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Located in the Nelson/Tasman region
At 22,530 hectares Abel Tasman National Park is New Zealand's smallest national park. It was established in 1942 and is located at the top of the South Island; the nearest towns are Motueka, Takaka and Kaiteriteri. With its mild climate, it is a good place to visit at any time of the year.
The most noticeable features of this park are the golden sandy beaches, the fascinating rocky outcrops (mainly granite but with a scattering of limestone and marble) and the rich, unmodified estuaries. The landscape has been modified, perhaps more than in our other national parks. The vegetation cover varies and reflects a history of fires and land clearance, but the forests are regenerating well especially in damp gullies where a rich variety of plants can be found. Black beech dominates the drier ridges.
The more common forest birds, like tui and bellbirds, can be seen along with pukeko around the estuaries and wetlands. The park's boundary excludes the estuaries and seabed but in 1993 the Tonga Island Marine Reserve was created along one part of the Abel Tasman coast. Like a national park, all life in the reserve is protected.
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For at least 500 years Maori lived along the Abel Tasman coast, gathering food from the sea, estuaries and forests, and growing kumera on suitable sites. Most occupation was seasonal but some sites in Awaroa estuary were permanent. The Ngati Tumatakokiri people were resident when, on 18 December 1642, the Dutch seafarer Abel Tasman anchored his two ships near Wainui in Mohua (Golden Bay), the first European to visit Aotearoa - New Zealand. He lost four crew in a skirmish with the local people and soon moved on.
Permanent European settlement began around 1855. The settlers logged forests, built ships, quarried granite and fired the hillsides to create pasture. For a time there was prosperity but soon the easy timber was gone and gorse and bracken invaded the hills. Little now remains of their enterprises.
Concern about the prospect of more logging along the coast prompted a campaign to have 15,000 hectares of crown land made into a national park. A petition presented to the Government suggested Abel Tasman's name for the park and it was duly opened in 1942 - the 300th anniversary of his visit.
At 22,530 hectares Abel Tasman is New Zealand's smallest national park. It is located at the top of the South Island; the nearest towns are Motueka, Takaka and Kaiteriteri.
Roads lead to Marahau and Totaranui at either end of the coastal track (1.5 and 2.5 hours from Nelson) and provide access to the inland track system.
There are regular and on-demand bus services to the park from local towns and from Nelson as well as a launch and water taxi services.
If you are going to be using the track system in the park for overnight trips, make sure you are properly equipped and well prepared.
Everyone needs to carry a sleeping bag, cooking utensils, sufficient high-energy food (with some extra for emergencies), a waterproof raincoat, and warm (wool or fleece) clothing. A portable stove will also be needed. Firm footwear is recommended but boots are not necessary. Giardia has been found in park waters. Boiling, chemical treatment or filtering can remove it. Check for up-to-date information on weather and track conditions before starting your trip.
Camping: The use of hammocks, including "tree hugger" hammocks, is not permitted in campsites on the Abel Tasman Coast Track. Not all campsites have convenient trees to use as the campsites have been designed for placing tents, not hammocks.
The three largest islands in the park, Tonga, Adele and Fisherman, are home to many native plants and animal species which are either low in number or are no longer found on the nearby mainland.
Adele and Fisherman islands can be accessed by boat or kayak but do not have toilets and camping is not permitted. The nearest toilets are at Appletree Bay. Tonga and Pinnacle islands are specially protected areas with public access by permit only, to protect the seal breeding colonies.
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A year after Jose Flores saddled Glitter In My Face to win the 2013 running of the Kindergarten Futurity for his father, Jose Antonio Flores, the trainer saddled Old Girl to win this year's running of the $261,200 Kindergarten for his uncle, Jose Arturo Flores, on Sunday at Los Alamitos. The victory by the Stel Corona filly led to a full house in the Los Alamitos winner's circle for the Flores family.
"We have a big family and a lot of friends from Pasadena (California) that came to support my uncle's horse," said Flores. "My dad and my uncle are from a family of 11 children. It was nice to see so many people in the winner's circle."
In addition to the family ties, there were several other similarities between this year's Kindergarten and last year's event. Jockey Cruz Mendez was the winning rider for the second year in a row aboard the Flores-trainee and just like in the case of Glitter In My Face, Old Girl improved her record to a perfect three for three with the win. Both fillies also scored relatively easy wins, with Glitter In My Face winning by a half-length while going wire to wire last year, while Old Girl dominated the race from the starting gate to the finish line by a 1 ¼ length winning margin over runner-up Wild Sixes Cartel, owned by Tom Bradbury, Thomas Bradbury Jr, and Lisa Beauprez. Sent off from the outside post number 10, Old Girl covered the 300 yards in a sparkling time of :15.210, an eyelash faster than Glitter In My Face's winning time of :15.278 from post number seven last year.
"Glitter In My Face and Old Girl remind me a lot of each other," Mendez said. "They are both very quick fillies. Old Girl flew out the gate all by herself. Right from the start she was alone in the front. I just grabbed a hold of her to make sure that she didn't go inside too much. She did everything very easy. She warmed up great. I let her jog out there and she felt really good. I didn't need to gallop her at all during warm-ups. She was relaxed and I felt that she was happy. She behaved extremely well in the gate and then she took off at the start."
As sentimental a victory as Glitter In My Face was for Jose Flores – "It was great to win one with my dad as the owner," the trainer said last year – the trainer felt great about his uncle having an opportunity to enjoy this stakes win.
"I owe a lot to my uncle," Flores said. "I remember a lunch that I had with him when I first started training horses in the 1990s. I was doing my best back and he told me 'Hey, when are you going to get a good horse. I'm tired of you not having any good horses.' I told him that there was only so much that I could do, so he told me to find a good horse for him to buy."
The year was 1996 and Flores found a 7-year-old gelding named IB Quick, whose performances in stakes races changed the trainer's career. IB Quick won that year's running of the Grade 1 Vessels Maturity and would go on to be named the AQHA champion aged gelding for owners Enrique Sanchez and Jose Arturo Flores.
"IB Quick ended up running in the Champion of Champions," Flores said. "I wouldn't buy a 7-year-old now, but I bought him back then for my uncle and it turned out great. I always wanted to do this job (training horses) and IB Quick was big for me."
Jose Arturo Flores once again instructed his nephew at last year's Los Alamitos Equine Sale to find him a young futurity prospect. They settled on the Ed Allred-bred filly out of First Down Express mare Female Friend.
"We went to the sale with a budget and there were a few horses that I had seen at Doc's ranch that I liked," the trainer added. "We ended up paying $6,000 for her, but when you buy a Dr. Allred horse the price doesn't matter because all of them are class horses. All of his horses have great bloodlines. This filly blossomed into a good runner and she's my uncle's first big winner since IB Quick. My uncle works very hard for his money and it's not easy to pay the futurity nominations. It gives me great satisfaction to see him win this race. This filly is in the Governor's Cup Futurity and PCQHRA Breeders Futurity so those are two more good races that she will be a part of."
Sent off at odds of 7-2, Old Girl earned $109,704 for her victory. The trials to the Governor's Cup will be held on July 12.
