text: A man and a woman were having a quiet romantic dinner in a fine restaurant on Valentines Day. They were gazing lovingly at each other and holding hands. The waitress, taking another order at a table a few steps away, suddenly noticed the woman slowly sliding down her chair and under the table - as the man stared straight ahead. The waitress, thinking this behavior a bit risqué and worried it might offend other diners, went over to the table and, tactfully, began by saying to the man : "Pardon me sir, but I think your wife just slid under the table ." The man calmly looked up at her and said..................... "No she didn't .... she just walked in."


text: I dont know about the rest of the country but its been rain free for weeks into months here in nwpa. I dont even plan on mowing next week and there is no rain in the forecast for the next 2 weeks. We do the typical "other things" such as pruning, landscaping etc. but does any one get into decks, cement work, siding etc. I'm even considering looking into dyeing the lawns green (they do make an actual dye for dormant or diseased grasses). But with the crappy winter we had for plowing now this rain free summer it just gets frustrating depending on Mother Nature for $$$$.

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UQ Health Care does not have a physiotherapist on site. There are physiotherapists available on the St Lucia campus at the student physiotherapy clinic in the Therapies building − phone (07) 3365 2232. Private physiotherapists (Brisbane Sports & Spinal) are located on the ground floor of the UQ Union building (21C). Please phone (07) 3871 0633 to make an appointment or to enquire about their fees.
Physiotherapy is not covered by basic Medicare or OSHC policy cover.


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Talking about working with his existing customers, for his 28th run to Hobart, Carl will not be on Lahana, as she is for sale. Instead, he will be the Navigator on the ES44, Swish. 'Stephen Proud is a great customer and we believe we can win with this boat. There is a good crew on board, top-flight equipment, and we have achieved the best value for his expenditure', said Crafoord. At just under six metric tonnes and having three of that on the bulb, the Kernan/Courable penned vessel will be one to watch out for.
'Sailing does have an older demographic now. There are a lot of us who work hard on Junior sailing, as we have a whole generation that's sort of gone missing, and the average age at yacht clubs is up. At my club, Middle Harbour, it is 53 years. It is hard to get people out to go training. When it was all about One Tonners, there'd be 20 different models out on Sydney Harbour practicing a couple of times a week. Now no one has the time. So if you do not have any professional sailors on board, then you'll need good amateurs. For Swish, we have a fitness regime, we do sail training, technical training and of course, we'll use our Quantum playbook so that everyone knows their stuff - the mechanical training that is just so crucial.'
'Sailing is not just recreational to most people now. You have to be the best. I have done 27 Rolex Sydney Hobart races and luck is not really a part of the elements inside your control. I do enjoy the race, and I think it should be on every month. With all the aids you have at your disposal today, I find that all the conditions change every eight hours or so and then your routing will alter constantly, too. If you're out there for three days you may see nine separate or sub-weather systems and then there is tide and location on track relative to your competitors to factor in, as well', commented Carl, drawing on his vast experience with these matters.
'Why do I do it? Well, for me it's because I grew up with it. I'll be at the Mornington Optimist Nationals after the Hobart, just like every other Father, and hopefully my son will go on to be a part of the Sydney to Hobart fabric, just like my Dad and I.'
'One of the other adages that I used to hear around in yachting circles was that there has never been a problem that throwing money at it has didn't solve. Today there is just not that kind of disposable coin lying around. You have to be more prudent. Quantum is committed to building on its strengths, sharing its knowledge across their network and with their customers. To build a knowledge base you first have to build the system and then make the best of that investment by diligently applying yourself to it.'
'Sail making has historically been a little random, perhaps even cottage industry-like. Quantum is about having quantitative data to make sure each set of sails is the best value for money and repeatable. There are different types of products depending on where you choose to land on the sailing spectrum, but we have transparent design and our database is shared globally. In this way we offer world-class sails at the best price, of the best quality and in shortest time possible. Quality divided by price equals value and that's what Quantum is all about.'
'Longevity is a key issue for anyone purchasing sails these days. Our MR5000 club level sails have proven to provide the best levels of value, efficiency, performance and durability. No one will love a sail that delaminates in a year. We have had no membrane failures and I think this is a real testament to the business', said Crafoord.
Now if you find yourself talking with a sail maker, then you'd just have to ask for their thoughts on sail care. The proverbial Lay Down Misére, you might say. 'I really do think it is an important subject to talk about. I find it a bit incredible that, for example, a Beneteau 40 owner spends $10,000 on a mainsail and $7,000 on a jib and then the crew leaves them flaked, and subsequently stands, walks or sleeps on them. Just the other day I saw a mainsail with the boom cover off while they were still in the pen and I asked the crew if they would please put it back on, as UV light is the killer.'
'If we sailed exclusively at night and rolled them up afterwards, sails would last forever. They really don't like being bent and hinged or left in the sun, especially the expensive ones. The fibres will survive whether they're carbon, Dacron, polyester, but the film is especially sensitive to UV.'
'Other favourite follies are spinnakers never being washed or correctly folded, just stuffed back in their bag. The classic is the Code Zero furled back up tight and then coiled on the deck sole like a cobra to only then be hastily dumped back into a sack. Please take them back on deck after your race, hoist, unfurl and lower them back, flaking them nicely ready for their bag.'
'After a year, poorly treated new sails can look like they have seen ten seasons transpire. You can actually get many seasons from your wardrobe if you look after them. We see two-year old sails that look new, as well as the relatively new ones that are virtually gone and we do know why it is so! Not only will they last longer if you treat them well, they will hold their shape far better. We valet a lot of our client's sails. We go to the boat to collect them, clean them, and roll them up and then put under the loft floor, where it has the added benefit of also being the correct temperature for storage,' said Carl somewhat emphatically.
In a very interesting aside, Carl commented, 'Contrary to popularly held thought, white kites are not made from lighter fibres than coloured ones. We're a little tired of all the new ones being white too. Perhaps we have been forgetting to ask our clients what colour they would like, so I promise we'll make a concerted effort from now on to ask you and please make sure you remember to make your new 'chute more personalised!'
'Divisions Two and Three are simply so marvellous because of the colours and patterns. Yes. They are cool, especially when green with a big white Q in the middle of them', Carl finished by saying.
So before you throw your money at anything, determine the best mix for you by getting the jump-start and utilise Quantum's experience from their development program. Call Quantum and see what dedication to cause and a massive global Intellectual Property pool can help you do with the four main things in sail making – timing, quality, dependability and value.
Ultimately, it comes down to making your $100 notes count. Start the process at www.quantumsails.com.au and find the loft nearest to you.


