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Explains what speech, language and communication needs are, includes advice and guidance on how to support communication development.
Price: £0.00
Follow-on publication from Misunderstood, looks in more detail at speech, language and communication needs giving support and guidance.
Price: £0.00
Looks at the different methods we use to communicate, especially the methods used by children who have no speech or whose speech is difficult to understand. Aimed at - those who live or work with children and young people who use alternative methods of communication or with children who may need this support.
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This factsheet leaflet is designed for people in mainstream schools working with children and young people who have Asperger Syndrome. It aims to help staff understand the needs of these pupils and to provide some ideas for simple strategies that might be incorporated into the routine of a mainstream school or classroom.
Price: £0.00
Children and young people with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) may not be able to speak clearly, understand language, express ideas or interact with others. This can include difficulties with forming sounds and words, fluency, understanding what others say, producing sentences or using language socially. This factsheet is designed for those working with children and young people with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) in residential care settings and in foster care. It aims to provide simple and practical advice which supports the young person in their environment outside of school.
Price: £0.00
A multi-agency project to look at the issues underlying children's language deficits in Stoke on Trent. Contains information and resources for parents and practitioners.
Price: £0.00
How to get this: http://www.stoke.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/advice/stoke-speaks-out/
A web site for parents and professionals supporting children with speech difficulties, containing news, resources and forums
Price: £0.00
How to get this: http://www.speechteach.co.uk
A website that is a searchable library of ideas and resources, organised by target, and contributed by a community of therapists
Price: £0.00
How to get this: http://www.therapyideas.org
Free resources for professionals to share their experiences and knowledge of working with children
Price: £0.00
How to get this: http://www.disabilitytoolkit.org.uk
Helps partners create optimum conditions for learning through their resources and training on how to create Communication Friendly Spaces
Price: £0.00
How to get this: http://www.elizabethjarmanltd.co.uk
KIDS have produced a range of briefings available online as free downloads for professionals who work with young people with disabilities. In addition to these, many publications have been developed surrounding the childcare environment and inclusive play. The Transitions magazine, aimed at and written by young disabled people covers 3 main themes each week, email email@example.com or call 0207 359 3073 for a free hard copy. Alternatively they can be viewed online at the publications page. KIDS also provides a range of resources and workforce development opportunities.
Price: £0.00
How to get this: http://www.kids.org.uk/
The Makaton Charity have developed a range of resources for using and teaching Makaton, including a range of free resources available to download
Price: £0.00
How to get this: http://www.makaton.org/resources
Resources to help you learn more about communicating with people with a learning disability, and how to make your existing communication materials more accessible
Price: £0.00
How to get this: http://www.mencap.org.uk/
Resources related to communication issues and autism spectrum disorders (ASDs)
Price: £0.00
How to get this: http://www.autism.org.uk/shop
Various free resources can be found at www.ndcs.org.uk/professional_support
Price: £0.00
How to get this: http://www.ndcs.org.uk/professional_support
The UK's leading publishers of assessments for health and education professionals; key sponsor of the Hello campaign
Price: £0.00
How to get this: http://www.psychcorp.co.uk/hello
Enables learners to develop their social, emotional and academic potential by reducing or removing barriers to communication. Developed 3 booklets that schools and settings can use to develop visual support systems, staff communication and classroom environment
How to get this: http://www.symbolsinclusionproject.org/resources
Award-winning EGAR Educational Games And Resources are dedicated to developing communication skills, the art of conversation and an appreciation of the value of talking in dealing with life's challenges and making healthy informed choices. The psychology based Let's Get Talking Choice Discussion card sets provide a structure for intervention and prevention work, covering Health, Crime Prevention, Personal Development, Citizenship and the Environment.
Price: £0.00
We know some children can have speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) that can impact on their ability to listen, understand and express themselves. However, it's not always easy to judge how well a child is progressing with these skills; children may have good skills in one area whilst struggling in others.
The Progression Tools aim to support teaching staff to identify children who may be struggling to develop their speech, language and communication skills. They can also be used to track progression of these skills over time or following interventions. The Tools are based on theoretical information on typical language development and also the Universally Speaking booklets. They aim to provide a relatively quick way of determining where children are against where they should be for their age and provide more information about how these vital skills are progressing.
The Tools are not a diagnostic tool and do not in any way replace the detailed speech, language and communication assessment by a speech and language therapist that some children will need. However, they will give you information to help decide whether children would benefit from a targeted intervention or whether they need specialist assessment and support.
We have developed a booklet for people who are training to become teachers to give advice and guidance on children's communication skills. Let's Talk About It includes information on: • The importance of communication • The impact that speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) can have for children and young people on learning and attainment, and on social, emotional development and behaviour • How teachers can better identify children with SLCN and through making communication a priority, work more affectively with all children in their classroom • Signposts trainees to a range of further information sources
This excellent resource makes this complex area of language development accessible to non-specialist staff. fAll those working in the field will appreciate the clear explanations and practical support and advice for those working and living with children at the pre-intentional and intentional stages of communication as far as beginning to use first words. The book explores a wide range of issues concerning children who have little or no means of expressing themselves verbally. Language Builders for Complex Needs provides ideas for assessment and recording progress as well as detailed advice and practical activities. It is written for speech and language therapists, teachers, teaching assistants, pre-school practitioners and parents. The book examines the characteristic communication skills, the interaction required and the thinking and play skills that need nurturing at each of the following stages: Pre-Intentional Communication. Being able to anticipate events. Intentional Communication. It also considers: The link between play and language. Total Communication – signs, symbols, Communication Passports, and briefly, Augmentative and Alternative Communication. Using first words, ideas and phrases.
Communication Builders for AAC provides comprehensive information about the assessment and use of the whole range of AAC options. Andrea Kirton, co-author, is a highly specialist speech and language therapist but she writes this book in a style which makes this important information accessible to education practitioners, parents, carers, SLTs. It is the core reading material for the accredited course Supporting Adults and Children using AAC. It's a one-stop-shop to AAC! Contents: Chapter 1: What is AAC (Alternative and Augmentative Communication)? Why use AAC? What Does AAC Include? Access Methods The AAC Team Chapter 2: Assessment Who might benefit from AAC? Cause and effect skills Social Communication Skills Symbolic Understanding Understanding of Spoken Language The expressive-receptive gap Visual SkillsAccess Method Tools for Assessment AAC Profile and Action Plan Definition of Communicative Competence for AAC users (Janice Light, 1989) Social Networks (Sarah Blackstone and Mary Hunt Berg, 2003) Means, Reasons and Opportunities (Della Money and Sue Thurman, 1994) Chapter 3: Unaided Communication What is Unaided Communication? Assessing Unaided Methods of Communication Observation Schedule for assessing Unaided Communication Methods Developing Unaided Communication Skills Chapter 4: Low Tech Communication Aids Types of Low Tech AAC systems Aspects of Assessment for Low Tech AAC Access Vocabulary/Language Social Use Design Issues The Next Step – Activities to support and develop use of the Low Tech AAC system Cause and effect with people (Communicative Intent) Requesting item/indicating choice Participation in a social activity General Conversation Chapter 5: High Tech Communication aids Types of High Tech Communication Systems Assessment for a High Tech System Access Vocabulary/Language Social Use Design Issues The Next Step - Activities to support and develop use of the High Tech AAC system Linguistic Skills Social Skills
Price: £22.00
Information about Makaton Training for parents, carers and professionals.
Price: £0.00
1Voice - Communicating Together is all about bringing Augmentative and Alternative Communication users and their supporters together. 1Voice has activities and events around the country, as well as 'pop-ups' - less formal events where we can get 2 users together! It only takes 2 to communicate! The best way to find out about what's happening in your area is to visit our website events page at www.1voice.info/events You can also email firstname.lastname@example.com for more general information.
Price: £0.00
How to get this: http://www.1voice.info/events
This popular Makaton resource provides ideas for games and activities to help children and adults to use Makaton. The games and activities use everyday objects and are enhanced with a selection of really useful vocabulary to complement the Makaton Core Vocabualry, such as food, clothing, transport, weather and colours.
Price: £19.99
How to get this: https://www.makaton.org/shop/shopping/stockDetails/Makaton-Games
The Core Vocabulary is the starting point for everyone learning Makaton. It contains vocabulary essential to everyday life, presented in stages of increasing complexity. Core Vocabulary Book of Signs, Line drawings of the signs used with the Makaton Core Vocabulary: Stages 1 to 8 and additional
Price: £21.99
The Core Vocabulary is the starting point for everyone learning Makaton. It contains vocabulary essential to everyday life, presented in stages of increasing complexity. Core Vocabulary Book of Symbols, contains all the Makaton Symbols for stages 1 to 8 and additional of the Makaton Core Vocabulary
Price: £21.99
The Core Vocabulary is the starting point for everyone learning Makaton. It contains vocabulary essential to everyday life, presented in stages of increasing complexity. Core Vocabulary - Pocket Book of Signs 1 is ideal for reference in a handy pocket-sized format, with finger spelling. stages 1 to 4 and additional.
