Riding through a stormy aftermath

As I headed off this morning, I confidently predicted that the mess from Saturday's storm would all be washed away by last night's rain. It just shows how wrong you can be... — full article at treadly.net

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Documents needed for San Jose First-Time Home Buyer Mortgage Pre-Approval

As a San Jose First-Time Home Buyer you should get a mortgage pre-approval done before you start looking for a house. Pre-approval helps you in 3 ways: It lets you know how much mortgage you can qualify for. This will help you search for homes in the same price range It gives you an estimate of what [...]

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QOTD (x2): Who Here Has The Most Miles On A Car? What’s The Most You Ever Attained?

We can’t all be Irv Gordon, who’s racked up over 2.6 million miles on his 1966 Volvo P1800 since buying it new. And that was in 2007; he plans to hit 3 million (full press release here) sometime in 2012. I’m certainly not going to impress anybody in this QOTD: the ‘66 ... — full article at thetruthaboutcars.com

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Potholes and what you can do

So our family jumps in the car late Friday afternoon, heading for Denver to celebrate my son's birthday with the rest of our clan. We're driving past Coronado High School on Fillmore Street, actually going less than the 40 mph speed limit, when suddenly I see what looks almost like a cave in the road. OK, it's really just a bad pothole, but it's also not just one. In the next few seconds, we unavoidably go through them, jolting and jarring the car, our bodies and even our teeth with a force that feels more like one of those quick little California earthquakes (I know that feeling from personal experience). I'm seriously worried about the status of my car's shock absorbers. Ironically, at that exact time, I was hearing national news on the car radio, making fun of Colorado Springs for "not even being able to pick up trash in city parks," then dealing with PETA's idea of putting cans in local parks (surely you heard that story, so I won't repeat it here, other than including a photo of one of PETA's lettuce-adorned models). Later, around the various lights where Fillmore crosses over Interstate 25, we encounter more of the potholes. And they're bad. I remember that the city was making a big deal a week or so ago about reporting any bad potholes so city crews (yes, they still have a few employees) can try to fix them. OK, but come on. Many thousands of cars pass through those areas every day. Surely somebody has reported those problems, right? No way to know, just that those dangerous conditions are still there. When we returned later Friday night, I was very careful getting off I-25 at Fillmore. But even on the westbound lanes of Fillmore, there were additional potholes around Coronado. Then I remembered encountering more rugged spots downtown, especially on Colorado Avenue in the vicinity of Tejon Street ... within sight of the City Administration Building. But those aren't being fixed. Anyway, I figure thousands of others have the same frustrations and experiences, so I've gone to the city's Web site and retrieved the reporting information, straight from springsgov.com. But to save you the trouble, here's the important stuff: Citizens may report potholes the following ways: · Pothole Hotline (leave a message): 385-6808 · E-mail: streetdivision@springsgov.com When reporting a pothole, callers should provide detailed information such as street name, direction of traffic flow (north bound, south bound, etc.), nearby cross streets, landmarks such as nearby buildings, side of the street, location in the street and distance from the curb. Due to the huge influx of calls expected, citizens should not expect a personal reply to their request. We definitely don't care about the return call. No personalized customer service needed. Just some fresh asphalt in the right places, please. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

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Jobs 'best incentive to bring Kiwis home'

If it is true that you can take the boy out of a dairy farm in Taranaki but you cannot take the dairy farm out of the boy, then Andrew Keech is the living proof.Fresh from lunch at the Speight's Ale House, he bounced into an interview...

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Available April 10 - April 17: St. George Island, Florida, 4 BD / 4 BA / Sleeps: 10 ----- Sands of Kefala

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Carroll middle schoolers partner with special-needs classmates, and all are benefiting

By JESSAMY BROWN SOUTHLAKE -- A new peer tutoring program at Carroll Middle School that pairs students with seven special-needs classmates is being touted by educators as a tremendous success. The Carroll school district launched a pilot of Helping Our Peers Excel, or HOPE, in January. Each peer helper goes to one class per day with students in the Life Skills program, which is for those with mental or physical disabilities, such as Down syndrome. There are 43 seventh- and eighth-graders working as peers for the seven special-needs students. "I thought it would be something new to try, and I ended up loving it," said Sarah Warren, 14, an eighth-grade peer helper. "People can think they can be different, but they're really not. When they learn something new it makes you feel good because you were a part of it." This month, Carroll district trustees voted to add the elective course to Carroll Middle's regular schedule. Officials say the program is helping Life Skills students develop more friendships with their classmates, and students are greeting one another in the hallways and sitting together at lunch. Eighth-grader Aubrey Poole, 13, who participated in a Plano schools program last year before transferring to Carroll Middle, suggested starting the program. She is partnered with Life Skills seventh-grader Mariah Jacobson in an oceanography class. "There is a learning curve. You figure out what they're doing, and you alter it and see what works," said Poole, who hopes to one day earn a physical therapy degree. "A lot of the activities are too much bookwork for her, so we might color pictures of fish. I just find a way to incorporate her in class at a level that doesn't frustrate her, but she is still having fun." Other Carroll district schools also have clubs or informal arrangements for mainstream students to work with special-needs students or to accompany them on outings. In Keller schools, special-education students work one-on-one with student peer teachers in a separate "Partners in P.E." physical education class. The pilot program is at Hillwood Middle and Keller High schools and will expand to two more high schools next year, said Jessica Springer, who teaches adapted physical education. In Carroll, officials expected a handful of teens to show interest in becoming peer helpers, but about 100 showed up an informational meeting. Applicants must be responsible, patient and respectful, but they are not required to be top academic performers. The helpers were briefed on their partner's personalities and abilities during training, Life Skills teacher Jennifer Mosely said. Mosely said her students don't have many role models their own age and tend to have a lot of contact with adults such as nurses and therapists, Mosely said. "Even though they have the opportunity for peer interaction, it doesn't always occur. This adds some structure to it, some predictability to it," Mosely said. "It worked within the first week. My kids get one-on-one attention, which they crave." Peer helpers attend classes including reading, math, science, history and electives and help their partners take notes, do art projects, or communicate with classmates or teachers. A peer helper may help hold an animal in an animal science class. Or if a special-needs student has trouble shooting baskets during gym, the peer helper may suggest dribbling the ball instead. At a Thursday physical education class, peer helpers performed the same activities along with their pals, encouraging them and exchanging high fives. Jamie Hill, an eighth-grade Life Skills student, worked with peer helper Chris Hogan, jumping rope and using Hula-Hoops. "Chris is great," said Jamie, 15. "He is a great kid and he helps me and helps me stay on task." JESSAMY BROWN, 817-390-7326

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natural remedies for menopause – Best La Quinta Nightclubs and Places to Drink by La Quinta Motorcycle Accident Lawyer Sebastian Gibson

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