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Fans of the nautical, the meticulous or the random will be fascinated by this selection of paintings, maps, charts and photographs from the archives of the famous museum in Greenwich, London.
It's fair to say that whilst we've fallen in love with many of the eclectic and extraordinary images housed at the National Maritime Museum archive, we're no nautical experts. So we've turned to the curators to shed some light onto their most revered images.
"The Admiralty Ships Plans Collection is the largest of its kind held by the National Maritime Museum. Covering 250 years of warship development, it documents the period of relative design stability that prevailed throughout the age of sail, and the great upheavals and advances in naval technology of the 19th century and after. Nominally technical working drawings, the plans of the late Victorian and Edwardian eras display an extraordinary degree of artistry, down to the application of colour wash highlights and shading to individual shells in the ships' magazines.
Some of the greatest vessels in the Royal Navy's history are represented; Victory, Speedy, Warrior, Captain, Devastation, and Dreadnought to name but a few. However, while the Collection preserves the memory of ships that achieved fame in service or for being marvellous technological milestones, it also does the same for those that did not achieve such stature – including HMS Hector.
Hector and her sister Valiant were conceived and designed as cheaper alternative to the highly expensive Warrior and Black Prince. This did not necessarily make them poor ships, but the attempt to achieve too much on a limited displacement caused difficulties in the construction of both ships. When completed, Hector was so far above her designed weight that her coal capacity and guns had to be reduced to compensate. This attempt to save weight probably contributed to omission of hoisting mechanisms for the ship's propeller, originally designed to be lifted clear of the water when she relied on sail power. At sea the ship proved manoeuvrable, but had an unfortunate tendency to roll heavily. Nonetheless, Hector remained in service until 1885. She ended her days as a floating torpedo warfare school, and in 1900 had the distinction of being the first Royal Navy ship to be fitted with a wireless transmitter."
Fascinating stuff. Here at Surface View, we love bringing plans to life on a big scale. You'll find HMS Hector among many other vessels in our NMM archive here.


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Carmelo Anthony preaches patience with new coach, offense
While star forward Carmelo Anthony said he's "enthusiastic" and "optimistic" for the upcoming season, he still wants everyone to practice patience.
Knicks wrap up season with win over Raptors
The Knicks wrapped up their season as it began — undermanned — but that still didn't deter them from ending it the right way.
Knicks coach Mike Woodson proud of team despite falling short
Mike Woodson and New York were officially eliminated from the playoffs when the Heat fell to the Hawks on Saturday night.
Knicks' playoff hopes slipping away with loss to Heat, Hawks win
An unsurprising Knicks loss, paired with a surprising Hawks win, has New York's playoff hopes on life support.
Phil Jackson: Knicks will be tough out in playoffs
The Knicks just snuck into the final spot in the playoffs Wednesday night, but new president Phil Jackson is already talking tough.
Knicks blow big lead in loss to shorthanded Cavaliers
The Knicks were unable to avoid a late-game catastrophe as they bumbled to a 106-100 defeat by the hapless Cavaliers.
Phil Jackson rumors swirl as Knicks dispatch Sixers
Phil Jackson has previously shot down feelers to coach the Knicks, but is rumored to be "close" to joining the franchise to run basketball operations.
Knicks plan to play Raymond Felton despite gun charges
Knicks point guard Raymond Felton may be in hot water with the New York legal system, but the only thing he's concerning himself with right now is the Heat.
Knicks lose to Mavericks on Dirk Nowitzki buzzer beater
The Knicks continued their struggles at home with a heartbreaking 110-108 loss to the Mavericks in the final seconds.
New York Knicks midseason report card
Type "bad" into a thesaurus and you'll have all the words you need to describe the 2013-14 Knicks. Actually, look up "lazy" and "disappointing" too.

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On Ireland's western coast, at the mouth of the River Corrib, the city of Galway boasts charm, history, and cuisine. From a centrally located four-star hotel, you and your expert guide set off to explore the city's busy streets—stopping to listen to buskers play the fiddle, lingering at pubs, and wandering the medieval waterfront docks. Kayak down the Corrib with a local, who will show you hidden lakes and ruined castles along the way. Taste cheeses with a glass of fine wine alongside Ireland's famous cheese mongers. However you choose to enjoy Galway, you'll find an authentic and quintessentially Irish experience.
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Arrival and guided walk through medieval Galway
Known since the Middle Ages as the "City of Tribes" for its 14 ruling families, Galway is not only a gateway to Ireland's scenic west, but also a vibrant cultural center. It's long been an important Atlantic port—Columbus stopped here in 1477—and its ancient walls are entered through the 16th-century Spanish Arch at the top of the pedestrian mall. A center for Irish language, it has a permanent Irish language theater; and it is also focused on the nearby ocean, with the Galway Atlantaquaria, the National Aquarium of Ireland.
Upon arrival in Galway, you make your way to your centrally located hotel. The best way to experience Ireland is in the company of a local, and this afternoon you join one of Galway's most colorful characters on an introductory (90-minute) small-group walking tour of his hometown. He guides you through its winding pedestrian streets, stopping at some of the city's most famous landmarks that span the centuries, and of course finishing with some great pub suggestions.
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Galway, Ireland
Ideally located just off Eyre Square in the heart of Galway, this four-star hotel offers spacious and inviting rooms with warm decor, all amenities, and special attention to soundproofing. Its award-winning restaurant is a local favorite, along with its traditional wood-paneled bar, also serving meals.
Morning guided city walking tour, easy; afternoon option of guided kayaking or boat cruise, both followed by cheese tasting
After a satisfying Irish breakfast, you meet your local guide for a full-morning walking tour. Galway's history is inextricably linked to the waters that surround it and run through it—on one side is the country's largest lake and on the other the Atlantic Ocean, with a network of rivers, streams, and canals connecting the two. Galway's waterways provide a fascinating glimpse into the city's past. You begin at the sea, visiting the contrasting medieval and modern docks before heading upstream toward the National University of Ireland. Along the way you pass St. Nicholas's Church, the Salmon Weir Bridge, Nun's Island, and Galway Cathedral. After lunch, you can choose to either kayak or cruise along the Corrib River. If you choose to kayak, a private guide accompanies your paddle through hidden lakes and past ruined castles. Alternatively, if you opt for a boat tour, you step aboard the renowned Corrib Princess to cruise up to Lough Corrib. (*Please let us know your preference at the time of your booking.) Both options end at Ireland's most famous cheesemongers, with a glass of wine and a cheese board of some of the country's excellent local cheeses.
Park House Hotel
Galway, Ireland
Ideally located just off Eyre Square in the heart of Galway, this four-star hotel offers spacious and inviting rooms with warm decor, all amenities, and special attention to soundproofing. Its award-winning restaurant is a local favorite, along with its traditional wood-paneled bar, also serving meals.
