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Wakeboard towers are an evolution of the pylon and extended pylon. An early version of a wakeboard tower was first patented in 1996. In general, boat companies do not make the towers and outsource to wakeboard tower manufacturers, but there are a few that make their own. In most instances, boat dealerships and other authorized dealers sell the towers and buyers can then purchase other things, like tower accessories, as well.
There are aftermarket wakeboard towers that are made by companies that do not have a contract with a boat manufacturer. This usually just means the manufacturer is small or doesn't have a large enough network of dealerships to sell to.
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Joan Baez to Perform at #OWS for Veteran's Day
They must really want to clear the park.
Her politics are bad. Her singing is awful. There's not enough pot at Camp Poopstock to make Baez sound good.
Warbler Joan Baez is going to perform at the Occupy Wall Street squatters camp for Veteran's Day.
The New York Daily News reported:
Legendary 1960s protest singer Joan Baez will headline an Occupy Wall Street rally Friday.
"It's official. Joan Baez will be here tomorrow," said organizer Aaron Black. "She's an icon. We are unbelievably excited. In the '60s, protests and music went hand and hand."
The "11/11/11" Veterans Day Rally will be held at at Foley Square from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
The slogan for the day: "Honor the Dead, Fight Like Hell For the Living."
Ignoring the weekday timeslot and the short notice, Black said he expects big crowds – possibly tens of thousands of people.
"It's going to be our biggest gathering yet. The whole world is watching now," he said.
"It's going to be an unbelievable celebration of music and culture."
Baez, born a New Yorker, is an icon of the 1960s who marched with Martin Luther King, Jr. and Cesar Chavez, dated Bob Dylan and Steve Jobs, and sang about civil rights, human rights and the Vietnam War.
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Bradford boss Stuart McCall claims he was "verbally assaulted" by Millwall supporters and "was close to clocking a couple" after the pitch invasion that followed the League One play-off final at Wembley.
Veteran striker Steve Morison stole in at the far post as the tie appeared destined for extra-time to grab an 85th-minute winner - his 19th of the season - and end their two-year absence from the Championship.
At full-time, with Millwall players jubilant and Bradford players dejected on the field, supporters from the south London club ran onto the field.
While some were simply celebrating promotion, others used the opportunity to goad those remaining in the Bradford end - as well as Bantams chief McCall and his staff.
The Bradford boss hit out stating: "Wembley have got to learn now. Everyone in the whole place knew the fans were coming on.
"I don't understand supporters coming on to have a go at myself, my staff and the players when they've won a game. They were in my face. I was verbally assaulted, not physically. Just enjoy your moment.
"I was close to clocking a couple [of them] who were coming up in my face. That's not sour grapes; it's something we've got to learn from. Five or 10 minutes after the event, an army of stewards walk on. Where were they straight after the game when they should have been on the halfway line?
"It's not just Millwall. Come on the pitch – that's fine. Stay in your own half, celebrate with your own players and your own team. You don't need to start goading. We feel bad enough as it is. It's not nice, is it?"
Millwall match-winner Morison was unhappy with his own supporters also.
The veteran hitman, talking to Sky Sports, said: "I can't talk, they are annoying me. They've ruined this for everyone."


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DARD being moved from Belfast to Ballykelly
Eight hundred civil service jobs are to be moved to the north west from Belfast as the agricultural department is moving its headquarters to Ballykelly.
It will be based at the site of the former Shackleton Army barracks.
The 800 staff who will be affected are currently based at Dundonald House in east Belfast.
Work will commence on the site as early as possible in 2013/14 with the new headquarters ready for occupation during 2015.
There had been speculation that the headquarters could be moved to Cookstown, County Tyrone, or to a new centre for rural excellence at the former Maze Prison site outside Lisburn.
Agriculture Minister Michelle O'Neill said: "This is a good news announcement for the rural economy, especially the north west.
"It is a unique opportunity to relocate high quality public sector jobs outside of Belfast which over the years will bring a range of related economic and social benefits.
"One of the other big advantages of this site is that it's an executive owned site, so in terms of cost it'll bring down the whole cost in terms of being able to relocate DARD (Department of Agriculture and Rural Development).
"Also when I've been up and visited the site, some of the buildings are in first class shape so I think again it'll speed up the move and allow us to move up there on our target date which is by 2015."
She said none of the 800 civil servants would be forced to move to Ballykelly if against their will.
Mrs O'Neill said it was usual for officials to move between departments and she was confident she would get enough volunteers to staff the new headquarters.


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Of poetry and prison
I have just returned from my weekly trip to Walsenburg where I teach the creative writing workshop featured in Noel Black's cover story two weeks ago, "Verse Case Scenarios."
When I handed out copies of that issue, the men snatched them up and spread them open. I watched their faces as they read the article about themselves and me, and I saw lights popping on -- as though the article identified for them the value of what they were doing. That hearing from the "outside" world about their journey into writing was real validation, and certainly motivated them.
When the writing exercise started, about "places" that define our lives, the men buckled down and wrote with more fervor than I'd ever seen before.
And when the time came to stand up and read their first drafts (usually only a few volunteer to read), there were so many volunteers to read that we ran out of presentation time.
Also, they wrote with much deeper personal voices -- one man wrote a beautiful elegy about going back to the family farm to spread his grandmother's ashes over the same ground where he had spread his grandfather's, a year before; another wrote about the place in the heart where love is found; another of the "places" of fear when faced with arrest.
Furthermore, the depth of Noel's article, on four poets, with literary history and other quotes, gave them an up-to-date perspective of the variety of "voices" in the poet's world.
Upon leaving, I asked, "How did it feel to see your name and words in print?" Their faces lit up like smiling kids at a birthday party. And they said, "Be sure to tell Noel thank you."
And I thank Noel and the Indy for writing and printing the article, for I am a firsthand witness that Noel's words have given a few men the insight that "words" can truly be their ticket to personal freedom, a life without crime, and nurturing rejuvenation.
-- Jim Ciletti
Colorado Springs
Come on over
I enjoyed John Hazlehurst "Circus" column in last week's paper, describing the county Republican Assembly.
You've got real courage, no doubt about it.
But, John, what are you doing with the Republicans?
You should know better by now. That old version of the GOP for which you are nostalgic disappeared a long time ago.
And I don't think it's coming back. The radical right wing killed that once friendlier Republican Party. Back when you joined, Lincoln's party had a human face. Not anymore. It's hard to recognize it now.
So, come over to the other side. It's really much nicer over here. We may not have the power, but we have the principles, and the right, on our side.
Just do it, John! Just out yourself. Be who you really are. Come on over and be a Democrat!
And put it all, the whole conversion story, in next week's paper.
You won't regret it.
-- Joe Barrera
Colorado Springs
Drug abuse alive and well
Drug abuse alive and well
Drug abuse is alive and well in this community. Sadly, many heroin addicts continue to use this deadly, illegal drug simply because judges, probation officers and treatment providers are not aware of the proven success rate of Medication Assisted Treatment.
We are grateful to the Independent for the attention you have given this matter ["Wanted: addicts," May 6] We pledge to continue to do our part to provide this life-saving treatment to those in need at the lowest possible price.
-- Michael K. Gardner, BA LCDC
Clinic Director
Western Clinical Health
Services of Colorado
Artsy but unrealistic
In a letter to the editor last week, Richard Van Scotter asserts that the employees of The Chinook Bookshop should have risen up, wrestled control from the arrogant Dick and Judy Noyes, bucked the juggernaut of corporate and Internet bookselling, and in true Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, "hey kids, let's put on our own show!" fashion, saved the store.
This reminds me of the day when, as programming director of a classical music radio station in San Francisco, I received a call from a disgruntled listener, informing me that he was going to start his own station so he could play only music written before the year 1200.
Artsy but unrealistic.
While I'm at it, I'd like to take this opportunity to launch a pre-emptive response to the chain bookstore bashing that will no doubt reach a crescendo as Chinook's final day approaches.
As a seven-year employee of the now deceased McKinzey-White Bookshop, I certainly participated in my share of corporate lambasting. I now work at one of those evil chains, and while I miss many aspects of an independent, I'm still afforded the daily opportunity to uphold the First Amendment, and to sell, order and recommend books of all sizes, shapes and political views, surrounded and supported by a core group of highly educated and knowledgeable colleagues.
So please, while we lament the loss of the treasure known as The Chinook Bookshop, let's skip the simplistic stereotype of the "knuckle dragging, gum chewing, baseball hat on backwards, wouldn't know the difference between Thomas Wolfe and Tom Clancy" corporate bookstore clerk in the coming weeks, thank you very much.
-- Mark R. Jackson
Colorado Springs
God's all done
Editor's note: The following was submitted by Colorado Springs resident Jonathan H. Reilly in response to last week's report of the shenanigan's that occurred during the May 1 Republican County Assembly, during which County Commissioner candidate Douglas Bruce declared, "God is not finished with me yet."
A letter to Douglas Bruce
Dear Doug,
I'm finished with you now.
Don't tear down history
Don't tear down history
I don't really know who to send this to, or what you can do to help, but here goes ...
I just received a notice from the City of Colorado Springs Planning and Community Development. It was to inform me about the following:
"A pre-application to replace an existing medical clinic building and three single-family residences with a new single-story, larger medical clinic building on the same lot and the three adjacent lots. The commercial zoned site is located northeast of Colorado Avenue and 14th Street. The property is addressed as 1330 W. Colorado Ave."
They will be considering public comments regarding this proposal until May 17, 2004. You can direct comments to Larry Larsen at the City Planning office: firstname.lastname@example.com or 385-5090.
I have no objections to updating the existing building for the medical clinic. However, I am vehemently opposed to doing it at the expense of the three single-family dwellings.
We need to preserve what is left of our historical architecture. It is precisely this history that gives Old Colorado City its unique appeal. If we keep destroying these old houses, we are in turn destroying Old Colorado City. Once this history is lost, we can never get it back.
There are plenty of nonhistoric areas in the Springs that would be far more appropriate for such a project. I have given this notice to several of my friends, posted it on the KOAA community bulletin board, e-mailed a letter of opposition to Mr. Larsen, e-mailed the president of the Organization of Westside Neighbors and e-mailed the OCC historical society. I was hoping that you would be able to help get the word out. Maybe if enough residents contact Mr. Larsen, we will be able to preserve our historical structures.
-- Allison Buckley
Colorado Springs
Wait for the facts
President Bush has already announced that, despite the horrific torture of Iraqi prisoners in American-run prisons, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld will stay in his administration.
It may be that Rumsfeld did nothing wrong, but how does the president know when all the facts are not yet known?
At a minimum, President Bush should hold off on promising to keep Rumsfeld until he knows he is not responsible for the torture of Iraqis.
-- Terza Ekholm
Colorado Springs
Rumsfeld should resign
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld testified to Congress on May 7 that he "takes full responsibility for the events that occurred on his watch" with the foreboding warning that, "apparently the worst is yet to come." How did this happen?
The abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison and other facilities in Iraq and Afghanistan can be traced to policy decisions and public statements made by Rumsfeld himself. His lawless regime began in January 2002 when he publicly declared that hundreds of people detained by U.S. and allied forces in Afghanistan "do not have any rights" under the Geneva conventions.
According to the Taguba report, the detention system Rumsfeld oversees is grossly distorted. Abuses could have been prevented if he had responded to earlier reports of violations. Instead, he publicly dismissed or minimized such accounts delivering the message that the United States isn't bound by international law.
Rumsfeld has said he "would resign in a minute" if he thought he couldn't be effective. With all the lies, broken promises and strategic blunders he has committed, I would say that he is ineffective. He should resign immediately so that we can try and make amends with the Muslim community and world opinion and provide our servicemen and -women the leadership they deserve.
-- Gary Dean
Colorado Springs
Double standard
Lets see if I have this correct. Kerry is asking Rumsfield to resign because he knew about atrocities in Iraq. Kerry admitted that he committed atrocities in Vietnam. Does that mean that he is going to resign from the presidential race?
-- Gordon Strike
Colorado Springs
Kiss his career goodbye
I heard on the TV news that some junior officer with a conscience went to his superiors and blew the whistle on the treatment of Iraqi prisoners. I hope this unpatriotic, malcontent, non-team player isn't fragged too soon after his name gets around. As local chairman, I'd like to send him a membership application to the league of disenfranchised and marginalized pariahs. No good deed goes unpunished and he can pretty much kiss his career goodbye.
-- Nick Schroeder
Colorado Springs


