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CEDAR KEY — The wind whipped through Dock Street on Wednesday evening and water lapped at the bottom of restaurant decks that overhang the Gulf of Mexico. Seawater shimmered on the low streets; on higher ground, ocean gunk marked where the storm surge left its mark before receding.
Most noticeable of all, though, was the lack of destruction.
That was not the case just a four-hour drive west. Hurricane Michael lashed the Florida Panhandle with historic fury, as the most powerful storm on record to strike the Panhandle made landfall at Mexico Beach.
It unleashed 155 mph winds and sent storm surge of up to 10 feet flooding into coastal dwellings from Panama City to Apalachicola.
But Cedar Key stood still, avoiding the catastrophe that forecasters feared high tide and the storm could bring.
FROM 2016: HURRICANE HERMINE Dazed Cedar Key deals with the aftermath of Hurricane Hermine
It certainly appeared to have fared far better than it did in 2016 during Hurricane Hermine, which brought 9-foot surf to the arts and fishing village that sticks out into the Gulf of Mexico like a sharp elbow.
That storm destroyed businesses, snapped the wooden decks of the restaurants along Dock Street, flooded city hall and caked most of the pavement with a thick coating of sea floor that rotted in the hot September sun.
It totally derailed the city's Labor Day weekend, a lucrative tourism period for the community.
Hermine is now the benchmark for the devastation a hurricane can wreak upon this coastal town.
Even before residents who had evacuated were allowed back in, word began to leak out that Michael didn't match Hermine.
Scott Moots, 54, an aquaculture specialist who grows clam seed, which grows into edible clams and supports Cedar Key's most well-known industry, had evacuated with his 4-year-old daughter Eleanor and mixed Labrador Noodles to friends in Gainesville.
Moots tried to get back onto Cedar Key on Wednesday afternoon after the tide receded, but found the bridge closed off by Levy County sheriff's deputies. Nevertheless, he heard from a colleague who stayed on the island that only a foot of water breached Moots' laboratory. Hermine had brought three feet.
FROM 2016: HURRICANE HERMINE Resilience and helping hands power Cedar Key through recovery after Hermine
The bridge finally opened about 6:30 p.m., giving the media one chance to spin through town before sunset, a dance of peaceful orange peeking from behind racing dark clouds. Television crews rushed to put down their tripods and become the first to capture that scene.
After a day indoors, Gregg and Kathleen Troy took their pup Cooper for a walk. The darkness made it tough for them to see the extent of the damage, but Kathleen Troy, 57, said town looked bruised but not beaten. Dock Street appeared intact. But whatever was damaged can be rebuilt again.
"The community's pretty resilient," said Gregg Troy, 67.
The town was eerily quiet, save for the wind. The hurricane had long passed, but Cedar Key police still enforced a curfew.
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Meditation can be considered a spiritual experience or just a relaxing activity. It's a great tool that can boost your self esteem. For through meditation you dig deep within you. To see your strengths and flaws. While putting your life in perspective. By getting in touch with yourself, a positive inner spirit and a sense of calmness is produced. As meditation helps to clear negative thoughts and channel positive energy. Positive thoughts encourage a normal or high self-esteem; a more confident individual.
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Lost in the Moment
Sometimes we can get lost in the moment, where we are unsure of anything. We forget what's real, following what isn't. Seeing things that don't exist, confused by what is. It isn't until the dark cloud is lifted, can we see clear.
Nicole A. Walker
Happy Mother's Day
It's that time of year, where we pride ourselves on being the best moms we can be. We secretly blame ourselves for every time one of our children fail. Forgetting to pat ourselves on the back for a job well done. It isn't until the years pass by, do we really see who we are as mothers. What we have sacrificed and what we have gained. The time spent nurturing and loving our children to be all they can be.
So on this day we cherish things, both big and small. Whether it's the handmade cards and gifts from our children. The hugs and kisses that light up our hearts. Or the breathtaking jewelry and lavish clothes we wear. With all the joy we receive on this day; we are reminded that every day is Mother's Day. Not just one Sunday in May.
Nicole A. Walker
Is Beauty Only Skin Deep?
Beauty is more than a contention; its a woman's whole being. It becomes a conundrum when we compete to destroy one another. We tend to think we are better than the next woman. But we are not. We are only in competition with ourselves, the image in the mirror.
Nicole A. Walker
Jealousy or Secret Admiration?
Its in the way we move, think and act that will make others envious.We might not have it all, but then again who does. Someone somewhere will not like us just for being who we are. For one reason or another, jealousy will always lurk as we move about. Admiration will rear it's head, but not too high. Sometimes we can be the poorest person in the world and have the most riches. We could even be paid and be envious as hell. Life is all about winning and losing. People just hate what they can't have or don't know how to relate to. But in life we gotta run with the good and build up the bad. After all how jealous can we really be. Maybe its secret admiration for something, no matter how big or small. Its just in the way we move, we just can't have it all. Human perfection doesn't exist.
Love is Love
Through our senses and emotions; we can convey much about how we feel about one another. To express what our heart feels, yet what the mind cannot say or won't say. With eyes and smiles; laughter, tears and hugs. Love has no guidelines to expression. We just love how we know and want to be loved in return.
Nicole A. Walker
Love Has No Barriers
Relationships Aren't Color Blind
Funny thing about relationships is that no one knows what really goes on behind closed doors. Some may speculate, others may think they can resonate. But truth is such thoughts and feelings vary from couple to couple. What's between he and she, isn't always for they. For the good seems to go unnoticed; blind to they. Where the ugliness is magnified times a thousand. Who knows what to believe. But what isn't for they, shouldn't matter. Relationships aren't color blind, there's a whole spectrum of colors. Different shades for various angles of relations.


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This elegant flower vase is created by hand for each order and uses only fresh roses chosen by our creative florists at the market every day. Add a balloon or chocolates to complete your gift.
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Playing Devil's Advocate in the Disruptive Orchestra of Change!
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Messing Around with Maps
What is Google up to with maps?
this from today's Google blog
We realize that you know your neighborhood best. So to provide the most accurate maps possible, Google Maps is open to user edits. People have moved markers of their homes and businesses all around the U.S. and Australia, making Maps work even better.
And so we thought: Why stop there? Moving placemarks is just scratching the surface. After all, when a new place opens in your neighborhood or an old favorite changes its location, wouldn't be nice to have that change reflected on Maps immediately?
Now in the U.S., Australia, and New Zealand, you can log into your Google account to edit a place on the map. You can even mark that a business has closed to save someone an extra trip. Of course, we've taken steps to help protect accuracy -- for example, you'll still be able to see the original listing information along with the history of changes made.
Not sure that the commercial world will take lightly to this....mark your competition as out of business, or may be the Tibetan monks can create a new country without having all that hassle with Beijing. Can see this feature being misused very quickly.
Posted by Jonathan Marks at Tuesday, March 18, 2008
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1 comment:
- Sami Ben Gharbia said...
Many thanks for the info, Jonathan. We'll see how it will be used by activists... and give it a try
- Tue Mar 18, 11:41:00 pm
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Equality Unit
In 2010, the University of Oviedo launched its Equality Unit with the aim of developing effective policies to ensure equal opportunities for men and women. Two years later this resulted in the academic institution's first Equality Plan.
The Equality Unit operates in all areas as a cross-cutting element of university policies. Besides participating actively in campaigns against gender violence, sexist language and harassment, it ensures compliance with the regulations regarding occupational health, equal opportunities and family reconciliation.
In pursuance and execution of one of the priority lines of action and objectives of the Campus of International Excellence and in accordance with the provisions of Organic Law 3/2007 for effective equality between women and men, as well as the Organic Law on Universities itself, at the start of the academic year 2010-2011 the University of Oviedo began to introduce a gender perspective in university policies.
One of the main activities undertaken by the Equality Unit has been the drawing up of the University of Oviedo Equality Plan, a draft agreement by the Equality Commission approved by the Governing Council on 4 January 2013. This plan derives from the University of Oviedo Project on Gender and Equality (GENIUNIOVI), a ground-breaking research study that has served as a benchmark for researchers.
The activities of the Equality Unit are carried out by the Employability, Social Responsibility and Equality Area, under the Office of the Vice-Rector for Economic Planning, Agreements and Contracts.
Goals of the Equality Unit
- To ensure compliance with the laws on Equality and, in general, the effective implementation of the principle of equality in the administrative and educational spheres and the workplace.
- To report on the University regulations and procedures which have an impact on gender equality and equal opportunities.
- To inform and advise the governing bodies and committees of the University in matters of equality policy in fulfilment of the principle of equal opportunities between women and men.
- To promote awareness, educational and informative campaigns for the entire university community.
- To promote education and research on equality between men and women.
- To develop and implement Equality Plans at the University, establishing the goals, strategies and measures to adopt to achieve gender equality.
- To publicize the activities carried out in matters of equality at the University of Oviedo.
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Spinal cord damage is one of the most traumatic and devastating injuries that a person can sustain in an accident. Many patients with spinal cord injuries will experience symptoms for the rest of their lives. In extreme cases, patients may be partially or totally paralyzed as a result of the injury.
Every spinal cord injury victim will face a long road to recovery that may include surgery, physical therapy, and rehabilitation. Medical bills will quickly begin to pile up, and victims may not be able to perform the duties of their job now that they have a spinal cord injury. Luckily, spinal cord injury victims may be able to recover compensation for their medical expenses, lost wages, and pain and suffering with the help of a personal injury attorney.
How Do Spinal Cord Injuries Occur?
There are an estimated 17,000 new cases of spinal cord injuries in the United States every year. Some of the most common causes of these injuries include:
Traffic Accidents
Accidents involving cars, trucks, motorcycles, bicycles, and pedestrians are the leading cause of spinal cord injuries. In fact, it's estimated that traffic accidents account for nearly 35% of new spinal cord injuries every year.
Slip and Falls
People who are over the age of 65 are most likely to suffer a spinal cord injury in a slip and fall accident.
Violent Assaults
Violent acts are another leading cause of spinal cord injuries in the U.S. This can include a blow to the spinal cord or damage caused by knives or bullets.
Medical Malpractice
Unfortunately, many people suffer spinal cord injuries while being treated by a healthcare professional. It has been reported that medical malpractice is the fourth-leading cause of spinal cord injuries among women.
Falling Objects
Most people are not at a high risk of being hit by a falling object, but construction workers certainly are. A falling object can severely damage the spinal cord—especially if the object is heavy—and unfortunately, safety gear worn by construction workers will not do much to protect them from this injury.
Spinal cord injuries can occur in many different ways, but they all have one thing in common—negligence. If you have sustained a spinal cord injury because of someone's negligence, it's imperative that you speak with a personal injury attorney right away.
Incomplete vs. Complete Spinal Cord Injuries
Complete spinal cord injuries occur when the spinal cord becomes compressed or severed. After a complete spinal cord injury, the brain will not be able to communicate with any part of the body that is below the injury. Some of the symptoms of a complete spinal cord injury include loss of sensation and movement, and difficulty controlling the bladder and bowels.
On the other hand, an incomplete spinal cord injury occurs when the spinal cord is only partially compressed or severed during an accident. The brain will still be able to communicate with parts of the body below the injury, so victims should still have sensation and some movement. It's possible that the sensation will not be as strong and the movement will not be as controlled as it was before the injury.
Legal Representation for Spinal Cord Injury Victims
A spinal cord injury can greatly affect the quality of your life. Some victims may never recover from a spinal cord injury, and may have to live the rest of their lives partially or completely paralyzed. Regardless of the severity of your injury, if it was caused by someone else's negligence, contact Carpenter, Zuckerman, and Rowley to review your case.


