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SellingChoose a Professional Realtor®.Selling your home is one of the most important decisions you will make in your life. Your home is likely your largest asset - this may be the biggest financial move you've ever made, one that requires significant thought and strategy.
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Be clear about these reasons, as they will directly influence the amount of time and effort you put into preparing your home for sale, and the amount you set for your asking price.
2. Buy or sell first?This can be a tricky question. After all, if you find a purchaser for your existing home before you've found a new home, you may find yourself living out of a suitcase if convenient closing dates cannot be negotiated. On the other hand, if you find your dream home before you've sold your old one, you may be faced with having to finance both homes and shoulder the extra debt until you sell.
So how do you manage? It can be quite simple. Do your homework and have a good idea about the neighbourhood and type of home you're looking for. Do an honest evaluation of your family's needs and budget.
If you've found a home before you've sold your existing one, use "sale of your existing home" as a condition on your offer. If you don't sell your house within a fixed period of time, you can choose not to go through with the offer. This, however, is a difficult condition for many vendors to agree upon and you may find that you have to forgo your price negotiating power.
Purchasing a home before you sell could be a risky strategy if you're counting on the proceeds from the sale. If you've found a purchaser before you've found your next home, use "purchase of a new home" as a condition when you sign back the agreement.
Again, it will only be for a fixed time. Even if you have not found the ideal next house by the time the deal closes, you may still wish to proceed with the offer. As a buyer with a "sold house" you will be in a better position to negotiate price.
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As soon as you list your home with me, I will enter your listing in the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) database. Other agents can immediately access your property information by computer. Plus, your property will be included in any printed MLS books.
I regularly publish in local newspapers and send out direct mail pieces to potential buyers.
Remember, I will be working with you every step of the way to ensure you get the highest possible price for your home in the shortest period of time.

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Shipping & Returns
You Have 30 Days From The Date Of Dispatch To Return An Item For An Exchange Or A Refund. Please Note You Have 14 Days To Exchange Or Return Items Discounted Or Sale Items.
Non-Returnable Items
A Product Will Only Be Accepted For Exchange Or Refund If It Is Returned Unworn, Undamaged And In New Condition. All Body Piercing Is Dispatched In Clear Plastic Bags And Sealed With A Tamper Proof Label Which Allows Customers To View The Items And Still Make Use Of Our Fantastic Returns Policy However, We Will Not Exchange Or Refund Any Item Of Body Piercing If We Believe That The Sealed Packaging Has Been Opened Or Tampered With. This Does Not Affect Your Statutory Rights.
If An Item Has Been Engraved We Are Unable To Offer An Exchange Or Provide A Full Refund. We Will, However, Offer A 50% Refund.
Exchanges / Returns Faq
What Do I Do If I Have Lost My Invoice?
Don't Worry If You Lose Your Invoice You Can Still Return Your Item. Package Up The Item You Want To Return And Include Your Details And Your Order Number (This Can Be Found On Our Emails Or By Looking In Order History In Your Online Account) And Let Us Know What You Would Like To Exchange Or Refund.
How Long Does It Take To Process A Return?
From Receipt Of Your Parcel We Aim To Process Your Returns As Quickly As Possible - Usually Within 48 Hours. At Busy Periods Of The Year, Please Allow Up To Seven Working Days For Your Return To Be Processed.
Can I Exchange For A More Expensive Item?
Yes, If The Replacement Item Is More Expensive Than The Returned Item We Will Contact You For Payment Of The Difference.
What Happens If The Item I Want In Exchange Is Out Of Stock?
If We Do Not Have The Item That You Want In Exchange In Stock, You Will Be Contacted By Our Customer Services Team Within 30 Days And Offered An Alternative Item Or Full Refund.
How Long Will I Have To Wait For A Refund?
We Will Process Your Refund As Soon As Possible Usually Within 48 Hours Of Receipt. We Will Send You An Email To Let You Know We Have Received The Item And Are Processing It. A Refund Will Normally Take Around Five To Seven Working Days To Appear In Your Account, But This Can Also Depend On Your Bank.
My Item Is Faulty And I Want To Return It.
Goods Are Classed As Faulty If They Are Received Damaged, Or Where A Manufacturing Fault Occurs Within 30 Days Of Purchase. Please Note That Items That Are Damaged As A Result Of Wear And Tear Are Not Considered To Be Faulty. If You Believe Your Item Is Faulty Please Contact Us Who Will Advise On How To Return The Item For A Repair/Replacement If Returned Within The Warranty Period.
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Perform your home hot tub service in Dallas TX to keep it in top condition. This way, you can ensure that your hottub remains a pleasant and safe place with little cost and effort.
The service of hot tub equipment should only be undertaken by suitably qualified persons or services companies in Dallas TX and in strict accordance with manufacturers' recommendations. Incorrect maintenance can not only lead to a shortened equipment life span, but in some circumstances may place operator and safety at risk.
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There are two philosophies regarding service of your hot tub in Dallas TX:
– The reactive approach: this involves waiting until hot tub equipment is not working anymore before taking action. This approach is not wise as there is also the risk of damage to ancillary equipment which can cause total failure. For example, circulation pump failure may result in damaging the pump motor which can be very expensive to replace in Dallas TX.
– The proactive or preventative approach: more responsible attitude as it involves periodical, or programmed service of hottub equipment within set timeframes, monthly, quarterly and annually. Manufacturers as well as hot tub service companies are a good source of information as to when and what service is required to keep equipment operational, as well as costs estimates.
How to Perform Hot Tub Service in Dallas TX
Below are the important service activities that you should perform regularly to your Hot tub in Dallas TX :
– to avoid green hot tub color, stir up the water to have debris to rise to the surface where it can be removed
– to avoid ph level to go too high or too low, frequently test the hot tub's water using testing strips or sending a sample of your hot tub water to a pool store in Dallas TX that will probably test it for you and tell you which chemicals to use
– to avoid murky or unclear water due to high levels of algae or bacteria, use shock chemicals that will correct this problem
– if your water is cloudy or greenish, you should probably replace or repair your water filter
Also, for indoor hottubs, you can still use it during winter months in Dallas TX. Hence, instead of doing them during winter, you should find a good time to perform routine service inspections and repairs like cleaning or repainting the hot tub concrete surface by draining it. Also, you should check and replace hot tub pump and filter if necessary, or repair any chips or cracks in your deck, check diving boards or other moving equipment like ladders or rails for needed repair. If you have a gas hot tub heater, check connections for possible gas leaks, or have them checked by a hottub service professional in Dallas TX.