Following breakfast in the hotel, you check out and depart at your leisure.
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Bear in mind that this is a typical itinerary, and the actual activities, sites, and accommodations may vary due to season, special events, weather, or transportation schedules. We reserve the right to alter the itinerary since tour arrangements are made up to a year in advance, and unforeseen circumstances that mandate change may arise. Itinerary changes are made to improve the tour and your experience. If you are currently booked on a CW adventure, an itinerary has been sent to you for your exact departure date. Please call CW at 800.464.9255 if you have any questions about the exact itinerary or hotels selected for any of our tours.


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Brand Names: Cycloset, Parlodel
Generic Name: bromocriptine (Pronunciation: BROE moe KRIP teen)
What is bromocriptine (Cycloset, Parlodel)?
The Cycloset brand of bromocriptine is used together with diet and exercise to treat type 2 (non-insulin dependent) diabetes. Cycloset is not for treating type 1 diabetes.
The Parlodel brand of bromocriptine is used to treat certain conditions caused by a hormone imbalance in which there is too much prolactin in the blood (hyperprolactinemia). Symptoms include lack of sexual development in adolescents. Women may have missed menstrual periods, loss of interest in sex, hot flashes, infertility, or unexpected breast milk production and leakage from the nipples. Men may have enlarged breasts, decreased libido, decreased facial or body hair, and loss of muscle. Parlodel is also used to treat these disorders when they are caused by brain tumors that can produce prolactin.
Parlodel is sometimes used together with surgery or radiation in treating acromegaly, a condition caused by a pituitary gland tumor that produces too much growth hormone.
Parlodel is also used to treat symptoms of Parkinson's disease, such as stiffness, tremors, muscle spasms, and poor muscle control.
Bromocriptine may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.
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What are the possible side effects of bromocriptine (Cycloset, Parlodel)?
Get emergency medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficult breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.
Stop using bromocriptine and call your doctor at once if you have a serious side effect such as:
Less serious side effects may include:
This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
What is the most important information I should know about bromocriptine (Cycloset, Parlodel)?
You should not use Cycloset if you are breast-feeding, if you have migraine headaches that cause you to faint, or if you are in a state of diabetic ketoacidosis (Call your doctor for treatment with insulin).
You should not use Parlodel if you have uncontrolled high blood pressure, if you have high blood pressure caused by pregnancy (eclampsia or preeclampsia), or if you have recently had a baby and you have a history of coronary artery disease or severe heart disease. You may need to stop taking Parlodel if you become pregnant during treatment. Follow your doctor's instructions.
You should not breast-feed a baby while taking bromocriptine.
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The MGM Grand Garden was patterned after New York's Madison Square Garden. Sight lines are good and the sound is just dandy. Home of the Billboard Music Awards, the groups booked here vary greatly and have included Backstreet Boys, Elton John, Bon Jovi and a number of sporting events, including championship boxing and rodeos. Valet parking available.
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Records daily activities, 22 July 1860 - 13 Apr. 1861, of a widowed plantation mistress, including the management of slaves; preparation and preservation of food; menus offered to guests; winery procedures; and the distribution of supplies to the slaves at her Sand Hills and Cabin Branch plantations. Volume also contains Brevard's personal reflections on slavery and secession; will and appraisal of her estate; notes on the summer resort of Adams Hill; and genealogical information on the Adams, Goodwyn, Boykin, Hopkins and related families
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Inspired by a legacy and influenced by a modern state of mind, the Georg Jensen Moonlight Grapes are featured in the latest issue of Vs. Magazine, worn by fabulous Erin Wasson.
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Former Husband Willie Christie Unveils His Intimate Portraits of Vogue's Creative Director
Innovatively lit and offering a cinematic edge, Willie Christie shares his experimental photos of former wife Grace Coddington, taken at the home they shared through the 70s and 80s when the flame-haired beauty cut short her modeling career to become Fashion Editor of British Vogue. The couple collaborated on Christie's radical first cover for the fashion bible, a lipsticked jelly-eating mouth––an image so arresting that the issue on which it featured was the biggest selling to date. Today a director and screenwriter, Christie had a boyhood passion for Hollywood sets and film noir that remains palpable throughout his work (notably in a belle époque-style image of Coddington draped across their sofa and spot lit). "She simplified things," Christie says of her influence on his work. "Sometimes you need only a metaphor of a set, a hint of what it might be. A story going on just out of frame." The images are part of Limited Edition Collection at London's Eight Club, which exhibits Christie's groundbreaking work across fashion, music and film during his decade as a photographer. A tribute to polished 70s romanticism and emboldened 80s glamour, the show includes shots of style icons like Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie and Jerry Hall, and haunting stills for Pink Floyd's album The Final Cut. "I would love to work with Grace again on a mutual artistic project," says Christie. "She's just so brilliantly talented, an intuitive visionary."
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Evolution Business Systems (EBS) specialises in business solutions that free you up to focus on managing your business.
EBS does this by automating your core business processes and integrating your specialist business applications with the right financial management solution. With deep expertise in the leading financial application Microsoft Dynamics NAV, EBS works alongside their clients to understand their business and vision, and offers solutions to support these both now and into the future.
Microsoft Dynamics NAV provides companies with industry specific functionality that's relevant to the local needs of their regions of operation, even for the most highly specialized industries and organisations. Microsoft Dynamics NAV is easy to use and offers rapid adaptability and simplified customisation enabling companies to easily add functionality, custom applications and online business capabilities. With Microsoft Dynamics NAV, employees can become more effective and the company more competitive.
EBS work alongside our clients to strategically document and map out a tailored implementation plan. EBS specifies all stages of implementation, with installation timelines based around modules, team responsibilities, guidelines, risks and contingencies. EBS also clearly maps out variations and external needs based around hardware, client specifics and network requirements. EBS has the implementation methodology to suit your project: whether it is a rapid implementation to get you up and running quickly or a detailed long-term project with specified customisations to match your unique operation.
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Overton High School Awarded Laura Bush Foundation Grant
Memphis, Tenn. – Overton High School has been awarded a grant from the Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries. These grants are awarded annually to support efforts to expand, update and diversify school library collections. Overton is one of 238 schools across the nation to be awarded this grant for the 2012 – 2013 school year.
Founded in 2002, the Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries has awarded more than $9.5 million to schools in all 50 states and U.S. territories. Each year, schools are awarded up to $5,000 to further literacy their efforts. The mission of this foundation is to help students become lifelong learners of information, as well as prepare students to become career and college ready.
Overton High School will use its grant to purchase additional resources for the school's library. The grant will also allow for continued improvements in its library collection and create an increased focus on reading to help students excel academically.
In 2011, Sheffield High School and Treadwell Elementary were named Laura Bush Foundation grant recipients.
