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The Samui Seabreeze Place is located right in the heart of Lamai beach. It offers 25 comfortable and spacious rooms, stylishly decorated with contemporary Thai furnishing, tasteful artwork and soft color tones. All rooms are equipped with air-condition, safety deposit box, mini bar, cable tv and hot shower. The resorts facilities include a swimming pool and pool bar, WiFi internet and a restaurant serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. All kind of tours can be arranged at the tour desk as well as car and motorbike rental.
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Date of stay:
Apr 20, 2019
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Samui Seabreeze Place is a very good resort with nice rooms, and a good swimming pool, location is perfect, you just cross the small road and walked to the beach in 2 min, at the are the beach chairs from the place, and you can order food and drinks from the very tasty restaurant.
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Very good sevice. The staff of sawadee helps me a lot, and that on the day that Songkran was celebrated. A big 10 for the customer service
Apr 22, 2019
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Mar 19, 2017
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Good location, basic facilities, friendly staff. The place could do with some TLC.
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Mar 20, 2015
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I have been to this hotel and resort for many years now and have always been very pleased with it. Only grumble is that the lady on reception was a bit grumpy.
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Mar 25, 2015
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Jan 01, 2015
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Great place to stay! Very friendly staff who always seem pleased to see you. Great location and very clean. A little back from the main road so it is quiet, but easy walking to get to the center of Lamai. Good value for the money.
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No problems with booking at all. Checked other services and Sawadee had the best price.
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the hotel is wonderful and quiet. the staff is very friendly. the location is very convenient.
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Sep 24, 2014
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Great place, Friendly staff, Good English, 24 hour Security. Great location. Highly recommend.
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Поселились в отели после Алохи (Самуи) и острова Ко Тао. Все чисто и красиво. Номера все одинаковые.Вторая линия от моря. На территории Сибриз бунгало находится ресторанчик с завтраками, туалеты, душ после моря и лежаки с зонтиками. Отельчик достойный.Номер на втором этаже.
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A really fantastic place,beautiful location, wonderful staff, I would reccomend Seabreeze to anybody.
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Absolut ett hotell som jag skulle kunna återvända till. Är det något jag skulle klaga på så är det balkongerna som är i minsta laget och solstolarna på stranden var för få och dessutom söndriga. Men det är petitesser. Bra värde för pengarna. Rekommenderas!
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Was recommended this place by a friend. Really enjoyed our stay here. The staff are very friendly and helpful. The rooms are clean and tidy. Great location for nightlife, restaurants and beach access. Would recommend this to my friends.
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Nice hotel with very friendly and helpful staff. Hotel is modern and clean. Good location! Only a few minutes to the beach and 10 min or so to all the shops, bars&restaurants. I can recommend this hotel.
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Sep 25, 2011
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Местоположение отеля отличное, находится через дорогу от пляжа, для тихого и спокойного отдыха. До пляжа идти минуты 2-3, выдают пляжные полотенца, на пляже имеются бесплатные шезлонги и зонтики, но в ограниченном количестве. Недостатки: со стороны обслуживающего персонала нет контроля за шезлонгами и зонтиками, отдыхающие из других отелей занимают шезлонги и зонтики; завтрак по сравнении с другими отелями в которых мы проживали, скудный.
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Everyone talks about this island which heaven on Earth. Indeed, who ever visit "Koh Samui", will surely return back again. The charm of this island lies in its magnificent nature, its beautiful palm trees, and on its villager's smiling faces, Nowadays, Samui island is developing rapidly but there are still many unspoilt places for you to discover and enjoy.
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From many of the rooms you can overlook the sea from your bathroom and private balcony, as well as from our patio (located at the front of the resort). We also have a swimming pool with Jacuzzi and private beach for you and your loved ones to relax. Once you stay with us, we are sure that you will return again.
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( What will be the impact of the global financial and economic melt-down on the Chinese economy? This question should be of interest to the
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At the start of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit in Beijing on October 24,2008, President Hu Jintao of China said: "The fundamentalsof the Chinese economy have not changed. However, the global financial crisis has noticeably increased the uncertainties and factors forinstability in China's economic development.We are now confronted with many difficulties and challenges in our economicendeavours.China must first and foremost run its own affairs well. In the light of the changing domestic and international financial situation,we will make our macroeconomic regulatory measures more proactive, focused and effective and make timely adjustments to ourpolicies.We will vigorously expand domestic demand, especially consumer demand, maintain economic financial stability and the stability ofcapital markets, and continue to promote sound and fast economic and social development."
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5.According to the National Development and Reform Commission, the export delivery value of the Chinese textile industry totaled 435.2billion yuan ($63.56 billion) in the first seven months of this year, up 7.9 per cent year-on-year, but the growth rate was eight percentagepoints lower than the previous year. Industry experts attributed the decline to the appreciation of the yuan and the weakening demand ofmajor consumption countries.Garment exports to the United States, one of the major importers of Chinese garments, increased by only sixper cent in June. The downtrend of Chinese textile exports is expected to last in the short run. Whether it recovers or not would depend onthe trend of the appreciation of the yuan and the US consumption demand. The Ministry of Finance has increased tax rebate rates on sometextile and clothing exports from 11 per cent to 13 per cent from August 1.
