text:
Hollywood Psychics is looking for gifted psychics dedicated to helping people make
positive changes in their lives. Joining our elite group of psychics ensures that
your gifts are shared with our world-wide audience via phone and online chat.
If you are interested in sharing your genuine gifts with others in a compassionate
environment, please fill out our online forms.
Have question? Read our advisor FAQs
Thanks for considering Hollywood Psychics! We hope to hear from you soon.
In the almost four years that I have been working with Hollywood Psychics, my experience has been one of mutual respect. They consistently operate the business on a professional level while adding a personal side to every communication that I've had with them. I love working for Hollywood Psychics!
I enjoy working for Hollywood Psychics because there is such support from customer service. They are available for any questions or concerns you might have. You have the freedom to set your own hours to fit your schedule. Best of all, I love speaking to the callers and helping them with their questions and concerns and providing direction and guidance for them to overcome the obstacles they face in life. You really get to know the people who call and form a relationship with them and watch them grow. Hollywood Psychics provides satisfaction in helping others. I am glad to be part of the team of advisors who serve others.
Working with Hollywood Psychics allows me to do what I do best and that is to connect with the clients. Their marketing strategies are the best in the industry. I literally have clients all over the world due to their marketing campaigns. Their attention to detail in relation to the clients trickles down to make our jobs as psychic advisors easier. A happy client is always an easier one to work with. Hollywood Psychics also has an entire team dedicated to the psychics helping with day to day questions that may arise. The psychics are spread out all over the world but we all have a sense of feeling like we are just down the hall from each other. I especially love that the clients will tell me that another Hollywood psychic gave the same information to them in a reading as I did. I always strive to leave my clients better than I found them and it is always wonderful to hear that the other psychics at Hollywood have the same ethical values as I do. In fact we all seem to refer to each other based on our client's recommendations. I have heard horror stories about other sites that the psychics guilt the clients to only read with them. There is nothing worse than working with a client for months and having to hear how another psychic in a matter of a few minutes left your client in tears. That doesn't happen at Hollywood Psychics. We are one big family.
I have been working with Hollywood Psychics for quite sometime now. I have found it a company of caring, supportive and insightful professionals who value all metaphysical views, their tried and true advisors and each and every caller.They require only the most professional, supportive and honest readings from their professional psychics and they are interested to hear about their needs, concerns or suggestions.
This is a company which strives to provide us all the tools necessary to accomplish our goal, ever striving to provide the best possible experience for the callers.Hollywood Psychics is a company with a heart and a true family attitude. I find it a joy and a privilege to work with Hollywood Psychics and their callers.


text:
Safer trucks on the street
Busy streets, narrow passages and people moving around the truck. These are conditions that put special safety requirements on both truck and driver.
We know what's going on out there. We know what accidents look like. That's why we do so many extra tests that are not called for by legislation.
Traffic & Product Safety Director, Volvo Trucks

subset: commoncrawl


text:
When I sat down to write this blog, not sure how to introduce myself, I was startled. My cat, in a save-yourself run, flew out of my study. His fear echoed in his howl. I pushed my glasses back on my nose, hoping to identify what had set the feline into panic. Then, doing the sign of the cross over my heart, I prayed that whatever it was, wouldn't send me running in the feline's wake.
Now, I don't know why I do the cross gesture, I'm not Catholic, but it's always impressed me, and I figured I could be convinced to convert if the situation called for it.
Anyway, with my glasses firmly in place, my feet no longer resting on the floor, and Catholicism always an option, I saw . . . "it." I didn't panic. Calmly, I stood up, not completely happy, and went for the broom. Broom firmly in hand, I did what I had to do.
I start sweeping.
It was the rule. My own rule.
You see, the object of my cat's horror wasn't a rat, a snake, or one of
And the rule? It's pretty simple. I will only allow housework to pull me away from my writing when the dust bunnies grow large enough to scare my cats.
You're probably questioning my sanity for making such a rule. But in my defense, I seriously didn't know dust bunnies could ever grow that big, or I'd have never made it. True, there was a time when I wouldn't have been so forthcoming about my lack of Martha Stewart DNA, but that was before I sold my first book.
Right after my novel's release, my sister-in-law, with a friend in tow, dropped by my house—unannounced—for a meet-a-real-author event. It was August, in
Only after the friend neared a heat stoke, did I crater and allow them inside. I did the polite Southern thing, I fixed them tea, and while blushing appropriately I profusely apologized for my dirty house and my cat's little surprise.
An hour after they'd left, I hadn't stopped berating myself when my sister-in-law called to tell me that her friend had been ecstatic to see a real artist's house. According to said "friend", all real artists didn't worry about insignificant things such as house cleaning.
All I can say is that I must not have been too mortified after all, because that's when the dust-bunny/cat rule of housecleaning came into being. And since the hair-ball experience, I've hired someone to clean every two weeks. So that's my introduction to you guys. I'm a writer, a cat lover, and not a house cleaner. I write humorous romantic suspense novels, some of them even have a few hair-balling experiences in them.
My first single title romance, Divorced, Desperate & Delicious, will be out in December through
Crime Scene Christie


text:
Talk:1165: Amazon
I believe it is not about Amazon Forest, but about Amazon River. -- 220.127.116.11 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
Skeletonize a cow
Isn't there an urban myth that pirahnas can skeletonize a cow in under 2 minutes? 184.108.40.206 10:32, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
- According to [1], it's not myth - you only need few nets and few hundreds of piranhas. It was not mentioned how far they needed to go to get that number of piranhas, but I would suppose setting up that kind of practical joke can't take more that few days. -- Hkmaly (talk) 11:55, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
Does Amazon sell beef by any chance? I mean: while amazon.com can probably ship a package from Iquitos to Manaus, the Amazon can only nearly, because Manaus is situated a few kilometers upstream of a river branch where the package from Iquitos would float by. Makes me think whether there is a similiar comparison with skeltonized cows. Hence beef. 22.214.171.124 15:25, 25 January 2013 (UTC) madd
Reason for comparison
I think the main reason for this comparison is the dispute over the .amazon TLD between Amazon.com on one side and Brazil and Peru on the other. --188.8.131.52 11:38, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
Is anyone else thinking what I am?
Its been a while since Munroe has given something seriously good/thoughtful.... I am getting the inner feeling that he is planning something big. Like BIG . Anyone here concurs with me? 22.214.171.124 14:18, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
I will second that. It has been a while since he has had any labour intentive jokes. 126.96.36.199 16:57, 25 January 2013 (UTC)


text:
Since its inception in 1989 the Obey brand has continued to capture and engage with creative imaginations around the globe. Evolving over the years, Obey has become a major label in the urban fashion industry with its instantly recognisable icon derived from Andre the Giant. Taking inspiration from punk rock, skateboarding and political messaging the Obey brand creates a unique, quirky atmosphere.
At Triads we stock the latest collection of Obey. Our favourite piece from this season has to be the icon face hoody in black.


text:
New Bugatti Veyron Meo Costantini Edition Debuts In Dubai
Would the Dubai auto show be the Dubai auto show without the launch a special-edition Bugatti Veyron variant? Of course not - so it's no surprise to learn Bugatti used the show to debut the latest in its Bugatti Legends series of Veyrons, the Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse Meo Costantini.
The Bugatti whozit? If you remember Bugatti's original pitch for this "Bugatti Legends" series of cars, each special-edition Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse pays homage to significant figures in the automaker's history. Bartolomeo "Meo" Costantini may not be a household name today, but he played an active part in the automaker's racing pursuits after World War I. Behind the wheel of a Type 35, Costantini won the Targa Florio in both 1925 and 1926, and won both the Spanish Grand Prix and Grand Prix of Milan on 1926. Shortly afterward, he retired from driving, but helmed Bugatti's competition department until 1935.
It isn't surprising to learn Costantini's namesake Veyron was inspired by a racing Bugatti, but Bugatti's design team employed some unique touches in order to avoid stepping on the toes of the earlier Jean-Pierre Wimille Legends Veyron, which was also patterned after a Bugatti race car. The majority of the Meo Costantini Veyron's exterior is painted in a new "Dark Blue Sport" paint, developed exclusively for this model, but the aluminum doors, fenders, and front bumper are hand-polished to perfection and bathed in clearcoat. Costantini's signature is laser-etched into the aluminum fuel and oil caps, while the outline of the Targa Florio course is painted on the underside of the rear wing, visible primarily while the car is braking.
Predictably, the Veyron Grand Sport Vittesse Meo Costantini's two-tone interior is trimmed entirely in leather. The headliner, footwells, seat inserts, and rear cockpit walls are all clad in cognac-colored hides, while the seat cushions, arm rests, center console, door panels, dashboard, and steering wheel wear "Lake Blue" leathers. Light blue decorative stitching is scattered throughout the cabin, and is used to embroider Costantini's signature into the headrests. A polished aluminum relief of the Targa Florio circuit is affixed to the rear cargo box cover, but is nowhere as interesting as the inner door panels. The leather inserts have been laser engraved with a scene depicting Costantini in action, leading a pack of competitors while driving his Bugatti Type 35.
Like other Bugatti Legends Veyrons, the Meo Costantini car is mechanically identical to a Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse. The quad-turbocharged, 8.0-liter W-16 produces a wild 1200 hp and 1106 lb-ft of torque between 3000-5000 rpm. With that sort of power, the Veyron can rocket from 0-62 mph in 2.6 seconds. Bugatti says pricing is set at just north of $2.8 million, and as is the case with each iteration of Veyron Bugatti Legends, only three examples of the Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse Meo Costantini will be built.


text:
Derby, VT Rental Homes and Apartments for Rent
Search rentals in Derby, VT. At RentalGuide.net, we have comprehensive rental listings to help you find Derby apartments for rent. You can also find rental houses and condos. Click on a listing to view details, or refine your search for Derby apartments to search by price, beds and other criteria.


