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Raymond Berry Personal Collection, 1941 Heisman Trophy Highlight Super Bowl Auction
January 15, 2020 By Rich Mueller
The 1941 Heisman Trophy awarded to University of Minnesota halfback Bruce Smith and the collections of three Pro Football Hall of Fame members are among the highlights in the 12th annual Super Bowl Auction. The newly-launched event has already kicked off with online bidding and concludes with a live element on February 1, the day before Super Bowl LIV in Miami. It's … [Read more...]
Kings Open Blockchain-Powered Jersey Auction Platform
The Sacramento Kings have partnered with a blockchain software development firm to create a game-night auction platform, which launched this week. "We have integrated blockchain technology into our business across multiple platforms, including our reward program, and now our fans will have the opportunity to securely purchase authentic game-worn merchandise in real-time … [Read more...]
Notes: LeBron's Christmas Jersey, Beliveau Collection at Auction; Value of LSU's Championship Football
Big time NBA jersey collectors are zeroing in on the Christmas Day jerseys that have hit the auction block, including the one worn by LeBron James. NBA Auctions is offering jerseys from the Lakers, Sixers and Pelicans, all worn in the holiday games. Bidding for the James jersey has already passed $30,000 with more than two weeks left. He missed a triple-double by one … [Read more...]
1993 Derek Jeter SP Rookie Brings $180,000 in Memory Lane Auction
Just ahead of his certain election to the Baseball Hall of Fame, one of 22 1993 Upper Deck SP Derek Jeter rookie cards graded 10 by PSA sold for a record-setting $180,000 as Memory Lane closed out the hobby's first major auction of 2020 early Sunday morning. The SP Jeter saw records established and fall three times in a span of five weeks, with the Memory Lane sale topping … [Read more...]
2019-20 Upper Deck Series 2 Young Guns Checklist, Other Notes from CDD Conference
January 9, 2020 By Rich Mueller
Upper Deck announced the Young Guns checklist for 2019-20 Series 2 Hockey and offered a few other product nuggets during the final hours of its Certified Diamond Dealer Conference in Orlando, FL Thursday. Here's the checklist: Here's a sneak peek at one element of the upcoming National Hockey Card Day promotion at hobby shops across North America. The first … [Read more...]
Upper Deck Dealer Conference Offers Help to Shop Owners
The annual Upper Deck Certified Diamond Dealer Conference is underway at the Walt Disney World Swan Resort in Orlando, FL with shop owners, breakers and others in the industry gathering for three days of insight, shop talk, networking and entertainment. Attendees have heard from experts on marketing their shops and growing their businesses. They've also been … [Read more...]
Topps to Kick Off 2020 Series 1 with "Million Card Rip Party"
Topps plans to turn the release of 2020 Series 1 baseball into a spectator sport next month--but you'll have to watch from home. On Wednesday, the company announced plans for a "Million Card Rip Party" at AT&T Stadium in Dallas, with case break companies tearing open what amounts to about 3,000 hobby boxes of the year's first baseball card product. It'll take place … [Read more...]
NBA Properties Files Counterclaim in Custom Jersey Case
NBA Properties is countersuing a New Jersey company that sells custom sports jerseys designed to for autographs. Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia, incorporated in Delaware but with an office in Mullica Hill, NJ, filed a federal lawsuit in October after NBA Properties reported them to eBay for trademark violations and selling counterfeit goods. HOFSM claimed its products don't … [Read more...]
Chairman Of The Boards: Restoring Stadium Seats Is Sean Walsh's Passion
When it comes to restoring stadium chairs, Sean Walsh has never taken a back seat. Walsh, through his company, Original Stadium Seats, has been selling and restoring seats since 1991. In the last few years, the 58-year-old Cleveland native has changed his focus into restoration, and he could not be happier. "I got tired of storing 200, 300 seats," Walsh said. "I had them … [Read more...]
2020 NHL All-Star Fan Fair Promises Card Show, Autographs, Cup
The NHL's All-Star Game is coming to the heartland this year and there will be some fan and collector-oriented activities taking place around the annual mid-season showcase. The 2020 All-Star Fan Fair takes place January 23-26 at Union Station with 150,000 square feet of space in use for the event. Upper Deck will be hosting a card/memorabilia show inside the facility … [Read more...]


