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Acceptance of what is and being grateful with it!
In life we are given many challenges but trust in God and all will be ok.
One nation in particular where we spend a few months are some of the poorest in this world materially but the kindest, most caring, most generous and most happy people I have ever met. Always smiling! Taught me a lot. ~ Kay Vidovich
Though we felt we had the best of everything; family, friends, good jobs and everlasting love and most of all the love of " GOD " That's why we feel so graciously blessed. That's why we were able to make the most of what we given to work with. ~ Carlos Ruiz
Life is what you make it you can be happy with the simple things in life like the love of family, it's free. The love of your partner, it's free, the love of a child its also free, that's why the simple things in life are free and no matter how poor you are. ~ Julie Taylor
Life is about choices, make good and bad ones, bad and good things happen to you just say thank you, God has a reason for everything that happens to you and everyone around you, fear and weakness makes you stronger more than you think, being strong is a choice. You decide to be happy, doesn't depend on anyone but yourself, some answers will come to you without expecting. Patience is a new virtue, some little ones in your life makes you understand and feel why you are living, you cannot make decisions for other people because you know why you are making choices for your children, not because peeps around you. You know why you are doing it people will not understand but as long as God understands it that what only really matters. Don't force anything, if God has given you something appreciate it the way it is, just live life without worries, smile as long as you can and stay around people you love. Be blessed and be stronger in life. ~ Wendy Perreau
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Lebron James vs. Kevin Durant: NBA Finals Will Decide Who Is the Best PlayerJune 10, 2012
NBA fans never got their dream matchup a few years ago between Kobe Bryant and LeBron James. A finals matchup in 2009 or 2010 with the Los Angeles Lakers and Cleveland Cavaliers would have decided not only the league champion, but which player was the best in the world at the time.
Los Angeles held up its end of the deal in both of those years and brought two more championship banners to the Staples Center, strengthening the legacy of Bryant as one of the best of all time.
However, Cleveland failed to make the NBA Finals in either season, getting upset by the Orlando Magic in the 2009 Eastern Conference finals and failing to get past the second round a year later, strengthening the opinion of James as a postseason choke artist.
Last year, James finally got his team back to the NBA Finals, only this time it was Bryant's team that was swept in the second round by the eventual champion, the Dallas Mavericks.
It seems unlikely these superstars will ever face off in the NBA Finals (unless the Lakers can make a major move or two this offseason), but basketball fans will get to see a different NBA Finals matchup this year that will do just as much to decide who the best basketball player in the world is, as it will the best team in the league.
LeBron James has won the MVP award three of the last four years and has seemed to achieve as much as an individual can at his level without winning a championship.
Leaving Cleveland to join Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh in Miami has made him arguably the most polarizing and scrutinized athlete today. His decision to sign with the Heat has often and unfairly overshadowed his dominance and spectacular play on the court.
Kevin Durant has the led the NBA in scoring the last three seasons and is a big reason why the Oklahoma City Thunder have rapidly gone from a cellar dweller to a title contender in such a short period of time.
He, along with Russell Westbrook, James Harden and Serge Ibaka, have helped make the Thunder the best young team in the league and one that may be going to its first of many NBA Finals to come.
The Thunder had a record of 23-59 in their first season in Oklahoma after relocating from Seattle (Washington State maybe rooting for the Miami Heat in this series after all), and now the team is only four wins away from bringing a Larry O'Brien Trophy to the Sooner State.
Many fans feels the Oklahoma City Thunder have built a championship contender the right way by acquiring their good young players through the NBA draft, while the Heat reloaded by pulling off the signings of two major free agents (LeBron James and Dywane Wade). This is arguably the biggest reason why the Miami Heat are so polarizing.
The contrast of how these teams were constructed will be a major storyline and discussion point leading up to the NBA Finals, but the winner of the series will be decided by the matchup of LeBron James and Kevin Durant. The two of them are regarded by many as the best basketball players in the world, and this showdown has been anticipated and hyped throughout this lockout-shortened season.
Championships are the biggest factors in shaping the legacies of legends in any sport, and this will be case for both players in this series.
An NBA title for James in his third trip to the NBA Finals (and a clutch play or two in the fourth quarter) would lessen the criticism of him from the fans and media alike, who still vehemently criticize The Decision nearly two years later. It may even validate his decision to sign with the Miami Heat for some people.
A title for Durant in only his fifth NBA season would start the dynasty discussion for the Oklahoma City Thunder and lead to further criticism of James for his postseason play and the failures of the Big Three.
While 2012 NBA Finals will decide who the best in the world is in several ways, this may not be the last we see of the James and Durant in the near future. They will likely be teammates in the London Olympics next month, and it wouldn't be unimaginable to see these teams playing again for the NBA title next June.

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Utility Efficiency: Energy Usage + Lighting
The adoption of smart utilities and energy efficiency measures frequently represent the largest investment that a company will make in the process of getting the green|light. However, because of reduced operating costs due to energy savings, the measures in this section typically have a short return on investment.
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Performing regular maintenance on HVAC can help save on energy cost and unexpected maintenance and repair cost. It may only be necessary to have your HVAC checked annually. Make sure to change filters according to manufacturer recommendations as well.
If your business has been in operation in the same building for at least one calendar year you are required to create an Energy Use Base Line and a Water Use Base Line for the most recent 1 – 3 years of operation. This entails obtaining the applicable year(s) worth of energy and water bills and using one of several tools to calculate your energy use intensity (EUI) and annual gallons of water used per square foot per utility meter in place. Energy Star's Portfolio Manager is a useful tool for determining both baselines. If you have bills for one or more years, you can compare your actual water and energy consumption to the estimated guidelines for a similar facility to gauge your building's performance. If you do not have metered data you can use energy modeling software such as EnergyStar's Target Finder. For water usage consider utilizing Energy Star's Portfolio Manager or Mazzetti's WaterMark! Programs.
Energy Audit
An audit can help you assess how much energy your facility uses and evaluate what measures you can take to improve efficiency. But remember, audits alone don't save energy; the audit's recommendations must be implemented to experience any energy savings. EPB will conduct an energy audit of your facility for free provided that you have service with them. Call William Young at EPB (423) 648-3250 or click here to schedule your audit. Participants who lease or rent are required by EPB to obtain permission from their building owner for the audit to be conducted. There are other local energy auditing companies that may be sourced, but their fee structures may vary. EES is a green|light preferred provider for energy audits and can provide implementation strategies beyond the free audit from EPB. Compass Commissioning & Design is a green|light preferred provider for energy audits and can provide implementation strategies beyond the free audit from EPB.
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Enable Sleep Mode on Electronics
At minimum, this should be done to all computers, printers, and copiers. Use signage provided in tool kit.
Lighting Retrofits
Replace all conventional incandescent bulbs and/or fixtures with CFLs or LEDs. These bulbs cost slightly more up front but result in substantial energy savings and last significantly longer than incandescents. For facilities larger than 100,000 square feet, replacement of incandescents can be in phases. Replace all old T-12 fluorescent light fixtures or retrofit them to accommodate more efficient T-5 or T-8 lamps. Talk to your supplier about rebate programs that may be in place to help offset initial costs for this credit. Furthermore, make sure your installer will recycle your old light bulbs and ballasts.
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Install Timers on Lights
Utilize a timer device where lights plug in and/or replace standard switches with timer-enabled switches. This does not need to be done for lights that have occupancy sensors or are part of a zone that is on a sensor. Verify this is done through the online certification application.
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Automated Plug-Load Management
Plug loads are one of the fastest growing sources of energy use in commercial buildings today. In offices, they account for 15-20% of office electricity use according to www.advancedbuildings.net. Adding a power strip with a timer or occupancy sensor in high plug load areas allows all the power to be cut off to all devices in one easy step. Automating the power supply to receptacles prevents ongoing plug loads. Click here for a timed power strip example.
