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Carrots began to be produced in two different types of colors in Europe when first grown. Still available today from some producers, Carrots may be grown either as a dark purple or a yellow-colored root. Orange Carrots contain the most nutrients, providing antioxidants in the form of carotenoids and beta carotene, which is converted into Vitamin A as the body digests the root of the carrot. In addition, a carrot provides Vitamin C and Calcium as additional nutritional benefits. The nutrients present in Carrots are also considered to provide medical benefits to help fight various types of cancer, heart ailments, and cataracts.
When cooking Carrots, be careful not to overcook or allow the root to become mushy, which will decrease the amount of beta-carotene available as a nutrient. If the Carrots are steam cooked into a tender crisp texture, more nutrients are preserved for the human body.
Tip: When making a salad, consider sautéing slices of carrots in a healthy olive oil. Then add the slices to the salad. Since the beta-carotene in the carrots is fat soluable, the olive oil is absorbed into the carrot and then is able to be absorbed by the body more effectively so more beta-carotene is consumed as a nutrient. When purchasing Carrots, choose those that are bright in color, those with more orange coloring containing greater amounts of beta carotene. Choose those that are firm in texture, and do not have dried areas where the root has short splits or cracks that expose the inside flesh of the root. If the Carrots still have their green leafy tops attached to the root, store them in a plastic bag so they remain fresh for 1 to 2 weeks. It is wise, when buying Carrots with the leafy greens still attached to the top of the root, to trim the greens off to within an inch of the top of the root. The leafy greens remove moisture from the root as they draw it up into the greens where it evaporates and is lost. This causes the the root to become dry, limp, and creates a loss of nutrients.


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GregBaker necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 121 diseños de 30 diseñadores freelance.
No Pirates Allowed!
My son came up with the name, No Pirates Allowed! because he wanted to make sure that Pirates were not allowed to shop at his dad's new Toy Store. I'm told, however, that we are allowed to sell Pirate related toys.
I'm a father of 3 young kids. I have a computer store and a game manufacturing business. I hope to open my new Toy store in the next couple months.
No pirates Allowed will be a small brick and mortar Toy Store in a hip aflluent neighborhood. Our toys are aimed at kids 2-10 years old(car, trucks, puzzles, drawing, some books, board games etc). We will carry many European brands(Djeco, WoW) toys. Our corporate emphasis will be on selling high quality unique toys and excellent customer service.
No Pirates Allowed!'s target market is middle to upper income moms and grand mothers.
This customer rountinely buys 1 or 2 $40-50 gifts per week so that their kids can attend the many birthday parties held for their classmates.
This customer is always looking for new, unique products that challenge their children and engage them.
The logo has to do 3 things:
1. Tell people that we are a Toy Store that sells high quality unique toys.
2. Entice Shoppers by making them feel like they are stepping into a fantastic world their kids would want to play in
3. Entice Kids
The name of the Store should be incorporated into the logo design.
The logo will be part of the store sign which will be prominently displayed on the front of our building on a busy street. I want people to look at the sign and immediately stop to look through the window.
The scope of the project is totally open and does not have to incorporate a pirate theme.
Our tag line under our logo will be " Everyone else, Welcome!"
We will require :
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When I was in graduate school in the mid-90s, a family hired me to take care of their two-year old son, Jayden. He did not imitate or make any sounds. Jayden was an adorable toddler with autism who preferred to stare at the patterns on his kitchen floor or the spinning fan in his living room. His loving family flew halfway across the country several times a month to learn about the Lovaas method of applied behavioral analysis (ABA).
To get their son to speak, they flew in ABA-trained specialists, who wrote a binder of lesson plans and left them for graduate students like me to carry out. There were four fairly clueless graduate students who implemented the lessons in four-hour shifts. From our combined efforts, their little boy received eight hours of ABA services a day—every day—focused on communication and play.
Our lessons would go something like this: First, I would show Jayden a picture of an ordinary item, such as an apple. Then I would say, "Apple." If the toddler made an approximated sound, I gave him a mini-marshmallow. We repeated this exercise in succession dozens of times. My novice grad-school self would wonder, "Does this kid understand the experience of an apple? Or does he now think an apple is a marshmallow?"
Twenty years later, I am a school-based practitioner. Eighty percent of my kids are children with autism, a majority with severe communication challenges. I work closely with several board-certified behavioral analysts, and many behaviorally trained paraprofessionals. I've developed an understanding of ABA principles, and the realization that reinforcement compels behaviors to continue or change. We all abide by these principles: You go to work, you get money and derive some job satisfaction. Because your duties are reinforcing (some days more than others), you continue to come into work. It is the same with language and ABA: I show you something is worth requesting, and you start to learn to ask for it by whatever means—pictures, signs, gestures—you need to.
Holistic learning
As practitioners, we must re-examine skill mastery. Mastery is beyond 4/5 opportunities in my speech session, or 8/10 trials with a paraprofessional in a cubicle. Skill mastery demands holistic consideration. We learn through schemas—that is, our experiences shape our understanding of the world. If we have no prior knowledge, then our ability to retain that information is reduced dramatically. If I talk about my vacation to the beach, we all produce a somewhat similar multi-sensory image in our head: There's an ocean or a lake, sand and the various sounds and smells of a beach. Now imagine if you have never been to the beach (or heard of one) and someone shows you a picture. Then they hand you a marshmallow … do you think marshmallow is another word for beach? Have you really learned about a beach?
