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Though the billboard for her movie Rumor Has It was prominently displayed outside Casa Vega in Sherman Oaks, Calif., inside the Mexican restaurant a much less noticeable Jennifer Aniston shared a quiet romantic dinner with beau Vince Vaughn.
Seated in a cozy red booth, Aniston (who was a regular with ex-husband Brad Pitt) sipped a Patron margarita, and the casual couple ate identical meals – carne asada con enchilada, a broiled sirloin steak and cheese enchilada combination, with a side of guacamole – in the eatery, decked out for the holidays with garland and tinsel. But no mistletoe was needed for the pair: They kissed throughout their two-hour-long meal.
At 10:45, they left through the kitchen entrance, tipped the valet $10 and jumped into Vaughn's car. Their back-door exit tricked the paparazzi, who were waiting out front.
The Single Life
Tennis-star siblings Venus and Serena Williams are single and loving every minute of it. "We're going to get T-shirts that say, 'I'm single,' and on the back it says, 'So is my sister,' " says Serena (Venus's ex is director Brett Ratner). They may be content flying solo romantically, but professionally the sisters have plans to pair up: Venus, who's been taking fashion design classes, hopes to join in on Serena's Aneres clothing line. "If she'll have me," Venus says.
But first comes the Australian Open, which starts Jan. 16. Venus, healed from nagging knee injuries, says she's ready to hit the court. "I'm feeling good," the three-time Wimbledon champ told us before visiting the Ronald McDonald House in Washington, D.C., where the sisters played a charity match. "I'm getting ready for the world."
Caught in the Act
• Keanu Reeves, with a long beard and locks, chilling in the VIP section of Las Vegas restaurant-lounge Tao after having dinner with friends.
• Gavin Rossdale, having a snowball fight with U2 rockers Bono and The Edge outside Chicago hot spot Le Passage, after partying until the wee hours.
• Heather Locklear, hanging out at the Brentwood Lounge in Brentwood, Calif., with a large group of friends.
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Employment at Stetson University
This website informs the community about job opportunities, how to apply and how to access to frequently used forms used for employment purposes.
Stetson University was founded in 1883 and is the first private university in Florida. We are located in DeLand, Florida - 25 miles from Daytona Beach and 35 miles from Orlando.
The Office of Human Resources is located in Allen House, which is the white house next to Allen Hall at the corner of North Woodland Boulevard and Minnesota Avenue. Our office hours are from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
How to Apply
Stetson University provides a convenient, secure online application for hourly and salaried faculty and staff positions.
To apply for staff positions posted after June 5, 2017, view our new job opportunities site.
Directions to Stetson University
From Orlando
- Take Interstate 4 east to the DeLand/New Smyrna Beach exit (exit 118)
- Head west to DeLand
- Turn right at Amelia Avenue
- Turn left at Rich Avenue
- Turn right onto Woodland Boulevard
- Turn left at Minnesota Avenue.
From Daytona Beach
- Take highway 92 west to DeLand
- Turn left onto Woodland Boulevard
- Turn right at Minnesota Avenue.
Parking is available behind Allen Hall or behind Flagler Hall. Allen House is the white house next door to Allen Hall.

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Now in its 31st year, Eurosonic Noorderslag is Europe's largest international music festival that successfully brings both the industry and punters together for a four-day supersonic maelstrom of emerging music. Fans of new music, and booking agents alike will descend on the pretty University town of Groningen in Holland to discover future festival headliners across the town's numerous venues.
A cornerstone to the European live market, Eursoonic Noorderslag is a force of nature. It has 400 festival representatives visiting the conference, and over 300 bands and artists will perform across a multitude of stages. Yes it is January, and yes it is northern Holland and brass monkeys cold, but the endless and exciting trek around the town's busy streets dipping into show-after-show is all one requires to block out the bleakest of weather, not to mention see in the new year in fantastic style.
Gigwise has been bold enough to pick a few fancies from the many just to wet your whistles with:
To start with, Cocaine Piss from Belgium are a band that is maybe dicing with commercial malleability but never-the-less have a name that will surely attract some kind of audience in the initial stages of a career. Besides the curious name, the band is a full throttle Steve Albini produced, noise-rock sort of thing. We can't wait.
Elle Exxe is a supercharged, diva pop, electro mash-up from Edinburgh. She has ruffled a few feathers lately via an exciting live session on BBC Radio Scotland and winning best live performer at the inaugural Unsigned Music Awards. Her self-released debut album this year was well received by the right people, assuring her a bone fide 'one to watch' alert.
The Netherlands is obviously very well represented and each year the Saturday is dedicated to a feast of exclusively Dutch acts as part of the Noorderslag Festival in the town's grand Oosterpoort venue. The Mysterons look set to shine brightly with their fanciful compote of dream pop and 60s groove-laden psych served with a modern R&B twist. A mesmeric proposition, and the voice of Josephine Van Schaik is a slice of heaven.
Avi On Fire, or Bram Weddorp to his mum and dad presents big-sounding, euphoric pop entwined with an alternative edge that points a little towards MGMT and Grizzly Bear. The tunes are so good, instant and perfect pop one feels Avi On Fire would be equally at home winning a Silver Clef as it would Eurovision. Super catchy.
Softer tones, with controlled rhythms and fixating riffs Klangstof are a band that can hold an audience with spellbinding aplomb. Lots of groups are described as the new Pink Floyd, many would like to be described as the new Pink Floyd. Today, Klangstof, are at least Gigwise's new Pink Floyd! And they even do Portishead covers
Experimental psych rockers Swedish Death Candy, are not from Scandinavia but thankfully from London – albeit made up from an international line-up that takes in South Korea, Italy and UK. The vibe is loud and fast. A kind of Steve Hillage niceness, that hurtles along at Motorhead speed.
Eurosonic Noorderslag is held in Groningen Netherlands on11/12/13/14 January 2017
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Trolls and hiring practices: Women on fixing the games industry
Longtime designers treat their industry's diversity as a game design challenge.
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Longtime designers treat their industry's diversity as a game design challenge.
Also: Ouya graffiti, a giant teepee, and people looking silly in VR headsets.
Surprise! The dumbest announcement of 2014 has actually turned into a fun game.
New directional and action buttons on face fill an important gap.
New headset is in the same class as Oculus Rift and is even better in some ways.
Company founder offers reluctant praise for Sony's own VR announcements.
WebCL provides the natural counterpart to WebGL.
Sega returns to the sci-fi franchise with a slice of survival-terror humble pie.
Formerly secretive source code to be released to subscribers via GitHub.
Console maker aims to create a sense of "presence" with its head-mounted display.
Or: Would Master Chief be "weaker" if he was a girl?
Easiest path to success? Work at a big company (or visit Molyneux's hotel).
WebGL and asm.js offer an alternative to the Web player.
After a deathmatch beatdown, game design legend talks academia, praises crunch.
Ambitious augmented reality platform maps your environment with a smartphone.
Is hopeful for Call of Duty, Battlefield versions; comments on Japanese inspiration.
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Ian Bogost headlines day-long panel, bemoans failings of "critical muscle."
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Simplicam's cloud storage fees can't be beatArcsoft's Simplicam strives for security camera dominance, but can it take down the Dropcam Pro?
Hi, I'm Megan Woolerton for Cnet here with a review of the arc soft SimpliCam. SimpliCam has comparable features to the $130 Belkin net cammy HD plus and the $200 Drop Cam Pro. But it has a few extra things that set it apart from the competition. You'll get the same live streaming, night vision, push notifications and optional cloud storage. But this one starts at just $5 a month. Compared to Belkin NetCam and the Dropcam Pro which both start at $10. So if you're interested in cloud recording services, but don't wanna spend that ten bucks, this is a really solid option. Another interesting thing it adds is face recognition. Most of the other cameras have audio or motion alert. SimplyCam can actually detect a face and send you an alert when it sees someone. It's not like Facebook where it can tell who it's looking at, just that it's looking at someone. You do have to subscribe to the cloud service to get that feature though. The video quality is also really good. It's on par with the Belkin NetCam. It doesn't quite reach Dropcam Pro's 1080p, but at 720p it's still a really, really crisp image. And the alerts worked really well too. I got a push notification any time motion, sound, or a face was detected. But I did run into a problem with email alert. I enabled them, and entered in two different email addresses that I wanted alerts to be sent to, and never once received an email. SimplyCam is a really good security camera right now. And if it manages to fix some of the glitches I experienced during setup, and also with the email alerts, it has a really, really good chance of being a competitor in this market. Thanks for watching, I'm Megan Wollerton for CNET. [MUSIC]


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NorthWestern to Host Year End 2012 Financial Results Conference Call
Feb 07, 2013, 10:00 EST
SIOUX FALLS, S.D., Jan. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- NorthWestern Corporation d/b/a NorthWestern Energy (NYSE : NWE ) today announced that it will host an investor conference call on Thursday, February 14, 2013, at 2:30 p.m. eastern time to review its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2012. The Company also plans to issue a news release detailing its year end 2012 financial results the morning of February 14, 2013, before the market opens.
