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Commissioner to help with 'elves' drive'
The District 5 Commission Office is helping Aging Solutions with its annual Elves for Elders campaign this holiday season.
The "Elves for Elders Drive" benefits individuals served by Aging Solutions. All donations received will go directly to services and needs of wards in Brevard County.
Aging Solutions has a wish list for each of the 83 seniors in its care. The District 5 Office is helping distribute these wish lists through an Adopt-a-Senior program.
To participate, contact the District 5 office by calling (321) 253-6611 or stop by the offices at 1515 Sarno Road, Melbourne, to request the wish list of a senior. Lists are now available.
You will be given a list for a specific senior with items that he or she would like to receive for the holidays.
Items are not luxurious but meet basic needs, such as socks, pajamas, robes, sweatpants, lotions, soaps, bras and underwear.
You would then place the items in one large Christmas bag (no wrapping, no tissue paper) and bring them to the District 5 office, which will get the items to Aging Solutions.
For more information, call (321) 253-6611.
Humane Society membership drive under way
Become a valued member of the Central Brevard Humane Society and receive additional savings, all while helping the homeless animals in the community.
You can start your membership for as little as $15 for an individual or $25 for a family membership. There are also gold, platinum and lifetime membership opportunities available. Your membership term will be good for one full year and starts the day you sign up.
Membership dues are used to care for the animals at the shelter.
Membership cards can be purchased (tax-free) at the Central Brevard Humane Society's Shelter, their "Low Cost" Spay/Neuter & Wellness Clinic (both located in Cocoa), and any of their four Molly Mutt Thrift Shops (located in Merritt Island, Melbourne, Palm Bay and Rockledge).
For more information, contact the Central Brevard Humane Society at (321) 636-3343 or visit www.crittersavers.com.
Hospice nears second decade
Hospice of St. Francis received zero deficiencies in its latest Medicare survey, marking nearly 20 years since Brevard's only independent, nonprofit hospice has received even a single deficiency from Medicare surveyors.
Medicare surveyors visited Hospice of St. Francis in mid-September. Dozens of areas are reviewed in the survey, including:
Hospice plan of care
Coordination of services
Compliance with federal, state and local laws and regulations related to the health and safety of patients
Medical director responsibility
Protection of information
Physician services
Nursing services
Counseling services
In 1990, Hospice of St. Francis was certified as a provider of services to Medicare and Medicaid patients.
Hospice of St. Francis, which serves all of Brevard County, was founded in 1977 and had offices in Titusville and Melbourne.
It is Brevard's only independent, nonprofit hospice, serving the pain relief and symptom management needs of patients nearing end-of-life.
For more information on programs and services, visit www.hospiceofstfrancis.com.
Spring sport lacrosse
For the first time in 48 years, Cocoa Beach High School will be offering the spring sport lacrosse for both boys and girls.
Lacrosse is one of the oldest sports played in North America, often played by Native Americans to resolve conflicts.
It is now one of the fastest-growing sports at the high school level, with more than 4,000 players in Brevard County alone and is sanctioned as a championship sport in 21 states.
The sport of lacrosse is a combination of basketball, soccer and hockey. Anyone can play lacrosse - big or small. The game requires and rewards coordination and agility, not brawn.
The cost of outfitting a lacrosse team is less than outfitting a team for hockey or football, but is something our schools are unable to provide.
Due to extreme budget cuts in the public school systems, there are no funds available to pay for coaches, referees, field equipment or uniforms. It's now up to the players to provide the necessary funding on their own.
Last month several local hair stylists and barbers gave up one of their busy Saturdays to volunteer to cut hair at the Cocoa Beach Recreational Center.
With the help of many parents, students and local merchants, the "Cut-A-Thon" fundraiser was a great success!
With raffle sales, donations, $10 haircuts and tremendous community support, the lacrosse booster was able to raise $1,000!
Foundation again supports students
Recently, the Harris Corporation, through the Community Foundation for Brevard, presented the Brevard Schools Foundation with a check for $110,000, which will be used to fund multiple programs during the 2012-13 school year.
The donation supports Harris' primary philanthropic platform, which is for quality education, specifically in the area of STEM - Science, Technology, Engineering and Math - as these disciplines are extremely important to the future of high tech companies.
Harris employees have given significant time and talent to promote STEM in grades kindergarten through 12, volunteering almost 16,000 hours with the Brevard Public Schools.
Harris is an international communications and information technology company serving government and commercial markets in more than 125 countries.
Headquartered in Melbourne, the company has approximately $5.5 billion of annual revenue and about 15,000 employees, including 6,000 engineers and scientists.
Harris is dedicated to developing best-in-class assured communications products, systems and services.
The Brevard Schools Foundation is a direct support 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization that matches community resources with the needs of teachers and students. It is ranked fifth in the nation for support to schools.
To learn more or to become a mentor or supporter, visit www.brevardschoolsfoundation.org or call (321) 633-1000, Ext. 756.
Adventure at the space center
This winter, children can have an "out-of-this-world" campout at the Kennedy Space Center's Overnight Adventure.
Guests will come face-to-face with a real astronaut camp experience while camping beneath an actual moon rocket.
They will test their skills on a rocket scavenger hunt and see a larger-than-life IMAX film.
The program includes dinner, snack and a continental breakfast and is ideally designed for youth groups, Scout troops and school group's ages 7-14.
Operating hours for Overnight Adventure are 4:30 p.m. to 9 a.m. the following morning.
Tuition for the program is $99, plus tax, per participant and $79, plus tax, for each attending chaperone. One chaperone per five youth members is required.
For more information or to book an adventure, call (321) 455-7036 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Festival seeking sponsors
The 16th Annual Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival, set for Jan. 23-28, is seeking local sponsors, donations, new or gently used items (for silent auction) and volunteers.
The festival usually draws more than 5,000 participants in the field trips, photography field workshops and classroom presentations offered throughout the county.
For more information, call (321) 268-5224, email firstname.lastname@example.com or visit www.spacecoastbirdingandwildlifefestival.org.
Real estate professional attends summit
Brian Lightle of Lightle Beckner Robison recently attended the brokerage owner's success summit at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business.
The R. David Thomas Center at Duke University hosted the commercial real estate brokerage owner's success summit.
The exclusive and intensive two-day conference was restricted to 50 commercial real estate owners and managers across North America.
Lightle Beckner Robison is a full-service, commercial real estate firm specializing in office, retail, industrial, investment properties and asset property management.
LBR serves Brevard county extending across Florida and Georgia.
For more information, visit www.TeamLBR.com.