On occasion, I will inherit an individualized education program chock-full of language objectives written by someone other than an SLP. However, some of the most effective IEPs I have seen have been created through the coordinated efforts of SLPs collaborating with board-certified behavioral analysts.
Here are some good ways to keep meaningful language consideration alive and well when thinking about IEPs, communication, language and ABA principles:
Tease out language versus behavior.
Although language may provide a function, it does not always reduce behavior. This is why it is important for the team to use tools like preference assessments and functional behavior analyses. Little Susie may be pulling your hair because she wants your attention, or perhaps she is pulling your hair because she doesn't want to wait. In the first example, the SLP could teach the language (e.g., "I want to talk to you."). But in the second example, teaching the language "I don't want to wait" may not be sufficient, because the child may act out anyway (picture a two-year-old being told to wait). In this case, a behavioral intervention with something other than words may be more appropriate.
Examine the language-behavior plan connection.
Behavioral support plans are a great way for the team to address behavior in a consistent way. Many behavior plans that come my way are language-laden. This is a great opportunity to work with board-certified behavioral analysts and other team members in refining what language to use with the child at his or her developmental level, while also refining functional communication.
Combine ABA with language and academic goals.
For my students whose IEPs include ABA, one great way to work on generalization through immersion is having the paraprofessional run programs that address "speech and language" goals. For many of my students who have a board-certified behavioral analyst, each goal area on the IEP has an ABA program that corresponds to each objective. I collaborate with the board-certified behavioral analyst on presentation and prompt hierarchies so that we can all agree on the student's current performance and level of independence. Paraprofessionals take data for each program. Come progress report time, I consult the data collected from staff and combine it with my own. This allows the team to identify discrepancies in how content is delivered, and provides a great opportunity for the team to troubleshoot any issues in terms of skill mastery or curriculum modifications.
Final thoughts.
The overlap between language, communication and behavior is undeniable. Keeping language separate from behavior can ultimately compromise your teaching process's efficiency. Schools and special education teams need to carve out opportunities for behavioral specialists and speech-language pathologists to collaborate, and think beyond the "reward" of the mini-marshmallow.
Dr. Kerry Davis is a city-wide speech-language pathologist in the Boston area. Her areas of interest include working with children with multiple disabilities, inclusion in education and professional development. The views on this blog are my own and do not represent those of my employer. Dr. Davis can be followed on Twitter at @DrKDavisslp.


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The headline in the New York Times's Education Life section reads "Stepping Up to Stop Sexual Assault." The story, by reporter Michael Winerip, is more balanced than that.
Unlike many journalists writing about this subject, Winerip acknowledges the problem of wrongful accusation. He recounts the story of Dez Wells, who was a star basketball player at Ohio's Xavier University. A female student went to the campus police claiming Wells had raped her. He denied the charge, saying that the pair had consensual sex after...


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Although people call Scandinavian countries tend to be gloomy and dark, you might change your opinion after seeing these beautiful Scandinavian style kitchens. Furnished with light and warming color, these designs are made to fulfill your cooking desires as well as increasing your appetite in your dinner time.
Scandinavian kitchen style is often characterized by the attractive patterns on the wall. Some classic flourish decoration becomes the focus point beside the simple and minimalist furniture. People also like to use the effective space using in order to save as much space as they can. They usually live in small apartment since the house price is getting higher year after year. To make a bright and colorful atmosphere, the kitchens are often placed near the window or terrace. Through this way, you can enjoy your meal with your friends outside your apartment.
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– Fixed a bug where the game would crash when opening Hall of Fame
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Old-school arcade gameplay meets pinball physics. Mr. Bounce was one of the first true multi-touch games on the iPhone and iPod touch. We're bringing it back with this new, revamped version.
Use your fingers to control direction, height and speed. The path of the ball is visualised with a trajectory projection.
When you have mastered the skills of basic bouncing, the game will challenge you with walls, bouncers, blockers, pipes and wind!
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- 30 unique levels
- Game Center Leaderboads and Achievements
– Slowmo feature
- Multi-Touch controls
- Different music track for each level
- Procedural Music Visualizer
- Left & Right hand controls
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- December 21, 2011 Price decrease: $1.99 -> $0.99
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Adventurous Josephine Hale is determined to live up to her scandalous heritage. With half of a crumbling treasure map that belonged to her grandfather, the legendary pirate, in her possession, the bold and beautiful lady is half-way to a fortune. Unfortunately, the remainder of the map belongs to Stephen Doubleday, Earl of Westman, her family's sworn enemy—and Josie will do anything to get her hands on it . . . even if it means seducing the handsome rogue.
And a passion beyond dreams
Utterly destitute, Stephen never dreamed a fairy tale about pirate's treasure would turn out to be true—bringing him a possible fortune and a passionate lover. But will joining in this wild, impetuous beauty's perilous undertaking be the biggest mistake of his life? Or will it lead Stephen and Josie to a treasure far more precious than pirate gold—a fiery and forever love?
Shana Galen is a former public school teacher in Houston, Texas. Newly married, Shana lives with her husband and two cats. She writes almost full time, which requires daily trips to the mall because shopping is the only activity that really allows her to think. (That's her story, and she's sticking to it!)


