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Better Roads Digital Magazine
Issue link: http://read.dmtmag.com/i/149296
Cattleman HD
With 15 years in the business of making heavy-duty truck
accessories Cattleman has made its reputation on using
high-grade powder coatings and making sure each joint on
its product is meticulously welded with solid bead all the way
around for superb strength and durability. The company offers
its stylish diamond-plate steel, glossy black HD running boards
for single and DRW pickups. Cattleman HD running boards
come with boot kicks to keep the cab interior clean.
Bestop PowerBoard
The 6-1/4-inch-wide aluminum surface on the
PowerBoard from Bestop (bestop.com) features
a durable non-slip, matte-black powder-coated
surface and a generous 600-pound capacity.
Splitting the difference between the doorsill of
your truck and the ground, this powered running
board extends to provide a stair step when
the door is open and then retracts for ground
clearance when the door is closed. Three-year or
36,000-mile warranty.
bestop.com; (800) 845-3567
Go Industries Rugged Step
The Rancher Rugged Step is a commercialgrade side step from Go Industries designed
for full sized trucks. Measuring 8-1/4 inches
wide, the Rancher offers sure footing on 2-inch
10-gauge runners and 2-inch tubing. A nylon
coating is used for corrosion protection. A
mud scraper is available to clean muck and
other debris from you boots to keep the truck's
interior clean. No-drill installation.
goindustries.com; (800) 527-4345
AMP Research Bed Step 2
The Bed Step 2 from AMP Research is a contractor's dream, supporting
up to 300 pounds to allow you to easily reach deep into the bed of your
truck for tools, gear and cargo without having to climb in or stand on
the tire. Made from high-strength aluminum alloy, its non-slip, fiberglass-reinforced composite step-pad is large enough for two boots;
and when not in use, flips up with the kick of a toe. Easily installed on
either side of the truck. Three-year or 36,000-mile warranty.
amp-research.com; (800) 309-6823
instead of tubes that have been
flattened and made into a step.
One company that does a very
good job integrating off-road
strength in step/nerf bars with
convenience of use and installation is Houston, Texas-based
N-Fab (www.n-fab.com). The
company's Nerf-Steps have a
445-pound weight rating – the
highest in the industry.
Iron Cross Automotive also
makes premium nerf bar steps.
The HD Series Steps fit like true
nerf bars, but have nicely built-in
steps with anti-skid step plates.
Regardless of the type of steps or
nerf bars you choose, the parts
need have a durable finish. Some
manufacturers offer both powder-coating and chrome-plating.
Some offer special coatings.
Warn Industry's (www.Warn.
com) Andy Lilienthal says,
"Powder-coating is common in
the off-road industry because it's
one of the most-durable finishes
available. Powder-coat is bakedon, providing a harder finish
than a wet-painted surface. All
our bumpers are powder-coated
from the factory."
Wiegmann has a different
take saying, "I don't recommend
powder-coating nerf bars and
rock sliders because you can't
just touch-up a scratch if the part
is powder-coated. You have to
recoat the entire part.
"My favorite coating is called
POR-15 (www.por15.com), a
special rust-preventive coating,"
Weigmann continues.
"It has the durability of a powder-coat, but it's a roll-on paint
that you can touch-up. Most offroad shops can order it in for you,
or you can order it directly from
the company's website.
Greg Grote, engineering
manager at Luverne Truck Equipment (www.luvernetruck.com) in
Brandon, South Dakota, says for
greatest rust-resistance to look
for a product that's either stainless steel or has an e-coating, a
rust inhibitor, that's then powdercoated for UV protection.
"We use a polyethylene copolymer-based thermoplastic coating
in our XX product line. We spray
thermoplastic powder over heated
steel where the powder melts into
a thick protective coating and gets
into some places where a liquid
paint or powder coat can't."
Whether the parts are stainless
steel, powder-coated, plasticcoated, or painted, the priority
remains: function over looks.
That's because when you
are stepping up into your truck
you want the very best product
under your feet. The same goes
for protecting the truck's lower
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Black & White: Truman Capote's Famous Masked Ball
Masked balls have gone the way of the orange spoon, archaic relics of a lost elegance. (I think we can all agree that Halloween doesn't walk the sexy line between anonymity and exhibitionism with quite as much sophistication as the costume parties of the past). Let's take a look at the most famous masked ball of the 20th century, Truman Capote's Black & White Ball, held November 28, 1966, at the Plaza Hotel.
In 1966, Truman Capote (image 1) had just published his masterwork, In Cold Blood, and wanted to celebrate by throwing himself a party. Always an outsider, despite his newfound celebrity, Capote relished the process of composing his guest list of the beautiful, rich and famous — as gleeful about omitting names as adding them. In the end, he selected 540 people from the ranks of the boldfaced names, blending the worlds of Hollywood, media, politics and high society. The event was ostensibly in honor of Washington Post editor Katherine Graham, but those who knew Capote understood that the ball was an opportunity for him to be both the center of attention and the puppet master in a room full of glitterati.
On the invitation, Capote asked that the guests wear black and white and wear masks (image 2), and that the women also carry fans. Guests gamely had extravagant masks made, many with feathers and sequins, or in animal shapes. Many women figured out that carrying fans alongside their masks was too unwieldy, so only a few brought fans. The men were quick to shed their masks, which it turned out were uncomfortable and occasionally even painful to wear. George Plimpton nearly passed out before figuring out that it was the glue fumes from his mask that were making him woozy. Andy Warhol showed up without a mask, probably less out of impudence or laziness than out of a conceptual statement that his face was artifice enough.
In fact, in a Warholian twist, the event was so widely publicized ahead of time that guests entered the Plaza through a gauntlet of paparazzi and gaping onlookers. One guest talked about how she carried her mask with her on the plane to New York so it wouldn't get crushed in her suitcase, and when strangers saw it, they'd say, "Oh, you're going to Truman's party!" Some guests felt that the party couldn't possibly live up to such expectations, and declared it a bit of a failure; other guests remember it as being just as fabulous as it looked.
Among the guests were Babe Paley, Mia Farrow and Frank Sinatra (image 3), CZ Guest, Normal Mailer, Richard Avedon, Cecil Beaton, Lee Radziwill, Jerome Robbins, Lauren Bacall, Joan Fontaine, Slim Keith, Tallulah Bankhead, Henry Fonda, Candice Bergen (image 4), Rose Kennedy and Albert Maysles, among many, many others. Dinner was served at midnight, and the guests danced till 3, before peeling off to home, or to clubs in the Village, or, if you were Gianni Agnelli, to a poker game at Elaine's.
The black and white theme may have just been a detail incidental to the overall fabulousness of the evening. But it clearly got partygoers in the mood for a special occasion, and it photographed beautifully — color photos looked like they were in black and white (image 5), but with the occasional dash of red from the tablecloths at the Plaza (the choice of red may have been partially aesthetic, but it was also the default color at the Plaza, for which they charged nothing. The whole party supposedly cost $16,000, or about $32 per guest).
What do you think, would this sort of party fly these days for you and your friends? Or would you get more eye rolls than "aye's" from your guest list?
Sources: This 2006 article from the Independent by Deborah Davis is a great source on the event, complete with colorful anecdotes, and it is adapted from Davis's book from the same year, Party of the Century.
George Plimpton wrote a book about Capote called Truman Capote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintences and Detractors Recall His Turbulent Career, which includes wonderful quotes and observations about the Black and White Ball, many of which are reprinted here.
I've always thought that the party scene from the 1961 film version of Capote's wonderful novella, Breakfast at Tiffany's, is one of the best scenes ever in film (though we can all agree that Mickey Rooney's caricatured portrayal of the Japanese apartment manager is irredeemably offensive). Maybe Capote was inspired to create a party of similar fabulosity in real life?
Images: 1 Truman Capote in his mask for the Ball, 1966, from the New York Times; 2 Guests at the Ball, via Lover of Fashion; 3 Frank SInatra and Mia Farrow, via Electric Feel; 4 Elliott Erwitt's photo of Candice Bergen at the Ball, which sold at Christie's in November 2008; 5 Color image of the ball, via Planet Fabulon.

