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I've read many letters complaining about the public servants in East Baton Rouge Parish. I've had just the opposite experiences in my dealings with them. My family recently suffered a tragedy, and we were left to deal with numerous issues, most involving the legal system . All the people we dealt with were extremely professional, courteous and went out of their way to help.
I can't list them all, and I'm sure there were many more working behind the scenes to facilitate the resolutions that were necessary and that made our path smoother. The front desk clerks at the EBR Clerk of Court office were great, providing us with accurate, timely information. The legal personnel who work in the EBR Juvenile Court of Judge Kathleen Richey were wonderful. Ms. Rose, who works in the Duty Court office, was also extremely helpful. And last but not least, the woman who manned Station 12 at the Office of Motor Vehicles on Independence Boulevard, on the afternoon of June 11, 2014, was also a great help. My personal thanks and those of my family go out to all.
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- optimized for playback across mobile and desktop devices
- highly configurable to ensure a customized user experience
- designed for scalability, especially for large networks and broadcasters
- integrated with Ooyala's analytics and third-party services
Types of Players
- Web players that run in the browser environment on desktops and mobile devices. There are two types of web players: HTML5 Player V3 (Deprecated) and Flash Player V3 (Deprecated). To learn more about which player to use for your needs, see Player V3 - Comparison Between HTML5 and Flash Players (Deprecated).
- Mobile players that run as native iOS or Android apps and are implemented using Ooyala mobile SDKs. For details, see Mobile Platform Development.
Getting Started
For tutorials and FAQs, see Getting Started with Player V3 (Deprecated).
Key Concepts
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Design-time player configuration:
- Backlot GUI (see Setting up Players Using the Backlot REST API (Deprecated))
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Run-time programmatic control (web):
- JavaScript/CSS (HTML5 Player only) (see Basic Tutorial for the HTML5 Player V3 (Deprecated))
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Run-time programmatic control (mobile):
Refer to the Use Cases for Customizing Player V3 (Deprecated) to help you decide which approach is best for your needs.
You can also customize the playback experience by building playlists using ThemeBuilder (see Theme Builder Customization for Player V3).
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BIG PIG BBQ has moved. We are getting settled in Big Timber Montana.
We are gearing up the online store, Hopefully by the beginning of 2018.
Check out a little news article about Big Pig BBQ
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At turns harrowing and euphoric, Linger is a spellbinding love story that explores both sides of love -- the light and the dark, the warm and the cold -- in a way you will never forget.
I love this book *deep breathe* because it is so beautifully written; the characters are so beautiful in themselves, and it made me tear up (THANK MAGGIE *evil eyes*). I can see each character's personality and emotions and I can feel them as I would feel my own. I love the unimaginable depth of the love and devotion that Sam and Grace share. There are also important teenage themes in this book, like parents not liking significant others, what it means to be in love, and how to not handle yourself when you are pissed at your parents. Although in this book I think Grace is in the right.
The plot line is great, it does start a bit slow but that is easy to overcome once you get reacquainted with the characters. It is really heartbreaking though and it is definitely a hook and I am already dying for the next book! GAH Maggie: write faster!
Series: Shiver (1), Linger (2)
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My Blog Is a Complete MessSorry for the mess here. I sometimes use this website to test features I'm creating on another site, which will completely destroy the look of this one. Coupled with a server move where none of the pictures came with.
If you're looking for one of my recipes, they're still available. What isn't available (yet) are all the pictures to accompany them. I'll get to work on that eventually. For now, I'm busy building other people's websites. It's like the cobbler's kids without shoes, and the mechanic whose car never runs. Busy, busy, busy.
Not Today
"Is something wrong?", "Are you mad?", "Why haven't I seen you?", "How come you didn't join us at the event?", "Why did you leave early?", "Why are you so abrupt in your replies?" The things I hear daily. I've announced several weeks ago that I have a health condition...read more
Strategic Marketing – The next (outdoor) generation boom
Want to know where to begin your next big marketing strategy? Who should you market to? If you're not researching this now, and making decisions on where to put those advertising and marketing (and manufacturing) dollars, you're already behind. Chromosome X Women and...read more
My Mother's Famous Fruit Salad
Just like my grandmother's Pink Stuff, our family always has a big giant bowl of Fruit Salad every Thanksgiving and Christmas. I don't know when the tradition started, or who started it, but as long as I've been alive, it was my mother's task to make it every holiday....read more
Pink Stuff – A holiday tradition
For as long as I can remember, and many years beyond I'm sure, our family has enjoyed what has been affectionately called Pink Stuff at every Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner table. Reviewing the web to see if anyone else has the recipe listed, I found that other...read more
Mexican Salad – A simple staple
Back in 1986 I married a man from Mississippi. It didn't last long - just two years, one month, one day - but from that marriage came a fine recipe his mother served up one night that I've made 1000 times since. I can honestly say the recipe was the best thing that...read more
Delbert McClinton, Kevin Welch, Marcia Ball pitch in to Help Destitute Singer
Singer/Songwriter/Writer Libbi Bosworth was once a fixture on Austin's legendary music scene. She has performed on Austin City Limits with Dale Watson and Don Walser. Her songs have been recorded by Kelly Willis, Sunny Sweeney, Walter Hyatt, The Hollisters and Toni...read more
How to 'sync' your google calendar to your iPhone – with or without a gmail account.
There's many an instruction on how to do this, but I was asked today how to do it if you do NOT have a gmail account, or use a different login than your main gmail account. Apple and google don't really like each other and each one has a slightly different bent on how...read more
Run for your lives
Had an online discussion this morning about guns, semi-automatics to be precise, and I've come to some conclusions. I wish folks who were against guns didn't parrot the media and mouth off about semi-automatics being the devil. They aren't. The people I'm debating...read more
Rustic BBQ Biscuits
A few months ago, I decided biscuit didn't need to be round. I know, a revelation, right. They don't. They can be square, or even nice little triangles. Heck they can be dropped from a spoon, patted out and cut into perfect circles, or even hearts. But out in the...read more
Ranch Style Baked Beans
I like to hunt, there's no doubt about that. On our little 70 acre ranch we can harvest a few deer and hogs throughout the year to keep us fed without having to resort to slaughtering the animals we raise. We're supposed to slaughter the animals we raise, but come...read more


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How to troubleshoot failed 'Executing configuration script' APS tasks
1. Look at the failed task parameters in POA Task Manager to see what exactly task tries to do – configure, install, uninstall, upgrade. The exact command may be found in the task parameters:
2. Look at the arguments passed to APS provisioning script (they are listed in the failed task properties in POA Task Manager) and check if you see something wrong in them (like email address is set to jdoe@costomer which is a malformed address). The parameters passed to APS provisioning have the following format
env_var<ID> PARAMETER_NAME
env_var<ID>_value PARAMETER_VALUE
where <ID> is the ID of a parameter, or
env_var_SETTINGS_NAME VALUE
See the example of parameters passed to APS provisioning script:
3. If you need to change parameters passed to APS provisioning script by task – use the KB article How to change parameters of existing POA task.
4. Look at the failed task output carefully – find the exact error message returned by script during execution and analyze it.
5. If POA is trying execute APS provisioning script for application of the 'External System' provisioning type and communication with external system is done not via HTTPS, login to Provisioning Gateway Host and use the tcpdump utility (or its analogue, e.g Windows Network Monitor or Wireshark) to collect packets sent by POA to an external system. IP address/hostname of external system can be seen in task parameters list.
