Hurricane Sandy Shelter information | WGNT.com ? Hampton Roads ...

Posted on: 4:14 pm, October 27, 2012, by Steve Baron, updated on: 03:01pm, October 28, 2012

Chesapeake:

Chesapeake will open the following shelters at 7pm Sunday night:

RESIDENT SHELTER

The City of Chesapeake will open a Storm Shelter tonight, Sunday, October 28, at 7:00 p.m. at Oscar Smith High School, 1994 Tiger Drive. Residents who decide to come to a shelter need to understand that conditions are extremely basic. Residents should bring adequate food, water, medical supplies, bedding and comfort items for each member of their family for a stay of at least 48 hours due to the anticipated severity of the storm. Shelters provide a safe, dry location during the storm. In addition, access to electrical power (other than lighting) is extremely limited or may not be available at all.

MEDICAL NEEDS SHELTER

The City will open a medical needs shelter for residents who are oxygen dependent or who need electricity for medical equipment? today Sunday, October 28, at 7:00 p.m. at Greenbrier Middle School, 1016 Greenbrier Parkway.? This shelter is intended for those whose medical needs cannot safely be met at home during the storm.

The shelter does not take the place of a hospital and is intended only for those whose conditions are stable. A primary caregiver should accompany each individual to the shelter to provide support.

Residents coming to the shelter need to bring durable medical equipment and oxygen tanks, medication and supplies, personal care items, special foods, and vital documents. Service animals only are permitted. They must also bring their own bedding and comfort items.

PET SHELTER

A Pet Shelter will open tonight at 7:00 p.m. at River Crest Community Center,?? 1001 River Walk Parkway. The shelter will accept domestic animals only, with the exception of snakes which are not permitted. Owners should bring food, a towel, any medications, and their animal?s crate/cage, if possible. Loaner crates are available as supplies permit. Birds and pocket pets MUST be in their own cages. Pet owners will be provided shelter at Oscar Smith High School and owners will be allowed to return to the Pet Shelter to walk and visit their pets as weather conditions permit.

Residents with questions or concerns should call: 382-2489

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Newport News:?

Warwick High School, located at 51 Copeland Lane, will open as shelter at 8:00 a.m. Sunday, October 28^th.? Residents should bring the following:

• any medications or special needs equipment as well as caregivers;
• air mattresses, blankets, and pillows;
• special items for babies and toddlers, the elderly and handicapped;
• reading materials and games;
• toiletries (toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, etc.);
• clothing;
• water (at least one gallon per person per day);
• non-perishable food; special diet foods, including foods for seniors and infants;
• first aid kit; and
• battery operated radio, flashlight and extra batteries.

There is limited capacity for pets (dogs and cats only) at the shelter. Residents who bring pets need to bring a kennel, cage or crate, pet food, and water, and be prepared to care for your pet. Animals will be housed at the shelter, but separately from people.

Norfolk:?

The city of Norfolk will open the following four shelters tonight Saturday October 27, 2012 at 6:30 p.m:

Bayview Recreation Center (Pet-Friendly Shelter)
8613 Willow Terrace

Campostella Elementary School
1106 Campostella Road

Norview High School
6501 Chesapeake Blvd

Granby High School
7101 Granby Street

Bayview Recreation Center will accommodate household pets such as a dog, cat, bird, rabbit, rodent or turtle. Household pets do not include: reptiles (except turtles), fish, insects/arachnids and farm animals. Owners are required to remain at the shelter with their animals at all times. Bring all necessary food and medications. All pets must be on a leash or in a carrier.

Residents are advised to bring bedding materials, toiletries, medicine, food and any other items they deem necessary to ride out the storm.

Virginia Beach:

The City of Virginia Beach will open an emergency shelter at 10 a.m. Sunday to accommodate residents during Hurricane Sandy at Birdneck Elementary School, 957 S. Birdneck Road.?

Portsmouth:?

An emergency shelter will open Sunday morning at Lakeview Elementary School at 8 a.m.? The address is 1300 Horne Avenue.?

Mathews County:?

A shelter will open at 8 am Sunday at Thomas Hunter Middle School.

Source: http://wgnt.com/2012/10/27/hurricane-sandy-update-shelter-information/

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AP poll: Romney erases Obama's edge among women

WASHINGTON (AP) ? What gender gap?

Less than two weeks out from Election Day, Republican Mitt Romney has erased President Barack Obama's 16-point advantage among women, a new Associated Press-GfK poll shows. And the president, in turn, has largely eliminated Romney's edge among men.

Those churning gender dynamics leave the presidential race still a virtual dead heat, with Romney favored by 47 percent of likely voters and Obama by 45 percent, a result within the poll's margin of sampling error, the survey shows.