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Remember that sting of disappointment when you realized you'll never go on an adventure through space — unless you have a ton of money, or are an astronaut/astrophysics wiz in peak physical condition with no fear of tight spaces?
Luckily, for those of us too poor and lazy to learn rocket science, there's a pretty good alternative.
This LED waterslide, appropriately titled 'Black Hole.'
The slide is lined with a variety of special light effects making it look like you're straight-up riding through a vortex of insaneness in outer space — just what the world needs.
And if you want to ride it, you'll have to travel to Bremerhaven on the German coast, where you'll find an indoor leisure pool called "Bad 1."
And once you try it ...
You'll want to ride it over and over and over again.
The YouTube description for a video of the slide states: "In 2012, the old tunnel slide was replaced by this modern tube slide while maintaining the old layout. The new slide is equipped with various light effects, e.g. RGB daylight rings, unique in northern Germany."
Check out the video here:
We sincerely wish there was some crazy a** music blasting through it.
(H/T: Reddit)
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Tiered chains hold slim, curved bars on a minimalist Jules Smith necklace. Adjustable length and lobster-claw clasp.
Gold plate.
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Length: 15-17in / 38-43cm
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Length: 15-17in / 38-43cm
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Jules Smith jewelry looks to the future as well as the past, pairing a modern mindset with the free-spirited '70s and the glam excess of the '80s. Designer Gina Nigrelli believes one strong accessory completes a look and is timelessly, effortlessly chic. Influenced by living in Zimbabwe, N.Y.C., and the Caribbean, her jewelry bridges the gap between city trends and the organic vibe she encountered abroad. This has earned a bevy of celeb fans, including Angelina Jolie, Mary-Kate Olsen, and Anne Hathaway.
Chicago, IL
Nice on the neck
This necklace is really lightweight, does not feel substantial so was expecting it to look cheap on but it doesn't. And i'm really picky about jewelry looking and feeling cheap! It's really pretty when you just want a bit more than a light pendant around your neck. Looks good with my casual and dressier shirts.
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new york, ny
Terrible quality
I will never buy Jules Smith jewelry again. I bought three pieces because they were cute and reasonably priced. However, all three have tarnished and broken within a couple wears. $2 costume jewelry from Forever21 lasts longer!
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Redondo Beach,CA
Terrible Quality - Tarnished & Broke!
Like the other reviews, my necklace tarnished and broke after one wear. Very disappointing. This was my first time purchasing this brand and I will steer clear of any Jules Smith if this is the type of products they produce!
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Los Angeles
A must have!!
This necklace is just such a perfect combination of everything that makes a piece great- its clean, elegant, and versatile! Not to mention, its double the fun! Love the layered look! All around great piece!
Sizing: True to Size / As Expected
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college park, MD
Not great quality
For this price, I didn't necessary think this was going to be an heirloom. However, I didn't expect it to change colors and break almost immediately. It's very cute, it looks good, but don't expect it to last more than 2 or 3 wearings.
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New York, NY
Tarnished after two wears...
I love this necklace, but it tarnished after only two wears. I would stick with other brands in this price range, like Gorjana that are better quality. Also, it came to me in one big knot that took 2 hours to get apart. If I didn't have an event that I needed the necklace for (with no time to find a new one) I would have definitely returned.
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New york, NY
Simply Fab
I am an avid online shopper and I have been looking for some type of bar necklace for a long time now. However, I never like how the bar is straight across. This piece, however, is rounded and perfect! It lays perfectly on my chest becoming a great piece to wear on an every day basis.
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Could be better
I was really excited to receive this in the mail and kept it in its pouch since I received it 1-2weeks ago. Today was the first time I took it out and before I could wear it the chain fell apart at the clasp and now the necklace can't be worn. It is such a pity because this is such a pretty gold piece. Hoped for better quality seeing the price does not match.
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The Schachen Bad & Spa at the Hotel Bad Schachen is an oasis of rest and relaxation, with its modern indoor pool, and spacious sauna and spa areas.
Modern spa facility at Hotel Bad Schachen
Set in spacious, peaceful grounds, the Schachen Bad & Spa at the Hotel Bad Schachen in Lindau is the perfect place to relax and recharge your batteries. The Hotel Bad Schachen looks forward to welcoming you to its unique spa area with modern indoor pool, healing Rasul bath and huge sauna area with Finnish sauna, bio sauna and salt steam bath. Relax and enjoy total silence on a water bed in the relaxation room.
Or if you want to work out and get fit, visit the gym and try out the latest TECHNOGYM equipment. The hotel's expert therapists and beauticians will pamper you from head to toe with relaxing massages, warming body wraps, exclusive facials and luxurious treatment programmes.
Swimming in an Art Nouveau-style lido
The unique open-air pool is a very special highlight. The heated outdoor pool in the historic Art Nouveau-style lido is surrounded by parkland and is open from the beginning of May to the middle of September 2015.
Special offers are available for day spa visitors – come alone or bring a friend. The following services are included, alongside the other very special treatments:
- Free use of the spa area with sauna complex, gym, indoor and outdoor pool
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Please call in advance to make a reservation. Spa opening hours and all treatments and services are listed in the Schachen Bad & Spa brochure.
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Church Enstone and Neat Enstone face each other across the little River Glyme and are collectively called 'Enstone'. The name 'Enstone' is possibly derived from the Saxon word for 'giant stone', 'Enstan', after the Hoar Stone, believed to be part of a prehistoric burial mound which lies on the edge of the village. The church is (unusually) dedicated to the Anglo-Saxon boy-king and martyr, St Kenelm. Mont Abbott, brought up in a large family in poverty in Neat Enstone, and who worked all his life as a shepherd, is buried in the church yard. His biography, 'Lifting the Latch' is a vivid and moving account of those times. His shepherd's crook and the family's 'shitty scoop' (used for cleaning out the cess pit) are in Woodstock Museum, along with the watch he was given for never missing a day's school; 'The only thing I was ever given' the book says.
There are beatutiful walks alongside the River Glyme, including the Glyme Valley Walk (see Walking/Long distance Footpaths on this website).
The Post Office on the A44 has a cafe if you 'd like to stop for a coffee and sandwich. The pub in Church Enstone is a favourite destination for Sunday lunch.
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Club Son Net
This club was started by the owner of Gran Hotel Son Net, David Stein, as a way of gathering like-minded people together who either lived locally on Mallorca or used the hotel's facilities on a regular basis.
The concept is to offer "Friends" some unique Son Net experiences and privileges and to create social events so that our Son Net Friends can catch up with each other and meet some interesting new friends at the same time.
In addition to the social aspects of the club, each Friend (and his/her family/friends) is entitled to a range of benefits.


