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Families of September 11 is now operating as the For Action Initiative. The web pages on this site are available for informational purposes only. Please visit us at www.foractioninitiative.org.
FOS11 Speaks Out
Families of September 11 (FOS11) Board members and staff are available to speak on a variety of topics related to 9/11 and its aftermath. These include: civic involvement and advocacy, mental health and public trauma, children's recovery and resiliency, and memorializing 9/11. Through participation in conferences, speaking engagements, and panels as well as interaction with members of the media, FOS11 leaders seek to support victims of terror as well as initiatives which may slow or stop the spread of terrorism and improve security.
FOS11 Board members have testified at Congressional hearings on subjects ranging from mental health and trauma to the 9/11 Commission and its recommendations and have participated in conferences and panel discussions on school curriculum and memorializing 9/11. FOS11 cosponsored a series of town hall meetings, entitled Hope Not Hate, at universities across the country exploring the subject of relations between the U.S. and the Muslim community. Our speakers are also experienced and articulate representatives to the media.
The organization has been recognized for its advocacy, most recently as recipients of the Civil Justice Foundation's 2004 "Community Champion Award" and the Search for Common Ground's 2005 "Award for International Understanding."
Don Goodrich, FOS11 Board Chairman
Carie Lemack, FOS11 President
Elinor L. Stout, FOS11 Secretary
Donna A. Gaffney, APRN, BC, DNSc, FAAN, FOS11 Advisory Board Member
David B. Edwards, FOS11 Director
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Beer festival season comes to a head
There are two big changes coming to this year's Oregon Brewers Festival. The 26th annual event starts a day earlier - on Wednesday - and glass is back.
The city of Portland is waging war on plastic bags. A city commission clerk read the change last November; "amend code to reduce use of single check out bags".
But when the world comes to Portland for the Brewer's Festival they drink gold medal micro-brews out of plastic mugs.
"YUCK" and the Festival agrees - this year - glass mugs are back.
Charlie van Meter - brewer -Sasquatch Brewery - Southwest Portland - agrees. "I always perceive a bit of plastic smell. I hear complaints from a lot of people that cups will be sitting out hot in the sun and you'll pick up to your nose and it's just not quite right".
Of the 80 or more craft brewers pouring at the Festival, many got started the same way Tom Sims and Charlie van Meter did - homebrewing.
"I just really got into it, Sims says, I was looking for a career change and thought I could build a little brewery". van Meter adds. "I got started the same way".
Sims owns Sasquatch Brewery on Southwest Capitol Highway in Portland.
van Meter makes the beer. It's a small operation - only three fermenters. They made 24 kegs of their ession ale for the Festival.
"We call this our - quote - light beer option. To those who would prefer to a light beer, it's pleasing to them but it's more sophisticated than that. It's got more depth to it. It's got a bit more hops".
Great for the warm weather expected during the five day run of the greatest Brewers Festival in the known world.
Is that too much hyperbole?
The Festival is in Tom McCall Waterfront Park.
Noon to 9 PM Wed - Sat.
Noon to 7 PM Sunday
Root Beer garden for kids and designated drivers.

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And Stoker had no more visited Transylvania than Burroughs Africa.
After this debut, Goines continued to write at a furious pace, producing a body of work that echoed Celine, Genet, and Burroughs.
I bought Tarzan comic books, and even had a few issues of ERB-dom, a mimeographed fanzine devoted to the works of Burroughs.
Ginsberg gave to Burroughs the dialogue of a wry sage, fully aware of the position history had since assigned both men.
By any measure, Burroughs ranks among the finest adventure story authors of modern times.
When Moore asked me to intercede with you for Burroughs he had only twenty-five thousand for each of us.
Burroughs had, from his college days, been noted for gymnastic exercises.
It was a great relief when we suddenly heard Burroughs say, 'It's all right.
"I'm a lieutenant in the Sixteenth Regiment," said Burroughs.
Burroughs denied the statement, as to the molasses, thereby impliedly admitting that he had so carried a barrel of cider.


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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A Norwegian woman at the center of a Dubai rape claim dispute said Sunday that officials have dropped her 16-month sentence for having sex outside marriage and she is free to leave the country.
"I am very, very happy," Marte Deborah Dalelv told The Associated Press. "I am overjoyed."
The sentence against the 24-year-old Dalelv last week stirred widespread outrage in the West and highlighted the frequent clash between Dubai's Western-friendly image and its Islamic-based legal codes.
Dalelv claimed she was raped in March by a co-worker, but was charged with having sex outside marriage after going to the police. Her decision to go public about the sentence last week in a series of interviews appeared to put pressure on authorities in Dubai and tarnish the city's reputation as a cosmopolitan hub, including possible fallout on its high-profile bid for the 2020 World Expo.
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For your next task, you might want to try to re-invent the wheel, or possibly fire.
Hi, i'am trying to write a program to test computers on my lan and i trying to test to see if i can try the default username and password to logon to a broadband and wireless router.
What i've got so far is
Connect to router(192.168.0.1)
connect to port(80)
Then would i do something like
to enter the user and pass .
And how would I know if its succeded, would i have recive, and see if it returns the homepage.
I've tryed to look at the data with wireshark and etthercap but i didn't find the command to add the user and pass.
Thanks in advanced
For your next task, you might want to try to re-invent the wheel, or possibly fire.
A third party security audit is the IT equivalent of a colonoscopy. It's long, intrusive, very uncomfortable, and when it's done, you'll have seen things you really didn't want to see, and you'll never forget that you've had one.
I allready know about hydra thanks, but i needed to incorprate it into my program.
Could you help me out in that area.
Just a side topic, but if you can enter username and pass to a feild ,useing the virtual the same commands you should beable to open a port with port forwarding, which hydra doesn't do. If some one can tell me how to enter feilds like user and pass then i could work out how to open fowadring.
Please check RFC2616 for the answers to your questions:
Then read up on HTML forms:
Then read up on HTML form actions:
Then read up on HTTP GET and POST:
Now you should be able to viewsource of the login form(s) and figure out how to programatically assemble the necessary HTTP (or HTTPs) requests to perform the automation you're looking for.
Edit: Oh I forgot part, you'll also need to read up on HTTP response codes so you can figure out if you successfully logged in or not. (Maybe program exit codes too depending on how you decide to go about this .... if you use wget or similar and shell script it then you'll need to check $errorlevel or %errorlevel%)
I'm a compulsive post editor, you might wanna wait until my post has been online for 5-10 mins before quoting it as it will likely change.
I know I seem harsh in some of my replies. SORRY! But if you're doing something illegal or posting something that seems to be obvious BS I'm going to call you on it.
thorin, Thanks you for the links it was what i was looking for.


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As a child, I couldn't wait for Halloween. Transforming into a princess or superhero was thrilling, and the best part was coming home and dumping my loot onto the kitchen table.
As a parent of a food-allergic son, however, I quickly realized that celebrating Halloween could pose a serious health risk. Still, I didn't want him to miss out on the same thrills and giggles from the beloved autumn night. So over the years, I've come up with a few tricky tips to keep the fun in Halloween for children with food allergies.
Have a nice dinner first. On a full stomach, there will be less temptation to sneak a piece of candy.
Stash a few pieces of safe candy in your pocket. When the other kids inevitably indulge along their route, your child will have something safe to enjoy and won't feel left out.
Keep the essentials with you. Don't leave home without a cell phone, flashlight, wet wipes and, of course, the epin- ephrine auto-injector.
Consider supplying a few neighbors with pre-filled sealed treat bags. When your child rings the doorbell, the neighbor can pass out the safe loot and you'll be certain that he'll get to keep some of what he has collected.