After a commanding first debate performance and a generally good month, Romney has gained ground with Americans on a number of important fronts, including their confidence in how he would handle the economy and their impressions of his ability to understand their problems.

At the same time, expectations that Obama will be re-elected have slipped: Half of voters now expect the president to win a second term, down from 55 percent a month earlier.

For all of the good news for Republicans, however, what matters most in the election endgame is Romney's standing in the handful of states whose electoral votes still are up for grabs. And polls in a number of those battleground states still appear to favor Obama.

As the election nears, Romney has been playing down social issues and trying to project a more moderate stance on matters such as abortion in an effort to court female voters. The AP-GfK poll, taken Friday through Tuesday, shows Romney pulling even with Obama among women at 47-47 after lagging by 16 points a month earlier.

But now his campaign is grappling with the fallout from a comment by a Romney-endorsed Senate candidate in Indiana, who said that when a woman becomes pregnant during a rape "that's something God intended."

Romney quickly distanced himself from the remark by Republican Richard Mourdock. But Obama campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the incident was "a reminder that a Republican Congress working with a Republican President Mitt Romney would feel that women should not be able to make choices about their own health care."

A renewed focus on social issues would be an unwelcome development for Romney: Among female likely voters, 55 percent say Obama would make the right decisions on women's issues, compared with 41 percent who think Romney would.

Romney's pitch to women has been focused squarely on the economy, making the case that what women want most is to ensure their families and their country are on a solid financial footing. The poll shows that message appears to be taking root.

A month ago, women favored Obama over Romney on the economy 56 percent to 40 percent. Now, the split has shifted to 49 percent for Romney and 45 percent for Obama.

Similarly, Obama's lead among women as the candidate who better understands the people's problems has narrowed considerably, from a 58-36 Obama advantage last month to a 50-43 Obama edge now.

Monica Jensen, a 55-year-old independent from Mobile, Ala., says she voted for Obama in 2008 but will shift her vote to Romney this time, largely because of the economy.

"I'm ready for a change," she said. "I want to see the economy go in a different direction."

Ginny Lewis, a Democrat and 72-year-old retired district attorney from Princeton, Ky., says she'll vote for Romney because "I'm tired of the Republicans blaming all the debt on Democrats, so let them take over and see what they do."

Not that she's optimistic about how that will turn out, though. "I think things will get worse before they get better," she said.

Lindsey Hornbaker, a 25-year-old graduate student and nanny, hasn't been swayed by Romney's charm offensive.

Hornbaker, interviewed Wednesday in Davenport, Iowa, where she was attending an Obama rally, said Romney can tweak his tone but not what she sees as a record focused far more on top income earners and out of touch with most working families.

"I heard him go out of his way to sound so moderate during the debate," she said. "And I thought: 'Who is this? Where did this come from?' He may sound like he's focused on the middle class. But where's the record?"

Obama, meanwhile, has been working to shore up his support among men, who tend to be more Republican than women. In the 2008 election, men broke 49 percent for Obama to 48 percent for John McCain, even though Obama got 53 percent of the vote overall. The president's job approval ratings among men have tended to fall below his ratings among women throughout his first term.

A month ago, Romney's advantage among men was 13 percentage points. Now, it's down to 5 points, with most of the shift toward Obama coming among unmarried men.

Obama's election chances hinge on turning out voters like Jon Gerton, a disabled construction worker from Jonesboro, Ark. Gerton's a staunch Obama supporter ? but he didn't vote in 2008.

"It takes longer than four years to get things to the point where things are going better," Gerton said. "Four years, it's not very long."

There has been a gender gap in every presidential election since 1980. In 2008, women were 7 percentage points more likely than men to vote for Obama.

Overall, people are significantly more optimistic about the economy and unemployment in the coming year than they have been at any point in AP-GfK polling going back to March 2011, when the poll first started asking those questions. And likely voters are even more optimistic than other adults.

Nearly six in 10 likely voters think the economy will improve in the next year, up from 46 percent last month. And 42 percent think the number of unemployed Americans will drop in the next year, up from 32 percent in September.

Count Chrysta Walker, of Cedar Lake, Ind., among the voters who are sticking with Obama because they think he's got the right solutions for the fragile economy.

"He's got the middle class at heart," says the 58-year-old Walker. On the economy, she says, Obama "did as well as could be expected because he didn't get a lot of cooperation."

David Bierwirth, who owns an autograph sales business in Las Vegas, turned out at a Romney rally in Henderson this week to show his support for the GOP nominee. To Bierwirth, his vote for Romney is all about the economy.

"I want people back to work," he says, "because then they will buy my products."

