Users find it frustrating that Hotstar screen mirroring doesn’t work in the USA. This Hotstar screencast problem can be frustrating, whether you’re trying to cast your favorite content to a bigger screen or mirror the display on your phone. In a recent update, Hotstar made it clear that it does not support screen mirroring. But there are different ways to get around Mirroring for Disney+ Hotstar and watch your Hotstar content on a bigger screen.
Compared to other platforms, Hotstar is pretty cheap, and it has more than 100,000 hours of content, such as Marvel, Star Wars, Disney+, and more TV shows and movies. Start with the free trial if you can, because if you cancel Hotstar within 30 days, you don’t have to pay anything. Disney+ Hotstar is only available in India and a few other places. It is not available in the United States. To watch Hotstar in the US, you need to use ExpressVPN, which is the best VPN for Hotstar.
Let’s start with how to fix Hotstar not working for casting
Screencast for Disney+: How to Use It With the Hotstar Screen mirroring feature, you can show what’s on your phone or laptop screen on a bigger screen, like a TV. It includes both wired and wireless ways to do it, but wireless screen mirroring is more common these days.
For wireless screen mirroring, you need a compatible display, like a TV or monitor, that can receive content wirelessly through built-in screencasting features or an adapter. AirPlay, which is only available on Apple devices, is one of the best ways to mirror your screen wirelessly. It lets people send the screen of their phone or laptop to an Apple TV. Samsung also has a similar feature called SmartView, which lets users stream content from their Samsung phones to a Samsung TV.
Miracast is another popular wireless display technology. Most modern Windows and Android devices, such as tablets, phones, and laptops, can use it. You can use this option if, for example, Hotstar doesn’t work on your Android TV or you’re having trouble connecting. Miracast works with some linked displays like smart TVs and streaming devices like Roku. This makes it a versatile option for mirroring a screen. Follow the steps below to fix the problem of not being able to cast on Hotstar.
How to Send Your Hotstar Screen to a Smart TV?
Screen mirroring is not allowed on Disney+ Hotstar, according to its terms and conditions. It’s the main reason why Hotstar screen mirroring isn’t working for you in the USA. But there are other ways to fix this Hotstar screencast problem so you can watch Hotstar on your TV. For example, if your TV runs on Android, you can install the Hotstar app straight away. If you don’t have a smart TV, you can still stream Hotstar content with a Plug-and-Play device like Fire TV Stick, which lets you access the app and stream it on your TV.
Another way to get around this is to use a screencasting device like Chromecast to mirror your phone or laptop screen on your regular TV. Even though screen mirroring has its limits, this way you can watch your favorite Hotstar shows and movies on the big screen.


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Jason Heyward has raised his batting average 39 points since May 28.
Can he now improve his power?
That could be the final piece to his resurrection as a hitter that the Cubs envisioned when they signed him to an eight-year, $184 million contract prior to the 2016 season.
Heyward’s game-winning grand slam Wednesday night was only his third home run of the season and his first since April 19. Nevertheless, Heyward is hitting with more authority and driving the ball to all fields.
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His slam off left-hander Adam Morgan was noteworthy because it was only his sixth hit in 37 at-bats against a left-hander this season, and his first extra base hit off a lefty.
And Heyward remained in attack mode despite facing a 2-2 count against Morgan.
“I don’t know if I was surprised,” said Heyward, who had only eight extra base hits in 116 at-bats against left-handers in 2017. “The game is not easy. I don’t know if he was trying to throw it where he threw it or not. But try to be ready for a strike and whatever happens, happens with it.”
As for hitting more balls with authority, “I use my hands and try to be whippy with the bat,” Heyward said. “Have lag instead of trying to hit the ball with my arms and body. You don’t try and not do it the right way, but just try to put an emphasis on that. That’s what time away (from a concussion) allowed me to do.
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Parade Technologies, Ltd. (Taipei Exchange: 4966.TWO), a leading supplier of video displays and interface ICs headquartered in Silicon Valley, and Cypress Semiconductor (NASD: CY) announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Parade will acquire Cypress’s TrueTouch® Mobile touchscreen business for an aggregate acquisition price of US$100 million in cash.
Xerox (NYSE: XRX) announced its acquisition of Healthy Communities Institute (HCI), a Berkeley, Calif.-based company with a leading cloud platform that puts socioeconomic and community health information at the fingertips of hospitals, public health agencies and community coalitions.
Investors have found many things to dislike about banks, such as increasing regulation and low lending margins in these days of miniscule interest rates. I think the banks may be about to fare better, making them one of the few sectors that look cheap in the current market.
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Thursday, April 19, 1951
DAVIS, JOHN HENRY
John Henry Davis, the son of Joseph Flint and Mary Jane [MILLER] Davis, was born December 16, 1891, in Wapello county, Iowa, and passed away April 15, 1951 at the Yocom hospital in Chariton, Iowa, at the age of 59 years, three months and 29 days.
He came to Lucas county in 1899 when he was seven years old, and spent the remainder of his life farming in this community.
He was married to Pauline Barger on Nov. 28, 1928. To this union two children were born, Joe B. Davis and Esther Ann Davis.
He was preceded in death by his wife who died January 15, 1937 and by his father and a sister [Flossie May West]. Those who survive are his mother, the two children, many other relatives and friends.
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“Flooding in McHenry County”
Join us on Wednesday, September 11, 2019
McHenry County College – Conference Center, Buildgin B
You are invited to join us for this exciting free event. The Water Forum features an incredible line up of speakers to help you understand more about flooding in McHenry County, what to expect in the future, and how you and municipalities can adapt.
Guest Speakers include:
- Paul Osman, Chief – Illinois Department of Natural Resources
- James Angel, State Climatologist (retired) – Illinois State Water Survey
- Joanna Colletti, Manager – McHenry County Water Resources DivisionBaxter & Woodman Consulting Engineers (Flood Management & Adaptation)
The event begins with delicious food from Duke’s Alehouse & Kitchen.
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An ideal vacation spot for the entire family, Santa Clarita is a wonderland of fun activities which will delight kids of all ages.
Located in Los Angeles County, California, Santa Clarita was incorporated in 1987. Although located outside the city limits, Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park is often associated to the city. Blessed with a Mediterranean climate, the city enjoys an abundant of sunshine most of the time. It covers a total area of 62.16 square miles, and has more than 200,000 inhabitants. The city is 29 miles from Los Angeles, 53 miles to Anaheim, and 48 miles to Long Beach. The nearest major international airport is the Los Angeles International Airport, located 28 miles from the city.
The entire family is guaranteed to have lots of fun in Santa Clarita. You can spend days enjoying the thrilling rides of Six Flags Magic Mountain and the water activities in Six Flags Hurricane Harbor. Aside from these amusement parks, the city’s top attractions include the Sky City Bounce House where you can bounce away, the Gentle Barn where you can get up close and personal with rescued animal, Top Out Climbing Gym where you can try out climbing walls, and enjoy a go cart ride and arcade games with the kids at the Mountasia Family Fun Center. While the kids are taking a nap or are tired from all the activities, you can visit the Pulchella Winery and savor fantastic wines, after which, you can have a relaxing massage at the Ivy Day Spa or at the Massage Envy Spa.