The conference call will be webcast live on the Internet at http://www.northwesternenergy.com under the "Investor Information" heading. To listen, please go to the site at least 10 minutes in advance of the call to register. An archived webcast will be available shortly after the call.
A telephonic replay of the call will be available beginning at 6:00 p.m. ET on February 14, 2013, through March 14, 2013, at (888) 203-1112 access code 7514599.
About NorthWestern Energy
NorthWestern Energy is one of the largest providers of electricity and natural gas in the Upper Midwest and Northwest, serving approximately 668,300 customers in Montana, South Dakota and Nebraska. More information on NorthWestern Energy is available on the Company's Web site at www.northwesternenergy.com.
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- Information on isolate AF293, the original strain to be sequenced.
A clinical isolate from an individual who died of invasive aspergillosis. The strain is lodged with the Fungal Genetics Stock Center as acquisition number A1100, and with the National Collection of Pathogenic Fungi as acquisition number NCPF 7367.
- A second strain of Aspergillus fumigatus has been sequenced. This is strain CEA10.
Strain CEA10 is also a clinical isolate, obtained at a Paris hospital in 1989, and is the strain used in the laboratory of Dr Jean Paul Latgé at the Pasteur Institute, Paris. It is lodged with the FGSC as acquisition number A1163.
- Genomic islands in the pathogenic filamentous fungus Aspergillus fumigatus. Fedorova et al. PLoS Genet. 2008 Apr 11;4(4):e1000046
Supporting information
- Text S1: Allergens and sexual development genes
- Table S1: Growth rates of Af293, A1163, N. fischeri, and A. clavatus isolates at various temperatures
- Table S2: Resistance to antifungals among A. fumigatus clinical isolates
- Table S3: Divergent A. fumigatus Af293 genes with respect to Af294, Af71, and A1163
- Table S4: Distribution of polymorphic alleles among A. fumigatus isolates
- Table S5: Five A. fumigatus loci exhibiting trans-species polymorphism
- Table S6: A. fumigatus core and species-specific genes
- Table S7: Features of A. fumigatus-specific genes
- Table S8: Top biological processes overrepresented among four lineage specificity groups
- Table S9: Enzymes that control the first step in secondary metabolite biosynthesis
- Table S10: Top PFAM domains overrepresented among four lineage specificity groups
- Table S11: Lineage specificity and chromosomal location
- Table S12: Selective constraints operating on virulence-associated genes
- Table S13: Known A. fumigatus Af293 allergens
- Table S14: Predicted A. fumigatus Af293 allergens
- Table S15: Selective constraints operating on sex genes
- Table S16: Families of transposable elements identified in the Affc genomes
- Table S17: Fungal genomes used in phylogenetic analyses
- Genomic sequence of the pathogenic and allergenic filamentous fungus Aspergillus fumigatus. Nature. 2005 Dec 22;438(7071):1151-6. Nierman WC et.al.
Supplementary genomic material
- Figure S1. Aspergillus fumigatus chromosomes
- Figure S2. Clusters of cell-wall associated GPI-proteins.
- Supplementary Methods. Sequencing and Assembly.
- Supplementary Text: Secondary Metabolites
- Supplementary Text: Selfish Cluster Hypothesis.
- Supplementary Tables
- Table S1. Proteins implicated in A. fumigatus pathogenicity.
- Table S2. Clusters of genes with log2 ratios grouped by k-means in figure 1B.
- Table S3. Allergen homologs in A. fumigatus and other Aspergillus species.
- Table S4. Putative essential genes in the A. fumigatus genome.
- Table S5. Predicted gene clusters involved in secondary metabolism in Aspergillus fumigatus, and orthologous clusters in other Aspergilli.
- Table S6.Putative programmed cell death associated proteins in A. fumigatus.
- Table S7. Protein families putatively involved in cell wall construction in A. fumigatus and comparisons with genomes from yeasts, other filamentous fungi and other eukaryotes.
- Table S8. Partial listing of A. fumigatus specific genes as compared to A. oryzae and A. nidulans using BLASTp.
- Table S9. Arsenic metabolism genes in A. fumigatus.
- Table S10. Genes of the ergosterol biosynthesis pathway in Aspergillus spp and other fungal species.
- Table S11. Genes revealed by comparative genomic hybridization to be missing or diverged relative to A. fumigatus Af293.
- Sequencing of Aspergillus nidulans and comparative analysis with A. fumigatus and A. oryzae. Nature 2005 Dec 22;438(7071):1105-15 Galagan JE et.al.
- Genome sequencing and analysis of Aspergillus oryzae Nature 2005 Dec 22;438(7071):1157-61 Machida M et.al.
- Aspergillus fumigatus gene annotations
- The Aspergillus fumigatus genome sequencing project
- The Aspergillus fumigatus genome is nearly complete and is available as 19 contigs of finished sequence (consisting of Sanger and TIGR data). These data can be downloaded or searched using BLAST
- The Aspergillus fumigatus Genome Sequencing Project at the Sanger Institute
This site contains details of this project and includes BAC clone sequences, predicted genes and proteins and BAC end sequences which are searchable using Blast.
- A. fumigatus codon usage table
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The Kodak 'Z' series has been a faint glimmer of hope among a generally disappointing series of digital cameras from the once venerable brand. While the budget 'C' and compact 'M' series cameras have left a trail of disappointment and anguish in their wake, cameras like the Z712, with its extended zoom lens, and the powerful Z885 point-and-shoot showed that there might be some life left in Kodak yet.
The Paradox of Many Megapixels
The Kodak Z1085 IS is another exception to the emerging conventional wisdom that Kodak is flawed. With a hefty 10-megapixel sensor, the camera doesn't run into as much noise at higher ISO settings like a lot of its peers. Many manufacturers have stuffed more pixels onto smaller chips to achieve high numbers that attract consumers; crowded chips result in noisy images. This creates an unusual paradox: most people believe more megapixels mean higher-quality photographs, but in reality, the opposite could very well be true.
Kodak has avoided this with a larger 1/1.65-inch CCD that delivers on the promise of a high-megapixel camera while also providing excellent performance at lower quality settings. When compared to photographs taken at 8MP on an Olympus SP-560 UZ, I can't help but feel that images taken at 7MP with the Kodak appear sharper and more colorful, and with less noise.
The camera also has a 5x optical zoom lens, slightly above average for a point-and-shoot camera of this type, and slightly outdoing Canon's budget point-and-shoot, the A580 (Click here to read a review of the Canon A580). The camera's wide-angle lens allows for more inclusive group photographs and panoramas, however it is only available at lower-quality (7.5MP) settings and does not take full advantage of the Z1085's 10-megapixel potential.
Video Mode: Low-Cost High-Definition Looks Exactly How It Sounds
The Kodak Z1085 IS also features a versatile movie mode, which allows users to record videos in standard definition, 720p high definition, and even YouTube-optimized clips for easy uploading. Keep in mind: we're talking about a point-and-shoot video feature here and not a super-expensive high-definition camcorder. Ultimately, you get what you pay for. The HD video mode is adequate, and will produce widescreen clips you can pipe out to your HDTV to enjoy, though in low light the Z1085 will attempt to automatically adjust the image settings and cause a little bit of noise. The camera also allows you full access to the 5x optical zoom in video mode, an excellent feature that is only now becoming widely available on digital cameras.
The Z1085 IS also has that fancy face-detection autofocus that's all the rage in today's modern digital cameras. The camera is capable of tracking up to five faces, locking onto them with tiny, green squares so they aren't lost in a blur in your final photo.
