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Superbreak Bring Together Cities And Beach Resorts In New Overseas Accommodation Only Brochure22 October 2007
Superbreak has launched its new 2008 overseas accommodation only programme bringing together its beach and cities product into one brochure for the first time. A range of new destinations have been added including India, Northern Spain, Vietnam, Kenya and many more. Furthermore, existing areas have been extended with a range of new properties - over 2000 hotels and apartments are brochured, featuring stays up to October 2008. The brochure covers a cross section of what the operator has on offer with a further 2800 properties currently featured online at www.superbreak.com/agents, bringing the full range to almost 5000 in 400 worldwide destinations.
Ian Mounser, sales director at Superbreak comments "We have combined our two smaller brochures into one to reinforce how comprehensive our programme is as Superbreak is now seen as a significant supplier of overseas accommodation both in beach resorts and cities. Agents have been suggesting that we bring out a single brochure as a one-stop-shop representing the full range of our overseas hotels and apartments. This is exactly what we have done with a strong emphasis on developing our key cities and long haul product."
In the last 12 months, Superbreak has grown its overseas programme by 75% - going from 2750 properties to 4800. The operator expects agents to book over 100,000 customers through this programme in 2007.
New destinations and areas include:
MIDDLE EAST - Bahrain, Oman, Qatar and Jordan have all been added as the area continues to grow in popularity following the success of Dubai. In total 15 properties are available and prices start from £26.50pppn b/b at the four star Imperial Palace Hotel in Amman, Jordan.
INDIA - Goa and Kerala are now featured due to the ease of access from the UK with many charter flights direct into Goa and Trivandrum (Kerala) during the winter season. Prices lead in at £14.75pppn at the two star Ticlo Beach hotel in Calangute, North Goa.
NORTHERN SPAIN - The popular Spanish cities of Santander and San Sebastian are new, opening up more of Northern Spain to the accommodation only market. Prices are from £39.25pppn b/b at the four star Vincci Puertochico hotel in Santander.
FAR EAST - Indonesia and Vietnam have been added with a range of destinations resort location. Prices are from £14.50pppn b/b at the four star Bali Rani Hotel in the popular resort of Kuta in Bali.
USA - California, New England and Miami are all featured for the first time alongside existing American cities. Prices are from £21pppn room only at the two star Clay Hotel in Miami.
KENYA - This popular African destination is now available and is a more unusual choice for accommodation only, already creating much interest. Prices are from £21.50pppn b/b at the three star Kenya Bay Beach hotel in Mombasa.
Other highlights
Dubai - Superbreak now offers over 50 properties in Dubai including the renowned Jumeriah Group, thereby responding to an exciting three years of expansion ahead in the city including Universal Studios Dubailand opening in 2010.
Many destinations have seen their product expanded including: Hamburg, Munich and Berlin in Germany; Florida, Boston, Chicago and San Francisco in America; the Greek Islands and the Neapolitan Riviera and Italian Lakes in Italy.
Paris - a whole double page is now dedicated to attractions and excursion in Paris that agents can pre-book
25% of beach properties are apartments and overall, 15% of the overseas programme is now self-catering reflecting increased demand in this area.
Brochures will be with agents from 18 October onwards and 600,000 copies are being produced for agent distribution.
For more information and bookings call Superbreak on 0871 221 2828 or visit www.superbreak.com/agents


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If you like funny books you will like Otis Spofford. I also recommend it to troublemakers who may see themselves in the things Otis Spofford does.

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Aug. 5 — The use of the name "Gotham Batmen" by a networking company's softball team was likely to cause confusion with DC Comics' famous "Batman" character, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ruled July 17 in a nonprecedential decision.
The board also ruled that the team name was not parodic because it was likely to cause confusion, and because the joke was on the group's members, not Batman himself.
In a dissenting opinion, Administrative Trademark Judge Jyll Taylor said that DC Comics had failed to establish that "Batman" was a famous mark entitled to extensive protection because DC had not proven the trademark connection between DC and Warner Bros. Studios, makers of the "Batman" movies.
The majority had found "Batman" to be famous largely because of the films.
Gotham City Networking Inc. filed to register "Gotham Batmen" with a stylized bat-like logo for use with networking referral services and "entertainment in the nature of amateur softball games."
DC Comics, which owns the rights to Batman and numerous trademarks related to the superhero, opposed the registration on dilution and likelihood of confusion grounds.
After finding that DC's Batman trademark was famous in connection with comic books and movies—and therefore entitled to trademark protection in many different classes of goods, including the classes at issue—the board turned to whether there was a likelihood of confusion between the marks.
The board found that most of the factors from the In re E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. (C.C.P.A. 1973) likelihood of confusion test favored DC:
• The marks had "confusingly similar" commercial impressions—and "Gotham" did not distinguish Gotham City's mark because of its prominent place in the Batman mythology.
• The types of goods were similar because DC licenses sporting equipment including baseball gloves, bats, caps and jerseys.
• The channels of trade and classes of consumers were the same; "because the channels of trade and classes of consumers for the business networking services are unrestricted, the business networking services are available to any person willing to join a business networking organization, including fans of the BATMAN superhero."
• There were no reported instances of actual confusion, but there may not have been a significant opportunity for actual confusion to have occurred, making this factor neutral.
Gotham City also argued that its trademark constituted a parody of Batman.
The board, however, found that "the right of the public to use words in the English language in a humorous and parodic manner does not extend to use of such words as trademarks if such use is likely to cause confusion," and it found that "Gotham Batmen" did create such confusion.
The board also said that Gotham City's parody defense didn't apply in any case because the mark parodied the group's members, not Batman.
As the group's president said, the joke was that the group members "refer to themselves as superheroes of the softball field and super networkers." Therefore, the parody targeted the group itself instead of DC Comics.
Emily Campbell of Dunlap Codding PC, Oklahoma City, told Bloomberg BNA that for a parody defense to succeed in trademark law, the parodist has to walk a "fine line" between resembling the parodied mark and making a point.
"Honestly, it seems like the more outrageous the joke, the more successful the parody mark is," Campbell said.
Campbell offered as an example Girl Scouts of U.S. v. Personality Posters Mfg. Co., 304 F. Supp. 1228 (S.D.N.Y. 1969) .
In that case, Campbell said that a poster of a pregnant woman wearing a Girl Scout uniform with the Scouts' slogan "Be Prepared" written underneath qualified as an example of an outrageous joke that worked as a trademark parody.
The poster clearly referenced the Girl Scouts' trademark, but also didn't create a likelihood that anyone would believe the Girl Scouts had created or endorsed it.
Campbell said the fact that the "Batman"-"bat men" softball joke wasn't as immediately obvious didn't bode well for Gotham City's chances that its mark wouldn't cause confusion.
The dissenting opinion said that DC had failed to establish that "Batman" was a famous mark for the purposes of a trademark dilution claim.
The majority found the relevant trademarks famous based largely on the public's exposure to them through Warner Bros. Studio's "Batman" movies.
Taylor, however, said that DC failed to produce a licensing agreement between DC and Warner Bros., and therefore DC could not use the films to prove the fame of its marks.
Taylor also said that "because the goods and services of the parties are so disparate, they would not be encountered by the same persons under circumstances that could, because of the admitted similarity of the marks at issue, give rise to the mistaken belief that they originate from the same source."
Campbell said that Taylor's concerns were valid, and the majority's famous mark analysis could be an issue on appeal.