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PROVIDENCE, RI. – The Johnson & Wales University men's basketball team had several chances to complete a last-minute comeback against Fisher but couldn't come through in crunch time. The Wildcats dropped a 70-66 decision to the Falcons on Wednesday.
Fisher: 20-8
Johnson & Wales: 14-10
Statistical Leaders:
Elijah Lewis (JWU): 14 points, 15 rebounds
Marad Banks (JWU): 18 points, 6 rebounds
Malik Wilson (FC): 23 points, 10 rebounds
Of Note:
Fisher built a 67-61 lead with 3:36 left in the game. Freshmen Israel Johnson (Southampton, NY) and Elijah Lewis (Bridgeport, Conn.) hit back-to-back baskets to pull the Wildcats within 67-66 one minute later. Unfortunately, the Wildcats missed their last four shots and committed two turnovers down the stretch.
Lewis produced the first double-double of his collegiate career with 14 points and 15 rebounds. Rookie Marad Banks (Newark, NJ) came off the bench to record a career-high 18 points to go along with six rebounds and three steals. Matt Madoian (North Kingstown, RI) was the third Wildcat in double figures with 16 points.
Malik Wilson had a game-high 23 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for the double-double. He was followed by Kyle Holmes with 16 points and Darrell Grady chipped in 10.
Both teams shot 34 percent from the floor and the Wildcats made two more 3-pointers than the Falcons. The difference in the game was the free throw line where Fisher was 21-29 (72.4 percent) while JWU went 7-13 (53.8 percent). The Falcons were 15-20 at the charity stripe in the second half.
Up Next:
The Wildcats wrap up the regular season on Saturday when they take on Emmanuel at 3 p.m. Seniors Anthony Jernigan and Michael Kiser will be honored before the game.


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The philosophy behind this new series of articles is to promote old games we would like to see on Virtual Console or on digital platforms in general so that new or nostalgic players can enjoy them. Those titles contributed to the history of video games but have been forgotten, perhaps because the publisher neglected them or assumed not many players would be interested in getting them again.
Today we are going to talk about Castlevania Bloodlines, released in 1994 on the Megadrive. The game was a bit different from previous Castlevania games as, for the first time in the series, it did not happen in Dracula's Castle, but allowed you to travel in Europe. This time, you were not controlling a Belmont vampire hunter but had the possibility to play either John Morris, son of Quincy Morris, or Eric Lecarde. It would later be explained that Richter Belmont, ashamed by his abduction and brain-washing from Shaft in Symphony of the Night, had decided to give the whip to the Morris clan. It was also the first Castlevania to take place in the 20th century since the plot revolved around the legendary vampire Elizabeth Bartley, who had apparently caused World War I by contributing to the assassination of the Crown Prince of Austria. Finally, it was also the first Castlevania game to have music composed by Michiru Yamane, who would later become popular for her work in Symphony of the Night.
The game was graphically impressive and the music was also well made, though some might prefer the themes heard in Super Castlevania IV. A password system allowed the player to keep track of their progress. It was common for games to be edited or censored in the 1990s, and Castlevania Bloodlines was no exception. The European version was named New Generation in an attempt to wipe the word "blood" from the title, the zombies' color went from pink to green, and the blood dripping effects from the title were removed. The face of Eric Lecard was made less feminine in North America. Despite those changes, the game remained outstanding and provided a rather challenging experience.
While the game is not as famous as Super Castlevania IV, it provided a higher challenge and there was more variety in the environments. Eric's gameplay allowed the player to discover a different fighting style at a time where most of Castlevania's heroes used a whip. It is interesting to note that this episode introduced the idea that Dracula had allies or servants who worshipped him. Before Bloodlines, most of the bosses in the game did not have a background and did not contribute to the story. Allowing the series to no longer focus on the Belmont clan alone was a good idea that later showed its full potential in games like Symphony of the Night. If anything, I believe that Bloodlines suffered mainly from being constantly compared to Super Castlevania IV and its superior maneuverability. Sega fans did not have access to many Castlevania games (since no Castlevania games had been released on the Master System before), which probably did not help to develop a big Castlevania fanbase for the Megadrive. Another element to take in consideration is that Super Castlevania IV, Rondo of Blood, and Symphony of the Night all had a huge impact on the community, which made Bloodline look inferior when it was, in fact, a good game. For all these reasons, I believe the game needs to come back on modern gaming devices, as it certainly belongs to the list of good Castlevania games and is overall one of the best MegaDrive games. We do not know why Konami never considered releasing it on Virtual Console, while less popular Castlevania games like Castlevania: The Adventure for the Gameboy are currently available on Nintendo's eShop. This oversight could be fixed when the Virtual Console is made available for the Switch, or if Konami decides to release the game on Steam, for example. There are a few other Castlevania games that are currently not available for purchase, but they are nowhere near as memorable as Bloodlines. Castlevania on N64 or Legacy of Darkness (the enhanced version of the same game) are in my opinion less relevant titles that divided fans of the series. The 3D graphics for the N64 games have not aged well, and they had issues specific to 3D games released in those times, like camera problems. I know there are people who enjoy these games, but I feel that 3D Castlevania games generally tend to feel less satisfying and more polarizing among the fanbase. On PS2 Lament of Innocence and Curse of Darkness were met with mixed feedback, and granted much less freedom and places to explore than in regular 2D Castlevanias. The last important Castlevania games currently not available are Castlevania Legends and Belmont's Revenge for GameBoy, but they are not as enthralling and fun as Bloodlines, and suffer from the technical limitations of the Game Boy system. Castlevania Bloodlines is a good example of what a good old school Castlevania game was before Symphony of the Night revolutionized the series, and I remember it as a colorful game with intuitive gameplay, as well as very creative level design. I think that both veterans and new players would appreciate it today.
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It's very important to sleep well every night. Sleep is something that we all need to have in order to be healthy. Only several hours a night aren't enough for your brain and body to rest.
During our sleep, our brain goes through every memory. It then deletes what is unimportant and we have more space for some new information. If we don't sleep enough, we'll have problems with our mood, decision-making, concentration, creativity and memory.
Not sleeping enough will affect every system and every organ in our body. Our health will become endangered.
Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Your Health
Central Nervous System – our mood, memory, concentration etc. become affected. Eventually, we obtain insomnia that leads to depression, paranoia, hallucinations and impulsive behavior.
Immune System – our immune system becomes weakened significantly. We become prone to illnesses and diseases, but also some chronic illnesses like diabetes and heart disease.
Respiratory System – chronic lung illness becomes worsened as well as the risk of many respiratory infections like the flu and different colds.
Digestive System – the levels of insulin might become increased and we could have a promoted weight gain. Fat will be stored more and the risk of obtaining type 2 diabetes will be increased.
Cardiovascular System – any inflammation, our blood sugar as well as our blood pressure will be affected. The risk of stroke, heart attack and cardiovascular problems becomes increased.
Endocrine System – the growth hormones and their production become affected and this especially happens in teenagers and children.
Guidelines for Sleep Hours
According to some experts, we need at least 8 hours of quality sleep every night, but this can still vary depending on how old you are. Some researchers under the guidance of professor Charles Czeisler decided to perform a research on this.
Their research included experiments on different age groups. They had to determine the proper amount of sleep for every single one of them. They also wanted to discover the effects the lack of sleep had on their mind and body.
These are the data they found:
- The age group of 0 to 3 months, or newborns should sleep from 14 to 17 hours;
- Babies from 4 to 11 months should sleep from 12 to 15 hours;
- Children aged 1 or 2 should sleep from 11 to 14 hours;
- Children aged 3 to 5 years should sleep from 10 to 13 hours;
- Children aged 6 to 13 years should sleep from 9 to 11 hours;
- Children aged 14 to 17 years or teenagers should sleep from 8 to 10 hours;
- Young people from 18 to 25 years should sleep from 7 to 9 hours;
- Adults from 26 to 64 should sleep from 7 to 9 hours;
- Seniors over 65 should sleep from 7 to 8 hours.
How to Catch Up on Lost Sleep
The only way you can use to compensate for the lost sleep is to get more sleep! You'll take several nights and maybe several weeks in case you have been deprived from sleeping for months.
Try this at the weekend: add 1 or 2 hours a night. After that, you should try the adjust the hours by your own age group.
Try to avoid caffeine or energy drinks that would keep you focused or awake throughout the day. They will increase your energy and concentration temporarily, but they will also affect your sleep for a long period of time!