Smart Capture Mode: A New Approach Yields Better Results
Kodak seems to attribute better results to its Smart Capture Mode technology, which detects the light and subjects being shot in a scene and alters the camera settings to capture the best possible rendering.
Smart Capture uses a threefold process: intelligent scene detection, which evaluates the scene and adjusts the settings accordingly; intelligent capture control, which sets ISO, exposure, and fast focus for even challenging low-light situations; and intelligent image processing, which reduces noise and adjusts the overall contrast of the image.
Generally, it works, and it's a completely different approach to conventional image processing. The Enhanced Dynamic Range brings out details that are cast in shadow without overexposing details bathed in ambient light. This kind of smart processing helps novice or inexperienced users achieve better looking photos without needing to fuss with manual settings.
Simplified Charging via USB
One of the more interesting features of the Kodak Z1085 is its ability to recharge via a USB connection to a computer. It's fairly quick and straightforward. Hook it up to your computer with the same cable you use to transfer images and it'll begin to recharge the camera's lithium-ion battery (though some Windows Vista users may find it frustrating, as that operating system will disable USB charging as a power-saving feature if you haven't modified your settings). The battery itself holds up really well, in both still-image and video modes, especially considering it must constantly power the LCD so users can frame and preview shots. The lack of an optical viewfinder is noticeable, and could be irritating if you're the kind of shooter who prefers it to the LCD (as I do).
Conclusion: Performs as Advertised
In the end, however, the Z1085IS is a well put together camera which performs as advertised. With 10 megapixels on a large 1/1.6 CCD chip, a 5x optical zoom, image stabilization and face detection, then tossing in a widescreen video and still option and 720p high definition video that actually zooms, one would have to look far and wide to find a more capable still camera to handle the day in and day out capturing of those invaluable "Kodak moments."


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Republican lawmakers said Friday they have enough signatures to expand the agenda of next week's special session of the Montana Legislature, beyond what Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock has proposed to fill a $227 million hole in the state budget.
Their expansion will include consideration of accepting a $30 million offer by owners of the private prison at Shelby – in exchange for a 10-year extension of the company's contract to manage the prison.
Lawmakers in both parties said the private-prison issue could be a major sticking point in the session, which opens in Helena next Tuesday. The session is expected to last several days.
Yet both sides – and the Bullock administration – also acknowledged this week that the main point of disagreement in the search for a budget-balancing deal is whether and how to raise any taxes. The private-prison money is linked to that issue.
"I can't see any reason on earth by a Republican would vote to raise $75 million in taxes when we're leaving $30 million on the table with (prison owner) CoreCivic and the private prison," Rep. Rob Cook, R-Conrad, said Thursday.
Bullock has proposed using a three-pronged approach to balancing the budget: Nearly $77 million in spending cuts, which he'll order himself; $75 million in temporary tax increases; and another $77 million in budget transfers or adjustments.
He limited the session's agenda to his proposals when he issued the call on Monday.
The GOP expansion, when it becomes official on the session's first day next week, allows several additional proposals to be considered, as outlined by Republican lawmakers.
Bullock's budget director, Dan Villa, told MTN News on Thursday that he believes a majority of lawmakers are on-board with the budget cuts and most of the transfers, after weeks of negotiation between the administration and a handful of legislative leaders.
He said he's optimistic that the administration and lawmakers can iron out the differences on the remainder.
"Really, we're having a disagreement over $75 million in temporary revenue," he said. "To me, when you're two-thirds of the way down the path, you don't try to make it look as though you're further apart than you are. You work and you try to find that last third."
Republican House Speaker Austin Knudsen, R-Culbertson, essentially agreed that the taxes are the flash-point – and said he would prefer that no taxes be increased.
"I think there are probably some of my caucus who feel a little differently about that, but right now frankly, I don't think there are the votes to pass tax increases of any kind," he told MTN News Friday.
Republicans hold a 59-41 majority in the House and a 32-18 advantage in the Senate.
Knudsen is a part of the conservative wing of Republicans, who generally take a hard line against any tax increases.
More moderate Republicans in the Montana Legislature, however, sometimes break off from their GOP brethren and join minority Democrats to forge a majority on tax-and-spending issues.
Whether that split will be a key factor in the special session remains to be seen.
Cook and Sen. Llew Jones, R-Conrad, members of the moderate GOP camp, have said they support extending the contract for the private prison, which is in each of their districts.
Cook says the $30 million could be used to lower or erase the need for tax increases, as part of the budget-balancing deal.
Under its current contract with the state, CoreCivic, the prison's owner, controls a fund that contains $32 million in state money, set aside as a potential down payment for the state to buy the 20-year-old, 600-bed private prison.
The company has said it would release the money to the state, to help balance the budget – if the state agrees to extend the company's contract up to 10 years. The current contract expires in 2019.
Bullock and fellow Democrats are adamantly opposed to renegotiating CoreCivic's contract right now.
They argue that the state correctional system is in a state of flux, in the wake of major sentencing reforms passed this year, and that the private prison's role in the system needs closer examination.
"(CoreCivic) wants to give us our money back, in exchange for a $150 million, long-term commitment to them," said House Minority Leader Jenny Eck, D-Helena. "(This contract) is one that we need to look at carefully and not try to ram through in a two, three-day session without full transparency, by the public."
Knudsen said the GOP's expanded agenda will include a bill that may force the governor to renegotiate the contract and take the money.
The Republican expansion also will allow bills to impose an insurance-premium tax on two nonprofit health insurers, allow the state auditor to approve "waivers" from federal health-insurance rules, scrutinize the Bullock budget cuts, and encourage hiring in-state contractors for logging on certain state lands.
Bullock has proposed three tax increases: Raising the state lodging and rental-car taxes to 10 percent, from 7 percent and 4 percent, respectively, and imposing a $30 million fee on the state workers' compensation fund's $600 million investment portfolio.
While Republicans are expanding the agenda, Knudsen says he hopes it won't lengthen the session – and that he'd like things to get wrapped up in a couple of days.
Other lawmakers told MTN News that three-to-four days may be a more likely expectation.
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Home » Tours » Blue Mountains Seafood BBQ
Experience the wonders of the world heritage listed Blue Mountains. Enjoy spectacular views from secluded lookouts. For lunch, a seafood BBQ using fresh ingredients from the Sydney Fish Markets. Help cook and enjoy the freshly cooked meat and seafood, enjoy the clear mountain air while looking at the amazing views from our barbecue spot. Relax and enjoy free time at the quaint garden village of Leura. Enjoy the day with your host, an experienced tour guide. Let's have a fun day to be the best memories
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SCHROONLAKE- It's that time of year, time to clean out that attic and basement and donate those unneeded items to the Town of Schroon Lions Club.
The Lions are planning their annual Memorial Day weekend charity auction and garage sale. The club is soliciting the Adirondack community for new and used items in good condition along with donations from local restaurants and service businesses. All will be auctioned at the event.
"This event could not be conducted without the generous support of our residents and local businesses," Lion Patti Mehm said.
The event will be held on Sunday, May 29, at the Schroon Lake Boathouse located adjacent to the boat launch. The auction will begin at noon and the garage sale will start at 9 a.m. Professional auctioneer Ed Haroff of Haroff Auction and Realty has donated his auctioneering services to this event for many years.
Each donated item will be categorized, photographed and viewable approximately one week prior to the auction, at www.haroff.com.
Typical items donated include furniture, antiques, household goods, knick-knacks and children's items. Free pickups for donations can be arranged by calling Lion Bette Manley at 532-7577 or Lion Dave Harder at 532-9827. One may drop items off directly at the Boathouse 8 to 11 a.m. Sunday, May 29.
Items that will not be accepted include outdated electronics, refrigerators, stoves, and other large appliances.
Specialty items such as vehicles, sailboats, and antiques have been available in the past and news about donated items of interest will be available at www.haroff.com.
Proceeds from the garage sale/auction are used to aid the visually impaired and disadvantaged on the local, national and international levels. The auction is one of many fundraising events that the Town of Schroon Lions Club holds to raise funding for local education scholarships, Camp Colby scholarships, Leader Dogs for the Blind, Lions Eye Bank in Albany and emergency dialer equipment.