"The dissent is interesting because there does seem to be a hole in the evidence. The majority filled in the blanks to come to the conclusion that we all recognize the Batman name, but I think that to adhere to the law" the board needed to make a fuller analysis, Campbell said.
Campbell said that the lack of proof of a connection between DC and Warner Bros. was a "glaring hole that needs to be addressed," and she could see this issue being appealed, especially since Gotham City still appears to be using the mark.
"I'm curious to see where this goes next," Campbell said.
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Everett, WA | 4/6/16 | Great weather greeted teams, drivers and fans for the opening of the season. Opening day is always fun to see all the new paint schemes and drivers either brand new to Deming, moving up in class, or veterans looking to get the season going after a long winter. I took my microphone over to the Pit sign in area and talked to 32 drivers all the way from youngsters making their Jr Sprint debut to a driver returning to dirt after racing the late 90's at Skagit Speedway. Like any opening day I had some microphone issues that I didn't know about until I got home so sorry about the quality on a few of the interviews but I still thought it was important to try to salvage some of the interview.
I talked to Bailey Jean Sucich, Tatum Pospical,Riley Watkins, Chance Crum, Tanner Holm, Sawyer Sorgenfrei, Peyton Reed, Jared Gunderson, Seth Hespe, Alison Johnson, Keith Wickard, Derek Torkelson, Eric Turner, Alex Guoy, Jesse Schlotfeldt, Levi Klatt, Peyton Drake, Lynden Lebedynski, Russ Johnson, Alden Ostrom, Sean Cochran, Chase Stuart, Dylan Resch, Brandee Wood, Carson Guffie, Spud Allen, Tyson Lemley, Chase Schmidt, Liam Ryan, Kyle Mitchell, Baker Fagerlie, and Tyler McLeod. Then I finished up the podcast on the front stretch interviewing the winners Macie Logsdon, Chance Crum, Nate Vaughn, and Sawyer Sorgenfrei. Overall it was a great night at Deming Speedway to kick off the 2016 race season and I hope you enjoy the podcast.
Check it out at http://shauninthedirt.podomatic.com/entry/2016-04-06T21_02_24-07_00
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Six NATO warships belonging to two of the alliance's standing maritime Immediate Reaction Forces arrived in Tallinn on a planned port visit on Friday. The ship will take part in various exercises and events, stock up on supplies and allow crew members an opportunity to rest. Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG1), led since last June by Estonian Navy Cmdr. Johan-Elias Seljamaa, currently consists of four minehunters: Estonia's EML Wambola (M311), which is currently serving as the group's flagship, Norway's HNoMS Hinnøy (M343), the U.K.'s HMS Ramsey(M110) and Belgium's BNS Primula (M924). Standing NATO Maritime Group One (SNMG1) , led by Royal Norwegian Navy Commodore Ole Morten Sandquist, currently consists of two ships: the flagship HNoMS Roald Amundsen (F-311) of Norway and HNLMS Evertsen(F805) of the Netherlands.
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Birds do it…
Bees do it…
She don't want her kids to see it!
Mumsnet has long been an unlikely source of humour and the parenting website may well have just excelled itself with a thread on masturbating monkeys.
When one shocked mother posted about how she'd been affronted by the sight of animals getting, ahem, saucy, in front of her young children on a trip to the zoo, she quickly prompted a flurry of similar stories.
Tales of humping tortoises, breast-feeding lemurs and a monkey urinating while swinging followed along with plenty of comments suggesting we shouldn't worry about animals 'doing what they do on the Discovery Channel'.
The original post by Miss Hoolies Cardigan talked about her son's visit to the zoo, saying: 'It's taken me years to get it into his head that he only plays with his willy in private.
'About half the male primates were rubbing their d***s on tree branches and one was standing right up against the glass having a good old tug.


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This webpage provides complete details regarding the Fagali I Airport together with the airport destination, Time Zone, lattitude and longitude, Present date and time, hotels close to the airport . . Fagali I Airport Map showing the location of the airport at Samoa. Samoa Air will Start utilizing Apia's Fagali'i Airport at Samoa for flights to American Samoa in Wednesday. Considering that re-opening Fagali'i, Polynesian Airlines has obtained a third DHC-6 Twin Otter to serve the Samoas in light of this cessation of providers of Inter-Island Airways, which functioned a Pago-Pago established service to Faleolo, Samoa and the Manu'a islands to the East of Tutuila Samoa Airways currently services that the American Samoan routes with numerous weekly solutions to Ta'u (Fitiuta) and after weekly solutions to Ofu-Olosega Islands. Visit Fagali Airport at Wikipedia to find out more.
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Patrick Carron received a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing in 1986 at St. Louis University School for Health Sciences and Nursing. He earned a Master's degree in Health Care Administration from Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, in 1989. He completed a fellowship in Health Care Administration in 1989 at St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City.
Mr. Carron began his career in health care as a Registered Nurse at Barnes Hospital and St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. From 1990 to 1993 he was the Director of Patient Care Services at Carroll County Memorial Hospital in Carrollton, Missouri. He joined Perry County Memorial Hospital in July 1993 as the Vice President of Operations/Assistant Administrator and was promoted to President/CEO in October 2005.
Mr. Carron is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE). He was awarded the Regents Award by ACHE for the Healthcare Executive Early Careerist Missouri in 2004. He has been licensed as a Nursing Home Administrator in past years to support PCMH's working relationship with Independence Care Center of Perry County.
He is also on the board of trustees of the Southeast Missouri Hospital College of Nursing and Health Services. He is a board member to the Healthcare Services Group, a professional membership organization of the Missouri Hospital Association that provides general and medical liability insurance to many Missouri hospitals and physicians. He formerly served as a board member of Primarus, Missouri's CMS (Medicare) vendor for monitoring hospital health care quality as well as physician quality and peer review. He serves on the board to the Missouri Hospital Association and will assume the Chairman's role in 2016.
Mr. Carron is a member of the St. Louis Archdiocese Peace and Justice Commission, and serves as a board member of the Association of the Miraculous Medal Association in Perryville, Missouri. He is a member of the Perryville Area Chamber of Commerce and has served in the past on its board and as their board president.
Mr. Carron is married to Kathy Carron, a part-time outpatient surgery registered nurse, and civic volunteer serving as Chairwoman of the School District #32 School Board and Chairwoman of the Perry County Senate Bill 40 Board. They have five beloved children and one dear daughter-in-law.
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Reflections on Metiabruz
In Weeks 3 and 4, we spent many of our days at the iMerit center and Anudip classes in Metiabruz. I have mentioned Metiabruz in previous posts as the very conservative, predominantly Muslim community on the outskirts of Kolkata. The beautiful call to prayer that rings out from the mosques in town makes me acutely aware of where I am- as does the predominance of the burka. Being foreigners, of course we stand out in any location, but there I am hyperaware of my gender and feel noticeably more uneasy than in Kolkata. And that's just what I feel from the short three-minute walk from the auto-rickshaw to the doors of the iMerit center. Last week, I had the chance to go deeper into Metiabruz to gain a better understanding of the community by visiting the homes and families of iMerit girls. What we knew of Metiabruz prior to this was only what we see on the inside of iMerit's walls- colorfully dressed, talkative, confident, and intelligent young women hard at work.
We were lucky enough to receive an invitation to visit the homes of two of the iMerit girls that I befriended on our first visit. Shagufta and Nahid are best friends, and naturally couldn't have us visit one house without visiting the other, so our visit lasted hours longer than we had anticipated, and every minute of that time made for a rich experience. These two visits were separate from our work agenda, so we left our cameras and video camera equipment behind- and because of that, we found these visits to be beautifully personal and engaging.
