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Everyone misspeaks in public from time to time. It really is unfair to pick on politicians for the occasional gaffe. But it is fair to ask at what point such gaffes are valid signs of a fundamental problem. I think Dan Quayle simply needed to stick to the prepared statements—he did not "wing it" very well, but he kept trying, and slipped repeatedly on his inherent inability to compose cogent remarks on the fly.
But Romney is beginning to show some serious problems. Never mind his 47% statement, he was arguably playing to his crowd. But his recent remarks about being unable to open the windows in an airliner are very troubling.
This is the kind of basic factoid stuff we all should know even if we only learned it from movies. There is a reason the windows on an airliner can't be opened and most of us know this.
Two things: either he skipped that part of childhood and adolescence when the rest of us learned this or he's cracking under campaign pressure and just letting his mouth run without his brain in gear.
It's a question. This isn't like George H.W. Bush's ignorance over the laser scanner at the grocery store check-out counter—that was new technology and I think he was unfairly beat up about that—but more in line with basic ignorance coming from a man with a lot of education (of a particular sort) and a lot of time spent on planes.
But let me leave off. As far as I'm concerned, Romney is a clever man but not a smart one. Hegel talked about such people, the clever ones who seem intelligent because they can fake it, but really have no depth or true understanding. This is not necessarily a detriment for a president depending on who his handlers are. I don't think Calvin Coolidge was smart, just clever (and clever enough to say very little). Go back over the list of past presidents and there are a number you could identify like that. (I think Nixon was an interesting case of a smart man who relied too much on cleverness.) But we don't usually see this until after they're in office. Campaigning is generally an exercise of cleverness, but there's usually a modicum of intelligence in charge.
In the case of people like Todd Akin, there's no question. He is a genuinely unintelligent man. Certainly not very reflective and possibly one of the most incurious politicians in recent memory. He's clever enough to have maintained a career in politics for a couple of decades now. But when you listen to his pronouncements, even if you agree with them (if you do), and break them down, you see he's only parroting a kind of semi-urban folk wisdom without any obvious comprehension what some of the words mean. He seems to have no idea what "socialism" is (this isn't unique, I wonder how many people do know what it is, especially in politics) and his grasp of anything relevant to women is positively 19th Century. He gets away with it because he reifies the prejudices of his constituents, which is politically expedient and morally vacuous. Sometimes, it seems to me, it is the duty of a politician to tell his constituents when they have it all wrong. (Yes, I realize this could get said politician voted out of office, but I said duty not CYA.)
Still, I don't know why anyone in this state, at least, is surprised. Akin has been spouting stuff like that for years. I was only surprised that he said what he said about "legitimate rape" quite so candidly, but I'm not surprised that he believes that nonsense.
I can understand why the GOP began pressuring him to step down, but really, they have only reaped what they've sown. Implicitly, they've been backing some version of this for years, and it has become wired into their politics. They likely, many of them, believe something similar to what Akin said, but they are generally more clever than Akin and know not to say it right out like that. He has exposed them, though, for anyone willing to look.
Now Newt Gingrich, the Party shill, has come to Akin's defense, and what is his defense? "Anyone can make a stupid remark. It's unfair to castigate him for it. If we went by that standard, Joe Biden would never be vice president."
Except. Except.
When Dan Quayle made his famous gaffe about minds being terrible wastes, everyone made fun of him for the tongue-twisted way he said it, but I think most people knew what he meant. When Joe Biden makes a bone-headed remark, we can step back and recognize that he didn't mean that but this other thing. That's the nature of gaffes.
So, when Gingirch says it was a stupid thing to say, what does he mean? What would Akin understand that to mean? That it was, in itself, stupid—and therefore wrong—or was it just stupid that he said it?
The problem here is, if you look at Akin's record, it's clear that he did mean what he said. It wasn't a gaffe. He's sorry that people were offended, but he hasn't retracted or clarified his statement. He believes that.
This is different.
And, if you look at the legislative record of the GOP over the last couple of decades, it seems likely many of them believe something like it, too. That wasn't a gaffe.
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Israel wants to see Soviet Jews continue to make aliyah in large numbers despite the economic difficulties the immigration is creating, Finance Minister Yitzhak Moda'i said Wednesday.