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Government > State Contacts
State Contacts
Office of the Governor
The Honorable Dannel P. Malloy
State Capitol Building, Room 200
210 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106
860-566-4840 office
800-406-1527 toll free office
860-524-7396 fax
Chief of Staff Mark Ojakian
Legal Counsel Andrew McDonald
Comm. Director Andrew Doba
Office of Lieutenant Governor
The Honorable Nancy Wyman
State Capitol Building, Room 304
210 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106
860-524-7384 office
866-712-6998 toll free office
860-524-7304 fax
Chief of Staff Bettye Jo Pakulis
Senior Advisor Martin Heft
Office of the Secretary of the State
The Honorable Denise Merrill
30 Trinity Street
Hartford, CT 06106
860-509-6000 office
860-509-6209 fax
Office of the State Treasurer
The Honorable Denise Nappier
55 Elm Street
Hartford, CT 06106
800-618-3404 office
Office of the State Comptroller
The Honorable Kevin Lembo
55 Elm Street
Hartford, CT 06106
Office of the Attorney General
The Honorable George Jepsen
55 Elm Street
Hartford, CT 06106
860-808-5318 office
860-808-5387 fax
Connecticut State Senator
The Honorable Art Linares (R-33)
Office: Legislative Office Building,
300 Capitol Avenue, Room 3400
Hartford, CT 06106
860-240-8800 office
800-842-1421 CT only
Committee Assignments: Ranking Member of the Connecticut General Assembly's Banks Committee and Ranking Member of the Select Committee on Children. Also serves on the Commerce and Education Committees.
Municipalities Represented: Chester, Clinton, Colchester, Deep River, East Haddam, East Hampton, Essex, Haddam, Lyme, Old Saybrook, Portland, Westbrook
Connecticut State Representative
The Honorable Melissa Ziobron (R-34)
Office: Legislative Office Building,
300 Capitol Avenue, Room 4200
Hartford, CT 06106
860-240-8700 office
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Committee Assignments: Environment, Public Health and Appropriations
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Can a Canadian taxpayer successfully sue the Canada Revenue Agency?
In recent years, taxpayers have brought a number of civil actions against the Canada Revenue Agency (the "CRA"). The allegations in such cases ranged from negligence to fraud, extortion and deceit. Often, taxpayers' claims are brought as the tort of misfeasance in public office or as claims in negligence. So far, the courts have not clearly determined the scope of CRA's civil liability. The recent decision of the British Columbia Supreme Court in Leroux v. Canada Revenue Agency (2014 BCSC 720) provides guidance on the application of common law torts to CRA conduct.
Mr. Leroux, the taxpayer, alleged that he was threatened, deceived and blackmailed by a CRA auditor who was reviewing Mr. Leroux's GST and income tax returns. After reassessments were issued, the CRA claimed Mr. Leroux owed more than $600,000 in taxes, interest and penalties. After an appeal to the Tax Court, some payments by Mr. Leroux and a successful application for interest relief, Mr. Leroux was actually refunded $25,000. In the meantime, Mr. Leroux lost his business and home. He sued the CRA for misfeasance in public office. The CRA argued that it owed no private law duty of care to an individual taxpayer.
In several other cases before Leroux, the courts have agreed with the CRA's position. A successful negligence action requires a finding of a duty of care to the injured party. As such, judicial acceptance of CRA's position has presented a major barrier to bringing a civil claim against CRA.
In Leroux, the court splashed cold water on the CRA's long-standing position and held the CRA did owe a duty of care to Mr. Leroux. The court also held the CRA had breached its duty of care to Mr. Leroux with respect to the imposition of gross negligence penalties. In a stinging rebuke to the case put forth by the CRA and its counsel, the court stated:
[348] To call Mr. Leroux's tax characterizations "grossly negligent" is especially objectionable because, as mentioned above, CRA now uses the complexity of the issues involved in these characterizations as a reason why their decisions on exactly the same issue could never be termed negligent. It is simply not logical for CRA to assess penalties against Mr. Leroux for being grossly negligent in having characterized his income in a particular way and to resist the application of the concept of negligence to their own characterization of the same income, one which was ultimately agreed to be wrong. Or, to put it in the reverse, since CRA now takes the position that the characterization of capital loss versus revenue and the issue of "matching" are difficult and complex, it cannot be said that the assumption of contrary positions by Mr. Leroux, positions that were eventually accepted as correct, was grossly negligent. To call them so, and to assess huge penalties as a result, ostensibly for the purpose of getting around a limitation period, is unacceptable and well outside the standard of care expected of honourable public servants or of reasonably competent tax auditors. While being wrong is not being negligent, nor are [the auditor's] mistakes in fact or law negligent, it is the misuse and misapplication of the term "grossly negligent" that is objectionable.
The court continued:
[353] … CRA must live up to their responsibilities to the Minister and to the Canadian public, nearly all of whom are taxpayers, by applying a little common sense when the result is so obviously devastating to the taxpayer. It is a poor response to say "we put together our position without regard to the law; leave it to the taxpayer to appeal to Tax Court because we are immune from accountability."
Despite the finding that CRA owed a duty of care to Mr. Leroux, and that the CRA had breached this duty, the taxpayer's claim was dismissed because the court held that Mr. Leroux's losses were not the result of the CRA's negligent conduct.
The Leroux judgment is a welcome development in the law regarding the CRA's accountability for its assessing actions. Most CRA agents are diligent and very well-intentioned. It is a rare case where the CRA's conduct can properly be alleged to be actionable. That said, the principles of civil liability shape what can and cannot be done by the CRA in the course of a tax assessment. While Leroux offers very insightful guidance, the broader scope of CRA's civil law duties to taxpayers remains to be fully defined.
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Mazel Tov! You, your groom, and the entire family must be bursting with excitement about the upcoming big wedding day. Orthodox, conservative, reformed, you have a lot of decisions to make with the Rabbi in planning for the big day. If you want a more traditional Jewish wedding, here are ten traditional customs to make your Safta smile and kefell. Read on as you create memories that you will treasure forever!
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10 Traditions in Jewish WeddingWednesday, October 17th, 2018 | Filed under: Jewish Weddings, Wedding Traditions | author: By Keith Sly,
Mazel Tov! You, your groom, and the entire family must be bursting with excitement about the upcoming big wedding day. Orthodox, conservative, reformed, you have a lot of decisions to make with the Rabbi in planning for the big day. If you want a more traditional Jewish wedding, here are ten traditional customs to make your Safta smile and kefell. Read on as you create memories that you will treasure forever!
Uniting Wedding Cultures WorldwideWednesday, October 12th, 2016 | Filed under: Wedding Cultures, Wedding Day, Wedding etiquette, Wedding Fashions | author: By Iwan Stoev,
It's no secret that weddings come in various styles and sizes. Different cultures each offer unique wedding rituals and traditions, making each wedding reflect heritage in a truly special way. In a world so full of rich culture, The Manor has collected a compilation of fascinating customs including Indian, Greek, Jewish, Chinese, and Polish culture to share with you!
Jewish Weddings and Interfaith Weddings – Top Trends in Chuppah DécorMonday, April 2nd, 2012 | Filed under: chuppah, Wedding Décor, wedding ideas, wedding planning, wedding themes | author: By Keith Sly,
Your chuppah is the centerpiece of your wedding ceremony, and our Jewish wedding couples have designed beautiful chuppahs under which they become husband and wife. In our beautiful wedding location, we've seen elegant chuppahs, bejeweled chuppahs, floral-covered chuppahs, and true artistry done by local New Jersey wedding coordinators and floral designers in their designs.
We thought we'd share with you some of the top wedding décor trends related to chuppahs for Jewish weddings and interfaith weddings:
· Spectacular Sparkle. The expanse of a wedding chuppah, from the top tenting to the draping of the sides, is covered with thousands of hand-glued or hand-sewn Swarovski crystals in swirling designs, with some forming the wedding couple's monogram. As an alternative to the all-over crystal décor design, we've also seen wide lines of crystals as a frame around the top and sides of the chuppah.
- Dangling 'Diamonds.' Also in the sparkle category, chuppahs often drip with wire-suspended crystals. There may be a lineup of a dozen crystals per wire, or one larger crystal bauble at the end of each line.
- Raining Orchids. A top wedding trend is suspending décor items. Clear wire is also used to suspend hundreds of fresh flowers, from all-white orchids, to colorful blends of white and blue orchids, gardenias and other elegant flowers. At informal garden weddings, the chuppah may be festooned with a raining wall of white and yellow daisies, which also outline the chuppah's frame.
- Gorgeous Garlands. Our favorite New Jersey floral designers have wowed us with thick, lush green garlands outlining the chuppah frame and hanging in draping arches as the roof of the chuppah. These garlands may be purely made of greenery in visually interesting textures, or they may be dotted with white or colorful flowers.
- Elegant Simplicity. Hold the sparkle, hold the flowers, hold the garlands. A new trend in elegant wedding décor is a completely accent-free chuppah designed entirely of rich fabric, pleated and draped, providing an unadorned backdrop so that the bride's wedding dress can sparkle and shine while she stands below it.
- Aisle Runners. Coordinated to the colors of the chuppah, a big wedding trend is a wide, decorative aisle runner leading up to the structure, often leading up steps to where the bride and groom will stand. Today's aisle runner designs are colorful and bold, or sparkling with thousands of hand-attached crystals, with floral motifs and metallic accents, and perhaps the couple's favorite saying at the beginning of the runner. At the infamous Kim Kardashian wedding, the extra-long aisle runner featured black flourishes at several points along its length, and couples with dramatic flair are emulating that celebrity wedding style.
- Fabulous Flooring. The bride and groom are setting down artistic flooring or a twist on the aisle runner to create a decorative carpet in color, shine and personalization.
- Tied Accents. The front curtains of the chuppah may be tied back with tasseled lengths of fabric, or similarly sparkly crystal accents, even fresh floral nosegays in metallic cones or holders at the entrance. This is a top décor choice for couples on limited wedding budgets.
- Pedestal Florals. On either side of the chuppah, large planters filled with tall, dramatic flowers and branches create a garden wonderland look that adds extra bridal beauty to the space around the chuppah, widening its decorative effect.
- Using Heirloom Items: As a way to add dazzle without straining the wedding budget, our Jewish wedding couples are in increasing number accenting their chuppahs with crystal-accented ties and other décor items their parents used at their own weddings. This adds a dash of personalization and extra meaning to the wedding ceremony.
Michael Mahle, Director of Communications, Pleasantdale Chateau
To make an appointment with a banquet manager, please contact us at 973-731-3100.