There is a phrase in India that the "guest is God", and we truly felt that as the families pushed snack after snack and sweet after sweet our way. They insisted that we sit on the shared family bed, and gave us attention that we had not earned. Getting to be in their modest homes and to meet the parents and extended families of the girls we have befriended at iMerit was such a gift in itself, let alone the incredible hospitality. The next two interviews were more focused on interviewing the families for our projects, but we were welcomed just the same and shared stories and smiles with Wajda and Arfana, two iMerit young women, and their families. Anudip trainers Sarala Mishra and Mehuli Majumder came along to translate in Hindi and Bengali. Sarala and Mehuli are outstanding trainers- extremely intelligent, powerhouse women who challenge the Metiabruz girls with high expectations because they are truly invested in their personal growth. They are just two examples of the quality and strength of character across all of the trainers, employees, and administration of Anudip and iMerit.
The very day that we planned to visit Shagufta and Nahid, I learned that both girls had quit working at iMerit. Yet they hadn't informed the company yet. Both girls were working the second shift at iMerit, from 1:30pm-9pm 5 days per week. They were both very successful. After specialized training, these girls can make more than three times higher than that of most jobs available in Metiabruz. In fact, after just a short time, Shagufta was already working on iMerit's most important Catholic Relief Services project. Both of their families had decided they were out of the house working too much, and would rather have them at home more often. Both of their fathers echoed traditional views that women should not be working as such, so they made their daughters quit. It was a controversial issue and all of a sudden we were in the middle of it in the very presence of the fathers and families- and seeing firsthand what happens so often in Metiabruz when conservative views clash with progress. It breaks my heart to know how confident, capable, and bright Shagufta is, and to see her being limited in such a way. Wajda's family, while appreciative of the income she is earning, would prefer that she didn't work at iMerit. They allow her to because they so greatly need her additional income, but without that need, Wajda would be at home. I have so much respect for Wajda, who is actually a Team Leader at iMerit, and is excelling even without the support of her family. I find hope in the family of Arfana, who shows nothing but pride that their daughter is proving herself and is independent. Her mother and sister were all smiles when boasting about her. Ideally, this family is what the future of Metiabruz looks like. These four bold young women, along with 120 others at the center are paving their own future and shaping the environment as a whole.
Metiabruz, like many other communities in the developing world, is a man's world. Slowly but surely, it is becoming a woman's world as courageous girls are breaking the norms, becoming income-earners, and pushing the boundaries of traditional roles and expectations. The growth that has resulted in just 3 years since the Merit center was opened in Metiabruz is remarkable.
"Be not afraid of growing slowly. Be afraid only of standing still." ~Chinese Proverb


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Australian football has been played in South Africa since 1997, and is now an officially recognised sport of the North West Academy of Sport, a partner of the high performance institute at Potchefstroom University.
Clubs including St Kilda and West Coast, and most recently Carlton, Collingwood and Fremantle have established ties to AFL South Africa and made use of the world-class university facilities during the pre-season.
A successful partnership between Australian football and cricket has seen both sports grow together. In April, 200, AFL South Africa launched Footy Wild the South African version of Auskick.
In the first 12 months, the program has grown to include around 8,000 Footy Wild players and over 500 volunteer coaches, umpires and administrators.
Over the past two years, several U17 Australian teams have toured South Africa as part of the AFL AIS Academy, playing against local South African sides.
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As their fourth consecutive outing to the International Cup, the South Africans were looking to improve on their 2008 bronze finish and challenge teams to win the Cup.
However, an upset loss to the US at ANZ Stadium and too many close calls saw them fall short on percentage and the Lions slipped to finish fifth overall.
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Everyone that is both informed and honest now acknowedges that tasers are capable of occasionally, almost randomly, causing death.
But some police forces are still seduced by the promise of a Star Trek 'Phaser' with it's dial set to "Stun*". Since they are uncritical and lack attention to detail, they didn't notice the asterisk and didn't follow it to the disclaimer where Taser International subtly hints at the risks and glosses over the rate of them being ineffective.
So how does the gap get closed?
I have a suggestion:
It is very common for Purchase Orders to also include conditions and demands for very specific certification paperwork.
Why not include a mandatory line item on your next purchase order?
The requirement for a legally-binding acknowledgement and certification, signed in permanent ink by authorized Company officials, that they admit that tasers are inherently dangerous, that they agree that tasers are capable of directly contributing to death through inherent internal risk factors, and given certain ill-defined conditions tasers can cause death, and that they agree that tasers must therefore be used sparingly and only in those limited circumstances where the subject's behaviour has risen to the level where potentially-lethal force is morally and legally justifiable.
No signed certification, then no order.
Given the present state of denial, political and police leaders should consider the ethics of procuring devices that are potentially lethal from a company that continues to deny these risks.
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How crazy. I can't believe I had emergency surgery today! And, of course, I blogged about it. Since I came from the ER, I had my stuff with me so I had my phone.
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NASA unveils modular rocket to carry next generation of astronauts
After a fight in Congress over alleged cost overruns and saving jobs from the shuttered space-shuttle program, NASA on Wednesday unveiled its rocket of the future -- a giant, modular design that can take large or small payloads, including a new generation of space explorers.
Calling it "the most powerful rocket in history," Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., said the new rocket would come in under budget and create new jobs in Florida. He said it would help keep the International Space Station going until 2020. "It allows NASA to get out of low Earth orbit and explore the heavens," Nelson told a news conference at the Capitol.
The rocket will use a liquid-hydrogen and liquid-oxygen fuel system adapted from the space-shuttle program, which sent up its last mission in July.
"The next chapter in America's space-exploration story is being written today," NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said at the news conference. He said it would take Americans farther into space than anyone had gone, while creating jobs at home.
"This, today, I believe, is the commitment that America is making to assure that we are not going to be an also-ran. We are going to continue to be a world leader," said Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, who has repeatedly quarrelled with the Obama administration over continued funding of NASA's human-spaceflight program. Hutchison, ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, last week joined Nelson in accusing the White House of trying to sabotage the rocket by leaking "wildly" inflated estimates of cost overruns.
"This rocket is coming in at the cost of what not only what we estimated in the NASA authorization act, but less," Nelson said on Wednesday. "The cost of the rocket over a five-to-six-year period in the NASA authorization bill was to be no more than $11.5 billion." He said it will in fact cost just $10 billion. With the Orion capsule and ground support, the program will cost $18 billion between now and 2017, he said.
Congress required NASA to release a plan for the SLS by January, but NASA failed to do so and the Senate Commerce Committee began a formal investigation in June. Hutchison said she was worried workers who could otherwise work on the new program would be laid off if NASA didn't hurry up.
"I think that now that the administration has come forward, everyone is on the same page on the numbers, the numbers are within the authorization levels--I think we're now moving forward as a team for America," Hutchison said on Wednesday.
The new SLS rocket includes designs from other projects. "It's fair to call this the largest rocket, most powerful rocket," NASA's Bill Gerstenmaier told reporters in a telephone briefing.
"It's not fair to say this is really a rocket built from shuttle parts," he added. "This is really these components used in a new and novel way."
NASA is currently relying on Russian rockets to take astronauts to the International Space Station. Members of Congress and staff across NASA have been worried that that United States would abandon human spaceflight after President Obama nixed plans by former President George W. Bush to send astronauts back to the moon. Instead, Obama wants NASA to aim to send people to an asteroid and Mars, but on a longer timescale.