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How to mark out copper pipe for bending
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The Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering advises their students to use McKeown's Table to mark out copper pipe accurately for bending. The table gives figures for the critical measurements you need to make when bending 15 mm and 22 mm pipe to different angles.
Decide which pipe is more suitable for the job: 15 mm or 22 mm. Work out how far from the end of the pipe the bend needs to be. Decide on the angle of bend. This might be 30, 45, 60 or 90 degrees, for most common purposes. These decisions will depend on the specifics of the job, including the purpose of the piping, spatial constraints and aesthetic considerations.
Measure the distance decided upon from the end of the pipe. Mark a pencil line at that point. Check McKeown's Table to get the relevant distance to measure back. Measure back accordingly on the pipe and make an arrow mark.
Place the pipe in the pipe bender until the arrow lines up with the start of the forming shoe. Place the angle guide in the former. This shows you how far to pull the pipe in order to achieve the angle you require. Pull the handles of the bender together in one easy motion, until the angle has been formed. Remove the pipe from the bender.
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Illinois continues to be a major manufacturing hub of the Midwest. This means that there will always be a plethora of commercial semitrucks hauling goods along our interstates and secondary roads.
Annually, thousands of truck collisions cause injuries and deaths all over the nation. The human toll is exacerbated by the expense of insurance claims to attempt to ameliorate the damages. That, in turn, is compounded by the cost of traffic jams that tie up vehicular travel and expend resources as first responders treat victims and clear wreckage from highways.
According to the Department of Transportation, in a single year:
-- Roughly 11 billion tons of freight gets moved by trucks.
-- Over $8.3 trillion in consumer goods is hauled.
-- There are a half-million accidents involving trucks.
-- 20,0000 big rig drivers or other occupants were injured in collisions, and 529 died.
-- Per 100 million miles driven by trucks, there are 1.1 fatal accidents.
Truck collisions are increasing and frequently involve fatalities. Data provided by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety from 2010 indicated that:
-- Some 286,585 million miles were traveled by truck drivers.
-- There were 3,413 fatalities in accidents involving big rigs.
-- Of those deaths, 14 percent were in the truck.
-- Three-quarters of fatal accidents involving trucks were with tractor-trailers, with the remaining quarter with single large trucks.
-- The vast majority of fatalities occurred to occupants of other vehicles -- 72 percent.
-- 13 percent of those who died were pedestrians, bicyclists or motorcyclists.
-- Big rigs account for 4 percent of all registered vehicles, yet are involved in 9 percent of all motor vehicle accident fatalities.
If you lost a loved one in a fatal truck collision that was the fault of the truck driver, you have legal options available to you should you choose to pursue litigation against that driver who took your loved one's life and possibly against his or her employer.
Source: Truck Driving Jobs, "Truck Driving Accidents – Causes, Fatalities, Statistics and Costs," accessed Sep. 15, 2016


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CFP: Modernist Literary and Visual Culture (3/30/07; MSA, 11/1/07-11/4/07)
We seek abstracts for a panel proposal for the 9th Annual Modernist
Studies Association Conference in Long Beach, CA (November 1-4, 2007).
Visions of Modernism: Interference and Intersections Between Literary
and Visual Culture
Panel Description:
A treatment of modernist aesthetics is incomplete without an
understanding of how literary culture intersects with visual
culture. While there have been many studies that treat literary and
visual culture as complimentary, like Michael North's recent Camera
Work: Photography and the Twentieth-Century Word, we are interested
in developing an account of the intersections between modernist
literary and visual culture that does not view all aesthetic,
generic, and technological developments as progressively
intertwined. We are particularly interested in the tensions between
literary and visual culture that might illuminate crucial differences
between the literary and visual arts in modernism. Does literature
follow in the wake of movements like Cubism, Dada, and Surrealism?
Or do avant-garde literary aesthetics inspire new developments in
visual culture? Does modernist literature resist new visual
technologies like photography, film, and television, or do new visual
technologies intertwine with literary history?
Abstracts that deal with the intersection of modernist literature and
visual culture are welcome. We are especially interested in work
that focuses on a particular visual genre, such as photography, film,
painting, etc., and its connection to a modernist literary text, or
work that offers a reading of one text that uses both literary and
visual components.
Possible topics may include but are not limited to:
-Literary and visual work for American New Deal projects
-Film, television, and other adaptations of modernist literary works
-Photography and journalism
-Formalist visual criticism
Please submit abstract (250 words), contact information, and a brief
CV by March 30, 2007 to Daniel Worden (dworden_at_cca.edu).
Daniel Worden
Lecturer, Writing and Literature Program
California College of the Arts
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or write Jennifer Higginbotham: higginbj_at_english.upenn.edu
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REEF Announces its purpose to unite the world around the fun, freedom and spirit of the beach
Today we announce our new purpose to unite the world around the fun, freedom and spirit of the beach. This purpose is showcased through a reinvigorated mantra: Beach Freely. Beach Freely encourages all who step into the sand or into Reef products to experience the beach in their own way and take that spirit of the beach with them wherever they go.
Reef was founded in 1984 by two brothers from Argentina, Fernando and Santiago Aguerre, who wanted to share their love for surf travel and beach culture with the world. So, they created a high-quality sandal that could keep up with their active (ahem, party) lifestyle. They moved to Southern California to manage the Reef brand and produce the iconic sandal that made Reef what it is today.
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Death Panel? Mass General Reportedly 'Has Had a Unilateral Do Not Resuscitate Policy Since 2006′
Early this morning, award-winning author and bioethicist Wesley Smith posted at National Review on a Sunday Medical Futility blog entry. That entry previewed a presentation scheduled to occur on morning of Sunday, May 18, the third day of the American Thoracic Society International Conference in San Diego.
The topic: "Unilateral Do-Not-Attempt Resuscitation Orders In A Large Academic Hospital." These are situations where "clinicians withhold advanced cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in the event of cardiopulmonary arrest despite objections of patients or their surrogates." The presenters indicate that "The ethics committee at Massachusetts General Hospital has had a unilateral DNR policy since 2006." Patients allowed to die against their or their surrogates' will is news, right? Let's see if anyone in the press cares. (So far: No.) A full description of the presentation, relevant background, and Smith's reaction follow the jump.
Here is the presentation description found at the conference's web site (search here on "unilateral" to replicate):
According to a 2007 CHEST Journal article ("The Ethics of Unilateral 'Do Not Resuscitate' Orders: The Role of "Informed Assent'"), there are "three categories of decisions to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining therapies that clinicians believe are clearly not indicated," and "the concept of informed assent is not equally relevant for all three categories" (bolds are mine throughout the rest of this post):
The first category is withholding treatments that patients or family members are not likely to expect for the patients' specific condition (for example an exploratory laparotomy or activated protein C for a moribund patient with severe septic shock and multiple organ failure); and, accordingly, clinicians need not discuss each treatment withheld if they do not regard it as medically indicated (although clinicians would be obliged to discuss such treatment if a patient or family member takes the initiative to inquire). In this category, decisions about medical futility are commonly made unilaterally …
The second category is withholding treatments or procedures that are clearly not indicated but that most patients or families have come to expect. We believe clinicians are obliged to discuss such interventions on their own initiative. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is currently in this category. It may be that specific patients or families do not in fact expect this intervention. But the expectation is so widespread in our contemporary culture that clinicians should assume that the intervention is expected unless the patient or family indicates otherwise.
The third category is withdrawing a therapy that has already been started but which due to the patient's clinical course is no longer indicated. Although many medical ethicists conclude that withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatments are ethically and legally equivalent, decisions about withdrawing interventions that clinicians have previously viewed as potentially beneficial often have a different and more powerful impact on patients and families than decisions not to initiate therapies in the first place. Accordingly, communication with families about withdrawal decisions should take account of those differences. As in the second category, clinicians should assume that patients or families expect interventions to be continued, once they are begun, unless the patient or family indicates otherwise.
For these second and third categories, we believe that obtaining informed assent to withhold or withdraw interventions is an ethically acceptable alternative to insisting that patients or families always bear the full burden of explicit consent.
Note the clear statement that cardiopulmonary resuscitation is currently something "most patients or families have come to expect." Of course it is. Therefore, Mass General's claimed unilateral decisions NOT to attempt it in certain instances without informing patients or their families clearly crosses the line of medical practitioners secretly deciding who will live and who will die, i.e., a death panel.
I wonder if unilateral DNRs are covered in the "Critical Care Handbook of the Massachussetts General Hospital"?
Smith's reaction:
If I read this correctly, thirty-eight percent of those upon whom the unilateral DNRs appear not to have been at the end stage of a terminal disease:
Patients for whom unilateral DNR was recommended were more likely to have conditions judged to be endstage rather than potentially reversible (62% versus 41%, p=0.05).
And who can be surprised that non whites were more likely to have an involuntary DNR imposed?
This is medical tyranny.
So there's even a potential "minorities most affected" aspect to all of this. So I'm sure the establishment press will be all over this.
Well, let's hope for the best, but don't hold your breath. The press's performance in chronicling the culture of death's forward march has been abysmal for many years. They may see the likelihood that such arbitrary and secret decisions might be even more strongly insulated from scrutiny in the future under Obamacare as a feature and not a bug.
Cross-posted at NewsBusters.org.