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Our international students love to travel! This semester, our international students have had the opportunity to explore several locations close to Allegheny. So far, they have visited the Crawford County Fair (right here in Meadville), the nearby city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, & the world-famous Niagara Falls in the state of New York, among other places. Click Here to see some pictures of these excursions.
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MILWAUKEE (WTAQ) - Wisconsin voters will make history Tuesday when they elect a new U.S. senator to replace the retiring Democrat Herb Kohl.
If they choose Democrat Tammy Baldwin, she would become the state's first female U.S. senator – after she became the state's first woman to be elected to the House in 1998. Also, Baldwin would be the nation's first openly gay person to serve in the Senate.
If Tommy Thompson wins, Wisconsin would have two Republican senators for the first time in about 60 years.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel says Joe McCarthy and Alexander Wiley are the last pair of Republicans to serve the Badger State in the Senate in the 1940's and 50's. Also, the 70-year-old Thompson would be the state's oldest first-time senator.
According to the University of Minnesota, the average of age of Wisconsin's newly-elected senators is 45 over the course of a century – and a Thompson victory would raise that number to 47. At 50, Baldwin would also be older than the state average.
In addition, it's very possible that Wisconsin voters will choose a president and a U.S. senator from different parties – something that's happened only twice in the same election in the last 100 years.
The last time was 1968, when Wisconsin carried Republican President Richard Nixon while re-electing Senate Democrat Gaylord Nelson.


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CER Rescue Packs:
CER Radios: Each on duty rescuer carries a Motorola HT1000 portable radio. These radios are simple yet effective. Their design offers reliability and durability even in extreme weather conditions. These radios can be paged by security, altering rescuers. A unique feature of these radios is that they can be silent until paged, at which time they resume normal 2-way radio functions. CER operates on the same frequency as Colby Security.
CER Uniforms:CER rescuers are dedicated to maintaining a professional appearance at all times. Aside from the rescue pack and radio carried by each rescuer on duty, the following clothing articles help to identify CER members: the CER Duty Shirts are navy blue T-shirts with "COLBY EMS" printed in white across the back, and the CER seal printed on the left chest. These shirts are always worn during a duty shift. CER Pullovers may be worn by Rescue Ones while on duty. These navy blue pullovers bear the CER seal on the left chest, the rescuer's name on the right chest, and the American Flag with "RESCUE-ONE" written below it on the right arm. CER Sweatshirts are navy blue and have "COLBY EMS" printed in white across the back, and bear the CER seal on the left chest. CER Duty Coats are "safety green" over black with reflective striping and have "COLBY EMS" printed in reflective material across the back, and bear the CER seal on the left chest. These coats are intended to be highly visible so that rescuers can easily be identified. CER uniforms are only worn by rescuers when they are: on duty, training, or representing CER.


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Curious about the newer model? Check out the 2015 GMC Acadia
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The Acadia is the first crossover SUV sold by GMC and shares its structure and many of its features with the Saturn Outlook and the Buick Enclave. The Acadia attempts to take the appearance and capabilities of an SUV and add a measure of practicality and efficiency. It seats up to eight people, has ample room for luggage or cargo and offers good fuel economy. Considering that most SUVs never leave paved roads, GMC expects the Acadia's street-focused ride, handling and available all-wheel drive to make up for its lack of off-road capability. Competitors of the Acadia include the Honda Pilot, Dodge Durango and Ford Explorer.
If you need lots of room to haul people and cargo but hate the look of a minivan, you'll like the Acadia. It combines a large, usable interior and good gas mileage with attractive SUV-like exterior styling.
If you are one of the few drivers who travel off-road in your SUV, the Acadia may not be for you. Its available all-wheel-drive system is designed to enhance traction during on-road driving, not during off-highway adventures.
As concerns about the environment and fuel costs drive consumers to look for alternatives to SUVs, the Acadia fills an important role for GMC. It allows the brand to establish a presence in the rapidly expanding category of crossover SUVs, where smart packaging and efficiency are more important than sheer size.
Driving Impressions Thanks to a body-on-frame design and street-focused suspension, the Acadia drives more like a car than an SUV. Handling is good with precise steering response, controlled body lean and plenty...of traction during cornering. Eighteen-inch wheels are standard, with an optional 19-inch wheel and tire package available, which sharpens handling without sacrificing a comfortable ride. The GMC Acadia accelerates swiftly but front-wheel-drive models suffer from noticeable torque steer. Many drivers will appreciate the raised seating position which gives a clear view of the road. However, a high belt line limits rearward visibility, making parking lot maneuvers more difficult.
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The third-row seats in the Acadia are roomy and bolstering on the seat backs makes extended journeys comfortable. Access to the rear seats is extremely easy thanks to a clever mechanism that slides the second-row seats out of the way.
Dual Sunroofs
The optional dual sunroofs add a feeling of spaciousness to the interior. The fixed rear sunroof features a large opening and a power sunshade for when the sunshine gets too intense.
Inside, the GMC Acadia is roomy, versatile and utilizes high-quality materials. An attractive two-tone look is used throughout the Acadia lineup, with an available "brick interior" adding striking red surfaces for those with adventurous tastes. The Acadia can accommodate up to eight people in three rows, with ample head- and legroom for all. Wide rear-door openings and second-row seats that slide forward make getting into and out of the third row easy. Behind the third-row seats is an impressive 19.7 cubic feet of cargo space and, with second and third-row seats folded flat, cargo room expands to 116.9 cubic feet. The interior's usability is enhanced with numerous cup holders, storage spaces and additional storage beneath the rear cargo area.Exterior
With the Acadia, GMC smartly avoids the excessive body cladding that plagued some of General Motors' previous SUVs. The result is a handsome package that looks masculine and up-scale. Bulging fenders and standard 18-inch wheels give the Acadia a strong stance, with tasteful chrome accents and LED tail lamps adding a touch of class. A rear spoiler looks sporty and contributes to the Acadia's low aerodynamic drag. Other nice details include dual exhaust outlets with two chrome tips per side, chrome accents on the roof rails and beautifully-shaped headlamps.
The GMC Acadia is well-equipped and includes, as standard, GM's OnStar system with one year of complimentary service, AM/FM/CD stereo with six speakers and MP3 capability, seven-passenger seating, dual exhaust with chrome tips, rear spoiler, sliding second-row seats, fog lamps and 18-inch wheels. Safety features include StabiliTrak with rollover mitigation, anti-lock brakes (ABS), Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) and six airbags.
GMC offers a variety of convenience and luxury features for the Acadia. Dual sunroofs and a rear entertainment system make the drive more enjoyable and, unlike with some vehicles, can be ordered together. The interior can be outfitted with a touch-screen DVD-based navigation system, tri-zone automatic air conditioning, premium audio with surround sound, XM Satellite Radio, a Head-Up Display, cargo area audio controls, rear park assist and eight-passenger seating. Exterior options include a power liftgate, High Intensity Discharge (HID) headlamps and an attractive 19-inch wheel package.