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We appreciate your business, and we value your privacy and security. The Juice Plus+ Company is therefore committed to safeguarding your privacy both online and off, and takes every step possible to ensure that your personal information is secure. Toward that end, we have developed the following comprehensive, global privacy policies.
We protect your privacy in every way we can think of.
• We collect personal information from you only when you choose to provide information to us, such as by purchasing our products.
• If at any time you wish to review, update, change or delete any information you have provided to us, you may contact your Juice Plus+ representative or contact us directly at [email protected] as set forth under "Contact Information" below.
• We will only use the personal information you share with us to assist you in conducting business with us.
• We will not share any of your personal information with any third party, other than business service partners under contract to us who help us serve you better in areas such as fraud prevention, technology services, and specialized customer services. Our contracts dictate that our service partners only use your information in connection with the services they perform for us. Furthermore, in cases where we transfer to third parties personal information of EU and Swiss individuals received pursuant to the EU-US Privacy Shield and the Swiss-US Privacy Shield (see below), respectively, The Juice Plus+ Company, LLC is potentially liable.
• We may also be required to disclose your personal information in response to a lawful request by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.
• We may also supplement or combine your personal information with data lawfully obtained from third parties such as banks and credit card processors that assist us in conducting business with you.
• We will never, under any circumstances whatsoever, sell or rent any of your personal information to any third parties for any purpose, as many other companies do.
• We may, from time to time, send you e-mails regarding our products. If you do not wish to receive such mailings, simply click on the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of the email or contact us as set forth under "Contact Information" below.
• To assure the high level of personal service for which our company is known, if you choose to become a customer and are not already affiliated with a Juice Plus+ representative, we may assign you a representative and share basic contact information you provide – such as name, phone number, and email address – with them. This never includes your credit card information or other financial information.
• If you choose to become more than a customer, and participate in the Juice Plus+ business, you will need to provide additional personal information to us such as your Social Security and/or Tax ID number. We apply the same safeguards to this additional information as we do to credit card information and other financial information.
• All Juice Plus+ representatives are also contractually obligated to abide by our privacy and security policies, which include the obligation not to share your personal information with anyone else, under any circumstances.
• The Juice Plus+ Company is subject to the investigatory and enforcement powers of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
We take additional security measures online.
Keeping your personal financial information private is vitally important to us. Since this can sometimes be a particular problem online, we take these additional security measures in that environment.
• If you purchase our products online, we need your name, mailing address, and credit card or bank account information in order to fulfill your order. We also request an email address and/or telephone number in order to contact you about your order. Any time we ask for a credit card or bank account number, however, we always transmit that payment information in an encrypted format, which keeps it from being understood by unauthorized people. We use state-of-the-art, industry-standard, SSL (secure socket layer) encryption to ensure that is the case.
• If you elect to participate in the Juice Plus+ business, and share Juice Plus+ products with others, we also need your U.S. Social Security number, your Tax ID number, and/or your bank account information in order to compensate you for your efforts on the Company's behalf.
• In every case, we take all possible organizational, technical and administrative measures to protect your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, even by a company such as ours that goes to the lengths we do to ensure your privacy and security. In short, we cannot absolutely ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us – no one can – and therefore ultimately you do so at your own risk, though we do everything humanly and technologically possible to minimize that risk.
If you visit our websites we may save information in the form of "cookies" on your computer or other device. "Cookies" are text files that are saved on your computer and contain information about you. We use cookies to offer you better service by helping to provide more tailored information to you and to facilitate access to the website and its usage. Cookies also help us keep track of your "shopping cart" before you complete any purchase. We do not allow third parties to place cookies on your computer or other device.
If you wish to turn off the cookies, all major Internet browsers allow you to delete cookies from your computer, to prevent cookies from being saved, or to give a warning before a cookie is saved. However, if you turn off cookies completely, you may not be able to use all of the functions of our websites to their full extent, and some web pages may not display properly.
We may also use web analysis services, either directly or through third party providers, to collect information about your usage of our websites (including your anonymized IP address). We will use this information to evaluate usage of the websites, to create reports about the website activities, and to help us provide further services to our users such as you.
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We may update this Privacy Statement from time to time to ensure that it reflects changes in the world around us. If we do update it, we will always make the updated statement available here for your continued review.
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If you have any questions or concerns regarding our use of your information or about this Privacy Statement, please contact us at [email protected].
Special additional statements regarding the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework and Swiss-US Privacy Shield Framework
The Juice Plus+ Company complies with the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework and Swiss-US Privacy Shield Framework as set forth by the US Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information transferred from the European Union and Switzerland to the United States, respectively. The Juice Plus+ Company has certified that it adheres to the Privacy Shield Principles of Notice, Choice, Accountability for Onward Transfer, Security, Data Integrity and Purpose Limitation, Access, and Recourse, Enforcement and Liability. If there is any conflict between the policies in this privacy policy and the Privacy Shield Principles, the Privacy Shield Principles shall govern. To learn more about the Privacy Shield program, and to view our certification page, please visit https://www.privacyshield.gov/.
In compliance with the EU-US and Swiss-US Privacy Shield Principles, The Juice Plus+ Company commits to resolve complaints about your privacy and our collection or use of your personal information. European Union and Swiss individuals with inquiries or complaints regarding this privacy policy should first contact The Juice Plus+ Company via email at [email protected].
The Juice Plus+ Company has further committed to refer unresolved privacy complaints under the EU-US and Swiss-US Privacy Shield Principles to an independent dispute resolution mechanism, the BBB EU PRIVACY SHIELD, operated by the Council of Better Business Bureaus. If you do not receive timely acknowledgment of your complaint, or if your complaint is not satisfactorily addressed, please visit www.bbb.org/EU-privacy-shield/for-eu-consumers/ for more information and to file a complaint.
Please note that if your complaint is not resolved through these channels, under limited circumstances, a binding arbitration option may be available before a Privacy Shield Panel.
Updated and effective April 12, 2017.
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In most of North America, optometrists are known as Doctors of Optometry (D.O.). As physicians, they are able to diagnose eye disease and prescribe medications or corrective lenses. Licensure as a DO requires a Bachelor's Degree and successful completion of a four-year school of optometrics.
Educational specialists, Allen and Virginia Crane, point out in their book "Buzzards to Bluebirds: Improve Your Child's Learning and Behavior in Six Weeks," all optometrists receive extensive education in:
• The detection of eye disease;
• Examination of binocular vision and convergence;
• Fitting eyeglasses and contact lenses, known scientifically as performing refraction.