----- Shanghai Security News as quoted in the China Daily News
6.The Chinese Government has intervened vigorously in the real estate market to prevent a possible collapse. Real estate contributes to 10per cent of China's GDP. According to Frank Gong, the analyst of JP Morgan, China's aggressive moves to boost its ailing real estate marketprovide a glimpse of its unrivalled position in coping with the global financial turmoi.The Government announced measures to head off aproperty market crash late October 22,2008, after figures released this week showed third quarter domestic product growth slowed to nineper cent, the lowest since mid-2003. "This is big news and the actions came sooner than expected probably because the third-quartergrowth was worse than expected and the slowdown has proven sharper than the Government expected," Frank Gong said. With highliquidity, 1.9 trillion-dollar foreign exchange reserves and a stable currency, China has the most flexibility in the world to fend off the impactof the global financial crisis, Gong wrote in a research note. Propping up the property market, which accounts for 10 per cent of China'sgross domestic product, was crucial, analysts agreed. "The direction of the residential property market will determine the direction of theChinese economy over the next 18 months," according to Credit Suisse analyst Dong Tao."The new measures reflect the rising anxietyabout growth risks," Dong said. Those measures include lifting the stamp tax on property purchases and value-added tax of land on propertysales as of November, the finance ministry said. The People's Bank of China said minimum deposits and mortgage rates for first-time homebuyers would be slashed starting next week. The "unambiguous all-out support from both central and local level" Governments wassurprising in "both timing and magnitude", Nicole Wong, a Hong Kong-based property analyst with CLSA Research, said. This week'seconomic data provided the most powerful indication yet that even China's so-far invincible economy was not insulated from the globaldownturn, especially as fears of recession grow in the United States and Europe – key markets for Chinese manufactured goods. Since thefigures were released, China has wasted no time in responding to protect housing and exports, key components of its economy thatappeared vulnerable. The property policy decision was announced a day after Beijing said it would increase export tariff rebates on morethan 3,000 items, or a quarter of taxable goods, to shore up its exports. ---Source AFP
7.Beijing is tightening supervision over Chinese financial companies by requiring monthly reports on their foreign currency exposure toensure stability amid the global turmoil.. The new rules, which take effect this month, apply to both domestic and overseas branches ofChinese financial institutions.The State Administration of Foreign Exchange will require reports on foreign exchange assets and liabilitiesfrom institutions including banks, insurers, brokerages and fund management firms as well as the national pension fund and the sovereignwealth fund.Some Chinese financial institutions are feared to have incurred "huge losses" in their foreign exchange assets amid the globalcredit crisis.
---- Shanghai Security News
8.My comments: The Chinese economy is not yet as vulnerable as the Indian economy. The increased vulnerability of the Indian economy isdue to the large flow of foreign money into the stock markets, which are now being withdrawn. The dramatic collapse of the stock marketand the sensational publicity which it receives in the media have a greater psychological impact on public mood.The Chinese exposure tothe vagaries of investors in the stock markets is much less as compared to India. The predominance of investment flows into themanufacturing industries in China and not into the stock markets gives its economy a larger safety net than in the case of India. However,an advantage in the case of India is that the Indian manufacturing industries had paid more attention to the domestic market than theChinese manufacturing industries, which have been flourishing largely on exports to the US and Europe. The decline in export orders couldprove more damaging to the Chinese economy than to the Indian economy because of the failure of the Chinese industries to develop thedomestic market. Industries largely dependent on domestic demand are generally more stable in times of crisis than industries whichbecome over-dependent on the foreign markets. This is the lesson, which the Chinese are learning the hard way. Unfortunately, the Indian ITcompanies and other businesses in the services sector have developed a large dependence on Western orders. They could suffer more thantheir Chinese counterparts as orders from Western financial and other business houses for IT services shrink.In India, the GDP growth ratewas steady,but not spectacular. In China, it was spectauclar for years continuously at more than 10 per cent per annum. As the GDP growthrate and the export growth rate come down to single digits in China, the extra labour employed all these years to sustain the double digitgrowth rate will become redundant adding to the number of jobless. Reports from different sources in Guangdong and Fujian indicate that asa result of the downturn, many Hong Kong and Taiwanese--run businesses have not paid the salaries of their workers for about threemonths and that they may not be able to settle their back wages while retrenching them. This could cause social instability. The crisis hascome at a time when China is confronted with the task of finding alternate jobs for thousands of workers who were brought into Beijing forwork connected with the Olympics in the construction and the hotel sectors. They are now without jobs, with no prospect of getting one inthe near future. (24-10-08)
(The writer is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India, New Delhi, and, presently, Director, Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai. He is also associated with the Chennai Centre For China Studies. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com )
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This affects my livelihood and personal safety as I work in the sex industry and live in your constituency. People in the sex industry deserve fair and equal treatment, including respect for our consent to sex and the full protection of the law.
Due to criminalisation, stigma and prejudice, it is a risk to be open about how I earn a living. Because of this, it's rare for people in the sex industry to identify themselves, and that's part of the reason I'm using this site to contact you.
A vocal minority feel entitled to promote policies – such as criminalising our clients – that deny our consent and endanger our lives and livelihoods. They do not represent public opinion, as is shown by Ipsos Mori polls and surveys of TV audiences (e.g., The Big Questions, This Morning) and newspaper readers (e.g., The Independent http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/after-woman-sells-virginity-for-780000-here-are-the-results-of-our-prostitution-survey-8226025.html and The Mirror http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/ampp3d/sex-work-swedish-example-looked-4565433 ).
I hope that, whatever your personal feelings about sex and prostitution, you treat people in the sex industry fairly and equally. Support the New Zealand model of full decriminalisation, equal rights and respect for our consent to sex – because our consent counts.
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The best way to impress your customers, potential customers, and those you are going to network with is to make sure you wow them with a high-quality business card the very first time you meet them. In order to be considered high-quality, a business card should not look like it was hastily put together. For this reason, you must take the time to proofread and edit your business card template. A quality online publisher will take care of using quality products and centering the information, but it is the business owner's responsibility to make sure everything is spelled correctly, and that all phone numbers and contact information is correct.