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Merl Robert Lauth, 80
Merl Robert Lauth, 80, of Findlay, passed away with his family at his side at 11:40 a.m. Thursday, May 31, 2012, at The Heritage in Findlay.
He was born Dec. 15, 1931, in North Vernon, Ind., to the late Jeanetta (Kelso) andFrancis Merle Lauth. On Nov. 6, 1953, he married Mary Sue Davis, and she survives.
Also surviving are two sons, John (Tina) Lauth, of Athens, Ga., and Timothy (Karmen) Lauth, of Findlay; a daughter, Anne (Dan) Bremer, of Hilliard; a sister, Florence (Matt) Gonnoud, of Long Island, N.Y.; and seven grandchildren, Anna Lauth, Suzanne Lauth, Reid Bremer, Allyson Bremer, Jackson Bremer, Kian Lauth, and Connor Lauth.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Frank Lauth; and five sisters, Ella Marie "Ellie" Fish, Colletta Broshears, Dorothy "Dot" Corya, Jeanetta "Sis" Beyer, and Hester Lauth.
Merl served 15 years as a non-commissioned officer in the Indiana National Guard in both armor units and the state detachment. During this period he also worked for the Department of Veterans Affairs in Indianapolis. In 1962 he joined the United States Department of Treasury as a Federal Field Agent for the Internal Revenue Service. He retired after almost 35 years of government service. He loved traveling, spending time with his children and grandchildren, and was a sucker for a stray animal. He would grumble and complain about how much he hated pets, but if you were quiet you could catch him sitting at the kitchen table late in the evening or early in the morning doting on them while he sipped a cup of coffee and read. He was a dedicated husband, father, grandfather, and role model who will be remembered fondly and missed greatly by his family.
Services are at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Coldrencrates Funeral Home in Findlay. Burial will be at a later date at the Vernon Cemetery in Vernon, Ind.
Friends may call from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home,
Contributions Memorials may be directed to the Hancock County Humane Society.
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DEVENS � The radio airwaves in Central Massachusetts came alive as thousands of messages were sent out by amateur radio operators, and thousands more were received from around the world during the weeklong World Radiosport Team Championship 2014 that concludes competition today.
The championship is held every four years, with Massachusetts picked this year to host 59 teams from 32 countries competing in what is known as the Olympics of radiosport competition. Past hosts have included Finland (2002), Brazil (2006) and Russia (2010).
The goal for each two-person team is to contact as many other operators around the world in a 24-hour period as they can. It is estimated that there are about 20,000 ham radio operators on every continent who are aware of the championship, and who will respond when they hear the special call numbers transmitted by the contestants.
Organizers of this year's competition picked 65 sites in 17 towns to locate each of the two-person teams. Each team was in the field with identical 40-foot antennas, a tent and generator.
Operators bring their own radios, computers, equipment and individual operating styles and skills, and in some cases, their own chairs and cushions to be able to stay focused for the 24-hour contest period. One team member communicates by voice, the other taps out Morse code messages.
Ten sites were located at Devens, seven in Pepperell, and two in Leominster. Other towns included Assonet, Berkley, Carver, Cohasset, Dighton, Hingham, Medfield, Norwell and Hollis, N.H.
Each team is overseen by a referee who watches and listens to all of the contacts that the team makes and records on their logs.
One of the U.S. teams � John Crovelli of Flemington, New Jersey, and George DeMontrond of Houston, Texas � was located at Devens with referee Igor Syerikov of Zaporozhye, Ukraine.
An hour into the contest Saturday morning, one team already had logged in 283 contacts. Mr. Crovelli and Mr. DeMontrond's scores weren't readily available, but during that first hour a bell rang signifying that they had made contact with a new country � Japan.
Mr. Syerikov is the chief of the radiosport committee in Ukraine and said he flew in with two teams from his country. He has been a ham radio operator since 1978, with more than 36 years of experience and has a business supplying and servicing radio communications equipment back home.
Each of the sites has a support crew; volunteers from as far away as Wyoming, such as Walt Marshall.
"There's nothing like putting a call sign (an operator's "name") with a face and getting to shake their hand. When you go to events like this, that's what you hear all the time, 'I know you!,' " said Mr. Marshall, who has been a ham radio operator for nearly six decades. "It's a passion. I get up in the morning, check my email and turn on my radio to see what's going on."
Ham radio operators come from all walks of life. Mr. DeMontrond is president of the DeMontrond Auto Group, Mr. Crovelli is a self-employed amateur radio station designer and Mr. Marshall is a retired engineer. A peek at the contestant bios shows that there are dentists, truck drivers, bankers, computer maintenance and support, musicians, travel agents, supermarket store managers, software designers, firefighters, doctors and every imaginable kind of engineer.
"These guys are the best of the best," said Marty Durham of Florida, who drove up to Massachusetts to volunteer on the Devens support crew. He said he even met his wife Sherry, who is from Virginia, when he lived in New Hampshire many years ago through the ham radio business.
Gerry Kersus of Holden came to visit the Devens site.
"I have met people from Europe that I talked to thousands of times before. I got my license in high school, had help from my physics teacher who helped me learn Morse code," said Mr. Kersus, a retired electronics engineer, who has 49 years of experience, and is also a volunteer examiner who oversees the licensing process of ham radio operators. "I was always interested in the electronics side, but as you can see I like talking to people, meeting new people."
A team from Nicosia, Cyprus, led by Stavros Tsiakouris, an electronics engineer, and Marios Nicolaou, a reconstructive plastic surgeon, along with referee Edward Kulchenko of Georgetown, Ontario, were sited in a small field overseen by support crew manager Robert Peloquin of Worcester.
"This is a fascinating sport. I picked it up in high school. We had our own society run by students who passed on their knowledge to younger students," said Dr. Nicolaou. "I have been doing this for 27 years, for fun, for the challenge to build, and a competitive spirit."
His partner, Mr. Tsiakouris, was one of the younger students that the doctor mentored.
"He knows a lot about computers, he writes software. He is unique. It lets you look at things in a different way," said Dr. Nicolaou.
Mr. Peloquin, a computer engineer, has only been a licensed ham operator for five years, and he volunteered so he could watch, "the best in the world, the elite. I am watching and learning from these guys."


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The story goes that Adrian was an ex UWA student, I think Medical.
I would not have called him powerfully built at the time but he was trim and muscled and well tanned. Youwould have been hard pressed to be certain about what his hair colour was as it was usually pretty grubby - sort of precursor to the dredlocks fashion.
Adrian is still alive and kicking.
I wouldnt call him trim, definitely muscled and well tanned from riding bare shirt. Pretty certain he is a freckled ranga or was it bad sunburn
Adrian -being a living urban legend has many guises.


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Lawyering and Learning in the New World
New York University School of Law's Jacob D. Fuchsberg Clinical Law Center has long been renowned for the quality of its faculty, the variety of its offerings, and the innovative structure of its curriculum. With 14 full-time clinical faculty and 39 clinics in 2018-19, NYU School of Law provides students with unparalleled experiences in working with clients and communities to address urgent problems, influence public policy, and improve the quality of legal problem-solving.
For almost forty years, NYU Law has coordinated its much heralded first-year Lawyering Program, upper-level simulation courses, and fieldwork clinics in a carefully structured pedagogical construct of sequenced, dynamic learning, developed by Professor Anthony G. Amsterdam, one of the most respected public interest lawyers and law professors in the country. The Lawyering Program introduces students to a sophisticated theory of legal problem-solving that Professor Amsterdam, Professor Peggy Davis and other members of the NYU School of Law faculty have been the leaders in creating. Grounded in this model, students in the Law School's upper-level clinics work with clients and communities on intensely demanding cases, projects, and deals.
Each upper-level clinic builds on first-year instruction in its own special way. In order to serve clients and communities as effective practitioners, each clinic requires students to master particular bodies of law (for example, family, civil rights, or death penalty law), to learn specific skills suited to different practice arenas (for example, litigation, policy analysis, and/or outreach skills), and to learn to work under close supervision of faculty (for example, preparing for trials and hearings, writing appellate and post-conviction briefs, and/or planning community education workshops).
NYU School of Law faculty design each and every upper-level clinic with a common aspiration. Clinics advance the instruction to which students already have been exposed, diversify the skill sets available for effective legal problem solving, and deepen an increasingly coherent sense of how lawyers might best do their work. At the same time, clinics exhort students to appreciate just how much they must grow over the course of their careers. Problems evolve, and so must problem solvers if they are to become and remain expert in the practice of law.
A distinctive feature of NYU School of Law's clinics is that the faculty who teach them are tenured or tenure track professors whose sole professional interest is the research and teaching they do at the Law School. The faculty-student ratio in clinical courses is extremely low (typically, a clinical faculty member teaches 8 to 10 students), in order to ensure students the intensive experience that the best of clinics should deliver.