The Associated Press-GfK poll was conducted Oct. 19-23 by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Corporate Communications. It involved landline and cellphone interviews with 1,186 adults nationwide, including 839 likely voters. Results for the full sample have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points; for likely voters it is 4.2 points.

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Online:

http://www.ap-gfkpoll.com

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AP News Survey Specialist Dennis Junius and Stacy A. Anderson in Washington, Thomas Beaumont in Davenport, Iowa, and Ken Ritter in Henderson, Nev., contributed to this report.

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/ap-poll-romney-erases-obama-advantage-among-women-071129692--election.html

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Justin Bieber Opening Up To Oprah Winfrey About His 'Somebody To Love'

Singer opens up about his relationship with Selena Gomez on 'Oprah's Next Chapter,' airing next month.
By Jocelyn Vena

Justin Bieber and Oprah together for "Oprah's Next Chapter"
Photo: Oprah/Twitter

Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1696239/justin-bieber-oprah-winfrey-selena-gomez.jhtml

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Aid Purchasers Connect Emotionally With A Property By Home ...

by SYA on October 25, 2012

By Patrick Howard

Buying a property is usually a once-in-a-lifetime encounter for some of us, typically happening at a time in his or her life when there are a number of other things to ponder: managing a career, taking care of a family, and looking to build financial stability for the whole family?s future. With so many aspects on the line, paying for the suitable property gets that much more important; expending a considerable chunk of the family?s resources on a building that improperly fits each member?s needs, or costs much more than its true cost would produce more long-term monetary inconveniences for the family later on and undermine the stability they have been striving very hard to attain.

Home buyers look at a house available for sale for signs that they can reside in ease and security in that particular property; they can instantly identify features and concerns that they comprehend would not be in favor of their style or construction likes or hamper their established home activities. Through home staging, real estate professionals can enable purchasers quickly see for themselves what residing in a certain house would be like with the right arrangement of furniture pieces and decorative elements, making their choice of a property a lot easier.

Home styling can entail as little as reorganising the existing fixtures to totally furnishing an empty space all the way through. A property stylist with a sharp eye for design and for the intricacies that enable purchasers come up with an emotional connection with a certain living space can effectively show a house in the most impressive possible set up. While a handful of buyers choose to check out vacant home spaces to enable them to imagine for themselves how their own possessions would blend with and occupy the area, other individuals find it far more helpful to check out a house filled with well-positioned home furnishings so that they can clearly visualize their family moving about in the space.

A handful of families also prefer to be able to transfer to their new home instantly, and styled homes can quickly put buyers in an atmosphere where they can simply visualize themselves living into at once. Furthermore, customers are more attuned to design concepts and functional home applications nowadays; with the increasing number of television reality shows centering on home makeovers and interior design, people now have a better notion of style concepts that work to make a home appear more roomy, comforting, or productive, and they are fast to notice the presence of these factors in a potential home.

With property presentation, home sale campaigns can be concluded much quicker than ordinarily anticipated and designed homes will have a significant edge over the non-styled competition. Families will be grateful to invest their hard-earned resources in a residence that they can fully see themselves blissfully and snugly residing in for years to come.

With Styling Property, home sale campaigns can be finished considerably faster than traditionally predicted and designed homes will have a huge advantage over the non-styled competition.

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Source: http://theboardmagazine.com/2012/10/aid-purchasers-connect-emotionally-with-a-property-by-home-staging-real-estate-gets-imaginative/

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My teachers kindled inquisitiveness in me: President

Mirati (West Bengal), Oct 23 : Paying glowing tributes to his school and his teachers, President Pranab Mukherjee has said they kindled inquisitiveness in his mind which immensely benefited him during his political career.

"I have immensely benefited from that during my working life as a member of parliament, minister and representative of the country at UNO and other international forums," Mukherjee said at a felicitation function organised Monday at the Kirnahar Shib Chandra High School in Birbhum district.

Mukherjee is now celebrating Durga Puja at his ancestral home in this village close to Kirnahar town.

"We learn every moment bit by bit from the society, people, teachers and the guardians and in this way we nourish and enrich ourselves," Mujherjee, an alumni of the school, said in his address.

At an interactive session with the present students, he urged them to strive to become good human beings and be valuable to family, society and country.

Stressing on building character as a student, he said it was very important to be dedicated and committed.

Source: http://www.mynews.in/News/my_teachers_kindled_inquisitiveness_in_me_president_N500531.html

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Zapier Is a Webapp-Automation Service Just Like IFTTT?But With Many More App Connections

App-automating is awesome. We love IFTTT for its cool integration of popular tools like Gmail, Dropbox, and Facebook, but if there's a webapp not on IFTTT, you should check out Zapier. Zapier includes many more webapps, particularly productivity and professional apps (e.g., Basecamp, MS Exchange, and Google Tasks).