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Purchase RENEWABLE ENERGY Certificates, CARBON OFFSETS, OR Green Power from TVA's Green Power Switch
Renewable Energy Certificates (REC) represents the property rights to the environmental, social, and other nonpower qualities of renewable electricity generation. A REC, is generated when someone produces renewable energy and feeds it into the grid. This flexibility allows organizations to support renewable energy development and protect the environment when green power products are not locally available and are often substantially less expensive than installing renewable energy. RECs can be specific to certain renewable energy types, like solar or wind, or can be purchased generically. Using Energy Star Portfolio Manager, the owner can generate the specific number of RECs required to cover their energy use for a specific time period. If a specific energy baseline cannot be generated, organizations can use an approximation like 8 kWh/sf/yr which is used in the LEED rating system to estimate energy use.
Carbon offsets are similar to RECs in that they are credits generated by the actions of another individual in potentially a different geographic area to offset the generation of carbon by an organization. Rather than only renewable energy generation, which is still one way to generate carbon offsets, projects can also generate credits through capturing or destroying carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gases with projects like replanting a forest or a methane gas capture project at a landfill. Carbon offsets can be used to offset an organizations entire carbon footprint including the energy use of their building and the energy use from travel and other carbon intensive activities where RECs are usually used to simply offset energy use from buildings. Energy Star Portfolio Manager will provide the amount of carbon offsets required to account for building energy use and then an analysis of vehicle miles traveled and other sources of greenhouse gas emissions can provide the rest of the necessary amount of offsets for an organization to purchase.
TVA's Green Power Switch program provides renewable energy to the regional utility grid reducing emissions and other negative environmental impacts associated with conventional energy production. Participants are required to buy blocks of green power with a minimum of five blocks. You can buy green power in 150-kilowatt-hour blocks. Each block you buy will add $4 to your monthly power bill. The green power you pay for will be added to TVA's electric system as part of the region's total power mix. By choosing Green Power Switch, you help advance the technology and increase the amount of electricity generated from cleaner sources.
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Reduce Solar Heat Gain from Windows
Apply window film or other treatments, plant trees, or install exterior shading devices to help keep the air cooler in your workspaces by reducing the solar heat gain in the building. Cooler air means you can use the air conditioning less and save both energy and money. For companies that rent or lease their space, it may be possible to collaborate with the building owner to contribute to this upgrade. Preferred Providers that can help you achieve this credit:
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Use Task Lighting
It's important to provide the necessary amount of light for the specific task at hand but the general light level in these areas may not need to be as high. Task lighting allows for general overhead lights to be dimmed or turned off while still proving needed light levels. Offices with access to daylight and windows are good candidates for task lighting. Here are some LED task lighting options.
Maximize Daylighting
Examine workspaces and retail areas to determine an arrangement so that they receive maximum indirect daylight, but minimum direct sunlight. Direct sunlight can result in overheated, uncomfortable spaces and can strain the cooling system. Daylighting controls, such as view-preserving shades, daylight harvesting louvers, and light shelves can be installed and adjusted to admit daylight while avoiding direct heat gain and excessive glare. Occupants should turn off general overhead lights if natural lighting provides sufficient ambient light levels required. Daylight sensors can be installed to automate dimming or turning off of lights when optimal daylight levels are present.
Install Occupancy Sensors
Occupancy sensors ensure that when no electricity is wasted in rooms no one is occupying. Analyze your space usages and determine if an occupancy sensor could be beneficial. The California Energy Commission estimates that occupancy sensors savings typically range from 35% to 45% for the space they cover, and pay for themselves in less than five years.
Renewable Energy Production
New installations of renewable energy systems, such as photovoltaic panels or solar thermal, on your building or property should be designed to produce 3% of the buildings annual energy consumption by cost.
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Install Programmable or Smart Thermostats
A programmable thermostat can automatically adjust temperature settings on a time schedule. By programing your thermostat to reflect your typical workday and adequately heat and cool only when spaces are in use, you can save a significant amount on your annual heating and cooling bills. Visit www.energystar.gov to use the programmable thermostat calculator to see what you can save with pre determined set-back temperatures as well as how to install a programmable thermostat and when to call a professional for installation. Smart thermostats offer additional features such as remote access via internet and thermostats that can "learn" your behaviors and program themselves.
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Applying caulk, weather stripping, or some other gap-filling insulation around old and drafty windows and doors will not only help reduce air infiltration, but it also deters bugs from entering your space. Doors and windows are obvious places to look for gaps, but you should also examine areas where different materials come together: between brick and wood siding, between foundation and walls, and between the chimney and siding. Cracks and gaps that cause air leaks can also be found around: mail chutes, electrical and gas service entrances, cable TV and phone lines, where dryer vents pass through walls, air conditioners and surrounding vents and fans.
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Commissioning for new construction, or retro-commissioning for existing buildings, aims to verify that the building's equipment, systems, and controls are functioning consistently with the owner's performance requirements and expectations. Errors in construction and maintenance can be identified and remedied through the commissioning process to improve performance and efficiency. Often times an Energy Audit is part of the commissioning process and can be provided by the same consulting company. Participants are required to hire a commissioning agent to perform this service and must submit the commissioning/retro-commissioning report and indicate which recommended improvements or repairs have been or will be completed and the anticipated time frame for doing so.
Note that retro-commissioning is sometimes referred to as a "facility audit."
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Baylor To Host 9/11 Panel DiscussionSept. 8, 2003
A panel discussion that focuses on the events and developments in the two years following the 9/11 terrorist attacks will be held from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, in Bennett Auditorium on the Baylor University campus. The event is free and open to the public.
"The world has changed in myriad ways since the events of Sept. 11, 2001, sometimes in imperceptible ways," said Dr. Christopher Marsh, associate professor of political science. "From progress in the war on terrorism to subtle changes in American law, scarcely any aspect of American society remains unchanged as a result of the tragic events of 9/11."
Participating in the panel will be Dr. Stephen Gardner, Herman Brown Professor of Economics; Dr. Mark Long, assistant professor and director of the Middle East studies program; Dr. Norton Mezvinsky, University Professor of History from Central Connecticut State University; and Marsh. Panelists will give a brief presentation, with a question/answer session following. The discussion will focus on such topics as Islam and Democracy in Iraq, the Arab-Israeli conflict, globalization and diversity, and civil liberties in America and the Patriot Act.
The event is sponsored by the Center for International Education, the Center for Jewish and American Studies, the Office of the Provost, and the College of Arts and Sciences.