Group gets jackets for dogs
The Central Brevard Humane Society recently received a donation of 55 Thundershirts through a grant, valued at more than $2,100, from the Petfinder Foundation to use on the homeless dogs at the shelter in Cocoa.
The jackets are designed to reduce the stress and anxiety in shelter dogs, in turn, making them more adoptable and better able to find their new "forever" homes.
Phil Blizzard, whose 10-year-old, 50-pound mutt, Dosi, was extremely frightened by loud noises, such as thunderstorms and fireworks, founded Thundershirt in 2009. The gentle constant pressure of the Thundershirt worked to calm Dosi during those times, according to the company website, thundershirt.com.
The Petfinder Foundation saves lives through adoptions, helping shelters prepare for and recover from disaster and working to make sure animal welfare organizations are more sustainable.
For more information, contact the Central Brevard Humane Society at (321) 636-3343 or visit crittersavers.com.
Lacrosse tournament is continued success
For the second-straight year, the Florida Tech men's lacrosse program hosted a successful "Battle at the Beach" tournament. Not only did the Panthers show great promise heading into the second year of the program, they also raised money for a good cause.
All proceeds from the second annual tournament were donated to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Melbourne Central Catholic's Hustler Stadium saw crowds supporting each of four teams competing at the event. Fan bases could be heard cheering after each goal was announced over the public address system. It didn't matter which team found the back of the net.
Joining FIT at the event were club teams from Palm Beach Atlantic University, the University of Central Florida and the University of South Florida.
For the second-straight year the Panthers won all three of their games, totaling 47 goals on the day. FIT will continue to prepare for its second season in the Deep South Conference beginning in February.
Mall to upgrade movie screens
The Searstown Mall in Titusville, in a joint venture with Spotlight Theaters, will upgrade all 10 movie screens to new digital projectors.
All seating will be upgraded to stadium-type seats, which are wider, more comfortable and able to recline.
This will also give more distance between patrons, making the movie-going experience more comfortable.
In addition, the entire movie theater will be renovated and upgraded, included new carpeting, lighting, wall treatments and renovated restrooms.
There will also be a new, expanded concession.
Addition information can be obtained by calling the Titusville Chamber of Commerce at (321) 267-3036.
Sea turtles get more help
In 2012 the Sea Turtle Preservation Society was awarded two grants by the Sea Turtle Conservancy from monies provided through the purchase of sea turtle license plates in Florida.
The first grant was for a boater education program designed to make boaters aware of the sea turtle population in both the ocean and the Indian River Lagoon.
The second grant was to provide equipment to the Sea Turtle Preservation Society's stranding and salvage team that responds to injured, stranded and dead sea turtles throughout Brevard County. They are the primary group that responds to such calls in the county.
Monies were used to purchase three specially designed constructed carriers or "stretchers" needed when removing a 250-pound turtle from the beach. Water and shockproof digital cameras were purchased to assist in reports on injured turtles
For more information, call (321) 392-3223 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Lawyer joins board of governors
Andrew Pickett, an assistant state attorney in the 18th Judicial Circuit, was recently selected and sworn in to serve a two-year term on the Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division board of governors for this district.
His fellow young attorneys-at-law in Brevard and Seminole counties elected Mr. Pickett to the post.
He will be one of two representatives serving a two-year term on the board of governors for the circuit.
Additionally, he serves as the president of the Brevard County Bar Association Young Lawyers Division.
For more information, call (321) 617-7548.
Phone company gives to United Way
For more than 60 years, AT&T and the AT&T Foundation have been strong supporters of the United Way both at the national and local levels.
AT&T has continued this legacy of support through a contribution of $8,000 to United Way of Brevard County.
In 2012 alone, AT&T gave $5.77 million to 574 local United Ways across the country.
The United Way of Brevard County will use the contribution to support programs that create long lasting change in the local community.
Additional information about AT&T and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at www.att.com.
New NASA online science resource available
NASA has a new online science resource for teachers and students to help bring Earth, the solar system and the universe into the schools and homes.
Called NASA Wavelength, the site features hundreds of resources organized by topic and audience level from elementary to college and out-of-school programs that span the extent of NASA science.
Educators at all levels can locate educational resources through information on educational standards, subjects and keywords and other relevant details, such as learning time required to carry out a lesson or an activity, cost of materials and more.
For access to NASA Wavelength, visit http://nasawavelength.org. For information on NASA's science mission directorate, visit http://science.nasa.gov/. For information about NASA education programs, visit www.nasa.gov/education.
College sophomore earns award
The College Sports Information Directors of America recently named Florida Tech's Drake Hillman to its Capital One Academic All-District 5 Men's Soccer Team.
Hillman, a sophomore forward, currently has a cumulative grade point average of 3.63, while working toward his degree in meteorology. He was also named to the FIT Athletic Director's Honor Roll after his first season with the Panthers.
The Plymouth, England, native was recently named to the All-Sunshine State Conference Men's Soccer Second Team. He is also a two-time SSC Men's Soccer Player of the Week.
Hillman led the Panthers for the second consecutive year in points (17) and goals (7). In two seasons, he has collected 12 goals and five assists for 29 career points. Hillman also has recorded five career game-winning goals, three this season.
For more information, visit www.cosida.com/media/documents/2012/11/Mens_Soccer_2012_Academic_All_District_Teams.pdf or call (321) 674-7484.
Spot the international space station over your backyard
On the 12th anniversary of crews continuously living and working aboard the International Space Station, NASA has announced a new service to help people see the orbiting laboratory when it passes overhead.
"Spot the Station" will send an email or text message to those who sign up for the service a few hours before they will be able to see the space station.
When the space station is visible - typically at dawn and dusk - it is the brightest object in the night sky, other than the moon. On a clear night, the station is visible as a fast moving point of light, similar in size and brightness to the planet Venus.
"Spot the
Station" users will have the options to receive alerts about morning, evening or both types of sightings.
The International Space Station's trajectory passes over more than 90 percent of Earth's population. The service is designed to only notify users of passes that are high enough in the sky to be easily visible over trees, buildings and other objects on the horizon.
To sign up for "Spot the Station," visit http://spotthestation.nasa.gov.
For information about the International Space Station and a full list of sightings, visit http://www.nasa.gov/station.
University qualifies for first-ever championship appearance
Florida Tech men's cross country used a pair of top-five finishes at the NCAA Division II South Regional at Sharon Johnston Park to rank the team in third place, good enough to qualify for its first-ever NCAA Division II National Championship.
Two All-Sunshine State Conference runners did not disappoint for the Panthers as senior Moses Kirui and graduate student Chris Cacciapaglia finished second and third, respectively, to lead the Crimson and Gray.