Moda'i, who visited Moscow two weeks ago, told a breakfast meeting of reporters here that he estimates there are some 3 million Jews in the Soviet Union.
"I would rather see them in Israel, even if all of them came before Yom Kippur," Moda'i said.
He estimated the annual cost to Israel for the increased immigration at $1.5 billion to $2 billion.
On top of this, Israel faces unexpected costs related to the Persian Gulf crisis. It is spending an additional $250 million to cover the costs of the military alert necessitated by the threat of an Iraqi invasion. And $1.5 billion more than budgeted will be spent on energy costs because of sharp increases in the price of oil since the Gulf crisis began.
Moda'i said Israel adopted a new economic program to deal with these problems, and he has been outlining it to Bush administration officials and members of Congress.
The finance minister's main reason for being in Washington this week was to attend the annual conference of the International Monetary Fund, where he has also been discussing Israel's economic situation.
Moda'i said that when the West German finance minister complained about having to build 25,000 additional housing units, he replied that the much smaller Israel has to build 250,000.
He said Soviet immigration is increasing Israel's population by 25 percent. To meet this expanding population, Israel has to create 540,000 jobs, one third more than it has now, he said.
But Moda'i said that in addition to needing jobs and housing, the new Soviet immigrants have to adjust psychologically to a free-market economy. "They don't grasp fully the meaning of it," he said.
Moda'i, who met with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev while in Moscow, said this is true also of the Soviet leader.
Israel's economic plan, too, is aimed at removing obstacles to the "free flow of economic activity," he said. This will make Israel attractive for investors from within Israel and outside.
The finance minister said that over the next several years, Israel will need some $8 billion from abroad, not all of it from the United States, to help meet the needs of the increased immigration.

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We're ready for playoffs, says MI's Smith
Mumbai Indians all-rounder Dwayne Smith, who struck a match-winning half-century against Rajasthan Royals, said he did not expect the emphatic 10-wicket triumph that his team managed here on Sunday night.
"We had not expected such an easy victory. I won't say that their bowling was bad but we batted very well," the West Indian said in the post-match press conference. Smith stood in a record 163-run opening stand with Sachin Tendulkar. "I had a very good partnership with Sachin (Tendulkar) and that helped us win so easily.
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Both Grey's Anatomy and Last Resort fell to season lows on ABC last night, with the latter plunging to a 1.3 in the 18-49-year old demographic and the former dropping to 2.9.
Scandal, however, closed the night for the network by rising a tick...
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White Stuff, which has shops across the county, is holding its annual National Wear a Tea Cosy on Your Head Day (NWATCOYHD) today (Thursday September 26).
The event, now in its fourth year, is a day of fundraising and fun activities.
White Stuff staff and customers are donning tea cosies for the day and White Stuff will donate ten per cent of all sales today to charity.
There are lots of ways people can get involved to raise money and awareness.
This year our customers can support NWATCOYHD by buying a £3 stripy tea cosy (from a shop or online) by wearing it and sharing pictures on Twitter or Instagram using #teacosy, or by entering the Mugshots competition on the Facebook page.
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The most creative entry will win £250 to spend at White Stuff and £250 for the charity of their choice. Entries can be uploaded at facebook.com/WhiteStuffU.
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With Texas locking up the Big 12 regular season championship last weekend, it's a battle for second place in the conference this weekend. Oklahoma and Texas A&M both sit at 14-10 in conference play, and the two teams face off in Norman this weekend with a potential NCAA host spot on the line. Kansas and Kansas State face off in a split series, with the first game in Manhattan on Friday and the remaining two games in Lawrence. Baylor travels to Lincoln to take on the struggling Nebraska Cornhuskers, and the Bears desperately need a series win in their quest for a NCAA tournament bid. To round out the conference action, Texas Tech hosts Oklahoma State in Lubbock. The Red Raiders have already qualified for the Big 12 tournament, and Oklahoma State must sweep the series and hope for a Nebraska sweep of Baylor to make the field. In non-conference action, Missouri hosts Cal State Bakersfield in a three game set, and Texas hosts Alabama A&M in a Saturday doubleheader in Austin.
