JACKSONVILLE, Florida--Payformance Corporation, a provider of Electronic Funds Transfer and Electronic Remittance Advice services, has announced that it will begin offering claim settlement services to the dental industry.
PaySpan Health, the company's claim settlement solution, not only moves claims payment from paper to EFT but links each payment to an ERA. This gives dental insurance plans and their providers an effective means to reduce costs, errors and administrative burden.
"We are thrilled to bring the dental community a product that has the potential to save hundreds of millions of dollars a year for the industry," said Dwayne L. McAfee, president and CEO of Payformance Corporation. "Dental providers and payers now have access to a proven product to settle claims electronically, saving time and money in the process."
Payformance currently works with 11 major health-care insurance plans that serve more than 14 million members and the company settled more than 140 million claims through the PaySpan Health service in 2007. With success in health care, Payformance is confident that dental payers and providers will experience similar benefits to those enjoyed by current health-care customers.
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For a payer previously settling 25 million claims via paper, the potential annual savings are between $5.8 and $10.5 million, and up to $73.5 million in potential annual savings for their provider community.
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'Title VIII' Net Neutrality Bill Introduced
July 17, 2018
The FCC's 2015 Open Internet Order, which was essentially repealed by the current FCC last December, prevented blocking, throttling, and paid prioritization and classified interconnections under FCC Title II authority.
The Coffman bill would avoid the Title II fight by creating a new Title in the Communications Act--Title VIII -Broadband Internet Access Service--and putting FCC network neutrality oversight authority there.
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One of the simplest preparations of cereal flour gave us one of the most popular foods in the world: pasta. The word is Italian for “paste” or “dough,”and pasta is nothing more than wheat flour and water combined to make a clay-like mass, formed into small pieces, and boiled in water until cooked through—not baked, as are nearly all other doughs. Noodle comes from the German word for the same preparation, and generally refers to pasta-like preparations made outside the Italian tradition. The keys to pasta’s appeal are its moist, fine, satisfyingly substantial texture and its neutral flavor, which makes it a good partner for a broad range of other ingredients.

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CHARACTER: 300m minor road walking, steep hill. Reasonably level walk in field along public footpath, uneven ground, no stiles.
LOOK OUT FOR: Craig Rhosyfelin crag, source of at least one of the bluestones at Stonehenge
CAUTION: Access is by a narrow, single track road with few passing places. Approach from the west via Brynberian to avoid the deep ford and steep, twisting section of road in the valley. Please use the designated roadside parking area and do not park in gateways or passing places. Please keep to the public footpath, access to the rock outcrop is by permission of the landowner. Please keep dogs on leads as livestock graze this land.
This craggy outcrop of stone lies within a deep secluded valley. It is here that at least one of the famous bluestones were quarried and later taken to Stonehenge – most probably by land on sleds hauled by oxen.
The rock outcrop can be viewed from the road or nearby public footpath. Please keep to the public footpath, access to the rock outrcop is by permission of the landowner.
The footpath continues up the valley to bridge the stream. The land is privately owned and the landowner has a Management Agreement with the National Park Authority to ensure that the special landscape and nature conservation qualities of this unspoilt valley can be preserved.
To achieve this we rely on the continuation of traditional farming practices here, namely grazing and occasional winter burning of gorse. Hardy Welsh mountain ponies are used to maintain the patchwork of habitats, which includes open grassland, heathland and scrub.
These, in turn, support important species like the rare marsh fritillary butterfly and plants such as the whorled caraway and pale dogviolet, which have declined greatly elsewhere.
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Ford has released full specifications for the latest-generation Ranger in Australia, not long after the flagship Raptor variant was also unveiled for the local market.
In Australia, the entry-level engine offered for the 2023 Ranger takes the form is a 2.0-liter turbocharged diesel. This mill produces 125 kW (167 hp) and 405 Nm (298 lb-ft) of torque and is coupled to a six-speed automatic transmission. Those looking for slightly more grunt will be able to upgrade to a 2.0-liter twin-turbocharged four-cylinder diesel with 154 kW (206 hp) and 500 Nm (369 lb-ft) of torque that’s mated to a 10-speed automatic.
Topping out the diesel range is a 3.0-liter turbocharged V6 rated at 184 kW (247 hp) and 600 Nm (443 lb-ft) of torque and also mated to a 10-speed automatic. Unlike the 2.0-liter engines, the 3.0-liter turbo V6 adds an auto start/stop feature. Sitting at the pinnacle of the engine range is the 3.0-liter twin-turbocharged V6 EcoBoost of the aforementioned Ranger Raptor, churning out an impressive 292 kW (392 hp) and 583 Nm (430 lb-ft).
Aussies will be offered the 2023 Ranger in XL, XLS, XLT, Sport, Wildtrak, and Raptor guises. All variants, except for the Raptor, have 3,500 kg (7,716 lbs) of towing capacity with a 350 kg (771 lbs) tow ball weight limit. Further aiding in towing is an integrated trailer brake controller, trailer connection checklist, and a trailer light check. While most variants have full-time four-wheel drive as standard, the XL, XLS, and XLT can be ordered in rear-wheel drive guise.