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Marble Holy Water Font
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This is a used holy water font that is made out of marble. This wall mounted font has a rounded front with a sandstone color. This font measures 10" tall x 10" wide x 4" deep.
The asking price for this item is $475.00
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Friday, September 09, 2016
Very Short Wait to See Broad Museum Today! Friday September 9th
Almost no line at Broad Museum today due to Grand Avenue being closed for a big event at Disney Hall. Now's the time to see it is you haven't yet. Guards say they've never seen so few people there since day it opened.
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The Prince Bishops' Palace was built in 1526 after the original palace was destroyed by a fire. It was constructed with elements of Gothic and Italian Renaissance. The palace was the home of the Prince Bishop of Liège, nowdays it houses parts of the provincial government and the Courts of Justice. The Prince Bishops' Palace is located on the Saint Lambert's Square, where the Saint Lambert Cathedral used to stand before the French Revolution.
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Prince Bishops' Palace
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Hi Juka! Interesting template, but these pictures are getting smaller and smaller... ;))
Blogtrotter finished Turkey 2008 and is back to a gem in Iberia. Enjoy and have a great weekend!


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Another spread from my portfolio:
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Sunday, May 10, 2009
The Beach Bombs!
Heres a few pages out of my portfolio. I thought it'd be cool to come up with some development art for a 60's Bond-like, inspired film. I like that these type f films are pure fluff with no purpose but to show a middle aged man kickin' ass and getting sexy ladies. I post more " Bond stuff" within the next few days or so. And maybe I'll just post more PERIOD, as the school year is ending and I have no excuse not to.
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Your sleep problems fixed
Expert advice for anyone who tosses and turns at night.
1. The Night Waker
Her challenge: After a stressful breakup two years ago, Meredith Crowell, 40, a single real estate property manager and yoga instructor from Boulder, Colo., would wake up in the middle of the night filled with sadness and anxiety. But even after she felt better emotionally, the sleep troubles continued.
Although she typically falls asleep easily around 10:30 p.m., she is wide awake three or four hours later. She falls back into a fitful sleep, then gets up around 6 a.m. to begin her day. "I never wake feeling well rested, because it feels like I don't get more than about four hours of truly deep sleep," she says.
To no avail, Meredith has tried myriad remedies―warm baths, hot milk, a glass of wine before bed, no food before bed, relaxation techniques, and prescription and homeopathic medicines. She took a prescription medication, but that didn't give her more than four hours of sleep. She even tried taking the medication when she woke in the middle of the night, but that left her too groggy in the morning.
Expert advice: "The good news is that Meredith's insomnia seems to have a clear precipitant―the breakup," says sleep-medicine specialist Dr. David Neubauer, a sleep-medicine specialist and an associate director of the Johns Hopkins Sleep Disorders Center, in Baltimore. Neubauer calls her situation "conditioned arousal," which, he says, is common.
"Her sleep problems may have been initially caused by an external trigger, but over time the sleep problems become self-propagating. Eventually she became conditioned to become anxious about her sleep." Some things that might help: Cognitive behavioral therapy, acupuncture, avoiding wine and accepting some awakenings.
2. The Early Bird
Her challenge: Brooke Brown, 38, is a married pre-kindergarten teacher with three children from Wellesley, Mass. Given her round-the-clock proximity to small children (her own are ages 4, 7, and 9), Brooke is understandably exhausted by the end of the day. So much so that she often falls sound asleep as early as 7 p.m. But she is routinely awakened around 2 a.m.―by a child, her husband snoring, or a need to use the bathroom―and never manages to fall back asleep. She lies in bed with her brain in high gear, eventually giving up on sleep and getting out of bed at 5 a.m. to get a jump on her day.
Expert advice: "She is spending too much time in bed," says sleep-disorders specialist Susie Esther. Brooke should establish a standard waking time (and stick to it seven days a week), then work backward to figure out what her bedtime should be. So if she wants to get up at 5 a.m., she should plan to be asleep by about 10 p.m.― not 7 p.m. "She should gradually adjust her bedtime so that she is able to stay awake later, and that will help her body adapt to the new schedule," says Esther.
To quell Brooke's middle-of-the-night worrying, Esther suggests that, instead of lying in bed, she get up and do something relaxing, like having a cup of decaffeinated herbal tea. "Staying in bed and trying to sleep will just wake you up more," says Esther. "Sleep isn't something you can 'try' to do."
3. The Chronic Insomniac
Her challenge: Kristy Lewis, 29, a married homemaker and photographer from Hampton, Va., can't remember a time when she didn't have trouble sleeping.
"I thought it was normal to take an hour or longer to fall asleep, but in 2004 my doctor diagnosed me with insomnia," she says. She also wakes several times during the night and remains awake for anywhere from a few minutes to an hour.
She also suffers from restless legs syndrome and frequently talks in her sleep. Sleep medications help to some degree but leave her feeling drowsy the next day. She has also tried practicing yoga, doing vigorous exercise earlier in the day, avoiding caffeine, and reading or writing in a journal before bed.
Expert advice: "I would first want to investigate her restless legs problem," says Neubauer. Restless legs syndrome, which has recently been taken more seriously by doctors, can sometimes be caused by anemia. If blood tests show that Kristy has anemia, iron supplementation could help. If anemia is not the cause, she could ask her doctor about medications like Mirapex and Requip, which are often prescribed for restless legs syndrome.
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This area manages the university financial accounting and reporting operations (e.g. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) Reporting, Unified Financial Data Mart (UFDM), etc.). The Financial Reporting Department will also conduct financial data analysis to aid management in establishing sound university financial business practices, enabling outcome-based business decision models, and develop accountability matrixes for the university. In addition, this department will be responsible for conducting operational reviews, audits, analysis, and recommendations for university activities and operations.


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November 06, 2012
The End of the America I Know
I was wrong. The professional statisticians were better than my amateur go. Obama looks like he's going to win.
What do we have to look forward to?
Trillion dollar deficits every year for the next four years.
Massive tax hikes.
Lower standard of living for the next generation.
Canada isn't sounding so bad anymore. Or, better yet, what are the prospects of Alaska actually secceeding?