Spend a few days in Santa Clarita before heading to the other cities in California. It is so worth the trip! Consult your travel agent for more details.
Luxury need not be expensive, and Tanjong Jara Resort is where you will be spoiled rotten without burning a hole in your pocket.
One of the most beautiful resorts in Malaysia, Tanjong Jara Resort is a 5-star beach resort which has reaped a number of awards because of it luxurious accommodations, amenities, and excellent staff. It has been voted as one of the “Top 25 Hotels in Malaysia” by TripAdvisor 2014 Travellers' Choice, “Best Beach Resort” by Expatriate Lifestyle Best of Malaysia Awards in 2013, and Best Beach Hotel” by AsiaRooms.com Hotel Awards in 2013, just to name a few. Although it has been awarded a number of times, it has remained secluded and peaceful, making it ideal for those who want to get away from it all yet still enjoy a luxurious stay. The nearest airport to the resort is the Sultan Mahmud Airport located in Kuala Terengganu, about an hour and fifteen minutes away. It is served by Air Asia, Malaysian Airlines, Malindo Air, and Firelfly, which links the resort to Kuala Lumpur.
A luxurious beach hotel, Tanjong Jara Resort is nestled on a 17-hectare property, making it ideal for those who relish the feel of seclusion and exclusiveness. It has 99 rooms ranging from Anjung Suite, Anjung Room, Serambi Sea View Room, Serambi Room, Bumbung Sea View Room, and Bumbung Room, all of which are equipped with world-class amenities. Its facilities and services include two swimming pools, two tennis courts, library, and three restaurants. It features a Spa Village which houses a therapy center featuring Malay traditional healing methods. The resort also offers a number of activities to experience such as Chemerung Waterfall Excursion, Eco-adventure Marang River Cruise, Snorkelling or Diving in Tenggol Island, Batik Painting, Traditional Handicraft Tour, Cooking Class with Chef Ann, and a Jara Walk with the Resort Naturalist.
Spending a few days at the Tanjong Jara Resort is a must especially if you want to enjoy a peaceful and tranquil vacation. Consult your travel agent for more details.
Brimming with historic buildings and landmarks, Dijon is also the city where the Dijon Mustard originated. It is one city you must visit if you are a history buff and a foodie as well!
Located in the Burgundy region of eastern France, Dijon is one of the most attractive cities of the country. The city was the home to the Dukes of Burgundy for centuries and was once a formidable city of immense wealth and power. The historical center of the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2015. The city is also famous for its wine and food, and one of its food products is very popular around the world, the Dijon Mustard. The city has more than 150,000 inhabitants and covers a total area of 40.41 square kilometers. The city is 266 kilometers from Paris, 175 kilometers from Lyon, and 250 kilometers from Strasbourg, making it accessible by bus, car or train from these cities.
Dijon is a city with so many historic buildings, museums and landmarks to visit, and in between visiting its attractions, you must visit its famous restaurants so you will understand why it is also a foodie’s paradise. Its top attractions include Musee des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, Owl’s Trail, Rue Des Forges, Musee de la Vie Bourguignonne, Cathedrale Saint-Benigne, Musee Magnin, Ducal Palace, and Mulot Et Petitjean where you can buy handmade Dijon Mustard. To satisfy your food cravings, you must dine at Le Piano Qui Fume, Chez Léon, Le Pré aux Clercs, Le Bistrot des Halles or La Maison des Cariatides. If you are a wine lover, take a Max's Burgundy Wine Tour, Alter and Go Tour, or a Wine and Voyages Tour.
Dijon is best visited in autumn when the annual International and Gastronomic Fair is held. It is one of the most important fairs in the country. Consult your travel agent for more details.
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operate five catamaran party boats for luncheon cruises to a secluded bay for swimming with turtles or for romantic sunset and moonlight cruises with live music.
The 48-passenger Atlantis Submarine turns the Caribbean into a giant aquarium. The 45-minute underwater voyage aboard the 50-foot submarine takes you to wrecks and reefs as deep as 150 feet.
The island's oldest great house, St. Nicholas Abbey, (circa 1650) with its unique stone-and-wood architecture makes it one of only three original Jacobean-style houses still standing in the Western Hemisphere. On the grounds you’ll find mahogany trees, formal gardens, and an old sugar mill. A fascinating home movie, shot by a previous owner's father, records Bajan life in the 1930s. Behind the great house is a working rum distillery with a 19th-century steam press. Visitors can purchase artisanal plantation rum and enjoy light refreshments at the Terrace Café.
Popular for fashion and travel-industry photo shoots, Bottom Bay is the quintessential Caribbean beach. Secluded, surrounded by a coral cliff and studded with a stand of palms, this dreamy enclave is near the southeastern most point of the island. The Atlantic Ocean waves may be too strong for swimming, but it's postcard-perfect place for a day at the beach and a picnic lunch.
Harbour Lights, an open-air, beachfront club claims to be the "home of the party animal" and offers dancing under the stars most nights to live reggae and soca music.
On the popular Mount Gay Rum Tour, you learn the colorful story behind the world's oldest rum—made in Barbados since 1703. The tour runs hourly and concludes with a tasting and an opportunity to buy bottles of rum and gift items—and even have lunch or cocktails, depending on the time of day.
Have you ever wondered how it is to live a nomadic life? The Gorkhi-Terelj National Park in Mongolia is where you can spend a night on a Yurt and enjoy a bird’s eye view of how it is to live a nomadic way of life.
Gorkhi-Terelj is one of the national parks in Mongolia. Situated 1600 meters above sea level, the park is one of the favorite destinations in Mongolia because of the numerous activities you can experience. Many westerners became interested to visit the park when it was shown on the television program “The Amazing Race” during its tenth season. The park is just 80 kilometers from Ulaanbaatar, the capital city of Mongolia, where the Chinggis Khaan Interntational Airport is located. It is served by a few carriers including Air China, A-Jet, Hunnu Air, Turkish Airlines, Korean Airlines, MIAT, Aeroflot, and Aero Mongolia. From Ulaanbaatar, you can take a bus or car.
There is so much to see and do at Gorkhi-Terelj National Park. You can enjoy breathing in its beautiful scenery, take photos, go hiking and rock climbing, be up close and personal with some is its wildlife, view its fantastic rock formations, go swimming in a glacial lake or in one of its natural hot springs, bird watching, and enjoy a horseback or camel ride. Although there are some tourist camps in the park, you must experience spending a night or two in a Yurt, a portable round tent with a detachable hood, a traditional dwelling place of the nomads. The Yurt camp is where you can interact with the locals, savor traditional Mongolian dishes, and have some Arkhi or milk vodka.
Spending a few days Gorkhi-Terelj National Park is the best way to learn about the culture and way of life of the Mongolians. It is one of the places you must not miss if you take a trip to Mongolia.
The next time you’re thinking of throwing away a used boarding pass with a barcode on it, consider tossing the boarding pass into a document shredder instead. Two-dimensional barcodes and QR codes can hold a great deal of information, and the codes printed on airline boarding passes may allow someone to discover more about you, your future travel plans, and your frequent flyer account.