“Our customers told us that one of the reasons they love Ranger is because it’s one of the best vehicles on the road for ride comfort and car-like performance. So, retaining that and balancing it with off-road performance has been key throughout the development of Next-Generation Ranger,” Ford dynamic experiences supervisor Rob Hugo said of the next truck.
While Ford has released comprehensive details and specifications for the new Ranger in Australia, it has not yet announced pricing info. Details about the U.S. model have not yet been announced either.


Huizar supporters say councilman’s woes have not shaken their support
Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar kicked off his reelection campaign Tuesday with an elaborate downtown fundraiser, drawing an array of guests who said the councilman’s troubles involving an ex-staffer had not shaken their support.
Huizar is seeking a third four-year term in the March 2015 election. The fundraiser took place less than a week after the councilman was named in a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by his former deputy chief of staff, Francine Godoy. Huizar has called the allegations false but also said he had an extramarital affair with Godoy.
Some at Huizar’s event, held at the nightclub Exchange Los Angeles, said it was too soon to draw conclusions about the lawsuit’s allegations. Others said the Godoy matter was not connected to Huizar’s job performance.
“Those are personal issues,” said Carol Schatz, president and chief executive of the Central City Assn., a downtown business group, as she left the fundraiser.
Ruben Gonzalez, vice president of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, said the focus of the campaign should be on Huizar’s service to his constituents. The rest, said Gonzalez, is “a circus” that is drawing too much attention.
Gonzalez said he was not speaking as a representative of the chamber.
Godoy, 34, worked for Huizar for seven years, receiving an annual salary of more than $132,000 shortly before she left his office, according to personnel officials. In her lawsuit, she accused Huizar of waging a campaign of harassment and retaliation after she refused to provide “sexual favors.” She also alleged that Huizar sabotaged her effort to run for public office after she spurned his advances.
Maria Elena Durazo, who heads the County Federation of Labor, said on her way out of the Huizar fundraiser that she is concerned about the allegations contained in the lawsuit. But she also said it is too soon to judge whether Huizar is guilty or not.
“Jose Huizar has been very good to working people. He has really stood up for good jobs, and that’s what we as a labor movement are all about,” she said. “So until and unless something different happens around those allegations, we’re going to stand around Councilman Huizar.”
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FLUSHING — After two years of negotiations, the City of Flushing has finally reached a new contract with its police force.
On Monday night, Flushing City Council voted 6-0 with one abstention to approve a labor contract between the city and the Police Officers Labor Council, which represented the Flushing City Police Department. Councilwoman Brooke Good abstained from the vote because her husband is a Flushing police officer.
Contract negotiations between the city and the police union began in April 2018 and continued for the next 29 months. During that time, the police department’s prior contract with the city expired on June 30, 2018. Meanwhile, the police department continued to operate under terms of the old contract until a new agreement could be reached. — B.G.

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You can buy pot legally in several states now, but using a debit card to pay has been a dicey proposition.
Marijuana Legalization in Minnesota 2016: Pain Patients Buy Medical Cannabis, is Recreational Pot Next?
Minnesota may have already legalized medical marijuana but it wasn’t until Monday that pain patients of the state finally had the opportunity to buy it.
The kiosks and desks would give people a license to purchase up to 2 ounces of the drug to use during their stay.
More than 100 cannabis-related companies showed up the Cannabis World Congress & Business Expo. to roll out their goods.
China has been a long time catalyst of consumer product scares in the U.S. in recent years.
Before licensed producers and marijuana dispensaries, pot smokers got their drugs from street dealers.
Colorado’s tourists would be able to buy as much marijuana as residents, if a bill moving through the state Legislature passes.
Rough estimates suggest that by closing some 80 cannabis storefronts, the city is forcing $10 million to $29 million back into Vancouver’s black-market economy every month.


Alt-rockers Deaf Havana have been busy! Releasing their fourth album All These Countless Nights back in January, touring festival season and making their Glastonbury debut… But they haven’t stopped there! Now we’ve got All These Countless Nights Reworked, which says what it is on the tin – their previous album, with a completely new vibe to it!
Opening track ‘Ashes, Ashes’ is brought to life with soft vocals and melodies with the help of The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, making it already a stand-out on the album, and proves Deaf Havana practically burst with creativity. ‘L.O.V.E’ is stripped back entirely and kept simple with just a gorgeous acoustic guitar for the first minute or so.
‘Fever’ has most certainly been adapted, going from pure bass in the original to sweet, poetic piano in the reworked version. It’s a different atmosphere; the vocals are so striking and the lyrics somehow seem more innocent. ‘Pretty Low’ becomes even more heartfelt with this new transparent, exposed music.
‘England’ kicks the tempo up a notch with an upbeat guitar strum, keeping the energy high despite losing the original drums. ‘St Pauls’ is another that keeps the first version’s tempo, with intricate guitar melodies giving it quite a funky background vibe.
‘Sing’ has definitely had some work done to it, and we are met with well-executed harmonies and a positive beat. We end the album with ‘Pensacola 2013’, and is the heaviest reworked track on this release – we’ve got some electric guitar and drums in here! It keeps a similar vibe to the original, but includes subtle changes which make it seem like an entirely different song.