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IT Management Slideshow: Cat Videos, Facebook Clog Enterprise Networks
By Fahmida Y. Rashid | Posted 07-10-2012
Main Application Categories
Work-related applications, such as those for infrastructure, email, and databases, consumed 13 percent of total bandwidth. The remaining five categories, storage, streaming video, encrypted Web sessions, file-sharing, and Internet utilities accounted for 76 percent of total bandwidth.
As more employees than ever watch videos, share files and spend time on Web applications at work, an increasing amount of corporate bandwidth is being used for personal reasons, according to a recent report examining enterprise network traffic. Palo Alto Networks' Application Usage and Risk Report analyzed various applications detected on enterprise networks and calculated how much bandwidth they consumed. The company collected traffic data from more than 2,036 organizations worldwide that had deployed its next-generation firewall between November 2011 and May 2012, and found that there were nearly 250 applications in the video and file-sharing categories, out of the 1282 applications detected across organizations. Employees are increasingly comfortable with viewing video online while at work, and new devices with high-definition screens encourage users to watch more video, Palo Alto Networks said in its report. Nearly one third of every dollar spent on bandwidth is supporting either streaming media or file-sharing, when viewed in terms of budget dollars, according to Matt Keil, senior research analyst at Palo Alto Networks. "The key to this 'new reality' is not to ignore or even vilify the existence of these applications, but to manage their usage with policies that give today's modern workforce the flexibility they desire without impeding on the business," Palo Alto Networks said. Companies can implement network security controls that allow employees to use whatever applications they need while ensuring that quality-of-service for business-critical applications are not compromised. Here CIO Insight takes a look at some of the report's key findings.
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Car News
2013 Honda Civic Aces Latest Crash Tests
- 2013 Civic sedan was nearly perfect in both government and independent crash tests
- Honda's compact sedan beats out Mercedes-Benz C-Class in new frontal impact test
- Crash-test scores complement the 2013 Civic's numerous refinements in other areas
Fan favorite Honda just added another feather to its cap, and this time the category is small-car safety. The recently redesigned 2013 Honda Civic sedan has more or less aced every crash test, garnering both a perfect 5-star overall rating from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the highest possible Top Safety Pick+ rating from the independent Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS).
This is a particularly big deal because the previous Civic, which was sold from model years 2006 to 2011, didn't fare nearly as well. Although IIHS gave the old Civic good marks across the board, NHTSA rated the 2011 Civic sedan a mediocre three stars out of five overall, including just two stars for side impacts.
Honda clearly took that criticism to heart, because the redesigned Civic sedan is one of the safest small cars you can buy. Although its rating in NHTSA's frontal impact test is still four stars -- the same as the 2011 model -- the side-impact rating has skyrocketed from two stars to a flawless five, boosting the 4-door Civic to that 5-star overall score. Note that the Civic coupe drops to four stars overall due to a slightly lower side-impact score for rear passengers, but its crashworthiness is otherwise comparable.
There's news on the IIHS front, too. In the new front small overlap test [http://www.iihs.org/news/rss/pr081412.html], which simulates a hard front-corner collision, the 2013 Civic received the top score of Good. We can't compare that to the previous Civic's performance, as the test wasn't around then, but we can look at how other 2013 models have performed -- and it's not always pretty. The 2013 Volkswagen Jetta, for example, was deemed Marginal (second-worst) in the new test, as was the 2013 Hyundai Sonata. The 2013 Toyota Camry and even the 2013 Mercedes-Benz C-Class were slapped with the lowest rating of Poor. These scores will inevitably improve as automakers adjust their designs, but the 2013 Civic is evidently well ahead of the curve.
The Civic is also a pleasure to drive, thanks in large part to a slew of updates for the 2013 model year. We weren't the only publication to feel that the 2012 Civic -- the first year of the latest redesign -- seemed a bit lackluster [http://www.autotrader.com/research/article/car-new-reviews/82275/2012-honda-civic---new-car-review.jsp], but significant refinements in the ride, handling and interior materials have changed our opinion for the better. Now that all the crash-test results are in, we can confidently call the 2013 Civic one of the most well-rounded small cars on the market.
What it means to you: The 2013 Honda Civic's excellent safety scores give you one more reason to put this perennial best-seller on your shopping list.


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Ten Themed Alphabet Prints
Will we ever tire of ABC prints? Not likely. Here are ten we haven't shown you before - each with a theme of one kind or another from Alice to the Fab Four to robots and vegetables. Hungry for more? We have over 100 pinned to our Alphabet Print Pinterest board.
Row One:
1. Alice in Wonderland: the Illustrated ABC ($19.69, Claudia Varosio)
2. Alphabet Beatles Print ($23.87, Becka Griffin)
3. ABC Veggie Poster ($34, Neiko Art)
4. Superhero Alphabet Poster ($15 digital file or $50 print, RKR Creations)
5. Big Robot Alphabet Print ($48, MamaRobot)
Row Two:
6. I Dream of Paris ABCs ($19, Coco Draws)
7. Muppet Alphabet ($18-30, Mike Boon)
8. Star Wars-Inspired Alphabet ($30, The Designers Nursery)
9. Creature Alphabet ($40, Cuddle Fish Press)
10. ABC Dog Alphabet ($34, Neiko Art)


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Questions for Ann Steel (Roberto Cacciapaglia)
I know there's a lot of these things always floating around, but I think this could be an interesting one (not that others aren't of course).
Anyway, there's been some discussion on here about Roberto Cacciapaglia's Ann Steel Album, which we reissued a little while back. Animal Collective, Deerhunter, Banjo or Freakout, Neon Indian etc have all spoken about how much they love this album in the past too.
As you may or may not know Ann was an American model who moved to Milan in the late 70s to get in to catwalk stuff and ended up recording this weird, sci-fi pop record with Roberto, who at the time was making kosmische records with Popul Vuh. Since then she hasn't done anything, disappeared - no interviews, no music, no nothing.
I'm interviewing her soon so if anybody has anything they'd like to know, I will pass it on to her.
I realise this is quite a niche request.
Album link here if you're not familiar - https://soundcloud.com/halfmachine/sets/roberto-cacciapaglia-the-ann
I already have that one written down. Thought you'd like to pass your best on
Um, kinda said who in the first post.
Here's a review, to validate it a bit more for you http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15947-the-ann-steel-album/


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A decorated shoe box may not look like much from the outside, but hundreds of them remind the aging that their community has not forgotten them.
A decorated shoe box may not look like much from the outside, but hundreds of them remind the aging that their community has not forgotten them.
Members of the community have been dropping off wrapped boxes to the Times-News since mid-November for the 15th annual Christmas Shoe Box Program for the Henderson County Council on Aging. Some individuals single-handedly filled dozens of boxes before the collection deadline on Friday.
The council will deliver the 803 boxes to Meals on Wheels clients who are homebound and to clients with case managers who provide them with services so they can maintain safe independent living. Most of the clients are considered low-income and often do not have many family members.
"Sometimes the older adults are forgotten in some way, and by being remembered, it means so much to them," said Caron McKay, director of services at the Council on Aging. "They're always very humble when they receive a gift; we get thank-you letters after the season is over for being remembered."
McKay said she has seen how sometimes these shoe boxes are the only gifts under their clients' trees.
"I have been with clients when they open them up and (find) things such as a Chapstick. They say, oh, that's what they needed, and the magnifying glasses — they couldn't read the paper without them," McKay said.
Friends Salon and Spa in Hendersonville donated 30 boxes they had put together as a staff.
"Every year we choose a charity, and this year when we met, you know a lot of people adopt children, but sometimes senior people get left out of the holiday season," salon owner Kim Williams said. "As we talked about it, we thought that it would be something good that we could do."
Other companies also decided to choose the Christmas Shoe Box program as their charity of choice this holiday season, including Park Ridge Hospital's billing department and Pardee Hospital's medical records and case management department.
Pardee's medical records and case management department has been putting boxes together as a department since the beginning of the program 15 years ago.
"My dad is 91 and he lives at the Bridge, and I can get stuff for him, but these other seniors can't," Director Andrea Neumeyer said. "Inside every box is a little card that says, 'Merry Christmas from Pardee Medical Records and Case Management.' "
McKay says Henderson County has the true spirit of Christmas giving. "Our community is so thoughtful and caring."


