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City of Wichita
Date: Saturday, April 8
Time: 10 AM – Noon
Location: OJ Watson Park, 3022 S McLean Blvd, Wichita, KS
Watson Park's Easter egg hunt is open to the community and aimed at kids 2-10 years old. $5 charge at the gate per carload (cash only). Egg hunts and Watson Park activities like pedal boats, mini golf and inflatables will be going on throughout the entire morning. Gates open at 9:45 AM. Visit the Easter Bunny and Barry the Bison!
City of Bel Aire Spring Festival
Date: Saturday, April 8
Time: 1-3 PM
Location: Bel Aire Recreation Complex, 5251 E 48th St N, Wichita, KS
Egg Hunt Age Categories:
Egg Stroll (0-2 years): 1 PM -2 PM (Egg Stroll allows the little ones to hunt at their speed in an area designated only to them)
3-5 years: 2 PM
6-8 years: 2:15 PM
9 & up: 2:30 PM
Other activities: kite flying, face painting, pictures with the Easter Bunny, zorb ball. OVER 10,000 EGGS! Free event!
Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad Easter Bunny Train
Date: Saturday, April 8
Time: 1 PM
Location: Rock Island Depot, 200 S Fifth Street, Abilene, KS 67410
Ride the Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad with the Easter Bunny. Call Abilene Parks & Recreation at 785-263-7266 for reservations.
Backyard Specialists
Date: Saturday, April 8
Time: 10:30 AM
Location: 3407 N Rock Road, Wichita, KS
Free to the community. No pre-registration required.
Derby Recreation Commission
21st Annual Great Egg Hunt
Dates: Thursday, April 6 at 8 PM and Friday, April 7 at 8:30 PM
Locations: Thursday, April 6 – Idlewild Park and Friday, April 7- Garrett Park
Ages: 11- 14 years
Let the hunt begin! This after-dark hunt for eggs filled with candy and prizes is for children ages 11-14. Participants should bring a flashlight and collection bag. You must also bring your student ID.
Family Swim Night Easter Egg Dip
Date: Saturday, April 8
Time: 5:30 PM- 7:15 PM
Location: Derby Recreation Center Indoor Pool
Easter egg hunt in the indoor pool! Hop on in for an egg-cellent time with family and friends. It's always summer at the indoor pool. The Wibit will be up for all to HOP on! Recreation swimming rules apply. Children under 8 must be accompanied by a swimming adult. Not part of the membership privileges. Enter through the front! Payment will be accepted the night of the event. $7 for family of 4 and $1 each additional member. All ages.
Easter Egg Hunt (sponsored by the Derby Recreation Commission and the Derby Optimist Club)
Date: Saturday, April 15
Times: 11 AM- High Park Ballfields, 1:30 PM- Idlewild Park
Here comes the Easter Bunny! The Derby Recreation Commission and the Derby Optimist Club invite you to the annual egg hunt. You can hunt candy and visit with the Easter Bunny. Participants will be divided by age groups listed: 3 and under, 4 and 5, 6 and 7 and 8-10. Don't forget to bring a basket! Rain out or extreme weather – event will be held at DRC.
All Star Sports
Date: Saturday, April 15
Times: 9 AM and 11 AM
Location: 8333 West 21st North, Wichita, KS
Hop on down the bunny trail for All Star Sports' 7th Annual Easter Egg Hunts. There will be three different age groups so everyone has a chance to get some Easter eggs.
A $3.00 per child per hunt donation at the gate will benefit local athletes with Special Olympics Kansas. The non-profit will receive 100% of proceeds received from the hunts.
Drawings after each egg hunt for some fantastic prizes!
Egg Hunt Special on attractions from 9 AM – 2 PM: Enjoy unlimited go-karts, laser tag, rock climbing wall and miniature golf* for only $14.99 (Under 56") or $19.99 (56" and over). Valid April 15th only* (golf courses available after egg hunts).
Sedgwick County Zoo Easter Eggstravaganza
Date: Saturday, April 15
Time: 8:30 AM- 3 PM
Location: Sedgwick County Zoo, 5555 Zoo Blvd., Wichita, KS
Regular zoo admission applies; members get in free with membership card and photo ID.
Meet the Easter bunny, participate in egg guessing games and much more! Although not a traditional Easter egg hunt, kids are encouraged to bring their Easter baskets to collect goodies located throughout the zoo. A special activity for children with special needs will be held at 1 PM and an activity for visually impaired children will be held at 2 PM.
Spring Family Egg Hunt from Wichita Moms Blog
Date: Saturday, April 15
Time: 9 AM- 11:3o AM
Location: Wichita Sports Forum, 2668 N Greenwich Rd, Wichita, KS
We've got the food, drinks, FUN, swag, giveaways, and egg hunt covered. All you need is the tickets!
Tickets will go sale on Thursday, March 9 at 8 pm. Ticket prices are $10/person for this family-friendly event featuring food, fun activities and lots of free goodies! **THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT**
Date: Saturday, April 15
Time: 9 AM
Location: 2919 W 2nd, Wichita, KS
For all special education students age 12 and under and their siblings.
Epic Easter Egg Hunt
Date: Saturday, April 15
Time: 9:30- Noon
Location: Andover Central Park, 1607 E. Central, Andover, Kansas 67002
Egg hunt starts at 10 AM. Find 20,000 eggs hidden around Andover Central Park! There will be prizes to find as well as popcorn, snocones, and cotton candy – and it is all FREE! Oh and did we mention you can get a FREE picture with the Easter Bunny? You don't want to miss this!
Ark Church Indoor Easter Egg Hunt
Date: Saturday, April 15
Time: 10 AM- 3 PM
Location: 5501 N Maize Rd, Maize, KS
5 age-related hunts with candy-stuffed eggs & 6 Super Prizes each! Café, concessions, tons of games & prizes between each hunt! Visit www.generationskids.com for details. Cost is $1 per child.
Metro East Baptist Church Easter Egg Hunt
Date: Saturday, April 15
Time: 2 PM- 4 PM
Location: 333 N 143rd St E, Wichita, KS
Midian Shrine Center Easter Egg Hunt
Date: Saturday, April 15
Time: 10 AM- Noon
Location: Orchard Park, 4808 W 9th St, Wichita, KS
This is a family friendly event where children can search for Easter Eggs. A lunch of hamburgers, hot dogs, chips and a drink will be served at 11:30 A.M. Adults will be $5.00, children eat free!
College Hill Neighborhood Association Easter Egg Hunt
Date: Sunday, April 16
Time: 3-4 PM
Location: College Hill Park, 304 S Circle Dr, Wichita, KS
College Hill neighbors and their families are welcome to come celebrate Easter and pick up candy at College Hill Park. The Easter Bunny will be in attendance, too!


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Prof. Jayanth R. Varma's Financial Markets Blog
A blog on financial markets and their regulation
We assume …
December 29, 2012Posted by on
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) issued a Consultative Document on "Revisions to the Basel Securitisation Framework" earlier this month. Under "Key assumptions and theoretical underpinnings", I found this gem:
Another important assumption embedded in the RBA recalibration is that the same ratings for structured finance and corporate exposures imply the same expected loss rates for investors. One implication of this is that it is assumed that rating agencies will "fix" or have fixed the errors in rating methodologies for structured finance that were revealed during the recent crisis.
Just to put that assumption in perspective, the plot below shows the difference in default rate over the last three decades (and not just during the crisis) between Asset Backed Securities (ABS) or structured finance and corporate paper with the same ratings. The source for the underlying data is Standard and Poor's via a recent paper by Gorton and Metrick (Table 8) that I hope to blog about soon.
I used to make the assumption that the regulators will "fix" or have fixed the errors in regulatory capital calculation methodologies for structured finance that were revealed during the recent crisis. That assumption must now be abandoned.
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pożyczki pod zastaw January 29, 2013 at 3:15 am
Great article. I am facing some of these issues as well.


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Here's a story for Kaitlin on moving day. Like the best of possessions that we accumulate and move from home to home throughout our lives, it's mercifully light and has legs of its own.
I remember when I told my parents that I was moving out. Actually, I didn't tell them, I asked for their consent at the dinner table one night when I was 18. We all knew that was a formality, but it was the right thing to do. My mother reverted to her meltdown mantra, asking "What did I do wrong?" Then she began to cry. My father looked at me for a thoughtful moment, then said in what I call his Rock of Ages voice, "You know, Mark, I've had my children around me for thirty years. You get used to that and don't think about it ever ending. I'll miss you when you go."
Then I began to cry.
Thirty years later, I reprised the scene with my son, also 18, and I could pull this story out of my emotional repertoire. By then I could play all the roles, even my mother's.
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Adena, Thank you so much. The way you can tell a quality organization is by how they handle mistakes. Everyone makes mistakes but not everyone takes responsibility for them. I will happily recommend you to my friends and also give positive feedback to my rabbi who recommended in the first place.