Around this same time last year, many of us said our final goodbyes to Windows XP and Exchange 2003. This year, Microsoft's latest End-Of-Life (EOL) event – along with good sense – will force most of the firms that are still using Windows Server 2003 to replace it with a newer version of the Windows Server operating system (OS). July 14th, 2015 marks the end of extended support for the 2003 product line – after that date, there won't be any more security updates.
For those unfamiliar with the issue this raises, compliance regulation and standards related to private information and security dictate that firms must keep up-to-date with regular patches to the software and hardware that powers their businesses. Your firm's Written Information Security Program (WISP) should detail a policy of adherence to these standards, among many others, and in there somewhere you have almost certainly indicated that you are keeping your systems updated with respect to security.
Like Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 has been around long enough and really should be replaced, so there is not much point in delaying the switch. Most firms have likely changed over to Windows Server 2008 or 2012, but those that haven't made the change yet should be planning on upgrading their server(s) in Q2 of 2015.
2008 is a mature operating system, which is still in use at a large number of firms today. However, mainstream support for 2008 ended earlier this year (1/13/2015), and though extended support is available until 1/14/2020, it probably doesn't make sense to move from 2003 to 2008 in 2015. Firms that have existing 2008 software licenses may not want to incur the additional expense of 2012 licenses, and those with significant compatibility concerns may opt to install Windows 2008 on new server hardware.
2012 is the latest and greatest from Microsoft. It has a shiny new interface and a bevy of neat features like deduplication. My experience with 2012 has been overwhelmingly positive. Though worries about 2012 compatibility with legacy applications may delay widespread acceptance of this operating system, many firms will ultimately choose to make the switch to 2012.
What happens if we stay on Windows 2003?
Your server will still work, but you will not get any more security updates from Microsoft, and your firm will technically be out of compliance.
Software companies and other parties your firm interfaces with will assume that you are making these updates. Your firm's failure to upgrade to a later version of Windows Server could cause problems that you and your staff may not be able to anticipate.
As an example of this, one of my clients that was slow to upgrade all of their Windows XP systems last year found that the latest version of Orion's desktop software, which was automatically updated sometime in Q1 of 2014, was incompatible with Windows XP. Unfortunately for the client, there wasn't a way to reverse the update or use an older version.
At the time, I was surprised, especially because the customer wasn't given any notice of the "feature enhancement." It didn't make sense that a software company would launch an update incompatible with existing customer desktops that were still supported by Microsoft. Thankfully, Orion addressed the issue quickly by providing the users affected with remote desktop (RDP) connections to Orion servers for an interim period.
Consultant of Quartare; Quartare provides a wide variety of technology solutions to investment management and financial services firms nationwide.
I have been talking about the evolution of investment reporting for years and telling anyone who would listen that their clients will soon have other investment reporting options. My dream or vision of the future includes me (of course) providing the interface to facilitate getting data from financial services firms to a secure data warehouse via xPort where their clients could download the data for analysis on an open reporting platform.
My long-time client and friend explained to me that they would have concerns that data they reviewed and corrected ("apples") might be reported as uncorrected data ("oranges").
Though data aggregators exist and have much of the data required, they won't have it all unless advisors participate and cooperate in the process. Reconciliation needs to be performed and maintained on an ongoing basis with respect to assets under management, inception-to-date performance, and tax cost. No one is more motivated and qualified to maintain that data integrity than the advisors whose decisions, service, and bottom line are impacted by the quality of that data.
Big Brother will have access to this data too – that's not part of my plan, but just a given eventuality and perhaps already a reality. Regulatory powers will employ predictive analytics to proactively search for potential fraud. For example, an advisor reporting the same exact composite return two years in a row is possible, but highly unlikely and worth investigating. When more scrutiny is applied to this data, one can only hope that the benefits of additional regulation will outweigh the compliance headaches.
Using SigFig, investors can view a dashboard summary of investment reporting information that looks better than what many investment advisors currently provide to their clients. However, as one familiar the details of performance calculations, client billing, and reconciliation, I am naturally concerned about possible data quality issues. The idea of replacing the sound advice of an investment professional with algorithms designed to place ads – even though those ads are intended to be unbiased – seems inherently flawed.
In my preferred vision, advisors would pay an interface fee and their participating clients would purchase SAAS reporting or a Droid/iOS app. Idyllic as it might seem, this version of the future would allow investment advisors and their clients to share views of reports created by impartial third-party reporting sources.
SigFig is a step in the right direction, and should serve as warning to investment advisors that more robust investment reporting information will be delivered to their clients whether they participate in the process themselves or allow their clients to find it on their own.
It makes perfect sense that your firm should want to provide the best reports possible to your clients, without incurring an unreasonable expense or maintaining an unmanageable reporting process. Unfortunately, what's best for your firm and what's best your client may be two different things. You want to validate your investment methodology and highlight the value continued use of your firm offers, but you also need to keep your client's best interests in mind. More than one advisor I have worked with in the past has chosen to shy away from slick, eye-popping reports, instead favoring black-and-white reports where simple numbers alone underscore performance. In the opinion of these advisors, the relationship with a client is more important than fancy reporting and such reports can distract investors.
Call modern reports a prudent best practice or self-serving marketing effort designed to ensure your firm's survival. The truth is that they are a little of both. Clients expect decent reporting, so substandard reports are now passé. Quarterly report packages like those I have helped clients create for twenty years are also known as presentations, and perhaps that is a better name for them. It describes what investors are really trying to do at quarter end.
Every quarter, advisors have an obligation and opportunity to make a presentation of how their clients' investments are doing. Most advisors also write a quarterly letter in which they address the near-term market conditions and reasonable expectations for the future while trying to impart some relevant wisdom to their investors. Advisors are, in fact, presenting and remarketing to their clients on a quarterly basis. Good presentations typically illustrate an advisor's general knowledge of the markets, educate clients, and show how the advisor adds value. The reports included in these presentations also present holdings analyses that provide clients with additional insight into their investments, but, most importantly, these reports provide the client with performance figures and comparative benchmarks for various time periods.
For some firms, proprietary custom report writing is required to meet the needs outlined above. With this requirement comes the necessity to employ staff or contract with vendors to produce and maintain the reports. The effort to produce high-quality reports can be daunting whether the project is handled internally or outsourced. Many custom reports, by definition, are in flux. In a typical quarter, custom reports may undergo additional feature enhancements and require maintenance modifications or bug fixes. In order to maintain custom reporting systems, an ongoing commitment of time and money is necessary.
Advisors may want to create distinct custom reports that are part of their brand, but given the potential complexity and cost of creating those reports – the best investment reports for those with limited funds are the ones that already exist.