While all DO's can treat both children and adults, specialized pediatric optometrists complete postdoctoral studies allowing them to specialize in the evaluation and treatment of children. If your child's optometrist has prescribed eyeglasses to help correct your child's vision, it is of particular importance to their academic and athletic success that they consistently wear their glasses. Why? Because much of your child's schooling requires a minimum degree of visual skills for learning and academic success.
Helping Your Child Adjust to Wearing Glasses
The American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus points out that many children with a diagnosis of myopia, or nearsightedness, are delighted by the vision their new glasses provide upon first use. Children diagnosed with hyperopia (farsightedness) or astigmatisms, however, often take several weeks to adjust to the visual changes introduced by their new eyeglasses. A satisfactory adjustment also depends upon your child's age and the comfort of the eyeglasses. Here are some tips recommended by pediatric health specialists:
• Be positive! Depending upon your child's age, cite specific ways in which improved vision through use of their eyeglasses will improve their life, ranging from coloring better, doing jigsaw puzzles, bird watching with grandpa, or playing Little League baseball.
• If able, allow your child to pick out their eyeglass frames.
• Ensure that the eyeglasses fit your child properly and are comfortable. For instance, most infant and toddler eyeglasses are constructed with "cable temples" that wrap behind the ears. As your child grows, these cables become too short and can cause irritation and discomfort around the ears. Frames can become too narrow for a child's head causing headaches and sore temples. Another common complaint is reddened areas and discomfort where the nose pieces rest. Schedule regular and frequent check-ups and readjustments to ensure a comfortable fit as your child grows.
• Polycarbonate lenses are lighter for children to wear and safer in the event that the eyeglasses are accidentally broken.
• Purchase replacement insurance on your child's glasses. The additional cost will be more than paid for in the benefits of allowing your child to be physically active and playful without worries that their eyeglasses might break.
• Speak with your child's optometrist about any children's educational material specifically targeted to children -- coloring books, brochures written for children or other items -- available through his or her practice.
American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. "Glasses Fitting for Children."
American Optometric Association. "Toys, Games, and Your Child's Vision."
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fedorahosted.org was retired on March 1st, 2017. If you are viewing this page, odds are it's after that date and you have been redirected here by attempting to go to some project on fedorahosted.org. If you are a user of a project formerly hosted at fedorahosted.org, please search for the new home the project you are interested in likely has. If you are a maintainer of a project formerly hosted at fedorahosted.org and need your data to migrate, see below.
fedorahosted.org was set up in late 2007 as a location to host svn, git, hg, and bzr projects. The trac wiki and issue tracker was used for issues and project planning. Groups for each project were managed in the Fedora Account System, and via a wrapper, scp/sftp uploads of releases was supported. Many of the projects there were closely related to Fedora, but not all of them. For many years fedorahosted thrived.
With the rise of GitHub and the pull request (PR) workflow most new projects moved to other locations. In early 2015, pagure.io came into being. It was a from the ground up implementation of the new git/PR workflow and also hosted by and maintained by Fedora Infrastructure. In early 2016 it became clear that Fedora Infrastructure didn't have resources to keep maintaining both fedorahosted.org and pagure.io and so the announcement was made to retire fedorahosted. Maintainers have had over the last year to migrate their projects to pagure.io or whatever other place they wish.
Reasons for retirement
- Over the last few years there have been almost 0 new projects added to fedorahosted.org. This shows not much interest by the developer community.
- fedorahosted.org uses trac 0.12 (a Long term release), but upstream is very behind on newer releases. (The next 0.12 bugfix is 18 months behind schedule and the next 1.0 stable is 4 months late as of this writing). Newer trac and all its plugins would need to be packaged for a new release.
- A fair bit of technical debt has piled up over the years:
- fedorahosted.org is running RHEL6
- is not in Ansible (our configuration management (CM))
- isn't distributed in any way
- The 'fedorahosted.org' domain and using fas groups to manage committers has tied fedorahosted.org to Fedora, causing some projects issues.
General answers
- If you are a maintainer who needs data off the old fedorahosted.org instance, please file an issue in https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/ with your request. Please be clear what data you want (trac db, git repo, other) and how you want us to get the data to you.
- We are also happy to setup redirects for your project to a new location. Just file an issue in https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure and we will try and help you out.
- If you are a user of a project formerly at fedorahosted.org, please check https://pagure.io/ for the project, it may have moved there.
- lists.fedorahosted.org will continue to work and exist for the future.
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In Egypt bloodshed, dozens of Morsi backers killed
By AYA BATRAWY
and TONY G. GABRIEL
The Associated Press
CAIRO — Security forces and armed men clashed with supporters of Egypt's ousted president early Saturday, killing at least 65 people in mayhem that underscored an increasingly heavy hand against protests demanding Mohammed Morsi's return to office.
In chaotic scenes, pools of blood stained the floor and bodies were lined up under white sheets in a makeshift hospital near the site of the battles in eastern Cairo. Doctors struggled to cope with the flood of dozens of wounded, many with gunshots to the head or chest.
It was the deadliest single outbreak of violence since the military ousted Morsi on July 3 and one of the deadliest in 2 ½ years of turmoil in Egypt. It was not immediately clear if all the 65 killed were all protesters or if residents who joined the fight against the march were among the dead. The Brotherhood said that 66 Morsi supporters were killed in the Cairo violence.
The extent of the bloodshed pointed to a rapidly building confrontation between the country's two camps, sharply divided over the coup that removed Egypt's first freely elected president after widespread protests against his rule.
Authorities talk more boldly of making a move to end weeks of protests by Morsi's largely Islamist supporters. At the same time, the Islamists are growing more assertive in challenging security forces as they try to win public backing for their cause.
Saturday's clashes were sparked when pro-Morsi protesters sought to expand their main Cairo sit-in camp by moving onto a nearby main boulevard, only to be confronted by police and armed civilians — reportedly residents of nearby neighborhoods. Police initially fired tear gas but in ensuing clashes, the protesters came under gunfire.
Officials from Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood and their allies decried what they called a new "massacre" against their side, only weeks after July 8 clashes with army troops in Cairo that left more than 50 Morsi supporters dead.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said that he spoke to Egyptian authorities, saying it is "essential" they respect the right to peaceful protest. He called on all sides to enter a "meaningful political dialogue" to "help their country take a step back from the brink."
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon also asked security forces to "act with full respect for human rights" and demonstrators to "exercise restraint."
But neither side has shown much taste for reconciliation. Islamists staunchly reject the new leadership and insist the only possible solution to the crisis is to put Morsi back in office. Meanwhile, the interim leadership is pushing ahead with a fast-track transition plan to return to a democratically elected government by early next year.
