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French Creek,
The laws you describe are the same in Michigan the rivers where I primarily fish. As long as you float the water and do not walk past the friver's high water mark you are legal. Many of Michigan's best rivers go through national forests thank fully, which mitgates the problems. I have seen some michigan land owners put fences right down to the water's edge, these are the ones you do not want to mess with. To bad about the Montana situation although I understand the issues. Putting fences across the river though seems to be going way to far to me. What is the canoer or fisherman suppose to do when they run into this on a remote section of the river ? Stopping and walking out does not seem reasonable.
I have not heard of or seen any fences across the rivers in Montana, but I have heard many a long litany of "choice words" hurled at me.
I am all for privacy and always respect the landowners wishes. I very seldom get refused when I ask permission to access fishable water, in Montana, Alberta & BC.
Oh yes the Spey is on the fly fishing life target list but it would have to be combined with those historical scottish golf links. Spey in the morning and night and scottish golf during the day. Wonder if my body and pocket book could handle that ? Just found a great web site for St Andrews doesn't look like the Spey is near there is it ?
|Willie Gunn
Hi Chaps
I tend to take fishing on the Spey for granted and forget that the name means so much to you colonials.
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French Creek
Fish the Spey in May it is the best month, dawn and dusk classic floating line I only fish the early months as I can fish the best bits cheaply. ( Who said Scottish people were tight)
I have been an atlantic salmon fisherman at heart for 30 years, maybe more. As a kid in Montreal I talked my father into taking me down to the St. Lawrence river on the rumor of a salmon here or there, to no avail. Moving to the US east coast I dreamed of going to New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and read with great interest about the West Branch of the Penobscot in Maine (the last significant run of atlantics in America) before moving to Seattle, hence my own PNW experiences. Still I am an annual member of the Atlantic Salmon Federation and I am as driven to ensure the success of atlantic salmon recovery program as anyone.
I regularly visit the HQ in Concord NH to discuss the history and current status of the atlantic salmon recovery program in the once great Merrimac River, a river whose recovery is cut short by the Lawrence, Amoskeag and other dams . I have met and discussed the screening and diversion approaches being taken on the Connecticut River's salmon recovery program, an abysmal failure because no dams are being removed or effectively diverted along this mighty river.
Frankly I think part of the reason is the sad state of affairs that atlantic salmon fishing is in here in the US. Really sad. My zeal to learn more about the east coast salmon situation has been disheartening to say the least. We try to recover the runs without removing the reasons they have failed - the dams.
Moving north to Canada there is quite a celebration of AS fishing culture that is very close to it's European roots. We have some relationships with Canadian Maritimes guides and lodges that we should develop in 2002.
We are fortunate to have members like Willie Gunn who provides a direct contact and reference to the rivers where it all started. So much of what we do today has originated on the rivers of the British Isles.
Also, when we are steelheading I don't feel at all disconnected from AS fishing. These two universes are as parallel as any in our history. What was developed 400 years ago on the Spey helps us today on the Skykomish River in Washington; what is developed on Bainbridge Island across the sound from the Sky is throwing lines on the River Dee today in the 21st Century.
I enjoy tying the mixed wing classics in winter and these ages old techniques influence my modern steelhead flies. My spey flies are hardly different from the ones use on the namesake river ages ago.
I consider myself an atlantic salmon fisherman who has realized a lifelong desire to practice this passion on the availability of the pacific northwest species. In the process I have become a pacific northwest salmon / steelhead fisherman with a desire to fish the Spey someday, to visit the mecca as they say. And on the way I want to hit the Gaspe' and other Canadian maritime streams, to get myself ready for the ultimate AS experiences across the pond.
Well looks like there are some atlantic salmon fisherman or at least part time or those who want to be. Steelhead fly fishing is similar and many atlantic salmon flies can be used for steelhead and vice sa versa. I have been tying some atlantic salmon hair wings and speys this last week fishing which are starting to look pretty good.
[/COLOR] Perhaps we should consider an atlantic salmon fly swap ?
Those that are interested please respond to the new thread I started on this ?
I would love to see other custom or traditional patterns tied by forumn members. If I any one wants to do classic salmon patterns that is up to them but I am not to that level yet. Maybe another ten years.
Keep it to ten or so people max since I don't think I have the patience to do more than ten of them. Besides I have to start on my Michigan steelhead ties for the spring trip in March of course to the PM. Still looking for that 15 pounder + and March is when the big boys can be had, also they will have you very quickly, as has been the case in the past.
PM Flyfisher,
I would hardly be called a salmon fisherman, I don't think 10 days a year would qualify. Due to geographic location I am PMW steelheader first and foremost, apprentice salmon fishermen second. In spite of this, salmon fishing is a real treat, something I have permanently added to the yearly schedule!
Willie Gunn
I am very interested in making time to fish for springers on the Spey. A few years back I was on vacation during June and was able to fish for a few days on the Tay. Now I want to try for the best of the best!
|As I recall in Norway, Iceland, and other northern atlantic salmon regions they use long dory-like boats to work salmon rivers. This tradition is also common on North American rivers like the Miramichi, etc. The drift boat is as much a part of the pacific northwest's river culture as the anglers that fish them, few concepts are in perfect harmony like a glacial river and pulling oars; perhaps the flats boat and the Florida Keys.
Good points, plus the British Isles have more experience in torture techniques then us americans do. I would not want to try and float one of those european rivers.
|Willie Gunn
Hi Chaps
The thought of drifting down the Spey or Tay fishing as you go would make the film Deliverance seem like a Sunday School Picnic.:hehe:
Both systems seem to have there good and bad points I think that in our little country with our high population free fishing for all just would not work.
Yes, Fred's banking and real estate knowledge is paying off. That is the way I understand it perhaps other states here in the US have other laws. But in general in the US if you are floating on the water you are legal. They cannot legally remove you from a navigable waterway. However you must physically launch from a public access point and then float into the river sections whose land is privately owned. The only exceptions are some small streams and lakes which are totally enclosed within private property and are not navigable or do not have a public entry point to launch from.
Now thinking about it I do not ever remember seeing drift boats or canoes used for fly fishing on rivers in Europe or UK, Scotland etc.. This must be the reason private ownership of the land and water which flows through it.
Note there are some prime fly fishing rivers in the US in which I think float fishing canoes, rafts, yaks, drift boats, are banned such as the Beaverkill, Willowemuc in the Catskill region of NY state where I started fly fishing. I wish they would implement this on my beloved Pere Marquette (PM). The drift boats started in the mid 1980s and sections of the river which required a long walk in now are accessible by the drift boats. There were days I would see 0 or 1 other fisherman. Not any more due to the drift boats and canoes. River is to small for them. They really should be banned from this river and other smaller ones. But the guides and local lodges would be up in arms. for sure.
As Saltron indicates in some western rivers the land owners run fences right across the river to prevent anglers floating through when they own both sides of the river and and the river bed. Not very friendly now is that. Probably have electronic detection systems also and then send the cowboys out after you. Could be ugly experience. Will let them have those waters. To many free american rivers to fish in one life time.
Navigable vs. non-Nav. water.
What Hal's referring to is Nav. vs. Non-nav. water. If a river is classified as a navigable river the adjacent landowner owns the property to the high water mark. The State or Fed's own the 'ground' under the stream/river. Once you've gained access to 'ground' below the high water mark you're on public property.
On non-nav. waters, the land owner owns the property to the "thread" (center line) of the stream. Here you (general public) can fish as long as you're in a boat ie: not standing/trespassing on his land 'under' the water.
:eyecrazy: And so go our Laws.
Sounds like some of the Michigan river towns before they banned salmon snagging 3 years ago. The whole town's economy was based on selling services to the annual salmon snagging onslaught. That is why I stopped fishing during the fall salmon runs due to the volume and character of the snaggers. Did NY ban snagging yet, maybe Pulaski is changing for the better ?
