Experience: 10+ yrs in working with adults & children with special needs.
Family: Husband, daughter, mom, dad, 1 brother, 1 brother-in-law, 3 sisters-in-law, 1 goddaughter, and our dog and school mascot Phoebe.
Interesting fact: Courtni currently sits on the board of directors of Helping Hands, an Anaheim based program for adults with severe developmental disabilities.
Family: Mom, Dad, Sister, and Wife Pamela.
Interesting Fact: He does videography for hobby.
Interesting Fact: Alexa is on a quest to visit all 50 states. Her current count is 25. Go Alexa, go!
Experience: Lynnette has many years of experience working with people of all ages and abilities specializing in creating and teaching Arts programming. Previously she taught at Hope University in Anaheim and also currently teaches Club Aspire, a therapeutic recreation program in Pasadena.
Hobbies: Enjoying friends and family. She loves dancing, walking the foothills, She loves going to thrift stores and gallery hopping..
Interesting Facts: She is also the Director of the High Spirits Dance Program for young adults with intellectual disabilities, teaching weekly classes and public performances.
Family: Mom, 2 brothers, 2 sisters-in-law, 1 niece Olivia, 1 nephew Landon , and 1 dog Max.
Interesting Facts: Rachael participated in a study abroad program in Ireland at Trinity College.
High School: La Habra High School.
Experience: Two years as a Respite Caregiver for adults and children with special needs, also volunteered at pre-school for children with special needs.
Hobbies: Playing basketball, traveling, and photography..
Experience: Carlos has over 6 years of experience working in Day Programs for special need students.
Interesting Fact: Carlos is a full-time ice-hockey personal trainer.
High School: La Entrada H.S.
High School: El Dorado H.S.
Interesting Fact: Brad is not only a volunteer and a College student. He is also plumber.here to edit.
High School: Orange Lutheran High School .
Degrees/Certificates: A.A in Liberal Arts & Human Services currently working on her B.A.
Experience: Having a little brother with Down Syndrome & volunteering at the Down Syndrome Association events and fundraisers.
Hobbies: Dancing, Hiking, Going to the Gym, Loves long boarding at the beach.
Family: 3 younger brothers, mom, step dad and grandma.
College: Orange Coast College Electrical Eng.