Choose costumes with gloves if your child is extremely contact-sensitive.
At home, pass out toys. I usually hand out low-cost toys or trinkets. If I do buy candy, I choose something like Smarties, which is safe for multiple allergens. (Keep in mind, though, that Halloween-sized candy sometimes contains different ingredients than its full-size counterpart, so read the labels even on familiar brands.)
Halloween: Safe Candies and Resources
And what about my favorite part of the evening: coming home and dumping the candy stash onto the kitchen table? Here's how to handle it:
0-2 year-olds: Forget the candy. An adorable costume, a juice box and a few safe cookies will do the trick. At this age, it's a treat just to answer the door and pass out trinkets – as long as the trick-or-treaters aren't scary monsters.
2-4 year-olds: Most kids this young can be fooled by one of my favorite tactics: the "Bait and Switch." Give your child a plastic pumpkin for trick-or-treating. When you return home and while your child is busy washing his hands, swap the plastic pumpkin with an identical pumpkin that you filled ahead of time with safe treats.
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H-Reap, Guest-Access and CAPWAP
If I use acces-points in H-Reap mode, is guest-traffic still encapsulated in CAPWAP?
I think so, but I'm not really shure.
Those are two mutually exclusive topics...
If you ANCHOR to the DMZ, all client traffic egress from the Anchor WLC in the DMZ.
If you Locally Switch traffic off HREAP, all client traffic will egress the AP itself into whatever VLAN exists at the AP.....
You can't put your client traffic off the AP and in the DMZ at the same time... (unless you trunk the DMZ L2 vlan into your AP, but that still isn't anchoring).
So what are you trying to do?
If you want your guests from your HREAP AP to egress into the DMZ from a WLC in the DMZ, then you just make your guest WLAN not but HREAP Local Switching. Your traffic will flow from the client to the ap to the foreign wlc to the anchor wlc, just like any other central switching traffic...
If you want your guests from your HREAP AP to egress off the AP itself, then you would enable HREAP Local Switching and webauth would still happen at the WLC but client traffic would egress off the AP into whatever vlan you specified (will not be "anchored")


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GLENDALE, Ariz. - The moving boxes scattered about the Dodgers' spring training clubhouse at Camelback Ranch reflected a baseball team on the verge of returning home to start the regular season.
The boxes belonged to individual players, their names prominently written in black ink on both sides and their personal belongings packed neatly inside. Soon they'd be taped up and loaded onto the moving truck parked outside.
Destination, Los Angeles.
The boxes were more than just a means to transport personal property, though. They were a badge of honor of sorts, proof you made enough of an impression to earn a job and head north with the Dodgers.
Which made the box with the name Luis Cruz written on it so fascinating.
Less than a year after seemingly coming out of nowhere to help stabilize the left side of the Dodgers infield but more than a decade after beginning a long, frustrating grind that seemed destined to end as an obscure, career minor-leaguer, the 29-year-old Cruz is on his way to Los Angeles as a member of the Dodgers.
After playing more than 1,200 minor-league games with four different organizations in cities like Altoona and Fort Wayne and Mobile and Round Rock - just good enough to fill a position in an organization but never quite excellent enough to earn a spot in the big leagues - Cruz was breaking camp as the Dodgers' starting shortstop, where he will play until Hanley Ramirez returns from a thumb injury sometime in May or June.
At which point Cruz is expected to slide back to third base, a job he earned over 78 solid games through the final two months of last season and then cemented with a steady, effective performance this spring.
In short, Cruz finally made it.
"Everything he's been through, there's a lot of perseverance in there," Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez said.
And that box headed to Los Angeles with his name written on it proved it.
"It means everything," Cruz said, his mind wandering to Opening Day on Monday, when he will stand at attention during the national anthem at Dodger Stadium. Scattered somewhere in the sold-out stadium will be his entire family, each member making the trip from his native Mexico to cheer him on.
Including one very proud father.
The elder Luis Cruz is a former Mexican League baseball legend whose career fell short of the major leagues. To be at Opening Day to watch his son play for the Dodgers will complete a dream that has spanned two lifetimes.
"It's going to be big. For me and for him," Cruz said. "He never got the chance to play in the big leagues so I'm living his dream in my dream, together. It's going to be special."
Just being there will be significant for Cruz.
For the first time in his career he's an every-day member of a big-league team, and nestled in his back pocket is a little bit of security in the form of an organization that believes in him.
In other words, everything he never truly had over a 12-year career in which a lack of faith, politics and a numbers game always worked against him.
Everywhere Cruz went someone was in front of him, a hot-shot prospect or a higher-paid veteran, blocking his path to the big leagues and chaining him to the minors.
"I was always the back-up," he said.
There was one season in 2009 with Pittsburgh when he broke camp with the Pirates, but he played just one game that April before getting sent down to the minors. He ended up playing 27 games that year with Pittsburgh before being released at the end of the season.
A year later, Cruz played in seven games with Milwaukee but spent two more years in the Brewers' organization without reaching the majors and was released in 2011.
In all, Cruz played just 56 big-league games over his first 11 professional seasons.
And it wasn't like he was making an impression on anyone.
"I probably seen him somewhere but it didn't register," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. "He was a name on a roster, seen an at-bat here or an at-bat there. He was (a guy) hitting seventh somewhere in Pittsburgh or hitting eighth. You don't even notice. If he doesn't do something that day you don't really think about him much past that."
Cruz basically was your quintessential career minor leaguer, a curse that has snuffed out more than a few dreams over the years.
"Those guys can get lost or give up pretty easily," Mattingly said. "You're at it for a long time and you're going from team to team, you're traveling, you've got a family, you're going from place to place.
"Minor-league life is not a great life as far as having a family and kids. A lot of those guys give up."
For some reason, Cruz kept at it.
"I was hungry to be in the big leagues and I knew I could play here. I just never had a real chance to play," Cruz said. "But you just keep waiting and waiting for that chance and then try to take advantage of it when it comes."
That opportunity arrived last season in the form of a midsummer call-up by the Dodgers, who needed a replacement for injured shortstop Dee Gordon.
Unlike his previous time in the big leagues, when the pressure of trying to make an impression took him out of his game, Cruz calmly settled in.
He didn't overwhelm anyone; he just got the job done. He didn't stand out, he just fit in. And while he rarely ended up on the highlight shows, he earned Mattingly's trust by consistently making the routine plays.
"He, just kind of steady, caught everything," Mattingly said. "Nothing spectacular looking or anything, he just made all the plays, and that steadied us right there."
And much to the surprise of everyone, he began hitting.
"Which gave us a lift," Mattingly said.
And kept Cruz in the lineup, even when Ramirez arrived and took over at shortstop.
"When we put him at third, he did the same thing," Mattingly said. "He was able to hit and he played a great third base."
Cruz hit .297 with six home runs and 40 RBIs in 78 games and made enough of an impression on the Dodgers they comfortably penciled him in as a starter heading into 2013.
For the career minor leaguer, it was the first real job security he ever had.
Not that he took anything for granted. He spent the off-season working out with Gonzalez intent not only on winning a job but keeping it.
"I prepared more this off-season than ever before because I knew I had a chance to come here and compete for a job," Cruz said.
Gonzalez said he was impressed.
"It was nice to see that sense of `I'm going to keep getting better, I'm not going to give up"' Gonzalez said.
The added work enabled Cruz to shed 12 pounds, increased his quickness and range and allowed him to seamlessly slide from third base to shortstop in Ramirez's absence.