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text: >From firstname.lastname@example.com Mon Jan 24 19:33:04 2005 >Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 04:32:10 +0100 >From: Jachym Holecek <firstname.lastname@example.com> >To: List Mail User <firstname.lastname@example.com> >Subject: Re: Should Alpha PCI code manage latency timers? >Reply-To: Jachym Holecek <firstname.lastname@example.com> >References: <email@example.com> >... > >Hi, > >I had a look at PCI rev 3 and found the following. I'm no PCI expert and >may pretty well be confused, though. > >> >One thing I'm curious about: is a latency timer value of 0x00 legal? >> >If so, what does it mean? In a similar vein, Reinoud's machine seems >> >to have a device in it which claims maximum latency 0x00 but which >> >powers up after bus reset with latency timer value 0xff (this seems >> >to violate the specification, to say the least). How should we >> >handle such illegal cases, in your opinion? >> > >> A latency timer value of zero is indeed legal, it means the device has >> no particular requirements of its own - still it needs to be updated to >> account for the other devices on the bus (actually, if the device doesn't >> have any bus-master capabilities, it likely just ignores any value anyway). >> >> On the other hand, I believe that the original specs had a maximum >> allowed value of 0xC0 (or some other value less than 0xFF), and a device which >> reads 0xFF likely doesn't implement the register as required by the specs (a >> simple test would be to try to write a different value and check what you get >> when reading back afterwards). The register is always supposed to be both >> read/write, but can only be written at an early point during initialization >> (safely/properly); > >"Latency timer", in units of PCI clock cycles: > > o Must be implemented read/write by any bus-master that can burst > more then two data phases. > o May be implemented read-only for devices that burst two or less > data phases, in which case the hardwired value has to be 16 or less. > o Must be initialized to 0 upon RST, if programmable. > o Implementation is free to limit granularity by hardwiring N bottom > bits to zero (specifically, PCI-to-PCI bridges are allowed to > limit granularity to 8 -- from ppb12). > o No maximum value is explicitely stated. > >> Individual devices are supposed to initialize the register >> to reflect their own particular requirements at power on and system software >> (i.e. BIOS or OS) is supposed to update every device to the maximum value that >> any particular device requires (exactly to avoid contention issues and allow >> devices to dynamically determine buffer size needs). > >Now, "Maximum Latency" and "Minimum Grant" are read-only and represent >device's maximum performance settings, in unit of 1/4 microsecond. Values >of 0 mean device has no special requirements. > >I'm available to look up further information, upon request. > > Regards, > -- Jachym Holecek > Jachym, Great, someone with the current specs. This explains a few things which showed up earlier in this thread. a) Why some devices on a particular Alpha showed 0xFF and others 0xF8. b) My memory of the 2 cycle "special case" c) Indeed a device which powers up at 0xFF is mis-implemented. d) Why some devices appear to have a value of 16 (or less) when all others are at a higher value. e) Indeed, non-busmasters are exempt. f) Why a "soft" reset leaves the value alone (i.e. no bus "RST" is issued). During early implementations, often the PCI bus could be run at speeds lower than 33MHz (i.e. 30MHz for 90MHz Pentiums and 25MHz for 75MHz Pentiums), so system software had to translate the "MaxLat" field in time specification to a "Latency" in cycles by `knowing' the effective bus speed. Just an interesting side note: The implementers of Intel motherboards with the 430NX (Neptune) chipset misinterpreted the recommended value of 32 (i.e. 0x20 hex) and actually defaulted to 50 (i.e. 0x32 hex) -- Just some (very old) history. More OT: Also the chipset (just the 430NX, not the later FX or TX flavors) itself, would also would freeze if a "lock" was asserted during certain transactions (in the errata somewhere), in particular during the standard install of MS Windows 95 - MS provided another installer in another directory of the "golden" release CD to work around this; Anyone with a W95 CD can find that alternate installer, but no explanation is given for its purpose; It differs in only a single instruction by dropping the x86 "lock" prefix from a particular VGA register access -- It was needed for Rendition and some (I think) Sis graphics cards. Jachym, do you also have (or can get) the BIOS Implementor's Guide? It contains (or did) the recommended sequence for determining and initializing the system specific fields. Also, are you checking for PCI 2.1 or 2.2 (the common cases) or 2.3 (which I have yet to see an implementation of) or *really* PCI 3.0 (which includes PCI-Express, hot plug and a host of other `new' things? Note, most of the old Alphas are probably either version 1.1 or 1.2. Paul Shupak


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TROY — An Operation Snip clinic to neuter feral cats will be held Sunday at Troy Veterinary Hospital.
Volunteer teams will trap the feral, abandoned and stray cats for surgery beginninat at 7 a.m., Sunday, said Councilwoman Lynn Kopka, who leads Operation Snip.
The Troy Veterinary staff has volunteered their time to perform the surgery. After the operations, the cats will be returned to where they were collected or to a foster home.
At its Feb. 2013 clinic, 115 cats were handled. This year's clinic will do 75.
Information is available online at operationsnip.org or by calling Kopka at 274-6434.


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This family-friendly hotel is located in the city center, within 1 mi (2 km) of American University of Beirut Medical Center, American University of Beirut, and Zaitunay Bay. Beirut International Exhibition & Leisure Center is 1.6 mi (2.5 km) away.
Hotel Features
This hotel features a full-service spa, a restaurant, and an outdoor pool. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, a fitness center, a bar/lounge, and a poolside bar are onsite.
Room Amenities
All 163 soundproofed rooms feature free WiFi and 24-hour room service. For a bit of entertainment, flat-screen TVs come with satellite channels, and guests will also appreciate thoughtful touches like bathrobes and slippers.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us! Opens in a new window.
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Hotel Amenities
In addition to a full-service spa, Gefinor Rotana features an outdoor pool and a sauna. The hotel offers a restaurant, a coffee shop/café, and a snack bar/deli. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the hotel's bars, which include a poolside bar and a bar/lounge. A computer station is located on site and wireless Internet access is complimentary.
Business-related amenities at this 5-star property consist of a 24-hour business center and meeting rooms. Event facilities measuring 19806 square feet (1840 square meters) include conference space. This luxury hotel also offers a fitness center, a rooftop terrace, and spa services. Guests can use the health club at a partner property. For a surcharge, the property provides a roundtrip airport shuttle (available 24 hours) and a ski shuttle. Limited onsite parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis (surcharge).
- Bar/lounge
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Ski shuttle (surcharge)
- Elevator/lift
- Rooftop terrace
- Fitness facilities
- Full-service spa
- 24-hour front desk
- Poolside bar
- Conference space
- Turkish bath/Hammam
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Porter/bellhop
- Meeting rooms 11
- Restaurant
- Year Built 2000
- Coffee shop or café
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Free WiFi
- Steam room
- Sauna
- Outdoor pool
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Computer station
- Conference space size (meters) - 1840
- Spa services on site
- Luggage storage
- Hair salon
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- 24-hour business center
- Concierge services
- Conference space size (feet) - 19806
- Snack bar/deli
- Laundry facilities
- Parking (limited spaces)
- Total number of rooms - 163
- Number of floors - 17
- Number of buildings/towers - 2
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Multilingual staff
- Fireplace in lobby
- Free newspapers in lobby
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Valet parking (surcharge), Parking (limited spaces)
Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Free newspaper
- Room service (24 hours)
- Hair dryer
- In-room safe
- Soundproofed rooms
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Phone
- Minibar
- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- Turndown service
- Bidet
- Slippers
- Bathrobes
- Free toiletries
- Separate bathtub and shower
- Rainfall showerhead
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Iron/ironing board
- Desk
- Satellite TV service
- Electric kettle
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
- Private bathroom
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Where to Eat
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 6:30 AM and 10:30 AM.
Olive Garden - This buffet restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. A children's menu is available. Reservations are required. Open daily.
Moodz - Onsite lobby lounge. Happy hour is offered. Open daily.
Aquarius Pool Bar - This rooftop bar serves light fare only. Open select days.
24-hour room service is available.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool, a sauna, and a fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Fitness classes on site
- Ski equipment rental shops nearby
- Downhill skiing nearby
Spa Services
Bodylines has 1 treatment room. Services include deep-tissue massages, hot stone massages, sports massages, and Swedish massages. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy and reflexology. The spa is equipped with a sauna, a steam room, and Turkish bath/hammam.
The spa is open daily. Guests under 15 years old are not allowed in the spa.
- Hot stone massage
- Deep tissue massage
- Swedish massage
- Sauna in spa
- Steam room in spa
- Number of treatment rooms 1
- Minimum age to access spa is 15
- Reflexology
- Sports massage
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Massages
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! One child 12 years old or younger stays free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 33.0 per night.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- No pets or service animals allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
Optional extras
- Fee for buffet breakfast: USD 22 per person (approximately)
- Airport shuttle fee: USD 28 per vehicle (one way)
- Valet parking fee: USD 13 per night
- An early check-in fee will be charged
- A late check-out fee will be charged
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 33.0 per night
Hotel Name
- Gefinor Hotel
- Gefinor Rotana
- Gefinor Rotana Beirut
- Gefinor Rotana Hotel
- Gefinor Rotana Hotel Beirut
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- Hotel Rotana Gefinor
- Rotana Gefinor
- Rotana Gefinor Hotel
- Rotana Hotel Gefinor
We should mention
This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details 24 hours prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. One child 12 years old or younger stays free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation. No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.


