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Destination guide: Havana, Cuba
Havana is the capital of Cuba, an island located between the Atlantic and the Caribbean, near the shores of Mexico and the United States. This tourist destination was declared a World Heritage Site due to the fact that it has preserved, among other things, its beautiful architecture and a culture rich in traditions.
Traveling through Havana, you can visit the Main Square, the National Capital building, the Cigar Museum, the Embankment, the National Aquarium and an endless number of places where you can try exquisite Cuban cuisine.
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Real Fábrica de Tabacos Partagás
One of Havana's oldest and most famous cigar factories, the landmark neoclassical Real Fábrica de Tabacos Partagás was founded in 1845 by a Spaniard named Jaime Partagás. Today some 400 workers toil for up to 12 hours a day in here rolling such famous cigars as Montecristos and Cohibas. As far as tours go, Partagás is the most popular and reliable factory to visit. Tour groups check out the ground floor first, where the leaves are unbundled and sorted, before proceeding to the upper floors to watch the tobacco get rolled, pressed, adorned with a band and boxed.. Still, if you have even a passing interest in tobacco and/or Cuban work environments, it's probably worth a peep.
Latitude: 23.1341642187384 / Longitude: -82.3605751991272
Sub-Type: Factory.
Opening Hours: every 15 min 9:30-11am & 12:30-3pm.
Pricing: tours CUC$10.00.
Telephone Number: +53 862 0086
Address: Industria No 520 btwn Barcelona & Dragones.
Fundación Naturaleza y El Hombre
The fascinating museum at the Fundación Naturaleza y El Hombre displays artifacts from the 17,422km canoe trip from the Amazon source to sea led by Cuban intellectual and anthropologist Antonio Nuñez Jiménez in 1987. Other exhibits in the truly astounding museum include one of Cuba's largest photography collections, books written by the prolific Nuñez Jiménez, the famous Fidel portrait by Guayasamín stalactites, and 'the glass house' – glass cases containing all kinds of intriguing ephemera from the founder's life. The museum is a foundation and one of Havana's most rewarding.
Latitude: 23.1087072595667 / Longitude: -82.4351191520691
Sub-Type: Museum.
Telephone Number: +53 204 0438
Opening Hours: 10am-4pm Mon-Fri.
Pricing: admission CUC$3.
Address: Av 5B No 6611 btwn Calles 66 & 70, Playa.
Museo Hemingway
The villa's interior has remained unchanged since the day Hemingway left (there are lots of stuffed trophies), and the wooded estate is now the Museo Hemingway. Hemingway left his house and its contents to the 'Cuban people, ' and his house has recently been the stimulus for a rare show of US-Cuban cooperation. In 2002 the Cubans agreed to a US-funded project to digitalize the documents stored in the basement of Finca La Vigía, and in May 2006 Cuba sent 11,000 of Hemingway's private documents to the JFK Presidential Library in America for digitalization. This literary treasure trove (including a previously unseen epilogue for For Whom the Bell Tolls ) was finally made available online in January 2009.
Sub-Type: Museum
Telephone Number: +53 891 0809
Opening Hours: 9am-4:30pm, closed Tue.
Pricing: unguided/guided CUC$3/4, camera/video CUC$5/25.
Address: Carretera Central Km 12.5 Extras: San Francisco de Paula.
Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabaña
An 18th-century colossus, the Fortaleza de San Carlosde la Cabaña was built between 1763 and 1774 on a long, exposed ridge on the east side of Havana harbor to fill a weakness in the city's defenses. In 1762 the British had taken Havana by gaining control of this strategically important ridge and it was from here that they shelled the city mercilessly into submission. In order to prevent a repeat performance, the Spanish King Carlos III ordered the construction of a massive fort that would repel future invaders. Measuring 700m from end to end and covering a whopping 10 hectares, it is the largest Spanish colonial fortress in the Americas.
Latitude: 23.1471276505435 / Longitude: -82.3499214649200
Sub-Type: Park.
Telephone Number: +53 862 0617
Opening Hours: 8am-11pm.
Pricing: admission day CUC$5, night CUC$8, guide CUC$1.
Centro Cultural Cinematográfico
To see a different side of Havana, hang out with the arty crowd at the Centro Cultural Cinematográfico in Vedado, a hive of talented creativity and youthful energy. The HQ of the Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos (Icaic), the center hosts film premieres, discussion nights, art expos, live music and is home to Havana's best DVD movie outlet. The adjacent Café Fresa y Chocolate is a great place to get acquainted with the Icaic's movers and shakers, especially on Wednesday nights when there's an excellent live clarinet quartet. The most enlightening shows are the interactive debate nights known as El Último Jueves de Cada Mes (The Last Thursday of Each Month) for when they're held. Hosted by a small panel of academics, intellectuals and experts from the arts magazine Temas, respectful but enthusiastic public audiences discuss everything from politics to TV soap operas. It's a fascinating insight into the parameters of public debate in a supposedly totalitarian society. Admission is free and the debates are in Spanish.
Address: Calle 23 btwn Calles 10 & 12.
Paladar EI Hurón Azul
This place is often touted as one of Havana's best private restaurants and, although the food might be tasty, the windowless interior combined with the preponderance of after-dinner smokers can leave your meal tasting more like nicotine than comida criolla. Nonetheless, the Hurón Azul (Blue Ferret) boasts plenty of original food and is locally famous for its adventurous smoked pork served with a pineapple salsa. That said, it's not cheap, averaging CUC$15 a pop plus a 10% service charge added to every bill. Reserve ahead.
Latitude: 23.1408532693033 / Longitude: -82.3791360855102
Sub-Type: Cuban.
Telephone Number:+53 879 1691
Opening Hours: noon-midnight Tue-Sun.
Price Range: High.
Pricing: meals CUC$15-20.
Address: Humboldt No 153.
Café EI Escorial
Opening out onto Plaza Vieja and encased in a finely restored colonial mansion, there's something definitively European about El Escorial. Among some of the best caffeine infusions in the city served here are café cubano, café con leche, frappé, coffee liquor and even daiquirí de café. There's also a sweet selection of delicate pastries.
Latitude: 25.6294846800000/ Longitude: -80.3401606900000
Sub-Type: Café.
Telephone Number:+53 868 3545
Opening Hours: 9am-9pm.
Price Range: Low.
Address: Mercaderes No 317 cnr Muralla, Habana Vieja.
Los Nardos
Directly opposite the Capitolio but easy to miss, Los Nardos is one of a handful of semi-private Havana restaurants operated by the Spanish Asturianas society. Touted in some quarters as one of the best eateries in the city, this unprepossessing place is decked out in mahogany and leather and serves up such astoundingly delicious dishes as lobster in a Catalan sauce, garlic prawns with sautéed vegetables and an authentic Spanish paella. Portions are huge and the prices, which start at around CUC$4 for chicken and pork dishes, are unbelievably cheap.