Zohar Argov: Son Without A Home, Oriental/Mizrahi Israel Music CD Album 1994
A few years after the death of Zohar Argov, the CD Album, Son Without A Home was released in 1994. It is a composite and mix of various songs of Zohar Argov and the notable hit song, "The Flower in My Garden." Zohar Argov is the most famous singer in Israel of Oriental and Mizrahi music.
The melancholy title of the CD Album, Son Without A Home, sums up the type of lyrics Zohar Argov often sang in his songs. Depression followed Zohar Argov like the "monkey on his back" with his heroin and drug addictions. However, his melodies pursued a higher realm out of Zohar's dark world.
His music opened the hearts of many Israelis as he filled them up with his soulful songs about love, heartache, depression, addiction and sometimes even alittle joy.
The first track of the CD album is a mix of the songs "Son Without A Home," "There is No Country" and "My Mother." Disappointment, disillusionment and heartache are the themes of these songs. The listener experiences a brief moment of Zohar Argov's reality, of his life and can feel empathy and identify with all that Argov feels through the emotive vocal singing of Zohar. At the same time, the listener gets hooked on the melodic sounds, vocals and instrumental back up too.
There is no escaping an evening with Zohar Argov without a tear in one's eyes. Take a look at the album covers of Zohar Argov. The tears in his eyes can be seen too even with a smile on his face."The Flower in My Garden" is so emotional to all who listen to and love Zohar Argov that it is studied in Israeli schools, Ulpan Courses of Hebrew and courses in Israeli songwriting, poetry and creative writing classes.
The successes of a play about Zohar at the Cameri Theater in Tel Aviv and the continued commercial success of the film about Zohar cannot underscore the deep affection that one has for the music and life work of Zohar Argov
List of Songs:
A Son Without A Home,There is No Country, My Mother
2. Dream, Give Time To Go
3. The Walls of Your Eyes, Remember Me, Beautiful
4. Like Dawn
5. My Beloved Diali, Dorbacha
6. Play Me A Song
7. I Will Ask My God, The Flower in My Garden
- Author/Artist: Zohar Argov
- Genre: Mizrahi (Oriental)
- Media: Music CD
- Number of songs: 7


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Britain is "out of intensive care" and "moving from rescue to recovery", the Chancellor claimed, but he cautioned: "There certainly is a chance of a relapse if we abandon our economic plan."
The comments came as he revealed that battles were still being fought over £11.5bn of planned departmental cuts just three days before the Spending Review for 2015/2016. It was only last late night that agreement was struck with Vince Cable's Business department, after a deal was done on Defence on Saturday night.
"We are arguing about the small details but not the big picture," Mr Osborne said about the Business Secretary.
Economic data for the UK has been picking up in the last few months, underpinning hopes the recovery may be sustained. Official figures on Thursday are expected to give the Chancellor another boost, by erasing the double dip recession at the start of 2012 from the history books.
"It seems highly possible that the new data will revise away the 'double dip' recession that the UK is currently reported to have suffered," Howard Archer, UK economist at IHS Global Insight, said. The Office for National Statistics is expected to revise growth in the first quarter of 2012 from -0.1pc to zero alongside confirmation that growth in the first three months of 2013 was 0.3pc.
The Chancellor was speaking on BBC's The Andrew Marr Show, where shadow chancellor Ed Balls had earlier admitted that Labour might borrow more for infrastructure spending, despite pledging to match the Coalition's 2015/2016 spending plans.


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Just got an email from Amazon, The bill was signed by brown and today is last day for amazon associates for California Affiliates! This really sucks.
This is what the email says:
Unfortunately, Governor Brown has signed into law the bill that we emailed you about earlier today. As a result of this, contracts with all California residents participating in the Amazon Associates Program are terminated effective today, June 29, 2011. Those California residents will no longer receive advertising fees for sales referred to Amazon.com , Endless.com , MYHABIT.COM or SmallParts.com . Please be assured that all qualifying advertising fees earned before today will be processed and paid in full in accordance with the regular payment schedule.
You are receiving this email because our records indicate that you are a resident of California. If you are not currently a resident of California, or if you are relocating to another state in the near future, you can manage the details of your Associates account here . And if you relocate to another state in the near future please contact us for reinstatement into the Amazon Associates Program.
I am surprised.Is it the problem with amazon or something else?
I received the same e-mail effecting connecticut, My Amazon account has been canceled as of June 1st Due to our Governors change in the budget which increases taxes
Morons keep killing the goose that laid the golden egg. They don't have the brains or the courage to do what needs to be done.
Guess it's time to relocate to another state. Anyone know the laws about how many months of the year you have to live in a place for it to be considered your permanent residence?
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After falling 6.7% the previous week, mortgage application volume increased a remarkable 25.5% on an adjusted basis during the week ended Oct. 2, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey.
On an unadjusted basis, volume increased 26% compared with the previous week.
Applications for refinances increased 24%, while applications for purchases increased 27%.
On an unadjusted basis, applications for purchases increased 27% compared with the previous week and were a whopping 49% higher compared with the same week one year ago.
The refinance share of mortgage activity fell to 57.4% of total applications from 58.0% the previous week.
So, why did volume suddenly spike? There are two reasons: increased volatility in mortgage rates and a push to process as many applications as possible ahead of the implementation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID) rules on Oct. 3.
'The number of applications for purchase and refinance mortgages soared last week due both to renewed rate volatility and as many applications were filed prior to the TILA-RESPA regulatory change,' says Lynn Fisher, vice president of research and economics for the MBA, in a release. 'The average loan size of applications in the weekly survey increased by 6.9 percent, driven by a 12.1 percent increase in the average size of refinances.'
The average rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) with conforming loan balance ($417,000 or less) was 3.99%, down from 4.08% the previous week.
The average rate for a 30-year FRM with jumbo loan balance (greater than $417,000) was 3.89%, down from 3.96%.
The average rate for 30-year FRM backed by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) was 3.80%, down from 3.87%.
The average rate for a 15-year FRM was 3.24%, down from 3.29%.
The average rate for a 5/1 adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) was 2.96%, up from 2.95%.
Looking at application volume by loan type, the FHA's share of total applications was 12.7%, down from 13.8% the week prior. The Veterans Affairs' share of total applications was 9.2%, up from 10.3% the week prior. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's share of total applications was 0.7%, unchanged from the previous week.
All rates are based on closings. The survey covers about 75% of the total residential mortgage market.


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What started as a $150 white Zune last month has quickly dropped to $80 of brown. Factory refurbished of course, but if "brown" plus "Zune" evokes the urge to cough up your wad then by all means, Woot away. Hard to beat the value for these monies.
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Budgetary Control: Advantages and Limitations!
Advantages of Budgetary Control:
Important advantages of a budgetary control can be summed up as follows:
1. The most important advantage of a budgetary control is to enable management to conduct business in the most efficient manner because budgets are prepared to get the effective utilisation of resources and the realisation of objectives as efficiently as possible.
2. It lays down an objective for the business as a whole. Even though a monetary reward is not offered the budget becomes a game—a goal to achieve or a target to shoot at—and hence it is more likely to be achieved or hit than if there was no predetermined goal or target. The budget is an impersonal policeman that maintains ordered effort and brings about efficiency in result.
3. Everyone working in the concern knows what exactly to do because budgetary control lay emphasis on the staff organisation. It ensures that individual responsibilities are clearly defined and that the required authority commensurate with the responsibility is delegated so that buck passing may be prevented when the budgeted results are not achieved.
4. Budgetary control takes the help of different levels of management in the preparation of the budget. Budget finally approved represents the judgment of the entire organisation and not merely that of an individual or a group of individuals. Thus, it ensures team work.
5. Management by exception is possible because the comparison of actual and budgeted results points out weak spots so that remedial action is taken against weak spots which are not in conformity with the budgeted performance.
6. It ensures effective utilisation of men, materials, machines and money because production is planned according to the availability of these items.
7. It is helpful in reviewing current trends in the business and in determining further policy of the business because current and future trends are studied in the preparation of the budget.
8. Budget acts as a measure of efficiency of departments and persons working in the organisation because budgets provide a yardstick against which actual performance of departments and employees can be compared.
9. Budgetary control creates conditions for setting up a system of standard costing.
10. It helps in promoting a feeling of cost consciousness and in restricting expenditure to the minimum. Thus, wasteful expenditure is avoided and expenditure beyond budgeted figure is not incurred without prior approval of the higher authority.
11. It enhances the standing and credit of the undertaking with the government and the banks because an efficient technique of cost control is used.
12. Functions of planning, co-ordination and control can be better performed with the help of the budgetary control.
Limitations of Budgetary Control:
Budgetary control as a management control device suffers from the following limitations:
1. It may be impossible to achieve the budgeted targets as estimates and forecasts relating to the future made in the budget can never be perfectly accurate for the simple reason that future is unpredictable.