Earlier this year, I heard from a longtime KrebsOnSecurity reader named Cory who said he began to get curious about the data stored inside a boarding pass barcode after a friend put a picture of his boarding pass up on Facebook. Cory took a screen shot of the boarding pass, enlarged it, and quickly found a site online that could read the data.
“I found a website that could decode the data and instantly had lots of info about his trip,” Cory said, showing this author step-by-step exactly how he was able to find this information. ‘
“Besides his name, frequent flyer number and other [personally identifiable information], I was able to get his record locator (a.k.a. “record key” for the Lufthansa flight he was taking that day,” Cory said. “I then proceeded to Lufthansa’s website and using his last name (which was encoded in the barcode) and the record locator was able to get access to his entire account. Not only could I see this one flight, but I could see ANY future flights that were booked to his frequent flyer number from the Star Alliance.”
The access granted by Lufthansa’s site also included his friend’s phone number, and the name of the person who booked the flight. More worrisome, Cory now had the ability to view all future flights tied to that frequent flyer account, change seats for the ticketed passengers, and even cancel any future flights.
The information contained in the boarding pass could make it easier for an attacker to reset the PIN number used to secure his friend’s Star Alliance frequent flyer account. For example, that information gets you past the early process of resetting a Star Alliance account PIN at United Airline’s “forgot PIN” Web site.
After that, the site asks for the answer to a pre-selected secret question. The question in the case of Corey’s friend was “What is your Mother’s maiden name?” That information can often be gleaned by merely perusing someone’s social networking pages (e.g., does your aunt or uncle on your mom’s side have your mother’s maiden name as their last name? If so, are they friends with you on Facebook?)
Finally, the standards for the boarding pass barcodes are widely available and have been for years. Check out this document (PDF) from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) for more on how the barcode standards work and have been implemented in various forms.
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I’d like to believe that there’s some truth to the “French paradox” theory. That’s why I’m soaking in a barrel bath of mineral water and red wine extracts at the Caudalie Vinotherapie Spa on the Château Smith-Haut Lafitte wine estate in Bordeaux, France.
The term French Paradox was coined in 1992 by
Dr. Serge Renaud, a scientist from Bordeaux University after years of research. The paradox? The French consume one of the world’s richest diets, including gobs of butter and cream, unpasteurized cheeses and let’s not forget French pastries, yet they tend to be less obese, live longer and have lower rates of coronary heart disease than folks in other industrialized countries.
The key to this phenomenon, postulated by Dr. Renaud, is their daily consumption of a glass or two of wine, preferably red, which contains powerful antioxidants that control blood pressure and reduce clots.
So, if those grapes work their magic internally, what about externally? Coincidentally, in 1993 at the Château Smith Haut-Lafitte vineyards where Mathilde Cathiard-Thomas and her husband were taking part in the family grape harvest, they met Professor Vercauteren, the visiting head of the Bordeaux Pharmaceutical Laboratory. Seeing the heap of grape skins and seeds about to be discarded, Vercauteren remarked that they were wasting “a veritable treasure.” Grape skins and pips are rich in polyphenols that fight free radicals that are responsible for wear and tear on the body and aging skin. Mathilde was intrigued. When she discovered a natural mineral spring under some of the vines, she decided to mix the therapeutic water with the grape extracts. Et voilà, the world’s first Vinothérapie Spa and a line of Caudalie skin care products was born. (Caudalie is a term that describes the length of a wine’s aftertaste on the palette. The more Caudalies the better.) Here at Les Source des Caudalie visitors can enjoy total wine immersion: spa treatments that include a Crushed Cabernet Scrub and Pulp Friction Sculpting Massage, award-winning wines from the estate and hospitality at one of France’s most charming country establishments.
It’s an “all in the family” collaboration between Mathilde who oversees the spa and product line, her sister Alice who designed and runs the hotel and parents Florence and Daniel Cathiard, ex members of the French National Ski team, who operate the organic winery.
Naturally there’s fine dining and a 15,000-bottle wine cellar. There’s even a bar called French Paradox in honour of the benefits of the grape.
Norwegian loves families! Classified as part of Norwegian's "Jewel Class," the Norwegian Jewel offers some of the largest suites at sea as well as staterooms that can accommodate families, large or small.
Aside from its top class accommodation, a cruise at Norwegian Jewel promises no dull moment while on board. The highlights of this cruise ship include Sapphire Kid’s Pool and a Sports Complex. Families can also enjoy a spectacular acrobatic show at the Le Cirque Bijou or join activities at the Splash Academy and Entourage. Of course, the adults can also have loads of fun on this cruise with 16 dining options and 13 bars and night clubs on board. It definitely is a cruise for the family!
The Norwegian Jewel has four cruises that families can choose from: Alaska Cruises for an adventure-packed vacation, Pacific Coastal Cruises for forest excursions, lush gardens, and rugged coastlines, Mexican Riviera Cruises for those who want some beach time, and Weekend Cruises for those who want to slip away even for just a while.
Take some time off with the family! Book a vacation on one of the Norwegian Jewel cruises with a travel agent.
From simple cave shrines, Hindu architecture has evolved into ornate temples across the Indian sub-continent; all have seen the history of the places on which they stand. If you have a liking towards history and majestic architecture from years ago, then your eyes will surely feast on the sight of historical ornate temples.
The history of these temples date back to the 1st century CE wherein Bhakti spread across the Indian sub-continent. The old Vedic gods were later on replaced by deities like Shiva, Vishnu, Krishna, Brahma, and Devi, the worship of whom required temples for offerings. Buildings were constructed to house the sacred symbol of each god and decorated with sculptures of their mythological adventures. Here are some must-see Hindu temples:
- Tanah Lot (Bali, Indonesia)
- Kanchipuram Temples (Kanchipuram, India)
- Brihadeeswarar Temple (Thanjavur, India)
- Khajuraho (Khajuraho, India)
- Banteay Srei (Angkor Wat, Cambodia)
- Prambanan (Indonesia)
- Meenakshi Amman Temple (India)
Feast on the stunning Hindu temples in the Indian sub-continent. Learn about the Hindu traditions, beliefs, and history, and bring home interesting stories to tell. Book a holiday near some of these amazing temples today!
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"Currently, blood glucose levels are tested through a finger prick or intravenously. The approach we studied is noninvasive and uses a laser to monitor glucose levels in the skin," said Anandhi Upendran, PhD, director of biomedical innovations at the MU School of Medicine Institute for Clinical and Translational Science and co-author of the study. "With diabetes on the rise, the development of an accurate, efficient and inexpensive alternative method to test blood glucose levels is an urgent clinical need."
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Wildlife includes flora, fauna and other forms of life that exist in their natural habitats in some specific regions. Such areas are difficult as well as dangerous to access for mankind. All kinds of environments including plains, deserts, rain forests, forests, grasslands and others are equally feasible for the survival of wildlife. The wildlife population has decreased to 52% around the globe over the period of 1970 to 2014. Chris S. Shepherd once said
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text: I saw the image above posted on Facebook the other day. The idea that government should be run like a business seems to get a lot of support from voters. Candidates often tout their private sector experience and how well they ran their businesses, and others (e.g., Carly Fiorina) are criticized for poor performance. Yes, I know that there are multiple ways to evaluate Fiorina’s time at HP, but putting that debate aside, the importance of business experience clearly resonates for many, especially GOP voters. This seems so wrong to me.