Deaf Havana have really outdone themselves with All These Countless Nights Reworked. It perfectly demonstrates how creative these guys are. Fans should be impressed with this album, and with the band heading out on tour in the next few weeks hearing a couple of these reworked songs live would be a treat. We’d definitely recommend getting your hands on this deluxe release!
All These Countless Nights Reworked by Deaf Havana is out 27th October via So Recordings


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House prices see sharpest rise in six years with some areas up 25%... but experts say it's because not enough homes are for sale
- Overall prices rose by 0.4 per cent month-on-month in May, report finds
- Competition boost made it strongest uplift since same month in 2007
- Haart estate agent in Brixton, London, says it's 'boom time' for sales
House prices are surging at their fastest in six years with some boom areas soaring by 25 per cent.
A property shortage coupled with more accessible cheap home loans backed by the Bank of England and the Government are driving the market.
Recently gentrified parts of London are even the scene of bidding wars as prices rocket by up to a quarter, said estate agents.
In recent months, there has also been a sharp increase in sales in many parts of England and Wales, reminiscent of previous booms.
Movement: Prices edged up month-on-month by 0.3 per cent in East Anglia, 0.2 per cent in the South West and 0.1 per cent in the Midlands. They were flat in the North East, the North West, Yorkshire and Wales
The rises come amid warnings that official measures to boost the housing market risk creating a dangerous price bubble.
The overall drive came almost entirely from London and the South East, analysts Hometrack said.
House prices in London and the South East increased by 0.9 and 0.5 per cent respectively month-on-month, while they rose more gradually by an average 0.1 per cent across the rest of Britain.
Prices edged up month-on-month by 0.3 per cent in East Anglia, 0.2 per cent in the South West and 0.1 per cent in the Midlands. They were flat in the North East, the North West, Yorkshire and Wales.
Meanwhile Mr Markey said Brixton demand is so strong that Haart now has an ‘open house’ strategy where potential buyers are invited to group viewings of properties, which are usually sold on the day.
He told the Financial Times: ‘It's boom time. Prices have gone up at least 25 per cent here in the past year. We say to people: “If you want to get in before the open house, you have to pay top dollar”.’
Changing: Paul Markey, an estate agent for Haart in the gentrifying neighbourhood of Brixton (pictured), south London, said it was 'boom time' and he had seen prices rise by 25 per cent there in one year
Lenders and surveyors have reported signs of activity lifting in the housing market after the launch of Government schemes which have given people better access to mortgages and lower rates.
'It's boom time. Prices have gone up at least 25 per cent here in the past year. We say to people: "If you want to get in before the open house, you have to pay top dollar"'
Paul Markey, Haart in Brixton, London
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Evidence that sellers are finding it easier to stand firm on their prices was shown by the percentage of the asking price achieved - 94 per cent on average this month, the highest since July 2010.
London prices are being hiked by a supply and demand gap at its widest since 2009. Demand grew by 15 per cent in six months, and the supply of homes coming up for sale has dipped by 0.6 per cent.
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I had come across the posting on Nonsense NYC, the quintessential list for anyone seeking independent art, weird events, and what is cheerfully designated as "senseless culture" in New York City. It was a short, understated write-up inviting 40 people to a cooperative banquet in an abandoned building. The organizers of the self-proclaimed "Mistake Dinner" requested a note, to weed out those lacking "good intentions." They also warned that only every other message would be considered. I had sent in a brief petition. Surprisingly, a reply arrived the following day, demanding secrecy and with an address and instructions to dress in formal attire with hiking shoes and to bring a flashlight, picnic blanket, and Italian cookies for 10.
I slide into a table at the back of the bar and watch as other guests arrive in a comely throng of sequins, silk, dress shirts, and hiking boots. As if accustomed to such activities, the bar staff smiles and ignores us as we affix red gels to flashlights and headlamps to reduce their brightness.
Event organizer "Tom Frost" chuckles when he sees me. He is a tall, slender man in a vintage suit, with broad-rimmed glasses and a calm, confident air. As it turns out, we've known each other for years. Frost directs me and six other guests to an old surfer van parked outside. From the front seat, he reviews guidelines inspired by Dark Passage, a New Yorkbased group dedicated to the discovery, exploration, and celebration of architectural decay: Be aware of your surroundings at all times; keep your voices and lights low; if the cops come, stay together, don't run (unless legal position requires), plead art.
We pile out of the van and move quickly to a far corner of a chain-link fence that surrounds the object of our exploit: a slowly eroding monster of industry. Slipping through a hole in the fence, we press ourselves into the shadow of a concrete wall. As we have been warned, the security in the neighboring lot is active, and the floodlights are bright enough to create false day. One by one, we climb an unwieldy fire escape chain ladder and hoist ourselves over the lip of the rough wall. Erica Freas, nymph-like with pink, yellow, and brown hair and a pierced septum, greets us all on the other side, and we follow her through a maze of scrap and along a canal, into the shadow of the industrial necropolis. Picking her way through rubble, Freas perches on a low window ledge.