Price: £8.99
The Core Vocabulary is the starting point for everyone learning Makaton. It contains vocabulary essential to everyday life, presented in stages of increasing complexity. Core Vocabulary - Pocket Book of Symbols 1 is ideal for reference and matching the pocket books of signs, in a handy pocket sized format. Stages 1 to 4 and additional.


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Hostess Brands to open bakeries in Indiana, Illinois
EMPORIA, Kan. Hostess Brands says it will reopen its eastern Kansas bakery this summer, with the hiring of an initial 250 people already underway.
The announcement was made Thursday by the investment partnership that bought Hostess Brands' snack cake product lines.
More than 500 people lost their jobs when Hostess, then in bankruptcy proceedings, closed the plant in Emporia last November following a strike by union bakers.
Hostess Brands paid $410 million for the rights to the Hostess and Dolly Madison snack cake brands, along with five plants. But Emporia City Commissioner Jon Geitz tells KVOE-AM that the reopening of the local plant hadn't been assured until Thursday.
Hostess Brands officials said they'll expand the bakery. They're aiming for total employment of about 300 people within the next few years.

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HARTSVILLE, S.C. – The Coker softball team dropped a non-conference doubleheader to Edinboro University on Monday (Mar. 17). With the loss the Cobras fall to 12-11 on the year.
It was a rough start for the Navy and Yellow in game number one, as the Fighting Scots scored 14 runs in the first inning followed by one run in the second and one run in the third. Coker would then battle back to score four runs in the third, one run in the fourth and four more in the fifth, but Edinboro's lead was too large as they captured game one by a score of 18-9.
Katelyn Szupello and Logan Cox led the way for the Cobras at the plate, each going 3-for-4 from the plate. Szupello had three RBI's with one run scored, while Cox had one RBI and one run scored.
Tabitha Allen (3-3) would be tabbed with the loss, after giving up three runs on three walks.
In game number two, Coker got off to a quick start after scoring three runs in the first inning. Edinboro however answered with two runs in the second followed by five more runs in the fourth to make the score 7-2. The Cobras would then close the gap in the bottom of the fourth by scoring two runs, but the Fighting Scots would add three more security runs to finalize the score at 10-5. The game was called in the sixth inning due to inclement weather conditions.
Cox was a factor again for the Cobras in game number two, as she went 1-for-3 from the plate with two runs scored and one RBI. Sydney Weatherford went 2-for-2 with three RBI's and one run scored.
Lauren Phillips (3-2) would be marked with the loss after pitching 3.2 innings giving up seven runs on 10 hits.
Coker will look to bounce back on Tuesday (Mar. 18) as they prepare to host Catawba in a South Atlantic Conference doubleheader. Game number one will start at 2:00 p.m., followed by game number two at 4:00.


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After Review, Southern Pine Gets Good Report Card
The Southern Pine Inspection Bureau (SPIB) has submitted its proposed design values for all grades and sizes of visually graded Southern Pine dimension lumber to the American Lumber Standard Committee (ALSC), which will meet on Oct. 18, 2012, to hear testimony from interested parties. The ALSC board of review will then make a final decision regarding any new design values.
The SPIB analysis of the full in-grade test data resulted in a recommendation of smaller reductions for the wider widths and higher grades as compared with the No.2 2x4s, and even some small increases as compared with current design values. The analysis also resulted in upward revisions to some of the new design values that became effective June 1, 2012, based only on No.2 2×4 data.
There is no proposed change in Southern Pine's specific gravity value of 0.55. Design values for shear and compression perpendicular-to-grain also will not change.
"The results are encouraging, better-than-expected news for Southern Pine lumber producers and users," said Cathy Kaake, VP technical marketing for the Southern Forest Products Association. "For example, the impact on joists, rafters and headers is smaller than originally projected due to smaller reductions for the wider widths commonly used for those applications."
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Product Description
The ultimate comprehensive 'Get Well Soon' gift set.
• S-Shaped Chinese Elm Bonsai in ceramic bonsai pot
• Humidity/drip tray
• Small bonsai pruning scissors
• Bonsai Food
• Get Well Soon foil balloon
• Bonsai care handbook
• FREE bonsai care leaflet
• FREE delivery to most of the UK.
Height: ~ 30cm
Pot size: ~ 14 x 9cm
Age: 8 years
Please note that all bonsai are unique and that some slight variation from the photograph shown should be expected. All sizes are approximate.
Bonsai Variety
The Chinese Elm (Ulmus parviflolia) makes a truly beautiful bonsai with small bright green leaves. The tree has excellent twig structure and has great character throughout, making it the perfect representation of a woodland tree. In our opinion the Chinese Elm is the most perfectly proportioned, easy to care for and adaptable tree and makes a superb bonsai; which can be grown either indoors or outdoors.


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New York – Montreal
Mark the beginning of tour by getting picked up from New York and head to the largest city in Canada; Montreal. A beautiful city with a gothic basilica in its center called St. Josephs Oratory, located on the Mount Royal. It can hold up to 10,000 people at a time. Afterward, we will be heading on top of the Mount Royal; there is a park located on top known as Mount Royal Park. Upon visiting the park, we will head towards downtown for some dinner and then head back to the hotel.
Hotel: Gouverneur Trois Riviere QC or Similar.
Montreal – Quebec City
On our second day of the tour, we will attend the Quebec Winter Carnival at the Quebec City. At the carnival, we will enjoy different shows, concerts, performances, and dogsled races. Afterward, we will visit the Hotel De Glace; the only ice hotel in North America. Furthermore, we will explore the Historic District of Old Quebec, where we will visit the St. Louis Gate, Chateau Frontenac, and a lot more.
Hotel: Gouverneur Trois Riviere QC or Similar.
Quebec – Montreal – New York
On our last day of the tour, we will return back to Montreal and visit the Olympic Stadium and Tower that has the capacity of 78,322. If we don't have enough people then we will only have the guided tour from outside. Following this, we will visit the Montreal Botanical Garden. It is one of the largest botanical gardens of the country with approximately of 190 acres of greenhouses and thematic gardens. Afterward, we will head back to New York, on our way back we will be visiting a Duty-free wine shop.
- 1. The order of itinerary may change without any notice depending on weather situations or for some other unforeseen circumstances.
- 2. The order of activities held during the tour is planned by the tour guide. So, it may be different from what is mentioned on the tour page. On fewer occasions, Tour Guide has to skip an attraction or few during the tour depending on weather, traffic, group interest or some other reason.
- 3. Some attractions are seasonal. So, when they are closed they will be replaced with some other attraction.
- 4. You can skip some optional activities during the tour and plan something on your own. Make sure that you coordinate with Tour guide and stay with the group with next activity. Please note you cannot stay on the bus if you skip some optional activity.
- 5. Probable hotel names are mentioned in the itinerary. It can be similar or a different hotel of the similar rating. Exact Hotel details can only be provided one day before the departure.
- 6. Maximum 4 people of any age can stay in 1 Room in the hotel.
- 7. These tours are conducted in a group. A group can have people of several cultures. We expect each person to coordinate with Tour guide to make sure things are on track.
- 8. Though attractions are optional but you have to at least take 2 attractions.
cost includes
Passengers will be picked up and dropped off to their chosen locations. (Please take notice of locations and times of pick up)
Transport will be provided with an air conditioned deluxe coach. A 15 seat Mercedes minibus with high top may also be used depending on the number of passengers taking part in the tour.
A professional tour escort will be with you throughout the tour.
Passengers are offered hotel accommodation for nights.
Tour package price includes all taxes.
cost Excludes
It is possible for rates to change without notice.
Cash payments of admission fee for Optional Activities would be made to the guide. Optional activities price may change or can be different as displayed on the website.
Though meals and drinks are not a part of the package the guide will arrange them upon request.
Minimum service charge for the driver and the guide will be $10 per person per day.
Telephone services, laundry services, Alcoholic drinks and beverages are private room charges.
Travel insurance.
Additional personal expenditure.