Latitude: 23.1278398980132 / Longitude: -82.3335385322571
Sub-Type: Cuban.
Telephone Number: +53 863 2985
Opening Hours: noon-midnight.
Price Range: Low.
Address: Paseo de Martí No 563, Centro Habana.
El Floridita
Promoting itself as the 'cradle of the daiquirí,' El Floridita was a favorite of expat Americans long before Ernest Hemingway dropped by in the 1930s (hence the name, which means 'little Florida'). A bartender named Constante Ribalaigua invented the daiquirí soon after WWI, but it was Hemingway who popularized it and ultimately the bar christened a drink in his honor: the Papa Hemingway Special (basically, a daiquirí made with grapefruit juice). His record – legends has it – was 13 doubles in one sitting. Any attempt to equal it at the current prices (CUC$6 a single shot) will cost you a small fortune – and a huge hangover.
Latitude: 23.1370056261176 / Longitude: -82.3571634292603
Sub-Type: Bar
Telephone Number: Number: +53 867 1300
Opening Hours: 11am-midnight.
Address: Obispo No 557.
Patio de María
Rather unique in Cuba for a number of reasons, the Patio de María, near the Teatro Nacional de Cuba, is a nexus point for Havana's burgeoning counterculture hosting everything from rock music to poetry readings. Run by María Gattorno, the venue has received heavy media coverage in Cuba and abroad, partly due to Gattorno's AIDS and drug-prevention educational work. You can catch all kinds of entertainment here from videos and debates to workshops and theater, but the real deal are the rock nights (to canned music) that take off most weekends. Check the cartelera posted at the door or head to Parque de los Rockeros (Calles 23 and G) to find out what's happening.
Latitude: 23.1255607015401 / Longitude: -82.3899507522583
Sub-Type: Music.
Telephone Number:+53 7 81 07 22
Pricing: admission 5 pesos.
Address: Calle 37 No 262 btwn Paseo & Calle 2, Vedado.
Callejón de Hamel
Aside from its funky street murals and psychedelic art shops, the main reason to come to Havana's high temple of Afro-Cuban culture is for the frenetic rumba music that kicks off every Sunday at around noon. For aficionados, this is about as raw and hypnotic as it gets, with interlocking drum patterns and lengthy rhythmic chants powerful enough to summon up the spirit of the orishas (Santería deities). Due to a liberal sprinkling of tourists these days, some argue that the Callejón has lost much of its basic charm. Don't believe them. This place can still deliver.
Latitude: 23.1382092596999 / Longitude: -82.3754453659057
Sub-Type: Live Music.
Opening Hours: from noon Sun.
Address: Callejón De Hamel, Vedado.
Palacio de la Artesanía
A former 18th-century colonial palace turned into a shopping mall – the Americans could learn from this! Gathered around a shaded central patio is one-stop shopping for souvenirs, cigars, crafts, musical instruments, CDs, clothing and jewelry at fixed prices. Join the gaggles of tour-bus escapees and fill your bag.
Latitude: 23.1429644932603 / Longitude: -82.3541378974914
Sub-Type: Shopping Centre
Telephone Number: +1 305 532 3222
Opening Hours: 9am-7pm.
Address: Cuba No 64.
Galería Manos
This gallery is effectively a small craft outlet, with dolls, masks and other handmade souvenirs supplied by local people. Many of the objects are inspired by the city's vibrant Afro-Cuban community.
Latitude: 23.1378146269290 / Longitude: -82.3545670509339
Sub-Type: Handicrafts.
Opening Hours: 10am-6pm Mon-Fri, 10am-5pm Sat.
Address: Obispo No 411. Extras: btwn Aguacate & Compostela.
Habana 1791
A specialist shop that sells perfume made from tropical flowers, Havana 1791 retains the air of a working museum. Floral fragrances are mixed by hand and you can see the petals drying in a laboratory out the back.
Latitude: 23.1382289913080 / Longitude: -82.3502111434937
Sub-Type: Beauty
Telephone Number: +53 861 3525
Opening Hours: 9:30am-6pm.
Address: Mercaderes No 156 btwn Obrapía & Lamparilla.
Events Overviews
Through hell and high water, Havana has always clung proudly to its annual calendar of festivals and events, many of which are internationally renowned cultural extravaganzas that draw in movers and shakers from around the globe.
Feria Internacional del Libro de La Habana
Hosted at the Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabaña, ExpoCuba and various bookstores around the capital, the Havana Book Festival includes book presentations, special readings and the prestigious Premio Casa de las Américas, an award for outstanding writers of Latin American origin.
Festival Internacional de Coros
Headquartered in the Teatro Amadeo Roldán and held in even-numbered years, the International Choir Festival brings together different choirs from around the world in a series of workshops and performances.
An annual get-together of foreign and Cuban record producers and companies, Cubadisco hosts music concerts, a trade fair at the Pabexpo conference center and a Grammy-style awards ceremony that encompasses every musical genre from chamber music to pop.
Festival Internacional de Poesía de La Habana
An opportunity for poets from around the world to convene in Cuba as part of an international cultural exchange, this festival is organized by Uneac (Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba) and bivouacked in the Convento de San Francisco de Asís.
Festival Internacional 'Boleros de Oro'
Organized by Uneac, the Boleros de Oro was created by Cuban composer and musicologist José Loyola Fernández in 1986 as a global celebration of this distinctive Cuban musical genre.
Carnaval de La Havana
Parades, dancing, music, colorful costumes and striking effigies; Havana's annual summer shindig might not be as famous as its more rootsy Santiago de Cuba counterpart, but the celebrations and processions along the Malecón leave plenty of other city carnivals in the shade.
Festival Internacional 'Habana Hip-Hop'
Organized by the Asociación Hermanos Saíz (a youth arm of Uneac), the annual Havana Hip-Hop Festival – headquartered in the rough Havana suburb of Alamar – is a chance for the island's young musical creators to improvise and swap ideas.
Festival Internacional de Ballet de La Habana
Presided over by long-standing dance diva Alicia Alonso, the International Ballet Festival brings together dance companies, ballerinas and a mixed audience of foreigners and Cubans for a week of expositions, galas and classical and contemporary ballet.
Jazz Festival
Intrinsically linked to Cuban jazz maestro Chucho Valdés, the International Jazz Festival has been around for nearly a quarter of a century. Staged in the Casa de las Américas, along with the Karl Marx, Mella and Amadeo Roldán theaters, the event draws in top figures from around the world for some truly memorable concerts.
Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano
An internationally renowned film festival held in cinemas across Havana that illustrates Cuba's growing influence in Latin American cinema worldwide. For more information, see www.habanafilmfestival.com.