Right now, Zapier offers 111 services to create connections between?almost twice the number on IFTTT. (Most of the ones offered on IFTTT are also on Zapier.) Besides the apps mentioned above, Zapier integrates with collaborative task manager Asana, Twitter posting service Buffer, invoicing tool Freshbooks, code-sharing site GitHub, time tracking app Harvest, mass emailing service MailChimp, online syncing and storage tool SugarSync...you get the picture.

The catch is that the free plan only allows 5 integrations (5 "Zaps") and syncing is only done every 5 hours. So if you need instant notifications, IFTTT is a better choice (if your desired services are offered). Or you could pay for Zapier's basic plan ($15/month) for 10 integrations and syncing every 15 minutes. For the fastest syncing every 5 minutes, you'll need a business plan ($30/month).

Also, Zapier doesn't have shared "recipes" like IFTTT does, but it will recommend Zaps for you.

All in all, this could be a great tool to add to your arsenal of automating apps.

Zapier

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UC Berkeley Completes Construction of Alternative Energy Research Building

Energy Biosciences Building, designed by SmithGroupJJR, creates new home for energy research activities

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., October 18, 2012 ?? Construction of the University of California, Berkeley?s five-story, $133 million biofuels research building, designed by SmithGroupJJR, has reached completion in Berkeley, Calif. The 113,200-square-foot Energy Biosciences Building (EBB) is located at the northwest edge of the UC Berkeley campus, a site formerly occupied by the California Department of Health Services. Completed in conjunction with contractor Rudolph & Sletten, the EBB brings together researchers, academic leaders, and students to foster collaboration and spur innovation.

The Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI) ? a public-private partnership formed to develop solutions to global energy challenges and reduce the impact of fossil fuels on global warming ? is the main occupant of the new building. Part of UC Berkeley?s Department of Bioengineering is also housed in the facility.

Building plan responds to emerging industry trends
To accommodate the needs of users, SmithGroupJJR?s designers worked with constituents to develop a flexible laboratory and office plan that responds to the varied research and work cultures of those using the facility. Stacked along the building?s north face fronting Hearst Avenue, research spaces are dedicated to a specialized field of advanced energy exploration. Each floor is organized on a standardized plan and provides two open, eight-bay wet laboratories with dedicated support space located across a centrally-located equipment corridor.

The facility also houses laboratories for the study of molecular and microbial biology, fermentation, and chemical separation, as well as greenhouses, warm and cold rooms, and additional shared instrumentation space. Opposite the support labs, researchers? offices are organized along a glass curtain wall fa?ade on the building?s southern perimeter and overlook the newly created Berkeley Way plaza. Adjacent to offices, conferencing areas and kitchenettes provide venues for formal and informal breakout and social activities. A lobby, reception area, 80-seat auditorium, and auxiliary conference and gathering spaces are also provided at ground level.

Design, engineering solutions support UC Berkeley?s sustainable goals
Targeted to attain LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council, building and site design addressed a broad range of sustainable strategies. A highly-insulated exterior cladding system, comprised of glass fiber reinforced concrete panels, provides enhanced thermal and moisture conditions for interior spaces. On the south and west, an angular glass curtain wall profile?projected away from this rainscreen-tiled base?creates a crystalline fa?ade and introduces daylight deep into the office spaces.

Inside, special attention was given to managing laboratory and fume hood ventilation to reduce energy use. This design is nearly 40 percent more efficient than current industry standards. Other features include automated roll-down window shades regulated by the building?s management system and an innovative daylighting control system that adjusts output levels from artificial light sources as daylight travels deeper into the facility. High-performance insulated glass units were also incorporated at all exterior openings.

To further reduce heat gain, an exterior solar shading system was integrated into the curtain wall facade. At each floor, two rows of translucent sunshades are installed at alternating depths of two and three feet. "The sunshades guard against direct sunlight and help to lower energy while also reducing glare,? said Suzanne Napier, design principal and leader of the Science, Technology, Learning & Courts Studio at SmithGroupJJR?s San Francisco office.

Community benefits from new plaza
Sustainable strategies were not limited to building design. South of the EBB, a new plaza provides a much-needed green space. The move also aligns with the city of Berkeley?s goals for downtown renewal. Among other improvements, it offers neighbors a public, park-like area, as well as a restored pedestrian connection for Walnut Street.

The building?s opening was celebrated with tours during Cal?s Homecoming Weekend on October 5-6. A formal dedication ceremony is scheduled in December 2012.

Source: http://www.labmanager.com/?articles.view/articleNo/32930/article/UC-Berkeley-Completes-Construction-of-Alternative-Energy-Research-Building

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