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In the middle of transferring from St Louis to Dallas, we figured it'd be as good a time as any to hop a plane and decompress for a few days. My last day of work was July 6th, and that night we drove to the airport en route for California. We got into San Diego a little later than anticipated as we got hung up on the tarmac in Denver waiting for a storm to clear, so we didn't see any of the city Friday night. We were up bright and early though (yay for time zone changes but body clock not changing) Saturday to take on the day. We hopped back in our car and headed over to Coronado to get some beautiful views of the city. Highly recommended!
Obligatory feet in the Pacific photo.
We drove back into the city later in the day and went out around the gaslamp district to various restaurants and bars.
The next day, we did the downtown tourist scene all day and had a blast. We walked through a farmers market, we strolled through Seaport Village and the San Diego Marina, oh and we did a lot of fresh seafood eating while we could.
Monday we were up early to start our drive up to visit Terry's family. His grampa lives right outside of Los Angeles in a town called Oxnard, so we drove up the coast and made a few stops in Laguna Beach and Santa Monica. The views in Laguna were beautiful and we were the only ones on the beach.
We did happily pry ourselves out of the market though because we had family to visit. I'm going to write up a full post about our visit, but here's a preview.


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Ideas for 'Frozen' themed party games please!!(35 Posts)
DD's 5th birthday is in June and she is having a 'Frozen' themed party (her and millions of others...). I have decided to split them into teams, each team with the name of one of the Frozen characters. I've found the following suggestions for games so far:
- Each team will choose one child to dress up as a snowman using rolls of toilet paper. The team with the best snowman will win a prize.
- Pin the carrot nose on Olaf
- Paint a stack of tissue boxes white to look like a snowman and then they have to throw balls to knock them down (not sure if they're a bit old for this one)
- Musical statue type game - but they all have to stand like they've been Frozen by Elsa. As the children move and are therefore out of the game, there will be a lucky dip bucket for them to go and choose a prize
- Musical bumps
- Dance competition in teams. The best team wins.
Can anyone make any other suggestions? Or be honest and tell me if any of these games sound rubbish, bearing in mind the children will be 5 and 6 (there may be some younger siblings aswell).
There will be lots of dancing aswell and balloon animals. We've witnessed from other parties that they like to race around with balloon swords!! So we're thinking that 5 or 6 games will be enough by the time they do a bit of running around and food...
I don't think you need any more ideas! They're great and I'm robbing some for my little dS's party next week, he loooooves Frozen
LOL Clint88, rob away and then pop back on and tell me how they went because DD's isn't until June - you can be my guinea pig!!
Instead of musical bumps do musical trolls (they have to curl up like a rock as the trolls do when the music stops)
We are doing ice towers with square ice cubes and see who can do the biggest tower. Ala kris toff the ice man
I have a heart shaped ice cube tray so am going tomfreeze little heart gems inside and game is to see who can unfreeze heart the fastest.
Steal the carrot -someone is blindfolded and wearing antlers. They sit with a crook in front of them and everyone takes in turns to creep up and try and get carrot without 'Sven' reaching out and touching them, they then swop if get caught.
Make snow globes
Carrot not crook
Oh my goodness - those are brilliant - particularly love the Musical Trolls and Heart Gems in Ice Cubes. Also the stealing the carrot - I've got some antlers somewhere aswell!!!
Thank you so much - they're fab .
What are you doing for decorating the room?
I've ordered a roll of 'winter wonderland' scene. It's 4ft high and 40ft long and I will attach it to the walls of the room, about 1ft from the floor so that for all the children, it will be like they're in a snow scene.
I've got various other things aswell to help decorate.
We had this
ice cube curling
game one Christmas, t'was brilliant fun!
Ooh ooh ooh, I've got an idea
stolen from Pinterest.
Buy some cheap blocks of white soap and chuck them in a freezer. Then when frozen, grate them (I used a box grater and it took ages but maybe a good food processor would do it quicker). Hey presto, instant snow! Add a tube of glitter and you'll be a 5 year old's hero.
You can mould it into snowmen, balls etc and add a bit of water to change the consistency halfway through. Great, messy fun.
I usually contain the mess in a large, shallow trofast drawer.
Musical iceburgs,
We always used newspaper at brownies, but you could draw white paper ones.
Some big enough for two if your DCs are sensible, makes it interesting.
Pesto, we are going to be splitting the children into teams so that is a possibility!
Holy, it's a fab idea - but there are going to be about 35 kids - I think I would tear my hair out!! LOL
Nocomet, OK, I'm being really stupid I'm sure, how do you play it? I know musical statues and musical bumps...
Ah, maybe one for a quiet, rainy afternoon with your DD instead then!
What about food? Snowballs for the adults obvs!
Holydrinker, well for food we've decided to pre-pack boxes with the food to save mess and wastage.
I'm either going to get those white polystyrene take-away boxes or white party boxes and decorate with some snowflakes and the names of each child.
Each box will have the following:
1 x quarter ham sandwich
1 x quarter cheese sandwich
Pot of Carrot/Cucumber/Red Pepper
Pot of Pineapple/Strawberries/Grapes
2 x Mini Sausage Rolls
2 x Mini Sausages
Maybe some cheese cubes
1 x Cupcake (Decorated with a fondant snowflake)
There will be some bowls of crisps on the table.
I am meeting with my friend tonight to plan the 'Frozen' birthday cake. I did Peppa Pig last year and made 12 characters out of fondant which were identical to the real ones, but I think making 'human' characters are a bit trickier because I want them to look really real (IYSWIM) so I am buying the characters. Elsa has arrived and I've ordered Sven and Anna.
My DH is making a life-size cardboard cut-out of Olaf (he's lucky that he works in a place where he can do that) so that the children can have their photo taken with him.
I just love love love doing parties. My Mum has a wedding business and is lending me a load of trees etc that she's used for winter weddings. So excited!!!
By the way, I know the kids won't care, I'm doing it for me because I love it!!!
I'm the same. Huge postman pat themed bash for my 2 year old last year, including cake, postbox and costumes. He wasn't even interested in postman pat by the time the day came! [capricious emoticon]
I'm sure your daughter will have an amazing time and will remember it forever. Lunch sounds great, but you've got to have ice cream surely for a Frozen theme?
Only game I can think to add is Corners.
Label four corners with areas from Frozen, so
North Mountain
Southern Isles
Oakens Trading Post
Play music (your back turned) and randomly stop it. All kids run to a corner. You call out a corner and everyone in thay corner is out. Keep going til you get down to a few kids. Remove a corner or two. When down to four, they cant go to the same corner.
Last one in wins.
Holy, we're having it in a Village Hall so I need to check that there is a freezer to use (same applies with the Ice Cube game) but if there is then yes, makes perfect sense to have ice cream
Think, another fab idea - thank you!!! The entertainer actually did that game at DD's Peppa Pig party last year so that's a great idea. My Sister is trying out DD's party as an entertainer - she normally does discos/party games for children at weddings so this will be her first party. She's fab though so I'm sure she'll do well. She's even got the disco lights that only do white and blue - so it'll look fab!!
It sounds like it's going to be huge fun. I want to come!
Where are you buying the room scene? Sounds fab, I was going with lots of big snowflakes, and am buying a cardboard castle from Argos, was going to do the table in tortoise and white, the only frozen party wear I can find is predominately pink so will just have frozen napkins and keep everything else plain.
Food wise I am doing sandwiches cut out with snowflake cutter, snowman spare parts (baby carrots, marshmallows and pretzel sticks), crisps, cupcakes decorated with snowflake sprinkles, snowflake biscuits, blue jelly (if I can find some) fruit princess wands (strawberries, grapes etc threaded onto a kebab stick and topped with a star made out of apple but actually could maybe do snowflake instead, have seen it with star fruit on top ) and was going to make coconut ice 'snowballs' and also crackers topped with cheese slices cut into snowflake shape.