6. Some application scripts also write log file during execution, so login to a Provisioning Gateway Host and check if there is any log file in the POA_ROOT/APS/instances/INSTANCE_ID/scripts folder, where INSTANCE_ID is the ID of the APS application instance installed in the customer subscription, POA_ROOT by default is /usr/local/pem/ on Linux and C:\Program Files (x86)\SWsoft\PEM on Windows.
7. Some application scripts (for example those of Open-Xchange) have debug parameter, which, if enabled makes script to produce more output. How to understand whether application scripts support debug mode or no – just run the grep utility against the scripts on a Provisioning Gateway Host:
grep -irl SETTINGS_debug /usr/local/pem/APS/instances/INSTANCE_ID/scripts/*
Replace INSTANCE_ID with the actual ID of the APS application instance installed in the customer subscription. If script supports debug mode – edit the runner.sh script located at /usr/local/pem/APS/instances/APP_INSTANCE_ID and add/set the SETTINGS_debug=on parameter and then try to re-execute provisioning script.
8. You have access to all provisioning scripts in an APS package, they are not encrypted so you can actually open script file and see what it does or even add some debug diagnostics ('print' or 'echo' statement) in some functions to see values of variables, script execution logic and so on.
9. If you see that script sent correct request to an external system and external system replied with error – contact support of an external system and ask why it returned a particular error (collect and provide the exact request and response).
10. Check whether the latest available version of APS package is used in POA - if there is a newer version available, look at release notes/changelog of this new version, perhaps the error you are getting was already fixed in this newer version of package. In this case import the newer version of APS application in question to POA and upgrade application instances to it.
See the main KB article #115664 APS: General information, Best Practices and Troubleshooting for more information.


text: [Federal Register Volume 79, Number 43 (Wednesday, March 5, 2014)] [Proposed Rules] [Pages 12441-12442] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2014-04828] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office of the Secretary 45 CFR Parts 160 and 162 [CMS-0037-N] Administrative Simplification: Certification of Compliance for Health Plans; Extension of Comment Period AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS. ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of the comment period. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This document extends the comment period for the Administrative Simplification: Certification of Compliance for Health Plans proposed rule, which was published in the January 2, 2014 Federal Register. The comment period for the proposed rule, which would have ended on March 3, 2014, is extended to April 3, 2014. DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published in the January 2, 2014 Federal Register (79 FR 298) is extended to April 3, 2014. ADDRESSES: In commenting, please refer to file code CMS-0037-P. Because of staff and resource limitations, we cannot accept comments by facsimile (FAX) transmission. You may submit comments in one of four ways (please choose only one of the ways listed): 1. You may submit electronic comments on this regulation to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the ``Submit a comment'' instructions. 2. By regular mail. You may mail written comments to the following address ONLY: [[Page 12442]] Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, Attention: CMS-0037-P, P.O. Box 8013, Baltimore, MD 21244-8013. Please allow sufficient time for mailed comments to be received before the close of the comment period. 3. By express or overnight mail. You may send written comments to the following address ONLY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, Attention: CMS-0037-P, Mail Stop C4-26-05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244-1850. 4. By hand or courier. If you prefer, you may deliver (by hand or courier) your written comments before the close of the comment period to either of the following addresses: a. For delivery in Washington, DC-- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, Room 445-G, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20201. (Because access to the interior of the Hubert H. Humphrey Building is not readily available to persons without Federal government identification, commenters are encouraged to leave their comments in the CMS drop slots located in the main lobby of the building. A stamp- in clock is available for persons wishing to retain a proof of filing by stamping in and retaining an extra copy of the comments being filed.) b. For delivery in Baltimore, MD-- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244-1850. If you intend to deliver your comments to the Baltimore address, please call telephone number (410) 786-7195 in advance to schedule your arrival with one of our staff members. Comments mailed to the addresses indicated as appropriate for hand or courier delivery may be delayed and received after the comment period. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Geanelle G. Herring, (410) 786-4466. Matthew Albright, (410) 786-2546. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the January 2, 2014 Federal Register (79 FR 298), we published the Administrative Simplification: Certification of Compliance for Health Plans proposed rule (hereafter, Compliance Certification proposed rule), which proposes that controlling health plans must submit certain information and documentation that demonstrates compliance with the standards and operating rules adopted under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) for three electronic transactions: Eligibility for a health plan, health care claim status, and health care electronic funds transfers (EFT) and remittance advice. This proposed rule would also establish penalty fees for a CHP that fails to comply with the certification of compliance requirements. The proposed rule is different from previous HIPAA administrative simplification regulations in that the number and type of entities that would be impacted by the requirements is much greater. For example, many self-funded health plans that meet the HIPAA definition of health plan would be subject to the requirements in the proposed rule; however, many self-funded health plans have not been impacted by previous HIPAA administrative simplification requirements because many do not directly conduct HIPAA covered transactions. Representatives of entities that are new to HIPAA administrative simplification requirements have requested more time to analyze the Compliance Certification proposed rule and educate themselves and their peers, as well as solicit feedback from their membership on the business impact of the propose rule, which they believe can be better achieved with more time for public comments. We concur. Therefore, we are extending the comment period until April 3, 2014. Dated: February 27, 2014. Oliver A. Potts, Deputy Executive Secretary to the Department, Department of Health and Human Services. [FR Doc. 2014-04828 Filed 2-28-14; 4:15 pm] BILLING CODE 4120-01-P


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Welcome to the American Indian Community House
The American Indian Community House (AICH) is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization serving the health, social service, and cultural needs of Native Americans residing in New York City.
AICH was founded in 1969, by Native American volunteers as a community-based organization, mandated to improve the status of Native Americans, and to foster inter-cultural understanding.
Since its inception, AICH has grown into a multi-faceted social support agency and cultural center with a staff of 35 that serves the estimated 27,000 Native Americans in New York City.


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Hsinchu, TAIWAN – No new-wiring, no re-wiring. In addition to the G.hn Home Networking solution launched which enabled FTTH service provider to distribute Ultra HD 4K videos and gigabit broadband services for home users, SendTek keeps enhancing its G.hn product line and announces today the innovated Gigabit Coax MDU solution. This solution is specifically designed for cable and satellite operators to upgrade their broadband services in FTTB to gigabit level in the shortest time frame with the biggest flexibility and at the least investment. By a featured CMTS-like management system, operators can easily administrate and operate the network. Different endpoint models supported with Wi-Fi and VoIP functions enables operator to provide customer different broadband service packages.
For detail information, please contact SendTek by e-mail at email@example.com or by phone at +886-3-567-8686.


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America Ferrera Gets Strung Out On Silly String
America Ferrera gets blasted with silly string on the Brooklyn set of Ugly Betty Tuesday in New York City.
She joined costars Becki Newton and Michael Urie on set to film their hit ABC show's third season.
Ugly Betty recently relocated production from the West Coast to the Big Apple to take advantage of the 35% tax credits from the city and state.
30+ pictures inside of the Ugly Betty cast on set…


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SCOTTS VALLEY -- Letters will be sent out next week to the 3,500 ratepayers in the Scotts Valley Water District, alerting them to a proposed rate increase that would take effect in December.
A public hearing on the increase was held at Thursday's board of directors meeting. Another will be held Dec. 13, and if a majority of ratepayers do not oppose the move, it will go into effect two days later.