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Tebow time lasts one season
While a fan favorite, QB's future in doubt, as no NFL team has shown interest
Published 10:09 pm, Monday, April 29, 2013
New York
The possibilities appeared endless for Tim Tebow.
Here he was, perhaps the most popular player in the NFL, in New York as a member of the Jets and maybe the biggest thing to hit Broadway since Joe Namath himself.
There were billboards outside the Lincoln Tunnel in New Jersey welcoming Tebow, and sandwiches named after him at Manhattan delis. He also had a legion of fans who followed him because of his strong Christian beliefs, and in New York, he would be able to take advantage of countless media and marketing opportunities.
And then, it all went terribly wrong.
Or, more like it, the whole idea was completely flawed from the start. For Tebow. And for the Jets.
Tebow was waived Monday morning, the end of an embarrassingly unsuccessful one-season experiment in New York that produced more hype and headlines than production on the field. And it all ended quietly, with a three-paragraph news release.
"Unfortunately," coach Rex Ryan said in a statement, "things did not work out the way we all had hoped."
It also left Tebow's football future very much in doubt.
A year after he threw a TD pass to win a playoff game in overtime for Denver, the Heisman Trophy winner with two college national titles at Florida and a nationwide following may have suited up for the last time.
Tebow took to Twitter a few hours after being waived, citing a bible verse: "Proverbs 3:5-6: Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding," Tebow wrote, "in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight."
No NFL team has made a pitch to get him. The only nibble so far came from the Montreal Alouettes. They hold his rights in the Canadian Football League and said he come compete for a job — as a backup.
"Had this happened back in February, he might have had a chance to at least participate in free agency," said 2002 NFL MVP quarterback Rich Gannon, now an analyst for CBS Sports and SiriusXM NFL Radio. "I don't think there would have been a strong market for him, but at least he would've had that opportunity."
Gannon added that it's an even tougher situation for Tebow now because more than 20 quarterbacks were either drafted or signed as undrafted free agents in the past few days.
Tebow led the Broncos to the postseason in 2011, but became expendable when Denver signed Peyton Manning as a free agent. The Jets acquired Tebow in March 2012 for a fourth-round draft pick and $1.5 million in salary. He was introduced at a lavish news conference, with Tebow repeatedly saying he was "excited" to be in New York.
The Jets never figured out a way to use Tebow effectively, and he never forced the issue by being a good enough player in practice to make Ryan and his coaches put him on the field more in games.


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"In truth we are always present; we only imagine ourselves to be in one place or another." —Howard Cohn
The first foundation of mindfulness is mindfulness of the body. This is an awareness of the body as body. It is something experienced as breath, flesh and bone. Introduction to mindfulness is often focused on the breath, experiencing breath and being breath. As the ability to maintain awareness of breath gets stronger, the practitioner becomes aware of the whole body. Body awareness is taken into movement. Chanting and rituals are opportunities to be mindful of body as it moves, and in this way we train to be mindful even when not meditating.
Some of the themes covered in this learning path include: walking meditation, yoga, qigong, dance, improv, chanting, aging, illness, injury, pain, dying.
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For power users, having a removable back cover is a great way to keep a smartphone going during an extended trip thanks to the ability to swap batteries. It's something that's certainly true with the HTC Surround, which features a removable back unlike the more unibody design of the company's flagship HTC One M8 and M9. Although the M8 and M9 allow you to switch memory cards and SIM cards, they don't let you swap batteries, which means you have to rely on a portable charger or external power source to extend their juice. (On a related note, here are my tips on how to pick a portable charger that suits your needs.)

Taking out the back cover from the HTC Surround may look tricky at first. But the real trick is to not get confused by the sliding mechanism. First, you'll need to pry one of the bottom corners off. Notice that the bottom right corner has a groove that you can pry from, for example.

You don't have to slide the phone out. But I'm doing it in this photo to make one key point. If you try prying the back cover off while the phone is closed, make sure that you do NOT try prying apart the two sliding parts or halves of the Surround (i.e. the bottom speaker part and the upper screen part). That would obviously break the phone, not to mention your heart. Instead you want to pry the back cover off from the bottom part only.

Once the bottom part is loosened, you can just pull it outward.

With the back cover removed, you can pull out the battery as shown in the image above.

With the battery out of the way, you can slide out the SIM card.

To put the phone back together, just reverse the steps you've done so far. Start by putting the SIM card back first, then the battery.

Align the back cover with bottom part of the phone again.

Click the cover back into place once everything is aligned.


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Meet Dr. Sarah Gualano
Interventional Cardiologist
Only a decade ago, there was little that could be done for high-risk and inoperable patients suffering from severe symptomatic aortic stenosis, a narrowing of the heart's aortic valve, says Sarah Gualano, M.D.
An interventional cardiologist, Dr. Gualano specializes in evaluating and treating valvular heart disease – particularly in performing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). UT Southwestern Medical Center now offers this pioneering minimally invasive procedure, which can significantly improve patients' lives.
Dr. Gualano remembers a 91-year-old patient with a number of pre-existing conditions that made traditional surgical valve replacement very risky.
"Since undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement, he's enjoying an improved quality of life and a significant reduction in the amount of shortness of breath he was experiencing. He was able to reduce doses of some of his medications, and he's enjoying spending time with his wife – and back bowling in a league."
And that's just one of the many life-changing stories she can tell about her patients.
As Medical Director of UT Southwestern's Cardiac Catheterization Lab, Dr. Gualano also treats people with coronary artery disease, including those suffering heart attacks. She evaluates patients with a history of stroke and patent foramen ovale (PFO), a type of congenital heart disease, as well.
"I enjoy interventional cardiology because it allows me to make a diagnosis and treat the condition all in one procedure," she says.
Board certified in internal medicine, interventional cardiology, and cardiovascular medicine, Dr. Gualano says the ability to quickly improve people's quality of life is the aspect of her profession she enjoys most.
"Whether we perform coronary stenting to reduce someone's angina or treat a heart attack, many patients notice a substantial difference in their symptoms almost immediately after their procedures," she says.
"After a few days, even our elderly valve replacement patients often notice an improvement in their shortness of breath or other symptoms that led to valve replacement. Seeing these results make my job very rewarding."
Dr. Gualano says she treasures the relationships she develops with patients.
"I like to spend a lot of time with my patients and connect with them on a personal level," she says. "I try to care for each of them the way I'd want one of my family members to be cared for."


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Protect your 7" Kindle Fire HD with this stylish Tesco Finest canvas case that has a soft suede interior and is finished in a luxurious shade of purple. The case has a built-in stand function so you can alter your reading position.
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So, what do you think?
Otto Says:
December 17th, 2013 at 00:29
The outfit is very featureless. It doesn't seems the style of Isaia.
The shoes are unbareable to watch.
Thomas Says:
December 17th, 2013 at 00:42
It's a flawless professional look. Suit is well fitted. Good job Sosa.
giorgio Says:
December 17th, 2013 at 02:35
Very neutral look. something is missing, maybe replace the shoes and the tie with something more vibrant rather than dark brown.
steven Says:
December 17th, 2013 at 03:16
What is unbearable about the shoes Otto? I think you are right Giorgio in that it is a very monochromatic look. However that maybe the look he is going for. I think it looks great. There are no items that scream look at me which is what we see on here a lot with the whole "Sprezz" movement. The fit is on point and all together he looks put together. You dont say "oh thats a nice tie, or nice shoes"..you go "wow, he is dressed well"
giorgio Says:
December 17th, 2013 at 04:59
@ steven, yes it is my personal opinion. I just commented on the colour, as our friend Sosa has a dark skin, so something more colourful would fit better as a total look. His skin colour can support brighter colours and that is my only suggested alteration in the look.
Amirbabak Says:
December 17th, 2013 at 10:29
I'd say if some celebrity were wearing this, everyone would be so wowed. I mean there is honestly nothing wrong with Sosa's outfit here both individually and as a combo: Isaia, Hugo Boos, Cordwainer…. I am tryin to make a point here.
Nate Says:
December 17th, 2013 at 10:39
AS ALWAYS this man's fit is on point. He is 6'9, but you would guess it from his pictures. Just goes to show how well he understands fit and proportions. Good job.
Sebastiaan Says:
December 17th, 2013 at 11:16
Hugo shirt/ Isaia suit is like driving a pink Maserati..
Nate Says:
December 17th, 2013 at 11:43
^ explain please.
M Says:
December 17th, 2013 at 12:57
Look at the break on the trousers! It shows that whether you're for (double) breaks or floods, both can look stunning when executed well.
steven Says:
December 18th, 2013 at 11:58
I never questioned your take Giorgio.. I was agreeing with you to a point and providing another take on it..I think the fit is awesome. This is a look 20 years from now that will look timeless..as compared to some peeps on here with the too tight clothing or the multiple accessories on one outfit..this is simple coherent and would work in any office any where in the world
giorgio Says:
December 18th, 2013 at 17:24
@ Steven, no problem. He could just look a bit more "fresh" with other colours.
marius Says:
December 18th, 2013 at 19:09
Sosa looks good. I would wear this outfit to work.
Luis Says:
December 18th, 2013 at 21:47
Dude, you really have style! Congrats.
RAFab Says:
December 19th, 2013 at 15:09
Good fit and combination, though I would wear brown shoes and similar tone of tie.
Paul Says:
January 13th, 2014 at 13:55
just boring…sorry.


