golf coach.


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It's understandable why the FA Cup quarter-finals clash between Manchester United and Chelsea will be the fixture drawing the most attention on Sunday but despite what's at stake in the knockout tie, it would be a grave mistake to completely ignore the Premier League encounter which kicks-off at Anfield half an hour earlier. Liverpool welcome Tottenham Hotspur to the red half of Merseyside in what promises to be an open and entertaining affair.
Both teams will be full of confidence coming into this game with the hosts still beaming from their 4-0 away win against Wigan Athletic last weekend and the visitors fresh off their emphatic 3-0 win over Inter Milan in midweek.
Confidence is on a high
The revered fluid attacking styles of both teams this season will be on display and that's what makes this clash so attractive. Liverpool have come a long way from their lethargic and unimaginative play over the past couple of years with the appointment of Brendan Rodgers serving to revolutionize their philosophy at the club.
It's that attractive brand of football that has effectively protected the Irishman from facing the wrath of the Anfield faithful for failing to improve on the team's mediocrity in the league with respect to their position. Finishing in the top four remains a distant target with Chelsea currently 10 points ahead of them, occupying that final Champions League spot.
Meanwhile, Tottenham are playing some neat football under Andres Villas-Boas. The Portuguese tactician is an advocate of the high defensive line and now that his side are more comfortable with it, they are starting to reap the rewards. They have devastating pace in attack which often forces opposing defenders onto the back foot.
With both sides enjoying their form in front of goal of late, we can expect to see a few goals when they face each other. Liverpool in particular have plundered 12 goals in their last 3 fixtures with an average of 4 goals per game. Tottenham haven't been too shabby either, scoring 8 goals in their last 3 games, two of which were high-profile encounters against Arsenal and Inter Milan.
Goals galore!
Incidentally, both sides welcome back their strikers from injury. Jermaine Defoe already took to the field in their midweek Europa League clash in which his presence brought on a marked improvement in their attacking play as opposed to times when Emmanuel Adebayor has had to lead the line on his own.
Daniel Sturridge returns to the fore for Liverpool and it's no secret that his intelligent link-up play with his team-mates and Luis Suarez in particular has added a different dimension to their attack. He has 4 goals in his first 5 games since his transfer from Chelsea and his energy up front compliments that of Suarez's very well.
Speaking of the mercurial Uruguayan, he will be coming face-to-face with his competition for the PFA Player of the Year award in Gareth Bale. The Welshman has enjoyed a phenomenal season so far during which he has even drawn comparisons to former Ballon d'Or winner, Cristiano Ronaldo.
Suarez and Bale are arguably the two most in-form players in the league. Both players have been talismanic for their respective teams and their contributions have been vital this season. Bale in particular has been in red-hot form having scored 11 goals in his last 9 games. Meanwhile, Suarez leads the chase for the Golden Boot with 21 goals in the league so far.
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This encounter should also play host to an intriguing tactical battle between two coaches who worked under a common mentor at Chelsea in Jose Mourinho. Liverpool have dominated possession in most of their games this season, even the ones in which they were defeated. It would come as no surprise then if they enjoy the lion share of possession against Spurs. With the creativity they have at their disposal in the likes of Suarez, Phillipe Coutinho and Steven Gerrard coupled with Sturridge's relentless movement up front, they enjoy their build-up play and are capable of carving defenses open.
Tottenham on the other hand, were content with relinquishing possession against Arsenal last weekend and they will be open to doing that again at Anfield especially since they pose a serious threat on the counter-attack.
The likes of Moussa Dembele and Scott Parker in midfield ensure that they maintain a formidable core while the pace of Bale and Aaron Lennon makes in roads into the opposition's defense. The pacey duo are ably supported by their full-backs while Defoe's movement makes him a handful for the two center-backs. The visitors should be comfortable playing on the break.
Ultimately, a win for Spurs could all but secure Champions League football at White Hart Lane next season since it would extend the gap between them and fifth placed Arsenal to 10 points with only 9 games to play (although the Gunners would have a game in hand). Meanwhile, a victory for Liverpool may not significantly enhance their chances of a fourth place finish but it would still be a welcome triumph over a side currently above them in the league, a scalp that has so far eluded them this season.
