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Five Latin podcasts that would deserve a Pulitzer
Alert, podcasters! The most prestigious journalism award will include a category for audio in 2020, and independent producers may participate.
¡Alerta, podcasters! El galardón más prestigioso del periodismo incluirá una categoría para audio en 2020, y podrán participar productores independientes.
Alert, podcasters! The most prestigious journalism award will include a category for audio in 2020, and independent producers may participate.
¡Alerta, podcasters! El galardón más prestigioso del periodismo incluirá una categoría para audio en 2020, y podrán participar productores independientes.
For Senator Bob Casey, politics have always been part of his life. But what are the moments outside of the spotlight that have shaped his beliefs?
There was a time when Philadelphia's City Council President didn't even want to be an elected official.
What will the Philadelphia Domestic Workers Bill of Rights change — and why has it taken so long for one of the fastest-growing sectors in the U.S. to have labor protections?
The former executive coordinator of the Fairmount Park Conservancy ended the Blackwell dynasty in West Philadelphia and runs unopposed in November.
La candidata demócrata a sheriff visitó AL DÍA el 12 de septiembre para hablar sobre su trayectoria hacia la postulación para el puesto y sus planes a partir de ahora.
The Democratic nominee for sheriff visited AL DÍA on September 12 to talk about her journey to running for the spot and what she'll do to change the office.
Edgar Ramírez, founder and host of Philatinos Radio, is working with a group of organizers to hold the first celebration of literature in Spanish in Philadelphia.
Edgar Ramírez, fundador y locutor de Philatinos Radio, ha unido fuerzas con un grupo de organizadores para llevar a cabo la primera celebración de la literatura en español en Filadelfia.
The regional director of the 2020 census reflects on his journey - and how the census has evolved since his first days as a census leader in Puerto Rico.
The Executive Director of Philadelphia's newest department visited AL DÍA on July 18 to discuss everything census 2020 in Philly.
Paco Ignacio Taibo II enfrenta la corrupción de México por las novelas de crimen, donde no hay muchos finales felices. Pero, él lucha por algo.
Paco Ignacio Taibo II confronts the deep-rooted corruption of Mexico through the crime novel genre, where there are few happy endings. It doesn't mean he isn't fighting for something
In his fourth novel of the series, Paco Ignacio Taibo II, captures the essence of Mexico City while writing the everyday life and loneliness of Detective Belascoarán.
The CEO of the National Constitution Center visited AL DÍA on July 10 to discuss America's founding document in the modern, polarized context.
Author Maribel García shares her inspiration for writing her recently published novel– Profound and Perfect Things.
Witchcraft, cosmetic reconstruction, and a classic love story that ends in tragedy– Fernando de Rojas writes about a century with revolutionary ideas.
Professor Americo Mendoza Mori shares a poem from Peruvian writer José María Arguedas.
The seventh episode of Literatura Oral explores the controversial family Buendía in Gabriel García Márquez's Cien Años de Soledad.
Celebrating the life and works of one of the most important poets and dramatist of the twentieth century.
Students at JEVS Human Services' Project WOW tell AL DÍA the program's dedicated team of educators has helped move their lives forward.
Rhymes, passion and women: the work of one of Spain's most important modernist poets.
A short story where love can only be found in dreams and the desire for a different life seems unreachable.
In an exclusive interview with AL DÍA News, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney opens up about his blue-collar upbringing in South Philly, his passionate support for the city's burgeoning immigrant population, and the transforming local political landscape.


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Kigali, 26 Feb 07
UN-HABITAT announced on Monday that it will extend its Water for African Cities Programme to help provide water and sanitation services for people living in the country's slums and other poor neighbourhoods.
The announcement was made following the signing of a memorandum by Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, UN-HABITAT's Executive Director, and Mr. Bikoro Munyanganizi, Minister of State in charge of Water and Mines, in the capital Kigali on 22 February. During a day-long visit that coincided with the 2007 International Women's Parliamentary Conference, Mrs. Tibaijuka also held talks with President Paul Kagame.
They aim of the programme in Rwanda will be to upgrade water and sanitation services for the urban poor in Kigali, and look at new ways financing local water and sanitation initiatives. They said they would monitor progress on Millennium Development Goal 7, Target 10 for improved water and sanitation. UN-HABITAT's Water for African Cities programme will also be taken into schools to provide classes on water conservation, publicly promoted to ensure people are better informed, and promote the special needs of women in all water and sanitation programmes.
The Water for African Cities Programme is currently running in 17 cities across 13 countries in Africa – Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
Mrs. Tibaijuka explained to the parliamentary conference how basic infrastructure services, particularly water and sanitation, could improve the lives of the poor, especially women.
"I urge the parliamentarians to push for the establishment of housing and urban development committees in their respective legislative bodies and assemblies in order to review existing laws on housing land and property rights, as well as policies and strategies for ensuring access to credit by the poor, and by women in particular" she said. "I also invite the World Bank and the African Development Bank present here today to join forces with UN-HABITAT and our sister agencies in supporting this endeavour." The Executive Director also held talks with Mr. Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank. They discussed collaboration on a joint initiative to improve water and sanitation in 15 specially selected towns off the coast of Lake Victoria. Known as the Lake Victoria Water and Sanitation Initiative, it is aimed at helping people in the three countries bordering the lake, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, get better services, especially those with diseases like AIDS, and households headed by orphans.

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Hi ya, all! Thanks for joining me on the second day of Newton's Nook Designs Holiday Release preview. Today, we are introducing the adorable Canine Christmas set.
I made a little treat box and used one of the puppy images as the tag. Fun, no? =)
This cute little one is colored with a friend's Golden Retriever in mind. =) He is stamped and colored on PTI's Stamper's Select White cardstock with Copic markers then fuzzy cut out.
After cutting him out, I just punched a little hole on the wreath and tied him on the ribbon bow with a piece of burlap string. The sentiment is included in this set.
Would you like to win Canine Christmas? This set will be given away to TWO lucky winners! Here is how:
1. Comment on Newton's Nook Design Blog. One winner will be randomly chosen from the comments on the Holiday release posts.
2. Comment on the Design Team Member and Guest blogs (see list below)! One winner will be chosen at random from the collective blogs in the Holiday release blog Hop. Make sure to check out each of their blogs and comment for your chance to win. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Thursday, October 17th at 9 pm Central Standard Time to comment - winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, October 18th.
Make sure you check out all the blogs taking part in the Launch Party below to enter:
- Tessa Wise
- Jocelyn Olson
- Samantha Mann
- Jennifer Ingle
- Alice Wertz (Guest Designer) ----> That's me! =)
- Danielle Pandeline (Guest Designer)
cardstock: (Rustic White, white, kraft) Papertrey Ink
clear stamps: Newton's Nook Designs
dye ink: (Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko
coloring medium: Copic
fiber: (burlap string) May Arts, (red ribbon) Ellen Hutson
die: (treat box) Papertrey Ink
tool: (die-cut machine) Provo Craft