"President Obama challenged us to be bold and dream big, and that's exactly what we are doing at NASA. While I was proud to fly on the space shuttle, tomorrow's explorers will now dream of one day walking on Mars," Bolden said.


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The 2015 NASCAR Fan Index is a cumulative, data-based ranking of racing's most engaged fan bases. Support your favorite driver by voting in the poll, and see which drivers index strongest each week throughout the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.
1. Brad Keselowski
Brad Keselowski's exploits on social media first grabbed America's attention back in February 2012, when the driver tweeted from his car during an extended Daytona 500 stoppage. He spent the delay answering fans' questions, and in the process, tripled his follower count.
Keselowski long has enjoyed interacting with people on the internet. A few days before the 2012 Daytona 500, in a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, he drove a truck on which the Twitter handles of 2,600 fans were painted.
Alas, after Keselowski became a Twitter star during the Daytona 500, NASCAR let it be known that drivers shouldn't be tweeting during races. But that didn't stop Keselowski from continuing to embrace social media.
He's still as funny and as engaging as ever. It's no surprise that three years after he took Twitter by storm at the Daytona 500 he's up to more than 582,000 followers.
2. Kyle Busch
In May, after months of recovery following the leg injuries he suffered in February, Kyle Busch posted this cathartic message. It foreshadowed the driver's historic 2015 regular season:
3. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. has a massive Twitter following. (His Facebook and Instagram accounts are also wildly entertaining.) When he shared the news of his engagement online in June, thousands of fans congratulated him.
4. Kevin Harvick
Kevin Harvick posts a lot of great family photos on social media, but this tweet accurately sums up his never-say-die attitude. He wrote it hours after his spectacular season-extending victory at Dover.
5. Joey Logano
Short and sweet, this tweet perfectly celebrates the biggest win of Joey Logano's career. The energetic 25-year-old, who's still going strong in this year's Chase, clearly has a bright future.
6. Jeff Gordon
Jeff Gordon knew fans would be interested in the announcement of his impending retirement, so he made sure to capture the emotional moment and share it with his Twitter followers.
7. Denny Hamlin
It's always fun when a professional athlete reveals that he too was once just a fan. Here's Denny Hamlin paying tribute to his former hero (and current competitor) Jeff Gordon:
8. Matt Kenseth
When Matt Kenseth attended a Taylor Swift concert with his family in June, he knew sharing the following photo would get a big response from fans:
9. Martin Truex Jr.
Martin Truex Jr.'s victory at Pocono, which snapped a 69-race winless streak, was an emotional one. His girlfriend Sherry Pollex, who's battling ovarian cancer, watched him take the checkered flag.
10. Carl Edwards
Carl Edwards isn't on Twitter, but it's clear that he has a sense of humor that would shine through on social media. When asked if he'd ever join Twitter, here's how he responded:
Honorable Mentions
Clint Bowyer, Ryan Newman, Kurt Busch, Jimmie Johnson, Paul Menard, Jamie McMurray
Previous 10 best lists
Week 1, Best Paint Schemes; Week 2, Best Chance to Win the Chase; Week 3, Best Helmets; Week 4, Best Warm-up Songs; Week 5, Best Hobbies/Off-Track Interests


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MODI LED BJP IS ABOUT TO RECAPTURE KARNATAKA GOV, AS 17 JDS-INC MLAs WILL RESIGN ASSEMBLY SEATS TO TOPPLE GOVBJP WITH 104 WILL GET MAJORITY FIGURE OF 113 IN 224 MLAs ASSEMBLYGREED & CORRUPTION IS ONLY REASON FOR JDS-INC FORMING GOVKARNATAKA VOTERS HAD REJECTED BOTH CORRUPT INC & JDSKARNATAKA VOTERS WANTED PM MODI SUPERVISED BJP GOV
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Led BJP is about to Capture the Karnataka Government, after 17 JDS-INC Rebel MLAs angry at NOT being made the Ministers, will Resign their Assembly Seats to join the BJP Government, after the JDS-INC Government is Voted out, Defeated in the Confidence Test Vote in the Assembly, in the next fortnight.
17 REBEL MLAs DETHRONING CORRUPT JDS-INC GOV
The Karnataka JDS-INC Greedy-Corrupt Post-Poll Coalition Government, is likely to Collapse anytime in the next few days, Losing Majority in the Assembly.
This is because more than 17 Rebel MLAs in the JDS-INC angry at Not being made Ministers, will Resign their Seats, Collapse the JDS-INC Government, Join the BJP & Contest as BJP Ministers in the 17 Assembly By-Elections.
BJP WILL MAKE 24 JDS-INC REBEL MLAs AS MINISTERS
The BJP is Ready to make 24 INC-JDS MLAs as Ministers and position another 20 JDS-INC MLAs as Chairman of Lucrative Corporations.
The BJP is content to have 10 of the BJP MLAs as Chief Minister and 9 Ministers.
17 REBEL MLAs WILL TOPPLE JDS-BJP GOV
The JDS-INC together have 117 MLAs in 224 MLAs Assembly.
50 of the 78 INC MLAs want to be Ministers at any Cost.
INC has made 16 Ministers and will make another 6 next week to total the INC Tally of Ministers to the maximum of 22.
28 of the 50 Aspiring MLAs aspiring to be Ministers will Revolt after 6 more Ministers are inducted next week.
12 of these 28 MLAs will be pacified with Lucrative Money-looting Corporations by making them the Chairman of the various Boards.
18 MLAs of the INC want to be Ministers at any Cost.
18 JDS MLAs Do Not want to be Content as Chairman of Corporation but want to be Ministers.
18 JDS MLAs will Resign their Seats and Join the BJP, as the BJP is Ready to make them as the Ministers.
The 18 INC MLAs will Resign their Seats, Join the BJP Government after the FALL of the JDS-INC Government.
The 18 INC MLAs will then Contest the 18 Assembly Elections.
BJP NEEDS ONLY 9 OF 17 DEFECTING MLAs TO WIN
Even IF 9 of the Defecting INC MLAs win as the BJP Candidates then the BJP Strength in the 224 MLAs Assembly will increase from the 104 it won in the MAY 2018 Assembly Elections to the Majority Figure of 113 MLAs.
The BJP will complete the remaining 4.75 years Term as the majority Government in Karnataka.
5 JDS REBEL MLAs WILL RESIGN TO BE BJP MINISTERS
The JDS has 36 MLAs. 10 of these are now Ministers and Chief Minister.
15 JDS MLAs want to be Ministers at any Cost.
10 of the Rebel JDS MLAs will be made Chairmen of Lucrative Corporations to Loot.
5 JDS Rebel MLAs Do Not want to be Content as Chairman of Corporation but want to be Ministers.
5 JDS Rebel MLAs will Resign their Seats and Join the BJP,.
The 5 JDS Rebel MLAs will become the BJP Ministers, as the BJP is Ready to make them as the Ministers.
BJP WAITING FOR 17 PLUS JDS-INC MLAs TO JOIN BJP
The BJP on its own is NOT fuelling any rebellion.
The BJP does NOT want to purchase any JDS-INC MLAs.
The BJP will ONLY make 17 JDS-INC MLAs who tresign their Assembly Seats as 17 Ministers in the BJP Government.
The BJP is waiting for the INC Rebel MLAs and the JDS Rebel MLAs to quit the Party to defeat the JDS-INC Government, in the Assembly, and then Stake Claim to form the Government.