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Land Rover has partnered with Meridian, a world leader in high-performance audio technologies and digital sound processing, to develop advanced sound systems for Range Rover Evoque. The 825W Meridian Digital Surround Sound System includes 16 speakers and a dual channel subwoofer on Coupé and Five-door. On Convertible the 660W Meridian Digital Surround Sound System includes 12 speakers and a dual channel subwoofer. Both systems deliver crystal clear highs and rich, deep bass notes throughout the cabin. You hear your music just how you want to.
InControl is our suite of advanced technologies that maintains your digital connections and links you seamlessly and securely to your vehicle when you're elsewhere. These systems can be enhanced by their respective connectivity packages: Connect and Connect Pro.
The Dual View system allows the driver and passenger to view completely independent content on the 10" Touchscreen. For example, the driver can use the Satellite Navigation system while the front seat passenger is able to watch a DVD or TV. One set of WhiteFire® digital wireless headphones is included.
These additional bundles take your vehicle's connectivity further. InControl Apps enhance your in-car experience via compatible smartphone apps including the new Spotify app bringing over 30 million songs into your life. The Touchscreen allows you to monitor and interact with your Range Rover Evoque. And with the Wi‑Fi Hotspot and Pro Services functions you can stay connected to the outside world, making your life easier.
Your smartphone acts as a portal to connect with your Land Rover using Protect. You can check your fuel levels remotely, find your vehicle in a busy car park, record your journeys or even check you haven't left a window open. Optimised Land Rover Assistance is also included which, in the unlikely event of a breakdown, can transmit diagnostic and location information to your recovery company. In serious incidents, SOS Emergency Call notifies the emergency services of your location.
Available as part of the Connect Pro Pack, Pro Services further enhances the infotainment capabilities to deliver an even richer and more connected experience. The system consists of a Wi-Fi hotspot and data connection, enabling real time traffic updates, street level imagery and online searches, further adding to the performance of the Touch Pro system.
The latest additions to our advanced Ingenium engine range are the 240PS Diesel, 240PS Petrol and the high powered 290PS Petrol engine. These join the 150PS and 180PS Diesel variants. Depending on powertrain, a choice of 6-speed Manual and 9-speed Automatic Transmissions are available. Service intervals are extended to 21,000 miles on 4 Wheel Drive models.
Constructed from aluminium and lightweight steel, the suspension struts advanced hydraulic rebound technology reduces noise entering the cabin after impact. The system also ensures undulating surfaces are almost smoothed out for a more stable ride.
Adaptive Dynamics provides the optimum balance of ride and control. It does so by monitoring the vehicle's movements at least 1000 times a second and adjusting the damper settings between soft and firm as your inputs or the road dictate. This happens virtually instantaneously to minimise body roll, deliver greater control and ensure a composed, flat ride. It even senses off-road conditions and optimises damping accordingly.
This system enhances the vehicle's agility and stability when cornering. It constantly monitors and balances the distribution of torque between all wheels to improve grip and steering whether on or off-road. The system can also increase the rate of turn and reduce understeer by applying the brake on the inside rear wheel, forcing more torque to the outer wheel, thereby aiding stability.
The lightweight, compact 9‑speed Automatic Transmission provides optimum fuel economy and CO2 emissions, as well as greater control in low‑grip conditions. Or, when towing, through the specially designed ultra‑low first gear. The transmission is extremely robust and perfectly complements the vehicle's all‑terrain capabilities while delivering exemplary levels of refinement and efficiency.
Optional on TD4 180PS and standard on Si4 and SD4 engines, this system can prove invaluable both on and off-road. In many on-road situations, it can disconnect the drive to the rear wheels thereby improving fuel economy. If the surface changes or you accelerate hard, it imperceptibly and seamlessly reconnects within 300 milliseconds. A dedicated display on the Touchscreen ensures you always feel in control.
Standard on all engines (except eD4), 4 Wheel Drive is intrinsic in Range Rover Evoque. With its isolated front and rear sub frames, a stiff monocoque bodyshell and such technologies as the intelligent 4WD system, you can go off-road with greater confidence.
Functioning at very low speeds, between 1.8kph and 30kph, All Terrain Progress Control (ATPC) helps the driver maintain a steady speed in challenging conditions so you can concentrate on steering and finding your way through obstacles. It also allows you to pull away smoothly and evenly, even on low-friction surfaces such as ice, snow or wet grass.
Terrain Response™ takes capability to new heights. It optimises the vehicle's engine, transmission, differentials and chassis systems to maximise driveability, comfort and traction no matter what the terrain. Just select the mode that suits the conditions: General Driving, Grass/Gravel/Snow, Mud & Ruts and Sand. The vehicle always delivers a confident, assured drive.
Land Rover's patented Hill Descent Control (HDC) is a standard feature on all 4WD vehicles. It assists the driver with controlled descents of difficult slopes by maintaining a constant speed and applying braking separately to each wheel. The system works automatically to slow the vehicle and maintain the speed relative to the selected gear range and accelerator pedal position.
Feel safer crossing a stream, a ford or negotiating floodwater. Wade Sensing measures the water depth using sensors on the underside of the door mirrors and provides real-time information in relation to the vehicle. This data and the maximum wading capability are relayed via the Touchscreen, providing you with the correct knowledge to behave appropriately.
Similar to Hill Start Assist, this system helps prevent the vehicle accelerating too quickly as it goes down a hill. If the vehicle stops and starts on an incline, the system holds the brake before gradually disengaging as you pull away.