Another All-SSC runner David Boiywo added another top-25 finish for the Panthers with a time of 33:08.89. Ross Russell and Ezekiel Zauner rounded out the scoring for FIT with 39th and 48th place finishes, respectively.
While this is the first team qualification for the Panthers, the Crimson and Gray are no strangers to the national stage. Last year, Kirui was the top South Region runner, qualifying for the national championship in Spokane, Wash.
For more information, call (321) 674-7484.
University victorious in golf tournament
Florida Tech men's golf finished the 2012 fall season with a victory over Brevard Community College in the Collegiate Players Cup. The Panthers earned four points in individual match play to outlast BCC in a 9-7 win.
Facing a 5-3 deficit, BCC battled back to even things at 5.5 points each. The Panthers got a much-needed victory from sophomore Brandon Lau to retake the lead at 6.5-5.5. BCC's Kyle Benson took Match 12 to even the score for a second time on the day, however junior Justin Kalanquin brought the score back in FIT's favor with a 3-and-1 win.
Holding a 8-7 lead, sophomore Ray Badenhorst took a 1-up win with a par on the final hole to bring home the overall team victory. The Panthers took victories in three of the individual matches while halving two matches to hold the 2-point lead.
The Panthers conclude the fall season, but will now turn sights to the spring championship season. Last season, FIT earned a pair of victories before taking third in the Florida Blue Sunshine State Conference Championship.
High school student selected as national scholar
Ian Chan, a junior at West Shore Junior/Senior High School, has been selected as Brevard's 2012-13 Sunshine State Scholar. Included below is a complete list of the Brevard Sunshine State Scholar finalists.
This prestigious award recognizes superior achievement in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Selection was based upon test scores, GPA, advanced coursework, and successful participation in co-curricular and extracurricular STEM activities.
Ian and other Sunshine State Scholars from around the state will be honored in February at a two-day Sunshine State Scholars Program in Orlando.
For more information, contact Walter Christy, director of secondary programs at (321) 633-1000, Ext. 310, or Cyndi Van Meter, associate superintendent of curriculum and instruction, at (321) 633-1000, Ext. 300.
The 2012-13 Brevard Sunshine State Scholar finalists are: John Garrett, Astronaut High School; Kevin Nguyen, Bayside High School; Rachel Rintelmann, Cocoa High School; Albert Halbing, Cocoa Beach Junior/Senior High School; Rebecca Fleeman, Eau Gallie High School; Diana Konarzewski, Edgewood Junior/Senior High School; Brian Truong, Heritage High School; Nina Li, Merritt Island High School; Ali Mata, Melbourne High School; Luis Salazar, Palm Bay High School; Coleman Hilburn, Rockledge High School; Yasmine Zubi, Satellite High School; Aaron Giles, Space Coast Junior/Senior High School; and Luke Evans, Viera High School.
Register for race
Registration is now open for the 20th annual NASA Great Moonbuggy Race, which challenges high school, college and university students around the world to build and race fast, lightweight "moonbuggies" of their own design.
The students' work will culminate in two days of competitive racing April 26-27, at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala.
NASA created the event two decades ago to complement classroom learning, provide young thinkers and builders with real-world engineering experience and inspire them to consider careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, the STEM fields.
International registration for the 2013 race closes Jan. 7. Registration for U.S. teams closes Feb. 4.
Participating high schools, colleges and universities each may register up to two teams and two vehicles.
For complete rules and to register, visit http://moonbuggy.msfc.nasa.gov.
Racers compete to post the fastest vehicle assembly and race times in their divisions, while incurring the fewest penalties.
Prizes are awarded to the three teams in each division that finish with the lowest final times.
NASA and industry sponsors present additional awards for engineering ingenuity, team spirit, best debut by a rookie team and more.
To date, more than 5,000 students from around the world have participated in the races.
More than 350,000 people watched live and archived coverage of the spring 2012 race on NASA TV and on Ustream
Creative art winners announced
In early November, the Creative Arts Foundation of Brevard held an "All That Art" gala at the King Center for the Performing Arts in Melbourne.
More than 100 people attended to view and acknowledge the winners of the competition. This exhibition will run through Monday, Dec. 3.
The following photographers were recipients of cash awards: Lars Wentzle $500, Andei Belyi $300 and Heidi Thamert $200.
Honorable mentions who all received $50 were : Liesl Walsh, Patricia Corapi, Marc Szcaensy,Lindsay Szalkowski,Donna Herring, Rebecca Gomme, Erika Masterson, Lynn Luzzi $50, Chuck Palmer and Steve Gibson.
For more information, call (321) 254 3398.
Golf tournament a success
The Viera East Ladies 18 Hole Golfers hosted the annual combined 18/9 holers tournament in early November.
Gladys Gillette and Joyce Shorts of the 18 Holers made arrangements for the tournament, called "Make A Wish," Dottie Tauble and Beth Cowger from the 9 holers helped with the signing in.
Each hole was a surprise and the best was "skip the over the water hole on No. 14."
Elaine Ferrantelli, 18 Hole president, arranged lunch.
Placing first was the team of Sue Buttner, Elaine Ferrantelli, Gladys Gillette and Marchelle Zweber.
Basketball legend/hall of famer attends local luncheon
Nearly every seat was occupied in the Hartley Room in the Denius Student Center on the Florida Tech campus recently, as the 2012-13 basketball season kicked off with the Florida Tech Panther Club tip-off luncheon.
National Basketball Association legend and Hall of Fame member Sam Jones recounted tales of his playing days.
Mr. Jones was the guest speaker of the luncheon and spoke for nearly half an hour to the nearly 160 people in attendance. He captivated his audience with tales of playing with his Boston Celtics teammate and superstar Bill Russell while recounting humorous stories of a budding on-court rivalry with the likes of Wilt Chamberlain and Oscar Robertson.
The 10-time NBA champion and five-time all-star concluded his speech by directly addressing the members of both the men and women's teams.
He emphasized the importance of their education over any basketball success.
Mr. Jones played NCAA Division II basketball at North Carolina Central, before becoming a first- round draft pick in 1957.
Mr. Jones was preceded in the luncheon by remarks from head men's and women's basketball coaches Billy Mims and John Reynolds.
For the 2012-13 men's basketball schedule, visit www.floridatechsports.com/mbasketball/schedule/.
For the 2012-13 women's basketball schedule, visit www.floridatechsports.com/wbasketball/schedule/.