"Just through here," she says sweetly, indicating one of the many corroded and unpaned window frames on the ground floor.
As our eyes adjust to the darkness, things in the room begin to take shape. People spread out, deeper shades of gloom guided by soft red lamps. Moonlight streams through an opening in the wall where part of the building has crumbled into the East River.
"It's like being on a phantom ship," whispers a specter.
While some of us explore a short stairway, 27-year-old photographer Tod Seelie sets up a tripod to capture a passageway lined with massive pillars. By the time we return, he has moved on. The rest of us wait for the other guests to arrive; they had been waylaid by cops outside the wall.
"There we were, dressed to the nines, behind the chain-link fence," Denu Fermintenti-Arropongisi later explains, "with one person on the ladder and three of us on the ground holding 30 pounds of lasagna. I told them we were having a picnic. . . . One of the police officers came over to the fence but he couldn't figure out what we were doing. It was like those stories you hear about early explorers arriving on an island, and finding natives that can't even see the ships because they haven't imagined anything like that before. They let us go with a warning."
Freas guides us to another stairway, and our dinner party begins a slow, cautious climb up to the 12th floor.
"Don't look up," warns Marc Scrivo over his priest collar. "The rust will fall in your eyes."
We peer between our feet though the metal grilles of the steps at the dark shapes moving up the stairs below. The wind carries the smell of the river and howls through the empty windows at the head of every landing. No one talks, except to caution the people below. At the final landing, we are warned by a faceless silhouette: "There are holes all across this floor. They drop all the way down, 12 flights. Pay attention."
The room is vast and lined by windows offering enough light to illuminate a floor broken up by inky holes, some round, some square, all perfectly machined and abysmal. Our reddish lights fan out slowly as we acclimate to the sinister game board before us. By the time the rest of our party has arrived, we have grown accustomed to the small shafts; some of us have even spread out blankets between the holes to rest.


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GM touted this four-door, four-passenger, pillarless hardtop as 'an exploration in elegance.' With a panoramic windshield, long fairings for the headlamps, a series of vertical grille bars baked by fine mesh, distinctive side coves that wrapped around the rear, thin-shell, swiveling front seats (to aid entry and exit), suicide rear doors and thin mustache bumpers, and painted in brilliant Atlantic Green, the Biscayne hinted at a few future Corvette styling nuances. The essence of the Chevrolet Corvair is evident in rear views of this concept. The sedan's 'Stratospheric' wraparound windshield curved into the roofline which in turn flowed rearward into triangular-shaped C-pillars. Chevrolet's new V8 was prominently featured. Partially restored, the Biscayne made its public appearance in half a century at the 2008 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.
The 1955 Chevrolet Biscayne began life as a super star to showcase the new Chevrolet 265 cubic-inch V8 engine and was featured at the 1955 Motorama where it wowed the world with its futuristic design and styling cues. This car would influence future General Motors vehicles, including the Corvette, Buick Riviera, Corvair, and Cadillac Eldorado Brougham, well in the 1960s. Most of the conventional components of an operational automobile were appearance-only items in concept cars. There were no side windows, and the power windows switches were dummies as were instruments. In fact, apart from some motors and servos to open the doors on the show floor, there were effectively no electrical systems. It didn't even have a conventional car battery or fuel tank.
The current owner of this vehicle, Joe Bortz, is a respected collector of many historically significant cars - mostly concepts. He believed that this vehicle was no longer in existence, but his son luckily spotted the car in a photo in Automobile Quarterly
. The photo was of an auto scrap yard in Sterling Heights, Michigan. After a frustrating negotiation process, that ended up costing him 'dearly', the car was purchased from the scrap yard - along with three other cars including a Cadillac Town Car and two LaSalle II concepts.
The car had no powertrain or chassis and missing many pieces. Much of the body and interior were scattered around the yard. It was in need of restoration, but the work was put off for many years. After receiving photos from GM Design, that gave a better idea of what the chassis had once looked like, a restoration began. The work was contracted to Kerry Hopperstad of Hopperstad Customs in Belvidere, Illinois. The process of molding the structure-less fiberglass body together took three years to complete.
The partially restored Biscayne Concept was shown at the 2008 Pebble Beach Concours where its exterior appeared 'fine', but the interior was nearly empty. A seat had been formed from wood, there was a steering wheel, but little else was in there. Work continued on the car, and the spectacular result for the long restoration was put on display at the 2010 Meadow Brook Concours d'Elegance. It was certainly one of the highlights from the show. In 2011, it was prominently displayed at the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance.
The car is currently powered by a standard 1950s-era V8 engine.
The current owner learned of the parts from his son and was able to retrieve them 30 years later. With the help of the GM Tech Center and 22 years of restoration, the owner was able to produce this unique concept car.
The Chevrolet Biscayne was among the concepts that were showcased as GM's vision of the future in its traveling Motorama. The Motorama was GM's way of taking concept vehicles on tour through cities throughout the U.S. that invited viewers to ‘enter the future' by viewing these amazing concepts. At the 1955 Chicago Auto Show, a young boy, Joe Bortz saw one of these ‘dream car's' and later salvaged the remains in a Detroit-area junkyard. His results were later displayed at the 2008 Pebble Beach Concourse as part of the 100th Anniversary celebration of GM.
