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Coverage Access Guide Mobile App Privacy Policy
PAF is pleased to share our privacy policy as it relates to the mobile app - Coverage Access Guide, we have developed. This document details what personal information, if any, we collect from users of our apps, and how our organization uses information we have access to. This policy also covers how you can connect with us should you have questions or concerns about our practices and policies.
The Coverage Access Guide mobile app provides simplified tips in article form that help patients navigate their healthcare journey, prevent common obstacles and make informed healthcare decisions now and in the future. Content is perfect for both the novice consumer as well as the experienced patient or healthcare advocate.
Modified and Effective: July 1, 2017
At Patient Advocate Foundation we recognize that privacy is important. This Privacy Policy ("Policy") applies to your use of the Patient Advocate Foundation "Coverage Access Guide" Application on all platforms (the "Application"), the related services we provide initiated through the Application.
Patient Advocate Foundation, Inc. ("Patient Advocate Foundation,", "PAF", "us" or "we") created this privacy policy (the "Policy") to explain our privacy practices so you will understand what information about you is collected, used and disclosed with respect to your use of the Application.
By using this Application, or by reaching out to Patient Advocate Foundation, you consent to the privacy practices described in this Policy.
We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change, modify or otherwise alter this Policy at any time. You can find the most recent version of this Policy here, or at www.patientadvocate.org/CAGapp_privacy, with the date of last modification noted above.
Such modifications shall become effective immediately upon the posting thereof on the website noted. You must review this Policy on a regular basis to keep yourself apprised of any changes. If you do not agree to any modifications to this Policy, your sole recourse is to immediately stop all use of all Application and cease any active communication with the Patient Advocate Foundation. Your continued use of any Application following the posting of any modifications to this Policy will constitute your acceptance of the revised Policy. Should you have any questions regarding this Policy, please contact us at the contact information listed at the end of this Policy. Please note that none of our employees or agents has the authority to vary any of our Policies.
This Policy covers any possible collection, use and disclosure of your information through the Application. It does not cover any collection, use or disclosure by third parties through any Application, Websites, products or services that we do not control or own, such as Apple's App Store, Google's PLAY Store, or any third party services or organizations that are referred to or made available via the Application or Patient Advocate Foundation, such as the individual charity or healthcare resources. All trademarks, trade names, and logos of organizations mentioned on the Application belong to their respective owners.
For Patient Advocate Foundation's full organizational privacy policy, including information specific to visiting our website and privacy concerns when receiving direct services from professional Patient Advocate Foundation staff, visit www.patientadvocate.org/privacy.
We collect the following types of information below through your use of the Mobile Application.
Personal Information. "Personal Information" is information that identifies you or another person. The Application's use and potential access to personal information is identified below:
- No personal information is collected or stored by Patient Advocate Foundation when downloading or using the Coverage Access Guide Application to read articles, view categories, save articles, or other educational activity within.
- Required fields provided by users and submitted via available forms within the Application may be collected and used to respond to user inquires. Name and/or email address are the only required fields within these forms and are only used to respond to user inquiries when submitted by user. The submission of forms is not required to fully utilize functionality of the Application.
- Additional content including names, physical addresses, email addresses, telephone, fax pertaining to you or any another person may be used and visible to Patient Advocate Foundation ONLY when provided directly by the user during a specific contact initiated from within the Application, through the available "Ask/Report General Issues" or "Submit Article Request" contact form options within the Application. This potential additional content could only be submitted in general description field within form and not required nor suggested for submissions.
- We collect Personal Information if you provide it directly to us by calling the Patient Advocate Foundation or by reaching out from the patientadvocate.org corporate website. We may also collect Personal Information when you send us messages, comments, questions or suggestions or if you participate in blogs, forums, message boards, chat rooms, profile pages and other services within which you are able to post information, if any, through the Patient Advocate Foundation website or application.
The Application, or any representative of Patient Advocate Foundation, does NOT have access to, nor collect or store any of the following personal information without permission:>
- Your geographic location information or location history;
- Names, physical addresses, email addresses, telephone, fax and other device numbers pertaining to you or another person that is stored within Device;
- Calendar entries stored within your Device;
- Contact entries stored within your Device;
- Information, messages, images, photos, files and other content (including any location information and other metadata pertaining to such items) that you transmit or receive;
- Any information about you or others that may be accessed by our system directly from your device;
- Cellular providers, account information, passwords, and other numbers pertaining to you or another person.
Non-Personal Information. "Non-Personal Information" is information that does not identify you or any other individual, and includes Session and Usage Data, Log Data and Aggregate Information, each as described below.
Session and Usage Data. "Session and Usage Data" is information about your use of the Application, the Patient Advocate Foundation and/or the Site and includes, without limitation, connection and service-related data submitted to us through your use of an Application. Session and Usage Data may includes information relating to the connection request, server communication and data sharing, including network measurements, quality of service, and date, time and location. We also may aggregate Session and Usage data as described in Aggregate Information below. Please note that Session and Usage Data does not include any Personal Information, including selected search criteria, nor does it include Content you may transmit or share through the use of the Application (such as third party usernames, passwords, contacts, calendar appointments, etc.)
Log Data. When you interact with us through use of the Application, our systems may automatically collect your unique User Device number, the IP address, type of browser or operating system you use, and the dates and times of your use ("Log Data").
Aggregate Information. "Aggregate Information" is data we collect about a group or category of services or Users from which individual User identities have been removed. In other words, information on how you use the Application may be collected and combined with information about how others use the Application, but no personally identifiable information will be included in the resulting Aggregate Information. Aggregate Information helps us understand trends in our Users' needs so that we can better consider new features or otherwise tailor the Application.
We ask and prefer that you not send us, and you not disclose, any sensitive Personal Information (e.g., medical diagnosis, history, date of birth, information related to racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion or other beliefs, health, sexual orientation, criminal background or membership in past organizations, including trade union memberships) on or through the Mobile Application. Should this info be relevant to your request for help from Patient Advocate Foundation direct services, it will be gathered in a secure manner directed by Patient Advocate Foundation professional staff outside of the Application.
Personal Information. We may use your Personal Information:
- to respond to your specific inquiries, fulfill your requests, provide services, or complete transactions you have requested.
- to send you information regarding the Application, changes to our terms, conditions, and Policies and/or other administrative information.
- to resolve problems with an Application.
- to identify you to anyone to whom you share article content or send messages through the Application, your phone's email, Facebook or Twitter.
- to identify you to other users you identify to suggest they take advantage of certain features within Application or the Patient Advocate Foundation.
Non-Personal Information. We may use Non-Personal Information for any purpose, including for our own internal purposes; to measure traffic patterns; to understand demographics, customer interest, content quality, and other trends among our Users; to provide, improve and modify the Application.
Patient Advocate Foundation will not use your information:
- To inform you of new products and services from us that meets your needs.
- To sign you up to any of Patient Advocate Foundation's communication and marketing lists.
- To suggest that you use or take advantage of certain features within Application or the Patient Advocate Foundation.
- To better determine your location.
- To Record or track individualized profiles containing activity patterns or a user's specific activity from within the App
- To Record or store any individualized information related to disease or diagnosis selected from within the Application.
- To distribute, sell, or provide to any partner, subcontractor or outside entity for marketing, advertising or promotional purposes.
- To ask you to create a login or account associated with the use of this application.
- And ask that you supply any form of payment in exchange for use of this application. It is provided to all and any user free of charge by Patient Advocate Foundation, and is distributed through the Apple App Store for iOS users.