Activity Overviews
Havana, with its spectacular Malecón sea drive, boasts one of the world's most scenic municipal jogging routes. The sidewalk from the Castillo de San Salvador de la Punta to the outer borders of Miramar measures 8km, though you can add on a few extra meters for holes in the pavement, splashing waves, veering jineteros and old men with fishing lines.
The recent upsurge in fume-belching traffic has meant that the air along the Malecón has become increasingly polluted. If you can handle it, run first thing in the morning.


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A report from the Linux Foundation details individual kernel contributions and suggests enterprise use is expanding. However there is elite group inside community. During the past three years, the top 10 individual developers have contributed nearly 15 per cent of the changes to the kernel, while the top 30 developers have submitted 30 per cent, the report states.
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DOVER — The state Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) confirmed another death related to widespread influenza in New Hampshire was reported on Friday, bringing the total number of deaths for this flu season to 14.
The announcement marked the first death reported in the new year, with a total of 19 deaths reported in 2012, with 13 in the month of December. DHHS Public Information Special Nicola Whitley confirmed none of the deaths were of juveniles.
The department reported in a press release this is a more severe flu season than seen in recent years, with 40 institutional outbreaks so far in the 2012 to 2013 season. Last year's season, from 2011 to 2012, showed about 20 to 30 outbreaks for the entire period, according to Whitley.
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The most predominant strain recorded in the Granite State is Influenza A, or H3N2, according to the state DHHS. The flu vaccine this year protects against this as well as Influenza B and H1N1, commonly referred to as "swine flu." The New Hampshire Public Health laboratories have so far tested 408 specimens and 238 were positive for influenza, according to the state department.
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NATICK, Mass., Jan. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) will host an Investor Day meeting on Tuesday, February 12, 2013. The meeting is scheduled to begin with a presentation about the company at 9:00 a.m. ET, followed by a question and answer session, and is expected to adjourn at approximately 1:00 p.m. ET.
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BRUNSWICK, GA. | The mother and aunt of accused child killer De'Marquise Kareem Elkins, 17, were arrested Tuesday morning on felony charges of making false statements to police, Glynn County Police Chief Matt Doering said.
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Doering said they were arrested about 5 a.m.
De'Marquise Elkins and 14-year-old Dominique Lang are both charged with murder in the shooting death Thursday of 13-month-old Antonio Angel Santiago. Antonio was shot to death in a stroller that his mother Shelly West was pushing on a side street from their apartment facing Union Street in Brunswick's south end. West said the older of her assailants demanded money before shooting her in the thigh and then her child in the head.
The mother, Karimah Aisha Elkins, 36, and aunt, Katrina Latrelle Elkins, 33, were booked into the Glynn County jail before 9 a.m., said Ron Corbett, undersheriff of the Glynn County Sheriff's Office.
Both women posted $1,104 bail on the charges. Karimah Elkins was released but Katrina Elkins is being held on a probation violation charge for Henry County, Corbett said.
Records show she was charged there with speeding and driving with a suspended license, both misdemeanors.
Katrina Elkins has said publicly that her nephew was with her throughout the morning that Antonio was slain and could not have committed the crime.
Karimah Elkins refused to speak with the Times-Union before and after her son's appearance Monday afternoon before Glynn County Magistrate Tim Barton. It is unknown what statements she has made to police.
Doering said the charge against the aunt was a re-arrest.
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Skewsoft is a micro ISV focusing on Mac and iPhone applications. Our first iPhone app, Sums, will be posted to the App Store soon. Here's a marketing blurb about the app:
Sums is a notebook for numbers. With it, you can record, edit, and keep a running total of the amounts, tallies, scores, and figures that matter to you. Use it to write a budget, track expenses, balance your checkbook, tally game points, log your mileage, or manage any other list of numbers in your life.
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Chautauqua - An American Narrative
Chautauqua is a different approach to getting away from it all. It offers its visitors unique experiences in education, the arts, recreation, and religion. Through its wide range of programming, Chautauqua prides itself on life long learning. Chautauqua has hosted world-renowned speakers, thinkers, and artists throughout its more than 135 year history and continues that tradition into today.
Chautauqua: An American Narrative is made possible by a generous grant from The John R. Oishei Foundation The Erie Insurance Group, Eric and Marianne Laine and the CUTCO Foundation, The Chautauqua County Legislature and the Department of Planning and Economic Development, and Gary and Willow Brost.


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Verbeegs are giants. Verbeegs are also known as "human behemoths," because these giants resemble humans more than any other giant race. Verbeeg are accomplished spearfighters.
A verbeeg is usually neutral evil. Verbeeg are typically smarter than most other types of giants, and are often found leading (bullying) hill giants and ogres.
Verbeeg primarily worship the god Karontor.
- Cook, David, et al. Monstrous Compendium. Volume Two. TSR, 1989.
- Gygax, Gary. Monster Manual II. TSR, 1983.
- Stewart, Doug, ed. Monstrous Manual. TSR, 1994.
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In the north of Sardinia we can find a charming place called Costa Paradiso. Here there is Li Cossi, one of the most beautiful beaches of the island. Nestled between the mountains of pink granite and emerald green water, can be reached by walking a path with a great view of the coast. The arrival of the cove with a top view of the beach is breathtaking, surrounded by an amphitheater of rare beauty and grandeur of the river Li Cossi and pink granite mountains.
Sardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily). The area of Sardinia is 24,090 square kilometres (9,301 sq mi). The island is surrounded (clockwise from north) by the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Tunisia and the Balearic Islands. Sardinia is a constitutional part of Italy, with a special statute of regional autonomy under the Italian Constitution. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardinia


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The in-house publication reaches a wide audience of military customers, employees, suppliers, government officials and other stakeholders.
In a cover story for the issue hitting mailboxes this month, Pratt & Whitney showcases the team working on the F100U engine powering the X-47B and how the company partnered with Northrop Grumman and the Navy to make the program a success in many ways.
The fall issue includes a feature on reducing life cycle cost through performance-based logistics, a piece on working on F135 engines at the manufacturing site in Middletown, Conn., and a story on extending depot overhaul intervals of the F100-PW-220 engine.
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Indigenous women of the Americas fighting against discrimination
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The article, copied below for your convenience, is from Wikipedia.
Intelligence is an umbrella term used to describe a property of the mind that encompasses many related abilities, such as the capacities to reason, to plan, to solve problems, to think abstractly, to comprehend ideas, to use language, and to learn. There are several ways to define intelligence. In some cases, intelligence may include traits such as creativity, personality, character, knowledge, or wisdom. However, some psychologists prefer not to include these traits in the definition of intelligence.