2. In rapidly changing conditions it may not be possible to achieve the budgeted targets. Budgets may have to be revised from time to time, but frequent revisions may prove to be a costly affair.
3. Budgets may serve as constraints on managerial initiative because every executive tries to achieve the budgeted targets. It tends to bring about rigidity in control.
4. Correlation and coordination of various budgets is expensive; so small organisations cannot afford the employment of budgetary control as a cost control technique.
5. Budgetary control may lead to conflicts among functional executives because every executive may try to get a larger share of budgetary allocation, shirk responsibility and blame others for pitfalls. The success of budgetary control depends upon the team work which may be lacking in the organisation.
6. Budget is only a tool of the management and is not a substitute of management.
7. Badly handled budgetary control system with undue pressure and lack of regard to behavioural aspects may cause antagonism and may lower morale of the employees.
8. Budgets may be developed keeping in view existing organisation structure which may be inappropriate for current conditions.


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Unfortunately, depending on your financial history, it is not always an easy step to take. Sometimes the beautiful and detailed dream in your head of the well-manicured lawn, with the themed rooms, looking just as good as anything you see on HGTV, seems unreachable, like it is surrounded by a wall of solid substance, filled with debt, previous financial mistakes, and an unstable income.
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So those walls can and will come down, as long as your motivated to make it happen. Depending on your financial position, the process can be anywhere from 3 – 12 months, but never think of it as a lost cause. Your house is a few steps away.


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Child support cases on the rise; fewer people paying them
This story originally aired on August 6, 2012 on KOAM News
Oklahoma child support cases are on the rise in Ottawa County while actual child support payments are down.
The month of August marks a federal awareness month for child support and the Ottawa Child Support Center will hold events all month long to educate the public on the issue.
"My first ex has $10,000 in back child support and my other ex is coming up on $5,000 and it would be a lot more helpful if I could actually receive any of that," says Brandy Schmitt.
Schmitt is a single mother of four working a part-time job to pay her bills, something that makes it more difficult when the fathers of her children refuse to pay their child support on time.
"I love my kids, I don't even have any words for it and then for them not to even want to help financially, it's ridiculous," says Schmitt.
Schmitt is taking the men to court this week to get her money and justice.
"Have some consequence – I mean they've been going so long without paying their child support and helping me with their kids – something should happen," Schmitt says. "I'm hoping that they have to pay."
Schmitt isn't alone. Around 140 cases involving back child support are scheduled at the Ottawa County courthouse this week.
Authorities say they are currently around 2,500 open cases in Ottawa County, and the Ottawa Child Support Center says the recent Blitz plant closure and Tracker factory layoffs in Miami will only worsen the problem.
"Looking over the last three years we've had a steady decrease in collections, I think based mainly on the economy, the fact that we've lost several jobs in the area that were the better paying jobs," says Jammie Sartie of the Ottawa County Child Support Center.
Not not everyone is fighting the Child Support Enforcement Agency to pay their child support. Rhett Green is a mechanic and father of one, who says he's happy to pay his child support and thinks others should as well.
"I just think it's something you're supposed to do," Green says. "If you have a kid you're supposed to take care of them. Take care of your kids people."


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World Series 2011: Who Holds the Edge in Game 7?October 28, 2011
World Series 2011: Who Holds the Edge in Game 7?
If anyone was under a rock last night, they missed one of the most thrilling World Series games ever played.
Game 6 was a momentous game for the Cardinals and a crushing loss for the Rangers.
Texas saw themselves winning on multiple occasions throughout the game, but by pure perseverance, the Cardinals found a way to come out victorious.
Thanks to hometown hero David Freese, the Cardinals live to play a one game showdown against the Rangers.
It all comes down to this: One game, one chance to be etched in the glory of the MLB forever.
So who holds the edge?
Starting Pitcher
EDGE: St. Louis Cardinals
The starting pitchers for tonight's game are Matt Harrison for the Texas Rangers and Chris Carpenter for the St. Louis Cardinals.
In Harrison's first start against the Cardinals, the Rangers lost and he only lasted a short 3.2 innings.
He gave up six hits and five total runs (three earned) in his outing and is looking to put that game out of his mind with a win in the biggest of all stages.
Carpenter has started two games against the Rangers and played well in both of them.
In his last appearance, Carpenter stayed solid for seven innings and only gave up two runs. However, the Cardinals could not capitalize and faltered to the Rangers.
So who holds the edge in this game?
Even though many are criticizing the pitching efforts of Carpenter when he is not on full rest, he will pull together for one last game to help the Cardinals with his experience.
Harrison may play well, but Carpenter will shine in this pitchers duel.
Relief Pitchers
EDGE: St. Louis Cardinals
After last night, relief pitchers are in the air for both teams.
The Cardinals' bullpen has been shaky as of late. They will need Jason Motte to be on top of his game, as he will likely play tonight.
The Rangers' bullpen has been solid throughout the playoffs, but now they are playing horribly.
The reason why the Cardinals have the edge in this game is because of how bad Texas played last night.
If this were based on pure talent, Texas would be the clear winner with arms like Ogando and Feliz in the bullpen, but their morale has to be down after losing in that fashion, so they will not have the command needed to win the game.
Also, barring any phone problems, Tony La Russa will know what to do in tight situations.
EDGE: Texas Rangers
The Rangers have the edge at catcher with Mike Napoli sitting behind the plate.
Napoli is as clutch as they come and has been nothing short of spectacular this postseason. Even though Molina can be good at points, he holds no comparison to Napoli.
Napoli is also the second player all-time to have four multi-RBI games in the same Fall Classic, joining only Mickey Mantle.
1st Baseman
EDGE: St. Louis Cardinals
One man is the force behind the Cardinals lineup, and his name is Albert Pujols.
This is the obvious edge because Pujols is the most dangerous hitter on the field. If the Rangers have to pitch to him, he will make them pay.
Also, Michael Young committed two errors in yesterday's game, so he will be less than optimistic about his performance.
Bottom line: No one in the field wants to see Pujols step into the batter's box; this makes him the most powerful player on the field.
2nd Baseman
EDGE: Texas Rangers
The Rangers have Ian Kinsler, who can come through in clutch situations. He also has speed on the base paths to get into scoring position for big bats like Cruz and Beltre to drive him in.
The Cardinals have Nick Punto, who has been struggling in the postseason, especially in big spots.
The Rangers have the edge because of Kinsler's ability both defensively and offensively, while the Cardinals have yet to see Punto come through in the clutch this postseason.
3rd Baseman
EDGE: St. Louis Cardinals
Hometown hero David Freese has been spectacular for the Cards this postseason.
After being the NLCS Most Valuable Player, he continues to perform—especially in big situations.
Last night solidified the edge for the Cards because Freese not only tied the game in the ninth, but ended up winning it for St. Louis as well.
Beltre has been playing well at third for the Rangers, but because of Freese's performance and impact on the game, the Cards have the edge.
EDGE: Texas Rangers
For shortstop, the Rangers have Elvis Andrus, a speedster on the base paths who gives the Rangers options for how to navigate the game.
Even though Andrus hasn't been playing particularly well this postseason, he is playing much better than his counterpart.
Rafael Furcal has been slumping this postseason, to say the least.
With a batting average of .176 in the playoffs and an even lower average of .120 in the World Series, the edge cannot go to the Cardinals.
Because of Furcal's slump, the edge goes to Texas.
Left Field
EDGE: Texas Rangers
The Texas Rangers have a powerful bat and a great defensive player in Josh Hamilton slotted in left field.
The Cardinals will not play Matt Holliday tonight and instead will go with rookie Adron Chambers.
This is a big hit for the Cards, because even though Holliday is slumping, putting in a rookie in the biggest game of the season might lead to some bad things.
With Hamilton finally getting a home run last game, he is looking to continue to hit. No one really knows what to expect from speedy outfielder Chambers.
Center Field
EDGE: Toss-up
There is no clear edge as to what team has the better center fielder.
For the Rangers, David Murphy and Craig Gentry have not been playing well as of late and are the biggest weaknesses for team.
For the Cardinals, it's going to be either Skip Schumaker or Jon Jay. Both players do not have the ability to stand out and will not be very important factors to a victory for the Cardinals.
Because both teams have weak center fielders, there is not an edge here.
Right Fielder
EDGE: St. Louis Cardinals
How can you go against a man like Nelson Cruz, who was the ALCS MVP and has been a powerful bat for Texas all season?
Lance Berkman, that's how.
Berkman is hitting .435 in the series. He and Freese have been the most clutch players on the Cards.
In big situations, Berkman comes through and with Cruz up in the air with his injury last night, the edge goes to the Cardinals.
Game Result
EDGE: St. Louis Cardinals
Last night's game was something that could come out of a movie script, and most likely if that script would continue, the Cardinals would win Game 7.
The Cardinals have momentum in their favor and also have home field advantage for the game.
They have their star pitcher Carpenter on the hump and even though they're missing Holliday, they still have a very solid lineup that can get the job done against Harrison and the struggling relief pitchers of the Rangers.