The 3 percent increase would be in effect for five years, meaning water rates will have gone up every year since 2010. The last increase was approved in late 2009 but did not take effect until early 2010, according to Charles McNiesh, the district's general manager. Rates went up twice in 2010, once in February and then in December, and again in December 2011.
McNiesh estimated bi-monthly bills for residential customers now average $100, meaning those bills would go up $3 each year through 2016. Both the 2009 increase and the latest proposal are just enough to keep up with inflation, district officials said.
The increase is intended to last through 2016, but district counsel Robert Bosso noted that it can be rescinded at any time -- a clarification that came after board member Jay Mosley suggested the district hold off "until we make some determinations about the future of the district."
That has been the subject of recent special meetings held by the board of directors recently, as it discussed contracting with Mathis Consulting Group to develop a strategic plan for the future. Thursday, the board agreed to pay $10,750 to Napa-based Mathis.
One of those special meetings was held last month, and McNiesh said the talk revolved around "future staffing and organization and what the future of the district is." Pressed for details, however, he said, "No comment."
Minutes from those meetings have not been posted on the district's website because personnel matters were involved, Bosso said. He confirmed last month's meeting did start out with a discussion about the consulting group, "but delved into personnel" and ended up in closed session.
Meanwhile, the district also has joined forces with four others -- San Lorenzo Valley, Mount Hermon, Lompico, Santa Cruz and Soquel Creek -- to apply for a nearly $10 million grant from the state Department of Public Health. That agency oversees funds raised through Proposition 50, a bond measure voters approved in 2002 to pay for various water projects.
If approved, the money would be used to help pay for a regional system that would tie all the systems together and be used in emergencies. Jim Mueller, general manager of the San Lorenzo Valley Water District, said the grant application is now under review, and officials hope to hear by late November whether the funds will be granted. The entire project is pegged at $19 million, meaning each of the districts would be required to chip in. Work could conceivably start over the summer and would wrap up within three years, Mueller said.
Follow Sentinel reporter Kimberly White on Twitter at Twitter.com/kwhite95066.
At a Glance
To view a copy of the proposed rate increase, item 2.2, and the agreement with Mathis Consulting Group, item 3.2, go to http://is.gd/RbJiHB.


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April D. Bethea is a homepage producer at The Washington Post, where she helps select content for display on the regional and national homepage and the classic tablet app. Among her responsibilities: Writing headlines and summaries for content displayed on the digital platforms, monitoring site traffic, sending breaking news alerts and sharing content on social media.
She previously spent 11 years as a reporter, online producer and digital editor at The Charlotte Observer. As a reporter, she covered topics such as K-12 and higher education, county government and breaking news. On the online team, she served as early-morning producer, curated the Observer's online voting guide and also helped share best digital practices across the newsroom. Her last role was as digital news editor, where she supervised three breaking news reporters, led the morning and afternoon planning meetings and helped ensure a regular flow of content to the site throughout the day.
Bethea is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists and the Society of Professional Journalists, and has served as an officer at the local level for both organizations. In 2014, Bethea was one of 29 journalists selected for a week-long fellowship from the Kiplinger Program for Public Affairs Journalism at The Ohio State University.


text: This is a dish that I first ate at a friend's place and adopted the recipe myself with some improvisation. It is light yet tangy. You can eat it with a chapatti as the main course or you can serve it as part of a heavy meal to go with a rich pulao or even biriyani. Once you make it you will get hooked to it.


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The State Department is raising "serious concerns" over Iran's new nominee for ambassador to the U.N., who was involved with the group that took over the U.S. embassy in Tehran for 444 days and held American diplomats hostage in 1979.
Critics were outraged after it was revealed Iran wants to send Hamid Aboutalebi to New York as its envoy, and some lawmakers want him barred from entering the U.S. Aboutalebi may now be a 56-year-old veteran diplomat, but also was apparently a member of the hard-line Muslim student group that took over the embassy.
State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said Wednesday that the U.S. believes Aboutalebi's nomination is cause for concern.
"We think this nomination would be extremely troubling," she said. "We're taking a close look at the case now and we've raised our serious concerns about this possible nomination with the government [of] Iran."
Harf did not say whether the U.S. would refuse to grant a visa to the envoy, as some have urged. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Wednesday joined calls to refuse a visa, calling the appointment a "slap in the face" to American hostages. Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer have also raised concerns.
Aboutalebi has told the Iranian news media that while he was not a part of the initial violent takeover of the embassy, he served as an interpreter during a news conference for some of the freed hostages.
The U.N. headquarters are in New York, and because the U.S. is the host nation for the U.N., Harf says that the U.S. generally is obligated to admit the chosen representatives of U.N. member states.
She cited limited exceptions to that policy — but didn't say whether Aboutalebi's case might be among them.
In a letter Wednesday to Secretary of State John Kerry, Schumer said Aboutalebi's association with the student group should make him ineligible for a visa or diplomatic immunity in the U.S.
"This man has no place in the diplomatic process," Schumer said in a separate statement. "Iran's attempt to appoint Mr. Aboutalebi is a slap in the face to the Americans that were abducted, and their families. It reveals a disdain for the diplomatic process and we should push back in kind."
Earlier this week, Cruz questioned the wisdom of negotiating with the Iranian government in light of what he called its "deliberately insulting and contemptuous" choice for U.N. ambassador. The nuclear negotiations are set to resume next week in Vienna.
The Associated Press contributed to this report


text: I read the forum on the cyclo-ds section for this but was unsure if its the same for the ds. So I was wondering if the A-data 4gb (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211196) or the transcend 4-gb (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820208408) is better? They're both class 6. I find the transcend has the same specs as the a-data but has better reviews than the A-data. The reviews say that there had been a lot of DOAs (Dead on arrivals) for the A-data, so I wondering if the transcend is better. Also, I just got my SC SDHC (YAY! ) and was wondering if anyone got one recently and it doesnt have like the plastic protection on the contacts on the bottom of the SUPERCARD. Is that normal? Because all the SC SDHC I saw had the little strips of plastic to protect it. Also on mine it doesnt say NDS and DS on the gray bar on the sticker... is that normal? -Thanks


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Authorities announce first guilty plea in trash probe
Joseph R. LoStocco
, 47, of Danbury, pleaded guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court in New Haven to conspiring to violate the federal Racketeer Influence and Corrupt Organizations Act, prosecutors said. LoStocco became the first hauler to plead guilty in an investigation by the federal Organized Crime Strike Force into the trash industry in Connecticut and New York.
"The investigation is very active, and we have no further comment at this time," said U.S. Attorney Kevin O'Connor .
With dozens of search warrants, Connecticut's trash investigation is shaping up as one of the largest ever to target the industry, which has been rife with allegations of mob influence.
In similar raids, federal agents seized records from more than two dozen companies in Connecticut and New York and raided the municipal transfer station in New Haven. The FBI seized volumes of documents in the raids, enough to fill several moving trucks.
Associated Press Writer Matt Apuzzo contributed to this story.


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The Best Honeymoon Spots In The US
A honeymoon is your reward after weeks and months of planning the most important day of your life, but if you have not decided where to spend your time with your new wife or husband there are plenty of places that you can go. You can be as active, or as relaxed as you want.