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Design Science
#architecture #buildings
A "Quick Perspective" on the Scale of the Manmade and Natural Marvels That Surround Us
College student Kevin Wisbeth, creator of the Youtube series "A Quick Perspective," puts size in layman's terms for those who might not be able to conceptualize the true width of a B-2 Bomber's wings, or understand the immense depth of Russia's largest mine. Wisbeth digitally composes manmade structures and natural wonders to put into context each of their sizes, seamlessly fitting the world's largest oil tanker into New York's Central Park and hovering the M-1 Rocket motor just above a Smart Car.
You can watch the digital presentations of Wisbeth's comparisons on his Youtube channel. (via Quipsologies)


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The Vacationing In Minnesota
Planning a vocation is an art by itself. Choosing the right location needs more wisdom in order to get the best value for the money. A visit to Minnesota proves the right selection of the global travelers. If one wants to enjoy a beautiful morning and a peaceful evening with the loved ones, then cabins near Lake Vermillion in Minnesota seems to be the perfect destination for every family member. Most of these well designed cabins are conveniently located near the lake where one need not has to worry about kids and even pets.A cabin is said to be complete till one gets what he or she wants for a comfortable stay. In Minnesota either cabins or vacation rentals come in various shapes and sizes. Hence a visitor can select from rustic cabins, small cozy log or cedar cabins. People who have enough money can select large luxurious cabins or vacation homes.
Abundant And Affordable Cabins
Cabins in Minnesota are considered to be very much abundant as well as affordable for every global traveler. All one needs to check out with the private campgrounds and marinas for the availability. A visitor can rent a single cabin for $45 to$100 per night. Also a hirer needs to make advance reservations especially in the weekends in order to avoid disappointment. Before hiring the north shore cabins, one need to know what the things are included within the cabins. Whether a guest is looking for a small intimate cabin for two or something that can accommodate the entire family members or friends, the right cabin is waiting for every visitor. Surrounded by natural scenery, with over fifty miles of shore line, Minnesota seems to be the perfect setting for the needy individuals to experience exotic cabin rentals. Undoubtedly, renting a cabin offers a great alternative to a luxury or ordinary hotel stay for all types of travelers. Distinctive cabin rentals, of course offer the best base for the outdoor activities. With a comfortable stay in these lovely cabins a visitor and his or her family members can enjoy fishing, skiing, golfing, boating and many more.


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Space Invaders On the Los Angeles Review of Books, Oliver Wang writes about a book that considers burglars the most involved users of architecture and urban planning.
Your Legacy on Earth May Be a Plant On Nautilus, Veronique Greenwood writes about using non-native plants as archaeological indicators for lost human settlements.
The FBI's Tool for Tracking Highway Serial Killers On Vocativ, James King writes about finding patterns in the roadside murders across America that are carried out by long-haul truckers moving as they travel around the country.
Identified: Three Oklahoma Teens, Missing for 40 Years Found at the Bottom of a Lake In the Washington Post, Gail Sullivan writes about a police scuba training exercise that ended up closing the cases on the disappearances of two separate groups of people in 1969 and 1970.
First Evidence of Humans In North America Found Off Florida, New Study Says On Popular Mechanics, William Herkewitz writes about an archaeological dig that has uncovered evidence of human activity prior to the Clovis People.
Searching for Signs of Hannibal's Route in DNA from Horse Manure In The New Yorker, Marguerite Halloway writes about a new archaeological technique that analyzes soil samples to find evidence of past events.
Decoding Colombia: A Detective Story In a 2003 series in the Los Angeles Times, Robert Lee Holtz writes part 1 of 6 about the search for an explanation of what caused the space shuttle Colombia to disintegrate.
How Chris McCandless Died On Galleys, Jon Krakauer writes about the ongoing debate he kicked off in his book Into the Wild about how a young man who went off to Alaska by himself died so quickly from starvation.


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Impress Your Friends And Family With These Cooking Tips
When people start thinking about skills they would like to learn or or learn more about, one of the things that usually comes up is cooking. If this sounds like you, then you have come to the right place. This article will help you on your journey to becoming a chef.
To prevent your homemade pizza from becoming soggy with all of the juicy toppings you add, lightly coat the bare dough with olive oil. Pizza sauce, peppers and meats can all weigh down a pizza dough and cause it to be soggy even after baking so be sure to brush on a bit of olive oil for a crispier, firmer pizza!
One of the things that you will need to make sure of is that you do not store your spices above the stove, as this can reduce their quality upon use. Store all of your spices in a cool temperature to maximize the level of flavor that you taste upon consumption.
Spices should be stored in a cool and dark place. If they are stored in an area that they are exposed to light, heat and humidity, their shelf life is shortened. Your spices will have a longer shelf life and retain their good taste if stored in a dark, cool spot. Using fresher spices can make tastier meals.
Microwaving a lemon or a lime for a few seconds can release the juices. Sometimes the citrus at a grocery store is not as fresh as it could be, making it difficult to juice. If you microwave it for 10 seconds, and then roll it between your hand and the counter it will release more juice.
Fresh herbs can add a great deal to most recipes. Herbs can be tricky to handle, though, because they need to be chopped so finely. Sprinkling salt over the cutting board before chopping herbs can cut down on mess. The salt encourages herbs to stick to the board instead of flying off.
Sometimes it can seem like a good idea to pile on all of your ingredients into the pan to save you time from having to cook them all separately. However, this can only prolong the cooking process since most foods need room to breathe in the pan to cook properly while soaking up the spices. Take the extra bit of time to cook them spaced out properly in the pan and you'll have a better tasting dish.
Someone can juice fruits and vegetables if they want to be sneaky when adding nutrients to their children's foods. The juice can be poured in with other juices or it can be added to soups. Someone could also turn the juice into homemade pop cycles which will be hard for kids to resist.
When you are cooking with cheese, be sure to bring the cheese to room temperature before you melt it. Also, always melt cheese using a very low level of heat. This will prevent the cheese from getting tough or separating into oil and liquid. Overheating cheese will denature its proteins.
A well-stocked pantry is a cook's best friend! Never is that more true than when you are faced with unexpected company and you have nothing specifically planned to serve. Maintaining a pantry stocked with the basics gives you the flexibility to create easy meals at the last minute. For help in creating a great cook's pantry, think hard about the items you go back to again and again. You can also find great tips on items for the pantry in most good cookbooks and online at cooking sites.
As you can see, learning to cook is not as hard as it may seem. By following the tips listed in this article, you can learn to become the best chef you possibly can. Your friends and family will appreciate the great meals you prepare for them by following these tips.