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Around the MLB Horn 13 Feb 2011
Spring Training has finally arrived! Are you as excited as I am? Lets hope so! The 2011 Baseball season should be a fantastic year for players, and fans alike. But there is still some major unfinished business with some big name players around the league. So lets get started on these topics so we can kick off this first week of Spring Training on a good note!
Talk on Albert Pujols major contract details have still remained under the radar. With the fast approaching self-imposed zero hour clicking closer with every day so far nothing has been done. We all know by now that Pujols doesnt want to talk contracts when hes trying to focus on baseball even during spring training. But management is quite confused of the actual zero hour that Pujols has self-imposed. Is the deadline when he arrives in Florida, or when he begins his first workout, or at midnight on a particular day? No one is very clear on this. Except Pujols. And possibly his agent.
With the recent contract proposal made by the Cardinals to Albert Pujols being rejected sources are unsure of the details, and IF a deal will be made by the deadline. Apparently, the deadline is set for February 15th. Pujols has said that contract talks will cease on Tuesday so he can focus on the game. "Theyre working to get it set, " La Russa said. " Fingers crossed. In the meantime, we've got a really good club, and hes a part of it — and we've got to get ready." stated La Russa. Its also been word on the block that even Matt Holliday, another Cardinal slugger, was willing to give up some of his own money to make the Pujols deal go through. "If they came to me and said, 'Hey, this is what it's going to take to get Albert done, would you do it again or do more?'… if that's what it took, I'd be willing to do that." Having realized what he said, he added, "Scott Boras probably wouldn't like me to say that…" Holliday said on the Mike and Mike radio broadcast.
Of course if no deal is made before the Pujols self-imposed deadline that doesnt mean the end of the line for club and player. The Cardinals have a negotiating window for five days after the World Series has ended. And even after that window closes that doesnt mean the end of the line either. The Cardinals signed Matt Holliday out of free agency in the winter of 2009-10. The free agency market seems some what undetermined though. Just because this guy got a huge contract and that guy signed for a huge contract doesnt mean that Pujols will end up in the select elite few. For all we know NO offers towards Pujols may be the future but rumors state that the Baltimore Orioles are one team that will be bidding aggressively if Pujols hits the free agency market.
But like it or not I just dont see Albert Pujols pulling down $30 million dollars a year with the Cardinals. But Im just a fan of the game. Im not management or ownership. So I dont know what it takes to keep an athlete like Pujols on my team.
More Cardinals news. Jim Edmonds, as we all know, as been harassing Tony La Russa to become a Cardinal again. He even made an appearance at the 2009 Cardinals Winter Warm-up, and jokingly made a pass at Tony La Russa if he would consider allowing him to play on the team again. Finally its become a reality. A couple of weeks ago Jim Edmonds signed with the Cardinals again but in a minor league contract. He will be reporting to spring training camp in about five days, and he seems pretty optimistic about his ability to be productive on the field. Edmonds is also recovering from surgery on his left Achillies tendon, He has yet to undergo a physical for the club, and until he does, his situation remains uncertain with the Cardinals. " I think its coming down to just the health," La Russa said on Sunday." He had the surgery. I havent talked to him in the last few days, but I know that the last time I talked to him he was hobbled…I think its health driven at this point."
Edmonds will try to make the team this year, and join the Cardinals at spring training camp as a non-roster invitee. But if his health isnt 100% that will compromise him not making the team.
Hey, did you guys hear? Mark McGwire did steroids!
Until next time baseball fans! Spring Training his officially here, Im pumped, and Ill hit the highlights sometime this week!


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LA JOLLA, Calif. - Cassie Callahan has been named to the 2013 Capital One Academic All-America® NCAA Division II Women's Soccer Third Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
Callahan, a local product out of Coronado and Coronado High School, was also a third-team Academic All-America choice a season ago. One of three midfielders on the 11-player third team, she maintains a 3.87 grade-point average in mathematics. In addition, the junior was named Monday to the Daktronics All-West Region Second Team.
In 2013, Callahan led the Tritons in goals (six), assists (three), points (15), shots (32) and shots on goal (13) for the second year in a row. She started all 17 matches in which she played. Callahan accounted for the winning strike in four of UCSD's seven victories.
To be eligible for Academic All-America® consideration, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative grade-point average of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her institution and be nominated by his/her sports information department.