If 17 of the JDS-INC MLAs Resign from the Assembly, then the Strength of the Assembly will be reduced to 207.
The BJP with 104 MLAs will have majority in the 207 MLAs Assembly, as 104 mLAs is the Majority Figure.
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MotoGP is the world's premier motorcycling championship consisting of 18 Grands Prix from around the globe and featuring the world's top motorcycle manufacturers including Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, Ducati, Kawasaki, KTM and Aprilia plus the world's best riders. As an officially licensed MotoGP title, MotoGP 07 for the PlayStation 2 will feature all the riders, bikes, teams and tracks from the 2007 season. Players can faithfully re-create the excitement and passion of the sport and experience the rivalries and competition synonymous with the world's premier motorcycling championship, as they ride for glory. Compete in a full season, create your own customised season, or select a one-off race either on your own or against a friend. Features such as riding aids will provide newcomers to the series with the confidence to push their bikes to the limit. Experienced players will have the option to independently control front and rear brakes as well as the rider's position, making them feel at one with their bike as they enter and exit the tightest of hairpins inches from the tarmac, before stepping on the gas to reach speeds of well over 200mph/320kph.
The "official" game of MotoGP -- but if you don't know what that is you probably won't care about the game much, either. Read More »
Also known as: MotoGP 2007, Moto GP '07
Release Region: United States
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Monday, August 26, 2013
Dotty Travel Map Holder
A new Monday means a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, this week we are looking for something dotty. As long as there some dots in your project, you're good to go. Such as polka dots, dots on washi tape, or dots in a stencil or stamp. Have fun with this dotty challenge!
A few weeks ago, I've been to London and I always like to make some useful things for my trips. Such as my travel note book that I made a few weeks back. So I wanted to make something where I can store my mapes in and I can easily access them and find the way through such a big city. But also to store the detail maps for when we come out of the subway and we know where to walk to from there.
It is never sure if it's as convenient as you think, but I must say that it was very handy indeed.
This map folder is made from the very beautiful Teresa Collins Fly Away Paper Pad. I used the corresponding washi tape with it, along with some dots washi tape. It was quite a puzzle to figure out how I wanted it. But I soon knew I wanted the maps of the underground, the bus and the overall map behind a transparency on the inside. This I adhered together with washi tape on the edges. On the front I made a place to store my metro card in. That part we didn't use. It's more handy to keep the metro card in your pocket for easy access. And on the back I made a place to hold the detail maps.
I made it a bit in the same style as I did the travel notebook. So that it matched. I made two of them and one I covered in Glue N Seal and the other I didn't... Well I can recommend to use some Glue N Seal, because else all the washi tape and other bits will come off.
To join in all you need to do is make a project that fits this weeks challenge and you can be the winner of the $50 gift voucher that our amazing sponsor Simon Says Stamp offers. This prize will go to a random entry. So go over to the Stamp and Show Monday Challenge blog, let the DT members inspire you and join in the fun!
Thank you for stopping by! Love to see you next time!
15 comments:
- Annie said...
Fabulous make Sandra with so much fab details.
TFS Annie x
- 26 August, 2013 14:13
- Candy C said...
Sandra...your map holder is so cute. Love all of the different things you've put together to create such a fun little book. <3 Candy
- 26 August, 2013 14:59
- Meihsia Liu said...
What a fun way to keep all the great memories! Love your beautiful map holder, Sandra. :)
- 26 August, 2013 18:15
- Craft Addicts - Tracy Evans said...
Love your idea of a travel map holder. Love the bold prints and text . The we are lost is a lovely touch. Cute embellishments too. Tracy x
- 26 August, 2013 19:30
- Patricia said...
Echt GEWELDIG is deze travelmap!
Gr Patricia
- 26 August, 2013 20:46
- email: email@example.com said...
Wow! Gorgeous travel notebook! This is such a super clever idea, I'm loving it!
Simon Says Stamp!
- 26 August, 2013 22:03
- MichelleZ said...
Cute project, Sandra! I especially like the "We're Lost". lol! Perfect for a map holder. :)
- 26 August, 2013 22:03
- Suzanne C said...
What a wonderful travel journal! Those little wooden people make me smile! Beautiful!
- 27 August, 2013 00:59
- Sandy said...
Really great make Sandra - now where are we again!
- 27 August, 2013 02:33
- soapHOUSEmama said...
what a clever project! LOVE it!
- 27 August, 2013 03:10
- Anna-Karin said...
Such a great idea Sandra! Maps always get damaged when they are just tossed into a bag. Love all the special details, perfect for this project. Hug!
- 27 August, 2013 16:57
- Andrea Ockey Parr said...
I LOVE LONDON and more importantly, I love how you brought it to life with your project! I lived there for about a year and half and the map of the subway totally brought back fond memories (as well as being lost memories)! I really enjoyed this piece and it was a visual stunner as well as an emotional reminder of good times in this crazy busy beautiful place.
- 28 August, 2013 03:29
- Anita Houston said...
You are so good at making these travel notebooks! I love the TC papers and the dots! So cool! Love the whole map thing!
- 29 August, 2013 04:42
- Martha said...
What a fabulous map holder, Sandra!
Love all the wonderful details. Beautifully done!
- 01 September, 2013 19:28
- Buttons said...
This is a great idea Sandra. It can be easy to lose your bearings in London if you are not familiar with it. You would definitely never lose your holder either as it's so dynamic and full of interest. Hugs, Jenny x
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What Everyone Believes but No One Can Say
Virtually everyone in America, Europe and the Free World shares a single idea: atheists and evangelicals; Platonists, Greek Orthodox and Amish; Hispanics, blacks, and WASPS; Baptists, Catholics, and Marxists; hedonistic materialists, party girls, and comedians; Filipino postmen and Dutch engineers; gays, feminists, and high Church Anglican grandmothers. However, it is the nature of our times that this idea, shared by nearly everyone you know and nearly everyone they know, an idea our ancestors believed going back millennia, cannot be spoken in the public square.
This idea can be stated in many ways but it's basically this: "Allah does not exist, Muhammad was not his prophet, and the Koran is not a holy book."
Christians of all denominations believe this by the very fact of being Christians. Atheists believe Islam is superstition, as they believe about all religions. Western people have believed Islam is a false religion as a matter of course since Islam was founded in the 600s. This belief has never been controversial. It was part and parcel of being a Westerner and a Christian, a thread in the fabric of life, unquestioned and accepted and undisputable.
Despite 1400 years of near-universal understanding, this belief is today barred from the public square. In some parts of Europe, notably Belgium, to stating this openly could open oneself to criminal prosecution. Even in America it would be considered offensive and rude and insulting to announce this unspeakable but widely held belief.
Yet this is not rude or insulting in and of itself. It is a self-evident fact that unless you are a Muslim you do not believe in Allah or that an angel recited the Koran to Muhammad. It's as plain and simple as that.
When did disbelief in Islam become an insult? How have we gotten to a point where no one can say what everyone believes?
To state publicly, openly, the obvious beliefs of billions of people – that Islam is a form of Arab tribal paganism disguised as monotheism – is all but impossible. We have become too "polite", too "sensitive", too "respectful" to say it. Yet we believe it and we know others believe it.
As a Christian neither I nor anyone I know is personally insulted that billions of people are not Christians, and as such, do not belief in the Incarnation and Resurrection of Christ. To non-Christians, Christ was an ancient Jewish sage executed by the Romans. I accept this. I don't riot and kill people over it. This is part of living in the world.