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The weather is starting to turn chilly around here so we decided to make a huge pot of homemade vegetable beef stew for dinner. There is just something magical about a warm mug of soup mixed with some snuggling with the family on a cool fall evening. We jumped in the car and headed out to buy our fresh ingredients to take home and make our fabulous vegetable beef stew.
Homemade Vegetable Beef Stew
6 large green onions
2 green peppers
1 or 2 cans of diced or whole tomatoes
10 oz or so of mushrooms
1 bunch of celery
half a head of cabbage
1 package of Lipton onion soup mix
1 or 2 bullion cubes
1 48oz can of V8 juice
Season to taste with salt, pepper, parsley, curry and/or garlic powder
**Optional you can add stew meat or ground beef if you would like to add meat to your vegetable beef stew**
Start by adding 48 oz of V8 juice to a large pot. Slice green onions and saute in a pan with oil. Cut green peppers into bite size pieces and add to pot. Take outer leaves off cabbage and cut half of the cabbage into bite size pieces and add to pot. Cut Carrots and mushrooms and add.
Now it’s time to add your spices to taste.
If you would like a spicier soup add some curry or cayenne pepper. Add in your bullion cubes (beef or chicken is fine)
Cover and simmer on low heat for 2 hours.
My husband and kiddos loved the stew! I hope you do too!
Note: If adding stew meat you will want to brown the cubes and add to soup while cooking. If adding hamburger you can brown this and add in at the end of the cooking time. The picture shown above is made with chopped ground beef.

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Off the Menu raises over $100,000 for Victorian Hospital programs
Matthew Butcher and his team from Morris Jones created a truly unique dining experience for nearly 200 guests at Cargo Hall. Five talented chefs served up five courses inspired by their childhood memories, starting with a quirky and delicious school lunch box by Highline’s Simon Tarlington. Ryan Clift of Singapore’s Tippling Club reimagined his mum’s traditional leek and potato soup, which filled the noses of guests with nostalgia of home-cooked meals. Matthew Butcher served up a deconstructed seafood cocktail, sending everyone’s tastebuds back to the nineties followed by Coda chef Adam D’Sylva's aromatic duck curry served to share. The menu finished on a sweet note with Burch & Purchese Sweet Studio's very own Darren Purchese serving up a Wagon Wheel inspired dessert based on his favourite treat growing up in England. Wine to suit every palette was flowing thanks to our major sponsor, Get Wines Direct.
The culinary journey was supported by fabulous entertainment and plenty of surprises. Our superstar MC, Shura Taft kept the event alive throughout the night interviewing Camp Quality puppets, celebrity guests, our chefs and families impacted by cancer. Dean Lewis, had the crowd spellbound with a surprise performance of his chart topper, Waves. Our live auction with a carnival twist saw the crowd bid on their favourite celebrity guest to dunk in our dunking booth. Bachelorette Georgia Love got her chance to dump (or dunk) her beau Lee Elliott. The bidding quickly reached fever pitch with a line-up of celebrities, including Campbell Brown, Foreman Dan Reilly and Angry Dad taking the plunge into the ice-cold water.
In the silent auction, guests competed to win some of our standout prizes including an original David Bromley painting, a weekend away in a Bentley Bentayga and a Surf Yoga Hit retreat in Bali. Thanks to our generous prize donors we raised $25,000 during the silent auction.
A huge thanks to everyone that helped us raise over $100,000. This is an amazing achievement, which is a true testament to the love in the room on the night. With special thanks to Chef’s Hat for their support.
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I have had a lumbar fusion L4-S1 (allograft, paired pedicel screws, verticle stabilization bars L4-S1, w/ horizontal bridge & narrowing disk space L4-L5). While the surgery was a success, and the fusion too was successful; I continue to suffer daily with pain. I continue to have difficulty sitting and laying flat on my back. Difficultly telling when my bladder was full, and difficulty starting a uirne stream. However I was able to suck it up and deal with the pain with some help with Norco 10/325. Most days I was able to get by with taking one or two pills a day.
Then on Thanksgiving 2011, while driving, I had horrific upper thoracic pain. Since we were traveling, I brought my TENS, gell ice packs, and my pain meds (both Norco 10/325 & Oxycotin 20mg for the really bad days). I was in agony for the week of our end destination (Ft. Riely), until we arrived back home in MI. The entire trip I could not move, and lied in bed. Even on the way home, I had to lay in the back of our Yukon while praying to be back at home.
In January 2012, I had began 3 more epidural treatments with my pain physician, i had asked if he could order an MRI of my Cervical, and Thoricic spine to try and find the root cause of my new pain. The results (below in signature) basically showed that I had a C6-7 & T2 herniations, along with DDD. I was also presenting with some rather peculiar symptoms; unexplained gravely voice, a feeling of being choked, difficultly breathing, horrific numbness of my neck and chest wall pain both back and front, numbness on hands (sometimes one or the other, sometimes both, but usually the right hand), numbness and pain in the right foot, calf and buttocks. And at times a headache that felt like it was starting from my neck and jettison thru the top of my head.
I made an appointment with my orthopedic nuero surgeon, saw his PA, who looked at my MRI and who told me that everything looked within normal limits, and wasn't really alarmed. Said that I should get an EMG and said call him when the test was compete. I was kind of amazed, and we started to leave the examining room. Half way down the hall, I saw my surgeon, walked up to him and said hello. He asked what was wrong with my voice. When I told him, he ordered a Diskogram, and said to follow up win his office afterwards. I saw a new pain specialist changed my painmeds to (Oxycotin 10mg, Blue Cross changed my Rx to Morphine Sulphate 10mg, even though i had an eairlyer approved script for Oxycotin 10mg. Then after a week or so the script was changed to Dulidid 4mg. then 8mg. still neither the morphine sulphate or diladid didnt work for pain), who also did the Diskogram. Who said that it would take 2-3 weeks to schedule the test. And in the interm, he wanted me to have an Esophagram (which was normal), to see an ENT (which I did, normal), followed by having the Diskogram (test was inconclusive). Urugh!?!
I started back in physical therapy with EDITED two days a week and started to see my chiropractor again after several years. My chiropractor used cervical traction, followed by moist heat, followed by adjustments of my thoracic and cervical areas, yet left my lumbar alone. He used some mini jack hammer on the vertibreas before he manipulated the adjustments. However my physical therapist told me that I was not presenting in the normal manners and asked that I stop treatments, because my condition was life threating, until I saw my orthopedic nuero surgeon. Freaked out & scared .... I stopped pt & seeing my chiropractor. I saw my pain specialist who also did the Diskogram, where we went over all the tests, and he ordered one more MRI of the neck, face and surrounding tissues (also normal), and gave me a trigger point injection of my C5. Two weeks later, we met again at my pain specialists office to go over the neck & face MRI results, followed by deciding to give me an epidural at T2. By (Friday) days end I was in agony. Called my pain specialist & orthopedic nuero surgeon's office and left a message with the answering service, and waited for a return call, and called again on Sat., & Sunday. And by Sunday night I drove myself to the ER. My pain levels by late Friday night was 9-10 and remained so until early Monday morning when I was admitted to be hospital. The hospital tried to bring down my pain levels, ordered yet another MRI of my thoracic which showed basically the same results as the MRI I had received of my thoracic a month or so earlier. I was seen by a resident pain specialist, a resident orthopedic nureo surgeon, several nurses, my family doctor, my neurologist and after 2 1/2 days, I was sent home with modified pain medicine (back to Oxycotin 10mg).