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To celebrate their 30th anniversary, the ever-popular Balans Soho Society are opening a new restaurant – and to mark the occasion they're offering 50% off.
What to Expect
For the duration of the soft launch of the new Clapham venue, from 27 February to 5 March, Balans Soho Society are offering 50% off all food for tables reserved through Bookatable.
What to Eat and Drink
Balans Soho Society will be introducing their award-winning breakfast, lunch and dinner menu south of the river. Try The Infamous Balans Burger (pictured top), with cheese, bacon, lettuce, tomato, dill pickle and red onion served in a brioche bun with double-dipped chips, or why not go for the Cornish Crab Linguine, all washed down with delicious cocktails.
Don't Miss
Check out the decor: designer Simon Costin, whose work includes the likes of Alexander McQueen, Hermes, Stella McCartney and Faberge, is responsible for the interiors.
Balans Soho Society | 16A Clapham Common South Side, London SW4 7AB | To receive the 50% discount you must book here
Find out more about our meal at the Seven Dials location…


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Our Disneyland® Paris park tickets give you admission to both of the Disney theme parks - Disneyland® Park and Walt Disney Studios Park - so you won't miss a single second of the magic!
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** Earl of Sandwich voucher entitles the bearer to a €3 credit off a total minimum spend of €15 on food & drinks for travel up to 31st March 2020 excluding 31st October & 25th December. Planet Hollywood voucher entitles the bearer to a 15% discount off food and soft drinks ordered from the a la carte menu, and 20% off any purchase of merchandise excluding sale items, with visits until December 30th 2020. Valid for a maximum of 8 persons dining together. Not valid with any other offers (e.g. kids Meal Deal) or discounts.
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Project: Archery Hall & Boxin Club
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Architects: FT Architects
The project consists of two buildings, an archery hall and a boxing club, standing on the grounds of Kogakuin University in Tokyo. The University's brief was for two low-cost structures made of locally sourced timber. Both facilities called for a column-free space of 7.2m by 10.8m. In order to achieve this span (without columns and using low-cost methods of timber construction) it was necessary to come up with an innovative timber solution.
The two structures have been constructed employing a simple, low-tech method of bolt-and-nut assembly. However, due to the scale of the space and simplicity of construction, the execution had to be meticulous.


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For example: If I travel in a RV and would like to have Exede internet...?
Hello Exede Prospect, we don't install equipment at mobile addresses so as to ensure a solid and sound connection at all times.
Thanks for answering my question. :)
Absolutely, that's what I'm here for. (:
Ok I have another question? can I hook up my home alarm system with Exede?
If your home alarm system is IP based and you set up your router for port forwarding and a dynamic DNS service, the answer is ... probably yes. If you are trying to stream video, you will want to set your cameras for a slower frame rate based on the image size, number of cameras and your typical Exede upload data rate.
Yes, they can offer a remote/ portable satellite service. Get your walet out and read here;
Thanks this is valuable info, thanks again.
And it comes with a nifty hat, as you can see ;)
Yeah I see that, $25,000... not bad for some Exede high speed internet while you travel ;)
I have successfully produce my own pan and tilt control for the Tooway/ Newsspotter system used in Europe which is vertically identical to the the Exede /Wildblue KA system if not the same. I am currently waiting to get hold of a Exede dish to confirm this. In any case within the month I should be able to produce a kit which will enable you to put a Exede dish on an RV. There is one fly in the ointment which might affect this . In the UK you connect to the satellite through one of numerous spot beam that send and receive to a local spot on the ground. If you move out of this you have to inform the service provider each time and pay a small fee to get connected. This however does not affect the Newsspotter accounts which are allowed to roam freely. It is impossible from as a none account holder and lo life Limey tea drinker to seek answers to these questions direct from Exede, perhaps one of you can help? However the Ronsat can be seen athttp://www.satsig.net/cgi-bin/yabb/Ya..... If any one is interested in potentially purchasing a system for use in the USA please feel free to email me
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Two New Partners Join Rancho Los Cerritos For Fun at Mud Mania
2015-08-10 · By Editor
Rancho Los Cerritos Historic Site has announced, that two new partners are joining them for their popular annual summer event, Mud Mania: A Celebration of Adobe on Sunday, August, 16th. In addition to making real adobe bricks, constructing a mini-adobe home, and competing in mud relay races, staff from the El Dorado Nature Center and Signal Hill Petroleum will be on hand to provide new experiences for the hundreds of children and parents who attend.
Stefanie Gillett, Communications Specialist for Signal Hill Petroleum, explained that the company's staff will be demonstrating how oil is found, extracted, and processed. "The oil industry uses many resources and scientific techniques to better understand the complex geology of the Earth's crust," she said. "We appreciate the opportunity to educate our youth, with a hands on approach, about how petroleum is a huge and necessary part of our everyday lives."
Meaghan O'Neill, Supervising Park Naturalist for the City's El Dorado Nature Center, was very excited to be invited to participate in Mud Mania. "We will be having a dirt exploration table, and be speaking with the visitors about the importance of soil to plants and animals," she explained. "We will have two exploration bins filled with dirt, leaves and compost for guests to dig through and find the tiny critters that live in it, as well as books and educational materials on bugs and other decomposers that help create soil."
Mud Mania: A Celebration of Adobe, is taking place on Sunday, August 16 from 12:30-4:30 p.m.. Admission is $7 for adults, and $5 for children ages 4-12. Kids 3 and under are free. Food will be available for purchase from the B&R Old Fashioned Burgers food truck.
Guests at Mud Mania are required to park in the overflow lot across from our entrance or on the street; carpooling is desirable. No more than six children per adult, please. Shoes are required, except in the mud pit, and guests are encouraged to wear old clothes and bring a towel plus a change of attire for the ride home. "De-mudding" stations will also be available for limited clean up; showers will not be available.


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Bridge deck sky lounge cabinets
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An admiration for the intricacy of Art Nouveau inspired this decorative pair of Macassar ebony cabinets. In the centre, an ornate mother of pearl butterfly celebrates nature's vitality, while at each side parallel stainless steel scrolls balance the design and subtly maintain a sense of order.
Behind the unusual cut away doors accessed by hidden pop out sea catches, the cabinets house a drinks fridge and audiovisual equipment, all electronically ventilated to avoid excessive heat build-up.
The craftsmen really are artists who live and breathe the company. This is rare.