A widely-researched index or classification of intelligence among scientists is Intelligence Quotient (I.Q.). I.Q. is a summary index, calculated by testing individuals' abilities in a variety of tasks and producing a composite score to represent overall ability, e.g., Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale. It is used to predict educational outcomes and other variables of interest.
Others have attempted to measure intelligence indirectly by looking at individuals' or group's educational attainment, although this risks bias from other demographic factors, such as age, income, gender and cultural background, all of which can affect educational attainment.
Dissatisfaction with traditional IQ tests has led to the development of alternative theories, all of which suggest that intelligence is the result of independent abilities that contribute to human performance. In 1983, Howard Gardner proposed the theory of multiple intelligences, which claims a broadening of the conventional definition of intelligence is needed, since, if intelligence is defined as the cognitive or mental capacity of an individual, this would logically include all forms of mental qualities, not simply the ones most transparent to standardized I.Q. tests. The categories of intelligences Gardner proposes are logical, linguistic, spatial, musical, kinesthetic, naturalist, intrapersonal and interpersonal intelligences.
Jean Piaget developed stages as an alternative to IQ after studying the nature of the wrong answers on items. The Model of hierarchical complexity was formed as an alternative to IQ. Performance on the items varying in hierarchical complexity from 0 to 14, is absolute, and does not require norms. Because the orders are content and context free, they can be used to measure performance in any domain, including the ones mention by Gardner and Goleman.
Religiosity is a sociological term referring to degrees of religious behaviour, belief or spirituality. The measurement of religiosity is hampered by the difficulties involved in defining what is meant by the term. Numerous studies have explored the different components of religiosity, with most finding some distinction between religious beliefs/ doctrine, religious practice, and spirituality. Studies can measure religious practice by counting attendance at religious services, religious beliefs/ doctrine by asking a few doctrinal questions, while spirituality can be measured by asking respondents about their sense of oneness with the divine or through detailed standardized measurements. When religiosity is measured, it is important to specify which aspects of religiosity are referred to.
In 2008, intelligence researcher Helmuth Nyborg examined whether IQ relates to denomination and income, using representative data from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth, which includes intelligence tests on a representative selection of American youth, where they have also replied to questions about religious belief. His results, published in the scientific journal Intelligence demonstrated that on average, Atheists scored 1.95 IQ points higher than Agnostics, 3.82 points higher than Liberal persuasions, and 5.89 IQ points higher than Dogmatic persuasions."I'm not saying that believing in God makes you dumber. My hypothesis is that people with a low intelligence are more easily drawn toward religions, which give answers that are certain, while people with a high intelligence are more skeptical," says the professor.
Nyborg also co-authored a study with Richard Lynn, emeritus professor of psychology at the University of Ulster, which compared religious belief and average national IQs in 137 countries. The study analysed the issue from several viewpoints. Firstly, using data from a U.S. study of 6,825 adolescents, the authors found that atheists scored 6 g-IQ points higher than those adhering to a religion.
Secondly, the authors investigated the link between religiosity and intelligence on a country level. Among the sample of 137 countries, only 23 (17%) had more than 20% of atheists, which constituted "virtually all the higher IQ countries." The authors reported a correlation of 0.60 between atheism rates and level of intelligence, which is "highly statistically significant." This portion of the study uses the same data set as Lynn's work IQ and the Wealth of Nations.
Commenting on the study in The Daily Telegraph, Lynn said "Why should fewer academics believe in God than the general population? I believe it is simply a matter of the IQ. Academics have higher IQs than the general population. Several Gallup poll studies of the general population have shown that those with higher IQs tend not to believe in God,"
A small 2004 study by Ellen Paek empirically examined the extent to which religiosity, operationalized as religious orientation and religious behaviour, is related to Emotional Intelligence. Paek surveyed 148 church-attending adult Christians and found that religious orientation was positively correlated with overall EI and its subcomponent emotional understanding. While the number of religious group activities was positively associated with EI, years of church attendance was unrelated. Significant positive correlations were also found between level of religious commitment and EI. Both attitudinal and behavioral measures of religiosity were significant predictors of EI, particularly the former.
In their 2002 article, entitled "Linking emotional intelligence, spirituality and workplace performance: Definitions, models and ideas for research", Tischler, Biberman and McKeage (2002) reviewed literature on both EI and various aspect of spirituality and found that both appear to lead to similar attitudes, behaviours and skills, and that there often seems to be confusion, intersection and linking between the two constructs.
In 1975, Norman Poythress studied a sample of 234 US college undergraduates, grouping them into relatively homogeneous religious types based on the similarity of their religious beliefs, and compared their personality characteristics. He found that "Literally-oriented religious Believers did not differ significantly from Mythologically-oriented Believers on measures of intelligence, authoritarianism, or racial prejudice. Religious Believers as a group were found to be significantly less intelligent and more authoritarian than religious Skeptics." He used SAT's as a measure of intelligence for this study.
In the US, according to raw data from the 2004 General Social Survey, those with graduate degrees were the least likely to believe in the afterlife or the Bible as the word of God, suggesting a link between religious disbelief and higher educational attainment.
A weak negative correlation between education and Christian fundamentalism was found by Burton et al. (1989), a small study comparing the religious beliefs and educational achievements of white, Protestant residents of Delaware County, Indiana. Contrary to the researchers' expectations, fundamentalist converts were not less educated people.
In 1998, a study by the journal Nature showed that of the top US scientists, only 7% believe in a personal God.
"39 studies since 1927 have found that the more educated a person is, and the higher one's intelligence, the less likely someone is to hold religious beliefs. It shows that those with a degree in science are less than half as likely to believe in God as the general populace, and eminent scientists are nine times less likely."
In Australia, 23% of Christian church attenders have earned a university or postgraduate degree, whereas the figure for the general population is 13%. Christianity is the predominant religion in Australia, although adherence is falling. Commentators on the Survey attribute the educational levels to sociological factors, such as age, class and income, making no claims about intelligence.
Studies of Mormons in the US show that Mormons with higher education attend church more regularly than uneducated Mormons. Survey research indicated that 41% of Mormons with only elementary school education attend church regularly. By contrast, 76% of Mormon college graduates attend church regularly and 78% of Mormons who went beyond their college degrees to do graduate study attend church regularly.
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I found some old cabinet doors for $1 about a year ago. And they've been waiting for some new clothes. So, I painted the inside with chalkboard paint, and taped it off to paint the outside frame a cream color.
At Anna's request, here are some pics of exactly how I screwed in the pull tabs and the drawer pull. On the back of the chalkboard, I took very short screws and screwed them into the small spot on the pull tab.
I did this on both sides. And put dry wall screws into the wall to hang it just like a picture. Before I hung it, though, I found a stud in the wall to center the chalkboard on, because I wanted to screw the drawer pull into a stud for more stability.