So still in pain, still not being able to sleep, still having all the same symptoms, I am having the EMG on Monday. Yet I don't have a clue what to do next. I am hoping that the EMG will shed some light onto what the root problem is and the best course of action to take is. However, I am looking for suggestions, advice, etc. Has anyone encountered any of his before?
Has anyone heard of Fibrin Sealent (Thrombin & Fibrinolysis Inhibitor) treatmentsfor disk treatment, in lieu of surgery?
I remain FUBAR from dumbass drunk driver!!! I believe that ANY drunk driver should be thrown in jail for 10 years minimum, even for the first offense! Any bleeding heart liberals that don't like the penalty, don't drink and drive. Problem solved, lives changed!
C3-4 mild disk spur complex slightly eccentric towards the left. C4-5 central disk spur complex w/ mild effacement of anterior subarachnoid space. C5-6 tiny central disk spur complex w/out narrowing of the neural foramina. Mild facet & unconventional hypertrophic changes. C6-7 there is a tiny central disk protrusion. T2-3 there is a right paracentral disk protrusion w/ mild effacement of the anterior subarachnoid space and mild mass effect over the right half of the spinal cord. There are mild endplate changes throughout the thoracic vertebral column. DDD. Is there a trial for Fibrin Sealment in MI? The pain is sureal, I have a choking and cramping feeling in my throat, severe chest wall pain front & back.
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3.800 companies will have to do an energy audit before November 13th. Is yours one of them?
Royal Decree 56/2016, about energy audits, binds companies that meet a series of conditions regarding size, to carry out an energy audit on 85% of their energy consumption every four years. According to information from the Ministry, this RD affects some 3.800 companies, making a total of 27.000 establishments.
The mentioned Royal Decree, transposing the EU Directive 2012/27 on energy efficiency, is only applicable to “large companies”. Until here, everything is clear. But, what is a large company?
According to article 2.1 of the Royal Decree, a large Company provides work to at least 250 persons, or has a business volume of more than 50 Million EUR and a balance exceeding 43 Million EUR, counting as well those groups of companies reaching these figures in an aggregated way, all of this during two consecutive years. On the other hand, SME’s (small and medium-sized companies) are not included in the application range of this Royal Decree.
Nevertheless, many company structures do not fit that easily within these definitions. Customers ask us, among other things: what happens with franchising? And what if a corporation has shares in another one? As far as numbers of employees is concerned, do employees on maternity leave count? Do trainee students count? Business volume is with our without VAT? What happens to cooperative co-operations? What about associations? And foundations? As clearly shows, many different and reasonable questions arise.
The Recommendation of the European Commission of May 6th 2013 is to be taken as a reference in order to answer some of these questions, as here is where micro, small and medium-sized companies on the one hand and large companies on the other hand are defined. In other words, if a company fits within the definitions of the Recommendation, it is not obliged to carry out an audit.
For a start, the Recommendations defines “Company” as “every entity, independently of its legal status, performing an economic activity”. This means, that the key is not if it is a trading company, a cooperation or a foundation, but whether it carries out economic activities or not.
When referring to the computing of employees, the Recommendation clarifies that neither trainees nor students with a vocational training contract, nor employees on maternity or paternity leave have to be taken into account. And as far as business volume is concerned, VAT is not considered.
In addition, with regard to a company holding share in others, the Recommendation distinguishes between autonomous companies (participation of less than 25%, with some exceptions), associated companies (participation of more than 25% but without effective control of the participating company) and related companies (effective control of the participating company), making clear that autonomous companies should be considered separately, while associated companies compute proportionally to the grade of participation. As far as related companies are concerned, they should be computed in full. And finally, franchises do not compute, being separate corporate structures.
It has become clear, that companies need to know, and this is not always easy, if they are obliged to have to do an energy audit, because in case they were and had not audited, they would be committing a very serious infringement with penalties of between 6 and 60 Million EUR (limited to 10% of the business volume).
If you wish to contact us in case of any question and despite of the guidelines developed by the Recommendation of the EU, please contact us. Combining our broad experience in Energy -, Company - and European Law, we will be pleased to elaborate a personalised report for each specific case and for a fixed price.

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LANA VELVET SATIN SHAWL
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If you’re a fan of our Thalia collection, meet its silky lustrous sister, Lana!
Made of velvet satin, this minimal iron, and lightweight material adds a glow of glamour to your look. Subtle shine, easy to drape, gorgeous flow, and on-point styling make this one our new favs!
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Sally B, Isle of Wight Sun, 19 October 2014
Clean; warm; friendly; quirky; ideally situated near to the venue and the town and not too far to walk to the sea front.
Liked: Near the venue (Bournemouth International Centre)!
Debbie, Camborne Tue, 8 May 2012
This hotel is open to the public and they are able to book for parties etc. On the night I stayed there was an 18th birthday party, a 21st birthday party and a hen night - rather noisy at times!
Liked: As it is under refurbishment the ground floor was looking very nice and clean.
Disliked: Had to run the cold water tap in the sink for a minute as it ran hot to start with, but it actually took 4-5 minutes to run cold. Breakfast was from 8am - 10am, but arrived at breakfast at 8.15am to find the full english was only slightly warm and not hot. Some carpets are rather worn.
Jean Thu, 7 December 2017
would stay there again, good...
Liked: The staff were friendly and helpful, everything was very clean
Disliked: Parking, 2x nights we had to park a far way away as the car park was full as were all the surrounding roads
Keith Thu, 7 December 2017
Liked: The celebrity theming and good food
Docbriley Wed, 6 December 2017
Clean, great location, friendly staff.
Liked: Great clean rooms, and friendly staff! I liked the dinner but the breakfast was very mediocre.
Sarah Tue, 5 December 2017
Lovely friendly hotel. Good value....
Liked: We were welcomed by a lovely man in reception when we arrived. We had a superior twin room which was really nice. Very comfy bed, lovely bathroom. Tea and coffee in the room. We ran out of tea and the man said just help yourself from a big box of teabags, he also gave us some chocolates out of a Roses tin! Breakfast very nice, help yourself to as much as you want. I felt very comfortable and welcome here and would definitely come back again next year for longer. Would recommend. Close to beach too.
Disliked: There is nothing that I didn't like.
Lee Tue, 5 December 2017
Cool place to stay
Liked: The themed rooms
Georgina Tue, 5 December 2017
Disliked: I wanted to pay cash, but reception staff said I would have to leave a £100 deposit and could give no explanation why
Steven Tue, 5 December 2017
Liked: It was exactly how it described itself in its advertisement.