Meanwhile, by trusting his batting technique - and consulting by phone with his father after every game - rather than continually altering it to fit a particular type team or style, Cruz is more confident than ever at the plate.
It's only spring, mind you, but through Monday he was hitting .298 with a .327 on-base percentage, a .638 slugging percentage and a .965 OPS with four home runs and nine RBIs.
He's not just heading into the regular season. He's soaring into it.
"I feel good, I feel confident," Cruz said.
And that is quite a change compared to the previous 12 years of his career.


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By Sally Birks, Herald writer
What's 92 percent water and has a healthy glow?
No, not the human body. It's watermelon.
Yes, that green giant weighting down the picnic tablecloth is the new darling of health food fans.
Watermelon gets its ruddy inner glow from high levels of lycopene, an antioxidant; it contains citrulline for good heart and cardiovascular function; and it's low in sodium, the National Watemelon Promotion Board says.
Plus it's great fun to see how far you can spit those big black seeds.
And if you're handy with a melon baller, you can carve some pretty cute and edible centerpieces, such as this easy golf ball, fitting for Father's Day.
Select a small to medium very round melon. Cut ¼ to ½-inch off the stem end so it will sit flat. Then cut out a 3- to 4-inch round circle off the top.
Wield your mellon baller to make shallow round divots like the dimples in a golf ball. Next peel off thin layers of the rind to expose the white part.
Scoop out the red flesh and make little round balls to fill the golf ball.
Buy another watermelon or two and you can complete Dad's dinner with chipotle maple citrus watermelon wings — that's chicken, not a carved melon in flight — and watermelon popsicle wedges.
And P.S.: A watermelon won't grow in your stomach if you swallow those little white seed coats, despite what Gramma says. We can't guarantee that you won't get a tummy ache if you eat down to the green, though.
The watermelon chicken wings are a little tangy and a touch spicy, but you can control the action. And the refreshing popsicles are an easy way for kids to grip their treat.
Find lots more recipes on www.watermelon.org.
Chipotle maple citrus watermelon wings
Watermelon glaze:
- 2 cups watermelon puree
- Juice from 3 fresh lemons
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest
- 1/2 cup maple syrup (can use light version)
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground chipotle pepper, or to taste
- Chicken wings or drumettes
- 2 cups pineapple juice
- 1/2 cup soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
- 3 cloves minced fresh garlic
Watermelon glaze: Simmer ingredients together in a heavy saucepan for 20 minutes or until sauce is thick. Makes 2 cups. Keep warm.
Chicken: Place the chicken in a large zip-lock bag with rest of the ingredients and seal tightly. Allow to marinate at least 2 hours or up to 12.
Grill until cooked and arrange on a warm platter.
Pour the glaze over the chicken and serve immediately.
Watermelon slice popsicles
- Watermelon slices, cut to triangular wedge shapes, about 1/2 to 1-inch thick
- Popsicle sticks
- Insert a popsicle stick into the rind. You can also freeze the sliced popsicles for a chilly, refreshing treat.


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The 2017 season will mark the 13th year for the reigning Little East Conference Coach of the Year Brendan Eygabroat. The all-time winningest coach in the program's history, Eygabroat has taken the UMass Boston baseball program to new heights and in doing so earned his first conference Coach of the Year honor last season.
During his time with the Beacons, Eygabroat has guided UMass to 12 consecutive conference tournament appearances, more than any other coach in history. He also led his squad to the first Little East Conference Regular Season (2016) and Tournament (2010) titles and a NCAA Division III Regional crown (2010).
A true teacher of the game, Eygabroat's coaching philosophy has helped numerous players earn multiple All-American, All-Region, and All-Conference accolades. He has also helped the program reach a national ranking of 12th on the NCBWA/D3Baseball.com Top-25 Coaches Poll --the highest in program history-- which they achieved during their amazing run to the Division III College World Series in 2010.
The all-time leader in Little East Conference regular and postseason victories, Eygabroat has turned the Beacons program into a yearly contender in a conference some consider to be one of the best in all of Division III baseball.
The 2016 season marked a magical year for Eygabroat and his Beacons. After traveling all over the state for practices and "home" games, the Beacons finally found a place to call their own. In late March the Beacons played the first-ever home baseball game on the UMass Boston campus at the brand-new state-of-the-art Monan Park. The Beacons would open the park and the season with a huge regional win over MIT. That victory would spark one of the most impressive seasons since their run to the College World Series in 2010. The Beacons would cruise through the Little East Conference on their way to their first regular season title.
During that stretch, UMB would win 13 consecutive games, and earned the right to host the conference tournament on their new home. After falling just short in the conference tournament, the Beacons saw their season continue when they earned the first-ever at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament in UMass Boston history. The Beacons traveled to Moosic, PA to take part in the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Tournament. They would continue their winning ways as they knocked-off their first two opponents in Haverford College and Penn State Berks. They would eventually fall to regional champs St. John Fisher College and runner-up Kean University (NJ). In total seven players earned All-Conference honors, with Dan Mantoni and transfer Dave Murphy also earning D3Baseball.com, NEIBA, and ABCA All-Region honors.
In 2015, Eygabroat and his Beacons produced the second-most successful season in program history earning a combined 23 wins overall, while also establishing a new program record for conference wins with nine. A total of four Beacons would grab All-Conference honors, which included the program's first Rookie of the Year in Josh Lopez. In the month of April, Eygabroat guided his Beacons to wins over regionally ranked opponents Endicott College, Eastern Connecticut State University, and St. Joseph's College (Maine). He would also see his team defeat national champions SUNY Cortland during their annual spring trip in Florida. Eygabroat would also set a new career milestone, as he surpassed the 200-win mark following a conference split with longtime rival Eastern Connecticut State.
The 2014 season, Eygabroat saw four Beacons earn All-Little East Conference honors. Senior Jamill Moquete became just the second player in program history to be named the conference's Player of the Year. The Boston native would then make program history by becoming the first player under Eygabroat, and second in school history, to be drafted in the Major League Baseball (MLB) Amateur Draft. Moquete, was selected in the 32nd round by the Baltimore Orioles, after a standout three-year career with UMass.
In 2011 Eygabroat saw senior Ryan Walsh earn LEC and ECAC Player of the Year accolades. Walsh would go onto be named a First Team All-American as well as sign a professional contract.
The record setting and historic 2010 season saw Eygabroat lead UMass Boston to their first-ever NCAA Division III College Baseball World Series appearance in Appleton, WI after sweeping through the Little East Conference and New England Regional tournaments. His squad broke numerous records, shattering the single-season wins mark with 32 victories. Two of his players were honored as D-III All-Americans, five were recognized on the New England All-Region squad as well as the Little
East Conference Teams and he also coached the Little East Conference Pitcher of the Year for the third time in his career.
Behind Eygabroat, the 2010 Beacons set a school record for overall wins and matched the program's highest victory total in Little East Conference play with an 8-6 mark. UMass Boston won nine of its last 11 games, including four straight wins in the LEC Tournament and four in a row in the NCAA New England Regional. UMB set school records in games played (49), hits (580), runs scored (440), runs batted in (373), total bases (857), home runs (49), doubles (118), slugging percentage (.480), bases on balls (188), stolen bases (127), times hit by pitch (67), innings pitched (427 2/3), shutouts (4), batters struck out (333), saves (12), putouts (1283) and fielding assists (481).