Note although it was banned in Michigan the locals and some out of staters still think they have a right to do it. Weighted treble hooks with a few chicken feathers on it is not my idea of fly fishing, although some snaggers thought this was OK in a fly fishing only section. Many combat fishing situations were created due to the snagging. One local bragged to me about going down river to find a fresh pool of salmon and throwing dynamite in to stun and harvest them. He was serious. I let him have the pool I was fishing of course and moved on.
|Hal, Those are good points about the Salmon River.. My last trip there a couple years ago reveal big crowds. What I remember most was when I went into Pulaski one afternoon and everyone, and I mean everyone, was dressed in their waders. Guys getting haircuts in Barber chairs, people leaving the super market with bags in their arms.. people walking out of banks, drug store, diners, you name it.. I thought I was in another country. The Banks of the river that went though town was packet as was the bridges. I kept my waders on for fear that if I took them off.. I might hear.."look... an outsider... seize him".
I recall reading about certain rivers in Montana where if the land owner owns both banks they also "own" the stream bed and the water flowing over at any given moment. Anyway, I know they run fences acoss the river to prevent floating over their "land"
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Princeton innovations named top emerging technologies for 2009
Posted March 18, 2009; 09:00 a.m.
Technology Review magazine has named two innovations by Princeton researchers -- a method for dramatically improving Web access in developing nations and a technique for sequencing DNA more cheaply and quickly -- to its 2009 list of "10 technologies that can change the way we live."
The magazine, which annually assesses leading researchers and their work, reported that one of the innovations, by computer scientists Vivek Pai, Anirudh Badam and colleagues, could make Internet access more affordable around the world.
The magazine noted that the other invention, developed in the labs of engineering professor Stephen Chou and physics professor Robert Austin, could lead to a way to sequence DNA "so fast and cheap that an entire human genome can be read in eight hours for $100 or less."
The computer scientists created what they call HashCache, a method for greatly speeding access to Web pages while reducing the need for computer memory and electricity by 90 percent. The HashCache system, like a standard Web browser, stores (or caches) information from sites that have already been visited to speed up access the next time. The innovation, however, is to store the information much more efficiently so that even an outdated PC could retrieve the equivalent of the entire contents of Wikipedia quickly and with little computing power.
"Instead of pulling down information from the Web once per person, you pull it down once per school or once per business," said Pai, an associate professor of computer science. Very large computer storage disks have become very cheap, but the standard technology for sorting through all that information requires significant computing power. With HashCache, "you can drive this system off really cheap machines, any desktop you have lying around or these $200 laptops for kids."
Princeton researchers test their system for speeding Web access with low-cost, low-power laptops being targeted for use in developing regions. The researchers are, from left: Anirudh Badam, Larry Peterson, Vivek Pai and Marc Fiuczynski. Another collaborator, KyoungSoo Park, is not shown. (Photo: Frank Wojciechowski)
Pai's research group includes Badam, a graduate student, who led the development effort, and KyoungSoo Park, who is now a faculty member at the University of Pittsburgh, as well as Marc Fiuczynski, a research scientist, and Larry Peterson, chair of Princeton's computer science department.
Peterson said the innovation could help bring Internet access to another billion people beyond the 1.6 billion who currently have access. "Vivek's focus on bringing the Internet to the next billion is an important one," Peterson said. "The industrialized world is well-connected. The last billion have more urgent needs, such as clean water. But the next billion have poor connectivity and little infrastructure and could really benefit from the improved education, health and commerce that Internet access would provide."
Pai is exploring various options for deploying the technology. One approach would be to offer free licenses to anyone in the developing world who wanted to set up a faster network. Another would be to develop an inexpensive commercial product that combines the necessary hardware and software into a simple plug-in device that would require no expertise for a user.
In the meantime, Pai is continuing to push his research efforts, which have mostly focused on ultra-fast and high-performance networking, toward creating solutions for people with less access to equipment and power. In the fall, he will co-chair a workshop titled "Networks and Systems for Developing Regions."
"The goal is to help out people in the developing world in whatever way makes the most sense," Pai said.
The other innovation noted by Technology Review magazine that emerged from Princeton labs, uses a series of ever-narrowing channels to stretch out strands of DNA, so that the molecule can be sequenced and key genes indentified. The method was licensed by a Philadelphia-based startup, BioNanomatrix, through Princeton's Office of Technology Licensing.
"If the company succeeds, a physician could biopsy a cancer patient's tumor, sequence all its DNA, and use that information to determine a prognosis and prescribe treatment -- all for less than the cost of a chest X-ray," according to Technology Review. "If the ailment is lung cancer, for instance, the doctor could determine the particular genetic changes in the tumor cells and order the chemotherapy best suited to that variant."
Electrical current is used to draw DNA, which normally coils into a tight ball, through a series of branching nanochannels, which forces the molecules to stretch into an orderly line. The white blotches seen at the top left of this microscopic image are coiled DNA molecules waiting to enter the series of channels. The verticle white lines are straightened strands of DNA moving through the nanochannels. (Image: Courtesy of Stephen Chou)
Austin, a professor of physics, began exploring ways to use channels to stretch DNA molecules in the mid-1990s. He teamed up with Chou, the Joseph C. Elgin Professor of Engineering, who began working on nanofabrication technology in 1982, to develop cheaper and faster ways to produce the channeled chips through which the DNA is passed. BioNanomatrix was started in 2003 by Han Cao, a biologist from Chou's lab.
DNA normally bundles itself into a tight ball, a form that's impossible to analyze, so it must be unraveled to read its sequence of nucleotides, the molecules that comprise the structural units of genetic code.
The current method for sequencing a person's genome requires chopping each DNA strand into millions of shorter segments, duplicating each segment a million times, sorting them by size and piecing the original sequence back together -- a time-consuming and costly process.
In contrast, the concept developed at Princeton only requires one strand of DNA and allows it to be analyzed directly without duplication or sorting, which drastically speeds the process and lowers the cost.
Electrical current is used to draw the molecules through chips, which are perforated by thousands of branching channels that become increasingly narrow until they are only 100 nanometers wide or less.
"The DNA cannot bunch up; it has to straighten out to fit through the channel," said Chou. "This is a completely different technology from conventional methods. The approach we are pursuing is to look at a single strand of DNA in real time."
Princeton researchers developed a method for stretching DNA molecules by drawing them through tiny channels less than 100 nanometers wide. One million channels can be printed onto a 4-by-4-inch quartz wafer (top). The imprinted wafers are then sealed with another piece of quartz to create pipe-like channels (bottom). (Image: Courtesy of Stephen Chou)
Austin's group initially used lasers to bore the channels in their chips, but the channels were too wide to stretch DNA straight and drilling each chip by laser took far too long to be economical. Chou's expertise in building nanoscale structures produced a solution.
Chou developed a method for producing narrower channels and applied a technique he developed, called "nanoimprint," to mass produce the DNA chips.
Instead of cutting every DNA chip with a laser, nanoimprint allowed mass production of many DNA chips in a way similar to a printing press. The nanoimprint technique, which has broad applications in a number of areas of science and engineering, was included in Technology Review's 2003 list of emerging technologies.
Though the DNA chips hold potential for working with longer lengths of DNA, the question still remains of how to read the genetic code as the molecules pass through the channels.
Chou said there are a number of ways to approach the problem, from using current techniques of labeling genes with fluorescent markers to scanning the molecules with a tiny electronic sensor and feeding a person's genetic code directly into a computer -- something with which he currently is experimenting.
"Ours is a pure electrical engineering method," he said. "But theoretically there are several ways to read DNA. We want to find the fastest and cheapest method."

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You were trolling on slashdot, and insulting me in a Cowardly way. Here is my response!
You wrote ""By the way, you forgot to mention that you were unbanned from the project.""
I think you are imagining things again, when was that?
And nice trick with downmodding my thread. Great job, that way you can make sure that people dont find out the truth.
In fact, I cannot even reply to your lies. That seems to be your defense. Gagging and Blocking the truth. Great job, Do you think that you can get away with that for long?