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The Union Oyster House
Boston, Massachusetts
The Union Oyster House Boston Reviews
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Delicious Food - Will go again next time I go to Boston Apr 23, 2011
I had a clam chowder and a seafood entree. The food was just simply delicious. I tried my friend's too and it was just perfect!
I highly recommend it. It's pricey, but worth every penny of it!! Also, my waitress was really nice and attentive. The waiting line was only like 15 minutes and there is a great atmosphere inside the restaurant.
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Ye Olde Restaurant in America Jan 04, 2009
Walking the Freedom Trail on the North Side you will find this on a corner across from the oldest bar (name withheld). If you like history, this is a striking place to visit. Although a little too touristy for my taste (I like to stray off the beaten path), this place is definitely a must visit because the food is D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S!
We went by a little early in the day on a Sunday, but it was still quite full, although they do overestimate the wait time :)
The portions are generous, so come hungry!
Part of the list Places to Explore soon.
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First Restaurant in the USA Mar 30, 2007
The Union Oyster House is the oldest restaurant in Boston and the oldest restaurant in continuous service in the U.S. — the doors have always been open to diners since 1826. Union Street was laid out in 1636, but there are no municipal records documenting the Oyster House's date of construction. All that is known is that the building has stood on Union Street as a major local landmark for more than 250 years.
We got here when it first opened up... we were on our way to the airport and decided to stop of at this historic area before we got to the airport. We walked it and the restraunt was amazing! Jon and I sat at the bar and was immediately greeted by a happy red headed man---who was obviously irish.
Since we were in Boston and didn't get clam chowder yet we settled on that for a nice lunch... that was the first time I ever had clam chowder... it was quite delicious... and might I add a lot better than what I found out comes out of a can!
The bar tender told us a lot of stories about the area nd about the locals and the tourists he sees! He was a joy to talk to. We also got to meet Ben Franklin... he was coming in from flying his kite! Ha Ha Ha!!!
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You know them. You get nightmares because of them. The Creeper. The devil's own demolishing crew. What's your most horrific story? Your most confusing story? Or, dare I say, your most hilariously badass story?
I only have sad stories. Found a nice vein of diamonds near a huge pool of lava. Careful made a bridge to them and started to mine away. Suddenly I hear it. Before I could turn around, the creeper explode on me and flung me into the lava. All the diamond I got, gone. Everything, gone.


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This week's best video, articles and more from YourTango.
As the leaves drop, we are reminded that there is a season for everything under the sun. So, too, is there for love at YourTango. This week we gave you something for every stage of the relationship: flirting tips, how to not ditch your friends when you're head over heels, meditations on gender differences for that in-between period, and finally, weddings, invitations, and exes (oh my).
Video: In Love? Don't Forget Your Friends
You're in love, and forgetting the little people (your friends) is as normal as it is perverse. In this video, YourTango's skating couple tell us three steps to maintaing your friendships while in the throes of erstwhile love. The Scourge That Is Couples Skating
LoveBuzz: Are Women Still Looking For Prince Charming?
Bonnie Fuller wrote that Dave Letterman's inner office, screw-happy shenanigans won't likely lose him any female viewers because women have a Prince Charming complex.We'd like to think Letterman won't lose viewers because we've all become jaded about cringe-inducing sex and the entertainment industry, not because we cling to an out-dated notion of fairy-tale romance. But the question remains: Are women still looking for Prince Charming?
Tomfoolery: 3 Things Men Don't Like (But Women Seem To Love)
Stop me if you've heard this one, men seem to be from one planet while women are from another planet altogether. While making sweeping gender generalizations borders on insulting, there are some Martian and Venusian tendencies that set us apart. And those three things are shopping, flowers and talking on the phone.
Community Blog: Should You Invite Your Ex To Your Wedding
It's one of the most perplexing questions of modern wedding etiquette. Can you or should you invite your ex to your wedding? Look, there are all sorts of brides and grooms, and all sorts of relationships, so there's no right answer here. To decide, ask yourself these three questions...
Story: 5 Emergency Flirting Tips
Have you ever found yourself in a room with a handsome stranger but just couldn't muster the courage to say hello? Did you then spend hours thinking about what you wish you had said? To prevent this from happening again, we offer you our five emergency flirting tips so next time you're prepared!


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Midland man arrested for posing as a lawyer
Published 5:19 pm, Friday, June 17, 2011
A 40-year-old Midland man was charged with posing as a lawyer and acting illegally on behalf of another in an Ector County court.
Michael Lee Shipp has been in the Ector County jail since he was arrested May 24 for contempt of court. The new charge, filed Thursday, is a third-degree felony for falsely holding oneself out as a lawyer.
Shipp's "client," Kelly Seymore, said she paid Shipp $1,000 in legal fees to represent her in a divorce and an assault case. She said Shipp falsely portrayed himself as a lawyer, obtaining money from her to represent her in civil and criminal court cases, according to Shipp's Ector County warrant.
On May 24, Shipp and Seymore appeared in the 358th District Court in Odessa to begin the trial. Through questioning by Judge Bill McCoy during court proceedings, Shipp admitted to the court he was not a lawyer.
"Michael Shipp is not licensed in this state, another state or a foreign country as a lawyer," the report read.
The State Bar Association of Texas said the number Shipp listed on court document he filed was not assigned to him, as he had initially claimed.
If he is convicted of the third-degree felony, he could serve up to 10 years in prison.
The Odessa American contributed to this report.


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text: Managing money is tough for anyone, and all the better that we help our kids get an early start. The teenage years can be the perfect time to learn the ropes! Monica Andry is a business development manager at University Federal Credit Union tells us what teenagers need to know about money. UFCU hosts seminars all the time on a variety of financial topics, ranging from investments to buying your first home.


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They're both. I learned that when I paired mine with my navy cotton cricket knit; fluff and threads all over them, looked like shit. Your look sounds foolproof though.
I got mine, a Farah pair, from TK Maxx, and had them altered to fit. Try that. The Zara ones are good too but they only come in one leg length - and you are pretty lanky, yes? Which in fairness may well suit their typical silhouette.