During Eygabroat's 12 years his program has produced five All-Americans, the league's Pitcher and Rookie of the Year three times and Player of the Year two times, 19 All-New England Region honorees and 36 players have been named to the Little East Conference All-Star squad. His players have also competed in prestigious summer leagues around New England such as the legendary Cape Cod League and New England Collegiate Baseball League. Since 2008, Eygabroat has had two of his former players sign professional contracts to play in the CanAm Independent League.
Prior to his arrival at UMass Boston Eygabroat spent four seasons as an assistant coach at nearby Suffolk University where he worked with the Rams' hitters and catchers. Eygabroat also saw time as an assistant coach in the New England Collegiate Baseball League for the Mill City All-Americans working with the outfielders and hitters.
Before joining the college coaching ranks, Eygabroat enjoyed an outstanding college playing career at Mary Washington College in Virginia, where he helped the Eagles to a pair of NCAA Regional tournament appearances in 2001 and 1998. The Rochester, New York, native was named captain for the Mary Washington College for his senior season and earned South Region Honorable Mention honors as a catcher. Eygabroat also earned a spot on the Capital Athletic Conference First Team. Eygabroat was also part of the Eagles CAC championship as a freshman in 1998.
Eygabroat graduated from Mary Washington in 2001 with a bachelor's of science in business administration. Eygabroat also earned a master's degree in higher education administration from Suffolk in 2003. He resides in Jamaica Plain with his wife, Joanna and their daughter Ella.


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text: Word of thumb for a movie that is the only new movie in wide release for a week is that it doesn't have to finish first, but it should probably finish second, especially if it is on 3,000 screens. Playing For Keeps starring Jessica Biel and Gerard Butler finished 6th. It also scored a 0% on Rotten Tomatoes. Yep, it is ties for the worst Rotten Tomato movie in history with In The Army Now. I'm not sure what producers expected. Jessica Biel has never had a hit where she is the star. Ever. Ever. Never ever to borrow from Taylor Swift. Gerard Butler has never had a hit except for 300 where he was the star. Ever. never ever. The movie made just $6M and if Jessica Biel gets a chance at any movie again the near future outside of an ensemble movie, then the producers are insane. The only way she could make a worse movie would be to star with Justin Timberlake in one. As for Gerard Butler, a romantic comedy? Again? You know some people don't have their jobs today.


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Guided by the mission of Catholic Social Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, the Developmental Programs division offers persons with developmental disabilities a continuum of care designed to enhance quality of life. Every individual has God-given gifts that they can share with others in meaningful relationships. Dedicated caring religious and lay staff enable the special individuals we support to flourish, to find happiness with dignity, and to participate in the mainstream of society.


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The latest weather forecast for Youngstown, Warren, Austintown, Boardman, Sharon, Lisbon and East Liverpool.
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In an unprecedented seven-decade political career, Shimon Peres filled nearly every position in Israeli public life.
Krish Mohip made it clear that he was the boss and will only need the school board if he asks them for advice.
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Officer Glenn Corey and Dany, an 8-year-old Belgian Malinois, have worked together since 2012.
The board of directors at the nation's second-largest bank said Tuesday that CEO John Stumpf will forfeit $41 million in stock awards.
It made two stops in the area: Glenn Holmes' campaign office and The Starting Lineup Barber & Beauty Shop.
The crowd honored Ty're King and Henry Green, two young African-Americans killed by Columbus Police.
Police say the man killed his elderly mother and stepfather, then wrapped their body parts in plastic garbage bags.
Residents in the swing state can vote absentee by mail or in person without having to give a reason.
Sharon Budd lost an eye and underwent numerous surgeries for her injuries from the July 2014 attack.
Police say a 74-year-old woman leaving the concert in August pressed the gas pedal instead of the brake, plowing into a crowd.
Hornets' Chuck Carr has rushed for 5 touchdowns twice this season so far.
The Niles Police Department called the drug bust at the Carnegie Arms Apartments the largest heroin and cash seizure in its history.
Two homes on North Road were shot up Monday morning.
The latest weather forecast for Youngstown, Warren, Austintown, Boardman, Sharon, Lisbon and East Liverpool.
The incident comes a week after Keith Lamont Scott was fatally shot by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police.
The Canfield Girls Soccer Soccer team is currently ranked #8 in the latest OSSCA poll.
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Norman, Okla.- The Brevard College men's golf team has been recognized by the Golf Coaches Association of America as an All-Academic Team following the 2012-2013 academic year.
The Tornados were one of only 18 Division II golf programs in the country that submitted grade point averages of 3.0 or higher to earn All-Academic Team recognition.
"I'm very proud of our team effort to succeed in the classroom this year," head coach David Nelson said. "The team set high standards for academic success at our first team meeting, and I couldn't be more pleased with the outcome".
To be eligible for GCAA All-Academic Team honors, a college or university must submit the grade point averages (GPA) for each player on its official squad list for the academic year.
Sophomore Kim Koivu led BC with a 3.8 GPA, while Diego Ortiz, Hunter Eddins, Petter Lehmann and Sean Stamper each earned above a 3.5 GPA.


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To make matters worse we've had a hellish couple of months with worries and concerns with my pregnancy and IUGR. Bub will be born a week before Christmas yet they still can't seem to make it. :'( I have 3 sisters so was hoping at least one could make the effort to share Christmas with us but it looks like it will just be us. At this stage we can't even guarantee that bub will be out of hospital so it's not as if we can travel to be with them (not to mention Santas bringing a long awaited trampoline).
So what can I do to help make Christmas extra special for my family since it will just be the 4/5 of us? What traditions do you have that we could adopt to make it special instead of just another day at home?
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Yesterday I was snapping some pictures of Buddy in his new camouflage touque.
When Monkey noticed I was taking pictures of his brother (without him!) he grabbed his doggies and jumped into the frame.
I love the results.
Two boys. Two hats. Four dogs (stuffed). It doesn't get any better than that.
PS: If you took pictures of my heart, I'm sure the pictures would look just like these.
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Jobless Bill Clears Key Senate Vote in Squeaker
(NEWSER) – A bill to revive extended unemployment benefits squeaked through its first procedural vote 60-37, a narrow win that outlets including Politico are characterizing as a surprise. Six moderate Republican senators voted with Democrats to renew the recently expired benefits: Kelly Ayotte, Susan Collins, Dan Coats, Dean Heller, Lisa Murkowski, and Rob Portman. But even those senators want the extension to be paid for by spending cuts before the final vote later this week, the New York Times reports.


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Not many orchestra performances can be called "booty-shaking," but the Seattle Symphony is willing to take on that challenge.
Friday night, rapper Sir Mix-A-Lot joined the orchestra onstage to perform two of his biggest hits. After finishing "Posse on Broadway," Mix invited about 40 women to to take the stage and shake it to "Baby Got Back."
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Portrait, Rawal Lake
Photograph by Roheeda
In September 2012, a group of students hailing from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds and representing the regions of the Federally Administrated Tribal Areas gathered for a six-day workshop in Islamabad, Pakistan. The goal was to give the students the tools and vision to share the stories of their own communities through photography. See examples of their work in this gallery.
Here, a young girl sits near her family at Rawal Lake in Islamabad. The Photo Camp students practiced capturing the subtle interactions of people in leisure situations and worked on developing the photographer's skill of approaching people in public and photographing them.
Barber, Said Pur Village
Photograph by Seema Gul
At a bustling barbershop in Said Pur Village near Islamabad, customers were very willing to have their portraits taken by the photography students.
Barbershop, Said Pur Village
Photograph by Azmatullah
Combs and changing robes hang in a barbershop in Said Pur Village. A key Photo Camp lesson involved learning how to frame objects to help tell an overall story.