Drink wise was going to do squash with a huge jug of 'melted snowman' water
Have seen some nice paper bags which are blue with silver snowflakes all over which I will use for party bags
Any ideas for party bag fillers?? Will only be 12 girls so can spend a little more on each one
Disney website has lots of frozen colouring pages/ mazes etc you can print and also Olaf that you print out and assemble.
The giant Olaf sounds brill
you don't fancy renting it out?!
You could do pass the snowball, a big polystyrene ball and when music stops they're out
You take away a piece of paper (iceberg) each time the music stops, just like you take away a chair. Child without an iceberg is out.
If you don't have music, you might get Brownies to pretend to row, swim, sail, waddle like a penguin between icebergs sand then blow a whistle or yell SHARK and everyone has to try and get safely on a iceberg.
BrieandChilli, if you go onto ebay and search something like 'winter wonderland scene' there is a company that does big rolls of 'scenes' (you can add to them but the main rolls are just snow). Only £13 for a roll which is 4ft high and 40ft long!!!!!! That will easily do down two sides of the hall that I'm using. They do a fab one which is closer to 'Frozen' which is more defined snowflakes, but that was £17 and only 30ft. The one I've got is linked below:
For the tables I've gone for baby blue plastic table covers and ordered some packs of snowflake 'confetti' to sprinkle on them. All the food will be in boxes already so I won't need plates/cups.
I did see on Pinterest, bottles of water with the labels covered with Anna and Elsa Lables and 'Melted Snow' on them. I was tempted to try and do some of those.
Loving the idea of cutting the sandwiches with snowflake cutters - although with 35 children invited I may have to scrap that idea potentially because of the amount of wasted bread - LOL!!
For party bags I'm actually doing something not Frozen related because I bought the gifts before DD decided on that theme. I've actually gone onto the Book People and they were doing sets of 10 History books for £10 so I bought three lots. They're things like 'You wouldn't want to be a child in Victorian Times' and things like that. They're 4/5/6 so I thought that would be something they could keep.
I am however using Chocolate Moulds to make 'Snowflake Lollies' using Blue and White Candy Melts so they will each take one of those home aswell.
But if you go onto Yellow Moon, they have a pack of 4 (I think) DIY Snowflake Wands for £2.99!!! I'm tempted to get some of those aswell so the girls can make their own 'Frozen' wands when they get home. Of course the characters don't actually have any wands but still... LOL
Love the idea of 'Pass the Snowball'. Whichever games I go for, for those where they're 'out' I am going to do two lucky dips, one for boys and one for girls (although they can choose from whichever they want) with jewellery from Claires etc so they all get a prize. And loads of bags of Haribos as prizes aswell, or sweets (luckily I have a 'Bookers' card).
Nocomet, Now that makes sense - for some reason I was visioning them having to put paper ice cubes on their heads - no idea why!!! LOL
Pesto, all adults welcome!!!
If you want a quiet craft activity they could make glittery snowflakes by paper-cutting.
Have fun
Thank you Googlella, I've just been on to Yellow Moon to see what they have for crafting.
So, changed my mind about the party filler extras BrieandChilli. I'm keeping with the book and snowflake lolly but have decided, as the extra little 'Frozen' related thing to make Keyrings for the boys and Bracelets for the girls. Got all the elastic, Keyrings and beads off of Yellow Moon and managed to get Snowflake charms on ebay. 10 for 99p!!!
So the boys will have their names on keyrings (ordered alphabet beads for them) with a snowflake charm on the bottom and the girls will have pretty bead bracelets with a snowflake charm.
That's it - I can't do anymore - I'm done!!!!
One month to go and I hope that it all comes together now!!!
Pass the snow ball is a great idea.
A snowball pass the parcel with layers of white, silver, pale blue paper, cellophane, crape etc could be very pretty for a smallish party.
For a big party you need two going round or it gets boring and it's too much sodding wrapping for my liking.
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Sometimes it's necessary to use DependencyResolver.Current in your MVC code where there is code that can't be simply injected using your dependency injection framework. MVC provides a lot of extensibility points for things like model binding, model validation, and action filter, controller and view instantiation that mean that 90% of the time you can simply use your DI framework. This is made especially easy by frameworks like Autofac that provide easy MVC integration.
Use Case: Filter Provider
The main circumstance I've needed to use DependencyResolver.Current is in a filter provider (when trying to get precise control over globally applied filters and their execution order). I have tried passing through functors from Autofac that return the things I'm after, but you get Autofac resolution errors because it can't tell what scope you are calling them from and if they are bound to, say, the HTTP lifetime then it can't guarantee that the objects will be disposed correctly. There is possibly a way to inject something to correctly resolve the right Autofac lifetime scope, but I haven't looked into it further.
An example such filter provider might be:
public class MyAppFilterProvider : IFilterProvider { private readonly Environment _currentEnvironment; public MyAppFilterProvider(Environment currentEnvironment) { // Injected from Autofac _currentEnvironment = currentEnvironment; } public IEnumerable GetFilters(ControllerContext controllerContext, ActionDescriptor actionDescriptor) { // Ensure all pages other than the homepage are HTTPS in production if (_currentEnvironment == Environment.Prod && !(actionDescriptor.ActionName == "Index" && controllerContext.Controller.GetType() == typeof(StaticPageController))) { yield return new Filter(new RequireHttpsAttribute(), FilterScope.First, -5); } // Resolve the "current user" filter including any dependencies it may have // This could do something like, say put a reference to the current user from the database into the ViewBag so it can be accessed by the controller and the view var currentUserFilter = DependencyResolver.Current.GetService(); yield return new Filter(currentUserFilter, FilterScope.First, -1); } }
Testing when there are calls to Dependency Resolver
Because we make use of DependencyResolver we need to be able to test it. This is trickier than it seems when using Autofac since if you resolve a service from the dependency resolver when there is no HttpContext then it will fail with "System.InvalidOperationException : The request lifetime scope cannot be created because the HttpContext is not available". This problem may well affect other DI frameworks as well.
There are two options to combat this:
- Create a custom class to resolve dependencies for that/those specific test/s and set it using DependencyResolver.SetResolver(new MyTestDependencyResolver()), but this could become tedious to maintain and complicates your test
- Simulate a HTTP context by using HttpSimulator, it's easy to install via NuGet (thanks Matt):
Install-Package HttpSimulator
When testing I use an Autofac container that automatically resolves interfaces as NSubstitute Substitutes (there are similar packages for other mocking frameworks, check out Autofac.Contrib). The following code is an example of how you can set up a test:
public class ClassThatUsesDependencyResolver { public ClassThatUsesDependencyResolver() { var service = DependencyResolver.Current.GetService(); service.Get(1); } } [TestFixture] class DependencyResolverTests { private AutoMock _autoMock; private HttpSimulator _httpSimulator; [SetUp] public void Setup() { _autoMock = new AutoMock(); DependencyResolver.SetResolver(new AutofacDependencyResolver(_autoMock.Container)); _httpSimulator = new HttpSimulator().SimulateRequest(); } [TearDown] public void Teardown() { _httpSimulator.Dispose(); } [Test] public void Test() { new ClassThatUsesDependencyResolver(); DependencyResolver.Current.GetService().Received().Get(1); } }
One thing to note is that I used DependencyResolver.Current in the test rather than _autoMock.Resolve<…>() because the scoping that Autofac has is such that they resolve as different objects (which can be a bit confusing).
Testing the filter provider
Given I've shown an example filter provider above I figure I should demonstrate some of the tests that I have done in the past. There are two main things to test as far as I see (which you test for or indeed if you test for both (or don't test it at all) depends on your situation – be pragmatic):
- Test the order that the filters get applied is as you expect (you don't want database calls for the current user before passive (e.g. single-sign-on) authentication is processed for instance…
- Test that in certain circumstances a filter is applied (or not!)