Note: Customers should not buy admission tickets or passes on their own and use them on this discounted tours. In case they do, they will have to arrange their own transport.
|Child(3-11 yrs)
|Senior (65+ yrs)
|Bio-dome, QC
|Citadelle of Quebec, QC
|Ice Hotel, QC
|Montreal Botanical Garden
|Olympic Stadium, QC
|Quebec Winter Carnival, QC
Important Notes
- 1. All the prices are listed in USD.
- 2. Tour display price is based on double occupancy. It is the price each person will pay if a group of two is traveling.
- 3. Prices may change without any notice.
- 4. Prices include hotel accommodation, transportation and taxes.
- 5. Admission Tickets to different places and meals are NOT included in the tour price.
- 6. Mandatory Tip for tour guide and driver are NOT included.
- 7. Only the tour guide can purchase entrance tickets for you. Pre-purchased tickets are NOT acceptable.
- 8. A free (i.e. Buy 2 Get 1 Free) person, not showing up on a departure date will result in a penalty. The penalty is usually the fourth person price, but it varies. Free person has to pay for some admission tickets that is included in the tour package price of Paid Person.
- 9. There must be at least one passenger of 18 years for every booking made with GoldenBusTours. For Children between the age group of 2 to 14 years, a different price will be charged. Please refer to Child price on our pricing calendar. Child Age may vary between different bus operators. Maximum 4 people of any age can stay in 1 Room in the hotel. If the 5th person is infant you will be charged normally then with the second room as an expense.
- 10. Activities are optional though, but each customer has to participate in 2 activities at least. No city pass allowed. Some attractions are mandatory. Each customer has to take part in them and have to pay for them in cash.
Departure Locations
133-30 39th Avenue, (Asian Jewels Seafood Restaurant) Flushing, NY 11354 at 06:45 AM
6102 8th Ave, (HSBC Bank) Brooklyn, NY 11220 at 07:00 AM (Drop off at Chinatown, Pick-up only, no drop-off)
69 Chrystie St, Chinatown, New York, NY 10002 at 08:00 AM
125 Eighteenth St, (Acme Market) Jersey City, NJ 07310 at 8:15 AM
Returns Locations
Usually the same as departure location but different time. Some locations are only for pickup.
Important Notes
- 1. Arrive at departure location 10 to 15 minutes before the mentioned time to make sure you catch the bus on time. If in case you are late, the bus will not wait for you at the location and ultimately you will miss the entire tour (no refund in this case).
- 2. Return time on the website is just an estimation. Expect some variation always. Time may change depending on traffic and weather situations
- 3. There is a possibility that tour operator may use a shuttle to drop you off at the return location. It usually happens in the case of multiple return locations.
- 4. You can leave the tour at any place only after signing a Tour Departure Form for leaving the tour early.
- 5. Please note that price will stay the same even if you leave the tour early.
- 6. If you have booked a pre-tour hotel stay, then you will have to arrange your own transport from hotel to departure location.
- 7. If you have booked extra night hotel after the tour, then you will arrange transport from drop off point to hotel.
- 8. On West Coast tours some bus operators have a lot of departure locations. A slow start is expected on these tours.
Reservation, Booking & Redemption
Terms & Conditions
Any travel service purchases indicate your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions set out herein.
You are advised to carefully read through and understand these Terms & Conditions before making your booking.
Tour Confirmation
You will get an email immediately once you place an order. Tour Confirmation usually takes 2, 3 days except for urgent order. Urgent orders can be confirmed in a day or even few hours, but we can't assure success in these cases. On fewer occasions, some of the others may require a longer period of time for confirmation. You are advised not to book airline tickets unless you have received the confirmation.
E-Ticket (Mandatory to be on bus)
Your e-ticket includes complete operator information such as local telephone numbers at your destination. You are required to print the e-tickets and bring them along with you on the trip. They will be needed as proof of purchase.
Changes in Booking
You may incur a fee for any revisions or alterations made to the reservation when the booking has already been confirmed. Cancellation fees may be applied to things such as name changes or corrections. They may also apply to tour date changes or tour itinerary changes. Please note that no departure changes are permitted 72 hours before departure.
Changes in Tour Itinerary
We are continuously striving to improve tour itineraries and features. In the event of unforeseen circumstances that are beyond the control, we do reserve the right to vary the itineraries and to substitute hotels. Duplicate departures may operate during certain peak periods, sometimes in reverse order. As such, hotels may vary from those included on the itinerary pages.
All reschedule or change in tour requests should be sent seven days before the departure date. Reschedule requests made 7 days more before departure is subject to reschedule Fee. There is $100/per day/per Room charges for rescheduling usually.
Cancellation or Reschedule charges are applicable even if you are NOT able to take the tour because of visa rejection.
1. One room can accommodate maximum 4 people. Even if you are 5 people including 1 month old baby you still need 2 rooms.
2. If you can carry your child up to 3 years of age then you do not need to book seats for him. It may vary from one tour to another.
3. Service providers hold the right to change the itinerary and hotel arrangements without any notice.
4. Child (0-9 years) and Single traveler going on the tour have special rates. These prices vary from one tour to another.
5. Meals and Attractions are not included. You can ask your tour guide to try to arrange the meal for you as per your requirements. For attractions, admission fees pay it to the tour guide on the tour.
6. Prices may change without any notice because of prices fluctuation in the market.
7. All prices mentioned on the website are in US dollars.
8. In Case of Bank Wire Transfer customer have to bear Wire transfer fee.
9. Tour package price is inclusive of taxes.
10. Tour Prices are every individual and in view of room inhabitance.
11. Hotels and the city/country of stay may change based on availablity.
Child rates are applicable for children between (0-12 years) of age. Parents are advised to bring car seats for the safety of their child.
Buy 2 Get 3rd discounted: Get 3rd Ticket on special discounted rates on the purchase of 2 tickets.
No matter the reason for the cancellation, we are forced to carry costly charges from our travel and hotel providers in the form of penalties and fees that re-incurred when there is a cancellation of confirmed or pending bookings. As such, there are cancellation penalties or fees incurred. Determination of the time of cancellation will be done when the notice is received and confirmed by our office. You must make any notice of cancellation directly to GoldenBusTours by email or webmail at the Contact Us section.
We reserve the right to cancel or re-schedule any tour departure with respect to operating requirement or circumstances beyond control. In case a cancellation is made at any given moment in time before departure, our only liability as GoldenBusTours will be to refund you, the passenger with the amount we received for the booking of the tour. We will try our best to re-book the same or similar tour. We are not responsible for any cancellation penalties that may have been incurred on any other travel arrangements inclusive of separate purchase of air tickets.
We are not liable for any other travel arrangements that have been affected as a result of the cancellations.
Cancellation Charges
⇒ 8 days or more prior to departure - 10% of the tour fees will be charged as cancellation
⇒ 4-7 days prior to departure - 75% of the tour fees will be charged as cancellation
⇒ 3 days prior to departure – 100% tour fees will be charged as cancellation
An add-on fee of 6% for handling fees is charged in addition to the above penalties.
There is no refund for unused features. You forfeit the entire payment when you are a no show.
Cancellation or Reschedule charges are applicable even if you are NOT able to take the tour because of visa rejection. If you reschedule tour and later decides to cancel it then cancellation charges will be applicable to the original departure date and not to the rescheduled one.
In order for there not to be a cancellation, a minimum number of participants are required. We reserve the right to cancel a scheduled trip although every effort is made by us to ensure that normal operations are maintained.
For any refund case, we do include the discount offered already. This is where GoldenBusTours is playing its role to make sure its customers get the best available deal at an affordable price.
No refund request or complaint will be entertained after 30 days of tour departure. You have to send a formal complaint through email.
⇒ In the case of free passenger cancellation kindly update us 7 days before the departure.
⇒ In the case of late cancellation request or free passenger does not show up on tour day then $128 will be charged.
3. Before booking any tour make sure to go through every detail like tour itinerary, tour price, cancellation policy, reschedule and refund policies.
4. You should either bring a printed copy of your E-Ticket or bring it in your smartphone on the day of tour departure. You should also bring a valid photo ID along with your E-Ticket. In the case of any issues for not carrying E-Ticket or Photo ID GoldenBusTour will not be responsible.
5. Make sure to provide a valid phone number so we can reach you in the case of any emergency.
6. Please read all important notes, inclusion, exclusion section, terms and conditions, policies and below notes.
6a. Tour Operator holds the right to cancel the tour at any time depending on poor weather condition or some other unforeseen circumstances. However, GoldenBusTour will update its customers about the cancellation and shall not be held accountable for charges other than tour fees.
6b. Change in tour price will not affect any confirmed booking.
6c. Tour Operator can change the order of itinerary at any time without any notice.
