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Aonang Ayodhaya Beach Resort
112 Moo 3. Tambon Ao Nang,
A. Muang, Krabi 81000
Ao Nang, Nopparattara Beach
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Aonang Ayodhaya Beach Resort , is a hotel not far from the beach side, close to the heart of Nopparat Tara Beach and just ten minutes from city of Ao Nang. Our luxurious accommodation is perfectly blended of Thai legendary hospitality and the old era of Siam tradition. Aonang Ayodhaya Beach Resort, all guest room and suites provide international standard facilities and services with charming historical surrounding to ensure whether business or leisure travelers stay in total their comfort.
Our extraordinary facilities included executive floor, 4 restaurants, 4 swimming pools including children pool, lobby lounge & bar, fitness center, garden and beautiful landscaped garden surroundings and also limousine and other services are available.
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Mar 03, 2019
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Wery low standard on breafast. Hard matrasses, asked for extra blanket but no. Receptionist claimed sawadee had not payed them and demanded direct payment from me.No minibar, reception sell certain items but the cooler is off. Stay away to avoid damaged holiday
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Mar 22, 2014
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Do not go there.......... Pool disgusting, food not good, lots of mosquitoes
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Super service, as we left for an other hotel, there were no hassel with sawadee. Thumbs up.....
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Feb 23, 2014
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positive element: large room and clean negative elements: Hotel very dark (no light in entrance and lobby) no light on the way from the beach to the hotel.no light in the corridor(Some elements broken) Staff non affortable (sleeping !) TV out of order. No choice in the breakfast (no fruits,and no croissant or cakes !) Painting have to be removed on the halls Conclusion: Never Again, very bad choice and expensive/quality
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Pageot Fabrice
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Feb 16, 2014
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I booked room with special offer. The room was really GREAT. But all other no good. The pool was dirty. Wifi work only at the lobby. The hotel looks like great project in the past, but now it work like guest house.
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Apr 10, 2012
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Stort hotell med god service. Hotellet var långt i från fullbelagt när vi var där. Trevlig personal. Rent och fräscht. Kan kännas som att det ligger lite i utkanten av Ao Nang men med tuk tuk så är man snart i södra delan av stranden. Tyckte att den norra delen var mysig då det är här som det thailändska folket spenderar sin fritid med picknick och en hel del mat och fruktstånd efter vägen bort till piren. Lungt och skönt både på hotell och utanför.
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Smidigt och lätt. Fick svar direkt och betalning fungerade enkelt.
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Feb 17, 2012
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We had to ask to change room since there was a strong smell of mold in the first room the hotel gave us. In addition, contrary to the advertising and the confirmation received there was no wifi in the rooms.
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Feb 15, 2012
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Great rooms, great service. The pool area was a bit dry there could have been more plants etc.
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Luxurious accommodation that blends Thai legendary hospitality with the old era of Siam tradition. Aonang Ayodhaya consists of 2 wings separately. Main wing "Ayodhaya" offer deluxe and suites room type while "Success Wing" offers only superior room type. Our Success wing is 3 floors high, there is no elevator in Success wing.
We only have elevator for Ayodhaya Wing. All the rooms provide true international features and services with a fascinating historical setting to ensure all guests a stay in absolute comfort.
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Deluxe Pool View Located on First floor on Success Wing, in Thai style building following the Architecture influence during the ear of the Golden Capital of Thai Kingdom, each room's attached with Spacious bathroom, tub and separate hot and cold shower. 50 sq.m. in size. All our air-conditioned rooms come with two single beds and deluxe rooms with king size bed comfortable for families with own private balcony. Each room is equipped with mini-bar, Refrigerator, telephone, hair dryer, coffee and tea making machine. Max 2 persons.
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Italian Dishes is served at where our guest can really feel the touch of Italian spirit of early Siam Era and contemporary views over beautiful gardens, the setting is perfect.
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Our famous restaurant is ready to serve you with variety of International food of your choice and also offers all-day. Dining from a menu of popular Asian selection.
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Our pubs are passionate about food and drink. With an unrivalled range of the very best quality and specialty beers on the bar and We are offering over 20 different wines from around the globe you'll be spoilt for choice.
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Situated on the peaceful and quiet area of Andaman Sea in the south of Thailand. 1 Hours 10 minutes by plane, 25 minute from Krabi Airport. The property facing along Nopparattara Beach. Only 5 minutes away from Ao Nong Down Town. Easy for shopping, dining and entertainment.
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COLCHESTER � Overtime spending on Colchester�s resident state trooper position was $8,127 in the last fiscal year, town records show.
The town budgeted $5,500 in overtime for the trooper, leading some local officials to ask how police overtime money is spent.
First Selectman Gregg Schuster said the overtime was part of the trooper�s town duties and is incurred when the officer works beyond his normal shift hours.
It includes the trooper�s attendance at local board and commission meetings when required, fireworks coverage for the town�s annual 57 Fest in September, drunk driving checkpoints and coverage in town during Hurricane Sandy and other storms, Schuster said.
�The unexpected events, like the storms we had, make budgeting for overtime hard,� he said.
Part of the checkpoint coverage was reimbursed by a grant, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency reimbursed a portion of overtime for Sandy.
The spending covers the 2012-13 fiscal year, which ended June 30.
The town has since been assigned a new resident trooper; state police administrators switch resident troopers in town about every year or two.
The overtime came up in recent discussion by the Board of Finance, which had to approve transferring the money from other accounts.
The board also had to transfer more than $35,000 from a contingency fund to cover local police department overtime for last year, records show.
�Some of these are easy to understand � blizzard Charlotte and storm Sandy,� Rob Tarlov, chairman of the Board of Finance, said. �But we anticipated having a third shift in the summer months, so how did we still end up with overtime?�
Schuster said that when an officer takes vacation, �we still have to fill the shifts.�
This year, the town adjusted the budget to anticipate the need for third-shift coverage, he said.
�It�s getting to the point where it might be cheaper to hire another officer than to keep paying overtime,� Tom Kane, a finance board member, said.
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Traxxas should consider looking into wrc. What do you think?
Cars can fly too!
I agree. Even if its not a full car sponsorship it would still be nice to see some stickers on some cars. Like Ken Block for instance. He's recently become one of the most well know drivers out there. You can buy replica clothes all over the place. Slap a Traxxas sticker on his car and a little screenprint on the shirts and Traxxas will have a ton more business.
WRC might be expensive, but Rally America would be excellent and affordable. Now with the competition in X-Games the advertising ROI is excellent.
Traxxas needs to sponsor a car.
hint, hint.
Plethora of brushless stupidity.
Imagine 20k spectators and hundreds of thousands of tv viewers watching this with 'Traxxas' plastered on them...
Plethora of brushless stupidity.
it would bring a heck of a lot more people into the hobby, thats for sure.
Bone-Stock Slash FTW!!!
WRC is kinda out of there leauge because it isnt in the US. Rally America would be good for traxxas thought! They just need a RC rally car.....
What am I supposed to write in 50 characters?
You guys just might be on to something...
Originally Posted by crash14
I hope so
That would be the gateway to a new Traxxas RC rally car
Are we really on to something? You can't just say that and not give any leads. I was honestly about to buy a rally car from the only company that makes one...Originally Posted by crash14
Cars can fly too!
Been said before, I'll say it again. The 4Slash would be a perfect starting point for a Rally car. SHorter arms for a narrower stance (so the bodies would be more in scale) smaller tires, and bang, a rally car!! I want one!!
RustyVXL, HPI RS4 Rally, RC18MT
Mobius1 crashed!
Ya it shouldn't be that hard, I bought a 1/8 scale citroen xsara body a while back for my 4x4, it almost worked but the center of gravity was to high and i would have had to dremel off the bumpers. There is potential in that chassis if traxxas were to make some minor changes, like on the revo and slayer.
Cars can fly too!
Hmm looks like nothing really caught on
Cars can fly too!