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I prefer side step on a goblin. As it lets you get out of bad situations. And sometimes people will avoid hitting them due to that skill.Gobbos.
The little guys tagging along side your cage looking in at the action. When the time is right.. push open your cage.. hand the little grub the ball and watch him separate for a td after you position a tackle zone or two to keep a blitz at bay.
I love gobblin runners on orc teams. Just skill em with a little movement (sure feet) and maybe a helper defensive skill (if you get desperate) and watch em fly.
You will generally buy them once the team develops tho... not a early build option that is very viable.. but mid to late TV's can be devastating. Keep a high level one to keep building.. and keep level 2 or 3... and just have your Troll Gobble em up at level 4 and restart your gobbo squad every 10 games or so to keep tv lower mid build.
And instead of Sure Feet, you might consider Jump Up. As it can still assist in the movement department if they are knocked down. They can dodge away and run to their full distance away after. And you could attempt the random JumpUp block as well


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What is wrong with the New York Post?
Thursday morning, the tabloid newspaper's front page featured a huge photo of two young men with backpacks, with the giant headline: "Bag Men: Feds seek these two pictured at Boston Marathon."
In the online story, the pair's faces had big red circles around them. Yes, sort of like targets. Turns out, the young men had nothing to do with the blasts.
Thursday afternoon, the Post backpedaled: "Investigators have now cleared the two men whose pictures were circulated last night in an email among law enforcement officials, sources told The Post today. Authorities determined neither had any information or role in Monday's attacks at the Boston Marathon."


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Livescribe 3 review
The Livescribe 3 Smart Pen, Livescribe+ app for iOS and some special Moleskine notebooks are designed to change the way you take notes at client meetings and design talks.
The Livescribe 3 Smart Pen, Livescribe+ app for iOS and some special Moleskine notebooks are designed to change the way you take notes at client meetings and design talks.
The next generation of Intel Xeon chips are here. We benchmark them to discover if they can deliver more power to your applications.
With Flash Pro CC 2014 Adobe is slowly pushing Flash as a universal vector animation tool for Web designers.
With an elegant WYSIWYG interface that focuses on organisation rather than activation, Fonts opens up your suitcase wide enough to show you everything inside
Photoshop CC 2014 was centre stage at the Surface Pro 3 launch, and together they're a travelling photographer's dream companion.
Corel Painter 2015 isn't a revolutionary update for the world's leading digital painting application, but key improvements keep Painter at the top of its class.
Photoshop CC 2014's new tools are largely focussed on the practical rather than the creative, but it's still an impressive upgrade.
With the latest version of Dreamweaver, Adobe adds even more visual aids – but it's not become a modern version of FrontPage 98.
AMD W8100 or Nvidia K5000, which is is the best pro graphics card? We test and benchmark them both to find out.
Skitch is truly a multi-purpose tool that lets you markup virtually any document.
What's most striking about Western Digital's My Passport Pro portable hard drive is its size and weight.
We try to break LaCie's latest rugged hard-drive by roughing it up. See if it survives.
Adobe Sketch and Line may have been conceived as vehicles for the company's Ink and Slide stylus and ruler – which aren't available in the UK – but the apps easily stand on their own.
Mix is a free iPad app designed not only to perform photo adjustments (such as exposure or applying preset filters), but to also cut out portions of photos and combine them with other images
The scoop: Transporter Sync, by Connected Data, about $100 (plus cost of external storage drive)
The G-Drive Pro with Thunderbolt is s small desktop storage system aimed squarely at video and animation work. But is it any good?
This feature-packed photo editor is a faster, cheaper alternative to Adobe Lightroom.
Leica's new T-System digital camera may have one of the most tedious ads ever made, but the camera's looks are far from boring.
Panasonic's new Lumix G series camera, the DMC-GH4, can capture 16mp stills and 4K video.
We spend some time with the first mobile release of Adobe's pro photo tool Lightroom.


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Once named the Gold Coast for its lucrative deposits of precious metal, Ghana now glitters with a different light.
Ghana's past may be confronting, but today it offers travellers an African getaway full of culture, history and sun. Discover this country's savage history at sites such as Elmina Castle and Manhyia Palace. Get an alternate view of the place through the age-old rites and shrines of the animists locals. And then soak up the warmth while relaxing on the idyllic coast. Whether timid or intrepid, travellers have a great getaway in Ghana.
Ghana travel highlights
Discover Ghana's horrific past at Manhyia Palace
The 14th century palace was built by European colonisers and co-opted by the African Ashanti King. Today, the restored palace houses a museum of imperialist past.
Luxuriate at Axim Beach
This pristine beach is one of Ghana's most remote and unknown treasures. Take advantage of the isolation, bask and enjoy the water sports.
Enter the Door of No Return at St George's Castle
Also known as Elmina Castle, this forbidding edifice was built in the 1400s and functioned as the heart of the Ghanaian slave trade.
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Ghana holiday information
Ghana facts
Local culture of Ghana
Geography & environment
Shopping guide to Ghana
Ghana festival calendar
Food & drink in Ghana
Further reading
Ghana travel FAQs
- Australia: Yes - in advance
- Belgium: Yes - in advance
- Canada: Yes - in advance
- Germany: Yes - in advance
- Ireland: Yes - in advance
- Netherlands: Yes - in advance
- New Zealand: Yes - in advance
- South Africa: Yes - in advance
- Switzerland: Yes - in advance
- United Kingdom: Yes - in advance
- USA: Yes - in advance
Prepare for your visit to Ghana by obtaining a visa in advance from your home country. You may also require a yellow fever card. You can purchase a visa from visalink.com or contact your nearest embassy or consulate.
Tipping is not expected in Ghana, but feel free to leave some change if you feel the service has been particularly good.
You can access the internet in Ghana's large cities, but don't expect to find internet outside of these areas.
There is good mobile coverage in Ghana's major cities but service is limited outside of these areas. Remember to activate global roaming with your provider if you wish to use your mobile while traveling.
You'll find both Western-style toilets and squat toilets in Ghana. You may like to carry soap and toilet paper with you in case it isn't provided.
- One hour in an internet cafe = 1-2 GHS
- Street food/market snack = 2-2.50 GHS
- Bottle of beer = 2-3 GHS
- Meal in a cafe = 4-8 GHS
Drinking tap water is not considered safe in Ghana. For environmental reasons, avoid buying bottled water and bring a bottle or canteen with you. Ask your leader where you can access filters to refill your supply, or carry your own purification tablets with you.
You may be able to use your credit card in places like major hotels, nice restaurants and tourist establishments. However, cash is required for most other goods and services.
While Ghana has plenty of ATMs in its big cities, they may not be internationally connected for a lot of cards. Visa cards are sometimes accepted, but carrying cash is always the safest choice.
Yes. All peregrine passengers are required to purchase travel insurance prior to their trip. Your insurance details will be recorded by your leader on the first day.
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White House's Summer Chopped Salad
A Colorful, Crunchy and Satisfying Dish
This colorful, refreshing salad makes use of summer produce at its peak, and the variety of ingredients, the sweet and spicy pecans, and the fresh tarragon dressing make this something special. Adjust the proportions to your personal taste. I find the more colors in the salad, the more kids like it.
You can find Cajun spice mixture in the spice aisle of your favorite grocery store. Any variety works here. If you don't love tarragon, substitute parsley, cilantro, or dill. —Chef Cris
Cooking Directions
1. Make the salad: Spray a large skillet with cooking spray. Heat the pan over medium-high heat and add the corn kernels. Cook, stirring constantly, for about 5 minutes, until the corn is brown in spots. Season with salt and pepper and set aside.
2. Bring a medium saucepan of salted water to a boil. Add the green beans and cook for 1 to 3 minutes; be sure that you don't overcook them—they should still be a little bit crisp. Remove the beans with a slotted spoon and place in a bowl of ice water. Drain, pat dry, and slice into 1-inch pieces. Set aside.
3. Make the pecans: Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil and spray the foil with cooking spray. In a small bowl, toss together the pecans, honey, sugar, melted butter, and Cajun spice mixture. Place on the prepared baking sheet. Bake for 30 minutes, tossing the nuts every 10 minutes, until fragrant and caramelized. Set aside to cool.
4. Make the dressing: In a small bowl, combine the vinegar, lemon juice, shallot, and tarragon. Slowly whisk in the olive oil. Season to taste.
5. In a large mixing bowl, place the salad greens, cucumber, radishes, tomatoes, bell pepper, green beans, corn, scallions, and spiced pecans. Pour the dressing over and toss lightly. Serve immediately.
"Reprinted from American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America by Michelle Obama. Copyright © 2012. Published by Crown, a division of Random House, Inc."
This recipe was styled by chef Karen Pickus for Good Morning America.
Recipe Summary
Main Ingredients: fresh corn, green beans, assorted summer lettuces, radishes, pecans, vinegar
Course: Salad