text:
The U.S. Supreme Court's upcoming ruling in Town of Greece v. Galloway could have far-reaching affects on prayers and invocations made before government and state-sponsored events. At its heart is the question of government endorsement of a particular faith, and whether sectarian prayers overwhelmingly weighted towards one faith can be made so long as a fig-leaf of neutrality is maintained in written policy. I have written about this case before, and how modern Pagans have been deeply intertwined with the development of the "model invocation policy" being challenged and with this case itself.
"In just a few seconds' time during the April Town Board meeting, Jennifer Zarpentine made Greece history. Zarpentine, a Wiccan, delivered the first-ever pagan prayer to open a meeting of the Greece Town Board. Her hands raised to the sky, she called upon Greek deities Athena and Apollo to 'help the board make the right informed decisions for the benefit and greater good of the community.' A small cadre of her friends and coven members in the audience chimed in 'so mote it be.'"
Senator Marco Rubio
Now, with the case on the Supreme Court docket, "friend of the court" briefings have been trickling in, most notably from a bi-partisan group of United States Senators (over 30 Republicans and one Democrat), and from a coalition of states lead by the Attorney Generals of Indiana and Texas. The first, spearheaded by Marco Rubio, seems to argue that the Supreme Court upholding (or expanding on) the Court of Appeals verdict in this case could eliminate the Establishment Clause carve-out for a paid government chaplains (as established in Marsh v. Chambers).
"This Court should eliminate the uncertainty and affirm the strong constitutional footing on which legislative prayer stands. In a nation of broad religious diversity, the best means of ensuring that the government does not prefer any particular religious view in the context of legislative prayer is to allow all those who pray to do so in accordance with their own consciences and in the language of their own faiths."
In essence, Rubio and the other senators are playing the religious freedom card, hand-waving away the fact that Greece's "neutral" policy "virtually ensured a Christian viewpoint" according to the appeals court judges. However, even more problematic is the brief submitted by 23 states, which not only argues that sectarian prayers before government meetings to be upheld, but raises the bar in terms of challenging prayer policies.
"The amici States urge the Court to re-affirm the central holding of Marsh v. Chambers, 463 U.S. 783, 792 (1983), that legislative prayers are permissible as "simply a tolerable acknowledgment of beliefs widely held among the people of this country," and to disclaim any role for the so-called endorsement test when it comes to analyzing legislative prayer practices. THE COURT SHOULD ALSO CONSIDER USING THIS CASE AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CLARIFY ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE DOCTRINE MORE GENERALLY BY REQUIRING A SHOWING OF RELIGIOUS COERCION AS A TOUCHSTONE FOR PROVING ANY TYPE OF UNLAWFUL RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENT."
In other words, government-sponsored prayers should not only have an Establishment Clause carve-out, individuals should have to prove "religious coercion" in order to bring an establishment of religion challenge against a government body. Such a high bar would throw current precedent on Establishment Clause challenges into chaos. It would also mean that rather famous cases involving Pagans, like Darla Kaye Wynne's successful struggle against the town of Great Falls, South Carolina, would most likely have been thrown out. Because how, exactly, does a religious minority prove coercion in a town dominated by Christians set on praising Christ before every function?
Justice Brennan
Marsh v. Chambers, a SCOTUS decision which both the States and Rubio's coalition places front-and-center in their amicus briefs to argue the Establishment Clause does not apply to government-sponsored prayer, featured a telling dissent by Justice William J. Brennan and Justice Thurgood Marshall that spoke directly to the question of coercion.
"The "primary effect" of legislative prayer is also clearly religious. AS WE SAID IN THE CONTEXT OF OFFICIALLY SPONSORED PRAYERS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, "PRESCRIBING A PARTICULAR FORM OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP," EVEN IF THE INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED HAVE THE CHOICE NOT TO PARTICIPATE, PLACES "INDIRECT COERCIVE PRESSURE UPON RELIGIOUS MINORITIES TO CONFORM TO THE PREVAILING OFFICIALLY APPROVED RELIGION...." Engel v. Vitale, 370 U.S. 421, 431 (1962). MORE IMPORTANTLY, INVOCATIONS IN NEBRASKA'S LEGISLATIVE HALLS EXPLICITLY LINK RELIGIOUS BELIEF AND OBSERVANCE TO THE POWER AND PRESTIGE OF THE STATE."
In short, the coercion is already happening, but it is being ignored in the name of tradition. These State Attorney Generals, and Senators, and conservative Christian organizations like the Family Research Council, and the Liberty Institute want desperately for that coercion to continue, and indeed, for it to be trumpeted as "freedom."
"Courts that impose religious "neutrality" categorically exclude certain religions that require the use of those prohibited terms and violate the mandate of the Establishment Clause that all persons be treated equally by the government, regardless of religious creed."
In short, making Christians not say "Jesus" before government assemblies and functions hinders their freedom. Somehow.
As I've noted before, the outcome of this verdict will likely decide the fate of opening invocations before government meetings. Will the "model invocation policy" used by Greece (and several other towns) be allowed to stand? If so, we can look forward to a huge groundswell of sectarian Christian prayer being instituted across large chunks of the United States. After all, this model policy clearly states that public bodies are "not required to extend any extraordinary efforts to include particular minority faiths" and "no apology is necessary for the demographics of the community that the public body serves." This could be a chilling roll-back of advances by religious minorities, and those who hold no religious affiliation at all.
Rev. Kevin Kisler prays prior to the start of a Greece, N.Y., Town Board meeting in 2008. Photo: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
I'm hoping that the Supreme Court is prudent here, and commits no drastic change to our understandings of the Establishment Clause, though I'm less optimistic since their Voting Rights Act decision. Recent rulings in the 2nd and 4th Courts of Appeals should be respected, and their understanding of how invocations slanted towards the largest demographic can create the appearance of establishment (and coercion) listened to. The current Supreme Court is made up of Roman Catholics and Jews, two religions that once fought very hard against the unthinking privilege of the Protestant Christian majority. Now, there is a chance to make the United States a truly pluralistic nation, not one that claims to be pluralistic, but looks the other way in the name of tradition.
Whatever happens, modern Pagans, and all religious minorities, should pay very close attention to Town of Greece v. Galloway.
Reference: pagan-magic.blogspot.com


text:
NASA's Curiosity rover has been on Mars for a little over a day now and it's already beaming back a bunch of incredible images.
The first color image, shown below, was taken on the afternoon of the first day after landing. It was snapped by the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) located on the end of Curiosity's robotic arm. The arm isn't fully deployed yet, so it takes pictures at a bit of a tilt. The picture has been rotated to correct that tilt. This camera is designed to take very close, high-resolution images of rocks and soil on the Martian surface.
Looking north, the image shows the wall and rim of Gale Crater (where the rover landed) in the distance. The crater is about the size of Rhode Island and Connecticut combined.
The photo was taken with the camera's transparent dust cover closed. The image looks a little cloudy because of some dust that was blown onto the camera during the rover's risky landing.
The first images without the dust cover are expected later this week.
NASA released some more photos at a press conference this afternoon. These were taken by a camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter at 10:30 p.m. PT on Aug. 6. In the first photo, called "Scene of the Crime," you can see scattered pieces of hardware that helped Curiosity get to Mars: the heat shield, sky crane and back shell attached to the parachute.
Curiosity is about 4,000 feet from the heat shield, 2,000 feet from the back shell and 2,100 feet from the sky crane.
The large white splotch in the second photo is Curiosity's parachute.
More From Curiosity:


text:
Update 10:40 a.m: Three anti-frack activists in handcuffs onsite.
UPDATE: 10:35 a.m.: The front gate has been opened. Cops are chasing activists from the site.
UPDATE: 10:33 a.m.: Six police vehicles on scene. Workers have removed banners and police are ordering protesters to leave the property. Two of the activists remaining inside the facility have been detained by police. Others are standing in front of the main gate which has been locked by activists. One fire truck is now on the scene surveying the monopod. The vice president of Greenhunter is onsite meeting with the sheriffs and the police.
UPDATE: 10:20 a.m.: Activists unfurled a banner on one of the frack waste trucks reading: "No Frack Waste By Truck, No Frack Waste By Boat, No Greenhunter Waste Down Ohio's Throat." #DrSeuss
UPDATE: 10:10 a.m.: Workers have come out of their trucks. The monopod is occupied with direct support at the bottom. Two police cars are on the scene.
Matamoros, OH, 10:00 am. Good morning! Along with Earth First! and other environmental groups, we have stopped truck traffic at the Greenhunter fracking waste facility in Matamoros, Washington County, along the Ohio River.
Nate Ebert, a 33-year-old Athens County resident and member of Appalachia Resist!, ascended a 30 foot pole anchored to a brine truck in the process of unloading frack waste, preventing all trucks carrying frack waste from entering the site.
Over one hundred supporters gathered at the facility, protesting Greenhunter's plans to increase capacity for toxic frack waste dumping in Ohio. Greenhunter is seeking approval from the Coast Guard to ship frack waste across the Ohio River via barge at a rate of up to half a million gallons per load. The Ohio River is a drinking source for more than 5 million people, including residents of Cincinnati and Pittsburgh. Test results from multiple frack waste samples reveal high levels of benzene, toluene, arsenic, barium, and radium, among other carcinogenic and radioactive chemicals.
"Our governor, legislature, and regulatory agencies have all failed in their obligation to protect Ohioans from the predatory gas industry," said Ebert. "Greenhunter wants to use our water sources as dumping grounds for their toxic, radioactive waste. We are here to send a message that the people of Ohio and Appalachia will not sit idly by and watch our homes be turned into a sacrifice zone!"
Frack waste dumping has generated resistance across Ohio, including direct actions disrupting waste disposal operations from Youngstown to Athens County. The waste is injected underground into over 170 wells statewide, contaminating water and causing numerous earthquakes across the state from Marietta to Ashtabula, most notably a 4.0 earthquake in Youngstown. Surface spills are commonplace across Ohio, including the recently uncovered intentional dumping of an estimated hundreds of thousands of gallons of frack waste into the Mahoning River.
"Fracking chemicals and cancer go hand in hand," said Teresa Mills of the Buckeye Forest Council, a grassroots Ohio organization seeking a ban on frack waste injection. "Greenhunter plans to recklessly endanger the drinking water of millions of residents of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and beyond. How many kids have to get cancer before we decide that saturating Ohio's rivers and aquifers with toxic waste is not worth it? We need a ban on injection wells to protect our air, our water, and our children."
Other groups participating in Tuesday's action include Tar Sands Blockade, Radical Action for Mountain Peoples' Survival (RAMPS), a coalition of indigenous leaders including representatives from No Line 9 and the Unis'tot'en Camp, Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance, and Earth First! chapters from across the country. Tuesday's action is the latest in a series of escalated acts of resistance to destructive extractive industries. On Monday, Pennsylvanians disrupted construction of the Tennessee Gas Pipeline in the Delaware State Forest. In January, Navajo residents from Black Mesa, Arizona joined with Appalachians to protest strip mining at the headquarters of Peabody Energy. International resistance to tar sands mining has continued to escalate from the Tar Sands Blockade in Texas and Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance in Oklahoma, to the Unist'ot'en Camp in Wet'suwet'en Territories.
"I am here because the struggle against frack waste dumping in Ohio is the same as our resistance to the blasting of the mountains in my backyard in West Virginia," said Kim Ellis of RAMPS. "Until we put a stop to poisonous and exploitative extractive practices everywhere, we will continue to fight."
Keep fighting! Stand against fracking and injection wells! We don't need to accept this abuse of our land, air, and water!
Follow us on Twitter: @AppalResist
###Appalachia Resist is a campaign of resistance to the poisoning and exploitation of Appalachia. For more information, go to:www.appalachiaresist.wordpress.com; Twitter: @AppalResist