If trx is going to go with a rally car it should be a legit rally CAR, aka a spin off of the 4tec or something, unfortunatly though belt driven rally cars arent the best. I have an Xray T1FK04 rally car that I spent a good amount of time converting and it runs AMAZING!!!! Just as much fun as the Corr trucks however takes alot more skill to drive as jump timing matters ten fold. I've been addicted to Dirt2 for a while and just finished a Ken block body.
Anyhow either way, a production rally car would be cool, 10th scale wise. I've been digging around for a cheap HPI electric rally for a while. I have an HPI Super Nitro RS4 Rally and although the thing is cool, the engineering portion on their behalf blows.
Traxxas. Get on it!
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+1 Get it on!
If traxxas made a rally car rtr, and as easy to run and fix as my slash's, I would definitely buy one or two.
Well it's a plus plus. If will help traxxas get big in Europe, Asia, Australia and South America. And it will help Rally get big in the U.S.Originally Posted by tmaxx225
Simply the best. The beautiful Traxxas SRT and TCP
I've been in the market for a rally car as well. Been considering the Tamiya DF03-Ra. Probably the only reason - except a tight budget - for not buying one is I'm hoping Traxxas will come out with a Rally version of the 4-Tec. I'd prefer electric though. You can run it anywhere since it would be Traxxas waterproof no doubt.
Come on Traxxas.
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I pretty much have gotten out of RC. Still come on here once in a while, usually check the other sites more.
If RC Rally car racing started at some tracks, and Traxxas made one, I would probably get back into RC.
Would be great fun to race rally cars!
Cheap, Fast, Reliable. Pick 2.
Ya i have been trying to make my 4-tec into a rally car, all the outer parts don't break (arms, shock tower, chassis) but the belts get chewed up withing a few runs. It's alot of run but not worth buying the belts.
Cars can fly too!
I would totally buy a traxxas rally car. rally is the best form of motorsports.
we ask and we shall receive. what about the nitro version how long before that one?
just got a revo
so long spacemaxx
Sorry to say this guys, but i have seen the wrc drivers closeup and ive seen block riding around and both partys cant do what the others do. Block is awesome in its own gymkhana and should leave wrc alone. He is no match for the others.
Just look at raikonen, he doesnt finish one rally but is awesome in a f1 car.
I posted this question before. I have a Subaru WRX that I'm building up slowly. Money is tight to build a decent rally car. Hint, Hint traxxas. I would be willing to let my car be plastered with traxxas vinyl. Not saying I'd jump right into rally america but the lower level for a year of testing, then Rally america here I come. With some help$$$$.
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Beyond "Free" or "Fair" Trade: Mexican Farmers Go Local
Tío Joel rode his small donkey down the dirt road to his greenhouse to show us his solution to keeping small farmers on their land in southern Mexico. At about seventy years old, he could handle a machete or lift a 20-kilo sack of compost as easily as any of us, though the brace he wore around his waist was a sign of problems to come.
Taking a break from chopping green manure for compost for his popular tomatoes, he explained why a campesino like him could benefit from using organic methods: "In the harvest this year a lot of tomatoes were being harvested and the price went way down to five pesos per kilo, but we sell ours for seven. I go from house to house and sell it small-scale, but we sell out our tomatoes because they're well-known … on Sunday we ran out of tomatoes, we sell so many."
Trade policy in the United States usually gets cast into two opposing camps–"free" trade and "fair" trade, a dichotomy that assumes local production in the Global South must be sold elsewhere. Indeed, we usually think of the demand for local, organic foods as coming from North America or Europe. But within countries like Mexico, there's another way to approach the issue, looking at global import and export versus local production and consumption. In the United States, it has emerged as the "localist" movement, which to many seems an unaffordable luxury compared to the accessibility of cheap imported food. But in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, raising and eating your own food and producing for the local market has become a strategy for cultural and economic survival in a hostile trade environment.
In southern Mexico, the cost of corn production is now higher than its world market price. By standard economic logic, Mexican campesinos should give up raising corn and grow another crop to sell on the world market, leave their land entirely for a job in the city, or migrate north.
Many farmers have done just that, swelling the ranks of undocumented workers in the United States and the underemployed in overpopulated cities at home. Others, however, have stayed on the land and are finding ways to survive and even prosper. I traveled with a group from the United States, organized by the nonprofits Witness for Peace, Community Alliance for Global Justice, and the Washington Fair Trade Coalition, to Oaxaca state's Mixteca region to find out how and why.
Mexico is the birthplace of corn, and corn is the mainstay of the Mexican diet. It's hard to imagine a Mexico that doesn't raise corn.
Yet when the the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was signed 17 years ago, one of its immediate consequences was a five-fold increase in corn imports into Mexico. U.S. corn sells at well below the cost of Mexican corn, not just because American agriculture is more "efficient" (due to heavy use of machinery and chemical-based fertilizers), but because subsidies for U.S. corn bolster the industry's economic leverage.
But in places like Oaxaca's Santo Tomás Mazaltepec, farmers—and eaters—still prefer local over the yellow corn usually grown in the United States. "The local corn produces more and better tortilla material than imported corn…and also you can tell the difference in the flavor," said one farmer we talked to. "A disadvantage is that we have really low production—we can barely produce enough for ourselves…and we have periods of the year when we have really severe drought conditions…There are the government stores that sell corn but what's sold there is the yellow corn…that may come from the United States… [there are] a lot of chemical fertilizers in it and pesticides and herbicides and they can sell it here much cheaper than we do, so we're obligated to sell ours cheaper ..."
As a result of these social and economic fluctuations, much of Mexico's countryside has been depopulated. In San Pedro Coxcaltepec, there are few young people for old-timers like Tío Joel to pass their farms on to.
According to Tío Martín, another Coxcaltepec farmer, "It used to be that there were 12 or 15 people…in each house, and now…it's two people here, two people there; there's just no people left. When we try to do tequio [traditional volunteer community service], it used to be…there were lots of people helping out; now it's really hard because it's just us older folks."
Eleazar García, a farmer in his thirties, added that "the important challenge is that there are [still] a number of young folks here and we want to convince them that this is dignified work and that it's a very important role in the feeding of one's family…The campesino always appreciates having food… to not worry about always having money in your pocket …[as] they say around here, we're not worried—if I've got beans, I've got something to eat."
Enter the "localist" movement—or better, the movement for food sovereignty, the principle that for a community to have control of its destiny, it must have substantive control of the production of the food it consumes. People need to be able to choose what they eat.
Subsistence farmers in southern Mexico are in a much better position to raise what they eat than most dwellers in U.S. cities. They've been doing it for a long time. In Oaxaca, there are dozens of different varieties of corn, each adapted to a particular set of climatic conditions, elevation, and soil. Even the grass that was the wild precursor of corn still grows in the Oaxaca hills.
Furthermore, over thousands of years, indigenous Mexican farmers have evolved a sophisticated means of sustainably farming on steep slopes and easily eroded soils. Unlike typical U.S. agricultural practice, Oaxacan farmers traditionally plant beans and squash in their cornfields. Beans use the cornstalks for support and add nitrogen—a nutrient that is depleted by growing corn—to the soil. Squash can grow between the corn stalks; the vines can be left in place as a green manure for adding nutrients to the field after the harvest. Farmers also allow wild greens to grow in and around the cornfield; these greens are ecologically adapted to the cornfield environment—they don't grow in such profusion away from the fields—and are an important source of vitamin A and other nutrients in the village diet.
In the 1980s, new organizations in the Oaxaca highlands, such as CEDICAM (Center for Integral Campesino Development of the Mixteca), started working with campesinos to find alternatives to the damaging pesticides, monocrops, and hybrid seeds promoted by the Green Revolution throughout the 60s and 70s by building on traditional practices that were adapted to the area—all while using new insights from organic farming to increase yields.
Unlike the urban poor in Mexico, farmers in San Pedro Coxcaltepec say that the post-NAFTA rise in the price of tortillas didn't affect them at all. "I raise all the corn I need," one of them told me.