Shopkeeper, Rawalpindi
Photograph by Azmatullah
A local man shelters from the rain in his store near a truck-art market in Rawalpindi. At this market, repairs are made to the elaborately painted public transportation trucks often seen throughout the country, and new designs and interiors are hand-painted onto them.
Playground, Said Pur Village
Photograph by Huma Gul
Schoolchildren play on a jungle gym during a break from classes at a local school near Said Pur Village. Learning to capture moments of action was a challenging yet important aspect of the workshop.
Umbrella, Said Pur Village
Photograph by Noor Za Din
Schoolchildren on their way home walk past storefronts and shops during monsoon rains in Said Pur Village.
Donkey, Rawalpindi
Photograph by Hanifullah
A burrow carries metal construction frames on its back in Rawalpindi. Students in the photography workshop captured images of daily life throughout the city.
Tailor, Said Pur Village
Photograph by Irfan Ali
A man gazes out from a tailor's shop and watches for customers in Said Pur Village. Students were assigned the task of finding situational portraits, in which individuals are shown within their environment.
Detail, Said Pur Village
Photograph by Azmatullah
A man stands with his hands on his hips in Said Pur Village. During the photography workshop, the students explored historic Said Pur Village to capture images of local people at work and in a variety of real-life situations.
Street Scene, Islamabad
Photograph by Azmatullah
A group of men spend a quiet moment beside a street in Said Pur Village.
Passerby, Rawalpindi
Photograph by Irfan Ali
The view of a bustling street is seen from inside a store at a market in Rawalpindi. During the weeklong Photo Camp workshop, students were challenged to find and frame subjects in unique ways.
Laundry Store, Rawalpindi
Photograph by Seema Gul
A young boy holds an iron in a laundry store in Rawalpindi. Throughout the workshop, students were encouraged to view average scenes of daily life in new ways.
Barber, Said Pur Village
Photograph by Saba Rehman
A local barber reads a paper while waiting for customers in Said Pur Village.
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"The core functionality of the service will always be free," says Noyes.
In view of the fact that he holds a public office, Noyes's sentence consists of a mere fine of one thousand dollars.
As Alfred opened the door to depart he said, "You had best see Mr. Noyes."
He commenced to tell that he had a pamphlet in which Mr. Noyes speaks about me.
Noyes was constantly with me, and the more I saw of him the better I liked him.
Study the other work of Noyes, especially his drama, "Drake."
This is the son of an uncle and a niece, both of Noyes' blood.
Noyes noted that the crew laughed more loudly at the bosun's rough jeers than at the more sharply pointed comment of the pump-man.
When Noyes went to his room that night, it was for a stay of two days.
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Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj set to perform at Sunday's Billboard Music Awards
(Las Vegas, NV) -- Lil Wayne and Nicki Minaj are joining the star-studded lineup of performers at this weekend's Billboard Music Awards. Performing their collaboration track "High School," the rappers will take the stage during Sunday night's awards ceremony taking place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
will.i.am, Akon and Jennifer Lopez have also signed on to join previously announced artists, such as Pitbull, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Miguel and Bruno Mars. Meanwhile, Cee Lo Green is slated to present Billboard's first ever Milestone Award, which is based on fan voting. Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber and Bruno Mars are all up for the honor.
Among the top nominees at this year's Billboard Music Awards are Rihanna, Nicki Minaj and Flo Rida. Rihanna managed to rack up nods in ten categories, including Top Artist. Nicki Minaj is in the running for seven awards. In the category of Top Rap Artist, the "American Idol" judge faces an all male field of rappers, including Drake, Flo Rida, Pitbull and Psy. Flo Rida also topped out at seven nominations. Apart from Top Rap Artist, Flo landed nods in the categories of Top Rap Song, Top Digital Songs Artist and Top Hot 100 Artist.
Other hip-hop and R&B stars up for awards include Chris Brown, Frank Ocean, 2 Chainz, Trey Songz and Kanye West. The show will air live Sunday, May 19th on ABC at 8:00 p.m. Eastern.
Here are some of the nominations for the 2013 Billboard Music Awards:
Top Artist:
Justin Bieber
Maroon 5
Taylor Swift
One Direction
Top Hot 100 Song:
Fun., "Some Nights"
Gotye feat. Kimbra, "Somebody That I Used to Know"
Carly Rae Jepsen, "Call Me Maybe"
Maroon 5, "One More Night"
Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa, "Payphone"
Top Billboard 200 Album:
Adele, 21
Mumford & Sons, Babel
Taylor Swift, Red
One Direction, Up All Night
One Direction, Take Me Home
Top Duo/Group:
Maroon 5
Mumford & Sons
One Direction
Top New Artist:
Carly Rae Jepsen
One Direction
The Lumineers
Top Male Artist:
Jason Aldean
Justin Bieber
Flo Rida
Bruno Mars
Top Female Artist:
Carly Rae Jepsen
Nicki Minaj
Taylor Swift
Hot 100 Artist:
Flo Rida
Maroon 5
Taylor Swift
Billboard 200 Artist:
Justin Bieber
Mumford & Sons
One Direction
Taylor Swift
Digital Songs Artist:
Flo Rida
Carly Rae Jepsen
Maroon 5
Taylor Swift
Radio Songs Artist:
Flo Rida
Maroon 5
Nicki Minaj
Social Artist:
Justin Bieber
One Direction
Katy Perry
Taylor Swift
Streaming Artist:
Nicki Minaj
Pop Artist:
Justin Bieber
Maroon 5
Bruno Mars
One Direction
R&B Artist:
Chris Brown
Alicia Keys
Rap Artist:
Flo Rida
Nicki Minaj
Top R&B Album
Fortune -- Chris Brown
Girl on Fire -- Alicia Keys
Channel Orange -- Frank Ocean
Unapologetic -- Rihanna
Looking 4 Myself -- Usher
Top Rap Album
Based on a T.R.U. Story -- 2 Chainz
Good Kid, M.A.A.D City -- Kendrick Lamar
The Heist -- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded -- Nicki Minaj
God Forgives, I Don't -- Rick Ross
Top Pop Song
"Lights" -- Ellie Goulding
"Call Me Maybe" -- Carly Rae Jepsen
"One More Night" -- Maroon 5
"Payphone" -- Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa
"Locked Out of Heaven" -- Bruno Mars
Top R&B Song
"Girl on Fire" -- Alicia Keys feat. Nicki Minaj
"Adorn" -- Miguel
"Thinkin Bout You" -- Frank Ocean
"Diamonds" -- Rihanna
"Heart Attack" -- Trey Songz
Top Rap Song
"Wild Ones" -- Flo Rida feat. Sia
"Whistle" -- Flo Rida
"Mercy" -- Kanye West, Big Sean, Pusha T, & 2 Chainz
"Thrift Shop" -- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
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Fox's "Doctor" Ablow Dismisses Threat From Coal Plants
Research ››› ››› SHAUNA THEEL
Fox News contributor and psychiatrist Keith Ablow misinformed viewers by dismissing EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson's statement that limits on air pollution from coal-fired power plants benefit those who suffer from asthma. Indeed, it is widely accepted among public health professionals that pollution from these plants exacerbates asthma symptoms.
Fox's Ablow Falsely Suggests There's "No Evidence" Linking Asthma To Burning Of Fossil Fuels
Identifying Himself As "A Doctor," Ablow Claims Tying Coal Plants To Asthma Is "Pseudo-Science." From Fox Business' Follow The Money:
ERIC BOLLING: I watched this testimony. I saw it. I saw Lisa Jackson tell us why we needed more regulation, we needed less drilling and all because, I don't know, she pointed out asthma.