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Posts tagged 'prescription pills'
School bus driver arrested after taking pills
A Barbe Elementary school bus driver was arrested early Wednesday for driving while intoxicated, according to authorities.
At around 6:30 a.m., Calcasieu deputies responded to a call about an erratic school bus driver on Elliott Road in south Lake Charles.
Another bus driver reportedly forced Brandi N. Hood, 32, of Sulphur to pull into the parking lot of St. John's Elementary School.
There were no students on the bus.
Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Cpl. Robert Shortridge found that Hood was too impaired to perform a field sobriety test.
After Hood blew a .000 on a breath-alcohol test, deputies took her to a local hospital to draw blood for a toxicology report. Results reportedly take about a month.
Hood reportedly told deputies that she had taken Soma and Loracet pills earlier that morning.
The Calcasieu Parish School Board will use information from the arrest report in its internal investigation, said Charlene Chaisson, the school system's public information officer.
"Officials look at things such as if there was a dereliction of duty or inappropriate actions during work hours," Chaisson said.
She could not comment specifically on the Hood investigation because she said school officials are not allowed to publicly discuss personnel issues.
Teacher arrested; illegal drugs found in her classroom
*published May 25, 2010
A Fairview Elementary School teacher resigned and was arrested last Friday after bringing illegal prescription drugs to school, authorities said.
Kelly McMichael Fontenot, 38, of Ragley, was charged with two counts of possession of a Schedule IV drug, one count of possession of Schedule III drug, having drugs near a school, and obtaining a Legend drug by fraud.
Charlene Chiasson, Calcasieu Parish school system spokeswoman said Fairview Principal Lorette Bass "noticed some suspicious activity and contacted the superintendent."
Chiasson said Bass was told to follow up on her suspicions, and Fontenot was given the option to resign.
Calcasieu Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Kim Myers said Fontenot had several hydroco–done and Soma pill bottles in her purse but had no prescriptions for the drugs.
Deputies found more prescription pills in a container under her classroom desk, Myers said.
"We don't do random drug testing. It's only when teachers are entering the system," Chiasson said. "But when officials suspect strange behavior, we want them to look into it as they feel the need."
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4,500 pills found during traffic stop
*published Nov. 20, 2009
A traffic stop on Interstate 10 on Thursday led to the discovery of about 4,500 prescription pills, authorities said.
Cpl. William Kettler, a drug task force member, reportedly stopped Chasady L. Hargrave, 24, of Houma, at about 2 p.m. on I-10 East near Enterprise Boulevard.
A search of the car, done with Hargrave's consent, turned up 25 paper bags, each containing four bottles of pills, authorities said. The drugs — including 3,000 hydrocone pills and 1,500 alprazolam, or Xanax, pills — are worth about $30,000, officials said.
Lt. Billy Chapman said officers aren't sure what the other two types of pills were. None of the bottles had labels, authorities said.
The most common way for people to get large quantities of prescription drugs is to "doctor shop" and take the same prescription to multiple pain management clinics, acquiring a month's worth of pills at each place.
"This is new, so our officers are still trying to figure out where these came from," Chapman said.
Hargrave was charged with possession of Schedules III and IV drugs with intent to distribute.
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Local police break record for seized prescriptions
*Nov. 9, 2009
Task force director: Cooperation between states, laws necessary
Local law enforcers seized more than 3,100 prescription pills last week, pushing them past their 2008 record of 7,244 illegal pills confiscated, according to Combined Anti-Drug Task Force statistics.
Director Lt. Billy Chapman says he thinks good law enforcement has contributed to those numbers, but there are other factors that are more important.
In 2007, 56 people overdosed on prescription drugs in Calcasieu Parish. In 2008, there were 33 overdoses. So far this year, there have been 23.
"It's a gradual decrease as we get everything working together," Chapman said.
"Everything" isn't just in Louisiana. Chapman said about 95 percent of all illegal drugs in Southwest Louisi–ana are coming from southeast Texas.
"We have local and federal officers we speak to every week in Houston and Orange and Beaumont," Chapman said. "But they (in Texas) don't have the laws in place yet to make arrests."
The laws he is referring to would be similar to doctor shopping, drug-monitoring and labeling statutes in Louisiana that have been passed in the past three or four years.
A doctor-shopping bill would make it a felony to have a prescription filled at multiple clinics or pharmacies within a certain amount of time.
The Louisiana prescription drug-monitoring law gave the go-ahead to set up a database — accessible only by doctors, pharmacists and law enforcers — that shows how much of a scheduled drug was prescribed to a person in the state.
The most-recent law passed in Louisiana was to change Soma from a legend drug to a schedule IV drug. As a legend drug, doctors and pharmacists did not have to report how much of the drug they were prescribing and dispensing.
"This was a big step, because Soma is part of that trilogy of pills — along with hydrocodone and Xanax — people are getting when they doctor shop.
These laws have made it difficult to get large quantities of prescription pills in Louisiana, but a large supply is available across the border in Texas.
Calcasieu Parish District Attorney John DeRosier had been working with Texas legislators to push through tougher regulations of prescription pills.
In this latest session, Texas passed a law that required all pain management clinics to be owned by a physician registered with the state board of health.
"Before, anybody could own a clinic and hire a doctor to run it," Chapman said. "So what we were finding is the doctor was only there a few days a week and doctor's assistants and nurses were writing the majority of the prescriptions."
Texas' Legislature meets every two years, instead of every year.
"People always need to understand that this takes time," Chapman said. "When we got the prescription monitoring law passed, it took another year for us to get the database set up, and there is always something we can fix."
A doctor-shopping bill will be presented in the next Texas Legislature.
"After that we'll be rocking and rolling," Chapman said. "The goal is always to stop it from even getting out there."
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$68,000 worth of drugs seized
*published Nov. 3, 2009
Three traffic stops on I-10 lead to busts
Three separate traffic stops on Interstate 10 last week led to the seizure of more than $68,000 in prescription pills and illegal drugs — not record confiscations but a "significant pop," said Lt. Billy Chapman, director of the Combined Anti-Drug Task Force.
At 6 p.m. Oct. 25, officers reportedly stopped Sylvinnia S. Moore, 28, and Samantha J. Lewis, 21, both of Mobile, Ala., on Interstate 10 in Lake Charles and found 120 pounds of marijuana in the trunk of their rented vehicle. They were traveling from Houston to Mobile, officers said.
At 9 p.m. Oct. 28, officers reportedly stopped Jonathan K. Kennerson, 23, of Houston, and Camiece M. Groves, 21, of Huffman, Texas, and found three bags — with 2,016 hydrocodone pills and 504 Xanax pills — hidden in the fender of their car. Kennerson was going to Lafayette, officers said.
At about midnight Oct. 29, officers stopped John H. LeGros, 30, of Roanoke, near Vinton and found 613 Lorcet pills and 46 Somas in his vehicle.
Sheriff Tony Mancuso said the seizures were significant because District Attorney John DeRosier has been working hard to help control prescription drug abuse in the area.
"These are the pills that have been killing our young people in Calcasieu Parish," DeRosier said.
He said state doctor-shopping laws and prescription pill monitoring systems have made it difficult for people to get such large amounts of drugs in the state.
"We made strides this year with the Texas Legislature passing laws to regulate pain management clinics," he said. "We still have to get a doctor shopping statute there."
Mancuso said agencies here are working with the Houston police, Harris Country deputies, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and drug task forces in Lafayette and Mobile.
"It's been so important to combine our efforts with other local and federal law enforcement," Mancuso said. "We have major waterways and a major interstate coming through the parish."
Sgt. Gene Pittman with the local task force said well over 90 percent of the drugs in the area come in through Houston.
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London - (Disaster Mess): Richard Branson has been warned that his £100,000 McCann legal defence fund will bomb in the same way as his Jet Convulsion Lab off-plan Virgin Intergalactic Shuttle which crashed into to Mojave desert in July this year, causing untold carnage and several fatalities.
"Branson's a spineless New Labour tosser who thinks nothing of manipulating the media," Lincoln's Inn legal sources said today.
"The McCanns must be either desperate or congenitally stupid to accept so much as a Mexican peso from this mobster poseur whose Serious Fraud Squad file takes up as much room as JK Rowling's."
Earlier this year Branson donated a reported £200,000 to the McCann's self-publicity fund as well as free flights to their high-profile televised cringefest with the Pope.
But disastrous events in the Mojave desert co-incided with this flash publicity when his rocket prototype exploded, killing three engineers and seriously wounding many more.
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Even if you know nothing about drinks, you'll have noticed that gin is having a bit of a moment. There's an ever-increasing number of bottles turning up on shop shelves, while classic and new gin cocktails – especially the negroni – are on the drinks menu in every bar.
Gin's fans are legion (and growing) and chef, food writer and outdoorsman Valentine Warner counts himself among them. "Gin is my absolute favourite spirit," he declares. He likes it so much, in fact, that he's gone and launched his own – Hepple. It's named after the Hepple estate in Northumberland, owned by childhood friend Walter Riddell. I'm joining the pair on a chilly hike through the estate's hills and bogs to see where the gin comes from, and to find out how the spirit is made.
The rugged moorland of North East England is perfect for growing juniper, the essential ingredient in gin (the drink's name goes back to the French word for juniper – genièvre). We stop to inspect a young juniper bush; the green (unripe) berries release a fresh, piney blast when I bite into them – but Walter explains that not all is well with juniper in Britain. "A fungus that attacks the roots has been wiping out plants all over the country. No one knows how it's spread," he explains. Extra juniper seedlings have been planted on the estate to help overcome the threat of disease.