I got a long wood screw (about 4 inches) and found a stud. Then screwed in the long wood screw through the drawer pull and through the hole in the cupboard door where the original drawer pull was drilled.
That way the screw would hold the chalkboard into a stud for more stability.
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Denver Dynamite exploded in Arena League's first season, then fizzled out
It's as true in football as it is in the jungle. Only the strong survive. That's the short story on the Denver Dynamite.
As the scrappy Arena Football League celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, its first ArenaBowl champion is a footnote in history, a little corporate genealogy and a file of tattering clips in a newspaper's archive.
The Dynamite, the Pittsburgh Gladiators, Washington Commandos and Chicago Bruisers were the first four franchises in 1987. They played "arenaball" — eight-man football on a 50-yard indoor field. Entire rosters included 15 to 20 players who each earned $400 a game, with a $100 bonus for a win. In that glorious first season, Denver entertained the largest crowds in the league, averaging more than 12,000 fans a contest.
On Aug. 1, 1987, the Denver and Pittsburgh teams were both 4-2. The Gladiators got the top ranking by virtue of scoring more points during the season. Before a crowd of 13,232 at Pittsburgh Civic Arena, however, the Dynamite left no doubt which team was the league's best, thumping the Gladiators 45-16. Denver wide receiver Gary Mullen was the MVP after catching nine passes for 123 yards, including three touchdowns from former Vanderbilt star Whit Taylor.
Mullen was a 24-year-old former West Virginia star who had played three games and caught two passes for the Chicago Bears the season before and was a day away from joining the army when he got the call from Denver, he told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in 1987.
After the Dynamite, Mullen never played another game in the NFL. The next season he moved to the Los Angeles Cobras, where he caught 61 passes for 823 yards and 17 scores. In 1998, when the Arena Football League inducted the first class to its first hall of fame, Mullen was enshrined. Earlier this year the league's Silver Anniversary Committee named Mullen the AFL's 22nd-ranked "Ironman" and the 25th greatest player in league history.
Another member of the Dynamite joined Mullen in that inaugural class, head coach Tim Marcum, who was selling used cars in Phoenix when the Dynamite hired him, after job as an assistant coach in the United States Football League vanished along with the league. The next season he coached the Detroit Drive to the ArenaBowl title. He would win seven ArenaBowls in 10 appearances with three teams. But besides glory, Marcum also has brought controversy and shame to the league. He resigned last year after 15 seasons with the Tampa Bay Storm, after hardcore porn and racist e-mails were found on his work computer.
Though I couldn't find a video clip of that first ArenaBowl, here's a clip of the Dynamite and Gladiators from a regular season game at McNichols Sports Arena in 1987. Here's a longer clip from that season, as the Dynamite played the Washington Commandos.
The headline in The Denver Post on Aug. 2, 1987, was fittingly un-hip, a catchphrase from a TV show, "Good Times," that hadn't been on the air in eight years: "Dyn-o-mite! Denver wins arenaball championship."
The Dynamite had exploded, but the energy soon fizzled in the financial tornado that was owner Sidney Shlenker.
Shlenker, Shlenker, where to begin" The Louisiana native had been a promoter at the Houston Astrodome, who somehow wound up with a stake in the Houston Rockets of the NBA. By the late '80s, he was co-owner of the Denver Nuggets and had big dreams of a sports empire. After the first season, Shlenker refused to play by the league's financial rules and announced unapologetically to the city that he wouldn't operate the team the next season. Instead, in September 1988 Shlenker bought the Colorado/Denver Rangers of the International Hockey League, then declared the team bankrupt in June 1989. Also in 1989, he sold the Nuggets for $65 million. In 1991, Shlenker bankrupted his newest interest, the Memphis riverfront re-development that included the garish pyramid that has become an iconic American boondoggle. That year, Post columnist Woody Paige said a friend of his who ran a Memphis barbecue joint asked him about Shlenker. "When he orders a slab of ribs, make him pay upfront. And never, ever, let him hold your wallet."
After sitting out the 1988 season, the Dynamite came back with a new team and a new owner, Englewood investment banker Gary Graham, in 1989. But after leading the league in attendance in 1987, the Dynamite played just five games in 1989, and only one of them at home, drawing fewer than 6,000 spectators. General admission was $12.50.
"We've outlasted the United States Football League and the World Football League," Dynamite coach Babe Parilli, who had coached in both leagues, as well as for the Denver Broncos, told The Denver Post before the 1990 season. "We're here to stay."
The league, yes; the Dynamite, no.
For the first home game of the 1990 season, attendance bounced back to 10,587 fans, but the front office conceded to the newspaper that about 3,000 people were admitted free. In the 1991 season, crowds of about 5,000 were the norm. The team was holding its own on the field, but taking a weekly beating on the balance sheet.
After the 1991 season, its public relations firm sued to force the Dynamite into Chapter 7 bankruptcy to sell off assets and pay its tab of nearly $31,000. The Super 8 motel was seeking more than $21,000 in unpaid stays, along with other vendors clamoring to get paid.
The league stepped in and began to ask questions the summer before when players' checks bounced, which Graham initially explained away as a bookkeeping error. Nonetheless, McNichols Sports Arena held onto the gate receipts for the first three home games in 1991 to settle past-due rent.
The Dynamite went on the sale block. Graham bought the team for $125,000 and suggested he would sell it two years later for $600,000, but an official price tag was never publicized in the newspaper. The timing, however, was bad. In 1990, then-Gov. Roy Romer had created a committee to bring Major League Baseball to Denver. The city was selected for an expansion team in July 1991, sucking the air out of any conversation about any other summertime sport in the city.
"Three things can happen," Arena League commissioner and founder Jim Foster told The Denver Post in September 1991. "One, he finds a buyer, or we find him a buyer, and the team stays in Denver. Two, a buyer is found and moves to another city. Three, no one is interested and the franchise goes down."
The Dynamite never played another down. In 1996, the idle license was sold for undisclosed terms to create the Nashville Kats, which was the league's Organization of the Year after its first season in 1997. But after three years and three playoff appearances, the team went on indefinite hiatus after a squabble over use of the arena. It was sold for $10 million and moved to Atlanta in 2001 to become the Georgia Force.
There had been doubters in Denver from the start. Buddy Martin, The Denver Post's columnist and a local radio commentator, had caustic opinions of arenaball, but he thought it had a shot in Denver. "Nowhere in America but Denver, home of Test Tube Sports, would arena football have even the remotest chance of survival," he wrote in July 1987. "I'm surprised they didn't put the whole league in Colorado."
Denver got another shot at the Arena Football League in 2003, when John Elway, Broncos owner Pat Bowlen and Kroenke Sports owner Stan Kroenke launched the Colorado Crush. The Crush won the ArenaBowl championship in 2005, defeating the Georgia Force 51-48 in Las Vegas. When the league suspended play in 2009, the Crush cashed out.