Your personal information will not be disclosed to any outside source or entity for any reason without your specific approval and prior notification.
Patient Advocate Foundation will comply with all federal and state laws in regards to personal information and non-personal information related to individual privacy, medical information, safety or property and will comply with any legal direction provided to us.
Non-personal and aggregate information may be shared with external partners or third-party entities as decided by Patient Advocate Foundation, to include but not limited to, measuring traffic patterns; to understand demographics, customer interest, content quality, and other trends among our Users; to provide, improve and modify the Application and Patient Advocate Foundation services.
In general, the Application may provide phone numbers or links to third-party Websites, such as national or regional nonprofit, governmental or community organizations, as a service to our Users.
When you choose to access the phone number or click on links of third parties in an Application you may leave the Application. This Policy does not address, and we are not responsible for, the privacy practices of Websites operated by third parties, whether they are linked to or otherwise accessible from an Application.
The inclusion of a link or accessibility of third party Websites does not imply endorsement of such third party Website by us. Some of these third party sites may be co-branded with our name/logo or our affiliated entity's name/logo, even though they are not operated or maintained by us.
Patient Advocate Foundation does not participate in any decisions related to assistance that may or may not be available through any of these third party organizations, and thus has no influence on such decisions.
We cannot control the actions of other Users with whom you share your information or search results through this application. We cannot, and do not, control the information you share with other Users using an Application or how such other Users will use or share such information. We are not responsible for third party circumvention of our security measures.
Accessing, Changing or Suppressing Your Personal Information. If you would like to review, correct, update, suppress, delete or otherwise limit our use of your Personal Information that has been previously provided to us, you may contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com. In your request, please make clear what information you would like to have changed, whether you would like to have your Personal Information suppressed from our database or otherwise let us know what limitations you would like to put on our use of your Personal Information. We will try to comply with your request as soon as and to the extent reasonably practicable. Again, we cannot remove your Personal Information from the database of any other Users you have shared such information or from third parties to whom you have previously authorized us to share such information.
If you have questions about your Personal Information, please contact us at email@example.com.
Patient Advocate Foundation is very concerned about safeguarding the confidentiality of your Personal Information. We employ administrative, physical and electronic measures designed to protect your information from unauthorized access and use. Please be aware that no security measures that we take to protect your information is absolutely guaranteed to avoid unauthorized access or use of your Personal Information or is impenetrable.
We will retain Personal Information and non-personal information for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy unless a longer retention period is required or allowed by law. Your Personal Information may or may not be encrypted while stored or archived by us.
The Patient Advocate Foundation Application is not intended for direct use by children under 13 years of age. If you become aware that your child under 13 has provided us with personal information without your consent, please contact us at email@example.com. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we take steps to remove such information and terminate the child's account. By using any Application, the Patient Advocate Foundation or the Site, you are representing to us that you are not under the age of 13. If you are under 13 years of age, you are not authorized to use any of the Application and must immediately delete it from your User Devices. We recommend that minors, who are over 13 years old and less than 18 years old, ask their parents or legal guardians for permission before sending any information about themselves to us or anyone else, whether by using an Application, the Patient Advocate Foundation or the Site.
We do not disclose your Personal Information to third parties for the third parties' direct marketing purposes, unless you first affirmatively agree to that disclosure.
California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits user who are California residents to request certain information regarding disclosure of Personal Information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. If you would like more information with respect to your privacy rights under California law, you may contact us at the contact point below. Please reference your request as "California Disclosure Information."
It is through this privacy policy and its connection to Patient Advocate Foundation's organizational privacy policy that our intention is to be compliant with the California Online Privacy Protection Act.
If you have any questions about this Mobile Application Policy or our organizational privacy practices, please contact us at email@example.com.
END -- Last Reviewed June 30, 2017


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Access: Year-round. Admission Fee
Directions: From American Falls, I-86 W Exit #28; turn R; travel 0.1 mi; R on Park Ln; travel 0.7 mi to park headquarters on L.
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More Information: IDPR (208) 548-2672American Falls Chamber of Commerce (208)226-7214 www.idahoparks.org/parks/massacrerocks.aspx
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TND Dispatch Archive: Excavation or Renovation?July 15th, 2009
Last weekend I spent some time working to restore part of the Cyborganic archive that went down when oz.cyborganic.org died in April 2008. Aimee Cardwell had been asking after the TND Dispatches, so I decided to get an idea of how much grepping and schlepping it would take to get images and main links working for just that part of the Cyborganic site.
Though these things are never the quick look-see one intends, it was pretty simple to correct/revise broken URL paths. However, I came away with a much thornier sense of all the decisions involved in doing a complete restoration of the site for real (including decisions about what for real means).
Do you work to restore all the serverside includes and scripts, including slideshows done with cgis? Do you re-implement same/similar functionality with current wares? Do you leave broken links to pages outside the Cyborganic site as they were because the original path, broken or not, is itself the data in the context of an archive? Just what I needed, a host of complex techno-philosophic decisions to get to before diving into the archive data that's been sitting on my PC for almost a year!


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Will Gordon Tries Budweiser's New Project 12
Will Gordon drinks his way through the bottom shelf of the liquor store...so you don't have to.
These are happy days for people who like to drink good beer (i.e., happy days for people who like to be happy). While overall U.S. beer sales were down 1.3 percent last year, American suds-suckers had the good sense to drink 13 percent more craft beer than we did in 2010*.
*An outfit called the Brewers Association defines craft breweries as those which produce fewer than 6 million barrels a year, with further restrictions regarding ownership percentages and whatnot. To put it in perspective, the largest craft brewer by this yardstick is Samuel Adams, which could more than double its sales volume and still qualify. We'll stick with this definition for now, while realizing that "craft" doesn't necessarily have to mean anything more concrete than "obscene," "organic," or "business casual" do.
But despite the gains made by the good stuff, American brewing is still overwhelmingly a Big Yellow racket, with Anheuser-Busch controlling just under 50 percent of the domestic beer market; Bud Light is America's favorite beer by a double-wide margin, and regular Bud is in second place. But the biggest boys are well aware that the growth is coming from the top of the quality ladder, which is why A-B has just introduced a new line called Budweiser Project 12, which aims to replicate honest-to-goodness craft-quality beer.
Maybe we've all been burned by too many Buds to expect much anymore, but at least this time they're trying to make their own good beer rather than gobbling up another Goose Island or trying to trick us with more Shock Top and Lime-a-Rita nonsense.
The Project 12 program began with each of A-B's dozen regional brewmasters submitting a recipe, six of which were tested before three winners were chosen for public consumption. The entrants were named by their home ZIP code, which is one part clever and two parts annoying for those us not looking to memorize the most efficient way to mail a letter to Williamsburg, Virginia; it would have made more sense to just name them after their hometowns or state birds or anything other than a random-seeming string of numbers, right? But that's no big deal. They sent me a bunch of bottles to try, and this is what I thought of them.
63118, from Bud HQ in St. Louis, is a 6.0% ABV golden pilsner based on the same Hallertau and Tettmang hops employed in the original 19th century Budweiser. It seems clear that the mission statement for this one was "Be like Bud, except don't suck." It turns out to be a respectable example of the style. It comes across as a fuller, creamier Budweiser, though it's still a bit too fruity for my taste. The slightly bitter finish isn't ideal, but at least it tastes intentional, unlike the typical wet-paper Bud tail.