KEITH ABLOW: I'm a doctor, right, so the data matters to me and I object to using pseudo-science to justify political agendas. And that's what happening here is that you've got people saying, hey, it's causing asthma -- the drilling and the use of fossil fuels. There's no evidence of that, you can't make a compelling case for that. And so that's the way that we end up with bad ideas justifying good ends. And everybody thinks well wonderful let's spend $400 billion to prevent asthma. It could be the lizard causing asthma just as well. [Fox Business, Follow The Money, 6/15/11]
Jackson: Clean Air Rule Will Prevent "120,000 Cases Of Childhood Asthma Symptoms." During her June 15 testimony before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson stated that proposed limits on mercury emissions and toxic air pollution from power plants will prevent an estimated "120,000 cases of childhood asthma symptoms," among other health benefits. She opened her testimony by stating: "I know this subject very personally because my son is one of the more than 25 million Americans battling asthma." [EPA.gov, 6/15/11]
Health Experts Agree Coal Plant Emissions Cause Asthma Attacks
American Lung Association: Pollutants Released By Coal-Fired Power Plants Cause Asthma Attacks. From a report by the American Lung Association titled "Toxic Air: The Case for Cleaning Up Coal-Fired Power Plants":
The smaller particles, those produced by fossil fuel combustion such as coal-fired power plants, (otherwise known as fine particles or PM2.5) worsen asthma and bronchitis, cause heart attacks and strokes, and increase the risk of premature death.
Reducing emissions of these hazardous air pollutants will also cut emissions of other harmful pollutants. The same equipment needed to clean up the 84 hazardous emissions also lowers other harmful air pollutants, including sulfur dioxide, fine particulate matter (PM2.5), and nitrogen oxides. Each of these three makes breathing difficult, causes asthma attacks and increases the risk of emergency room and hospital visits. [LungUSA.org, March 2011]
American Academy Of Pediatrics: Children With Respiratory Diseases Are Vulnerable To "Adverse Effects Of Air Pollution." From the June 15 testimony of Dr. Jerome Paulson on behalf of the American Academy of Pediatrics regarding the new Clean Air Act standards:
Because the lung is in direct contact with the air, children with underlying or chronic respiratory diseases are even more susceptible to the adverse effects of air pollution. In individuals with cystic fibrosis, elevated levels of particulate matter and ozone are associated with an increased risk of exacerbations and decline in lung function. For children with asthma, the most common chronic disease in childhood, ozone levels--even those below current EPA standards--are associated with increased respiratory symptoms and the need for rescue medication. School absences, emergency room visits, and hospital admissions are all directly associated with ambient air pollution. In a prospective cohort of children living in southern California, children with asthma living in communities with increased levels of air pollution (especially particulates, nitrogen dioxide, and acid vapor) were more likely to have bronchitis symptoms. The same mix of air pollutants was also associated with deficits in lung growth (as measured by lung function tests). [Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, 6/15/11]
Harvard Study: Emissions From 9 Coal Plants Cause Extra Risk Of "14,000 Asthma Attacks" Per Year. From a press release on a 2001 study by environmental scientists at the Harvard School of Public Health:
Air pollution from nine older coal-burning power plants in Illinois contributes to particulate matter, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide exposure over a large region. Using a state-of-the-art computer model that shows how weather patterns disperse the material, Harvard School of Public Health environmental scientists John Spengler and Jonathan Levy estimated the impact of the nine power plants on air pollution levels and health in sections of nine Midwestern states.
Citing evidence from studies of the health effects of air pollution, Spengler and Levy were able to estimate that current emissions contribute an annual extra risk of 300 premature deaths, 14,000 asthma attacks, and over 400,000 daily incidents of upper respiratory symptoms among the 33 million people living within 250 miles of the geographic center of the plants.
They found that applying existing emission control technology to the older plants could reduce the annual mortality risk by approximately 200 premature deaths per year, along with 2,000 fewer emergency room visits, 10,000 fewer asthma attacks and 300,000 fewer daily incidents of upper respiratory problems. They also determined that recent fuel switching and emission controls adopted by a subset of the power plants reduced the mortality risk between 1998 and 2000 by 80 premature deaths per year. [Harvard School of Public Health, 1/3/01]
HHS: Sulfur Dioxide Concentrations In Air - "Primarily" From Burning Coal - Can Cause Respiratory Effects In "Sensitive Asthmatics." From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services "Toxological Profile For Sulfur Dioxide":
Sulfur dioxide in the air results primarily from activities associated with the burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil) such as at power plants or from copper smelting.
Sulfur dioxide emission from fuel combustion have come primarily from coal burning, with coal combustion producing 96% of the electric utility emissions.
Additionally, exercising asthmatics are sensitive to the respiratory effects of low concentrations (0.25 ppm) of sulfur dioxide.
For comparative purposes, typical outdoor concentrations of sulfur dioxide may range from 0 to 1 ppm.
In summary, the available data indicate that sensitive asthmatics may respond to concentrations of sulfur dioxides as low as 0.1 ppm. Healthy nonasthmatics respond to higher concentrations of sulfur dioxide (≥1.0 ppm). Factors that can exacerbate the respiratory effects of sulfur dioxide include exercise and breathing of dry or cold air. Animal data support the human data on respiratory effects of sulfur dioxide. [CDC.gov, December 1998]
Meet Keith Ablow, Pseudo-Scientist
Ablow: WI Protesters Are "Parasitic And Need To Be Identified As Such ... I'm Speaking Like A Scientist." From the June 15 edition of Fox Business' Follow The Money:
KEITH ABLOW: And what you see in the streets of Wisconsin is a glimpse of what happens when people who are drugged by too many entitlements have to go into detox --
ERIC BOLLING: You know what it is, doc?
ABLOW: -- they won't accept it --
BOLLING: This right there that you're seeing -
ABLOW: -- and they get violent in the streets in their language
BOLLING: -- Ann Coulter was here, Ann Coulter was here, this is the demonic left-wing mob. That's exactly what she outlines in the book.
ABLOW: These are people who want to take and take and take with no regard for the body politic, the whole of the organism. They are therefore parasitic and need to be identified as such, that's all. I'm not even judging them, I'm speaking like a scientist here. [Fox Business, Follow The Money, 6/15/11]
Ablow: "From A Psychological Standpoint" Obama's Speech After Birth Certificate Release Is "Curious," Contained "Rambling Series Of Excuses." From the April 27 edition of Fox Business' Follow The Money:
KEITH ABLOW: Well, if you listen to the speech, and you don't get into the forensic pathology related to the document itself, from a psychological standpoint, it's a curious speech. He doesn't say one in a billion people, one in a million will find fault with this because there are outliers for everything -- he says 25 percent of people might have a problem. That's a very curious sort of calculus. Like, why? Why would only the majority of Americans consider this to be sufficient evidence of his birth? I wasn't interested in looking at the birth certificate so much until the speech, which was proceeded by a huge rambling series of excuses about why we shouldn't look at it too closely. I've got big issues to contend with, the country's has business to do -- it sounded like Ford pardoning Nixon, right? [Fox Business, Follow The Money, 4/27/11]
Asked About Increase In Suicides, Fox's Dr. Keith Ablow Mentions Obama Appearing On "YouTube And The Daytime Talk Shows." From the October 20, 2010, edition of Fox Business Network's Follow the Money:
ERIC BOLLING: Recessions happen, we get that. But with the duration of this one, or at least the duration of the high unemployment numbers -- is that driving people to the brink, if not further? You know, suicides are up, if I'm not mistaken.