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// (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates. Confidential and proprietary.

package com.facebook.samples.litho.java.lithography;

import static com.facebook.litho.testing.assertj.ComponentConditions.text;
import static com.facebook.litho.testing.assertj.ComponentConditions.textEquals;
import static com.facebook.litho.testing.assertj.LegacyLithoAssertions.assertThat;
import static com.facebook.litho.testing.assertj.SubComponentExtractor.subComponentWith;
import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.containsString;
import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
import static org.junit.Assume.assumeThat;

import com.facebook.litho.Component;
import com.facebook.litho.ComponentContext;
import com.facebook.litho.config.ComponentsConfiguration;
import com.facebook.litho.testing.LegacyLithoViewRule;
import com.facebook.litho.testing.subcomponents.InspectableComponent;
import com.facebook.litho.testing.subcomponents.SubComponent;
import com.facebook.litho.testing.testrunner.LithoTestRunner;
import com.facebook.litho.widget.Text;
import org.assertj.core.api.Condition;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Rule;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;

@RunWith(LithoTestRunner.class)
public class DecadeSeparatorSpecTest {
  @Rule public LegacyLithoViewRule mLegacyLithoViewRule = new LegacyLithoViewRule();

  private Component mComponent;

  @Before
  public void setUp() {
    assumeThat(
        "These tests can only be run in debug mode.",
        ComponentsConfiguration.IS_INTERNAL_BUILD,
        is(true));
    mComponent =
        DecadeSeparator.create(mLegacyLithoViewRule.getContext()).decade(new Decade(2010)).build();
  }

  @Test
  public void subComponentsWithManualExtraction() {
    final ComponentContext c = mLegacyLithoViewRule.getContext();

    assertThat(c, mComponent).extractingSubComponentAt(0).extractingSubComponents(c).hasSize(3);
  }

  @Test
  public void testSubComponentByClass() {
    final ComponentContext c = mLegacyLithoViewRule.getContext();
    assertThat(c, mComponent).hasSubComponents(SubComponent.of(Text.class));
  }

  @Test
  public void subComponentByClassWithExtraction() {
    final ComponentContext c = mLegacyLithoViewRule.getContext();
    assertThat(c, mComponent)
        .extractingSubComponentAt(0)
        .extractingSubComponents(c)
        .areExactly(
            1,
            new Condition<InspectableComponent>() {
              @Override
              public boolean matches(InspectableComponent value) {
                return value.getComponentClass() == Text.class;
              }
            });
  }

  @Test
  public void subComponentWithText() {
    final ComponentContext c = mLegacyLithoViewRule.getContext();
    assertThat(c, mComponent)
        .extractingSubComponentAt(0)
        .has(subComponentWith(c, textEquals("2010")))
        // Silly things to test for, but left here to demonstrate the API.
        .has(subComponentWith(c, text(containsString("10"))))
        .doesNotHave(subComponentWith(c, textEquals("2011")));
  }
}

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ASD (Autistic Spectrum Disorder) seems to be diagnosed with increasing frequency. The causes of ASD are still quite unclear, but it seems that there is a problem which affects the immune system, in turn affecting neural development, often with an overgrowth of white matter in the brain.
Its causes are unclear and probably multi-factoral.
In some cases a Gluten/Casein-Free Diet can be helpful. In other cases other nutritional support can be of help.
ASD sufferers can sometimes be shut down, that is, they can be disconnected from social engagement and often cannot hold any form of eye contact let alone speak. Others have more minor problems and can communicate if required.
There is a huge range to the difficulties which is why the term has been changed from Autism to Autistic Spectrum Disorder, as there are a spectrum of symptoms and difficulties.
Ian Wright has over the last 20 years seen literally hundreds of cases of ASD.
ASD patients' responses to osteopathy are variable: some really seem to move on, regain eye contact and start to improve communication, others are much slower to respond.
Treatment is aimed at allowing the full potential of health to express itself. There often seems to be a lot of shock in the nervous system and a lack of freedom of motion. Others have markedly sensitized immune systems and are highly reactive to many foods and other elements in their environment.
Treatment is usually long-term, especially if progress seems clear. These children often respond really well to the group environment of the Daisy Clinic. Others find the noise and stimulation too much, so we can also use a private, quiet room to treat them.