It is only a matter of time until the truth will come out.
I guess I need to get a gang of people to mod *up* my thread. You know, normally you cannot mod up and down things on your own thread. But if you have enough people to help then it is not a problem.
You wrote : ""You harassed Rhys so much he almost left the project completely just so he wouldn't have to deal with you anymore."" Well, I was happy to be off the mailling list, the only thing that really is a problem is when bugs are being hidden from the public.
I was one of the stupid people who believed in dotgnu, I believed in pnet/c. I used it and it did not do what it promised. Infact it could not compile anything of value to me.
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but at the same time said that my contributions are worth *ZERO* nothing, nada.
Why would he constantly fix these bugs, and spend time on things that are worthless?
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The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory's research internship program draws top-notch university and high school students from across the country, including Kelly Greenland (foreground) and Lauren Chilton. Greenland just finished her senior year at Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania, and Chilton is entering her senior year at Bernards High School in Bernardsville, N.J. The summer program is designed to train the next generation of plasma physicists. Many participants go on to careers in plasma physics research, a field that may someday create the world's first practical fusion reactors. Fusion energy, which does not produce greenhouse gases, has the potential to help mitigate global warming.
At left: Abbas Haider (left), a senior at South Brunswick (N.J.) High School, works with his lab partner, David Newby, a senior at Drew University, under the supervision of their mentor, staff scientist Jill Foley. Through close one-on-one interaction with their mentors, program participants rapidly gain insight into the fundamentals of plasma physics.
Students in the program learn that plasma physics also has applications outside fusion research. Silicon wafers like this one held by Lauren Chilton become computer chips by a complex process that involves bombardment with plasma.
At left: Ruslan Fridman (left), a senior at Livingston (N.J.) High School, works on a dusty plasma chamber with his research partner, Mike Hvasta, a senior at the College of New Jersey. Dusty plasmas, which form the tails of comets, are a subject of interest to astronomers, and the students will have an opportunity to present their findings to the physics community at a scientific conference later this year.
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Hvasta, who intends to go on for an advanced degree in physics, said he grows more comfortable with his career choice as he spends time with the lab's state-of-the-art equipment.
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Two weeks after the university students arrived, an additional 10 high schoolers joined them in the lab. Ruslan Fridman, Hvasta's lab partner, said that even after four days at the lab, he could tell the experience would be unlike anything he had done in high school.
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Fridman and Hvasta will spend the next eight weeks figuring out the behavior of dusty plasma so they can make an original contribution to physics. They will have a chance to present their findings in November at the national conference of the American Physical Society, to be held this year in Orlando, Fla.
Kelly Greenland, who just finished her senior year at Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania, said she remains undecided about the specific topic she will pursue in graduate school, but that the summer program was giving her more perspective on her options.
"It's definitely helping," said Greenland, a physics major. "I love the hands-on aspect of my work here but I'm also very into theory, so I hope between this and graduate school it will help me decide which route I want to take."
Zwicker said the research process is rigorous, but the numbers show it gives students the background they need to continue in the field.
"Of the students who finish the summer program, about two-thirds go on to get an advanced degree in physics, math or engineering, and a fifth of those specialize in plasma physics," he said. "A third of those specialists over the past four years have been women, which is a fact we're particularly proud of, especially because in physics graduate programs overall, women constitute only about half that amount."
The program has also seen its share of students return to Princeton for further schooling. Joshua Kallman, who finished the summer program in 2005, is now in his second year of graduate school in plasma physics.
"I wasn't sure at that point what subfield of physics I wanted to study, and my time here inspired me to choose plasma physics as my career path," Kallman said. "I like the connection to fusion, to creating power. But it's also because I liked the work. I had a really great mentor, and the experience has led me to a great lab here at the Forrestal Campus too."
Kallman is currently working with Leonid Zakharov, a principal research physicist at the laboratory, on issues concerning plasma when it is at equilibrium, and is growing interested in developing the lithium walls that might form a blanket to shield the reactor from hot plasma. He said he might like the opportunity to continue these investigations in his professional career.
"A lot of this sort of research goes on right here at the laboratory, and they have a machine here I'd like to work on," Kallman said. "I could definitely see myself here."


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This week, a tweet sent from Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence's account lashed out at Senator Patrick Brazeau, calling him "a typical colonized indian asshole." A spokesperson for Chief Spence told Global News that the inflammatory "asshole" comment neither came from Spence, nor was it "something she would ever say." However, I don't think it's a stretch to imagine that relations between Brazeau and Spence can probably be described as chilly. Then again, who wasn't feeling a little frosty what with the frigid weather across the country.
Left-wing fundamentalist ideology is oppressing the very groups they claim to champion. Their rhetoric is anathema to the needs of those they claim to represent. The ideologues on the left are the ones who need to take responsibility for the poor outcomes for the aboriginal peoples.
If aboriginal Canadians question Chief Spence, ask questions about Idle No More, or express contrary opinions, they will find themselves targeted and marginalized. While I am untroubled by personal attacks, I am very concerned for those aboriginal Canadians who live in fear of speaking out.
Many Canadians have long lamented the plight of our First Nations population, but a clear solution has never been proffered. According to a recent Ips...
Protestors associated with the Idle No More movement disrupted traffic to the Ambassador Bridge today. The disruption was planned from 11a.m. to 2p.m. While disrupting traffic may seem harmless enough, it comes with substantial costs.
Today's "National Day of Action" gives Chief Theresa Spence another opportunity to declare a victory over holding the government to account and another opportunity to call off her "hunger" strike. By not doing so she risks further polarizing and dividing the movement and First Nations leadership. The government is left with few options. It must still negotiate with the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) and National Chief Shawn Atleo, as it has to be seen to be engaged and working to make change possible, sooner rather than later.
To suggest Harper has consulted with First Nations leaders because of the meeting on Friday is simply ridiculous. First Nations know the realities of what they are facing and the Conservatives' dishonest talking points, aimed at convincing average Canadians they are making progress, are further undermining what little credibility they have with Canada's indigenous population.
This week Prime Minister Stephen Harper granted Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence's wish and met with First Nations Chiefs. But the still-hunger-striking Spence was one of many chiefs who chose to boycott the three-hour talks, in part because the Governor General would not be in attendance. So what to make of a leader who's willing to forego solid food for weeks to further her goal of meeting with the nation's leadership -- but who doesn't consider a conversation with merely the PM good enough? Apparently she's not an incrementalist.
If the million or so aboriginal Canadians together realized their joint power, they could change Canada into a totally different society. And there are indications that a strategy is there. Idle No More need not be a confrontational force -- it can be the catalyst to bring about real justice and fairness for all the nations of Canada.
The Deloitte & Touche audit of Attawapiskat is a textbook outcome of the fatal weakness in Canada's current model of First Nations governance, which is coded to fail. There could be hundreds of Attawapiskats.
Does anyone know what the average First Nations chief's level of training and management experience is? Or the average training and experience of band councillors? How many building inspectors live within 50 miles of Attawapiskat? How about CAs, CGAs or project managers capable of supervising and maintaining records on multiple construction sites?
All Canadians owe a debt of gratitude to Chief Theresa Spence's and Elder Raymond Robinson's hunger strikes. These individuals are calling attention to an intolerable situation among First Nations communities. They are also highlighting concerns common to many Canadians about dangers posed by unilateral government.
What we have here is a woman who bemoans the impoverished nature of her reserve while she is partly to blame for it; a woman who has the ability to make things better, but won't because not everyone has RSVP'd to her invitation. What was once a justified pursuit to better the pitiful lives of the disenfranchised in First Nations communities has become a circus in which there is no possibility of dialogue unless every single demand is met. Spence is not a symbol to be admired. She is but one of the myriad reasons why First Nation communities exist in the sad way that they do, and it's time for her to go.
The jet lag has passed and the Christmas decorations (for some of us at least) are put away in storage. With 2013 stretching out before us, let's reflect on the year that was 2012 in Canadian politics. The best and worst political stories, the best and worst politicians and the biggest sellout.