Trained by Paul Jones and ridden by Ramon Sanchez, Wild Sixes Cartel earned $44,404 for finishing in second place. Tom Bradbury, a longtime Quarter Horse owner, had been in the hospital prior to the running of this race, but he was looking forward to seeing his colt in the Kindergarten. Wild Sixes Cartel's nice effort will have been well received at the Bradbury household.
Balgo Racing Team, Inc's Pink Berreta was fractious in the gates prior to the start, but still managed to race nicely on the way to finishing third. Ridden by Carlos Huerta for trainer Lindolfo Diaz. The Mr Eyer Opener filly earned $31,344 for running third. EG High Desert Farms' Perryczech earned $18,284 for as the second longest shot on the board at 36-1 despite bumping several times during the race. The other six others in the field all had to deal with bumping or being bumped during the course of the race. The order of finish from fifth place to 10th was as follows: Off Beat, fastest qualifier Zoomilicious, Mystery Man, Ochoteco, 2-1 favorite Vitali and Viento Negro. Zoomilicious broke through the gate.
"She hit the gate and it's tough to recover after that happens," said trainer Jaime Gomez, who was looking for a record eighth victory in the Kindergarten. "She did break nicely and she gave us her all."


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Also intrigued! My best character seems to already be potentially in the works, though, so I'll need to change my norm. . . Hm.
Hmm....and let me guess. Rocket would be a Dire Wolf?? Lol
Something like that, take a look here...http://i.newsarama.com/images/i/000/146/526/original/1602WHA2015002_cov.jpg
So I assume Valyrian steel weapons will be replaced by adamantium or vibranium, or would Cap's shield be described as valyrian steel instead? I guess that would make Mjolnir this games Dawn.
Brotherhood without Banners sort, yeah?
I would like to tentatively claim Star-Lord as my character as I work on the character sheet, if that is okay with you, NubianLegend.
Well here it goes. I am more than willing to expand and make changes if necessary. But once I started work on it I knew I couldn't pass this up.I am looking for a better picture, but picture finding isn't my specialty.Just ignore the mask and substitute a shiny helmet.Username: RavenBlackmoonCharacter Name: Peter Quill Sand [Introduces himself to others as Star Lord]Canon (More Guardians of the Galaxy Movie Cannon than Comic Book)Age: 19Physical Description: Height: 6' 2" Weight: 175 lbs Hair color: Reddish brownEyes: GreenPhysical Build: Athletic Sexuality: Straight, has a weakness for exotic women.Role: Outlaw, thief, and occasional bard.What does your character desire most?: To know, be recognized, and welcomed by his father.Personal Philosophy: To be a Lord one must make a name for oneself. Notable Equipment & Weaponry:A particularly well crafted helm that seems out of place to belong to a bastard. A lute from his late mother.Skills:Ability to play just about any song after hearing it onceProficient at hand to hand combatRather accomplished pickpocketBasic ship know howA List of Powers/Spells attributes of your character: I'm not sure exactly what to put here Bio: Peter grew up alone in Dorne with his mother Meredith Quill, who was a talented lute player at the local tavern/brothel along the coast. He never met his father, but his mother always reassured him that he was a great man, and gave Peter a beautifully crafted helm his father had left after his last visit with his mother; a visit that took place nine months before he was born. His childhood was innocent enough, early on taking to roughhousing with boys in the street that made fun of him for being a bastard, and insisting that his father was a great Lord and would come for him when he was older. When he wasn't getting in trouble he was often helping load and unload ships at the docks, giving him a familiarity and love of ships and travel. When his mother passed away Peter, at the age of 17, turned to playing his mother's old lute for money, and when that wasn't enough, he would steal. Soon growing tired of his childhood city he set off on the soonest ship to make a name for himself, carrying only the clothes on his back, the helm from his father, and his mother's lute, calling himself Star Lord. I pledge to: Myself!
I edited my first post and then realized it might be missed so I will say that I am interested in either Black Widow or Mockingbird.
I'd be happy to play Black Widow if you end up going with Mockingbird. You have first dibs of course, just lemme know when you decide.
Go for it. I was having trouble deciding but that makes it easier I'll take Mockingbird. Now gotta figure out where to put her...
Am I to assume that if Star-Lord is groovy, then Groot is also acceptable? Them being their own house or whatever also sounded cool. But I'm not going to insist on it or anything, since begging ain't cool. But Groot doesn't necessarily have to owe allegiance where Star-Lord does, so I'm open to whomever might want an immortal tree-man on their side.
Sounds like we have found this universe's equvalent of Hordor when it comes to character vocabulary!
.... take a look young grasshopper.
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July 12, 2013
By Mike Killeen
Walk into the Refectory at Saint John's University on any given day and hang a left at the salad bar, you'll see a big container of lettuce.
That certainly isn't unusual at the Reef, or at thousands of other restaurants or cafeterias around the world.
But on May 6, most people probably didn't notice that the lettuce served at the Reef was a little different than normal. Had they asked where the lettuce came from, they might have been surprised.
The lettuce was grown about three long blocks from the Reef, at the new SJU passive solar greenhouse near Flynntown.
The greenhouse was the idea of SJU graduate Stephen Johnson '13.
"The idea, as cliché as it sounds, started in Disneyworld," Johnson said. "I was there with my family, and we had a chance to go to the 'Living with the Land' exhibit at Epcot. That place featured a bunch of innovative agricultural techniques. One of those was hydroponic gardening.
"I came back to school the spring of my sophomore year and really wanted to find a place to do something like this on campus," Johnson said.
So started what would become Johnson's two-year quest to build the greenhouse. Working with Nick Moe, then the sustainability fellow at SJU, as well as Physical Plant and Institutional Advancement, the greenhouse finally opened this spring.
"It got to the point where even this fall, it looked like the greenhouse wasn't going to get built, because we couldn't raise enough money. The structure was too expensive. But the Physical Plant did a great job bringing the cost down (by using surplus materials already on hand), and Institutional Advancement did a good job on the other end raising $80,000, and we were able to make it work," Johnson said.
The passive solar heating system allows produce to be grown during the height of a cold Minnesota winter. Heat rises, but in the greenhouse, it is pumped from the ceiling down to the soil. Rather than sitting on a concrete slab, a combination of river rock, soil and insulation stores the heat and makes it available at night when the sun isn't out.
"The system uses about $75 for heat per year, so it's super efficient," Johnson said.
A staggered planting system will net several harvests throughout the academic year, with the majority of the produce being sold back to SJU Dining Service. Future markets may include the St. Joseph Farmer's Market, restaurants and co-ops in the area.
"SJU Dining Service is excited to partner with the student-run greenhouse and have locally-grown lettuce during the months of October through March," said Dave Schoenberg, director of Dining and Events at SJU. "Dining Service is committed to provide fresh, healthy, locally-grown products to the university community. The availability of local greenhouse lettuce, during the Minnesota winter, provides our students with another local food item on our menu."
With Johnson having graduated in May, senior Ben Broos will be the new general manager of the greenhouse and senior Joe Miller the new finance manager. Both Broos and Miller will work closely with the Donald McNeely Center for Entrepreneurship and other student volunteers, said Terri Barreiro, director of the McNeely Center. An educational component will be addressed in the fall, Barreiro added.
For Johnson, the greenhouse symbolizes a back to the future element.
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"I think it's important that people don't lose sight of where their food is coming from, especially in the industrialized food system today. People need to have a connection with their food, and this is a good way to open that door," Johnson said.