Our Park Assist system makes parallel and perpendicular parking straightforward by steering your vehicle into a suitable space. Simply select the appropriate gear and control your speed with the brake and accelerator pedals. This system will also guide you out of a space, making manoeuvres easier. Graphics and notifications aid your progress.
For a near 360° view, the Surround Camera System uses cameras placed around the vehicle. It aids parking and is perfect for more complex driving assignments such as towing a speedboat or a horsebox. Along with the ability to display several different views at the same time, this technology can also zoom and pan, ensuring objects and angles, normally below the line of sight, can be seen.
Blind Spot Monitor alerts you to vehicles in, or quickly approaching, your blind spot through a small warning light in the corresponding door mirror. Reverse Traffic Detection warns you of hazards approaching from either side of your vehicle, through both audible and visual warnings so you know what's behind you even when the view is obstructed.
Lane Keep Assist detects when your vehicle is unintentionally drifting out of your lane, and gently steers you back. Driver Condition Monitor detects if you're starting to feel drowsy and gives you an early warning when you need to take a break.
When you're cruising on the motorway or travelling in slow-moving traffic, this system will help keep your vehicle a safe distance from the one in front should it slow or stop. When the vehicle speeds up again, so does your Range Rover Evoque.
Traffic Sign Recognition keeps you fully informed by displaying particular traffic signs in the instrument cluster where they can easily be seen, and as part of Head-up Display when fitted. The system detects speed limit signs (including variable overhead speed signs) and traffic signs with extra information, such as reduced speeds for wet roads.
Powered gesture tailgate allows you to operate the tailgate (both to open and close) from outside the vehicle without needing to physically touch the vehicle or the smart key. When the smart key is detected, the feature can be operated by a kicking gesture underneath the vehicle using sensors located on either side of the tailgate.
Streamline your life with the HomeLink® system. This universal transmitter can be programmed to operate three home or office wireless controlled systems such as garage doors, gates or lighting. Lost remotes are no longer an issue.
This feature allows you to vary the colour and shade of the vehicle's interior lighting so you can change the ambience to suit your mood. There are ten colours in total ranging from Ice White through to Racing Red.
This system features an air sensor that monitors humidity, smog levels and extremes in weather; vents positioned throughout the vehicle enable you to adapt the interior temperature accordingly. Wherever your passengers sit, they can always feel comfortable.


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Countless adventurers continue to brave the most trying versions of Mists of Pandaria dungeons, but the clock is ticking. This "season" of Challenge Modes will be coming to an end with the upcoming release of a patch prior to the expansion's release.
Challenge Modes are designed to offer as close to a "normalized" difficulty as possible, and they're tuned to be tough to master. With Warlords of Draenor's class changes, itemization changes (e.g. the removal of Hit and Expertise), and—of course—increased level cap on the horizon, the difficulty of Mists of Pandaria's dungeons will no longer be tuned the same as they were. In the spirit of fair play, when the aforementioned patch is released a little while before the new expansion launches, the current slate of Challenge Mode dungeons will no longer be available, and the achievements they award will be converted to Feats of Strength. The reward items will still be available for purchase by those who qualified prior to the end of the season, but it will not be possible for new players to earn those rewards going forward.
If you still need to earn your Undaunted title, Ancestral Phoenix, or class-specific Transmogrification sets, now's the time to get out there and prove your worth. In Warlords of Draenor, an entirely new set of Challenge Modes will be available . . . and with them an array of new rewards for you to earn. Until then, stay sharp!
* Reward Clarifications
With the upcoming end of the Challenge Mode Season, we wanted to provide some additional clarification on how we plan to handle rewards.
Achievements: All Achievements associated with Mists of Pandaria Challenge Modes will become Feats of Strength.
- Bronze: The "Undaunted" title for achieving a full set of Bronze medals will become account-wide.
- Silver: The Pandaren Phoenix mounts awarded for a full set of Silver medals will become account-wide. If any character on an account has earned a full set of Silver medals, all four variants of the Pandaren Phoenix (Crimson, Ashen, Violet, and Emerald) will become available to all characters account-wide.
- Gold: The cosmetic class sets will remain character-specific. Any character that has earned all nine Gold medals will still be able to repurchase the appropriate set, should they misplace theirs, from Challenger Soong or Challenger Wuli in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms. Any characters that have earned one or more "Challenger's Path" teleport spells by earning Gold medals in Mists Challenge Modes will retain those spells.
- Realm Best Titles: There are extremely limited titles that are held by the players who hold the best clear time for a given dungeon on a given server. Since those Challenge dungeons will no longer be available in Warlords of Draenor, their respective titles are also being permanently removed. There will be new Challenge dungeons in the upcoming Warlords season, and new titles for which to contend, however.


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If someone offered you a dollar a year to advertise to your child, potentially putting your child's safety in jeopardy, would you do it? Of course not. Yet that's what many school districts are doing by placing ads on the exterior of their school buses. CCFC members have helped defeat legislation that would allow advertising on school buses in states around the country. Currently, only ten states—Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Tennessee, Texas, and...
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Events McDonald's calls "McTeacher's Nights" are part of a comprehensive marketing strategy McDonald's has developed to target children wherever they are, including in schools. On McTeacher's Nights, McDonald's enlists teachers as brand ambassadors to sell the corporation's junk food to students and students' families. At the events, McDonald's invites teachers and school administrators to "work" behind McDonald's store counters, wear branded...