The Acadia's strong 3.6-liter V6 uses variable valve timing and an electronic throttle to enhance responsiveness, delivers good engine power and provides a maximum tow rating of 4,500 pounds. The six-speed automatic transmission maximizes engine performance and helps the Acadia achieve excellent fuel economy for a vehicle of its size. However, the transmission can be slow to react to throttle inputs, resulting in delayed downshifts when trying to pass other vehicles.
3.6-liter V6
275 horsepower @ 6000 rpm
251 lb.-ft. of torque @ 3200 rpm
EPA city/highway fuel economy: 18/26 (FWD), 17/24 (AWD)
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By Coeburn on Thursday, September 11, 2014
I own this car - My approximate mileage is 39,500overall rating 8 of 10rating details
Pros: "Drives great. Quiet. Good power. Roomy."
Cons: "Poor mileage. Too much hard plastic."
Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 8
"Mostly roomy, quiet and handles well. Pulls my 4,000lb boat fairly well. Only gets 17 on the highway not towing and 10 towing. Not enough room to get my left leg comfortable and hard, cheap plastic everywhere. Chrome around A/C vents is absolutely blinding when the sun hits it just right. Love the rear A/C, Bose 5.1 10 speaker sound system and the heated and cooled seats. AWD works great in the rain and on slick boat ramps. Rear DVD screen is very small. Navigation is DVD based but works fairly well. Bluetooth will not stream music from your phone, but voice calls are not too bad. Stability control is amazing. Love the HUD. Don't ever want a car without it."
16 people out of 32 found this review helpful
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By MT on Thursday, September 04, 2014
I own this car - My approximate mileage is 22,000overall rating 7 of 10rating details
Pros: "Looks great, comfortable, good size"
Cons: "Hard to maneuver and park, paint chips, not rugged"
Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 2
"Oh, my beautiful truck. The paint chips and scrapes off this thing, it's unbelievable. Some pieces of weather trim are coming off and I have to it back together all the time. It's kinda difficult to drive and park, I thought I'd get used to it, but I'm not. Worst of all, WHY did I buy an SUV no all-wheel drive? It slides all over the place. I thought I'd have it forever but here I am shopping again."
10 people out of 16 found this review helpful
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By Malone on Sunday, August 24, 2014
I own this car - My approximate mileage is 114,000overall rating 9 of 10rating details
Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 10
"This is my first SUV after a lifetime of driving a pick up. The Acadia is a very good looking car, best I class. The safety features are excellent and the automatic all wheel drive saved me a potentially catastrophic accident on snow and ice. I was mildly disappointed with the gas mileage, but, I have never had a six cylinder vehicle before and this car is heavier than most in it's class. I am a big guy, the car was comfortable with plenty of room. I enjoyed the car and I never had a problem with the vehicle in 114,000 miles...very well maintained and no repairs in 6 years. I am 56 and this has been one of my favorite vehicles in 40 years of driving."
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By Sam on Thursday, August 14, 2014
I don't own this caroverall rating 4 of 10rating details
Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 4
"Where do I begin? Very disappointed in many respects. I leased this SUV in Feb. and have put on 3,000+ miles. I assumed that getting heated & cooled leather seat would give us the most comfort. WRONG!! Seats are hard & uncomfortable, cooling feature is a waste. It starts working as you arrive at your destination. Engine is noisy on acceleration. Gas mileage absolutely stinks (18 on Interstate). Roomy? Yes, and A/C works well, but that's about it. It's Overpriced for what you get. I turned in a 2011 Chrysler T&C for this and wish I hadn't. We are seniors and looked for more comfort but got less. Glad I didn't buy it."
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By errol on Tuesday, August 12, 2014
I own this car - My approximate mileage is 36,500overall rating 9 of 10rating details
Pros: "great looking,excellant handling and fuel savings,"
Cons: "none"
Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 10
"Before the Acadia i drove GMC Yukon Denali,s,sold the big boat and now drive the Acadia.Great SUV,comfortable,plenty of power,and lots of room."
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By Headhound on Monday, August 04, 2014
I own this car - My approximate mileage is 1,200overall rating 10 of 10rating details
Pros: "Space, ride comfort, ruggedness, styling"
Cons: "OnStar is primitive, entertainment system limited"
Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 10
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White Haven, PA – December 2005 - The moon is riding high over Elk Mountain in the northern tier of Pennsylvania and the night air is crisp, some would say freezing. But Mike Barhite is warm inside the cab of a giant snow groomer, crawling on Caterpillar treads toward the top of "Tunkhannock", one of the toughest ski trail on the mountain.
Instinctively, his hands are constantly roaming over the levers that adjust the multi-angle blade in front of the headlights and the tiller behind. The tractor breaks up the crusted snow and moves it to where it's needed, while the tiller smoothes it out into a corduroy surface.
Clear across Pennsylvania, at Seven Springs Mountain Resort, Bill Cavalcante is also piloting a grooming "Cat", but his conditions aren't so bright. The snow farmers have the entire arsenal of snowguns blowing, and the only light cutting through this man-made blizzard is the high beams of his groomer. But the way Cavalcante, a veteran mountain man sees the job, "The snowmakers are the bakers of this cake and I'm the guy who puts on the icing."
Late night and the early morning hours are the transition times between the moment Ski Patrollers sweep the trails for stragglers, and shortly after dawn when the first skiers of a new day are ready to carve fresh tracks in pristine snow. Since most Pennsylvania ski areas keep the runs open under the lights till 10pm, that doesn't leave much time to cover miles of terrain with changing contours and dangerously steep pitches.
And the prospect of danger is always part of the job. It's the veterans who tackle the toughest trails. Ron Crozier at Liberty Mountain in central Pennsylvania is always aware that in icy conditions or powder, these large machines can and do slide sideways. The edge of the trail and a sudden drop can be waiting for the operator who lets his mind stray. Ron says, "You always have to be conscious of the edge, not get sucked into powder and you have to think about safety first." But Bill Cavalcante notes, "After years of experience you get to know the mountain like your own house where you can find your way through a room in the dark. On the mountain there are always the outlines of familiar landmarks like trees and the pitch of a slope."
Liberty's Crozier views the job as "an art form". The goal is to create the perfect surface while guarding against "voids" that appear when one pass of the groomer is separated from the previous pass, leaving a "wind row" of ice or crud. Cavalcante tries to keep the snow on all the trails, including the toughest, consistent by "overlapping runs, even though it takes more time." The Seven Springs groomer says, "I'm always thinking, is this something I'd want to ski on?"