Since the program's inception in 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-America honors on more than 20,000 student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA, covering all NCAA championship sports.
UCSD had its most Academic All-Americans in a single academic year, eight, in 2012-13.
The all-region award is sponsored by Daktronics, Inc., and voted on by the region's sports information personnel. Callahan earned a Daktronics All-West Region First Team nod last season before becoming a third-team Daktronics All-American.


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The Penn State Beaver Admissions Office will host a Spend a Summer Evening Program and an Adult Open House, both beginning at 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 10, in the Student Union Building.
The Spend a Summer Evening program will offer information about the admissions process, financial aid, the academic experience, and living on campus. Participants will meet with faculty, staff, and students to learn about the campus. Penn State Creamery ice cream will be served.
The Adult Open House will provide information about Beaver's five bachelor's degrees in administration of justice, business, communications, information sciences and technology, and psychology, as well as the first two years of 160 other Penn State degrees.
Visitors will meet with a counselor and receive an unofficial review of individual transcripts. If application to Penn State is made that evening, the $50 application fee will be waived.
To register for either event or for more information, contact the Admissions Office at 1-877-JOIN-PSU or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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California Chrome poised for Triple Crowning moment at Belmont
Win would put colt into some royal company in the sport of kings
Updated 11:22 pm, Friday, June 6, 2014
ELMONT, N.Y. - The horse who wasn't supposed to be here is here.
California Chrome, a 3-year-old colt with suspect breeding, a small price tag and a little-known trainer, is just a mile-and-a-half away from being a thoroughbred legend. California Chrome, who wears a green and purple hood over his face, is the 3-5 morning-line choice to win the demanding 11/2-mile, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park.
The New York Racing Association is bracing for a crowd of more than 100,000 as California Chrome will try to become racing's first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978. Since then, 12 horses have come to New York with a chance to wrestle the elusive prize from the racing gods. All have failed.
But here comes California Chrome, who has won his past six starts, including decisive wins in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness. The people who know the colt best think the best is yet to come.
"If you would have said to me on the first of the year that I would be in this position … I don't know," said Art Sherman, California Chrome's 77-year-old trainer, who says he is more relaxed coming into this race than any other. "He deserves to be the favorite for the Triple Crown. No matter what he does, he will still be my champ. I really do have a soft spot in my heart for him. I worry about him."
The trainers and jockeys of the other 10 horses entered in the Belmont have other worries about California Chrome. They have to find a way to beat the California-bred that resulted when, for just $1,500, his owners bred Lucky Pulpit to their mare, Not For Love, whom they bought for $8,000.
So far, no one has been able to beat California Chrome. And he might have to be ridden by the winner of the carnival pie eating contest instead of jockey Victor Espinoza in order to lose.
"Any time you win six races in a row, it's going to be tough to beat him," said Billy Gowan, whose Ride On Curlin finished second in the Preakness. "Right now, (California Chrome) is on top of his game. For us to win, I think he has to stub his toe a little bit and we have to pick it up a little bit."
California Chrome also will be challenged by the Dallas Stewart-trained Commanding Curve, who ran a surprising second in the Kentucky Derby at 37-1 odds. Stewart decided to rest Command Curve after the Derby, so he will have a fresh horse for his challenge in the Belmont.
California Chrome, on the other hand, will be making his third start in five weeks. Sherman has been adamant that the rigorous schedule this spring has not taken anything out of his popular horse.
Others are not so sure.
"It's very hard to keep a horse at the top of his game for a five-week period," said Rick Violette, who will saddle New York-bred Samraat in the Belmont. "Sometimes, when they get very aggressive in the morning and look real keen, it's an indication they are over the top. We'll find out on Saturday. Make no mistake about it, (California Chrome) is a very good horse. If he is a great horse, we are all running for second money."
Samraat also skipped the Preakness after finishing fifth in the Derby, a nose behind Wicked Strong, who is also coming into the Belmont fresh.
In the Derby, Wicked Strong had serious traffic problems from his 19 post but did some running at the end.
"I think the Belmont is his day for redemption," said Rajiv Maragh, who will ride Wicked Strong. "We get more distance, and we expect a winning performance from him."
Sherman doesn't seem to be too concerned about the new/old faces.
"I could not ask for a horse to be doing any better than he is doing right now," Sherman said. "If it's in the cards, we will be right there. It would be just fantastic if he could win the Triple Crown."