Summer Sunday School will be held during the 10am Rite II service each Sunday, provided two trained teachers are present that week. If formal Sunday School is not being offered, parents are still welcome to accompany any restless small children who need a break to our Children's Room in the parish hall or the train table and craft area in the undercroft. Please call Fawn at 410.289.5576 with any Sunday School questions!


St Augustine Alligator Farm was founded in 1893 the Alligator Farm is an oasis of wildlife for reptiles and birds in their natural environment. A safe place to view some of the oldest and largest Alligators in Florida, at the right time you can view the feeding which is really exciting and worth the wait. Concession stands fun and learning for everyone at the Alligator Farm of St Augustine.
Anastasia State Park located adjacent to the St. Augustine Amphitheatre and welcomes hundreds of thousands visitors from all over the world to enjoy our natural and cultural treasures. At Anastasia you can enjoy camping, nature trails, beach time, water sports, and an archaeological site where coquina rock was mined to create the nearby fortress, Castillo de San Marcos National Monument. Anastasia State Park, located just south of historic St. Augustine on Anastasia Island, has 4 miles of pristine beach, a tidal salt marsh, and maritime and upland hammock.
Camping, beach combing, swimming, fishing, picnicking, windsurfing, hiking, wildlife-viewing, canoeing and kayaking are popular activities. Nature trails meander through the ancient dunes shaded by hammock forest. The full-facility campground is located in a wooded area within easy bicycling or walking distance of the beach.
$28.00 per night, plus tax. Includes water and electricity.
St Augustine Black Raven Adventures Black Raven Pirate Ship is easy to find at the City Marina. One of a kind, the Black Raven has a mystic of dirty rotten scandrals and fair maidens. The aura of this ship is grandiose and a bit frightening in all the good ways. Authentic costumes and great details have been taken to character and the pirate lifestyle. Great for kids and adults, the ship has a bar and serves drinks and caters to kids. You can't visit St Augustine without experiencing the Pirates of the Black Raven.
St Augustine Castillo de San Marcos Fort is a stronghold of activity in downtown. Visit the fort and experience costumes and armory rehearsed in authentic detail. Watch the Spanish style cannons go off everyday with in the fort. Learn the procedure for firing muskets and be thrown into jail all within the confines of the fort. Sit and enjoy a rich history of how America came to life right below your feet. Explore the crevices of the fort and take pictures with Spanish and British guards. Walk the mote around the fort and cross the draw bridge, learn your history and have a great time at the Castillo de San Marcos.
The Colonial Spanish Quarter is one of St. Augustine's most famous attractions and always a popular place to spend the day. The Colonial Spanish Quarter is a living history museum complete with period city dwellers who act out what life was like for the early Spanish soldiers and settlers to St. Augustine.
The Colonial Spanish Quarter is open each day from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. except for major holidays. When visiting St. Augustine for a fun filled vacation you'll want to take a tour of this phenomenal location. Browse the rooms in our historic Bed and Breakfast in St. Augustine and come and stay with us today!
Flagler College is a fortress in the heart of down-town St Augustine. Its castle like appearance is rich in history and education. The college has many photographic statues and areas to snap great pictures of the grandeur of American History. The hustle and bustle of the college scene is invigorating and fun, it will spark life into anyone who visits.
With more than 73,000 acres, this aquatic preserve – officially known as the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve – is between Jacksonville and St. Augustine. It includes Old Florida beaches, sand dunes, salt marches, tidal wetland and estuarine lagoons. There's an unofficial gay meet-up at Guanas first beach access point, reached by a boardwalk that winds down a 40-foot-tall dune system to a pristine stretch of secluded sand. Along A1A Best time to go: In October for River City Pride Parade in Jacksonville.
St Augustine Lightener Museum is the former Hotel Alcazar built in 1887. Flagler commissioned the erection of the hotel and it has been through many changes in the years. It has transformed into a hotel, museum, gardens and now shops adorn the downstairs and city hall is based out of this structure. You can't miss this pinnacle of downtown, the relaxed feel has many relics' of the past in the museum on campus and an incredible cou pond with some of the largest gold fish I've ever seen.
The St. Augustine Lighthouse & Museum is dedicated to discovering, preserving, presenting and keeping alive the story of the nation's oldest port. America's history will never look the same after a visit to the St. Augustine Lighthouse & Museum. From the breathtaking views of Northeast Florida to the artifacts recovered from our ancestors' vessels, the St. Augustine Lighthouse & Museum covers centuries of history from in and around St. Augustine, Florida.