text: We are now living in an era when private rights & civil liberties are being threatened. Depending on the outcome of the upcoming election, we could ALL lose our rights to free speech. However, I am not referring to Ashcroft or The Patriot Act, I am talking about Czar Kerry, his jack-booted thugs, and his Nazi propagandists like Michael Moore. Sadly, civil liberties are not the only things being violated, under assault, for there is one thing far more important about to be destroyed: The Truth! John O'Neill & his fellow swift boat vets have decided to exercise THEIR right to free speech. Instead of the LMM attempting to do their fuc&ing jobs & investigate the SPECIFICS of the allegations, they have conspired with the Kerry thugs to SHUT THESE GUYS UP & DESTROY THEM. They do this with their classic slide-of-hand tricks: Discredit the messenger, attempt to dig up dirt on them, promulgate conspiracy theories as to who has given them money.......BUT NEVER DEFEND THE SPECIFICS. Why? Because they can't! If Kerry had the truth on his side, he would take up O'Neill's suggestion that Kerry should sue him and that they both testify under oath. On that note, be like Mary Jo Kopechne and stop holding your breath. {Side Note: Yes, you can give Kerry credit just for the fact that he went to Nam and MIGHT have been killed- though he was never even injured, unless you count self-inflicted wounds. However, the fact that this was part of a plan to give his future far-left radical political career some "cred," that he faked injuries to get out of Dodge as quickly as possible, that he committed treason upon his return, and the fact that he has always sided with our enemies and NOT with our troops & country, he has lost ALL rights to have his service respected. When it comes to veterans, he is, for the vast majority, considered persona non grata.} The Swifties' stories have stayed the same since day one. John Kerry is the ONLY one who has had, through lackeys, to retract & alter & qualify & modify & change his story. He was NEVER in Cambodia, this despite the fact that he, over the years, has UNEQUIVOCALLY stated that the memory of spending Christmas '68 in Cambodia was "seared, SEARED" in his mind. In his statements, he blamed Richard Nixon for sending him there to fight an illegal war, being as we were not allowed to cross into Cambodia. Yeah, great story except for two things: 1) Nixon was not president at the time, and 2) He, Kerry, was NEVER in Cambodia. So, after several versions & explanations of this famous [infamous] story, he has had to reluctantly recant his aforementioned claim that he was in Cambodia. When his boat fired onto the banks of Vietnam, aiming at what HE thought was the enemy, it turns out that a civilian child & one of his parents were killed. However, in the after-action report which HE wrote, he omits the two civilian deaths and adds five enemy Vietcong fighters.......WHO WERE NEVER THERE! Later in speeches, the story about this incident became a murky mix between the two versions. In the famous Bronze Star/river story, he has had to come clean. Instead of sticking by his lie that the other four boats took off after a mine exploded under one boat and that HE came back to rescue Rassmann, he now has had to concede that the damaged boat could not move, the other three swift boats stayed to help, and that HE was the one who fled in fear, only coming back when the coast was clear. Now, he needs to come clean on the fact that there was NO enemy gunfire. He claims there was a lenghty "kill zone" up & down the river, where bullets were flying across as he tried to rescue Rassmann. However, eye-witness accounts & documents prove that it took over one hour & a half to rescue all the swifties from the damaged boat & keep the boat from sinking, yet nobody was shot or injured. Damn, either those Vietcong were shooting with Super Soakers or..........KERRY IS LYING. These are just a FEW of the lies which Kerry has used throughout the years to inflate his 129 days in Nam, and cover up & obscure his left-of-Ted Kennedy voting record in the U.S. Senate. {Side Note: I thought back in '92 that the Dems said we should put the dark chapter of Vietnam behind us and start the healing process. Well, Kerry & the Dems have ripped that scab right off, all for what HE thought would be political gain. I mean, he abused & emotionally destroyed veterans back in '71, he has voted every chance he could to abandon our troops over the years.......what's one MORE time, right?} This whole issue has once again proved what a punk bitch Kerry is. He & his thugs are trying to get the publisher, Regnery, to stop printing it; he is threatening to have his huge team of scumbag lawyers sue any small tv station which runs the ads; he is trying to get book stores to take it off the shelves- I guess they, the Kerry thugs, need thousands & thousands & thousands of copies for a good Nazi book burning; and he is whining to the FEC, attempting to get the Swifties' ads banned. Now, this all happaned AFTER he puffed out his chest, stuck out his jaw and said for them to "BRING IT ON!" What a little punk! And THIS is the guy with whom Democrats wish to entrust the prosecution of the War on Terror? If he can't take a little criticism from fellow Americans, then what would he do in the face of a showdown with Al Qaeda? Get Edwards to sue them? When President Bush is asked how he feels about people attacking him, Bush, he just smiles and proclaims that it's so great to live in a country where people are free to speak their minds without fear of oppression- unless you count the Kerry thugs trying to shut you up. Conversely, when Kerry gets a 1% taste of the 62 million "527" dollars used against President Bush, he crys like a baby and whines that people are picking on him. Again, what a pathetic puke! The latest sinister trick- "one which I find to be a particularly liberal trick"- is to attempt to brainwash the naive American electorate into believing that President Bush's campaign is using the Swifties as a front group. Have they NO SHAME? They have to latch on to a volunteer & the fact that someone in the mix knows Karl Rove, all the while ignoring Jim Jordan, Bill Richardson, Harold Ickes, and other Dems having direct connections to liberal 527 attack groups, such as MoveOn.org. If anyone has seen Kerry "losing his cool" or Chris "Dog Leash Boy" Matthews doing his best Charles Manson-at-a-parole-board-hearing impersonation, it is clear they are panicked & melting down before our very eyes. Also, I love how the LMM refuse to report that President Bush HAS, in fact, called for an end to the ad. He stated that ALL 527 ads, including "that one," should stop, thereby including the Swifties' ad under the larger umbrella. Two points: A) It would be illegal coordination for President Bush to specifically ask O'Neill to take down the ad, and B) The fact that Kerry, Edwards, & the LMM are still belaboring the accusation that President Bush's plea did not go far enough shows their pick-and-choose method. In other words, the Dems don't want ALL 527 groups to have to pull their ads, just the ones that are mean to THEM. My Joss, what fuc&ing hypocritical crybabies! Regardless of the LMM's sleazy tactics, the whole issue has ALREADY been settled: When asked if the Swifties would cease & desist if President Bush asked, John O'Neill said "NO," that this was between Kerry & them and NOBODY else. Kerry never had a problem with the tens of millions of dollars that George Soros, one of the scariest shadow players on earth, has used to attack President Bush. He, Kerry, never had a problem with MoveOn.org's vile attacks on the president, even going so far as to compare President Bush to Hitler. He never had a problem with the filthy smears & lies spread by America's modern-day Joseph Goebbels, Michael "The Hamburgler" Moore; hell, he even started taking cues from that trashy bastard's mockumentary. Personally, if I were Kerry, I would not want to compare President Bush's 7 minutes of projecting calm & poise on 9/11 with Kerry's own 40 minutes of catatonia- thank Joss he wasn't president and had the weight of the world on his shoulders.........he might STILL be sitting in that damn chair. I love how Kerry's lackeys rip into the Swifties- and President Bush in their distorted reality- for leveling ANY charge against Kerry's service, then, without a pause or sense of shame, rip into President Bush's service as a fighter pilot in the Air National Guard. So, they can rip into President Bush, but their boy is off limits? ........And the LMM just lap it up & do it with a smile. Again, if Kerry wants to compare President Bush freeing over 50 million people from the bondage of tyranny with his, Kerry's, shooting a fleeing Vietnamese teenager, roll the dice. All that said, they can only prop up this punk for so much longer, before their egos and concerns about their own credibility- what little they have left- will force them to shine a light on the SUBSTANCE of this controversy. Also, due to Rush, talk radio, conservative authors like Ann Coulter, the Weekly Standard, & FOX News, they know they have lost their monopoly & no longer drive the national debate. President Bush is basing his re-election campaign on his record as Commander in Chief, one of the greatest this country has ever had, and his vision for the future. Kerry, the sad little lying puke, brought this on himself by skipping over his act of treason before the Senate in '71, his tenure as Dukakis's lieutenant governor and his two decades as a far left fringe senator, and, instead, made his 4 months in Vietnam THE reason he should be elected. Well............... "Bring it on?"............................ IT'S BEEN BROUGHT, BITCH! SPIKES