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Prize #1: Baker's Edge Pan
Baker's Edge is well known for its revolutionary Edge Brownie Pan that allows all the edge-lovers of the world to have at least two edges on each brownie square. With the upcoming introduction of a new lasagne pan, parents everywhere will be armed and ready to tackle those bake sales and pot luck dinners.
The winner of this prize pack will receive The Edge Brownie Pan! This pan will give you two delicious, chewy edges on every individual serving, patented sidewalls circulate heat evenly throughout the pan, better performance (fewer undercooked middles and burned edges), and it is sized to fit box mixes and recipes for 9"x9" or 9"x13" pans. The heavy-gauge cast aluminum has nonstick coating and easy-to-clean corners, too! Check out Karen's Baker's Edge Review!
Prize #2: Jesse Steele Apron
Jessie Steele offers designer vintage aprons, chef's aprons, and flirty hostess aprons. Also available are adorable children's aprons and oven-mitts that coordinate with the adult aprons. These aprons and matching oven-mitts would make the perfect gifts for moms as they gear up to host those PTA meetings and get ready to tackle those bake sales.
The winner of this prize pack will receive any in-stock apron! Look at what Karen had to say about her apron!
Prize #3: Envirosax
Envirosax offers chic designer resuable tote bags that transorm into a 4″ roll that can easily pop into a purse, diaper bag, glove compartment, or even your back pocket. The most recent addition to the Envirosax Organic Series is a line of organic cotton totes. Envirosax allows adults and children to go green in style.
The winner of this prize pack will receive one designer tote bag of their choice from any collection on the Envirosax website.
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Contest ends at 11:59pm CST on August 27, 2009. Open to U.S. Residents only.
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WEST HARRISON, N.Y. - Rosalie Crispo of West Harrison died April 12. She was 93.
Crispo was born Oct. 9, 1920, to Joseph and Angelina (nee Carpanzano) Veltri in New Rochelle.
Crispo is survived by her son, Peter (Rosalie E.) Crispo of West Harrison; two grandchildren; and two great grandchildren. She was predeceased by her parents; husband, Peter Crispo son, John Crispo; daughter, Joann Crispo Surace; and two brothers.
Calling hours are Tuesday, April 15 from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Hawthorne Funeral Home . A Funeral Mass will be celebrated Wednesday, April 16 from 10 a.m. at St. Anthony of Padua Church, West Harrison. Interment at the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, New Rochelle.
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Cheap flights to Manila
Recent searches for return flights to Manila
Airlines that operates flights to Manila
- Philippine Airlines (PR)
- Singapore Airlines (SQ)
- Emirates (EK)
- Cathay Pacific (CX)
- Turkish Airlines (TK)
- Qatar Airways (QR)
- Kuwait Airways (KU)
- Royal Brunei Airlines (BI)
- Korean Air (KE)
- Malaysia Airlines (MH)
- China Eastern Airlines (MU)
- Asiana Airlines (OZ)
- Saudi Arabian Airlines (SV)
- Thai Airways (TG)
- Oman Air (WY)
Which airline fly direct to manila ?
Only Philippine Airlines operates non-stop Manila flights from UK in general and London Heathrow in particular. Passengers departing from other airports will have to choose connecting flights.
how can i find cheapest airline tickets to manila
For price wise travelers, Air China is the most cost-effective airline to choose when traveling to Manila.
What is the cost of flights to Manila ?
What is the flight duration from London Heathrow to Manila?
Philippine Airlines has carriers departing the Heathrow Airport and reaching Manila in about 13 hours and 55 minutes. This is the shortest time frame in which any flight from UK completes its journey to Manila.
What is the flight duration from London Gatwick to Manila?
To reach Manila from London Gatwick, the minimum flight duration is 14 hours and 40 minutes. Cathay Pacific operates this flight and Hong Kong is the stopover by default.
Which airport receive flights to manila
At present, only Ninoy Aquino International Airport is the receiving airport for international flights to Manila.
What is the best time to buy airline tickets to Manila?
If you book your Manila flight anywhere between June and October then chances are that you will get a cheaper fare.
Weekly Schedule of Airlines from UK to Manila
Philippine Airlines is ranked highest for setting up the maximum number of direct cross-continental flights for this route- capital to capital. PR 721 flies daily, non
stop, from London Heathrow to Manila in a minimum time frame of 14 hours.
Philippine airlines flights to Manila
Baggage Allowance with Philippine Airlines
If you are travelling with Philippine Airlines then you can take one piece of 10 kilos in Budget Economy, 20 kilos in Regular Economy and 30 kilos for Business Class.
singapore airlines flights to manila
- On a daily basis, Singapore Airlines operates 4 connecting flights from London Heathrow to Manila. SQ 321 (departing at 2205 hours) and SQ 319 (departing at 1810 hours) leave daily from London Heathrow en route to Singapore Changi Airport - the airline's hub- (1810 local time) wherefrom a single SQ 918 (departing at 1925) takes passengers to Manila Ninoy Aquino International Airport (arriving at 2300 local time). The total flight duration for the former flight is 18 hours whereas that for the latter is 19 hours and 10 minutes... the difference mainly lying in the time spent at stopover. Also flying daily from the said airport are SQ 317 (departing at 1125) and SQ 305 (departing at 0925) setting course for Manila but touching down in Singapore for a layover. This is where passengers on cheap flights to Manila either get on board the more mainstream SQ 910 (departing at 0930) that takes them to their target destination; after a total time consumption of 18 hours and 40 minutes if the connecting flight be SQ 317. But if the departing aircraft was SQ 305, the journey could end up taking 20 hours and 40 minutes. There is always the possibility that the airline will make reservations for some of its SQ 317 passengers in SQ 912 (departing at 1200) that also flies from Singapore to Manila (arrival at 1535). As such, the time period will stretch to a full 21 hours and 10 minutes.
- Luckily, Singapore Airlines also operates flights from Manchester to Manila- a daily single SQ 327 (departing at 0910) - reaching its rendezvous point at Singapore Changi Airport (arrival at 0715 hours local time) for a flight connect. Different stopover durations define which carrier passengers will be directed to next. SQ 910 (departing at 0930) takes-off for Manila and finishes the whole Manchester to Manila flight well within 21 hours; SQ 912 (departing at 1200) completes the route in 23 hours and 25 minutes whereas SQ 916 (departing at 1350) lands 25 hours and 15 minutes after its initial blast-off from the Heathrow runway.
- Singapore Airlines serving the Birmingham Airport has two scheduled daily flights. Passengers on SQ 2145 (departing at 1745) leaving Birmingham reach Frankfurt (arrival at 2020) and thence to Singapore (arrival at 1625) after an aircraft switch with SQ 325. The layover at Singapore is followed by a flight to Manila on SQ 918 (departing at 0925). Typically the airline completes this itinerary in 22 hours and 35 minutes provided that all goes well. The other outbound flight is SQ 2149 (departing at 1615) headed to Frankfurt (arrival at 0850). Manila passengers are then transferred to SQ 25 (departing at 1230) which sets off for Singapore (arrival at 0650) where another switch with SQ 910 (departing at 0930) is to take place; considering it is after all a two-stop flight. SQ 910 enters Manila's airspace where it is received by the capital's airport (arrival at 1305 hours). The journey terminates after a total of 29 hours.
Baggage Allowance with Singapore Airlines
Singapore Airlines set limits for free check in luggage to be 30 kilograms for Economy Class, 35 kilograms for Premium Economy and 40 kilograms for Business class.
Emirates airlines flights to manila
- Related here in order of their increasing stopover times, luxury trips with Emirates Airlines' EK 006 come to happy endings after about 17 hours. This EK 006 flight, which climbs altitude from London Heathrow at 2215 hours, stops over at Dubai at 0805 for an hour and fifteen minute layover before connecting with EK 334. Another flight, EK 004 (departing at 2040) follows the same trajectory till it reaches Dubai International Airport (departing at 0635). For this particular flight, however, the stopover duration is 2 hours and 45 minutes. Passengers from both aircraft are streamlined into Terminal 3, soon to be transferred into EK 334, departing at 0920. The EK 334 then drops them off at Manila at 2210 hours Philippine Standard Time. A relatively cheaper option for cost-effective travelling is Airbus EK 002 (departing at 1415) that connects with EK 332 (departure at 0330) afterwards. As with cheaper flights, the time stretch is predictably longer, 19 hours and 15 minutes for this one, including the 3 hour 15 minute of stopover time at Dubai.