Unfortunately, farmers also need cash to participate in the modern world and buy goods they can't produce themselves. So the challenge is to find something besides corn to sell on the market. That way young people will want to stay and farm there and, in doing so, keep their traditional economy alive. CEDICAM has helped farmers like Tío Joel use greenhouses from a failed development project in the valley to raise vegetables to sell–not on the world market, but in nearby towns, where people will pay for fresh, local produce.
Another organization, Puente a la Salud Comunitaria (Bridge to Community Health), has helped several communities revive the cultivation of amaranth, a grain which originated in the Mixteca region and still grows wild there, but which was almost entirely eradicated by the Spanish, who thought it was associated with pagan practices. Amaranth has much higher protein than corn and, unlike corn in the modern market, still has a high market value in Oaxaca—thus it can serve dual purposes of improving village nutrition and providing a viable cash crop.
In Santo Tomas Mazaltepec, the availability of the high-protein grain has had a significant effect on nutrition in the community. Mothers who added small amounts of locally grown amaranth–less than an ounce a day–to their children's daily meals as an experiment said that the kids were clearly more energetic and growing better.
Food sovereignty isn't limited to farmers in rural areas. Most of the people in Oaxaca City are within one or two generations of living off the land and still know something about growing their own food. Given the steep rise in food prices in Mexico since NAFTA was signed, city-dwellers who grow at least some of their own food can supplement meager incomes to insulate themselves and their families from the effects of layoffs and low wages; this also increases their resilience during the frequent political struggles that occur in Oaxaca between the population as a whole and the corrupt government. The ability to eat during strikes may make the difference between winning or losing the struggle.
Women Farmers Feed the World
Grassroots food activist Fatou Batta on why the question of agricultural sustainability is also a question of equality.
Growers María and Laurentina started raising oyster mushrooms two years ago; a year ago, they were working hard to explain to people in the produce markets how to cook the mushrooms; this year, the demand for mushrooms is enough that they're looking for ways to increase their production and capacity, like buying a refrigerator to store their own spores in, rather than having to buy them, and to store their crops for a few days. Another urban farmer talked about what a help it was to her household budget not to have to go to the market for tomatoes, cilantro, parsley, and celery.
These farmers and urban gardeners are not looking for hand-outs or foreign aid. What they need is a supportive environment for their survival and the rejuvenation of a once-sustainable rural economy. The United States can help by supporting trade policies that don't pit Mexican small-scale agriculture against U.S. agribusiness and create an economic environment that supports the rest of the world in growing its own food. NAFTA is up for renewal in a few years, offering us a chance to do exactly that.
"If you really want to combat hunger in the world," farmer Eleazar García told us as he showed us the difference between thriving cornstalks in a field that had been fertilized with cheap organic compost, and stunted corn in a field that had been fertilized with chemicals for too many years, "it's in the hands of campesinos. They live on what they grow."
Three new agreements are predicted to kill jobs and solidify corporate power. It's our turn to have a say in how we trade.
A protest at the World Bank supported El Salvador's attempts to put human rights above corporate rights.
How a once nutritious grain was transformed into something unhealthy to eat.


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Cooking Up Karma: A Taste of the Gift Economy
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What if your meal was paid for by the people who dined before you? At Karma Kitchen, an event that occurs every Sunday at Taste of Himalayas in Berkeley, Calif., that is exactly what happens. Volunteers serve food to hungry patrons who in turn pay forward what they value their experience at. There are no prices on the menu and the bill reads $0.00.
With busy locations now in D.C. and Chicago, Karma Kitchen is a success in attracting enthusiasm for a gift economy where what you give benefits those who come after you—and you benefit from everyone who came before. Pay it forward for future diners and rack up the karma points!
Read more about the people and ideas behind Karma Kitchen in YES! Magazine's Winter 2012 Issue!
In Mali, one of the most cash poor nations in the world, "dama" or the gift economy is thriving.
You don't have to participate in a local currency or service exchange to be part of the cooperative gift economy. Any time you do a favor for a family member, neighbor, colleague, or stranger you're part of it. Here are some ways you can spend time in the gift economy, where you'll find fun, freedom, and connection.


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But this year, they'll be even higher for Canada's national junior squad that is reaping the benefits of the ongoing National Hockey League lockout.
The bar has been raised for the 23 teenagers who'll head over to Ufa, Russia, after being named to the team on Thursday at Hockey Canada headquarters in Calgary.
Many could have played for NHL clubs this year, including Edmonton Oilers centre Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Florida Panthers prospect and 2011 third-overall pick Jonathan Huberdeau, New York Islanders fifth overall pick in 2011 Ryan Strome, and Winnipeg Jets pick Mark Scheifele. All are 19 years old.
On paper, the group is fast, skilled, and deep up front and experienced on their back-end. Their three netminders, Jake Paterson of the Saginaw Spirit, Malcolm Subban of the Belleville Bulls, and Jordan Binnington from the Owen Sound Attack, have all played big-time minutes.
Now, putting it together before the team opens the tournament on Dec. 26 in Ufa, Russia, will be the trick.
"The word we've talked about is habits," said head coach Steve Spott. "I think when you have a group as elite as we have, it'll be about habits. Managing ice time, shift length, power-play opportunity, sacrificing, line changes — all of those details are going to make us successful.
"It's such a fine line, winning a gold medal this tournament because the teams are so good. Our hard work and details have to be second to none."
The last time Canada competed in the world juniors during an NHL lockout year was 2005 when a stacked team featuring Dion Phaneuf, Ryan Getzlaf, Andrew Ladd, Shea Weber, and Corey Perry captured gold at Grand Forks, N. D.
Nugent-Hopkins was 12 at the time.
"It's something I've always wanted to do," said the first overall pick of the 2011 NHL draft said Thursday, which is also proof the world truly does work in mysterious ways as he was cut from the junior team in 2010 as a 17-year-old. "I'm going to look back and have no regrets.
"I'm happy I went through all of this."
Meanwhile, Nathan MacKinnon, the projected first-overall pick at the upcoming 2013 NHL draft, and his Halifax Mooseheads linemate Jonathan Drouin will be the first 17-year-old players named to the Canadian squad since Sidney Crosby.
Obviously, they were picked for a reason — and showed it during this week's selection camp.
"They played like they were 27," Spott said. "And for me that's what made the difference. They didn't play like they were 17.
"As I said, they're both unique players, but they're both unique individuals, where I know they can handle the scrutiny and the media and obviously the pressure that comes with being their age. That was a big decision, but I'm fully comfortable they can handle it."
Spott has been in constant communication with Hockey Canada president Bob Nicholson, director of hockey operations Scott Salmond, and chief operating officer Scott Smith about a sudden end to the labour impasse. Some NHL teams have already given their OK to keep players (TSN's Bob McKenzie reported that Rielly, Jenner, Harrington, and Rattie are fully committed to Team Canada's roster).
However, in his brief exit conversations with the cut players, Spott said he didn't mention the possibility of an emergency recall despite the uncertainty.
"Some decisions that are going to be made are going to be completely out of our control," he said. "We can't control it, it's unfortunate to a degree.
"But I'd like to think that when we get on that plane on Saturday, we're going to finish with the same group we started with."
Canada's roster also features six returning players from the 2012 squad that won bronze at last year's world juniors in Calgary and Edmonton.
Forwards Huberdeau, Scheifele, Strome, and Boone Jenner, and defencemen Dougie Hamilton and Scott Harrington are back for one more shot at gold.
"It's really cool," said Hamilton, who was on the 2012 squad with his older brother Freddie. "With last year, winning bronze, getting a second chance at gold is pretty special.
"I'm pretty excited and, again, it's a dream come true."
Harrington, also going through the process a second (successful) time, weighed in on the emotions.
"Once the team is made, everyone is just overjoyed and excited," said the London Knights captain. "Everyone has the same feeling of moving on together quickly.
"Just knowing that you represent Canada, it brings you together."
Eight players on Thursday, however, were on the opposite end of the spectrum and left Calgary with mixed emotions.
Edmonton Oil Kings goaltender Laurent Brossoit was the lone goalie sent home along with four forwards Daniel Catenacci of the Owen Sound Attack, Prince Albert Raiders captain Mark McNeill, Medicine Hat Tigers captain Hunter Shinkaruk, and body-bashing Tom Wilson of the Plymouth Whalers.