91406, from Los Angeles, is a 6.0% amber lager built with two-row and caramel malt and finished on beechwood chips. I don't tend to favor reds, which can come across as dirty and dry, but this wasn't bad at all, with caramel and sweet orange followed by a legitimately hoppy finish.
23185, from Williamsburg, Virginia, is a 5.5% light amber lager aged on bourbon staves and vanilla beans. I expected this to be overly ambitious and full of ham-fisted cupcake flavors, but the wood and vanilla are much more subtle than I'd feared, and once I talked myself out of my prejudices against both Budweiser and flavored beers, I had to admit that I'm quite fond of the 23185.
Early indications are that Project 12 prices will be the ShockTop zone—somewhere between standard Bud/Bud Light and a real craft beer—and if that's the case, I could see 23185 becoming the first Anheuser-Busch product I ever look forward to buying.
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World Economic Outlook, April 2005
- Chapter I. Economic Prospects and Policy Issues
- Chapter II. Two Current Issues Facing Developing Countries
- Chapter III. Globalization and External Imbalances
- Chapter IV. Will toil Market Continue to be Tight?
- Annex Summing up by the Acting Chair
- Statistical Appendix
- World Economic Outlook and Staff Studies for the World Economic Outlook, Selected Topics, 1995–2005
Chapter II. Two Current Issues Facing Developing Countries
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Send announcements to The Connection, 7913 Westpark Drive, McLean, VA 22102, e-mail to
email@example.com or fax to 703-917-0991. Deadline is two weeks before the event. Photos/artwork encouraged. For more information, call Jennifer Lesinski at 703-917-6454.
This free listing is reserved for activities and events that are open to the public at no or minimal cost. For additional ongoing events listings, visit our Web site at www.connectionnewspapers.com.
Barnes & NobleÕs annual Holiday Book Drive kicks off Saturday, Nov. 20, for the holidays. This yearÕs recipient is
The Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children. The Holiday Book Drive will run from Nov. 20-Dec. 31. Barnes & Noble has teamed up with Verizon this year and has pledged to raise one million books for one million children. Selected books will be on hand at Barnes & Noble, The Spectrum Center, 1851 Fountain Drive, Reston, for donations.
The Ò2004 Northern Virginia Conference on Nonprofit ManagementÓ will be held Dec. 3-4, at the Fairfax County Government Center, 12000 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax. ÒSynergy In Our SectorÓ is the theme for this yearÕs conference featuring nearly 30 sessions, peer exchange groups and numerous exhibitors. For more information, visit the conference we site at www.nvcbo.org.
The Jo Ann Rose Gallery's Fifth Annual Gifts From the HeArt exhibition, with a portion of the sales going to Reston Interfaith. The show will run from Dec. 6-Jan. 3, 2005, with an opening reception Dec. 12, from 2-4 p.m. This reception is free and open to the public. The Reston Community Center at Lake Anne is located at 1609 Washington Plaza, near the intersection of Village Road and North Shore Drive. ÊÊ
Reston Community Center will be holding a Thanksgiving Food Drive, co-sponsored by Reston Interfaith, the Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce and the Reston Community Center, through Nov. 25. Food drop-off points include: Reston Community Center, Lake Anne and Hunters Woods; Reston Association, 1930 Isaac Newton Square, Reston; Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce Business & Visitors Center, 763 Fountain Drive, Reston; and Hunter Mill District, 12000 Bowman Towne Drive, Reston. For more information, call Haywood R. Hopson Sr., at 703-390-6161 or 703-476-4500 (TTY/V).
The Reston Community Players will present "Mame," weekends through Nov. 13. Friday and Saturday performances are at 8 p.m. while Sunday shows are at 2:30 p.m., at the Reston Community Center Stage, 2310 Colts Neck Road. A sign-interpreted performance is scheduled for Oct. 30. For more information, including ticket prices, call 703-476-1111 or visit www.restonplayers.org.
Reston watercolorist Lassie Corbett will exhibit her new show, "All That Glitters May Be Gold," at the RCC Hunters Woods through Nov. 30, with a reception Sunday, Nov. 7, from 2-4 p.m. The show features her abstract watercolors and is the culmination of many years of experimenting with mixed media, using watercolor, acrylic, collage, pencil and pastel in various combinations. Rice papers as well as other unusual papers collected from all over the world are used, as well as hand-painted paper and found papers. Shells, sand, bark and other small, flat natural objects are incorporated into the paintings.
To learn more about Lassie Corbett, visit her Web site www.lassiecorbettart.com.
The Reston Community Center is located at 2310 Colts Neck Road in Reston. For directions or more information, visit the Web site at www.restoncommunitycenter.com.
The League of Reston Artists presents it annual juried theme exhibition, "All About People," through Nov. 27, at Walker and Company, located at Cascades Executive Center, 12006 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston. The exhibit features juried works of contemporary fine art by LRA members, with $300 in prize monies to be presented at the opening reception awards ceremony by this yearÕs judge, J.T. Kirkland, Wednesday, Nov. 17, from 5-7 p.m. This exhibition is free and open to the public.
Individual Internet training throughout November at the Reston Regional Library, 11925 Bowman Towne Drive. One-hour sessions with a technology volunteer. For adults. Call to register, 703-689-2700.
Practice Your English, every Monday, 7 p.m., and every Wednesday, 1 p.m., throughout November, at the Reston Regional Library, 11925 Bowman Towne Drive. An intermediate-level conversation group for people learning English. For adults. Call to register, 703-689-2700.
Spanish Chats, every Wednesday, 7 p.m., throughout November, at the Reston Regional Library, 11925 Bowman Towne Drive. An informal refresher for people who want to practice Spanish. For adults. Call 703-689-2700 for more information.
Reston Community Center's Senior Academy now offers Senior Art Lab, a solution for seniors who want to pursue their artistic dreams but lack workspace. The Senior Art Lab meets every Friday from Nov. 5-Dec. 17, from 10 a.m.-12 noon in the art room of the community center, Hunters Woods. The lab is an open, unstructured session and there is no instructor. Tables and chairs will be set up, but participants must bring their own supplies. This is a drop-in course for persons age 55 or older. The fee is $5
for people who live or work in Reston and $10 for all others. For further information, directions, or to request a reasonable accommodation, contact the Reston Community Center at 703-476-4500 (V/TTY) or visit the Web site at http://www.restoncommunitycenter.com. The Reston
Community Center, Hunters Woods, is located in the Hunters Woods Shopping Center, 2310 Colts Neck Road.
"Visual Dialogue" an exhibit featuring artists Ann Barbieri, Joanne Bauer, Carolyn Faulkner, Judith Forst, Karen Hale, Wanda Leister, Bernadette Monroe, Eileen Murphy, Nancy Novick, Eveleen Severn-Sass and Mary Beth Swicord takes place through Dec. 5. An opening reception will be held Sunday, Nov. 7, from 2-4 p.m. An interactive program for all ages takes place Saturday, Nov. 22, from 10 a.m.-noon. The exhibit is at the Jo Ann Rose Gallery, Reston Community Center, 1609 Washington Plaza, Reston. For more information call 703-689-3550.
Weichert, Realtors-Reston will have its annual coat drive through Dec. 10. Donate extra coats at 1760 Reston Parkway, Suite 111 or call to have them picked up, 703-264-0000.
Paintings by Reston artist Sue Hamilton will be featured by the Vienna Art Society at the Village Green Gallery through Dec. 11. Hamilton's works incorporate modern design which emphasize bright colorful shapes and lines; and have been in numerous Virginia and Florida juried shows. In addition, her paintings have been on exhibit at the Newman Gallery in Washington, D.C. The gallery is located in the Chamber of Commerce Building, 513 Maple Ave. W., Vienna. Hours of operation are 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesdays-Friday, and 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Saturdays.