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Tennessee Tech to visit Wisconsin, play six at home
Cookeville, TN – Tennessee Tech football will visit the University of Wisconsin and play six home games as part of a 12-game schedule this year.
The Golden Eagles will open the season by hosting NAIA member Cumberland on Aug. 29.
The following week they will go to Madison to take on Big Ten power Wisconsin on Sept. 7.
Tennessee Tech's other home games will be against Indiana State (Sept. 28) from the Missouri Valley Football Conference and Ohio Valley Conference opponents Tennessee State (Sept. 21), UT Martin (Oct. 10), Jacksonville State (Oct. 26) and Austin Peay (Nov. 23).
The Golden Eagles finished with a 3-8 record, including 1-7 in the OVC, under coach Watson Brown last season.
2013 Tennessee Tech Football Schedule
All Times ET
Aug. 29, Cumberland, 8 p.m.
Sept. 7, at Wisconsin, TBA
Sept. 14, at Hampton, 6 p.m.
Sept. 21, Tennessee State*, 8 p.m.
Sept. 28, Indiana State, 8 p.m.
Oct. 5, at Murray State*, TBA
Oct. 10, UT Martin*, 8 p.m.
Oct. 19, at Eastern Kentucky*, 3 p.m.
Oct. 26, Jacksonville State* (Homecoming), 2:30 p.m.
Nov. 2, at Eastern Illinois*, 1 p.m.
Nov. 9, at Southeast Missouri State*, 2 p.m.
Nov. 23, Austin Peay*, 2:30 p.m.
* - Ohio Valley Conference game


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"Tattoo Girl (Foreva)" Video
To be filed under Oh no they didn't, the video for Detail's first single "Tattoo Girl (Foreva)" has just been released, and it is what you'd expect out of a rap with lyrics like "Tattoo girl, you are forever stuck on me." Not even T-Pain, Lil Wayne and Travis McCoy could stop this lyrical train wreck. Probably the worst part is that the tattoos on the video girls are CGI--and even the digital "art" is ridiculous. I think I spotted one actual (blown-out) tattoo on a background girl, maybe.
This is not the first rap ode to tattooed shorties. Who could forget "Tattoo" by Twista featuring Legit Ballaz? [Well, you can't forget something that you didn't know about in the first place.] I'm almost sorry to bring it to your attention, but there are just too many similarities between the videos. Again, the dancing CGI tattoos and WTF lyrics; oh, but there's just a bit more booty poppin. If you're going to exploit women, why not women with real tattoos just like our industry mags do?
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Portola Paints
- Location: Los Angeles, CA
- Website: portolapaints.com
Store History
- Founded by: Jim Davis, Casey Davis & Jamie Davis
- Headquarters: Los Angeles
After many trips to big box hardware stores to try and decide on coordinating paint colors, I prefer the boutique paint store. Portola Paints has received rave reviews because of their personal approach, zero-VOC paints, hand painted color swatches and fan decks, and custom color matching. The store was founded by Los Angeles contractor Jim Davis and his two sons, Casey and Jamie. All paints are made locally in small batches and every color is mixed-to-order in the store.
Portola paints specializes in Eco-Friendly finishes and Old World techniques. If you want to give a lighting fixture or furniture piece a worn or antique look, their wrought iron finish combined with Portola's Rust Solution weathers the piece in just a few hours. They encourage customers to come into the store and play around with color swatches in their upstairs loft. Casey and Jamie's background in construction offers customers a trained eye for choosing the right paint color for their space and lighting situation.
As a side note, the roll of brown paper featured above is used to test different paints. However, a few customers have fell in love with its abstract art quality and have actually requested to purchase it to use as gift wrap. Our little secret — when I visited recently, they were currently offering small sheets of the paint splattered brown paper free of charge.
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Navigating UCOP
Agreements (ICA and PSA)
For assistance in the drafting and finalization of Independent Consultant Agreements (ICA) or Professional Services Agreements (PSA), contact Richard Greene at email@example.com, (510) 987-9408.
Business cardsUCSF Irene Lee: (415) 502-2740
Many University employees do not need business cards, but if you do need them, work with your supervisor to approve an order from UCSF. UCLA printing is also an option.
Business Resource Center (BRC)
BRC handles general procurement, travel and entertainment, ledger reconciliation, payroll and event planning. Each team, identified by a color, is dedicated to a group of departments or a service area.
Microsoft software for home use
UCOP employees can purchase a licensed copy of Microsoft Office, Project and Visio for Windows, or Microsoft Office for Macintosh, for just $9.95 each to install and use on their personally owned home computer. The software may be used for personal purposes and is not restricted to work use.
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All hirings of outside consultants and independent contractors, regardless of any prearrangement via a blanket agreement, must be approved by the President prior to contract negotiation.
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E Vision Technologies (EVTL) lays strong emphasis on Website Design. Our Designs are aesthetic, eye-catching, allow quick downloads, are easy to navigate and ensure that most browsers support them. "First impressions are lasting impressions" and Designs that hold the attention of users have a very high probability of success. Interactivity with good design, we believe, enhances the sheer surfing experience of a visitor. Over time we have evolved an uncomplicated GUI sense that works well with users. This is further enhaced by our custom developed content management tool "Site Curry", which gives the power of compelete content management in the hands of the user.
All businesses need to streamline their process to effectively run their organization. Computerization of business processes not only saves time, but also reduces costs in the long run. At E Vision we use the balance of "Business Logic" with high technical skills to deliver practical, cost effective and scalable Client/Server Application.
We use the latest in technology for building these applications. They can be implemented as a browser-based application, or an offline application depending upon the client company's needs and requirements. To facilitate different companies into streamlining their processes, we have built a number of intranet and extranet applications.
Peer recommendation, company client communications and interactions with the audience has become a key to building market share. It is not just enough to be "there". You have to be heard, and that too by the target audience. E Vision Technologies has launched its initiative "SocialCurry" to help engage your audience. We theorize, draw up the strategy and act aggressively to promote your business to your customers. Reputation management, blogs, social interactions through different media is all handled efficiently and effectively