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He has fought presidents and hurricanes, network suits and the turn in television news toward the frivolous and sometimes tawdry.
But by announcing his retirement from the CBS News anchor chair yesterday, Dan Rather was tacitly acknowledging that he could not fight time or the scent of scandal that now threatens to mar his legacy and that of his once-vaunted news division.
To his colleagues, Mr. Rather's exit from his job is so much like his 42-year career there: bittersweet, poignant and somewhat mysterious.
Mr. Rather, 73, may not be leaving with the same sort of national iconography of the man he succeeded 24 years ago, Walter Cronkite. But he will leave his post with a tumultuous legacy that is uniquely his own and quite unlike those of his younger and more staid network news competitors, Tom Brokaw and Peter Jennings.
Mr. Rather has allowed his personality and emotions to show through in ways that those two men, and the anchors who preceded all three, did not, and he wins credit for presaging the new, attitudinal anchors of cable news who push the limits much farther.Continue reading the main story
"He was probably alone among anchors by trying to make it work by being emotional and active rather than calm and reflective," said Andrew Tyndall, publisher of The Tyndall Report, a newsletter that tracks the three evening newscasts. "So he was a hot anchor rather than a cool anchor, which is very different from Jennings and Brokaw."
Mr. Rather's appointment to the CBS News anchor chair was initially met with some resentment in 1981. His 10-year, $23 million salary package was the largest any anchor had ever received. The high salary was the result of a bidding war created by his longtime agent, Richard Leibner, between CBS News and ABC News, which had been trying to steal him away. Adding to the tension, some of his CBS News colleagues saw the deal as hastening the retirement of Mr. Cronkite at age 65.
Within CBS News there remains a perception that Mr. Rather, who has presided over the third-place newscast for several years, has perpetually strived to attain the stature of his predecessor -- a perception that his closest associates now call off base.
"I think initially he always felt that filling Cronkite's shoes was a very hard job," said Kim Akhtar, his spokeswoman and confidante for the last 12 years. "But I think he finally realized that he couldn't be Walter Cronkite, and therefore he really had to be the best Dan Rather he could be."
Mr. Rather said in an interview yesterday that he initially set out to be a different sort of anchor from those who had come before him. "I came into this job determined to be a reporter-anchor, not an anchor-reporter," he said. "I was told when I came in, 'You can't do that."'
He did.
His brazen foray into Afghanistan in the fighting uniform of the Mujahedeen for "60 Minutes" in 1980 had already helped create the perception that he was hard-charging, if a bit "Gunga Dan." Frequent trips into the eyes of hurricanes as an anchor helped solidify it with a new moniker, "Hurricane Dan."
But news executives credit his hurricane reporting with inventing the style that is now emulated by all of the news divisions, and is the daily bread of the Weather Channel.
Mr. Tyndall said that Mr. Rather's hustle made him the only American broadcast anchor on the scene of the Tiananmen Square crackdown in China and won him the first interview with Saddam Hussein after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990.
And Mr. Rather burnished his credentials as a serious newsman by continually resisting excessive reporting about celebrity gossip or tawdry criminal cases, vowing to keep to a minimum coverage of the disappearance of the Washington intern Chandra Levy in 2001 and the John Wayne Bobbitt sexual mutilation in 1993.
Yet his record of highs, which includes numerous Emmy Awards and a Peabody, is marked with incidents that have tarnished it, sometimes in odd fashion. He has yet to live down the moment in 1987 when he marched off the set while the cameras were still rolling in protest of the network's decision to allow the United States Open to run into his broadcast's time slot. Many initially doubted his story a year earlier about a run-in with two men who beat him while asking, "Kenneth -- What is the frequency?" Years later, one of the suspected assailants was arrested on murder charges and confessed to assaulting Mr. Rather.
Mr. Rather's disputes with President Nixon and Vice President George H.W. Bush won him plaudits from peers and the continuing ire of conservatives.
"He came to symbolize the liberal media agenda that he was out front on," said Brent Baker, vice president of the Media Research Center, a conservative group that monitors the news media for perceived liberal bias.
But Mr. Rather and his colleagues have often worn that scorn as an honor badge, portraying it as the price of his hard-charging reporting.
"There are a lot of people who hate Dan Rather and CBS News because they were at the forefront of a lot of difficult work, starting with the civil rights movement, continuing through Vietnam and Watergate," said Jim Murphy, executive producer of "The CBS Evening News." "There are people who were never going to trust him because they did not agree with what was happening to their country."
Either way, Mr. Rather gave conservatives a great opening in September when he delivered a report that questioned President Bush's National Guard Service that was based on documents for whose authenticity CBS News later said it could not vouch. It had initially seemed like a great coup for Mr. Rather at the end of the campaign and toward the end of his anchor tenure.
Now his closest friends and associates are working hard to keep that story from tarring his legacy. "The remarkable thing about Dan is the body of work," said Jeff Fager, executive producer of the Sunday night edition of "60 Minutes." "When you look at it as the collection of stories that he's covered, it's the history of the country over the past 50 years. He's been there."
When he retires from the anchor's desk in March, Mr. Rather will report for the Wednesday and Sunday night editions of "60 Minutes," where, by CBS News standards, he will have plenty of time to build upon his legacy. At 73, he is a good dozen years younger than the "60 Minutes" correspondent Mike Wallace.Continue reading the main story


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The Simpsons: Tapped Out – DMV Limo
DMV Limo is a premium decoration was released on September 12, 2013 with a couple of brand new items in the game. Most of the updates during this date was not that big and it came with a few more premium items and one another dollar cost item. The level 35 was also unlocked during this time and it allowed players to advanced to level 35 if you have enough experience.
This DMV Limo decoration item can be found in the decoration and the premium stuff section of the game
2.25% bonus money and XP to all Jobs
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|Build Time: —
|Character: none
Item Information
This item is a decoration that you can build in your Tapped Out city and decorate your city with these beautiful designs.
To unlock this item you need to reach level 35 which can take a while if you do not have enough experience points or have not been too active in the game.
You can only buy this decoration using donuts (50) there is no other way to get this decoration in your game without donuts.
What it does
The DMV Limo is just a general decoration item and does not have any special out of the box properties except for the ones found above. If it does not say anything then it generally means that it is just used to decorate your Springfield Tapped out city and will not help you gain items in the game in any way.
You may move and make multiple copies of this item.