The Greater Reston Arts Center features Beverly Ryan on display at the Market Street-Hyatt Reston until Jan. 10.
Reston Town CenterÕs Ice Skating Pavilion is open for the skating season through March 2005, weather permitting. The Ice Skating Pavilion hosts birthday parties as well as private and corporate parties. Beginner and intermediate ice skating lessons are also available. For hours of operation and admission rates please call the skating hot line at 703-709-6300 or visit www.restontowncenter.com.
Open Poetry Readings. Lake Anne Coffee House, Lake Anne Village Center Shopping Center, Reston, every Tuesday, from 7-9 p.m. Contact Megan McDonald at 202-879-0517 days.
Parent and Child Workshop. Drop in from 10 a.m.-noon, every Saturday at the Reston Museum at Lake Anne. Led by local artist Pat Macintyre. No charge, no pre-sign up. Call the museum at 703-709-7700, or call Pat at 703-471-1445 work, or 703-860-5554 home.
The American Red Cross of the National Capital Area's Fairfax/Falls Church Office, in conjunction with the Fairfax County Citizen Corps Council, will sponsor an Emergency Preparedness Clinic once a month for the next year. The clinics will be held in a different location in the County, the schedule will posted in libraries, on the Web Site, and other public locations. To host a clinic or attend one, please contact Rebecca Kurylo, community outreach coordinator at the American Red Cross of the National Capital Area Chapter, at 703-805-2332 or email@example.com.
Senior Center. Fairfax County seniors 55 years of age or older are invited to participate in a variety of activities, such as strength training, Tai Chi, low impact aerobics and line dancing, at the Reston-Herndon Senior Center, 1850 Cameron Glen Drive, Suite 200, in Reston. Most activities are free of charge. Transportation may be available. Lunch time meals are available with one-day advance notice on a sliding-fee scale. The center welcomes new participants. Contact director Tara Fitzpatrick at 703-481-4200, TTY 703-222-9693 or via e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com. Visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/rec and go to senior services.
Wood Shop. Reston Community Center's open wood shop meets Tuesdays, 6-10 p.m. and Saturdays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. The wood shop offers workspace and has equipment such as table saws, sanders, drills, worktables and a lathe. The wood shop is located at the Reston Community Center, Hunters Woods. The wood shop fee is $5 for people who live or work in Reston and $7 for others. The Reston Community Center is located at 2310 Colts Neck Road in Reston. Call 703-476-4500 (TTY).
Live band swing dancing at the Dulles Hilton, located at the corner of McLearan Road and Route 28 in Herndon, every Friday night with Sue and Gary Caley. Cost is $12 and includes a half-hour beginner class at 8:30 p.m. followed by dancing from 9 p.m.-midnight. For a complete line up of the bands, visit www.gottaswing.com.
The Closet in downtown Herndon carries many specialty items ranging from glassware, to compact discs, to books, to clothes for the whole family, including evening wear and wedding dresses.Ó The Closet, located at 845 Station St., is open for business Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Frying Pan Park. Farm animals at Kidwell Farm, open from 9 a.m.-5 p.m., daily. Sheep, pigs, goats and cows. Pet the animals, take a hay ride or watch farm hands at work. Daily hay rides, held Monday-Saturday, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., weather permitting, cost $2. Frying Pan Park is located at 2709 West Ox Road, Herndon. Call 703-437-9101.
Gymside & Trailside Walkers. Join other seniors at the Herndon Community Center, 814 Ferndale Ave., for exercise, indoor or outdoor, Monday-Friday, 7:30-9 a.m. No fee, but first-time walkers need to register. Call 703-435-6868.


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President of Mali and Aga Khan Inaugurate National Park of Mali as part of events to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Malian Independence
Bamako, 22 September 2010 - President Amadou Toumani Toure and His Highness the Aga Khan inaugurated the new National Park of Mali in Bamako today. The 103-hectare Park was created under a public-private partnership between the Government of Mali and the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC). The Aga Khan is in Mali along with Heads of State from across Africa for the commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of Malian Independence.
The Park creates a permanent green space in one of the fastest growing cities in Africa. Under the terms of the public-private partnership, the Government asked AKTC to concentrate on the Park's 103 hectares (250 acres), a large, semi-circular canyon of protected forest that lies beneath the Koulouba plateau, between the National Museum and the Presidential Palace Complex. The Park is part of a larger protected forest reserve of 2,100 hectares (5180 acres).
In keeping with AKTC's philosophy that a Park without a long-range plan for maintenance and development could simply become a burden on the city, AKTC earlier signed a 25-year agreement with Mali's Minister of Culture and Minister of the Environment and Sanitation for the maintenance and further development of the Park. AKTC's park projects, notably in Delhi, Cairo and Zanzibar, all have provisions for the long-term sustainability of the parks.
The Park is designed to offer large open spaces for leisure and educational activities for the general public, school groups and tourists. Bringing together the National Museum and the existing Botanical Garden and Zoo into a single cultural/ecological park, the Park features a comprehensive pedestrian circulation network and formal promenades throughout. It contains fitness, jogging, cycling and mountaineering tracks of varying difficulty and diverse interpretive awareness trails for botany, birds and nature. The garden spaces feature indigenous flora in varied settings, from open lawn areas to flower gardens, wooded areas and a medicinal garden. Interpretive educational signs and displays and the development of trained guides are expected to offer new educational experiences for visitors.
Phase 1 included the rehabilitation of 17 hectares of open spaces and the redevelopment and integration of eight existing facilities. The architect Diébédo Francis Kéré, an Aga Khan Award for Architecture recipient in 2004, was commissioned to design a primary and secondary gate, an entry building, a youth and sports centre, a restaurant, public toilets and several kiosks.
The Park development is part of a broader programme of urban revitalisation efforts undertaken by AKTC at World Heritage sites within the country. As part of its Earthen Architecture Programme, AKTC has also undertaken large cultural, social and economic projects in Mopti, Timbuktu and Djenné.
The programme began in 2006 with the restoration of the Great Mosque of Mopti, which had been at risk of collapse. AKTC then implemented an urban regeneration programme that aimed to raise the standard of living for residents in the Komoguel area. Water points were established to increase access to safe, clean drinking water; an underground sewerage system was built with connections to individual households in the area; a treatment facility for raw sewage was installed; 4500 square metres of streets were paved with locally manufactured bricks (made from recycled polythene bags and sand) and a system for collection of solid waste was introduced. A flood barrier built to withstand periodic flooding was constructed. A visitor centre housing the Centre for Earthen Architecture, a community centre and public toilets were also constructed. In the process, 345 people were trained in construction techniques, plumbing, masonry, brick manufacturing, carpentry and metal work.
Following the work in Mopti, AKTC initiated comprehensive conservation works on the Djingereyber Mosque in Timbuktu at the end of 2006. The mosque, built in the 14th century, is the oldest earth construction building in sub-Saharan Africa. Officially listed as part of the Mali's cultural heritage, it was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1988.
AKTC's work in Djenné began in 2006, when a preliminary study of the Great Mosque revealed that despite its well-known annual maintenance process, the Great Mosque of Djenné was at risk of collapsing. AKTC's conservation of the Mosque, which began at the end of 2008, encompassed the complete rehabilitation of the roof, restoration of the mud-brick load-bearing wall structure and the complete replacement of the interior lighting, ventilation and sound systems. As in Mopti, Djenné's Phase 2 will encompass the improvement of public spaces, the installation of water and sanitation and other measures designed to improve the quality of life in the area.