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Consequently, if your business card contains noticeable errors, your customers and contacts will notice, which will give them a negative reaction to your business. In fact, customers and networks may think that you rush through your work and can't be bothered with details if you pass out a business card with erroneous information. Also, if you try to create the business cards yourself on a home printer, they will likely look cheap, and unprofessional, which will reflect poorly on your business.
For the reasons listed above, it is incredibly important that you take the time to proof your business card template, and order from a high-quality online business card publisher.
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On the other hand, if your business card immediately wows customers, potential customers, and network contacts, you will make a great first impression on these people. A great first impression means that when the need arises, people are likely to contact you first.
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Q. I recently learned that my union's pension plan has raised the percentage of its assets invested in private-equity funds from 5% to 10%. At the same time, the union is increasingly critical of private-equity firms -- including some that our plan invests in -- for trampling on workers' rights and laying off workers unnecessarily at the companies they buy, restructure and sell. I think this contradictory stance is hypocritical and we should steer clear of these assets in our plan. What do you think?
I agree with you that in this case the union is being hypocritical, but the ethical solution could be either to dump the private-equity funds (as you prefer) or keep them and cease criticizing them publicly.
When asked about this paradox by the press, pension trustees and managers note that they are independent of the union brass and have a fiduciary responsibility to the plan's members -- current and retired workers -- to seek the highest returns. That's why they're heavily into private-equity funds, which have vastly outperformed U.S. stock indexes in recent years. The trustees say they're doing this for you, a future pensioner, to make sure the plan can meet its obligations to you and other plan members.
But it's not uncommon for a pension plan's sponsoring organization, such as a labor union or municipality, to give the trustees general guidance on unacceptable investments, some of which might be highly profitable. For example, the sponsor could instruct the trustees to avoid the stocks of tobacco and casino-gambling companies, or companies that have been implicated in child labor or environmental offenses at overseas facilities. Some high-performing mutual funds veto stocks on this basis, and many pension plans own these "socially conscious" funds.
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This tutorial will introduce Algebraic Graph Theory, covering vector spaces related to vertices, edges, cycles, and cuts. Algebraic Graph Theory can be studied either in the context of Linear Algebra (as is discussed in this tutorial) or in the context of Abstract Algebra with Group Theory. Basic graph theory knowledge is assumed. If you do not already have a graph theory background, check out this tutorial for a good starting point.
Vertex Space and Edge Space
Vertex Space and Edge Space are considered to be vector spaces. They are defined over the field B = {0, 1} with operations of vector addition and scalar multiplication. The elements of Vertex and Edge Spaces are subsets of the vertex and edge sets respectively. The operations of vector addition and scalar multiplication are defined differently than in other vector spaces like Rn.
Consider scalar multiplication, where x is an element of the appropriate vector space:
- 0 * x = {}
- 1 * x = x
Vector addition is defined for Vertex and Edge Spaces using the symmetric difference operation. Note that the symmetric difference of two sets is defined: (A - B) U (B - A).
Now consider two distinct elements from either Vertex Space or Edge Space: {x1} and {x2}. That is, x1 and x2 are both vertices (or edges, if referring to edge space). Adding these elements produces the set: {x1, x2}.
Expanding this out, it is easy to see how the null set can only be obtained from a linear combination of elements whose coefficients are 0.
Now consider V = {v1, v2, ..., vn} with x1 = {v1, v2} and x2 = {v2, v3}.
Thus, 1 * x1 + 1 * x2 is calculated by the symmetric difference. The first part (x1 - x2) subtracts common elements found in both sets from x1. Thus, 1 * x1 + 1 * x2 = {v1} U {v3} = {v1, v3}.
Notice how the symmetric difference operation for vector addition removed the common element in both sets- v2. The symmetric difference operation for vector addition, coupled with use of a finite field, keeps both vector spaces finite. That is, since common elements of two vectors will be removed, no vector can have more than |V| or |E| elements for Vertex and Edge spaces respectively. Since the field |B| = 2, there are 2|V| or 2|E| possible vectors.
The operation of vector addition has another interesting consequence- each vector is its own additive inverse. Since a vector is equivalent to itself, v + v = {} U {} = {}. Thus, {} is the zero-vector associated with Vertex and Edge spaces.
The other properties of vector spaces can easily be verified for Vertex and Edge Spaces, but will be left to the reader.
Cycle Space
The Cycle Space of a Graph is a subspace of Edge Space. It is the smallest possible set of edge disjoint cycles and the null set. To understand why all the cycles in the Cycle Space don't share edges, let's examine the subspace proof.
In order to show that a subset of a vector space is a subspace, it is necessary to show three conditions: the subset contains the zero-vector, closure under scalar multiplication, and closure under vector addition.
Consider scalar multiplication. Since the field that Edge Space (and thus Cycle Space) is defined over is {0, 1}, it is easy to check both those values:
- 0 * x = {}, which shows that the zero-vector (the null set) is in Cycle Space
- 1 * x = x, which is the identity.
Thus, Cycle Space is closed under scalar multiplication.
Now consider vector addition. Remember that since Cycle Space is a subspace of Edge Space, the operation of vector addition is defined as the symmetric difference of the two vectors. Thus, two cycles (or unions of cycles) that don't share edges will not share edges under vector addition. The symmetric difference operator will simply act as a union operator. However, if there are two vectors in the Cycle Space: x1 and x2, such that x1 and x2 share edges, then they also share cycles in common. Thus, the operation x1 + x2 will remove the common edges and thus the common cycles. Thus, x1 + x2 returns the union of two cycles that don't share edges.
Therefore, since Cycle Space contains the zero-vector (the null set), is closed under vector addition, and is closed under scalar multiplication, it is a vector space and subspace of Edge Space.