That's the end line. The conditions crafted by the groomers become the prize that greets the skier and snowboarder making those first tracks in the morning. And snowboarding is the trickiest part of the process. Terrain parks have unique contours for very unique maneuvers. Ron Crozier says, "You always have to be thinking about that rider who gets off the ground and into the air." At Liberty, there's usually an experienced boarder in the cab when it comes time to trim up the park.
Greg Irvin is one of those young groomers who has been around terrain parks since they were first planted in Pennsylvania. At Camelback Mountain where he pilots a modern "Half-Pipe Groomer" he reflects on the painstaking and intricate work involved in "building landings and takeoffs to exacting industry standards." Greg notes, "It takes a lot of patience and sometimes hours moving at a crawl just to reshape a 350-foot half-pipe after a day of hard use." Working alone for 6 hours in the terrain parks, Irvin considers the complexity of sculpting the jumps and snow around the rails – the very elements that charge the excitement in boarding. He concludes, "It's a great job."
The steepest trails provide some of the greatest challenge for skiers, riders and the men who groom them in the dark of night. At Elk where "Tunkhannock" with its commanding view by day is one of the most challenging slopes in the state, Mike Barhite, pushing the "Cat" up that headwall realizes that it demands all his attention. "Some nights, he says, "I feel the hair on the back of my neck raise slightly and a quiver in the machine tells me I might be heading for trouble." That one trail alone can take a groomer 3 hours to get it right. And getting it right is the goal.
Grooming strategies often depend on conditions. Some moonlit nights, when the sky is clear and the snow is crisp, the machine can be driven right up the slope. But on those rainy, "soft snow" nights, the men piloting them have to take detours, going up the easier trails and then down the steep ones. And there's always that deadline. Be off the mountain before the morning skiers arrive. Crozier
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As dawn arrives and the first cars begin to line up at the base lodge parking lot, there's a feeling of satisfaction among the men driving their groomers back to the barn. Mike Barhite reflects on the quiet of night with the snow drifting slowly in the headlights and then he notes, "There's nothing like sunrise on the mountain. It's a great job."
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We want to advise all registrants applying for enrollment that making any willful false statement is a crime and subjects the person making such false statements to penalties of perjury pursuant to the Pennsylvania Crimes of Offenses Code 18 PA stat. Section 4901, et. seq. Also, the District may bring further charges again the individual for theft of services pursuant to 18 PA stat. Section 3926 and 18 PA stat. Section 3922, both of which would be considered felonies, and Fraudulent Practices pursuant to 18 PA stat. Section 4101, et. seq. The individual also becomes liable for the average annual tuition of $9,916.26 for an elementary school student and/or $11,558.61 for a secondary student. Tuition rates fluctuate from year to year.


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So what does this mean? Well, it had better mean that Banner is in Iron Man 3, or I'm going to Hulk out and SMASH Marvel headquarters. I don't even need a lot — just, like, two scenes with Banner, and one where he gets to Hulk out and help Iron Man. This is now an established relationship in the universe in which these films are set. This means that we need to see it continue playing out, and not just in Avengers 2.
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PROVIDENCE – The House Finance Committee passed the Woonsocket supplemental tax bill on a 12-2 voted Tuesday allowing it to go to the House floor for a final vote on Thursday.
Two Woonsocket representatives, Lisa Baldelli-Hunt and Jon Brien told the panel they would lend their support to the bill "as a professional courtesy" to city officials, but both spoke about what they see as better alternatives for the city.
Referring to an April 22 letter to Woonsocket Mayor Leo Fontaine from four of the five members of the city's General Assembly delegation – only Sen. Roger Picard did not sign it – both lawmakers said they think Woonsocket would be better off having a receiver appointed to temporarily manage the city's affairs, skipping over the appointment of a budget commission altogether.
"We believe that significant and immediate structural reforms are needed to avert a financial crisis in our city," the letter states, "and we respectfully request that as a first priority our city's leadership should respectfully request that a receiver be appointed to work cooperatively with city leaders to effectively implement a restructuring plan that would be in the best interest of our entire community.
Beyond that, Brien said he favored the idea of borrowing from the city's pension fund to meet its current cash flow problem and paying it back when the first quarter 2013 tax payments start coming in, rather than borrowing money from Citizens Bank and imposing a supplemental tax to pay it off.
The supplemental tax is expected to bring in about $6.6 million, with $3.2 million set aside to pay off the bank for a loan that would give the city and school department enough cash to finish out the year. The tax would hit the average Woonsocket property owner with an additional $350 tax bill, city officials estimate.
Baldelli-Hunt says she has already introduced legislation calling for a special nine-member study commission to be appointed to determine, in her words, "how did this happen and who is responsible."
The Woonsocket City Council had been poised on Monday to pass a resolution asking that a budget commission be appointed, but the resolution was tabled instead, pending the outcome of the vote on the supplemental tax bill.
Fontaine told The Call Tuesday that if the bill becomes law and Woonsocket can implement the 13 percent extra tax, then the idea of asking for a budget commission would be scrapped.
Baldelli-Hunt told reporters after the vote that she wants to see a receiver appointed in Woonsocket because "I do not want our city to go into bankruptcy. We need to stop and we need to evaluate and we need to make adjustments, we need to make corrections and we need to have a solid plan and it needs to be identified. We need to do this, it is imperative to do it quickly and I do not want a supplemental tax bill to be a reason to not put a solid structural plan in place."
A receiver is allowed by state law to assume the powers of various city officials and boards – including the mayor and the city council, as was done in Central Falls – but beyond that the only enumerated power of the office is to file on the city's behalf for Chapter 9 bankruptcy. The other, implied, power that it has is to threaten unions, retirees and vendors with bankruptcy if they do not make concessions first.
"By-passing a budget commission and going to a receiver can help us prevent bankruptcy," Baldelli-Hunt said. "We've been working to take this stigma away from Woonsocket and it's very frustrating that we have a deficit of this size that just appears out of nowhere."
Brien said his proposal to borrow from the pension fund, which he said has been brought up by some city officials as well as one of the advisors to the city's pension board, is aimed at, "providing the city administration with as many options as we can at this point." Brien's bill to allow the borrowing is still being drafted and has yet to be formally introduced to the House.
During his testimony Tuesday, Brien said, "At this point I am willing to come before this committee with an incredibly heavy heart and an amazing personal reluctance, but yet the professional need to do what is done because the state has to authorize the city to give them the tax they are asking for. We here as a delegation and you as the finance committee unfortunately have the responsibility of authorizing an increase in tax but can really do nothing about it. We have no way to meander into municipal finances; we have no control over municipal finances. We just have control over the authorization that the municipal leaders ask for when they want to increase taxes. That is what happened today and in the preceding month.