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The plan at CSB is to have two growing seasons - one beginning in October, and another in January. Arugula, lettuce, kale, spinach, cabbage, broccoli, kohlrabi and bok choy are expected to be grown.
"The produce that we grow - the students grow - will be sold to the Gorecki Center for use in the dining center," Pinkalla said.
The CSB greenhouse will also have an educational component. Students, community members and elementary school students will be able to come in and learn about the process and get connected to their food and "go through the full circle of life," Pinkalla said.


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Fiction. Middle school baseball player Steve suffers from a case of "Bean-O-Phobia" -- he's terrified of being beaned in the face by a baseball. This fear is just one of the many reasons that Steve spends most games on the bench alongside his friends, Carlos Diaz and Joey Linguini. Through short chapters and goofy, exaggerated cartoons, you can follow Steve as he tries to find his courage, as well as deal with a worrywart mom, a homework-eating snake, and a coach with an earwax problem. If you laugh-snorted your way through Jeff Kinney's Wimpy Kid books and want more stories about likable underdogs, this series opener is a home run.
Cilla Lee-Jenkins: Future Author Extraordinaire
Susan Tan; illustrated by Dana Wulfekotte
Fiction. Eight-and-a-half-year-old Cilla Lee-Jenkins knows that she's meant to be a big-name author someday. People will want to know her life story, but she's got to start writing it now, before it's turned upside down by "The Blob" (also known as the new baby her mom is expecting). On top of this unwelcome deadline, Cilla also has to deal with two pairs of beloved grandparents -- one Chinese, and one white -- who can't seem to get along. Anyone who's ever felt both loved and annoyed by their family will want to root for Cilla in this funny 1st book in a series.
Thunder Underground
Jane Yolen; illustrated by Josee Masse
Poetry. What's in the ground beneath you right now? You might be surprised by the unexpected things you discover in this book of poetry about the underground world. Here, alongside whimsical cutaway artwork that gives you a peek inside the earth, you'll find poems about living things (like moles, bugs, and roots), things that are built (like rushing subways and pipes), and things that are buried (like pirate treasure and fossils). You'll even get some facts about caves, magma, and earthquakes, making this easy-to-read book a good pick for "scientists and daydreamers" (
School Library Journal
) alike.
Focus on: Foxes
Maybe a Fox
Kathi Appelt and Alison McGhee
Fantasy. On a snowy morning in Vermont, an unusual fox kit is born. At the same moment, 12-year-old Sylvie Sherman falls into the river and disappears. Devastated, Sylvie's sister Jules struggles to find her way in an "After Sylvie" world. She finds comfort in the forest, where she can sort her treasured rock collection and catch glimpses of a fox -- a fox whose spirit is connected to Jules in ways that neither of them understands...yet. Told from the point of view of both girl and fox, this heart-wrenching yet hopeful book will appeal to mature fans of Sara Pennypacker's
The Second Life of Abigail Walker
Frances O'Roark Dowell
Fiction. Although Abby Walker is sort of friends with Kristen and the other popular girls, they've started being really mean to her. In a brave moment, Abby stands up to them -- and "that's that," no more friends. But after Abby spots a mysterious fox in her neighborhood, she soon finds herself making new friends and figuring out how to live according to her own rules. Readers who
like a touch of fantasy will enjoy following the fox's story, while those who
like realistic, emotional stories about friendships and family will want to read about Abby and what she's going through.
Nocturnals: The Mysterious Abductions
Tracey Hecht
Animal Fantasy. Animals are disappearing from the Valley every night. First, small animals like kiwis, jerboas, and a tarantula, but soon wombats, coyotes, and honey badgers go missing too. It seems like there's a kidnapper on the loose, and the Brigade -- Dawn the fox, Bismark the sugar glider, and Tobin the pangolin -- is determined to find out who it is and what they've done with the missing animals. With a twisty mystery, fascinating Australian animal characters, and just enough humor,
The Mysterious Abductions
kicks off the Nocturnals series, which continues in
The Ominous Eye
The Fallen Star
Foxcraft: The Taken
Inbali Iserles
Animal Fantasy. After a mysterious gang of foxes burns down her home, young foxling Isla has no choice but to flee. Separated from her family, Isla tries to survive in a dangerous city full of furless (you might call them humans). There, she meets red fox Siffrin, who teaches her the magic of foxcraft…but can she truly trust him to help her find her family? Fans of Erin Hunter's books who want further sagas about complex, magical animal societies will be enchanted by this 1st adventure in the Foxcraft series -- so be sure to have book 2,
The Elders
, ready for when you're done!
Sara Pennypacker
Fiction. Peter and his pet fox, Pax, are best friends. Peter found the orphaned kit on the day of his mother's funeral, and the two have been together ever since. Even after Peter's father, who's headed off to fight in a war, forces Peter to abandon Pax in the wild, the two can't bear to be apart: Peter sets out to walk the hundreds of miles back to his pet, while Pax struggles to survive until their reunion. Illustrations by award-winning artist Jon Klassen enhance this moving tale, which has all the honesty and heart of classics like E.B. White's
Charlotte's Web
and Robert Newton Peck's
A Day No Pigs Would Die
Contact your librarian for more great books!
Richmond Public Library
101 E. Franklin Street
Richmond, VA 23219


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|A creamy pie made of peanut butter, cream cheese, cream and brown sugar, prepared in a chocolate cookie crust and garnished with chocolate syrup and chopped peanuts.
Creamy Peanut Butter PieIt'd be a rare southern cook who didn't have some form of peanut butter pie in his or her dessert repertoire and there are several popular varieties, including a favorite of mine that is what I consider an old fashioned peanut butter pie. Made in layers, beginning with a layer of peanut butter crumble, then topped with a layer of homemade custard mixed with peanut butter and topped with more crumble and often meringue. Now that's old school, scratch cookin' and boy is it delicious! There's also the more popular version that combines peanut butter with often large amounts of non-dairy topping. Quick, easy and also very good.
I've had a few requests lately though for a peanut butter pie that is not so heavy on the whipped topping and more cheesecake-like, and I think that this one achieves that. While it does use some heavy cream, it is only 1/2 a cup, a mere drop in comparison to some of the cream cheese based recipes that call for as much as eight times that! I used nut mix leftover from my banana splits to top my pie, so while peanuts would be most appropriate, use whatever you have on hand. Also, where many recipes use powdered sugar, making them sometimes a bit too sweet, we've used brown sugar here instead, which seems to soften that sweetness a bit. Don't worry, even though this pie is also quick and easy, it is still plenty rich and sweet.
Use a commercial pre-made chocolate pie crust if you like. I used the chocolate sables that I made the other day, which were very rich and didn't need much in the way of additional moisture from the melted butter to bind them. If you are making a homemade cookie crust using plain chocolate wafer cookies, you may need more towards the 4 tablespoons of melted butter.
Here's how to make it.