7. You will be responsible for your travel documents during the tour.
8. Reach Departure location about 20 to 30 minutes before departure time. Unfortunately, no one will wait for you in case you get in late. The bus mostly has Bus Operator name and logo on it. Even if you are five minutes late and miss the bus then GoldenBusTours or Tour Operator will not be responsible. There will be no refund in this case. You will be charged 100% tour fee.
Lian Pan
Montreal has always been my dream place, ever since I was a kid I kept few wallpapers of montreal and always wished to visit. Well, flash forward to present—after googling, I landed on this site, at start I was little picky about the price and stuff but now I totally understand why this tour is absolutely the best, everything was executed perfectly on time. Thank You. This is a nice tour if you are with your S/O [to be frankly] as a single girl, I boarded this tour alone and somehow regret it. Anyhow, the basilica was nice and the old Quebec city was gorgeous. I really hope if you guys make more affordable tours like this one.
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Editor's note: This editorial appeared in The Hays Daily News on Nov. 24, 1963, two days after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
As these lines are being written at an early hour Saturday morning, the guns on U.S. military bases and ships are thundering on the half-hour to render honor to our late President John F. Kennedy whose soul now explores the vast Frontier of eternity.
Eulogies and tributes have been paid him eloquently by countless millions, at home and abroad, from high and low, more adequate than we could hope to express. His death at the hands of a vicious assassin has not only shaken a nation, but the world.
In less than three years in the office of the presidency, he placed a mark on the pages of history that will not be erased. A man of courage, conviction and determination in public life he adhered to the high ideals and strove to attain the high goals in which he believed. That his humanitarian instincts endeared him to the masses is evident from the heavy gloom that instantaneously engulfed humanity at the first word of his death.
As has been the case throughout history with all great leaders, his policies were highly controversial. In public life, he had his admirers and detractors, those who would further the programs he espoused, those who would alter or reject them. As a champion of freedom and the democratic processes he would have had it no other way.
But as the departure of the late president from the scene has been decreed by the inexplicable vagaries of fate, the nation he guided zealously and patriotically now inexorably enters a new era.
Now Lyndon B. Johnson, who for two years, ten months and two days lived but a heartbeat from the presidency, is president of the United States. As this is a world of the living, the affairs of government and people must go on. The tides stand still for no man, no nation.
What the days ahead hold for him, for you and for us, remains to be told. Fortunately, as he assumes the world's most trying job at a trying time in history, he is well-prepared to guide the affairs of state. His long years of experience in the Halls of Congress and participation in formulating high level policy decisions in the Kennedy administration will stand him in good stead as the vexing problems, known only to one who occupies the highest chair in the land, arms.
President Johnson, as have his predecessors, has asked for guidance from God. All of us pray such will be forthcoming.
Americans, steeped in the nourishment of freedom and democracy, must rally to the support of the new president. Partisan political considerations will become evident soon enough, but until the ship of state is clearly distant from the shoals it behooves one and all responsible and patriotic Americans to conduct themselves in the manner traditional since the first blow for freedom was struck.
In sadly saying farewell to John F. Kennedy, we welcome President Lyndon Baines Johnson with the fervent prayer that the Divine guidance he seeks will not be denied.


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Doctors long ago stopped making house calls, but one start-up that just launched here at TechCrunch Disrupt promises to deliver an auto mechanic right to your door.
YourMechanic launched a website that lets customers schedule auto maintenace and repair service that rolls right to their door, whether at home or at work, instead of having to drive their car into a shop or a dealership.
Mechanics drive vans completely equipped with all the tools needed for most repair jobs, including jacks to lift your car.
The service offers fixed prices based on the kinds of parts and the amount of time usually required for a particular job, and users can compare them against those of local repair shops. The site also offers customer reviews of the individual mechanics.
The Mountain View company says it can save 20 percent to 30 percent off shop service prices because its mechanics don't have overhead costs.
"Car owners have suffered bad car repair experiences for too long," CEO Art Agrawal said. "It is a $200 billion industry that lacks innovation and must improve."
The company, which has been in tests with friends and family, is launching in the San Jose area and Peninsula, with plans to expand to San Francisco in a few months. One service it won't offer is smog tests; those require specialized equipment found in authorized smog stations.
YourMechanic is one of the start-up firms competing for a $50,000 top prize at Disrupt. It also announced a $1.8 million round of seed funding from investors that include Y Combinator.


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Usain St. Leo Bolt, OJ, C.D. (born 21 August 1986), is a Jamaican sprinter widely regarded as the fastest person ever. He is the first man to hold both the 100 metres and 200 metres world records since fully automatic time measurements became mandatory in 1977. Along with his teammates, he also set the world record in the 4×100 metres relay. He is the reigning Olympic champion in these three events, the first man to win six Olympic gold medals in sprinting, and a five-time World champion. He was the first to achieve a "double double" by winning 100 m and 200 m titles at consecutive Olympics (2008 and 2012), and topped this through the first "double triple" (including 4x100m relays).
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—IEBlog Editor, 21 August 2012
I've been keenly interested in extending Internet Explorer since long before I joined the team last fall. MSDN provides some great documentation on how to extend Internet Explorer, but as a longtime IE enhancer, I'd like to highlight some of my favorite resources.
IE provides a number of mechanisms that permit software developers to extend the browser in powerful ways. You can add:
- Toolbar buttons
- Tools menu items
- Context menu items
- Toolbars
- Download managers
- Pluggable transfer protocols
In addition to (or in combination with) the above extensibility, Browser Helper Objects permit you to power-up the browser with everything from mouse gestures to content-rewriting and beyond.
The first three extensibility points can be extended using registry keys or DHTML alone, while you can plug into the latter three using almost any language: Visual Basic, C++, Borland Delphi, or any of the .NET Framework languages.
Of late, I've become a big fan of extensibility mechanism #3. Context menu extensibility provides a ton of bang for the buck. Simply add a registry key and a DHTML file, and you can enhance Internet Explorer's context menu with significant new functionality.
As a demonstration, I put together a small collection of scripts that enable the user to:
- Remove all non-text elements from the current page
- Look up the currently selected text in the dictionary or encyclopedia
- View the source of the currently selected HTML elements
- Copy any image from the page
Since they're just DHTML, you can view (and tweak!) the DHTML source of the IEToys by looking inside the installation folder.
Have fun, and feel free to send us suggestions for more toys!
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Chinese exports in October hit a five-month high, rising close to 12 percent year on year, supporting views that the country's economic recovery is on firm footing, but economists warn this surge in exports may not be sustainable.
A rebound driven by Christmas orders could be a one-off, said experts, who foresee little pick-up in global demand going forward.
"October's stronger-than-expected exports growth was likely due to the seasonal pick-up of Christmas orders and better-than expected U.S. demand," HSBC economists Qu Hongbin and Sun Junwei wrote in a report. "On a seasonally adjusted basis, exports contracted by 2.3 percent month on month, in sharp contrast to the increase of 10.9 percent month on month in September."
China customs' data showed exports climbed in October by 11.6 percent from a year earlier, the fastest pace since May and beating expectations for a 9 percent rise. Shipments to the United States jumped to a four-month high of 9 percent from 5.5 percent in September. Orders to the European Union, China's biggest export market, also saw a smaller contraction of 8.1 percent, compared to 10.7 percent a month earlier.
All these offset slower exports to Japan, which grew 1.1 percent year on year in October compared to 2.2 percent in September.
"This trend of upside surprises will unlikely be sustained in the coming months considering the risks of 'fiscal cliff' in the U.S., the European crisis and still weak growth in other major emerging market economies," the HSBC economists added.
(Read more: Global Manufacturers Feel Squeeze From China Slowdown)
They also pointed to six straight months of contraction in new orders as shown in a sub-index of the HSBC Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) from May to October. Another key indicator that they cited to show weak demand was a 13.8 percent year-on-year decline in orders placed during the autumn session of the Canton Fair, China's biggest trade show. This was wider than the 2.3 percent year-on-year decline in the spring session.
Economic data over the next few months will therefore be crucial, economists said.
"I am having trouble seeing a sustainable good story," Dominic Schnider, head of commodity research with UBS Wealth Management told CNBC. "Yes there is a little bit of buying and the drag from Europe is getting smaller, so that's good. But the U.S. has its own challenges and that's going to weigh on consumption."
Schnider was referring to the "fiscal cliff," a series of tax hikes and spending cuts that will kick in on January 1, 2013 if the U.S. Congress does not agree on a deal. When taxes do go up because of the "fiscal cliff'," consumption in the U.S. will "run out of steam" and hurt Chinese exports, he added.