- For further convenience of travellers, Emirates Airlines has worked up its capacity to operate 2 regular flights to Manila from the London Gatwick as well. An EK 010 flight leaves Gatwick at 2145 till it reaches Dubai at 0735 hours local time. The break in the journey lasts for about 1 hour and 45 minutes at Dubai International Airport. EK 334 then flies off for Manila (arrival at 2210). EK 010 cuts the entire distance between London and Manila in about 17 hours and 25 minutes. The second and comparatively cheaper option, EK 016 (departing at 1430 Gatwick Time), is a flight with relatively longer stopover- a 3 hour standby- again at Dubai. Furthermore, connecting with EK 332 (departing at 0330) means that this trip is going to take as long as 19 hours!
- From Manchester, Emirates Airlines operates yet another popular route to Manila. EK 020 (departing at 2115) gets airborne from the Manchester Airport till it arrives at the Dubai International Airport (arrival at 0725) followed by a couple of hours of layover and a flight connect with EK 334. This outbound flight takes-off at 0920 and follows its flight path till it touches down at Manila (arrival at 2210). The total journey takes more or less 18 full hours and it's an overnight flight. EK 018 is a bit more budget-friendly option but again with longer stopover duration. Departing Manchester at 1400 hours, it reaches Dubai at 0015 and the progress of this journey is halted by 3 hours and 15 minutes. Similarly, EK 022 (departing at 1000) comes to a standstill after its runway taxi at 2000 hours at Dubai International Airport for a sleepover of 7 hours and 30 minutes. Both EK 018 and EK 022 connect with EK 332 (departing at 0330) in order to deliver their select passengers to Manila- commuters arrive at the capital at 1630 Philippine Standard Time. Alongside these, EK 020 flight, departing the Manchester Airport at 2115, predictably stops over for 8 hours and 45 minutes at Dubai. From here, EK 336 carries the bulk of Manila fares to their desired destination.
- Emirates Airlines serves the Birmingham Airport with 2 flight connections. Apart from those particular benefits exclusive to quality airlines like the Emirates, amenities like wifi, a short stopover of 2 hours is another plus point should passengers be flying in EK 038; departing at 2120 and arriving Dubai at 1715 local time. However it will be EK 334 that will depart Dubai International Airport at 0920, continue the commute, and reach Manila at 2210. 17 hours and 50 minutes will be the total flight duration. Also flying is EK 040 (typically departing at 1420 Birmingham Time) reaching Dubai at 0035 for a flight-connect with EK 332. Passengers who pay more in cash end up saving time with EK 040 as the stopover duration is only 2 hours and 55 minutes. Passengers from EK 040 get seated in EK 332 that cruises off at 0330 and reaches Manila at 1630 hours...their time. The time period for this journey adds up to 19 hours and 10 minutes.
Baggage Allowance with Emirates Airlines
Emirates Airlines' baggage allowance policy is one of the most appropriate for many, as it allows passengers to carry one piece of 35 kilograms for Economy Class and 40 kg for Business Class.
Cathay pacific flights to manila
- Cathay Pacific operates 3 regular flights on a day to day basis. CX 250 departing London Heathrow at 1820 hours reaches Hong Kong at 1315. After 1 hour and 10 minutes, which will be the extent of stopover span for these passengers, they will be directed to CX 919 ready to lift-off at 1425, regional time. It reaches Manila at 1645 thereby completing the journey in 15 hours and 25 minutes. Same itinerary, different timings; the remainder of passengers on low-cost flights to Manila are conducted there in CX 903 whose departure time is 1635 and arrival time 1855. A similar flight is conducted by CX 256 (departing at 2010) that takes negligibly 20 minutes more for the same itinerary (15 hours and 45 minutes in total). It reaches Hong Kong at 1500 and after 1 hour and 35 minutes of layover time, connects to CX 935 that departs at 1740 and arrives in the Filipino capital at 1955. Serving the same CX 256 is the CX 903 that departs at 1635 and reaches the abovementioned city at 1855. For many, CX 238 will be the flight of choice, in line with their individual schedules. It departs Heathrow at 1705 hours and reaches Hong Kong at 1155 to be followed by a stopover of 2 hours and 30 minutes and a flight switch with CX 919. Precisely in CX 919, amenities like wifi and multimedia entertainment eases the stress of jetlag as these are, after all, overnight flights, arriving Manila at 1645. The total time span would be 16 hours and 40 minutes.
- From the Manchester Airport, Cathay Pacific manages and conducts a single flight i.e. CX 358 (departing at 1215) on its way to Hong Kong International Airport (arrival at 0655). From here on, passengers will choose any of the 4 flights flying to Manila as per their ticket details. The shortest possible stopover of 7 hours and 30 minutes concludes with a flight connect with CX 919 (departing at 1425 and arriving Manila at 1625). A medium-range stopover for this route comprises 9 hours and 40 minutes, after which, Manila fares can get aboard the CX 903 which departs Hong Kong at 1635 and touches Manila at 1855. A longer stopover of 10 hours and 45 minutes awaits those flying cheaper with Cathay Pacific. CX 935, departing at 1740 will manoeuvre its way to Manila, arriving at 1955 hours. The total time duration for this itinerary is as follows: 21 hours and 30 minutes with CX 919, 23 hours and 40 minutes with CX 903 and 24 hours and 40 minutes with CX 935. And last, but certainly not the least, travellers willing to wait out the entire sleepover of 15 hours and 10 minutes will be compensated financially by flying in CX 905, departing at 2205 and reaching Manila at 0015 hours.
- From the Birmingham Airport, Cathay Pacific operates 3 flights daily, all of them two-stop flights, to Manila. CX 9302 (departing at 0650) makes a 3 hour and 35 minute stop-over at Amsterdam (arrival at 0910). Passengers are shifted to CX 270 then, which launches off at 1245 from Amsterdam to Hong Kong, arriving at 0655. After about an hour there, commuters take the CX 907 plane that departs Hong Kong at 0750 and arrives Manila at 0955. Also flying from Birmingham is the CX 9312, departing at 0630 and making it to Amsterdam at 0905 for a 3 hour and 20 minute layover. Leaving Amsterdam at 1225, the new carrier- CX 260- finally approaches Hong Kong at 0655, naturally, for a layover of 55 minutes there. CX 907 (leaving at 0750 hours) then carries the lot to Manila, at 0955. Another two-stop flight from Birmingham to Manila is conducted, at first, by CX 9302; leaving at 0650 for Amsterdam, which it touches-down at 0910. CX 270 commences the journey at 1245, after a layover of 3 hours and 35 minutes, and terminates it at Hong Kong International Airport at 0655. Again, travellers would have to wait for a couple of hours there before the airline connects their flight with CX 901. CX 901 leaves Hong Kong at 0900 straight for Manila...arriving there at 1110 hours.
Baggage Allowance with Cathay Pacific
Cathay Pacific allows each passenger checked-in luggage of 20 kilograms in Economy Class, 25 kilograms in Premium Economy and 30 kilograms in Business Class.
- Turkish Airlines has a daily flight from London Heathrow to Manila; TK 1972 leaving at 1800 hours for its hub at Istanbul (arrival time 2350). After two hours, the airline shifts its Manila passengers to TK 0084 that leaves Istanbul (at 0155) for Manila (arrival at 1840). This trip consumes a total of 17 hours and 40 minutes of your time.
- From Gatwick, like its other neighbouring airport, Turkish Airlines operates a single flight per day; a TK 1998 cruising off at 1700 hours Gatwick Time and making its way towards Istanbul (arrival at 2255). After a 3 hour stopover, TK 0084 (departing at 0155) takes charge of leaving its Manila passengers safely to their location, at roughly about 1840 hours.
- Likewise from Manchester, Turkish Airlines operates a single flight- a TK 1996- leaving (at 1630) for Istanbul (arrival at 2235 hours local current time) for a layover of 3 hours and 20 minutes. After which TK 0084 leaves at 0155 for Manila. Connecting with the same TK 0084 is a connecting flight TK 1970 from Birmingham.