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A White Page
Posted by Chic Aeon in hair, iheartslFeed, new releases on Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Shadows dance across the white page.
New in today's post, a messy updo from MINA for The Chapter Four, Vera. A casual look that can pass as a party do for those that don't need to worry about "appearances". I like that!
My necklace comes with a hud that let's you change all parts and pieces at your whim. You could play for hours or go with most any combo as they seem to all work well together. Find the Ani set (earrings and ring are also available) at MEVA!
Cami and trousers are also from BAIASTICE (not new but still very spiffy!)
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Dedicated to the general sights, news and funny happenings in the wonderful city of Windsor
I just want to thank Santa and Mrs. Claus for taking time out of their shopping to take a pic with my daughter and I. They where at the Metro on tec and central. My daughter is on cloud nine 😊!!!!!!
Merry Christmas!!!!!


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A Winter Weather Advisory has been cancelled for all area counties.
An area of light wintry mix is drifting south from Wisconsin Saturday night, which could lead to some slick conditions on untreated roads. But no major impacts are expected into the early Sunday hours.
Although snow fell consistently throughout Saturday, most of it melted upon contact with the ground, ABC7 meteorologist Mark McGinnis said.
Rain and drizzle over the Chicago area switched over to snow in the evening Friday and continued into Saturday.
Dense fog persisted throughout the afternoon, creating many areas of low visibility, and a wintry mix falling Friday morning created sloppy and slushy roads across the area.
A Dense Fog Advisory was in effect until 9 p.m. Friday for much of the Chicago area, including Cook, Will, DuPage, Lake and McHenry counties.
The low visibility was affecting operations at Chicago's airports. A ground stop was in place for arriving flights at Midway Airport and there were gate hold and taxi delays between 15 and 30 minutes for departing flights. Midway reported 109 flights canceled and delays averaging 42 minutes as of 4 p.m. At O'Hare Airport, 33 flights were canceled and there were delays of less than 15 minutes. as of 4 p.m.
RELATED: Residents who don't shovel could be fined up to $500
Last weekend, a major winter storm dumped several inches of snow on Chicago and forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights at the city's airports.
RELATED: Winter storm wreaks havoc along Chicago's lakefront
The previous weekend, another storm system brought high winds that pounded the Chicago lakefront with waves and heavy rain.
RELATED: Look back at Chicago's coldest day on record


text: The CFDA Awards may not be a household name like Oscar or Emmy, but in the fashion world, it's a pretty big deal. The awards honor established and newcomers in the fashion world. Take a look at some of the red carpet looks from Monday night's event in New York, including Katie Holmes, Karlie Kloss, Kim Kardashian, Rachel Zoe and January Jones.


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Betting on sports can be fun and even highly profitable if you manage to bet for the right team. Since bookmakers issue sports betting lines that display all of the vital data relevant to any bet, it is essential to correctly interpret the sports betting line to win big money.
Bookmakers or sports books issue sports betting lines before and during any game to let betters know about the odds on the game, the spread, and the over-under and on points that should be achieved to win the bet. Additionally you can view the favorite and the underdog team in any match. A sports betting line might be offered free of charge http://greatbettinginfo.com by a sports book to assist you or encourage you to play in any site or maybe you can even spend on premium betting lines that offer additional data that can help you to adjust your playing strategy accordingly.
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You can hence observe sports betting lines such as Seahawks -120, Browns +180, a simple money line. This means that you only need to bet on which team wins as well as the amount that you have to put in to win back a specific amount. In this instance, the Seahawks is the favorite team mainly because it has a – sign next to its name.
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Up, up, and very far away.
At least, that's the U.S. military's eventual goal for Phantom Eye — a ginormous, hydrogen-powered uber-drone. The vehicle, manufactured by Boeing and designed as a huge surveillance tool, performed its first test flight at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center last week, the company announced on Monday.
But Phantom Eye, which boasts a mammoth 150-foot wingspan, isn't soaring to great heights just quite yet. During last week's test, shown in the video above, the mega-drone reached an altitude of 4,080 feet and stayed airborne for a total of 28 minutes, reaching a cruising speed of 62 knots.
That's a far cry from what the military wants the drone to eventually do. Phantom Eye is supposed to reach a maximum altitude of 65,000 feet and stay aloft for up to 96 hours — that is, four whole days — at speeds reaching 150 knots. That would make the flying spy the biggest and longest-loitering drone the United States has. (Don't worry, it's not armed.)
The Phantom Eye's size means the drone can be loaded up with a whopping 450 lbs. of sensors and cameras — which will come in handy for toting the military's forthcoming spy gear, like Gorgon Stare, designed to spy on "city-size" areas, or the Army's ARGUS sensor, which collects the equivalent of 79.8 years of video footage each day. Combine that capacity with a lengthy loiter time, and you've got a high-flying spy system that can peek on entire cities for days at a time.
Phantom Eye's flight debut was a small step forward for the ambitious drone, which Boeing first introduced in 2010. But the test wasn't flawless — the giant spy machine sustained a broken landing gear upon touchdown. This isn't the first time the mega-drone has encountered technical difficulty. Although Boeing initially planned to test-fly the Phantom Eye in 2011, that date was pushed back because of unspecified tech concerns.
Not to mention that, in 2010, the company aspired to an initial test flight of 8 hours. Last year, company officials told Danger Room that the Phantom Eye's first flight had been scaled back to "maybe two to four hours." Obviously, those goals are both far cries what Phantom Eye ended up accomplishing: 28 minutes in the air.
Of course, that's what testing is for, and in any event, Phantom Eye is years away from actual military use. Still, it's a little unclear what value a gigantic drone has, given that Congress is pushing the Air Force to deploy giant spy-blimps, which can lug even more spy gear while loitering for longer periods of time. But the blimps are technically complex and expensive, and the Air Force is getting cold feet about them.
Whether blimp-crazed politicians like it or not, Phantom Eye might turn out to be the military's long-distance surveillance champ.
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text: Bindra said he was questioned by the ICC members at the executive board meeting in Dubai earlier this week "for half an hour" when he told them the 2011 World Cup, if held in the subcontinent, would generate USD 400 million more. "I told them that the ICC makes USD two million from a match day whereas we make USD 8.77 million, which is more than four times. The ICC sold the television rights [of 2003 WC] to India for USD 250 million and for seven-eight million USD to Australia."


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Butterfly Pallu and Bollywood Beauties
Saree is one of the very graceful garments. It's timeless and beyond comparison. Just a couple of years ago butterfly pallu's started getting popular. This looks beautiful. It's another experiment by various fashion designers. Although it's complete new and unique creation. Below Shilpa Shetty is wearing beautiful white butterfly pallu saree which has silver gotta work. She has teamed itRead more


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Danish Politicians Go Vegan for the Planet
The Metro reports that politicians in Denmark are going vegan in order to "tackle climate change." According to the article, members of parliament from both the Alternative and the Red-Green Alliance parties are committing to the 22-day vegan challenge in order to "highlight how much damage intensive animal farming does to our planet."
Party leader of the Alternative, Uffe Elbæk, who retweeted the Metro article, stated:
"No doubt that this will be a huge challenge, but I expect it to be quite a lot of fun as well, and it'll definitely be to the benefit of the environment. Western food production has an enormous climate footprint. Political action is needed, and I find it important that we, as politicians, take the first steps and begin to 'walk the talk.'"
Maria Gjerding, the Red-Green Alliance's environmental secretary, noted that while eating a plant-based diet for 22 days "is not going to save the world in itself," it is still a "great opportunity to put focus on Western consumption of animal products and the environmental and animal welfare problems it causes."
Earlier this year, Barbara Hendricks, Germany's environment minister, banned meat in all official functions, stating that "vegetarian food is more climate-friendly than meat and fish."


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With their swirled floral cut, these pretty glass knobs fit a variety of home décor styles, from feminine to vintage and beyond.
Need ideas? A clear glass door knob can breathe new life into drawer fronts, cabinet doors, and even curtain rods. Or you can use these swirl-cut glass knobs to add a beautiful accent to jewelry organizers, canister finials, and other DIY home decor projects.
Each clear, swirled floral cut glass knob measures 1.5625 x 1.25 inches. The 1.5 inch bolt can be trimmed with bolt cutters to fit your door knob crafts perfectly.