Comments on the NBA and NHL finals.
Game 1 will tip off Thursday. That gives the "old" Celtics time to recover from injuries to PG Rajon Rondo and C Kendrick Perkins. The schedule of the Finals will allow more rest than the Celtics to play at a very high level of energy.
One thing that came out of the last game against game against the Magic was the outstanding performance by the diminutive PG Nate Robinson. Robinson had not played much in the post season but came off the bench to replace Rondo and scored 13 point, got 2 rebounds and a steal.
The Lakers have some injury issues of their own. C Andrew Bynum had fluid removed from his right knee which has given him trouble for most of his career.
The format of the finals gives the team with home court advantage an additional benefit. With the 2-3-2 format, the team without HC advantage usually struggles to win all 3 games on their court.
1. The biggest key is who is going to stop Rondo from controlling the Celtic O. When he has been distributing the ball and driving to the hoop, the team has been unbeatable. He has averaged nearly 17 points and 10 assists per game in the playoffs. The Magic didn't have an answer for Rondo and neither did the Cavs. The biggest question who gets the assignment to stop Rondo?
Laker PG Fisher is not nearly quick enough to slow Rondo. Bryant would be another prospect but by spending his energy on the D end of the floor could hurt his scoring. The backup Gs on the team are not known for their D. One possibility would be Ron Artest. When he feels like doing the job he is an effective defender but is not as quick as Rondo.
2. Which Kevin Garnett will show up? When he is on, the Celtics are really active on the O side of the floor. But at 34 he takes some quarters off. He can not do that against the Lakers and expect the Celtics to win.
In the first 2 games, the Flyers have outplayed the Black Hawks but come up short twice on the scoreboard. Now the series goes back to Philly and we will see if the Hawks can shake off the cobwebs to play at the level they have in previous series.
If the Flyers win the games at home convincingly, expect them to steal one in Chicago and win the series. The Hawks need to win one in Philly to prove to themselves as well as the opponents. If not, the Flyers could well win the championship.
The first two games were as different as they could be. Game 1 looked like an NBA All star game where nobody even tried to play D in a 6-5 win for Chicago. Game 2 was much better hockey and ended up 2-1. Expect the games in Philly to look a lot more like the 2-1 game than the 6-5 game.
Former pro bowl CB Shawn Springs was released by the Pats. He has lost some speed and will end up as a decent FS but is no longer to play CB at this level.
DL Glenn Dorsey was the 5th pick in 2008. He was less than effective in the 4-3 and is a liability in the Chiefs 3-4 at DE. A trade would do him a world of good. However, don't expect the Chiefs to get anything even close to full value for a player that has not developed as expected.
We would like to thank the Orlando Magic(less) for participating and don't forget your parting gift–the home version of our game. Losing 2 games at your house to start a 7 game playoff is like Florida Republican Gov. Crist lose the primary for the Senate and enter the race as an independent. He could still win but the odds are very much against it.
The problem for the Magic is that the two losses were from different causes. They lost game 1 because Howard was shut down and the team looked out of sync from the long layoff. They were just out hustled in game 2 by a supposedly over the hill team. They could still win but I believe the series will be over in 5 games.
The Cavs are done. They were done in by LeBron James quitting on the team. He is almost certain to leave and go to Chicago or Miami. After the second surprising win by the Celtics in Cleveland, it looked like James came to the conclusion that he was not going to win a title with the Cavs and had already decided he would not be back. Danny Ferry should have fired Coach Brown right after the game in Boston and made him get his own way back. That would have given LeBron some hope that Ferry was willing to do more to help James win a title in Cleveland. Without James, the team is in serious trouble. I will have more on this later.
There is talk about building a state of the art basketball arena in downtown Los Vegas. They people there feel they can recruit an NBA team to share it with UNLV. While there are several teams struggling to get fans in the seats, I am not sure that LV will be better.
I have always been a fan of Grant Hill of the Suns. He has been through so many injuries but has come back to play very well this year. He plays hard at both ends of the floor and had a great game last night in LA.
The Reds have shown some life. They beat the Cards and moved into first place in the division. They won't win it but at least have given their fans some fun watching better baseball than they have played in the last few seasons.
Some businessmen in Tampa are trying to figure out how to build the Rays a new stadium. It won't work because the team will still have trouble drawing fans. While new buildings help for a year, in the 2nd year they will not increase the revenue but will hurt by adding unnecessary debt to a franchise already struggling financially.
The current MLB CBA has 2 years remaining. Look for serious labor issues because a number of teams are losing money now.
The Flyers are the 7th seed but had home ice advantage vs the Canadians the 8th seed. Philly has a 2-0 lead in the series and it looks like Canadians have hit a brick wall. That wall is named Michael Leighton goalie for the Flyers. He is supported by a solid D in front of him that is playing very well.
The 2nd seed Black Hawks have a 2-0 lead as well and have an even stronger hold on the ticket to the finals. Capt. Jonathan Toews has 7 goals and 16 assists in the playoffs.


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This fresh floral bouquet harmonizes fruity, floral and woody notes.The perfume opens with bergamot and lemon. The burst of citrus is disturbed by a touch of currant while jasmine, lily-of-the-valley and rose bloom are in its floral heart. The composition becomes warmer and softer due to woody notes of sandalwood, cedar and amber.


Every two minutes someone in the UK is diagnosed with Cancer. Every two minutes Cancer Research UK needs around £2,000 to fund its lifesaving research.
9 out of 10 donations to CRUK are £10 or less, and 55% of charitable donors use cash. But cash transactions are starting to disappear from the High Street – there has been a 14% decline in the usage of cash in 5 years. It's being replaced by the convenience of contactless cards.
You can't throw your contactless card in a collection bucket, so we had to find a way to adapt or we'd lose ground in the fight against cancer.