The military-backed authorities appear confident of public support for a tougher hand after millions turned out for nationwide rallies Friday called by army chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi as a mandate against "terrorism and violence."
Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim, who is in charge of police, took an uncompromising stance in a news conference after the violence. He accused the pro-Morsi side of provoking bloodshed to win sympathy.
"We didn't go to them, they came to us — so they could use what happened for political gain," he said. Ironically, Ibrahim is originally a Morsi appointee, and his then-boss praised him for a tough hand after police killed dozens of anti-Morsi protesters in the city of Port Said earlier this year.
"The Ministry of Interior never has and never will fire on any Egyptian," he added, saying police only shot tear gas in Saturday's violence.
The minister also said there were plans to bring back "political security" offices dissolved under Morsi. Such offices monitored groups like the Brotherhood, which had been outlawed for decades.
Brotherhood spokesman Ahmed Aref said that "exposes" that the regime of Morsi's predecessor, Hosni Mubarak, is still alive and seeking to reverse the 2011 uprising that toppled him and led to Morsi's election.
Despite the heavy death toll, the interior minister suggested authorities could take the more explosive step of moving against the two main pro-Morsi protest camps in Cairo: weeks-old sit-ins, on outside the Rabaah al-Adawiya in eastern Cairo and another in Nahda Square in Cairo's sister city of Giza.
He depicted the encampments as a danger to the public, pointing to a string of nine bodies police have said were found nearby in recent days. Some had been tortured to death, police have said, apparently by members of the sit-ins who believed they were spies.
"Soon we will deal with both sit-ins," Ibrahim said.
Interim Vice President Mohamed ElBaradei, a longtime pro-democracy campaigner who backed the military's ouster of Morsi, raised one of the few notes of criticism of Saturday's bloodshed.
"I highly condemn the excessive use of force and the fall of victims," he wrote in a tweet, though he did not directly place blame for the use of force. He added that he is "working very hard and in all directions to end this confrontation in a peaceful manner."
But the image of the Islamists as dangerous and not the peaceful protesters they contend they are has had a strong resonance. Over past weeks, there have been cases of armed Islamist Morsi backers attacking opponents — though the reverse also has occurred. Before Saturday, some 180 people had been killed in clashes nationwide.
Walid el-Masry, one of founders of the youth activist Tamarod movement that led the original wave of protests against Morsi, said he believed the Brotherhood "pushed for (the) clashes. … The Muslim Brotherhood is trying to grab the international attention and have the victim attitude."
The liberal umbrella group National Salvation Front, which ElBaradei once led, also said it "puts strong blame on the Brotherhood," pointing to hard-line rhetoric in speeches at pro-Morsi rallies calling for "jihad" and "martyrdom."
The clashes began after a crowd of Morsi supporters late Friday moved out of their Rabaah al-Adawiyah encampment and installed themselves on a nearby major thoroughfare, blocking it. They began to set up tents there, planning to stay there at least three days, said Mahmoud Zaqzouq, a Brotherhood spokesman. A march also attempted to cut off a major overpass that runs through Cairo.
Police moved in and fired tear gas to break up the crowds at around 2 a.m., and protesters responded with volleys of stones.
Gunshots also rang out, seemingly from both sides, said one witness, Mosa'ab Elshamy, a freelance photographer, though he could not tell who started firing.
Armed residents of the area also joined the police side, and there were also plainclothes police carrying handguns, he said.
"They aimed at killing the people. They aimed the head and the neck," said Ahmed Abdullah, a doctor at a field clinic set up at Rabaah al-Adawiya, as he wiped away tears.
At the Rabaah al-Adawiya clinic, men shouted "God is great," and women wailed as bodies were loaded into ambulances to be taken for examination at hospitals. Bodies of more than a dozen men lay on the blood-splattered floor with white sheets over them.
Ragab Nayel Ali, one of the pro-Morsi protesters, said security forces fired first with tear gas and birdshot. "Protesters replied by hurling rocks and started building walls," Ali said.
Health Ministry spokesman Khaled el-Khateeb said that at least 65 people were killed and 270 wounded. Nine more were killed in clashes in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria since Friday, he said.
Aref of the Brotherhood told reporters that another 61 were "clinically dead." He did not further explain their condition.
The Interior Ministry said 14 policemen were wounded, two with gunshot wounds to the head.
Clashes in Alexandria erupted on Friday and extended into the night as more than 100 Morsi supporters took refuge in a central mosque, holding 17 of their rivals hostage as they tried to fend off a security siege of the building. A security official said the hostages were freed and many of those inside the mosque arrested. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to journalists.
A leading Brotherhood figure, Mohammed el-Beltagy, accused army chief el-Sissi of seeking violence by calling Friday's pro-military rallies.
"This is the mandate el-Sissi took last night — to commit massacres and bloodshed against peaceful protesters denouncing the military coup," el-Beltagy said in a statement on his Facebook page.


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Jet2 Airlines Office in Madrid Address | Madrid, Av de la Hispanidad, s/n, 28042 Madrid, Spain |
Jet2 Airlines Madrid Contact Number/Phone Number | +34913211000 |
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Working Hours | Monday to Sunday : 24 Hours Closed on Saturday and Sunday |
Jet2 Airlines Official Website | https://www.jet2.com/ |
Jet2 Airlines Online Check-in | https://www.jet2.com/en/faqs?topic=check-in-and-boarding&category=online-check-in |
Jet2 Airlines Online Flight-Status | https://www.jet2.com/en/latest-travel-information |
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NOTE: Be aware that the check-in criteria may vary depending on certain factors like travel route, class of travel, and guidelines of the airlines.
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Special meals | The Jet2 Airlines Madrid Office offers meal assistance for flyers with specific dietary requirements. |
Lounge access | At the Madrid office, Jet2 Airlines Miles & Miles members can issue a complimentary pass for lounge access. |
Flight upgrades | Flyers flying with Jet2 Airlines to/from Madrid can request a flight upgrade through accumulated miles or cash and upgrade the flight to the higher class of service. |
Flight status | The staff at the Madrid office can offer the real-time status of a flight or any potential delays. |
Visa information | The airline agent will offer visa assistance. Please note the assistance is only related to the required paperwork needed at the time of boarding. |
Ground Transportation | Assistance with arranging transportation to/from the airport. |
Group bookings | Jet2 Airlines Madrid office provides the fares comparatively at the discounted price, provided there must be at least 10 or more flyers traveling on the same itinerary. |
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You can contact Jet2 Airlines at +34913211000 by phone. This is the official customer service number of Jet2 Airlines.
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There is a distinction in US employment laws between employees and people who work on behalf of a firm but are not employed by it. This includes freelancers, consultants, and contractors; for the sake of not repeating ourself, we'll call them contractors below.