Chief Spence's hunger strike is the perfect unexpected act; it is asymmetrical action in the face of controllable expectations. She is laying everything on the line to reclaim the sacredness of her community and she is succeeding. Use this as inspiration for your own acts.
The issues Chief Spence is raising -- terrible living conditions, deep neglect, poverty and powerlessness -- will not go away, and will not disappear in the face of attack. They are the shame of our nation and must be addressed. But the Conservatives have rejected replacing the Indian Act with a real transfer of power, and the implementation of the self government agreements which all Canadian governments agreed to in Charlottetown 20 years ago. They have offered nothing that even begins to address the issues. We shall all pay a heavy price for this lack of leadership.
At some point, aboriginal Canadians need to consider that the best hope of a future for their children may be integration into the mainstream of Canadian socio-economic life. They need also understand that integration is not the same as assimilation.


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Of all the storylines we've seen over the years, one hasn't entered the equation. How will Notre Dame handle success? Yes, success. The second chapter to a big time win is how you respond the following week against an opponent that is generally considered inferior. Think about it. This team knows nothing except disappoint. So many times, they've been on the other side. They've been lo...


text: Just wondering if any Action Fleet collector out there has the Turbo Podracer sets or any of the other Podracer sets that came out. I own all of the regular TPM Action Fleet ships but was never really sure if the podracers in the Turbo Racer sets were the same dimensions and style as the regular AF stuff so I never bought them. If they are simular do they come with stands or even have a hole on the bottom to go on a stand?


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On April 6, 1994, the plane carrying the President of Rwanda was shot down on its approach into Kigali, the country's capital. The incident precipitated one of the most horrific and efficient mass killing sprees in history. In the space of only 100 days, over 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed by Hutu extremists, most with simple farm implements, such as machetes, hoes, and clubs. When the killing finally stopped, the country lay in ruins – economically, socially, and psychologically.
Each year, between April and June, Rwandans take time to remember the victims of the genocide and recommit themselves to ensuring their society never descends to the same depths again. Particularly during the month of April, public commemoration events are ubiquitous. This year, which marks the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, events took on an even greater solemnity, and numerous foreign dignitaries descended on the country to express their solidarity with the Rwandan people.In the 20 years since the genocide, much has changed. The country has rebuilt itself on the back of strong economic growth; poverty has fallen, life expectancy has risen, and nearly all kids of primary-school age are in school. Rwanda imagines its future as the Singapore of Africa, a hub for business, information technology, financial services, and tourism at the crossroads of East and Central Africa. But even 20 years on, with a post-genocide generation now reaching maturity, the wounds the genocide inflicted on Rwandan society have not fully healed.
Long after the dignitaries left, Rwanda Rush, known locally as the "Dream Team Football Academy," paid its respects to the victims of the genocide. On May 30, 2014, Rwanda Rush's under-17 team visited the genocide memorial in Kigali, where over 250,000 victims are buried. The team and coaching staff laid a wreath at one of the mass graves and toured the memorial in quiet reflection.
"At Dream Team Football Academy, we strive to develop a complete person – not just his or her football skills. Our vision is to 'develop champions in football and champions in life.' Learning about our country's history, tragic as it is, is an important part of youth development in Rwanda. The more the youth understand about the past, the more likely they are to stand up in the face of such injustice in the future. Those are the types of men and women we hope to develop at Dream Team Football Academy," says Jacques Kayisire, one of the Academy's founders.
In fact, the Dream Team Football Academy was created in 2010 to promote healing and understanding of differences through soccer. The founders, all Rwandan ex-professional players, are convinced that soccer can be a powerful force for peace and reconciliation. The Academy works with over 200 youth, including young children and girls, one of the few clubs in Rwanda to do so. In less than four years, it has placed two players on Rwanda's under-17 national team, four players in Rwanda's Top Division (D-1), and four others in the Second Division. Its partnership with Rush Soccer was formalized in December 2013.
Rwanda Rush's future is bright. As the program continues to grow, so does its contribution to Rwanda's continued peace and development.
Staff Profile: Jacques Kayisire, a founder of Rush Rwanda / Dream Team Football Academy and currently its Vice-President, was a member of Rwanda's under-17 national team and played professionally for local club STIR at the time of the genocide. His father, one of several politicians supportive of a transition to multi-party democracy, w as targeted for execution and killed once the genocide broke out. After the genocide, Jacques went on to have a successful career with one of Rwanda's most well-known clubs, Rayon Sport. He then obtained his Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from PSG College of Technology in India and holds a Master's Degree in Communication Management from the Kigali Institute of Technology. Jacques now works at the Government of Rwanda's National ID Agency as Director of Information Communication Technology. Virtually all of his spare time is devoted to helping Dream Team Football Academy become the top youth club in Rwanda. He is married to Florance Ingabire and has a three-years-old son, Ezra Kwizera.
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Welcoming us to our Oregon experience was the impressive 6 km Astoria-Megler Bridge. It boasts being the longest continuous cantilever through-truss bridge in the world. (If you have to look some of those terms up, don't feel bad – so did we. :) ) Suffice it to say that it's long and seemingly a bit of an engineering feat, if even for its time
Fort Stevens State Park – just a few kms from Astoria – is nestled up in the northwestern corner of Oregon and we made it our home for our first night in the state. It marks an important historical site for the US as it was the first permanent American settlement west of the Mississippi (by white people, that is...). We had a bit of rain on arrival, but that didn't deter the recently converted walking enthusiasts; we donned our rain jackets and hit the trail to the beach to have a look at the remains of the Peter Iredale shipwreck right away. Walking in the rain is now an agreed activity option among our little group – it was so fun! The next morning, however, was what really surprised me: Mom and Auntie Pollyann agreed to get up at 06h00 (that's 6 AM for those of you who don't like the 24-hour clock system – and the "AM" is important here...) in order to do the 2.6 mile walk around Coffenbury Lake with me! It was a bit soggy and we were the only ones out there apart from the fishermen... but it was still a lovely way to start the day.


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Please cite a single reference where Obama ever promised or suggested that student loans would be forgiven.
I didn't get that to necessarily be what he was suggesting at all.
Perception rarely equals reality.
There is this cult like following amongst some of these Obama supporters.
Delinquent student loans surge in Q3
I didn't get that to necessarily be what he was suggesting at all.
Perception rarely equals reality.
Actually, someone on this board was suggesting that very thing regarding student loans a a week or so ago. Had to set them straight.
Frankly, I just find it amusing to observe the projection that occurs on this board regarding "Obama supporters" or Obama himself. It is an almost perfect example of irony (situational, that is) when these posters suggest that people who voted for Obama must be obsessed, or idolize the guy or are "Obamabots" or whatever . . . when, in fact, it is those posters who have an almost pathological, cult-like obsession with their disdain of the man and their desire to attribute unfounded characteristics to those who voted for him.
They truly believe that every irresponsible decision they make will somehow be forgiven by Obama. He doesn't have to say it....they just have to believe it.
This really pisses me off. I worked two jobs, 7 days a week for several years to pay off my student loans. Why can't people accept responsibility for their choices and buckle down?
It's almost like you've come full circle on whatever straw man it is you think you're slaying here.
quote:So what did you expect employers beating a path to your door? Times are tough right now, but there have been bad times before. The job market for new graduates sucked at the end of Carter's term of office as well. I had classmates who took jobs as assistant managers of retail stores for $5.00 an hour, and they were happy to find the work. And some of them had earned degrees in petroleum engineering.
Ask the unemployed college graduates what they felt like they got when they graduated. A big heap of nothing :(
Delinquent student loans surge in Q3
You're probably right about one thing. There's not much of an excuse for the people that can amass 70-100k in debt, but the fact that so many people end up owing that kind of debt tells me something is wrong somewhere.