Now that Cycle Space has been proven to be a subspace, let's look at an example. Consider the Wheel graph on four vertices. It is displayed in the image, with its cycle space below it. Note again that different graphs have different cycle spaces. Notice the null set, the four instances of C3, as well as the three instances of C4. The C4 graphs were obtained by taking the symmetric difference of each pair of of the C3 graphs. Since in simple graphs, no cycle can have fewer than 3 edges, the C3 cycles are the starting points for this cycle space. As a vector space is a set of vectors, no duplicate cycles were included. Also note that W4 is not in its own cycle space.
Next, let's introduce fundamental cycles. First, let's define a fundamental cycle. Consider G to be connected and T to be a spanning tree on G. A fundamental cycle is a cycle created by adding an edge e to T, where e is in G but not in T.
In fact, no fundamental cycle can be generated from linear combinations of other fundamental cycles, as the other fundamental cycles wouldn't share the added edge in common. Therefore, the set of fundamental cycles is linearly independent, and it is called the Fundamental System of Cycles (with respect to G). Notice as well that fundamental cycles are not unions of edge-disjoint cycles.
Now consider an arbitrary cycle C of the Cycle Space. It can be described only using fundamental cycles. Since C is a cycle, it has edges that do not appear in T. Therefore, a linear combination of a subset of the fundamental system of cycles is sufficient to generate C. In other words, if C = Sum_{i} ai Ci, where ai = 1 iff Ci contains a non-tree edge that overlaps with C. Otherwise, ai = 0.
Thus, the fundamental system of cycles for a connected graph can be considered a basis for its cycle space. This can actually be expanded out for a non-connected graph G as well. Let Bi represent the fundamental system of cycles for each connected component in G. Thus, the union of each Bi constitutes a basis for G.
The fundamental system of cycles can for W4 is pictured below. The red edges indicate the edges in W4 that are not in its spanning tree, and so set of the cycles formed by the addition of these red edges constitutes a fundamental system of cycles. Note that there are multiple possible spanning trees for W4, so the fundamental system of circuits may vary if a different spanning tree is chosen.
Understanding Cycle Space bases is important, as it actually has applications in determining the planarity of a graph. Mac Lane's planarity criterion state that an undirected graph is planar iff each the basis for the cycle space has two vectors containing all the edges in the graph. In fact, it is easy to see that W4 is planar at a glance. It is drawn in two dimensions with no overlapping edges. A basis for W4's cycle space that satisfies Mac Lane's criterion would be: { {C-A, A-D, D-B, B-C}, {A-D, D-B, A-B} }.
Other applications of cycle spaces include networking theory for computing and distributed systems, scheduling, and economics. Cycle spaces are also applied in circuit theory within certain aspects of physics, computer engineering, and computer science.
Cut Space
Cut Space is another subspace of Edge Space. The proof of this is nearly identical to that of Cycle Space, as are a number of the theorems. Rather than describing cycles in a graph G that don't share any edges, Cut Space describes all the edge-disjoint cuts of G. That is, if the removal of a set of edges from G partitions a component in G into two components, that set of edges is called a cut set. The Cut Space of a Graph contains all edge-disjoint cuts and the null set (the zero-vector).
Consider again the Graph W4, with its cut space below. Each element below, except for the null set, describes a set of edges that when removed from W4, partition the graph into multiple components. Since each vertex has a valency (or degree) of 3, a minimum of 3 edges must be removed from W4 to partition it into two components.
Similarly, a Cut Space contains Fundamental Cuts and a Fundamental System of Cuts. Given a spanning tree T on graph G, the removal of any edge in T constitutes a fundamental cut, since T is immediately partitioned into two components. The Fundamental System of Cuts consists of all subsets of E(T) minus a single edge. So if |E(T)| = n, then there are n edge sets in the fundamental system of cuts, each with n-1 elements. Each edge removed from T creates an additional component. Thus, removing all the edges in T produces |V| components, where |V| is the number of vertices in G. Just as the Fundamental System of Cycles forms a basis for the Cycle Space, the Fundamental System of Cuts forms a basis for the Cut Space of the graph.
For W4, any of the cuts with three edges can be used to find a fundamental system of cuts. As an example, the cut {C-A, A-D, A-B} will be used. Thus, removing any arbitrary edge produces a fundamental cut. So the fundamental system of cuts consists of { {C-A, A-D}, {A-D, A-B}, {A-C, A-B} }.
Cut Space has applications in networking theory, including flow maximization (such as with the Ford-Fulkerson algorithm). It also comes into play with Electricity and Magnetism, specifically in circuit theory and Kirchhoff's laws.
This tutorial was designed to provide an introduction to the important vector spaces used in graph theory. Each of these vector spaces can be studied further using a linear algebra toolset to discuss rank, nullity, dimension, linear transformations, eigentheory, and more.


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Like a sudden flashback to a particularly tumultuous moment in Matthew Fox's life, forcing us to look at him from a new angle while he just sort of stands there and breathes heavily, Fox's former Lost co-star Dominic Monaghan has written some rather damning accusations on the Sharpied palm that is Twitter, holding his scrawled revelation that Fox is a serial woman-beater up for all to see. It all began when a Lost fanatic begged Monaghan to lure Fox to Twitter, so that everyone could bug him with "We have to go back!" jokes, expressions of concern over his recent DUI that include references to how they "don't want him drinking around Aaron," ha ha, and questions about what, exactly, he did to his body, man, because holy shit. Monaghan responded with a terse "he beats women. no thanks"—at first glance, a reference to last year's incident involving a drunken Fox punching a party bus driver in the face and crotch, but a sentiment which was soon revealed to have a hatch beneath it leading to some much deeper issues.