Recipe: Creamy Peanut Butter Pie©From the Kitchen of Deep South Dish
Prep time: 10 min |Cook time: 15 min | Yield: About 8 servings
For the Crust:
For the Filling:
- 1-1/2 cups of crushed chocolate cookie crumbs
- 2 to 4 tablespoons of melted butter, more or less, or just enough to moisten the crumbs
- 1/2 cup of heavy whipping cream
- 1 overflowing teaspoon of pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup of packed light brown sugar
- 3/4 cup of creamy peanut butter
- 1 (8 ounce) block of cream cheese, softened to room temperature
- 1/4 cup of finely chopped peanuts, for garnish
- Chocolate syrup, for garnish
If making a homemade chocolate cookie crust, preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a small bowl, combine the cookie crumbs with some of the melted butter until the crumbs begin to bind. You may or may not need all of the butter, depending on the type of cookie you are using. Turn the crumbs out into a 9-inch pie plate and press into the bottom and sides of the pie plate to form a pie crust. Bake at 350 degrees F for 10 to 15 minutes. Let cool completely on a wire rack before filling.
Beat the heavy whipping cream with a mixer on medium until it begins to get frothy and thicken slightly. Add in the vanilla and then the brown sugar, a little at a time, until fully incorporated. Increase speed and continue whipping until cream stiffens and soft peaks form. Scrape out into a separate bowl and set aside. In the same mixing bowl, add the peanut butter and cream cheese; beat on medium until smooth and well blended.
Add 1/2 of the whipped cream into the peanut butter mixture and fold in by hand until blended. Add the remaining whipped cream; fold in. Transfer to the prepared and cooled chocolate crust and swirl or smooth out top. Sprinkle with nuts, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for several hours or overnight.
Remove from refrigerator, allow to sit for about 5 to 10 minutes before slicing. Drizzle each serving with the chocolate syrup before serving, or simply drizzle all over the top of the whole pie before slicing, if preferred.
Cook's Note: Oreos work well with this as do plain chocolate wafers, or to shortcut this, purchase a pre-made, commercial chocolate cookie crust.
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Get an overview of this hotel3-star Koblenz hotel in Sued, near Deutsches Eck
Popular highlights
Located in Sued, this hotel is 0.7 mi (1.2 km) from Rhein Mosel Halle Congress Center and 1.6 mi (2.5 km) from Deutsches Eck. Forum Confluentes and Schaengelbrunnen are also within 1 mi (2 km). Koblenz Central Station is only a 4-minute walk and Koblenz Stadtmitte Station is 14 minutes.
Hotel Features
Along with a bar/lounge, this smoke-free hotel has a 24-hour business center and self parking. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, concierge services, dry cleaning, and a 24-hour front desk are onsite.
Room Amenities
All 120 rooms offer free WiFi, LCD TVs with digital channels, and free bottled water. Hair dryers, laptop-compatible safes, and showers are among the other amenities that guests will find.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
GHOTEL hotel & living Koblenz
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access. This 3-star property offers access to a 24-hour business center. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. This business-friendly hotel also offers tour/ticket assistance, multilingual staff, and concierge services. Parking is available onsite for a surcharge.
GHOTEL hotel & living Koblenz is a smoke-free property.
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Bar/lounge
- Elevator/lift
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- 24-hour business center
- Concierge services
- 24-hour front desk
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Year Built - 2010
- Total number of rooms - 120
- Television in common areas
- Number of floors - 6
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Free WiFi
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Smoke-free property
- Multilingual staff
- Free newspapers in lobby
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Self parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Air conditioning
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Hair dryer
- Shower only
- Desk
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Digital TV service
- Free WiFi
- Number of bathrooms -
- Blackout drapes/curtains
Where to Eat
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge on weekdays between 6:30 AM and 10:00 AM and on weekends between 7:00 AM and 11:00 AM.
GHOTEL bar - This bar serves light fare only. Open 24 hours.
Start your day with a buffet breakfast, available for a surcharge on weekdays from 6:30 AM to 10:00 AM and on weekends from 7:00 AM to 11:00 AM.
Nearby Things to Do
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Mountain biking nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- Cribs (infant beds) are not available.
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of EUR 10.00 per pet, per day
- Dogs only
- Restrictions apply
- For more information contact the property at the number on the booking confirmation
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
No rollaway/extra beds available
No cribs (infant beds) available
Parking height restrictions apply
Optional extras
- Fee for buffet breakfast: EUR 12 per person (approximately)
- Self parking fee: EUR 11 per night
- Pet fee: EUR 10.00 per pet, per day
Hotel Name
- GHOTEL hotel & living Koblenz
- GHOTEL hotel living Koblenz
- GHOTEL living Koblenz
We should mention
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation (surcharges apply and can be found in the Fees section). Parking height restrictions apply.
National Rating
Hotelstars Union assigns an official star rating for properties in Germany. This property is rated 3 stars.


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COLUMBUS, Ga. – With a trip to the Sweet 16 on the line, the Georgia College & State University men's tennis team (16-7) saw its season come to a close in a 5-3 defeat in the NCAA Southeast Regional #2 final at No. 10 Columbus State University (18-4) Saturday.
The Bobcats had a 2-1 advantage after doubles action, only dropping the first slot. In second doubles the senior pair of Max Beliankou (Minsk, Belarus) and Giovane Nucci (Santa Catarina, Brazil) took out Olivier Simonet and Nemanja Djuric 8-5, finishing 11-6 on the year.
At third doubles a 9-7 battle was won by freshman Johan Wadstein (Helsingborg, Sweden) and sophomore Leo Bernardes (Sao Paulo, Brazil). The pair finished with an 8-3 season mark after beating Filip Cojbasic and Daniel Stomberg.
In the match's only ranked battle, No. 12 Frank Suarez and Christophe Noblet edged Georgia College's No. 27 sophomore Jerome Leborgne (Coordimanche, France) and senior Joao Casagrande (Sao Paulo, Brazil) 8-4.
CSU took singles action 4-1 to clinch the victory. The lone Bobcat victory came in the third slot as Beliankou closed out his collegiate career on top, a 6-3, 6-4 win over Simonet. Beliankou finished his senior season with a team-best singles mark of 18-3, winning his last eight matches.
Losses came in the first, fourth, fifth and sixth spots, as No. 18 Suarez beat Leborgne 6-1, 7-6 (9-7) in the first slot. Stomberg got revenge on Bernardes in fourth singles action to the tune of 6-4, 6-3.
Noblet took a straight-sets win from Nucci 6-3, 6-2 in the fifth slot, and a three-set battle ended it, as Casagrande fell to Djuric in sixth singles 6-1, 3-6, 6-4.
The loss closes out the season for the 16-7 Bobcats, taking third in the Peach Belt Conference (PBC) thanks to a 6-3 league mark. Leborgne earned All-PBC honors in singles, while the Bobcats lose three seniors in Beliankou, Nucci and Casagrande.
The GCSU Department of Athletics, winners of the 2008-09 PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Georgia College prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the Bobcats' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at Twitter.com username GCSUSID for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCSUBobcats.com to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GCSU Athletics Hall of Fame.


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You Can't Control Everything About Your Money
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You Can't Control Everything About Your Money By Luke Landes
Choices play the biggest factor in success in life, financial success or otherwise. It took me a long time to come to that conclusion, but once I started accepting the facts that I could choose how I spend my time, I could choose how hard I work, and I could choose how to react to other people, I was able to take responsibility for my results and change my future by changing my behavior and attitude.
For a while I looked for ways to blame the world around me for my life's circumstances — losing a job, an apartment, and a girlfriend in the span of two months over a decade ago — and it wasn't until after that time that I better understood the role my choices played in that mess.