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A bill that would have restricted the ability of public and private agencies from using data obtained via vehicle tracking technology — also known as a licence plate reader (LPR) — for things other than cracking down on crime failed in California's state Senate on Wednesday.
SB 893, which was penned by Senator Jerry Hill (D-San Mateo), states that data collected through the high-tech LPR camera "systems cannot be the sole reason for establishing probably cause to obtain a search or arrest warrant," according to the Sacramento Bee. The high-speed camera technology, which is employed primarily by law enforcement, uses captured license plate images to track criminals.
The bill fell three votes short of the 21 it needed in order to pass, with an 18-15 vote.
Hill noted that while the cameras have been used as a successful crime-fighting tool, such as the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department's successful recovery of 495 stolen vehicles in the first month they used the LPR technology, he also cited instances where the technology was abused. One such case involved an officer who had used the tracking device to follow a woman he met while he was on duty.
Fellow Senator Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills) said that she had voted in favor of the bill with the expectation that revisions would be made to it. Her hopes were that the revisions would strike a better balance between people's privacy and law enforcement groups, which have expressed concern that the bill would inhibit their ability to fight crime, the Bee notes.
For the time being, LPRs and the data they acquire remain unrestricted.
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Newcastle are keen to appoint a new head coach next week.
According to a report in the Chronicle, Newcastle are keen on hiring a new head coach by the end of next week, but it appears as if John Carver has been ruled out of taking permanent charge of the club.
Carver was appointed interim head coach last season, but only managed to keep the club in the Premier League on the final day, despite being in the top 10 when replacing Alan Pardew.
He was considered one of the candidates to be named permanent boss this summer, but the new report appears to indicate that he will not now be in the running.
Steve McClaren, Paul Clement and David Moyes are the names now said to be on sporting director Lee Charnley's shortlist for the role, and he wants to have a new head coach in place by early June - preferably by the end of next week.
The delays in appointing a coach so far have been due to Charnley assessing all options, rather than rushing into a decision which could be regretted later on in the year.
Charnley has taken this last week to whittle down a long list of candidates into a selection of potential coaches who fulfil Newcastle's ambitions. Aside from the three already mentioned, former Swansea boss Michael Laudrup is also seen as a potential hire who can move the Tyneside club forward.
All other links to managers can be dismissed, with Charnley not considering any other coaches than the names referenced, and an appointment should be made by the end of next week.


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Hi guys,
I've damaged the tendons in my ankle. I'm ok for short walks on it(which is ok for work). I've been told to rest it but I'm missing exercising.
Any advice on workouts here would be great. I've just been swimming but can't go all the time so looking for other workouts.
Please and thanks in advance.


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It has been a great joy representing you on the Broward County Commission. After serving for nearly two years, I am proud of what we have been able to accomplish together. My focus will continue to be on job creation, economic development, tourism and neighborhood revitalization.
As your "Commissioner On A Mission," I continue to share information on foreclosure assistance and the various programs available to you including the Florida Hardest Hit Program and the National Mortgage Settlement for homeowners.
Working with my colleagues on the County budget, we ensured NO reduction in transit services, NO layoffs and a reduction of taxes for the majority of taxpayers.
I also want to encourage each of you to be careful of losing wind mitigation discounts with your homeowners' policy. Your premiums could be increased during these re-inspections if you don't ensure proper maintenance for your property. This has been a major issue in southwestern Broward County and I am here to direct you to the appropriate contacts and resources.
As I approach my third year serving as your County Commissioner, I enjoy hearing from you about your ideas and your suggestions to improve our community. Feel free to contact me directly at email@example.com. I look forward to continue working for you!
Barbara ShariefBroward County CommissionerDistrict 8
Florida Housing Finance Corporation was directed by the U.S. Treasury to create and administer foreclosure prevention assistance programs that address the unique issues of our state.
Two programs are available:
Website: flhardesthithelp.org
Information: 877-863-5244
The National Mortgage Settlement Administrator will mail Notice Letter and Claim Forms in late September through early October 2012 to those borrowers who lost their home due to foreclosure between January 1, 2008, and December 31, 2011, and whose loans were serviced by one of the five mortgage servicers that are parties to the settlement. For more information, visit nationalmortgagesettlement.com or contact the National Mortgage Settlement Administrator at 1-866-430-8358.
After many months of negotiation, 49 state attorney generals and the federal government have reached agreement on a historic joint state-federal settlement with the country's five largest loan servicers:
• Ally/GMAC (800-766-4622)
• Bank of America (877-488-7814)
• Citi (866-272-4749)
• JPMorgan Chase (866-372-6901)
• Wells Fargo (800-288-3212)
The settlement will provide as much as $25 billion in relief to distressed borrowers and direct payments to states and the federal government.
The settlement provides assistance for: • Homeowners needing loan modifications now• Borrowers who are current, but underwater• Borrowers who lost their homes to foreclosure
For more information, visit nationalmortgagesettlement.com or contact Attorney General Pam Bondi's Office.
Website: myfloridalegal.com
Phone: 850-414-3300 or 866-966-7226
We are seeking residents with an interest in public service to represent the needs of the district. If you are interested in being considered, please forward a detailed résumé to email@example.com. Be sure to include: your residency/permanent address; phone number and email address; whether you are a registered voter; whether you are a registered lobbyist; whether you serve on any other board, authority or agency (dual office holding); whether you are related to any Commissioner; and whether you have any potential conflicting business relationship.
The vacant boards are:
• Animal Care Advisory Committee (1, county health department affiliation)
• Substance Abuse Advisory Board (1)
• Urban Wilderness Advisory Board (1, represent the sciences)
The City of Miramar will receive $5,000 to support art and cultural initiatives. Hallandale Beach will also receive $5,000 to purchase books for a Micro-Library at the Foster Park Community Center. The City of West Park is in line for $2,000 to support city events including the Mary Kendrick Feed the Needy Feast. All of the money will come from the district office budget of County Commissioner Barbara Sharief. It's the first time a County Commissioner has proposed using money they haven't spent from their office budget to help cities with specific community requests.
"This is an innovative and creative method to support my constituents and critical projects in my district. I continue to be fiscally responsible and a good steward of taxpayer dollars, so with this action, $12,000 will support key initiatives in south county," Commissioner Sharief told her colleagues, also acknowledging approximately $20,000 will be sent back to the County's general fund.
For accountability and transparency, an agreement has been drafted outlining the one-time, non-recurring payment to each city along with requiring a detailed report on expenditures after funds are received.
Each commissioner's annual district budget is $341,530. The County Attorney opined community projects such as those proposed by Commissioner Sharief were an appropriate use of commission district funds with Board approval.
County Commissioner Sharief presents a $5,000 check to the City of Hallandale Commission to provide books for a micro-library located in the Foster Park Community Center.