Exports are still a crucial component of the Chinese economy, despite the state's efforts to rebalance the economy towards domestic consumption. The sector generated about 31 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2011, World Bank data show, and supported an estimated 200 million jobs. Any weakness in exports will therefore weigh on China's growth, which is on track to grow at 7.5 percent in 2012.
(Read more: Chinese Exporters Fear Grim Outlook)
Imports Stay Weak
Also causing concern for some economists are the import numbers, which remained weak. Imports in October grew only 2.4 percent, in line with September, but below forecasts for a 3.1 percent rise, Saturday's data showed.
Imports from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations expanded by 1.3 percent year on year in October, ending the contraction seen in the previous three months. But imports from Japan dropped by 10.2 percent year on year, extending the contraction into the third month.
"The weak imports confirm the fragility of the recovery in China's domestic demand," Shen Jiangguang, China economist with Mizuho Securities said in a note on Monday.
He added that "the strength in exports is unsustainable as evident from deteriorating external conditions. China's external outlook is grim in the year ahead."
—By CNBC's Jean Chua


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This brings me to the rating system itself. The more traditional 100-Point rating scale is widely used by most publications, websites, and blogs. Even with the same scale they are all just a bit different. In fact, even classifications for the ranges within this scale are different depending on the source. These variances can be very confusing.
Instead, Sour Mash Manifesto has deployed a system that is designed to bring in a wider variance than many of the popular sites and publications. I use a 10 point scale with decimals (9.2, 8.4, etc. etc), to get away from the 100 point system, allowing me more leeway to distinguish world-class whiskey from merely good or even great whiskey. This is what it looks like:
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SAMJ: South African Medical Journal
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SAMJ, S. Afr. med. j. vol.98 n.10 Cape Town Oct. 2008
J P de V van Niekerk
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Barack Obama, in a rousing speech, accepted his nomination as the Democratic Party candidate for President of the USA, 45 years after Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous 'I have a dream' message to the people on 28 August 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC.1 At about the same time, at the SAMA Annual General Meeting in August 2008, the chairman, Kgosi Letlape, expounded on his dream for medical practice in South Africa, which included taking personal responsibility for medical actions rather than relying on third parties. The new President of SAMA, Ralph Kirsch, reflected on past political problems but also stressed the important historical influence that the Medical Association(s) have had in South Africa. These included playing a critical role in establishing the first medical school in South Africa in Cape Town (the second in Africa, Cairo being the first), and in establishing the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa.
It is not surprising that much of SAMA's present activities involve internal and external politics. The first South African Medical Journal, published in East London on 19 January 1884, reported on the establishment of the South African Medical Association (SAMA) whose work 'fairly commenced' at a meeting on 19 October 1883.2 Political activity recorded included joint action of the medical profession to petition the government against proposed new taxes. They explored the 'advisability of establishing a fund for the relief of widows and orphans of medical men'. Even before the establishment of SAMA, Dr Liesching's South African Medical Society had engineered the revised tariff of fees in 1830, and there was a short-lived Cape Town Medical Gazette.3
In March 1886 the 'Eastern Cape Medical Association of South Africa' was formed as a separate association. It had decided 'to secede on the grounds that they received insufficient benefit from the connection to warrant their subscription fees'. At the beginning of 1888 there were four independent medical societies in the Cape Colony only. Attempts to unify the splintered profession resulted in the Fourth Congress in 1896 agreeing that the 'Council of the Association would be comprised of representatives from fourteen areas'. Despite this apparent solution to provide a unified medical body, several local bodies still continued to exist.3 Following the merger of the various associations/bodies 10 years ago to form the new SAMA, a transformation task team was established to provide a new constitution including a logical membership structure. True to history it is unable to satisfy all, and SAMA remains stuck with an outdated representation formula. Numerous new members have since joined who owe no allegiance to previous bodies and are vocal in their criticism of this state of affairs. Time will of course see the natural end to this as older members fade away, but it would be a pity to have to rely on the old chestnut, 'while there is death, there is hope'!
As of old, SAMA members today wonder whether the membership fees they pay are warranted by what they get. Reports for the SAMA National Council Meeting of 2008, however, revealed a pro-active organisation that is alive and well. It has engaged with economic and political issues. SAMA has joined with the Treatment Action Campaign in taking the Minister of Health to court on the question of Matthias Rath and his vitamins peddled as a treatment for AIDS. From being in dire straits a few years ago, SAMA is in good financial shape. Its membership numbers have increased to over 17 000, with numbers working in the private sector and in private practice now roughly equal. Real and perceived differences in needs and the outlooks between them are being addressed by assisting in finding common ground for an equitable health care system in South Africa. SAMA's journals, of which the flagship is the SAMJ, are housed in the Health and Medical Publishing Group (HMPG), an independent company. The journals have gained in stature and are freely available worldwide on the web, the HMPG financial situation has improved substantially, and members' contributions, to the journals now comprise a small percentage of their total membership fees.
Present and past medical politics have striking similarities, and party politics should have no place in this. The quality and enthusiasm of the contributions by the young members clearly demonstrated that they have the political will to tackle divisions in the association, the appalling public health services and medical political incompetence. The medical profession provides two characteristics that are part of the human evolutionary process. Its altruism and social belonging (membership of an 'in' group) are powerful factors that positively influence our wellbeing by providing a dopamine fix. These alone will ensure the continued existence of the Medical Association in South Africa. Now, as then, its strength and relevance is determined by the political commitment of its members.
1. http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm (accessed 7 August 2008). [ Links ]
2. Herman GL. The South African Medical Association. S Afr Med J 1884; 1: 11-12. [ Links ]
3. Burrows EH. A History of Medicine in South Africa. Cape Town: AA Balkema, 1958. [ Links ]


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Washington's Bryce Harper scored the winning run when San Francisco's first baseman Brandon Belt could not dig out a short-hop throw on a potential double-play ball in the ninth inning, giving the Nationals a 6-5 win over the Giants on Thursday.
Washington completed a sweep on a night in which the US capital celebrated fond memories of the 1924 World Series.
It was throwback night in Washington, as the "Senators" topped the "New York Giants" with a two-run rally off Santiago Casilla (2-4).
The National League East leaders recovered from a four-run deficit and have won four straight.
Tyler Clippard (2-2) pitched the ninth to get the win for the Nationals.
The home team went all-out to recreate the nostalgia of 1924, even though the game featured neither of the franchises from the Series the Senators won in seven games.
In Phoenix, Arizona, Scott van Slyke and Elian Herrera hit solo home runs as Los Angeles sent Arizona to their sixth straight loss.
Van Slyke went deep off Wade Miley and Herrera hit his first big league homer to chase Arizona's lone All-Star representative in the seventh inning.
Diamondbacks starter Miley allowed four runs in 6-2/3 innings.
Dodgers starter Nathan Eovaldi (1-5) finally notched his first win in his eighth start, allowing only one run in six innings.
In New York, David Wright singled with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, lifting New York over Philadelphia and preserving pitcher R.A. Dickey's 11-game winning streak.
Mets catcher Josh Thole prevented a run in the eighth when he held on to the ball, despite being barreled over at home plate.
New York's Ike Davis began the ninth with a double off Jonathan Papelbon (2-3). A sacrifice moved pinch-runner Ronny Cedeno to third, before a strike out. Papelbon then hit Jordany Valdespin with a pitch and walked Ruben Tejada to load the bases.
David Murphy lined a shot off Papelbon's leg to tie the score, setting the stage for Wright.
Bobby Parnell (2-1) pitched the ninth to take the win for the Mets.
Thursday's other results:
‧ Marlins 4, Brewers 0
‧ Pirates 2, Astros 0
‧ Padres 2, Reds 1
‧ Cardinals 6, Rockies 2
‧ Braves 7, Cubs 3
Chicago rookie Jose Quintana allowed just two Texas hits in eight stellar innings as the White Sox completed a three-game sweep of the Rangers with a 2-1 win over their rival American League divisional leaders on Thursday.
On a scorching day at US Cellular Field, Quintana (4-1) walked only one and struck out a career-high eight. He gave up only a leadoff single in the first and an RBI single in the fourth on a line drive that hit the pitcher near the hip and bounced past first base.
With a thunderstorm hitting the ball park in the ninth, Addison Reed pitched the final inning for his 12th save in 13 chances.
Kevin Youkilis took Rangers All-Star Matt Harrison (11-4) deep in the sixth to break a 1-1 tie — his second homer since joining the White Sox in a trade from Boston last month.