Whoooo (like what we did there? ;) ) wouldn't love to cuddle up to this miniature snowy owl? Made extra soft for hugging, this 8" stuffed animal features bright eyes, soft beak, plush fur, soft poly-fil body and bean-stuffed toes.
Perfect for both everyday adventures and tagging along for adventures.


Renewable energy sources are for the first time displacing black coal power in Australia's National Electricity Market (NEM).
That's according to the latest National Energy Emissions Audit for 2019 from the Australia Institute. It reports that, in the year December 2017-18, grid renewable generation grew by almost a third, reaching 17.6 per cent of total generation in the NEM. However, by adding rooftop solar into the calculation, the share of renewable electricity supplied to consumers rises to 21.4 per cent.
The surge is by far the largest year-on-year growth in renewable energy capacity the NEM has ever seen.
As a result, Australia's total emissions now stand at 20 per cent below peak levels reached in 2008. This reduction in emissions (three-quarters of total) is due to solar and wind and other renewable energy sources pushing out high-intensity coal generation.
In addition, consumption of grid electricity has fallen as buildings become more energy efficient (remaining quarter). High rates of rooftop solar installation and battery storage also contributed to grid supply over the decade.
In December, Victoria saw the commissioning of the Crowlands Wind Farm, near Ararat. The project was underwritten by a consortium of 14 leading Melbourne universities, cultural institutions, corporations and local councils.
Together, they formed the Melbourne Renewable Energy Project power purchasing agreement (PPA). The group have signed up to buy well over a third of the expected annual output of the wind farm.
As a result, the City of Melbourne has become the first Australian capital to be powered by 100 percent renewable electricity.
These PPAs are likely to become a new trend in supply contracts for renewable energy, the audit found. It points to stagnant policy direction at federal level and expects electricity users to take the lead on low-emissions generation.
Prior to the extreme heatwave that scorched eastern Australia in mid-January, the hottest days of summer occurred on January 3 & 4.
Rooftop solar reduced peak demand in South Australia on the 3rd, and Victoria on the 4th, by 9 per cent. As a result, there was less need to run high-cost gas and diesel-fuelled generators in either state.
Plus, wholesale prices were also "certainly lower than they would have been without rooftop solar".
As an aside for our regular readers, Energy Matters has been selected as one of the Global Top 75 Solar Energy Blogs. This is based on our comprehensive coverage of Australian energy issues.


In accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005, the evaluating Member State (EMS), Austria, received an application from De Sangosse SAS to modify the existing maximum residue level (MRL) for the active substance metaldehyde in leek.
To accommodate for the intended use of metaldehyde, Austria proposed to raise the existing MRL from the value of 0.5 mg/kg to 1.5 mg/kg. Austria drafted an evaluation report in accordance with Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005, which was submitted to the European Commission and forwarded to EFSA.
According to EFSA, the data are sufficient to derive a MRL proposal of 1.5 mg/kg for the proposed use on leek. Adequate analytical enforcement methods are available to control the residues of metaldehyde on the commodity under consideration.
Based on the risk assessment results, EFSA concludes that the proposed use of metaldehyde on leek will not result in a consumer exposure exceeding the toxicological reference values and therefore is unlikely to pose a consumer health risk.


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This page lists many detailed information about the hex color #2FB133. Its Hexadecimal code is 2FB133. In a RGB color space, which is consist of 18.43% red, 69.41% green and 20% blue, and that corresponding RGB values are 47, 177, 51. In a CMYK color space, it is consist of 73.4% cyan, 0% magenta, 71.2% yellow and 30.6% black, whereas that corresponding CMYK values are 0.73, 0, 0.71, 0.31. Other more information such as degree, lightness, saturation, please browses the following content.