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WYASO EVENTS – Walk Schedule
The Official Schedule of Events for 2016
March 1oth – Registration Opens
April 1st – Training month begins – April is Ankylosing Spondylitis Month
April 1st – Million Step Challenge Begins – The Million Step Challenge is a special Walk Your AS Off challenge that we set each year for official Walk Your AS Off teams.
May 1st – Our Official Walk Month Begins
May 7 – World Ankylosing Spondylitis Day – World AS Day is celebrated on the first Saturday in May each year.
May 31 – Million Step Challenge Ends
May 31 – Crossing the Finish Line
With each step we take,
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Michael Smith, February 2013
Walk Socials
Although our teams can be comprised of people from anywhere and, in fact, many of our teams have walkers from multiple countries, it is nice to find others to walk with and we are having people look for others in their area so we decided to come up with a place to post that you are interested in walk get togethers!
Please use this page to post that you are looking for people to walk with in your area.


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Wow,was there ever a lot of sex in America in the autumn of 1945.
At least that's how "Homefront," premiering at 9:30 tonight on WJZ-TV (Channel 13), sees it. The weekly drama, which replaces "thirtysomething" in ABC's lineup, makes small-town America in the 1940s feel just like Dallas in the 1980s and Knot's Landing in the 1990s.
Gee, dad, was it really that way or does it just look like it because David Jacobs, the executive producer here, was also the producer for "Dallas" and "Knots Landing"?


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It seems impossible that our daughter is now beginning her journey to move up to upper school and in a way it is a shame that she needs to get used to another change, as after three years at her middle school, she has come so far and is settled with a small group of friends and thriving in her academic work.
Although it is an important part of development, for a child with ASD, change causes so much anxiety. Our daughter has found the past month to be very stressful and the decision of what school to go to has affected her sleeping and eating habits as well as her moods. She has been able to tell us that she doesn't want to feel this way, but at the same time, she hasn't known what was the best decision to make. Fortunately, the SEND staff at her current school have been fantastic and have supported both us and our daughter.
Last month we began the first of three visits to surrounding upper schools. We had always envisaged that she would choose the one that is within walking distance of our home. However, after her initial visit, she came away very unhappy and did not like the environment, in spite of knowing all of her friends would be going there. We kept an open mind and visited two other schools, as feel it is important to compare what else is on offer. When she walked into the one that is the furthest away (8 miles from our home), her body language indicated that she had found a new environment that she felt comfortable in. To me, the school she has finally chosen is a bigger version of the one she is currently in and she had a smile on her face as she walked round the school. Always a good sign.
During the past week, she went back to visit two of the original choices, so that she could be sure she was making the right decision. On Friday she came home excited about what she had seen at the school she has now chosen. She already has an idea of what GCSEs she wants to take and the clubs she wants to participate in. It is a brave decision from our daughter, as we had thought she would choose the nearest school to be with her friends. We would have accepted that, as unless she is in an environment where she feels settled, she will never reach her full potential. Instead, she has opted to go to a school where she will need to get a bus each day and make new friends. A similar thing happened four years ago, when we made the choice for middle school. We didn't select the school in our catchment area as our daughter did not like it nor did we think it was the school best suited for her ASD needs. However, our daughter also wanted to go somewhere different from her peers in her lower school. She wanted to start afresh. Our daughter's way of coping with change is to go for something completely different and it has worked for her in middle school. She is a far more confident girl, who knows what she wants out of life and we couldn't be prouder of what she has achieved so far.
Now that the decision has been made of what upper school to attend and I have completed the online application, we are hoping that until we are notified on 1 March 2016 of what school she has been awarded, calm can resume in our house. Our daughter already looks happier and is ready to enjoy things again, rather than putting everything on hold until this decision was made.
No doubt next year will cause anxiety levels to rise again, but if she is awarded her chosen school, they have already assured us she can have as many visits as she needs between March and July to get used to the new environment. With the right preparation in place, our daughter will be able to cope and we will be there to support her on this next stage of her educational journey.


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I feel brilliant that I have got to *100* day's
I had a few times that I thought I would not make it this far in the last couple of weeks.
I am slapping myself on the back as I write this my husband even got me flowers which is really sweet he must of been keeping track, because to be honest I didn't know till he gave me the flowers lol.
I feel really good, I've only had a few cravings Sunday was a bit of a bad day but I got through it. I have more good days than bad, the bad are very few and far between now.
To all other's celebrating *100* days well done and don't it feel good!


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I was sitting in the library at a school waiting for my next character education class to start when a young man came into the library to talk to the librarian. They were standing nearby watching as I worked on another small crochet hat. The librarian again said, "What you working on now, Mary Beth. Everytime it's different." The young man said that his wife likes to work on stuff like that too, but doesn't have the time right now with kids and all. I stopped and looked at him and said, "She should not stop doing what she loves. Tell her to keep at it." I proceeded to tell him that I kept right on crocheting even when three babies were in diapers. I couldn't work on projects for long periods of time then, but bit by bit and row by row they were accomplished.
I still can't seem to spend a huge block of time on any given project-even with an empty nest. Here are some of the things I've learned about about being creative on a busy schedule:
1. Keep most projects small. If they are too big, they may be overwhelming. My big projects tend to get shoved onto a closet shelf and not worked on for a long time.
2. Make them mobile. Put them in a tote or bag. Sometimes they are small enought to slip into a purse. Try to have them handy. Even time riding in a car or waiting in a office is a perfect time to work.
3. A little bit every day gets the project accomplished, but if nothing is done on it today, there is something to look forward to tomorrow. Don't get discouraged. I know a lady that picked up her cross stitch project after leaving it lay for 10 years! She's at it again. :)
4. Be able to put the project down immediately. (Husband is more important than the project. So are children.) This can be a hard one for me, but I realize my obsession with getting something finished can turn out to have serious consequences.
5. Don't be overloaded with projects. Do one at a time. Keep a notebook of ideas for "other" projects to get to. It's just an idea page and doesn't have to cause hang ups.
I'm hoping that the man in the library talked to his wife about her desire to create and encouraged her develop her talents. Maybe when she is older she can say, "I do know how to do that" instead of "I wish I could have," or "I wish I would have."
Giving of time and talents are part of generosity and can be used throughout a lifetime.


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Dubai and Rashid Hospital as well as 12 DHA primary healthcare facilities etched their mark on the hospital digital roadmap by obtaining EMRAM level 6 certification.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, November 12, 2017 : Healthcare entities in Dubai that have implemented best practices in electronic implementation of medical records were awarded at a ceremony that was held today at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Academic Medical Centre in Dubai Healthcare City.
Healthcare entities were awarded based their EMRAM score. EMRAM is accepted today worldwide as an international benchmark to stage hospital's electronic efforts. The model uses a 0-7 stage scale to rate hospitals based on the extent to which they have adopted a paperless, digital system. Stage 7 means the hospital is a digital hospital
DHA's facilities, including Dubai and Rashid Hospital as well as 12 DHA primary healthcare facilities etched their mark on the hospital digital roadmap by obtaining EMRAM level 6 certification.
DHA's primary healthcare centres that received an award include Al Badaa, Al Barsha, Al Khawaneej , Al Lusaily, Al Mamzar, Al Mankhool, Al Mizhar, Al Towar
Al Safa, Nad Al Hamar , Nad Al Sheba Health Center and Za'abeel health centre.
His Excellency Humaid Al Qutami, Chairman of the Board and Director-General of the Dubai Health Authority and Harold Wolf, President and CEO of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) presented the awards and congratulated the winners on achieving efficiency in moving towards a paperless system.
The award ceremony was part of the activities of the UAE eHealth Week that is organized by Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Middle East and supported by DHA, UAE Ministry of Health, Abu Dhabi Health Services Co.(SEHA), Dubai Healthcare City, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences and Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.
Al Qatami, said: "Creating a robust e-Health ecosystem is in line with our vision to support the UAE's digital economy and innovation strategies. These strategies and initiatives are in line with the vision of His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, Their Highnesses Supreme Council Members and Rulers of the Emirates.
"Achieving sustainability in a complex ecosystem such as the health sector relies heavily on obtaining real-time information, developing clear insights of current trends and constructing predictive models to anticipate future deviations. These are the pre-conditions to attain information-driven healthcare organizations, which not only keep up the pace with ongoing changes in the healthcare business but exhibit resilience and agility," he said.
The award ceremony also awarded private healthcare providers that have successfully achieved electronic integration based on the EMRAM score.