"If this doesn't work after the supplemental tax is authorized and implemented," Brien added, "I agree with Rep. Baldelli-Hunt, it would behoove the city to go straight to a receiver. Because if this doesn't work, it's not going to work, and we need to take greater steps to ensure that our city, that we love and we are dug in on, definitely has a prosperous future."
Rep. Laurence Ehrhardt, a North Kingstown Republican, said that, based on the "strength of the letter" to Fontaine that Brien and Baldelli-Hunt presented to the committee calling for receivership, "and the failure of the town council last night to act on the resolution for a budget commission scares me that we do not have a clear path before us. Only Ehrhardt and fellow Republican Rep. Daniel Reilly voted against the measure.
Just before the House Finance Committee met, Woonsocket officials were in another part of the Statehouse, lobbying for a bill that would advance the city's school funding in a way that would allow it to re-initiate all-day kindergarten next year.
Usually, there is a one-year lag in school funding – the enrollment of the previous year is used to calculate state aid for the following year. But under that formula, this year's Woonsocket kindergarten students would only count as one-half a pupil because they are attending only a half day.
A bill sponsored by Woonsocket Sens. Marc Cote and Roger Picard – as with the supplemental tax bill, there is no separate House version of this legislation – would allow this year's kindergarteners to be counted as full students for purposes of state aid calculations, allowing the city to begin the all-day classes.
Speaking in favor of the legislation, besides Cote and Picard, were School Committeeman Christopher Roberts, Superintendent Giovanna Donoyan and Jeff Partington, president of the teachers union.
The committee voted to hold the bill for further study.
What a way to slide in a 13% tax hike, call it a supplemental tax bill. One time deal, won't hurt a bit. You won't get a supplemental bill next year, the 13% will already be part of your taxes... Now that's an accomplishment a politician can run with, promising no more supplemental tax bills.
Good news is, medical marijuanna is here and it'll help you forget come election day.


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PHOENIX - Thanks to tips from the public, Phoenix Police have arrested two men in connection with an armed robbery at the Calvin Klein outlet store in Anthem.
36-year-old Michael Kaska and 26-year-old Kyle Strippleman have been booked into jail on charges of armed robbery and kidnapping.
Police say on March 1, they entered the store about one hour before closing, selected many clothing items, and then displayed a handgun at two female employees.
They ordered the victims into a dressing room and made off with a large quantity of merchandise.
After releasing composite sketches of the suspects in the robbery, tips came in that led to the identities of the suspects.
Officers served search warrants on two residents and recovered evidence of the robbery.
The employees were not hurt. After they heard the main doors closing, they fled via an emergency exit and notified mall security.
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Eclipse Foundation Releases Galileo 2009
The Eclipse Foundation has hit its planned date of June 24 of releasing Galileo, its newest annual collection of development platform projects.
Galileo encompasses the open source foundation's biggest release so far, with 33 projects and over 23 million lines of code. More than 380 developers from 44 organizations have contributed, according to the foundation.
Galileo is to reflect important new trends: the increasing deployment of Eclipse among professional developers is one of them. A PHP toolkit supporting PHP 5.3 and a memory analyzer tool also target this user group. And there is now support for Solaris and MAC OS X.
The Eclipse 2009 Galileo webpage has more details, along with downloads of all the new projects. To increase the global community, the Eclipse Foundation provides registration for Galileo in Action, a free virtual conference.
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When Suffolk Downs trainer John Botty found out that Our Revival could wind up as dinner on somebody's plate, he felt as if he had been punched in the stomach.
"Oh my God," he says of the possibility of his former racehorse being sent to a Mexican slaughterhouse. "It would be like losing a family member."


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His Pittsburgh Penguin teammates call him "Geno", but there are a few other appropriate nicknames for Evgeni Malkin.
Like, say: Robin, Tonto, Boo Boo, Tattoo ("Zee plane!"), Garfunkel, Mr. Smithers, Ed McMahon (or Andy Richter, if you want to be more current).
Malkin has spent the first three years of his brilliant young NHL career being hockey's ultimate second fiddle. Drafted 2nd...right after Ovechkin. Arrives in Pittsburgh...right after Crosby. And he's been stuck in that whopper of a double-shadow ever since.
"He is overshadowed and I can never understand why," says Buffalo goalie Ryan Miller, who ranks Malkin among the most dangerous players he has ever faced. "People always seem to just gravitate towards one or two players in a sport. Malkin is like Dwayne Wade this year in the NBA, having an amazing season but everybody just talks about Kobe and LeBron."
He's right. Sidney and Ovie have become the NHL's Kobe and LeBron, at least in terms of popularity and hype.
Ever since they came into the league, "Crosby or Ovechkin?" has been the hockey equivalent of "Ginger or Mary-Anne?" And Either-Or debates don't usually have a 3rd option (Mrs. Howell?) But you'd better make room for one now.
Malkin is running away with the scoring race, and has led (yes, I know...with Crosby) the Penguins on a warp-speed ascent up the Eastern Conference Standings. After a stirring five-point performance last Tuesday, he heard chants of "MVP! MVP!" from a smitten home crowd.
And yet outside the Pittsburgh city limits, almost every fan-player-coach-analyst you ask about the Hart still picks Ovechkin without hesitation. (And until last week, most had Zach Parise second.) Malkin might just be the most productive afterthought the game has ever seen.
"I had a reporter ask me yesterday if I thought he was an MVP candidate, and I said 'Candidate?' Are you nuts?' He's been the best player in the league all season long," says Malkin's teammate and former roommate Maxime Talbot. "He gets no attention whatsoever. It's ridiculous."
There is, of course, a logical explanation for this. Ovechkin and Crosby don't cast shadows, but eclipses.
Everything Ovechkin does or says is marketing gold. He oozes charisma. Geno just doesn't have that particular gene-o.
"He's just a different person than Ovechkin," says agent J.P Barry, whose firm represents Malkin and Crosby. "He's more reserved and laid back, Ovechkin is outgoing and in your face."
That contrast was clear at an after-party at the NHL All-Star weekend in Montreal. Ovechkin danced madly atop a couch in a VIP area overlooking the club, four girls in tow, several more climbing over one another looking for a chance to... umm... play on his line. Meanwhile, 30 feet away, Malkin sat quietly with a couple of friends, unnoticed, and seemingly content that way.
Their frosty relationship (which dates back to a run-in between Ovechkin and one of Malkin's close associates at a Russian bar) did thaw that weekend, thanks to peace-maker Ilya Kovalchuk. Malkin even helped Ovechkin with his props during the skills event. But they aren't friends.
Crosby doesn't have Ovechkin's flare either, but he also possesses something Malkin never will: Canada. In his back-pocket.
Sidney has been a national icon since...oh...peewee. His boy (wonder)-next-door, straight-as-an-arrow image is like porn to corporate marketers. Sid sells. And thus, he is EVERYWHERE.