text:
Hey, I had the good fortune to jet off to the Edinburgh Fringe over the weekend. It was my first time to the festival – but not to the city (which is as beautiful as ever and seems particularly alive when populated with strange and wacky students and artistes from all over the world). I arrived after the travel-trip from hell on the Friday night and flew back last night, so I had just two days to spend at the world's most renowned theatre/comedy festival. I am glad to report that not only have I returned with my sanity intact, but I actually had a pretty good run at the festival.
Filed under: Theatre | Tagged: After Dark, Cambridge Union Amatuer Dramatic Club, CUADC, doctor fautus, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Book Festival, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Ernest and the Pale Moon, faustus, Foil Arms and Hog, Fringe, Fringe Festival, How to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse, How to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse, Les Enfants Terribles, Les Enfants Terribles Theatre Company, the fringe, the Wind in the Willows, Wind in the Willows | Leave a comment »


text:
Red is love. Red is passion. Red is life. Red is violent. Red is a fish.
Digital Oilpaint
Greetings! I am an artist and illustrator from Placentia California; and currently based in Corona, California.
The vast majority of my artwork is created digitally. However, I still paint in a traditional manner. Starting with a blank canvas, I allow the digital paint to build and blend as though it were a real medium. For me, the energy of each individual mark brings a certain life to the artwork. Intertwining shapes, textures, and emotional color are what inspire me; and I hope may inspire you in some way.
This is a gallery-quality giclée art print on 100% cotton rag archival paper, printed with archival inks. Each art print is listed by sheet size and features a minimum one-inch border.


text:
NH governor-elect names transition team director
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) � New Hampshire Gov.-elect Maggie Hassan has named Pamela Walsh as the gubernatorial transition director.
Walsh, of Concord, was deputy chief of staff for Gov. John Lynch and press secretary for former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen. Walsh's transition appointment was announced Friday.
Walsh will manage Hassan's efforts to reach out to New Hampshire residents about their ideas for state government.
Hassan said that an official transition office is scheduled to open Wednesday in Concord, and that she plans to move forward with building her transition team and steering committee as quickly as possible. Additional transition details and team members will be announced in coming days.


text:
Gansey Pattern - Scarborough Hand Knitting Pattern
Gansey Pattern
Scarborough Hand Knitting Pattern.
Full written pattern with step by step colour pictures and pattern charts.
Hand knitting on 2 needles and in the round on set of 5 x 2.5mm needles.
All the patterns and charts are saved as an easy to read 20 page pdf file.
We aim to email out the pdf to you next day.
(Please note this pattern is saved as a pdf file and not a printed document).
Pattern sizes
Small 36" - 38" chest


text:
DeLand, Fla. – Stetson University is one of 14 universities named a Presidential Award Finalist in the 2013 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. The Honor Roll recognizes higher education institutions that reflect the values of exemplary community service and achieve meaningful outcomes in their communities. Stetson's selection to the Honor Roll is the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement.
"Stetson has a long history of service learning and educating students to be significant, as both leaders and participants in an ever changing world," said Wendy B. Libby, president, Stetson University. "We're honored to receive this prestigious award, and owe much of it to the students themselves. They are the energy driving our commitment."
There were 810 applications submitted for the awards, and 690 were chosen to be recognized. Of the 690 schools recognized in this year's Honor Roll, there are 571 Honor Roll designees; 100 Honor Roll with Distinction; 14 Presidential Award Finalists; and 5 Presidential Award winners.
"Our mission at Stetson's Center for Community Engagement is to promote lifelong commitments to social responsibility that embrace volunteerism and encourage service learning," said Kevin Winchell, assistant director of community engagement. "This award shows that our students, faculty and staff have the ability to directly engage in activities that foster all of our values and improve the campus, community, and world."
Some of the projects that Stetson students, faculty and staff participated in which were considered for the award include:
- Stetson University's Bonner Scholars and Leaders Program: provides 60 students with scholarships in exchange for their commitment to at least eight hours of community-based work each week. This resulted in more than 20,000 hours of work for more than 30 different community partners last year.
- Stetson College of Law: requires all of its students to complete at least 60 hours of legal and non-legal pro-bono work prior to graduation. This resulted in more than 19,000 hours of highly skilled assistance to legal aid societies, local nonprofits and government agencies last year.
- Stetson University and the United Way of Volusia-Flagler Counties: engages students in many ways, including as Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) facilitators at no cost to local families, as fundraisers, as budget allocation committee members, and as volunteers for many other United Way intitiatives. This resulted in $182,092 in tax refunds for local families and more than 6000 hours of volunteer assistance last year.
"Congratulations to Stetson University, its faculty and students for its commitment to service, both in and out of the classroom," said Wendy Spencer, CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service, the federal agency which administers the program. "Through its work, institutions of higher education are helping improve their local communities and create a new generation of leaders by challenging students to go beyond the traditional college experience and solve local challenges."
More information about Stetson's Center for Community Engagement can be found here. More information on eligibility and the full list of Honor Roll awardees, can be found at nationalservice.gov.
Founded in 1883, Stetson University in Central Florida is an independent university that provides a transforming education in the liberal arts tradition. Stetson stresses academic excellence and community-engaged learning, and consistently earns high national rankings. In 1982, Stetson was awarded a chapter of the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa honorary society. The College of Arts & Sciences, School of Business Administration and School of Music are located at the historic campus in DeLand. The College of Law is in Gulfport/St. Petersburg. The university also has two satellite centers: the Tampa Law Center and the Stetson University Center at Celebration near Orlando. More information: University Marketing, 386-822-8920. Stay Connected with Stetson on social media.
The President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll honors the nation's leading higher education institutions and their students, faculty and staff for their commitment to bettering their communities through service. These are institutions that reflect the values of exemplary community service and achieve meaningful outcomes in their communities.


text:
Asian American women filmmakers showcase powerful and personal work
Theater Two at the Directors Guild of America was filled with a capacity crowd on Sunday May 5, 2013 at the 2013 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival special event, Howzit! A Visual Communications Tribute to Linda Mabalot.
Master of Ceremonies Kennedy Kabasares opened the event by introducing members of the late arts activist and legendary Visual Communications Executive Director's family, Dora Doeux, Natividad Andres, and Al Doeux. The three gave their personal accounts of memories of the Sacramento Valley childhood that included working the land with family, neighbors, extended family and friends.
Dom and Saachiko Magwill, Alice Tuan, and filmmaker Quentin Lee also gave personal tributes, followed by Walt Louie's touching film tribute to Linda Mabalot. Janice D. Tanaka presented director Asiroh Cham as the first Linda Mabolot Legacy Scholarship recipient. Cham's documentary Journey (2011) follows filmmaker Julia Thi Underhill's travel to Vietnam and Cambodia in a quest for more knowledge of her mixed-Cham roots.
Susan Tuan's black and white narrative short New Year (2006) examines the tense interracial personal dynamics of a stranded, newly-arrived Chinese immigrant motorist and an older African-American gas station attendant in the 1950s, yet ends in a surprisingly light-hearted comedic dance number.
Karen Lin's experimental narrative short Perfection (2004) stars Ming-Na Lee as a career woman whose existence is very unlike the popular board game she once conquered as a child. Her lifetime of constant striving after an unattainable cultural ideal has her coming apart at the seams, contrary to her outward infallabilty.
Prithi Gowda's Televisnu (2010) is a surreal techicolor journey of one young call center worker in India who finds a wormhole in her broken computer which leads to her questioning her upcoming arranged marriage in two weeks - after falling for one of the young men who works alongside her. Her life's decisions might cost her family (especially her father's) happiness, while fulfilling her own.
The event closed with a few emotional words from current Visual Communications Executive Director, Shinae Yoon. "Linda speaks to me every day in the office..." she said, while wiping away tears. "Her voice is still so strong!"
For more information, visit the official Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival website.
Photos: Copyright © 2013 Anjeli Jana


text:
Asian Variations – Various Artists Remixed by MoShang
The Asian Variations album is a collection of remixes produced by MoShang in his Chinese Chill style of downtempo electronica, melding deeply laid-back beats with Chinese traditional instruments. Some of these remixes were solicited by the original artists, two were done for remix competitions, and in some cases MoShang approached artists directly requesting permission to remix their work. The artists represented on the album are literally from all over the globe; The U.S.A. (Fort Minor, Toao, Lovespirals, Brad Reason), Taiwan (Kou Chou Ching, Chang Jui-chuan, Viba, Andre van Rensburg, MoShang), South Africa (Gordon's Suitcase), Japan (Akihiko Matsumoto & Chage), Italy (Big Red Devil), and Slovenia (PureH) and for the most part the collaboration with MoShang was via the web. With the exception of Fort Minor and J-pop star, Chage, none of the artists are signed to major labels and all are working hard to be heard. Thank you for listening!