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Approaching Digital Transformation the Right Way: Business Process Automation in the Cloud
At today's speed of business, the need to bridge the gap between new ideas and their execution is increasing. The cloud has provided bridges for apps and data. And now, as Oracle's Mala Ramakrishnan tells IDN, the cloud is delivering the latest bridge – a new business process automation platform to let companies cope with frequent, even ad hoc, changes – and drive faster innovation.
by Mala Ramakrishnan, Oracle Process Cloud
Tags: business process, BPM, cloud, digital disruption, integration, mobile, process automation, rules, SLA, workflows,
Director, Product Marketing
Oracle Process Cloud
"The market needs a new business process automation platform that empowers business users to work independently of IT."
Businesses today are operating in a world of disrupt or be disrupted.
Today, businesses face many challenges arising from digital transformation. Often, the push to tackle these challenges – and the opportunities they present – puts a heavy load on IT staff and budgets.
Omnipresent smart devices have transformed the world. The customer is king. Users have come to expect immediate responsiveness and a superior customer experience, and every human interaction is expected to be mobile-enabled.
Everyone has an email address and a social profile, and the average person entering the workforce is very tech savvy. Business users rely heavily on spreadsheets, documents, and email to perform a significant amount of work, a lot of which are very repetitive processes that lack visibility and audit trails.
On top of all this, the cloud has lowered the barrier to entry for adopting new technologies that can accelerate how companies keep up with this rapid pace of change.
With these new dynamics, the nature of business process applications has become more fluid. Business applications are more ad hoc, frequently changing, and involve a lot more customization by IT. Digital disruption has brought about small-scale frequent change process applications that add to the IT backlog. It overwhelms IT, taking them away from their core tasks and frustrates the business user who would like to see immediate results, but is dependent on the backlog.
Traditionally, IT has been heavily optimized to develop and manage long-running durable applications with evolutionary change.
Business vs Technology
There is clearly a need to bridge the gap between idea and execution, and approach digital transformation as a business problem rather than as a technology problem.
Rather than using the traditional approach, delivering on solutions in a piecemeal, bottom-up, tech-centric manner, users should instead start at the very top business process level for automation. This would empower business users to become more self-sufficient in automating processes and allow the process to match the high frequency changes. In turn, this would lessen the burden on IT so they can deliver on more core tasks. And once these business processes that are automated by the business users become more critical to the business, they can be taken over by IT. This would allow the organization to keep pace with digital transformation, empower business users, and lessen the load on IT. It also provides visibility and allows standardization of business processes, enabling IT to become a stronger business partner.
Defining a New Business Process Automation Platform
The market needs a new business process automation platform that empowers business users to create and manage end-to-end lifecycles of business processes, and work independently of IT.
With the advent of the cloud – a lot of the IT maintenance of infrastructure and software can be offloaded. If the process automation platform is cloud-based and is truly business-user friendly, it is possible to deliver on this vision.
So, let's describe what functionality is required of a cloud-based business automation platform:
- It must automate manual workflows, mobilize business processes, and accelerate process improvement. Examples include content reviews and approvals, work authorizations, and service escalations.
- It also needs to include workflow services to improve productivity and eliminate manual repetitive tasks with flexible routing, configurable rules and approval hierarchies, and delegation support.
- It should also allow users to dynamically alter process flows based on actionable insight on process health and SLAs to correct for improper business execution and bottlenecks.
- Business users should be empowered to rapidly build, customize and change business applications in a collaborative manner. Pre-packaged process templates and starter patterns allow users to quickly and easily rollout new business services and custom applications in a zero-code, declarative fashion.
- Another requirement would be rich integrations with both SaaS and on-premise applications, to allow business users to extend and get more value from existing technology investments.
Once these capabilities are in place, organizations can think beyond process automation and create an underlying foundation that offers a best-in-class, standards-based platform across all layers – from hardware to application layer. This comprehensive platform would give companies a high performance, secure and reliable infrastructure. An ideal solution would be a one-stop shop for everything a business user, IT professional and developer needs to build and deploy applications to the cloud.
Summary & Conclusion
A business process automation platform in the cloud, specifically designed for the business user to allow full lifecycle management of business processes, can deliver on this solution.
Digital transformation is forcing organizations to quickly deploy and adapt processes to meet the tactical and strategic demands required by the business. Organizations not only need to find a way to circumvent the traditional approaches to technology implementation, but they also need solutions that are more intuitive to use and offer a more compelling experience for business users who are interacting with the processes so that IT can be freed up to work on core tasks.
Mala Ramakrishnan is a Director of Product Marketing for the Oracle Process Cloud. Oracle Process Cloud Service is part of the Oracle Cloud Platform, an integrated suite of platform services that make it easy for developers, IT professionals, and business users to build, extend and integrate cloud applications.
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Even absentmindedness is a magnificent landscape:
Fields where they plow with oxen, a dog who barks at
a straw-thatched farmhouse whose well-sweep can be seen
blue hillsides with single pines and cypresses
a background to some absent Madonna
with an absent John and a child Jesus
who grasps at the breast in a gesture of emptiness--
Because not one of them is seen, except
in evening's own transparency--, which might be their
eyes seeing out over fields lying untouched and quiet
when all the visible birds already have left
and only the invisible ones are heard migrating, still,
in flights by night.
--Gunnar Ekelöf
tr. Muriel Rukeyser and Leif Sjöberg
fr. Selected Poems of Gunnar Ekelöf
[New York: Twayne Publishers, 1967]


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text: Just thought I'd share an experience I had this early this morning on my commute. Before doing so, I'll point out that that this isn't a racing story and I'm not promoting that behavior. I found myself directly behind a new Maserati at a red light before entering a on-ramp to the freeway. Both of us single drivers probably just on our way to work. When the light turned green, we both accelerated and began to pick up speed on the on-ramp. We both began accelerating to a safe freeway speed, but it was clear that we were both trying to get said speed quickly. Even with my radio on, I could hear the roar of his ICE. I accelerated with him and easily kept up as we moved over a couple lanes. Then, I was able to easily slide into the HOV lane and coolly pass him by. He couldn't help but smile as I did and he began to fall into the rest of the commute traffic. Gotta say....made my morning. :biggrin:


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March 13, 2017
CSW 61 Parallel Event
Written by Klevisa Kovaci
On its fifth anniversary of hosting Side and Parallel Events at the United Nations, Commission on the Status of Women, Montage Iniitiative celebrated the role of youth leadership in advancing gender equality by showcasing its student immersion trip to India. Youth speakers from the Student Advisory Board discussed how the inclusion of young people is imperative in issues of human rights, development, peace, and social justice. Musicians Carolee Rainey and son Gabriel kicked off the event with a musical performance of "Heads Together," setting the tone and inspiring the spirit of working towards common goals together. The singer and cello artist team demonstrated the effectiveness of incorporating and communicating through the arts.
At the Church Center, overlooking the United Nations Secretariat building, the first panelist, Ingrid Stellmacher of Le Menach foundation took the floor to present human rights abuses facing women worldwide - and the role that men often play as perpetrators, but also as agents of change in countering such acts. In the face of atrocities like acid attacks and honor killings of women, men interviewed in the Digital Diaries discussed the role of false concepts of "dignity" and "honor" in perpetuating the disempowerment of women. Such leaders spoke up against abuses and stood for the responsibility of fellow men to act for gender equality. The Digital Diaries featured Ziauddin Yousafzai, father of Malala Youseff who encouraged his daughter, and other women to "speak up!"; to demand their rights and hold themselves and those around them accountable for their equal treatment and basic human rights.
Next, Mitty Tohma from Women's Federation for World Peace International, shared success stories of building schools to educate children in India. Indeed, the capacity and courage to speak up begins by empowering citizens with knowledge from a young age – through education. Indeed, the training and empowerment of young people can make the difference.
Switching gears, Montage Initiative captivated the audience with a brief video of its latest project – in which American youth from Fairfield University, accompanied by Montage Student Advisory Board members, travelled to India during a cultural immersion trip with the added element of human rights. The video gave the audience flash glimpses of the colors, sights, music, dance, exchange, and human bonds formed while in Delhi, Vrindavan, Jaipur and Agra – as the students met with Indian college students, danced with locals in villages surrounding Delhi, and performed community service for the widows at Ma Dham shelter.
To share this experience with the audience was panelist and student leader of the trip, Enerida Ademi, whose enthusiasm and appreciation for the bonds formed with the widows of Ma Dham Shelter, touched the audience. Enerida shared her insights into how this trip transformed her as well as many of the students of their trip in giving them insights and understanding into the many issues and commonalities of women all over India.
Of course, the inclusion of young men into issues of gender is certainly crucial in this process. Youth leader, Alvin Jerome, expressed the impediments that women face economically, and in societal attitudes in his home society in India. He emphasized the contribution of culture in perpetuating inequality and violence against women, and how to finally break away from such harmful culture.
Finally, the distinguished Dr. Meera Khanna of the Guild of Service organization brought together all the pieces of the event by illustrating the importance of youth exchange and cultural immersion in understanding global issues of gender and human rights, and in connecting across boundaries. While youth are often marginalized from decision making, they play a key role in the sustainability of organizations and in progressing causes. Young people, upon becoming educated, and learning from practical fieldwork in different settings, use their voice to speak out against injustices, make connections across cultures, communicate their knowledge and experience with others, and catalyze positive change for sustainable and inclusive communities where each can enjoy their rights.