If Muslims cannot accept that most people do not believe in the existence of Allah, do not believe Muhammad was a divinely inspired prophet, and do not believe the Koran is a sacred book, then we really are in a clash of civilizations. If Muslims in Pakistan cannot accept that the Catholic Pope and other Christian leaders and thinkers will occasionally, without even trying, insult and deny Islam, then we are in for a long and terrible conflict.


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Can you define ChatRoulette?
Go ahead we'd love to hear your definition. Our guess is that if you ask ten random people you'd get a lot of puzzled looks and ten different answers. Not to mention questions such as How do you use it? What is it used for?
But that's what's so great about new media channels. When they first came out, it's so hard to define them because you never know how users will interact with them or what they're online experience is going to be like. And this was no different for Facebook and even Twitter. How many people could explain Twitter when it first came out?
For some, Twitter, could have been a 140 character blog. Yet, for others, it could have been a mass text message, and or a way to "stalk" celebs. Basically, every definition was based on how the individual was able to relate to the product. And while Twitter has change a bit and will continue to evolve all these definitions will still remain true while taking on new definitions.
So, where does ChatRoulette stand in the social networking sphere? We'll leave that answer to you, but the only thing that is certain is that if you'd try giving this chat a whirl you're definitely going to see some dudes letting it all hang out (or worse).
For now we'll just keep browsing and chatting with strangers like that stone cold Russian dude bumping the techno. You know who you are.


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On December 28, Michigan became the 5th state to pass a social media privacy law. House Bill 5523, entitled the Internet Privacy Protection Act, was signed by Gov. Rick Snyder and takes immediate effect. The law prohibits employers and educational institutions from requesting access to the personal internet accounts of applicants, employees, and students. Persons who are the subject of a violation of the act may bring a civil action and may recover up to $1,000 in damages, plus reasonable attorney fees and court costs.
Earlier in the year, Maryland, Illinois, California, and New Jersey passed somewhat similar bills, but the Michigan law carves out important safeguards and exceptions. For example, the law does not prohibit an employer from requesting or requiring an employee to disclose access information where:
- The communications device is paid for in whole or in part by the employer or where the account or service is provided by the employer and is utilized by virtue of the employee's employment relationship with the employer;
- An employee has transferred the employer's "proprietary or confidential information or financial data" to the employee's personal Internet account;
- The employer is conducting a workplace investigation, provided that the employer has "specific information about activity on the employee's personal internet account" or where the employer is endeavoring to comply with state or federal law; or
- The employer is "monitoring, reviewing, or accessing electronic data" traveling through its network.
Under the terms of the new law, an employer may also restrict or prohibit an employee's access to certain websites while using an electronic communications device paid for in whole or in part by the employer or while using an employer's network or resources, in accordance with state and federal law.


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USA — Obama Faces Major Internal and External Problems
By Lee Jay Walker
Tokyo Correspondent – THE SEOUL TIMES
|Barack Obama
Barack Obama will soon take full control over the United States of America (USA) and all his grand visions and hopes will be tested to the full. However, given the current economic crisis and negative external problems, then can Obama implement real change? Or are the problems too complex to resolve given the seriousness of the situation?
It is abundantly clear that Obama faces many major problems and this applies to the economy of America, the global economy, international relations, social inequality in America, the health care service, and a host of other major problems. At the same time, resources are limited but expenditure is alarmingly high and the budget deficit just keeps on ticking. Therefore, the time for soundbites will soon come to an end and either "a new dawn" awaits or "the same dawn" will become a fresh reality?
In the field of international relations then it is clear that Afghanistan and Iraq will test Obama to the full because many questions remain to be answered. The war in Iraq, without doubt, is far from over because major tensions remain and terrorism is still a serious problem in this nation. However, in recent times the death count is clearly down and Iraqi security forces are taking control over their nation. Yet if America pulled-out, then a power struggle may emerge between Shia-Sunni factions, factions within both camps, ethnic divisions, and centralization policies may be dealt a serious blow. Also, radical Islam is waiting for breathing space, just like the Taliban waited in Afghanistan therefore Obama faces an uphill struggle to solve this complex problem.
Obama also knows that the situation in Afghanistan is very serious and he may take tougher decisions with regards to radicals holding out in parts of northern Pakistan? He certainly hinted that Pakistan was a serious problem and recent news states that America is thinking about a missile shield to be based in India. Therefore, with current tensions being on the increase between India and Pakistan, it is clear that Obama needs to think long and hard before upsetting the applecart. If he does decide to change direction then he must implement real change and not merely tinker because this region is very strategic and important given the nuclear dimension.
More closer to home, the issue of Hispanic immigration and drug cartels in Mexico spreading their influence in America is a real issue. This especially applies to frontline areas in parts of southern America. Also, given the current economic crisis in America and growing unemployment, then ethnic politics and tensions may increase. For many Americans, this is a real issue and Obama knows full well that ethnic politics is a growing factor in America and he needs to placate Americans who are worried about this issue. However, he also knows that he can not afford to alienate the Hispanic community therefore his policies must be both firm but offer something in return.
On the economic front, Obama faces a major struggle and 2009 will witness rising unemployment, industrial disputes, a growing budget deficit, housing crisis, and more failures in both the banking sector and other sectors. Obama warned about the severity of the situation during his speech at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. He stated that "I don't believe it's too late to change course, but it will be if we don't take dramatic action as soon as possible." He further added that the ongoing crisis "could last for years" without major solutions being implemented.
However, it is clear that the USA will witness more pain and the economic package will add to America's debt which is already very high. Of course he must introduce many new economic measures but it is easy to squander resources and he must think long and hard. Also, the car sector is in crisis and in the past this sector was "a black whole." However, millions of Americans rely on this sector for jobs or have pensions from past work, therefore, this issue is very emotional. Yet is protectionism or state socialism via enormous investment the answer? Whatever Obama does, he certainly can not please everyone but it does appear that "big government" in this sector and the banking sector is on its way.
Other major issues also exist within America and outside of America. For example health care is a serious problem in America and the same applies to unemployment-insurance. Also, growing unemployment and housing problems means that social issues will burden the government. Therefore, poverty is clearly going to increase and this will lead to more government spending so taxation will become a hot issue.
In the international arena you have the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian crisis, Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, and a host of other major problems including the Democratic Republic of Congo. Added to this is terrorism, delicate relations with the Russian Federation, the Korean Peninsula, and loss of power in South America. So it is clear that the road remains bumpy but this is not unique to the Obama administration but given the domestic crisis, then it appears to be magnified.
Overall, I believe that Obama's first term is all about installing economic stability and focusing on areas which can be developed in the international arena. I think that Obama must focus on "soft international areas" which can be developed, notably improving relations with the Russian Federation. Yet major areas of crisis, for example Afghanistan, will be more complex because Islamic militants will see any weakness to be a victory for them. However, he may be more open to calming the North Korean issue because America desires to focus on a more limited area given the current economic and international climate.
Therefore, it would appear that Obama can not implement real change because the current economic situation is too severe. Also, events in Afghanistan, Iraq, and other ongoing areas, remain problematic and this will continue to be the case. The Obama mantra will therefore be on the backfoot from the start and a more pragmatic approach will follow. If Obama can survive the first term in office then you may witness real reforms in the second term if he is re-elected. However, for now, it is all about stabilizing the economy and being more open to the international community.