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The final survivor of the Asiana Airliner crash at San Francisco International Airport has left the hospital after 15 weeks and 30 surgeries to recover from critical wounds she suffered in the commercial air disaster this summer.
San Francisco General Hospital spokeswoman Rachael Kagan said Wednesday that the patient, whose family has asked that her name not be released, was moved to a rehabilitation center Tuesday.
"She's a real save. That's what we call it when things go well. She was smiling when she left. It was a beautiful sight," said a written statement from surgeon Dr. Margaret Knudson, who performed 21 of the surgeries.
In all, 304 of the 307 people aboard the plane survived the July 6 crash when the airliner slammed into a sea wall at the end of the runway. The impact ripped off the back of the plane, tossed out three flight attendants and their seats and scattered pieces of the jet across the runway as it spun and skidded to a stop.
Three Chinese teens died; one during the crash, a second was run over by a fire truck on the tarmac, and a third died in the hospital.
The patient released this week suffered a spinal cord injury that resulted in paralysis, road burns over 30 percent of her body and severe intestinal injuries that prevented her from taking solid food for two months, the hospital said.
Asiana Airlines has offered to pay $10,000 to surviving passengers, many of whom are taking legal action. Three San Francisco Bay Area families have also sued Boeing alleging that coach passengers suffered more serious injuries than business class travelers because of different seat belt configurations.
The National Transportation Safety Board's investigation into the cause continues. Experts familiar with that investigation say the pilots, as well as the airline, are raising the possibility that a key device that controls the Boeing 777's speed may have malfunctioned.


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"We have not seen damage like this in a generation," New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, assessing the scope of a hurricane that swept homes into the ocean, flooded large swaths of coastal areas, left millions of people without power and crippled transportation, told NBC News.
The storm, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said, was proof that "nature is an awful lot more powerful than we are."
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President Barack Obama declared major disasters in New York City, New Jersey and Connecticut, promising that the federal government would do all it could to help local authorities cope with damage. The president was scheduled to visit damaged areas in New Jersey on Wednesday, the White House said.
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Details of the devastation became clearer late Tuesday after authorities made their way through severely damaged areas across 20 states stretching from New England to Tennessee:
- Forty-six people had been killed in the U.S., 23 of them in New York — including 18 in New York City, NBC News reported. Six people had been killed in New Jersey, as well as five in Pennsylvania; four in Connecticut; two apiece in Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia; and one each in North Carolina and Puerto Rico. Before it made its way north, Sandy was blamed for 68 other deaths in the Caribbean.
- More than 6.6 million homes and businesses were without electricity, about two-thirds of them in New York and New Jersey. That number represents individual structures, including large businesses, meaning the number of people without light, heat or refrigeration is likely much higher.
- The New York region's airports were closed Tuesday. JFK International and Newark Liberty will open early Wednesday and offer limited service; LaGuardia will remain closed "due to extensive damage," Cuomo said. More than 18,000 flights had been canceled, while Amtrak canceled all of its Northeast Corridor rail service Tuesday, in addition to some other lines.
- Subway service was unlikely to resume for four to five days, Bloomberg said, but free bus service had resumed on a Saturday schedule, and about 4,000 cabs were running on city streets. PATH train service between Manhattan and New Jersey is likely to be suspended for seven to 10 days, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said.
- The Metropolitan Transportation Authority said the South Ferry subway station was "flooded up to the ceiling," while each tube of the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel — better known as the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel — was filled with 43 million gallons of water.
- At least four towns in north New Jersey were submerged by up to 6 feet of water after a levee broke.
- A half-dozen nuclear power plants were shut down or otherwise affected, while the nation's oldest facility declared a rare "alert" after the record storm surge pushed flood waters high enough to endanger a key cooling system.
- Major U.S. stock exchanges were closed Tuesday for a second day, but they planned to reopen Wednesday.
Sandy leaves NYC subway system, infrastructure licking its wounds
Dawn Zimmer, mayor of Hoboken, N.J., said half the city remained flooded Tuesday night.
"We have, probably, about 20,000 people that still remain in their homes, and we're trying to put together an evacuation plan, get the equipment here," Zimmer told MSNBC TV.
Zimmer said the city's elecric utility vehicles were too big to make it down many of the flooded streets. After "begging and pleading" for equipment, she said, the National Guard told her Tuesday night some could arrive Wednesday morning.
In Breezy Point, a seaside community in Queens, N.Y., a massive fire of undetermined origin destroyed at least 110 homes and damaged 20 others . Firefighters had difficulty reaching the blaze because of the severe weather.
"To describe it as looking like pictures we've seen of the end of World War II is not overstating it," Bloomberg said. "The area was completely leveled. Chimneys and foundations were all that was left of many of these homes."
It remained impossible to put a dollar value on Sandy's destruction. Insured losses alone will run from $7 billion to $15 billion, according to an estimate published late Tuesday by AIR Worldwide, a catastrophe modeling firm.
"I think the losses will be almost incalculable," Christie said on NBC's TODAY show.Video: NYC flooded by record storm surge (on this page)
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Even as attention was riveted on New York and New Jersey, Sandy had already moved on, remaining a dangerous storm as it dispersed north and south.
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About 90,000 customers were without power Tuesday in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec, the Energy Ministry said. At least one death was reported in Toronto after a woman in her 50s was hit in the head by a sign Monday night, NBC News Channel reported.
Sandy hit the mountains of West Virginia and North Carolina with full-blown blizzards, part of a storm-generated snow system stretching as far west as Kentucky and Ohio, where several inches of snow fell in Champaign County.