Here is the current weekend schedule with projected pitching matchups:
#15 Texas A&M at #13 Oklahoma
Friday (6:30 PM CT): Brooks Raley (So., LHP, 7-1, 2.67 ERA) v. Andrew Doyle (Jr., RHP, 6-4, 4.19 ERA)
Saturday (6:30 PM CT): Ross Hales (Fr., LHP, 5-1, 3.50 ERA) v. TBA
Sunday (1:00 PM CT): Barret Loux (So., RHP, 3-2, 4.05 ERA) v. Garrett Richards (Jr., RHP, 7-3, 6.96 ERA)
Prediction: Texas A&M takes 2 of 3
Kansas v. #23 Kansas State
Friday (6:30 PM CT): Shaeffer Hall (LHP, Jr., 4-5, 4.58 ERA) v. A.J. Morris (RHP, Jr., 11-1, 1.67 ERA)
Saturday (6:00 PM CT): T.J. Walz (RHP, So., 7-1, 3.67 ERA) v. Lance Hoge (LHP, Sr., 5-3, 4.07 ERA)
Sunday (6:00 PM CT): Lee Ridenhour (RHP, Fr., 5-2, 4.09 ERA) v. Todd Vogel (RHP, Sr., 4-0, 4.43 ERA)
Prediction: Kansas State takes 2 of 3
Baylor at Nebraska
Friday (6:05 PM CT): Kendal Volz (RHP, Jr., 3-5, 4.00 ERA) v. Mike Nesseth (RHP, So., 4-4, 5.15 ERA)
Saturday (2:05 PM CT): Willie Kempf (RHP, Jr., 4-3, 5.62 ERA) v. Sean Yost (RHP, Fr., 1-5, 7.19 ERA)
Sunday (1:05 PM CT): Shawn Tolleson (RHP, So., 1-1, 4.68 ERA) v. Erik Bird (RHP, Sr., 2-2, 5.43 ERA)
Prediction: Baylor takes 2 of 3
Oklahoma State at Texas Tech
Friday (6:30 PM CT): Andrew Oliver (LHP, 5-6, 4.83 ERA) v. Nate Karns (RHP, 4-5, 5.44 ERA)
Saturday (1:00 PM CT): Tyler Lyons (LHP, 5-5, 3.79 ERA) v. Louis Head (RHP. 1-3, 4.60 ERA)
Sunday (1:00 PM CT): Tyler Blandford (RHP, 7-3, 4.52 ERA) v. TBA
Prediction: Oklahoma State takes 2 of 3
Cal State Bakersfield at Missouri
Friday (6:30 PM CT): Martin Medina (Fr., RHP, 2-3, 7.84 ERA) v. Kyle Gibson (Jr., RHP, 9-3, 3.73 ERA)
Saturday (2:00 PM CT): Spenser Messmore (Fr., RHP, 2-2, 6.60 ERA) v. Scooter Hicks (Sr., LHP, 4-2, 4.14 ERA)
Sunday (1:00 PM CT): Jonathan Montoya (Fr., LHP, 4-5, 7.09 ERA) v. Ryan Clubb (Fr., RHP, 3-2, 4.50 ERA)
Prediction: Missouri sweeps
Alabama A&M at #7 Texas
Saturday (Game 1) (1:00 PM CT): TBA v. TBA
Saturday (Game 2) (4:00 PM CT): TBA v. TBA
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I have used views and custom menus to make the list pages and all is working very well, but when it comes to adding or editing certain parts of the site, the default form page is still a little too complex, like the Ubercart "Add Product Category" page for example which is actually named similar to "Taxonomy Vocab Catalog : Add Term" and has confusingly named fields and vertical tabs that the owner will not want to trip over.
I would like to be able to make a duplicate of the default add term page and remove/change/add bits to it until the page is exactly how I want it to be. I am just not sure the best way to tackle this problem.
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Sharing Creativity Through a Painting Class
For years Cathy and I taught weekly art classes at our studio in our hometown. We had classes going on every night of the week and often on the weekends and the studio was a hotbed of activity and creativity.
We loved every minute of it, but eventually with raising three children and having other full-time jobs, we had to change our format and go to only weekend seminar type classes.