Employees have their activities at work substantially controlled by the firm. Contractors are operating their own businesses and happen to have the firm as a client of their business; their relationship with the firm is more similar to that of a vendor with their client than an employee with their boss.
Many smaller businesses, including internet businesses, would prefer to be able to employ people as contractors, because there is less paperwork required than for employees, the direct cost is lower, and it is fractionally easier to get into and out of relationships with contractors. The laws of the United States and individual states have some protections built for employees that do not apply to contractors.
Determining if someone is an employee or a contractor
The IRS lists three tests to determine worker status, each of which has several prongs:
Unfortunately for entrepreneurs, these tests don't have so-called "safe harbors"—there is no simple way to say, with certainty, that someone classified as a contractor will certainly be held to be a contractor. The tests are a balancing act—the examining official will weigh the different factors against each other to come to a determination. If it is important for you that someone be classified as a contractor, you should know your position on each issue, and you should try to have it be overwhelmingly clear (and documented) that the tests consistently point to a contractor relationship.
This is a complicated area of law. You should discuss it with your attorney prior to hiring anyone.
How do I employ someone?
Assuming you've made the decision to hire someone as a full employee, you'll want to consider having an employee offer letter and an employee handbook. Your employment contract will generally be short and standardized across all employees at your company. Your employee handbook will be somewhat longer and outline a variety of policies your company has instituted that you expect employees to be familiar with.
Both your employment offer letter and your employee handbook will be written by lawyers and likely not that customized to the specifics of your company at first. These are risk-mitigation devices for the business; the chief purpose is making it clear that every employee has been given adequate notice of a variety of things that, in your jurisdiction, you need to provide explicit notice for. This is highly dependent on your particular jurisdiction, which is one reason you'll always want to talk to a lawyer prior to hiring someone for the first time.
Intellectual property assignments
Companies produce "intellectual property" (IP)—copyrights, patents, and inventions—as a matter of course. IP can be as simple as "words on your website" or as complicated as a fully functional software application or business process.
It is critically important that technology companies, particularly product companies, own all IP produced for it by employees and contractors. If it does not, an employee or contractor could later claim that you are infringing on their IP by continuing to operate your business, and force you to either shut down, excise their IP (at great cost), or pay them an exorbitant amount of money to go away.
This is not a speculative threat for internet companies. IP is likely central to the entire operations of the company. Many internet companies have trajectories where certain events, like receiving investment or closing an acquisition, are gated on intensive due diligence investigations regarding proper IP ownership. The combination of these factors make anyone with unassigned IP in a company into a headache if they're willing to cooperate or a very expensive problem if they're not. Note that, as a company progresses, it will tend to part ways with an employee or partner in less-than-ideal circumstances at least once; you do not want to have IP issues be a stick available to whack you with should that happen.
There is a relatively simple method for insulating your company from IP issues: work with counsel to obtain signed IP assignments from everyone who works for your company, without fail. This includes all founders of the company, all employees, and anyone who works for the company in any capacity, including independent contractors and entities performing work for hire for you. It does not matter if someone is only a customer service contractor or a freelance web designer brought in for a day.
It is also easier to ask everyone to sign an IP assignment agreement than to track who should have signed an agreement, particularly as that changes—the tech industry is rife with CTOs who were hired as summer interns four years ago and haven't signed a new contract since that day.
Your lawyers can draft an IP assignment for you, which you'll either include in your standard employment agreement and contractor MSA or which you'll ask to be signed separately but at the same time. Your agreement will likely default to the company owning everything an employee even thinks of during their term of employment with you. Employees might push back on this, and their reasoning may or may not be sound; if necessary, your lawyer can debate it with them. Generally, you should stick with the form you've been provided except in extreme circumstances.
Most law firms that do substantial amounts of business with internet companies will have a template IP assignment ready to go for a nominal fee. They're often fairly long, as this is a very high-salience issue for internet companies, and these agreements do get tested in a variety of high-stress scenarios with huge amounts of money on the line.
If your company eventually gets a movie made about it, having an IP assignment ready from day one will prevent one subplot of that movie being having to pay a ridiculous amount of money to someone who never really worked for you.
Many internet entrepreneurs are surprised how insistent investors and lawyers are about this topic. For technology companies, IP is the business. Moreover, IP ownership issues are usually much easier to address on the front end (when the IP may not be worth as much) than the back end (where the IP may have proven integral to the company's success), so paying attention on the front end is key to ensuring you're free from issues down the line.
Equity for employees
We'll eventually write more about this topic. In the meanwhile, know this above all else: Most sophisticated founders avoid giving equity (or rights to acquire equity, like stock options) outright to either founders or employees. Instead, they insist on "vesting," where the right to equity or options is earned over a period of time. The standard in Silicon Valley is "four-year vesting with a one-year cliff"; the individual has no rights to equity or option exercises during the first year, has rights to 25% of the award instantly on the date of their first anniversary, and receives rights to the remainder evenly over the next 36 months.
Vesting is critically important. Founding teams break up—frequently. Employees quit or get fired—frequently. You may not want a material portion of your company to be owned by someone who worked for you for six weeks…five years ago. It might complicate discussions about receiving investment or selling the business, and it may not align incentives with the sustained effort over time that builds meaningful companies.
Your company will be required to calculate and withhold an anticipated amount of taxes from any employees of the company. (In the United States, employers withhold an anticipated amount of taxes, but employees file a tax return once a year to actually calculate how much is "really" owed—they then settle up directly with the government for the difference.)
Many US employers "run payroll" every other week, traditionally on Friday. Some pay twice a month, on the 15th and last day of the month. It is less common to run it monthly (which may or may not be allowed in your jurisdiction); some employers run it weekly, which is more expensive and more work but which results in employees getting paid more often, which they enjoy.
At smaller scales, some founders attempt to calculate payroll for the founding team and first few employees by themselves. Virtually all startups with more than a handful of employees will choose to use a payroll service to manage the calculation of payroll, deduction of withholding taxes, submissions of quarterly withholding tax returns, and other assorted operational tasks.
Your payroll process does not typically include contractors, who are responsible for their own tax payments and who are paid periodically after they invoice you (under the terms of your contract) rather than on a very predictable schedule like most employees are.