Officials said the 14 to 16 inches that blanketed Newfound Gap, on the Tennessee-North Carolina line, was believed to be biggest October snowfall on record. Parts of eastern Virginia were under a blizzard warning through Wednesday morning, with snowfall at 1 to 2 inches an hour expected.
'The worst that we have ever experienced'
Tuesday's disaster declarations for New York City, New Jersey and Connecticut mean federal funds will be available to people affected by the storm.
"This was a devastating storm, maybe the worst that we have ever experienced," Bloomberg said, adding that schools would remained closed Wednesday.
The historic storm, which made landfall at 6:45 p.m. ET Monday, hurled a wall of water up to 13 feet high at the Northeast coast. It surged into Lower Manhattan and areas of Brooklyn, submerging entire streets and parks. A record tide of 13.88 feet was set at The Battery in Lower Manhattan on Monday night, breaking the previous record of 11.2 feet in 1821.Slideshow: Recovering after Sandy (on this page)
The powerful storm flooded sections of Atlantic City and other areas of the New Jersey shore. Part of the Atlantic City boardwalk was washed away.
Atlantic City's casinos, which were closed Sunday afternoon, may not reopen until Thursday, officials said. Although they sustained only minor damage, the flooding and heavy damage to surrounding infrastructure means employees and customers can't get to them.
Officials estimated that the casinos alone are losing $5 million every day they're shuttered.
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September 28, 1996-Leaving Monterey
When it's getting late and the wind is up, or building, and we are thundering towards darkness…I really have some anxiety. At those times I just want the wind to get light and things to be easy, but that doesn't always happen.
This passage started off badly and got worse. I wrote the following passage in the log:
"For a while tonight I thought it was going to be another dirty night. At 21:00 it was getting dark, the wind was 27 and building, the waves were big, and it was as cold as the Pacific always is on this coast. No moon, no stars, not a fun prospect.
But the wind dropped a little. Now it's only 22, and I've seen less than 20 a time or two the last half hour. Still dark and cold, but if it stays like this I'll get some sleep when my shift is over. If it gets too wild neither of us can rest, we just lie in our bunks listening to the noise and worry too much. Now we are under a full main and no jib and the boat likes this. The monitor is happy and we're going in the sixes and sevens. Hit eight when the wind was up. It's fairly quiet out, no roaring surfs. Fine with me."
Slow start.
Sailing from Monterey at noon under a low marine layer, we tried to beat to windward out of the bay while we cleaned up and made ready for sea. A few of other sailboats were also out and we crossed them tack on tack. WINGS wasn't sailing well and I was feeling frustrated and cranky. One other sloop, a white boat of about 40 feet, was being well sailed was making moves on us. I snapped at Judy. It didn't help.
Eventually we found a groove and began to put some distance on the white boat. Then the sun came out and we tacked on a lay line for the bouy at Pt. Pinos, where we could crack off and clear into the open Pacific. One by one the other boats fell astern and turned back to the bay. They were only day sailors, not heading to sea like us. This turned out to be the best part of the day.
The Mess Below
I still had some navigation to do, charts to find and waypoints to enter into the GPS for the coming passage to Morro Bay, 100 miles down the California Coast, so I went below while Judy sailed. There I found a strong smell of raw diesel fuel. Obviously, since filling the tanks in Monterey just before sailing we had developed a bad leak.
I started to tear off panels and upholstery and it took only a few seconds to find that the one of the inspection plate bolts on the port tank was leaking. The whole top of the fuel tank was wet with fuel and looking with a flashlight I saw pink diesel in the bottom of the locker. Since I had filled the tank to the deck I knew that there was a lot more fuel to leak out before the level got below the leak. Lots of fuel would leak into the bilge unless I could stop the leak. But how? I had to take off the whole inspection plate, or at least take out the one bolt, to seal it and with the head of fuel in the stand pipe it would all gush out once the hole was opened to do this.
The starboard tank was not quite so full, a look into its fill pipe revealed, so by pumping a little fuel from port to starboard I managed to transfer enough fuel to lower the level in the port tank slightly below the leak. The fuel stopped seeping out the top of the port tank. I had a little room to work now and I removed the offending bolt and sealed it with liquid sealant goop. The leak subsided. Good!
Next I pumped out the bilge below the tank and then cleaned it with buckets of salt water and dish soap. I used salt water to conserve our fresh water. During all this the seas had come up and WINGS was rolling. The motion and diesel fuel smell made working below unpleasant. Carrying buckets of soapy saltwater around without spilling them was hard. This became a true test of my ability to withstand motion sickness. I barely passed the test.
Then one malevolent roll sent my tool box with all the sockets upside down in the forepeak. Fifty sockets lost in the tangle of sails, ropes, and other junk on the floor of the forepeak as well as down in the shower bilge. So, after dealing with the leak and the spilled fuel I had to clear everything out of the forepeak and find all the sockets. Sitting on the floor got the seat of my pants wet. I asked myself, "Are we having fun yet?" At least I'd thoroughly cleaned that bilge earlier in the morning so there was no soapy shower scum to deal with. I took a small tablet of paper and a pencil and recorded the size of each socket to know when I'd found them all. It took a while but finally I had the inside of WINGS shipshape again.