St Augustine Mission where Ponce de Leon built his first alters is the scene for one of the most manicured and well maintained cemetery's I have ever seen. The gardens are beautiful and shady, many come just to enjoy the sites and learn more about the catholic religion. The enormous cross was erected to commemorate the mission and can be seen all over town. Exceptionally gorgeous with lots of possible picturesque views.
The Night of Lights Festival, named by National Geographic as one of the top holiday displays in the world, is a two-month-long series of events in the Old City, starting with the festive ceremonial "Light Up Night" at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 23 in the Plaza de la Constitution and glittering through Jan. 31. The centerpiece: Buildings, trees, trolleys and just about every other inch of the town are adorned with millions of white lights. Nights of Lights, funded by the City of St. Augustine and the St. Johns County Tourist Development Council, includes special concerts, parades, tours and re-enactments as well. Visit www.nightsoflights.com for more information.
The Oldest School House in the USA built over 200 years ago. is located on St George Street. Amazingly it still stands and the bells of class can still be heard from the class room. The teacher ushers the students inside by ringing the bell even to this day. This historical monument has been fortified but still leans to one side. Come, class is in session and you're late!
Our featured attraction, the González-Alvarez House is the oldest surviving Spanish Colonial dwelling in Florida. The site has been occupied since the 1600s and the present house dates to the early 1700s. Since 1893 visitors have toured the house to see evidence of the Spanish, British and American occupations of St. Augustine and to learn how the residents lived. In 1970 the U.S. Department of the Interior designated the house a National Historic Landmark. A must-see on your tour of the nation's oldest city. The museum complex, owned and operated by the St. Augustine Historical Society, includes Florida's Oldest House, two museums, a changing exhibition gallery, an ornamental garden, and a museum store. Your admission ticket gives entry to all facilities.
St Augustine Potters Wax Museum you can hob-knob with the rich and famous and all the influential characters of Saint Augustine's past, even some futuristic characters we all know and love. The Potter's Wax Museum is known for its creepy realistic Wax figures. The museum also has, as seen on TV, a few ghosts that lurk around at night! View the techniques and tactics of how they create real life wax replicas of all the movers and shakers we know and love.
St Augustine hosts the flagship of Ripley's Believe It or Not Location. This place has some of the most unbelievable items known across the world. Collected and displayed are items that will certainly make you wonder if this is possibly real. The Saint Augustine location has one of two actual replicas of the Statue of David. It also holds the house made out of a tree trunk complete with a kitchen and bedroom.
Ripley's award winning paranormal investigation takes you down the narrow streets of St. Augustine, stopping to investigate at the old Spanish Fort, the Public Burying Grounds, As you conduct your own, interactive investigation of the most haunted building on the Southeastern Seaboard, Ripley's Castle Warden. Tip-toeing through the Ripley's Castle Warden in the dark is creepy enough for a lot of people (employees included), but an amazing and bizarre incident recently sent no less than five guests running for the exit in a panic.
The San Sebastian Winery area is considered the birthplace of wine in St Augustine. Enjoy the gift shop and wine tastings, as well as a tour of actual wine making. The roof top is available for weddings and local bands play on the weekends. The right spirits and fun times, the Winery is the place to be.
Since the 1900's St. Augustine Scenic Cruise has been giving visitors to St. Augustine a unique view of the city and a way to enjoy St. Augustine's historic land marks and natural beauty. Relax and enjoy a one hour and fifteen minute cruise aboard the Victory III. Narrated tours by the Captain provide an incomparable way to view St. Augustine's historical landmarks and natural sites of interest.
The Schooner Freedom has been sailing the waters of historic St. Augustine since 2001. We offer relaxing Day, Romantic Sunset, and Enchanting Moonlight Sails, as well as a variety of special events throughout the year. Our family invites your to join us for an amazing sailing experience.The 76-foot Schooner Freedom; St. Augustine's only Tall Ship; departs daily from the City Marina. Submerge yourself in a life at sea on one of our day or sunset sails and enjoy the history and romance of historic St. Augustine from a new perspective.
Discover untold history as our guides demonstrate "cutting edge" colonial surgery techniques. Immerse yourself in another era- you've only explored St. Augustine when our guides have taken you back to colonial times. Explore an authentic reconstruction of a Military Hospital that stood on this site during the Second Spanish Colonial Period, 1784-1821. Experience life as a doctor or patient in 1791. Here, you can experience a tapestry of medicine- uncover how Spanish physicians wove together knowledge from Europe and Africa to achieve an astonishing survival rate. Visit our apothecary's garden and appreciate herbs which are still used in medicines today.