"He beats women. Not isolated incidents. Often," Monaghan continued, responding to fans incensed that he was making unfounded accusations with "an accusation is when you 'claim' someone did something wrong. i know. but hey little fan girl maybe want to get slapped," and cries that he should be sued for defamation with "it's very difficult to sue someone for speaking the truth." Which is theoretically true—but considering Fox counter-sued his alleged party bus victim for apparently doing just that, like so many Lost-related theories, if we were Monaghan we wouldn't count on that ultimately meaning anything.


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Latest Mental Health News
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 7 (HealthDay News) -- While spending for Medicaid patients with depression has increased substantially, there have been only small improvements in care, a new study shows.
Researchers analyzed data from Medicaid patients treated for depression in Florida between July 1996 and June 2006. The patients, aged 18 to 64, had one or more hospitalizations for depression or had at least two outpatient claims of depression on different days.
There were between 8,970 and 13,265 patients each year, with a total of 56,805 during the entire study period.
Over 10 years, spending increased from an average of $2,802 per patient to $3,610 per patient, a 29 percent increase. This increase was due to a 110 percent rise in drug spending, most of which was the result of a 949 percent increase in spending on antipsychotic drugs, according to a journal news release.
The percentage of patients who used antidepressants rose from 81 percent to 87 percent, the use of anxiety medications remained stable (from 63 percent to 64 percent), and the use of antipsychotic drugs increased from 26 percent to 42 percent of patients.
The percentage of patients who received psychotherapy fell from 57 to 38 percent and the percentage of patients who were hospitalized decreased from 9 percent to 5 percent. The researchers also found a decrease in the number of follow-up visits.
"In summary, during the 10-year period between 1996 and 2005, we found a substantial increase in spending for patients with depression, with minimal improvements in quality of care," concluded Dr. Catherine Fullerton, of Harvard Medical School and Cambridge Health Alliance, and colleagues in the release.
"Our findings underscore the importance of continued efforts to improve quality of care for individuals with depression, as well as the need to understand the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of using antipsychotics for the treatment of individuals with depression in the general community."
The study appears in the December issue of the journal Archives of General Psychiatry.
-- Robert Preidt
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- "Bes' go an' rub a bit more chilli powder on them salamanders or their tails'll be hangin' off 'em next."
- —Rubeus Hagrid on the treatment of scale rot[src]
Scale rot was a disease that affected dragons,[1][3] salamanders,[2] and possibly other species of reptile as well.
Symptoms and treatment
The symptoms of scale rot were scales taking on a dull, flakey appearance and falling off in large amounts.[1] If left untreated in salamanders it could become severe enough that the tail would detach from the body.[2]
For dragons, the treatment was to rub the affected area with a solution of salt water, tar and white spirit.[1] The treatment for salamanders was to repeatedly rub the affected area with chilli powder.[2]
The effects of scale rot on dragons and its treatment was covered in Dragon Breeding for Pleasure and Profit.[1]
- "Talon-clipping by charms... treating scale rot... This is no good, this is for nutters like Hagrid who want to keep them healthy..."
- —Harry searches for information that could help in the first task of the Triwizard Tournament, but comes up empty.[src]
In 1994, while searching for information that might help him to face his dragon during the first task of the Triwizard Tournament, Harry Potter encountered a mention of treating scale rot in a Hogwarts library book.[3]
In 1996, Rubeus Hagrid mentioned in passing that he was in the process of treating a couple of salamanders that had scale rot, while also revealing that he was on probation.[2]
Behind the scenes
- Though only mentioned twice in passing in the Harry Potter books, the scale rot disease is described in detail on a page of notes concerning the book Dragon Breeding for Pleasure and Profit that is available on J.K. Rowling's Official Site. The scan of the page is available here.
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Mentioned only)
- J. K. Rowling's official site
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Dragon Breeding for Pleasure and Profit drawing posted on J. K. Rowling's official site (scan available here)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 25 (The Beetle at Bay)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 20 (The First Task)


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Although Jasmine V. hasn't released her own record yet, the pop singer has already toured the world with Justin Bieber and counts a million and a half fans among her Twitter followers. She's been busy recording new music, but she snuck out of the studio for a few minutes to chat about her full-length debut, dream collaborators, and old friend Biebs.
How will your new album compare to your previous singles?
Like my mixtape, the new music is going to be relatable. A lot of my fans are really young, and I'm gonna keep it that way. But I'm older, so it's going to be a lot more edgy. She Believed was about about heartbreak. This is about having fun and basically getting over love. I'm at a point where I'm single, so I'm independent and I'm working. It'll be about girl power.
Who, in the music industry, represents girl power well?
Alicia Keys and Beyoncé are doing it perfectly. Alicia Keys is my idol, and I love Beyoncé and everything she does—she's a triple threat.
Is acting something you'd like to spend more time doing?
I started off with modeling first, and did a little acting while trying to be a singer. It's hard to choose a favorite. I like going back and forth, doing both—I'm working on my album, but I definitely do want to pursue acting.
Is music something you've always been passionate about?
Definitely. Both sides of my family are really into music, so growing up, it was always around. I couldn't get away from music! I didn't know I could make a career out of it, but I took that chance.
Who would you most like to collaborate with in the future?
I would love to work with Alicia Keys and Trey Songz. He's amazing! Rihanna's really cool and edgy, and I love her music.
You played Justin Bieber's crush in the music video for "Baby." Are you still friends?
Oh yeah, definitely! I'm very supportive and I'm proud of everything he's doing. He's come a major long way since the debut video!
One thing people might not know about you is just how many music videos you've appeared in, from "Jesus Walks" by Kanye West to "My Girl" (Remix) by Mindless Behavior. What's been the coolest?
Kanye West's shoot had a really good vibe. It was one of my first music videos and I was only 11—really, really young! I played an angel and I thought it was so cool. It was a totally new experience for me.