Schools named visual art schools
The Florida Department of Education and the Florida Art Education Association recently named Challenger 7 Elementary, Atlantis Elementary and Astronaut High Visual Art Demonstration schools.
Art teachers at each school submitted an extensive application for the award in June 2011.
The art program at Challenger 7 is under the direction of Pam Van Heiningen. Leah Andritz is the instructor at Astronaut High. Christie Berrier was the art teacher at Atlantis at the time of the application, but has since accepted an opportunity at another school in the county.
The Visual Art Demonstration school program is a new collaboration between the Department of Education and the Florida Art Education Association. It provides schools opportunities to earn recognition for outstanding visual art education programs. Such programs promote growth of skills and knowledge in two- and three-dimensional art, as students strengthen their problem-solving skills and modes of perceiving the environment.
In order to qualify as a Visual Art Demonstration school, schools must be certified in kindergarten through sixth grade or kindergarten through 12th grade in art education and offer significant opportunities for arts instruction.
The art program must also demonstrate connections to the local community through activities such as community art exhibits and service-learning projects.
For more information, call (321) 633-1000, Ext. 361 or email email@example.com.
Removing gall bladder through belly button
A surgical team at Wuesthoff Health System in Rockledge recently performed a da Vinci single-site cholecystectomy. In this surgery, the patient's gallbladder is removed through one tiny incision in the belly button, making the procedure virtually scar less.
Led by H. Drexel Dobson III, general surgeon, the team removed the gallbladder using Single-Site instruments on a da Vinci System.
The minimally invasive procedure is traditionally called a laparoscopic cholecystectomy (gallbladder removal).
Using robotic assistance, surgeons removed the gallbladder through an incision of approximately 2 inch.
The Food and Drug Administration cleared the specialized single-site instruments for use with the da Vinci System in December 2011.
Dr. Dobson is one of a small group of surgeons in the country who has received training to perform the surgery.
Potential benefits of single-site gallbladder surgery may include virtually scar less results, minimal pain, low blood loss, fast recovery, a short hospital stay and high patient satisfaction.
The surgery can be performed in about one hour with a typical hospital stay of less than 24 hours.
During the procedure, the surgeon sits comfortably at a console, viewing a 3-D, high-definition image of the patient's anatomy.
The surgeon uses controls below the viewer to move the instrument arts and camera. In real-time, the system translates the surgeon's hand, wrist and finger movements into more precise movements of the miniaturized instruments inside the patient.
Unlike traditional robotic surgeries requiring three to five small incisions, this new technology allows for a single incision in the belly button where instruments are placed and the diseased gallbladder is removed.
Regatta crew performs well
Space Coast Crew recently competed against 10,000 fellow competitors at the 2012 Head of the Hooch in Chattanooga, Tenn.
Held on the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, the Head of the Hooch is the second largest regatta in the nation and the largest in the south.
More than 10,000 competitors, representing thousands of teams from across the nation and Canada, raced at this year's Head of the Hooch.
Overall, the 2012 Head of the Hooch was a successful weekend for the men and women of Space Coast Crew.
All the athletes performed well, posting times and results earning of respect among a group of teams from across the U.S. and Canada.
With the end of the Head of the Hooch weekend, Space Coast Crew ends its fall season and transitions to winter conditioning.
The Brevard County rowing team will compete next at the Southern Sprints indoor rowing event on the campus of Florida Technical College in early February.
To join the youth or adult program or get more information, visit www.spacecoastcrew.org.
Senior club championship winners named
The Savannahs Senior Club Championship, held in early November, has announced its winners after 36 holes:
Flight: age 50-65:
Low gross: first place: Phil Gay: 157, second place: Ron Galbraith: 160, third place: William Dykowski: 165
Low net: first place: Ron Lust: 130, second place: Jim Ross: 141, third place: Bernardo Beorlegui: 146
Flight: age 66-74:
Low gross: first place: Wayne Ivan: 160, second place: Ed Madigan: 164, third place: Pete O'Neil: 164
Low net: first place: Gerry Geeser: 136. second place: Jon Windhorst: 142, third place: Paul Kuisle: 152 and Tom Weber: 152
Flight: age 75 and older:
Low gross: first place: John Richardson: 183, second place: Kim Juranek: 204
Low net: Maurice Meisner: 148
Thirty-nine players participated in the event and were treated to an awards luncheon following the final round.
Savannahs Golf Club is at 3915 Savannahs Trail, Merritt Island.
For more information, call (321) 455-1375.
Ski club adventures
Brevard County has a very active snow ski club, Space Coast Ski Club, which offers wonderful prices on ski trips. Group travel is so easy, and the trips are filled with fun-filled people. The trips are planned and organized, from start to finish, and all you have to do is sign up and write your check.
The Space Coast Ski Club is part of the Florida Ski Council that consists of 17 clubs from all over Florida. The purpose of the Florida Ski Council is to promote snow skiing and to plan trips to ski destinations both in the United States and abroad.
A local Brevardian is now president of the Florida Ski Council. Clair Quenzler, a native of Merritt Island, who grew up water skiing and not snow skiing, is the president. She is enthusiastic about snow skiing, but mostly enjoys the fun and adventuresome people she has met on the Space Coast Ski Clubs trips.
The Florida Ski Council trips for 2013 are to Heavenly (Lake Tahoe) and Big Sky. The trips for 2014 are Snowmass and Park City.
For more information, visit spacecoastskiclub.com.
Foundation celebrates volunteers
Recently, the Space Coast Cancer Foundation hosted a Daffodil Society volunteer luncheon to honor the time and energy donated by local community members.
The luncheon was held at the Space Coast Cancer Center Titusville office.
Daffodil volunteers were able to share testimonies in helping patients by volunteering and giving back to the community. There are many opportunities to volunteer with SCCF.
The SCCF mission is to assist cancer patients and their caregivers in the community with the financial and emotional demands that are associated with the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
If you are interested in becoming a Daffodil volunteer, call (321) 264-5504.
Hospice honors volunteers
Hospice of St. Francis' purpose is to provide care, compassion and comfort for Brevard residents nearing end-of-life and their families.
Volunteers play an important part in fulfilling that mission.
Providing more volunteer hours than the national average, Hospice of St. Francis volunteers were honored for their contributions at a recent appreciation dinner.
Volunteer Tim Brown received recognition for contributing 333 patient support hours in the past year. He transports patients, provides visits, errands, respite and has even visited patients in his Santa Claus suit. He also volunteers with the Retired Senior Volunteer Program, Meals on Wheels and homeless veterans.
Volunteer Carl Dome was acknowledged for volunteering 495 hours in administrative support. Carl works in the office, providing administrative support to the bereavement and admissions teams, in addition to couriering.