Three defencemen — Frank Corrado of the Sudbury Wolves, Mathew Dumba of the Red Deer Rebels, and Ryan Sproul of Sault St. Marie — were also given the bad news.
"It was a tough camp and a tough team to make," said Catenacci, a native of Newmarket, Ont., and a third round 2011 pick of the Buffalo Sabres. "It's every boy's dream to play on this team and to be let go is pretty disappointing.
"I just want to thank Hockey Canada for everything and it's an honour to be here and I wish them the best."
Following Friday's team photo and media availability at WinSport's Markin MacPhail Centre at 10 a.m., Canada practises for the first time as a team on Saturday (10:30 a.m.) and heads to the airport to fly to Europe later in the day.
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Echinodermata! Starfish! Sea Urchins! Sea Cucumbers! Stone Lillies! Feather Stars! Blastozoans! Sea Daisies! Marine invertebrates found throughout the world's oceans with a rich and ancient fossil legacy. Their biology and evolution includes a wide range of crazy and wonderful things. Let me share those things with YOU!
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Starfish from Deep-Sea Hawaii- What Lives Below A Tropical Paradise!
Hawai'i has some AWESOME shallow-water echinoderms. I've blogged about many of these species.
This includes such cool critters as Colobocentrotus-the shingle urchin and some uncommon/rarely seen starfish, such as Coscinasterias, Valvaster, and Astropecten. As well as some neat artistic renditions...
Most people don't realize that HURL one of the most active deep-sea laboratories in the United States with ongoing research in marine biology, oceanography, geology, and even anthropology (discovering World War II submarines and shipwrecks for instance!)
They operate not one but TWO manned submersibles in American waters-the Pisces IV and the Pisces V. Plus a remotely operated vehicle.
Both subs are deployed off the mother ship, the Ka'imikai-o-Kanaloa (often abbreviated KoK) which is Hawaiian for "Heavenly Searcher of the Sea" Here is the Pisces V being deployed from the aft deck of the KoK.
...and thanks to Craig Young, I've actually been down in the Pisces V (in 2001) and found it to be one of the coolest things I've ever done!
I've had a fairly LONG association with not only the Hawaiian Undersea Research Lab, but also the Invertebrate Zoology department at the Bishop Museum in Honolulu, Hawaii, where I helped identify and sort the echinoderms in the collection.
I was ultimately able to learn and help to identify the deep-sea starfish/sea star fauna in and around the Hawaiian Islands.
Its interesting that there's actually a much HIGHER diversity of deep-sea starfish around Hawai'i then shallow-water. But sadly, much of it is very poorly known. We continue to discover new things about the invertebrate fauna around the Hawaiian Islands on a regular basis!
Thanks to HURL..I am now able to share the diversity of (at least some of) this fauna with you!
What follows are images taken by the Hawaiian Undersea Research Laboratory of the animals in their habitat. (sorry for the bars at the top-these designate the species, dive and locality...)
Bear in mind...there are NO common names. Why? Because almost NO one other then scientists and possibly the occasional deep-sea fisherman, who gets one caught in a net gets to see these!
1. Anseropoda insignis. A weird deep-sea species found throughout the Indo-Pacific, but ONLY in deep-water (This one from 200-300 m or so..) The body is FLATTENED and almost PAPER-THIN. And are easily damaged when collected by trawl nets...so you almost never see them alive like this....
These are decent sized, about 8 to 10 inches across.
2. Tremaster mirabilis. I blogged about this as a species, "about which, little is known.."
but here..we see it sitting practically FLUSH on the sea bottom.. About 4-6 inches in diameter.
3. Astropecten polyacanthus. I just thought it would be interesting to show that even shallow-water species can get quite deep. This one was from less then 100 m (I'll have to check exactly how deep). Here is a post I did about one found in shallow-water.
4. Pentaceraster cumingi. At one time, this species was more commonly encountered at SCUBA depth, but I have anecdotally heard that because of its large size lack of abundance, and slow movement, this species has been rendered "locally extinct" in some places because people take them. But still occur in fairly deep-water (50-130 m)...
These are big..almost a foot and a half across..as are most oreasterids.
5. Asterodiscides tuberculosus. This is a species that you can see at the deeper end of a SCUBA dive. There are two toenail-like plates at the end of each arm. We know almost nothing about it.
Decent sized animals..about 6 to 8 inches across.
4. Ctenophoraster hawaiiensis. This species was described by Walter K. Fisher in 1906. We know nothing about it. This species is about 7 to 9 inches across.
5. Tamaria triseriata. Another species that is really pretty..but whose biology is unknown.
About 5 to 6 inches across.
6. Calliderma spectabilis (which is a synonym of Calliderma emma). These are amazing to see on video. They get BIG..and are almost a foot and a half across (armtip to armtip)! Probably because of their size, these are collected quite frequently.
It is interesting to note that the genus Calliderma also occurs in the Cretaceous of Europe, which suggests that this may be one of those critters that has been around and unchanged for quite a long time...
7. Calliaster pedicellaris. This is a pretty handsome animal. Sharp, cone-shaped spines cover the edge and the surface. We know pretty much nothing about it other then that.
Good sized about 6-7 inches across.
8. Coronaster eclipes. Another BEAST of a starfish! These can be VERY big..almost a foot and a half across. Possibly a predator? Described by Walter K. Fisher in 1925 and until the submersibles began operation...rarely encountered since then...
9. Brisinga panopla What's a bunch of deep-sea pictures without a brisingid or three?
There are actually about four species of brisingid that are known in and around the Hawaiian Islands..
What are brisingids? Short answer: starfish/sea stars that are deep-sea filter feeder/predators. Go here to read more! plus, they have Cool names. (go see!)
These can get to be over a foot in diameter.
So, this is NOT all of the species...just the ones I thought were immediately interesting. There's a LOT more. How many more?? Go check out this checklist for the starfish I helped develop..
and here's the master list for all Hawaiian Invertebrates..
Hopefully...I'll get to show some other species at some point...
Interested in more Hawaiian Invertebrates??
Here's a GREAT book-"In Deeper Waters" by two of the primary scientists at HURL available at Amazon..
and here is John Hoover's excellent field guide to shallow water (with some overlapping into the deep-sea) invertebrates!
6 comments:
- July 29, 2010 at 11:50 AM
- Chris Grinter said...
Hey former invert bio TA! Really enjoying your blog, hope all is well.
- July 29, 2010 at 11:56 AM
- ChrisM said...
and I see you have a blog of your own! Great to hear from you again!
- July 29, 2010 at 12:04 PM
This is wonderful. I have seen all of the species from Chave and Malahoff's book, yet it was incredible to see them consistently recorded from this expedition as well.
- August 7, 2010 at 6:15 AM
- Hi! I'm Janola. said...
Gee, these were beautiful! That paper-thin starfish is amazing. Thanks for sharing.
- August 9, 2010 at 9:21 AM
- jphoover said...
Hi Chris - were there any deepwater photos of Sclerasterias euplecta? - John Hoover
- November 3, 2010 at 11:17 PM


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The imagery produced by the Viking program revolutionized our thinking about the presence of water on Mars.
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Launched from: Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral AFS
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Descent Engines: Hydrazine monopropellant
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Manufacturer: Lockheed Martin
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In August and September of 1975, the Viking program dispatched two orbiters and two landers to Mars - the most ambitious and expensive mission ever sent to Mars at more than $1 billion in then-year dollars. The objectives of the mission were to obtain high resolution images of Mars, characterize the atmosphere and surface of Mars and search for evidence of life. The biological experiments performed by the landers delivered intriguing, but, at the time, inconclusive evidence of organic molecules in the soil; later work by the Phoenix lander showed perchlorates in the Martian soil, which would interact with organics to produce chloromethane and dichloromethane - both discovered by the Viking landers. It was the imagery produced by the Viking program that revolutionized our thinking about the presence of water on Mars.