I don't like looking to the past very often, but it's hard to talk about what you can control through choice without coming back to that pivotal moment in my life.
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Those experiences led me to become a better person, I believe, and I can look back and blame no one but myself for my negative circumstances. Time and distance always provide new perspectives in self-evaluation.
I developed a new attitude, focusing on making the best choices for myself and my future, opening myself up even more to trusting others who I thought shared my goals, ambitions, and passions, and I firmly believe that the decisions I made about how to focus my time and efforts resulted in my success in life so far, however it may be measured and qualified.
This past year wasn't exactly smooth sailing for me. With every open door, I've faced different obstacles that have tested my patience and resolve. For a decade, I made the best decisions I could make and accepted responsibility for the outcomes. If something wasn't working right, I adjusted my choices.
I was in control of my life and my finances, and it started with my acceptance of this philosophy of choice, espoused by the director of the same organization that I parted over a decade ago, and a budding interest in managing my own money inspired by online discussions.
Financial success only comes when accepting that you control your financial condition through the choices one makes when dealing with money.
Even if I had not started writing Consumerism Commentary, which eventually turned into a source of revenue (for me as well as for those who worked for me), I would be in a much improved financial situation than I would have been otherwise, due entirely of this shift in approach to my life.
Yet I am still unwilling to accept the idea that we can control everything simply by making the best choices. There are many forces well beyond the control of one individual human being, and many can adversely affect any person's financial situation. You can choose, however, how to react to uncontrollable events, and in some cases, you can even plan for them in advance.
Acts of nature
Since the beginning of man's existence and for the foreseeable future, humans cannot control nature. The struggle and fight of man versus nature has given the world exciting literature and entertainment in epic proportions, but watch out for the spoiler: nature always wins. The drama plays out in real life.
Tsunamis wipe out entire islands. Hurricanes and flood waters wash away rich cultures, homes of the wealthy and poor alike, and destroy businesses. Tornadoes whisk away young women (and their little dogs, too) to frightening worlds.
Choice still comes into play, though the choices are easier if you start from a better financial position in the first place. We choose to live in regions prone to flooding, hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, or tornadoes, though those with the least wealth often have the least choice for changing their situations.
We choose to insure against the problems that might arise from natural disasters, but without means, insurance can be out of reach.
People will continue to rebuild in the same locations even when their homes are destroyed by natural weather disasters. it's a choice: the quality of life they benefit from outweighs the risk — in their opinion — of the next act of nature. It's a fine choice to make, but there are consequences.
And that doesn't help those who choose to live in locations where certain acts of nature are unlikely but still deal with them. I think I'm avoiding disastrous earthquakes by living on the East Coast of the United States, but earthquakes are not entirely possible, and I doubt most insurance plans for homeowners in this region even address the problem.
No matter where you live, there are going to be natural threats. Take those into account in your planning and prepare as best you can, and you'll be in a better position to withstand the financial consequences should those treats become real.
Acts of human violence, maliciousness, and fraud
Not everyone shares the same values. It shouldn't surprise anyone that some are willing to lie, cheat, steal, and harm others for their own gain, financial or otherwise. Does the threat of an incredibly unlikely attack by terrorists prevent you from traveling? Perhaps sometimes.
Despite the harrowing experience of September 11, 2011, I still travel to New York City. I'm not concerned about traveling to London and Paris, also terrorist targets in recent years.
Yet, perhaps a location more foreign to me, I'm concerned about traveling to locations in the Middle East, given that region's history of violence, despite many stories of people visiting and living their peacefully in contrast the message delivered by news media. Violence comes in less grand forms, however.
Being mugged on the street — violence with at least a little financial consequence — can happen anywhere in the United States, though more likely in urban locations, but I don't avoid them. I try to make smart decisions. Avoid walking in poorly lit areas, don't carry a lot of cash or credit cards. That helps minimize the damage.
Maliciousness and fraud may be more difficult to avoid and more of a concern in terms of statistical probability. Bernie Madoff, who we now perceive as being one of the biggest financial fraudsters in recent years, operated in an environment where fraud is common.
We wonder how pension fund managers and savvy investors like those working for the New York Mets fell for Madoff's shenanigans, and we say these investors should have seen the signs had they just asked the right questions, but human nature often prevents good, logical decision making.
The legal system is available for seeking justice, but it can also be a tool for malicious people to destroy the success of others. Making the right decisions isn't always protection enough; protect your wealth by making sure your agreements are solid and your liability is restricted, but prepare for the possibility of people trying to take advantage when you open yourself to others.
Acts of human accidents
One car accident, if you survive in the first place, can damage your finances forever. While on the one hand, you're sure to be thankful you're alive, but you'd be more thankful with health insurance and disability insurance to help you keep any wealth you have accumulated.
You can prepare for the financial realities by being properly insured, but there are situations where your condition destroys your plans to build wealth for your family. Life insurance is another option that could help your family when your income stream is disrupted, but these precautions do not cover every possible financial consequence of accidents.
If an accident is due to negligence, there might be an opportunity to recover from a related financial loss by using the civil courts, but that can be an expensive proposition — you'll often need to be able to afford the best lawyers, particularly if your loss is due to the actions of a much larger entity.
You cannot control what other people do. Everyone is an individual with his or her own brain and own motivations. Yet, the actions other people take, whether maliciously or accidentally, can affect you and your financial situation. And no man has won against nature. '
So in circumstances like these, where you can't control your outcome by your choices alone, you have to use your decision-making skills in the areas of reducing the likelihood of occurrence before the fact and reducing your exposure to damaging results after the fact.
Properly insure yourself without over-insuring or under-insuring. Paying too much for coverage you don't need prevent some long-term financial growth, but it's a small price to pay for the results of being under-insured. Make the best choices about insurance coverage, working with companies with good track records in dealing with claims, not just the cheapest providers.
Arm yourself with people on your side. If you run your own business, you without a doubt need connections to lawyers who can help you with the day-to-day realities of owning a business, but those who can put you in touch with other types of attorneys should the need arise — and in business, dealing with other people, the need will most definitely arise at some point.
Choose how to react. The effect on your life and your finances in the event of a conflict can be determined by the first choices you make in a stressful situation.
Different situations call for different reactions, so it's hard to generalize. Even in stress, the decisions should always be made with your ultimate goals and values in mind.
Even though there are many things in this world you can't control, some of which can have an adverse effect on your finances, you can use the choices you make before and after to give you a better chance of financially surviving, and perhaps thriving, external actions.
And remember to be happy you're alive and have the option to deal with disasters at all.
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NFL Sundays & Brunch at Liberty Station
Date(s) – 12/14/2017 – 12/15/2017
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Liberty Station
Sundays just got better at Liberty Station! Every Sunday, customers can view any NFL game. Along with all the games, enjoy a new brunch menu, including bottomless Bloody Marys and Mimosas for $12. The menu is available every Sunday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
The Brunch Burger
Scrambled Eggs, Cheddar, Bacon, Liberty Sauce 15
Green Chili Pork Brunch Burrito
Scrambled Eggs, Bacon, Green Chili Pork, Cheese 12
Broccolini, Mushrooms, Tomato, Baby Greens 10
Brisket Hash & Scrambled Eggs
Shredded Yukons, Onion, Peppers, Sour Cream 14
Flatiron Steak & Eggs
Scrambled Eggs, House Demi Glace 19
Chicken & Cornbread
1Ž2 DZ Wings, Chipotle-Bourbon Maple Syrup, Tobasco, Housemade Cornbread 14
Liberty Station
34522 N. Scottsdale Rd.
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It has been replaced for 24 hours by the blog link.