KEITH ABLOW: It's -- yeah and it's not just unemployment, it's underemployment, as it's called, or marginal employment. It's people doing things that in their hearts they wish that they didn't have to, just to put bread on the table. It's looking at your president who's on YouTube and the daytime talk shows, saying what's going on here? Does this guy even get it? [Fox Business, Follow The Money, 10/20/10]
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The Soviet Aesthetics of Aleksandr Voronsky: A Brief Exposition
This paper presents a concise exposition of the aesthetic theory of the early Soviet literary critic Aleksandr Voronsky, the editor of Red Virgin Soil who was executed in Josef Stalin?s Great Purge. Despite an anthology of Voronsky?s writings, published for the first time in English in 1998, no English-language scholarly attention has been paid to this work of non-Stalinist Soviet aesthetics. The author focuses on Voronsky?s Marxism-Plekhanovism, his understanding of art and the unconscious, and his method of aesthetic evaluation.
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On Oct. 1, 2013, the SH 183 SB 1420 Committee announced its final report concerning the project. In accordance with its determination, TxDOT is moving forward with a Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Maintain (DBFOM) delivery method.
SB 1420 Committee Meeting - Oct. 1, 2013
|Agendas, Presentations, Minutes and Other Handouts
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|North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) Project Letter
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Senate Bill 1420, 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, applies to TxDOT toll projects in which a private entity has a financial interest in the project's performance.
SB 1420 added Transportation Code, Section 228.013, requiring that the distribution of the project's financial risk, the method of financing for the project, and the tolling structure and methodology must be determined by an SB 1420 Committee consisting of a representative from each of the following groups:
The tables below contain information regarding the SB 1420 Committee for the SH 183 Managed Lanes.
Committee Members
The table below contains links to local government resolutions appointing members to the SB 1420 Committee of the SH 183 Managed Lanes Project.
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|Bill Hale
|Michael Morris
|Elizabeth Mow
|Dallas County
|Alberta Blair
|City of Irving
|Ramiro Lopez
|City of Dallas
|Rick Galceran
|City of Euless
|Gary McKamie
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KONG Squeaker Football combines the fetching fun of a football with the squawking reward of a squeaker toy. Non-abrasive tennis-ball material provides delightful, erratic bounce and is easy on your pet's teeth. The inner squeaker grabs your pet's attention and lures him into "retrieve and destroy" mode. Give this ball a long throw and watch your pet retrieve it happily while getting much-needed exercise and fresh air. Not a chew toy.
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Get an overview of this hotelNon-gaming, eco-friendly, all-suite hotel
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This all-suite, smoke-free CityCenter resort is steps away from ARIA Resort and Casino, and connected to the Bellagio. The ARIA Express tram connects the property to other facilities within the complex.
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The offerings of the Spa & Salon Vdara celebrate the purity and organic freshness of nature. Holistic health, supported by the healing power of nature, is the focus of the spa experience, which can be enjoyed solo or in pairs.
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Suites at Vdara offer flat-panel televisions and complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. Kitchens include refrigerators, stovetops, and microwaves.
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The full-service spa features massage and treatment rooms. In addition to an outdoor pool with seasonal pool café, Vdara Hotel & Spa also provides a health club, a spa tub, a sauna, and a steam room. This property offers a business center, and complimentary WiFi. Meeting facilities include conference rooms and a ballroom. A restaurant and lobby bar are located on site.
This Las Vegas resort also offers a fitness center, gift shop and newsstand, and a concierge desk. Limo service is available.
Vdara Hotel & Spa is a smoke-free property.
- Total number of rooms - 1495
- Number of floors - 56
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- Self parking (surcharge)
- Sauna
- Shopping on site
- Smoke-free property
- Spa services on site
- Spa tub
- Steam room
- Outdoor pool
- Coffee shop or café
- Year Built 2009
- Snack bar/deli
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Self parking (surcharge), Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- Pay movies
- Premium bedding
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Separate sitting area
- Air conditioning
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Free local calls
- Kitchenette
- Minibar
- Microwave
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Hair dryer
- Separate bathtub and shower
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Sofa bed
- Separate dining area
- Stovetop
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
- Deep soaking bathtub
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- Cable TV service
- Room service (24 hours)
Where to Eat
Market Café Vdara - A "grab-and-go" food and beverage outlet with freshly made food or groceries. Open for breakfast and lunch.
Vice Versa – Situated in the heart of Vdara's lobby and overlooking ARIA Resort & Casino. Sip handcrafted cocktails and enjoy modern bar food, lunch or dinner menu options in a chic and playful environment.
Nearby Things to Do
- Golfing nearby
- Ecotours nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
- Fitness classes on site
- Pilates classes on site
- Yoga classes/instruction on site
Spa Services
The luxury Spa & Salon Vdara offers a menu that focuses on holistic health, providing skincare services, body treatments, aromatherapy, and traditional and specialty massages. Treatments involve the use of natural ingredients derived from herbs, flowers, fruits, vegetables, and oils. Couples services are available. Advanced reservations required for treatments and massages.
- Manicures and pedicures
- Body scrubs
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Sauna in spa
- Massages
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 40.00 per day.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 75.00 per accommodation, per night, plus a one-time cleaning fee of USD 75
- Dogs only
- 2 per room (up to 70 lb)
- Specific rooms only, restrictions apply
- Pet-friendly rooms can be requested by contacting the property at the number on the booking confirmation
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card 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.
Union Pay
Bed type is based upon availability for the Resort Room category and will be assigned at check-in. For more details, please contact the office using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
The credit or debit card used to place the reservation will be required upon arrival to register. The hotel will place an authorization against this account to cover applicable charges for room, tax, and resort fees, as well as an incidental amount per day to allow access to room charging privileges. Additional authorizations may be placed should the guest's charges exceed the originally approved amount. For debit cards, unused funds are released upon check-out and made available after up to 7 days for domestic banks and up to 30 days for international banks. For details, please contact the office using the contact information found on the confirmation received after booking.
- Deposit: USD 100.00 per night
- Resort fee: USD 44.22 per accommodation, per night
- Fitness center access
- Internet access
- Phone calls
- Additional inclusions
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: between USD 10 and USD 20 per person (approximately)
- Self parking fee: USD 15 per day
- Valet parking fee: USD 25 per day
- Pet fee: USD 75.00 per accommodation, per night plus USD 75 one-time cleaning fee
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 40.00 per day
Hotel Name
- Hotel Vdara
- Vdara
- Vdara Hotel
- Vdara Hotel Las Vegas
- Vdara Las Vegas
- Vdara Hotel And Spa
We should mention
Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the resort prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. The property allows pets in specific rooms only and has other pet restrictions (surcharges apply and can be found in the Fees section). Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.


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got my cyndaquil thanks
got my cyndaquil thanks
DW Females avail for trade: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...DaHI3NXc#gid=0
Current Shiny Hunt: (B2) & (W1)
Newest Shiny: http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a79...ps6fb9a085.jpg 8/15/13 SR~My Shinies~
looking for a regular cyndaquil can offer a totadile PM if you want to help. Thanks
I'm looking for a Kyogre, and I can offer any of the Kanto, Sinnoh, Johnto and Hoenn starters, or even one of each if you want. PM me if you want a trade.
Arceus is the god of pokemon? Autocorrect got Articuno really wrong that time...
Try out the monotype room on Pokemon Showdown!
I have 6 cyndaquils up for grabs. All lvl 1. 5 male, 1 female. they all know tackle, leer, flamethrower and fire blast. Looking for a Chikorita, Bulbusaur, Squirtle, Treecko, Torchic, Mudkip, Latios, event Celebi, Mew, Jirachi, SS Groudon, Deoxys or any 4th gen legendaries. PM me. Cheers.