We did that for a few years and decided that our business was best served if I did traveling teaching and taught at locations all over the eastern part of the United States. I have been doing that for a couple of years and will continue to do that because it is great fun. I get the opportunity to meet artists all over the country and teach a wide variety of people that also have a varied mix of artistic experiences. But honestly, I miss the weekly interaction with the same group of people. There is something magical about teaching a group of artists week after week and getting to know their strengths and their weaknesses, both personal and artistic. The connection that comes through getting to really know someone while creating art is incredible, in fact there is nothing else quite like it.
This summer we ran into a lot of students that were part of our weekly classes several years ago and many of them had requested that we start a class, because they really missed it. We decided that we would teach one class a week at our home to a very small group of artists that were like minded. Cathy and I were quite picky about who would be in this class as we only wanted people that were more committed to learning than to completing a project and that would look at art education as a goal that takes a long time to reach. This past Wednesday evening we met for the first time, with our new class.
We had several challenges to make this happen. First of all, we had to convert our lovely dining room into a teaching space. We accomplished this by adding a table onto the end of our large dining table, covering the floor with a tarp, covering all tables with plastic tablecloths, setting up a remote television system and adding a few auxiliary lighting pieces to make the space work. It took a long time to figure out but just a bit of time to set up. Now that we know what we are doing, we can throw it together fairly quickly.
Next, we had to decide what to teach. Our students all desire to paint the lovely Alla Prima florals that our studio is known for. But, you have to learn to crawl before you can walk, right? After all, we didn't learn to read the Bible or a play by Shakespeare when we first started to learn to read, we worked our way up to it. Painting has to be the same. As a result, I decided that we would EVENTUALLY paint a large Alla Prima floral canvas.
We had to start by learning to "crawl" and spent the first class painting on practice boards. It is somewhat liberating to practice on a board that no one else needs to see. We can experiment and take risks to develop our technique and there is nothing to lose. You know the saying, "No one likes to see the sausage being made", well, this process is "the making of the artistic sausage".
I practice everything on practice boards as I develop my skills and talents and eventually it leads to this:
Our Wednesday nighters responded so well to this and did a great job on their own practice boards and the class was so great. The sound of laughter filled our home as all of these wonderful artists struggled to find their own look, brush calligraphy and style.
Eventually we will paint landscapes, some strokework pieces and the students will design and create their own original artwork pieces based on the techniques that we are learning. We will struggle, obsess, laugh, share, eat, laugh some more and explore the recesses of our creativity as we grow through art and we will do it together. I will update our readership of their progress and will occasionally share some of their successes. I am so honored to be their teacher.
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Nothing against Beyonce. Look at her. Talented, beautiful, rich, the new Black feminist, works the Power Couple, not excessively vulgar like Miley Cyrus. I just don't like it when well-meaning celebs put the public in harms way.
Today, I wrote an article for Diets In Review, "Beyonce's New Vegan Diet Can be Delivered to Your Door. But is it Worth It?" Beyonce is promoting veganism because her trainer has her ear. See the article to understand.
Vegans don't eat any meat, fish, poultry, eggs, or milk products. (Beyonce tacked on gluten, soy, and GMO restrictions too.) Ovo-Lacto Vegetarian? (add eggs and dairy) You bet! Pescetarian? (add fish) Flexitarian? (add a little meat) Bring 'em on! (I was actually an Ovo-Lacto Vegetariam since before Beyonce was born. See What the Hippies Knew.) But vegans? That's just dangerous. Please be careful.
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A group of hedge-fund heavyweights will gather this week to dish on investing. If history proves any guide, the Value Investing Congress, a two-day affair at a plush Midtown Manhattan hotel, will move markets.
Consider how Green Mountain stock fared in the last year. It's down 80% after analysts and critics roasted Green Mountain over concerns about the businesses' finances and model. The bleating began at last year's Congress, when Greenlight Capital's David Einhorn laid out his bearish thesis in a 100-slide PowerPoint.
Einhorn presented on a Monday. The stock would lose more than a quarter of its value by week's end. "I don't know if David will is going to be back with a short idea this year," says the Congress' organizer, Whitney Tilson, a hedge fund man himself. Safe to assume, though, that Einhorn's comments, whether a short or long pick, will be worth listening to.
Some prudent attention paid to this year's Congress, held today and tomorrow, seems rightly warranted then.