Malkin, with the exception of a lucrative equipment deal with Nike-Bauer, has not had a single North American endorsement opportunity.
"To be fair, not many hockey players do, outside of Sid and Ovechkin," says Barry. "Evgeni just doesn't speak the language well enough yet. If you can't speak English, it's hard to do commercials. But I think the opportunities will come."
Malkin's friends say he is charming and funny, and the English is coming, slowly. His buddies and teammates used to chuckle at his replies to their texts, which would usually consist of nothing but a "K", a "$"(they have no idea what that meant), or a "Da", the Russian word for yes. Now, there are actual words in complete sentences.
(Yes, this is what we've come to. We judge someone's communication skills by the quality of their texts.)
"He is much more comfortable now," says Talbot. "We have a shootout at the end of every practice and one day he couldn't score, and I couldn't miss. He starts yelling at me 'Max, this is not possible, you cannot score, you have no hands!'"
The ability to chirp in English is not the only sign of Malkin's growing comfort. He has finally moved into his own house, after living with teammate/full-time translator Sergei Gonchar for the last two years.
Gonchar was his security blanket. He discarded it. And maybe, just maybe, he is about to do the same with those two unshakeable shadows.
"Two years ago was Sid's year. Last year was Ovechkin's year. And when it is over, I believe this will be remembered as Geno's year," says Barry.
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I come from the small town of Biggleswade in Bedfordshire.
I graduated from Uni about a year ago and have a 2:1 BA HONS IN History and Philosophy.
I have been singing for over 18 years and I have the biggest love for musical theatre, my all time favourite musical is The Phantom of the Opera. Which I am cosplaying from this October =D so excited hehe.
I have always been a creative and a bit of a day dreamer. I have been making cosplays and attending Anime Expos for over five years now. I attended my first expo over five years ago unaware of what to expect. And the cosplay bug bit me.
Since then I have been exploring ways to improve my skills and make prettier and more impressive cosplays.
I simply love making things. I often attend expos on my own but I would love to make some cosplay friends who I could travel with and maybe even cosplay with. I am very shy but once in a costume, I think its when I truly come alive.
I have been modelling for 5 years and also been doing my own Photography for 2, Check out Event Horizon Photography on facebook for examples. I usually go around with my camera at expos, taking pics and also having pictures taken of me. I enjoy being both sides of the lens.
I have been a Radio Host and also part of a few Drama groups.
I would describe myself as dreamer but very huggable :)
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2009 Oct MCM London - Yuna Songstress FFX-2
2010 May MCM London - Alabasta Nami
Oct MCM London - Songstress Lenne FFX-2
2011 May MCM London - Chocobo FFX
2012 May MCM London - Yuna Wedding dress FFX
Oct MCM London - Erza Heavens wheel - FAIRYTAIL
Alice - Alice in wonderland MOVIE
2012 Fairy tail meet xmas - Juvia Lockser xmas version
2013 shoot - Rufus Lohr - FAIRY TAIL
2013 May MCM LONDON - Asuna fairy - SWORD ART ONLINE
Pyrrha Omega - SOUL CALIBUR
2013 Oct MCM LONDON - Luka wolf version - VOCALOID
Will of abyss - Pandora hearts
Christine Daae - PHANTOM OF THE OPERA * Best parade winner
2014 May MCM London - Luka Sandplay - VOCALOID
Yu Meiren - DYNASTY WARRIORS
Cornelia artwork - CODE GEASS
2014 Hyper Japan - Luka Sandplay - VOCALOID
Yu or Cornelia ? Undecided which
Kida - Atlantis (Armoured version/ Minus mask)
2014 Oct MCM LONDON - Aoki Lapis - VOCALOID
Elfsire's main interest consist of designing and building cosplays / listening to music / playing the violin and guitar. Hiding behind or in front of the camera. She loves taking pictures of sunsets / stars / architecture / landscapes and nature. She has been a radio presenter for her the University of Hertfordshires Crush underground. For the past 10 years she has been watching animes and doing her own designs. She loves meeting people and simply loves to travel. Elfsire loves the movies she loves adventures / magical worlds / heros / villans / friendship and good powerful soundtracks. She can be found at least once a week drawing / playing an instrument / taking a picture / singing or pretending she is off on an adventure. She loves cute fuzzy animals and enjoys a good RPG or Fighting Fantasy. She has been cosplaying for around 3 three years and loves making everything from scratch :) Loves hugs and sugar


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Investigators in Camden County have announced they are looking into the death of a Paulsboro man who died shortly after he was arrested over the weekend.
Camden County Prosecutor Warren W. Faulk and Haddon Township Police Chief mark Cavallo announced their plans to investigate the death of 37-year-old Shron Norman on Monday.
The prosecutor's office says he passed out in the rear of a Haddon Township Police vehicle and died despite police efforts to perform CPR.
He was pronounced dead at our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center in Camden.
Police say two officers responded to reports of a disorderly person at the Crown Fried Chicken on Mount Ephraim Avenue in Haddon Township around 1:30 a.m. Saturday morning.
According to police, employees at the restaurant called 911 because they said Norman was threatening customers and damaging restaurant property.
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(WMC-TV) - A new memoir penned by the ex-wife of pro golfer John Daly is making waves among golf wives across the nation."I hate golf," said Sherrie Daily.These might be the last words you would expect Sherrie Daly, the fourth ex-wife of PGA superstar John Daly, to utter. But they are the first words she uses to begin her new memoir, "Teed Off: My Life as a Player's Wife on the PGA Tour.""There are so many girls that chase everybody around. 'I want to be married to a basketball player, I want to be married to this'," said Sherrie Daly. "You really don't."Her 207-page tell-all is set for release Tuesday. By page five, she takes readers to a charity golf event where she describes the last thing she expected to see in the golf world: two naked women prancing on the greens."Not that strippers' money is not good. I just wasn't prepared mentally for strippers on the golf course at a charity event with me eight months pregnant," said Sherrie Daly.Daly writes, "I thought I was marrying into a world of neatly pressed collared shirts when I married in the PGA; more like a world of dirty laundry.""I thought I needed to be all prim and proper, but then I found out that this one used to be a stripper," she said. "Well, this one used to do this. Or this is the fifth wife or this is the third wife."The book includes an eight-page photo album of her life of private plane rides, 20-karat diamonds, and the company of two sitting president. But Sherrie Daly said it all came with a price."There was the John, the J.D. and the Johnny," she said. "When the J.D. came out, I knew it wasn't the person I married."Page 163 reads, "...he held onto my hair and beat my head on the bus walls.""John wasn't like beating me all the time, and I wasn't beating him up either," said Sherrie Daly. "I punched him out once."Despite the fight, and the fact that some of them became, Sherrie and John Daly never pressed charges against one another. Sherrie Daly said she had a comfortable life before marrying the pro golfer in 2001."I did have everything paid for," she said. "I'd driven Mercedes, I'd driven Escalades. I had a nice life, nice friends. I wasn't exactly slumming."She said she loved John Daly and life was not all bad before their 2010 divorce. The book details one long plane ride the couple shared with Bill Clinton when the sitting president explained the stem cell debate to her."I'm a Baptist. I thought it was from the devil or something," said Sherrie Daly. "And so he explained it and by the time he got done explaining it, I was all for it."There's even a chapter called "The Secret at the 16th Hole.""There were a couple of girls that worked out there, cart girls who sold drinks and snacks to the members," she said, "and they did some favors on the side."But Sherrie Daly said that was a decade ago."I love the girls there now and that is not at every golf course," said Sherrie Daly. "That was just my personal experience."The book also reveals what she said really happened when she went to prison on a money laundering conviction. Sherrie Daly said she did not know she was doing anything wrong."I'm like, 'God must have put me here.' I just had a lot of time to think and what I was putting myself through," she said. "And after two weeks there, I was very homesick and missed my kids, but then I thought, 'you know this is sad, but it's kind of peaceful here'."Sherrie Daly said she wrote the book for two reasons. The first was to clear her name for the day her ex-husband accused her of stabbing him and then hit the golf course with marks on his face."That's a little over the top," she said. "I did not stab John Daly."Mostly, she said she wrote the book so her children could find peace."I want my kids to have friends and I want people to be able to let their kids come to my house and think she's a good mother," she said. "Basically, overall it's the whole thing about what kind of mother I am."