An example showing both for the above filter provider is given below:
[TestFixture] class MyAppFilterProviderShould { private AutoMock _autoMock; private HttpSimulator _httpSimulator; private ControllerContext _controllerContext; private ActionDescriptor _actionDescriptor; [SetUp] public void Setup() { _autoMock = new AutoMock(); DependencyResolver.SetResolver(new AutofacDependencyResolver(_autoMock.Container)); _httpSimulator = new HttpSimulator().SimulateRequest(); _controllerContext = Substitute.For<ControllerContext>(); _actionDescriptor = Substitute.For<ActionDescriptor>(); } [TearDown] public void Teardown() { _httpSimulator.Dispose(); } private IEnumerable<Filter> GetFilters(Environment environment) { var filterProvider = new MyAppFilterProvider(environment); return filterProvider.GetFilters(_controllerContext, _actionDescriptor); } [Test] public void Resolve_filters_in_correct_order() { var filters = GetFilters(Environment.Prod).ToList().OrderBy(f => f.Scope).OrderBy(f => f.Order).ToList(); var index = 0; Assert.That(filters[index++].Instance, Is.TypeOf<RequireHttpsAttribute>()); // Require Https should always be run first Assert.That(filters[index++].Instance, Is.TypeOf<CurrentUserFilter>()); Assert.That(filters, Has.Count.EqualTo(index)); // This ensures we update the test when more filters are added } [Test] public void Not_require_https_when_not_in_production([Values(Environment.Dev, Environment.CI, Environment.Test)] Environment environment) { Assert.That(GetFilters(environment).Select(f => f.Instance), Has.None.TypeOf<RequireHttpsAttribute>()); } [Test] public void Not_require_https_for_homepage_in_production() { _controllerContext.Controller = _autoMock.Resolve<StaticPageController>(); _actionDescriptor.ActionName.Returns("Index"); Assert.That(GetFilters(Environment.Prod).Select(f => f.Instance), Has.None.TypeOf<RequireHttpsAttribute>()); } }
Update (23/03/2013)
It might not be necessary to ever use DependencyResolver.Current any more due to a new technique I've found.


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Defining the form that this community shall take. - "Why???"
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Defining the form that this community shall take.
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I've been thinking what guidelines this community shall follow. I'm taking this very seriously. I think we're on to something very big with this Panel of Experts thing. It has great potential to heal anyone who has the courage to come into this community and be honest to themselves and the others.
Obviously we are dealing with VERY sensitive issues, which we must make every effort to deal with in such a way that everyone involved in this can attain great benefit from the discussions.
Guidelines and statement of intent to heal that I propose:
"Don't go there":
Everyone has the right to say what personal characteristics, situations and past words or actions of theirs they DO NOT want Panel of Experted and other members should respect this. Comments or posts which violate this will be deleted, but users will not be banned for this reason.
Express your feelings and encourage others to do the same:
When writing or responding to something which brings out a noticeable emotional response, try to honestly explain what you're feeling and the thoughts which you witness triggering and being associated with those feelings. This way, other members can offer their psychoanalytic interpretations of the emotions which you are describing, tell you how those feelings resonate with their own and we can be much more aware of the motivations which occur.
Investigation, not interrogation:
If you find the need to forcefully try to get another member to admit something, chances are you're projecting your own complexes on them. If your intent is to lead another member to realize and consider something about themselves, a better approach is to ask them respectful questions that gives them room to explain themselves without pressure. If someone asks you a question that you think is motivated by their complexes, give them your analysis of that motivation and then answer the question only if you feel comfortable doing so. When making assertions about other members, it would probably work out better if language like "it seems", "it might be", "maybe", "have you considered that" would be used instead of or in conjunction with words such as:
is, was, be, are, better, right, wrong, etc.
Try to understand and resolve why the words of other members hurt you:
When you get hurt by something, it is because somebody pushed on your insecurities. Understand this. When people attack others, it is for the same reason. Understand that. It won't be productive for the community's communication, understanding or healing benefit if you hold grudges against the other members without trying to explain why you feel the way you do. This is the exact opposite of what we are trying to achieve.
If you want to create a new post about another member, limit your assumptions and projections and make it end with a compassionate question:
This will show that you are truely trying to understand the other person and help them deal with whatever you are describing. It would really suck if this group was flooded with posts expressing only concepts such as "Eric is one walking talking insensitive phallus", "Matt is a two faced bastard", "Andrej is a psychopath" or "Nikki is manipulative bitch" or anything so mean spirited. These sorts of petty insults show more about the emotional problems of the one who insults rather than who they are describing. If you choose to label someone something try explaining, rationally, why you think they fit that catagorization of human being. </b>
Whenever you're able to, show your most sincere compassion and understanding and forgiveness:
This is the only way the real healing will happen, when people expose their hurts to the group and are met with responses which make them feel loved and accepted for all their flaws, all their past actions and all which they feel they lack in life. You know you need it, so give it to others freely. Try not to criticize ones narcissism, you're narcissistic too and these egoistic tendancies will be brought into balance as we integrate our woundedness.
Own your shit:
There's a big difference between analysis and laying blame. We need to take responsibility for our own healing and that any pain we feel might indeed be related to certain people, genders, ethnic groups or institutions, but the resolution comes when you acknowledge the things inside you that allow that pain to exist. Yes, men do fucked up things that hurt people. Yes, women do fucked up things that hurt people. Yes, you've done fucked up things that have hurt people. Yes, i can attest that I have done a whole shit load of fucked up things that have hurt people. Admitting this is very important, because we do all have pent up guilt, we do all have pent up shame, we do all have the need for love. We're all in this mess together. We're all here to make a conscious choice that we want to take all of the pain and work it out, so let's take responsibility for our own ability to do that for ourselves with a little help from our panel of expert friends.
These are merely guidelines, things to keep in mind, of course the emotions unleashed in the discussion will lead these to be broken VERY frequently. But keeping these in mind whenever you are consciously able to will keep negative feelings between members from escalating and healing and love flowing.
This is just a draft. Now I ask for your input about everything about what I have written above and a few questions below.
What should be the process of accepting and adding members to the community?
Membership is currently by approval only. So far only myself, Matt, Nikki, Andrej and Thomo have been invited to join. I do intend to invite the two girls who were unwittingly brought into the start of what me and Andrej have done with the panel of experts, but I want to establish a positive environment before that, discuss with you what motivated my actions in those situations, own and investigate the reasons for the fucked up shit that i caused to happen, and make them feel that this is a place where they can heal as well and describe the experience they were having while the craziness was occuring, only if they want. I have a huge interest in helping both of these girls heal themselves and that was, even when the insane things i did were happening, always somewhere in my mind.
As for other people who want to join. I think anyone a member wants to invite should be welcomed. I think those who want to apply for membership should be asked something which explains why they want to be a part of the community and an example of how they have been manipulated by someone in the past, and an example of how they have manipulated someone in the past. If they can sincerely express those three things then I think they should be more welcome to join.
What should be the policy on public posts vs. private posts?
My proposal: Most of you would make your posts "Friends Only" i would assume, so that only members of the Panel of Experts Community can read them. However, if a member really wants to share something with the public, it should be considered that:
a) other members probably don't want you sharing too many personal things that were admitted in confindence to the group in a public post so if you want to refer to a group member, use a fake name or no name
b) the few things that are posted publicly will heavily shape the perceptions that non-members have of the group. we want it to be clear that the intent is healing and understanding and that the disputes or pains that are experienced in the process of all of this are only bumps and detours (and sometimes even shortcuts) along the road to self-understanding and healing.
c) public posts that contain negative depictions and descriptions experiences with any sort sexuality will make passerbys uncomfortable. We all have feelings of shame regarding sex. All of us. It's part of being a member of this insane civilization, that's why we all don't not wear clothes in public. We can talk about things like childhood sexual experiences, sexual abuse/assault/harassment, 'abnormal' sexual desires, pornography, the thought of senior citizens/clowns/politicians/midgets having sex, etc, but I think it's best if we keep that in the part of this community that the world doesn't get to see.