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Giving youths a place to develop their paths to success was Tara Johnson's dream.
"It became a desire and passion of mine to help the youths in our community reach their goals," she said. "I have a background in dance, and I wanted to use that as a way to reach them. I had learned that the talents that you have been given have been given to you to share with others."
To fulfill her dream, Ms. Johnson founded Johnson Youth Organization Inc. in 2002.
"Empowering the youth through motivation and inspiration is a focus of the organization. To do that, I try to give them a supplement of what they need in addition to what they already get in school, at home and in church," she said.
The organization offers mentoring and educational programs and has a Nubian Princess Drill Team that perform routines such as dance, step, baton twirling and drama. The team's next performance will be at the Nubian Princess Banquet Ball on Aug. 4, where team members will be honored.
"The drill team is a combination of both programs. It's not just about dance. We try to give them education and knowledge as well. If a child is prepared through knowledge, they can make a good decision," she said.
Sisters Rashawn and Cherity Johnson said that's why they have remained in the organization for the past five years.
"It gives you something to do. We learn things other than dancing, like how to take care of yourself as a young lady," said Cherity, 13.
"It's more than a dance team. It's like a second home for us. We all look forward to coming and seeing each other," said Rashawn, 14.
Although they are no longer members, Alyssa Moten and Toni Walker come back to visit because of the impact the organization has had on their lives.
"It kept you out of trouble and gave you something positive to do when you got out of school," said Alyssa, 16. "It made an impact on me because (Ms. Johnson) made me realize that I could accomplish a lot more than I thought."
"It was fun. She motivated you to do more things in life," said Toni, also 16. "She taught us that even when people tell us that we can't do something, we can still do whatever we put our minds to."
Ms. Johnson said that is what she wants all the girls to learn by being in the organization.
"When they see that they aren't limited to anything, then that opens up a world of opportunities for them," she said.
Reach Nikasha Dicks at (706) 823-3336 or email@example.com.
What: Johnson Youth Organization's Nubian Princess Banquet Ball
When: 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 4
Where: Bernie Ward Community Center, 1941 Lumpkin Road
Cost: $10
Information: (706) 496-0309