What music are you listening to on repeat?
I'm really, really in love with the Justin Timberlake album. I think it's amazing!
What are you up to this summer?
I'm going to be working out a lot more because it's summer and I want to go to the beach. I'll be recording my album, which should be out by the end of the year. And I just want to start touring again, so I'm going to be working really hard on putting my music out there.


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Up to 100 dead in coordinated terror, India blamed previous attacks on Pakistan
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Coordinated attacks across Mumbai, India's financial capital, which have killed up to a hundred people and injured hundreds more, are likely to be blamed on a terrorist organization linked to the Pakistani ISI, providing further justification for controversial U.S. bombings inside Pakistani territory and heightened rhetoric against Pakistan on behalf of President elect Barack Obama.
Terrorists armed with AK-47's and grenades conduced a series of rampages on hotels, restaurants and public transport facilities today, killing around 80 and injuring over 250 people. Initial reports that terrorists had seized western hostages were later dismissed by Indian government officials.
With the corporate media desperate to pin the blame in order to score much needed propaganda points for the ailing war on terror, suspicion is likely to fall on Pakistan, a country that President elect Barack Obama openly threatened during his presidential campaign.
The bombings in Mumbai will also likely silence questions about controversial U.S. bombing raids inside Pakistani territory aimed at terrorists, strikes that have repeatedly killed innocent civilians.
It is commonly asserted that the Pakistani ISI helps fund and train terrorists.
Journalist Stephen Schwartz notes that several terrorist and criminal groups are "backed by senior officers in the Pakistani army, the country's ISI intelligence establishment and other armed bodies of the state." Author Daniel Byman states, "Pakistan is probably today's most active sponsor of terrorism."
Indeed, Indian police claimed that the Pakistani ISI directed the July 2006 train bombing in Mumbai which killed 186 people, which was blamed on the Islamist militant group Lashkar-e-Toiba, an organization based in Pakistan. Look for the same organization or an affiliated group to be blamed for today's attacks.
As Bloomberg reports today, "The government has previously blamed terrorist attacks on organizations linked to foreign powers, without offering evidence or making arrests. Local media often blame the attacks on groups backed by Pakistan or Bangladesh, without identifying the security officials who provided the information."
With shrill corporate media outfits begging for a scapegoat to be used as war on terror propaganda, it won't be long before an Al-Qaeda-Pakistan link is claimed. Indeed, early reports already state that the attacks are "thought to be linked to Al-Qaeda," offering no evidence and in spite of the fact that an unknown group, Deccan Mujahideen, has clamed responsibility for the massacre. The Deccan Plateau is a large plateau in India, suggesting this is where the terrorist group was based.
This article was posted: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 at 2:01 pm


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Single-user mode
- Turn on your Mac, then immediately press and hold Command-R to start up from macOS Recovery.
- Select Disk Utility from the Utilities window, then click Continue.
- From the Disk Utility sidebar, select the volume that you're using, then choose File > Mount from the menu bar. (If the volume is already mounted, this option is dimmed.) Then enter your administrator password when prompted.
- Quit Disk Utility.
- Choose Terminal from the Utilities menu in the menu bar.
- You can now enter UNIX commands. When done, choose Apple () menu > Restart.
These steps replace the Command-S method, which doesn't work with the recommended settings on current Mac computers.
Verbose mode
- Turn on your Mac, then immediately press and hold Command-V.
- Continue holding the keys until you see white text on the screen.
- If you're using FileVault, release the keys when you see the login window. Then log in to continue starting up in verbose mode.
- If you're using a firmware password, you must turn off the password before you can start up in verbose mode.
- You can now enter UNIX commands. To exit this mode and start up normally, type
reboot, then press Return.


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Whither Brandon Wood
Brandon Wood, Howie Kendrick and Kendry Morales in the Arizona Fall League, October 2005. Of the three, only Morales has fulfilled his potential.
This morning's Los Angeles Times reports that not only did the Angels keep Brandon Wood out of the starting lineup for a second straight game, but he wasn't even allowed to take batting practice.
Brandon's AVG/OBP/SLG this year are .156/.168/.213 in 122 at-bats. If a veteran player did that in the middle of a season for a contending team, it would probably be dismissed as a typical mid-season slump, but with the Angels struggling at 21-25 nearly two months into the season Wood's failure to adjust so far to major-league pitching has turned him into the poster boy for the team's slow start.
I raised a red flag on February 28 in a blog article looking at Wood's 2009 splits with Salt Lake.
Unlike the traditional home/away splits, with Salt Lake Bees players I look at their numbers in five super-hitter friendly PCL ballparks versus the rest of the league, including their home town stadium in Salt Lake City. Performance in those parks tends to distort a player's true performance, so I've found that my custom split system is a more accurate barometer.
Wood's 2009 Salt Lake numbers:
In 2007 and 2008 his neutral/pitcher-friendly numbers were much better, so the 2009 numbers were a red flag in my mind.
Did something change with him? Hard to say. We know from newspaper reports that the Angels tinkered with his hitting mechanics to shorten his swing and lengthen the time the bat spends in the strike zone, but that's unlikely to be the problem.
Armchair psychiatrists on fan boards have claimed that Angels management somehow "ruined" Wood by keeping him in the minors so long, but that's ridiculous.
Any major league manager, coach or player will tell you that the most difficult adjustment a player can make in his professional career is the jump from the minors to the majors. Successful transitions are the exception, not the rule.
Howie Kendrick is a career .360 hitter in the minors, and won the 2004 Midwest League batting title with a .367 average. But he's struggled to repeat that performance in the major leagues; he was even sent back to Triple-A in the middle of the 2009 season. His 2010 AVG/OBP/SLG are .260/.292/.349, showing he still hasn't made the adjustment.