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About the Aga Khan Development Network
The Aga Khan Trust for Culture is the cultural agency of the Aga Khan Development Network. The Trust has been active in Mali since 2004, working in Bamako, Djenné, Timbuktu and Mopti. Through its programmes, the Trust engages in the physical and social revitalisation of communities with the aim of improving the quality of life; promotes debate about contemporary design problems; and, through education and cultural initiatives in the realm of music and the arts, aims to highlight the contributions of the Muslim world to global cultural heritage.
The Network's overall objective in Mali is to contribute to poverty reduction and the improvement of the quality of life for the people of Mali. Several other agencies of AKDN are currently operating in Mali, including the Aga Khan Foundation, Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development and Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance. Activities have grown to encompass: cultural restoration projects; economic development projects ranging from packaging for agricultural products to infrastructure investments in the water, electricity and aviation sectors; a coordinated multi-input area development project involving health, education, microfinance and civil society strengthening in the Mopti region; and the creation of a large public park in the country's capital city.


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Get inspired by our lists built around a theme, and experience Montréal to the hilt.
Montréal's downtown is home to Hotel Le Germain, a chic and intimate boutique hotel designed for a hip clientele of leisure and business travelers. Designer accessories combine with contrasting textures, natural earth tones, dark woods, glass, and mirrors to forge a luxurious decor noted for its warmth and comfort. The rooms and suites have the feel of a stylish loft. Taking advantage of the natural light and panoramic views of the city, these havens of peace in the heart of the bustling city let you work in your room without feeling like you're sleeping in your office.


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Militarizing the Border
President Obama is sending 1,200 National Guard troops to the border with Mexico. This should not be viewed as an innovative solution; Bush sent 1,600 troops to the border under parallel circumstances in 2002. As Ilya Shapiro recently wrote, sending some Guardsmen is no substitute for substantive immigration policy reform.
The National Guard, and the military generally, should not be seen as the go‐to solution for domestic problems. Certainly the role they will play on the border will not be as offensive as policing the streets of an Alabama town after a mass shooting (which the Department of Defense found was a violation of the Posse Comitatus Act, but declined to pursue charges) or using a city in Iowa as a rehearsal site for cordon‐and‐search operations looking for weapons, but politicians from both major parties have at one point or another suggested using the military for domestic operations that range from the absurd to the frightening.
Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta wanted to put Delta Force commandos on airliners after the attacks on September 11, 2001. Air marshals and armed pilots can handle airline counterterrorism; tracking down Al Qaeda organizers in Afghanistan is a better use of Delta's unique skill‐set. Marines conducting counter‐drug surveillance near the border shot and killed goat herder Esequiel Hernandez. Something to keep in mind when politicians call for an expanded the role of the military in border security.
Gene Healy's excellent policy analysis Deployed in the U.S.A.: The Creeping Militarization of the Home Front provides more detail on sensible limits for domestic use of the military. Read the whole thing.


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Consider these five questions before you tackle large-scale data
Large-scale data processing isn't easy, but it can give your organization a leg up on the competition. Here are five questions to get you started.
Uncovering the secrets lurking in large-scale data sets is companies' next best hope for beating out their competition -- or so the recent torrent of Big Data reports proclaim. But first, IT needs to crack the code. If your IT organization is puzzling over what Big Data actually means and how it should be using large-scale data sets, it is not alone.
In May, analyst Boris Evelson and his colleagues at Forrester Research Inc. queried 4,000 clients about their organizations' understanding and use of Big Data. When he went through the responses, however, he noticed something unusual: As the questions became more challenging, respondents dropped off in droves, with only 40 people completing the full survey. He had never seen so many abandoned survey questions. "Being experienced analysts, we thought this was going to be another piece of research where we survey the market, talk to people and come up with some best practices," said Evelson, a business intelligence (BI) expert at the Cambridge, Mass.-based firm. "Within a few days, I came to the conclusion that at this point, the only thing we can offer our clients is to tell them what kind of questions to ask."
So, while the world waits for best practices, SearchCIO.com asked the experts to at least give us the answers to five questions that CIOs should consider before they tackle large-scale data processing. This advice is based on recent interviews with Evelson and his colleague, Brian Hopkins, an analyst specializing in the effect of emerging technology on IT enterprise architecture; Yvonne Genovese, a Gartner Inc. research vice president covering business applications; and her colleague, Mark Beyer, a research vice president specializing in data integration and BI.
1. Why is it so hard to mine Big Data? There are already extraordinarily sophisticated BI tools.
Despite the name, Big Data is only marginally about volume, our experts said. A petabyte of data can be loaded easily into any large, scalable data warehouse. Traditional databases, however, can't keep up with the variety of data that's characteristic of Big Data or with the intermittently high velocity at which the data is delivered, Hopkins said. The traditional BI ecosystem, "really works as long as you're thinking about the 1% of data that is available to your company. That 'big database in the sky' you've put in for enormous amounts of money can't capture the value in the other 99% of data that is dropping through the cracks," he said.
Gartner has delineated 12 "dimensions" of Big Data that CIOs should tackle one by one -- ideally, according to a plan hammered out with the business -- or risk blowing up their current systems. Solving the infrastructure issues will be a challenge for all but about one-third of companies, according to the firm, but the really hard part "is separating the news from the noise," Beyer said.
2. Is the software development cycle for large-scale data processing the same one we use for traditional BI?
"Absolutely not," Forrester's Evelson said. In traditional BI projects, business requirements come first. "You talk to business users, define the requirements, put them down on paper, architect them and implement. Big Data is mainly about the fact that I don't even know enough about what is out there to give you my requirements," he said. People need to explore. Requirements could coalesce quickly, but it's just as likely that initial theories will not be supported by the results and more exploration will be needed.
Now that the business is asking CIOs to make Big Data a component of computing operations, IT's inclination will be to "productionalize" it, by wrapping it with tenets of large-enterprise IT, such as security, scalability and disaster recovery, Evelson said. But standard operating procedures -- such as securing access to the data by role and department -- don't always apply to Big Data. "If you secure something, you can't explore it; if you can't explore it, you can't find patterns; and if you can't find the patterns, you don't know what the requirements are going to be," he said.
Putting an interesting discovery into production to test it out, as you would in traditional BI, likewise is not useful because the data being explored in Big Data -- social media, for example -- changes by the second. The exploratory analysis you run today will not confirm the one you ran yesterday, Forrester's Hopkins said. To go back and "re-operate" on the data requires technology that captures a snapshot of that raw data.
What the IT organization needs to do is to let the people who know how to do this work do it, while it supplies the technology that facilitates the work. Down the line, it can be integrated with existing IT systems, Hopkins said.
When it comes to Big Data, you also can forget about the vaunted "single version of the truth" that's sacrosanct to BI, the experts agreed. In Big Data land, there is only a single version of the facts, Gartner's Beyer said. Anomalies no longer are outliers but just another data point: "Data quality is an inherent rating of my data, not something I have to clean up."
One other point about versions of the truth: Other parts of the enterprise have competing approaches to managing and analyzing Big Data that are not beholden to IT. Operations, for example, collects data, such as meter readings, with data historian software layered with BI tools. That data represents Operations' interpretation of the truth. And when it starts rolling in, you need a governance model in place, Beyer said. "If you take that same data and put four analysts, each with a MapReduce engine and their own context of what separates noise from news -- that's when the real discussion begins."