Key West ...make it a Tropical Sea Side Honeymoon
The tropical islands offer peace and tranquility. You can stay on the island of Key West and spend lazy days on the beach. The island has some beautiful bed and breakfast inns that will cater to your every whim. You can stay in a private cottage set among the tropical rainforests, or choose something on the beach. If you want to participate in sporting activities, you can snorkel, swim with the dolphins or go para-sailing.
The Great Smoky Mountains ...Rustic, Peaceful, Perfect
Located in Tennessee, Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg have mountain cottages and delightful bed and breakfast inns where you and the love of your life can spend your honeymoon. Just imagine waking up as man and wife in a rustic mountain chalet right next to a creek. After you enjoy a tasty breakfast you can pack a picnic lunch and take a hike to the national park. Some Tennessee bed and breakfasts will even prepare you a romantic dinner for two.
Savannah Georgia and the beauty of Southern Comfort
The southern part of the United States is loaded with wonderful bed and breakfast inns where you and your partner can spend your honeymoon. Stay in Savannah and be treated to friendly southern hospitality. After you check in to your romantic cottage for two, take a stroll down the majestic streets that are lined with 200 year old oak trees. Take a ride in a horse-drawn carriage or visit some of the best museums in the United States. For a real thrill take a haunted ghost tour. Savannah has something for everyone and is considered to be one of the most romantic honeymoon spots in the world.
Lake Tahoe, California ...The Perfect Getaway
One of the largest lakes in the world, Lake Tahoe has some incredible cabins, lodges and chalets. Stay in a bed and breakfast on the south shore where you can ski all day and gamble all night. If you are planning your nuptials in the summer, you can spend a lazy afternoon on the lake and have a delicious dinner at one of the many restaurants dotted along the shore.
The Rest of California ...Speaks for Itself
Nestled in the heart of the Gold Country, Nevada City is one of the most charming country towns in the state. After you check in, you can take a short stroll into town. Visit the art galleries and shops, where you will find the perfect piece for your new home. After a delicious lunch, walk back to your chamber and have a glass of wine, or sit on the wrap-around porch and listen to the sounds of the babbling brook. You will wake up after spending the night in an antique kind-sized bed, to an incredible breakfast that has been lovingly prepared for the two of you.
New York, it is Only the Greatest City in the World
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Could Christmas get any cooler than a collaboration between Lemmy and Billy Gibbons on a Chuck Berry tune? Didn't think so. It's an odd combination straight out of one of those old team-up comic books that threw unlikely heroes together – the smooth, bluesy, Texas cool of Gibbons' guitar tone and the gruff, hell-raising, European mystique of the Motorhead frontman. Throw in drummer Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters/Nirvana), and it's a wonder the studio didn't explode.
They all came together on a thoroughly entertaining 2008 compilation by Wendy Dio – wife of the late, great Ronnie James Dio – titled We Wish You a Metal Xmas. The album threw together artists from all walks of the hard rock and metal spectrum to perform classic Christmas carols and songs. There were a lot of potential outcomes for the project from cheesy to just completely awful.
Surprisingly – an exceedingly strange death metal version of "Silent Night" aside – it produced some pretty hot tunes, among them: a hard-rocking version of "Santa Claus is Back in Town" featuring Tim Owens (Judas Priest, Iced Earth, Yngwie Malmsteen), Steve Morse (Deep Purple, Dixie Dregs), Marco Mendoza (Ted Nugent, Whitesnake) and Vinny Appice (Black Sabbath, Dio); a groovy "Little Drummer Boy" featuring Doug Pinnick (King's X), George Lynch (Dokken, Lynch Mob), Billy Sheehan (David Lee Roth, Mr. Big) and Simon Phillips (Judas Priest. Michael Schenker Group, Toto); and of course, the Sabbathed-out, dirge-like version of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" featuring Dio himself, Tony Iommi, Rudy Sarzo (Quiet Riot, Ozzy, Dio) and Simon Wright (AC/DC, Dio). Rumor has it that Dio's wife had to twist his arm to get him to sing a Christmas song, but it all turned out well.
There was no song on the record cooler, though, than this version of "Run, Rudolph Run." It remains one of my favorite versions of the song, which also happens to be one of my favorite Christmas tunes. The choice is not so surprising when you consider how much of Berry-style rock 'n' roll is in Motorhead. Despite the reputation they've built in metal circles, Lemmy still insists that they're just a rock 'n' roll band, and a deeper listen to the band's catalog than "Ace of Spades" bears that out. Lemmy also explored his love of all things rockabilly and old-fashioned rock 'n' roll earlier this year with his Headcat project. The guitar licks, of course, are right up Gibbons' alley, and all Grohl has to do is keep up and not get lost underneath the two legends in the room. To his credit, he does.
It's not exactly a pretty, note-perfect rendition of the song. It's gruff, rough and rowdy – everything that rock 'n' roll should be. Lemmy's inimitable cigarette and whiskey-stained rumbling probably doesn't belong on most Christmas records, but on this one it works perfectly. Gibbons pretty much plays things by the book on the guitar, but we get to see a little personality in the solos, including some of those trademark squeals, particularly in the outro.
It's not a number you're likely to hear at very many of the Christmas parties you attend this year – unless it's time to go and they're trying to clear the place. But at my house, you can bet it will be cranked up early and often over the next few weeks.
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National Atheist Party News.
10-04-2012, 10:10 AM (This post was last modified: 10-04-2012 10:42 AM by ClydeLee.)
RE: National Atheist Party News.
The name is set up to bring out an emotional response.. Most often hoping for the negative types that will eventually get the group more publicity and potential growth.
I disagree with that methodological approach. If you find disagreeing with someone's angle or motive is irrational, label it so.
Right away in their policy mission statements they talk about how their organization is built upon the goal of representing from a secular government based on the values of secular humanism growing through the strength of secularists...
I also have a major issue with them trying to claim that atheists are mostly progressive. You are being guilty of doing the exact things they do I disagree with.(By which I mean the logical reasoning being how one comes to not-believe) Stop trying to unify Atheists as one group; Atheists aren't anything but somebody dealing with 1 question. Atheists are not some select group of people just using logic and they're not a collective that is definitely progressive which is what their lead spokesman has claimed in their podcast with TTA.
That's also not some irrational hatred of liberal or progressive movements. I am on the line of liberal and progressive but I know just as many atheists, especially clear form here, who aren't than are. The people I've encountered isn't the biggest sample size but it's manipulative to say any amount of atheists are [insert anything.]
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RE: National Atheist Party News.
(09-04-2012 10:05 AM)Clint Barnett Wrote: Your sarcasm belittles your intelligence. I'm less than impressed.
Oh no!
(09-04-2012 11:03 AM)ClydeLee Wrote: Yes you can look and see their stances but what do many of those have to do with Atheism? Nothing at all
This. The NAP isn't representing us, anymore than a National White Party could represent white people.
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Thomas (28-04-2012)
RE: National Atheist Party News.
I find it more than coincidental that I've now seen the same objections to NAP on three different atheist forums.
Save a life. Adopt a greyhound.
RE: National Atheist Party News.
I understand your views except for Deans he's attempting to be childish. I'm looking for the views that aren't biased.
Can you give a logical reason for not supporting them other than a policy reason? If you have a policy reason is it a logical reason?
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[font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif]So far I'm only finding opinions and biases. It sounds like everyone is stuck on a name. If the same group used a different name would you have a different opinion? If so then you are leaning toward a bias.[/font]
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10-04-2012, 05:20 PM (This post was last modified: 10-04-2012 05:40 PM by ClydeLee.)