text:
A male victim was robbed at gunpoint while walking near the University of California at Berkeley campus Monday night, UC police said.
The victim was walking in the 2700 block of Channing Way around 10:50 p.m. when three males approached him, police said.
The suspects pointed handguns at the victim and took his cellphone, police said.
The trio then ran east on Channing Way and then turned onto Piedmont Avenue.
The victim was not injured in the incident.
Officers from both the UC and Berkeley police departments searched the area but did not locate the suspects.
The first suspect was described as a white man in his 20s, standing 5 feet 8 inches, with a thin build wearing a gray beanie, a jacket and black handgun.
The second man was Asian, in his 20s, between 5 feet 5 inches and 5 feet 9 inches tall with a large build and also holding a black gun.
A description of the third suspect was not available, police said.
Anyone with information about the armed robbery is asked to call Berkeley police at (510) 981-5900.


text:
GP Flair has unveiled the first details of the marketing drive behind Xeno, its interactive baby monster set to launch at the end of July.
With his unique aesthetics and multifaceted personality, Xeno offers a new play experience for children ages 6 and up. Xeno has more than 10 emotions, including happy, sad, playful, hungry, and unwell, along with more than 40 eye expressions, allowing him to communicate how he is feeling. His multiple sensors respond to touch, which allows kids to tickle, feed, and play with him. Xeno also loves music and will dance and sing along to songs, but will refuse to listen to songs he does not like. He also comes preloaded with five mini-games and can even talk to his Xeno Friends.
Downloading the free app will allow kids to play additional games and explore Xeno's world.


text:
My daughter requested a new poncho...
I few year ago I made a granny square poncho for my daughter, She still wears it and it still fits, but she's older now. She has new style and color preferences. So off to the store we went to pick out a color. I'm thinking neutral, something that will match a variety of outfits. My eight year old and I were not on the same page. She chose red and there was no changing her mind.
I found a pattern I liked, I showed it to her, she liked the style. When it came down to it, we were debating between two different patterns. Of course, I lost again! So here's the two we liked. the first one (my choice) is the Rustically Elegant Shoulder Warmer and my daughter's pick was the Chelsea Wrap. Both of these patterns are easily altered to adjust size. So obviously I made the Chelsea Wrap, designed by Michele DuNaier because that's what girly wanted. It's a super simple design and works up quickly. Park your butt and turn on some Netflix! You'll be done before you know it!
I will be sharing with these great blogs!
Follow me here:
Pinterest » Facebook » Bloglovin' » Etsy
Google+ » StumbleUpon » Instagram
Google+ » StumbleUpon » Instagram


text:
Contribute to ReadWriteThink / RSS / FAQs / Site Demonstrations / Contact Us / About Us
ReadWriteThink couldn't publish all of this great content without literacy experts to write and review for us. If you've got lessons plans, videos, activities, or other ideas you'd like to contribute, we'd love to hear from you.
Find the latest in professional publications, learn new techniques and strategies, and find out how you can connect with other literacy professionals.
Teacher Resources by Grade
|1st - 2nd
|3rd - 4th
|5th - 6th
|7th - 8th
|9th - 10th
|11th - 12th
Home › Classroom Resources › Lesson Plans
Lesson Plan
Readers Theatre With Jan Brett
|1 – 2
|Lesson Plan Type
|Standard Lesson
|Estimated Time
|Five 60-minute sessions
|Lesson Author
Fort Worth, Texas
In this lesson, students in grades 12 interact with the book Hedgie's Surprise by Jan Brett and create a Readers Theatre that is performed for an audience. Students make predictions about the story prior to reading and listen to a read-aloud of the story. Postreading, they make observations about the characters, setting, and plot. The focus on the literary elements of the story leads students to create costumes, props, and sets for the final Readers Theatre performance. Although Readers Theatre does not typically employ such devices, the use of costumes and sets affords early elementary students a better understanding of the story.
Readers Theatre script for Hedgies Surprise: The sample script for Hedgies Surprise provided with this lesson can be used for the Readers Theatre or as a model for students to write their own script.
Aaron Shepards RT page: For helpful tips on conducting Readers Theatre and some additional sample scripts, see Aaron Shepard's RT page.
Gambrell, L.B., Morrow, L.M., & Pennington, C. (2002). Early childhood and elementary literature-based instruction: Current perspectives and special issues. Reading Online, 5(6). Available: http://www.readingonline.org/articles/art_index.asp?HREF=handbook/gambrell/index.html
- Literature-based instruction provides authentic learning experiences and activities by using high-quality literature to teach and foster literacy development.
- A guiding principle of the literature-based perspective is that literacy acquisition occurs in a book-rich context where there is an abundance of purposeful communication and meaning is socially constructed (Cullinan, 1987).
- Student participation in storybook readings (e.g., a Readers Theatre performance) increases comprehension and the sense of story structure, thereby enabling students to more thoroughly integrate the information.
Carrick, L. (2001). Internet resources for conducting Readers Theatre. Reading Online, 5(1). Available: http://www.readingonline.org/electronic/carrick/
- The element of drama enables students to realize that reading is an activity that permits experimentation-they can try reading words in different ways to produce different meanings. As they practice their roles, readers are also given the opportunity to reflect on the text and to evaluate and revise how they interact with it.
- Educators have long elaborated on the benefits of using Readers Theatre and related strategies for increasing reading fluency and sight-word vocabulary, improving reading comprehension, providing opportunities to interpret dialogue and communicate meaning, and increasing awareness and appreciation of plays as a form of literature.
Cullinan, B.E. (1987). Children's literature in the reading program. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.


text:
Sony 32 Minute MPEG IMX Videotape: BCT-32MX
- Fine metal particles achieving C/N 40dB with the shortest recording wave length at 0.56um.
- Affinity between the magnetic particles and the binder are improved 30% due to new magnetic particle treatment technology.
- Uniform dispersion of magnetic particles decrease powder debris and reduce risk of headclog.
- A decrease in powder debris and reduction of headclog risk are furthered by a strong construction of three dimensional cross-linked binders.


text:
Larkin scores career-high 18, Mavs edge Suns
PHOENIX (AP) — The son of a baseball Hall of Famer had the biggest game of his young pro basketball career, and the Dallas Mavericks probably wouldn't have won without him.
Rookie Shane Larkin, son of Cincinnati Reds great Barry Larkin, scored a career-high 18 points, half of them in the final quarter, and the Mavericks held on to beat the Phoenix Suns 110-107 on Friday night.
Larkin, the 18th overall draft pick out of Miami, scored six in the last 2:42, capped by a pair of free throws with 11.1 seconds left.
"Sometimes you think as a rookie that you don't want to mess up," he said. "You want to play smart, you don't want to do anything that the coach is uncomfortable (with). Tonight it was, `Just go play. We need you to play and we need you to play well and do the things that you can do.'"
Larkin was forced into extra duty when starting guard Jose Calderon hurt his knee in the first half.
"It's the most minutes I've played since college," he said.
Larkin made 6 of 8 shots, including two of three 3-pointers and had five assists in 26 minutes.
"That's why we drafted him," Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle said. "We felt like he could have this kind of impact."
The Suns had a last chance to tie it when Vince Carter turned it over trying to inbound the ball after a basket by Phoenix with 6.7 seconds left. But P.J. Tucker's try from the corner rimmed out, and replays showed his foot was on the line so it would have been for two points, anyway.
Monta Ellis scored 24 and Dirk Nowitzki 21 for the Mavericks, who never trailed. Shawn Marion scored eight of his 16 in the third quarter for Dallas.
Goran Dragic scored 28 points, and Markieff Morris added 23, including 14 in the final quarter, and grabbed 12 rebounds.
Morris' twin brother Marcus scored 13 for the Suns, who have lost four of five.
"We need to attack the basket more and we are in kind of a shooting slump right now," coach Jeff Hornacek said. "If you get those easy ones and now, all of a sudden, you go outside and you get a few."
Dallas led 104-94 after Larkin's running 5-footer with 2:53 to go. Markieff Morris' four-point play with 2:30 to go cut it to 103-98, but Nowitzki sank a 20-footer and it was 106-98 with 1:47 to go.
Larkin's two free throws put Dallas ahead 108-101 with 1:19 left, then Dragic led the Suns on a frenzied run.
His driving layup, followed by his 5-footer cut the lead to 108-105 with 14.1 seconds to play. Larkin's two free throws boosted it to 110-105 with 11.1 seconds to go. Dragic scored again inside to trim it to 110-107 with 6.7 seconds remaining, then Carter lost the ball and touched it again while he was trying to inbound it for a turnover giving the Suns one last chance.
Dragic found Tucker for the open jumper, but it rolled around the rim and came out.
"I was already celebrating," Tucker said, "because it did everything but go down."
Television replays showed Tucker's foot was on 3-point line so it would not have tied the game anyway.
Dallas shot out to a 23-12 lead on Nowitzki's 3-pointer and was up 44-34 after Larkin's 3-pointer with 8:22 left in the half.
Phoenix scored the next eight, cutting it to 44-42 on Markieff Morris' length-of-the-court pass to Tucker for a layup. The Suns cut the lead to one three times in quarter, the last at 51-50 on Gerald Green's 3-pointer with 4:03 left in the half. Dallas led 58-56 at the break.
The Suns briefly tied it on Dragic's jumper to start the second half, then Dallas took off again. Marion and Carter each sank a 3 in a 9-2 run that gave the Mavericks their biggest lead, 84-72 with 2:28 left in the third quarter.
Notes: The Suns were without Leandro Barbosa for the second game in a row because of a sore right shoulder. He is at the end of a 10-day contract and is expected to get another over the weekend. … The Mavericks return home to face Portland on Saturday night. … Dallas' 36 points were the most Phoenix has allowed in the first quarter this season. … Dallas has won 12 of 15 over the Suns.