The Biscayne's chassis had been crushed, but the junkyard owner had managed to save all of the pieces from the original body. Bortz had had to dig pieces out of the ground, thankfully the body of the vehicle was made out of fiberglass, so it didn't oxidize, and many of the parts had to be glued together from all the bits and pieces.
Described by GM as 'An Exploration In Elegance', the 1955 Biscayne was Chevy's Motorama Dream Car for 1955. A four-passenger, pillar less four-door hardtop with suicide doors, the Biscayne featured front fenders that wore a gold anodized 'V' logo that indicated a V8 engine under the hood. Incorporating many Corvette design ideas, the Biscayne featured side covers on the rear quarters that appeared on the front fenders of the 1956 Corvette.
A series of automobiles produced by Chevy for model years 1958 through 1972, the Chevy Biscayne was named after a show car first displayed at the 1955 GM Motorama. The Biscayne was least expensive model in the Chevy full-size car range that included the Bel Air, the Impala and the Delray. Also available to the regular public, the Biscayne's were produced mainly for the fleet market. The Biscayne was great for those consumers that wanted a low-cost, no-frills transportation with room, power and convenience.
During the late 1960's, most Biscayne's were sold with a six-cylinder engine while in the early 1970's the V8 engines became the most popular powerplant. In 1970, power steering and brakes became standard, while the Turbo-Hydramatic transmission was standard on all vehicles that were ordered with a V8 engine halfway through the 1971 model year. Biscayne's were easily recognized by their two taillights per side on the rear panels.
The Chevy Biscayne featured very little exterior chrome trim and was fitted with small hubcaps, various exterior trim pieces, and upgraded wheel covers were available for an additional cost. The trim on the inside was very limited and was decorated with lower-grade cloth and vinyl or all-vinyl upholstery trim. A very standard steering wheel with a center horn button was fitted inside along with rubber floor mats. The 1964 model came standard with deluxe steering wheel with horn ring, foam-cushioned front seats and deep-twist carpeting.
The Biscayne did not feature many of the prestigious features normally found on more expensive full-sized Chevy models, features such as power windows. But, any of Chevy's high-output big-block V8 engines could be purchased for the Biscayne, along with performance-oriented transmissions that included the floor-mounted 4-speed manual transmission with Hurst shifter and low-ratio final drive.
A trimmed down version of the Biscayne was introduced in 1960; the Biscayne Fleetmaster. A inexpensive version of this vehicle, the Fleetmaster was aimed mainly at the fleet market, and included a lower grade of upholstery than the standard Biscayne. Convenience items such door armrests, passenger-side sun visor and a cigarette lighter were not included in this model. Rather than chrome plated, numerous parts were painted. Two and four-door sedans were both offered. Economy-minded options were available exclusively to the Fleetmaster model, though performance-oriented engines and transmissions were also available. Unfortunately the Fleetmaster was dropped after 1961.
The Biscayne was offered as either a 2 or 4 door pillared roof beginning with the 1958 model year. Newly named the Yeoman and the Nomad, the station wagon versions were not called Biscaynes from 1958 through 1960. The entry level wagon was called the Brookwood from 1959 through 1961, while the Parkwood was the high-end wagon.
From 1962 through 1968 there were Biscayne, Bel Air and Impala model station wagons, before they were replaced in favor of the Townsman, Kingwood and Kingswood Estate. The final year of the 2-door Biscayne was 1969. The only Biscayne model available from 1970 through 1972 was a 4-door sedan, meanwhile a convertible or hardtop Biscayne was never made available.
In 1972 the production of the Biscayne ended, though the Biscayne name survived in Canada up until the 1975 model with a 350 cubic-inch V8 engine and Turbo-Hydramatic transmission that was made standard in 1974.By Jessica Donaldson
|'Rarest Of The Rare' 1957 Corvette Super Sport 'Debuts' At The Amelia Island Concours|
|It is the rarest Corvette ever built. The 1957 Corvette Super Sport prototype built for GM's famous Motorama shows of the 1950s will, after six decades hidden from view, break cover in a special exhibit at the 22nd annual Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance on March 12, 2017.
After its Motorama duties it was sold to Ralph Poole of Albuquerque, NM. The current owner, John Baldwin purchased the car in 1996.
'We've been working on the '57 Super Sport for the last few weeks and ha...[Read more...]|
|VOLVO CARS CELEBRATES 60 YEARS IN NORTH AMERICA WITH HOLLYWOOD STARS AND CARS|
|ROCKLEIGH, NJ and HOLLYWOOD, CA (October 26, 2015) – Swedish automaker Volvo celebrated 60 years in North America with a special gathering of celebrities and vintage cars at Paramount Pictures Studios in Hollywood last Saturday night.
Comedian and vintage Volvo owner Jay Leno entertained a crowd of more than 300 Volvo owners, executives, retailers, and media amongst an unprecedented collection of new and historic Volvo cars, live music, and Scandinavian fare.