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Guest Blog: Tom Groenfeldt on Design Thinking
Is Design Thinking Different From Thinking?
Design Thinking, which has become widely popular in the last couple of years, has two aspects. One is not about design or aesthetics — it is about a way of thinking. It's received a boost in credibility since two co-founders of Airbnb are graduates of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).
Roger Martin, dean of the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, explains theory and practice of Design Thinking in his book, "The Design of Business".
Martin cites Tim Brown of IDEO that design thinking is "a discipline that uses the designer's sensibility and methods to match people's needs with what is technologically feasible and where a viable business strategy can convert into customer value and market opportunity."
Management fads come in waves such as Management by Walking Around, TQM, Kaizen, Six Sigma, Theory Z, JIT, and re-engineering the corporation. A good deal of Design Thinking seems to combine common sense with rigorous examination of the business.
Martin contrasts the drive for reliable, which comes from scientific management to valid, which can arise from imagination. At times he is waylaid by his stories. He discusses Ray Kroc's formulas that made McDonald's so successful, or an autism researcher who seems to be following lab results, neither of which seems to have much to do with design thinking.
But the book picks up its pace with another story — A.G. Lafley who in his early days as CEO of P&G persuaded Claudia Kotchka, on his third try, to head up the company's design initiative. She turned to Martin, David Kelley of the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design and Patrick Whitney of the Institute of Design at the Illinois Institute of Technology.
He defines design thinking as deep and holistic user understanding, visualization of new possibilities and the creation of a new activity systems to bring the nascent idea to reality and profitable operation. To be effective, it has to be designed for business teams. A key quality Kotchka brought to P&G was she could talk to designers and she understood the needs of business.
Martin says companies that devote all their resources to reliability lack the tools to pursue outcomes that are valid — they don't know how to manage validity-seeking activities to generate lasting business value. As he notes later in the book, big stodgy firms can acquire small innovative companies for fresh thinking. Then the challenge is to avoid suffocating the small firm with big company bureaucracy, as EDS did with A.T. Kearney before eventually selling the consultancy back to its remaining executives for a fraction of what it had paid. A better example is Steelcase which bought IDEO and kept it a separate operation to bring innovative design thinking to the office furniture company. Then it sold a controlling interest back to the executives.
Analytics has limits, Martin notes.
"It is no accident that the future predicted through analytical methods closely resembles the past, differing in degree but not in kind… In the mind of the analyst all that matters is what can be measured."
Some of design thinking seems common sense, revolutionary primarily because some of these corporations were so rigidly managed. P&G, for example relied on focus groups. Kotchka experimented with the hair products group in the UK by getting some of them to visit hair salons and see products being consumed, and then inviting salon customers to P&G office to talk about their experiences, replacing focus groups with one-on-one meetings.
Herman Miller's Aeron chair is another example of design thinking. The company turned to outside designers who talked to people who sit for a living. Turns out the reason they turn and squirm in their chairs is because they get hot. The designers created a chair which stretches a breathable fabric across its seat and back frames. The company did a major launch and the chair sales took off despite some who asked where the upholstery was.
"The key tools of design thinkers are observation and imagination and configuration."
Not everyone is enthusiastic about design thinking.
Lee Vinsel, who describes himself as doing technology studies at Virginia Tech, posted on Medium: "Design Thinking is Kind of Like Syphilis — It's Contagious and Rots Your Brains."
The graphic designer Natasha Jen, a partner at the design firm Pentagram, said "Design Thinking has become a meaningless buzzword. But the deeper problem is that Design Thinkers treat design like a simple, linear process."
Thom Moran, an Assistant Professor of Architecture at the University of Michigan, told Vinsel that Design Thinking brought "a whole set of values about what design's supposed to look like," including that everything is supposed to be "fun" and "play," and that the focus is less on "what would work." Moran doesn't see sufficient "critical thinking in the popular form of Design Thinking, which tends to ignore politics, environmental issues, and global economic problems."
Martin says that some parts of a organization benefit from a lot of design thinking while other areas, such as supply chain and finance, require reliability. Balance is key to understanding where and when and how much to look for design thinking and when to value reliability.
About Tom Groenfeldt
Tom Groenfeldt is a highly respected freelance writer based in the U.S. He writes about finance and technology for publications including Forbes.com, International Finance Magazine and his own blog, techandfinance.com. In 2015 The Financial Brand named Tom one of the top 25 global influencers in financial services. And he was named by Jay Palter as one of the 250 Fintech influencers you should be following in 2016, and by CDW FinTalk as a top blog.