RE: National Atheist Party News.
(10-04-2012 04:32 PM)Clint Barnett Wrote: I understand your views except for Deans he's attempting to be childish. I'm looking for the views that aren't biased.I've already listed several as a point before. They simply don't represent atheists because it is impossible to represent atheists as a unified political grouping.
I wouldn't support any movement that is trying to unify atheists as a group outside others in a political party. If they were the secular humanist party, I wouldn't make fun of their name, but I wouldn't support them either if they still were trying to say, non believers are mostly progressive.
An actual effort they went out against I'm not a fan of is their attack on the 9/11 cross beam. Idk if there is a plaque that says a prayer there or too much about it. That part I would remove but if they kept the replaced beams sitting there, it's fine. It isn't a religious slap until one puts the, I know obvious, religious signification in their mind to make it a statement.
If you keep thinking that disliking the group for its name is irrational, you have to at least acknowledge that it was entirely the goal of the name they chose. It says over and over on their FAQ page, how they chose it to specifically evoke an emotion and that it is easier since people wouldn't know what freethought/secular means. Their approach is intentionally to be controversial and not to be as productive as possible.
"Allow there to be a spectrum in all that you see" - Neil Degrasse Tyson
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Popeye's Pappy (10-04-2012)
RE: National Atheist Party News.
Clint when you're trying to discuss the opposite feelings why not start by mentioning that the party was originally going to be the free thought party, but the members voted for national atheist party. I think it makes a good answer to the big contention normlly mentioned that it was just a democratically decided name.
I'm just mentioning a thought from Seth's discussion with some of the big names. Perhaps their faq brings focus on the name, but before there was a name there was a platform.
I'm not a non believer, I believe in the possibility of anything. I just don't let the actuality of something be determined by a 3rd party.
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RE: National Atheist Party News.
(10-04-2012 04:32 PM)Clint Barnett Wrote: I understand your views except for Deans he's attempting to be childish.
Alas, it seems I have failed, or at least been surpassed. Perhaps if I had succeeded in being childish you would have understood my views.
RE: National Atheist Party News.
Joining a group to put numbers together to scare politicans is a good thing. Keeps the bible out of the court house.
Joining a group so that they can give me a platform to conform to...not a chance in hell even if it did exit.
The old gods are dead, let's invent some new ones before something really bad happens.
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NEW ORLEANS — For two years, New Orleans native Lionel Lombard was imprisoned in Dubai on charges he calls fabricated and totally false.
After being released suddenly without explanation, he was quickly ushered out of the United Arab Emirates on instructions from the U.S. government and arrived home in New Orleans in February 2010.
Within days of coming home, Lombard secured a lawyer and began his fight to hold accountable those he believes responsible for his imprisonment. In summer 2010, he filed a lawsuit against Mohammed Ali Rashid Al Abbar, chairman of Emaar Properties.
In addition to unlawful imprisonment, Lombard's $60 million lawsuit alleges racism, torture and violation of human rights.
Even though he was finally free and out of Dubai, Lombard said that he felt he couldn't just put the nightmarish experience behind him and resume life. "That's what everyone does—if you want things to change, then you have to say something. If you know better you have to do better," Lombard said.
But for the past two years, Lombard has spent much of his time fighting the U.S. Department of State for records kept by the U.S. Embassy and Consulate in the UAE regarding his imprisonment — documents he says he needs to move forward with the lawsuit. Lombard said his lawyer advised that they pull the lawsuit until they have all the documentation.
On March 5, Lombard was notified that he will go to court on March 27 (for a second time) to continue to try to get his records under the Freedom of Information Act.
Lombard's troubles started in 2006 while he was living in a gated community in Dubai. He was working as a public relations creative consultant out of his home office. On one of his frequent walks around the area where new construction on the subdivision was under way, Lombard said he saw a group of migrant workers who had no shoes, no passports, no food and no place to sleep. The next day Lombard said he went into the Emaar Properties office to express concern and ask about the safety and well-being of the employees. "The Emaar representative said 'I'm sorry these people are bothering you,' Lombard said.
From that moment, Lombard said everything changed. He said he was constantly harassed by the security guards on the property. They would follow him at night and refused to let him in through the front gate, Lombard said. A frequent line of harassment was to ask him where he was from, and tell him that he can't possibly be an American because he is black, Lombard said.
The problems intensified to the point where Lombard said he was forced to jump the gate in order to get to his home. He decided that he needed to do something and filed a harassment case against the property company.
After his business partner and employees started getting harassed, Lombard said he went into the police station. When he did so, he was jailed.
He said that he found out through his lawyers and in a newspaper that he had lost the harassment case. The newspaper reported that he was already in prison. Lombard said his lawyers advised he wait it out in jail while they worked on his appeal.
He said that Al-Abbar's position as a senior advisor to Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, intimidated others into staying quiet. But Lombard said he was not afraid of the police, the Sheik, or Al-Abbar.
"I'm challenging him," Lombard said of the Al-Abbar and the lawsuit. "You can't just push everyone around because you are a billionaire and a friend of the ruler. You are no different than the migrant worker — not just in my eyes but in the eyes of the prophet."
The justification given to Lombard for the first imprisonment was a charge of sexually assaulting a woman. Lombard said the charge was false, but that he could not tell the judge that he was gay, as consensual homosexual sex is punished with a 10-year prison sentence in Dubai.
Despite the archaic laws, Lombard, who has lived all over the globe, called Dubai "the gayest city I have ever lived in."
After three months in jail, Lombard said he was able to pay his way out. He then began to start his life over, he said. His business was gone. Shortly after he was released, his house was ransacked.
Just over a year later, Lombard was doing well, putting the three-month imprisonment behind him and starting a new business. But in June of 2008, while meeting with his new business partner at a Starbucks in Abu Dhabi, Lombard said he was approached by the city's secret police. After he identified himself, he was arrested and taken to prison.
The reasons for his second imprisonment kept changing, and judges often couldn't locate any records on his case at all, Lombard said. One initial reason given was a bad check, but that was never proven, he said. When he was processed, Lombard said he was told that his sentence was indefinite, and that he was there "because of Al Abbar, and Emaar." Lombard said the people processing him told him he wasn't supposed to mess with Al Abbar.
To this day, Lombard said he has never been given a reason for why he was imprisoned for more than a year and a half.
While in jail, Lombard said he spent his time observing the other prisoners and the way the prison was run, writing affirmations and working on getting out.
When he contacted the U.S. Embassy and Consulate, he said that they told him they knew he was there unlawfully, but they had to respect the laws of a sovereign country.
He said he at one point he was shackled in a cell with his hands attached to his ankles behind his back, without food or water, or air-conditioning in the middle of the desert. He was often harassed by guards for his race and sexual orientation, he said.
Then one day — out of nowhere — he said he was released and told that all charges were dropped. Five hours later he had a new passport and was on a plane home.
Lombard said over the past three years of making requests to the U.S. government, he's received documents that verify when and where he was imprisoned and the stated reasons for imprisonment. But he said he still needs the notes from the U.S. Consulate in which he claimed that Al Abbar and Emaar Properties were the reason for his imprisonment.
Lombard said he is also missing additional court documents and notes from the U.S. ambassador and consul general of Dubai.