In Anaheim, California, Kendrys Morales hit a two-run single in a five-run fourth inning that rallied Los Angeles past Baltimore.
LaTroy Hawkins (2-1), the second of six Angels pitchers, retired both batters he faced in the fourth inning and got credit for the victory.
The Angels climbed within four games of the American League West-leading Texas Rangers. The Orioles slipped 5-1/2 behind the idle New York Yankees in the East.


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Many years ago, I said to a colleague, "What a beautiful shirt! Royal blue is a good color on you." She replied, "What do you mean blue? This shirt is purple!" After some experimenting, we discovered that we consistently differed on the line between blue and purple. In extending our experiments to co-workers, we found that I was the outlier—most people saw blue and purple more like my colleague. It turns out that such differences are real; the proteins that detect light in our eyes can be tuned to slightly different wavelengths, and we can each have slightly different ratios of the three proteins that allow us to distinguish colors. I really do see blue where most people see purple. (Do you? Here's a Buzzfeed quiz.)
A beloved holiday tradition returns.
The National Center for Science Education works to ensure that every student gets the science education they need to become informed and engaged citizens when they grow up. We help teachers cover evolution and climate change accurately and completely, especially in communities where the topics are highly contentious. Our Science Booster Clubs provide community members with an easy way to bring fun and accessible hands-on evolution and climate change activities to public events. We vigilantly monitor any interference in the integrity of science education.
My advice of the day?
Never pass up a chance to hang out with science teachers!
The occasion was the 2017 awards luncheon of the California Science Teachers Association (CSTA). The National Center for Science Education was being honored with the 2017 Distinguished Contributions Award, for our work supporting the California Science Framework review process, and our help in providing teachers with guidance about how to respond to the Heartland Institute's mailing of misleading climate propaganda to California teachers. It was awfully nice of CSTA to recognize NCSE since in my view, it's teachers who deserve the accolades.
What could be better than three Science Booster Clubs reaching 80,000 Iowans in two years? How about twelve new Science Booster Clubs reaching hundreds of thousands of people in eight additional states in 2017? That's our goal for the year, and we are happy to announce that Claire Adrian-Tucci is going to be helping to make it happen.
The Heartland Institute's recent stunt of mailing unsolicited packets of propaganda to thousands of teachers across the nation continues to win further bad publicity for the climate-change-denying think tank. (Self-inflicted damage is something of a Heartland specialty: remember its 2013 billboard comparing "believers" in global warming to the Unabomber? As the Los Angeles Times (May 9, 2012) noted, it cost Heartland the support not only of allies who reject the scientific consensus on climate change but also of a number of wealthy corporate sponsors.) But Schadenfreude isn't the only consequence. The stunt also seems to have invigorated a lot of educators, scientists, parents, environmentalists, and even legislators to speak up and speak out on the need to support climate education.
Dan Phelps: a great friend to NCSE, who has worked literally for decades to defend evolution education in Kentucky.
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Steve Gall is the publisher of RiverTown Multimedia; Anne Jacobson is the RiverTown Multimedia news director
If reading your community newspaper evokes any sort of emotion in you, more often than not, we've done our job.
Newspapers fall into a curious category. We tend to be a business folks love to hate. We are also a business that creates the volume-equivalent of a short novel weekly. Most short novels get eight to 10 weeks prep time prior to the publishing deadline. Dailies get 24 hours, twice-weeklies get 3.5 days, weeklies - seven days. Then, after all the news of the day or week is gathered, the most unique aspect of our business occurs: We take our effort and put it out there for all to read, digest, be informed, learn, shape opinions, and critique. And we start again on your next edition.
It truly is your newspaper. Please don't stop critiquing us.
Your local newspaper is an important fabric of the community. It is a First Amendment-driven right and our responsibility. The daily/weekly news grind - coverage of numerous sports events, city hall meetings, county court cases, accidents - is by no means glamorous. It is the flip-side coverage of the many milestone events, education stories and other human interest features that offset and reward us in this business.
All that said, we take what we do very seriously and we'd like you to hold us to the highest standards. That's why we are participating in the Minnesota Newspaper Association's Whiteout. Behind this effort, we are simply asking:
What if there were no newspapers?
What if we did not have freedom of speech?
What if the media was state-owned?
All of this is why we are participating in the Whiteout this week. This is both a statement of solidarity with 200-plus newspapers across the region and one of confidence in our vital role.
Local newspapers and their websites are like libraries, serving as a community reference. We deliver accurate, honest and vetted information.
Local newspapers and their websites are like schools, educating citizens on important issues. We then urge people to take what they know and make things better.
Local newspapers and their websites are like museums, preserving culture and giving current events context. Newspapers, it's been said, write the first draft of history.
Local newspapers and their websites are local watchdogs, holding your government officials accountable and protecting your rights.
We know how a seemingly little event often is pivotal for our community. We connect you to the place where you live.
We look forward to continuing to help frame the conversation, protect the public record and cover the news right here.
And, please, NEVER stop letting us know how we are doing.
Thank you very much for being a regular reader of whatever local news sources you access. They are all important and cannot survive without your involvement, feedback and readership. YOU are the core reason we exist. After all, it's YOUR newspaper.


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John Lear, the son of Learjet inventor, Bill Lear, has given his expert evidence that it would have been physically impossible for Boeing 767s, like Flights AA11 and UA175 to have hit the Twin Towers on 9/11, particularly when flown by inexperienced pilots:
'No Boeing 767 airliners hit the Twin Towers as fraudulently alleged by the government, media, NIST and its contractors', he claimed in the affidavit.
'Such crashes did not occur because they are physically impossible as depicted, for the following reasons: in the case of UAL 175 going into the south tower, a real Boeing 767 would have begun 'telescoping' when the nose hit the 14 inch steel columns which are 39 inches on center.
'The vertical and horizontal tail would have instantaneously separated from the aircraft, hit the steel box columns and fallen to the ground.
'The engines when impacting the steel columns would havemaintained their general shape and either fallen to the ground or been recovered in the debris of the collapsed building.
'No Boeing 767 could attain a speed of 540 mph at 1000 feet above sea level 'parasite drag doubles with velocity' and 'parasite power' cubes with velocity.
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I think they think that the videos depicting the crashes were special effects of some sort. I can't imagine what else.
They couldn't get a conspiracy theory off the ground without some "expert" to make it seem plausisble. They are seldom well-known scientists, engineers, or other specialists. They just have some credentials. I think they tend to be attention whores or people with a gripe against some part of the system.
I wonder if the story is that what you saw was computer generated graphics. Then it will tie in to the timed explosions conspiracy.
U, tell us the debris on the ground, the clouds of dust in the streets after the buildings fell, and the people running to escape the dust were also CGG and we will know you are woo-ing us.
Don't ask me. I'm laughing at the idea.
Apparently 'they' managed to generate and stream the computer graphics live to the cameras operating on the top of the Empire State Building, which is how I watched it. Those clever, clever bastards... :/
Plus, all those cell phone videos.
It happened and it happened the way we saw it, and the many engineers and scientists who have explained the evidence (and lack of evidence) have explained it satisfactorily to all but those infected mentally with the conspiracy weakness.
As has been noted already, one of the biggest problems with conspiracy theories is the huge amount of resources needing to pull them off, meaning lots of people sworn to secrecy.
Well, when the fuck was the last time anything was kept secret by a large number of people? No deathbed confessions? By now, WikiLeaks should have told us about the conspiracy, I'd think.


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Martha Jefferson Hospital to offer online childbirth classes
Martha Jefferson Hospital is making it easier for expecting parents to get information about childbirth without having to take a trip to the hospital.
The hospital is now offering a childbirth class online. Once parents register, they get a password and will have access to the site for 30 days.
They can learn about the discomforts of labor, managing labor, understanding medications, cesarean section births, postpartum depression after delivery and more.
Betsy Collins who coordinates the class says this can be a convenient option for parents who aren't always located in the same place.
"Today our families are scattered. They live an hour away. Some of them, the support person is working out of town for the week and they come home on the weekends. Our folks are working 2 and 3 jobs. So, the evening classes are just not suitable. We heard that and wanted to give you an option," said Betsy Collins, cCoordinator of maternity education at Martha Jefferson Hospital.
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The Vikings released their first injury report for the week on Wednesday and starting quarterback Christian Ponder popped up as limited with an elbow injury.
Ponder bruised his right elbow when he was hit by Packers safety Morgan Burnett during last Sunday's 37-34 win over the Packers. Ponder was never forced out of the game, one of the best he's played in his short career, and coach Leslie Frazier's comments suggest that the Vikings are just proceeding with an abundance of caution when it comes to their starting quarterback.