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V. Key Health Policy Issues >> B. Health Spending >> Health Spending Trends (last updated 1.20.17)
Topic Outline
- 1 Key Questions
- 2 Historical Trends in Aggregate Health Spending
- 3 Resources
- 4 Historical Trends in Household Health Spending
- 5 Historical Trends in Medical Prices
- 6 Key Drivers of Health Spending
- 7 Health Spending Projections
Key Questions
Historical Trends in Aggregate Health Spending
Research and Analysis
- Congressional Budget Office, Growth in Health Care Costs, CBO Testimony before the Committee on the Budget United States Senate, January 31, 2008.
- Getzen, Thomas, 2011. Long-run Forecasts of National Health Expenditure Growth. The "state of the art" in forecasting long run medical spending is assessed in models used by CMS, CBO, and the Society of Actuaries. Tracking medical expenditures by nominal dollar growth and real per capita spending are useful, yet focusing on the share (of wages, laborforce, or GDP) provides the perspective most immediately applicable to policy and capable of providing the most robust long run forecasts. Spending limits appear to be a variable result of politics and budgetary constraints more than morbidity and mortality. Although death and taxes may be certainties, "when" and "how much" are not.
- Paul B. Ginsburg, High and Rising Health Care Costs: Demystifying U.S. Health Care Spending, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The Synthesis Project, October 2008.
- Health Cost Index Report (Milliman). The Health Cost Index Report™ (HCIR) is a quarterly newsletter that presents the latest trends and forecasts from Milliman's proprietary database of medical trends. These trends measure the market average rate of increase in medical costs for a typical $250 deductible Comprehensive Major Medical benefit package. The database measures the growth rate in medical consumption by measuring how fast provider net revenues increase. This inherently captures price, utilization and mix/intensity of service changes (technology). The HCIR presents trends by benefit and by region of the country. The quarterly reports also contain one year forecasts and Milliman's latest research on medical trends.
- Herring, Bradley and Erin Trish. Explaining the Growth in US Health Care Spending Using State-Level Variation in Income, Insurance, and Provider Market Dynamics.
- 70% of Slowdown Due to Structural Factors/Recession. we find that at least 70%, if not all, of the recent slowdown in health care spending appears to be explained by these predictable factors [state-level differences in income, insurance, and provider characteristics]. The most important one of these factors appears to be the Great Recession's effect on reduced real per capita income and the subsequent effect on reduced health care spending, as about 41% of the recent slowdown can be explained by these reductions in income.
- 1% Increase in Spending in 2019 Due To ACA. "when applying our regression model's estimates for the relationship between Medicaid coverage and health care spending to the CBO's projections of changes in Medicaid coverage resulting from the ACA's insurance expansions, we find that the level of total health care spending in 2019 is likely to be about 1% higher than it would have been in the absence of these expansions."
- Roehrig CS, Rousseau DM. The growth in cost per case explains far more of us health spending increases than rising disease prevalence. Health Aff. 2011;30(9):1657-1663.
- Thorpe KE. Treated disease prevalence and spending per treated case drove most of the growth in health care spending in 1987-2009. Health Aff. 2013;32(5):851-858. 7.
- Starr M, Dominiak L, Aizcorbe A. Decomposing growth in spending finds annual cost of treatment contributed most to spending growth, 1980-2006. Health Aff. 2014;33(5):823-831.
- Kaiser Family Foundation. Assessing the Effects of the Economy on the Recent Slowdown in Health Spending (April 2013). "about three-quarters (77%) of the recent decline in health spending growth can be explained by changes in the broader economy."
- Altarum Institute. Health Sector Economic Indicators Briefs. The monthly HSEI briefs are designed to address significant shortcomings in the availability of timely economic data on the health sector, including employment, spending, and prices. Official government estimates of national health expenditures are available annually only for the previous year (2009 estimates were released in January 2011). Examining updated health spending on a monthly basis significantly improves our ability to track trends and progress toward our goal of sustainable growth.
Historical Trends in Household Health Spending
Research and Analysis
- Auerbach, David I. and Arthur L. Kellermann, 2011. A Decade Of Health Care Cost Growth Has Wiped Out Real Income Gains For An Average US Family, Health Affairs 30(9). Although a median-income US family of four with employer-based health insurance saw its gross annual income increase from $76,000 in 1999 to $99,000 in 2009 (in current dollars), this gain was largely offset by increased spending to pay for health care. Monthly spending increases occurred in the family's health insurance premiums (from $490 to $1,115), out-of-pocket health spending (from $135 to $235), and taxes devoted to health care (from $345 to $440). After accounting for price increases in other goods and services, the family had $95 more in monthly income to devote to nonhealth spending in 2009 than in 1999. By contrast, had the rate of health care cost growth not exceeded general inflation, the family would have had $545 more per month instead of $95—a difference of nearly $5,400 per year. Even the $95 gain was artificial, because tax collections in 2009 were insufficient to cover actual increases in federal health spending. As a result, we argue, the burdens imposed on all payers by steadily rising health care spending can no longer be ignored.
- Milliman Medical Index. The annual Milliman Medical Index (MMI) measures the total cost of healthcare for a typical family of four covered by a preferred provider plan (PPO). The 2012 MMI cost is $20,728, an increase of $1,335, or 6.9% over 2011. Even though the rate of increase is slowing from prior years, it has taken fewer than nine years for such costs to more than double. In 2002, the cost of healthcare for the typical family of four was $9,235.
Historical Trends in Medical Prices
Research and Analysis
- AHRQ. Using Appropriate Price Indices for Analysis of Health Care Expenditures or Income Across Multiple Years. This document provides guidelines to help ensure consistency and avoid confusion about the use of price indices with MEPS expenditure or income data.
- Aizcorbe, Ana, Ralph Bradley, Ryan Greenaway-McGrevy, Brad Herauf, Richard Kane, Eli Liebman, Sara Pack, and Lyubov Rozental, 2011. Alternative Price Indexes for Medical Care: Evidence from the MEPS Survey. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington DC. Spending on medical care is a large and growing component of GDP. There are well-known measurement problems that are estimated to overstate inflation and understate real growth for this sector by as much as 1-1/2 percentage points per year. Because of its size, this would translate into an overstatement of inflation for the overall economy of about ¼ percentage point with an equal understatement in real GDP growth. In this paper, we use data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey to obtain new, more comprehensive estimates for this bias and to explore a possible adjustment to existing official price indexes. The MEPS data show an upward bias to price growth in this sector of 1 percentage point, which translates into an overstatement of overall inflation of .2 percentage point and an understatement of GDP growth of the same amount. We also find that an adjustment recently used in Bradley et al provides a useful approximation to the indexes advocated by health economists.
- CMS. Hospital, Employment and Price Indicators. Includes a) community hospital statistics; b) Medicare trust fund data; c) health sector employment, earnings and hours; d) medical prices; and e) HCFA projected price indices for hospital, nursing home, and home health.
- Bureau of Labor Statistics. Consumer Price Index. BLS tracks prices for a) Medical care, which is a composite of 1) Medical care commodities and 2) Medical care services.
- Medical care commodities includes a) Medicinal drugs, which is a composite of 1) Prescription drugs; and 2) Nonprescription drugs; and b) Medical equipment and supplies.
- Medical care services is a composite of a) Professional services, which includes 1) Physicians' services, 2) Dental services, 3) Eyeglasses and eye care, and 4) Services by other medical professionals; b) Hospital and related services, which includes 1) Hospital services [which includes Inpatient hospital services and Outpatient hospital services], 2) Nursing homes and adult day services, and 3) Care of invalids and elderly at home; and c) Health insurance.
- Bureau of Labor Statistics. Producer Price Index. BLS tracks prices for a) Offices of physicians, b) Offices of dentists, c) Medical and diagnostic laboratories, d) Home health care services, e) Blood and organ banks, f) Hospitals, g) Nursing care facilities, and h) Residential mental retardation facilities.
Key Drivers of Health Spending
- Chandra A, Skinner J., 2012. Technology growth and expenditure growth in health care. Journal of Economic Literature 2012; 50(3):645-80. In the United States, health care technology has contributed to rising survival rates, yet health care spending relative to GDP has also grown more rapidly than in any other country. We develop a model of patient demand and supplier behavior to explain these parallel trends in technology growth and cost growth. We show that health care productivity depends on the heterogeneity of treatment effects across patients, the shape of the health production function, and the cost structure of procedures such as MRIs with high fixed costs and low marginal costs. The model implies a typology of medical technology productivity: (I) highly cost-effective "home run" innovations with little chance of overuse, such as anti-retroviral therapy for HIV, (II) treatments highly effective for some but not for all (e.g. stents), and (III) "gray area" treatments with uncertain clinical value such as ICU days among chronically ill patients. Not surprisingly, countries adopting Category I and effective Category II treatments gain the greatest health improvements, while countries adopting ineffective Category II and Category III treatments experience the most rapid cost growth. Ultimately, economic and political resistance in the U.S. to ever-rising tax rates will likely slow cost growth, with uncertain effects on technology growth.
- Clemens, Jeffrey, 2011. The Effect of U.S. Health Insurance Expansions on Medical Innovation, SIEPR Discussion Paper No. 11-016, Stanford University. I study the effect of health insurance expansions on medical innovation. Innovation by practitioners creates important roles for local patient flows and payment systems as drivers of medical technology development. I show that, over the 15 years following Medicare and Medicaid's passage, U.S.-based medical-equipment patenting rose by nearly 50 percent relative to both other U.S. patenting and foreign medical-equipment patenting. Surges in medical-equipment patenting were largest in the states most significantly affected by the Great Society programs. No relative increase occurred among pharmaceutical patents, for which markets were not directly affected. The dynamic effect of U.S. insurance expansions may account for 25 percent of recent global medical-equipment innovation and 15 percent of the rise in U.S. health spending in hospitals, physicians' offices, and other clinical settings from 1960 to 2010.
Health Spending Projections
Federal Government Projections
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
CMS annually issues 10-year health spending projections (listed in reverse chronological order).
- National Health Expenditure Projections, 2014-2024 (released July 2015; based on National Health Expenditures (NHE) released in January 2015)
- National Health Expenditure Projections 2012-2022. The projections were based on the National Health Expenditures (NHE) released in January 2013.
- National Health Expenditure Projections 2011-2021. These projections were based on the National Health Expenditures (NHE) released in January 2012.
- National Health Expenditure Projections 2010-2020. These projections are based on the National Health Expenditures released in January 2011.
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Projections of National Health Expenditures: Methodology and Model Specification. July 28, 2011.
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
CBO issues reports on health spending more sporadically and reports on federal health spending regularly (reverse chronological order).
- The Long-Term Outlook for Health Care Spending, November, 2007.
- Congressional Budget Office, Long-Term Budget Outlook, June 2010. This report concludes that through 2035, population aging would account for fully 64 percent of the cost growth in the major federal mandatory health programs and Social Security, with excess health cost inflation being a relatively smaller factor. By 2080, health spending is projected to account for 41% of GDP under the baseline scenario and 43% of GDP under the more realistic alternative fiscal scenario (p. 42).
- Aaron, Henry. "There Is No Entitlement Problem," Brookings Institution, February 23, 2009. "That the United States faces daunting long-term budget challenges is indisputable. But the very projections—those of the Congressional Budget Office—cited to document the long-term budget challenge, show that there is no general entitlement problem. Rather, the nation faces a daunting health care financing problem that bedevils private insurers and public programs alike."
- Altarum Institute. Altarum Health Sector Model (AHSM) forecasts health spending as captured in the National Health Expenditure Accounts (NHEA), based upon population demographics, disease prevalence, prevailing treatment patterns, insurance coverage/care access, and payment rates. This structure makes AHSM a powerful tool for integrating broad research strains related to health expenditure determinants. Altarum plans to create state-based versions.
- Altarum Institute. Long-Term U.S. Fiscal Crisis: Introduction to Altarum's Triangle of Painful Choices. This short video describes a novel way to understand the long-term fiscal challenge the U.S. faces in light of choices regarding tax revenues, national health care spending, and federal spending on non-health items. It convincingly demonstrates that severe sacrifices are needed along all three dimensions if the country is to regain fiscal balance at reasonable debt levels.
- Blahous, Charles. CBO Explodes the Health Care Myth, Hudson Institute, June 30,2009, argues that 2007 CBO long term health projections report substantially understated the contribution of population aging on health spending trends.
- "The U.S. Healthcare System: Can This Patient Be Saved?" The Global Human Capital Journal, February 24, 2008. Provides assessments of U.S. health system from key experts, including Ian Morrison, Ph.D., healthcare futurist, Dean Harrison, CEO Northwestern Memorial Healthcare; William Novelli, CEO AARP; and Scott P. Serota, CEO BlueCross BlueShield Association.
- Institute for the Future. What could health and health care in the US look like in 2020? . This group postulates what health care could be like under 4 alternative scenarios: a) a growth scenario that manifests the results of current trends and conditions, extrapolated forward. This includes both positive and negative growth; b) a discipline scenario in which a core guiding value or purpose is used to organize society and control behavior (e.g., population control); c) a collapse scenario in which major social systems are strained beyond the breaking point, causing system collapse and social disarray; and d) a transformation scenario in which a fundamental reorganization of a society or system signals a break from previous systems (e.g., greater-than-human machine intelligence).
Accuracy of Health Spending Projections
According to Peterson-Kaiser Health System Tracker, "Longer-run trends are harder to predict, and this is particularly true in a time when the health system is changing rapidly. When CMS published the 2005 baseline projections (in 2006), health spending was then expected to reach more than $3.5 trillion by 2013 and over $4 trillion by 2015. Actual health spending has been much lower, at $2.9 trillion in 2013, and was $3.2 trillion in 2015."