In a January email from Brock Dupre, the assistant U.S. attorney assigned to assist Lombard with his FOIA request, Dupre told Lombard that, "The offices indicated that any and all documents located have previously been identified and released to you … I have complied with the Court's instructions and have requested supplemental searches be performed to locate the specific material you have identified. Unfortunately, these searches did not recover any additional documents."
Lombard said he has also reached out to his senators and congressman for assistance.
While Lombard is fighting for the two years of his life he lost while in prison, he said his battle still goes back to those migrant workers.
"A lot of people went through a lot of things for me to be where I am," Lombard said. "It's important to continue to make life better for those less fortunate."


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Happy New Years folks, please bear with me while I get the boring about me crap out of the way. My name is Leesie, I am 14 days away from being 21 (fuck yes! Finally!). I live in the South Bay Area a hop skip and a jump away from Apple's headquarters. I am an avid lover of all things plaid, especially if it is Prada. The whole goal of this little blog is to finally push myself into dressing better and to actually have a sense of style.I grew up in the local 4-H program raising livestock and small animals. Of all of the awesome technology opportunities right outside my door, I picked pigs, mini horses, pygmy goats, dairy goats and just about any other farm animal you could think of to raise. How is that relevant to how I dress? Well lets just say I have spent a good bulk of my life cleaning up animal crap and I dressed accordingly. Now that I have paired down to a small bundle of guinea pigs and my beloved horse the poop cleaning occasions are way less frequent (hurray!!! might I add!). With that chapter of my life closed now I am a dead broke full-time college student studying film production, who works three jobs and loves it. Alright enough of the boring crap. I have taken a couple of hurried shopping excursions to our lovely local boutique Target in the past few days I actually found some super cute things and *gasp* bought them, but that is another post coming soon. Today I shall vainly talk about my hair.
With my new school quarter starting monday at 7:30am (cruel bastards!) I am in desperate need of finding some quick ways to make my hair last through the day so I can wear is down or in clips, wearing a pony tail all day gives me gnarly head aches. So today while visiting my mom I went on a mission to see how my hair would do in hot rollers, but ended up pulling out my mom's old foam steam rollers from the 80's, and let me tell you I am in LOVE. They heat up fast and cool down fast and leave an awesome long lasting set. But really, the best part was the book of how to 80's styles that came with it. Here are some cruddy webcam photos of the end result (sorry my awesome nikon camera Leroy was at home!). I tried spiral curls this time
Awesome right??
After the curlers were taken out...
Pulled each spiral into thirds, give or take
A clip and a bobby pin later and done in like 20 minutes. Way to make creepy faces two pictures in a row. Darn dogs were being goofy!
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One of the few commercials that we didn't get to see weeks before the Seattle Seahawks steamrolled the Denver Broncos during Super Bowl XLVIII came to us from Go Daddy, and for once it didn't feature a woman with massive breasts awkwardly flirting with Danica Patrick. Instead, this ad featured actor John Turturro telling us about a woman named "Gwen" who was "quitting" her "job" to start her own "website" so she could sell her homemade puppets. Obviously, I'm going crazy on quotation marks, because advertising is full of poop, and there's no way that Gwen is a real person who quit her real job.
Right??? Wrong.
While Gwen doesn't want people knowing her last name, she revealed on TODAY this morning that she is, in fact, a real person who really quit her real job so that she could pursue her real passion of making adorable puppets. The 36-year old woman has worked for a large refrigeration company for half of her life, but her passion has been puppets, just like the one that she used to tell her actual boss in front of a bazillion people that she was leaving.
Gwen claims that her boss, Ted, truly had no clue that the commercial was coming, but once it aired, she emailed him an official resignation, which was quickly followed by a text message from Ted. Was the guy pissed off that he had to find out this way? Just the opposite, actually.
"It was epic," Gwen told TODAY on Monday.
Instead of being upset, she said, her boss told her: "You've got to be kidding. Wow. Great commercial."
"He was laughing his can off," Gwen said. "It was super cool." (Via TODAY)
Obviously, this is good news for anyone pursuing a career as an operations engineer for a refrigeration company in New York. But you'd better work a little harder on that résumé, because it seems like you've got some fun shoes to fill.
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December 8, 2014
From the minute I stepped off the plane at Denver International I looked at every single person like they were stoned. I don't know what I was expecting, for everyone to be high as kites? Duh…ya.
Even the old guy with the cowboy hat in the wheelchair got my sideways glance (please, you know that dude was).
As we near Colorado's one-year anniversary of legalizing the recreational use of marijuana I decided to take a closer look at this new frontier. Denver has become the undisputed pot capital of the world. With more than 300 dispensaries in the city it is no wonder I smelled it EVERYWHERE.
Or perhaps that was the hypochondriac in me. Staying in downtown Denver there were no visible hints, not surprising since public smoking is forbidden. Downtown Denver is clean and beautiful with its modern skyscrapers, shops and restaurants amongst the historic landmarks and government buildings. There was hide nor hare of a single solitary bud.
That's because all the dispensaries, green houses and production facilities are on the "other" side of the tracks. Just about two miles from my hotel downtown the scene started to shift from thriving to distressed. Run-down one story homes block after block, fast-food chains, dumpy strip malls were a quick and startling contrast. Every 50 feet a cannabis dispensary appeared, like a Starbucks on every corner in Manhattan. This time I really did smell it.
Since infused edibles make up 45% of the legal marijuana market, my first stop was an edible bakery. And because I just like food. I pictured the typical bakery with tables in the front, huge glass display cases filled with yumminess and sunshine streaming through the windows. At least one window would've been nice.
The bakery I visited, not unlike others of this kind, was housed in a decrepit warehouse on a filthy plot of land. Not very appetizing. I had to buzz an unmarked heavy steel door to gain entrance, then immediately sign in for security purposes. There was no café inside (on-site consumption is illegal for all vendors), but the facility contains a closed greenhouse with artificial lighting where the cannabis is grown, as well as an office, kitchen and a packaging area.
The darkness, both figuratively and literally, of the bakery bothered me. Although the entire staff, could not have been nicer (well I'd probably be a much nicer person if I was stoned all the time too) I felt the entire business was an underground operation. Despite the intense regulation of this absolutely legitimate business, it is more fringe than norm.
Take for instance that recreational pot vendors generally do not have bank accounts. That is because marijuana is illegal under federal law and the Federal Reserve supervises banking institutions therefore, all transactions have to be in cash. These are million dollar enterprises which presumably have THAT much cash lying around. The only people I know who have exorbitant amounts of cash are drug dealers, I am sorry to say. Perhaps that's what adds to my 'discomfort' with the entire environment.
Think about this. Drug dealers are constantly concerned that they will be robbed simply because they have so much cash AND they have drugs. Isn't that the same worry for these pot businesses? All of their payroll is in cash. Everyone in Colorado knows it's an ALL CASH deal. So when an employee is walking to their car after work with a large amount of cash on payday, in a sketchy scary neighborhood, they are in danger. No question.
I visited a few dispensaries with some notable common characteristics:
- ATM machines (obvie)
- Separate counters for medical and recreational purchases
- LOUD music (or maybe I'm just getting old)
- Cannabis publications everywhere (who knew there were so many?)
- Chairs & sofas conducive to socializing (there was a lot of lingering indeed)
- Grungy customers
Let me explain that last one. Again, my THC fantasy included yuppie business types and desperate housewives popping into the pot shop for a fancy vape pen or some cherry chocolates. Wrong. Every customer looked shabby, somewhat stoned and – unhealthy. There was a sallowness to their skin accompanied by a lazy gait. Not sure what I was expecting when witnessing people buying drugs in the middle of the afternoon!