3. Which people skills do we need to find business value in large-scale data?
According to our experts, cracking the content part of Big Data is largely a math problem that's best dealt with by professional statisticians and mathematicians. To tackle an analysis of brand reputation (a pretty straightforward project), ideally you'd have a marketing person with a doctorate in mathematics who can build a mathematical model for looking at the data. Someone who understands the sophisticated statistical mining techniques required to sift through enormous amounts of raw data for business insights is, not surprisingly, in a special class of people.
"Probably the best degree programs that produce people with these skills are the hard-core master's and Ph.D. computer science programs," Forrester's Hopkins said. And if Google, Facebook, Yahoo and Wall Street haven't snagged those graduates, "China is hiring them at enormous salaries," he added. He suggested raiding insurance companies for actuaries.
A sobering thought: "Our top recommendation is probably going to be that, if you're thinking of moving into this space, the first thing you need to do is build a team. And if you can't get the expertise to know what to do with the data, then don't bother with the technology at this point," Hopkins said.
4. Where do I begin?
With Big Data, the experts' universal advice was to start small in scope -- and maybe even with the technology. "Look at data that is specific to a problem that you are having," Gartner's Genovese said. Find the new-ish technologies that target certain use cases -- for example, Autonomy Corp.'s software for the legal industry, she advised. To address Big Data's stressors on IT systems, technology fixes should be coordinated to the business problem, Beyer said. "The CIO can start off in a reactive mode to the business needs in the short term," he said, "and in the long term consciously figure out what to roll out next on the technology side."
5. How do I define success?
Success might not be monetary, and probably will require a lot of trial and error. Success in Big Data comes from setting low expectations. Provided you have the people to do them, "try three or four projects, and don't kill yourself thinking about how to approach them," Forrester's Evelson said. "By the time you have 10 of these under your belt, you'll probably be able to discern some best practices and lessons learned."
Let us know what you think about the story; email Linda Tucci, Senior News Writer.


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|When selling your home, it is very important to price it at market value to avoid a long listing and to ensure you receive top dollar. For buyers, a home is most likely the biggest purchase of your life and you definitely don't want to be overpaying!
Ways to know if a home is priced reasonably:
1. Comparables
Price your home based on other homes of similar size, with similar details, in similar shape, and in the same neighbourhood and city. When a REALTOR® gives you a price range, it is the value of your home based on comparables in the area that have sold.
2. Days on the market
Your REALTOR® can tell you how many days a home has been listed. Every neighbourhood and style of home has an average "days on the market." One sign a home is overpriced is if it has been on the market twice as long as a home of similar character in the same neighbourhood. Price is likely the culprit!
3. Home is not updated or well-kept
If two homes both built in the 80s in a very desirable area, and one has had the windows replaced, kitchen and bath updated, exterior updated, and the other home is "au natural," then these homes should NOT be priced the same. Some sellers may believe that "au natural" adds charm and some buyers may agree, but a vast majority of buyers are going to go for the updated home. The simple fact that work and money were put in for updates makes the value of that home higher!
4. Low offers
As a seller, receiving multiple low offers is a clear sign your home is overpriced and it's time to start thinking about a reduction. As a buyer, you can ask the seller's REALTOR® for information regarding previous offers, but don't hold your breath because this does not have to be disclosed.
Think twice when pricing your property, as price can determine how fast your house will sell. Happy buying and selling!


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We all know Hannah has issues with getting branded as a sidekick, and looking back at the series she's got a point. Lightbringer got thrashed by the Werres revenge squad and was only able to take them down with help from Legato Sin. Hannah on the other hand took them down with barely any effort and sent them running away like pansies. And she killed the immortal fire monster.
Not only does she seem to have Carter beat in the abilities department but she seems to have a broader field of experience. Carter's abilities are pretty impressive but Hannah's not only freakishly strong but smart enough to reverse engineer Power Glove's technology, which would certainly be more useful for adapting to the various types of villains we saw in the trial arc (magic, technology, ectc) than Carter whose stuck with a rigid set of abilities and doesn't really have any other skills so to speak.
With all this in mind I can't help but wonder how much longer she'll be content to play second fiddle to a guy who seems to be a notch below her in every level. The one thing he seems to have ove her is maturity. Carter usually plans his strategies well in advance, while Hannah goes with her gut and makes some very suspect choices (like her experiment in the first issue, it doesn't matter if your Bruce fecking Lee taking on Woody Allen if the other guy has a gun or a knife). But you could still argue this isn't rock tight. Carter's pig headedness with Code Poet was pretty churlish and Hannah even called him out on it. And considering she's only just an adult her immaturity will probably fade before long. Even her age isn't that big an issue. According to her bio she was living it rough most of her life and she was scrapping with crooks before Carter became a superhero.
You have to wonder just how stable her partnership with Carter is. She's not one for taking orders (and frankly I think she's quite right not to) and she seems pretty pissed about Carter pulling a Rorschach. Honestly I could easily see her not only going her own way if thing between her and Carter but it could escalate into a small scale version of Civil War (hopefully one that doesn't suck).


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Are You a Social Star? Ask Twitter
Twitter said Thursday it is giving users more ways to see how popular their tweets are, and information on what types of people "follow" them. Shira Ovide explains how it works.
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For the majority of Americans, debt is a part of life.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Junior right-hander Brennan Leitao allowed just three hits over eight shutout innings and the Hornets capitalized on three Chicago State errors to score four unearned runs in a 6-0 win on Friday at John Smith Field.
With the win Sacramento State (29-18, 15-4 WAC) moved within one victory of its third-consecutive 30-win season, a feat the program has not accomplished since a string of nine straight 30-win seasons from 1985-1993. Chicago State (14-29, 3-13 WAC), which entered the contest third in the WAC in hitting, was shut out for just the third time this season.
Leitao allowed just four base runners on three hits and one walk while striking out six to improve to 7-3 overall and 6-0 in the WAC. Sophomore Sutter McLoughlin finished the win with a perfect ninth, as the Cougars did not have a hit after the fourth inning. The visitors also failed to advance a runner past second base in the game.
"Brennan threw a great game; he was in complete control from the get-go," head coach Reggie Christiansen said. "Any time you win on Friday and give yourself a chance to win the series on Saturday is always special, especially with just three weekends left to play. Our goal is to win every series and win the championship."
The Hornet offense loaded the bases with nobody out in the first inning but was able to push across just one run on a sacrifice fly from senior David Del Grande. Sacramento State grounded into an inning-ending double play in each of the first two innings as Cougar starter Andrew Wellwerts was able to work out of trouble.
In the fifth inning, senior Clay Cederquist reached on a throwing error to open the frame and came around to score on an RBI single by sophomore Dane Fujinaka. After stealing second Fujinaka came home on an RBI single from junior Kyle Moses to put the home team up 3-0.
Fujinaka and Moses would also both drive in runs again in the seventh inning, with Fujinaka bringing home pinch runner Scott Loper on a suicide squeeze while reaching base on an error by the pitcher Wellwerts. After a wild pitch moved Fujinaka to second Moses came through again with an RBI double to add to the lead.
A sixth Hornet run scored in the eighth as senior Will Soto came home from third on a 2-out throwing error by the Chicago State shortstop, and McLoughlin needed just 10 pitches to close the game out in the ninth.