Several volunteers celebrated milestone anniversaries: Lisa Aaron, Frank Ballistreri, Martha Hyde, Pat Widick and Joyce Wilson with five years of service; Amy Boland, Loretta Kerr and Bonnie Thompson with 10 years of service; and Betty Kitchens with 15 years of service.
In addition to honoring the specially trained volunteers, community crafters were recognized for donating Alzheimer's activity aprons, lap robes, clothes protectors and handcrafted cards for hospice patients.
To learn more about volunteer opportunities, call (321) 269-4240 and ask for volunteer coordinator Vicky Hamilton at the Titusville Office or Mary Larson at the Melbourne Office.
Hospice of St. Francis, Brevard County's first hospice, is an independent, non-sectarian, nonprofit organization providing care for patients and support for loved ones.
For more information about programs and services, call (321) 269-4240, (866) 269-4240 toll free or visit www.hospiceofstfrancis.com.
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FORT MYERS: Residents of the Horizons Apartment complex on Boy Scout Drive in Fort Myers just learned they are going to be evicted because the complex is becoming public housing.
"I know my income is way too high for public housing," said William Bowman.
Bowman has lived at Horizons for seven years.
He left Tuesday's meeting unhappy. He now has to move out.
The apartment complex has been losing nearly $30,000 a month – and several units are badly in need of repairs.
That's why the Housing Authority stepped in to take over.
"There are some of the capital improvements that we can't do now in a private market," said Marcia Brown.
Horizons isn't the only apartment complex with financial issues, although the Housing Authority says it is unlikely other apartment complexes will have a similar fate.
The Housing Authority plans to help out the tenants every step of the way.
Bowman says that's not enough.
"I don't have money to move, and I'm tired of this, this is ridiculous, when they're going to make this low-income rent, when I've been paying for seven years," said Bowman.
Tenants who qualify for Section 8 housing will be able to stay. Others, as soon as they get their eviction notice, will have 90 days to move out.
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Hello NG, I am new to flash and I do hope to get better. Each level was made after I learned something new in flash. This is my first submission so please dont hate ^^
For those of you who do not like the locks, press home in the main frame and it will unlock every level.
Rated 3.5 / 5 stars March 27, 2010
Simple, but good
You kept things very simple, which I thought to be quite good. It was an easy premise, and you managed to pull it off rather well.
The only thing I would recommend adding would be to add some music, or sound effects to the game. Even improving the graphics wouldn't hurt a but.
As far as the graphics in general, they were fine. It was basic, but all the bits of animation that you used were quite smooth. You might want to work on your collision detection a bit more, but you definitely seem to be on the right track.
Very decent quality for your first submission.
Wow I didnt expect a review this fast. Thank you for your advice.
Rated 3.5 / 5 stars March 27, 2010
nice but
could probably use music sounds and fancier graphics. But it was enjoyable and I doubt I could do better. So very nice good first flash and Good luck for anymore you make.
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pretty good but.......
well you can use the rightclick forward technique and ill help you fix it edit the fla and on the first frame open the "actions"panel and copy and paste this AS(actionscript);
function doSomething() {
MENU = new ContextMenu();
Functioned = new ContextMenuItem("INSERT ANY TEXT HERE", doSomething);
_root.menu = MENU;
you change the text in the qoutation marks and thats how to end the right click ok?hope i helped > . >
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It SMELLS. My boyfriend would comment on this everytime he leaned in to kiss me. As a product, it works, does its job, but I would NOT buy this again because it literally stinks!
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(I said "Yes" to repurchase but I'm having a sordid affair with the Hourglass Ambient powder as my go-to face makeup. See my review!) I have mostly unblemished skin that's normal-to-combo, and I was previously using the non-organic PF powder as I'm lazy and can't be bothered to apply liquid foundations. Curious to try the Organic Wear, I picked it up in Translucent Light (same shade as the non-organic stuff). I honestly don't notice much of a difference between the organic and non-organic, other than the smell, which I don't think is very strong and I don't mind it either way. I apply the PF face powders with a MAC kabuki (182?) and it's very nice for evening out my skin...but be careful, it can get cakey/overly powdery if you're too heavy-handed on application. I'm not a huge fan of the cardboard packaging -- feels cheap and if it gets wet, you're in trouble. I also felt the organic wear lasted longer than the non-organic powder...but I dunno. I will probably buy this again if I can find it: my store had the organic wear on super-sale, and then it was gone. :( EDIT 8/12/14: It appears that this product is on its way out, as my color is impossible to find in stores. Booo!
This looked like powder. It gives a white cast.
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Bad color payoff, it's really translucent... Felt more drying than other types of pressed powders I have purchased before. I couldn't stand the smell either... Smelled horribly.
As I have read in comments before it has a cute packaging and all of that, but that's not really important, at least for me. Could work for setting liquid foundation (like all pressed powders out there). All in all, nothing special about this one.
Unlike the other reviewers, I really like this pressed powder. I use only mostly natural products. I have been using Pur Minerals pressed powder in Porcelain, which was a perfect match for my skin tone, and made my face look great. But with a $30 price tag, and how it only lasted me about 4-5 weeks, I had to find something a bit cheaper. I bought Physician's Formula Organic Wear in Translucent Fair, hoping for the best. When I got it and tried it out, I was pleasantly surprised. It went on smoothly and matched my skin tone perfectly. I'm so happy that I've found a cheaper, but still natural pressed powder.
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So, my mother bought this for herself and unfortunately it didn't match her skin tone. It comes out much more fair than it looks in the package. So I took it and decided to use it since I had just run out of my Studio Fix powder. I put my usual concealer around my eye area, then set it with this using a large fluffy powder brush. I continued to buff it in all over my face using the big fluffy brush and it looked good! It doesn't give full coverage, but I would say its light and build able.
I love that this product is organic since I do have sensitive skin.
This WOULD be a really great powder, for someone else. For one, I have oily skin and this powder really doesn't do much for that. It also isn't the matte finish I much prefer. Lastly, the brush it comes with is horrible. It's super scratchy and just icky.
However, if you're looking for a powder that's light coverage and natural/dewy finish, this ones for you. I would also recommend more for normal skin.
I had high hopes from this product, it being organic and all.
Maybe i had a bad product,as the powder has a horrible skunk-like stink to it.
Applied on the face, even with a moisturizer base, it does not go on evenly. End result is splotches of powder. This product is not cheap either.
Update - this product is working quite well for me now. Maybe my skin has adjusted to the ingredients. I have also figured out the correct way to apply the powder so that it goes on evenly.