Disliked: You can hear everything above you and beside you through the walls.
Mary Tue, 5 December 2017
It was lovely and all...
Liked: Because I had my puppy with me ... it was very relaxed about the dog .
Disliked: Well there was a function on sat night and the puppy just kept barking but in hindsight perhaps I should think of a different type of accommodation with the dog ..
Janet Tue, 5 December 2017
Liked: Clean , friendly staff and good food
Disliked: The shower didn't work properly , the water was not very hot . No cold water running in sink tap , loose towel rail and light over one side of the bed didn't work .
Bruce Mon, 4 December 2017
Liked: Room very tired has not been decorated for a long time,although room was clean
Squeaky floor boards were terrible
Disliked: Updating of room needed


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Charlotte joins global bike phenomenon
By officially launching a bike-sharing system Thursday, Charlotte stepped to the forefront of a phenomenon rapidly taking root in cities around the world.
Charlotte B-cycle, the first bike-sharing system in North Carolina, will provide paying users with 200 bikes at 20 stations in and around uptown. The system is intended for point-to-point trips in which users can check out a bike from one station and return it to a station near their destination.
Bike sharing, which began in Europe in the 1960s, has expanded rapidly in North America in recent years. Denver’s B-cycle program was the first large-scale bike-share program in the country; it launched in April 2010.* Now more than 30 places in the U.S. have or are planning to launch systems. B-cycle, a Wisconsin-based company that provided Charlotte's system, has launched 15 such systems since it started with Denver’s.
“It’s quite a remarkable phenomenon,” said John Cock of Davidson, a manager with Alta Planning + Design. Alta’s sister company, Alta Bicycle Share, operates a number of bike-share programs but isn’t involved with Charlotte’s program. Cock, a cycling enthusiast, credits a growing grass roots movement of young urban residents interested in biking.
“In the last few years, there’s been this emergence of bike culture,” he said. He noted a decline in the number of young people getting drivers licenses and an interest in having more transportation options, such as public transit and biking. He speculated that one factor might be people wanting to be connected to mobile devices – cell phones and tablets – which you can’t do easily or safely while driving.
The phenomenon is not confined to the United States. Paris has a robust bike-share program, Velib, launched in 2007, which operates more than 20,000 bicycles and averages 80,000 to 120,000 trips daily. At least 25 European countries have bike sharing, as do South Korea and at least two cities in China.
Organizers at Thursday's announcement boasted that Charlotte B-cycle is debuting ahead of New York City's, which is set to launch later this month. Other Southeastern cities planning, studying or talking about programs include Chattanooga, Memphis, Birmingham, Ala., and Asheville, said Cock. “Every city on the map is thinking about this,” he quipped.
Cock said bike-share systems are typically used for short, often spontaneous trips rather than rides of several hours. In many cities the quick bicycle trip is faster and cheaper than driving or taking public transit or a taxi. And it adds “the whole fun factor.”
The systems can have a big effect in increasing bicycling in a city. “Bike-sharing becomes like a gateway drug” to urban cycling, he said. “It’s transformational in that it lets people take trips by bike they hadn’t thought about.”
Supporters hope the system will get Charlotte residents out of their cars and into more active lifestyles.
"We believe it's going to change the nature of our center city, making it quicker and easier to get around town," said former Mayor Harvey Gantt, board chairman at Charlotte Center City Partners. The nonprofit uptown booster group worked with local officials to organize Charlotte B-cycle after setting out to make Charlotte "a city of bikes" in its 2020 Vision Plan.
Organizers have installed the system's first two stations at The Square (Trade and Tryon streets) and at the 7th Street Public Market. They plan to complete the rest of the stations by the end of July.
After a free trial period through this weekend, daily memberships will cost $8 and annual memberships $65. Trips of 30 minutes or less will be free, but users will pay $4 for every 30 minutes thereafter. The stations accept credit or debit cards but not cash.
Charlotte's system is being sponsored by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, which is investing $4 million over four years in a "Get Outside North Carolina!" or “GO NC!” campaign to encourage the state's residents to get outside, active and healthy.
The campaign will contribute $2.25 million to cover the bike-share system's initial infrastructure costs and annual maintenance over the next four years, BCBSNC said.
Also as part of the campaign, BCBSNC is sponsoring a loop that will connect a network of recreational trails at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh and the final phase of a 15-mile trail across Wilmington.
BCBSNC customers will be eligible for a 20 percent discount on annual memberships in Charlotte B-cycle. Other sponsors of Charlotte B-cycle are Carolinas HealthCare System and Verizon Wireless.
B-cycle president Bob Burns said bike-sharing systems often dramatically increase bike ridership in cities. They convince people who haven't ridden in years to return to cycling and sometimes motivate people to buy their own bikes, benefiting local retailers, he said.
"People need to see it," he said "Then they understand it and then they want it."
The most common trip purpose for bike sharing is commuting to work or school, according to a June study of bike-sharing in North America published by the Mineta Transportation Institute at San Jose State University.
But bike sharing can appeal to tourists, too.
Rita Newman, a visitor to Charlotte who came to Thursday's announcement to learn more about bike sharing, was intrigued by its potential to improve public health and said she’d like to try such a system. Newman, 67, who bikes about 40 miles a week, was in Charlotte from Evansville, Ind., for a convention. She and her husband often rent bikes when they travel, she said.
"I think America needs to get in better shape to say the least," she said.
* An earlier version of this article mistakenly said Washington's Capital Bikeshare, launched in August 2010, was the nation’s first large-scale bike-share program.
Want to know more about bike sharing? Click here for a video about the phenomenal success of Washington's bike-sharing system.
To join Charlotte B-Cycle: http://charlotte.bcycle.com


Expect 4 new remixes, a VA compilation, and more.
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Polish duo Catz ‘n Dogz is set to celebrate 20 years on the scene with new music and a world tour. The pair is kickstarting proceedings with 4 new remixes sandwiching a Various Artists compilation LP, with the first Double-A side EP ‘Wave’ (Matisa Remix) / ‘Rave History’ (Maruwa Remix) out now.
“We really love the energy of Matisa and Maruwa. Their tracks are always in our sets. These two originals are very important to us, so we thought what better time to rework them than this milestone? Both remixes are working really well in our sets right now.” says Catz ‘n Dogz about the new remixes.
The pair also shared the release of the 20-track ’20 Years’ VA compilation, which includes the duo’s largest pivotal releases, remixes, and collaborations, featuring artists like Bicep, Solomun, RÜFÜS DU SOL, Marlena Shaw, Claude VonStroke, Blue Hawaii, Gorgon City, and more.
“These new releases and the 20 Years Tour are to celebrate every party, every record we’ve put out into the world, every label we’ve released on, every venue, every inspiring talent we’ve worked, played, and toured with… And most importantly, every raver who’s ever got down at a Catz ’n Dogz rave, and the fans who’ve supported us along the way.” they add.
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Billionaire Elon Musk's high-flying space venture, SpaceX, has provided fresh details about its plan to test a Dragon capsule that can use retro rockets to make a soft landing on Earth — and perhaps eventually on Mars.