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Uncle Sam is adding 60,000 barrels of oil a day to giant underground caverns in Texas and Louisiana to be used for the proverbial "rainy day."
Is it raining yet?
The price of oil is moving closer to $120 a barrel, up almost $19 a barrel for the month. Gasoline stations can barely change their prices fast enough, and the cost of regular grade hit a record $3.54 a gallon on Wednesday morning, according to GasPriceWatch.com.
The driving club AAA is raising its estimate of Memorial Day pump prices to $3.75 a gallon, up 25 cents a gallon from its earlier prediction.
"At some point, we have to think about whether we have a price emergency on our hands," says Geoff Sundstrom, a spokesman for AAA in Heathrow, Fla.
Proponents of the government taking action to ease the crunch say that storing oil at a time of soaring prices, in what is called the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), does not makes sense. Some want some oil released in the hope that it will drive down prices. Opponents counter that using the SPR would probably have little impact. In fact, they maintain, as does President Bush, that there is no emergency.
But on the campaign trail, the prospect of using the nation's rainy-day supply is catching on. Last week, Sen. John McCain, the Republican candidate for president, called for the government to stopping adding to the reserve. A week ago at a candidates' debate in Pennsylvania, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) said she would not only stop adding to the reserve, but would also release oil to try to drive prices down. Sen. Barack Obama, the other Democratic candidate for president, believes the SPR should be used for short-term supply disruptions, but he does not believe it should be currently tapped, according to Jason Grumet, an adviser on energy to Senator Obama. Like Senator McCain, however, Obama would stop adding to the SPR at these prices, Mr. Grumet says.
Despite the candidates' wishes, Mr. Bush maintains that the SPR is off limits, to be used only in the event of a natural catastrophe or a major supply disruption overseas.
"The Department of Energy will continue to fill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve at very modest rates to provide an added layer of protection in cases of severe disruption," says Megan Barnett, a spokeswoman for the agency in Washington.
The Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 established the reserve. Signed into law by President Ford, the act gives the president the sole authority to decide when to release oil from the reserve. Congress has discussed automatic triggers for release but has never changed the law.
At issue now are the reserve's 701.3 million barrels of oil, enough to replace imports for 58 days. As a member of the International Energy Agency, the United States is required to hold 90 days of net petroleum imports. By 2019, the US plans to reach 1 billion barrels, which will provide 100 days of emergency supplies. Adding in 90 percent of commercial stockpiles, the US has 118 days' supply today and will have 123 days by 2020, estimates Jeremy Cusimano, an economist for the Petroleum Reserves, which is part of the Department of Energy, in Washington.
In February, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report suggesting that the government make changes in the way it adds oil to the SPR. Currently, the oil is delivered from oil companies as payment in kind for royalties owed for pumping oil from federal land. Instead, the GAO suggested that the government set a dollar amount of oil it wants to acquire.
The Energy Department, Mr. Cusimano points out, is not actually buying the oil. But, he says, a DOE examination has found that holding the oil has been a positive investment. Currently, the average "acquisition" cost is $27.73 a barrel.
In recent times, the SPR has been tapped twice. After hurricane Katrina, which destroyed pipelines, the government released 11 million barrels of oil. In 1991, during the Gulf War, it released 17.3 million barrels.
Energy experts are divided over whether it would make any difference to release oil today. "It's a tight market, an incredibly tight market when every drop matters," says Tim Considine, who has done a study on the SPR and is a professor at Pennsylvania State University. "But looking at the SPR to alleviate market pressure is only a short-term fix."
Phil Flynn, an oil trader at Alaron Trading in Chicago, doubts it would have any impact. "It is such a small amount of oil," he says.
Mr. Flynn notes that a prior presidential candidate, Sen. John Kerry (D), suggested a halt to buying oil for the reserve in March 2004, when gasoline prices were rising. "We should have bought all we could at $35 a barrel," Flynn says.
The US needs the import protection, Flynn says, since some major oil exporters such as Russia and Venezuela are not as friendly toward the US as they used to be. "If you want to bring down the price of oil," he adds, "shore up the value of the US dollar."
While the debate continues, the DOE is getting ready for an increase in reserve supplies. In August, it will start to receive 70,000 to 75,000 barrels per day. Since the current SPR is almost full, it will go to a new facility in Mississippi, farther from the coast.


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Oscar Night 2009 is upon us with first-time host Hugh Jackman. Join us as we give almost-live coverage!
To start the awards, Jackman provided viewers with a solid opening that was effective and not too over-the-top. Then we moved right into the ceremony with five previous Best Supporting Actress winners coming on stage to say something nice about of this year's five nominees. Tilda Swinton who was last year's winner was the quarterback for this segment and she had the honor of announcing the winner.
1) Winner for Best Support Actress: Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
This was unexpected but not undeserved - It was a rather difficult category to pick this year with all five nominees being almost equally likely winners. Personally, I would have gone with Taraji P. Henson from The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Next we have Steve Martin and Tina Fey giving a good little skit to present the nominations for best Original Screenplay.
2) Winner for Best Original screenplay: Dustin Lance Black, Milk
It was a touching acceptance speech and well-spoken (arguably the best acceptance of the night). Not wasting any time, Fey and Martin continue on to announce the nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay.
3) Winner for Best Adapted Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
Next, Jennifer Anniston and Jack Black came out and tried to be funny and it didn't work too well. However, Jack Black did made a joke about animated films and how he earns his money and it was pretty good. After playing a video of all the major animated features of the night, they eventually got to announcing the nominees for best animated feature and best animated short of the year.
4) Winner for Best Animated Feature: Wall-E (which was no surprise at all)
Andrew Stanton accepted the award and again we were a treated to a quick and efficient acceptance speech.
5) Winner for Best Animated Short: La Maison En Petits Cubes
So far, the awards have flown by and I think the Academy's years of rushing people off stage have paid off (as cruel as that is). They've also had some of the presenters do multiple awards to keep things quick as opposed to constantly switching celebrities to announce each of the 24 categories. So far, they've tried to keep a light atmosphere with comedic presenters.
After the Commercial Break, Hugh announced the next presenters Sarah Jessica Parker and Daniel Craig (in James Bond attire) who gave a boring presentation just reading off the prompter. They announced the nominees and winners for Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design and Best Makeup.
6) Winner for Best Art Direction: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
This was the first category we see The Dark Knight involved in and the winner was a no-brainer as this movie clearly had the most extensive set design and behind-the-scenes work involved. The acceptors of the award gave much respect and recognition to director David Fincher.
7) Winner for Best Costume Design: The Duchess
It was almost painful to watch Craig and Parker making multiple mistakes reading off the prompter and missing their cues. As for the winner, it's not my pick personally but this award does tend to go to the period pieces.
8 ) Winner for Best Makeup: Greg Cannom, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Next we have the Academy desperately trying to appease presenters the younger demographics with Robert Pattinson and Amanda Seyfried on stage to present a vignette of romance films of 2008 which hit many of the mainstream flicks of the year.
After the commercial break, Jackman introduced the presenters for Best Cinematography and to my delight Natalie Portman and Ben Stiller (sporting a funky beard to parody Joaquin Phoenix's presence on the recent David Letterman show) came on stage. Stiller even re-enacted the gum incident by putting his chewing gum on the stand after Portman confronted him about it.
This was definitely one of the funniest moments of the night and as the beautiful Natalie Portman announced the nominees, Stiller walked around the stage with his cellphone out acting as if he was lost.
9) Winner for Best Cinematography: Anthony Dod Mantle, Slumdog Millionaire
Next we have another highlight of the night with James Franco and a skinnier Seth Rogen re-enacting a scene from Pineapple Express where they're now watching all the non-Oscar nominated films and loving it while high on their drug of choice.
It was pretty funny watching them laughing their way through serious moments and terrible films like The Love Guru and it got even funnier when Franco noticed the film crew in his room and invited cinematographer to sit with them and watch. After the video, the three of them came out to announce the nominees for best Live Action Short.