"I think he'll be fine — just got to get some work in tomorrow, see how much he progresses," Frazier said, via the Pioneer Press. "We need to ramp it up a little bit tomorrow, so we'll see where he is."
The team's more pessimistic about linebacker Tyrone McKenzie's chances of playing with a shoulder injury. The other players limited in or held out of practice — running back Adrian Peterson, safety Harrison Smith, cornerback Antoine Winfield and defensive end Brian Robison — are expected to play on Saturday night.


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Taormina's historic day tests strength, resolve
Sheila Taormina is the first woman to qualify for the Olympics in three different sports. She competed in swimming in 1996 and triathlon in 2000 and 2004. Now she's back for the modern pentathlon, a daylong test of skill and endurance that includes shooting, fencing, swimming, equestrian and running. The Associated Press chronicles Taormina's history-making day, event by event.
8:30 a.m.
Sheila Taormina is finally here. Less than four years after taking up this complex, grueling sport, the Michigan native is lining up with 35 other modern pentathletes at the Beijing Olympics.
Shooting is the first event, but rather than shuttling out to the Olympic range, the athletes fire their pistols inside the centrally located fencing hall. By night's end, they'll be running for gold in a large outdoor stadium.
Positioned between Leila Gyenesei of Hungary and Donata Rimsaite of Lithuania - and noticeably shorter than both - Taormina struggles toward the end of her 20-shot session. She finishes in 28th place, but Taormina is upbeat when she comes over to chat with family before changing into her fencing gear.
"I started out with my two worst events," she says. "Survived the first one. Hopefully I'll survive the second one."
Taormina's twin brother Steven made the trip to Beijing.
"Seven minutes older," he boasts. "That's why she's so competitive."
If Taormina can hold her own in shooting, fencing and equestrian, she'll be able to use the swim and run to make up valuable ground. After all, she won gold as part of a swim relay in 1996, and her running ability helped her become one of the world's top triathletes.
"As kids, we swam from the time we were 2 years old," Steven says. "Never rode horses, never shot, never fenced."
10:00 a.m.
Next up for Taormina: 35 epee fencing bouts - one against each of her competitors. It's not as absurd as it sounds. The first person to score a touch wins each bout, and none of them take very long.
For Taormina, though, this stage can't end soon enough. Over halfway through, she's won 2 of 19 bouts.
Fencing is becoming a nightmare, and at one point, Taormina appears upset. She walks over to hug a supporter.
Moments later, she's all the way up in the grandstand, spending a few seconds with family.
"Having you guys here makes it all right," she says. "Just keep smiling."
In recent years, Taormina has fought depression, endured a protracted legal battle against a stalker and had to sell her house to help pay for her new sport. Now she seems to be savoring every moment with family members in Beijing.
Taormina returns to the fencing strip. Margaux Isaksen, another American, is faring a bit better. At 16, Isaksen is 23 years younger than Taormina. Together they form a unique, friendly team, high fiving each other after bouts.
Taormina finishes with only four fencing wins - three fewer than any other athlete - and drops to last place overall in the modern pentathlon.
2:30 p.m.
The scene shifts to Yingdong Natatorium, and it's time for swimming - the sport that first brought Taormina to the Olympics. If she's going to make a move up the standings, it better start now with the 200-meter freestyle.
Taormina is in her element, quickly moving to the lead at the start of her heat and then extending the margin. After looking overmatched on the fencing strip, she's in a class by herself here.
She finishes in 2 minutes, 8.86 seconds - more than two seconds faster than anybody else. Then comes the bad news: She only moved up to 32nd place overall. It's a harsh reminder of how versatile modern pentathletes have to be - one great event isn't enough.
For Steven Taormina, this is a rare chance to watch her compete in person. Earlier this year, while attempting to qualify for Beijing, Taormina toured the world, competing in World Cups in countries like Egypt, Mexico and Spain.
"She is all over the place, so obviously we don't get to go there and cheer her on," Steven says. "It means the world to her - does to us too - to be able to support her."
She's accompanied in China by parents, two brothers and a sister.
5 p.m.
Luck plays a role in any Olympic sport, but few athletes in Beijing deal with random chance more than modern pentathletes. It's time for the equestrian stage, when competitors are assigned horses and try to ride them over obstacles. The last two stages of the modern pentathlon are in a stadium next to Yingdong Natatorium.
If an animal is being particularly uncooperative, there's not much a modern pentathlete can do. Egypt's Omnia Fakhry loses quite a few points riding. Her horse, Naonao, repeatedly stops short and veers left before obstacles, at one point nearly tossing Fakhry over the barrier instead.
Taormina is aboard Liangliang, wearing a sharp red riding coat - yes, these are the same athletes who were in the pool earlier this afternoon. Taormina and Liangliang clear each hurdle without a penalty point. It's one of only three perfect rides on the day.
When it's over, Taormina reaches down and pats Liangliang with her right hand.
"I was real happy for her," says Sam Sacksen, another American modern pentathlete. "Her day hasn't been the greatest so far. It's always good to get at least one real positive out of the day."
Taormina has the fastest swim and tied for the best horse ride. She's still only 28th in the overall standings, but she can salvage a decent finish with a strong run.
8 p.m.
Taormina was one of the last athletes to go through the equestrian course, and she'll be one of the last to start the run. That's because starts are staggered for the 3,000-meter race that concludes the modern pentathlon.
Lena Schoneborn of Germany is the overall points leader with 4,584. She'll start the run first. Heather Fell of Britain is second, 76 points behind. She'll start the run 19 seconds after Schoneborn, and so on ...
The first person to cross the finish line wins the modern pentathlon. Taormina will start 2:05 behind the leader and try to pass as many runners as she can.
When she's finally allowed to run, Taormina passes two competitors in about 80 seconds. Athletes run three laps through a curvy, narrow course set up on a track. Around the end of the second lap, Taormina passes Galina Dolgushina of Kazakhstan, who started the run in 14th place.
Moments later, Taormina passes Isaksen.
Schoneborn wins gold. Taormina ends up 19th, one spot ahead of Hungary's Zsuzsanna Voros, the defending gold medalist. Isaksen finishes 21st.
"I'm not going to lie. It was tough throughout the day. Sheila and I both are ready to pack up and go home," Isaksen says. "But I couldn't have asked to be here with a better teammate. It was an honor to be here with her."
Taormina is pleased with her run - and talks emotionally about her toughest moment of the day.
"I was ready to walk off the strip halfway through the fencing bouts," she says. "My sister Sudee - halfway through it I went up to her and I said, 'I can't take it, I can't take it.' And she said the most wise words anyone could have ever said.
"She said, 'You cannot want. You cannot want.' And she just looked at me, and I said, 'You're right. I take whatever's given."
A day that began with despair - and a pursuit that included so much anguish - ends with Taormina's head high.
"So worth it now," Taormina says. "I'm just thanking God over and over and over. So thankful I want to cry."


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2013-14 Season: Appeared in 11 of the 12 tournaments as a true freshman where he averaged 75.03 strokes per round…had four top 20 finishes, including his final three events of the year…tied for 13th at the El Macero Classic and was 13th at the America Sky Championship for his best finish…lowest 54-hole total was 218 (70-75-73) at the Itani Quality Homes Collegiate…began his collegiate career with an opening round 70 at that tournament which tied for his season low…also shot 70 in the second round of the Dash Thomas Memorial.
High School: Graduated from Saratoga HS in 2013…in his first three seasons, he was a three-time Santa Clara Valley Athletic League MVP and two-time league champion…entered his senior season riding a 34-match medalist streak and has finished under par in 12 consecutive matches…played on the Junior Golf Association of Northern California tour…in six stroke-play events, he finished among the top seven in five…tied for second at both the Del Rio Bumgardner Junior Memorial and the Shoreline Junior Classic…low round of the summer of 2012 was a 2-under par 70 at Del Paso Country Club.
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70 - BSU Dash Thomas Memorial (2nd Round, Sept. 23, 2013)
70 - Itani Quality Homes Collegiate (1st Round, Sept. 9, 2013)
71 - UCSB Invitational (1st Round, April 14, 2014)
71 - Fresno State Lexus Classic (1st Round, March 10, 2014)
71 - Bill Cullum Invitational (3rd Round, Oct. 22, 2013)
71 - Ram Masters Invitational (3rd Round, Sept. 16, 2013)
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Kelly Ahuja is Senior Vice President of Service Provider Business, Products, and Solutions, where he is responsible for developing and managing the service provider segment strategy and portfolio within Cisco's Development organization.