However I still had my original task of finding charts and selecting waypoints to enter into the GPS. I didn't even know exactly where we were, so far all I had been able to squeeze in was an occasional look at a chart to see that the vicinity was clear of hazards. Judy called me topsides a couple of times to look at some point or rocks, and once to help trim the sails while she steered. I spoke sharply at her again telling her that she had a windvane, an autopilot, and a bungie cord on the tiller, any of which she could use to steer while she trimmed her own damn sails and would she mind leaving me alone to deal with the mess below? She didn't answer, but soon I heard her setting the electric autopilot. It's a wonder she still loves me.
We had a chance, but missed it.
After about two hours I finally was finished, and I came up topsides to see what was up. The wind was. It was up to 15 kts. We were sailing downwind using the genoa and a full mainsail. With two of us now on deck we poled out the genoa and the speed increased. Now we were having a good fast sail. The shore was off to the left about two miles and although the fog had returned overhead, the shore was still bathed in sunlight. There were high golden hills and steep sandy cliffs down to the water's edge. White breakers hit the beach and shot up in the air. A highway could be seen curving along the hills above the beach. We saw a beautiful curved and arched bridge that we recognized from pictures of the California coast highway.
The wind built to over 15 knots. We didn't shorten sail. Maybe we should have. Sailing with the wind at 15 knots is one thing; taking sails down when the wind gets higher is another. The way things were going it could get tough to shorten sail later, but we were going good. I left it.
Judy went down for a nap. She had sailed all afternoon on my watch while I worked below. Now her watch had started but she really needed a break. Our watch schedule was all messed up.
I put on the wind vane and turned off the autopilot. It started to get dusk and the wind continued to build. First it was 17, then 18. And with it the seas also go higher. But I wanted to keep speed on so I still didn't suggest taking down the genoa. Besides, the forecast was for 10 knots of wind and it should be going back down. It was supposed to go back down. I hoped it would go back down, but something inside told me that this wind would continue to increase. It just felt like one of those days I've experienced up north when it builds and continues until after midnight. In the years ahead I might learn to pay attention to those inner voices, but today I wasn't listening.
The night turns frightening.
With the returning fog there were no stars or moon, and no lights on the shore now that the highway had turned inland, so it was black. Speed and wind and waves like this are fine on a clear day, or a moon lit night, but in the fog and darkness it is not so fun. What I began to feel was dread and anxiety. I wished I could get a good night's sleep, which I knew was out of the question if the night turned dirty like it seemed destined to do. And our watch schedule was so fouled up so neither of us was rested going into the night. At eight o'clock when Judy came back up to finish her turn I told her to let me know if she saw wind consistently over 20, so we could change down. I went to bed for an hour before my watch, which was going to be from 9 to midnight.
A little before nine I got up and looked out. It was blowing 24. I guessed that Judy had decided to let me sleep. But when she saw me moving around she asked, "When do you want to think about taking down the genoa?"
"Well I told you to let me know if you saw 20's." I replied.
She'd never heard me say that.
I finished getting dressed and put on my lifejacket and harness and went onto the foredeck. After clipping on I began to work on the task at hand. First we dropped the pole and snugged it down. Then Judy eased the halyard and I fought the genoa sail to the deck and tied it down. If that big sail got into the water with the speed we were going it would be a nice piece of work indeed to get it back onboard at all and damage to the sail or the boat would be likely. But it is also dicey to keep it on board because you have to be all the way foreword to pull it down but then the wind coming from aft blows the back of the sail over the side of the boat towards the water. When you move back to pull that part in and tie it down the wind then causes the front part which was still up to flap and flog which quickly damages the sail. It is a lot easier when you are going upwind because then the wind keeps the sail on the foredeck. But anyhow, after a few minutes the job was done.
Afterwards we talked about a new policy where we would change down at 15 kts if the wind is building.
By now the wind was 25. I had brought the smaller jib on deck intending to put it up, but decided not to set it and instead I tied it to the other lifeline on the port side of the bow. Judy was off watch and she went below.
After dark, the wind build some more, to 30 or so, and we were surfing often. The windvane had to work to keep us pointed down the waves. Whenever a big wave caught up with us when we were pointed down it properly we'd surge ahead and there was a roaring sound from the water around us as WINGS charged down the wave's front side. But if a previous wave had rolled us a little the strong wind would twist us off course. Then the next wave would catch us before the wind vane responded to our turn and corrected for it and we'd be both rolled further by the new wave and also sent surfing off at an angle instead of straight down the wave. Judy or I could hand steer through this pretty smoothly, but the wind vane has to work at it, is often a little behind, and has to turn hard to catch up, causing all the violent swerving and rolling. A jib and a reefed main would have made a better combination and reduce the swerving some. We could have even just reefed the main at this point to reduce sail further and slow the boat but I'd have to wake Judy, it is a lot of work when the wind has the sail pressed against the mast and rig and besides, by midnight the wind should start to drop, then we'd need to put it back up again. So I didn't do it. But in the meanwhile the wind did not drop.
Then I got worried about the bagged jib sitting on the port side of the foredeck. On the other side the genoa seemed OK. It was tied along several railing posts and it was also secured at the bow to the tack fitting, but the jib was just sitting there with two little bungies holding it. I could just imagine a big wave rolling our rail under and the water tearing that sail right off the deck.
Also there was the concern that we'd be blown onto the shore through a wind shift or navigation error, or we could even hit something floating. We couldn't see anything ahead in the dark. I imagined what it would sound like if we suddenly slammed into the rocks. I could just hear it in my head: the hollow sound of the hull on rocks. Then I couldn't get that sound out of my head. I expected to hear it any second for real. This is how your mind plays tricks on you.