Other headliners joining Einhorn: Pershing Square Capital's Bill Ackman and Jana Partners' Barry Rosenstein. Most of the recent attention drawn to Ackman has focused on his long stake in J.C. Penney and activism in Procter & Gamble. Rosenstein's Jana recently made a quick profit from a position in Barnes & Noble.
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Why do these savvy investors share their ideas with the world at large?
"When Ackman or someone else is an activist on something, they need pacifist investors to join them. And it's a way for them to draw support to create a much broader base," Tilson says.
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Wedged between the Western Ghats on the East and the Arabian Sea on the West, the narrow strip of land known as Kerala is a destination of a lifetime. Kerala is a perfect destination for tourism, holidays, Honeymoon, art, culture, tradition, health care, yoga, Ayurveda and meditation.
Nature Based Kerala With October Onwards3N Munnar , 1N Thekkady , 1N Alleppey and 2N Kovalam
Itinerary Map
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Day Wise Itinerary
Day 1: Arrive Cochin Drive To Munnar
- You are greeted on arrival at Cochin International Airport /Railway station by Munnar Holidays representative and
- thereafter depart for Munnar (130 kms / 04 hrs) enjoying the scenic beauty & the marvelous waterfalls, high mountains with
- the low flying clouds passing by. Arrive Munnar and check in at hotel. Day at Leisure. Overnight at Munnar.
Things to see and do
Mount is 18 kms from thekkady Velvet lawns and the cool pleasant non-polluted continuous breeze make the sojourn on the mount a memorable experience to the tourist. From its ...
Cochin International Airport
Cochin International Airport is an international airport situated in the city of Kochi, in the state of Kerala, India. Located at Nedumbassery, about 30 km northeast of Kochi...
Day 2: Munnar Day Tour
- Morning after breakfast proceed for sightseeing in Munnar which includes visit to the flower garden and for an elephant
- safari, before driving on to the scenic Mattupetty dam, Eco- point and Kundala dam areas. At Kundala dam there is an
- opportunity to enjoy boating on the lake. Finally we drive through a vegetable growing area to Top station which is situated
- high in the mountains on the border between Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Evening back to hotel. Overnight stay at Munnar.
Things to see and do
Mattupetti Dam
Mattupetti Dam, (10 km from Munnar), this popular picnic spot activities like boating and horse riding and is a great place to spend the day e specially if visiting with ...
Mount is 18 kms from thekkady Velvet lawns and the cool pleasant non-polluted continuous breeze make the sojourn on the mount a memorable experience to the tourist. From its ...
Day 3: Munnar Day Tour
- After Breakfast visit to the Tea Museum where you may join a demonstration of tea tasting. You will next be taken to the
- Eravikulam National Park, a sanctuary for the Nigiri Tahr, the endangered mountain goat of South India. The park spread
- over 97sq Kms of the Kannan Devan Hills besides being a sanctuary for the mountain goat, is noted for the stark beauty of
- its rolling grasslands and sholas. Coming back to Munnar there will be time for shopping before your driver meets you with
- your shopping up and takes you back to your chosen drop-off point within Munnar. Overnight stay at Munnar.
Things to see and do
Tea Museum
The tea museum focuses regarding factors like the evolution as well as growth of tea plantations in this region. The Tea Museum at Munnar is started by the Tata tea in the ...
$ 1 Average Cost
Mount is 18 kms from thekkady Velvet lawns and the cool pleasant non-polluted continuous breeze make the sojourn on the mount a memorable experience to the tourist. From its ...
Rajamalai National Park
This National park was created to preserve the Nilgiri Tahr, which is a rare species of wild goats found only in south of the Himalayas. The vegetation of this park mainly ...
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Day 4: Munnar To Thekkady
- Morning drive to Thekkady covering a distance of 110 kms / 4 hrs through cardamom hills. Check into the resort. After lunch
- take a boat ride on the lake and the Periyar dam. Boating will take approximate 2 hours and you can also get rare glimpses
- of wild animals. The forest department offers many programs including periyar tiger trail, nature walk, bamboo rafting, etc.
- Plantation tourism also is promoted by private agencies, so that the tourists can see and learn the cultivation of various
- spices of Kerala. Evening back to hotel. Overnight stay at Thekkady.