Apart from the skunky smell, it is quite good.
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This was actually a pretty decent powder. The colour I got, Warm Beige Organics, matched me perfectly (NW35). The oil control was pretty good, my face would still look fairly matte at the end of a five hour shift at work (only blotting once). The coverage is fairly minimal, but I don't mind that since my skin has cleared up a lot and I don't need much coverage anymore. The only reason I wouldn't repurchase is that although its a pretty good powder, it's not a stand out product for the price you pay. The only reason I tried it in the first place was because I found it at Winners for half the usual price, I would never pay the full price for this since there are so many other powders out there that can give the same results but cost a lot less.
This is my least favorite face powder of types I have tried in the past year or so. It changed colors dramatically over the day into this weird orangey cast on my face, has kind of an odd smell, and chalky poor texture. My oily skin will usually get through a foundation or powder in just a couple hours, but I was almost immediately shiny with this. It's also one of the few powders where I can sort of feel it "sitting" on my skin. I think Physicians Formula is a good company compared to many other drugstore brands, but they just have a bad formulation with this particular product.
I love Physician's Formula so I was extremely disappointed in this powder. It did NOTHING for me. It just sat on the oily areas of my face and made them oilier looking. It's extremely, terribly cakey, AND it is far too expensive for the quality. Ugh, I'd give this 0 lippies if I could.
The only thing I LOVE about this is the packaging. It's magnetic and very cute and stylish. The plastic cover is kinda meh, but the overall container is just adorable. :)
But again, I highly disapprove of the product. PF is known for their gorgeous powders, so I'm thinking I just got a bad batch...:(


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What is kanafeh? Only the best dessert ever invented. It's a pastry that is essentially made of flour, sugar, and cheese and cooked in giant pans over huge coil burners. It's not for everybody—the haters, as I call them, think that it is much too rich; they say it is "like eating pure sugar." But fans of kanafeh are not shy about expressing their fierce love of the golden, mouthwatering, multi-textured, succulent dessert. Are you listening, American entrepreneurs? Open a kanafeh shop in your neighborhood and make a fortune—I guarantee it!
Arriving an hour after the official start of the festivities, I learned that the 1.5 tons of kanafeh were wolfed down within a matter of minutes in an anarchic free-for-all; some people even vaulted themselves into the tray and mushed their feet around in the stuff. I'm not sure if this was out of some chaos-induced primal instinct or just the rumor that there was a set of keys to a brand new car submerged somewhere along the 75 meter long runway set up to house the record-setting pastry.
After hearing of the totally brutal and unceremonious consumption of the kanafeh, we (a crew including myself, my British ex-roommate, two Americans, and a Swiss) were less disappointed that we had missed the event. We headed over to one of the most famous kanafeh places in Nablus, where a sizable crowd was clustered around a pan of kanafeh, which has the socially magnetic power similar in scope to a keg at any college party in America. Which reminds me to tell you that alcohol is not sold in Nablus, so if you absolutely need to drink there, make sure you bring the booze in from outside and drink it inside–with the curtains closed! I cannot overstate the importance of that last part. If there were two words I could use to describe Palestinian social culture, they would be: "People talk."
After trying to savor our squares of kanafeh the best we could, and after talking to two indefatigably curious students from Al-Najah university for what seemed like forever, our group headed towards the biggest park in Nablus to smoke argeela and chill out for a bit, given the stress of pushing through crowds for the past hour. Although our presence as foreigners in Nablus had already turned a few heads in the streets, it did little to prepare us for what happened at the park.
Within a minute of entering the park and strolling up to the table of argeela vendors, we were surrounded by at least twenty Palestinian teenagers all clamoring to have their picture taken with us. One boy in the crowd was wielding a clunky disposable camera coated in some sort of thick waterproof plastic shell; he pointed and shot as I put my arm around two, three, four of the shabaab (Arabic for "youth" which often used when addressing a group of boys).
At first the experience was a bit flattering. Here was our 15 minutes of fame! We were getting our hands shaken and our pictures taken; we were like a rare celebrity sighting to these kids who were utterly bubbling over with enthusiasm. Curiously enough, the park seemed to be filled only with shabaab—no females and very few older men. But then again, perhaps my perception is such because my line of sight was completely blocked by a wall of teenage boys.
When we sat down in the grass to smoke, and as our 15 minutes became 30, then 45, and as the shabaab swelled to probably over 60 boys, the experience became much less charming. While we sat on the ground and passed around the argeela hose, we were encircled by a towering crowd of gelled-up, peppy Palestinian teenagers with ridiculously tacky belt buckles; they stared at us like we were completely nude. They all were chattering, shouting, pressing in on our backs—on the left, a guy played us a guitar riff (someone mentioned that it was a cover of Akon) while on the right, some guy unfurled his pet snake to show off. The testosterone in the air was nauseating.
Yet no later than a half hour later, the shabaab had somehow managed to surround us again and they seemed louder and closer than ever. A dose of fear crept into me, wondering what this keyed-up crowd of boys that had us utterly surrounded would do now that they knew we wanted them gone. I offered one of them a grape and he took it unsmilingly and crunched on it in such a way that the juice squirted onto my face. Probably a coincidence, but a storyteller cannot resist making such connections. I was starting to feel very uncomfortable amongst these Palestinian Guidos—they could not be described as hostile, but I'm not sure they could be described as friendly at this point either. Finally, when a pebble from God-knows-where landed with a clang on the ashtray of the argeela, we made an exit from the crowd not unlike beleaguered politicians pushing through a mass of paparazzi and press.


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Dramma per musica in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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After the end of the Trojan War, the people of Crete are awaiting the return of their ruler Idomeneo. Imprisoned, the Trojan captives are led by Princess Ilia, the daughter of the Trojan King Priam, killed in the war. Ilia is torn between conflicting feelings: on the one hand she wants to remain true to her father by feeling only a desire for revenge against the Greek, and on the other hand she senses a growing affection for Idamante, Idomeneo's son. Her inner conflict is interrupted by Idamante, who gathers the people together to announce the release of Ilia and all the Trojans as a gesture of peace. At the same time, he declares his love for Ilia who, however, rejects him by pointing out the enmity of their fathers. The joyful mood of the united peoples ends abruptly when Arbace, the King's confidant, brings the news that Idomeneo has been shipwrecked. In despair, Idamante rushes to the beach.