The St Augustine Amphitheatre was once the rock quarry for the Castillo De San Marcos Fort we now see on the bay front. In 1965 the City of Saint Augustine decided to make it a natural amphitheater. From then it slowly crumbled until 2002 when the city restored it brought into a modern day venue hosting all the big names.
At the base of the Vilano bridge is a sure treat for the kids. The St Augustine Carousel is a fun get away from the day to day plans. A nice park for the kids that is shady and fun. The library is next door with free computer access. The Carousel is beautiful and colorful and runs at certain times. I have heard that for the romantic at heart that they will make an appointment to give you a ride at the time of your desires. Davenport Park has a full scale, antique carousel offering rides for little ones 7 days a week all year round for $1 per ride. It is so quaint, and wonderful to see the little kids really enjoying the carousel!
We are a brand new business collaborative; a group of locals that share a dream. We wanted to bring the national movement of distilling super premium, small-batch spirits to our community. And we want to do it better than anyone in the world. We knew that if we could bring some of the world's best distilling experts here — the oldest and coolest small city in America — with access to locally grown sugar cane, wheat, corn, and citrus, we could develop a finer quality spirit than just about any other place in the world. When we engage our farming partners to help preserve our heritage by growing crops unique to our region, we challenge the status quo of commercially produced spirits. In turn, we will provide greater choices to our friends and customers. And as we explore and develop new products, we will share them with everyone who wants to learn with us.
St Augustine Fountain of Youth is known around the world. Take home a vial of water from the Fountain of Youth as a souvenir and enjoy the beautiful gardens of the grounds. Snack shacks are located around and all the necessary amenities are available. Enjoy the wild peacocks that have taken roost on the grounds and multiplied. A great picture opportunity to stand close to these amazing looking birds. Reenactments of cannon fire and muskets are scheduled and lots of interesting history to be learned. Enjoy a taste of youthful water from the fountain.
St Augustine Light House was built in 1874 and is consider the oldest navigation point in North America. In 1955 the tower was automated but the tower keepers home still resides and is available to viewers. From Ghosts to exercise, the light house park has a lot to offer, climb to the top of the Light House and view all of St Augustine, museum, tennis courts, boat dock and ramp, fishing pier, picnic area and park. The Light House is a must see if traveling to St Augustine.
Nestled in the heart of St. Augustine, just south of the Historic Bridge of Lions in the city's historic district, is a true treasure for anyone traveling the Intracoastal Waterway: the St. Augustine Municipal Marina. This ideal location provides a picturesque and convenient harborage for both sail and power boats with a friendly and helpful staff that is on duty 24/7 year round. Fuel, oil and ice available at the fuel dock, and the marina has clean and secure restroom/shower facilities and a laundromat. Pump outs are available in most slips. In 2013, the St. Augustine Municipal Marina added a new breakwater dock to the north side of the marina. Opening in June of 2013 this dock provides protection to the marina from north and northeast winds, turning the north side of the marina into a more sheltered basin. The new dock also provides nine 42 foot slips and a large face dock with two spaces over 200 feet. The dock was installed with water, electric and pump out available at all slips. St. Augustine Municipal Marina provides all the amenities necessary for an enjoyable stay, plus the added benefit of being located in the center of "The Nation's Oldest City."
Saint Augustine Villa Zorayda is a collection of artifacts over the years from gambling to the start of Saint Augustine Spanish décor. The home was build by prominate individuals and become a standard for décor around Saint Augustine. It boosts that there is an oriental rug that was taken from an Egyptian pyramid woven by ancient cat hair of Pharaohs. It is a must visit and an easy place to find since the bright colors cant help but to catch your eye. The Villa Zorayda is a great place of history and items to explore.
Welcome to the Ximenez-Fatio House Museum, one of St. Augustine's most authentic historic properties. The museum complex is located on Aviles Street, America's first platted thoroughfare, in the center of the city's oldest community, the Old Town area South of the Plaza. The property includes a ca. 1798 coquina stone House, the region's only detached Kitchen building, a reconstructed ca. 1802 Wash House and a new Visitor Center with state-of-the-art interactive exhibits and a Museum Store.