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How many times have you heard someone say "sit upright"? Probably many times, but as most people did not take it seriously, they just sit upright for a moment. Proper posture is very important for overall health. Most people who have a sedentary lifestyle face the pains in the upper part of the back which exercises for proper posture can reduce. This pain is often seen as a symptom or condition that can cause a lot of complications if it's not corrected in time. There are many factors that can lead to back pain. The type of work that we do every day can ruin overall health, not just the back. Lifting heavy objects, sitting in a bad position at work, improper posture and obesity can also cause back problems. If you face every day with severe pain in the upper back, you should visit a doctor. But if your pain is mild and occasional, you can start practicing simple exercises for proper posture. These exercises will help you with proper posture and reduce back pain.
Exercise 1:
The best way to improve your posture is to strengthen the muscles of the spine. Daily exercise will give back muscle strength and prevent any injury. The move with which to start is a step forward.
- Start with 10 reps.
- Hold your hands on your hips while doing this move.
- During step forward, the back should be flat and head forward.
Exercise 2:
This exercise consists of one move that can replace more exercises. It will not just stretch the chest but the belly. The muscles of the lower back will strengthen together with the muscles of the upper back.
- All you have to do is lie on your belly.
- Slide your legs slightly.
- Hands out over your head.
- The body position at this time should look like a letter Y.
- Push hands, chest and feet off the ground and stay in that position for a few seconds.
- Return to normal position and repeat 3-6 times.
Exercise 3:
The third exercise is stretching that can effectively improve posture.
- Lower to the floor in to "cat position" (knees and palms on the floor are equally spaced).
- With the inhale, lower the lower part of the spine toward the ground and raise the head upwards.
- With exhale, lift the lower part of the spine upwards and apply the chest to the head.
- Repeat this exercise several times.
Exercise 4:
Yoga is a form of spiritual exercise that helps in proper posture and overall health. It can help you improve balance and prevent injuries and back pain. Yoga is great for muscles because it strengthens them to help maintain proper body position.


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Mayor Margaret Doud Honored for 30 Years of Service
Celebrants began arriving at Community Hall at 2 p.m., greeted by party organizers Jodie Chambers, Molly Hagenbaugh, Lois Lenaghan, and Karen Lennard. Mayor Doud had been informed that there would be a baby shower for Carrie Kaminen, and party organizers were careful to keep that impression. The men who were attending were quickly brought inside, to avoid ruining the facade of a baby shower. Ms. Hagenbaugh guarded the doors, and special care was taken to make sure nothing seemed out of place. There were even blue and pink balloons tied outside the building, and bikes were checked to make sure there were not too many.
Carrie Kaminen joked about the hall full of people. "I never knew that I knew so many people," she said, surveying several hundred people waiting for the mayor to arrive.
City Clerk Karen Lennard said the party took months to organize, but the job was easy.
"It was so easy because the first time anyone heard this was for Mayor Doud, they wanted to help," she said.
At 2:30 p.m., Mayor Doud and her mother, Jeannette, opened the doors to a chorus of "Happy Birthday." She was presented with a corsage by Ms. Hagenbaugh and quickly ushered to the stage, where Armand "Smi" Horn took over as master of ceremonies.
He presented the mayor with a plaque thanking her for her contributions to the Island. Ms. Hagenbaugh presented a tribute from the State of Michigan signed by State Senator Jason Allen, Representative Gary McDowell, and Governor Jennifer Granholm. Her former college roommate and best friend, Elaine Noffze, presented Mayor Doud with a certificate of congressional recognition from U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow.
Fr. Jim Williams, pastor of Ste. Anne's Church, on behalf of Congressman Bart Stupak, presented the mayor with a U.S. flag that was flown over the United States Capitol Friday, April 1, in honor of her 30 years of service to the city.
Former Michigan Department of Community Health Director Jim Haveman, who facilitated construction of the new medical center, sent a congratulatory note, thanking her "for your commitment to values to make a difference and protecting the jewel of the north."
Mayor Doud expressed her thanks for the effort everyone had put into the surprise. She reminisced about when she first announced she would be running for mayor, and her original doubts about assuming the position.
"I thought, 'I'm a woman, I'm not experienced, it will never work,' and 30 years later, here I am," said Mayor Doud. Her greatest accomplishment in the past 30 years, she said, was the construction of the new Mackinac Island Medical Center.
Margaret Doud, now 62, was born and reared on the Island and attended the Thomas Ferry School until ninth grade. She was graduated from St. Mary's Academy in Monroe and received a degree in education from Central Michigan University.
She taught third grade at Ottawa Elementary School in Petoskey for two years, then taught kindergarten on Mackinac Island for four years, resigning in 1974. That same year, she was appointed to the City Council to fulfill the term of Dennis Brodeur, who was retiring, and a year later, she ran successfully for mayor, replacing Clem Gunn.
Mr. Brodeur, who owns the Mustang Bar, was on hand Sunday to offer his congratulations.
During her first year, she worked at fostering communication between organizational bodies on the Island and the public. She also worked at city planning, and on increasing the responsibility of the City Council and other elected officials.
Being elected mayor of a place like Mackinac Island does not come without problems, and Mayor Doud addressed some of those issues Sunday.
"The smaller the town, the greater the factions," she said. "But you need to rise above and look for the common good. I enjoy it, enjoy serving the people, and it's been my life."
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You can prevent participation in this tracking process in a variety of ways, as for instance by setting your browser software to suppress cookies or disabling the conversion tracking cookies so that cookies from the domain www.googleadservices.com are blocked, https://www.google.com/settings/ads. Disabling interest-based ads from providers that are part of the 'About Ads' self-regulatory campaign is possible through http://www.aboutads.info/choices or through permanent opt-out in your browsers Firefox, Internet Explorer or Chrome (http://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin). Kindly be aware that in this case you may not be able to use all features of this offer to the fullest.
Facebook pixels
Our website uses the remarketing feature Custom Audiences provided by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA ("Facebook"). With this feature, we can track users' actions after they have seen or clicked on a Facebook ad. Our purpose of using this feature is to show you advertisements that are of interest to you and as well in order to make our website more interesting to you.
Due to the marketing tools applied, your browser automatically establishes a direct connection to the Facebook server. We have no control over the extent and the further use of the data, which are raised by the use of this tool by Facebook and inform you therefore according to our knowledge level: By the integration of Facebook Custom Audiences Facebook receives the information that you have visited the website of our company, or have clicked on an advertisement of us. If you are registered with a service of Facebook, Facebook can assign the visit to your account. Even if you are not registered with Facebook or have not logged in, there is a chance that the provider will find out and store your IP address and other identifying features. Disabling the Facebook Custom Audiences feature is available here: https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads#_. In order to disable the feature, you must be logged in to Facebook. The legal basis for the processing of your data is Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit.f GDPR. For more information about data processing through Facebook, please visit https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.
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Our company uses social plug-ins ("plug-ins") from Facebook.com operated by Facebook Inc., Palo Alto, USA ("Facebook"). The plug-ins are marked with a Facebook logo or the addition "Facebook" or "Like" or "Share".
If you access a page of our company's website that contains such plug-ins, they are initially deactivated. The plug-ins will only be activated when you click on the respective button. With this activation, you establish the link to Facebook and give your consent to the transmission of data to Facebook. If you are logged in to Facebook, Facebook can assign the visit to your local account. If you click on the respective button, the corresponding information is transmitted directly from your browser to Facebook and stored there.