This is a bold prediction, but look for the Cardinals to raise the trophy tonight.


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Hilutungan Island Travel Blog› entry 9 of 9 › view all entries
August 11th, 2008 – by: nomaden
Even with my dissatisfaction, there are still a few things that are worth noting in the island. There were available huts for you to rent the moment you dock and there is no reservations needed since it's not a place were tourists flocked.. Thus, you can have the island by yourselves. You can also get good shots in the east lagoon (which has a striking view), in the centerpiece columnade pavilion (it was used several years back in a national shampoo commercial) with a picturesque white chapel for weddings and in the concrete port building.
For other amenities like tables, grills and even food can also be availed from an island cooperative which the proceeds go to the community. The resort has no overnight facilities although campouts or home stay arrangements are possible. We opted to go home after lunch so we didn't bother about the tents!
Getting there.
Rent motorized boats from any point in Mactan, from the northend port of Punta Engano beside the Hilton, through any of the beach resorts in Maribago, Agus or Marigondon, to the southend port of Cordova. Summer weekend prices start at about P3,500 for ($74) a 30-person sized boat to about P5,000 ($106) if you don't haggle.
In pandanon we paid 100php each for the entrance. ($2.12)
After lunch and paying the entrance fee and hut rent we headed to Hilutungan for snorkeling. Hilutungan, a marine protected area, is also among the best places to snorkel. The outrigger boat driver told us that Koreans collected P300-P500 ($6.38-10.63) user's fee in Hilutungan but I guess thats a cheap pay when you get to dive to one of the best dive sites in Mactan.
By the way, the fees are prohibitive: P300 per user if he dives and P500 if he takes videos underwater.
Yes, we had so much fun snorkeling in Hilutungan. It's the first time that we've seen so many fishes up close. The fishes were not tamed. They come squirming at you if you have some food in your hands. The one we used to attract fishes to us was a "puso" (hanging rice). I was dead scared when I tried to feed the fishes with the h-rice because there was this BIG as in Huge (not shark huge, though) if my math is good, I think its 1 foot long fish rushed hurriedly over my hands to snap at the rice.
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Tortilla soup (Chicken)
Giselle Gonzalez
I tried this soup at a friends house. I saw how simple it was and thought to myself this is too simple it may be bland. Not at all I was wrong. I hope you enjoy this as much as I do.
- rotisserie chicken, deboned
- 32 oz
- low sodium chicken broth
- 3 clove
- garlic
- 4
- plum tomatoes
- 1 small
- onion
- 1 medium
- pasilla pepper
- 2
- corn tortillas
- salt and pepper
- 2
- avacados
- mexican cream or sour cream or plain yogurt
- queso fresco or mild feta
- fresh cilantro
- lime wedges
- 6
- corn tortillas cut into strips
- vegetable oil for light frying.
How to Make Tortilla soup (Chicken)
- 1Peel the Onion, leave the Garlic unpeeled, rinse the Tomatoes, take the Pasilla Pepper and lightly oil. Set your oven to Broil. Allow these vegetables and pepper to char, turning it so all the sides are charred, Peel the Garlic.
- 2Place the Tomatoes, Onion, Peeled Garlic, Pasilla Peppers, two Corn Tortillas in the blender and puree. Add two cups of the broth, mix until completely blended. Pour into a large pot, add the rest of the broth, and bring up to boil then bring back to a simmer. Season well. Let it simmer for about 20 minutes.
- 3In a Skillet pour about 1/2 inch of oil and bring to heat, cut Corn Tortillas into 1/2 inch strips. fry until crisp place on paper towel to drain set aside. Cut Avacados, Limes, Cilantro, and the Crema into seperate bowls these are the sides.
- 4Place some of the deboned Chicken in the bottom of the bowl and ladle the soup, your guests can add their own sides.
- 5*Hint: You can add Plain 0% fat Greek Yogurt flavored with Lime zest, This gives the same mouth feel as Sour cream or Crema but with less calories.
About Tortilla soup (Chicken)
Course/Dish: Other Soups
Main Ingredient: Chicken
Regional Style: Mexican
Dietary Needs: Low Fat
Other Tag: Quick & Easy
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Seductive Lies
Another CommonerShipping (DiaxPlatina) oneshot brought to you by Star, requested by kta . england
Warnings: Some make out, deception, bit of dark themes and some OOCness (especially on Platina's part).
The Berlitz family, the most wealthy family in all of Sinnoh, were well known for their research partnership with Professor Rowan and their amazing discoveries of Pokemon. The money they earned had grown in large amounts, but no one would have guessed it was because Sir Berlitz was also a stock investor. He could take a small amount of money, invest it, and it would come back multiplied by a hundred. Sometimes even a thousand. He thought he was very lucky at picking the right stocks to invest in, always sure that his money would come back with much more.
Luck always runs out.
Stock market reveals the Iron Island mining stocks have crashed! Mine is exhausted of precious metals! Workers demanding compensation!
He had made the wrong choice this time. Sir Berlitz was forced to give up his fortune to compensate the losses on Iron Island. In a desperate attempt to give something to his daughter, the young lady Platina, security for her future, Sir Berlitz sold off some valuable antiques and used the money in a new investment.
Giratina loves to watch suffering. That investment failed too.
The Berlitz family was losing everything. Sebastian, the butler who had looked after Platina since her birth, had to be let go. He protested, saying he needed to be there for the lady, but Sir Berlitz said he had no choice. He and Professor Rowan had no luck in their latest findings. (After all, who would believe or care that Bidoofs were the first pokemon the master of the universe created?) Money was growing tight fisted. Sir Berlitz was growing frantic. How could one bad mistake set off a chain reaction of unfortunate events?
Platinum had watched her father suffer and tried her hardest to help bring in some money. She sold her jewelry and some of her finest clothes and sent her pokemon to stay with the day care couple in Solaceon Town so they would be freed from the hard life. This did set them back on track for a short period of time, but it was not enough to pay back Sir Berlitz's creditors.
Eventually it all became too much to handle. And Sir Berlitz couldn't handle the pressure of money going out the window. The only way he could get out of it was the hard way.
It was labeled an accident. That he was cleaning his guns and one discharged on him when he forgot to take out the bullets. But Platina knew better. She knew her father had killed himself. Now she was all alone and she was terrified. If only her father hadn't let Sebastian go! Being penniless was one thing, but being alone and penniless meant she had to find answers on her own. Platina was the embodiment of the knowledge virtue and certainly had the smarts to try.
So she steeled her nerves and sought work in Sand Gem Town. It wasn't easy, but she found a small job working at the Pokemart that paid enough for her to get food. When she was off her shift, she mined at Orebourgh and sold the fossils she found. The young lady thought she was doing okay. She still had her mansion, even though it was lonely and painful to be in for too long. But a roof over her head was much better than no roof.
At least until the wolves came for the money.
Her father's debts had not gone away simply because he had died. Platina was forced to turn over the deed to the Berlitz mansion to the creditors for nothing. Now she had no home.
It was unthinkable. Lady Platina Berlitz, once the wealthiest girl from an important family in Sand Gem Town, had been reduced to a street girl. She used rags and boxes for warmth and used whatever money she earned to buy food. She no longer could take care of her pokemon and turned them over to the Day Care Center. Now, with no father or Sebastian or pokemon by her side, she was alone.
And she was suffering.
Will I ever be free from this fate?
Platina worked in Sand Gem Town most of her days, but there were times she couldn't stand the pain of being there. She often went walking out on the surrounding routes or went to other towns. Today, she decided to visit Jubilife City and see a new comedy team that had recently become very popular. They were performing outside the TV Station with a large crowd surrounding them. Platina got closer to the crowd, but she couldn't see over the taller heads.
"When you think of pokemon..."
"When you think of pokemon..."
"You think of JUBILIFE TV!"
"You don't say?"
The crowd gave off some low chuckles. Platina saw an opening between some people and darted in.
"Jubilife TV has all sorts of great pokemon shows! Shows for trainers, shows for breeders, shows for caretakers!"
"Shows for food, shows for cooking, shows for children with pokemon..."
"And even soap operas with pokemon!"
"What does soap have to do with this?"
A bit more laughter now. Platina finally managed to get up to the front of the crowd to see the duo. When she looked up at them, the former wealthy girl couldn't believe her eyes.
"Diamond? And Pearl?"
"Not the cleaning kind!" Pearl snapped. "Soap operas! And reality shows and shows with suspense..."
"I've never seen a show with suspenders before!" Diamond piped up. More laughter from the crowd. Platina could hardly manage a chuckle as she stared up at her best friends.
"Maybe not suspenders, but you can definitely catch a lot of LAUGHTER on TV as well!" Pearl shouted. "Pokemon TV has comedy! And Jubilife TV will be showing a lot of it starting at six o'clock tonight! So be sure to tune in..."