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Type 2 Diabetes in Children (cont.)
Children often have no symptoms of type 2 diabetes before they are diagnosed, because their blood sugar level has been rising so slowly. As a result, a child may have diabetes for several months or years before being diagnosed.
When children do have symptoms, the most common include:
Other possible symptoms include:
What Happens
Type 2 diabetes usually develops in adulthood, but the number of children being diagnosed with the disease is rising. Children with type 2 diabetes are usually diagnosed during the early teen years. During this time, their bodies are growing and developing rapidly, placing a demand on the pancreas to produce additional insulin.
The hormones released during puberty make it harder than usual for the body to use insulin correctly (insulin resistance). Also, children with type 2 diabetes are usually overweight, which also contributes to insulin resistance. If the pancreas cannot produce enough insulin to overcome the resistance, diabetes can develop.
Very little is known about the way type 2 diabetes becomes worse over time in children, because until recently few children had the disease. Diabetes experts believe the disease progresses as it does in adults, causing damage to the eyes, kidneys, heart, blood vessels, and nerves. The main risk factors for complications are the length of time a person has diabetes and the degree of blood sugar control. A child who develops type 2 diabetes may have an increased risk of complications, because he or she will have the disease for a long time. Complications can lead to serious disabilities, such as blindness, and early death.
Studies show that when children develop diabetes, complications begin to develop in young adulthood. Delayed diagnosis and failure to keep blood sugar levels in a target range can lead to early complications. The longer a child has diabetes, the more likely it is that complications will develop in young adulthood.
If a child's blood sugar levels remain high for a long time, he or she may grow at an abnormal rate—faster than normal for a while, then slower than normal later. If blood sugar levels stay high during puberty, normal changes and the start of menstruation may be delayed.
The way to prevent complications is to always keep blood sugar levels at a target level. This requires that your child follow his or her treatment plan daily and monitor blood sugar levels often. Your child also will need ongoing diabetes education and regular checkups. Other medical conditions, such as high blood pressure and high cholesterol, need adequate medical care also, because they raise the risk for diabetes complications.
Children with type 2 diabetes have to modify their lifestyles. Your child will be more successful if your whole family is involved. These lifestyle changes benefit everyone by reducing the risk for diabetes and heart disease.
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Subway deems McDonald's shameful?
The sub-slinger simply told us something we already know.
By Kyle Woodley
Stick to sandwiches, Subway.
The "House That Jared Built" recently went on the offensive against McDonald's (MCD) and the rest of the fast-food gang by unleashing the results of a survey gauging customer "shame."
The results were both entirely predictable and mostly useless. Reports Business Insider:
"... 1,001 Americans from just about every demographic were polled, participants were asked which bag they were most embarrassed to carry on the street: Taco Bell, McDonald's, Subway, or Wendy's."
"Subway got 11 percent of the vote, Wendy's got 14 percent, Taco Bell received 33 percent, and McDonald's ran away with 42 percent. A whopping 48 percent of all women polled said that they wouldn't be caught dead with a McDonald's bag, and 46 percent of all respondents between 18 and 34 felt the same way."
So, people were less ashamed the more fit-focused their fast food was? You don't say.
This information is damning in theory, but doesn't tell us much we didn't already know … nor is it particularly useful.
The big wrench in this survey is the difference between Subway and the fast-food trio of Wendy's (WEN), Yum Brands' (YUM) Taco Bell and McDonald's. But I'm not talking health -- I'm talking drive-thrus. Namely, the latter three have 'em (and use 'em), whereas the former only has a handful among its 40,000 or so locations.
It's not that walk-up traffic doesn't exist -- McDonald's, for instance, gets roughly 60% of its business from drive-thrus, so the remaining 40% is foot traffic. But that means 60% of its sales come from people who don't have to worry about the knowing glances they'd endure at their local bridge club should they be caught paper-bagging it down Main Street … because they can hide it under the passenger-side seat.
Then, you have the fact that some sizable part of the remaining 40% in foot traffic would be dine-in service; these people could only be caught by others committing the same social faux pas, and thus at the worst would only face a blackmail stalemate.
You might argue that this shaming effect could be more so felt in big cities, where walking is more frequent (and drive-thrus more scarce), but then I'd point out these restaurants' target audiences: McDonald's and Taco Bell in particular market and cater to younger, lower-income audiences, whereas Subway -- which does plenty of its own dealing via $5 footlongs, etc. -- puts its primary focus on its healthy superiority.
Frankly, the former camp is much less likely to give a damn.
It also should be pointed out that shame is hardly the perfect dissuasion. There's a reason we're all familiar with the term "guilty pleasure" -- we know there's a certain stigma that goes along with enjoying something, but we still do it anyway.
And lest Subway get too holier-than-thou-art, it should check out this recent study calling shenanigans on the sub-maker's claim to health fame.
McDonald's has its share of problems, no doubt. Same-store sales have become particularly problematic at various times during the past six months, the company has been forced to revamp its unwieldy menu and yes, McDonald's does face pressure from an increasingly health-conscious America.
But what the neighbors might say when they catch you cramming down McDoubles ain't one of them.
Kyle Woodley is the Deputy Managing Editor of InvestorPlace.com. As of this writing, he did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities. Follow him on Twitter at @IPKyleWoodley.
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