Notable cars on display...[Read more...]|
|BEACH CARS STORM THE 2014 AMELIA CONCOURS d'ELEGANCE|
|'For an event like 'The Amelia' a class of beach cars is appropriate and ideal,' said Warner. 'After all, when you take a break from the concours field and sit on the veranda at the Ritz-Carlton with a cool drink in front of you, you stare at the ocean and the beach. I just wish we could find a way to make the beach part of the concours field just this once.'
During the La Dolce Vita epoch, the ultimate European playboy's car was neither a Maserati nor a Ferrari. It arrived on sun splashed ...[Read more...]|
|Unique Mystery Mustang Headlines Amelia's Unique WWTT* Class|
|'The Amelia's' *WHAT WERE THEY THINKING? Class is much more than a place for what some might label weird, odd or strange. The class, with a philosophy unique to 'The Amelia', is a place for significant and interesting cars that fit no class, category or commercial orthodoxy. Nearly half a century later, we still don't know what Ford was planning when they commissioned the creation of Bill and Chris Snyder's 1964 ½ 'shorty' Mustang. We do know that they created one man's dream car. We just...[Read more...]|
|Corvette Shines in the Big Apple|
|All-new Corvette Stingray comes to New York City 60 years to the day after Motorama debut
2013-01-16 Sixty years ago tomorrow, spectators lined New York City's posh Park Avenue, waiting to get a glimpse of the ground-breaking Chevrolet Corvette on display at the General Motors' Motorama show. On Thursday, the Corvette will be back in The Big Apple, marking the historic milestone with the all-new 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray.
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Four MSJC women's volleyball players and two more women's soccer players have signed scholarships for the upcoming school year.
Denise Aguilar and Karina Precido from the Lady Eagles soccer team will both attend Missouri Valley College next season. Aguilar, a West Valley High graduate, scored two goals this year to help MSJC to their best season since 2005. Precido who graduated from Paloma Valley High School was a starting defender for the Lady Eagles this season. Missouri Valley is an NAIA school located in Marshall, Missouri. The Vikings compiled a 10-8-1 record last season and compete in the Heart of America Athletic Conference. Aguilar and Precido join Jamie Ayala, Taylor Wolf, and Yuvitza Garcia making it five MSJC soccer players to earn scholarships this year.
Allison Hatch a two year starter for the volleyball team from San Jacinto High School has signed at Bacone College in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Hatch split time at both outside hitter and setter for the Lady Eagles this past season and recorded a team high 145 assists and was third on the team with 63 kills. Lilly Fracisco (Northview H.S, Covina), Chelsea Bothwell (Centennial HS, Corona), and Lynae Whitehead (West Valley HS, Hemet) have all three signed to play at Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kanas. Fracisco was second on the team for the Lady Eagles last year in digs with 122. Bothwell had balanced numbers in kills, assists, and digs, and also led the team with 58 blocks. Whitehead was the team's second leading offensive player with 82 kills on the season. Bacone and Bethany are both NAIA schools.
Denise Aguilar and Karina Precido pictured at top with Coach Chauncey Hayes became the fourth and fifth MSJC women's soccer players to sign scholarships this school year. Both will attend Missouri Valley College next fall. Four MSJC women's volleyball players also signed scholarships for the upcoming school year. From left to right; Lynae Whitehead, Lilly Fracisco, and Chelsea Bothwell will attend Bethany College. Allison Hatch (far right) will head to Bacone College.


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China’s health consultant and scientist have claimed that the coronavirus did not originate in Wuhan city. These scientists are also the leaders of the national level team investigating the coronavirus infection. He is seen with great respect in China.
The name of this scientist is Dr. Zhong Nanshan. Dr. Nanshan has said that it is true that the coronavirus spread from Wuhan, the capital of the Hubei province of China. It is not true that the coronavirus originated in Wuhan itself.
In a press conference, 83-year-old Dr. Nanshan told the media around the world that Wuhan is not the birthplace of the Coronavirus. He said that Wuhan is the capital of a province and 1.10 crore people live in it. The virus may have come here from elsewhere and spread rapidly.
Dr. Zhong Nanshan said that the problem of us scientists and doctors is that we believe in advance that a virus must have originated from this city, humans, animals. Whereas, first we should investigate this matter.
Dr. Nanshan said that the coronavirus started spreading from Wuhan but it is not yet known whether the virus originated in Wuhan or elsewhere. Or it came from somewhere else in Wuhan.
Significantly, a few days ago, Chinese government spokesman Zhao Lijian from Beijing alleged that the US Army has spread the coronavirus in Wuhan. Only after this, the virus spread rapidly throughout the country.


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Teachers are arguably the most important members of our society. They give children purpose, set them up for success as citizens of our world, and inspire in them a drive to do well and succeed in life. The children of today are the leaders of tomorrow, and teachers are that critical point that makes a child ready for their future.
Why are teachers important? Let’s count the ways…
Children carry what they are taught at a young age throughout the rest of their lives. They will use what they have learned to influence society. Everyone knows that today’s youth will become tomorrow’s leaders, and teachers have access to educate the youth in their most impressionable years — whether that is in teaching preschool, teaching extracurriculars, sports or traditional classes.