When the blog is no longer "new" it will return.
You can also find chat links, at least on any meta, on every question page in the sidebar:
Note that "4 people chatting" is a link to the rooms page, whereas the rooms are.. links to the individual rooms.
You will find it on the footer navigation bar thingy.
On Chrome/Firefox - hit Ctrl + End to go to the bottom.
I think the reason behind this is the same as the reason behind this "feature" (official statement)
The linked "feature" also does the same thing. It hides an arguably more useful feature(the inbox) with another (the #%&@ "hot questions" list). Pretty annoying, but the fact is, there is a good reason behind this--you are forced to glance at the "hot questions" list, which can bring traffic to other sites (I tend to click on the quirky titles)
It's probably the same concept here. Replacing the chat link with the blog link is an aggressive way of saying READ THE BLOG OR ELSE!!.
Of course, there is the alternate solution that we add the extra blog link to the bar without removing the chat link. Well, that won't work.
When you're used to sauntering off to chat via the topbar, this is what your brain sees:
OK, my brain at any rate. I tend to ignore whatever's nearby, even if it has a nice red "new" icon . I, personally, usually use the sidebar to go to chat, but I do use the topbar to go to meta--and I only notice the blog post much later.
On the other hand, when the chat link is missing, your attention is brought to the blog link pretty effectively.
Atleast that's what I think. Jeff, any comments?


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Earlier this month, we linked out to the first three posts in the I Heart Robotics team's ongoing series about choosing hardware for the fused-filament parts that come off your RepRap-type 3D printer. On Sunday, they published the fourth installment, this time focusing on the best way to make a rotating pin joint between two printed beams, for instance in the "knee" of a robot leg. They experiment with various configurations of pop rivets, tubular rivets, flat washers, spring washers, clevis pins, and E-rings. Click through, below, to check out their results.
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"Trauma is the second most frequent eye problem that we see in the teenage years," says Dr. Koller, a pediatric ophthalmologist since 1971. Sports-related injuries are the leading cause, followed by bicycle spills and injuries involving BB guns and air rifles. Baseball is responsible for more eye injuries among children aged five to fourteen than any other sport—typically as a result of a batter being struck by the ball—while inadvertent elbow jabs and stabbing fingers account for the majority of eye injuries in basketball, which holds the same dubious distinction among fifteen- to twenty-year-olds.
Treatment: Call your pediatrician or eye doctor at once. There are several different treatments for eye injuries ranging from mild to serious and your pediatrician or ophthalmologist can make the correct determination as to how to treat your teenager.
Cuts and lacerations to the eye should be left untouched. Do not attempt to put medicine in the eye or flush it with water, and remind the young person not to rub his eyes. Gently place a bandage or gauze pad over the eye and head to the ophthalmologist right away.
Every year, some thirty-three thousand young athletes injure their eyes participating in sports. Nine in ten of those mishaps could have been avoided. Insist that your sports-minded youngster wear protective lenses made of polycarbonate, a rugged material that is twenty times stronger than conventional eyewear.


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If you haven't taken a ride down Wharf Street in the past few weeks, you need to take the time and do so. Our redevelopment project is really taking shape and there have been a lot of inquiries about its status.
The six homes in the Wharf Street Redevelopment Project are more than 95 percent complete with all project construction anticipated to be completed in February 2012. The cottages are in keeping with the architecture and character of Old Town Bluffton.
We are in the process of marketing the homes and homeownership application packages are available at the Bluffton Law Enforcement Center, Town of Bluffton Customer Service Center, Bluffton Library and Town of Bluffton website at townofbluffton.com. To date, 35 town of Bluffton homebuyer applications have been received from interested applicants.
Are you wondering if this is something that may interest you, a family member or a friend? Prospective first-time homebuyers interested in homeownership at our Wharf Street Redevelopment project are invited to apply. To qualify for the to purchase a home, the homebuyer must be a first-time home buyer as established by the US Department of housing and Urban Development; have an annual income that does not exceed 80 percent of the Area Median Income for Beaufort County; meet residency requirements set by the Town of Bluffton; complete an 8-hour homebuyer education course sponsored by a HUD approved housing counseling agency and have receive a certificate of completion and qualify for a home mortgage.
The town of Bluffton will continue to accept applications from prospective homebuyers until it is determined that as many interested Beaufort County applicants as possible have been afforded the opportunity to apply for homeownership.
You can keep updated on this project and also get many of your questions answered by visiting our website at www.townofbluffton.com. On the main page, you will see a "Grants in Action" icon and from this point you will see all updates. More information on open houses will be forthcoming.


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The conservative movement and Republican Party had an internal food fight over that, and Donald Trump emerged with everyone else with food all over them but he was pretty clean. But, now, people would ask me a year and a half ago: Will he govern as a conservative? And I would always give the answer: Lets see what he does, lets see what he does. Well, weve had a year now to see what he has doneand, if you look at all the areas of the conservative movement, if you look at the three legs of the stool whether its culture and the family, strong national security, or the economy, its hard to find anybody who is anything other than enthusiastic about the decisions that are coming from the president."
On Jan. 3, 3018, President Trump signed an executive order disbanding the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, largely because states controlled by the Democrats refused to cooperate.Many Democrats breathed a sigh of relief, thinking President Trump had given up his effort to uncover and correct the decades of Democratic Party voter fraud.Little noticed was a provision in the executive order that tasked the Department of Homeland Security to review the presidential commissions initial findings and to determine next courses of action.Equally unnoticed by the mainstream media were news releases on Feb. 15 from the DNI and from DHS that briefings were being held with election officials in all 50 states on Feb. 16 and Feb. 18 to inform them of the initial conclusions of their on-going investigation into voting fraud during the 2016 election.
TRUMPS EXECUTIVE ORDER LEAVES GLOBALISTS DESPERATE - President Trump is going after key globalist operativeshttps://www.infowars.com/trumps-executive-order-leaves-globalists-desperate/
^^^... looks like about 95% or more MUSLIM/ARABIC names!
North Korean communist dictator Kim Jong Un met with top aides to South Korean president Moon Jae-in in Pyongyang on Monday.The meeting is the first of its kind since Kim took power in 2011 and the strongest indicator yet that President Donald Trumps campaign to end North Koreas nuclear weapons program is working.
In Another Win for Trump, Kim Jong Un Meets With South Korean Envoys in Pyongyanghttps://www.theepochtimes.com/in-another-win-for-trump-kim-jong-un-meets-with-south-korean-envoys-in-pyongyang_2458044.html
A San Francisco lawmaker who was one of the most fervent supporters of giving illegal immigrants the right to vote in school board elections now wants the city to spend $500,000 annually to warn illegal immigrants about the potential risks associated with registering to vote.