text:
UNDO and Mathematica - how useless is it?
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg97898] UNDO and Mathematica - how useless is it?
- From: Bob F <deepyogurt at gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 05:42:48 -0500 (EST)
Hello Everyone, Does anyone else think the UNDO menu function is about as useful as ice in Antarctica?? I had just copied/pasted a long expression from a web site to a notebook I was working on, but the expression had some exponents/superscripts that did not come through with the paste so what ended up being in the notebook was something like this: ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((x2*x)2*x)2)2*x)2*x)2*x)2)2)2*x)2*x)2)2*x)2) 2*x)2*x)2)2)2*x)2)2*x)2)2)2)2)2)2)2)2)2 so to Mathematica it looked like all the 2's were just multipliers instead of exponents. No problem, says I, just highlight this string and use the Edit/Find&Replace dialog box to change 2 to ^2, but only one at a time was changed with each click of the replace. OK, says I, use the "Replace All" and surely that will only apply to the highlighted section. WRONG!!!!!! It changed the entire notebook to have ^2 instead of every 2 in the entire notebook. OK, says I, just click the Edit/Undo and get back to where I was. WRONG -- notebook is totally hosed and I loose a few hours worth of work. Yeah, Yeah, Yeah I should have done a Save before doing the Replace All -- now I know for next time. So, hey Wolfram -- please fix the UNDO. Make it work like every other program on the face of the planet, even the entire Solar System, even the known and unknown universe!!!!!!!!!! Even one level of UNDO would have saved me hours of working, let alone a multiple level UNDO like you see in so many other programs. I would be much happier Mathematica user, if Wolfram would spend time in solving problems like this, than coming out with new versions with hundred of functions. Please make the next release fix some of the major outstanding issues with the current version (and for many years as far as I can tell)!!! If you want to add new functionality that's great, but give users a modern user interface feature like UNDO!!!!!!!!!!! And as long as you're about it, give the Find dialog box a way to do a find/replace on a cell or multiple cells or any highlighted section of a notebook. As it stands right now, you have to click the Replace button for each and every occurrence of the string you wish to change. Maybe a "Replace in this cell" or "Replace in the highlighted section" button. How can something so simple (the UNDO) be so uselessly implemented. What is it even good for in the state that it is in?? -Bob (grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr) ;-(
- Follow-Ups:
- Re: UNDO and Mathematica - how useless is it?
- From: peter <email@example.com>
- Re: UNDO and Mathematica - how useless is it?
- From: Filippo Miatto <email@example.com>
- Re: UNDO and Mathematica - how useless is it?


text:
Make the most out of your eCommerce site with powerful and customizable hosting!
Ready to put your products out there? Then, it's time to setup your own eCommerce site. With HostPapa's one-click-install eCommerce hosting you don't need to be a technical expert, you just need 5 minutes! Pick the best eCommerce tool for you, they're all included for FREE in your HostPapa hosting plan.
A powerful eCommerce platform to sell anything, it is suitable for any business. You can sell on your existing website quick and easy.
Whether you are a retailer looking for an online store or a webmaster seeking an eCommerce solution, Cube Cart is your global solution to sell in digital.
Axis Software Solutions understands your requirements and help you to set your online eCommerce store in very few steps but with its all-featured platform.
PrestaShop has hundreds of choices from every industry, the perfect store temple is waiting for you with over 50 world-class payments.
OpenCart is the biggest of the eCommerce selections of modules and themes to expand your store functionality in a few steps!
Loaded Commerce 6.5 evolved over a decade to serve the most aggressive online store owners on the internet. There is not much that Loaded does not do!
Do you need a fast CMS easy to use and with special features? Take the best decision for CMS hosting with HostPapa! Find the option that suits your needs and build the perfect CMS for your website.
Choose among the best options to create your email package or migrate your information with all the sites that HostPapa has for you. Pick the one that's right for your business or project and receive all the HostPapa benefits.
Find easy and fast Forum hosting options for all levels of technical expertise. Don't miss HostPapa plans and get ready to create the best forum you can!
Setup your own blog. With HostPapa's one-click-install blog hosting, you don't need to be a technical expert, you just need 5 minutes! Pick the best blogging tool for you, they're all included for FREE in your HostPapa hosting plan.
HostPapa offers more than just hosting. Discover our other solutions like Shared Web Hosting, WordPress hosting, VPS, Reseller and Email solutions. All our hosting services include a 30-day money-back-guarantee† and industry exclusive one-on-one dedicated training sessions.
HostPapa is proud to offer video tutorials and a comprehensive knowledge base to help you make the most of your web hosting in case you get stuck.
Need extra help? No problem! You can book a free 30 minute one-on-one training session with one of our PapaSquad experts.
As always, HostPapa is happy to offer industry-leading, around-the-clock email and phone support in four languages (English, French, German and Spanish).
"It is my first web hosting services I contracted and everything was so easy and reliable. I am very happy with my choice."
"I really appreciate the quality of the services, every time when I have a problem with the system, the response has been very fast to resolve my problem."
"I started to use HostPapa 2 years ago. I like the unlimited hosting for domain name. I have another 2 host services with other companies, since I started using HostPapa I've transferred all of them to HostPapa"
"They do exactly what they advertise and I've been very happy with the service over the past few years."
"I've been using HostPapa for over a year and I haven't had one complaint. Reliable, fast, great technical support."
"I have been very pleased with all the support that HP has given me. Not being a web savvy person... support was very helpful in getting me started."
Customers from all over the world have reviewed our shared web hosting for its superior performance, rock-solid security, unparalleled reliability and ease of use. Not to mention our award-winning customer support!
So why just take our word for it? Check out some of the industry leading hosting review websites and get an even better idea of how HostPapa offers the more feature-packed hosting plans at extremely competitive prices.Get Started
At HostPapa, we take your eCommerce seriously, this is why we've partnered with the leading tools and technologies so that your eCommerce site is not only fast-loading, easy-to-use and good-looking, but so that you don't have pay extra for it as well!
Get up and running in seconds with the best eCommerce platforms like in just 1-click. We'll worry about the technical stuff, you only have to worry about doing what you do best:to sell!
ECommerce consists in the distribution, sale, purchase, marketing and supply of information of products or services through the Internet. With the growing popularity of the Internet in the mid-90s, selling services through the network using electronic means such as credit cards as a form of payment, became a faster and simpler option. Since then, companies have been worried about competing for this growing segment and its demands.
Keep in mind that eCommerce is here to stay and grow. This is a way of doing money and having your own business without the investments of a physical space. With eCommerce you will not find any barriers nor borders, the geographical spaces do not limit your target and, the real deal here, online purchases are becoming the most important kind of business all around the World. But keep in mind that the most important value in your eCommerce campaign will be your creativity, if you don't offer a truly differentiating value proposition, it becomes difficult to emerge as one of the strongest competitors.
Since there's no personal interaction with customers, the design and layout of your website are vital. Think of your website as being the "face" of your company. You could have the greatest products in the world and provide customer service that's second-to-none, but potential customers will never get to experience this unless they actually make a purchase. First impressions count! So keep in mind that your eCommerce hosting is a complementary tool to your site design.
Speed is especially important for an eCommerce site. Customers are impatient and the faster you can get them to the purchase point, the more likely they are to buy. Website speed is also a way that customers evaluate your reliability as a merchant, you'll want to make sure that your eCommerce hosting loads really fast. A slow loading eCommerce site makes the user feel annoyed and is very unlikely to receive many sign ups, sales or any kind of conversions.
An often-overlooked element of an eCommerce hosting is an onsite search engine. An effective search tool should provide an optimal number of relevant results quickly. Navigation is also key – and refers not just to the menu bar on your site, but the various paths that visitors can take to find products. Successful eCommerce sites allow customers to search for products by category, by brand, by simple keyword search or even by color or size. The categories you choose of course must reflect the types of products you're selling, but take the time here to really think through how different visitors may search. You can't sell something that cannot be found!
Whether you need an easy DIY beginners experience or an expert all-featured eCommerce hosting, HostPapa has the best option for you. With HostPapa you will find flexible low-cost and complete plans, as well as the easiest and fastest hosting options to create the site of your dreams. And the best is that you will receive 24/7 support every single day of the year! If you want help selecting the right tools or if you have any questions regarding our products, let our experts walk you through a great experience building your own eCommerce platform.
With HostPapa you will have the easiest, most accessible and the fastest eCommerce hosting options at your fingertips, all this next to the best technical support service.
The PapaSquad is here when you need it.
Whether it's walking you through our website builder, helping you configure your website security, or finding the right email solution for your business, our PapaSquad experts are here to help. Please don't hesitate to contact us with your questions!
HostPapa's top executives have over 70 years of combined experience in web hosting services, allowing us to build and offer products high above the competition. Our award-winning Customer Services Director has built one of the best support centres in the web hosting business, allowing us to maintain a 24/7/365 customer support experience. Also, HostPapa is the only web hosting company offering dedicated one-on-one sessions with web hosting specialists to help you get started.
Think of web hosting as renting a piece of land to build an online presence. When you buy web hosting you are buying space and resources on a server needed to build and present a website. HostPapa's web hosting plan gives you the space and a ton of support features, tools and expert support so you can have the website of your dreams.
HostPapa offers many great tools that can help you make a professional website. Our favourite is the HostPapa Website Builder which is included free with all shared web hosting plans. HostPapa's Website Builder will help you get a professional-looking website off the ground in minutes. You can also use WordPress, Joomla! or any of the many website building tools offered for free with our 1-click script installer, Softaculous.
cPanel is an industry-leading, web-based control panel for web hosting control. It's a one-stop-shop for easily creating email accounts, installing applications such as WordPress or Joomla, analyzing web and visitor statistics, and managing your overall web hosting environment. cPanel also allows you to manage your files, databases and domains.
HostPapa is pleased to offer our clients a free domain registration when they sign up for a minimum one-year term. The free domain registration offer is valid with all annual plans for the first year you are a HostPapa client.
HostPapa's web hosting plans are feature-rich and have been crafted to offer a wide range of tools and services for beginners, to expert webmasters, and everyone in between. All you have to do is pick a plan based on the features that you want. If you change your mind you can always contact our 24/7/365 support team and they will get you setup with the solution that you choose. HostPapa also offers addon options so you can customize the perfect web hosting solution - just for you!
All HostPapa customers receive access to our free, proprietary Hostpapa Dashboard which will allow you to easily manage your billing, domains and addon services in addition to being your gateway to HostPapa's award-winning team of PapaSquad customer service and support representatives. Of course, the HostPapa Dashboard is also where you'll get the latest HostPapa news, account notifications, promotions and exclusive customer-only discounts.
Rocket Fast Premium Servers (included in the Business Pro web hosting plan) have up to 300% better performance than regular servers with double the RAM and double the hard drives.
Of course! We'll handle the entire process for you so you don't have to lift a finger. Best of all? We'll do it free of charge. Just make sure you don't cancel your current web hosting account until you speak to us. After you've completed your HostPapa purchase, just login to your HostPapa Dashboard and open a support ticket with information about your current web hosting situation, and we'll take it from there.
Welcome to the HostPapa family! After signing up with HostPapa, you will receive two emails at the address you provided on the signup form: a signup email and a billing notification email.
Once the payment is processed you will receive a welcome email with your login information (all the information you need to access your HostPapa hosting account), along with useful links to help you get started. When you receive this email your hosting account is ready for use.
IMPORTANT: Please check your junk mail folder as well as your Inbox. If 24 hours have passed and you have not received all of these emails, please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
With our Business and Business Pro plans you can host as many domains and websites as you like. With our Starter plan you can host up to two websites, which is why it's perfect for new business or startups that are in need of an online presence fast and economically. And of course, as you grow, you are more than welcome to upgrade to a more powerful and flexible plan to suit your expanding business needs.
HostPapa is pleased to offer a 30-day money-back guarantee† on our web hosting plans. For more information please see our Cancellation Policy.