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The Knight family
In a relatively short time, the firm of B.B. & R. Knight was able to use its considerable business skill to forge an even greater textile company than that of the Spragues. In 1883 the Knights purchased the four Natick mills for $200,000 from the Union Company, which represented the creditors of the Spragues. In the following year, the Knights bought the Spragues' Arctic Mill, one of the finest in the state, for $175,000.
Along with the mills, the Knight brothers also purchased much of the land once owned by the Spragues. In 1875 the "mansion estate near the village of Natick" came into their possession. They converted the East Avenue homestead of Thomas Holden and "old" Governor Sprague into a model "gentleman's farm" and showplace. A portion of this estate is now the Knight Campus of the Community College of Rhode Island.
The man responsible for this conversion was Robert Knight. It was he who first involved the family in the textile industry. His was the classic American story of the poor boy who worked hard and became rich. When John Clark decided to enter politics in 1850, he sold his mills to Robert Knight and Zachariah Parker for $40,000. Within a short time, Robert contacted his brother, Benjamin Brayton Knight, and offered him a partnership.
Their success was phenomenal, as they purchased many of the Sprague mills and consolidated and expanded. Benjamin attended to the firm's finances while Robert took care of the actual manufacturing of cloth. His skills in this area contributed a great deal to the textile industry in terms of remodeling and modernizing. He placed the four Natick mills under one roof and converted the mills into the largest and most modern cotton factory in the world during the late 19th century.
Robert Knight's sons and grandsons inherited his interests. His son, Webster Knight (1854-1933), learned the textile industry and gradually assumed control of B.B. & R. Kngiht Co. In 1881 Webster married Sarah W. Lippitt, also of a leading manufacturing family in the Pawtuxet Valley, and made his home in Warwick.
The prosperity of the Oriental Print Works, owned by the Reed family, declined in 1873/ This was the year of a very serious "panic" or "depression," which had a devastating effect on Rhode Island. In addition to this, the man behind the success of the print works in Apponaug, Alfred A. Reed, died in 1879 and by 1883 the company had ceased to operate.
Fortunately for Apponaug, the company was able to continue in operation after 1896. At that time it was known as the Apponaug Print Works. Due to technical problems, this company was dissolved and a new company, called the Apponaug Bleaching, Dyeing and Print Works Co., was established and concentrated on the printing of staple cotton fabrics.


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MSU Law Professor Dandridge Receives Grant to Research Barriers to Economic Development
East Lansing, MI — Michigan State University College of Law Associate Professor Nicole Dandridge, director of the Law College's Small Business and Nonprofit Law (SBNL) Clinic, recently received a $25,000 Michigan Applied Public Policy Research grant to identify legal and government barriers to entrepreneurial activity and job creation in the state. Dandridge and SBNL Clinic students will conduct the study, with a focus on restrictions that interrupt the economic environment of Detroit and hinder Michigan's ability to be more "business friendly."
The project is a multi-dimensional alliance between the academic, practitioner, government, and nonprofit legal business service communities. Student clinicians, faculty, staff, and project partners will review major city and state regulations that impact small businesses to determine whether they achieve a legitimate government objective without unduly burdening business activity.
Study participants will visit small business owners from a broad range of occupations to conduct a survey and investigate the regulations firsthand. Students enrolled in the SBNL Clinic during the spring and fall 2012 semesters will engage in community economic development research, legislative and regulatory policy initiatives, and academic and community collaborations with small businesses and nonprofit organizations in Michigan. The data collected through the project will be analyzed and presented to the newly elected 2013 Michigan Legislature and local lawmakers to inform them of regulatory hurdles and offer relevant reformation dialogue on making Detroit—the state's urban core and most populous city—more "business friendly."
The MSU College of Social Science Institute for Public Policy and Social Research awarded the grants to research projects aimed at informing state and local lawmakers on various public policy issues.
The MSU Law Small Business & Nonprofit Clinic enhances law students' professional development through experiential learning in the specialized transactional areas of business and nonprofit law. The clinic trains confident and competent legal professionals to assist underserved Michigan small businesses and nonprofit organizations. Student clinicians facilitate entrepreneurial empowerment by engaging in community economic development and outreach initiatives that provide timely, quality, legally relevant information. The clinic also creates community and campus partnerships to expand resources available to Michigan small businesses and nonprofit organizations.