10) Winner for Best Live Action Short: Spielzeugland (Toyland)
After the commercial break we have host Hugh Jackman back to discuss musicals and give a little one himself where he was joined by Beyonce Knowles in a classy red dress doing some great dancing accompanied by mediocre lip-syncing. The performance was later joined by Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens of High School Musical Fame as well as Amanda Seyfried from Mamma Mia.
Another commercial break and we are given a similar to the setup for The Best Supporting Actress award, where five previous winners of the Best Supporting Actor award came out to praise this years nominees of the same category.
Alan Arkin, Christopher Walken, Cuba Gooding Jr. Kevin Kline and Joel Grey were the presenters and Cuba Gooding stood out by harping on (and at the same time praising) Robert Downey Jr.'s performance from Tropic Thunder.
11) Winner for Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight (obvious).
Next we have a nice video showcasing the directors of 2008's best Documentaries.
12) Winner for Best Documentary: Man on Wire
This was an awesome acceptance by the star of the documentary who gave us a nice little magic trick with his lucky coin followed by a balancing act involving the Oscar award and his chin.
13) Winner for Best Documentary Short Subject: Smile Pinki
Next, Jackman presented a video of many of the big action scenes of 2008 followed by welcoming Will Smith to the stage to present the nominees for Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing and Best Editing.
14) Winner for Best Visual Effects: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
15) Winner for Best Sound Editing: The Dark Knight
16) Winner for Best Sound Mixing: Slumdog Millionaire
The Dark Knight earns its first award of the night and Benjamin Button wins another. They're really trying to get these awards for behind-the-scenes work out of the way quick.
17) Winner of Best Editing: Slumdog Millionaire
Next we have Eddie Murphy come out on stage to announce the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Jerry Lewis who received an honorable standing ovation from the star-studded audience.
Continuing the need to meet the youth quota, Zac Efron and Alicia Keys came on stage to present the nominees for Best Original Score and Best Original Song.
18) Winner for Best Original Score: Slumdog Millionaire (an obvious winner for its outstanding soundtrack and score)
19) Winner Best Original Song: "Jai Ho", Slumdog Millionaire (another given for me, this song was awesome in the film and when presented live on stage before the winner was announced).
Next on stage are Liam Neeson joined by Freida Pinto from Slumdog Millionaire to present best Foreign Film.
20) winner for Best Foreign Film: Departures
After a song by Queen Latifah Hugh Jackman honors the present of the Academy Awards who's stepping down this year. After this, Reese Witherspoon is introduced by Hugh Jackman to announce the nominees for Best Director.
21) Winner for Best Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Mr. Boyle gave a nice little dance to keep a promise made to his kids. It was cute and he deserved this award.
As we're in the final stretch of the show, the next major award is for Best Actress and again they brought out five previous winners including Halle Berry and Nicole Kidman to honor this year's nominees. I like this strategy and it's better than just having a winner from the Best Actor/Actress category of the previous year.
22) Winner for Best Actress: Kate Winslet, The Reader
Finally, Kate has won! Meryl Streep was amazing in Doubt but she's had 15 nominations and several wins before. It's time for Ms. Winslet to share in the glory and you can tell from her speech that she really wanted it.
For the Best Actor award, presenters Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Sir Ben Kingsley, Anthony Hopkins and Adrian Brody (all past winners) have come on stage to praise this year's nominees. Robert De Niro was especially funny in talking about Sean Penn and Anthony Hopkins and Ben Kingsley had very nice things to say about Brad Pitt and Mickey Rourke, respectively.
23) Winner for Best Actor: Sean Penn, Milk
Sean Penn wins another for his outstanding performance in Milk and he gave a funny opening line in his acceptance speech. He ended his speech touching on a serious note and preaching for equal rights for which he received a loud applause. He also gave credit to Mickey Rourke whom I thought may win this award.
Stephen Spielberg is next on stage to present the nominees and award for the final and most important category of the night: Best Picture.
24) Winner for Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire
I'm happy that Slumdog Millionaire beat out The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. I thought Button was great but it was missing some elements that Forrest Gump had and that's what it is always compared to. I thought Slumdog was the best overall film of the year and it did deserve this award.
So there you have it folks, the summary of this evening's 81st Academy Awards and all of the winners.
All-in-all, the night was a slight improvement over previous years. I think the big problem this year was with the nominations and certain omissions in certain categories.
What did you think of this year's Oscar awards and what would you like to see improved for next year's?


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It's the day after the Electoral Commission's preliminary report on reforming MMP. Let's see what the nation's true power brokers and political junkies think of it.
Now that the Electoral Commission's proposed recommendations on MMP are on the table, the political jockeying over them can begin. Kate Chapman and Danya Levy have a round-up of the political parties' initial responses to the proposals (which I've supplemented with further sources where I could find them). In a nut shell, these appear to be:
- Labour: Yay!
- Greens: Yay!
- ACT: Boo!
- NZ First: Boo!
- Maori Party: Mostly yay (but won't someone please think of the Maoris?)!
- United Future: Some yay and some boo (because it's the common sense thing to say)!
- National (and Mana): Who knows?
However, whilst it will be the MPs from these parties that get the final say on what changes - if any - are made to the MMP system as a result of the Commission's proposals, they aren't where we need to be looking right now. (Actually, before Parliament gets to have any say, Justice Minister Judith Collins will have to give it an opportunity to consider the matter by introducing legislation ... but let's not get too hung up here on trivial matters such as the separation of powers.)
Rather, it is in the blogosphere that the Commission's proposals will live or die. Because everyone knows that real power over the realm of public ideas lies in the hands of a random assortment of malcontents with access to a computer and the internet.
So here's a (no doubt hopelessly incomplete - I specifically note I couldn't locate any blog commentary from anyone without a penis) sampling of immediate responses to the Commission's suggestions from the on-line commetariat.
I've already posted my insufferably smug and self-congratulatory take on the topic here. It looks like Robert Winter is also pretty happy with the Commission's work. But so far these marginal and easily discounted voices seem to be it by way of general statements of support for the Commission's proposals.
For over on Kiwiblog, David Farrar is "a bit disappointed the Commission has been so timid" in its overall recommendations - essentially because it didn't say what he thought it should say about a number of issues. I do note, however, that he gets thoroughly Edgelered at Public Address regarding the consistency of his calls for broad legislative intervention in the political marketplace with his generally laissez faire attitude to such matters in the economic realm.
(Incidentally, we've yet to see Graeme's views regarding the Commission's proposals on the representation threshold, aside from a general statement that "I don't agree with everything the Commission has proposed" ... so I guess we'll just have to wait a bit longer to find out what it is we are required to think about this issue.)
In contrast to DPF's expression of mild disappointment, real venom towards the Commission's report has eminated from "The Left". Bryce Edwards sees the Commission as having "blown its once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to significantly enhance democracy." His reasoning is that:
The Electoral Commission's advocacy of a threshold - albeit a slightly lowered one - is anti-democratic. A 4% threshold goes against the principles of proportionality and of democracy itself. It says that votes shouldn't be counted if they are for parties outside of the mainstream. If you vote for a party that has 3% support, your vote is deemed not worthy of counting.
Over at No Right Turn, Idiot Savant is no less scathing about the Commission's recommendation to reduce the party vote threshold to 4% (whilst also abolishing the electorate seat exception):
At best, this is likely to work out to be roughly as representative as we are at the moment. But in some cases (e.g. 2002) it gives us a much less representative Parliament than we have at present. Given an opportunity to improve our electoral system and give us a more representative democracy, the Electoral Commission blew it.
Whew! I'll bet the Commission members were squirming in their beds last night as the full magnitude of their betrayal of the very concept of democracy burst upon them! Why is it that they hate our freedoms so much?
Invective aside, let's review what the Commission actually did. It essentially adopted a two-stage approach in coming up with its proposal for lowering the party vote threshold to 4%. (I'm going to put to one side it's proposal to abandon the 1 seat threshold, on the assumption that Bryce and I/S would accept this move provided the party vote threshold also was lowered significantly.)