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Plane Visit
I've updated a picture gallery on one of my web sites with pictures that I took of Lloyd Gimple's Cozy. He was kind enough to let me and Jan come down and visit him in Albuquerque, NM to check out his plane. A short drive down from Santa Fe and we were both drooling in his hanger. Lloyd spent a very patient four hours going over his bird and showing us different things. This was the first time we really had an opportunity to look a Cozy over or sit in one. We were both grateful and excited for the opportunity. The first set of pictures was taken during this visit.
A few weeks later he had his bird down for an annual and invited us back to help with shimming one of his wings. It was great seeing the guts of the Cozy and how the basic pieces fit together. The second set of pictures was taken during this visit.
Both visits gave us the opportunity to see and touch something tangible when all we've really seen were 2 dimensional plans.
Now I can't wait to see the bird parked on the ramp with her new wheel pants!
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Thanks Lloyd!
Bob Hassel
Cozy Plans #749
Chapter 4
Santa Fe, NM
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ABBA stars Benny and Bjorn to perform at Olivier Awards 201428 03 2014
ABBA's Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus will be reuniting on stage next month.
The duo will perform at this year's Olivier Awards alongside the current London Mamma Mia! company. Their appearance will help close the ceremony, which will take place on April 13.
The event, hosted by Gemma Arterton and Stephen Mangan, will not only pay tribute to 15 years of the hit musical, but also coincide with the 40th anniversary of ABBA's win at Eurovision with the single 'Waterloo'.
Other performances lined up for the evening include Les Misérables, Matilda the Musical, The Phantom of the Opera and Wicked.
This year's list of Olivier nominees includes Hayley Atwell, Anna Chancellor, Judi Dench, Joyce DiDonato, Plácido Domingo, Juan Diego Florez, Henry Goodman, Rory Kinnear, Tom Hiddleston, Jude Law and Lesley Manville.
ITV will broadcast a highlights special on April 13 at 10.15pm.
By Caitlin Layton
Friday, Mar 28 2014, 17:37 GMT
Read more: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a560903/abba-stars-benny-and-bjorn-to-perform-at-olivier-awards-2014.html#ixzz2xIHZuB3l
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ABBA release rare photos for 40th anniversary of Eurovision win22 03 2014
THEY were the four biggest pop stars in the world when the members of ABBA agreed to pose in their swimmers in front of sea lions during their epic 1977 Australian tour.
Here was Bjorn and Benny in their boardies, Agnetha and Frida in their bikinis standing in the water off a Swan River beach and the sea lions hamming it up for the cameras.
"Is it dangerous here? one of the them asked the captain of the boat taking them for a pleasure cruise in Perth.
"Don't worry. Sharks won't attack if there are sea lions around. Sea lions are fast. They'll ram a shark from the side if it gets too close."
ABBA: Outfits were a tax write-off says Bjorn
ABBA: Life begins at 40 again as anniversary plans revealed
he rare and unseen images of the Swedish sensations are revealed in ABBA: The Official Photo Book released in April to celebrate the 40th anniversary since they the Eurovision Song Contest with Waterloo.
It is surreal to think these outrageously famous musicians posed so willingly in such bizarre circumstances for personal photos as they were mobbed at every city on their tour.
Perhaps the Swedish Fab Four would have Instagrammed those moments were they to become musical celebrities in 2014.
But surely it would be a viral video scandal were photographers to gain access to their hotel rooms and snap them in bed.
Yet the married couples invited media into the Grand Hotel rooms in Brighton after the victory parade to celebrate their unexpected Eurovision contest victory.
"Looking back, it's weird that we went along with it, but we were so tight with the media, almost cuddly," Bjorn remembers in the book.
"Everybody knew everybody else. No paparazzi as far as you could see."
The 400 page photo essay also features those outrageous costumes which they now claim were a tax write off.
But another shot which may have you shaking your head in disbelief is the four of them wearing tin foil and little else.
German photographer Bubi Heilemann took the photo in a Stockholm studio in late 1975 and it caused a storm as it made its way by cable around the world.
Frida has a frame copy of it on a bookshelf in her home.
"I think it's fun. Did we wear panties underneath? Of course. Bras too, if I remember rightly. We just pulled down the straps so they wouldn't be visible," she recalls in the book.
Some of the most compelling images are of the couples enjoying down time at home before divorce ended the happier days of their success and ultimately the band.
Agnetha and Bjorn playing with their daughter Linda, Benny and Frida at home and the four cycling around the neighbourhood where they lived near each other and would visit for coffee and to write songs.
The book also gives insight into their creative process, rehearsing and composing as well as Agnetha and Frida practising their dance routines.
ABBA: The Official Photo Book published by Hardie Grant Books RRP $75 is available in stores nationally on April 1
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Radio interview with Ingmarie Halling17 03 2014
Ingmarie Halling was interviewed about the ABBA – The Backstage Stories book on the radio show P4 Extra today
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Agnetha in April Issue of Marie Claire.14 03 2014
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Life begins again for ABBA at 40 as the Swedish supergroup reveal more anniversary plans11 03 2014
THE enduring love affair with Swedish pop supergroup ABBA should add considerably to their superannuation funds with a raft of releases to mark the 40th anniversary of their first hit Waterloo.
Their label is hoping to considerably add to the 375 million records sold over the past four decades and unveiled the tracklisting to yet another revamped three-disc Gold: Greatest Hits collection last week.
It will drop on April 4 as the band also prepares to celebrate an official photo book to mark the four-decade anniversary.
Now the band's original Swedish label Polar Music has revealed their ABBA The Singles boxed set, with a special Australian release making the cut for the 40 vinyl singles.
When All Is Said And Done was released in Australia in late 1981 with the B-side Soldiers. Both songs were drawn from their final album The Visitors.
While The Winner Takes It All was written in the wake of the split between Björn Ulvaeus and Agnetha Fältskog, When All Is Said And Done detailed the divorce of Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Benny Andersson.
The singles boxed set will feature their single releases from 1972 to 1982 and include the Eurovision Prize-winning Waterloo, Mamma Mia, Dancing Queen, Take A Chance On Me,Honey, Honey and Fernando.
Most of the songs were the releases conceived by Polar for Scandinavian territories while nine others were issued by local labels in Europe and Australia.
It will be released on May 9.
ABBA The Singles
1. People Need Love / Merry-Go-Round
2. He Is Your Brother / Santa Rosa
3. Ring Ring (Swedish Version) / Åh, vilka tider
4. Ring Ring (English Version) / She's My Kind of Girl
5. Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough) / I Am Just A Girl
6. Ring Ring (German Version) / Wer I'm Wartesaal der Liebe steht
7. Waterloo (Swedish Version) / Honey, Honey (Swedish Version)
8. Waterloo (English Version) / Watch Out
9. Waterloo (German Version) / Watch Out
10. Waterloo (French Version) / Gonna Sing You My Lovesong
11. Honey, Honey / King Kong Song
12. Honey, Honey / Ring Ring (remix)
13. So Long / I've Been Waiting For You
14. I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do / Rock me
15. SOS / Man In The Middle
16. Mamma Mia / Intermezzo No. 1
17. Fernando / Hey, Hey Helen
18. Dancing Queen / That's Me
19. Money, Money, Money / Crazy World
20. Knowing Me, Knowing You / Happy Hawaii
21. The Name Of The Game / I Wonder (Departure)
22. Take A Chance On Me / I'm A Marionette
23. Eagle / Thank You For The Music
24. Summer Night City / Medley: Pick A Bale of Cotton — On Top Of Old Smokey —Midnight Special
25. Chiquitita / Lovelight
26. Chiquitita (Spanish Version) / Lovelight
27. Does Your Mother Know / Kisses of Fire
28. Voulez-Vous / Angeleyes
29. Estoy Soñando (Spanish version of I Have A Dream)/ Does Your Mother Know
30. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) / The King Has Lost His Crown
31. I Have A Dream / Take A Chance On Me (live)
32. The Winner Takes It All / Elaine
33. Super Trouper / The Piper
34. Happy New Year / Andante, Andante
35. Lay All Your Love On Me / On And On And On
36. One Of Us / Should I Laugh Or Cry
37. Head Over Heels / The Visitors
38. When All Is Said And Done / Soldiers
39. The Day Before You Came / Cassandra
40. Under Attack / You Owe Me One
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IRKUTSK, Russia — The overworked cleaning woman realized that her grown son was not just sleeping off his habitual hangover in the Siberian city of Irkutsk when she discovered — to her horror — that he had quietly gone blind.
Even as his speech slurred and his condition steadily deteriorated, the man, Renat V. Mukhamadeyev, 31, dissuaded his widowed mother from summoning an ambulance until about midnight. Wheeled into the emergency room at nearby Hospital No. 8 — by then a hellish madhouse of the dead and the dying — he fell into a coma and expired within a day, one of at least 76 victims of a mass alcohol poisoning.
To many outsiders, including President Trump and his inner circle of advisers, Russia is riding high today, strutting about the globe. It wields its clout both openly, by sending its military into Ukraine and Syria, and surreptitiously, warping politics in Europe and America through a sustained campaign of propaganda and cyberwarfare.
Yet, at home, the picture is decidedly bleaker.
Since oil prices plunged in 2014 and the West imposed economic sanctions over Crimea and eastern Ukraine, Russia has been mired in a grinding recession that has lowered living standards throughout the country. For many people, this has meant exhausting savings, cutting back on expensive items like meat and fish, growing their own vegetables and — tragically, in the case of Irkutsk — buying cheap vodka substitutes.
Most of the afflicted in Irkutsk started that Saturday night in December just like Mr. Mukhamadeyev, trotting out to a local kiosk or small corner store to buy "boyaryshnik" — "hawthorn" in Russian, lending the product a false holistic air. The label called it bath oil and warned against drinking the contents, but it was common knowledge that bootleggers produced the rotgut specifically as poor man's vodka.
"Everybody drank it because it was the cheapest," wailed Zoya Mukhamadeyeva, 59, Mr. Mukhamadeyev's mother, tearfully kissing childhood photographs of her only son.
The working-class neighborhood of Novo-Lenino, where the bulk of the victims lived in this provincial capital some 2,600 miles east of Moscow, is in many ways a snapshot of the growing poverty in Russia.
"The situation is typical for the whole country. It just happened here," said Yuri Pronin, the editor of Baikalskiye Vesti, a local independent weekly.
It was not supposed to be this way. Over the 16 years that Vladimir V. Putin has served as either president or prime minister of Russia, the standard of living had inched upward in the neighborhood, even as it soared in cities like Moscow and St. Petersburg. Squat, five-story banks of numbing gray Soviet apartment blocks gave way to cheerfully colored, 10-story buildings constructed around appealing playgrounds.
Imported cars clogged the parking lots. Pizzerias and health clubs vied for the residents' spare rubles.
As he imposed order on the economy and cut back press and political freedoms, Mr. Putin promised in return better lives for all Russians, laying out a series of targets for 2020.
At least 60 percent and maybe even 70 percent of Russia's 143 million population would join the middle class. Average salaries would rise to 40,000 rubles a month (more than $1,000 then; less than $700 at current exchange rates). Russians would live far longer, with life expectancy for both men and women reaching 75.
During the recession, those and other benchmarks have receded.
Nationwide, the ranks of people who consider themselves middle class has dropped to around 50 percent. The average wage of 36,703 rubles would have to be 55,000 in 2017 rubles to equal Mr. Putin's target. In the Irkutsk region, the number of people living below the poverty line — officially 10,000 rubles per month, about $170 — has grown to about 20 percent from 17 percent before the crisis.
In Siberia, residents traditionally raise a birthday toast "to Siberian health," as if the harsh climate forges a stronger constitution. In reality, people in the Irkutsk region die at age 67 on average — 59 for men — compared with 77 in Moscow. The climate and the drinking, as well as inferior medical services, take their toll.
The overall population of Irkutsk is also shrinking. "People constantly discuss the lack of prospects here," said Mikhail Rozhansky, the head of the Center for Independent Social Research and Education.
While the modern apartments and new cars lend Novo-Lenino a patina of prosperity, the people have little work and dwindling savings, said Andrei Kolganov, who spurned a Moscow career to become a clown in the neighborhood, parlaying that into a successful children's entertainment center. Problems spiraled after 2014.
"The majority of the people in this neighborhood drink illegal alcohol," Mr. Kolganov said during an impromptu tour. "You can see that people don't live that badly. But they don't have work, nobody needs them, so they drink. It's a Russian tradition."
Even some local people were shocked by the number of seemingly comfortable people who drank the tainted alcohol — nurses, teachers, drivers — people with steady if low-paying jobs. Some victims just keeled over on the street, residents said, and others were discovered dead days later in their apartments.
"Everybody knew that it was not bath oil. That label was just meant to fend off the inspectors," Mr. Kolganov said. "What really shocked people is that those who died wanted to give the appearance that they were doing well, but they lacked the money to buy decent vodka."
Although sold under different names for decades, even from vending machines, the basic product remained uniform. Boyaryshnik was packaged in a 250-gram bottle of almost 95 percent alcohol that cost about $1, and could be diluted to create a normal-size bottle of what was considered vodka. A 500-gram bottle of legal vodka, with all government taxes paid, costs around five times as much.
After the mass poisoning, investigators discovered that some bootleggers had produced a batch of boyaryshnik using methanol instead of ethanol. Even a small amount of methanol is fatal, as it destroys the central nervous system, including the optic nerve.
That Sunday, seeing her son lying practically comatose, Mrs. Mukhamadeyeva, who juggles three cleaning jobs, summoned a doctor living in the building. He discovered that Renat had gone blind without saying anything.
Later that night, Mrs. Mukhamadeyeva said, she encountered bedlam in the emergency room. Even as her son was wheeled into the intensive care unit, she said, four corpses were carted out. Told to wait, she watched a woman on a stretcher die by the admitting desk.
"Doctors were running here and there, but they could not seem to do anything," she said. Fomepizole, a methanol antidote often used in American emergency rooms, is not certified in Russia, and ethanol, which affects the metabolism of the poison, is only randomly available in its intravenous form.
The local department of health did not respond to queries about the treatment the victims received. Local press reports, however, quoted doctors as saying that the patients who lived among the 123 affected had apparently also consumed vodka or other alcohol made with ethanol — in effect, drinking an antidote.
Even before the poisonings, market vendors in Novo-Lenino had noticed that residents were getting poorer. Shoppers bought more cabbage and macaroni, less meat. Any discounted produce sold first.
That mirrors changes nationwide. After two years of recession and what consumers say is roughly a doubling of food prices, government statistics indicate that the average Russian eats markedly less meat, fish, dairy products and sugar, while consumption of potatoes, melons and vegetables has jumped. About half of all Russians grow a portion of their own fruits and vegetables.
Such changes were not limited to the poor. Some people with suburban dachas who seeded lawns during the fat years have since dug them up to plant potatoes, said Larisa Kazakova, a local opposition activist.
"Everyone tries to grow their own potatoes," said Mr. Kolganov, laughing when told that a few university professors had denied knowing anyone in such dire straits. "Do you think a university professor is going to confess to you that he has to plant potatoes to get by?"
Until the vodka tragedy, nobody protested the economic plight.
"We all saw the difficulties as temporary," explained Alexander Rasstrigin, a businessman of ample girth who owns the Progress Plus street market.
"Before the sanctions, people lived quite well," he said. "People took out loans. They were confident about tomorrow. They bought cars. They were sure there would be stability."
Now it seems as if everyone can afford only half, or less, of what he or she could before. Pensioners in particular count every kopeck, Mr. Rasstrigin said.
"We buy fewer extras," he said. "I cannot afford expensive cheese. I cannot afford good kielbasa. I don't buy any delicacies."
The poisoning even roused a rare protest, but only among vendors incensed after city bulldozers began smashing their 30 market stalls. They felt they were being scapegoated for the illicit vodka trade, which the police had long tolerated, if not controlled. Boyaryshnik has since been banned — at least temporarily — and some two dozen local police officials, bureaucrats and dealers have been detained, but no major suppliers.
Asked about the poisonings at a news conference, Mr. Putin criticized "supervisory bodies" for failing to prevent the tragedy, but ultimately blamed unidentified foreigners. Given that experts estimate the bootleg trade represents 20 percent of the national alcohol market, nobody expects it to disappear soon.
Describing their protest later, a small knot of women grew agitated. "Let people see how Putin really manages this country, see how poor people really live!" yelled one.
Tatyana, 58, a short, stout fishmonger, said she lived on a pension of about $133 a month. She ate normally one week every month, she said, then subsisted on bread and butter.
"We suffer while those in power eat black caviar by the spoonful," she said, miming a person shoving a spoon into his mouth.
"Spoonful?" scoffed Elena, another vegetable seller. "They gorge on buckets of the stuff!"
In a curiously Russian dynamic, they avoided blaming Mr. Putin personally.
"The president says that small business should be protected, but lower-level bureaucrats continue with their dark deeds and as a result we will all end up unemployed," Mr. Rasstrigin said.
The vendors were convinced, as Russians have been for centuries, that if only the czar knew of their plight he would surely intervene. "Tell Moscow, tell Putin, that they are closing the market," Elena pleaded.
Mr. Putin is expected to win a fourth term as president in 2018, ensuring him another six years in office. His unmet pledges on issues like life expectancy do not enter the calculus of most voters, analysts said.
Older Russians in particular remain grateful to Mr. Putin for ending the chaos and lawlessness of the 1990s, while over all he has made Russians feel better about themselves and their country's standing in the world.
"I like Putin. He is a good czar, and Russia needs a czar," said Mr. Kolganov, the businessman, stressing that he wanted to avoid excessive criticism or praise.
"He is protecting us; how can we say anything against him?" he added. "If he did not do some of what he promised, well, how can one person do everything?"