Always wanted to be a sportsbroadcaster, but every place I have applied told me I do not have the voice, which is true. My voice is relatively high pitched and not very smooth. I interned at ESPN and Fox SPORTS too
But even if I could get a minor league baseball position as a broadcaster, I am making about $20k a year.
Other positions in the field such as production or camera work are done on a freelance basis, not a full time basis, unless you are producing/directing for a major sports team or on an A-team crew for ESPN. But to land those jobs you have to start as a freelancer making about $125 a job. Even if you worked 5 games a week(unlikely) its only about $25k a year.
It's possible to pull off if you have no student debt
I have seen the writing on the wall and am going to grad school to get a masters.
This really pisses me off. I worked two jobs, 7 days a week for several years to pay off my student loans. Why can't people accept responsibility for their choices and buckle down?
Jobs are available if they really want to pay of their loans. My wife and I dropped everything we were doing, moved hours away from home, payed our existing mortgage along with rent on a new apartment. We payed off over 50k of student loans in a year.
The problem with all of the Delinquent student loans is that many of them are from people who never should have gone to college in the first place and will be trapped in minimum wage employment their entire lives, thanks to our nations policy of acting like Trade Schools are beneath us as Americans.
Just an observation but if thats the case perhaps you were one of the people who shouldn't have gone to college in the first place or bit off more than you could chew when accepting loans.
Identify the "trade school" kids in middle school. Combining funding from public school sources and funding from the industries, switch them to trade school instead of the 9th grade.
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Have been here for three weeks now. My German is slowly coming back to me. I've studied German for seven years (from age 13 to 20), but have also had three years of forgetting. My brain has begun to think in German, which makes it really hard for me to write this diary entry, because I had to reboot into English mode. :) No problem with my Swedish though. I've also met three Swedes down here, two girls that works in a pub nearby, and one male student, but I've heard there are some more.
I have been searching for a place to stay so I haven't followed the news much lately, neither computer news or normal. But I somehow heard of this Anthrax disease in Florida, and wondered what the band's statement was, and today I found it.
Before the tragedy of September 11th the only thing scary about Anthrax was our bad hair in the 80's and the "Fistful Of Metal" album cover. Most people associated the name Anthrax with the band, not the germ. Now in the wake of those events, our name symbolizes fear, paranoia and death. Suddenly our name is not so cool.Money
Now I have to go to the bank and pay a bill. I bought a wireless network card, Dell TrueMobile 1150, and an antenna, Elsa Airlancer Extender. Works great under Linux. It's actually just a Orinoco card in disguise. It was pretty cheap, 279DM (+ 179DM for the antenna), but the rent is high as hell. I shouldn't complain though. I live exactly by the university, in fact, looking out of the window where I am sitting right now, I see the main building with the sign "Technische Hochschule". And as I live so close to the university, I have access to the wireless network.
I wonder how much this year is going to cost. It's going to be scary for sure. But by next year, the currency changes, so everything will cost half as much, but in Euro. :)


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Jeff does not have egg on his face by Martin playing RT. He has egg on his grill by having the offense be ineffective because of bad line play.AUSTIN, DJ HAYDEN, TRUFANT.
I DONT CARE HOW they get these guys or where just as long as one or two of them become dolphins.
IRELAND [as well as other finz brass] have long made the mistake of not taking PLAY MAKERS high in the draft. we havnt gone anywhere in 20 years because WE CANT PUT POINTS ON THE BOARD!! not because our front end beef didnt open holes 2 more inches. our o-lines have taken a LOT of the blame for miami not having ANY play makers.
and it will be a COLOSSAL mistake if our 1st pic is an OT. we went NOWHERE with long in his prime. why? NO PLAY MAKERS!! NO POINTS!! we have averaged about 17 points a game for YEARS now. i make and exception with WARMACK because this is another OTHER WORDLY talent and will be just as good in ANY scheme. WHY? because he doesnt need the huge athletic moves guys like cooper have. he flat stands up guys at the point with NO budge. they go no where in pass pro. like pouncy, he is in your face in a heart beat and when locked on, ITS OVER!! and he is a better athlete than a lot of guys think. and i believe we could trade down a few spots and still get him IF the finz are thinking o-line.
over all, as much as i LOVE warmack and see a hall of fame guard, PLAYMAKERS is what we need most along with CB'S who can actually play. i dont see any trade up for milliner. TRUFANT is the better all around db and will probably be sitting there at #12. this guy is a much faster SAM MADDISON and will play with us for years to come and give us the big play, take away corner we havnt had since sam.
DJ HAYDEN. one of my top 3 players in this draft. the best all around skills amongst db's in this draft, PERIOD!! i have been singing his praises for a while and would have screamed more but i thought he was done and over in football after that injury. IF he hadnt had the two injuries back to back, we wouldnt even have a shot at him as he would go top 2 in this draft. BUT, the fact he is so good and we have multiple hi picks, he is worth gambling on to move up in the lower 1st [and he could be gone] or take him with our 1st selection in the second round. someone just may take him in the 1st, teams like san fran who are in a position to draft WHOEVER they want!
i dont care for ANY of the pass rushers that hi, the ones who could actually be there at #12. even though we need another to go with wake. we had a GOOD pass rush, top 5 last year and we lost games because WE COULDNT SCORE POINTS!! and WE COULDNT STOP TEAMS in the air [where points come from]. so CB and offensive PLAY MAKER are where we need to stay in the first 3-4 pics in this draft.
JONATHAN MARTIN: is a better LT than a RT. which is odd, but, thats whats on tape. his ONLY problem playing the position last year was strength. and this could EASILY be corrected with the right off season weight room routine. he has the frame to build on, the smarts and the feet to play LT at a hi level, hi enough to get us where we want to go. and i dont think IRELAND is ready to call him a bust after taking him hi [i didnt want him in that spot] and watching him blunder on the rt side. now, if they have decided he cant play LT at the level they want, MORE EGG ON IRELANDS FACE and another reason to give the big bodies a rest for a while hi in the draft. they need to focus on play makers and TRUE corners. PERIOD!! we have found some good pass rushers later in the drafts and in canada so if it comes down to PASS RUSHER, CB or PLAY MAKING WR, we should go with CB or WR. again, we lost most games last year do to NO PLAY MAKERS. could we use some more pass rush? yes, as wake needs a rest from the quadruple zuple attention he gets every play. but, our problems last year were not lack of rush, we had decent sack numbers and hurries and knock downs, we just didnt have CB'S who could cover for ANY length of time!! AND, we had no one in the endzone. leave MARTIN in at lt, draft a true lt prospect later in the draft [not some position change experiment] and let him have his weight program and play this year at LT.
IF WE TRULY are trading up, it better well be for milliner or to make sure we land AUSTIN who could very well not last till #12, no matter what the arm chair crowd thinks. AUSTIN is a wanted man and wont even sniff the bottom of the 1st. the cats out of the bag and to many teams no this isnt another one hit speed wonder you see hocking video games to over grown teenagers in the mall. he is a DOMINANT THREAT at 3 different positions.
this draft is UNDER RATED and outside of AUSTIN, TRUFANT, DJ HAYDEN EIFERT and WARMACK , all guys with dominant game, freakish talent, there are dozens upon dozens of players i would be very happy with in the rounds 3-5. good players. starters. THIS FIRST 3 PICS absolutely have to be HOME RUN HITTERS, BPA's at every pic with our 1st and 2 second rounders. no reach at pass rusher and no tackles or o-line other than warmack. i like cooper, a whole lot. but, he isnt the freekish talent that warmack is, and warmack is a talent on the line you see come around ever other decade or so.


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By Dimitra DeFotis
U.S. coal stocks are trading lower with the latest statistics from China showing steel production trends declined in late May.
The China Iron and Steel Association reported steel output fell 4.7% from May 21 to May 31, according to SteelOrbis. The association reported aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized Chinese steel producers totaled 1.612 mt, down 4.7% compared to the May 11 to May 20 period. The data has indicated a decline throughout May, but the latest percentage is steeper.