I think that all posts that are intentionally made public should be started or ended with "I'm making this post public because...(explanation)" so that I can discern whether or not it being public is an accident that i should change and whether or not the person posting thought enough about how that post represents the work of the community.
What should the process of banning users entail?
One thing that I think must be absolute about this: If a member, in any way shape or form, write down things that people have revealed in this community using their name or LJ user name and I find out about it, especially if the member's expressing a negative opinion, then they will be bannedfrom the community. perhaps in such an event the member should be allowed in again once they send an apology and explanation and it is discussed by the community and a majority (say two thirds) of the members approve the reacceptance.
I have decided that I shall be the only moderator of the group for the time being. I know what you're thinking. "this is going to be fucked up" but well, i've changed a lot recently. let's see what happens. I will do my best to be a benevolent dictator, with my cancer ascendant sensitivity and motherly love and my libra moon diplomacy and rationalizing tendancies keeping my aries shit in balance to the point where only the positive initiative leadership qualities of my sun sign effect the way I run the community. If you don't like the way I run the community, you are welcome to leave whenever you want, even though i will be saddened by that, you are welcome to request to re-join, which will likely make me inspired towards the power of healing and understanding. Let me tell you that I never delete anyone from my livejournal accounts if they dont' first because I am so sensitive to and concerned with the way that someone saying "I don't want you to be a part of my world anymore" can hurt and would rather scroll over pages and pages of LJ entries that don't interest me than hurt someone's feelings like that. Give me a chance and I'll be fair, and I'll always answer questions about why i made the choices i made in doing the things that i did.
So... what do you think of these principles that I have laid out? What do you feel? What do you wonder? What do you worry? What do you think can be removed from this? What should be added, changed, etc? Let's discuss.
With love,
2005-10-22 03:53 pm (UTC)
it sounds good to me (you've covered every administrative angle I was thinking of, and more). I look forward to seeing what the community provides.
I may use it to de-privatize many things that have locked me into secrecy... we shall see.


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PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Oscar Pistorius was testifying for a second day at his murder trial Tuesday, answering questions from his defense lawyer.
Pistorius is expected to speak about the night he shot girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp and will also be cross-examined by the prosecution.
The double-amputee Olympic runner was the second witness called by the defense Monday, when he made a tearful apology to Steenkamp's family. He said he was now on medication and suffered from panic attacks, and had a long-held fear of crime, which he says contributed to him firing through a toilet door on Valentine's Day last year thinking his girlfriend was a nighttime intruder.
Prosecutors say that Pistorius is lying and killed Steenkamp intentionally after an argument and charged the world-famous athlete with premeditated murder.


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The initial Continental Tire/NSCAA poll was released Monday by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America and the Cal State Stanislaus men's and women's soccer teams both made the lists.
The men's team debuts at No. 6 after two victories over the opening weekend with wins over quality programs. The Warriors beat Fresno Pacific, 4-1, on Friday and capped with a thrilling win over Notre Dame de Namur, 2-1, on Sunday.
The women's team, ranked No. 7 in the West in the first poll, battled to a scoreless tie with Central Washington last Thursday despite completely dominating the Wildcats. The Warriors then handled Notre Dame de Namur, 4-0, Saturday.
The Warriors open CCAA action this Friday when they host Humboldt State. Women's match is at 4:30 p.m., followed by the men's at 7 p.m.


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Summary of the March 2013 issue of BioTechniques
The March 2013 issue of BioTechniques will feature peer-reviewed research articles describing methods for determining both membrane protein stoichiometry and insertion patterns, a new phase changing peptide for bioseparations, a novel analysis tool to deal with missing data associated with 'omics studies and an integrated computational platform to identify transcription factor binding site. In addition to these research articles, the March issue will also contain the first in a series of special 30th Anniversary Focus Sections celebrating the launch of BioTechniques in 1983. Our first section will examine the best biochemical methods articles published in the pages of BioTechniques over the past 30 years. In addition to this, March will also have a Tech News feature examining the latest developments in the field of in vivo imaging methods and applications.
Analysis of membrane proteins is critical since these biomolecules enable a cell to communicate and interpret their external environment. In this issue of BioTechniques, a group of researchers describe a new technique aimed at understanding the distribution, localization and trafficking of membrane proteins. The researchers from Helsinki detail a biochemical technique that takes advantage of a cold-adapted trypsin enzyme and a fluorescent dye to label intracellular pools of proteins prior to incorporation in the membrane. In this way, researchers can study trafficking of proteins to the cell membrane in response to chemical signals or other extracellular cues.
Chromatography can be an important step in the purification of proteins, including those found on the membrane. One approach advanced to improve protein purification is the creation of stimulus-responsive protein tags. These tags become active under specific conditions and then can then be used to precipitate the target protein. In a Report slated for the March issue, a team of researchers describes a new calcium-responsive precipitation tag that can be easily cleaved following protein isolation. The value of this new tag is that by being calcium-responsive it will enable bioseparations under more gentle conditions than previously possible using other stimulus-responsive tag approaches.
With the recent publications from the ENCODE consortium describing various regulatory elements within the genome, interest in understanding gene regulation and transcription factor binding is very high at the moment. One issue for researchers curious to predict where within a particular sequence a transcription factor might bind prior to an experiment is the lack of integrated computational tools to make such binding site predictions. In the March issue of BioTechniques, a team of researchers describes an integrated computer platform for the analysis of transcription factor binding sites and tools to visualize those sites within sequences of interest. This new suite of applications provides a "one-stop" location for computational analysis of transcription factor binding.
'Omics datasets (think transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, ect), especially those generated by approach such as mass spectrometry and NMR, tend to be both large and complex, but also often missing values or datapoints. This large number of non-random missing values can often make data analysis methods, such as the commonly used principal component analysis (PCA) technique, less effective when it comes to pattern visualization. To overcome this limitation and extend analysis/interpretation of these large-scale datasets, researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory describe the use of sequential projection pursuit PCA as an alternative to PCA that works even in the presence of missing data without the need for imputation.
Something special is starting in the March issue of BioTechniques – we will be celebrating our 30th anniversary as a publication with a unique series of four special sections containing articles published in the pages of this journal that have truly shaped the way research is done in the lab. We are calling these articles "BioTechniques Gems", and eight will be highlighted in 2013 in celebration of 30 years of BioTechniques. In March, our first two Gem articles in the category of biochemical methods will be revealed. Both articles will be reprinted in full, as they appeared originally, along with a special commentary on each article, its history and significance within the field of biochemical methods. Look for future Gem sections on PCR, imaging and DNA sequencing in the months to come.
Keywords: chromatography, sequencing, mass spectrometry, network analysis, , diagnostics, GFP, protein purification and separation, fluorescence microscopy, membrane proteins, membrane trafficking, data analysis, 'omics approaches and technologies, protein tag, in vivo imaging, DNA/RNA/protein isolation, fluorescent probes


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Boys and girls in Rudiments (year 8) at Stonyhurst St Mary's Hall attended their annual retreat at Whalley Abbey, on Monday 25th April.
The day is an opportunity for the pupils to step away from their usual school environment to give them time to reflect as individuals on their relationship with God and with each other.
The theme this year was the Jesuit Pupil Profile virtue of Discernment. The children explored how they make decisions and choices in everyday life and how these can lead to a closer relationship with God.
There were also opportunities for prayer and reflection, throughout the day, in the chapel.
Although the weather was cool, the children enjoyed the beautiful grounds and the 14th century abbey ruins as well as a delicious lunch.