text:
Bookseller: Antiquariat Turszynski
Antiquariat Turszynski
Herzogstr. 66
Muenchen, 80803
Order Phone Number: +49 897552598
Email address: firstname.lastname@example.com
|Website URL:
|About Us:
|Almost every day we purchase rare and interesting books from 16th to 19th cent.; we offer our new arrivals on this page just before they are included in the usual book databases on the internet! Please check back often as you will have the chance to see o
|We are always looking to buy:
|German books from 15th to 19th century.


text:
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Two of the world's top commodity exchange powerhouses are scrambling to turn new regulations to their advantage in an important but largely hidden piece of their business, the trading and clearing of energy swaps.
Chicago-based giant CME Group Inc. (CME.O) has lost ground in the estimated $1.2 billion-a-year business of guaranteeing over-the-counter swaps to arch-rival IntercontinentalExchange Inc. (ICE.N) in recent years, company data show, as the Atlanta-based upstart offered cutting-edge trade technology.
Both companies are now racing to carve a new advantage by recasting many, if not most, cleared energy swaps as futures — thereby making them exempt from new Commodity Futures Trading Commission rules due to come into effect on October 12. Some of those rules may now be delayed, Bloomberg reported.
The switch to futures is in large part semantic: In most key respects, the newly renamed oil, natural gas or electricity futures contracts are almost identical to the swaps that companies like BP (BP.L) or Glencore (GLEN.L) have been routinely using to hedge for a decade.
But for the energy industry, where clearing has been a mainstay ever since the Enron meltdown over a decade ago, the benefit of switching to futures is huge.
Under the CFTC's new swaps rules, many could face much stricter regulatory requirements, including putting up more capital, if they trade more than $8 billion a year of swaps. Whichever exchange offers the smoothest transition and greatest regulatory security stands to win more volume.
For both ICE and CME, the stakes are substantial. Over-the-counter energy clearing generated about $400 million or 30 percent of ICE's total revenue last year, and about $300 million, or 9 percent of the CME's. CME does not break out revenue from clearing other kinds of swaps.
And even though energy clearing is a smaller piece of the CME's pie, analysts say there is greater pressure on the CME to get it right in the battle for market share, one that is fuelling the biggest energy upheaval in a decade.
Although the regulatory uncertainty continues to cloud the outlook amid questions over what exactly will be counted as a swap, the CME "might not be as well positioned as ICE" for the coming era, says KBW analyst Niamh Alexander.
For at least the past three and a half years — as far back as CME data is available — ICE has dominated the business, with volume doubling even as CME's activity has slipped.
Last year ICE handled nearly four times the energy swaps contracts as CME; so far this year ICE's volume is running at five times that at CME.
The change is part of the Dodd-Frank financial reforms meant to drive the over-the-counter derivatives market — blamed in part for exacerbating the 2007-2008 financial crisis — into the safety of clearinghouses, which guarantee the trades.
In broad terms the shift means money for clearinghouses, with vast parts of the interest rate and credit swap trading currently done bilaterally over-the-counter. Clearing revenue could reach about $2.1 billion by 2014, says Alexander.
There is less growth for energy swaps, which have been predominantly traded on a centrally cleared basis for years.
Regulators, for their part, say they are merely trying to create a safer world.
"I could care less about any competitive issues between CME and ICE, but I want to ensure that our rules don't roil the markets," CFTC commissioner Bart Chilton told reporters this week in Chicago.
In a swap, the trader on one side of the contract agrees to periodically pay a fixed price for, say, a barrel of oil, and the trader on the other side agrees to pay whatever price the market currently bears.
Like an exchange-traded futures contract, which is a deal to buy or sell a set amount of a commodity at a future date, a swap lets traders lock in prices or bet on price swings. But swaps have historically been traded away from exchanges and were not as heavily policed — until now.
ICE and CME grew out of very different parts of the energy market. ICE, founded in 2000 by big Wall Street banks, energy companies and electricity merchants, was a power and gas trading platform, while the New York Mercantile Exchange and Clearport, acquired by CME in 2008, had its deepest roots in oil.
Ever since the late 2001 collapse of power-trading giant Enron drove most energy swaps users to seek the safety of clearing, both have grown. The 2008 financial crisis that forced companies to reassess the creditworthiness of the biggest traders gave another boost to clearing activity, years before new rules would make such centralized risk mandatory.
But over the years, offerings by the CME and ICE have increasingly overlapped for both on-exchange futures — including ICE's successful U.S. crude contract that mimics the Nymex benchmark — and clearing for off-exchange swaps.
CME and ICE compete most heavily in natural gas swaps, which make up about 57 percent of energy swaps cleared on CME's Clearport and 81 percent of OTC energy volume at ICE, according to data from the exchanges.
Clearport, CME's energy clearing platform, also does a brisk business in oil swaps, which account for about 23 percent of the total, while ICE's second-biggest market is for power swaps, comprising 16 percent of ICE's swaps business, the data show.
"I'd say they're competing head to head on clearing now," says Chris Thorpe, executive director of energy derivatives at broker INTL FC Stone. "The ICE technology and back-end systems seem to be better, and ICE has always had more competitive fees."
ICE seems to be pulling further ahead this year.
ICE cleared about 2 million OTC energy contracts a day in the first six months of the year, up 25 percent from its 2011 average and double 2009, according to its filings. CME handled 440,000 contracts a day this year through August, about the same as last year and down about 10 percent from 2009.
ICE has set out a relatively straightforward response to the regulatory changes: Over this coming weekend, it will convert all of its cleared energy swaps to futures. CFTC approved the move this week, and allowed it to keep the same margin offsets, which save money for traders, it had when the contracts were swaps.
It is a simple transition for ICE, since its most liquid cleared swaps are already traded on its electronic platform.
"ICE's transition from swaps to futures ensures that markets remain transparent and liquid because they already trade competitively and transparently," an ICE spokeswoman told Reuters.
A CME spokesman declined to comment on liquidity, but said the exchange is "ready to go," pending regulatory approval for some its own rules to ease the transition to futures.
The CME has a more complex path, and will institute a series of rules that will make it easier for traders to replace swaps with futures but retain the benefits of off-exchange deals.
Clearport contracts start life as swaps, and are converted to futures at clearing. Under a new rule filed late last month, CME will allow users to enter into the very same contracts away from the exchange — a key feature of over-the-counter swaps — but they will be designated as futures from the get-go.
The problem for CME, however, is that it does not currently have a liquid trading platform for many of its Clearport contracts, making the transition to futures a bit more rocky.
Until early next year, Clearport swaps will not count toward the $8 billion threshold that marks a large swap trader, a CFTC advisory showed this week, giving CME a few months to bring its trading platform up to speed.
Reporting by Ann Saphir; Editing by Alden Bentley and Bob Burgdorfer


text:
I saw this site called Mr. Linky and deciced to give it a go.
I may have to change it around a teensy bit but hey I really wanna keep my linky!!!
It may now be a Tackle it Tuesday with a Tute!
Let's see what happens shall we?
Well it doesn't have sweet pics with the links but I'm willing if ya'll are!!
Well it doesn't have sweet pics with the links but I'm willing if ya'll are!!
This linky is for all those who want to hype their tutorials. I won't delete you if there isn't a tute, but I am really wanting this to be the place we can share what we are making and make it easy for someone else to make it too. I am totally new to this so it may be rough the first few times. I am hoping to get an awesome following so share this with everyone!!
Thanks for joining and trying to help my blog.
Everything is welcome but tutorials are a PLUS!


text:
"[Peter Mayle] is something of a wonder. . .chronicling the scene around him in irresistible prose, the joys of a bountiful climate, brilliant sun, and a splendid cuisine." —Time
"Grab a Pastis and settle in for a scintillating rendezvous. Mayle's insights have never been more thoughtful." —San Francisco Chronicle
"Delightful, amusing, and appealing." —The New York Times Book Review
"Mayle's prose is, as ever, as pure and welcoming as a glass of the house wine at a Provençal cafe." —The Philadelphia Inquirer


text:
U.S. Senate Candidate Tom Campbell is right where he wants to be. With a week until the primary, a Los Angeles Times/USC poll shows that for the first time, a Republican can beat incumbent Democrat Barbara Boxer. That Republican isn't Carly Fiorina. It's not Chuck Devore. The poll says they'd lose to Boxer. It's Campbell.
Campbell leads Boxer 45 percent to 38 percent, according to the poll.
One problem: The same poll says he's not likely to win the Republican nomination. Fiorina has a 15 point lead over Campbell, and now time is just as big an enemy for Campbell as Fiorina and her money.
U.S. & World
News from around the country and around the globe
For the past two days, Campbell has been e-mailing his supporters that he needs to raise money quickly to compete during the last week of the primary campaign. He complains that his campaign out-raised Fiorina's during the last filing period -- until Fiorina gave herself nearly $2 million more of her own money.
"Sadly, this money appears to be going to one thing: ensuring the re-election of Senator Barbara Boxer," one of Campbell's e-mails said.
Campbell's slogan is this: Stand with me today and we will win, not just in June, but in November too.
To sign up, click here, then choose 'Prop Zero.'