Things to see and do
cardamom hills
The Cardamom Hills southern hills of India and part of the southern Western Ghats located in southeast Kerala and southwest Tamil Nadu in South India . Their name ...
The Periyar Tiger Trail
Tiger Trail is an adventurous trekking and camping programme, offered in two packages; one night and two night stays. The programme is unique in being conducted by a team of ...
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Nature Walk
Nature Walk is an interpretive programme offering excellent opportunity to watch birds, butterflies and other wildlife. The trails often pass through evergreen and moist ...
Bamboo Rafting
Bamboo Rafting is a dawn to dusk range hiking and rafting programme through some of the richest forest tracts of Periyar Tiger Reserve. Starting at 8AM from the boat landing, ...
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Travel from Munnar to Thekkady
2hrs 45min
Day 5: Thekkady To Alleppey Houseboat (160kms 05hrs Drive)
- After breakfast Check out your resort and drive to Alleppey; also known as Venice of the east by its special geographical
- features as the place is famous for its vast back water stretches and paddy fields. By 01 pm you can board your houseboat to
- explore the back waters and its serene beauty. Enjoy the ride; delicious cuisines. Overnight stay at House Boat.
Travel from Thekkady to Alleppey
3hrs 46min
Day 6: Alleppey To Kovalam
- After breakfast drive to Kovalam.On arrival check in to the Resort. Evening free to relax at the Beach. Overnight stay at
- Kovalam.
Travel from Alleppey to Kovalam
3hrs 23min
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3hrs 52min
Day 7: Kovalam - Trivandrum
- After breakfast you can go for the sightseeing of Trivandrum [The Capital of Kerala]. Here you can see the 260 year old Sri
- Padmanabha Swami Temple, covers an area of 2400 sq Km, Puthan Maliga Palace Museum [200 year old Palace of the
- Travancore Maharaja's], Napier Museum [Which has an electric display of bronzes, Zoo, temple carts, Ivory carvings etc..]
- and Sri Chitra Art Gallery. Evening relax at Resort. Overnight at Kovalam
Things to see and do
Archeological Museum
An architectural splendor, the Napier Museum in Thiruvananthapuram combines traditional Kerala style with the Chinese and Mughal influences much evident in its architecture. ...
Day 8: Departure
Hotels Included
Blue Berg Resorts (4 star)
Near KTDC Yathra Nivas, Devikulam PO, Munnar Kerala, India., Munnar
Hotel S.N. International
K.K Road, Kumily - 685509, Thekkady
River Escapes House Boat (4 star)
Near PallathuruthyBridge ,AC Road,Sanaphanapuram po ,Alleppey ,688003, Alleppey
Somatheeram Ayurveda Village (4 star)
Kovalam - 695501, Kovalam
Cancellation Policy
- The package once booked is refundable and cancellable.
- Flight cancellation will be as per airline cancellation policy.
- Date of booking to 30 days before travel the cancellation charges will be 10% of the tour cost
- 30 to 15 days before travel - cancellation charges will be 50% of the tour cost
- 15 to 7 days before travel - cancellation charges will be 75% of the tour cost
- 0 to 7 days before travel - cancellation charges will be 100% of the tour cost. No refund shall be given
- Please note cancellation policy is subject to change. It depends on the hotel policy. In peak season, some hotels may charge 100% cancellation.
Additional Information
- Check-in at hotel starts from 14:00 hrs.
- Check-out time is until 12:00 hrs.
- Early check-in or late check-out is subject to availability and may be chargeable by the hotel.
- Once your payment has been processed, we will send you an email confirmation.
- You will receive all travel vouchers required for your flights and accommodation shortly afterwards.


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The Story of a Mistaken Attribution -- In TidBITS-490, I paraphrased the famous saying about robbing banks because "that's where the money is." Unfortunately, in a bit of sloppy writing in a hotel room at 2 AM, I incorrectly attributed it to Jesse James.
As I've now learned from numerous messages, the quote is more commonly attributed to Willie Sutton, another famous bank robber who died in 1980. Normally when I make such a irrelevant mistake in TidBITS, I grin and take my medicine in email but don't spend any additional space in an issue atoning for my sins. This time though, the situation grew more complex, since Ed Oliveri <email@example.com> pointed me to a Web page discussing Willie Sutton's life that provided a quote from Sutton's second book (now out of print) disclaiming responsibility for the quote and noting that he robbed banks for the thrill, not the money.