We get a glimpse of the future this week on the GeekWire radio show, talking about Amazon's newly released Fire phone, the widely rumored iPhone 6, and Microsoft's unannounced smartwatch — with some Windows Phone thrown in for good measure.
Joining me in the studio are Andru Edwards, editor of the GearLive tech news site, who extends his record as our most frequent recurring guest; and Essex Porter, a longtime reporter for KIRO 7 Eyewitness News in Seattle who happens to be one of the most loyal Windows Phone users I've ever met. Essex has interviewed me in the past for stories, and I've always wanted to turn the tables on him and find out more about his preference for Microsoft devices.
Listen to the show via the audio player below or this MP3 file. Continue reading for links to the topics we discuss.
We kick things off with a discussion of Amazon's Fire phone, released this week. In my testing of the device, I had a hard time adjusting to some of the high-tech navigational tricks and 3D effects built into the interface, but liked the potential of the Firefly feature for scanning products and everyday objects. Check out our full review of the device, and also see what happened when we took the Fire phone to our local Fred Meyer.
Essex, who also brought his Surface 2 with him to the studio, explains how he gave up his iPhone for a Windows Phone, and never looked back. He's a fan of the Microsoft interface, including the Live Tiles that let users pin their contacts to the home screen. He uses an HTC 8X running Windows Phone 8 and is looking forward to upgrading to Windows Phone 8.1, which includes features such as Microsoft's Cortana virtual assistant.
Andru also bought a couple of interesting items to the studio — two non-working mockups of the iPhone 6, including the supersized 'phablet'-style version that Apple is rumored to be working on. As he explains, these were created based on leaked specs for Apple's next-gen phones, to provide a sense for how the devices would feel in the hand. Here's a full video from GearLive, showing what the mockups are like.
We also talk about Andru's chance encounter with someone wearing a prototype Microsoft smartwatch, providing a sneak peek of the Redmond company's expected entry into wearable technology later this year.
App of the Week: Moju is a cheap and fun approximation of the Fire phone's Dynamic Perspective feature.
Name that Tech Tune: Do you know which smartphone boots up with this sound? Send your answer to contest@geekwire.com for a chance to win a pair of tickets to GeekWire Sounders Day, plus John Rossman's book, The Amazon Way.


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RELEASE: Speeding Up Drug Approval Process Won't Lower Consumer Costs, Says CAP
Press Release Mar 9, 2016
Liz Bartolomeo
Washington, D.C. — The Center for American Progress today issued a new brief that outlines why federal regulators should not cut corners when it comes to approving new prescription drugs. CAP recommends that the authority of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, should not be undermined. Currently, the FDA approves drugs more quickly than any other nation and has enough flexibility to responsibly expedite the process for critical new treatments. Speeding up the drug development and approval process further by permitting the FDA to find a drug safe and effective on the basis of less scientifically rigorous evidence would harm patients and do nothing to lower drug prices.
"There is enough flexibility already in the FDA approval process to bring lifesaving drugs to market in a timely manner," said Maura Calsyn, Director of Health Policy at CAP and a coauthor of the brief. "The current process strikes a critical balance between speed and diligence."
It is no secret why the pharmaceutical industry is attempting to shift blame to the FDA. Thanks to drug companies, prescription drug prices are sky-high and growing fast. But ultimately, cutting corners and undermining the FDA will not change how drug companies choose to price their products. Patient safety and drug effectiveness should be put ahead of corporate profits.
In September, CAP released a set of integrated reforms that challenged lawmakers and public officials to make halting the rising cost of prescription drugs a priority. In the report, CAP offers new policy recommendations on how to lower costs for consumers, bring about transparency to the pharmaceutical industry, and encourage innovation through rewarding drugs that show a measurable benefit to patients, including a range of options that are available without the need for any new federal legislation.
Read the full brief, "The FDA Is Not the Problem: Why Undermining the Drug Approval Process Is Not the Answer to High Drug Prices" by Maura Calsyn and Thomas Huelskoetter online here.
Enough Is Enough: The Time Has Come to Address Sky-High Drug Prices by Topher Spiro, Maura Calsyn, and Thomas Huelskoetter
Payment Reform Action Plan: Meeting the New Medicare Payment Reform Target by Zeke Emanuel, Allyson Schwartz, Topher Spiro, and Thomas Huelskoetter
A Strategy for Medicare Payment Reform by Topher Spiro, Maura Calsyn, and Meghan O'Toole
The Senior Protection Plan by the CAP Health Policy Team
For more information on this topic or to speak with an expert, contact Liz Bartolomeo at lbartolomeo@americanprogress.org or 202.481.8151.

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