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Yonkers drivers comment on passing lane removal
January 08, 2018
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This tome is entitled 'Passing Thoughts About No Passing Lane.' Yonkers Raceway began its 2018 season Sunday by closing down the open stretch. A nippy, see-their-breath, late-morning pacing opener served as the guinea pig for the new layout.
Precursor to the seven 'French' trots, it was a tight-photo win by a first-up Union Man Hanover (Matt Kakaley, $14.20) in 1:57.3. Thus, Kakaley became the perfect initial candidate to discuss the new layout.
"I probably would have waited a bit longer (moving from third) with the passing lane," he said. "I wanted to make sure I was out there. I think first-over is going to be more advantageous now, but it was just one race."
Kakaley ended up with four winners during the 12-race card.
One obvious observation was the pocket-sitting Scarlet Chaser (Jordan Stratton) extricating himself from the cones, slipping out to race second-over early in the final turn.
"(Scarlet Chaser) won in the passing lane his last start, but that wasn't an option here," Stratton said. "I was able to move him outside and he raced well. The new rules are in place, and we'll figure it out.
"It is what it is."
"There are going to be some strategy changes, that's for sure," Brent Holland said.
"Sitting the two hole may not always be a good spot," he said after getting shuffled out when the leader tired in day's trotting feature. "It didn't work out for me."
The last word for the first day went to six-time local driving champ Jason Bartlett.
"It certainly makes things different," Bartlett said. "It's hard to say how much, because you have to see how each race unfolds. We just have to try to put the horse in the best position." (Yonkers)


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Engineering a Championship Season
November 29, 2016
When the smoke cleared on the 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series season and the math was complete, the numbers showed it to be one of the most memorable and successful in Team Penske's storied history.
In team owner Roger Penske's 50th anniversary season in racing, his four-car IndyCar program won 10 of the 16 races and 11 pole positions and finished among the top three 22 times. Simon Pagenaud recorded his first IndyCar drivers' championship, while teammates Will Power and Helio Castroneves finished second and third, respectively, in the championship standings while Juan Pablo Montoya finished eighth.
From the perspective of Team Penske's four race engineers, the 2016 season will be remembered as a multi-person effort that revealed the organization's true strengths – unity and teamwork.
"I'd have to say it was one of our best seasons in terms of the results, but you can't put aside the fact that we have four of the best drivers trying to put together those results," said Dave Faustino, engineer for Will Power's No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Dallara/Chevrolet. "In terms of pure numbers and outcomes, it's absolutely one of the most successful seasons."
The season began with Montoya's victory at St. Petersburg and ended with Pagenaud's championship-clinching win in Sonoma, but the story of the Frenchman's rise to the top actually took root late in the 2015 season and in an offseason commitment by Pagenaud and his engineer, Ben Bretzman, to making notable progress. Pagenaud then opened 2016 with a flourish, including consecutive victories at Long Beach, Barber Motorsports Park and the Indianapolis Grand Prix.
"At the end of 2015 and through the offseason, we started to gain ground," said Bretzman. "We realized we had a really good race car driver here. We had to make sure we got the most out of him. What was going to give him the most confidence in the race car? We built on that. We knew at the end of the offseason that we had exactly what we wanted."
Likewise, Castroneves and his engineer, Jonathan Diuguid, used the offseason to recommit to the details. While he didn't win a race in 2016 driving the No. 3 Hitachi/Pennzoil/AAA/Verizon Chevy, Castroneves applied consistency, including runner-up finishes at the Indianapolis Grand Prix and Toronto, to land his third-place standing in the final points.
"His focus this year was even stronger than it has been in previous years, especially in making sure he got all the details right," said Diuguid. "He was very focused in the practice sessions leading up to qualifying. … His performance at the end of the season got even stronger. This year he really refocused his effort after a couple of difficult weekends and finished well in the final two races. Carrying the momentum into next year is what we're all excited about."
For Montoya, the speed was there but results just didn't seem to follow.
"We had the speed but didn't have the luck," said Brian Campe, Montoya's engineer. "(In 2015) we had the speed and had the luck. There were times this year where he was faster than he was last year (finishing second in the title chase). He was happier with the car and we were progressing in the right direction. Lady Luck just wasn't with us."
Understanding the fickle nature of racing was perhaps the most important lesson for the crew of the No. 2 Verizon/DeVilbiss/Hawk/PPG Team Penske Chevrolet. Just as everything went right in Montoya's 2015 season – including a victory in the Indianapolis 500 – the results in 2016 after the opening victory weren't as positive.
"You take each race as they come," Campe said. "The one behind you is over; you can't do anything to change it. You can definitely learn a few lessons from it, but after learning those lessons, you have to let it go. If you let it fester, it ruins the next race."
All four engineers pointed to cooperation as the basis for Team Penske's positive results in 2016. Not only did the four team leaders work as one, so did everyone else on the team.
"You've got the super technical aspect of us doing whatever we can as engineers to make the cars fast, and then you have the aspect of all engineers and drivers working together as a group to produce group results," Faustino explained. "This is by far the best I've seen in that respect. Our team working as a group – not just as engineers but as mechanics – has really brought it together very well."
The most difficult challenge now, especially for Pagenaud and Bretzman, is to repeat what they accomplished in the No. 22 Hewlett Packard Enterprise/PPG/Menards/DeVilbiss Chevrolet in 2016.
"I think repeating is the hardest thing to do, not just in motorsports but in any sport," said Bretzman. "Obviously we have the drive to do it, but with this level of competition you have to have a lot of things go your way. Simon is hungry to do it again, and we'll push him really hard to do it, but the bar is pretty high. … Do I think it's possible? Yes, it's very possible. He knows exactly what needs to happen."
So do the rest of the Team Penske leaders. Josef Newgarden prepares to come on board in the No. 2 car as Montoya rejoins the team for the Indianapolis 500. Like this year, 2017 could come down to a competition among teammates.
"It gives us a huge boost of confidence heading into next year knowing that we have this potential and that we can compete against these other really quick drivers here at Penske," said Faustino. "It absolutely does, and we're excited about it."


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When sketching in nature, it is often the color that describes the subject.
Leaves are a perfect example. Often the variety or form of the leaf is described through color rather than shape. Let's face it, many leaves are shaped the same (more or less).
Sage is one of those amazing plants that has color, and sketching sage gives the artist a lot of room for expression. Enhancing colors, adding more color through blends, specking are all ways to capture nature's beauty.
When out sketching, especially in the garden, I love to use watercolor pencils or watercolor pastels. Often the colors are brighter and more vibrant, even if sometimes these mediums are a little less delicate.
The lack of delicacy in watercolor soluble pastel or crayon can actually be a good thing. It can help loosen up your artistic style and force you to be more aggressive on your sketchbook page.
Using vibrancy can be a unique and beautiful way to capture subtlety, and watercolor pencil or crayon is a wonderful and easy alternative to paint. I urge you to give it a try.
This sketchbook page was done in Caran d'Ache Neocolor II Water Soluble Wax Pastel and Ink.


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Havel, Václav
Havel was a founder (1989) of the Civic Forum, a human rights and opposition group, and became its principal spokesman. When it succeeded in forcing (1989) the Communist party to share power, he became interim president of Czechoslovakia. He was elected president of Czechoslovakia after the collapse of Communism in 1990, but resigned in 1992 prior to the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, to which he was opposed. He was elected president of the new Czech Republic in 1993 and reelected in 1998. As president he tended toward a social democratic approach to social and economic issues, strongly supporting civil liberties and human rights and an eastward-expanding NATO. He retired from the presidency in 2003. Havel's other works include Protocols (essays and poems, 1966), Letters to Olga (1983, tr. 1989), Three Vanek Plays (1990), Open Letters: Selected Writings 1965–1990 (1991), Summer Meditations (1991, tr. 1992), and Selected Plays, 1984–87 (1994).
See his memoir, To the Castle and Back (2007) interview ed. by P. Wilson (tr. 1990) biographies by M. Simmons (1991) and M. Zantovsky (2014) collections of essays on Havel, ed. by J. Vladislav (1986) and M. Goetz-Stankiewicz and P. Carey (1999) study by J. Keane (2000).
The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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