What was pervasive (besides the smell) was my questioning the cognitive state of everyone I encountered. True, most people aren't as high-strung as I am, but I didn't meet even one person with any urgency to do, well, anything.
The behavioral effects of marijuana seemed apparent. For example, an intern college student who was helping me get around seemed to forget things that occurred 20 minutes prior, where places that she just passed were located and spent way too much time socializing on the dispensary couch. I could also just chalk that up to being young.
Of course there were some folks who engage in recreational use during their 'off' hours. Similar to having a couple glasses of wine after a long day at work. Not everyone uses all the time. But many do. That is what surprised me the most. In mainstream society you would not be employed if you drank alcohol on the job. The three-martini lunch, once an open secret, no longer exists.
Maybe Colorado just isn't for me. I don't get the lifestyle, the allure or the people frankly. I felt depressed and sad being in that atmosphere. A gloomy haze clouded my perception the entire trip….uh oh – was I stoned?
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This tour took us to Lafayette Park, The Lincoln Memorial, Viet Nam Wall, Korean War Memorial, and Union Station. We discussed various options using our cameras, and got some great composition tips. A nice walk around on a nice day. David knows a lot and is a good teacher.
September 2016
This a great tour to learn all about your professional camera. He is very knowledgeable and teaches some of the tricks and angles to shoot your photos.
October 2015
We met David at the right time and place and started with an introduction to the principles of composition, planning your picture and camera technique. Delivered in a friendly and humorous manner David made us feel welcome and at ease. Going around the monuments David point out that using monochrome on the statues and getting in close really delivers those memorable pictures. Lunch at Union Station was a lesson in long exposure pictures plus knowing how to apply the white balance to interior pictures. Overall this was one of the best photographic tours that I have done as we had a local professional photographer delivering great tips and showing us parts of DC that we would not have known existed.
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David, our tour guide and teacher, was excellent. I learned a lot about photography and we saw the sites as well. If you want to improve your enjoyment of your camera - this is a tour for you.
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I have owned my new camera for two years and I learnt more in 6 hours from David than I have in the last two years of experimenting with my camera. The instruction was insightful, knowledgeable and constructive. David guided me through the use of the camera and how to view taking photos in a new way. I will make sure to use his services again when I'm in DC.
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Note that this is perhaps more a teaching safari than a tour covering most or all monuments. A novice or low-intermediate photographer will learn a lot. But, ideally, you will have several days AFTER the tour to visit your choice of monuments to get your photos.
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Really enjoyed this one. It was nice to get instruction on how to improve my photographs. The only downside (a small one) was that we went to the same places I'd gone to on other tours I booked on this trip.
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|STU President Msgr. Franklyn M. Casale
Dear STU Community,
Here we are at the end of 2015, a momentous year for St. Thomas University, and we are filled with so much gratitude and hope. This year we've added 18 new degree programs; received a historic naming gift for the Gus Machado School of Business; expanded our athletic complex with the new Dominick Miniaci Beach Volleyball courts, and the Boras Batting Cages; launched an accelerated law degree program with Miami-Dade College and Lynn University; inaugurated the Catholic Education Continuum with our Catholic high schools; were recognized with the Global Impact Award for our project in Port-de-Paix, Haiti by Florida Campus Compact; and received over half-million dollar grant from the Lilly Endowment for the School of Theology. And these are just a few of our 2015 accomplishments!
No doubt, the best is yet to come! Thank you for helping us achieve so much. We are blessed to have your commitment to our student success, learning, and community well-being.
As 2015 comes to an end, St. Thomas University would like to wish you and your family and friends a Happy New Year! May the New Year bring you health and prosperity.
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Diabetic health may be on an upswing. The American Diabetes Association published a study Tuesday that showed 40% fewer diabetic adults died from heart attacks in the US between 1997 and 2006 and overall mortality fell by 23%. This is in spite of a condition that is becoming increasingly common – a study published in the May 21 edition of Pediatrics showed that 15% of American teens are now considered pre-diabetic or diabetic. This is in addition to the 35% of adults the Centers for Disease Control puts in the same category. Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the US.
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NEW ORLEANS —Chris and Karen Dufour know what it means to miss New Orleans.
Both natives of the metro area, they lived in London for several years before making their return into the area when they bought a Victorian shotgun on North Hagan Avenue and began renovation. More than anything, they liked the feel of the area. They are professionals, but also artists, who enjoy the eclectic vibe of the neighborhood.
And there's also the beauty Faubourg St. John offers with City Park, the tree-lined canopy of Esplanade Avenue and, of course, Bayou St. John among the attractions only a stone's throw from their home.
Then came Hurricane Katrina, which ravaged the neighborhood and chased the Dufours to Austin, Texas, where they would live for seven-plus years. They began a family there and generally, were quite prosperous.
But it wasn't home.
"The culture, the people, the food, the festivals, the architecture, the history," Karen Dufour said, ticking off a litany of reasons why so many are so fond of the Crescent City. "We missed all of it. Being back makes us so happy."
And events like Fortier Fest, which was held only eight blocks from their home on Saturday afternoon is another of those "Only in New Orleans" happenings that the Dufours longed for so much.
After all, where else can you walk to a small pocket park in a quiet corner of town and hear music legend Allen Toussaint tickle the ivories, not to mention have neighborhood resident Walter "Wolfman" Washington jam with him on the ticket? Each is a Jazz Fest staple, another enigmatic Faubourg St. John festival, albeit one that attracts hundreds of thousands from around the world each year.
Fortier Fest is smaller, considerably so, but it is of no less import to officials with the Faubourg St. John Neighborhood Association which has helped stage the event since Katrina.
Fortier Fest takes place in Alcee Fortier Park — a small, triangular green space that is nestled between Esplanade Avenue and Grand Route St. John at Mystery Street. The FSJNA uses proceeds from each year's festival to help with the upkeep of the park, which overflows with colorful flora throughout the year and keeps the heads of passers-by turning as they walk or pedal past. It's a way of maintaining an area that is one of the quiet reasons those in the neighborhood enjoy Faubourg St. John as much as they do.
"After Katrina, the plants we had in the park were ruined," said Bobby Wozniak, FSJNA and Friends of Fortier Park member. "We decided to have a festival that would help us rebuild. Once people saw what we were doing, they came out of the woodwork to support us."
That began with grant money from Keep Louisiana Beautiful which allowed the group to purchase benches. Sculptures were donated and sprinkler and electrical systems installed. There was enough input to purchases chess tables and chairs, too. All of the maintenance is spearheaded by the Friends of Fortier Park, which consists of Wozniak, David Armond and Bob McGuire.
"It's the center of our little neighborhood," said Wozniak, who referred to himself as "the chief volunteer gardener at Fortier Park." "I've traveled a lot in Europe and saw the gardens there and thought 'We can do that here.' People have taken care of it."
And so have the volunteers. Today, there are azaleas and camellias, caladiums and gingers. The idea is to always have something blooming, Wozniak said, or at least to have plants that produce colorful foliage in nongrowing seasons. An acquaintance of his refers to the park as "the quintessential Southern shade garden."
Wozniak estimated that for past festivals, about 500 people showed up to enjoy the afternoon. On Saturday, however, the intersection of perfect weather, great musicians, good food and drink from neighborhood restaurants and bars came close to doubling attendance.