"Or you might as well 'tuna' out to the cooking shows!" Diamond finished. The duo bowed as the crowd burst into applause. Platina could hear the hustle as the crowd moved away and Dia and Pearl started to put their things away. She couldn't stand it. How could they not recognize her? She trusted them with her life at one time and they had become best friends.
"Diamond! Pearl!" Platina called to them. They both looked up towards her. Dia's eyes widened but Pearl just frowned.
"Who are you?" the blond asked.
"Pearl, it's the Lady! Platina!" Dia cried. Platina started to run towards them, but someone else stepped in her path.
"I'm sorry, miss, but you must leave. Diamond and Pearl are too busy to be bothered by the likes of you," a man in a black suit said.
"The likes of me?" Platina said with a haughty tone. "Do you know who I am?"
"No I don't. And if I don't know you, you're not important."
"How dare you!" Platina spat. Losing her money and her home didn't change her nature or how she acted when someone talked down at her.
"I dare. I should be asking you how dare you bother Diamond and Pearl? They have to get ready for their next act," the man said. He roughly pushed Platina away and ushered the duo to hurry away inside the station. Before the doors closed, Dia shot Platina a look of pity and sadness. His lips moved and Platina figured he was trying to say I'm sorry.
Such a sweet boy. He was always the soft spoken one of the two. He seemed so innocent and shy...and so easy to take advantage of.
Platina immediately dismissed that thought from her mind. Dia was one of her only friends! How could she even think of taking advantage of him?
"He's probably rich."
"I don't care."
"He's got money."
"So what?"
"He's easy to take advantage of."
"I don't want to hurt him."
"If you took his money, you wouldn't have to live so miserably."
Platina's inner demon was egging her on. She hated the miserable life she was trapped with. Making ends meet was hard enough.
"If I seduce Dia, I can take his money. But he probably won't want to be my friend anymore."
"Who cares? Go for the riches!"
Platina's eyes hardened. Friendship or an escape from this dreary life? The choice practically made itself.
"I'll start tonight."
It had been a long night of comedy and laughs. Pearl and Dia slapped each other a high five and went their separate ways in the hotel they were staying at. Pearl wanted to get some sleep, but Dia was hungry (like he usually was). So instead of going to his room, he went down to the hotel cafeteria. It was late at night and there weren't very many people still around. He decided to treat his team of pokemon to a special meal and released all of them in the cafeteria. His Munchlax, Beh, sat on the table while the four others sat around the table. Roo, the Torterra, was happily eating plant food. Pooh, the Bastiodon, was munching on sweet cakes. Lee, the Lickilicky, was eating a lot of various different foods. Moo, the Mamoswine that Platina gave to him, was eating ice cream. Beh himself was munching on berries.
Dia had helped himself to a cream pie, but his thoughts kept running back to Platina and their encounter outside the TV station. She didn't look that great and Dia vaguely wondered what happened to her. She wasn't wearing her nice clothing anymore and her hair looked like it had been washed for weeks. That wasn't like the pretty Missy he used to know. She was always on top of her appearances, no matter where they went for their adventure. He wanted to talk to her and ask her what was wrong, maybe even make some promises to her to help her. She looked so broken and Dia wished he could put her back together.
"Pearl was really insensitive," the blue eyed boy thought. "It's not like it was too hard to know who she was. He's really gotten a big head on his shoulders since we got famous. He wouldn't have gotten this far without me, though."
Dia glanced over at Moo. The big Mamoswine was a gift from Platina that he treasured. The gesture really touched him and he was glad he would always have a way of remembering Platina and their adventures eight years ago. He never forgot her...or his feelings for her.
With his feelings reawakened and a loud sigh from his lips, Dia recalled his pokemon into their pokeballs and went up to his room. Tomorrow was another day and he had the day off. He vowed to try and find Platina and see what had happened to her. Even if she didn't return his feelings, she was still his friend. Just leaving her to suffer was a ridiculous idea.
Fortunately for Dia, he didn't have to look far to find Platina. As soon as he flicked the lights on in his room, a light giggle reached his ears. The sound came from his bed and Dia looked over to see Platina dressed in a short silken gown. She still looked somewhat scraggly, but she definitely still held charm and beauty. The same beauty that drew Dia to her eight years ago.
"Hello Dia..." Platina whispered.
"Uh...h-hello Platina..." Dia stammered. "How did you get in here?"
"Connections," Platina replied mysteriously. She stood up slowly and walked towards Dia with swaying hips. A bit of fragrence rolled off her body and tickled Dia's nose pleasantly. What was she doing? She was acting strange...
"P-Platina...what are you doing?" Dia asked as the woman wrapped her arms around his neck and looked right into his eyes. She was getting too close for comfort and he started to sweat. This wasn't how he planned to start a romance. Platina was moving way too fast and he was growing uncomfortable.
But Platina showed no signs of listening. She pressed her lips to Dia's and pulled him down on the bed. Dia's emotions were flooding his mind and he felt dizzy from the confusion and lust Platina was giving off. As Platina began to rub her hands all over Dia's body, he moaned and felt something else. This time it was physical pleasure. Whatever Platina was doing felt really good and he wasn't sure if he wanted her to stop. Unsure of what to do, he wrapped his arms around Platina and stroked her hair tenderly.
For Platina, she was silently laughing. Dia was playing right into her trap. If she could seduce him properly and get him to tell her where he kept his money, she would be able to take it all and start a new life. She purred like a cute little newborn Meowth and nuzzled her face under Dia's chin.
"Dia...you want me, don't you?"
"Uh..." Poor Dia was blushing so much, he could hardly get a word out.
"I know you do..." Platina whispered. "And I want you too. I've wanted you for such a long time, but I knew we would not be allowed to be together...until after I moved away from my father. But I need help, Dia." Here she put on a pained look and feigned tears. "My money...it's gone. Robbers have taken my fortune, Dia. I am living in such deplorable conditions..."
"So that's what happened to her..." Dia thought in shock. But it didn't explain why she was acting so sexy and seductive. However, Dia was a normal young man and he had the same hormones as any member of the male gender had. Platina moaned sweetly and looked at him.
"Dia...I need you. I need you to help me so we can be together. You do want to be with me, don't you?" she asked softly.
"Y-Yes." The word was hardly past his lips before he even registered it. Platina closed her eyes and lowered her face down to Dia's, kissing him on the lips. Dia, a shy guy at heart, felt fantastic. Platina was the true girl of his dreams and here she was, kissing him! More to the point, she wanted to be with him! He was grateful for the chance to reconnect with Platina. And now that he knew why she was in trouble, he was going to promise to protect her...for life.
Platina started to take off her silk gown and Dia stiffened. This was going way too fast. He shook his head and put his hands on Platina's to stop her from moving the gown up any further. "Platina, I love you...but we don't need to rush into anything so physical. Listen, I promise you I'll help you get out of your situation. My team with Pearl's become really successful, so it's not going to be a problem. And Platina...I want to protect you."
Platina stopped. This wasn't going according to plan. She had been lying her way into Dia's bed and for what? For him to make her promises that she wasn't expecting? Platina didn't expect to hear Dia say he loved her (when she said wanted, she was only talking about physical needs) and she certainly didn't expect such powerful vows.
Still, she had to play it cool. She still needed that money.
"Okay..." the golden eyed girl said. "Thank you, Dia...I've been so scared by myself."
"It's okay..." Dia said, putting his arms around her.
He never felt Platina stiffen.
Dia excused himself to get changed and disappeared into the bathroom. Platina seized the opportunity to look for where Dia kept his money. She began searching his drawers, his suitcase and even under his pillows. Nothing but dirty laundry and various scripts for the next show.
"Maybe he keeps them in his home..." Platina thought. If that were true, Platina would be in trouble. It was going to take a lot of courage and wit to find where he kept his money, take it and run. But she got herself into this pickle and she was going to have to live with it.
Dia entered the room with his pyjamas on and Platina regained her posture. She pretended she was sitting on the bed the whole time and smiled coyly at Dia, who grinned in return.
"Platina, you can sleep here tonight. In the morning, we'll talk some more. You can probably join us for the rest of our tour."
"Ah...okay. Thank you, Dia," Platina replied.
"Perfect! If I am able to follow them, I can discover where Dia keeps his money. As soon as I get his money, I'm gone."
Dia shut the lights off and Platina got into one side of the double bed. Dia slipped into the other side and pulled the covers over both of them. Just before Platina drifted off to sleep, she felt Dia's arm slip around her protectively and she blushed.
"What is happening...?"
Dia kept his word and Platina was allowed to join the rest of the comedy tour. Pearl had recognized her the next morning and apologized to Platina for not knowing who she was. The body guards the managers hired for Dia and Pearl weren't pleased to see the young lady who had tried disturbing their charges yesterday had suddenly become important.
Platina was enjoying herself. Dia was making her feel so secure and safe, just like he had promised. With the days that passed, she began to forget why she originally went to Dia. It's not like she needed to have his money. Dia purchased her new clothes and even got her pokemon back for her. She was so moved by his generosity and knew she couldn't take advantage of him after all.