First, it worked out what it considered to be an "acceptable" range of representation thresholds for New Zealand. And it said (to simplify and paraphrase) that the party vote threshold should be reduced from the present 5%, but go no lower than 3%. It came up with this lower end figure by considering (it said) the potential splintering effect that a lower threshold could have on Government formation and the effectiveness of political parties in the legislature, as well as claiming that a voting system with a threshold of less than 3% would be so different to the current one as to effectively constitute a new electoral process.
(This second point is important, and I'll come back to it - the Commission interpreted its role in conducting this review as being to tweak the version of MMP that the public had voted to retain at the 2011 referendum, not to recommend changes that would result in a qualitatively different method of voting.)
Now, it could be argued that the Commission was wrong to even consider what an appropriate representation threshold ought to be ... that democracy must by its very nature mean there should be "no threshold" at all when it comes to representation in Parliament. But that's a nonsense claim - designating a representation threshold is unavoidable when designing an electoral system. As I noted in this post:
Any form of representation of the voters is going to fail to fully include all groups (much less individuals) vying for a share of parliamentary representation. That's because "representation" is inherently a compromise (some would say compromised) concept. So, for example, even adopting a "no threshold" rule for MMP wouldn't really result in a no threshold system - it just sets the level at which a particular group of voters get represented at about 1/120th of the party vote (actually, whatever the Sainte Lague formula dictates, but that's too hard for my head [ed note: Graeme Edgeler subsequently pointed out in comments this would be about 0.42% of the unwasted party vote]). But why 1/120th of the party vote ... why not 1/150th (by increasing Parliament to 150 MPs)? Or why not 1/2000th (in a 2000 seat Parliament)? What is it about 1/120th of the party vote that just happens to be the right level at which a group of voters ought to be entitled to a representative in Parliament?
So if we are going to elect representatives to Parliament, there always will be some wasted votes in the system - as well as some prospective representatives who will not get into Parliament even though they have received some votes from the populace. The question is, what level should this be set at (taking into account principled issues such as representation of diverse points of view, as well as practical matters like how many MPs can we afford to pay for)?
Of course, it can be argued that the process of reasoning which led the Commission to identify 3% as the lowest acceptable threshold figure was flawed. The danger of fragmentation may have been over-emphasised, while claims that single-MP parties can't operate effectively were unsubstantiated. Those may well be fair criticisms, but I'm not going to go into them as ultimately I think that they are irrelevant to the issue.
Because, having identified what it considered to be the acceptable range of thresholds, the Commission then had to decide where in this range the threshold ought to fall. It plumped for 4% because:
It reflects the Royal Commission's original recommendation. It would compensate for abolition of the one electorate seat threshold. It is in line with comparable democracies such as Norway and Sweden. And it is in line with public opinion and the weight of submissions received by the Commission.
In other words, the Commission felt that 4% is the Goldilocks number - not too high, not too low and supported by just the right number of people. Of course, I/S has called foul on this last point: he claims that of those submissions in favour of lowering the threshold, more supported a figure of 3% or less than supported 4%. While this is true, it conveniently ignores the fact that a large majority of the overall submissions supported a figure of 4% or more ... we must recognise that some 45% of submitters thought the threshold ought to be kept at its current 5% or actually increased.
And this really is the critical truth that the Commission had to face. Because let's say the Electoral Commission really, really wanted to significantly reduce the representation threshold in the name of "democracy". Hell, let's even imagine that it had consisted of Bryce Edwards, Idiot Savant and myself (who submitted to the review that the threshold should be set at 2.5%) ... three individuals who favour placing a much lower hurdle in the path of parties seeking to enter the parliamentary realm.
Then, through the process of public submissions, we are confronted with the reality of what the New Zealand public thinks its electoral system ought to look like. We see that most of those submitting to us think that there should be a representation threshold set at a figure far higher than we personally favour. And we receive a submission from the New Zealand Election Study, reporting on its findings from successive post-election surveys of voters that:
We anticipate that some submissions to this Review will advocate a move to ʻextreme PR' by the complete removal or more radical reduction of the threshold. But such a change could be inconsistent with the popular mandate of approval for MMP in the 2011 referendum.
NZES data also suggests it would run against the grain of public preferences.
And that:
We infer that most New Zealanders would prefer to retain a threshold and that, if anything, it should be tightened rather than loosened.
Here's the dilemma that we would then face. Our view of what "democracy" requires by way of a representation threshold conflicts with the actually held views of the people in whose name democracy operates.
So do we then, in the name of "democracy", recommend that Parliament impose upon the electorate a voting system significantly different in its potential effects from the one the voters have just voted to retain (by, it should be noted, a by no means overwhelming 58-42 margin) and containing a feature that a significant majority of the electorate appears not to want? Because, of course, we know what "democracy" really requires better than the people in whose name it actually operates?
Or do we seek to combine the good arguments that we think exist in favour of a lower party vote representation threshold with the public's apparent aversion for proliferating political parties and the perceived risks of fragmented government by proposing a compromise figure that is a bit lower than the status quo, but nevertheless higher than we personally would prefer?
Which of these is the proper role for a Commission that is reviewing the operation of a voting system in the name of the people who actually will use it to elect their lawmakers?


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Nationality of Officers:Croatian
Number of Crew: 7
Passenger Capacity: 39
Speed: 9,5 NM
Length:49,00 m
Beam:8,70 m
Split to Split by the brand new ship Sea Swallow
Split (Croatia) - Split (Croatia)
8 days / 7 nights - Oct 05, 2019
Split - Bol- Hvar- Mljet - Dubrovnik - Elaphite Island - Korcula - Vis- Bisevo - Split aboard Sea Swallow
Set sail for new horizons with this great 7 night cruise debuting in May 2019 aboard the brand new ship Sea Swallow and featuring a nice combination of lovely swim stops and cultural/historic lessons.
With romantic, enchanting and timeless little ports in mind we invite you to discover the secrets of the Adriatic Sea and experience why it is known as the Mediterranean as it once was.
NOTE:The cruise section of your itinerary may vary from day to day depending on sea and other conditions. It will include the
islands listed below but possibly not in this order. Every day will feature breakfast on board and either lunch or dinner.On each island you will be able to embark right in the heart of the island's towns or special attractions. Sometimes, the ship will anchor off-shore during the day but for the rest of the time you will be based in the very best locations in town.
Day 1: SPLIT
Brand New Deluxe Superior boat M/S Sea Swallow will be docked in Split harbour where you can board during the entire day. Welcome meeting will start at 7:00 p.m. where you will be introduced by our Cruise director to the Captain, our crew and of course your future fellow passengers with whom you will spend a week on board. Welcome dinner will be served at 7:30 p.m. The embarkation will be possible throughout the day; passengers arriving in the morning cannot enter their cabins before 1:00 p.m. but they can leave luggage on board.
Captain will wait for all passengers arriving late at night and these guests will be provided with dinner. Overnight in Split.
Meals on board: dinner
Day 2: SPLIT - BOL - HVAR
We start our day with morning departure towards Bol, said to have the best beach for swimming in Croatia named Zlatni Rat. (Golden cape). We will stop in Bol and enjoy this nice Dalmatian town for a walk, or to have a cup of coffee and take a swim till lunch is served on board.
After lunch we will continue cruising towards the sunniest island of Croatia – the island of Hvar, along of the many coves and bays on the way. Hvar is one of the most popular, very attractive tourist destinations and a meeting point for the international jet set. Upon your evening arrival at Hvar, a local English speaking guide will walk you throughout the town introducing you to the history, culture and way of life on this island and explain how lavender was traditionally farmed on the Island of Hvar for centuries. Have an evening in Hvar free on your own to explore and dine around in one of numerous family owned restaurants. Overnight in Hvar Historical Town.
Meals on board: breakfast and lunch
Day 3: HVAR - MLJET
After breakfast we will cruise to the Mljet National Park, pass by magnificent shores of the Korcula islands archipelago, with a swim stop along a way. Lunch will be served on board. Upon arrival to the Mljet National Park, you will explore Mljet National Park in the afternoon with included entrance fees, walk around the Great and Small Lake and Islet of St. Mary with its Benedictine Monastery from the 12th century. We will have Captain's dinner that evening on board. Overnight in Mljet National Park.