Wellwerts went the distance for Chicago State, throwing 133 pitches and allowing 10 hits and two walks but just two earned runs. Moses was 3-for-4 with two doubles, which were the only extra base hits in the game, while Cederquist went 2-for-3 and Fujinaka finished 1-for-3 with two RBIs and two runs scored. The game was completed in just one hour and 58 minutes.
Freshman Sam Long will face Chicago State junior right-hander Ean McNeal in game two of the series Saturday at 2 p.m.


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What the Savior Sees in You
Our True Identity
Deep Beauty
God Knows You
We experience hard things in our lives that can sometimes diminish our vision and faith to do the things we should. We become so busy that we often feel overwhelmed and unable to do any more. While each of us is different, I humbly submit that we must focus our vision on the Savior and His teachings. What did He see in Peter, James, and John and the other Apostles that prompted Him to act to invite them to follow Him? Like them, the Savior has a great vision of who we can become. It will take the same faith and courage the first Apostles had in order for us to refocus on the things that matter most in bringing lasting happiness and great joy. . . .
Just as the Savior saw great potential in His early disciples, He also sees the same in us. Let us see ourselves as the Savior sees us. I pray we will have the vision with the faith and courage to do.


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Cy Youngdahl looks back on... 23 with SEC His trademarks are a flower in the lapel, a long cigar and an impish smile. The only thing that varies is the flower, which might be a lily of the valley, a rosebud or a miniature mum, depending on the season. He grows them all, of course, but he prefers the rosebuds, his favorite being the deep red Rubaiyat, though he has also grown the deep yellow Fort Knox variety and other hybrid roses grown especially for their buds. Cy's broad accent smacks of Boston. He was born twenty-six miles from there in the old, old village of Wrentham. "The town is so old," says Cy, "that it had its 250th anniversary when I was about thirteen years old. We had a big parade and pageant at the time. I was an Indian," he chuckles. Commuting twenty-six miles to and from Boston University daily during the 1920s was an adventure in itself and, as Cy puts it, "one of the reasons I didn't graduate cum laude. The train didn't stop at our station. It just slowed down. So I boarded it on the run every morning and jumped off on the fly at night." When asked about his retirement plans after his forty-two year career with H&S, Cy mentioned the luxury of sleeping late. When asked to be more specific, Cy said, "Well, I get up at 5:30 now, so 'sleeping late' probably means I'll get up at half past six," spreading the words out as only a Bostonian can. Cy also mentioned a retirement chore that strikes his fancy: a job, without pay, with a tape measure manufacturer in Michigan. "I'll test the product at beauty shows around the country," he says with a laugh. Executive Office partner Bill Ouinlan has dubbed Cy Youngdahl the "Poet Laureate of H&S" though Cy prefers the title "Poet Lousyate." The poetry that he calls doggerel, and which he sings, has become a tradition at the lighthearted annual Christmas dinner of Executive Office partners. Last year's rendition of Good King Wenceslas, with lyrics appropriate though notpublishable, was a memorable performance. Cy says that his family always liked to sing, and he performed in his younger days with a glee club in East Orange, New Jersey, and a church choir in Brooklyn. His singing career in H&S began "six or eight years ago." The Firm had just completed an SEC filing for a large Japanese company. H&S had arranged a dinner for the Japanese businessmen, which included the company president and his interpreter. After the dinner the president asked one of his delegation to sing the company's song. In response a member of Nomura Securities, the Japanese equivalent of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, sang his firm's song.Then John W. Queenan, former managing partner of H&S, looked at his group and asked if anyone knew an appropriate song. No one did. "On the way home on the train that night," says Cy "I made up a poem to the tune of Titwillow, from Gilbert and Sullivan's light opera The Mikado. If singing was traditional at formal dinners with the Japanese, I would be ready. "When we handled the SEC filing for the next Japanese client, we held a luncheon forthe group. As it turned out,singing is not traditional at a luncheon, but we didn't know that at the time. I told Harry Williams, then partner in charge of the International Department, that I would volunteer to recite my little verse—or sing it. He said, 'No, don't sing it.' But then when he stood up he said that I was going to sing. So I sang it, and they were very appreciative. Then it seemed if you did it for one Japanese group, you had to do it for all of them. That's the way it got started." Another of Cy's special performances is his spirited reading of ads and jokes from the satirical Bawl Street Journal while he reports on recent developments in the SEC field at the annual meeting of H&S partners. In his final performance as an active partner, last September, he received a standing ovation. The years ahead will not find Cy without an audience for his wit and songs. Cy and Barbara Youngdahl's elder son, Curtis, Jr., ("he doesn't like the Junior"] is a mechanical engineer in Manchester, Connecticut, and he and his wife have a son, Curtis Earle, one and a half years old.To avoid confusion, he is called Earle and, naturally his grandfather calls him the Earle of Manchester. A second son, John, is a civil engineer in Philadelphia, whose daughter, Laura Marie is two and a half. Cy and Barbara also have a daughter, Carol Ellen, attending the University of Hartford. It is obvious that the family will play a big role in Cy's retirement plans. Over the years, Cy Youngdahl has won the respect of associates and clients throughout the practice. In May, Cy and Barbara were invited to Miami for a special farewell party by Florida Power & Light, a client whose audit he had supervised for ten years and whose filings he worked on after moving into the SEC department. New York office partner Gilbert Tinker, whom Cy had worked with for many years on the Electric Bond & Share Group engagement, says of Cy, "He is one of the most intelligent people I have ever worked with. He has an exceptional ability to analyze a situation and to get his point across." Executive Office partner Phil Sandmaier, Jr. says: "Cy is a guy with the happy knack of being firm in a pleasant way. Working in a highly significant area, he exhibits the ability to communicate an understanding of and sympathy for the client's position." Executive Office partner Hal Robinson, who has succeeded Cy as head of the SEC department, adds these notes. "He
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One dead in collision on Highway 50
A male pedestrian was killed Friday night after he was hit by a vehicle while crossing Highway 50.
About 6:45 p.m., police received a report of a pedestrian behind hit by a vehicle in front of Taco Bell on Highway 50. South Lake Tahoe police officers found an unconscious 51-year-old man lying on the roadway and attempted to resuscitate him until South Lake Tahoe fire and ambulance personnel arrived on the scene and took over, according to a press release. The victim was transported to Barton Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased. His name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
Officers contacted the driver of the vehicle, Gregory Stearns, 49, of South Lake Tahoe, and found that he had a suspended driver's license from a prior DUI conviction, police said. He was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and driving on a suspended license.
The cause of the crash is still under investigation. According to police, the pedestrian was crossing Lake Tahoe Boulevard outside of a crosswalk, was wearing dark clothing in an unlit portion of the highway and failed to yield to oncoming traffic. He may have also been intoxicated and has a history of public intoxication, according to police.


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It's not free at all. We all chipped in a $7 check and not to mention the 4-5 figures we all had to buy to get it. The jag-offs in the mail department should be able to get the damn product to collectors in decent condition. I don't think it's too much for collectors to ask for that after shelling out the money for it. If it's going to arrive in bad condition then I would just rather buy it in the stores. That way I don't have to wait 3 months for it to arrive in a beat up mailer box either.
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(WARNING: The following article contains information that is not everyone's cup of tea, religious belief or may possibly be considered offensive or even a bit weird. You've been warned. Grab your sense of humor and an open mind if you choose to proceed.)