She had fallen for Dia.
Within a year, their relationship had blossomed into a deep love. She had become their personal secretary as well and the three of them were a true team again. Dia and Pearl's comedy team had become so popular among Sinnoh that there was a high demand for them to have their own TV show. Jubilife TV had responded by starting a whole new show called Mock the Manzai with Dia and Pearl as the stars. The show was a success, which delighted the trio.
After seven months, Dia asked Platina to marry him. There was no hesitance or waiting on her part. She accepted and threw herself at Dia in delight in front of an entire TV audience. The publicity that was generated from this was overwhelming and Platina loved every bit of it. She wasn't the rich one in the sense she had so much money. But she certainly felt rich when she thought about how much she loved Dia.
The only thing she regretted were her thoughts and desires of seducing Dia for his money. How could she have been so stupid?
But all that was in the past. She had recovered from her father's death and was more focused on Dia and Pearl's careers. When they weren't working, Dia had succeeded in making her feel so precious and loved. Pearl was happy for both of them as well and Dia had asked him to be his best man at the wedding.
Just days before the wedding, Dia had done the ultimate act of kindness. He had offered to buy back Platina's mansion for them, but she declined. "It has some really unhappy memories, my love. All I want is happiness with you now." So Dia decided to buy a plot of land in Twinleaf Town and had a big house built. It wasn't nearly as grand as the Berlitz Mansion but it was very cozy. Pearl had his own place built next door so they would always be close. The blond was also set on finding a woman to share his life with and one particular one had caught his eye (a dragon maiden from Johto, who had come to Sinnoh to experience the Battle Frontier).
All in all, it was a wonderful life. And Platina was happy her seductive lies didn't work. Dia's charm was too much to resist.
This really didn't turn out as well as I had planned for. I had ran into so many writer's blocks that kept me from finishing this. Even then, I'm not too pleased with the result. The desperation shows.
But it's finished. I hope it's satisfactory. I'm SO SO SO SORRY it took so long, ! Seven months of waiting must have been hard.
I really blame the fact that the manga was removed from the internet. And I hadn't even finished reading the Diamond/Pearl arcs. There were missing chapters as well, which ticked me off.
My next project is to finish off my 55 Pokemon themes. And check my profile. I have a Christmas project planned as well with the PokeSpe characters. :D There's a poll to see how many of you are interested. And if you were curious, yes there will be some Commonershipping (among other ships, lol).
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Note n°40
le 24/10/2013 16:49
On Booking 24.10.2013 from Netherland
Niet duur. Zeer tevreden. Echt een aanrader. Locatie is fantastisch. Vriendelijk personeel, lekker ontbijt. Schone en nette kamers met prima bedden. Als wij nog een keer naar Marrakech gaan, gaan wij zeker terug naar Riad dar Tamlil!!!
Note n°39
le 21/10/2013 16:49
On Tripadvisor 21.10.2013 from France
Idéalement situé Petit Riad idéalement situé proche de la place Jema EL Fna et de la médina. Très bon accueil de la part de Abdoul. Chambre un peu sombre mais propre, Salle de bain très sombre (on se rase au juger, pire pour madame et son maquillage), petit déjeuner bon et copieux que l'on peu prendre soit dans le patio soit en terrasse. Riad très silencieux malgré son implantation au coeur de la Médina.
Note n°38
le 07/10/2013 16:49
On Budgetplaces 02.10.2013 from Spain
Muy bien situado,al lado de la plaza y a la vez mucha tranquilidad dentro del riad. El personal muy amable.
Note n°37
le 07/10/2013 16:49
On Booking 01.10.2013 from Holland
Erg aardig personeel, heel behulpzaam. Mooie Riad dichtbij Jemaa el Fna
Note n°36
le 27/09/2013 16:47
On Hostelworld 21.09.2013 From Austria
Great Hostel for a stay in Marakkesch! Very nice Staff - always help you if you have problems and questions! Great breakfast! Perfect location right next to Jemaa el-Fnaa!
Note n°35
le 27/09/2013 16:47
On Hostelworld 20.09.2013 From England
The room was lovely and the sun terrace added even more value for money. Staff were very helpful and friendly. Breakfast was good, though a little variation would be nice. Clean and an excellent location. I would definitely stay again and recommend this hostel
Note n°34
le 27/09/2013 16:46
On Hostelworld 17.09.2013 From England
This was the best place we stayed in our whole trip to Morocco. The breakfast is absolutely delicious and you can have it on their lovely roof terrace. The riad is really beautiful and the location is excellent and great value for money. It is just off the main square in an interesting street. The riad is very peaceful and a lovely place to relax with friendly and welcoming staff.
Note n°33
le 27/09/2013 16:37
On Tripadvisor 16.09.2013 from England
Peaceful and welcoming riad
This Riad is an oasis of calm within in the busy Marrakesh. It is so peaceful so you will definitely have a good nights rest. The host while we were there was Abdul who was so helpful and so kind. He brought us the most delicious breakfast every morning and was very helpful with information. The room was nice and it is such good value for the location. A great stay!
Note n°5
le 23/09/2015 08:53
On Tripadvisor 19.08.2015 from UK
"Warm and cosy"
Very welcoming staff. Very reasonably priced with a nice breakfast. A lovely balcony upstairs to enjoy a calm moment away from the madness but still only a 5 minute walk from the Djemaa el Fna square.
Note n°4
le 21/09/2015 11:10
On Tripadvisor 19.08.2015 from UK
"Warm and cosy"
Very welcoming staff. Very reasonably priced with a nice breakfast. A lovely balcony upstairs to enjoy a calm moment away from the madness but still only a 5 minute walk from the Djemaa el Fna square.
Note n°2
le 19/07/2015 15:16
On Tripadvisor 26.06.2015 from Germany
"Very Good People working here"
When we first got to the area, this local "showed" us the way for money and took us to the wrong place and left us. We were able to call Riad Dar Tamlil and they sent somebody to walk us to the hotel. Then, we were warmly greeted with amazing mint tea and cookies. The next day they arranged a tour for us in the mountains/river and camel rides for a very good price. The hotel was clean and authentic. The bed was comfortable and the staff even shared their personal food with us. We came during Ramadan time...the time where everybody was fasting all day. We felt bad that they were not eating and we were, but they are such good people that they told us it is their practice and that we should not feel bad. It was just perfect and very close to the "center" or market. I cant say enough good things about this place. Definitely recommend this place if you are staying in Marrakech. The only thing is that all the Riads and hotels in this area are in scary looking allies but its a very old town that was made before cars existed. It is very safe, even though there is a lot of pushy vendors and people that ask for money but that is all of Marrakech except for the Dar Tamlil staff. They are very good people.
Note n°32
le 03/09/2013 09:32
On Hostelworld 30.08.2013 from Italy
Bel riad molto vicino alla piazza principale , personale molto cordiale e disponibile , colazione ottima!!
Note n°31
le 27/08/2013 15:55
On Tripadvisor 25.08.2013 from France
"Bonne adresse" Ce riad est idéalement situé, au calme et à deux pas de la place djema efna. Les chambres sont très propres et confortables. Juste a noter que la chambre en rdc n'a pas de clim juste un ventilateur, ca peut être un peu juste pour certains. Les hôtes sont charmants. Petit déjeuner dans le patio tres agréable.
Note n°30
le 25/08/2013 09:37
On Hostelworld 12.08.2013 from England
We had an amazing stay in this riad, our only wish is that it could have been for longer! The location was superb, only a stones throw from the main square. Breakfast was fantastic and pretty much fed us for the day there was so much of it! What made the stay better than anywhere else we stayed was the homely welcome we were given by the man... He was keen to learn about our culture and lang and to teach us about his... Including a hands on experience of making/serving mint tea correctly!!! Fab!
Note n°28
le 04/08/2013 10:11
On Hostelworld 25.07.2013 from France
Good small riad very easy to find which is a plus for Marrakech. Staff was friendly. They suggested excursions but were not pushy. Only problem: we asked where the grand taxi station was and she wrote the address on a piece of paper (in arabic) and told us to give it to a cab driver. The station was easily on walking distance and this led to a complicated departure from Marrakech.
Note n°27
le 25/07/2013 19:13
On Tripadvisor 20.07.2013 from Spain
Somos Jesús,Yolanda y nuestra hija de 9 años Núria,ha sido estupendo,Abdhul nos ha ayudado como si fuese un hermano, nos hemos dejado aconsejar por él incluso para las excursiones y todo ha ido perfecto. Hanna nos ha cuidado muy bien, las habitaciones y el lavabo siempre en perfecto estado y unos desayunos inmejorables. Lo recomendamos como si fuese nuestra segunda casa.