The prototype test project, code-named DragonFly, would be conducted at SpaceX's test facility near McGregor, Texas, according to a draft environmental assessment released by the Federal Aviation Administration. The document is part of the regulatory requirements for issuing an experimental permit for the tests.
In the 76-page FAA document, the DragonFly RLV is described as a 7-ton Dragon capsule equipped with eight SuperDraco thrusters, an integrated trunk and up to four landing legs. The program calls for a series of increasingly ambitious tests, starting with a parachute-assisted landing and proceeding to a full propulsive landing and rocket-powered hops.
DragonFly is just one of several initiatives being pursued by Musk's California-based venture to turn SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule into a fully reusable space transport system. The Texas facility is already being used for tests of a rocket prototype called the Falcon 9R, which is designed to fly itself back to a landing pad after sending up its payload.
Unmanned versions of the Dragon capsule have made four round trips to the International Space Station, including one resupply mission that wound up last weekend. Last month, Musk announced in a Twitter update that the hardware for the Dragon 2 would be unveiled on May 29. That would pave the way for the DragonRider, a version capable of ferrying astronauts to and from the International Space Station.
The DragonFly prototype's landing technology would eventually be incorporated into a future version of the seven-person DragonRider capsule. It also could be used on interplanetary trips, including a Mars mission code-named "Red Dragon" or Icebreaker. Last weekend, the 42-year-old Musk reported that he was making progress on a plan to send colonists to Mars during his lifetime.
Tip o' the Log to NASASpaceFlight.com and Transterrestrial Musings' Rand Simberg. Science editor Alan Boyle and Simberg will discuss spaceflight developments at 8 p.m. ET Wednesday on "Virtually Speaking Science."


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Post Malone won big at the Billboard Music Awards this year!
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This is quite a common phobia and seems to occur more often in girls and women. Generally the person has a fear of vomiting themselves, but they’re also afraid of seeing other people vomiting because they fear the other person has a “bug” which they might catch.
This fear is called emetophobia and it can cast a shadow over a person’s whole life, even if they don’t have young children.
They may avoid public transport, or any place which they can’t immediately leave if someone started vomiting. They know that some other people have motion sickness in planes and boats, and of course there is nowhere to escape if someone does start being sick.
Since this problem normally begins in early childhood, people may be very worried as they go through the normal stage of socialising and drinking with teenage friends. Most British teenagers have been sick on occasion due to not yet knowing how much drink they can handle. This is never a pleasant experience. But for the person with emetophobia it is so horrifying that they may avoid socialising altogether, just in case they see someone else throwing up.
People with emetophobia may refuse to try any unfamiliar food in case it makes them feel sick. They may be excessively cautious of food which someone else has handled.
In extreme cases some women even choose not to have children simply because they don’t think they could cope with their child being sick.
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You can read HERE how phobias in general usually begin.
How fear of vomiting begins
Emetophobia can begin with a traumatic experience of vomiting excessively or seeing someone else vomiting, where the child and the adults around them are already stressed by something else. All the stress and fear is bundled together and attached to the thought of vomiting. Even a normal experience of vomiting could be very distressing to a child if they’re not used to it, and if they don’t understand what is happening. Some children who have not been “sicky” as babies are very frightened the first time they are sick, because they think there is something badly wrong with them. Vomiting is a very powerful experience because it involves all our senses. We see it, hear it, feel it, smell it, and taste it. And it’s frightening because we cannot stop it. It is happening in our body but it’s out of our control.
Therapy for emetophobia involves the usual range of hypnotic techniques as described HERE. It is also important to reduce the client’s excessive attention to the physical sensations in their stomach, because people with emetophobia tend to assume that any sensation in their stomach means they’re going to be sick.


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Animal Crossing: New Horizons has Nintendo’s first gay couple
Not only is Animal Crossing: New Horizons a great game and a huge hit but it has multiple, subtle references to gay relationships.
For the first time ever, a Nintendo game has what seems to be unambiguously gay characters, some of which are in a relationship.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons has already gained a lot of praise for offering gender neutral character options, where the avatar you play as isn’t specifically male or female and can sport any clothing or hair options they like.
But while you can make friends with other computer-controlled animal characters you can’t date them or anything, and yet subtle bits of dialogue point towards some of them being gay.
There’s some ambiguity as to whether he’s just a business partner or not, but many online have embraced the relationship as more than just platonic.
One reference that’s definitely not ambiguous though, even if it’s less likely you’ll see it in the game, is the cat Merry, who excitedly talks about her favourite comic book that involves the Princess of Rocketboarding and her ‘true love’ the Princess of Explosions.
Since there are a lot of animal characters in the game there’s a good chance you won’t run into Merry for a while, but unlike C.J. there’s no other way to interpret her comments.
But they did receive a lot of criticism for Tomodachi Life back in 2014, which refused to include same-sex relationships but promised to do so in a sequel.
A sequel never happened but, especially as the two games do have some minor similarities, it seems they’ve kept their promise for Animal Crossing: New Horizons instead.
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"It's almost impossible to see how they're going to wring any savings unless they plan to delay and deny claims," Fryer said. "We think 1082 gives them that ability."
Supporter say maintaining benefit levels doesn't mean insurers can't find ways to deliver savings.
"It'll have to be through better, smarter, faster, more efficient claims management and customer service, and trying to cut down on disputes and litigation," Tefft said.
Kreidler, a Democrat, opposes I-1082, saying the measure doesn't hold workers' comp insurers to the same standards that other insurance carriers must follow.
Tefft said he's puzzled by Kreidler's argument, since the initiative makes clear that Kreidler's own certification of workers' comp insurers requires firms to meet the legal requirements for selling insurance in Washington. Tefft also notes that the initiative directs the Legislature to weave I-1082 into existing law before the sale of private plans kicks in.
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In College Station, Romney criticizes Washington's divisiveness
GOP presidential hopeful praises the president, endorsing his strategy for Iraq
COLLEGE STATION — Sharing a stage with President Bush's father Tuesday, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney walked a fine line of praising the Bush administration while making a case for new leadership.
"We are fortunate today to have a president who loves America, who acts solely out of a desire to protect her and to promote liberty around the world," the former Massachusetts governor said during an address at the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum. "But I think most Americans look at Washington and are appalled at the divisiveness, the bitterness, the smallness."
Romney was the second of three 2008 Republican presidential hopefuls scheduled to visit the library, hosted by former President Bush, the 41st president.
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is scheduled April 20, and an aide to former President Bush told the Houston Chronicle on Monday that Democratic front-runners also will be invited during the run-up to the 2008 election year. Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona gave a speech at the library last year.
In introducing Romney, Bush noted that for the first time in decades, no incumbent president or vice president is seeking the White House, so the field is wide open.
"With Republicans around the country looking for a new standard-bearer, naturally many eyes are turning toward Mitt Romney," Bush said, noting the "keen sense of family ties and affection" between the Bushes and the Romneys. Like Bush, Romney is part of a political family. His late father, George Romney, was a three-term governor of Michigan.