The grief at Idomeneo's death affects not only Idamante: Electra also laments the loss of the ruler. She was hoping for him to intercede on her behalf in her wooing of Idamante. After the murder of her mother Clytemnestra and her mother's lover Aegisthus by her brother Orestes, Electra came to Crete to win the prince as her husband. The idea that he could now give his heart to the Trojan Ilia is almost driving her insane.
Contrary to Arbace's report, Idomeneo has not perished in the storm at sea but was able to persuade Neptune to accept a vow from him: his life for that of the first person he meets on land. However, hardly has Idomeneo stepped on the beach when he regrets his rash vow because the first person he encounters is Idamante. While Idamante is overjoyed to find that the father he thought to be dead is very much alive, Idomeneo forbids him to have any contact with him. Idamante is left behind distraught on the beach.
In despair, Idomeneo turns to Arbace who has a solution: Idamante should leave the island with Electra to protect him against Neptune's vengeance. No-one must know about the fatal vow. Unaware of the recently decided union of the Prince and Electra, Ilia hurries to Idomeneo: she is now ready to accept him as her new father.
Electra has received the news of her departure with Idamante and takes her farewell of Crete and its people. The separation of Idomeneo and Idamante is far more difficult. A sudden storm frustrates their departure and an enormous sea monster threatens the island. When the people call for the guilty person who has offended the gods, Idomeneo discloses Neptune's demand but conceals the fact that the sacrifice he is required to offer is Idamante.
Ilia meanwhile admits her love for Idamante. When Idamante leaves to fight the sea monster, Ilia reveals her feelings to him. The happiness of the young couple is brief: the death and destruction caused by the monster throw the people into uproar. Led by the high priest, they call for the required sacrifice to be made. Idomeneo now for the first time reveals the name of the chosen victim. Despite the general dismay, the killing of Idamante is supposed to be carried out.
While preparations for the sacrifice are made, cries of victory are heard in the distance: Idamante has defeated the sea monster. However, Idomeneo is aware that the execution has to be enforced. Arriving from his battle with the monster Idamante is ready to die for the good of his people. At this moment, Ilia interrupts the ceremony and offers herself as the sacrifice. But a different decision is taken: Idamante will rule from now on with Ilia as his wife, Idomeneo will abdicate as King. Furious about this, Electra drives herself into a rage. The people crown its new ruling couple.


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By the end of the month, nearly every city-owned vehicle — there are about 330 of them — will be equipped with a GPS tracking its use by city workers.
The only exemptions are about 15 police vehicles used by officers for surveillance operations, undercover drug buys and to assist with federal investigations.
"GPS is part of the accountability policy we have in the city," said Mayor Charles Sammarone. "It increases accountability, which hasn't been as good as it should be in previous years. We have a lot of good employees, but it's like when I worked in the school system, we had a lot of good students, but a few ruined it for the others."
Nearly all of the GPS units are installed, with the rest being put into city vehicles during the next couple of weeks, said Rick Deak, the city's chief information officer.
A number of vehicles, including police patrol cars and most of those in the water and fire departments, have had GPS for several months.
The policy about monitoring city vehicles through GPS takes effect Aug. 1, Deak and Sammarone said, though departments that already have the tracking devices have been using them. It was distributed to department heads Monday.
The city paid about $200,000 for the installation of the GPS, Deak said.
The exemption for certain police vehicles is because GPS records are subject to public-records requests, which could "thwart criminal investigations and risk law-enforcement officers' safety," Chief Rod Foley wrote in a letter to Sammarone.
Also, the GPS can protect city employees falsely accused of spending city time not doing their jobs, Sammarone said.
Breen McNally, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 2726, which represents about 90 water- department union members, said GPS devices were installed in department vehicles about four to five months ago.
"There hasn't been a problem," he said. "We haven't had anyone do anything wrong. It's there for our protection. We get crazy calls about us being where we're not supposed to be. It helps us out."
Each department supervisor will be responsible for monitoring the GPS for his/her employees. Sammarone said he'll monitor the supervisors' vehicles.
The city GPS policy also requires "unexplained prolonged inactivity" to be reported to the information technology department, for all data to be remain on the city server for 45 days and be downloaded and permanently retained elsewhere, and for employees driving city-owned vehicles between home and work to get permission from the mayor or his designee if that person's normal route isn't taken.
Also, Sammarone wants an evaluation done in the next six to 12 months to determine if those who take home city-owned vehicles need to continue to do so.
About 110 city-owned vehicles are taken home by employees with about 40 of them permitted to be for personal use as those employees are on 24-hour call. Those vehicles are for employees such as the police and fire chiefs, other top officials in the police and fire departments, the water commissioner and other top staff at that department, the public-works deputy director, the buildings and grounds commissioner, the park and recreation director, and eight wastewater officials.
The rest are forbidden to use city-owned vehicles for personal use.
"At the end of six months or a year, department heads will evaluate and determine if employees really need cars or is it just a perk," Sammarone said. "Fifty years ago, public-sector jobs didn't pay as well as private-sector jobs so the city would give workers a city car as a perk. It was never right. But now, public-sector pay is probably better than the private sector. We need to be more accountable. If we find people who shouldn't have cars or don't need them, we'll take them away."
That will reduce the city's costs for cars, gas and insurance, he said.
The city has about 750 employees and about 330 vehicles.
"We can't afford it anymore," Sammarone said.
As part of his accountability program, Sammarone had time clocks placed in city departments in September 2012 at a cost of about $23,000.
"We find things here and there," Deak said when asked if people are clocking in late. "But it's a pretty clean record."
This will be his Legacy!
I have seen many city vehicles sitting in McD parking lots with someone sleeping inside. At bottom dollar shopping, all the time at the local banks. Why should I pay for these people to sleep and shop?
330 cars is way too many . There needs to be vehicle fleet management introduced , so that Council cars are booked out on an "as needed" basis - just like a car rental agency .
Most of the cars vehicles are not special purpose & a lot of those on call could use private vehicles for those rare callouts . Generally , if a car doesn't cover 10,000 p.a. on City business , its questionable whether the City should own it .
The GPS data will give Council an accurate analysis of real vehicle need , & the breakdown between City & private use of City vehicles . This analysis will indicate what the new fleet size ought to be .


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HOUSTON—In a game filled with unexpected and dramatic twists, Ravens cornerback Josh Wilson acknowledged that he was more shocked than anyone else at the end in Reliant Stadium.
Wilson's 12-yard interception return for a touchdown in overtime lifted the Ravens to a 34-28 victory, rescuing them from a monumental fourth-quarter collapse and keeping them in a commanding position in the AFC playoff race.