I think about death more than most people do. I think it's on the gurney with chronic illness and pain and often taps on our shoulders as we struggle with medications, various doctor's opinions and the consistency of everyday being a challenge. When you have chronic pain each day, you no longer feel omnipotent, immortal or strong. The chink has been found in your armor and it sticks you every day. These thoughts of my own demise are perhaps also due to the fact I saw death many times in nursing. This opinion wouldn't be complete if I didn't also add that my dear husband and I have lost several close friends and relatives over the past year. Some days I feel surrounded by death from all the recent events and the necessity of dealing with possessions left behind. We have a lovely old cedar chest which belonged to my mother-in-law which is filled with baby shoes, old letters and most of all memories. Possessions can be a huge problem. Couldn't we figure out a way to have everyone take their "stuff" with them? The ancient cultures often buried everything with the deceased; unfortunately, they also buried everyone in the household. That's taking it a bit far.
When you lose loved ones, even acquaintances, it does trip a wire in your brain and cause you to consider all the "what if's" and "maybe's" in your life's circumstances. Your thoughts turn to economics, wills, saving accounts, and various forms of directives. The time to get your life in order for the future is now. I know...it's not a pleasant thought but you need to think about what you want to have done with your remains, your possessions and your money; if you have any left when you die. Lingering when you are not able to care for yourself can be a very expensive business these days. Oh I do wonder, whatever happened to families taking care of family members?
I know many have the attitude that this whole business of death and dying is just too depressing but it shouldn't be. Think of it more as taking charge from the other side. You see, you aren't really helpless if you give enough direction while you're still in your current state, while your brain is still firing on all its synapses. Something as simple as a will doesn't have to be notarized; just witnessed by two people who have nothing to gain from your estate. You can find forms online or at your local stationery shop. Even if you're married and share community property in your state, it's so much simpler on the one left behind to have a will in hand when and if it's needed. Our lives are a sea of paperwork and trans-versing those waters can be hazardous to the living who are left behind.
We're now dealing with Jim's very stubborn elderly uncle. He's decided, after the loss of his last sibling, my dear mother-in-law that he is ready to move into a care home. He is stubbornly refusing to construct a will. We've made it clear to him we don't want his money and if he doesn't have a will and passes away without it, the state will end up with his money. We thought that would stir him if nothing else would. He has more of an "I won't be around so what do I care" attitude. Come on everyone, think about the ones left behind or the ones making the decisions about your care while you're still here.
Since meeting my husband, I have been forced to open my mind to many beliefs which are different than I was taught in the Protestant community. In the Baptist world I grew up in, we buried people and pets in good old terra firma as well as believing Baptism meant full immersion. My husband's family was more comfortable with cremation. Many years ago, long before we moved to Oregon, Jim's favorite aunt died quite suddenly. She was cremated and had expressed a desire to be placed in with her dear husband who died several years previously. Since we lived closer to her "final destination" than my husband's family did, he volunteered to take her the last leg of the journey. We arrived home one cold and very rainy night to our home in California after an exhaustive driving trip to Oregon where we had visited with our daughter. It was quite late and we were anxious to get home and get to bed but there on the front porch sat a UPS box, in the rain, which held the remains of Aunt Ruthie. I could only express my feeling that I was glad humans did not reconstitute like other dried substances or she would have been sitting in the rain for who knows how long. For some reason, my husband didn't think that was funny. I believed then and now that Aunt Ruthie would have been the first to appreciate it. She had a great sense of humor.
She stayed with us, sitting on our desk for many years until my daughter and I flew to Finland to visit friends. Jim was home alone and threw our St. Bernard and our mini-Schnauzer into our Ford van and drove up north to have her reunited with her deceased husband. According to Jim, they ate hamburgers, he and the dogs that is, all the way up and back. I'm fairly certain Aunt Ruthie didn't eat at all. It was a long trip and he did it his way. Perhaps telling you this tale will help you understand the following story.
A couple of weeks ago the UPS man left a large, very heavy box on our porch. I had difficulty moving it away from the door and knew I couldn't lift it. I called Jim and he just said, "Okay. I know what it is. It's Mom and Pauline." Well, to make a long story a bit shorter, it was the double urn which holds his dear Mom, Lolly on one side and his dear sister on the other. He wanted to bury them in his Mom's yard but that is apparently against the law in CA. Duh. Imagine. They are now "living" with us until Jim decides what to do with the human remains. I was a bit stunned a few minutes ago to realize there are actually an equal amount of ashes from the dead in our home right now as the protoplasm of the living who walk around, etc. because we still have the ashes of the two pets who made that last trip with Jim and Aunt Ruthie to Northern California. I still find it a bit strange, and I don't totally understand it but in time, we will decide what is to be done with them. Shall we put them to sea? What would they want?
I've been reading with a certain curiosity about the various and sundry possibilities that are available in the world today. Apparently you can have human ashes made into man-made diamonds or have them blown into glass works of art that are really quite beautiful. I know there are memorial gardens, mausoleums, as well as burial at sea. Oddly enough, after placing all these urns in our home, my spouse has decided he would rather be buried in the ground, intact. As for me, I don't want to go at all but am trying to come up with some interesting idea.
Some conclusions have come to me from all of these experiences. I know from my years of faith that this is just the preamble for the real life. All we suffer and anguish about in this world is left behind when we depart. Life may be uncertain but death is not; therefore, we'd better get busy and do what we have to do, tell those we love how we feel, and stop wasting time on bad relationships. Life is imperfect but doable with loving family, friends and the right choices. One stupid choice can lead any one of us down a road from which there is no return. Those who are no longer with us may still be close enough to hear and see us. I often chat with my dear friend, the other grandma in our family who passed over December 31st. I often feel her presence and love. When I pass by a picture of Jim's dear Mom or his beautiful sister, I tap the glass and say hello. I've promised them we'll get them out of here as soon as Jim decides what he wants to do with them. I feel certain they understand because they know him as well as I do. Right now, I think it gives him comfort to have them near. No, I don't get it, but it's a "blood decision" as it should be; they're his family. I believe I've reached the conclusion life is too important to end. We just change forms.
I hope you haven't found this blog depressing and instead will use it to spur you on to live life while you can and don't forget to plan ahead. I think I hear the UPS truck outside...let me think, does Jim have any other relatives who have recently passed away? Think now...No...I don't think so.
Go out today and celebrate life, okay? Even if you have to limp or crawl. You're still sucking air aren't you? Be thankful.
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Pumpkin is a fairly new food for me. I actually discovered that I didn't hate pumpkin a few years ago at Thanksgiving. My family went to Amelia Island for the holiday and we ate at Barbara Jean's. Barbara Jean's is known for two things - crab cakes and the most amazing pumpkin bread (don't worry - they also have chicken). I ate a ton of the pumpkin bread and realized that I liked pumpkin bread.
For these muffins, I used a box of Trader Joe's pumpkin bread mix (it is really good). I made the maple cream cheese frosting and the cute little acorns on top. The maple cream cheese frosting recipe is from Williams Sonoma. It came with the Fall Icon Cakelet Pan I bought.
The acorns are really easy to make. You need 4 things - Hershey kisses, mini chocolate chips, mini Nilla wafers and some chocolate frosting. All you do is put a dab of frosting on the kiss, attach it to the bottom of the Nilla wafer, dab some frosting on the chocolate chip and put it on top of the Nilla wafer. Voila! Super cute candy acorn!
Maple Cream Cheese FrostingWilliams-Sonoma
(Printable Recipe)
- 2 Tbsp butter, softened
- 2 oz cream cheese, softened
- 3 Tbsp maple syrup
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
Mix all ingredients with a hand mixer or a stand mixer until fluffy.