Towards the end of the day, they were joined by Dr Caroline Hull and Miss Kitty Hanley (a former pupil of SMH). They gave an inspiring and moving talk about decisions, social media and the work of Aid to the Church in Need. Dr Hull spoke of the efforts of ordinary people in highlighting the plight of displaced persons and refugees and their willingness to get involved.
She urged the pupils to recognise that they too can make a contribution through the positive use of social media. The children created a virtual "wall of hope". This is based on a project in Homs, Syria where a scout group got a community together to decorate a ruined street in the Christian quarter of the city. This was to show the world that they would stay and build something new out of the rubble. Rudiments pupils started this off by creating the first part of the virtual wall.
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Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) — Prime Minister David Cameron predicted a difficult year for the U.K. economy that will require maintaining the current mix of low interest rates and budget-deficit reduction.
"It's a tough economic environment we're in," Cameron said on the "Andrew Marr Show" on the BBC. "Right now, Britain needs low interest rates."
Cameron indicated in a Sunday Telegraph interview that he would like to stay in office another seven years, even as an opinion poll suggested his Conservative Party will lose power in 2015. To keep borrowing costs down, the coalition government must sustain a "credible strategy" for controlling the budget deficit, he said today.
"The top of the list of worries is making sure you continue to have credibility for the deficit reduction strategy," Cameron said. "That's the key."
Persuading global investors that they should keep buying U.K. bonds is ultimately more important than whether "hugely important" ratings companies downgrade gilts, he said. Standard & Poor's last month lowered its outlook on Britain's top credit rating to negative, citing weak economic growth and a worsening debt profile.
Bank of England policy makers next week will keep the benchmark interest rate at 0.5 per cent and the quantitative- easing target at 375 billion pounds ($603 billion), according to economists surveyed by Bloomberg News.
Credit Improvement
U.K. credit conditions eased in the fourth quarter and spreads on mortgage rates declined because of the so-called Funding for Lending Scheme that began in August, according to a Bank of England report last week. Still, services unexpectedly slumped in December, raising the risk of an economic contraction, and economists at Citigroup Inc. forecast more QE in 2013.
The yield on 10-year U.K. government bonds posted the biggest gain in four years last week, rising above 2 per cent for the first time since May 10, as the U.S. budget deal curbed demand for the safest assets.
"We can depend" on the Bank of England, said Cameron, who praised the performance of Governor Mervyn King. Mark Carney, who will succeed King in July, is the "world's leading candidate as a central bank governor," he said.
The economy is on the "right track" with declining unemployment and there are "good signs" it is rebalancing toward fresh drivers of growth such as manufacturing, the prime minister said.
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An opinion poll published in the Daily Mail today showed the opposition Labour Party with 38 per cent support, the Conservatives on 29 per cent and Liberal Democrats on 11 per cent. The survey by Survation of 1,002 people on Jan. 3 and Jan 4 found 16 per cent backing for the U.K. Independence Party.
Such a result in the 2015 election would upend Cameron's plans, which the Telegraph reports include staying as prime minister until 2020.
"I want to fight the next election, win the next election and serve," he said in an interview with the newspaper.
The government this week will publish a document setting out the mid-term aims of the Conservatives' coalition with Nick Clegg's Liberal Democrats. "Far from running out of ideas, we've got a packed agenda."
The two parties have clashed over issues such as welfare reform and changes to the House of Lords.
The prime minister also delivers a speech this month on his vision for the U.K.'s role in Europe as he comes under pressure from lawmakers in his party who want to pull out of the European Union. He told the BBC that advisers were studying areas in which the U.K. may seek to revise agreements with fellow European governments, declining to provide details.
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"We want to be members of the European Union, particularly the single market, but there are changes we'd like to make," he said.
Cameron also said the U.K. military is prepared to defend the Falkland Islands if necessary, after Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner demanded the islands be handed over. The U.K. and Argentina went to war in 1982 over the South American islands.
"I get regular reports on this entire issue because I want to know that our defenses are strong," he said. 'Our resolve is extremely strong."
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Spanish playmaker Isco is happy despite finding himself out of the side at Real Madrid.
Isco was strongly linked with moves to Chelsea and Manchester City last summer before Real Madrid got out their cheque book and paid big for the gifted Spaniard.
His career with the Spanish giants got off to a great start and he's accumulated good numbers from his 17 La Liga appearances; 15 starts, six goals and four assists.
However, recently he's fallen out of favour at the Spanish club, pushed behind Luka Modric, Xabi Alonso and Angel Di Maria, who all hold regular positions across the Real Madrid midfield.
However, it's not something he seems to be worried about, stating he's happy with his current role in and around the first team squad.
"I'm very happy with the way things are going for me. It's true that I'm playing less, but I'm at Real Madrid to help out. We hope to achieve big things this season. Every coach I've had in my career has told me that if I took care of myself and kept a level head, I would go a long way. It hasn't been easy getting this far," he told Marca.
There's very little chance that any side could come in and poach him away from the Bernabeu because he's on a long deal, hasn't said he wants to leave and Chelsea and Manchester City certainly couldn't promise him regular first team football.
He's still a very young man at just 21-years-old and Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti has shown that he wants to use Isco frequently, it's just a case that he's giving starts to more experienced players at the moment.
The transfer window may have closed but that won't stop the rumour mill spinning round but this Real Madrid star is unlikely to be the subject of a big money transfer after the World Cup this summer.
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The Personality Profile of U.S. Vice President Mike Pence
April 28, 2017
A preliminary psychological analysis of U.S. vice president Mike Pence by Greta Schleif, Claudia Luther, Lauren Lingenfelter, Kristie Vang, Andrew Weiler, Olivia Musser, and Aubrey Immelman, Ph.D., at the Unit for the Study of Personality in Politics, revealed that Vice President Pence's primary personality pattern is Conscientious/dutiful, complemented by secondary Dominant/asserting, Ambitious/confident, and Accommodating/cooperative features and a minor Outgoing/congenial tendency. In summary, Pence's personality composite can be characterized as a conscientious deliberator.
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The poster presents the results of an indirect assessment of the personality of U.S. vice president Mike Pence, from the conceptual perspective of personologist Theodore Millon. Information concerning Pence was collected from biographical sources and media reports and synthesized into a personality profile using the Millon Inventory of Diagnostic Criteria (MIDC), which yields 34 normal and maladaptive personality classifications congruent with Axis II of DSM–IV.
The personality profile yielded by the MIDC was analyzed on the basis of interpretive guidelines provided in the MIDC and Millon Index of Personality Styles manuals. Pence's primary personality pattern was found to be Conscientious/dutiful, complemented by secondary Dominant/asserting, Ambitious/confident, and Accommodating/cooperative features and a minor Outgoing/congenial tendency.
In the absence of concurrent primary personality patterns serving to moderate or offset high conscientiousness, Pence may be described as a "conscientious deliberator" or "dutiful conformist" — very similar to 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney. Leaders with this personality profile are characteristically prudent, proper, dignified, dependable, and more principled than most personality types. They are highly organized, with a strong work ethic and careful attention to detail. Dutiful and diligent, conscientious leaders excel in crafting public policy, though they are not typically regarded as visionary or transformational leaders.
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The Political Personality of U.S. Vice President Mike Pence. Working paper, Unit for the Study of Personality in Politics, St. John's University/College of St. Benedict, May 2017. Abstract and link for full-text (19 pages; PDF) download at Digital Commons: http://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/psychology_pubs/118/
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Proposal to turn Poolbeg chimneys into observation towers
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A proposal to turn the Poolbeg chimneys in Dublin bay into twin observation towers could net a turnover of €20m a year it has been reported.
The Sunday Times reports that design company Urban Agency has submitted designs for the towers to Labour councillor Dermot Lacey.
They suggest observation decks could be constructed on each of the iconic chimneys, offering breathtaking views and boosting tourism.