Like trade, Trumps pro-American immigration agenda is largely supported by Americans. As Breitbart News most recently reported, reducing legal immigration levels to raise the wages of Americans is the second biggest priority for Republican voters.\\√
Trump to meet with NOKO, Kim, China, SK. Why no source, it`s all over the MSM & net. CNN is crying that Trump will use bluster, get hard arsed..I disagree. This will be one of the biggest topics of this century. Trump won`t lose his temper!
At least 303 companies have announced tax reform bonuses, pay raises, or 401(k) hikes, according to a running list compiled by Americans for Tax Reform, found at www.atr.org/listDemocrats and most media outlets continue to dismiss or altogether ignore the good news about tax reform. American workers do not agree with the crumbs comments of Democrat Leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer.
Climate alarmists are expressing great concern about the departure of National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn from the White House. They believe it is a sign that their influence over President Trump is waning and with it their chances of persuading him to reverse his decision to quit the Paris climate accord.
The president will land at the Miramar air base in southern California and then go see prototypes of the wall he wants to build on America's southern border .... Trump will also meet with members of the US military, Sanders said.And he is expected to wrap up the visit with an evening of fundraising in Beverly Hills to raise money for his 2020 re-election campaign.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-pardons-kristian-saucier-former-sailor-jailed-for-submarine-pictures/article/2651195Trump pardons Kristian Saucier, former sailor jailed for submarine picturesby Steven Nelson | Mar 9, 2018, 2:34 PM President Trump issued the second pardon of his presidency Friday to former Navy sailor Kristian Saucier.Saucier was sentenced to a year in prison during the 2016 campaign for taking pictures inside a nuclear submarine. Trump invoked his case repeatedly on the campaign trail, saying he was ruined for doing nothing compared to Hillary Clinton. Saucier was 22 years old when he took the cellphone photos in 2009.The photos Saucier, now 31, took inside the sub were deemed confidential, meaning the lowest level of classification, even though some depicted the vessels nuclear reactor. Clinton, by contrast, sent and received more highly classified information on a private and insecure email server.Saucier told the Washington Examiner earlier this year that a felony conviction made it hard to find work. He worked as a garbage man to support his wife and young daughter. His family's cars were repossessed while he was in prison and his Vermont home is in foreclosure. Saucier has several months left of wearing an ankle monitor.Sadie Saucier said she was thrilled to hear of the pardon, and that "I can't believe it happened, it's still sinking in." She said her husband was driving a garbage truck when the news came. "He texted me back, 'what' with an exclamation point.""I am very grateful," she said. "It's going to be a huge reality when probation calls and the ankle monitor comes off."
@MarkSKrikorianHome Depot to donate $50M to train construction workers, address severe shortage https://usat.ly/2G6IPro That's what happens when you don't open the immigration/work-visa floodgates.
"Home builders ... have repeatedly complained of not having their usual continued flow of illegal alien workers ..."Home Depot to Train 20K Veterans, Young Americans for Construction Jobs in Trumps Tight Labor MarketJOHN BINDER - 11 Mar 2018President Donald Trumps tight labor market through efforts like stricter interior immigration enforcement is leading to corporations investing in construction jobs for U.S. veterans and young Americans, rather than relying on cheap, illegal alien workers.An exclusive report by USA Today reveals that Home Depot is planning to invest $50 million in training 20,000 American veterans and soldiers, young people, and disadvantaged youth for construction work as the industry has tightened in Trumps era of economic nationalism.The corporation is looking to train a new generation of Americans for the construction industry as a series of events have slowed employment in the industry, including Baby Boomers retiring, workers leaving the industry for other trade industries, and the unavailability of illegal alien workers.Pro-American immigration reformers, who want to see less overall immigration to the U.S. to boost the wages and quality of life of Americas working and middle class, say the Home Depot announcement is the result of the labor market not being flooded with foreign workers.√ USA TODAY: https://usat.ly/2G6IPro√ http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/11/home-depot-to-train-20k-veterans-young-americans-for-construction-jobs-in-trumps-tight-labor-market/
The decision ends a tumultuous tenure for Tillerson, who often seemed at odds with Trump or out of the loop altogether.Trumps tweet Tuesday came the day after Tillerson blamed Russia for an assassination in London something the White House had specifically declined to do just hours before.Last Thursday, Tillerson said it would be premature for Trump to hold talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Later that evening, Trump said he would meet Kim by May to discuss the future of North Korea's nuclear weapons program.Last year, Tillerson said the United States should talk with North Korea, which Trump quickly shot down.
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[Updated 3:30 p.m. Monday, February 25] This photo is from the main market in Yaounde, the capital of Cameroon.
A French family based in Yaounde was kidnapped last week during a trip to Waza National Park in northern Cameroon. It is suspected that the family -- four young children, their two parents and an uncle -- were kidnapped by militants from the Boko Haram movement and taken to Nigeria.
Boko Haram, whose name means "Western education is sacrilege," has killed hundreds of people during its campaign to impose strict Islamic law in northern Nigeria. It has attacked Christians as well as moderate Muslims in the country, and last week's kidnapping has fueled fears that Boko Haram may be targeting Westerners as well.
"Alice Yu" was the first reader to correctly guess Yaounde in the comments this week. Well done, Alice.
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South Central Boys Basketball
South Central improved to 7-12 and 3-3 in NTC conference play Friday night with a 49-38 win over Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick.
The Cougars started to pull away in the third quarter, outscoring BCCH 14-9 to take a six-point lead heading into the fourth.
South Central was able to hold on from there, outscoring BCCH 16-11 enroute to an 11-point win. Trevor Markley led the way with a team-high 16 points.
South Central 49, BCCH 38
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This measure would force companies to pay employees a minimum of five sick leave days per year.
Quinn has kept this bill, proposed by Manhattan Councilwoman Gale Brewer, bottled up in committee since 2009 while she contemplates her political options.
As an all but publicly announced candidate for mayor in 2013, Quinn has to make a choice by affording all 51 Council members a vote, which will either make labor happy or the business community unhappy. In the meantime, she continues to raise campaign contributions from both the labor unions and the usual City Hall "pay-for-play" crowd.
Her potential method in defeating this legislation is to deny 50 other members of the City Council the right to vote up or down on the proposed legislation. Wasn't Quinn elected to represent voters of her West Village district and not all five boroughs? Her actions denied almost eight million New Yorkers a direct say regardless of their side of the issue.
This is just another example of how Quinn long ago removed the veil of her independent reformer image to reveal that she is a seasoned Democratic Party machine leader. She follows in the fine tradition of her predecessors, former council speakers Gifford Miller, Peter Vallone, Sr. and the late Tom Cuite.
On January 18, 2010, after being re-elected speaker, Quinn announced the appointments of various committee chairpersons. Council members loyal to their respective county organizations (the ones that endorsed her candidacy for speaker) were rewarded with salary increases ranging from $4,000 to $28,000 to chair Council committees.
These were renewed once again in January 2012. The average salary for a New Yorker is $41,000 per year. Every council member has a base salary of $112,500 plus bonuses, for a part-time job.
Under Quinn's reign, it continues to be the usual political quid pro quo with council members. Vote as instructed by the speaker and members will continue to receive the perks of office.
The five county Democratic political bosses don't care if you are liberal or conservative, gay or straight, man or woman — just play ball like Quinn and you're welcome to the smoke-filled clubhouse backrooms.