That's a sizable number of people to fit into a slightly less than two-acre pocket park. But the crowd was pleasant as most sipped on cold drinks, swayed to the Wolfman/Touissant jam, or bid on auction items. Popular watercolorist Robert Guthrie also painted a picture of Saturday's scene from the back of a flatbed truck. The piece was to be auctioned later in the evening.
Wozniak said all money cleared at Fortier Fest will go back into the park's upkeep. He said new chairs are needed, as is some maintenance to the sprinkler system. And, as always, there's a need for new plants, mulch and such.
"It's a quirky event in a little park, but people just love it," he said "It kind of reflects the hipster image of the neighborhood. It's not a cookie-cutter. It's different."
Jazz Fest and Fortier Fest are not the only regular, lively happenings in Faubourg St. John. There's also Voodoo on the Bayou at the Pitot House each Halloween and the Santa on the Bayou event at Cabrini each Christmas. And as the Dufours pointed out, it's also not uncommon to see Mardi Gras Indians staging in front of their house, or for a second line to break out in the middle of Orleans Avenue.
"Neighborhood gatherings like Fortier Fest and Halloween on Grand Route St. John remind us of how family-oriented our neighborhood is," Karen Dufour said. "We look forward to meeting more families at events like this as our daughter grows."


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– December 20, 2010 – We are truly pleased to announce that Tony Bowen,
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today. "Our brand is poised for continued growth. With Tony
that growth in the Caribbean region and St. Lucia in particular, we are
confident of a successful 2011 and far beyond."
Elite Island Resorts President Steven Heydt welcomes Anthony Bowen
as Regional Managing Director
"I hope to help Elite with my deep experience in quality hospitality in the Caribbean as well as with my professional connections and friendships. Elite has a classic track record and I feel they are the perfect organization to be associated with, as their growth and development continues." said Bowen.
Bowen was just awarded the Gold Award for Outstanding Contribution to Caribbean Tourism (2010) by Virgin Holidays. He was chosen the prestigious Caribbean Hotelier of the Year in 2006 and the St. Lucia Hotelier of the Year in 2005. He is currently president of the St. Lucia Hotel & Tourism Association, a position he has held on three separate terms.
He graduated from Bournemouth College's University of Dorset United Kingdom with Membership to the Hotel & Catering Institutional Management Association and has held senior positions in the region's leading resorts including Sandy Lane, Glitter Bay and Royal Pavilion, all in Barbados, Ciboney in Jamaica, St James's Club in Antigua and Windjammer Landing in St Lucia.
About Elite Island Resorts
Elite Island Resorts represents an impressive collection of unique beachfront properties in the Caribbean. Each Elite Island Resorts property provides something unique to fulfill every traveler's desires, with offerings ranging from destination weddings or romantic escapes to family retreats or eco vacations. Resorts include LaSource in Grenada, Long Bay Beach Resort & Villas in Tortola, Palm Island Resort in St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Galley Bay Resort & Spa, St. James's Club & Villas and Verandah Resort & Spa, all in Antigua. For more information visit http://www.eliteislandresorts.com or call 1-800-858-4618.
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"So, if you think about books as an extension of ourselves, we are totally about to meet."
This is how I came to know Alana Chernila, and she came to know me. Not through a chance meeting at a conference, or a sweaty run-in at the gym I keep paying for but never attend.
We met through our books. I ordered Alana's, she ordered mine, and they each arrived at our respective homes, in our respective states, on the same day. Thank you, United States Postal Service.
Alana's younger than me, this mother of two girls, a woman whose prose flows so naturally I want to drink from its tap. Never overwrought, always relatable, her stories of humble foods -- yogurt, bread, mayonnaise, granola -- will spur you to tie on an apron and get flour in your hair. You'll dream, suddenly, of making cream cheese, putting up tomatoes, rolling your own fruit leather.
Alana doesn't take herself too seriously, and for this reason, I want to hug her hard. The recipe titles in her book, The Homemade Pantry, reveal the simple truths of her life, and ours. Car Snack 1, Car Snack 2, and Car Snack 3 are three variations on cereal bars -- you'll want to make them, then hand them to your kids on routine drives to the library, the grocery store, the beach.
But, listen. If you're the type of person who doesn't let your kids snack in the car, this may not be the book for you.
Because it's all about the beautiful mess of real life -- a life where oats litter backseats, and there can never be too much strawberry ice cream.
Recipe for Strawberry Ice Cream
Excerpted with permission from The Homemade Pantry by Alana Chernila (Clarkson Potter, 2012)
{{from Cheryl}} I've made several recipes from Alana Chernila's The Homemade Pantry, including her granola, chai, and buttermilk ranch dressing. But her strawberry ice cream is stunning. The sugar-dusted strawberries macerate and weep their jammy juices, then get churned into a fruit-forward, creamy treat. Any left over ice cream can be whipped into a strawberry milkshake with nothing more than a blender, some milk, and a thirst for happiness.
Makes 1 quart
3 large egg yolks
3/4 cup half-and-half
1/2 cup sugar
3/4 cup heavy cream
2 pints strawberries, washed, dried, and hulled
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract, homemade or store-bought
1⁄8 teaspoon of salt
Optional: 2 teaspoons kirsch liqueur
In a small bowl, whisk the egg yolks.
Place the half-and-half and 1/4 cup of the sugar in a medium heavy-bottomed pot. Heat it over medium heat without letting it boil, and stir occasionally until the sugar is dissolved, 5 to 8 minutes. In the meantime, set a fine-meshed sieve over a large heatproof bowl.
When the half-and-half mixture is hot, whisk a little of it into the egg yolks to warm them. Then whisk all of the warm egg yolks into the hot cream. Stir constantly with a wooden spoon or heatproof spatula as you heat the mixture over medium heat—keep scraping the bottom and stirring until the mixture thickens and you get a good coating on the spoon. Again, do not let it boil. Remove from the heat and pour through the strainer over the bowl. Add the heavy cream to the mixture and stir to combine. Cover and chill in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.
Put the strawberries in a large bowl and mash them a bit with a potato masher. Then add the remaining ¼ cup sugar. Let the strawberries macerate in their own juices, stirring occasionally until the sugar has melted, 10 to 15 minutes. Add the berries to the cream mixture. Then add the vanilla, salt, and kirsch, if using. Chill, covered, in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes, but up to 2 days.
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|Kosher Dining at Falk
Falk Dining Cafe is the kosher café, located on the first floor of the Hillel building on 39th and Locust Walk. All food is prepared Glatt kosher and under the supervision of the Community Kashrus of Greater Philadelphia. We welcome Penn students as well as members of the surrounding community to enjoy the amazing cuisine and sense of community that you will experience when you dine at Falk Dining Cafe.
Weekday Kosher Dining Services during the Academic Year
Kosher Reservation System
Sabbath Dinner and Lunch Prices
Sabbath Dinner - Prices are subject to change
Sabbath Lunch- Prices are subject to change
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Noninvasive diagnostic Ayurvedic techniques are beneficial for patients chronically suffering from diseases such as diabetes, heart ailments, asthma, tumor growths, and cancer. Ayurveda resorts to outward diagnosis of symptoms by studying a clients' habits — diet and daily life, pulse, tongue, nail, face, lips, eye, nature of perspiration, etc. Herbal remedies can also make the body more responsive to medicines and treatments.