Baggage Allowance with Turkish Airlines:
Turkish Airlines allows a single adult passenger to lug in 20 kilograms as checked-in luggage in Economy Class and 30 kilograms in Business Class.
when is the best time to visit the manila
The capital of Philippines- Manila- one of the most stimulating places to visit, is all the rage between January and May. If you wish to explore the beauty of Asian countries then it's the wonderful choice this season. However, May till late September will definitely be hot and humid so it is advised to double-check the latest travel and health advisory before planning your trip for Manila.
which are Best Luxury Manila Hotels for tourists?
- Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila
- Pan Pacific Manila
- The Manila Hotel
- Nobu Hotel Manila.
- The Peninsula Manila.
- Best Western Hotel La Corona Manila
which are best Shopping places In Manila
Full of life markets and chirpy vendors all across the city means only one thing- a shopping spree! If you are in quest of bargain offers then you must visit Divisoria. They have almost everything you can possibly think of. It's known to be a wholesale haven for shopping cost-effectively. Provided you fancy the beautiful and enticing south sea pearl jewellery, or you are on a honeymoon trip, then Greenhills is an ideal place for shopping to that end. Move closer to something more Filipino by visiting Quiapo Market. If you are having a tight budget then Legazpi Sunday Market is definitely the place for you. Both local and international voices can be heard in Robinson's Place: one of Manila's top-rated shopping malls.
famous hotels and proper accommodation options in manila
Manila is one of the most dynamic locations in the country for deluxe lodging. You can accommodate yourself in any five-star hotel to medium class lodging depending upon different variables like your budget, nearest landmarks etc. You need to do a careful research about the in and outs of your lodging place before deciding to avail their services. Pangulasian Island Resort, Peninsula Manila, Edsa Shangrila, Makati Shangrila, Pan pacific, Raffles Makati, Luks loft hotel and Residence are the few names that cater to the needs of customers. If you are on the hunt for a bit more inexpensive holiday incentive then you can lodge at Sun Star Grand hotel, Bay View Park Hotel, Best Western Oxford Suites Makati and many more to choose from.
quality restaurants and eateries in manila
It is simply impossible to say no to mouth-watering national foods and delicious flavours of Asian cuisine. The first opportunity you get, hunt for the national dish of Philippines, Adobo, which is traditionally a piece of meat marinated in coco vinegar and soy from any of the Manila's modern restaurants. Trendy restaurants include the Harbor view restaurant, the Emerald Garden Restaurant, the Bayleaf Intramuros and last but certainly not the least, the Sky Deck View Bar. You would surely like to experience nightlife with sophisticated bars to restaurants showcasing live music to concerts and clubs. Manila is known to come alive after dark. Royal Club, Embassy Superclub and Valkyrie Night Club are a few names to remember.
top attractions and tourist magnets in manila
Manila is obviously the gateway to Philippines which houses some of the most wonderful places that you should not miss out on. Intramuros is an unsurpassed selection that tourists check out to determine the beauty of Asian cultures while they are in Manila. It is the walled city that provides a glance of the Spanish territorial period. Get yourself a ride on a traditional horse and cart through its streets to visit momentous churches, dungeons and fascinating remains of their colonial architecture.
Likewise, Manila's churches and cathedrals draw abundant visitors from near and far. Amongst many churches, the most famous is Quiapo Church that preserves the Black Nazarene Statue. There are certain myths associated with this holy place of Filipinos, one of them, for instance says that whoever touches the church will see a miracle. The baroque-style San Augustin is the country's longest-in-existence church and the historical significance is coupled with an impressive interior and embellishments.
Passing however from these special religious sites, tourists notice further that the city is home to many recreational parks, both theme and amusement parks, that attract astonishingly increasing number of visitors.
A certain Rizal Park makes sure its historical charm invites tourists to stroll next to striking monuments along the widely spread open lawns and paved footpaths. Stay vigilant about the variety of events happening on day to day basis. Manila's Ocean Park is the country's only marine themed park. This amusement park has a lot to offer whether it's dining in a relaxed environment or shopping with your loved ones. Mermaid Swim Experience and Symphony's evening show of huge water fountains are most enjoyable of assorted activities that can leave you refreshed and rejuvenated.
- You can fly to Manila from 16 UK airports.
- On average you can reach from London to Manila in approximately 14 hours 30 minutes.
- Royal Brunei Airline, KLM, Cathay Pacific, Singapore Airlines, Emirates and Philippine Airlines are preferred by travelers for Manila flights.
- The distance between UK and Manila is 6665 miles.
- The lowest fare you can get for Manila flights from UK is £546 depending on the travelling season and £3000 or more with Business class.
- You can fly direct to Manila with Philippine Airlines from London Heathrow.
- The cheapest airfare offered for Manila is with Air China flying from London Heathrow.
- Manila is 7 hours ahead of UK in terms of time difference.
- Emirates and Royal Brunei Airlines offer good baggage allowance that is two pieces of 15kgs each.
- KLM and Emirates Airlines offer flights to Manila with the shortest stop-over times.
- Most airlines operate Manila flights in the evening.
- Qatar Airways, Emirates Airlines and Etihad Airways fly to Manila on daily basis.
- Emirates and KLM offer Manila flights from most UK airports.


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Tuesday, July 04, 2006
Psychedelic Soul of Charles Manson
I guess I'll kick off this blog by posting one of the most obscure of all Manson recordings, "The Psychedelic Soul of Charles Manson". These are the original demos that Charles Manson did with Terry Melcher and Dennis Wilson (Beach Boys) that started it all. These tracks predate the infamous "Lie" album and feature a very shy Manson running through some classics like "Sick City", as well as some otherwise unheard pieces. The real gems, though, are the covers. There's an old cowboy style song (with a twist of course) and a version of Willie Nelson's "Night Life".
The recording quality isn't the greatest but this album is a priceless peek into Charlie's mindset in the late 60's. The tape rolls as Manson jams and shoots the shit with the people in the room through two full cd's worth of material. You'll hear stories, jokes, rants, and spirtual philosophy. Just Charlie, a guitar, and those present in the studio (including a couple of the girls but I don't know which ones). A must have for any fan or collector.
I've been fascinated by the man and the myth for a long time now and I know how hard it is to find these things. Many of these records are very pricey when you can find them and, as much as I'd like to have all the "originals", I don't think it's right to profit from him or the legend that surrounds him. I do think, though, that a lot of myths can be dispelled and a lot can be learned from listening to his recordings and these are some of the reasons why I am putting these out for free here. Enjoy!
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There is no bad time to visit Gilchrist Blue Springs State Park. Bring the whole family and set up on the sandy beach around Blue Springs, which is a second magnitude spring, and gets it's name from it's baby blue color. Redbreast and spotted sunfish are very common in the spring run and you may also see largemouth bass, bluegill, as well as channel catfish, and various species of turtles....
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Gilchrist Blue Springs State Park
Welcome to Gilchrist Blue Springs State Park
Gilchrist Blue Springs State Park is the newest addition to Florida State Parks! The park contains a collection of natural springs, including a large second magnitude spring that produces an average of 44 million gallons of water per day. This spring, known as Gilchrist Blue, has outstanding water clarity and discharges water through a shallow spring run about one-quarter mile to the Santa Fe River. The other named springs on-site are Little Blue Spring, Naked Spring, Kiefer Spring and Johnson Spring.
The most significant ecological habitats within the park include the spring run stream and floodplain communities. The main spring run is renowned for its support of a diversity of wildlife species including turtles, fish and invertebrates.
Paddling, snorkeling and swimming are all popular at the main springhead and spring run. Pavilions are available and a concession stand provides food and beverage service. Other popular activities include hiking, nature study and picnicking. Fishing on the Santa Fe River is also a great activity.
Gilchrist Blue Springs State Park is located in Gilchrist County about 5 miles to the west of High Springs, FL off NW 182nd Ave (Hwy 236) in the north central part of the state along the Santa Fe River. The park is located 25 miles south of Lake City and about 20 miles to the northwest of Gainesville.


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Careful savers have managed to increase their balances to the highest levels in nearly two years, despite the tough economy, a study said today.
Tight control over household budgets by squeezed consumers resulted in their bank balances swelling by £284 on average during the first quarter of 2012, a record increase for ING Direct's consumer savings monitor report, which has been running since 2009.