Ahuja's 17-year career at Cisco is rooted in the design and deployment of telecommunications networks. Before his current position, he served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Mobility Business Group. In this role, he was responsible for the global business strategy and execution of Cisco's entire mobility product and technology solutions portfolio, which targeted mobile service operators. Prior to that, Ahuja acted as Chief Architect for the Service Provider business, covering routing, optical, mobility, video, and cloud technologies. Before that, he was Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Service Provider Routing Technology Group, in which he evolved and expanded the routing portfolio and managed the transition from IPv4 to IPv6. During this period, Ahuja also led the acquisition of Starent, which became the foundation of the Mobile Internet Technology Group. In prior roles at Cisco, Ahuja was Vice President and General Manager of the Core Routing Business Unit and Vice President of Marketing for the Carrier Core Multi Service Business Unit.
Ahuja has more than 20 years of experience in telecommunications and networking. Before joining Cisco, he served as Vice President of Marketing at BlueLeaf Networks, a startup developing optical switching and transmission systems. Before that he led the product marketing team for Cisco network switches at StrataCom. In prior positions, he led the design and deployment of data and voice networks for several organizations in AT&T Canada and has also held engineering and analyst positions with Bank of Canada and Telesat Canada, designing, implementing, and supporting data and voice networks.
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Hello! We've got an exciting table topper to share today. I call this the Emerson Street Table Topper. My sister Heather and I (Megan) grew-up on Emerson Street on Colorado. That house for me is my childhood home and I have a lot of fond memories of my family there. I even picked out a house to represent it in the table topper. It's gray just like the one on Emerson Street!
We are very happy to be posting our second tutorial here on the Moda Bake Shop!! Heather and I are sisters and we love all things crafty. We work together on our blog QuiltStory and sell patterns by the same name. We would love for you to stop by Quilt Story and submit for us to feature one of your quilts! We also have a really great weekly linky party for all things fabric called Fabric Tuesday, we'd love for you to join!
**All seams are 1/4″
**Please read all instructions before beginning
1 Charm Pack- Ruby by Bonnie and Camille
1 Layer Cake- Ruby by Bonnie and Camille
1/8 yard for sashing
2/3 yard for backing
1/2 yard for binding
House Block Construction:
Cut the following:
- 44 pieces 2.5″ x 2.5″ (I used blue so it looked like the sky)
- 22 pieces 2.5″ x 4.5″
- 22 pieces 4.5″ x 5″
Take 1 piece 2.5″ x 4.5″ and 2 pieces 2.5″ x 2.5″ to create a flying geese unit aka the roof of the house block. Draw a line from corner to corner on the 2.5″ x 2.5″ piece.
- Right sides together, place the 2.5″ x 2.5″ in the corner of the 2.5″ x 4.5″ piece. Sew down the line and trim off the outer pieces.
- Repeat on the other side.
- Press. Repeat and create 22 flying geese units.
Sew the 4.5″ x 5″ pieces to the bottom of the flying geese unit to create 22 house blocks.
Pinwheel Block Construction:
Using two different prints, cut 8 squares 4.25″ x 4.25″ from each print. 16 total.
Draw a line from corner to corner on all of the squares from one print. Place two 4.25″ x 4.25″ squares right sides together, one of each print.
- Sew 1/4″ on both sides of the line.
- Cut down the line.
- Press each Half-Square Triangle. Repeat until there are 16 total HSTs.
Sew together the HST's blocks according to the image below to create a pinwheel block. Create 4. Each pinwheel block should measure 7″ x 7″.
Center Strip Construction:
Cut 17 strips 2.5″ x 7.5″. Sew side to side.
From sashing fabric, cut 3 strips 1.5″ x WOF. Sub-cut to 2 strips 1.5″ x 36.5″ and two strips 2.5″ x 7.5″
Taking the strips sewn together in the previous step, sew the sashing strips to that piece. First on the ends sew the 1.5″ x 6.5″ sashing to the 2.5″ x 6.5″ piece. Press. Next sew the 1.5″ x 36.5″ sashing strips to the top and bottom. Press. Refer to full table topper image. (By the way, love my Havel's rotary cutter…it's awesome if you need a new one.)
Table Topper Construction:
Piece together 9 house blocks side to side. Repeat.
Piece together 2 house blocks side to side. Repeat
Taking the pieces with 2 house blocks sew a pinwheel block on each side. Now piece together the whole table topper, first sewing the 9 house block strips to the top and bottom of the Center Strips. Then sew the strips with house blocks and pinwheels on the sides. Refer to full table topper images.
Press. Quilt. Bind!
Finished Size: 21.5″ x 42.5″
A sweet table topper! When I quilted it I added some cute little doors, I think you could do a lot with the house blocks depending on how adventurous you are! I really love seeing those houses all in a row, makes me smile and hopefully you too! This can be used as a table topper or even a wall hanging.
Thanks so much, hope you love the tutorial. Please make sure to stop by and see us at QuiltStory!
Megan and Heather


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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Student leaders and University officials truly took a swing at the HUB-Robeson Center in an unconventional "building-breaking" ceremony Thursday (Sept. 19) in an event held to recognize Penn State students' support in the evolution of their student union, the HUB-Robeson Center.
Final plans, approved by the Board of Trustees in May, include a 54,800-square-foot addition and 52,000-square-foot renovation. The $44.6 million project will be paid for primarily from student facilities fees, HUB reserves, Food Services funds and Penn State Bookstore reserves.
University Park Undergraduate Association President Katelyn Mullen and Assembly Chair Anthony Panichelli, Graduate Student Association President Scott Rager, THON Executive Director Ryan Patrick and Panhellenic Council President Rachel Francescino joined several University officials including Vice President of Student Affairs Damon Sims to swing gold-painted sledgehammers against actual pieces of concrete from the HUB-Robeson Center construction site.
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The Top 10 Padres of '10: No. 09
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09. Tony Gwynn, Jr., CF
From the acclaimed filmmakers who brought you "Stauffer: The Last Honest Man" comes a heartbreaking story of the gifts and the curses that fathers past down to their sons.
In the sleepy town of San Diego, Tony Gwynn was a king. Honest and just, he ruled over his kingdom with a fair hand. He loved his people and in return they loved him. After years of loyal service, King Tony stepped down to devote his time to the youth of his community, leaving his kingdom in a state of flux. His son, Prince Tony, was away at school and his birthright waited. And waited. After school, the Prince took time to see the world, escaping to the great land of Milwaukee before returning to San Diego.
As humble as his father, the Prince refused to be handed the keys, choosing instead to work for them. He excelled in ways his father never had but he failed in the ways his father had built his legend on and the people of the land had trouble embracing the young Prince's style.
Coming this winter, "In the Shadow of My Father: The Tony Gwynn, Jr. Story"
That really got away from me, but the point stands. AJ will always be his father's son and his legacy will always be tied directly to his father. I always thought it was strange that the children of legends would even consider following in the parent's footsteps but I suppose growing up in a life makes you grow a little fond of it. But what happens if your best turns out to be great but not great enough?
If you see your uncles next month round the Thanksgiving table and you tell them how great Tony, Sr. is, they'll probably tell you that you're being condescending. But if you tell them how great Tony, Jr. is, you'll get a better conversation going.
AJ is a career .244 hitter, ninety-four points lower than his father's .336. The younger's career .291 is not only eight points lower than his father's .371, but it's much lower than the average .333. He's not a good hitter. It'd probably be charitable to call him a bad hitter. But my goodness, can he play centerfield.
I'm not even going to bother to show you AJ's offensive statistics from this past year. Trust me when I say that they're incredibly bad, but trust me when I say that they don't matter too much. Remember this number: 12.9. That's how many defensive runs AJ saved above-average in 2010. For all center fielders, 12.9 was the third best mark in the league. And for a pitching staff that was middle of the road, all things considered, it may have been even more valuable.
If you didn't know, UZR isn't perfect. AJ's standing as a great defender isn't written in stone, not yet at least. But the fact remains that Tony Gwynn, Jr. has saved 18.5 runs above average in 1,842 innings in centerfield, and he brought a reliability to the most important position. Remember Chris Denorfia in center? Remember his diving attempts, few of which actually ended in catches? How'd he make you feel out there? And how did AJ make you feel? As a basement nerd, I'm supposed to ignore the visceral aspects of baseball–but I'm rebelling. Sometimes, how you feel matters. I might call Darren Balsley and get his opinion on that. But I digress.
AJ is not his father. He may have the name and his number may only be one away, but there's only one Tony Gwynn, Sr. But for me, I want you to tell your uncle that's all right. Tell him to trust me.
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