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A tiny city sprung up almost overnight this January in Kennedy Library's 1st Floor Gallery, thanks to the work of 2nd year architecture students.
The city, or rather, models of buildings all inspired by architect Julia Morgan, was the result of the architecture students' work last quarter studying the history of the iconic Morgan. Architecture professors and students worked with Kennedy Library's Special Collections to access Morgan's own documentation of her work, and then designed projects in response to Morgan's style of design.
The resulting sketches and models were then displayed at Kennedy Library, and were a great introduction to the architecture world, said Renee Jain, architecture senior and special collections student assistant Renee Jain.
"It's great for the public to see the process of architecture," Jain said.
Though each architecture class (or "studio") was inspired by Julia Morgan, professors chose to focus on different projects from Morgan's career, and prompted their students to create entirely new and modern designs.
Students in instructor Richard Beller's studio, for instance, created gender studies centers inspired by Morgan's Monday Club building.
Beller chose to incorporate the issue of gender into the project because of Morgan's prominence as a woman in the nearly all-male architecture world, Beller said. Even today, half of Cal Poly's architecture students are women, but the field is still dominated by men, Beller said.
"Once they get out of school it's still a white male dominated profession, so I said, 'Let's do a center for gender studies,'" Beller said.
All of the studios' results are stunning, though, said Beller, particularly because these projects are the first full designs these architecture students have produced.
"This is their first ever real project and it's amazing what they were able to do," Beller said.
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crontab should list entries or let me edit crontab entries.
there was changes in spec file which specifies dependencies. For solution I need
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include only some scripts like run-parts. When I installed FC it was
automatically installed - vixie-cron, anacron, crontabs. Problem is only if you
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SC Black Caucus: Eckstrom needs to apologize
COLUMBIA — The South Carolina Legislative Black Caucus says the state's top accountant needs to apologize to the students and alumni of South Carolina State University for offensive comments.
Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom said Wednesday that South Carolina State can't rely on its students to bail out the university from its debt. He said students are going there because they can't get into other schools. That prompted loud groans from a standing-room-only crowd.
His comments came before the Budget and Control Board on which Eckstrom sits approved loaning the school $6 million to help pay bills that began piling up in October. The school had sought a $13.6 million direct payment.
The caucus says the state's only public historically black university has a rich heritage and attracts students from all economic levels.
SC State gets $6M loan to stay afloat
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Tortugas Unveil 2019 Schedule
By Daytona Tortugas | December 17, 2018 10:57 AM
DAYTONA BEACH, FL - Coming off a North Division Championship and a Florida State League runner-up season, the Daytona Tortugas are excited to announce the official 2019 schedule. The schedule is highlighted by an unprecedented 73 home games at Jackie Robinson Ballpark, including double-digit home dates on Thirsty Thursdays, Firework Fridays and Saturday Firework Extravaganzas. Mark your calendars for Thursday, April 4th for Opening Night against the Florida Fire Frogs as the Tortugas defend their throne as "Kings of the North".
The 2019 season will mark the 100th anniversary for the Florida State League. Last season, Daytona Beach Baseball surpassed both the all-time attendance record and most total wins for the league. The 2019 campaign will mark the 75th season of Daytona Baseball in the Florida State League, which is the longest tenured team in the league. This historic season is sure to be special as the Tortugas introduce a brand new playing surface at Jackie Robinson Ballpark.
The Tortugas are also coming off of back-to-back Florida State League promotional awards and 2019 will be no different. The promotional calendar is set to be released on Monday, January 14th and will include some unforgettable nights at Jackie Robinson Ballpark.
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Blog Optimization- For Everything you should be concerned about.
Saturday, November 04, 2006
Technorati has 55 million blogs and 75000 blogs are added daily approximately, yours may be one of them. How do you make it different so that people searching for your niche come directly to you? Various other search engines also index blogs. You need to be different and as you need to optimize your website, similarly you need to optimize your blog.
Why Optimization?
1) Increase rankings of the blog on BOTH regular search engines as well as blog/RSS search engines.
2) Increase traffic to the blog from multiple sources such as social search (Yahoo MyWeb, Google Personalized Search) and social bookmarking sites (del.icio.us, Digg, Furl or Blogmarks).
Your blog can easily appear in search engines like google and yahoo and as a matter of fact, they must. It is not at all difficult for you to make your blog attractive to search engines as they love new content. Keep in mind that your actual audience are people. Many marketers while optimizing their sites forget that, which proves to be very crucial mistake of their business life.
A blog is just a website that uses a content management system, so most standard SEO tactics apply. There are also optimization tactics specific to blogs. These tactics differ because your content is not static. So, while optimizing blogs one has to keep focus on how to use blog optimization while writing posts. As it is a very important topic of discussion we'll be taking the elements of search engine optimization in details from the next post onward. These are:
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Close Brothers Group plc (the 'Company') announces that on 4 November 2019 it transferred 2,148 ordinary shares of 25 pence each from treasury to participants in its employee share plans. The highest and lowest transfer price was 1,197 and 1,143 pence, respectively. Following the transfer of these shares, the Company holds 933,450 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 151,126,840 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).
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A boot fitter can learn on the job as an apprentice to a master boot fitter or can attend a boot fitter education program. Introductory and associate courses are offered by these programs, and many graduates of these programs are found working as boot fitters in ski shops. Fitters will learn techniques for stretching and grinding boots, and they will learn about stance analysis. Salesmanship and customer service skills are also learned. Casting foot beds is a skill that a new master boot fitter will use continuously in his or her work as a boot fitter.
Communication with a customer is essential in the boot-fitting process. In order to establish a rapport with the customer, the boot fitter will ask a lot of questions about skiing habits. Gathering as much information as possible to understand the ski habits of the individual is the goal. A fitter will measure bare feet and measure the feet again with socks. Measurements will be taken while sitting and standing so that weight bearing, stance and balance can be evaluated.
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|Venezia 2.0
A new Map of PUBG Mobile has been leaked by a Reddit User .We have very few details about the map.It is a 4x4 concept map inspired by Venice, Italy.It is about the size of the area between Georgepol, Primorsk and Pochinki.
Let's take a step back and imagine that this map looks like Venice in about 30-50 years, we could see many sunken lands. Sandbags and sand bars can be added to reduce erosion and maintain water levels. In the end, all this work to preserve the city would have been useless, so we would have remained with an outer ring of semi-sunken buildings, covered with sand. Sand bars or even sea walls and piles of rocks. Some buildings would have been submerged, others would have collapsed and there would have been many sandbanks and sandbags as cover to move.
This first area would be a place where one could plunder under water, or inside a broken and exposed building, or on a more exposed beach. High risk, high reward for looting. This also diversifies your playing styles from the typical urban warfare scenario.
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Moreover, the circles here would be unpredictable and diametrically different from their standard urban circle.
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In second place we would have the average city. It would look at a mostly normal city, with some flooded areas and others under construction with scaffolding and other construction projects linking buildings and roofs.
This creates a different space for struggle that passes very well in the first and third space.
Last but not least, and thirdly, we have the city center. Virtually intact and very similar to the original city, this area would provide everyone with its urban / canal war solution, and more traditional end circles.
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The final reasoning for this, is that developers can customize the map to contain most of the real Venice that has a strategic sense, can make their own unique design choices in the external ranges of the city and provide a higher level of versatility that a true map of life in Venice may not be able to provide us.


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Adventures In Accessibility #2: How the Blind See the World
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So I've spent a lot of time figuring out how people with no vision are going to play the game I'm working on. I've already circled in on a solution but I wanted to take some time to look into supporting people with low vision. While complete blindness can be simulated by closing your eyes, low vision is a lot more complicated. Low vision is actually more relevant since the vast majority of blind people can still see in some capacity.