Your business will, once a year, issue an "informational return" to every employee or contractor of your business. In the United States, most employees will receive a W-2, and contractors will receive a 1099-MISC. These will generally be filed by your accountant or payroll service on your behalf. When you hire someone, you will ask them to fill out a W-9 form to receive their social security number or other individual identification number, which will be required for running payroll for them. If you hire someone who is not a US citizen or permanent resident and who does not actually perform work in the United States, you may not be required to pay employment taxes on them, but you should collect their information on a W-8BEN to document this choice. For specifics, please ask your accountant—international taxation is very fact specific and can get tricky, particularly once bilateral tax treaties come into play.
This guide is not intended to and does not constitute legal or tax advice, recommendations, mediation, or counseling under any circumstance. This guide and your use thereof does not create an attorney-client relationship with Stripe, Orrick, or PwC. The guide solely represents the thoughts of the author and is neither endorsed by nor does it necessarily reflect Orrick's belief. Orrick does not warrant or guarantee the accurateness, completeness, adequacy, or currency of the information in the guide. You should seek the advice of a competent attorney or accountant licensed to practice in your jurisdiction for advice on your particular problem.


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Most patients have wondered what that large, imposing piece of equipment is that they always see at the optometrist's office. Well, it's called a phoropter, or a refractor, and it's an awesome tool we eye docs love to use! Read on to find out more!
A Brief History Of The Phoropter
The phoropter was invented in the early 1900s. One, called the Ski-optometer, was invented by Nathan Shigon and another, called the Phoro-optometer was developed by Henry DeZeng. Later came Bausch and Lomb's Greens' Refractor.
The phoropter was unique from the device that was previously being used, the monocular optometer, because the phoropter was able to measure refractive errors as well as traits of binocular vision (meaning how well the eyes work together), among other things.
In today's world, as technology gets more and more advanced, usually devices get smaller and more streamlined. You may be surprised to hear that with almost every new model that came out, the phoropter kept getting bigger and bigger! Over time, the phoropter continued to improve until it became what it is today in the 1960s, still as big and bold as ever.
Phoropters Help Us Fine-Tune Your Prescription
This may sound familiar… you walk into the optometrist's office and after some initial tests and pleasantries, you're asked to sit behind the "space helmet" and look at the eye chart through the phoropter lenses. As we change the lenses with different optical powers, we'll ask you the question we know you all love to answer, "Which is more clear, one or two?"
Based on your answers, we come up with a prescription that gets you as close to seeing 20/20 as possible. The phoropter is an amazing tool that helps us fine-tune your prescription and make sure you have the clearest, most accurate vision possible!
Watch the video below to learn more about what perfect vision is and why glasses are necessary for some people!
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Main features
Double Entry
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Checkbook-Style Register
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- Autofill of entered transactions
- The ability to display multiple accounts in a single register window
- A summary bar that displays all of the relevant account's balance information
- Many options to customize the appearance and the display style
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Small Business Accounting Features
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Stock/Mutual Fund Portfolios
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Online Stock & Mutual Fund Quotes
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Data storage and exchange features
Experimental database support
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QIF and OFX Import
If you are migrating from other financial software, GnuCash can import Intuit® Quicken® QIF files using a practical assistant.
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HBCI Support
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Check Printing
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User Manual and Help
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Staying in the middle of the country, you might have heard that America's farmers are getting older. Something else you probably know: women tend to outlive men. So do the math and what do you get? More women in charge of land and some who aren't really sure how to take care of it. So as Iowa Public Radio's Sarah McCammon reports, female conservationists are reaching out to this growing group.
SARAH MCCAMMON, BYLINE: Say you suddenly had 40 acres all yours. What would you do with it? Well, that's kind of a big question, especially if the land has a few issues.
MARY ELLEN MILLER: Oh, this is a pest. Just wait'll you get out in the timber. It's everywhere. It just spreads like wildfire, takes over the landscape.
MCCAMMON: That's Mary Ellen Miller. She's pointing to a prickly shrub planted by farmers in the 1930s as a natural fence for livestock. Trouble is, it's invasive and grows like crazy.
MILLER: And when I inherited this land I really wanted to be thoughtful about what I was going to do with it.
MCCAMMON: Miller grew up on farms in Iowa, but she moved off the farm, had a career in public health and swore she'd never go back. Then, her brother died unexpectedly several years ago leaving her the land. Miller says she feels a sense of responsibility for how she cares for it. So she's been coming to workshops specifically for women led by women like biologist Helga Offenburger with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.
At a recent workshop, Offenburger leads a small group of women on a bus tour of southern Iowa. She points out ways to make the land more attractive to wildlife, like planting native grasses to lure quail and making sure there's plenty of space for mating and nesting.
HELGA OFFENBURGER: If you were a bird and you were here and you were looking for a spouse who's over there, how are you going to get there? The dating scene is sometimes kind of scary, I think, for them.
MCCAMMON: Scary as the dating scene for birds may be, what's also scary? Sometimes being the only woman in a room full of men. Think conservation boards or the local farm co-op, places men traditionally go for camaraderie and advice. Ann Sorensen is with American Farmland Trust, a national conservation group. She's been working with women through a similar program in Illinois.
ANN SORENSEN: When you go to a meeting and you're listening to a lot of people talking about issues that you might not be familiar with, you're a little bit intimidated. You don't really want to raise your hand and ask a question because you don't want to feel stupid.
MCCAMMON: At last count in 2007, only about 14 percent of the nation's farms were run by women. So even when women co-own farmland with a spouse, it's often the man making the decisions about land use. But Sorensen says that's changing as farmers age and more women inherit property. Similar networking programs, mostly led by female experts and designed for women landowners, are popping up across the country from Pennsylvania to Oregon.
Mary Ellen Miller says she has lots of ideas for her land: planting grapes for local wineries, finding a young farmer to grow fresh produce, even raising rabbits for meat.
MILLER: It's all a possibility. We have to have our dreams. You know, I don't know who it was that said, if all of your plans you can achieve in your lifetime, you're not thinking big enough.
MCCAMMON: For now, Miller says she's OK with starting small with a little help from a few good women. For NPR News, I'm Sarah McCammon in Des Moines. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Tips to get rid of kitchen clutter
The junk drawer. Love it or hate it, most of us have one and most of the time it's in the kitchen. NPR's Linton Weeks says they serve "as a Rorschachian reflection of your life."
That's rather distressing, isn't it?
While the garage is the most cluttered room in the house, according to a
Moen® Consumer and Market Insights Group survey of homeowners, the kitchen comes in second, tied with the home office.
Surveyed homeowners complained of mail cluttering the countertops
and small electrical appliances hanging around, taking up space.
Weeks goes on to describe the kitchen junk drawer as "The drawer
of detritus. The has-been bin. That roll-out repository where you toss your
odds and ends."
And, that's ok, until the detritus, the odds and ends and the
has-been start cluttering the kitchen counters. Let's look at some ways to
bring order to the kitchen.