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Thank you for your interest in participating in the 2017 Northern California International Dragon Boat Festival! Our Novice Team Division has grown by leaps and bounds over the past several years, with significant interest from a wide range of corporate and community organizations.
If you are interested in organizing a new novice team, please contact Hilland Chiu at firstname.lastname@example.com or Linda Cheu at email@example.com to find out about availability for this year.
In addition, you can read our Novice Team Registration Packet or our Novice Team Frequently Asked Questions.
Where can I find up-to- date information about the Hong Economic & Trade Office Northern California International Dragon Boat Festival?
For information regarding the Hong Economic & Trade Office Northern California International Dragon Boat Festival, please visit www.sfdragonboat.com. Please note that the website will be updated each week with relevant information. For more information about the California Dragon Boat Association, go to www.cdba.org.
Who can I contact if I have questions regarding my novice team?
Please contact the Novice Team Coordinator, Hilland Chiu at email@example.com or Linda Cheu at firstname.lastname@example.com.
How is Novice Division team defined?
Novice teams are allowed three practices or less in a dragon boat season as described in the California Dragon Boat Official Rules and Regulations. While they may have participated in past years in the Novice Division, they have not practiced year round together nor raced in a competitive division.
What are the minimum and maximum requirements for a novice team crew?
In accordance with the California Dragon Boat Official Rules and Regulations, the minimum and maximum requirements per crew are as follows:
- The minimum number of paddlers on each crew is 16 and the maximum is 20.*
- There must be a minimum of 8 female paddlers per crew.
- There is a maximum of 10 male paddlers per crew.
- Teams can have a maximum of 4 alternate racers on the race manifest. Therefore, a maximum of 26 participants may be listed on the race manifest for each team which includes 24 paddlers, a drummer and a steersperson.
*If a crew has 20 paddlers, a minimum of 10 women are required.
How much experience is necessary to become a dragon boat paddler?
No prior experience is necessary. The CDBA will provide novice teams with experienced coaches who will train you and your team to perform at your best on race day. The coach will go over technique basics and commands to help your team have a fun and safe dragon boat experience.
Is learning how to dragon boat difficult?
Learning to dragon boat is made easier with the help from experienced coaches. Anyone who has the interest and drive to learn will learn the basics of dragon boating on a novice level quickly and with ease. It is a great sport that is both mental and physical which makes it challenging and fun. Becoming a master of the technique will take a lot of time, but learning to compete at the novice level can be accomplished from scratch within three practices.
What is the key to winning?
There is no one straight answer, but it is very important to recognize that dragon boating is a team sport. Each member acting together as a crew in sync can be more important than strength and speed. Working together in sync, concentration, endurance, strength, and having a competitive spirit will increase your team's edge. Have fun, showing up to practices, and being a team player – that's what dragon boating is all about.
Must novice teams provide their own equipment such as paddles, life jackets/personal floatation devices ("PFDs"), or boats?
No, the CDBA will provide teams with the above equipment on scheduled practice dates and on race day if necessary as part of the novice team race registration fees. If your team or teammates would like to use their personal life jackets or paddles, these items must follow the guidelines detailed in the most recent California Dragon Boat Official Rules and Regulations which can be found at the www.sfdragonboat.com website. (Only US Coast Guard Approved Class III or higher PFDs are allowed).
Are Novice Teams required to provide their own steersperson?
Only certified steerspersons are allowed to steer for dragon boat teams. The steersperson is ultimately responsible for the safety of the boat. The CDBA will provide steerspersons to Novice Teams who require this role for practices and on race day. A list of steerspersons will be available on race day and it is the Team Captain's responsibility to ensure that their respective team has a steersperson for each race. In most cases, your assign coach will work to ensure that you have proper steerspeople arranged.
Must Novice Teams have their own drummer? Can anyone be a drummer?
We typically do not encourage Novice Teams to utilize their own members as a drummer for their team unless that person has prior experience. Drummers play very critical safety and racing roles in the boat as they are the eyes of the front of the boat and relay commands given by the steersperson and the strokes.
How are practice dates and times arranged with volunteer coaches?
Contact Hilland Chiu at firstname.lastname@example.com or Linda Cheu at email@example.com to schedule a practice time. We will work with available coaches and your team to coordinate the dates and times of your team's practices. Novice Teams are allowed three practices which are usually scheduled to take place during the month before the race.
Where will practices be held?
Practices will be held at one of the three following locations:
- Lake Merced
Harding Road San Francisco, CA 94132
- Parking Information: Parking is free of charge. There are several parking areas around the practice site but please use the 2nd parking lot furthest to the left as you face the Boat House (this will be to the left of the fenced-in lot that is directly to the left of the Boat House). If that lot is full, park in the spots across the street from the Boat House. The practice site is across the street down the hill at the boat ramp.
- Bair Island Aquatic Center
1450 Maple Street Redwood City, CA 94063 (www.gobair.org)
- Parking Information: You can only park on the street before the left turn on Maple Street. DO NOT PARK after the turn, in front of BIAC, behind the building, or across the street. Double parking is prohibited at all times. Carpooling is encouraged whenever possible. For your safety and security, do not leave valuables visible in your car.
- Jack London Aquatic Center
115 Embarcadero Avenue, Oakland, CA 94607
What leadership roles exist within Novice Dragon Boat Teams?
Official Team Roles
- Team Captain- must be a crew member. Responsible for organizing the team and providing leadership. Works with the assigned coach to make crew decisions.
- Team Manager- May or may not be a crew member. Helps with administrative paperwork, registration, waivers, and general practice and race day organization.
Examples of Other Team Roles
- Warm Up Leader
- Assistant Team Captain
What are the physical and age requirements for Novice Team racing?
The CDBA has no specific physical requirements to participate. This is an easily accessible and learnable sport; however, if you have a specific health condition, please consult with your doctor or medical provider. In order to be on a novice team, you must be high school-aged or older.
Do I need to know how to swim?
There is no swimming requirement for being on a novice team. All team members will be required to wear Personal Flotation Devices (PFDs) during practices and at the race.
Are there fees associated with entering the Novice Team Race?
Yes; the 2017 race fee for Corporate Teams is $2,000 and for Community/Educational Novice Teams is $1,000. There are also sponsor packages available that include the race fees (see below) and other premium benefits. Novice race fees include 3 practices, with all coaching, steering and equipment provided for use in practices and on race day. Please follow the instructions on the registration form online for sending your payment.
My team is interested in becoming a sponsor for the Dragon Boat Festival and would like to know more information regarding who to contact as well as the sponsor benefits.
Great! Events like this one are made possible through your support! Teams may choose to become an official sponsor of the race day event and as such, sponsor teams' race fees will be considered part of their sponsor contribution. For further details on sponsorship opportunities and benefits or donations, please contact Linda Cheu at firstname.lastname@example.com or Jeanie Lee at firstname.lastname@example.com.
When and where will the 2017 Northern California International Dragon Boat Competition be held?
The races will be held on September 23 & 24, 2016 at Lake Merritt, Oakland. Novice races will be held on Saturday, September 23rd.
How long is the race course?
The novice race course is 300 meters, while the competitive race course is 500 meters. We will notify you of the final novice team race course details closer to the event date.
When will my team race? When should my team arrive to the site?
All novice team races are held on Saturday, September 23, 2016. We will not know your exact race times until the race grid is finalized a week or two before the race. However, you can plan on having teams arrive around
What should I bring / wear to the dragon boat practices?
Suggested items to bring to practice:
- Layers, especially if practicing at Lake Merced.
- Water resistant and/or comfortable clothing. Quick dry shirts and workout or "tech" clothes tend to work best. Cotton can get wet and keep you cold.
- Water bottle.
- Sunscreen and hat or visor that will be secure while paddling.
- Sunglasses (secure them safely so that you do not lose them).
- Extra set of clothing and towel for after practice.
Paddles and Life Jackets will be provided at practices and race day. Also, please leave any non-essential valuables at home. Be sure to secure your car and not leave items in a viewable location while at practice.
How do I rent a tent for my team on race day?
Your team can rent a tent package for $350.00. The tent package includes: 1 20'x10' canopy, 8' table and 4 chairs. If you want to rent the tent package, please contact email@example.com.
How do I pay for the tent package?
You can write a check to pay to "California Dragon Boat Association." Be sure to include your team's name and "2017 NCIDBF Tent Rental" on the check. The check can be mailed to 268 Bush St #888 San Francisco, CA 94104.
Is it mandatory for my team to rent the tent package?
No, renting the tent package is not mandatory, You can bring your own canopy/tent, tables and chairs to the site as long as they can fit into the 10'x20' space your team is assigned.