text:
Mathematica Student Certification Program
Mathematica certification is available to students worldwide. To achieve student certification, candidates must successfully complete a certification exam. The multiple-choice exam questions require Mathematica proficiency for solving a variety of computing and visualization tasks. An understanding of basic college-level mathematics is recommended. Please review the program guidelines before requesting a student certification exam.Show Guidelines
- Student certification is available only to students aged 13 years or older.
- Candidates should not share their exam download links or exam notebooks with anyone else.
- Candidates are not allowed to submit exams that were requested by someone else.
- Candidates must return the completed exam within one week.
- The completed exam notebook must be returned using its original file name and the exam submission web form.
- All exam work should be completed by candidates alone.
- The exam requires the use of Mathematica Student Edition or any other licensed Mathematica edition.
- Successful candidates are required to correctly answer 75% of the exam questions.
- The failure to follow these guidelines may, at the sole discretion of Wolfram, result in the disqualification of a candidate for certification.
Preparing for the exam
Review the tutorials, videos, and training courses available in the Learning Center.
Taking the exam
Questions are presented in the Mathematica SlideShow environment. Select the best answer from the list of choices for each question. You may refer to Mathematica documentation during the exam.Request Exam
Completing the exam
When finished, save your notebook and return it to Wolfram Research. Notification of pass or fail will be sent within two weeks. Those who pass will receive a certificate of proficiency. If you do not pass, another exam may be requested up to three times each semester.Submit Exam


text:
Online documentation for MATLAB: Getting Started with MATLAB
Week 2. Matrices. Definition, fundamental properties, basic
operations. Linear transformations.
Davis, Chap. 3
Week 3. Abstract linear algebra: Linear independence, basis,
rank, orthogonality,
subspaces, null space.
Davis, Section 4.1.
Week 4. Solving linear equations using Gaussian elimination.
Davis, Chap 5.
Week 5+6. Geometric applications.
Davis, Chap. 6.
Week 7: Change of basis and singular value decomposition
Davis, Chap. 7
Week 9+10: Numerical random variables. Expected value and variance.
Discrete and
continuous distributions.
Davis, Chap. 9
Week 11: Markov models.
Davis, Chap. 10.
Week 12: Information theory and entropy.
Davis, Chap. 13.
Week 13:
Confidence intervals. Monte Carlo methods.
Davis, chaps. 11+12.


text:
Page 1
|Save page Remove page
|1 of 169
small (250x250 max)
medium (500x500 max)
Large (1000x1000 max)
Extra Large
large ( > 500x500)
Full Resolution
All (PDF)
This page
PROVENANCE MANAGEMENT FOR DYNAMIC, DISTRIBUTED AND DATAFLOW ENVIRONMENTS by Jing Zhao A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (COMPUTER SCIENCE) December 2012 Copyright 2012 Jing Zhao
Object Description
|Provenance management for dynamic, distributed and dataflow environments
|Zhao, Jing
|Author email
|Doctor of Philosophy
|Document type
|Degree program
|Computer Science
|Viterbi School of Engineering
|Date defended/completed
|Date submitted
|Date approved
|Restricted until
|Date published
|Advisor (committee chair)
|Prasanna, Viktor K.
|Advisor (committee member)
Nakano, Aiichiro
Raghavendra, Raghu
Simmhan, Yogesh
|Provenance, the derivation history of data objects, records how, when, and by whom a piece of data was created and modified. Provenance allows users to understand the context of derived data, estimate its quality for use, locate data of interest, and determine datasets affected by erroneous processes. Thus it is playing an important role in scientific experiments and business processes for data quality control, audit trail, and ensuring regulatory compliance. ❧ While most of the previous works only study provenance in a closed and well-controlled environment (e.g., a workflow engine), challenges still exist for holistic provenance management in practical and open environments, where provenance can be distributed, dynamic and diverse. For example, in the Energy Informatics domain, provenance is often collected from large-scale workflows across disciplines and organizations and thus is usually stored in distributed repositories. However, there has been limited research on reconstruction of and query over distributed provenance information. Meanwhile, recurrent and stream processing workflows can generate fine-grained provenance with overwhelming size that can be larger than the original dataset. Provenance storage approaches for efficiently managing such metadata volumes do not have adequate focus in literature. And lastly, the fact that legacy tools without automatic provenance collection functionalities are still widely used leads to the requirement of manual provenance annotation operations, which causes provenance to be incomplete. ❧ In this thesis, by using Energy Informatics as an exemplar domain, we design and develop algorithms and systems for managing provenance in dynamic, distributed and dataflow environments, that are motivated by real world challenges. In particular, we make the following contributions: (1) template-based algorithms that can efficiently store provenance information for dynamic datasets, (2) algorithms for reconstructing and querying provenance graphs from distributed provenance repositories, (3) semantic-based approaches for predicting incomplete provenance. We evaluate our research contributions with use cases from the Energy Informatics domain, including both Smart Oilfield and Smart Grid. The evaluation results demonstrate that our work can achieve efficient and scalable provenance management. As future work, we also discuss key challenges and initial solutions for presenting provenance across different granularities based on its usage context information.
|dataflow; distributed environments; provenance; provenance management; energy informatics
|Part of collection
|University of Southern California dissertations and theses
|Publisher (of the original version)
|University of Southern California
|Place of publication (of the original version)
|Los Angeles, California
|Publisher (of the digital version)
|University of Southern California. Libraries
|Electronically uploaded by the author
|Legacy record ID
|Contributing entity
|University of Southern California
|Zhao, Jing
|Physical access
|The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given.
|Repository name
|University of Southern California Digital Library
|Repository address
|USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA
|Repository email
|Archival file
|Page 1
|Contributing entity
|University of Southern California
|Repository email
|Full text
|PROVENANCE MANAGEMENT FOR DYNAMIC, DISTRIBUTED AND DATAFLOW ENVIRONMENTS by Jing Zhao A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (COMPUTER SCIENCE) December 2012 Copyright 2012 Jing Zhao


text:
Outside Friends
Every time we step outside, there's a chance we'll cross paths with someone who inspires us. We're proud to introduce you to several of the incredible people we've met along the way. Outsiders who love nothing more than being out there with the people who matter most.
Kikkan and Her Champions
After retiring as the most decorated cross-country skier in U.S. history, Kikkan Randall had to face her biggest challenge yet. And her family was right there with her, every step of the way.
Jessie Diggins
For this world champion cross-country skier, team and family are one and the same.
Partner Organizations
We're proud to support dozens of local, regional and national organizations that share our goal of making it easier for families of all kinds to experience the joy of being outside.


text: In an epidemic that so far shows no signs of abating, crooks have submitted billions of dollars in fraudulent refund claims to the Internal Revenue Service using the stolen names and Social Security numbers of more than a million real people. Those whose identities are hijacked must often spend months dancing with the IRS and waiting for their refunds. Based on recent court cases, here are 10 ways you can become a victim---without doing anything careless like answering a phishing email.


text:
Tough Love Or Too Much? 25-Year-Old Beats On His 17-Year-Old Cousin's Rib Cage Till He Cries For Stealing A PS3 & Acting Hard About It On Facebook!
"This boy stole a playstation 3 and his bigger cousin took it to show him what it's like to have something taken from you.. Then he went on facebook saying he was gonna beat his bigger cousin up for his stolen PS3 back" - D-Will
Please click the "Report" button below if the video on this page is not working properly.
Comments will only be displayed by verified emails. No Spamming or Racism.