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Upgrade your Korg Kronos for £99
Add extra RAM and a second SSD drive to your Kronos for £99 (normally £219)
Buy any original Korg Kronos (available in 61 key, 73 key and 88 key versions) between 1st August — 30th November 2012 and you can bring it up to the same functionality as the new Kronos X workstations, including the latest v2 operating system.
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By Philip Shaw, attorney at Cook, Little, Rosenblatt & Manson
Entrepreneurs can be reluctant to allow others into the inner circle of their businesses, and with good reason. Bringing on board the right business partner can be a make-or-break proposition for a startup. This column examines some of the important considerations for early-stage business owners looking to partner up.
What kind of business partner are we talking about? Not every startup has the same needs, and not every potential partner brings the same skillset to the table.
It can be useful to think of business partners as falling into two broad categories. In one category are internal business partners such as other founders and key members of the company's management team. In the other category are external business partners like value-added resellers, suppliers and other strategic service providers. What we are not talking about here are investors. Although investors might sometimes be considered business partners, financial investment and capital-raising are outside the scope of this column.
What should an entrepreneur look for in an internal business partner? First and foremost, value is important and is influenced by a potential partner's expertise, experience and network. A partner's connections within the industry and with potential investors can and should be considered. Commitment matters, including a willingness to put in the necessary hours and an ability to financially do so. This factor can be especially important when internal partners will be expected to support themselves financially during the company's earliest phases. Internal partners should also be of the same mind regarding the growth and eventual sale of the company. If one partner is hoping for rapid growth and exit, and the other is looking to support a stable lifestyle, then the partnership is unlikely to work out well in the long term. Finally, the importance of trust and open communication cannot be overlooked because internal partners need to be able to rely on one another and collaborate effectively.
Much of the same selection criteria apply to external partners as well. External partners must be willing and able to invest the necessary resources to get the project up and running. Depending on the nature of the partnership, it may be important that external partners exhibit business model similarities such as shared customers or complimentary products or services. The financial model of the partnership should be structured to incentivize both partners to actively develop the enterprise. Such a model could take various forms, but common structures include commission or royalty-based arrangements.
For all kinds of business partners, setting out clear expectations at the outset is imperative. In virtually all instances, the terms of the arrangement should be set forth in writing.
For instance, where a new partner is to share in the ownership of the company, it is common for that ownership to vest over time or upon the occurrence of certain milestones, and such vesting provisions should be documented.
Documentation is often even more important when the venture encounters unexpected obstacles or otherwise begins to unravel. What if a partner dies, becomes disabled or declares bankruptcy? What if the partners become deadlocked or unable to work together because of diverging goals or visions for the company? Creative solutions abound for each of these situations and taking the time to work through them on the front end can save all parties a great deal of time and money on the back end in the event things do not go as expected.
Boot Camp for Startups:
To learn more, please join me on March 19, 2014 from noon to 1 p.m. at the abi Innovation Hub where Matt Benson and I will be presenting a seminar titled "Partner Up: Choosing the Right Business Partner for Your Startup" as part of a nine monthly seminars in the abi's "Launch Series: A Boot Camp for Startups." To register contact Michele Petersen at email@example.com.
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The pristine white sand beach stretches for miles, meeting into the exquisite azure water of the Andaman Sea. This is Khao Lak, Thailand: a hidden paradise of sun, sea and sand, as well as lush tropical greenery, granite mountains and stunning waterfalls. Discover the treasure of Khao Lak at JW Marriott Khaolak.
JW Marriott Khaolak - TROPICAL LUXUR
Situated along the gorgeous white sands of Khao Lak, Cher ah is the perfect resort to soak in the tropical seaside beauty of southern Thailand in distinctive luxury. With elegant contemporary-Thai style guestrooms, gourmet cuisine, unrivalled facilities and a superb range of activities for the entire family, JW Marriott Khaolak offers the ultimate holiday experience.
|All guestrooms are tastefully designed, providing a luxurious Thai ambience. Every room includes a generous sitting area and an individual balcony. Guests can choose from comfortable king-size or twin single beds and a choice of pillows. Pool Access rooms and suite allow guests direct access to the lagoon-shaped swimming pool from their individual balcony.
Deluxe Lagoon Pool View
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Deluxe Lagoon Pool Access
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Family Lagoon Pool Access
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|Dinning Experience
JW Marriott Khaolak offers guest a choice of fine and casual dinning outlets with cuisine that ranges from Thai and regional delicacies to Mediterranean and international favorites. Guests can also enjoy cocktails ad light snacks all day and live music and dancing in the evenings.
Showcase restaurant the features live cooking presentations and highlights local, regional and international cuisine, indoor and outdoor seating, overlooking the Andaman Sea. Enjoy the lovely sunsets while sipping your favorite cocktail.
Authentic northern and traditional Thai cuisine with indoor seating featuring sunken seating area. Also outside seating by the show lagoon or on the poolside
Modern Japanese cuisine at its best. Dine indoors and choose from the sushi bar or live teppanyaki station or dine outdoors overlooking the main swimming pool.
Sumptuous Mediterranean cuisine prepared with unique ingredients Soak in the sunset while enjoying your cocktail. Indoor and outdoor seating. Turns into a bar and live music/ dance venue in late evening.
Offers signature sandwiched, light savory fare, ice-cream and pastries Located at the Lower Lobby
Lounge in the sun and relax as you enjoy light appetizers, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. The best local ingredients are used to create signature cocktails for guests to enjoy at the Infinity Pool Bar.
Second pool bar offering beverages only. clam, quite and serene surroundings.
Czar Lobby Bar
Elegant and stylish bar with a fabulous view of the Andaman Sea and our lagoon-shaped pool and surroundings.
|Ta-Krai Restaurant
|Waterfront Restaurant
|Olive Restaurant
|Sakura Japanese Restaurant
|Infinity Pool Bar
With 15 luxurious appointed treatment villas, steam room, sauna, outdoor jacuzzi and rain shower, anti Spa offers a varied menu of Touch Therapy ranging from 20 minutes to 5 hours, manicure, pedicure, waxing, hair dressing and a 5-day Slimming Package. The Raya Spa Boutique retails all the products used during the treatment. Vitamin Bar offers complimentary fresh juice before treatment and herbal testament and herbal tea after treatment. Operating hours: 10 a.m. - 10 p.m..
JW Marriott Khaolak offers a range of meeting facilities in a relaxing setting amidst nature and fresh air. We have meeting facilities that can accommodate 10 to 250 persons, a ballroom that accommodates up to 150 persons for dinning, two meeting rooms, three boardrooms and a business centre for a successful conference, meeting or retreat. The vast landscaped area within the resort grounds marks the resort an idea outdoor venue for incentive or themed events, weddings or product launches.
Services & amenities
|Beach Romance
|Genuine Service
|Friendly Service
|Free Internet
|Fitness Center
|Kid's Club
|Romantic Dinner
|Cooking Class
|Meeting Room
Whether your perfect vacation entails just pure relation and luxurious indulgence or you are looking for an activity-packed family holiday, JW Marriott Khaolak has something for everyone.
Southeast Asia's largest lagoon -shaped swimming pool
JW Marriott Khaolak's 16,000 Sq.m lagoon-shaped pool meanders its way around the guestrooms and main lobby building. Guest can laze on sundecks submerged in water while sipping their favorite drinks, or enjoy the outdoor jacuzzi beside Infinity and Aquamarine bars. The pool can be accessed directly form the individual balcony of any Deluxe Pool Access or Suite Pool access room. 12 private gazebo station are available for sun bathing and swimming.
Indoor Activities
Enjoy a vigorous game of squash at our indoor squash court or work on your abs at our well-equipped gymnasium located at the Lower Lobby. You many also parasites correct breathing techniques in our yoga class or seat out at our aerobic sessions.
Operation hours: 7a.m. - 8p.m.
Junior Club
Located nest to the Deli on the Lower Lobby, the Junior Club is exclusive for children and young adults 3 to 16 years of age. There is a computer room, movie room , outdoor play area, library and indoor playroom.
Outdoor Activities
Beach volleyed games are organized by our Recreation Team or you can enjoy a game or two of tennis at our flood-lit tennis court. We also offer no-motorized water sports such as windsurfing, kayaking and sailing Day trips for snorkeling and diving can be arranged with advance notice There are mountain bikes for hire to explore the nearby village or move around the resort.
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January 29 - July 31, 2013
Ripin Print Gallery
This exhibition draws on the holdings of the AMAM and Oberlin College's Special Collections to present late-18th- to early-19th-century illuminated manuscript leaves of the Russian Old Believers, an extant Christian faction that separated from the Russian Orthodox Church in the middle of the 17th century. Denied access to printing presses and persecuted for their dissenting views on liturgical reforms, the Old Believers copied and illustrated by hand religious books, which they disseminated secretly and venerated alongside icons. Including two complete manuscripts on loan from Ohio State University's Hilandar Research Library, the exhibition throws light on Old Believer rituals and book illumination, which helped preserve Old Belief and its culture over the past 350 years.
The exhibition is curated by Liliana Milkova, AMAM Curator of Academic Programs.
The Crucifixion
Russian, late18th-early 19th c
Ink and color on paper
Overall: 12 15/16 x 8 in. (329 x 203 mm)
Gift of Frederick Binkerd Artz


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Finishing GnuSTEP would be nice, but I don't think its ever going to happen. I tried GnuSTEP (Ubuntu 10.04, installed from Synaptic) a few weeks ago, and it is an absolute disaster. Its still about 5% there, I really can't tell what has changed since freaking 1996 or 1997 when I tried it last. WTF have the GnuSTEP devs don in 14 freaking years???
There might be some hope for a new re-implementation of the Cocoa apis called cocotron: http://www.cocotron.org/
In a few years he's done more that GnuSTEP has in its entire history.
Cocoa really is a wonderful toolkit, it should be easy to wrap it around GTK or Win32, no idea why GnuSTEP wants to roll its own rendering layer.
So, yeh, it would be my dream to have a 100% free, open source OSX compatible OS, if that ever happens, I doubt GnuSTEP will have had any part in it.