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It has been two years since we last heard from Mr 'Popera', and with the release of his brand new single Brave, Josh Groban is prepared to sweep us off our feet again with his heavenly vocals.
Taken from his sixth studio album All That Echoes, the lead single encourages one to find strength from within in conquering any hardships. Josh is no stranger in fusing opera and pop together that is both classical and radio friendly.
"We wanted the song to have an intensity and an urgency, even if they're in more of a traditional style vocally," said Josh. "The goal was to try and bridge those two worlds."
Yes, the sound may have ventured into an edgier territory (where instrumental and rhythmic arrangements are concerned) but I felt that it sounded more like a standard pop song. Nevertheless, just when I thought he may be straying away from his pop-opera style, Josh brings it home with that big, theatrical voice.
All That Echoes is due on Feb 5, 2013. Josh co-wrote seven of the 12 tracks on this album which features five covers including Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglova's Falling Slowly, Jimmy Webb's The Moon's A Harsh Mistress and Stevie Wonder's I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever).
There will also be a fan edition of the album release which features a bonus track of him covering Dave Matthews Band's Satellite.
All That Echoes Track List:
1. Brave
2. False Alarms
3. Falling Slowly
4. She Moved Through the Fair
5. Below the Line
6. E Ti Prometterò
7. The Moon' s a Harsh Mistress
8. Un Almas Mas
9. Happy in My Heartache
10. Hollow Talk
11. Sincera
12. I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)


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Test Cycles
I am in a test cycle month this month—a 4/2 cycle month. I woke up on the first day of April in the centre of a test cyclone.
When I'm not in a test cycle myself, it's easy to talk about test cycles and how to negotiate them because it's all theoretical, but in the midst of it all, I am really getting an understanding of how much of a test the cycle can be.
On the first day of my 4/2 cycle month, within the first three hours of the working day, I received three consecutive phone calls which were tests within themselves. Taken together, they were almost overwhelming.
I won't say too much about the personal tests except that in typical test fashion these are situations that I must react to in a timely manner and with integrity, when I would rather just climb back under the duvet and ignore them. But I know that would be the worst action to take in a test cycle.
The test I'm willing to write about is the one around my tree. My tree, which has been a symbol of abundance, a talisman to me over the years I have lived here, has to be taken down. I love this tree. It's a fig tree, large and fast-growing. It hasn't seemed to matter how often it's been pruned, it just bounces back, growing more branches with larger leaves, reaching higher and farther out into the world.
I've taken this tree as an example for my life. On many occasions when life seemed as if it were presenting insurmountable problems, and I felt as if I was being pruned, I have thought about the fig tree's ability to bounce back, and as a result I have shaken out my branches and have gone on.
The news in the first day of my test cycle was at the tree has to be removed. My test is to be philosophical, remembering that all earthly things come to an end. Even tests.