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Karin Oèbster designs avant-garde designer fashion and accessories in exclusive limited editions.
The label presented the new Collection "Get and keep Funky" on MQ Vienna Fashionweek Friday night.
Subtile textures shifted to black and white shades in transparent chiffon and were interrupted by shoes and socks in bright acid colors like pink, yellow, blue and shocking red.
Leather and Recycling Paper Art Jewelry rounded the outfits up like just few designers know who to manage that tightrope.
I had the perfect seat for the ultimate experience, when the model comes closer and closer and you find a new detail every step she takes until you are completely flashed when the garment shows you the full range of reliefs, shades and textures.
Friendly, funky, freaking awesome and surprisingly fresh for a fashionweek that seems to have nothing in common with fashion of the rest of the world.
The avantgarde colorsplash was perfectly accompanied by the title song "The Atmosphere" by the charming guys from Dukes and Animals. It was their first flight into a fashionshow song. Congrats! Worked out pretty well and the line "oh my god please give me some style" was more than suitable.
And because I like the song so much, I want to share it with you with all the amazing outifts from the show in a slideshow on VIMEO: click
Get and keep Funky!
See you in the KAYIKO Shop, where the hunt on the unique pieces already began during the Aftershow Party. I already lost the fight for 2 of my favorite pieces from the show, because I enjoyed the cake instead of choosing what I had in mind.


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What happens when you return home after traveling the world for a year? That, in itself, is a new adventure!
While visitors were stampeding toward the more popular shrines and temples, I had these beauties all to myself!
I love spending time in Tokyo, but there are plenty of other sightseeing goodies just a bullet train ride away.
Thousands of torii gates make this Shinto shrine Kyoto's biggest, and most beautiful, attraction. I enjoyed my second visit even more than the first!


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From now on, we'll be rounding up the latest and most relevant contractor news for the contracting community once or twice a week and summarising it here on the Kingsbridge blog, making it your one-stop shop for all the latest information that's relevant to you. Without further ado, here's the first round up:
IR35 will not change until at least April 2017, confirms HMRC to IR35 Forum (Contractor Calculator):
"HMRC confirmed at the most recent IR35 Forum meeting on 15 December 2015 that no kneejerk measures will be implemented between now and the next Budget.
HMRC was reluctant to provide any timescale with regards to its next decision over the legislation, but it has confirmed that there will be no changes to IR35 included in the Finance Act 2016, meaning no new measures will take place during the 2016/17 tax year."
Contractors not caught by IR35 can still claim tax reliefs (TaxAssist):
"Limited company contractors not caught by IR35 – a tax legislation designed to combat tax avoidance by workers supplying their services to clients via an intermediary – can still claim travel and subsistence tax relief."
Busier freelancers are happier (Brookson):
"Many people choose to become a freelancer or start their own business to have more control over their schedule and enjoy a better work-life balance. A new study has now suggested that freelancers get so much gratification from their job that they are happier the busier they are.
Researchers from the University of Leicester and the University of London looked at the work schedule of 45 freelance workers over a six-month period. The study, published in the SAGE journal Human Relations, found that their wellbeing fluctuated in-line with their schedule."
Self-employed contractor numbers reach record high (ONS):
"The number of self-employed contractors in the UK has reached an all-time high. This is according to the latest figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) which show that the UK's self-employed headcount rose above 4.6m in the three months leading to October, reflecting a 71k increase year-on-year and a 94k improvement on the previous quarter." (Contractor Calculator)."
Contractors to submit quarterly tax returns from April 2018 (Gov.uk):
"The Government has revealed further details concerning plans to request quarterly tax returns from contractors over the coming years. In a document titled: 'Making tax digital', HMRC highlights that quarterly tax returns are set to be implemented from April 2018, as part of its new digital tax initiative." (Contractor Calculator).
Draft 2016 travel and subsistence legislation – Briefing 3: Will there be a surge of PSC contracting and, if so, what risks might that involve? (Osborne Clark):
"On 11 December 2015 we issued a briefing looking at the key points and likely problems with the draft travel and subsistence legislation released on 9 December 2015, and on 14 December 2015 we looked at how umbrella models would be affected. Those were the first two briefings in a series of briefings about the draft legislation.
In this third of four briefings we comment on the impact of the proposals on users and suppliers of personal service company contractors ("PSCs")."


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KENOSHA CO. -- A high-speed chase involving a white minivan started in the city of Milwaukee and ended in Kenosha County just south of Highway 50 Wednesday morning, May 9th. Five suspects were taken into custody.
Milwaukee police say the pursuit began at 9:48 a.m. after a citizen called in the description of the vehicle involved in a burglary near 51st and Good Hope. Officers called off that pursuit at 9:58 a.m. when it was determined the chase could possibly jeopardize public safety.
Moments after the chase was called off, Menomonee Falls police found the van near Woodman's and tried to pull it over. The van took off down Highway 45. Menomonee Falls police pursed the suspects until Watertown Plank Rd. That's when the Wisconsin State Patrol as well as deputies from Milwaukee, Racine and Kenosha got involved.
"The vehicle passed the scale and our marked squad got behind it and at that point the vehicle sped up from 65 to over a hundred miles an hour," Mark Barlar with the Wisconsin State Patrol said.
Once in Kenosha County, Dept. of Transportation highway cameras show the left front tire on the white minivan was deflated.
"He successfully spiked the vehicle, the left front tire slowly deflated, driver felt he couldn't get away anymore and he pulled over into the median and stopped," Barlar said.
The suspects were taken into custody by the Wisconsin State Patrol. That forced the southbound lanes of I-94 to be shut down while the arrests were being made.
The southbound lanes of I-94 were reopened a short time after the van was pulled over. But traffic was quite backed up because of the incident.
FOX6 News learned the van involved in this chase was stolen from ABC Daycare at 60th and Center in Milwaukee on Tuesday, May 8th. Police were notified of the theft. The owner of the daycare says she knows the van had a full tank of gas.
The owner of ABC Daycare says this is not the first time her business has had vans stolen -- two others have been stolen in the past. The vans are equipped with security alarms. Those alarms sound until properly turned off. When the vans were found, the batteries were usually drained -- presumably because the security device was left on.
The owner says there is surveillance video of this most recent theft -- and it has been turned over to Milwaukee police. She says it appeared the camera captured three people stealing the van.
The suspects were turned over to Milwaukee police. All five of them are being housed in the Milwaukee County Jail.
Monitor FOX6 News and FOX6Now.com for updates on this developing story.
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