According to the Moen® survey, some items are considered acceptable clutter. These include dish towels, cutting boards, dish soap, scrub brushes and those small electrical appliances that we often leave out on the counter.
These appliances, if not used daily, really should be put away, in
our opinion, especially if your home is on the market. Not only does doing so
make the room look less cluttered but it helps free up valuable counter space.
Many professional organizers say, however, that if you use
something every day, like the toaster, it deserves a spot on the counter or
you'll drive yourself batty by having to drag it out every morning.
"If you make toast every morning for breakfast, it'll take roughly 3 minutes to toast your bread. After that, the toaster will sit unused for the next 23 hours and 57 minutes. You use it far less than you think you do," say others.
Where to put everything
Of course, you're going to need to pull
everything out of every cupboard to get this project done right. Then, you'll
need to figure out the most organized manner of putting everything back.
We love author and baking expert Alice Medrich's description of how to allocate kitchen space—it's so very real estate-ish.
She divides kitchen items among three
storage areas and calls them:
- Prime real estate: which includes the
counters, utensil crocks and cabinets that are within easy reach - Suburbs: a pantry or closet that is
located close to the kitchen - Outlands: think of these as the rural
areas and they include the garage, basement and those shelves or cupboards that
you need a stepladder to reach.
She suggests starting with the prime real
estate first so you get some instant gratification going. Wherever you decide
to start, you'll be putting things away according to how often they are used.
Seldom-used items should either be stored in another room or placed in the back of the cupboard. You might also want to install shelves to store some of the more decorative but lightly-used items.
Those appliances you use once a month
can go toward the middle of the cupboard and anything you use frequently should
go in the front.
Make your storage space work harder
A pantry in the kitchen is a major bonus
and most of our home-buying clients agree with us on that. The roomier the
better, but even a small pantry can be forced to work hard.
The broad "zones" used in the pantry may
be baking items, pasta and rice, breakfast items and snacks. Then, organize
each of these zones by placing seldom-used food items toward the back of the
zone and those used daily in the front.
Use baskets to hold like items, such as
plastic wrap, foil and sandwich bags, in one spot.
For additional pantry organizing tips, visit Woman's Day, Better Homes & Gardens and HGTV online.
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Steven Richter
Steven Richter, sometimes known as the Road Food Warrior, was my resident carnivorean and took most of the photographs on this site. He was a street photographer, my companion for more than twenty years. And like so many others, he became a critic, too.
He did digital shots at dinner under pitiful conditions, but he also allowed me to post here some of his travel journalism and very moving work from his portfolio. All the photographs on this site are protected by copyright.
A retrospective of his work was shown by The Aspen Institute in 2004. His photographs have appeared in Travel and Leisure, Food Arts, Diversions, Saveur, Aspen Magazine, New York magazine, Marie Clare/Italy, Self and elsewhere.


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Meandering Through The Salt Flats
Meandering Through The Salt Flats
Meandering Through The Salt Flats by Tania Chanter is inspired by the rich and vibrant tones of Australia's Landscape and the changes of light and mood throughout the day. Tania's hope is that this painting brings a sense of calm to the room where it lives, and that is makes the people who enter the room feel as though a part of nature is right there with them.
- Beautiful visible individual brushstrokes providing added texture.
- One of a kind original painting.
- This painting is on stretched artist quality canvas with an internal wooden frame.
- Gallery finished edges (blackened) so looks great from all sides. It would also look wonderful in a timber floating frame.
- All of Tania's original artwork are signed and named on the back, and stamped on the front with the initials 'TC'. This normally appears on the bottom right corner and is done in a neutral colour.
- All of Tania's work comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.
- Packaged securely in thick walled cartons using protective layering.
- Free delivery and a 7 day trial.
- For other sizes and colours commissions are welcome.
Tania is an Australian contemporary artist who has the desire to express emotion she feels from nature. Her feelings flow directly onto the canvas in an uninterrupted, intuitive flow; layers, textures and colours blend and evolve until some secret inner part feels satisfied. The depth and richness of the colours, the complexity of the sky – the romantic feeling of stormy clouds, the churning foam of the ocean on those days and the sunlight playing through tall grasses as they bend and wave. From the sweep of the vast landscape down to the bee among flowers, natures inspiration is endless.
Tania's work is represented in private collections throughout Australia and overseas.
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For sale at Debonar Watches: pre-owned Rolex Datejust ref. 126334 full set, with a modern green dial on a Oyster bracelet.An elegant sports-watch? A robust dress watch? A casual watch? Call it the way you want, the Rolex Datejust simply is the definition of the all-rounder.As the name suggests, it comes in a 41mm Oyster case. Which is waterproof to a depth of 100 metres (330 feet). That's thanks to the brand's patented Twinlock double waterproofness system. The winding crown screws down against the case to ensure a secure seal. The crystal, with iconic Cyclops lens at 3 o'clock for easy reading of the date, is sapphire. The middle case is hewn from a solid block of 904L steel with a white gold bezel.
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Our warranty is subject to the same terms and conditions as the manufacturer's warranty. The warranty does not cover theft or loss. Normal wear and tear or damage caused to the watch by accidents or mishandling/mistreatment are also excluded as well as damage caused due to submersion in water against the manufacturer's guidance. Wear of the watch strap is not covered by the warranty.
In the event you decide to take your watch to a repairer or watchmaker without prior approval from Debonar Watches, we will not be held liable for any costs you may incur.
Any modification of a watch by addition of substitution of components which have not been provided by the manufacturer will also invalidate the warranty, as will evidence that the watch case has been opened by anyone other than our authorised watchmakers.
It is your responsibility to arrange adequate insurance cover for your watch whilst in transit back to us, and this cost will be at your expense.
We offer a 14 day return period on any watches purchased online or personally, in which you can exchange your watch for another product or receive a full refund.
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OCEAN CITY — Hours after voters across Maryland approved an expansion of gambling in the state including table games, Casino at Ocean Downs General Manager Joe Cavilla was already talking about an expansion at the gaming facility on Route 589 near Ocean Pines.
On Tuesday, a majority of the state's electorate approved Question 7, a referendum on a bill that will expand gaming in Maryland including the addition of table games at the state's current and future casinos and the addition of a sixth casino in Prince George's County, among other things. On Wednesday morning, Cavilla was put on the spot somewhat when asked during an Ocean City Economic Development Committee (EDC) meeting what the approved referendum question means for the Casino at Ocean Downs.
"We're excited about what it brings to our area," he said. "I'm not really prepared to talk about plans today, but we're excited about the potential for the future."