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Kingsley's 29 leads SFA to 71-62 win over A&M-CC
Published 6:00 pm, Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Matt Kingsley scored 29 points, including 16 in the second half, to lead Stephen F. Austin to a 71-62 victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Wednesday night.
Kingsley hit 9-of-15 from the field, including the Lumberjacks' first three baskets. He also hit 11-of-12 free-throws.
Josh Alexander added 15 points, including 12 from 3-pointers. Scott Weaver came off the bench to score 10 for Stephen F. Austin (18-3, 6-2 Southland).
Kevin Perkins and Demond Watt each scored 12 points for the Islanders (6-14, 3-4).
The Islanders led briefly in the first half before Stephen F. Austin used an 18-2 run to take a 12-point lead at 24-12 with 4:55 left. The Lumberjacks led 32-23 at the half after shooting 60 percent from the field.
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi tied the game twice in the second half. Free throws by Kingsley and Alexander kept the game out of reach.


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Demi Lovato Labels Alcohol as "Poison," Won't Sing About Sexby Hilton Hater at . Updated at . Comments
Thanks to a leaking of Demi Lovato nude photos, we've sort of seen this singer having sex.
But that doesn't mean we'll be hearing the artist sing about sex any time soon.
"Sex is a part of life and it's a personal decision. Some people put it in their music, which is awesome and good for them," Lovato tells Cosmopolitan For Latinas, explaining why she won't go there herself:
"For me, there's still that weird feeling in the back of my head that's like, 'All right, I know that my mom and dad are going to hear it and my little sister, and that's really weird for me.'"
Lovato, who also talked to the magazine about being a role model, isn't a fan of getting wasted either.
"When you turn 21 the first thing you think about is alcohol," she says. "I want to change that. I have fans that are going to turn 21 and I want them to know that there are other ways you can celebrate, not just by poisoning yourself."
Demi thinks folks should be more grateful they've simply made it through 21 years on this planet, a point of view colored by Lovato's own struggle with eating disorders and hardcore drug use.
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Sage words as always from Ms. Lovato.


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IRVING – All of the Dallas Morning News' writers picked the Cowboys to beat the Redskins tonight.
Ditto for ESPN's NFL Sunday Countdown crew of Michael Irvin, Ron Jaworski, Mike Ditka and Tom Jackson.
Jaworski pointed out that Drew Bledsoe seldom has back-to-back bad games.
As usual, I'm staying at the DFW-Marriott on Freeport Parkway, which is also where the Cowboys stay the night before home games. Wonder if the thunderstorm that rumbled through the Metroplex at 4 this morning woke them up like it did me?
The hotel is packed with Cowboys and Redskins fans. Everyone got along well last night, although I did hear a lot of trash talking.
Mrs. O made the trip. We had a nice meal last night at Venice Italian Restaurant on North MacArthur. Excellent rigattoni, mixed with Italian sausage, onions, green peppers and mushrooms. I've been going to Venice for years and have always been pleased with the food. The service is sometimes hit and miss, but that's about the only negative.
We're headed to New Orleans on Tuesday. I'll be there for two days, reporting on the Saints return to the Superdome.
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50 minutes ago,felix9 wrote
Yes they can.
8:30 ~ 11:00 http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/BUILD/BUILD2011/PLAT-876T
and people has done that. http://ermau.com/using-winrt-from-net/
Interesting, I'm sure the opposite was said during the keynotes, but I'll take that as a more authorative resource. Still the majority of the really neat stuff like charms and contracts will presumably require appcontainers so I'm not sure there will be quite the same benefit (although .NET developers will probably be glad not to have to PInvoke quite as much).


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COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Undergraduates here announced on Friday the findings of their year-long study to uncover the University of Maryland's slavery ties, discovering no evidence that slaves built or worked at the institution, even though many of its founders were themselves slaveholders.
Students from a two-semester history research course led by Ira Berlin, a prominent slavery scholar, presented the culmination of hours of library and archival research Friday [1], a 30-page report "Knowing Our History: African American Slavery and the University of Maryland."
Graduate students at Yale University, a faculty-student group at Brown University [2] and researchers and archivists at several other colleges and universities have [3], in the last decade or so, begun scouring institutional records for long-forgotten details of ties to slavery. (This reporter, in fact, conducted research about Princeton University for her 2008 senior thesis there.)
Though there had been "no effort by the university" to stifle a project of this sort at Maryland, said C.D. Mote, Jr., the university's president, it was not until this recent spate of studies, and Maryland's 150th anniversary celebration in 2006, that administrators began to seriously consider a study. Mote asked Berlin to lead undergraduates in their examination of the institution's slavery past and, after some initial reluctance, the historian agreed. It was at once an opportunity to probe the university's earliest history and give the 18 students in the class a chance to conduct original, primary source research.
"The possibility of using this larger concern about our university's origins" was, Berlin said Friday, "in some ways … irresistible."
The students, Berlin wrote in his introduction to the report, held out hope "to find the smoking gun, the direct evidence that slaves cleared the land, constructed the buildings and worked in the dining halls," but were unable to find documentary evidence. Elizabeth McAllister, the university's acting curator of manuscripts, had warned the students this might be the case, because many university documents were destroyed in a fire.
What they did find, though, was a new understanding of how slavery helped form the Maryland Agricultural College, which later became the state university.
The students already knew that Charles Benedict Calvert -- the man who donated the land on which the campus was built and pushed strongly for the establishment of a school to create new agricultural methods -- was a slaveholder.
What they found in their research was that Calvert was not fervently pro-slavery. He sent his sons to a school run by Quaker abolitionist Benjamin Hallowell, who eventually became the college's first president, who "preferred to say as little as possible about slavery," the students wrote. Calvert's desire to create the college, the students concluded, came in large part from his observation that slave-dependent agricultural methods were no longer profitable in Maryland. Hallowell, for his part, urged that slave labor not be used on campus.
After summarizing their findings at Friday's event, the students presented Mote with a list of recommendations for the university's next steps on slavery. The university, they said, should "issue a statement of regret" for its ties to slavery and segregation practices that continued there well into the 20th century.
Though Mote didn't issue an apology, he did say "the university shares in the profound regret for the suffering and injustices" of slavery. "As inheritors of a society in which slavery was practiced widely, we all share in the benefits and tragedies of that era."
The students also suggested that Adam Francis Plummer, a slave of Calvert's, be considered one of the university's founders. Though slaves may not have worked at the college, "[t]heir labor and their persons ... made enslaved African Americans co-founders of the Maryland Agricultural College," the report said. "Their contribution was unpaid years of labor dating back to Maryland's founding."