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July 21, 2009 (formerly APM 50.39)
A. General. A retiree may qualify for certain UI retiree medical and life insurance benefits by meeting the retirement criteria stated in FSH 3730. UI retirement benefits are subject to Regents' approval and may be altered or discontinued at any time. [See FSH 3730]
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BLACKFOOT — When he was in sixth grade, Kirby Jonas fell in love with writing.
Jonas, a Pocatello firefighter, was at Stinkin' Cute signing his latest novel, "The Secret of Two Hawks" on Saturday. It is his 11th book.
Kirby said a teacher in Shelley, whose name he doesn't remember, assigned his students to write a short story. He wrote four words, including "stream," as a possible theme.
"I thought "stream," I can write a Western story about that," Jonas said. He did, the teacher liked it and Jonas' career as an author began. "From then on, I had the urge.
"I used to read a lot of Louis L'Amour books," Jonas said of his love of Westerns.
He wrote his first novel while he was a junior in high school. It was set in Arizona.
After serving an LDS Church mission to France, Jonas moved to Arizona and began researching archives. His first three novels are set there.
Research, Jonas said, is an important element of believable story-telling.
"I go to the archives, the newspapers, for the time period I've decided to set my stories in," he said. "I pay attention to the ads, too, because they add authenticity."
For instance, he said, he discovered an ad for oleomargarine in an 1885 newspaper and mentioned that product in one of his books.
A graduate of Shelley High School and the grandson of former Bingham County Sheriff Arch Hess, Jonas dreamed of becoming a game warden or a lawman while growing up.
He worked for Idaho Fish and Game for awhile, then, with the encouragement of a Soda Springs Police Chief, he attended the police academy at Idaho State University.
Then came three years of service with the Pocatello Police Department before he changed to the fire service. He has served with the Pocatello Fire Department for 20 years.
"It was a neat job," he said of his time with the police force, "but, with 6-year-old kids (displaying their dislike for policemen), I decided it wasn't my bag."
Jonas found a publisher for his first two books, but has since self-published once he understood his market.
Jonas said he hopes to have another book ready by March of 2013.
It normally takes him about a year to produce each novel, he said. That time includes time to do the research, develop the plot and to weave his story.
Jonas is proud that his books are appropriate to all ages.
"My books are clean," he said. "Anybody from your 9-year-old to your grandma can read them without blushing."
His wife Debbie works with him in their publishing endeavors. They have been married for 24 years and have four children.
During Saturday's book-signing, several people told Jonas how much they or family members enjoyed his stories.


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KDEPIM bug fixes in KDE 4.8.1
If you added the KDE Release calendar to your favorite organizer, you probably noticed that KDE 4.8.1 will be released in a couple days.
50 bug reports were marked as fixed in this version. Here's the list:
- Bug 284224: Maildir resource does not become AgentBase::Broken when started without a valid maildir path
- Bug 289287: KMail's views are EMPTY and upon closing KMail, it crashes
- Bug 289428: Changing message flags (in KMail2) can lose message permanently
- Bug 291810: Akonadi crashed after losing Internet connection
- Bug 291902: KMail crashed adding new IMAP account.
- Bug 291964: Crash on IMAP resource when loosing connection
- Bug 292647: DAV Resource crashing
- Bug 293178: Crash on IMAP configured as disconnected
- Bug 293589: Akonadi WebDav Groupware Plugin crash after SOGo crash
- Bug 293590: Crash when syncing newly added new IMAP account
- Bug 292780: Kontact/Akregator crash on moving to next unread article
- Bug 282169: Exported BDAY VCard field is too precise
- Bug 272750: Update Argentina holidays rule file
- Bug 278905: Wish: Add Indonesia's National Holidays to Calendar
- Bug 282548: Add Singapore
- Bug 112644: In the "move" menu the current folder is displayed too
- Bug 133252: Auto expire: Mark messages read on moving to the archive folder during expire run
- Bug 154087: "New mail to mailing list" should active folder "New mail" template
- Bug 258826: Arguments with spaces to the external editor are split
- Bug 163978: Kontact name disappears from composer title bar when subjects last word is Kontact
- Bug 259093: Search dialog missing folder choice
- Bug 259358: Re-ordering folders via drag & drop not working anymore
- Bug 274678: "Distribution list" written in singular form even when talking about several distribution lists
- Bug 280026: Incorrect size of Base64 encoded attachment
- Bug 284374: KMail 'mark as read' shortcut bugs
- Bug 286061: Make filter log run even when dialog is not shown
- Bug 289905: Sent mail is stored in wrong folder
- Bug 291010: Folders in favourites (list mode) are shortened without need
- Bug 291171: Spam filtering breaks HTML / multipart mail headers on POP3 accounts
- Bug 291197: %OFROMNAME in template uses incorrect encoding
- Bug 291757: "Work online/offline" menu entry is ambiguous
- Bug 291849: TLS encryption was requested' message with unencrypted plain authentication login settings
- Bug 291886: Kontact crashes on Quit
- Bug 292188: Font size of favourite folder list can not be changed
- Bug 292617: KMail crashes after regular closing
- Bug 292869: Going to new message does not restore window
- Bug 293057: KMail2 (Italian localization) fails to organize local folders in alphabetical order
- Bug 293122: Synchronizing when selecting folder does not work
- Bug 293138: Marking a Mixture of Read and Unread Messages
- Bug 293251: With Nepomuk disabled, setting an email as action item and then removing that mark removes the email
- Bug 293994: Message in Appearance/Message Tags is keeping the configuration window too wide
- Bug 294053: Setting a preference in Kontact to show/hide favorite folders in KMail has no effect
- Bug 294392: Marking Email as Assignment loses Mail
- Bug 294968: The inbox folder is not at the beginning of the folder list
- Bug 295059: Templates for new messages in KMail not working inside kontact
- Bug 280635: Not possible to list events in chronological order
- Bug 284685: KOrganizer-generated mails cannot be sent
- Bug 289623: TODO templates are saved in events and then are not found
- Bug 293571: Kontact crash while deleting an item in the local Calendar
- Bug 294145: Journal Templates are not saved 4.8.1
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Wow awesome!
Is there any news on akregator? Is it going to be ported to akonadi?
Thank you very much for the hard work.
Oh, this is so awesome 🙂 Keep it up! And maybe go for annother kdepim sprint immediately :^)
Hi! Great work here.
Does anyone know if the openchange resource for akonadi is still being developed?
The open-Xchange resource is really not compatible with recent exchange servers or OutlookWebAccess and I can't seem to compile the old openchange resource still in the svn.
There were also some other bugfixes and improvements (also speed wise) in maildir and imap resources that do not have any bug numbers assigned.
Awesome! Keep the bug fixes coming!
Great. Just stumbled upon the bug #291171, glad to hear it's fixed in this release.
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009
82 Days with Twitter : 10 Thousand Followers and More
17 comments:
- ankita said...
agree with all ur points.
- February 25, 2009 at 8:22 AM
- ankita said...
how did u manage 10,000 followers???
- February 25, 2009 at 8:22 AM
- Deep Sherchan said...
Ya it must have been a hell lot of ride. We must keep it up.
- February 25, 2009 at 8:25 AM
- abra-ka-dabra said...
Hi ,
Congrats on your achievement.It is really phenomenal.Infact,I thouroughly enjoyed our discussion on In-Rev reporting and the idea is still open with me.Will surely get back to u once i have something to work with.
PS:by the way,10000 is a 5 digit number:-)
- February 25, 2009 at 8:27 AM
- neha said...
You have a real long way to go.
This is a awesome way to pay back or show gratitude.
Thanks for special thanks :) and thanks for inspiring me to tweet more.
- February 25, 2009 at 8:37 AM
- Sneh said...
You might not be able to recognize me earlier so I go again:P
You have a real long way to go.
This is a awesome way to pay back or show gratitude.
Thanks for special thanks :) and thanks for inspiring me to tweet more.
- February 25, 2009 at 8:48 AM
- Eric Logan said...
Congratulations on the Milestone, and Thanks for sharing your insights.
- February 25, 2009 at 7:52 PM
- Bhupendra said...
Thanks Ankita, Deep, Sneha, Abra and Eric.
@Ankita, My only Twitter principle is : Keep mind open and Follow your heart. I just tweeted how I liked. Will soon write a blog entry on how I think I got 10k+ followers. Please wait till that time!!
- February 25, 2009 at 8:19 PM
- Bhalchander said...
Congratulations for using twitter so effectively. Keep tweeting !!
- February 26, 2009 at 9:23 AM
- Luisa Santiaga said...
congratulations!!! thats a great number!! i like ur blog a lot!! :)
- March 1, 2009 at 7:46 PM
- Harry Crowder said...
Congratulations you have achieved a great deal in a very short time. I found your post quite informative and will be using your tips and some of your ideas when doing my owm Tweets.
Twitter is really an exciting and interesting way to keep up.
I have not been on Twitter as long as you but hope I have similar success.
All the best
- March 1, 2009 at 8:21 PM
- Bhupendra said...
Balachander, Luisa and Harry,
Thanks for your good words. Hoping we have good Twitter experience ahead.
All the best.
- March 2, 2009 at 1:29 AM
- maikeru76 said...
That's not a number to be sneezed at! We are part of growing number of professionals and businesses all over who are reaping the benefits of social media and most of all, Twitter.
Congratulations and thank you very much!
- March 12, 2009 at 2:19 AM
- Imie said...
Excellent post. My twitter ride has been both educational and joyful as well.
- March 17, 2009 at 7:53 AM
- Arup said...
Buzzom is great but its still little slow web 2.0 as my twitter account and the buzzom interface is not keeping up [I mean the #s]. Also, You can probably show the Bio in the on mouseover link of the account's name when I put the muoseover. That will be great.
Just my 2 cents.
- May 14, 2009 at 6:20 AM
- Bhupendra said...
Arup, Thanks for the good words.
Your suggestions have been passed to Buzzom Team. They should be looking at them, and if possible implementing them too.
- May 14, 2009 at 9:37 PM
- sandeep varma said...
Thanks for that read
- November 12, 2009 at 4:03 AM