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Palestinian Public Opinion Polls No. 52
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An-Najah National University/ Opinion Polls and Survey Studies Unit
The Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu rejected the French Initiative that calls for holding a peace conference in the Middle East. The French Initiative suggests principles for ending the conflict on the basis of a recognition of the 1967 borders with some land exchange between the two sides and making Jerusalem a shared capital between the two states. It also suggests a definite timetable that leads to the end of the Israeli occupation and calls for an international peace conference.  The UNESCO adopted a group of decisions relating to Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque. Among these decisions is rejecting the use of the term "Temple Mount" when referring to Al-Aqsa. UNESCO now adopts the Islamic Arabic name: Al-Masjed Al-Aqsa Al-Mubarak. UNESCO also called for restoring the status quo to its realities as they were in September 2000 when the Jordanian Ministry of Waqf had complete dominance over the site. After the signed agreement between Fateh and Hamas to end the Palestinian split, nothing was carried out of the agreement other than the formation of a Palestinian coalition government; the other items have not been implemented.

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PSG vs Porto Preview Dec. 4
by Punter's Hero on December 4, 2012
Paris Saint Germain (PSG) and Porto will battle it out for top spot in Group A of the European Champions League at Parc des Princes in Paris on Tuesday December 4th. Portuguese club Porto sits on top of the group with 13 points from four wins and a draw after five matches. PSG sits right behind them with 12 points from four wins and a draw. PSG needs to win this match to take first place in the group while Porto will claim first place if they manage to draw or win.
PSG Carlo Ancelotti has seen his struggle lately and they'll have to be at their best if they hope to earn all three points from this match. He needs striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic to have a good game and lead the way in attack. His goaltending situation should also be stronger as Salvatore Sirigu has returned to the squad from injury and so has midfielder Marco Verratti. They both missed the team's last game, which was a 2-1 loss against Nice in a French league game on the weekend. However, it looks like the team will have to play without the services of Thiago Motta and Kevin Gameiro, who are both out with injuries.
Porto is also going into the game after a loss in their domestic league as they were beaten 2-1 by Braga on the weekend. However, they should have some added confidence since they managed to beat PSG 1-0 the first time they met in the Champions League group stage this season. Porto more or less has a healthy squad for this game and will be relying on the likes of Jackson Martinez, Lucho Gonzalez, and Joao Moutinho to have big games for them. Manager Vitor Pereira will be pleased that he has a healthy squad to choose from.
As far as their form goes, PSG is in fourth place in the French Ligue 1. They have played 14 matches so far and have earned 26 points out of a possible 42. They've already qualified from the group stage of the Champions League, but like Porto, they would prefer to win the group if possible. The last time they met Porto at home in European competition, they managed to pull off a 2-0 victory back in the 2004/05 season.
Porto is having a fine year in the Portuguese league and they lead the table of the Primeira Liga with a total of 26 points on the season so far. If Porto should happen to lose this match to PSG it will be the first time they've lost two competitive games in a row since November of 2009. They've score nine goals and allowed two in the Champions League this year while PSG have scored 12 and allowed two. Nobody from either team has more than a pair of goals.
Porto has three wins, a draw and a loss in their last five games overall while PSG has two wins, a draw and two losses. It's hard to say how motivated these teams will be since they will both advance no matter what the score is. PSG should be able to at least get a draw at home, but Porto will take the group.
Sportsbook William Hill has the latest odds on the match at 6/5 for a PSG win and 12/5 for a Porto victory with a draw at 11/5.
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Exercise your hips to help achy knees? If you've got knee arthritis, your whole leg starts subtly shifting out of alignment as you favour the sore spot. Now scientists are testing ways to strengthen the entire leg so it stays straighter, in hopes of slowing the knee's deterioration.
Aug. 19, 2009 6:51 p.m.
WASHINGTON — Exercise your hips to help achy knees? If you've got knee arthritis, your whole leg starts subtly shifting out of alignment as you favour the sore spot.
Now scientists are testing ways to strengthen the entire leg so it stays straighter, in hopes of slowing the knee's deterioration.
"People with knee arthritis have kind of a bow-legged appearance," notes Laura Thorp of Rush University Medical Center.
An assistant anatomy professor, Thorp thinks that misalignment is a big key to the painful condition. She's not alone. Specialists now agree the more out of alignment a leg is, the faster arthritis in the knee worsens.
The question is what to do about it. At issue is how your knee handles its load. Being even a little bow-legged puts extra pressure on the knee, especially the inner side. It has to carry a higher-than-normal load each time your foot strikes the ground.
Weight adds to the knee's load, too. Being 15 pounds or more overweight is a key risk factor for developing knee arthritis.
So is having had a knee injury earlier in life, and the one unavoidable risk factor — getting older. About 27 million Americans have osteoarthritis, the wear-and-tear that breaks down the cartilage that cushions joints, causing pain and stiffness as the ends of bones rub on each other. Hundreds of thousands eventually turn to knee replacement for relief.
Even when researchers account for weight, Thorp says a misaligned leg compounds the extra load.
Exercise has long been prescribed for knee arthritis, mostly exercises that strengthen the hamstring and quadriceps — muscles that support the knee.
Stronger muscles do in fact alleviate some knee pain, but they don't slow the inevitable worsening of arthritis.
An Australian study last year showed quad strengthening had no effect on knee load. Interestingly, people with more misaligned legs also got less pain benefit from those exercises.
Rush's Thorp is trying a different, top-down approach — exercising not muscles that support the knee but those that support the hip.
Knee arthritis sufferers tend to have weak muscles on the outside of the hip, muscles that are key for gait, she found.
Every time you take a step, the hip muscle on the standing side has to keep your pelvis level. If it's weak, it changes your pelvis alignment in a way that magnifies the already misaligned leg and adds even more twisting pressure to the knee.
The exercises themselves are similar to what patients are prescribed after a hip replacement. In a handful of knee patients who underwent a month of physical therapy to learn those exercises, Thorp measured a drop in knee load. Now she's enrolling 30 people with mild to moderate arthritis in a more formal study. They get not only the physical therapy, but are told to do the exercises at home six days a week for a second month, too.