Metallurgical coal is required in the production of steel, and a glut of it in the face of economic weakness has lowered prices and decimated shares of coal players. Another data point this week: U.S. coal shipments fell 31% in April from the prior month, with high production costs and oversupply in Asia for metallurgical coal driving the decline. In the Wall Street Journal report Thursday, Kris Maher explained that:
"While exports comprise a relatively small percentage of U.S. coal production, exports of metallurgical coal, in particular, have a disproportionate impact on profits, because they provide higher margins than thermal coal. Nearly 70% of metallurgical coal mined in the U.S. is exported, putting U.S. producers increasingly at the mercy of fluctuations in demand in Asia."
Peabody Energy (BTU), with a significant Australia mining operation and more international exposure, is down 3% today. Met-coal pure-play, Walter Energy (WLT), is down 3.6%. Most domestic companies generated a mix of met and thermal coal, which is used in electricity production.


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France 1868 – 1940
A l'Opéra [At the Opera] c.1900 Materials & Technique: paintings, oil on hardboard
This painting has occasionally been titled Misia à l'opéra — notably in the exhibitions held by Arthur Tooth & Sons, London, in the 1960s, presuming the identity of the woman to be Misia Natanson, wife of Thadée Natanson, who with his brothers Alexandre and Alfred established the literary review La Revue Blanche in Paris in 1891. Vuillard was a close friend of the Natansons, particularly of Misia, and contributed lithographs to La Revue Blanche. The composition of the painting has similarities with Henri Toulouse-Lautrec's (1864-1901) colour lithographic poster for La Revue Blanche in 1895, known to be a portrait of Misia, and even more so with Pierre Bonnard's (1867-1947) cover design for the journal in 1894, depicting a cloaked woman (whose identity is unknown), an urchin and a dog. The similarities, however, are of artistic style and fashion rather than physiognomic likeness; the same darting graphic technique, catching the figure as she scurries off-centre, and the rambling hat perched slightly askew on the elaborate coiffure of the 1890s.1
Thadée Natanson bought this painting directly from Vuillard. However, in the sale of Thadée's collection at the Hôtel Drouot on 13 June 1908, which was precipitated by his financial problems and by which time he was divorced from Misia, the painting is simply entitled A l'Opéra and described thus:
In an attitude of waiting, playing with her ruff collar, a woman is standing on the paved floor of one of the high landings of the Opéra. A balustraded and arched bay behind her frames her head and torso against the light. The atmosphere depends on the red tone of the cardboard which is retained. It shows through beneath the play of muted and vivid beige. The reds which the painter adds, and the blacks, serve to accentuate, with just the slightest touch of green.2
The description is incorrect in so far as it states the support to be cardboard. In fact it is wood panel. This is an understandable error, for Vuillard frequently used cardboard, taken from the bottoms of boxes used by his mother to pack the dresses which she made and sold. Moreover, as Jacques Salomon pointed out, 'He remained faithful to this type of support for a long time, both for the sake of its absorbent qualities and because of the ochre [author's emphasis] or grey tone which it provided as a base for his colour harmonies; later he used tinted paper for this latter purpose'.3 In the case of the Gallery's work the ochre ground is oil paint applied by the artist, though perhaps in imitation of the tone he liked on the tinted cardboard of his mother's dress boxes.
At the Natanson sale A l'Opéra was purchased by Romain Coolus, poet, playwright and lifelong friend of Vuillard. Then Vuillard re-acquired the painting from Coolus and it was still in his possession when he died in 1940. The history of the painting maps the intimate circle of friends in which Vuillard moved, and the protective, almost secretive way he treated these dusky little pictures. Even in the 1890s, Aurélien Lugné-Poe (1869-1940), who acted as a kind of impresario, had difficulty in persuading Vuillard to sell his works.4 Between 1912 and 1938 he did not once have a solo exhibition in Paris. Generally he sold paintings of his friends to those friends, and he hoarded his intimate interiors in a cupboard in the studio.
Michael Lloyd & Michael Desmond European and American Paintings and Sculptures 1870-1970 in the Australian National Gallery 1992 p.88.
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9.1: Invertebrates
How are these jellyfish like an insect?
Jellyfish and insects don't seem to have much in common. They look much different. They live in very different environments. But both of these animals are classified as invertebrates.
What Are Invertebrates?
Animals are also often identified as being either invertebrates or vertebrates. These are terms based on the skeletons of the animals. Vertebrates have a backbone made of bone or cartilage (Cartilage is a flexible supportive tissue. You have cartilage in your ear lobes.). Invertebrates, on the other hand, have no backbone (Figure below).
Snails are an example of invertebrates, animals without a backbone.
All vertebrate organisms are in the phylum Chordata. Invertebrates are divided into several phyla, some of which are listed in Table below.
|Jellyfish, corals
|Flatworms, tapeworms
|Nematodes, heartworm
|Snails, clams
|Earthworms, leeches
|Insects, crabs
|Sea stars, sea urchins
- cartilage: Firm tissue that provides flexible support in animal skeletons.
- invertebrates: Animals that lack backbones.
- vertebrates: Animals that have backbones of bones or cartilage.
- Invertebrates are animals without a backbone.
- Invertebrates include insects, earthworms, jellyfish, and many other animals.
Use the resource below to answer the questions that follow.
- What is the difference between a Protostome and a Deuterostome? What does this suggest about the relationships between animals? What group of animals is closest to Chordates?
- Arthropods and Annelids were once though to be closely related because they are both segmented. They have since been separated into the Ecdysozoans and Lophotrochozoans respectfully. What is the basis of the new grouping? What does this teach you about the assumption that similar characteristics have common origins?
- Given the fundamental difference between Protostomes and Deuterosomes and the importance of eating to animals, do you think digestive systems are good places to look to for determining relationships between organism? Do you think all digestive systems can be traced back to a common ancestor?
- Why are insects justifiably called terrestrial crustaceans? Do you think calling all insects crustaceans would help or hinder people's understanding of the relationships between animals?
- Do you think the increased use of molecular analysis will change the way we view animals? Why or why not?
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Come to the chat room at 8pm and we can catch up and talk about the monthly club and SS products in general! Hope to see you there.
Ss Chat Tonight
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Posted 26 March 2013 - 07:11 AM
Hope to join you at the chat, Shannon!
Posted 26 March 2013 - 02:12 PM
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Hope to see you Diane!
Posted 26 March 2013 - 04:45 PM
I will try and make this if I get my times right as off today but have a case study to do for work so if I don't make it means I'm to engrossed in my study or my times are mixed !!!
Posted 26 March 2013 - 06:32 PM
Just got to go out for a few mins but hope to be back in time. I have uploaded a LO using the club in the sat colour gallery if I'm not back in time Prague Old Town
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A bunch of things are happening in font-land.
For one, SIL has released version 1.0 of their Open Font License, and promises to be releasing Gentium under its terms shortly. The fact that SIL is getting aware of free software licensing is very encouraging, as it promises to make their efforts considerably more relevant.
Even so, I'm not convinced that the OFL will have that great an impact. Earlier drafts tried to ban selling collections of fonts with OFL fonts included, but apparently that ran afoul of DFSG-style freedom. Now, apparently, it allows selling of collections, but not of the individual font. Was anybody actually selling free fonts individually before? Even if not, the adoption of the OFL may send a signal that the font is to be treated with more respect. As Wes Felter says, it's much like wearing a designer t-shirt. It will be interesting to see how aggressively the "free font" ripoff artists prey on Gentium - if they do back away, it might be an appealing example to follow.
I'm tracking this because I've got a few fonts in the queue that I'd like to release under some kind of free license, but am still unclear exactly what license is best. I've been in touch with Karl Berry having TUG sponsor completion of one or more of the fonts, and the choice of license is still an open issue.
Font fans might be interested in taking a look at my latest font-in-progress, Inconsolata, a monospace design. I'm hopeful that it will turn out to be one of the best available for code listings, etc., in print.