Romney greeted the crowd Tuesday with "howdy y'all" and spoke for more than 20 minutes before taking questions from the crowd of 700 in the auditorium. Another 200 listened in a nearby spillover room.
He endorsed President Bush's strategy in Iraq, including an increase in troops.
"It deserves a chance to succeed," he said. "Running away from Iraq now would embolden our enemies, giving them the sanctuary they need to plan more devastating attacks against our country."
Romney criticized congressional Democratic opposition to the war and denounced House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's recent trip to Syria as "partisan, divisive and ill-considered."
He laid out four priorities for the country — a stronger military, energy independence, international alliances to address radical Islam and improved civilian agencies.
Romney has used the early months of his campaign to burnish his foreign policy experience, arranging several short visits to Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay.
The Democratic National Committee says Romney used the "one-day photo-ops to hide the fact that he doesn't have an iota of foreign-policy or national security experience."
Romney will be in Dallas today to deliver remarks at the Dallas Reagan Day Dinner.


Sixteen Senators have joined together in a bipartisan manner to insist that when the chamber takes up the emergency supplemental spending legislation for a second time, moms and dads who work in the Senate are guaranteed some support.
In a May 3 letter to Approprations Chairman Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) and ranking member Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), the Senators ask that language be included in the bill to allow the Secretary of the Senate to transfer proceeds generated from the chamber’s sale of holiday ornaments to the Senate Employees’ Child Care Center.
Similar language was included in the Iraq supplemental bill that President Bush recently vetoed. A House vote on a new supplemental bill is expected today, and the Senate is in the midst of preparing its own legislation.
In the letter, drafted by Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), the 16 Senators write that the center is an important institution for Senate staffers and the chamber should make sure it is supported.
“The SECCC annual budget is funded almost entirely by parents’ tuition, due to the fact that Senate employees are prohibited from soliciting gifts on behalf of the Center,” the letter reads. “We respectively request your support in maintaining this long-standing and worthwhile effort to assist the SECCC in its ability to continue to provide superior, affordable child care services for Senate families.”
Appropriations spokesman John Bray said Wednesday that it is unclear if the language will be included in the final bill.
“Sen. Byrd is very sympathetic, but at this point it is too early to speculate,” Bray said.
A Cochran spokeswoman echoed those comments, saying that while it is possible the language will be put into the new supplemental, no final decision has been made.
“It’s certainly an issue that we are aware of,” the spokeswoman said.
Secretary of the Senate Nancy Erickson, said an aide, “is hopeful the language will be [included] in the supplemental.”
A Inouye spokesman said there is broad bipartisan support for including the provision in the bill, pointing to the range of lawmakers who signed it, from Democratic Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) and John Kerry (Mass.) to Republicans such as Sens. Elizabeth Dole (N.C.) and Kay Bailey Hutchison (Texas).
“This is just authorizing language,” Inouye spokesman Mike Yuen added. “It is not the appropriation of any money.”
About 70 children ranging in age from infants to pre-kindergartners are enrolled at the center, which is considered a model for early education programs.
The center has benefited from the annual holiday sale since 1992, when Senate spouses created the ornaments, according to the letter. When the Senate Stationery Room and Senate Gift Shop set up different operations, the latter worked out an informal arrangement to guarantee a portion of the ornament sales still would go to the center.
In 2006, the Government Accountability Office recommended that more transparency and accountability be included in the process. And at first it appeared a solution wouldn’t be hard to come by.
Language to give the Secretary transfer authority originally was included in the 2006 legislative branch appropriations bill, Yuen said. But that failed to pass, and when the continuing resolution went through instead, the language was left out.
So, language to amend the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act of 1993 to allow the Secretary to transfer the funds was put in the first Iraq supplemental bill. That bill was vetoed by Bush last week.
“The child care center has just been caught in this bind,” Yuen said.
In past decades, the center held fundraising drives, which attracted lobbyists and others as a way to gain influence on Capitol Hill. Today, however, 90 percent of the center’s funds come from tuition fees.
In 2006, the center took in $956,552 in revenue, and $828,000 of that came from tuition. The money generated from the sale of the holiday ornaments amounted to about $40,000, or 4 percent of the total revenues, and went specifically to fund scholarships, educational activities and equipment.
But it’s an important 4 percent. If the authorizing language fails to pass by the end of the year, Senate employees who enroll their children at the center could find themselves paying more in fees, Yuen said.
Alternatively, the center could use a big chunk of its capital reserves to cover the difference in revenue, Yuen added.
The 16 Senators want to make sure that doesn’t happen.
“The SECCC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization governed primarily by parents who work for the U.S. Senate. It serves as a model for parents and employers interested in working together to solve their childcare needs. … We respectfully request your support for maintaining this long-standing and worthwhile effort,” their letter reads.


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Satay on the Road
I won't pretend to be an expert of any Asian cuisine. However, I know enough to see that the city is flooded with "Toronto Thai" led by the success of one particular chain with dishes that are syrupy sweet but lack discernable spice. For that reason I'm always a bit skeptical of Thai restaurants and "best of" lists have become a must for deciphering where to go.
It was difficult choosing a menu item; everything looked really tasty with great prices ranging from $6.45-$7.95. I finally settled on the seafood in bean sauce platter, accompanied by mango salad, a spring roll and rice.
The first thing that impressed me was the spring roll. Often they are oily, heavy and leave your fingers greasy. Mine my crisp, light and flavourful. I could tell it wasn't cooked an hour before lunch service and left to sit under a warming light. I knew I was off to a good start.
Although it was a lunch special, the kitchen didn't skimp on the seafood. The dish was loaded with shrimp, scallops and mussels in a sauce that had a great depth of both garlic and chili flavours. The mango salad was a perfect side to balance the flavours.
My lunch mate chose the cashew chicken with mixed vegetables, spring roll and rice. I tend to avoid cashew chicken as I've had it several times where it appears to be simply overwhelmed with oyster sauce, but this dish was more complex with a savory blend of onion, garlic and chili flavours.
My only complaint about the lunch is the service was both slow and surly. I didn't mind because I had the day off but I could never go during the work week. I've heard Satay on the Road delivers authentic Thai and Malaysian dishes and I'll be back to try some of their specialties for dinner.
Satay on the Road is located in the heart of Leaside Village on Bayview with another location available on Avenue. Open Mon-Fri: 11am-10:30pm, Sat: 12pm-10:30pm, Sun: 4pm-10:30pm.


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Even after lottery win, you still pay full price!
Driving in Beijing, China, is a nightmare of traffic jams, especially with the number of cars nearly doubling there in just five years. The government's reaction was a straightforward one: It banned car sales from December 24 until later this month.
What's more, even then you must be one of 20,000 winners of a government lottery to gain the right to buy license plates—and, of course, the car. Some 100,000 people are trying their luck.
If you're from out of town, you're also out of luck. If your car's plate is not Beijing-based, you're banned from the roads during rush hour.
I recall from a visit to Shanghai a while back that there's another layer of car use, based on license plate number. The more important your standing in the community, the lower the license plate number. And, it's rumored, the lower the license plate number, the easier it is to drive—and park—more or less as you wish.