How Teachers Bring Change in a Student’s Life?
Great teachers have the ability to change lives for the better.
Teachers can act as a support system that is lacking elsewhere in students’ lives. They can be a role model and an inspiration to go further and to dream bigger. They hold students accountable for their successes and failures and good teachers won’t let their talented students get away with not living up to their full potential.
Teachers of all walks of life and subjects have the ability to shape opinions and help form ideas about society, life and personal goals. Teachers can also expand students’ limits and push their creativity.
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Lawyer: Oleg Sentsov did not gain weight during the hunger strike
Lawyer Dmitry Dinze has denied the words of the Commissioner for human rights in Russia Tatiana Moskalkova that the Ukrainian Director Oleg Sentsov gained weight. On the 21st of June I reported to “the Media” with reference to the journalist Anton Naumiuk.
Dinze suggested that the wrong information about the weight after Moskaleva gave the Ombudsman on human rights in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous area Anatoly SAC, who regularly visits the Director.
According to Dinze, Sentsov during the strike lost around 13 kg and now weighs 77 kg. Every day he do the dropper with plenty of glucose, amino acids, nutrients and vitamins. Another lawyer said that doctors are concerned for the health of the Director, who allegedly had problems with heart and kidneys. On 16 June he was brought to the hospital and offered to start force-feeding, but Sentsov refused and returned to the colony.
Ukrainian Director told the lawyer that the Nao photographed it, but did not show pictures of the Commissioner for human rights of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Lyudmila Denisova.
21 Jun Denisov explained words Moskalkova on the set of Sentsovo weight that can force him to feed. She called it “cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment”.


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Tomorrow I get to go somewhere totally fun.
And I am going with somebody totally cool.
It’s true. I am going to Disneyland on my day-off-work and I am going alone.
And I am SO excited.
I have wanted to spend a day at Disneyland by myself since the day I was a junior in high school and spent two hours in Fantasyland annotating the book “Fahrenheit 451” for my English class while my mom and little sisters went on all the rides. I originally thought it would be a chore. However, I didn’t want to stay at home when my family went to Disneyland so I had to bring my homework along. Those two hours were so much fun and one of my highlights of all my Disneyland experiences.
Disney music all around = awesome. Delicious smells = awesome. People watching = awesome. Annotating literature surrounded by all these things = double awesome.
(I know, I know. Possibly a bit strange? Definitely nerdy. But Oh.So.True.)
So since that day, I have wanted to spend an entire day myself wandering through the magic of Disneyland and California Adventure and soaking it in from an entirely different perspective than I normally do. I love exploring this place in different ways. (That is the beautiful thing about having an annual pass.)
“What do you plan on doing all day by yourself?” you may ask.
Well, as Anne Shirley would say, “there is so much scope for the imagination” at Disneyland and I want to go with my Bible, my book, and my journal, and a few pens and let my imagination and inspiration run free!
…Curling up by the fireplace in the California Grand Hotel and having my devotions. …
Walking down Main St. and looking at all the details I always miss in those adorably decorated windows.
…Sitting with my journal by one of the many water locations and just writing whatever comes to mind.
…Tasting one of their huge corn dogs for the first time or perhaps indulging in an ice cream cone. I haven’t decided which one yet.
...Planting myself in a crowded spot and people watching.
…Sitting down on an ordinary bench while letting my mind imagine the unordinary.
So, something I have wanted to do for seven years (I’m not exaggerating) is finally coming true!
So this dream (“a wish that your heart makes”) is finally being realized at “the place where dreams come true!” [would you care for anymore Disney references? I got plenty!]
I’ll take some pictures and maybe post a few of them next week when I recap the experience of the Disneyland-Heidi-Day-Adventure.
Wish me luck as I enjoy my zipadee-dooda-Day!!!

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Valjean returns after serving nineteen years' hard labour, and after a bad start robbing the man who is trying to help him, he becomes an honest, hard-working and respected man, always shadowed by the mistrusting Javert, who is himself ultimately denounced as a spy.
In the vaulted Gothic towers of Notre-Dame lives Quasimodo, the hunchbacked bellringer. Mocked and shunned for his appearance, he is pitied only by Esmerelda, a beautiful gypsy dancer to whom he becomes completely devoted. Esmerelda, however, has also attracted the attention of the sinister archdeacon Claude Frollo, and when she rejects his lecherous approaches, Frollo hatches a plot to destroy her that only Quasimodo can prevent. Victor Hugo's sensational, evocative novel brings life to the medieval Paris he loved, and mourns its passing in one of the greatest historical romances of the nineteenth century.
Ursus and Homo were fast friends. Ursus was a man, Homo a wolf. Their dispositions tallied. It was the man who had christened the wolf: probably he had also chosen his own name. Having found Ursus fit for himself, he had found Homo fit for the beast. Man and wolf turned their partnership to account at fairs, at village fêtes, at the corners of streets where passers-by throng, and out of the need which people seem to feel everywhere to listen to idle gossip and to buy quack medicine. The wolf, gentle and courteously subordinate, diverted the crowd. It is a pleasant thing to behold the tameness of animals. Our greatest delight is to see all the varieties of domestication parade before us. This it is which collects so many folks on the road of royal processions.