Cavilla told EDC members the existing facilities at the Casino at Ocean Downs are just about maxed out in terms of space and suggested an expansion is likely to accommodate some of the provisions allowed under the approved legislation.
"Over the next two or three months, we're anticipating an expansion," he said. "The facility was built for what it is now. We're considering an expansion, but the reality is, the facility as it is now can't hold much more."
The Maryland General Assembly this summer convened a special session to consider proposed legislation aimed at expanding the state's nascent casino gambling programs after state lawmakers could not approve a similar bill during the regular General Assembly session. The resulting legislation called for an expansion to table games, such as blackjack, poker, craps and roulette, for example, and the addition of a sixth approved site in Prince George's County. The legislation also includes the creation of a State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission, an appointed body which would hold purview on all gambling policies in the state.
However, the bill needed approval from Maryland voters through the referendum process. On Tuesday, the state's electorate approved Question 7 with 52 percent in favor and 48 percent against. In Worcester and Wicomico counties, the percentages were similar.
Statewide, proponents of the bill argued an expansion to table games would stop the flow of gaming dollars into neighboring states that currently offer them, particularly West Virginia and Delaware. However, opponents argued the legislation represented a sell out to the big casino operators with higher revenue shares, lower tax rates and an empty promise for more money for Maryland schools.
After months of debate and an estimated $90 million waged in one of the most expensive campaigns by both sides in state history, state voters approved the referendum question on Tuesday. Cavilla said an eventual expansion to table games and some of the relaxed provisions on what the Berlin casino can offer patrons could help put the Casino at Ocean Downs on the gaming map. He said an expanded presence will only help the entire region.
"It's an opportunity to promote ourselves more and make us a destination and make the entire area a destination," he said. "We're getting people in the offseason and we know they're not staying at our place, so we're pretty sure they're staying here in Ocean City. We're lucky to be part of this greater destination."
EDC Chairman and Ocean City hotelier Michael James agreed an expansion to table games could trigger more offseason business in the resort.
"Studies show table games have really helped the lodging industry," said James. "Slots alone are really not conducive to overnight stays."
Meanwhile, the Maryland Video Lottery Commission this week released the October revenue numbers for the state's three operating casinos and the results were mixed. The state's three casinos generated $39.6 million in revenue in October, led by Maryland Live, the new juggernaut in Anne Arundel County, which alone garnered $30.6 million.
The Casino at Ocean Downs generated $3.5 million in October, which represents a decrease of $319,285, or roughly eight percent, from October 2011. The $3.5 million generated in October loosely follows a pattern established for the offseason months at the Berlin casino, which is affected by seasonal fluctuations just as all businesses are in the resort area. In September, the Casino at Ocean Downs generated $4.9 million, for example.
In terms of revenue per machine, per day, the Casino at Ocean Downs saw a similar decline from September to October. In September, the facilities 800 machines generated $204.37 per machine, per day. In October, the number dropped to $141.54 per machine, per day. The Casino at Ocean Downs' contribution to the Education Trust Fund in October came in at roughly $1.7 million. The local impact grant contribution for the month came in at $193,053.


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Voters in southeastern Arizona go to the polls Tuesday in a special election to fill the rest of the congressional term of former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
Giffords, a Democrat, resigned in January, a year after she was critically wounded in a shooting rampage. Running to fill the remaining six months of her term are her former aide, Ron Barber, and Republican Jesse Kelly, a businessman and Iraq War veteran.
The special election has echoes of the 2010 congressional campaign in the Tucson-based 8th Congressional District.
Kelly is once again the Republican candidate; he lost by about 4,000 votes to Giffords in 2010. He's running against Barber — who was Giffords' top aide in Arizona.
But of course, nothing is the same in the district since the 2011 shooting, in which Giffords and Barber both were hurt and six people were killed.
Barber and Kelly have tangled over a number of issues, in what by all accounts will be a tight race in a year when both parties are scrambling for every seat in Congress.
Barber tells NPR, "I've been hearing over and over again from middle-class Arizonans that they're really feeling squeezed and that no one really cares about their concerns."
Kelly, who in the 2010 race called Social Security a ponzi scheme, has backed away from that comment.
He declined to be interviewed by NPR, but last week on MSNBC, he said beneficiaries of Social Security and Medicare should be given choices between government and private programs.
"Right now, Medicare recipients are getting less quality care than they ever have because the access to doctors is decreasing. That's because the government simply won't pay its bills," Kelly said. "Doctors are trying to get paid for the Medicare patients and they're not getting paid by the government."
Kelly says he would support the repeal of President Obama's health care bill, the Affordable Care Act. Barber says parts of the program should be kept and others made to work better.
In the aftermath of last year's shooting, Kelly has toned down his 2010 "Send A Warrior To Congress" campaign theme, although a PAC supporting Kelly this time around sent out a fundraising email using a photo of the ex-Marine in camouflage holding an assault rifle.
Kelly's own ads have presented a kinder, gentler image of him as a family man.
The National Republican Congressional Committee has run ads on Kelly's behalf, implying Barber would be a pawn for Obama.
Barber has tried to keep Kelly from tying him to the president in a district that leans Republican. During a debate last month, he even refused to say whether he'd vote to re-elect Obama.
Now Barber says he would, and he accuses Republicans of trying to nationalize the special election.
"This race is really about Congressional District 8, the southern part of our state, and the communities and the people that live here," Barber says. "I'm not going to be drawn into a national debate about issues that have nothing to do, ultimately, with what's good for the people I hope to represent."
Barber has outraised and outspent Kelly, but Kelly has benefited from slightly more spending by outside groups, according to the campaign finance watchdog OpenSecrets.org.
Barber held a rally Saturday night with Giffords, who made a rare public appearance on behalf of her former staffer.
Her husband, former astronaut Mark Kelly, stood nearby, saying Giffords' decision to step down to focus on her rehab was incredibly difficult.
"But she knew that at that point it made sense for her to step down. And the person that she knew could represent this community the way she did is this man, standing to our left," Kelly said at the rally.
No matter who wins Tuesday's special election, both candidates say they'll be back on the campaign trail this fall, running for a full two-year term. But the winner will clearly have the advantage going into November.
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LG Corporation is a South Korean multinational conglomerate
corporation. It is the fourth-largest company of its kind in South
Korea, following Samsung Group, Hyundai Motors Group and SK group. Its
headquarters are situated in the LG Twin Towers building in Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul. LG makes electronics, chemicals, and telecom products and operates subsidiaries such as LG Electronics, Zenith, LG Display, LG Telecom and LG Chem in over 80 countries.