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A recent curbs and gutter installation project on a segment of South Norma Street raised some prickly concerns Tuesday when a property owner took issue with the activity happening outside her property.
Ridgecrest resident Sandi Wohl said she found despite three years of disputing the matter, construction was proceeding with plans to install a sidewalk, curbs and gutters, which meant going through a few patches of cacti and setting her chain link fence back.
"They need legal documentation of ownership and they don't have it," Wohl, who says she worked 21 years as a documentation specialist, said.
Wohl, who said her house property was purchased by her parents in 1953, said the city did not have the right-of-way to inset a sidewalk or move her fence line.
The project, according to City Engineer Loren Culp, is part of the federally-funded Safe Routes to School project. The project is meant to create a safe corridor to schools that fall in compliance with the American with Disabilities Act.
"They told me they were going to continue with the project," Wohl said.
Wohl said that the horticultural experts had come out to the property to examine the cacti after she believed they were endangered plants, and then received a letter explaining the city would help relocate the plants.
"I never got the report," she said. "They're pulling out the fence post and destroying the cactus."
The letter written by Culp, dated Nov. 15, 2012, indicates that the project was out for bid and would impact improvements in the city's right-of-way. Culp's letter also indicated the construction would include a chain link fence location as well as relocation of the plants.
"The contractor will provide a qualified plant specialist to direct and supervise the relocation of the plants and to provide instruction for care of the plants after they are relocated," the letter states.
Culp confirmed Tuesday via email that the project was going ahead.
"The City is proceeding with the construction and additionally attempting to relocate the plants to retain the character of the property owners' frontage," Culp said.
A patch of cacti and other plants sit in front of the half-acre property on South Norma, leaving sidewalk incomplete on either side.
Culp said this was linked to Wohl's dispute from a prior project on Norma Street.
"A prior 2009 construction project funded by the County's Community Development Block Grant omitted a portion of work at 205 S. Norma Street due to claims made by the property owner that the right of way had not been acquired and the existing plants were a protected species and had historical significance," Culp said.
According to Culp, the claims were determined to be unnecessary.
"Engineering and Biological Consultants along with Legal Staff have since determined that no additional right of way is necessary in order to construct the improvements and that the existing plants are not endangered, or protected species and have no historical significance," he said.
However, Wohl disagrees given the date the house and property were purchased.
"When the property was purchased, the city was not incorporated yet," she said.
She said while the city said the right-of-way was marked on a map, that didn't necessitate ownership, and felt she was being bullied because her family was low-income.
Wohl indicated that she had spoken with the city engineer at several intervals regarding the situation. When asked if she had contacted the city manager's office or city council, she said she had not.
"I was going to get an attorney, but I couldn't afford the retainer," she said. "I'm not going to be bullied."
Wohl did point out the project itself wasn't the issue.
"I don't object to the project, just the way they're doing it," Wohl said. "I just want to be reimbursed for the property they're using."


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Make three differnet pair of earrings. Start with filigree with a drop, then make a apir of hoops with beads and wire then you will finish with swingin triple trops on chain.You will learn several different technique to expand you earring making skills. You will have choices for color and style with each pair.All supplies included.
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Like any coach, Doug Kidd enjoys winning.
Like any coach, Doug Kidd enjoys winning.
But the thrill of victory the Swansboro High soccer coach gets doesn�t compare to what he felt watching his players celebrate their 3-0 win over South Iredell last month in the NCHSAA 2-A championship match in Raleigh.
�The most enjoyment I get out of it is watching the kids. My favorite part of it was the bus ride home. They were just so upbeat and smiling and having fun. I just get a lot of enjoyment watching them soak it all in and see them realize the hard work pay off.�
The Pirates certainly did work hard down the stretch, winning 10 consecutive games en route to the fourth state title in program history. At one time, Swansboro was 13-5-1 overall and 7-2-1 in the East Central Conference.
After a 1-0 home loss to Northside, the Pirates were in danger of not even finishing in the top two in the ECC. But then Swansboro reeled off 10 straight wins � all shutouts � on its way to the state championship.
The Pirates finished 23-5-1 overall.
And because Kidd coached a squad that got hot at the right time, he is The Daily News coach of the year for the 2013 girls� soccer season.
Northside�s Jeff Cobb and White Oak�s Buddy Carroll were also candidates for the honor as voted on by the coaches and the newspaper�s sports staff. Cobb coached Northside to the second round of the playoffs while Carroll took a young White Oak team to the 3-A East Regional final.
Yet Kidd was the only area coach to win a state title.
To the victor go the spoils.
�It was just a great season for the girls,� Kidd said. �It was a lot of fun watching them work hard and keep working hard, even when there was a setback. As a coaching staff, we felt it was going to click and that they were going to flip the switch and play at another level.
�The last month of the season they played phenomenal soccer, and I am really proud of them progressing to that level. We all felt like we had enough talent here and coming in that we could compete for it.�
Kidd is a big reason why the Pirates are so good on the pitch.
While Swansboro won a state title in 2006 and was one of the area�s better programs, Kidd�s arrival from Watauga High in the summer of 2008 propelled the Pirates to an even higher level, leading the girls� soccer team to three state crowns.
�Winning state championships is a lot of fun and very enjoyable,� Kidd said. �That, especially, since I had been coaching for a long time and to finally win some is an awesome experience.�
But while Kidd is the face of the Swansboro soccer program, the 45-year-old coach is quick to add that the credit also deserves to go to his assistant coaches.
Kidd said in the past he was more hands-on than he is now. He gives his assistants free reign to add anything they feel will be beneficial to the team. One of his assistants, Chrissy Taylor, was named 2-A assistant coach of the year by the N.C. Soccer Coaches Association.
�We have a really good staff and we really feed off each other,� said Kidd, president of the NCSCA since 1998. �Our staff breaks them (players) up in groups and that gives the kids a lot more attention.
�I think it keeps things pretty refreshing. We are teaching the same thing, but in different manners. We do delegate and each one brings a different perspective to the kids.�
Kidd was particularly impressed with his staff when he missed three practices in late February because he had an appendectomy. The Pirates didn�t miss a beat.
�They did a great job,� Kidd said.
Still, the final decisions go through Kidd. He doesn�t mind experimenting with new lineups and formations, and he will tinker around with things during the middle of the season if he feels the Pirates need a change.
�We are not afraid to try different things,� Kidd said. �We do take it slow and break it down and start with the basics and we do try to build our way up as the season goes along. Obviously we have some bumps in the road and you definitely have to back track and go over some things again.
�That�s just reading your team and realizing what you need to work on and you have to come up with a plan to do so.�
And Kidd and the Pirates certainly did that on their way to another state title.