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March 02, 2012
The American Reporter
by Randolph T. Holhut
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DUMMERSTON, Vt. -- While the national media was fixated last week on the kabuki theater of the new Republican majority in the U.S. House voting to repeal last year's health care reform bill, they missed another, more important, development in Vermont.
As the House Republicans engaged in empty symbolism with its repeal vote, the Vermont Legislature took its first step toward developing a single-payer health care system that could reduce health care costs, cover more Vermonters and create up to 5,000 new jobs.
Harvard University health care economist Dr. William Hsiao was hired by the Legislature last year to come up with three possible designs for a new health care system. Hsiao and his team of 23 spent several months analyzing Vermont's health care system to come up with the most efficient, cost-effective way to deliver health care.
The plan that Hsiao outlined to lawmakers on Jan. 19 is a hybrid public/private version of single-payer health care, where one entity processes medical claims. Most employers and employees would pay for health care through a new 11 percent payroll tax, which Hsiao said would be split between the employer and employee and would not increase current costs.
In return, everyone would receive an "essential" benefits package that would cover 87 percent of medical care and 77 percent of drug expenses. There would be small co-pays for doctors' visits, but no deductibles.
Hsiao said this plan would be better than the coverage that most Vermonters have today, and would give access to health care to the 47,000 uninsured Vermonters, as well as the tens of thousands of underinsured Vermonters who are paying large amounts of money for inadequate, mediocre coverage.
The state wouldn't actually administer this single-payer system. Instead, administration of the plan would be put out to bid to private insurance companies.
At the same time, as many as 30 percent of Vermont workers who are either employed at big companies that self-insure, or who are at businesses with fewer than 10 employees, would be exempt from the proposal. Also, the Hsiao plan would not affect Medicare coverage.
Hsiao said moving to a single-payer system will help create up to 5,000 new jobs over a number of years. How? By lifting the burden of providing and administering insurance off the shoulders of businesses, giving an incentive for expansion.
There are only three major health insurance companies still doing business in Vermont - Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont, MVP and Cigna. All are already angling for a piece of the new health care pie.
"Given Vermont's history with reforms such as guaranteed-issue, community-rating, and the Blueprint program, it must be noted that the remaining health insurers in Vermont - especially those run as nonprofits - are likely more accustomed and potentially more open than insurers elsewhere to working with state-led regulations," wrote Hsiao in his report.
There is also talk the three companies might also offer supplemental policies, similar to the "gap" policies sold to those enrolled in Medicare, to those who can afford a higher level of coverage.
The biggest threat to public/private version of single-payer health care in not in Vermont. It's the insurance industry in the other 49 states that sees Vermont's plan as a threat. If our state somehow comes up with a workable alternative to the broken and dysfunctional system we now have, other states may follow.
"It is reasonably safe to assume that health insurance companies would oppose any major health system reform that reduces their autonomy in financing and paying for health care, increases government's role, and/or introduces new competitors to their market," Hsiao wrote.
Hsiao and his team identified at least 15 hurdles that could block Vermont health care reform, the biggest being restrictions contained in the federal health reform bill and the need to obtain a federal waiver to create its own program.
Fortunately, Vermont's congressional delegation is solidly behind this plan and will introduce legislation to do just that. Vermont already has experience in getting waivers - it has gotten waivers from Medicaid to get its share of money in a block grant for the past several years.
"If Vermont is successful in designing and implementing health care reform based on our recommendations, it will be seen as a leader in resolving the most important domestic policy issue of our time," Hsiao said.
Compared to past attempts at health care reform in Vermont, there appears to be broad support for this plan. With newly-elected Democratic Gov. Peter Shumlin and an overwhelming Democratic majority in the Legislature, there is little chance that it will be defeated. Many business leaders in the state also support the plan, and there is widespread support by Vermonters from all walks of life.
This support is a reflection of the truly messed up state of our nation's health care system and the realization that nothing is going to happen on the federal level to change it.
Once again, it's up to Vermont to lead the way for the rest of the nation.
AR Chief of Correspondents Randolph T. Holhut has been a journalist in New England for more than 30 years. He edited "The George Seldes Reader" (Barricade Books). He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Ryan's mom a face in Medicare wars
THE VILLAGES, Fla. — Meet Paul Ryan's mom.
Betty Ryan Douglas, 78, is the newest face of the Medicare wars that have abruptly taken center stage in the 2012 contest, joining her son here Saturday in the town square of a sprawling retirement community as Ryan assured seniors that he and Mitt Romney won't take away their Medicare and Social Security.
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"Like a lot of Americans, when I think about Medicare, it's not just a program," Ryan told the mostly elderly crowd at The Villages, a central Florida retirement community that is billed as the world's largest. "It's what my mom relies on. It's what my grandma had."
( PHOTOS: Paul Ryan and his mom)
Douglas — who spends her winters in nearby Lauderdale-By-The-Sea — plays tennis and works out every day, Ryan said, and she appeared spry as the two walked hand in hand toward the stage.
The congressman pointed to his mother as an example of how the debate over Medicare is both political and personal in a state with the highest percentage of elderly voters in the country. To voters here today, Betty is a "Medicare senior in Florida," one of the nation's many "snowbirds" who flees colder climes during the winter months for the warmth of places like Florida.
"Medicare was there for our family, for my grandma, when we needed it then, and Medicare is there for my mom while she needs that now, and we need to keep that guaranteed," the House Budget Committee chairman said, describing the experience of being one of the primary caregivers for his grandmother, who suffered from advanced Alzheimer's.
( Also on POLITICO: Ryan opens up about life on the trail)
As the vice presidential nominee debuted in Florida, Ryan and his mom — who wore a yellow jacket and white pants — were greeted by several thousand enthusiastic retirees, some who were camped out here for hours to see the mother-son team. Law enforcement officials estimated 3,000 people crowded into the town square, and more spilled onto streets lined with golf carts, the transportation method of choice for most of the community's residents.
The 42-year-old lawmaker revved up the crowd and was met with applause, but the cheers for his message on energy and small businesses were more enthusiastic than for his remarks on health care.
The Villages is a familiar stop for presidential candidates and Republicans in particular. The developer of the community and his family have personally donated more than $1.5 million to Republican candidates and super PACs this election cycle.
Florida is a must-win state for the GOP presidential ticket, and the race has grown more heated here since Ryan was named as the vice presidential contender last weekend. Debate over his controversial budget plan — which would turn Medicare into a voucher program for seniors after the year 2023 — has since become pivotal, and Republicans are working overtime to defend their proposals.
Romney and Ryan have attacked President Barack Obama for cuts to the Medicare trust fund to pay for his health care reform, and Ryan hewed to that line today.
Ryan accused the president of "raiding" Medicare to pay for the Affordable Care Act and going back on a promise that so many seniors are counting on. The Obama campaign argues that Ryan and Romney aren't telling the whole story when it comes to their Medicare reform plans, omitting crucial details that would be unpopular with seniors.
"What's worse is the president's campaign calls this an achievement," Ryan said. "Do you think raiding Medicare to pay for Obamacare is an achievement? Do you think that empowering a board of bureaucrats to cut Medicare is anachievement? Neither do I."
He and Romney, Ryan said, will make sure that Medicare is not "used as a piggybank for Obamacare," and it should remain "the promise that it made to our current seniors, period, end of story."