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Tributes pour in for much-loved Maida Vale Big Issue seller
Chris McCormack, who died aged 50, 'extended a hand to others, even when he needed a hand up himself'
04 August, 2017 — By Alina Polianskaya
Chris McCormack [Photo: David Tett/The Big Issue]
A COMMUNITY is mourning the death of a much-loved Big Issue seller who brightened up the lives of many despite struggling himself.
Chris McCormack, who sold the magazine outside Maida Vale tube station, was described as "cheerful", "kind" and with a "wicked sense of humour".
He grew up in the area he would later sell the magazine in and counted actor Hugh Grant among his loyal customers.
More than £2400 was raised through an internet appeal to help to cover the costs of his funeral last week. The send-off was standing room only, according to the 50 year old's brother Fred who said he had been "overwhelmed" by the "generosity and kindness of people".
Fred, who lives in Westbourne Park, said: "He felt safe there [Maida Vale]. He liked that it has a great sense of community, it's diverse and it spans different economic groups. People were friendly. For someone as vulnerable as Chris was it was much safer than most parts of London.
"He seemed to extend a hand out to others, even when he needed a hand up himself. People seemed to really love him. He was a part of the community."
Mr McCormack was born on July 19 1966, near Portobello Road, and moved to Maida Vale as a young child. He went to Rutherford School boys school, which later became North Westminster Community School, and worked as a bricklayer but eventually drifted into a lifestyle of partying and living in squats, his brother said.
Chris was a particular fan of psychedelic music as well as the house and techno squat scene and was a regular at various festivals including Glastonbury, every year since 1982.
"He always managed to find a way in one way or another", he said. He was described as "a patron of the party scene" who was "always seeking adventure" and "enjoyed life as much as he could".
He began selling the Big Issue in the early 2000s and had credited the magazine with giving him a renewed sense of purpose.
Chris's brother Fred McCormack
"He thought Hugh Grant was a really nice person and they got on really well," Fred said. "He didn't really like his acting though."
One friend recalled how he brightened up Maida Vale station one particularly cold Christmas. "On the run up to Christmas he hung a small pack of battery powered fairy lights on the corner outside the station and kept adding more as the weeks went on. In the end, he covered most of the railings and lamp-post in lights. It was a brilliant sight."
When Chris turned 50 a little while back, friends took him out for a drink at the Warrington Hotel in Maida Vale for a final hurrah, before he checked into rehab. Chris died on July 1. his last picture shows him on the day he received a badge to say he was 60 days clean and sober.
Chris Stuchbery, The Big Issue's regional manager for London, said: "Chris will be sadly missed by his customers, vendors and staff alike. He was a popular, friendly and engaging character in Maida Vale and made many friends over the years."
To donate: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/fredandchris
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F.P. Journe Introduces the Vagabondage III with Digital Jumping Seconds & Remontoir
The final chapter in the F.P. Journe jumping time display series is the best yet, with a first of its kind complication.
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Hinted at in F.P. Journe's holiday greeting video in December 2016, the Vagabondage III is finally here.
Originally conceived in the early 2000s, the F.P. Journe Vagabondage was planned as a series of three watches, each showing the time in an unusual manner (legend has it the trio was a project originally developed for Cartier, explaining the tortue case shape). The first Vagabondage of 2006 featured a wandering jump hour, and then in 2010 came the Vagabondage II with a digital jumping hours and minutes.
The Vagabondage I (left) and II
And now the Vagabondage III, the final instalment of the series, is the most technically significant, being the first ever digital jumping seconds, as well as a jumping hours.
The Vagabondage III (or "VIII" for short) has a single disc showing the hours in a window at 11 o'clock, while the minutes are indicated by a conventional hand in the centre.
Most notable are the twin discs at six o'clock showing the seconds as they pass, from "01" to "00". This requires deft energy management – the constant jumping of the seconds discs saps enough power from the barrel to affect timekeeping – which is why F.P. Journe installed a remontoir d'égalité, or constant force mechanism. This stores and releases tiny amounts of energy every second to run the jumping seconds display without affecting the timekeeping portion of the movement.
While the VIII is the first ever digital jumping seconds that spans a full minute, the Harry Winston Opus 3 was first with a digital jumping seconds countdown that indicated the final four seconds of each minute. That, however, was a fraught project that took over a decade, and several watchmakers, to deliver.
The dial of the VIII is grey tinted sapphire crystal, through which the mechanics of the movement are visible. It's surrounded by a wide, brushed bezel that traces the tortue, or tortoise, shape of the case. The case measures 37.6mm wide and 45.2mm long, standing a slim 7.84mm high.
Like all F.P. Journe movements (even the quartz ones), the calibre 1514 inside the VIII has its bridges and base plate made of 18k red gold.
The Vagabondage III is a limited edition of 69 pieces in platinum and 68 pieces in red gold.
Prices are SFr56,000 for the platinum and SFr54,000 for the red gold. It will be available from F.P. Journe boutiques and retailers starting sometime in the second quarter of 2017.
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