The trip to Japan was really fun. On the last evening, I had a very nice dinner with Masatake Yamato and Akira Tagoh, both now of Red Hat Japan. We talked of many things, including areas where recent AFPL releases of Ghostscript may break some of the work done by the gs-cjk team to make substitution of Japanese fonts work correctly.
We also talked about free software tools for Japanese learners, and input methods for Emacs in particular. I've been using Quail, mostly because it was easy to find since it's included in Emacs distros, but apparently SKK is better.
One question I have about Quail: is there a way to go in the reverse direction: if I have a kanji in the buffer, can I make it tell me the key sequence required to produce that?


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Chaweng Lakeview Residence
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Chaweng Lakeview Residence расположен в великолепном месте на горе с великолепным видом на озеро и окружающую природу.
Гости могут выбрать, одни из 4 апартаментов с 2 спальнями и 1 ванной комнатой, либо одно из 2 бунгало с 2 спальнями и 2 ванными комнатами или 1 спальней и ванной комнатой. Все дома полностью меблированы в современном стиле, полностью оборудованы всем необходимым и могут похвастаться просторными гостиными / гостиной со столовой и кухней, а также парадным балконом, где можно просто сидеть и наслаждаться видами. Гости также могут воспользоваться большим бассейном с джакузи. Менеджеры, говорящие на английском / немецком / французском / испанском / итальянском языках, живущие на территории отеля, всегда находятся в пределах досягаемости, когда это необходимо.
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Date of stay:
Feb 24, 2012
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Die ersten 1,5 Wochen waren mehr als anstrengend.Wir wurden von 3 scharfen Hunden, die vor der Anlage zu hause, waren ständig attakiert, so das wir uns kaum noch aus der Anlage trauten.Erst nach dem wir mit Auszug drohten sperrte man den schlimmsten der Hunde weg und wir konnten dann ungestört zum Strand gehen.Die anderen Hunde reagierten dann auf das Wort DA und gaben Ruhe.
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Feb 21, 2010
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Wir waren zum 3.mal im Samui Garden Resort und wie immer zufrieden.Dieses mal überraschte uns Kiaw sogar mit Getränken im Kühlschrank, was uns nach dem langen Flug sehr freute.Im Resort ist es Nachts sehr ruhig.Der Strnd ist nur wenige Minuten zu Fuß entfernt,ebenfalls diverse Restaurants wo man preiswert und gut essen kann.
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Die Buchung und der Taxi-Service waren wider OK.
Feb 23, 2010
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Dec 11, 2009
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Realy nice and quiet place. Very friendly staff. I was absolutly enthusiasticed about all around this Bungalow.
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Perfect..... No more comment
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Apr 25, 2009
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My second stay there and just as good as the last. Nice clean houses with fridge and cooking facilities. There s no things like laundry, restaurants and the like but they are not far away. Quiet place so you may need some transport but there are several walkable bars and eateries. Very nice stay.
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Barry Jackson
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Feb 25, 2009
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This resort has got to have the absoltely worst caretaker and management there is. The caretaker of the resort opened a locked drawer and stole 1000 baht from us. Since we didn´t trust her from the beginning we marked the drawer with a line. When confronted she payed us back in 15 minutes. Management ( a guy in Germany) where going to investigate this but his comments and actions back to us was very strange. He responded very hostile to us. He doubted me directly. And when I said to him that I didn´t like the locals outside to threath my family (after the stolen money incident) he said... About the locals outside: do you really think that I can tell people what they have to do or not? Where are you there, in their country or yours? This was the response after I told him that people had confronted my wife and 2 small children (I was not with them at time). There where almost no cleaning of our house, we counted 4 cleanings in aprox 7 weeks. Should be 14! 4-6 dogs are always running around inside the resort. They follow the caretaker wherever she goes. And has also (this I heard, not witnessed myself...gone in to several houses, even been found sleeping in beds!) Our neighbours in houses on both sides of us where also very unsatisfied. One moved 1 month earlier then planned due to bad conditions. His comments will be posted later on. DO NOT GO HERE! (if you on Sawadee.com wish to have copies of my mailcorrespondence with management, just let me know)
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Booking service worked fine.
Mar 02, 2009
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Jenny Björklund
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Jan 02, 2009
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We arrived on port Nathon but no one was there to meet us as we requested. We got into a tuk tuk and asked them to take us to Big Buddha Beach. when we got there, no one had heard of the place and even asked the locals who spoke English. We drove around in a taxi for 2 hours in a very small place looking for Samui Garden Resort and not even the taxi driver knew where it was. Ended up staying at another place and losing our deposit. Very unhappy and not even sure the place exists
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Jan 06, 2009
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Corinne Burgess
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Feb 17, 2008
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The resort is small and a bit of a way away from the beach. It is located close to Bangrak beach which is very quiet. We had to pay for electricity that I did not pick up on the website befor, my mistake. It was, however very nice and quiet with aircon. Very clean and the landlady was very helpful with organising a hire car and taxi. Overall very nice!
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Verry effecient!
Mar 07, 2008
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Danette Beetge
Date of stay:
Feb 28, 2007
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it s ok , good, clean, only 5 mins for driving to Chaweng Beach. But the reception service is not 24 hrs.
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Mar 11, 2007
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Welcome to . . . Chaweng Lakeview Residence
The perfect place in Koh Samui for a family vacation. We offer our guests stylish and spacious accommodations (Serviced Apartments and Bungalows) with either 1 or 2 bedrooms only 5 mins away from Chaweng Beach and local amenities such as restaurants / bars, nightlife and shopping.
Chaweng Lakeview Residence is located in an idyllic mountain side setting with great views of the lake and the surrounding nature. Our goal is to provide our guests with a real home for their holidays. Taking care of our guest's needs is our top priority.
Guests can chose to stay in one of the 4 apartments with 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom each or in one of the 2 Bungalows with either 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms or 1 bedroom and bathroom.
:: One Bedroom Bungalow ::
The lovely villa home offers a large living room/lounge with kitchen area, 1 bedrooms with one king size bed, 1 bathroom with hot shower, a front balcony with views and an open air cooking balcony in the back. The cozy home is fully furnished in modern interiors and fully equipped with everything needed for up to 2 persons as well as 32" flat screen TV, DVD player, cable TV., air condition, fan, full size fridge, safe, toaster, coffee machine, water cooker, double gas stove, microwave, hot water, cutlery and plates, pot and pan, free high speed Wi-Fi, bed linen, board games, baby cot, etc.
:: Two Bedroom Bungalow ::
Stylish and comfortable 2 bedrooms bungalow with 2 en-suite bathrooms in the perfect location in Chaweng. The complete house has recently been renovated and repainted. The fully furnished bungalow boasts 2 levels of beautiful living area with elegant and comfortable interiors as well as a brand new 42" flat screen TV, DVD player and free high speed internet access. Tenants can enjoy open air seating on one balcony on the front side of the building as well as an open air cooking corner on the back side.
:: Two Bedroom Apartment ::
Chic and comfortable 2 bedrooms apartments in the perfect location in Chaweng. A total of 4 apartments with 80 sq.m. All units have recently been renovated and repainted. All 4 apartments are fully furnished with elegant and comfortable interiors as well as brand new 32" flat screen TV's, DVD players and free high speed internet access. Each apartment has one balcony on the front side of the building as well as a open air cooking balcony on the back side.
All homes are fully furnished in modern interiors and fully equipped with everything needed for up to 4 persons as well as :
32" - 42" flat screen TVs
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All homes boast spacious living rooms / lounges with dining and kitchen area as well as a front balcony to sit and enjoy the views and an open air cooking corner in the back. Our guests can also take advantage of the swimming pool, our guests have access to a pool in our partner resort 150 m. away.
:: 4 Bedroom Pool Villa ::
The beautiful villa is ideally located in an idyllic mountain side setting yet only 5 mins away from the Chaweng center and beach road. The house has just had a total refit, inside and out. Inside there are new bathrooms and kitchen, all done to a very high standard, also new floors and electrical fittings everywhere. The outside has a beautiful private swimming pool (11 m. x 3.5 m.) with wood decking and pool chairs. All the garden has been re landscaped.