Today the Denver Dynamite is the name used by another kind of football, the city'sPremier Arena Soccer League team.


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DOMESTIC CONTAINMENT: JAPANESE AMERICANS, NATIVE AMERICANS, AND THE CULTURAL POLITICS OF RELOCATION by Laura Sachiko Fugikawa A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (AMERICAN STUDIES AND ETHNICITY) August 2011 Copyright 2011 Laura Sachiko Fugikawa
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If you have added some extra repositories to your Nokia N900 and are trying to do something ( like update, install or any other apt-get operation) you might see some errors or warnings related to the GPG keys. The errors would come because the Public keys for the reporisitories are not present in the gpg database 🙂
Cool, now you know the reason, but what to do… Add them as below:
(Before doing this note down the keys when you are getting the errors/warnings. We will need those keys to get the public keys from the public server. I am taking "010908312D230C5F" as an example here.)
gpg --keyserver pgpkeys.mit.edu --recv-key 010908312D230C5F gpg -a --export 010908312D230C5F | sudo apt-key add -
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Are you familiar with TAT's Tidal Cache in Scarborough?
Here is the link on GC.com......
The goal is to get to the coordinates listed or get as close as possible. The challenge is that it is best done at the lowest of low tides which only occur a couple of times a year. Next opportunity.........January 11, 2005 at 5:42pm when the tide is -1.8 feet.
Pinepoint mentioned the date on a log that he made for the cache in August and indicated that he would try again in January (and bring hot chocolate if others wanted to join him.....mmmmmm). YOP picked up on that idea and has been diligently plotting a trip to the cache. Since the time of low tide will be after dark on the 11th, he will be going to the location on the 9th to check out the best approach and will also be researching the parking options (not the best in the summer at least - perhaps now is better).
At this point, a few of us have joined in on the trip plan (YOP, GeoMaine, GeoTyger, flwrldy and her buds, we hope Pinepoint, and me). We welcome others and thought this might be a great way to let everyone know what is in the works. We can also consider submitting a request for a group cache event and trade TB's, go somewhere for a hot chocolate after, or whatever - very informal.
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Provides a summary of information about Indigenous health and welfare. Topics include: mortality; morbidity; riskfactors; access to and use of services; and attitudes.Note: This publication is a joint venture between the ABS and the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
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Soundcheck: Honky Tonk Woman, Ginseng Sullivan, All Things Reconsidered, How Many More Times, Poor Heart, More Than I Can Say
SET 1: Wilson > Rift, AC/DC Bag > Maze, The Mango Song > Down with Disease, It's Ice, Dog Faced Boy, Divided Sky, Sample in a Jar
SET 2: Peaches en Regalia > David Bowie -> Mind Left Body Jam -> David Bowie, Horn > McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Tweezer > Lifeboy > You Enjoy Myself[1], Chalk Dust Torture
ENCORE: Bouncing Around the Room > Tweezer Reprise
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March 27, 1993
25 years ago
Warfield Theatre
Set 1: Llama, Guelah Papyrus, Rift, Stash, Reba, My Friend, My Friend[1], Uncle Pen, Sample in a Jar, I Didn't Know[2], David Bowie[3]
Set 2: Buried Alive > Halley's Comet > It's Ice > Bouncing Around the Room, Chalk Dust Torture, The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Hold Your Head Up > Cracklin' Rosie > Hold Your Head Up, Poor Heart > Golgi Apparatus
Encore: The Squirming Coil, Carolina
[1] Beginning featured Trey on acoustic guitar.
[2] Fish on trombone.
[3] All Fall Down signal in intro.
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radQuest, Inc. necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 145 diseños de 14 diseñadores freelance.
Club Quarters
Club Quarters offers member-focused, full service hotels in prime, downtown U.S. locations. They offer unique and complimentary services for the business traveler in a club-like, inviting atmosphere.
The target of this new site design is a group of around 525 online travel managers that serve Club Quarters' member base.
The reason the new site is needed is to offer much of the information that is on the current Club Quarters site (http://www.clubquarters.com) to the travel managers in an easier-to-use online tool format. We want to give them a site where they can do more "self-service" versus contacting Club Quarters member managers directly for marketing materials.
We would like something stylistically between the current site:
and our World Trade Center splash page:
(do NOT use elements from the WTC splash page in your designs)
Things we like about the current site: the "club-like"/comfortable feel, logo positioning, easy-to-use and navigate
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o be designed for 1024x768
o contain the CQ logo at the bottom (use the logo that has "CQ"
image in gold and "Club Quarters" copy in blue, see attached)
o use primary CQ blue/gold color palette (see existing CQ site)
o be simple, clean, easy-to-navigate
o contain a link to sitemap in the top right, as well as buttons for
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I cannot recommend Richard, Gary and Mark highly enough. Fun, friendly and incredibly knowledgeable (and above all patient!) the excellent tuition made the daunting prospect of getting a full licence [..]
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Started in April 2004, LET'S RIDE! has built up a reputation for outstanding pass rates and quality, fun tuition. Chief Instructor and director, Richard McPherson, has been riding bikes for over 25 years, both on the road and the track and is a fully qualified Driving & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) approved instructor for Compulsory Basic Training (CBT) and Direct Access (DAS) and is also an Advanced Riding Examiner for the Driving Instructors Association (DIA). Richard has also successfully passed the DVSA Special Test for Motorcycle Instructors - a rigorous 90 minute examination in machine control, road craft and hazard awareness.
LET'S RIDE! train for the Poole & Bournemouth (Dorset) test areas plus Dorchester, Salisbury & Lee-on-the-Solent if required. Compulsory Basic Training (CBT) courses are held on weekends and Bank Holidays, from our location in Wimborne.
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Medicine Wheel Productions to honor Cohen
For years, Michael Dowling heard about Cynthia Cohen, director of Brandeis' program in Peacebuilding and the Arts. Every where he went, from downtown Boston to the border of Northern Ireland, he was asked, "Do you know Cynthia?"
Dowling is the artistic director and founder of the nonprofit Medicine Wheel Productions, which is dedicated to building communities and promoting justice through public art. When he finally met Cohen three years ago, it was like meeting "a long-lost sister," Dowling recalled.
Dowling will honor Cohen for her work exploring the intersection of art and peace with his organization's Medicine Woman Award on June 5 in South Boston.
"We wanted to honor someone who takes a leap to use the arts in order to have a cultural impact," said Dowling. "Whose work has an impact that is lasting and meaningful and that's Cynthia."
Cohen, who teaches at the undergraduate and graduate levels, has written extensively on coexistence, reconciliation and peace building. She has worked with communities in the Middle East, Sri Lanka and Central America. Cohen is the first Brandeis professor to be honored by Medicine Wheel Productions in its 13-year history.