Michigan State University College of Law, a leading institution of legal education with a long history of educating practice-ready attorneys, prepares future lawyers to use ethics, ambition, and intellect to solve the world's problems. As one of only a few private law schools affiliated with a major research university, MSU Law offers comprehensive interdisciplinary opportunities combined with a personalized legal education. After 100 years as a private and independent institution, the affiliation with MSU has put the Law College on an upward trajectory of national and international reputation and reach. MSU Law professors are gifted teachers and distinguished scholars, its curriculum is rigorous and challenging, and its facility is equipped with the latest resources—all affirming MSU Law's commitment to educating 21st-century lawyers.


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Adam Boland, the television producer who built Channel Seven's market-leading morning franchises - Sunrise, Weekend Sunrise and The Morning Show - is to leave the network.
Boland broke the news of his decision to leave Seven to friends via his Facebook account.
"Big life decision today. After almost 14 years, I have told Seven I won't be renewing beyond February," he wrote. "It's time to leave home."
Boland steered Sunrise through its march to ratings victory over Nine's long-dominant Today Show.
He was 27 at the time he took on Sunrise, hailed by many as a "boy wonder" who had handed Seven the elusive holy grail of breakfast TV dominance.
Sunrise's victory over Today in 2004 was a turning point in modern television history, ending two decades of Nine's dominance and foreshadowing Nine's comprhensive defeat at Seven's hands several years after.
He followed than in 2007 by launching The Morning Show which also quickly dominated its timeslot, beating Nine and Ten's offerings in the same genre.
In 2007 Seven's long-time rival Nine made an attempt to poach Boland.
His name has also been in the mix as a potential Ten Network executive at different points in the last few years.
Boland was succeeded on Sunrise by its current executive producer, Michael Pell, in 2010.
Since then Boland has served as a consultant to Seven for its morning schedule and manager of Seven's social media strategy.
He has also served as executive producer of Weekend Sunrise.
Boland planned to leave Seven in 2010 but was persuaded by network management to stay on as a consultant to Seven's daytime schedule and social media strategy.
He then took Seven to court in 2011 in an attempt to seek release from his contract.
At the time there was speculation he planned to follow former Seven executive James Warburton to the Ten Network.
Boland has told friends he has no plans beyond an overseas holiday.


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John C. "Jack" Millhausen, an 84-year-old Fallston resident, is at least the second Marylander to die of fungal meningitis in a national epidemic that experts say is slowing but about which many questions remain.
Millhausen died Nov. 15 at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson, his family said, not long after receiving a spinal shot of a contaminated steroid, several batches of which have caused nearly 600 cases of infections and 37 deaths across the country. Maryland health officials confirmed a second death in the state from the outbreak on Monday but would not confirm that it was Millhausen's, citing confidentiality rules.
While health officials said the outbreak appears to be slowing down, they could not rule out the possibility of more deaths occurring in Maryland or elsewhere.
"It is definitely waning, but at this time we definitely can't say it's over," said Dr. Lucy Wilson, chief of surveillance, infection prevention and outbreak response for the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Wilson said because the type of outbreak is new to health officials, it has been hard to determine the incubation period of the disease. Federal health officials had initially predicted that the outbreak would run its course in six weeks. The outbreak was first detected in Nashville, Tenn., in September.
"Not until the outbreak has been deemed over will we know the incubation period," Wilson said.
Meningitis is an infection of the membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord. Fungal versions of the disease are rare, and they are not contagious. Fungus-tainted steroids were produced and distributed by the New England Compounding Center in Framingham, Mass., and sent to 76 clinics in 23 states, including seven clinics in Maryland.
The first death in Maryland was confirmed Oct. 6. Through Wednesday, 24 cases of fungal meningitis had been reported in Maryland, along with one case involving only a spinal infection.
Millhausen's family declined to be interviewed, based on advice from their lawyer, Patricia J. Kasputys of the Law Offices of Peter Angelos. Kasputys confirmed she is representing the family and investigating whether the tainted steroid injection contributed to or caused Millhausen's death but declined to provide further details on the circumstances of his death.
The state office of the chief medical examiner confirmed that Millhausen died of complications from fungal meningitis stemming from a contaminated steroid injection.