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Hollins is an independent liberal arts university dedicated to academic excellence and humane values. Hollins University offers undergraduate liberal arts education for women, selected graduate programs for men and women, and community outreach initiatives. The Hollins curriculum and cocurricular programs prepare students for lives of active learning, fulfilling work, personal growth, achievement, and service to society. The Hollins community sustains talented students engaged in challenging study, and productive scholars and artists devoted to teaching and to the advancement of knowledge. Experiential learning, study abroad, and internships enhance the academic program. The hallmarks of a Hollins education are creativity and effective self-expression, problem solving and critical thinking skills, and independent inquiry and the free exchange of ideas. Hollins nurtures civility, integrity, and concern for others, encourages and values diversity and social justice, and affirms the equal worth of women and men. Our university motto, Levavi Oculos, calls us to leadership and service in accord with the Hollins values and traditions.
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Texas Tech running back Eric Stephens said offensive coordinator Neal Brown lets it be known the most important in-house award given each week is the one for best lineman. Last week's winner, left tackle LaAdrian Waddle, had more than just a good game in the Red Raiders' 35-34 victory against Nevada.
"Waddle graded out higher than any O-lineman we've had since I've been here," Tech's second-year offensive coordinator said.
While praising Waddle, Brown commended left guard Lonnie Edwards in the same breath. They knocked enough holes in Nevada's defensive front for running back Eric Stephens to go for a career-best game of 26 carries for 134 yards.
"Last year, we definitely didn't have the chemistry we do now," Waddle said of himself and Edwards. "It's that cohesion of working together day in and day out. We've really got a good bond working over there, as well as the rest of the O-line. We have a tight bond as a unit."
Tech ranks 38th in the nation in rushing offense, and Stephens is 16th individually with an average of 114.7 yards per game. Sustaining that might be unrealistic since the Raiders remain committed to passing first.
Nevertheless, Tech coach Tommy Tuberville thought the offense's inability to run the ball was a shortcoming when he took over. After a year to work on it, rushing looks like a more legitimate option.
"I think the numbers speak for themselves," Stephens said. "Last year at this time, we weren't averaging this much yardage per game. I think it has a lot to do with the entire O-line returning and another year under (running backs) coach (Chad) Scott and coach Brown. Coach Scott's the best coach I've had in a while. If you follow what he tells you to, you'll be OK."
Tech's fourth-quarter comeback offered two examples that the Raiders can catch defenses off-guard when they assume a pass is coming on a passing down. Stephens bolted 23 yards off left tackle on a third-and-5 from the Nevada 32, then scored the touchdown that pulled Tech within 31-28.
Then he started Tech's game-winning series running 16 yards behind Waddle and Edwards on first-and-15 from the Tech 39.
"I think teams have to stay more honest now," Stephens said. "That third-and-(5) when we ran the ball, a lot of teams wouldn't expect that from us. It has a lot to do with coach Brown's faith in us in the running game."
Waddle, a 6-foot-6, 325-pound junior from Columbus, said his technique has improved because the Tech linemen work on zone-blocking steps each day and have a lot of time invested in it. The way he sees it, run blocking is not the biggest adjustment linemen have been asked to make over the last year.
"Probably just tempo; we upped the tempo," Waddle said. "We work on trying to tire the defense out, so that means you have to get in better shape. Tempo, and we're trying to run the ball, so we've been working on that a lot more, too."
Even though he more than passed muster Saturday, Waddle can't be content with the Red Raiders starting nine weeks in a row of Big 12 Conference games.
"I think I'm coming along pretty good," he said. "I know every week, the competition's going to get a little better, so I know I have to up my game every week. I'm coming out in practice trying to work hard and get better every day."
The Raiders finished Saturday with 38 rushing attempts and 38 passing attempts, though Brown said that was abuot choosing a game plan tailored to a specific opponent.
"We're not really striving to be a balanced team, so to speak," he said. "We try to get in the game what we feel like can work. Going into the game, we had a decisive advantage up front, just as far as weight. ... Once we came out after halftime, I felt like our size and our strength kind of took over."


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Now the highlight of our whole Villa Escudero family get-away vacation – buffet dining at the man made waterfalls.
One can leave their shoes or slippers before they go down to the dining area. Water was flowing under the tables and bench while you were eating and going to the table and having a slippers might slip you out.
Sharing with you some food we feasted out. We started with veggie salad with peanut sauce on the side. This was what I enjoyed most! Rice was individually wrapped in banana leaves. In between we munched out from grilled pork and fish, with ginataang vegetables and kadereta at the side. For desserts, we ate banana cue desserts and tapioca balls. Whow, we just realized we missed this kind of food!
To really feel the Filipino style of eating, they use those coconut bowl for the soup and dessert. Even the whole table set-up was traditionally sooo Filipino. Over-all I love the taste of the food. Actually, I think we were the last family who leave the place not actually for the food but to enjoy the bakdraft of the waterfalls even it was man made.
Anyway, we got already our swimming attire as we will be playing around the waterfalls after we ate even we already enjoyed the cold water touching our feet while eating. Jam also got this glass with her to get fish around the water area. The water is really that clean where fish is just around.
The exciting part, our swimming with the waterfalls! We love the refreshing water even it was cold.
Overall, our family got a blast of Filipino culture offered by Villa Escudero. For one whole day, we experience the richness and authenticity of country life that leave a marked to our heart – from carabao rides, delectable cuisine, rafting, swimming and most especially friendly people around.
After I posted our pictures to Facebook, there were lot of inquiries from relatives/friends here and abroad. It is just ok. I am use with it when I started to do this blog, I become some sort of an agent already. If the only reason is for me to promote more our beautiful places especially here in the south, I am very, very willing to assist as long that I can be of help.
Anyway, that ends my three part series. More to come for 2012! Here are my list of links for this Villa Escudero posts:
- http://calamba-online.com/2012/01/03/family-get-away-at-villa-escudero-part-1/
- http://calamba-online.com/2012/01/03/family-get-away-at-villa-escudero-part-2/
- http://calamba-online.com/2012/01/03/family-get-away-at-villa-escudero-part-3/
For more information, visit their:
Website: http://www.villaescudero.com/
Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Villa-Escudero-Plantations-and-Resort/337893889538?ref=t