For more information on the event, contact Michael Dowling or call 617-268-6700.
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A lovely and useful coaster featuring my Highland Cow design, inspired by our wonderful British wildlife.
"This Highland Cow design was inspired by the wonderful landscapes of the Scottish Highlands, and the fantastic animals and wildlife that live there."
Cork backed with a sustainably sourced Eucalyptus board base, and a full melamine surface, this coaster measures 10cm x 10cm.
I created the original, handmade highland cow design from my studio in the heart of the Staffordshire countryside. It was created using free motion embroidery, an exciting technique where I use the sewing machine to 'draw' the details of the wildlife onto the fabric with the sewing machine.
The design is a high-quality print of my original Highland Cow design. It is an excellent reproduction of the original embroidery.
Why not buy a set? Choose four of the same design for £14, saving £2, or mix and match across the other beautiful wildlife coasters in the range. Just select from the drop-down menu below then leave me a message at checkout to let me know which coasters you'd like.
Designer: Jo Hill and signed by the artist so you can be confident you are purchasing a genuine piece from the Jo Hiill Homeware Range.
Care: Wipe clean with a damp cloth. Melamine is an extremely durable product, able to withstand temperatures of up to 145 degrees. It will give you many years of service with only a little bit of care necessary.
Designed by Jo Hill and made in Rutland, Great Britain.
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Reality Check: Neumann ad attacks Obama over health care
Mark Neumann faces 3 other Republicans in primary
MADISON, Wis. — Candidates for U.S. Senate are on the air with ads trying to reach voters.
Candidate Mark Neumann's latest ad isn't going after his competitors but rather using a post-apocalyptic-looking hospital as a backdrop to attack President Barack Obama on a hot-button health care issue.
"Barack Obama thinks the government should make every decision for you," Neumann says in the ad. "Now, with Obamacare, he's forcing church-run hospitals to provide abortion-causing drugs."
WISC-TV found this needs clarification. To be clear, the federal health care law deals with who pays for contraceptives, not who administers them.
In January, it was announced that as part of the health care law, most employers must cover contraceptives in health plans without charging a co-pay. Some of those contraceptives, including "Plan B," or the morning-after pill, are considered abortion-inducing by Catholics who claim a moral objection to the drugs.
After some controversy, the Obama administration clarified that churches are exempt and that religious organizations like Catholic hospitals would not have to pay to provide the drug, but they would have to make sure their employees could get it from an insurance company without a co-pay.15599718
That is still objectionable to some Catholic institutions, including Notre Dame, which has sued to say that none of its affiliated organizations should be required to offer the drug in insurance plans. Those lawsuits are still in progress.
"It's bad enough Obamacare will bankrupt America, but government telling religion what to do — that should scare you to death," Neumann said.
That part is for viewers to decide, but the claim about bankrupting America, WISC-TV found, is misleading. According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, the president's health care law is actually projected to reduce the deficit over 10 years by more than $140 billion. The bill itself is estimated to cost more than $1 trillion during that time.
"Mark Neumann will stand up to Barack Obama and protect our constitutional freedom," says an announcer in the ad.
It should be noted that the federal health care law was recently upheld as constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court, although there are lawsuits specific to the birth control issue that are being waged across the country.
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1 pack smoked tofu ( comes in 4 pieces about 1 inch each) sliced thin
300 gm boneless breast chicken ,sliced + 1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp minced garlic
2 inch ginger,peeled and sliced thin
2 ear wood mushroom,soaked until soft and cut strip
1 small carrot,peeled and sliced
1 stalk scallion,washed and cut
1 tbsp chicken bouillon powder
2 tbsp sesame oil
salt to taste
2 tbsp oil
1/4 cup water
1:Heat medium skillet at medium high heat with oil.Add in ginger and garlic,fry until fragrant then add in chicken meat.Stir-fry for 2-3 minutes before add in smoked tofu,black fungus,chicken bouillon powder and water.
2:Increase heat to high,toss all the ingredients well with spatula for 5-10 minutes until the water steep into the tofu and meat.Then add in carrot and sesame oil.Check the seasoning before add in cut scallion.
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While snooping around CNN.com, we stumbled upon a video the 24-hour news giant scooped from a local news station in Colorado about the RV industry.
You can check out the video for yourself after the jump, but it focuses on a Colorado RV dealer who has seen a huge upturn in sales – triple the business he saw a year ago.
According to the report, the cost of taking a family on a vacation (flight, hotel, rental car, restaurants) is leading many families to look into motorhomes and towable trailers.


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Make Your Own Costumes from Eleven Time Periods with One Dress! By Amy Puetz Foreword by Jennie Chancey 72 full color pages View the table of contents and sample pages Also available as a printed book Printed patterns from the book
Are you ready to make history come alive? This easy sewing book has patterns and step-by-step instructions for making accessories for eleven different time periods. Brave the wilderness in an authentic looking pioneer bonnet, attend a tea party in a Victorian collar, and help America win the Revolution dressed in a vest. These are just a few of the time periods covered in this innovative book. Costumes with Character highlights eleven different eras in American history. The chapters are:
Each chapter has color instructions to make cuffs, aprons, bonnets, hats, collars, vests, etc. There are also lots of extra goodies like quotes, quizzes, and beautiful pictures. You will learn more about the history of the eras from reliable old sources. A fun book for girls and ladies of all ages. The patterns are designed for young adults but a handy adjustment formula is included to help you use the patterns for younger girls.
"It is possible to create wonderful costumes to portray historical events without emptying your pocketbook or losing your mind over complicated directions. If you are looking for a fun way to introduce daughters to sewing, this book is also a super jumping-off point." Jennie Chancey Homeschooling mom & owner of Sense & Sensibility Patterns "As a homeschool mom for nearly 15 years, a staple to learning history was our dress-up box. Dramatizing is crucial to cementing lessons learned, and igniting a desire to know more! Amy Puetz has made it easier for families everywhere to accomplish that very goal by providing practical patterns, transforming a basic dress to fit decades of history. Her clear illustrations and easy to follow instructions allow even the novice seamstress to create beautiful accessories, altering the dress to fit the eras. Easy on the pocketbook, yet rich in elegance and design, so many choices of costume will provide your child years of imagination and play!" Amy Pak Home School in the Woods, www.homeschoolinthewoods.com "This book is every girl's dream come true! What little girl wouldn't want an entire historical wardrobe representing many different time periods! But do not be alarmed as this isn't a mother's nightmare, but a very practical helper. All of the historical outfits are based on just one basic dress. What could be more practical for a busy mom? Sew one dress and create multiple outfits for your daughter's dress up play and imagination. Ideal for historical reenactments and feasts, which is something THIS homeschooling family loves to do." Terri Johnson Knowledge Quest, Inc. www.KnowledgeQuestMaps.com
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Some of the patterns from the book in a PDF file! The patterns are available in Costumes with Character too, they are just on a grid and need to be enlarged before using. This ebook has some of the patterns already the right size. All you have to do is print them up on legal size paper. The larger patterns are available in a printed format here.