Unlike Kendrick, the Angels can't simply send Brandon back to Triple-A to clear his head. Wood is out of options, meaning he would have to pass through waivers before reporting to Salt Lake. His potential remains so high that there's no doubt someone would claim him.
The inevitable "Trade Wood!!" threads are showing up on fan boards, written by people who apparently don't realize that you don't trade someone when their value is so low. But as a waiver claim, he'd be very desirable because he'd come cheap.
So the Angels have no choice but to let Brandon figure it out at the big-league level.
Wood now has 346 major league at-bats scattered over four seasons. His career AVG/OBP/SLG are .179/.203/.277. The general rule of thumb in baseball has been to give a batter at least 500 at-bats at the major-league level before writing him off.
My opinion is to just roll with it. The Angels' problems to date are much more than Brandon's slow start. No other third-base option is imminent in the organization. Odds are he'll figure it out eventually. If he doesn't, well, he won't be the only reason why the Angels aren't in first place.


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The more the mind can have the experience of coming home, being yourself, the more we can be ourselves 24/7
Many wise teachers throughout history taught the same lesson about success in life: "Know your Self" or "Be yourself". We will see that both actually mean the same thing. In practice, however, the application of this lesson is less easy: a considerable number of people can go through their entire lives without ever having the experience of knowing themselves.
What does it mean to know your Self, to be yourself?
In our daily life our attention is always focused on something other than ourselves, on something we see, hear, feel, or think. From the moment we wake up in the morning till the time we fall asleep at night, we are on a continuous train of thought and experience, without ever taking the time to just be with ourselves. So the one who knows (I am), never knows himself.
Then how can the knower know himself? By bringing the attention inwards, instead of outwards.
The mind will go inward when there is nothing to draw the mind's attention outward. This means no perception, nothing we do, no thoughts, just a state of pure "being", being yourself. Knowing yourself is the same as being yourself.
But how can we get into this state? It's easy to see or do nothing, you just sit down with your eyes closed. But to think nothing? Anyone who's ever tried to think nothing knows it's very difficult, because the more you try not to think, the more you are thinking.
This is where meditation has gotten on the wrong track, the fact that people started trying to get into this state.
The Transcendental Meditation technique is a rediscovery of an ancient technique that involved a completely natural process. With the proper technique and the proper guidance people don't have to try to go there, the mind will go there by itself, completely naturally, completely spontaneously, because it wants nothing more than to go there. For the mind this is the state of coming home. (See How did Maharishi discover the TM technique.) The fact that TM is easy and effortless isn't just a pleasant side effect, it is the only efficient way to experience that state of pure being.
Maharishi's whole teaching was in essence that true meditation is exactly the opposite of what people today understand "meditation" to be about, some form of concentrating or controlling the mind. If we make even the slightest effort, as most concentration techniques require, we are only keeping the mind active, and then it actually prevents the mind from transcending the finest stage of thought and experience that pure silence.
A properly trained TM teacher, on the other hand, can guide any person, to this state of transcending, and then train the person to let the mind return there by itself, completely naturally, effortlessly and spontaneously.
What is the effect of frequent repetition of this experience?
If we frequently repeat the experience of being ourselves through Transcendental Meditation practice, then the mind will habituate to this experience, even when we get back into activity. Eventually we come to a state where it never disappears. Then we will remain ourselves in all possible circumstances.
Being yourself is like a tree with deep roots and a big trunk. No matter how hard the wind blows, the tree is unmoved. It is not difficult to see how this will lead to success in all areas of life. People who are themselves remain calm, even in difficult situations, and experience much less stress, which greatly benefits their health. They are never overshadowed by circumstances and quickly find creative solutions to problems. (stress blocks creativity, being yourself allows it to flourish). They have more self-confidence, tend to have far fewer conflicts, and far better relationships. All areas of life improve. (See success.) Moreover, they radiate positivity, and other people feel that they can also be more themselves around them.
Being yourself, objectively measured.
Regular TM practise increases self-actualization to a degree never seen before.
It's fairly easy to objectively measure to what extent people can be themselves, through self-actualization tests.
So far the general knowledge in psychology has been that self-actualization stops developing around adolescence, along with other intellectual capacities. However when people start practicing the TM technique self-actualization dramatically increases, independent of age.
This study is a meta-analysis of all research ever carried out on self-actualization with different kinds of meditation techniques. (42 research studies in total) All other forms of meditation had a very small effect (= little increase of self-actualization), as expected. The average effect of 18 Transcendental Meditation researches, however, showed an increase that was 3 to 4 times stronger. (For more information about this research, see self-actualization). This is the difference between mere relaxation and true transcending. Only by truly being yourself will we also become more ourselves during daily lives.
Abraham Maslow, the psychologist who first developed the concept of self-actualization estimated that only 1-2% of the general population could ever hope to be fully self-actualized. Yet he did descibe how some people sometimes had "peak experiences", which could result in growth of self-actualisation. Now it seems there is a systematic way to induce these peak experiences. (The description of of experiences of transcending matches the description of Maslow's peak experiences closely). The results are obvious: long term TM research showed that after 10 years of TM practice 38% was in the highest level of self-actualisation.
But being yourself is only a small part of the story. It's only when we are really ourself, that we can discover our deepest nature, our essential unity with our higher Self, the source of all life, something much bigger than our small individualities. (see transcending = Highest human experience)


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That above photo is what I believe to be a direct response to this.
In other news, we've added another new member. His name is Justin Koppa and he's another American. If you're from Colorado or New Mexico you may know him or his wife Angie (who is on Velo Bella race team). From what I can glean, the man is rocket fast. I think that he'll be another great addition to our team. Maybe somewhere down the road, we can get Angie on Big Wheels as well.