Meals on board: breakfast, lunch and Captain's dinner
Day 4: CRUISE TO DUBROVNIK CITY WALLS
Morning departure to the historical centre of Dubrovnik, the famous city enlisted as UNESCO's World Heritage site. We will cruise along Dubrovnik City walls and fortifications and have lunch on board directly in front of the Historical centre where you will have chance to take unforgettable photo of breath-taking Dubrovnik. After relaxed time in front of the Dubrovnik city walls we will embark to small boat that will take us directly into old city harbour where English speaking guide will wait us and show us the most interesting sights of Dubrovnik. After city tour you will be left on your own to explore the city, visit City Walls or take the cable car to the top of the Mount Sr? and have intimate farewell dinner.
Return scheduled coach transfer will be organize from Pile Gate to the Gruž harbour. Overnight in Dubrovnik.
Meals on board: breakfast and lunch
Day 5: DUBROVNIK - ELAPHITE ISLANDS- KORCULA
After breakfast we will start our pleasant cruise to the Kor?ula. On our way we will cruise by magni&ficent shores of the Elaphiti islands archipelago, to the northwest of Dubrovnik. We shall stop for a swim before lunch and in the afternoon we will arrive in Kor?ula town, on Kor?ula Island. Kor?ula is a city known as a birthplace of Marko Polo, the famous explorer. Our English speaking guide will do Kor?ula City tour, and walk us through narrow and cobbled streets of Kor?ula.
The rest of the evening is free to enjoy dining at one of the local restaurants of your choice. Overnight in Korcula.
Meals on board: breakfast and lunch
Day 6: KORCULA - VIS
Morning cruise to Vis Island where we expected to come after lunch with swim stop. Vis is a pearl among Croatian Adriatic islands, left untouched by the development of tourism for so many years - due to its strategic location on the open sea, it served as a military zone for many years.
Beautiful beaches, and preserved nature, ecological agriculture and preserved traditional architecture are unique advantages of this unique Croatian island where we will spend afternoon. Overnight in Vis Town.
Meals on board: breakfast and lunch
Day 7: VIS - BISEVO BLUE CAVE - SPLIT
Morning cruise to Island Bisevo with its Blue cave. The cave has its own natural entrance which is located below sea level, which required that it visitors dive deeply only to resurface into the cave's mysterious blue depths. This natural phenomenon creates a magical effect of deep blue and shiny silver, mystifying her visitors.
However, sometimes High Waves prevent the entrance to Blue Cave, which is something we shall not know before the morning designated for our visit. If that happens, we can provide an alternative half-day tour of Vis Island with WWII RAF Airport, along with Komiza – a peculiarly beautiful town boasting the longest fishing tradition on East Adriatic.
After a relaxed cruise arrival in Split second largest urban centre in Croatia and the seat of the Split and Dalmatia County. It is traditionally considered to be over 1,700 years old. Since 1979 the historic centre of Split has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage Site List. The historical and cultural buildings are located inside the walls of the Diocletian's Palace. Our English speaking guide will do Split City tour, and walk us through historical Diocletian's Palace. Overnight in Split.
Meals on board: breakfast and lunch
The Krka National Park was proclaimed in 1985 and is the seventh National Park in Croatia. The whole area is rich with vegetation as well as birds and fish. Due to new strong preservation laws, this extraordinary area has been kept in its original pristine state.
Walk through National Park, Skradinski buk waterfall, the longest waterfall on the Krka River, as one of the best known natural beauties of Croatia. Walking part will be ended at The Skradinski buk Ethno Village at Krka National Park recently received the prestigious Golden Flower of Europe award in a competition among several thousand sites. Return by scenic road from Krka to Split, arriving to Split through Golden Door, where we will have orientation Split City tour ending our journey at our ship.
Day 8: SPLIT
After breakfast it's time to disembark.
Meals on board: breakfast
Cruise Rates per person based on double-occupancy.
|Public fares
|Bonus fares
|Lower Deck
|Main Deck
Additional charges
|Charge type
|Single supplement - Lower Deck
|Single supplement - Main Deck
|3rd pax reduction
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Rates include:
• English speaking cruise manager on board
• Accommodation in a chosen cabin category on 7 night /8 day cruise with ship's facilities at your disposal
• Welcome dinner with three courses
• Buffet breakfast daily and 6 lunches with three courses
• Captain's dinner in Mljet National Park
• Daily fresh fruit served in the main lounge
• Afternoon tea with cake/biscuits daily
• Local tour guides for the walking tours of Split, Hvar, Korcula and Dubrovnik with transfers
• Entrance fees to National park Mljet, Biševo Blue cave or Vis Island tour with Komiža • Service of 7 crew members including a cruise manager
• Free Wi-Fi on board
• Change of towels every second day
• Change of bed linen in the middle of the week
• Daily cabin cleaning service
• Two bottles of water 0,50 liters per day and person
• Usage of the Rooftop Jacuzzi (Sun deck) and other ship's equipment
• Whispering audio devices provided for the sightseeings
• CCTV Security Cameras on board
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• Pre/post cruise accommodation ( organized on request )
• Beach towel rental 7€/Week
• Optional excursion in Split (Krka National Park)
• Taxes and fees, € 25,00 per person to be paid on board in cash
• Tips or any other items of personal nature
• Optional excursion in Split (Krka National Park)
Every effort will be made to adhere to the scheduled itinerary ; however, due to the schedule changes beyond organizer's control, we reserve the right, without prior notice, to change routing or alter shore excursions.
* DELECTA Ltd.reserves the right to change the vessel provider in case of the contracted services are not supplied according to the previously agreed standards.
Bookings are on request and need to be confirmed.Reservation deposit of 30% is required within 5 days from the date of our written confirmation and balance payment to be paid 60 days before arrival.
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In some ports of call the ship may be moored sideways to other boats. Passengers would need to walk through another boat to reach pier. Assistance will be provided to the passengers with walking difficulties.
All the swim breaks are weather permitting.
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Hello :)
Today, as you probably know, is the 29th Feb... Leap Years Day!!
It's also my little brothers birthday and this year, as you can see, is a nice round
numbered birthday *wink*...
but that's okay because he's only had 10 real birthdays.. Lol
I decided to have a play around with no-line water-colouring and this fun stamp by Stamping Bella.
This is Nacho but I decided to try and make him a caricature of my brothers little terrier x...
I love that facial expression :)
I've used Avery Elle's Count On It Stamps and dies to add the
reminder sentiment at the
bottom of the frame... to make the numbers nice and glossy I embossed them a couple
of times with chunky clear embossing powder.
Hehehe....Not sure if the wording inside the card will make
him feel better about his birthday or not ??
I've used Jessie's ABC's and Clark's ABC's for the lettering...
Hope he likes it :)
Thanks for stopping by
and Happy Birthday to all the Leap Year babies out there too :)
Jenny x


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so there is a good chance to see in the future a kite for 400$ and bar for 1700$?MrChevere wrote:i recently spoke to the owner of a windsurf product company that is getting into the kite business. he said developing a bar took more time and money than his kites.
Not everyone wants to tinker. A lot of people just do not have the time...nor the knowledge to tinker and make a solution that is reasonably safe.Laughingman wrote:Checkbob10 wrote:simple solution... if you dont want a bar, dont buy a bar, if you want a different bar, buy a different bar and mod as necessary... if you want a cheap bar... make your own
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Now, I'm sharing what I know. Which is I can assemble a better bar using parts of several different kite companies then they can. You can to.
Boardriding Maui is saying that (if the lines are equal length). They say that even when they develop their own control system it will be OK to use other bars.14ToeSide wrote:I doubt many kite companies would say: USE ANY BAR. Does anyone do that now? They might. I don't know.
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This set of photos is from a camping trip this summer I was guiding for Camp Summit. I had a group of 10-12 year old boys from around the world that we took up for 2 nights of camping at the Upper Joffrey Lake. This is part of our 2-week long summer camp program.You can find all the photos from this trip in this group.