The purpose and scope of the data collection, further processing and use of the data by Facebook as well as the corresponding rights and settings for the protection of your privacy can be found in Facebook's data protection notices (http://www.facebook.com/policy.php).
If you do not want Facebook to collect information about you through our company's website, you must log out of your Facebook profile before visiting our company's website.Youtube
Our company uses the video sharing platform YouTube, which is operated by YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Ave. San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. YouTube is a platform that enables the playback of audio and video files.
When the customer accesses a page on the company's website, YouTube's affiliate player will connect to YouTube to ensure a technical transmission of the video or audio file. When you connect to YouTube, data is transferred to YouTube. The purpose and scope of the data collection, the further processing and use of the data by YouTube as well as the related rights and setting options to protect the privacy of the customer, can be found in the privacy policy of YouTube: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2801895?hl=deInstagram
Our company uses social plugins ("plugins") from the Instagram social network, which is owned by Instagram LLC 1601 Willow Rd Menlo Park CA 94025 United States ("Instagram"). The plugins are marked with an Instagram logo or the addition "Share".
If the customer accesses a website of the company that contains such plugins, these plugins are initially disabled. Only when the customer clicks the provided button, the plugins are activated. With this activation, the customer connects to Instagram and declares his consent to the transfer of data to Instagram. If the customer is logged in to Instagram, Instagram can assign the customer's visit to his local account. If the customer presses the respective button, the corresponding information is transmitted from his browser directly to Instagram and stored there. The purpose and scope of the data collection, the further processing and use of the data by Instagram as well as the related rights and setting options to protect the privacy of the customer can be found in the privacy policy of Instagram: (https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388).Links to other websites
If ERDINGER Weißbräu refers directly or indirectly to external websites ("links"), ERDINGER Weißbräu is only liable if it has precise knowledge of the contents and if it is technically possible and reasonable to prevent their use in the case of illegal content.
ERDINGER Weißbräu hereby expressly declares that at the time of linking, the linked pages did not contain any illegal content. ERDINGER Weißbräu has no influence on the current and future design of the linked sites. ERDINGER Weißbräu hereby expressly dissociates itself from all changes in content that are made after the links have been set on the linked pages. This also applies to entries in the guest books, discussion forums and mailing lists provided by ERDINGER Weißbräu.
Werner Brombach GmbH is not responsible for the content, availability, accuracy and accuracy of linked sites, their offers, links or advertisements. ERDINGER Weißbräu is not liable for illegal, incorrect or incomplete contents and in particular for damage resulting from the use or non-use of the information offered on the linked pages.
The Privatbrauerei ERDINGER Weißbräu Werner Brombach GmbH has the right to change this privacy policy in compliance with the applicable legal data protection regulations at any time. If ERDINGER Weißbräu commissions partner companies for the performance of certain services, the contracts with the partners will include the data protection provisions and the partners will be obliged to guarantee data protection. We take care of complying with data protection regulations in all areas of our platform and our company. If you have questions, you can also contact us directly.


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If you haven't noticed by now, I usually write on topics that I have experienced firsthand. In my lifetime and especially as a parent I have witnessed seeing a whole lot of behaviors. And when I say behaviors I mean those behaviors which cause frustration and concern for you as a parent and hinder your child's ability to function and enjoy life. Behaviors which escalate to the point where your child may be in danger or pose a risk to others can be especially frightening. Some of these behaviors may include aggression as well as self injury.
One of the questions you may have when such behaviors crop up is, "What is causing this?" And then, "What do we do about it?"
I am sure you have all heard the story of the blind men and the elephant. Basically the story goes like this. A group of blind men touch a different part of an elephant to understand what an elephant is. When they describe these different parts to each other they argue over whose description is the most accurate. The moral of the story is that they don't really know what an elephant is because they are only focused on a part of the whole. And so it is with behavioral problems. Depending upon who you ask, the answers will greatly vary.
If you ask a behavioral specialist about causes for behavior they will undoubtedly tell you that something in the child's environment is the trigger. And by altering the environment you can thus, change behavior.
If you ask a psychologist or therapist about your child's behavior they will most likely look for emotional or cognitive dysfunction as the cause.
If you ask an occupational therapist about your child's behavior they may point out a sensory integration problem as the trigger for your child's actions.
If you ask your child's pediatrician or neurologist, they will investigate biological or medical reasons for your child's behaviors.
The problem is that your child is a unique combination of physiology, biology, and brain chemicals. Your child is also an emotional and cognitive being who lives within a family unit and is constantly influenced by environmental factors. You cannot dissect your child and say that there is always one cause for behavior. It can be very hard to sort out. But here is some help.
Answering these questions may help you to identify what sort of behavior problem your child has and what may be the primary cause.
- Can you identify any consistent patterns of environmental triggers for the behavior? In a previous post I explained how to determine antecedents of behavior by using an ABC recording form. Does the physical setting, reactions of others, or other conditions affect the frequency or severity of the behavior? Is your child's behavior a way of getting his needs met because he or she does not know the socially appropriate way?
If you can readily identify environmental triggers for your child's behavior then implementing a behavior management program is your first step towards changing the target behavior.
- Have there been any great changes in your household over the past months? Has your child experienced any loss or trauma? Is your child being bullied at school? Do you see any great changes in your child's mood? Is your child tearful or irritable? Has your child developed new fears or phobias? Has there been a change in your child's sleeping or eating habits?
It is not uncommon for mood disorders such as depression or anxiety to be co-morbid conditions of ADHD. Acting out behaviors can sometimes be attributed to symptoms of a mood disorder. If you suspect this to be the case, a child psychologist or therapist can help.
- Is your child affected by sensory stimuli such as loud noises, scratchy clothing, or strong smells? Does your child react with fear, aggression, or self injury in reaction to such stimuli? Does your child seek out certain experiences such as spinning, bumping into things, or even banging their head? Is your child calmed by certain sensory stimuli such as taking a bath, listening to music, or swinging on a swing? If you are answering yes to some of these questions you may want to investigate whether or not your child has a sensory processing disorder. An occupational therapist can give your child a menu of sensory integration activities which will decrease dysfunctional behaviors.
- Is your child approaching adolescence? Is your child's behavior consistent despite the setting or any changes to environment? Is your child's behavior program not working? Does your child have any underlying medical conditions such as a thyroid disorder or food allergy?
When your child is exhibiting a behavior problem it is routine to go with a behavior management program as the appropriate treatment. Yet some behaviors do not have an external cause and the usual behavior management techniques will be ineffective. If you suspect that your child's behavior is due to biology here are three things to investigate.
1. Get your child a good physical to make sure that there are no medical problems. A sick child with poor communication skills may act out in response.
2. Make sure that your child does not have any type of food sensitivity or allergy. In our case, my son was found to be sensitive to gluten and dairy. A change in diet may help some children to decrease aberrant behaviors.
3. Medication may help some children with their behavior and/or mood. Here is a list of ADHD medications which may help your child to function better at home and school.
The thing to remember is that a combination of approaches is usually best for decreasing target behaviors. It may easily be the case where your child's behavior is triggered by elements in the environment but he or she also has a food allergy which requires a special diet. Your child may also have a mood disorder or be dealing with emotional issues. There are many children who may have a sensory integration disorder on top of all this. It is wise to look at all the factors which may be influencing your child's behavior and to choose those methods most likely to help.
We will be talking more about behavior in the weeks to come and how you can best help your child. If there is any particular issue you would like us to address please let us know. We look forward to hearing from you.