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FC Tampa Bay will open its 2011 season next month in St. Petersburg at Al Lang Stadium.  The season includes a 4th of July match against instate rival Ft. Lauderdale.

FC Tampa Bay 2011 Home Schedule

April 9                    Montreal Impact               

April 17                   Puerto Rico Islanders       

April 30                   Atlanta Silverbacks           

May 7                     Carolina RailHawks          

May 11                   FC Edmonton                     

May 21                   Montreal Impact                

June 4                    Carolina RailHawks          

June 12                  Atlanta Silverbacks            

July 4                     Ft. Lauderdale Strikers     

July 27                   FC Edmonton                     

August 13               Minnesota Stars                 

August 20               Puerto Rico Islanders         

September 17         Minnesota Stars                 

September 24         Ft. Lauderdale Strikers    

FC Tampa Bay Website

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Tech Corner

 Kevin Baker, JDL Technology Services 

Document Management Solutions for Law Firms
 

With each new case are you finding that the management of thousands of documents on your network have become daunting? At JDL we offer various soutions for law firms of any size.  For more information on how JDL can implement an effective document management strategy, please contact or email Kevin Baker or Jason Long: 

Caring for a Parent With Dementia 

By: Ashley Elmore Drew

�         Adjust your expectations. Remember it is you that must adapt, not your parent. Things are different now, and instead of being frustrated and angry, notice what s/he is capable of and adjust your expectations accordingly.

�         Get long term care insurance- It would have been amazing for my family, but my mother had a stroke at 48, and at that young age she had not contemplated needing long term care. Contemplate it. Get it for yourself and your parents. Your children will thank you.

�         Speak to an estate planning attorney to strategize how to preserve your, or your parents' retirement money if they need to self-pay for long term care. There are trusts available and ways to make Medicare work for you.

�         Talk to other people who are going through the same thing. The following website has a list of online support groups for caregivers.  Dementia Website

�         Ask for help! One person cannot do this alone, no matter your level of saintliness.

�         Do not minimize your role or the effect it has on you whether your parent is in a nursing home, has home health care, or is living in your home. You are still a caregiver, and this advice applies to you! 

Doctors were unable to determine from my mom's PET scan what kind of dementia she has, and it doesn't really matter. I have learned to view my mother's dementia as a blessing. For a woman who was so active and social to be isolated and bedridden is sad. But for her, it is a brief hospital stay! She firmly believes she is going home any minute. This keeps her happy and hopeful, if not engaged and active.  As sad as it is for me to see my mom like this, and as much as I'd like to interact with her in a "normal" way-getting advice, sharing accomplishments and failures-it is comforting to know that she is not aware of the "tragedy" she is experiencing.  I am reminded of a moment of profundity from a Denny's waitress circa 2002 who worked at a nursing home part time. When I asked her how she could handle the sadness of working with people with dementia, she smiled and said she didn't think it was too sad, "God has a way of protecting his babies."

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Woman Returns Dog  
By: Erika Mariz

A British woman adopted a little Jack Russell only to return it complaining it clashed with her curtains. The woman had visited the English rescue kennel some 48 hours earlier to adopt the three year old Jack Russell named Harvey.

The un-named woman, in her late 40s, visited the kennel a number of times prior to adopting Harvey. In fact, she visited Harvey for seven days at the kennel before being allowed to take him home. However, upon taking Harvey home, the woman called to notify the kennel that she was having a problem with Harvey as his coloring clashed with her lounge curtains. The kennel staff suggested that she keep Harvey in another room.

Nonetheless, two days later, the woman returned Harvey to the kennel saying she did not want him anymore. She explained that she spent a lot of money on her curtains. Although the kennel staff said they have had many ridiculous reasons for returning a rescued dog (dog would not bark enough or was not cuddly enough), this was their most ridiculous reason by far for returning a pooch.

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G&A News & Notes 

Bank of America Overdraft Class Action Settlement  

Bank of America has agreed to a $410 million settlement in nationwide class action lawsuits alleging that banks have abusive and excessive overdraft fee policies.

The suits, consolidated before U.S. District Court Judge James Lawrence King in Miami, sought to recover millions of dollars in fees charged to consumers on debit card purchases.

Last spring, Bank of America said it would stop charging those fees. Instead, customers could only make debit card purchases if they had enough money in their accounts. Other banks targeted in the lawsuit include Citibank, JPMorgan Chase, U.S. Bank, Wells Fargo and Wachovia, which merged with it.

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