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ChibiPaint is an open source oekaki applet, a software that allows people to draw and paint online and share the result with other art enthusiasts. You can start using it right now on this website in the Oekaki Board section or download it and integrate it into your own website.
Features highlights:
- High-quality brushes.
- Rotating Canvas.
- Multiple layers with many blending modes.
- Filters such as noise generation and blur.
- Tablet pressure sensitivity through JTablet support.
- Open source: licensed under GPL v3
Free to use, even on your own website:
While you can enjoy using ChibiPaint on this website, you can also download the applet to integrate and use on your own website. As we are currently providing the applet only and not the supporting scripts, that requires a little bit of web programming knowledge. We hope to provide an easier solution in the future.
The best is yet to come!
ChibiPaint is still the "alpha stage" of its development. Which means it's not finished and will continue to evolve as the development continues. But as shown by the many wonderful artworks that have already been created by our talented users, it's already quite capable.
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Ask This Old House
Ask This Old House solves the steady stream of home improvement problems faced by our viewers - and we make house calls! The series features some familiar faces, including Kevin O'Connor, general contractor Tom Silva, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey, and landscape contractor Roger Cook.
Funding for ASK THIS OLD HOUSE is provided by The Home Depot, GMC, HomeAdvisor, Kubota and Wagner SprayTech.


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La Flora Resort Patong, Patong
- Free WiFi and free parking
- Collect nights
La Flora Resort Patong, Patongfrom $283
- Deluxe Room, Pool View (Free Daily Minibar)
- Deluxe Room, Pool Access (Free Daily Minibar)
- Suite, 1 Bedroom, Sea View (Free Daily Minibar)
- Beachfront Pool Villa - Free Daily Minibar
- Pool Villa With Loft - Free Daily Minibar
- Beachfront Grand Pool Villa - Free Daily Minibar
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What's around La Flora Resort Patong, Patong
- On the beach
- Patong Beach - 1 min walk
- Bangla Road - 2 min walk
- Jungceylon Shopping Center - 9 min walk
- Royal Paradise Night Market - 8 min walk
- Bangla Boxing Stadium - 12 min walk
- Banzaan Fresh Market - 13 min walk
- Patong Boxing Stadium - 17 min walk
Getting around
- Phuket (HKT-Phuket Intl.) - 55 min drive
- Airport shuttle (surcharge)
At a glance
Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 67 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 2 floors
- Check-in time 2 PM-5:30 AM
- Check-out time is noon
Required at check-in
- Credit card, debit card, or cash deposit required for incidental charges
- Government-issued photo ID required
- Minimum check-in age is 18
Travelling with others
- No pets or service animals allowed
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Free WiFi in rooms
WiFi rated super fast
- Great for browsing, email, gaming, streaming, and video chat
- Airport shuttle (available 24 hours) *
- Free self parking (limited)
Payment types at the property
In the hotel
- Buffet breakfast daily (surcharge)
- 2 restaurants
- Bar/lounge
- Room service (during limited hours)
- Beach cabanas (surcharge)
- Beach sun loungers
- Number of outdoor pools - 2
- Pool sun loungers
- Fitness facilities
- Full-service spa
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
- Beach umbrellas
- Pool umbrellas
- Steam room
- Beach towels
- Sauna
- Business center
- Meeting rooms
- Computer station
- 24-hour front desk
- Concierge services
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Laundry facilities
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Luggage storage
- Multilingual staff
- Number of buildings/towers - 3
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Designated smoking areas
- Terrace
- Library
- Television in common areas
- English
- Thai
In the room
- Air conditioning
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Bathrobes
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Turndown service
- Premium bedding
- Individually furnished
- Separate dining area
- Balcony
- Private bathroom
- Deep soaking bathtub
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Satellite TV channels
- DVD player
- Desk
- Free newspaper
- Free WiFi
- Phone
- Refrigerator
- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe
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Special features
Flora Spa has massage/treatment rooms. Services include facials and body treatments. The spa is equipped with a spa tub. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy.
DiningThe Current of the Sea - This restaurant specializes in Thai cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
The Surface - This restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can order drinks at the bar and enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). Open daily.
La Flora Resort Patong, Patong's small print
Also known as
- Flora Patong
- La Flora Resort Patong Patong
- La Flora Resort Patong Hotel Patong
- La Flora Resort Patong Hotel
- La Flora Patong
- La Flora Resort Patong
- La Flora Resort Patong Hotel Patong
- La Flora Resort Patong Phuket
- Flora Resort Patong
- La Flora Hotel
This property does not have elevators.
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
Mandatory fees
The charges below are included in the total price displayed:
- New Year's Eve gala dinner fee for stays on 31 December
Optional extras
Rollaway beds are available for an additional charge
Buffet breakfast is offered for an extra charge of THB 450.00 per person (approximately)
Airport shuttle service is offered for an extra charge of THB 1000 per vehicle (one way)
We have included all charges provided to us by this property. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the unit you book.
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Recent reviews
Fabulous 8.8 From 336 reviews
This place use to be nice
Overpriced!!!I've been to better 5-Star hotels.
Amazing service! Very friendly, excellent buffet, 2 pools, in the beach and right in the middle of Patong. Everything you could possibly want.
I found everything in this hotel excellent, the only thing is it's starting to show its where in tear could use a little paint here in there but besides that it was all good
Daily breakfast was excellent. Food was fresh and very tasty. La Flora staff were attentive and courteous. The beach and shop were easily assessable.
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Hi Guys
before I begin, I want to let you all know that I'm a total n00b in Java, so please go easy one me
I am planning on doing an Adventure Ride Project. It is an application where the person would choose what rides he wants to use and hire. It would look something like this >
When the person clicks the [Plan] button, then something like this would be displayed:
Then maybe have a Total at the bottom of the 2nd GUI, and fields where the user can input the miles he/she wants to ride each transport vehicle and of course an [Confirm] button which I have forgotten to put on.
The person would move from one adventure ride to another, How fun right ?
Now I know this is BIG (or at least I think it is for me !!) and that is why I want to start with the most basic things first !
What is the best way to go about creating the code for the list of each class ! I realise it will be similar for all three, because they will all be using the same layout.
Is an ArrayList the best thing to use ? An Arraylist which would hold Bicycles ? Or is there a better way for doing this ?
I would GREATLY APPRECIATE any help given.
Thanks Guys.