Note n°26
le 16/07/2013 19:10
On Hostelworld 11.07.2013 from Switzerland
We really enjoyed our stay at Dar Tamlil. While its location is perfect in terms of distance to the main square, the surrounding streets are not as pleasant as the charming Riad itself. The room was clean and the facilities were okay as well (with your usual 'southern countries shower', which is not the cascade you're used to back home), breakfast was very nice. And, most important: The staff was extremely helpful in terms of taxis, directions, wishes, etc. We'd definitely stay there again!
Note n°25
le 16/07/2013 19:09
On Hostelworld 07.07.2013 from Germany
This hostel was really nice! good points were: 1. The location is very central, 2 minutes walk to the square 2. The riad is very personal with only 4 rooms. 3. it is very nice to just relax with a nice court yard and roof terrasse. 4. there is always somone at the riad which makes it very secure. 5. it is very clean6. The decoration is nice, true morrocon style. 7. Nice breakfast. The only downfall for this riad was that there was only a curtain which seperated the bathroom/toilet from the room
Note n°24
le 08/07/2013 09:15
On Hostelworld 16.06.2013 from England
This year was the 2nd time i have stayed at the Riad and i will stay there again when i visit Marrakech, the staff are great, it feels very peaceful even though it is only 2 mins from the main square, a little hard to find if you arrive for your first visit after dark but well worth it.
Note n°23
le 08/07/2013 09:14
On Hostelworld 11.06.2013 from Netherlands
Nice authentic Riad very well located at only 1 minute from Djemaa el Fna square. It is a basic but very nice location and very good value for the money.
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Our top story tonight, a daring jailbreak at the Union Road Minimum Security Facility. We have exclusive amazing security camera footage showing the breakout in progress. Let's watch.
Here we see prisoner Aizay, as he examined the 6-inch tall barrier that prison architects thought would prevent the escape of any 6-month old prisoner. Investigators determined that the guard was at this point engaged in not doing the dishes, and didn't see the prisoner make a break for it.
The desparate prisoner then began to scale the wall, while the guard was busy not doing the laundry.
Teetering dangerously at the top of the precipice, the prisoner began to contemplate the risk he was taking. The guard, meanwhile, claimed he was preoccupied with his important duties--surfing ebay for a headboard for his bed.
As he sat uncertainly at the top of the security barrier, Aizay considered what would be his fate should he make a single misstep. But when Prisoner Aizay felt more secure, he powered forward in a desparate bid for freedom.
Disaster! The prisoner lost his footing and fell down the other side of the wall, plummeting six inches to his mild annoyance. At this point, the guard realized that something was amiss, and began searching his security screens for the missing prisoner.
But it was too late. At last, the prisoner was past the barrier, and under cover of...erm, lightness, made his way to freedom.
Fortunately, the prisoner was subsequently recaptured after a short search of the surrounding area, and was returned to his cell. Prison officials vow to double their security efforts to prevent future escapes. The guard has been placed on administrative leave, pending the outcome of the investigation.
Monday, February 21, 2005
Our top story tonight, a daring jailbreak at the Union Road Minimum Security Facility. We have exclusive amazing security camera footage showing the breakout in progress. Let's watch.
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Friday, February 18, 2005
When sweet potatos attack.
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Duet in ZZZ major
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Tuesday, February 08, 2005
Sleep troubles
As I lay in bed at 5:45 this morning, and as Christine was getting ready for work, Aizay began yelling angrily for release from his mattressey cage. Of course, 5:45 is not a civilized hour, so I let him yell for 45 minutes. That's right, people, 45 minutes. I'm not ashamed...kid's gotta learn some time that we're not gonna just leap to his aid whenever he's bored. Plus, for the previous two nights he kept us up with his unreasoning caterwauling. I was not in the mood. And if any of you are proponents of attachment parenting, or some other paradigm that causes you to rush to your child the minute he or she makes an unhappy sound...well, good luck with all that.
Ahem. Anyway, as you may already have guessed, this strategy worked not at all, and finally at around 6:20 we got up. I put Aizay in his highchair and began fixing coffee...at which time he promptly fell asleep. *Sigh*
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Sunday, February 06, 2005
Warning: Keep hands and feet away from blades.
Introducing Aizay's new teeth: on the left, Captain Gnaw and on the right, the sidekick, The Chiseler.
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Reduplicative Canonical Babble!
So, yesterday, Dave and Aizay are talking-and up to this point, by talking I mean Dave makes different sounds, like simple syllables or vowels or imitations of Aizay's grunts, and then Aizay blows raspberries, then Dave makes another sound, then Aizay makes more raspberries or a squeal, and then back to Dave etc...Yesterday, I wasn't paying attention and Dave yells out, "He said 'baa'! Did you hear it?" I didn't hear it so I come over and Dave tries to get him to do it again. At this point, Aizay looks a little bewildered wondering why we are both all up in his face looking excited. Dave proceeds to say "bababa" and Aizay, looking like he has a little stage fright, does nothing. Dave says "bababa" again and then Aizay, still looking at me quizzically, tentatively moves his mouth as if he is saying "bababa" but he makes no sound. I get very excited anyway and Dave and I shout and celebrate and finally Aizay smiles. As I look back, I realize he must have thought we were nuts. Dave then says "bababa" again and this time Aizay says it back. It's obviously a little difficult for him to do-he curls his bottom lip in all tense (there's a little bit of voiced labial-bottom chin fricative thrown into the voiced bilabial stop). Again, we celebrate, this time with a little more excuberance. Aizay is obviously very pleased with getting this reaction from us, so he continues saying "bababa".
As the day goes by, he occasionally practices his "bababa"s and he quickly progresses from the labored "baa"s of his first performance to "baa"s produced with greater ease. Meanwhile, every chance I get, I get in close to his face and say, "mamama". I want more sounds! Well, by the end of the night, he was saying "mamama" too!
As parents, we are very pleased that Aizay is fulfilling his duties as a baby. We keep reminding him that this is his job right now-to develop his basic motor and language skills. If he continues to do well, he can climb the ladder of success and move on to more challenging jobs like feeding himself, walking, talking in complete sentences, and potty training. Then the sky's the limit. He can eventually get fulfilling positions in kindergarten and elementary school, thus contributing to our family's financial needs by reducing our childcare costs...
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Saturday, February 05, 2005
Meet the Family, Part II
Here's Aizay and grandma, getting in some quality time while cousin Jeremy looks on. I gotta tell you, Jeremy and his brother Jonah were so enthusiastic and happy to see our kid, you'd have thought Beyoncé had come to visit. I wish I'd gotten a picture of when we first walked in the door, but my brother and his family and grandma and great-grandma swarmed the kid from our arms, pushed my wife and I into a snowbank, and shut the front door while my father looked on. I think we should visit more often.
Cousin Jonah and Aizay took a bath together. This is probably the first in a long line of what I hope will be embarrassing bath pictures.
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Thursday, February 03, 2005
Click on photo for closer look at the snot bubble
At any one time in the last two weeks, at least one of the three of us has been sick. So, y'all will just have to excuse our lack of posting. Dave went to the doctor last week and I am planning on seeing the doctor today. Aizay had a fever for a few days. We spoke to his Peds office when his fever started but haven't gone in. Yesterday afternoon, his fever broke and he decided to be his lively,playful, happy self. He also slept better last night. We''ll see how he is when he wakes up this morning. He'll go to the doctor too if his fever is back.
Oh, and BTW, you can't see it in this picture, but Aizay has two teeth!
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UNIT XX MARKETING ON THE WEB Lesson 12 Internet Advertising. Topic Internet advertising " Super Media " Interactivity Selected content Extended duration Activity 1 Selective advertising concepts Context Geographic targeting Frequency Activity 2 Types of ads Banner Sponsorship
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Lesson 12
Internet Advertising
Internet advertising:Using the WWW as the medium (or locality) for the presentation and promotion of ideas, goods and services.
The use of technology allows advertisers to offer interactive advertising.
Traditional advertising vs. "Super Media"
Instead of creating a one-way presentation like television or radio commercials, technology enables the consumer to interact with the ad to gain additional information or insight into the advertiser's products or services.
And back again,
Technology can also allow the advertiser to collect demographic data about those who choose to interact with the ad. Future ad contentcan be tailored or selected to fit the customer's specific needs*.
*Needs is a term used by marketers to mean what the customer is "looking to purchase".
This "SuperMedia" also allows for extended duration advertisements. While on a web site, a customer sees various ads by the same advertiser—even as he/she moves from page to page within the site.
Activity 1: please answer on a sheet of paper and hand in
Go to Discovery.com and view the "What's on TV", "Games" and "Search" pages. Do you notice extended duration advertising? Who is the advertiser? Where is this ad located?
Knowing who makes up your target market can be of great use to advertisers? The internet can incorporate selective advertising conceptsquite nicely.
Selectivity includes the medium's ability to reach potential or selected customers. Such customers are thought to have a high level of interest in the kinds of services or products offered.
Selective advertising conceptsinclude targeting your advertisements based on gender, age, marital status, occupation, income, geographic location and more.