An announced crowd of 71,113 was stunned when the Ravens rolled out to a 28-7 lead when rookie David Reed returned the opening kickoff of the second half 103 yards for a touchdown. The Ravens' defense could only watch in disbelief as the Texans scored on their final five possessions of regulation -- including touchdown drives of 99 and 95 yards -- to tie the game with 21 seconds left in the fourth quarter.
But it was Wilson's turn three minutes into overtime when he saw wide receiver Kevin Walter run outside and quarterback Matt Schaub's pass sail inside right to him.
"I still can't believe that really happened," said Wilson, a former University of Maryland player who was acquired in a trade from the Seattle Seahawks just before the regular-season opener. "I was saying, 'Catch the ball, catch the ball, catch the ball.' And game over."
Wilson's fourth career interception return for a touchdown -- and his first as a Raven -- helped the Ravens (9-4) stay within a game of the AFC North-leading Pittsburgh Steelers (10-3) and moved into the No. 5 seed in the AFC. The Texans (5-8) essentially saw their long-shot playoff chances end with their sixth loss in seven games.
The Ravens offered no apologies for losing a fourth-quarter lead for the eighth time this season.
"It's all about winning," Wilson said. "That's all we care about at the end of the day: Did we win or did we lose? It doesn't matter what the score is as long as we keep winning. If we win out, we're Super Bowl champs."
Wilson's turnover came after Houston had scored the last 21 points in regulation, including 15 in the fourth quarter.
It marked only the second time that the Ravens had relinquished a 21-point lead. In 1997, the Ravens failed to hold a three-touchdown advantage in a loss to Pittsburgh.
"He's the hero of the game," coach John Harbaugh said of Wilson. "He made a play in a critical situation on the road in overtime in December in the playoff hunt."
The Ravens lost a lead in the final three minutes of regulation for the third time this season, but this one could be the most dramatic of them all. The Ravens' 28-7 lead -- which came one play into the third quarter on David Reed's kickoff return for a touchdown -- crumbled when Houston scored on its final five possessions of regulation.
The Texans marched 99 and 95 yards for touchdowns on their final two drives. On their last series of the fourth quarter, Houston took over at its 5-yard line with no timeouts. But the Texans tied the game when quarterback Matt Schaub, who had what seemed to be forever to stand in the pocket, hit Andre Johnson for a 5-yard touchdown and Jacoby Jones for a two-point conversion. That tied the game at 28 with 21 seconds left in the fourth quarter.
The Ravens' offense shut down in the second half, managing 71 yards on five scoreless possessions after halftime.
"Believe me, when we get up like that, we don't want the game to have to come down to the fourth quarter," said quarterback Joe Flacco, who was 22 of 33 for 235 yards with two touchdowns and five sacks. "We like to finish them off and play good football for 3 ½ quarters and let our offensive line win the game for us at the end. It just has happened. We'll work on that, but as long as we're winning football game, we're going to be happy. We're a 9-4 football team right now, and we're feeling pretty good about ourselves."
As in last week's loss to Pittsburgh, the Ravens' offense once again failed to close the game out.
On third-and-2 at the Texans' 44-yard line, the Ravens chose to throw the ball instead of run it with a 28-20 lead and 2:54 left in the fourth quarter. Houston cornerback Glover Quin broke up the pass to Anquan Boldin, and the Ravens had to give the ball back to the Texans.
It was bold decision considering what occurred eight days ago against Pittsburgh. The Ravens made the game-changing turnover by deciding to throw the ball on second-and-5 at midfield with a four-point lead and 3:22 remaining.
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Deluxe Double or Twin RoomMax Occupancy: 3 guests (up to 2 children, 2 infants)
Standard Double or Twin RoomMax Occupancy: 2 guests (up to 1 child, 1 infant)
4-star romantic hotel in Budapest near Hungarian National Museum
With a stay at Danubius Hotel Astoria City Center, you'll be centrally located in Budapest, steps from Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives and Dohany Street Synagogue.
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Make use of convenient amenities such as wireless Internet access (surcharge), babysitting/childcare (surcharge), and supervised childcare/activities. This hotel also features gift shops/newsstands, shopping on site, and wedding services.
Grab a bite to eat at the hotel's restaurant, which features a bar, or stay in and take advantage of room service (during limited hours). Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge.
Featured amenities include high-speed (wired) Internet access (surcharge), a business center, and dry cleaning/laundry services. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available on request).Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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At your hotel
The hotel offers a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. This 4-star property offers access to a business center, audio-visual equipment, and a meeting/conference room. Complimentary WiFi Internet access is available throughout the hotel. Event facilities measuring 27-266 square meters include banquet facilities. This romantic hotel also offers a concierge desk, room service, hotel safe, laundry and dry cleaning, airport shuttle, rent-a-car, babysitting service on request, souvenir shop. A total renovation of this property was completed in 2008.
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
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- Business center
- Porter/bellhop
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Multilingual staff
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- Gift shops or newsstand
- Shopping on site
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
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- Year Built 1914
- Elevator/lift
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Wedding services
- Free Wi-Fi
- One meeting room
- Luggage storage
- Total number of rooms - 138
- Bar/lounge
- Number of floors - 6
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Supervised childcare/activities
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Available in all rooms: Free Wi-Fi
Available in some public areas: Free Wi-Fi
In your room
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Minibar
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Complimentary toiletries
- Hair dryer
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Desk
- Satellite TV service
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Free Wi-Fi
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Soundproofed rooms
- Climate control
- Shower/tub combination
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Rollaway/extra beds available
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The traditionally fashionable Mirror Café & Restaurant serves guests with excellent Hungarian delicacies and a brilliant combination of Eastern and Western flavours. Our fusion cuisine offers an exquisite marriage of different culinary cultures. Our cellar includes the latest premium wine selections from Hungarian wine producers. While enjoying pastry, ice cream or coffee specialities in our restaurant, one can sense the atmosphere of a typical Pest Café at the turn-of-the-nineteenth-century. Open: 7.00 a.m. - 23:00
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When you arrive
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
When you leave
Check-out time is 11 AM
How you can pay
Accepted at this hotel: American Express, Diners Club, JCB International, MasterCard, Visa
Your pets
Pets allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- No onsite parking is available.
- Breakfast fee: HUF 4500 per person (approximately)
- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: HUF 3200 per day (rates may vary)
- Self parking fee: HUF 4500 per night (in/out privileges)
- Pet fee: HUF 7500 per pet, per night
- Rollaway bed fee: HUF 9000 per night
We should mention
A resort fee is included in the total price displayed. Children 12 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
National Rating
Hotelstars Union assigns an official star rating for properties in Hungary. This property is rated 4 star.