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The wind woke me up during the loneliest hours of the early morning and I crept through the darkness to the picture window, hoping the moon's light would illuminate the destruction I was sure was unfolding outdoors. There was no light and as my eyes adjusted to the night, I saw the tops of tree bending and dancing to the howling winds. I stood there for some time watching and listening, appreciating the comforts around me but at the same time wanting to feel the cold night nip at me.
I visualized myself down at the local beach, experiencing the night, the wind and the waves as all three muted my senses. By this time I was transported into my imagination to another time, another place. A day dreamer at my core, I never miss an opportunity let myself get lost, spinning a tale that I only I can see.
In this other world I left the house, my feet knew the path before me, I did not need to see, an unknown desire drew me down the gravel road toward the uninhabited beach. I reached the waters edge, I stood quiet and alone clearing my mind from the worries of life, leaving no room for anything except what was right in front of me.
Far out into the bay I could see the outline of a ship from a time I knew before, not of this earthly body but an ancestral one. The tide rushed at my feet, the methodical yet chaotic ebb rising to my ankles. The ship swayed on the waves and I could make out people. Listening as the water brought their voices to me, I could hear the chatter of preparation for a journey to be taken.
The wind quickened, pushing me further into the numbing sea water, tangling my hair and making me believe I could be swept away with no repercussions. The water sirens were there, humming at first, a slow, quite tone barely recognizable. Their song grew louder as the wind died down, knowing that it was their time. They followed the ship out of the bay and I was left alone on the beach once more, to watch the ship depart towards a destiny that at this time I only knew.
My wandering thoughts had taken me back to a letter my grandfather had written me about our shared ancestors. He wrote to me after I had moved to Canada to tell me that our relatives arrived to the area now known as Economy, NS in the early 1700's.
The story goes that the man was given as much land as he could walk in a day and so he did just that, inviting his relatives to come settle after he was granted the land. We became ship builders and seaman and in my grandfathers words….Pirates.
I am enthralled with idea that I am descendant of a pirate. Not in the romantic, Hollywood version of "pirate", or male center idea of a rebel. I like think I have a bit of she-pirate in me; bold, calculated and a natural leader, able incite a following of like minded individuals to achieve together what we could not alone.
But pirates was not the meat of this letter, it was to tell the tale of a voyage to Ireland that nearly cost a crew its life. And at the last possible moment, as the ship was certainly doomed and the men prayed together, they were saved. My great-great-grandfather, a young man of 16 at the time, living through an ordeal that no doubt shaped his entire life. And a story that I often think about when the weather turns this way.
Little Frank came upstairs to find me, pulling me back to the present day. Her nails clicked on the laminate as she made her way to join me at the window. In a way I wondered if she knew how I was feeling and that's why she sought me out. She nudged at me and we made our way back to bed, to be lulled to sleep by the signing of the winds.
The next morning, we set out for a day of beaching combing, hoping that the high tides from the last full moon and the winds of the night before would bring in some interesting finds, or at least provide a mornings entertainment. It was chilly, my wool beanie and gloves kept me warm as we made our way down the familiar path leading to the little beach on the Minas Basin, the upper part of the Bay of Fundy.
The wind whipped at my face, pushing me toward the expansive beach. The sun was hidden behind a thick cloud bank and I was glad I was bundled up for this adventure. Frank shot ahead, running easily on the soft silty clay sand while I took my time scanning the rocks for sea glass or other treasures. Shells and rocks, rocks and shells but no sea glass.
As I walked, I remembered a 'Happiness Rock' I had seen last summer on the Dobson trail. A plain flat rock painted a bright color with an inspirational message. I enjoyed finding those little 'gems' and as I was not having luck finding sea glass, I switched my focus to flat rocks.
After hearing my plan, my beach partner yelled out "Only the interesting rocks", just as I put my hand on wedge shaped rock that instantly struck me as wanting to be painted as a pizza slice. We continued this way, directionless and silent, listening to the waves creep closer as the sun started to emerge from the clouds. Not a piece of sea glass to be found but my pack was gaining weight with every interesting stone; a future butterfly and a stack of books were among my favorite finds.
We scanned the vastness in front of us for some shelter from the cold, biting winds, to make some tea and compare our treasures. A sun bleached heavy log that had accumulated a grouping of drift wood was the obvious choice, offering a block against the wind bringing in the Fundy tide.
My pack off and the kettle boiling I ran down the beach, Frankie chasing after me, stopping quickly to let the sun hit my face. The waves were increasing speed and I stood memorized by their random synchronicity. The sounds of the beach were growing louder, the narrative in my mind retreating. I stood in my power stance at the edge of the water, arms straight up and feet firmly planted. I breathed in and reached toward the sky, absorbing the March sun.
I was struck with the realization that I could possibly be sharing a view, a moment through time, with a relative from the past. As a girl who has very few kin in this current world, it is a comforting thought. Many of my lineage stood on the shores of this bay, gazing out into the bright day, wondering about what lays ahead for the people they love; their futures yet unwritten.
I was brought back to the moment last night, thinking about that ship on the eve of departure. About the story of those men untold and the connection to this area that is undiscovered. I set an intention to find the letter and properly share their story. A seagull called out over head and I was brought back to myself as Frankie pawed at me from below.
We meandered back to our small camp to enjoy the rest of the outing. As we eventually set out for home, turning from the sun, I left behind the red clay rocks for another day and quite possibly another time.
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With more than 60 thousand people in the Citrus Bowl, the Orlando City had its opening game with a lot of great moments, emotion and highlights. The afternoon started with the visit of the Orlando Pride, bringing charm and beauty to the Citrus Bowl.
With plenty of media to cover the great moments, the arrival of the Copa Centenário Cup was announced bu Mayor Dyer and Phil Rawlins. Flavio Augusto da Silva, majority owner at the Orlando City, presented the new player, Former AC Milan Midfielder Antonio Nocerino, who for the first time dressed the OCSC purple shirt.
Kaká called up for the Brazilian Team will only return in April, but he was present for a few moments and left. The Game started fast with a goal scored, but not recognized, leaving a bad taste to everyone watching the match. Pedro Ribeiro for sure showed one of his best performances fighting for the team and showing his "jogo bonito".Molino bac, showed strength, everyone showing progress, comparing the team that started last year. The team seemed well adapted, and playing well together. The overall experience was great and at the last minute, when we thought all was lost, the OCSC scored twice, and the game ended.It is all good!
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What: The LafargeHolcim Awards is one of the most significant global competition in sustainable design. Organized by the LafargeHolcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction, the competition identifies the ideas with the highest potential to tackle today's challenges to increasing urbanization and to improve quality of life.
The competition is open for projects in architecture, building and civil engineering, landscape and urban design, materials, products and construction technologies that contribute to the five "target issues" for sustainable construction. The competition has two categories with different requirements:
LafargeHolcim Awards (main category)
- Project has reached an advanced stage of design with high probability of execution
- All authors must be at least 18 years of age (date of birth March 21, 1999 or earlier)
- Execution of the project may not have started before July 4, 2016
Next Generation (young professionals and students category)
- Visionary projects and bold ideas
- All authors must be between 18 and 30 years of age (date of birth between July 5, 1985 and March 21, 1999)
- Execution of the project (if applicable) may not have started before July 4, 2016
Registration Deadline: March 21, 2017 at 14:00hrs (UTC).
The juries consist of independent, renowned representatives from science, business and society. They evaluate entries against the "target issues" for sustainable construction.
After a centrally-performed technical pre-assessment, regional juries will evaluate and rank the respective entries. The juries consist of independent, renowned representatives from science, business and society.
See the entire list across regions of Europe, North America, Latin America, Middle East Africa, Asia Pacific HERE
The five "target issues" defined by the LafargeHolcim Foundation quantify the degree to which buildings contribute to sustainable development. These "target issues" serve as criteria for projects submitted for the LafargeHolcim Awards and as a road map for other related activities of the Foundation.
Innovation and transferability – Progress
Ethical standards and social inclusion – People
Resource and environmental performance – Planet
Economic viability and compatibility – Prosperity
Contextual and aesthetic impact – Place
The total prize money for each cycle of the LafargeHolcim Awards competition (regional and global levels) is USD 2 million.
Regional prizes
- The total prize money for each of the five regional LafargeHolcim Awards competitions is USD 330,000
- LafargeHolcim Awards (main category): LafargeHolcim Awards Gold USD 100,000; LafargeHolcim Awards Silver USD 50,000; LafargeHolcim Awards Bronze USD 30,000
- 4 LafargeHolcim Awards Acknowledgement prizes of USD 20,000 each
- Next Generation prizes from a budget of USD 70,000 per region: Next Generation 1st prize USD 25,000; Next Generation 2nd prize USD 20,000; Next Generation 3rd prize USD 15,000; Next Generation 4th prize USD 10,000
- Awards, Acknowledgements and Next Generation prizes will be presented at LafargeHolcim Awards ceremonies in each region (Europe, North America, Latin America, Middle East Africa, and Asia Pacific) from September to November 2017.
Global prizes
- The prize money of the Global LafargeHolcim Awards competition is USD 350,000
- The 15 recipients of regional LafargeHolcim Awards Gold, Silver and Bronze are automatically nominated for the Global LafargeHolcim Awards in 2018.
- Global LafargeHolcim Awards Gold USD 150,000; Global LafargeHolcim Awards Silver USD 100,000; Global LafargeHolcim Awards Bronze USD 50,000
- A Global LafargeHolcim Jury Wild Card Award of USD 50,000 will be chosen from all regional winners (Awards, Acknowledgement and Next Generation prizes) from 2017
- Prizes of the global competition will be presented at dedicated LafargeHolcim Awards handover events from mid-2018.
Fill out the application form: HERE
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