If you went to Yahoo!Finance you would see ads for TD Waterhouse and DatekOnline—two online stock trading companies.
Do the same types of people who use Yahoo!Finance for stock quotes use TD Waterhouse, DatekOnline or other similar services?
Activity 2: please answer on a sheet of paper and hand in
What type of selective targeting does the knot site do so well?
To figure it out go to the site, view cities and click NY-New York City.
Once you are there, look at the ads and you will be able to determine the type of targeting.
With so many types of ads available it is hard to decide which one(s) will best reach your customer's organizational goals.
Luckily, the Internet advertising industry has a number of resources available that are quite useful in the decision making process.
Activity 3: please answer on a sheet of paper and hand in
Use AD RESOURCE 's glossary to find information on banner, sponsorship and interstitial types of ads and record it.
Can you determine which of the three are sometimes referred to as pop-up's*?
*FYI– Even though they are considered effective, ScoresUp.com does not utilize this type of ad because it is sometimes seen as an annoyance and can turn off users.
Activity continues on next page…
Now that's ingenuity!
According to Web Ads Take New Shapes what is the goal of new types of ads?
Is technology expected to help advertisers reach their audiences?
What is the name of the ezine where you found this article?
Go to an affiliate site of Disney like ESPN.com and determine the advantages and disadvantages of the first ad you see—list at least two of each.
According to the class business plan, how can ScoresUp.com make money by selling ad space?
Offer a local florist a "Valentine's Day Special!"
Can you think of other ways to charge for advertising on your site?
Activity 4: please answer on a sheet of paper and hand in
You just solicited a small local corporation which happens to be in the midst of developing an online campaign.
What kinds of issues will this potential customer of yours address during the decision making process?
Possible ROI (return on investment)
ROI is "the bottom line" on how successful an ad or campaign was in terms of what the return (sales revenue) was for the money expended (invested).
It is measured after the fact.
The best way to determine possible ROI is to use past figures.
Activity 5: please answer on a sheet of paper and hand in
Which (very large) organization recently bought the most internet ad impressions? Go to AD RESOURCE.com and check out the statistics.
Will your "hot prospect" ponder the same strategies, only on a smaller scale, while shopping for ad placements? Can you determine how the strategies, methods or techniques might be similar. Also consider how they would be different and record your thoughts.
Go to Developing an Online Campaign to further your understanding of what is entailed in the decision making process. What is "the most successful" way to increase traffic to a site?
for selling ads on Web sites
can be found at the
Interactive Advertising Bureau
at www.iab.net
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Internet Advertising
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Frequently Asked Questions
Q1: May we host our own workshop?
Yes! Farmer Caryl would be glad to teach a Fermenting, Kombucha, or Growing MicroGreens workshop the BT Home Office, at your home, or at your business location.
Q2: How do we schedule a workshop?
First, start by choosing one of the three Workshops we offer this growing season: Fermenting, Kombucha, or Growing MicroGreens.
Second, contact us to schedule a day and time and to talk details. Please have 2-3 optional dates ready. No workshops on Sundays.
Third, be the host/hostess and invite 4-8 guests. Each host/hostess will receive the Workshop free when at least four (4) additional guests attend the Workshop. The host/hostess will collect the monies and send/deliver a check the Saturday (one week before the scheduled Workshop) for the number attending. Here's the cost of Workshops:
$50 per person for the Fermenting Workshop (includes the Perfect Pickler Kit)
$30 per person for the Kombucha Workshop
$25 per person for Growing your own MicroGreens


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"Trump Could Fight Zika with Regulatory Reform" By Angela Logomasini, Ph.D. President-elect Donald Trump has promised that he will focus on reversing an expanding federal regulatory burden. As part of that agenda, he should address regulatory hurdles that undermine efforts to control dangerous mosquito-transmitted diseases, such as the Zika virus. Quick action on Zika is essential as it spreads in Florida with potential serious health effects. Zika can cause microcephaly, a serious and … [Read more...]
Fight Zika with Regulatory Reform
Zika Prevention Kit
"The Best Possible Zika Prevention Kit Includes DEET," By Angela Logomasini, Ph.D. Last week, Broward Country Florida recorded the first two Zika cases transmitted by mosquitos in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is urging pregnant women to assemble and deploy a "Zika Prevention Kit," which is a good idea. CDC's suggested kit includes: bed nets; insect repellent; mosquito dunks, which are added to standing water to prevent development of mosquito larvae; … [Read more...]
A Smart Approach to Fight Zika
"We Don't Need Billion$ To Prevent Zika," by Paul Driessen and Robert Novack. The Zika virus is increasingly linked to serious neurological complications for pregnant women and microcephaly in newborns: smaller than normal heads and brains. It also affects areas of fetal brains that control basic muscular, motor, speech and other functions, leading to severe debilities that require expensive care throughout a person's life. The disease is becoming a crisis in Brazil, site of this year's Summer … [Read more...]
Zika And Spurious Associations
"Organic Consumers Association Doubles Down On Pesticides And Zika Claims," by Hank Campbell. Organic Consumers Association, which funds Denier For Hire cabals like the anti-science group U.S. Right To Know, has baffled the science community once again by just making stuff up. When groups made claims that a larvicide named pyriproxyfen was part of a Monsanto conspiracy to promote Zika to give Monsanto a problem to solve(1), they were dismissed by even Washington Post reporters, so OCA has … [Read more...]
Controlling Zika
"DDT or DEET to Stop Zika? Not So Obvious," by Josh Bloom. The surest way to avoid worrying about getting the Zika virus is avoid being bitten by a mosquito transmitting it. That means sales of repellents are very likely to boom. Almost all products to keep mosquitoes away contain the active ingredient N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide, commonly called DEET. Even the CDC recommends it. Read more. … [Read more...]
Larvides Don't Cause Microcephaly
"Zika and Monsanto: Did you Buy the Bogus Viral Story?" by Center for Accountability in Science. Understandably, lots of us are worried about the possible link between the Zika virus and a reported increase in cases of microcephaly, a birth defect in which a baby's brain doesn't fully develop in the womb. Now, a group of doctors in Argentina claims these birth defects aren't actually caused by the mosquito-transmitted Zika virus. Instead, these doctors who call themselves "Physicians in … [Read more...]
Zika: Part of a Much Bigger Public Health Problem
"Zika Wake-Up Call," by Angela Logomasini. The spread of the mosquito-transmitted Zika virus should be yet another wake-up call for public officials around the world. As a relatively new threat, Zika has captured headlines in a world where many insect-transmitted diseases continue to wreak havoc on public health. Unfortunately, the ability to control all such vector-borne diseases is hindered by more than our limited scientific understanding. Disease control is limited by the lack of political … [Read more...]
Zika Virus and Pesticides
"Zika Virus Will Sure Get Us to Embrace Toxic Chemicals," by Hank Campbell.The recurring joke in science when the Ebola craze consumed American media was that all the wealthy elites in California, Oregon and Washington who denied vaccines due to concerns about autism, would make sure their families were first in line for a new vaccine. While rich coastal parents knew they could avoid risk for their special snowflakes, while still protecting them from whooping cough (pertussis) by counting on … [Read more...]


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We invest in a certain quantity of chickens, feed and infrastructure and the income from egg sales and meat will be shared between the families and the school costs each month. This was started in 2014 in Guatemala and 2015 in Ecuador and Honduras.
So far almost 100 families have benefited from Plan Pollo and we aim to increase this number during 2017 and 2018.
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Your cleaning company can have a big impact on its clients by paying attention to small details that other cleaning services miss. Following are few simple guidelines to make your customers feel like they are getting special treatment.
- People think of their desks as an extension of themselves. Your employees should leave a desk as they found it, minus the dirt.
The general rule is to clean a desktop if it is clear. Leave desks that are covered with papers and projects alone. When cleaning a desk, pick up objects with one hand (phones, pictures, etc. ) and dust with the other hand.
Put everything back exactly where it was originally.
- Making a habit of putting everything in its original position is twofold:
- Many people get upset if something on their desk is moved even an inch.
- You will never have to pay for something that has been misplaced.
- Never set tools, cleaners, trash receptacles or chairs on furniture, desks, counters or upholstery while you are cleaning. Items can scratch surfaces and trash receptacles can leak and spoil the finish of furniture.
- When you move something - clean it! If you have to move a piece of furniture or a fixture, take the opportunity to clean all sides and the floor underneath. Whenever you have to move anything, move it slowly. The careless moving around and bumping of furniture is what causes most damage.
- Always ask! All furniture and fixtures will eventually need to be replaced. Never take it on yourself to fix something that needs a repair, no matter how minor. Point out the problem to your client.
- If you break or damage something leave a note. No matter how careful we are occasionally things break. Employees need to report broken or damaged items to a supervisor and leave a note. Paying attention to these small details will show that your company cares about its customers.
These small touches take just a little time, but mean a lot!
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