text:
Khao San Road Hotel Recommendations Établissements Our personal hotel recommendations by accommodation level...
Located in the middle of Khao San Road, right at the heart of the fun the road is famous for, this is a great little place to stay. An unpretentious entrance gives little clue to the value that awaits anyone staying here. Top Inn offers clean, comfortable rooms at prices that won't stretch your travel budget. All rooms are newly renovated with private bathrooms that offer soap, towel and toilet paper.
Amarin Inn offers 24 rooms, catering both for individual travellers and families. Stepping out of the inn's entrance leads a guest into a shopper's paradise. Tired of shopping, you can have a Thai massage and then continue with sight-seeing of Thailand's Grand Palace and famous temples. You can also cruise along the nearby Chao Phraya River, or travel by boat to the floating market. Last but not least, Amarin Inn offers the discerning guest a rare view of the night skyline of old Bangkok from its rooftop.
If you are budget-mind traveler and looking for a unique place to stay in Bangkok with very reasonable prices, NapPark Hostel@Khao San is a newly renovated must-stay hostel experience in Bangkok. Perfectly located within Khao San area where you can explore the "old city" of Rattanakosin Island which has the highest density of must-see sacred and exquisite temples in Bangkok.
Three minutes walk from Khao San Road, Thai Cozy House takes a new approach to budget accommodation – this family run guesthouse offers the services you would expect in a hotel. Clean, comfortable rooms with colour TV, cable, refrigerator, mini-bar, 'IDD' phone calls, individual shower (hot and cold water) and security box (held at Front Desk). Thai Cozy House offers a first-class restaurant which is a good meeting point for travelers!
Center Point Plaza and Hotel offers a number of accommodation options. Single, double and twin (mention you want a double in your booking) and triple rooms available at what are, considering the location, pretty good prices. Good quality rooms, well equipped – TV in every room, air-conditioning and cable TV. That's not all though – like the other places in the Erawan Group, Center Point Plaza and Hotel prides itself on safety. CCTV covers everything (except the inside of rooms!) and it's monitored.
Erawan House is a 'no-smoking' boutique guesthouse which offers the level of service you might receive from a good hotel! Located on Soi-Chanasongkhram (behind Wat Chanasongkhram leading down to Phra-artid Pier where you get a river taxi or boat to Bangkok city center. Located in the Old Town, beside the Chao Phraya river, only 15 minutes walk from Khao San Road and The Royal Grand Palace, and 10 minutes walk to the National Museum and the National Theatre.
Green House is a guest house right next to the famous Khao San Road, conveniently located close to the local landmark, the Viengtai Hotel, on Rambuttri Street. The 80-room guest house is open to all nationalities and offers clean, functional budget accommodation with a wide range of options of rooms including single, double and triple fan or air-conditioned rooms with en suite bathrooms or shared facilities.
Sawasdee Krungthep Inn is situated on Soi Rambutri, near Khao San Road where most local guesthouses are located. Our small, modern and conveniently located hotel offers you a clean and comfortable room featuring air-conditioning, cable TV, and hot water.
Penpark Place offers clean, functional rooms at affordable prices. A great place to stay – near the action but offering peace and quiet, too. We have a nice garden, a shady terrace, and a scenery deck from where you can see the Chaopraya River and the famous Rama VIII Bridge. Our place is quiet, has a peaceful environment, and is away from busy areas. We are located on Samsen road within walking distance of Khao San Road.
Sawasdee Bangkok Inn is one of the most beautiful hotels in the Khao San Road area. Guests enjoy unique colonial architecture and the charm of old Siam. Rooms are decorated with the antique teakwood and inviting colors, reflecting a bygone era in Thailand.
Sawasdee Khaosan Inn offers you a quiet and friendly atmosphere with modern Thai-style accommodation and a carefully decorated lobby/restaurant area. Our rooms feature private bathroom with hot water and a cable TV, accompanined by 24-hour security and room service.
Sawasdee Banglumpoo Inn offers a quiet and friendly atmosphere with a modern Thai-style accommodation and a carefully decorated lobby/restaurant area. Our rooms feature private bathroom with hot water and cable TV, accompanined by 24-hour security and room service.
Sakul House is a brand new hotel, located on Soi Rambuttri, one block from Khaosan Road, with similar atmosphere and activities. Soi Rambuttri is in the prime location of Bangkok's Rattana-Kosin's Island (Bangkok's historical quarters). Sakul House is decorated in modern contemporary style, each bedroom has individual balcony with tropical plants.
Fortville Guesthouse is a new Boutique Guesthouse located about 10 minutes walk from Khao San Road in Bangkok, Thailand. Built with a 'fort' theme, Fortville Guesthouse is located near to Bangkok's main river – the Chaopraya River. It's far enough from the madding crowd to be relaxing, yet it's near enough to the action to be a convenient base for your trip to Bangkok.
Rikka Inn is the very best the area has to offer. Located directly on Khao San Road, Rikka Inn is a recent addition to Khao San Road's accommodation options. A boutique hotel, Rikka Inn is superbly decorated and offers style and comfort at a very affordable price. Best of all Rikka Inn offers the comfort and convenience of its own swimming pool.
Located in the middle of Khaosan Road, this is one of the best budget hotels in the area. They have a swimming pool with a panorama view of the grand city of Bangkok's old town. Clean rooms with some of the cheapest prices in town. Large rooms and big windows and private bathrooms. Rooms have cable television with no extra cost.
Right on Khao San Road, Khaosan Park Resort is one of the best places to stay in the area. Great double, twin, and family rooms with fully modern amenities. Khaosan Park Resort has some great meeting areas and offers a great place to stay for people using Khao San Road as their base for their trip around Bangkok.
Sourire @ Rattanakosin Island is a boutique hotel offering 38 charming rooms. Located in the heart of Bangkok's main historical attractions including Wat Phra Kaew and Wat Pho, the hotel is also just a few minutes from Khao San Road's shopping, eating and nightlife. The Sourire provides the personal touch and care which the Thai hospitality is famous for. Furnished with Thai golden teak wood, each bedroom has been individually restored to create its own charming atmosphere, combining traditional elegance with modern amenities.
Sleep With Inn is a small luxury hotel with excellent service located minutes from Khao San Road and at the heart of some of Bangkok's leading tourist attractions. From here you can enjoy sightseeing in places like the Grand Palace, the National Museum, and the Temple of the Emerald Buddha. We are seriously into providing an excellent service and spotless accommodation for you to enjoy.
Banglumpoo Place is a friendly place located at the main road in the center of the capital of Bangkok. The apartment-style rooms are situated a walking distance from Khao San Road (only 5 minutes). The reasonable priced rooms have been recently refurnished, and have their own bathroom with shower and bath tub – very well suited to a long holiday! Rooms are comfortable and spacious. Each has a Western style bathroom with modern toilets.
Trang Hotel is located 15 minutes walk from Khao San Road and Rattanakosin Island, The hotel is a stone's throw from some Thailand's leading historical sites and places of tourism. Palaces, temples, bridges, and shrines are all within reach. Trang's rooms offer air-conditioning, wall-to-wall carpet, satellite TV, a mini-bar (with some alcoholic beverages) and private bath/shower with hot and cold water. On the hotel's premises there is a swimming pool, fitness center, and a cafe/restaurant (cafe de Trang) serving an extensive range of Thai and Western food (breakfast buffet and ala carte lunch, ala carte dinner). In addition, Trang Hotel has a quality Chinese restaurant offering Chinese Cuisine and specials such as Dim-Sum. A great place to stay!
Ideally located a few minutes walk from the world famous Khao San Road and Thailand's leading area for historical sites and places of tourism (known as "Rattanakosin Island"), Rambuttri Village Inn offers guests a superb location whether your pleasure be shopping, entertainment, dinning or simply exploring Bangkok.
Sam Sen Sam Place is a total joy, and yet another example of the boutique accommodation tradition being established by hotels and guesthouses around the Khao San Road area. Located on Soi Sam Samsen Road (hence the name), if you are looking for good budge accommodation, this is the place for you.
Diamond House is the perfect choice for visitors to Khao San Road. Offering the ultimate in Thai hospitality, Diamond House satisfies the needs of those traveling for business or pleasure. It's an easy to walk Khao San Road – it's just a few minutes away – and it's close to a range of tourist attractions such as the Emerald Buddha Temple, the Grand Palace, the National Gallery Museum, the National Museum and the City Pillar Shrine. Excellent rooms!
Bhiman Inn, a new boutique inn in the heart of Bangkok, is located on Phra Sumen Road about 10 minutes walk from Khao San Road. From here, guests can stroll along the Chao Praya River pier. The Emerald Buddha Temple & the Grand Palace, and Banglampu area are within walking distance. All 45 rooms at Bhiman are air-conditioned, with hot & cold shower, cable TV and mini bar. Its restaurant serves international and Thai dishes. There's a swimming pool where guests relax.
Boonsiri Place is a really great place… really great. Only 15 minutes walk from Khao San Road, when you get to Boonsiri Place you will feel as though you couldn't be anywhere near the strip! Boonsiri Place is a breath of fresh air – quiet, right in the center of a real Thai area, and close to all the attractions a visitor needs to see. The whole place features delicate Thai-style decoration with modern amenities – a lot of thought has gone into this particular hotel. What's the key feature? Big rooms… sorry… make that HUGE rooms… Bright, airy, comfortable, good facilities…
10-15 minutes walk from Khao San Road, Hotel De' Moc is an inexpensive hotel under the management of Buddy Lodge. Right in the heart of Bangkok it is perfectly located for sightseeing in Rattanakosin. Recently refurbished rooms have either carpets or polished wooden floors. The restaurants are great, so is the swimming pool! If you want to get to the action on Khao San Road the hotel has a custom built tuk-tuk (three-wheeled rickshaw) that will take you!
About 20 minutes walk from Khao San Road, this is a boutique hotel is close enough to the action to be convenient, but far enough away to be peaceful. Thai design is Swanna's central theme and a lot of thought has gone into making this place comfortable – much more decoration than many hotels. Great rooms. Good food, excellent ambiance – people who visit here go back when they are next in Thailand.
Siamese Views Lodge offers boutique accommodation located near Bangkok's historic Democracy Monument, only 10 minutes walk from Khao San Road. Beautifully decorated and offering comfortable and inviting rooms, Siamese Views Lodge gives you a touch of affordable luxury during your stay in Bangkok. With warm, hospitable staff, this is a great base for anyone wanting to visit key places of interest such as the King's Palace and Wat Prakeaw. Right at the heart of things, Siamese Views Lodge is also far enough away from the chaos for a peaceful, restful stay.
Villa Cha Cha Khaosan RoadFormerly: Villa Cha Cha Hotel
Villa Cha-Cha in Thai and literally translates to 'Really Slow Time'… and that just about sums up this place! Located roughly behind Viengtai Hotel on Tani Road, it is no more than 5 minutes walk from Khao San Road, but feels like it is miles away! Boutique accommodation, Villa Cha-cha has created a resort feel in the heart of one of Bangkok's busiest tourist areas!
Elegantly designed with ambitious architecture, THE NAVALAI RIVER RESORT stands out against a backdrop of classical Thailand. The hotel is located in one of the country's leading historical areas, Phranakorn, meaning "The City" in Thai. This was first a centre of Thai trade 100 years ago. It is conveniently located for the Grand Royal Palace, and only 10-15 minutes' walk form Khao San Road. Situated right next to the river, access by river boat is easy – the hotel is right next to Phra Athit pier. You can walk straight into the hotel from the boat! This hotel has everything; luxury, convenience – and a rooftop swimming pool for your pleasure.
The Nouvo City Hotel captures the historic Bangkok atmosphere and is located within walking distance of all major tourist attractions and shops and includes an authentic Thai and European restaurant. The hotel is also conveniently located near the famous walking street, Khaosan Road – where everything from fine dining, exciting nightlife, and fabulous shopping experiences may be found.
U-place is located in the heart of Bangkok's main tourism area. It's about fifteen minutes walk away from Khao San Road and conveniently close to the Grand Palace and the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, the National Museum, Dusit Zoo and Bangkok's main shopping malls and markets. Modern, spacious and comfortable, U-place offers a fitness room, swimming pool, a tropical garden, WIFI and parking space. U-Place suits people who are looking for a quiet, relaxing place to stay run by friendly, helpful Thais ........an oasis in the city!!!
Khao San Road's boutique hotel, situated right in the heart of the action! Comfortable rooms, oriental wooden decor, air-conditioning, color TV, mini-bar, key card access, in-room security box… Buddy offers everything you need for a quality stay right on Khao San Road. Also enjoy fine cuisine at "Buddy Beer" located on the first floor of Buddy Lodge and a basement shopping plaza offers a range of merchandise. You also have access their outside pool. In addition, there's a fitness center!