For others who received the injections but have not been diagnosed with fungal meningitis, it remains a nervous wait. Pikesville resident Gerald Cohen is among those who received the tainted injections and has suffered declining health but has shown no sign of developing meningitis when tested with repeated, painful spinal-tap procedures. He joined Massachusetts Rep. Edward Markey last month as Markey introduced legislation to address the Food and Drug Administration's authority over compounding pharmacies like the one in Framingham.
A second bill aimed at broadening FDA authority was introduced Dec. 5, but no legislation related to the meningitis outbreak is expected to move forward until after lawmakers resolve the so-called fiscal cliff, according to Reuters.


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Pickett Fences: Squat Close to the Load
When Safety Really Matters
September/October 2005
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And I for one had a reaction that went something like, "thank goodness." The world is a dangerous place filled with all manner of risk equations that we must constantly assess and calculate and come up with the best answer to minimize the potential harms that could very well befall us had we not recently perused "Safety." The 14-page booklet was filled to the rim with safety guidelines that really came in handy as I scampered between plenaries and workshops and press conferences, dodging researchers and outreach workers and public health administrators networking madly throughout four intense days in Atlanta. Oh, the horrors I averted! Oh, the bad things that didn't happen!
The guide wasted no time at getting to the nitty gritty, opening up with a whole section on falls, with tips like "close drawers completely after every use" and "avoid excessive bending, twisting, and leaning backward while seated." If there is one way to get in trouble, it's excessive bending, my dears. Been there. Modified that behavior and don't want to go back.
Following the final "avoiding falls" intervention -- "roll, don't reach" -- began a section on strains and overexertion.
"Is this too heavy for me to lift or carry alone?"
"Am I trying to impress anyone by lifting this?"
These important practical and psychosocial self-assessments were addressed with a number of "safe lifting steps." The one that I identified best with was the simple and elegant "squat close to the load." It's a modus operandi that will surely come in handy in the months and years to come. I have decided to include the phrase in my daily affirmations. "I am valuable. My life has meaning. The world is my oyster. Squat close to the load."
A section on the application of good work practices included a number of those "wow, I wish I had thought of that" suggestions. For instance, placing your computer monitor so that it is directly in front of you is preferred. And you might want to tilt your computer monitor slightly downward to avoid glare. See what I'm saying? It's such a simple intervention, it's genius. Things needn't be complicated or convoluted to be effective, that's how I look at it.
Telephonic concerns? Well, let me share that the proper method one should employ while holding a telephone does not include "cradling" said object between head and shoulder. The guide hits the mark on this one. I think it's pretty clear why that's a bad idea. Follow the science. But let's be honest here. How many of us are guilty of engaging in this improper technique at one time or another? I'm not trying to get on a soapbox or get all up in your face about this, I just think it's an area where we all could stand to improve, me included. Telephones should not be cradled, period.
Here's one that needs no introduction or explanation. "Move between different postures regularly; don't stay in one position for long periods of time."
Okay? Hello! Don't need to tell me that twice.
"Take mini-breaks to rest the eyes and muscles." I hear that! I was most pleased, as an over-performing Type A professional born and raised into a strong Midwestern work ethic, to read the second part of this strategy, "A break does not have to be a stop of work." Maintaining productivity while concurrently giving oneself a break -- brill. I love it!
Electrical safety, fire prevention strategies, elevator entrapment and severe weather threats were all given their due.
Pretty comprehensive. I am sure lots of bad lifting was prevented at the conference. I feel safe in surmising that cradling incidence was most likely down and that "rolling and reaching" prevalence was up -- both good things. I pondered this road safely traveled as I dug deep into the conference tote, searching among the pens and pharma-sponsored mints and assorted crap for ... hmmm, it must be here somewhere.
What, no condom? No lube? No condom, no lube at an HIV PREVENTION conference with 3,000 sexual beings talking about unprotected receptive anal intercourse all day?
Nowhere to be found. Heard through the grapevine that a condom distributor in the exhibitor hall had offered to stuff all the bags with these types of goodies and was told by the conference organizers, "No thanks." Not in my Bush (Administration). This is a government-run conference, by the watch-out-for-condoms Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
No condoms, but 14 pages of squatting close to loads. What-ever.
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