Justin has racked up quite an impressive resume over the years. Check out below (hopefully, he won't mind me posting this).
NMSU cycling team 2000-02
Raced for Zia Velo 2002-2007 (famous alum include Ryan Blickem, Bob Desenfants, Steve Castillo)
A few 1st place finishes on a 4 and 5 man 24 hour team at Old Pueblo, 24hr Adrenaline Phoenix, 24 Moab
A 2nd place at old Pueblo on 5 person, beat by a Sue Haywood team by 20 some odd minutes
10th place Solo, 24 Old Pueblo, Tinker won it, Dave Harris 4th, I was only 1 lap out of 3rd, rode it with tubes and slime, wish I had stans wheels then.
NM state champion Expert 20-29
1st place Duo 12hr Dawn til Dusk, Gallup NM
1st Amatuer NORBA marathon (where I got my semi-pro upgrade)
9th GC Tour of Gila cat 4 ( use to do a few local road races each year)
while in Grad School, competed at Collegiate MTB nationals in Angel fire again for NMSU, got 15th or 17th in shorttrack, then broke the rear derailleur off in the XC.
I have not only been on the racing end of things, I have also promoted races. As a member of the NMSU cycling team, 99 or 2000, started the Tortugan Torture race around "A" mountain, then the next year we added a short track.
Promoted the Hillsboro road race, part of the NM road series, when it was in existence.
Started the Horny Toad Hustle in 05, part of the New Mexico Off Road series, then in 06 it was the NORBA State Championship race for New Mexico.
Promoted a 4 race cyclocross series in Las Cruces as la Lorana park on the Rio Grande river in 2006.
Somehow… I think there's many good things in his future too.
Welcome to Big Wheel Racing Justin!


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And now, a change of scenery.
Surely, nothing is about to happen that anyone will regret.
And now, a change of scenery.
Surely, nothing is about to happen that anyone will regret.
Curio, dear, you're looking a little worse for wear.
I just had a look-see — that cordless phone is definitely from Curio's debut pages when she was wearing Shiner.
Now it looks like she doesn't need Shiner at all.
No, wait. Okay, maybe it is.
Her boobs are big enough, anyway.
I thought those were her knees at first glance.
Alcohol brings out the wise, temperate beings in all of us. Truly Curio's inner sage will have words of wisdom that astound and awe.
I don't know what's going on here, but it's going to be feckin' awesome.
Whoa! That's Curio? For a moment I thought it was a disturbed Ben (until I noticed boobs). Either way, it's not a good look.
I also had the Ben confusion — I think it's the hair and baggy clothes.
This scene should be pretty interesting, though…
I thought it was EJ until I read the comments. I didn't notice the compressed chest at first glance.
I actually thought it was EJ for a second. Dang, girl.
Ditto. That's EJ! Why is he so messed up? Wait, are those boobs? Wouldn't have even thought of Curio without reading the comments. Booze not only brings out our inner sage but our inner beauty as well, it seems.
My first thought was "woah, Ben's mom's an alcoholic? That's not what I'd guessed."
My second thought was "wait, that's Curio, isn't it?" Happily the comments set me straight.
Ah, that's Curio. I thought it was someone else until I read the comics. Stop having so many characters, Spike! :p
I guess I'm the only one who immediately pegged her for Curio, but it does looke like bad times over there. That is not a face of reason.
me too, first thought being "man, aside form one bitchy phone call, which is possibly about to be returned, what happened to you?"
Knowing what Tuesday's alter ego is like, I can only imagine what Curio's would be… and what would happen if the two collided.
Poor little rich girl …


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Reap the Benefits of Family Mealtime
By Jennifer Benedetto MS, RD, LC CNSC
Clinical Dietitian at LMC
Along with the start of the school year, come homework and extra curricular activities. Helping your child with nightly assignments and carting them to their next practice leave little time for actually preparing and eating an evening meal together. But the benefits of family mealtimes are well known.
Besides being a great opportunity to provide a healthy, well-balanced meal, family dinners improve adolescent well being by decreasing the incidence of disordered eating. Family meals also decrease the chance that your child will become overweight. Children and adolescents who partake in a family meal have less depressive symptoms, greater academic achievement and more positive family interactions. The most positive benefits are seen when 3 or more meals are eaten together. But with a busy schedule, how is this feasible?
• Keep it simple. Family meals need not be complicated. Forgo recipes with long lists of ingredients and stick to basic staples. A favorite in my house is "taco" night using lots of fresh veggies, grilled chicken, black beans and cheese made with 2% milk.
• Double up. When preparing meat, rice or pasta, cook double. Grilled chicken breasts can be used for salads, pasta or stir fries, so load up the grill. Browned ground turkey can also go the extra mile in tacos, burritos, or casseroles. Pasta can be served warm with sauce or cold as a pasta salad.
• Prep ahead. Use the weekend to wash and prepare vegetables for weekday meals. Seeing the brightly colored vegetables in your refrigerator will encourage you to grab them and go. Serve them raw, stir fried, sautéed or grilled. Your family will love the fresh flavor!
• Enlist help. Children that assist with menu planning are more likely to eat what is served. When it comes to meal preparation, have everyone strap on their aprons and pitch in by doing age appropriate activities. Young children can assist with washing vegetables. Elementary age children can set the table or stir sauces or stews.
• Shop early in the week and avoid multiple trips. Organize the week's menu early and make a shopping list. Keep staples like brown rice and whole wheat pasta on hand. Last minute trips to the grocery store are wasteful and time consuming.
With teamwork and advanced planning, your family can soon reap the benefits of shared meals!
: thefamilydinnerproject.org; "Do family meals make a difference?" by Eliza Cook and Rachel Dunifon of Cornell University