Platinum FC: 4513 9131 8827
Name: SAM
Heart Gold FC: 5072 2051 7349
Name: SAM
Have tons of cyndaquil's left after all my egg hatching, PM if you want one : )
Omega Ruby FC - 2036 - 7896 - 3708
"Strong Pokemon. Weak Pokemon. That is only the selfish perception of people. Truly skilled trainers should try to win with their favorites." (Karen of the Elite 4)
Looking for all Gen 2 starters. Will trade any Gen 4/5 pokemon for them.
what do you have?
i have 5 ill send you one if you send me a tododile
ok ill trade with you
ill give you a cyndaquil for latios
ill send you cyndaquil for tododile
Looking for a female Cyndaquil.
I have 2 Chikoritas, one male and other female. Nickname requests are accepted/
Offering Cyndaquils in exchange for other starters. First and second gen. I also have many Eevees. PM me if your interested.
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San Diego, CA
Looking for a Cyndaquil for my Pokemon White 2, no special stats or anything. D Much appreciated if you trade with me! PM me.
I really need a Cydaquil in my Soul Silver, I can trade any Totodile and Chikorita.
If you can help me, and get the Heart Gold exclusives, you will be my hero.
Thank you!
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NNID: TheIckyStickie
Switch FC: SW-8011-1981-6431
Looking for Shiny starters.Only yours and Legit plz.Can offer any pokemon(or events like Arceus etc) or some shinies.Also looking for the three shinies beasts
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Looking For any shiny(Prefer Pokeradar's)
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I wish someone would explain the cont shelf theory for the east coast that keeps getting mentioned. At the shelf drop off it ranges from 25-80 feet water depth to shore depending on location. The shoals also play a part.
Very very basic explanation of how the continental shelf effects us in the SOUTH EAST.
Long period swells send energy very very deep into the ocean. When this energy comes into contact with the sea floor it is pushed up creating a swell. When this swell eventually reaches the beach is creates waves. Due to the continental shelf being WAY offshore especially in the south east of the united states, wave energy decays as it approaches our beaches more so than anywhere else in the US. This along with the angle of the past swell, which was a bit too north of our swell window (blocked mainly by cape Hatteras) caused the bust in not only this but many other surf forecasting sites.
However most of you know that long period swells tend to wrap around points and capes. This would have been the case anywhere else but due to the continental shelf in our region the waves never made it here. This is typical of our region and many seasoned surfers and amateur forecasters saw this bust coming days in advance.
Dont blame the site. Swellinfo.com is by far the most reliable and user friendly surf forecasting site for the EAST COAST that exists.
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Flight Seventeen over the Bible from 30,000 Feet will take us over 2 Samuel chapters 1-10. Our tour guide, Pastor Skip Heitzig, will show us David's triumphs as King over Israel, after the death of Saul. Join us as we see how David's faith in God leads him to be victorious politically and militarily as one by one he defeats his enemies. We will also see how David's obedience leads to a new promise from God. The key chapters to review for this flight are 1-3, 5, 7 and 9.
The Book of 2 Samuel does not identify its author. It could not be the Prophet Samuel, since he died in 1 Samuel. Possible writers include Nathan and Gad (see 1 Chronicles 29:29). Originally, the books of 1 and 2 Samuel were one book. The translators of the Septuagint separated them, and we have retained that separation ever since. The events of 1 Samuel span approximately 100 years, from c. 1100 B.C. to c. 1000 B.C. The events of 2 Samuel cover another 40 years. The date of writing, then, would be sometime after 960 B.C.
The Settlement of Canaan
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After the death of Saul, David soon becomes King over all of Israel. The book of 2 Samuel can be divided into two sections. The first section covers David's Triumphs.
1. Political Triumphs - 2 Sam. 1-5
2. Spiritual Triumphs - 2 Sam. 6-7
3. Military Triumphs - 2 Sam. 8-10
Hebron - Hebron was one of the first cities built in Palestine. It was one of the first places Abraham resided upon his arrival in Canaan. David, when he became King, chose it to be his capital. By this time, the town was already old and established. Hebron is located 23 miles south of Jerusalem, 3,000 feet above sea level, in the center of the tribe of Judah, and was the largest and the most secure city. The area was rich in agriculture, surrounded by vineyards and olive groves. There was also plenty of water that would bubble up from the surrounding springs.
Jerusalem - During the time of the judges and until David's time, Jerusalem was called Jebus. This city had been occupied by the Jebusites, who were a mixed population of Canaanite people. When David was chosen King over all Israel, he chose Jerusalem to be his capital. According to one Jewish tradition, Jerusalem was founded by Shem and Eber, ancestors of Abraham. The city sits upon slopes over 2,000 feet above sea level.
Lo Debar - When Saul was killed in battle, some members of his family fled to Lo Debar. It was probably located in the Gilead region east of the Jordan River. Located three miles east of the Jordan River and about 60 miles northeast of Jerusalem, Saul's family hoped that they would be safe and able to protect Mephibosheth, where he lived with Machir until David called him to the palace (2 Sam. 9:4).
Maacah - David's fourth wife, the mother of Absalom. She was also the daughter of Talmai, the king of Geshur (2 Sam. 3:3).
Haggith - David's fifth wife, the mother of Adonijah (2 Sam. 3:4).
Abital - David's sixth wife (2 Sam. 3:4).
Eglah - David's seventh wife (2 Sam. 3:5).
Bathsheba - David's favorite wife. Bathsheba was the wife of Uriah, who was away in battle when she committed adultery with David. She was the mother of five of David's children, their firstborn having died in infancy due to David's sin. She was the mother of both Solomon and Nathan (1 Chronicles 3:5). In the genealogies of Jesus, Mary came from the line of Nathan and Joseph from the line of Solomon.
Jonathan - Saul's son. He was both a brave and godly man. He became David's best friend (2 Samuel 1:26).
Mephibosheth - He was the lame son of Jonathan. After the death of Jonathan and Saul, David brought Mephibosheth into his house to eat at the king's table like one of his own sons (2 Samuel 9:10-13).
Hanun - The King of Ammon who mistreated some of David's men and ridiculed them. He shaved off one side of their beards and cut away their clothes to expose their buttocks (2 Samuel 10:1-4).
Ish-Bosheth - He was the weak son of Saul who was put in power by Abner, who needed a puppet king. They controlled the kingdom for 7 years after Saul's death (2 Samuel 2:8).
Hadadezer - The king of Zoboah, son of Rehob. Zoboah was a land northeast of Damascus near the Euphrates River. David defeated this king twice (2 Samuel 8:3, 10:15-19).
Carpenters - When David began to rule in Jerusalem and was ready to build his palace, there were very few carpenters in the land. David had befriended Hiram, the king of Tyre, who sent him building supplies and skilled carpenters. These carpenters would have done the construction and the finishing detailed woodwork. Compared to today's power tools, their tools would seem primitive, but these were craftsmen. Wooden mallets were used as hammers, flax and reeds were used as rulers, and crushed sandstone was the sandpaper of the day (2 Samuel 5:11).
Song and Dance - Throughout their history - even to the modern age - the Israelites loved to come together and celebrate. A joyful and natural part of that was singing and dancing. Song and dance were used as an expression of worship, praise and thanksgiving. Much of their history was passed down through song. The Book of Psalms is a collection of songs telling of the nation's history (2 Samuel 6:1-5).
The Tambourine - Also called the timbrel.
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