Gilliatt, a Guernseyman and social pariah, falls in love with Deruchette, the niece of a local shipowner called Mess Lethierry. After Lethierry's ship is destroyed on a dangerous reef, Deruchette commits to marry whoever can return with the ship's engine. Gilliatt nominates himself, and the story follows his physical travails and the approbation of his neighbours during his quest to retrieve the engine. Victor Marie Hugo (1802 – 1885) was a French novelist, dramatist, and poet belonging to the Romantic movement. He is widely hailed as one of the most accomplished and well-known French writers, originally achieving renown for his poetical endeavours—the most notable of which are the volumes “Les Contemplations” and “La Légende des siècles”. Outside of his native country, Hugo's best-known works are his novels: “Les Misérables” (1862) and “Notre-Dame de Paris” (1831), commonly known as “The Hunchback of Notre-Dame”. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this book now in an affordable, high-quality, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
Now a major motion picure, adapted from the acclaimed Broadway musical, starring Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried, and Sacha Baron Cohen
Victor Hugo’s tale of injustice, heroism and love follows the fortunes of Jean Valjean, an escaped convict determined to put his criminal past behind him. But his attempts to become a respected member of the community are constantly put under threat: by his own conscience, when, owing to a case of mistaken identity, another man is arrested in his place; and by the relentless investigations of the dogged policeman Javert. It is not simply for himself that Valjean must stay free, however, for he has sworn to protect the baby daughter of Fantine, driven to prostitution by poverty. A compelling and compassionate view of the victims of early nineteenth-century French society, Les Misérables is a novel on an epic scale, moving inexorably from the eve of the battle of Waterloo to the July Revolution of 1830.
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A few years ago, while visiting or, rather, rummaging about Notre-Dame, the author of this book found, in an obscure nook of one of the towers, the following word, engraved by hand upon the wall:— ANArKH.
These Greek capitals, black with age, and quite deeply graven in the stone, with I know not what signs peculiar to Gothic caligraphy imprinted upon their forms and upon their attitudes, as though with the purpose of revealing that it had been a hand of the Middle Ages which had inscribed them there, and especially the fatal and melancholy meaning contained in them, struck the author deeply. He questioned himself; he sought to divine who could have been that soul in torment which had not been willing to quit this world without leaving this stigma of crime or unhappiness upon the brow of the ancient church. Afterwards, the wall was whitewashed or scraped down, I know not which, and the inscription disappeared. For it is thus that people have been in the habit of proceeding with the marvellous churches of the Middle Ages for the last two hundred years. Mutilations come to them from every quarter, from within as well as from without. The priest whitewashes them, the archdeacon scrapes them down; then the populace arrives and demolishes them. Thus, with the exception of the fragile memory which the author of this book here consecrates to it, there remains today nothing whatever of the mysterious word engraved within the gloomy tower of Notre Dame,—nothing of the destiny which it so sadly summed up. The man who wrote that word upon the wall disappeared from the midst of the generations of man many centuries ago; the word, in its turn, has been effaced from the wall of the church; the church will, perhaps, itself soon disappear from the face of the earth. It is upon this word that this book is founded.
Ninety-Three is a historical novel built upon "a sort of enigma," which was at that date (1793) laid before revolutionary France: "Can a good action be a bad action? Does not he who spares the wolf kill the sheep?" This question meets with one answer after another during the course of the book. --- The interest of the novel centres about revolutionary France; just as the plot is an abstract judicial difficulty, the hero is an abstract historical force. And this has been done, not as it would have been before, by the cold and cumbersome machinery of allegory, but with bold, straightforward realism, dealing only with the objective materials of art, and dealing with them so masterfully that the palest abstractions of thought come before us, and move our hopes and fears, as if they were the young men and maidens of customary romance. --- Ninety-Three is full of pregnant and splendid sayings. It is equal to anything that Victor Hugo has ever written. (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (French: Notre-Dame de Paris) is an 1831 French novel written by Victor Hugo. It is set in 1482 in Paris, in and around the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris. The book tells the story of a poor barefoot Gypsy girl (La Esmeralda) and a misshapen bell-ringer (Quasimodo) who was raised by the Archdeacon (Claude Frollo). The book was written as a statement to preserve the Notre Dame cathedral and not to 'modernize' it, as Hugo was thoroughly against this. The story begins during the Renaissance in 1482, the day of the Festival of Fools in Paris. Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer, is introduced by his crowning as Pope of Fools. Esméralda, a beautiful 16-year-old gypsy with a kind and generous heart, captures the hearts of many men but especially Quasimodo’s adopted father, Claude Frollo. Frollo is torn between his lust and the rules of the church. He orders Quasimodo to get her. Quasimodo is caught and whipped and ordered to be tied down in the heat. Esméralda seeing his thirst, offers him water. It saves her, for she captures the heart of the hunchback.
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