The fully furnished accommodation consists of a living room, large western kitchen, bedroom and bathroom downstairs with two further en-suite bedrooms and a 4th bedroom upstairs. There is a balcony wrapped around the upper level giving spectacular mountain and lake. On the outside the villa offers a landscaped garden and a covered area (Sala) / BBQ area on garden level with steps connecting inside to the house which can be used for outside eating / entertainment or a games / snooker area. At the rear of the house is a laundry area. To ensure privacy the complete plot is walled with a front gate and 2 cars park.
With English / German / French / Spanish / Italian speaking management living on site there is always someone in reach when needed. At Chaweng Lakeview Residence we take the time to inform, guide and assist each of our guests so they can truly enjoy their holiday in Samui.
Our guests have access to a restaurant/bar at our partner resort 150 m. away near their pool. They serve breakfast and Thai/European cuisine.
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First issue of Health and Well-Being News debuts
Posted February 21, 2005; 12:47 p.m.
The inaugural issue of Health and Well-Being News, a newsletter sponsored by the University's Task Force on Health and Well-Being, is being distributed.
It offers articles in sections including health, work/life, fitness, dining, well-being and spirituality. Topics range from services available through the Carebridge employee assistance program and information on online mental health screening to details on the March 3 "FitFest" and an explanation of resources provided by University Services.
An electronic "pdf" version of the newsletter has been disseminated to faculty and staff via e-mail. A printable version is available online. Those interested in reading an enhanced version (Adobe Reader 6.0 required) of the newsletter that contains live links to the programs and departments featured may go to another URL and click on "Enhanced."
A paper version of the newsletter soon will be distributed to members of the University community who don't have regular access to computers. In addition, paper copies will be available at many locations around campus.
The newsletter, one of the recommendations in the final report of the task force in November 2004, also features a new health and well-being logo: an apple that incorporates a portion of the University shield. The logo is intended to capture the mission of the task force, which is to increase the awareness of programs, services and benefits related to health and well-being for all members of the University community.
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Dear Mr. Dad: We just had a baby and are eager to introduce her to my parents. But they live quite far away and are too old to travel. How soon is it safe to fly with an infant?
A: Unfortunately, there is no hard and fast rule. Some experts advise waiting until the baby is at least six weeks old before flying, largely because airplanes are essentially giant, germ-filled tubes. Others say that if the baby is healthy, there's no need to wait. Ultimately—assuming there are no health issues—you should hold off until you feel comfortable with the whole idea of traveling with an infant.
Personally, I think that four to six months is a great age to introduce babies to flying. They're generally pretty happy to be held for hours at a time (once they start crawling, all bets are off), they sleep a lot, and don't need a ton of stuff yet (especially if you're breastfeeding).
Before booking your flight, have your pediatrician clear your baby for take-off. If she was born prematurely or has any respiratory conditions, she may be grounded for a while because of the low-oxygen environment in the pressurized cabins. Also, if your baby is sick, you'll probably want to postpone the trip.
Next, check with the airline. Some have policies against newborns flying until they reach a certain age, such as 7 days old. Most airlines allow babies to fly as a "lap child" (meaning they fly free but don't have a seat and need to stay in your lap) until age two. However, the FAA recommends buying a seat for all infants and bringing your FAA-approved car seat on board so your baby can be strapped in (rather than on your lap) because that is the safest place. (If you hold your baby, put the seat belt around your waist, and hold the baby outside of it).
A warning: Traveling with an infant is infinitely more complex than traveling solo. A delayed flight or sitting on the runway for an extra two hours may have been annoying before, but with a baby, it can be torture. Here are some tips to smooth out some of the potential bumps:
- Pack at least one diaper for every hour of travel, plus a few extras (there's no such thing as too many diapers).
- If your baby is formula-fed, bring twice as much as you think you'll need. The TSA's 3-ounce restriction for liquids doesn't apply to infant formula or pumped breast milk (as long as you are traveling with your baby) so you should be able to carry-on as much as you'd like. But get there extra early, in case you have to educate the screeners.
- During flight, if your baby is in pain–especially during take-off and landing—it's probably due to changes in ear pressure. Breastfeeding or sucking on a bottle or pacifier might help.
- The air on planes is dry so feed your baby often to avoid dehydration.
- Bring lots of extra clothes in case of diapers leaking, spit-up, or worse (bring some for the baby too) and a changing pad (airplane lavatories often have a tiny changing table, but it's often easier to do it at your seat).
- Skip the early boarding. Send one parent ahead to set things up while the other waits until the last possible second to bring the baby on board.
- Find out the airline's policy about gate checking strollers and car seats. Most won't charge you, but that could change at any moment.


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Notes from the BWC Token Republican
I cheered for McCain with enthusiasm this past election until the final few months. I thought I was backing McCain, circa 2001-- the man who was willing to stand up to the Pat Roberston's and the Dobson's of the world. Imagine my horror as I watched this desperate man's erratic behavior. He called the debate off, then on, in a wild PR stunt. He added the culture warrior, Palin, to the ticket and tried to pass her off as as reformer.
But that's all off topic.
I want to thank President Obama for the accountable manner in which he addressed the Dashle debacle. Both the Clinton and the Bush administrations possessed a weasel nature when it came to accepting fault. "Mistakes were made" was the closest thing to an admission of guilt for as long as I remember.
President Obama, on the other hand, owned the error. "I screwed up. I'm frustrated at myself and I'm frustrated at my team."
I could have reached into my newspaper and hugged the man. I do not see eye to eye with all of his policies. However, I see a man with deep integrity. I see a leader. We're only a few weeks into his administration and it would be foolish to project anything about his tenure. But darn-it, yesterday I was proud to have Obama at the helm.
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I like thinking about how it would've gone during the last 20 years of "President Never Admits Anything Wrong":ReplyDelete
Anderson Cooper: So, despite Daschle and Killefer's failure to pay their taxes, you believe they should still hold cabinet positions in your staff?
President Obama: Yes. We proceeded with the course of action we saw fit with the information we had.
Cooper: Are you sorry for any of this?
Obama: Well, I'm sorry you're sorry about it.
Cooper: But how can you be sorry for how I feel? Those are my feelings.
Obama: I'm sorry you feel that way. We'll let history be the judge. 40 years from now. I did not have sexual relations with either Daschle or Killefer, by the way.
Good point.ReplyDelete
Obama will fall short of being the change he so fervently asked his supporters to believe in, but at the very least he should definitely be commended for admitting, unlike Presidents Bush and Clinton before him, that he screwed up.
He doesn't need to be commended for anything yet. He's made terrible choices during this transition. It's sad when we get all excited about a politician admitting he was wrong.ReplyDelete
well, to be fair, that's not his fault...we're so used to having Presidents never own up to doing anything wrong.ReplyDelete
And, honestly, it's not really HIS mistake. He paid his taxes (hopefully).
I couldn't agree with you more. I wanted to reach through the screen and hug the man that wanted to reach through the paper and hug the man that said, "I screwed up!"
How refreshing is that?!?
Allison, it IS pretty sad when we get excited for the President to admit he was wrong, but the fact is that we have had far too little of it for quite a long time now.
The future remains to be seen, but if he carries this honesty forward it's a huge step in the right direction.
I've sat through 16 years of uninterrupted unaccountability, so forgive my indulgence.
Barack is guilty of not properly vetting his candidates. And he's owned that mistake.
I still disagree. He only owned it when he had to. He slipped Geithner by, but the Republicans weren't going to let him get away with Daschle as well. So he backed up and now he gets to look good for it? PLease.ReplyDelete
Oh, allison...I applaud your criticism, even if Daschle is no longer the appointee. I only wish you'd looked at the Bush administration with such a critical eye.ReplyDelete
You are presupposing that Barack trying to slip one past us. While that's certainly one of the choices, you or I don't know that.