This equated to an 18 per cent rise in people's savings in the first three months of 2012 compared with the previous quarter, taking average balances to £1,858, the report said.
This is the highest typical savings balance since the second quarter of 2010, when people had around £2,050 put away in accessible savings, the study said.
Savers have struggled amid three years of record low interest rates to find accounts which will give them a real return on their cash, while high household bills have given them little money left over.
But careful spending by consumers, with a determination to pay down their debts, has been one of the key reasons driving the savings recovery, the report said.
Levels of unsecured debt, which includes credit cards, loans and overdrafts, have also remained stable at an average of £2,242, a modest £18 rise over the last three months.
The survey also suggested that large numbers of payment protection insurance (PPI) payouts by firms who mis-sold policies to customers have helped people to build up their savings pots as well as pay off some of what they owe.
ING said that 4.3 per cent of people it surveyed said they had either received or expected to receive a PPI compensation payout this year, which could equate to more than two million UK adults.
Around a third of them said they would put the payouts into savings while 42 per cent said they would use them to pay off debts.
Nearly £2bn of compensation payments were made last year to settle claims from the mis-selling of PPI, the Financial Services Authority has said.
ING Direct chief executive Richard Doe said: "Our research told us that ordinary Britons saw restoring savings as their top financial priority for 2012, but in the current climate we thought it would be tough for them to deliver on this.
"Six months of relatively restrained spending may not have helped the economy in terms of GDP growth, but it has allowed Britons to deliver on their determination to restore their savings."
The latest figures also mark the first time there have been two quarterly rises in savings in a row since 2009, according to the study.
Around 1,000 savers take part in the regular study.
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- 1 Invention, Not Integration
- 1.1 At X-IO, we are inventors, not integrators.
- 1.2 In a market like the storage market, characterized primarily by integration — the assembly of hardware and software components, many sourced from a third party or based on open source technologies — our focus on invention, on building storage systems from the ground up to serve particular market segments, is absolutely unique. And it produces unique products, with unique attributes.
- 1.3 The integration-only storage vendors say:
- 1.4 We say:
- 1.5 High performance
- 1.6 High reliability
- 1.7 High availability
- 1.8 Frame free grid scalability
- 2 Intelligent hardware
- 3 Intelligent software
Invention, Not Integration
At X-IO, we are inventors, not integrators.
In a market like the storage market, characterized primarily by integration — the assembly of hardware and software components, many sourced from a third party or based on open source technologies — our focus on invention, on building storage systems from the ground up to serve particular market segments, is absolutely unique. And it produces unique products, with unique attributes.
The integration-only storage vendors say:
Performance, capacity or reliability — pick one.
We say:
Performance, capacity and reliability — you can have them all. And pay less, too.
Our passion for invention — for designing and building unique and valuable technologies that solve difficult problems — is reflected in our Intelligent Storage Element (ISE) product line: a family of large, linear-scale, high-performance, self-healing storage arrays designed and purpose-built, from the enclosure in and the iron up, to deliver superior performance for virtualized infrastructure, database management systems (DBMS), and cloud service providers (CSPs). Every element of the ISE — from our dual active/active controllers to our patented Continuous Adaptive Data Placement (CADP) engine — is designed and built to deliver that superior performance, in those environments, and to deliver breakthrough operational economics: amazing rack density, ultra-low energy consumption, and five to seven years of useful, performant life, with few if any service events.
High performance
The ISE leads the performance band of the storage market: 400 to 8000 IOPS per terabyte (1 TB) of storage provisioned. In that band, the Intelligent Storage Element will deliver the performance your applications and infrastructure require, at the lowest cost in the industry.
And we'll offer you a performance guarantee no other storage vendor can match. Rated performance, at rated capacity. We'll deliver the performance we say we'll deliver, when our ISE are empty, and when they're full. On Day One. And at the end of Year Five. No performance cliff. No stranded capacity.
High reliability
The ISE is the storage industry's only storage array designed to repair itself, silently and invisibly, and to run for five or more years with no service events, rather than — as with traditional enterprise storage — replace itself with a more expensive version of itself in 24 months, via forklift.
Our ISEs last so long, and last so well, that many of our customers skip an entire storage refresh cycle, operating their ISE for six years.
Reliability pays off, in a big way.
High availability
The ISE is engineered from the ground up to be highly available, and to support high availability configurations and architectures.
In every thing we do, we're dual, active-to-active — from our array controllers, to our power supplies and cooling units. Everything, in tandem.
And that mindset carries over to the ISE themselves. You can pool them, and you can pair them. Active-active mirrored pairs of ISEs, with every write operation executed flawlessly on both halves of the mirrored pair. With latency so low, the redundancy is invisible. As storage should be.
Frame free grid scalability
A picture-perfect implementation of software-defined storage (SDS), ISEs are provisioned and managed not by performance-limiting fabric-wide controllers, but by server-side software stacks. ISEs pool, group, align and collaborate under the control of operating systems, hypervisors and database management systems invisibly, and seamlessly. That's what we designed them to do. You choose your locus of control — Linux, VMWare, Oracle, OpenStack — and we'll provide the performance acceleration, reliability and capacity your stack needs.
Intelligent hardware
ISE storage systems provide a carrier-grade scale-out high-performance storage infrastructure, with a five- to seven-year operating lifespan, and provide 2 to 10 times the performance of alternatives, at 30-70% of the total cost of ownership of those alternatives.
The ISE achieves exabyte scale, with millions of IOPS available per rack, by focusing on the orchestrated interoperation of hardware, firmware and software — something no integration-minded storage company can do. Performance, capacity and reliability — driven in significant measure by the ISE's proprietary, patented hardware design.
Intelligent software
On top of our patented engineered hardware, the ISE runs a Linux microkernel on each of its tandem MRCs. That microkernel supports a wide variety of core data management and protection services within the ISE, including:
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Greg Smith, the former Goldman Sachs vice president who notoriously resigned from the investment banking behemoth in a New York Times op-ed in March claimed the bank and Wall Street are taking advantage of uninformed clients to make money during an interview on CBS News' "60 Minutes."
Clients that didn't understand complex investments or how Goldman Sachs structured its fees are a boon to the company, Smith said. Many of these clients include pension funds that put ordinary Americans' retirement savings at risk when they invest with Goldman and other banks.
"Getting an unsophisticated client is the golden prize," Smith told Anderson Cooper. "The quickest way to make money on Wall Street is to take the most sophisticated product and try to sell it the least sophisticated client."
Smith appeared on "60 Minutes" to promote his book, "Why I Left Goldman Sachs: A Wall Street Story," which will land on bookstore shelves Monday. The Huffington Post obtained an advance copy of the book, which contains accusations that Goldman Sachs advises clients to make investments while betting against the same investments, that employees derisively described clients as "Muppets," that interns were mistreated, and that Smith once saw CEO Lloyd Blankfein naked.
"The client increasingly came to be regarded as a counterparty, merely the other side of a transaction, rather than an advisee," Smith wrote in the book.
But despite the harsh accusations, Smith claimed during the interview that he had the best interests of the firm at heart when he publicly resigned.
"This might be hard for people at Goldman Sachs to understand but I loved the place. I put a lot of my heart and soul into it. I don't view it as a betrayal," Smith told Cooper of his public break-up with the bank, where he worked for 12 years before quitting at age 33. "I actually think the leaders of Goldman Sachs today don't have the long-run interests of the institution at heart," he said Sunday.
Smith's book adds detail to the charges he made in the New York Times, including that Goldman has developed a "toxic and destructive" corporate culture.
"It makes me ill how callously people talk about ripping their clients off, Smith wrote in his March op-ed. "It astounds me how little senior management gets a basic truth: If clients don't trust you they will eventually stop doing business with you."
Airing Goldman Sachs' dirty laundry in public is the best way to force the company to change its ways, Smith told Cooper.
"There are a lot of people who acknowledge things internally," Smith said. "But no one is willing it say it publicly and my view is, the only way you force people to change the system is by saying something publicly."
Smith warned no one at the firm of his impending resignation or the New York Times op-ed, he said on "60 Minutes." He did claim however that he went to nine senior partners at the firm with his concerns before resigning.