To add to my anxiety, I hadn't gotten Judy to double check my waypoints, they could be wrong.
I needed to get a handle on all this.
I considered jibing out to get further away but I'd plotted our position on the chart several times and they showed us about five miles off by now, plus the lack of soundings tended to confirm this. Five miles seemed like enough. Plus, a little further south the shoreline turned off to the east and we'd need to turn that way to follow it towards our destination. So logic dictated that we carry on rather than turn right but fear and anxiety don't listen to logic.
The wind was up even more and now the rig was straining in the violent rolls and making all kinds of creaking sounds. Those sounds are pretty normal on this boat, the mast just needs a little shimming and some grease, but I still don't like these sounds.
So I was having no fun at all, it was going to be a long night.
Time to take action
Instead of sitting there in the dark feeling sorry for myself I got to work.
First I set the depth alarm to go off at 80 feet, the highest setting. The chart showed shallow water inshore and 450 fathoms a couple miles off the beach. We were not reading the bottom at all so I knew we were out in the deep water. I watched the depth sounder, which would probably pick up soundings at 200 feet, so that maybe I'd get some warning even ahead of the sound of the alarm if we got close to the unseen shore. And at worst case the alarm would go off at 80 feet. This settled my mind a little.
I clipped on and went forward to bring the jib back. The bow hatch was secured so I couldn't easily throw the sail down, but if I was worried about it on the foredeck I was even more worried as I slid it along the side deck to the cockpit. Back along the sides there are no nets to keep it from sliding right under the lifeline if it got away from me. I kept it as close to the centerline as I could, kept my footing secure so I wouldn't slip and have to let go of it, and I held onto the ship tightly with one hand while I kept the sail firmly in the other. Soon it was into the cockpit and down the main hatch and one more worry was out of the way.
I then adjusted the wind vane a little and turned the boat slightly away from the shore. We were now sailing a little by the lee but it actually seemed to help the motion. The surfs were more consistently straight, and the slewing was less. I guess the waves hit us more squarely and the main, and by virtue of our new heading the wind was more squarely over the center of the hull's resistance.
These changes helped my nerves. And soon another event helped even more. The wind started to drop. By 11:30 it was down in the 20 to 25 knot range and life was good again. The boat stopped creaking, the surfs were straight, the rolling and swerving was far reduced. The full main was just the right amount of sail.
Finally the moon rose and through the fog it lighted up the sea a little. I could see the shore if we got close, which we didn't. Now we were clicking off the miles and it was easy.
When Judy came up at midnight I knew I could go below and sleep.
Fred & Judy, S/V WINGS, California
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Street returns from DL back into closer's role
SAN DIEGO -- The Padres got their closer back.
Huston Street was activated off the 15-day disabled list Friday, which put the Padres' bullpen back in order.View Full Game Coverage
SAN DIEGO -- The Padres got their closer back.
Huston Street was activated off the 15-day disabled list Friday, which put the Padres' bullpen back in order.View Full Game Coverage
The right-hander deemed himself fully recovered from a calf injury that sidelined him on May 29, when he blew his first save of the season.
While the downtime healed Street's strained left calf, it also allowed him to get steady work for the first time this season. Street threw several bullpen sessions, a simulated game and a one-inning Minor League rehab assignment for Class A Lake Elsinore on Wednesday.
"I got a ton of work in over the last two weeks, which was beneficial considering how little I was pitching in games before the injury," Street said. "It was more maintenance than anything else, and it helped me stay sharp and ready.
"It's tough to get your work in when you're just waiting to pitch. There isn't a work schedule that works for a reliever who could be called upon any day. I'm healthy. I'm confident in what I'm doing. I'm ready to go."
Street had a disjointed start to the season. He converted his first 11 save opportunities, but was 0-3 with a 4.43 ERA due in large part to the long ball. Street allowed seven home runs in 20 1/3 innings.
Street was elevating pitches too often, and opponents have punished his mistakes.
Padres manager Bud Black said Street worked out some kinks, and his location will be better for it.
"To be quite frank, I think his slider needed some work and he got that work in on the side," Black said. "We'll see how it goes when he pitches in games, but we're happy he was able to throw so much. Based on how he has thrown the ball recently, he seems to be on target with location."
Street's presence allows the bullpen to regain form.
Left-handed reliever Tommy Layne was optioned to Triple-A Tucson to make room for Street.
Luke Gregerson falls back into a setup role, which allows Dale Thayer to enter in crucial situations earlier in games. Gregerson had three saves in four opportunities while Street was out. Thayer had a save Monday.
"Luke and Dale are great players and they did a great job stepping in and closing games out," Street said. "But they told me if there was a save situation tonight, I'd be in there. That's what you want when you come back, to get the next out and secure a victory right away."
Scott Bair is a contributor to MLB.com.


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I'm always looking to play on weekends, also M-F after 5:30. Singles rather than doubles preferred.
Always looking to play. I'm available to play in Shell Beach most Sunday afternoons. I'm a 3.5 - 4.0 once I shake off the rust.
i live in shell beach and can play only after 6 pm during the week, sorry to be so selecitive but work has it's demands.
I'm thinking at the park in AG where they have good lighting, I play alot and enjoy it.or anywhere I just what to play.
How late is the soto complex lit 'till?
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