Goldman rejects Smith's accusations that the company puts its own interests ahead of its clients and conducted an internal investigation aiming to disprove the charges. Smith really abandoned Goldman because his superiors refused to promote him to managing director and more than double his salary to more than $1 million, the company says. Blankfein told CBNC this month that he's "not really concerned about the revelations."
Smith said he "absolutely" would have left Goldman Sachs even if they had agreed to his promotion and salary increase. With his book completed, Smith doesn't know what his next move will be. "I was not doing this in order to get hired at another Wall Street bank."


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Christian activity dates from the arrival of the Portuguese on the coast in 1471, but RCs were a small minority when the Dutch took over the Portuguese interests in 1642. Sustained missionary work began when the Swiss-based Basel Mission entered the Danish trading sector in 1828. Other missions followed. Favoured by the increasingly dominant British, they prospered in the Fante south; Ashante was more resistant, and British conquest in 1896 probably stiffened opposition to Christianity. RC missions returned, beginning with the Society of African Missions in 1880. During the First World War missionaries from Continental Europe were expelled, but Church membership increased under local leadership. Preachers without missionary tutelage caused large movements towards Christianity. Where Christianity had already been established, Churches stressing prophecy and healing developed, incorporating elements of traditional culture. The pioneers of Ghanaian independence (achieved in 1957) were mostly influenced by Christianity, and the Churches were able to resist several acts of state power. Contemporary Ghanaian Christianity is strong in the South, limited in the North. There are new denominations and charismatic and para-church movements, in addition to the historic Churches deriving from the older missions.
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BRISTOL, Tenn. – Summer just got a little better this year after King College Men's Basketball announced it will host two youth basketball clinics. Camps will be held in June and July to help those interested improve their shooting and fundamentals or teach players how to improve in their respective position.
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LEONARDTOWN, Md. (June 22, 2012)The St. Mary's County Bureau of Criminal Investigations (BCI) Narcotics Division has released the following incident and arrest reports. The Division is an investigative team comprised of detectives from the St. Marys County Sheriffs Office, Maryland State Police Drug Enforcement Division, and Federal Drug Agents (HIDTA Group 34). The Division was established on September 1st, 2007 and is based in St. Marys County.
DRUG DISTRIBUTION OPERATION AT SMCM: Jonathan Louis Grossman-Zoha, 19 of Woodbine, was arrested for his role in a drug distribution operation at St. Mary's College. Suspect Grossman-Zoha is the second suspect charged with Possession with the Intent to Distribute Marijuana.
PRESCRIPTION FRAUD: Emily Catherine Humulock, 21 of Charlotte Hall, was identified as one of the participants in a large scale prescription fraud investigation. More than 35 fraudulent prescriptions were filled in St. Mary's, Charles, Calvert and Prince George's County. This group of suspects fraudulently obtained nearly 3,800 Oxycodone 30 mg pills, which have a street value of more than $113,000. Detectives are currently working with other jurisdictions to identify additional fraudulent prescriptions. Two additional suspects are being sought at this time.
DISTRIBUTOR OF MARIJUANA: Joseph Wayne Bosse, 29 of Leonardtown, was identified as distributor of marijuana. A search and seizure warrant revealed marijuana, packaging materials and a scale. He was arrested and additional charges are pending.
POSSESSION OF COCAINE AND MARIJUANA: Vivian Denise Smith, 50 of Lexington Park, was charged with possession of cocaine and marijuana. Narcotics detectives observed the suspect in a parking lot utilizing an oxygen tank for a medical condition. The suspect removed the tubing from her nose and began "snorting" cocaine through a dollar bill. Detectives approached the vehicle and seized nearly $300 worth of cocaine, marijuana and a related smoking device. Suspect Smith was charged accordingly.
DISTRIBUTION OF COCAINE: Michael Anthony Reed, Jr., 28 of Mechanicsville, was indicted by narcotics detectives for Distribution of Cocaine and Possession of Cocaine with the Intent to Distribute. Suspect Reed was located in the State of Virginia and received local charges. Once he completed his sentence related to that original Virginia arrest, he was returned to St. Mary's County to answer to the two indictments handed down by the St. Mary's County Grand Jury.


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The type of transportation necessary can also influence who is responsible for payment. If a patient's doctor has provided a written statement that transportation is required, Medicare Part B can pay for the service. Medicare Advantage plans may also have coverage for non-emergency transportation. Churches, senior citizen centers and non-profit organizations can also provide transportation for seniors.Learn more about Social Services


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In my last blog post I expressed doubts about the future of this blog. Now I know better :) It's a fresh move to a better blog platform that is needed, not another blog death...
Therefore I have now migrated all blog posts from Blogger to Posterous and also redirected the domain to this new site. Feels good since I am a great fan of Posterous' minimalistic interface and it's endless connection possiblities.
The main domain is the same as before: www.bibl.se. But if you use an RSS-reader you'll need to update your feed to the new adress.
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Preferred stocks are purchased by shareholders because they are less volatile than common stocks and often pay a higher dividend, explains About.com. In the event the issuing company of the stock declares bankruptcy, preferred stocks rate higher in the capital structure than common stocks but below bonds. This means when a company goes out of business, the owner of preferred stocks receives financial compensation and/or dividend payments before shareholders of common stocks but after bondholders.
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Most of the bottles were picked up from Realale.com, the local store on the road from Twickenham to Richmond, and I suspect a few of them had been at the back of my pantry for a little too long. No complete disasters though…
Celt Experience Brewey, Silures Crafted Ale: this Welsh ale is a light copper colour with a small head and slight fizz, a little bit cloudy as it came out of the bottle. A refreshing green, dewy aroma of the forest in spring; then a tangy first taste with the slight mustiness of ripe berries, perhaps just a touch fungal. In the mouth a hint of candy sweetness, like over-aged wheat beer, but satisfying and lingering orange zest bitterness. This bottle was a little old, but the beer was still very nice. (***)
The Wild Beer Co., Bliss: the label on this bottle of Somerset ale is pretty, with an abstract stag-head in orange against the dark glass; apparently it's brewed with wild yeasts, leading to unpredictable and sometimes volatile results. The beer came out of the bottle very frothy, perhaps a little bit aged, as I'd had it in the pantry for a while, and a dark, cloudy orange colour. It had a sour, earthy smell, with apricots, yeast and even potato; the first taste is intensely sour and smoky, combined with malty sweetness that is cloying and chewy. An unpleasantly syrupy swallow drowns out the light bitterness and smoky grittiness, but neither really lingers. I applaud this sort of experimental, unreliable effort, but this one didn't work for me. (**)
Buxton, Jaw Gate American Pale Ale: the label of this bottle comes with cute skulls, a bit more kitsch than you'd normally expect to sell a serious beer, but fun. The beer is a dull light orange or tan in colour, with a yeasty, apple-cider odor that confidently predicts the tangy, tart and cidery first taste. Thi leads to a vry sharp orange-pit bitterness in the mouth, and then a watery peach and orange engame, which is coarse on the swallow, but only lingering in a nondescript, generically pithy way. Perfectly quaffable, but a bit bland. (**)
The Kernel, Pale Ale: a minimalist look from this east London brewery's pale ale made with citra and chinook hops. The light, hazy orange beer has a lively head and appetizing aroma of sweet, fruity hops, perhaps orange and apricot. It's very bitter in the mouth, with lingering crushed pits and pithy citrus, and a slightly smoky chocolate aftertaste which is very nice. This beer is perhaps a little too dark and clingy for a session ale, but I'd still like to try some more. (***)


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Second Grade Student Walks Away From Speake School Unattended
SPEAKE, Ala. (WHNT) – WHNT NEWS 19 is working a story involving Lawrence County Schools.
The district's Assistant School Superintendent, Johnny Yates, says a Speake Elementary School student walked away from school unattended on Thursday.
Yates says the second grader left the school during normal operating hours, walked along a county road and returned later in the day. WHNT NEWS 19 is unable to confirm who returned the child to the school. The child was not harmed.
Yates says the student left Speake Elementary School after being allowed by a substitute teacher to go to the restroom.
The school district has talked with the school's principal and substitute teacher. School officials are investigating.
Lawrence County Superintendent Heath Grimes has been out of the office all week, but is aware of the situation.
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