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Eleventh session of the Ad hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA), August 2010.
The AWG-LCA 11 took place from 2 to 6 August 2010 in Bonn, Germany. More information on this meeting can be found by following the links.
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NEW YORK (Dec. 21)
A four-point program for American-Israel relations was recommended here last night by New York State Attorney General Jacob K. Javits addressing more than 800 guests at a dinner of the American Technion Society. Mr. Javits, who returned recently from Israel, voiced the following proposals:
"1. A decisive revision in U.S. -Near East policy on the highest priority to include: a) The inclusion of Israel in a regional security arrangement to which the United States is a party or in a mutual defense agreement with the United States; b) A commitment for the supply of arms for legitimate self defense to Israel; c) Arrangements for establishing roads, airfields, ports or other installations (infrastructure) available to the free world within Israel in the event of a threat to free world security; d) Suitable consideration to the stock-piling of strategic reserves in Israel.
"2. Efforts to resettle the Palestine-Arab refugees should be made as an international responsibility not necessarily confined to resettlement in the Near East alone.
"3. Economic and technical assistance to the Arab states and Israel should be continued, including efforts to effectuate the Jordan River water plan, to bring about construction of the Aswan Dam in Egypt, to carry on major projects in land reclamation and irrigation in Arab lands, and bring about major improvements in health and education.
"4. The tripartite declaration of May, 1950, by the United States, United Kingdom and France against aggression over the Arab-Israel armistice lines should be reaffirmed and the U.S. should express its determination to implement the declaration to avoid war and should urge the U.N. to do the same.
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Qatar Foundation National Sports Day activities honured as best in region
THE QATAR Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development National Sports Day 2014, which drew a crowd of nearly 14,000 people earlier this year, has been honoured for hosting the 'Best Sporting Event' in the Middle East.
Judges of the 7th annual Middle East EVENT Awards in Dubai acknowledged the sterling efforts of Qatar Foundation in staging the annual showcase promoting health, fitness and sport.
The award recognises an outstanding event, or set of events, with regards to organisation, creativity and athletic value. Events vying for the award must be public and can either be a one-day affair or a series of events organised under a main theme.
Qatar Foundation organised its National Sports Day 2014 celebrations on February 11, offering a range of sporting activities and competitions during the Qatari national holiday dedicated to the celebration of healthy living. A full day of fun sports competitions that catered to the entire family, as well as those with special needs, was held in six different locations across Education City.
Commenting on the honour, Mr Ali Abdulrahman Al Muftah, Qatar Foundation Executive Director Support Services and National Sports Day chairman, said, "We are delighted to receive the Best Sporting Event award as the Qatar Foundation National Sports Day 2014 was a culmination of our ongoing efforts throughout the year to engage the Education City community in sports, fitness and a healthy lifestyle." "Qatar Foundation offers modern sporting facilities and health services to its community as part of our commitment to encourage a healthy lifestyle," he added.
There were more than 300 organisations competing for 17 different categories at the Middle East EVENT Awards.
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Redefining Risk
Maybe we should define risk as what needs to go right, instead of what could go wrong.
Although I would like to claim credit for this view of risk, it came from James Bone of Global Compliance Advisors, LLC. I met James at a Compliance Week round table last week discussing risk management and regulatory developments for the financial services industry.
By changing the definition, you are now looking at risk through the operations of your company and its business plan. You are no longer the doomsayer, worrying about the myriad of things that could go wrong, some of which are likely to highly unlikely. You are now focusing on implementing your company's business plan.
Compliance and risk professionals need to keep an eye on what may go wrong. But, as James points out, it is just as important to make sure things are going right.
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U.S. President Barack Obama released the first budget of his second term Wednesday, outlining a plan to reduce the deficit while rebuilding the nation's infrastructure.
Obama said in the budget message of the president that the nation was on the right track in dramatically reducing the size of the deficit.
"Over the last four years, both parties have worked together to reduce the deficit in a balanced way by more than $2.5 trillion," he said. "This is more than half way towards the goal of $4 trillion in deficit reduction."
Further deficit reductions must occur, Obama admitted, but stressed they should not threaten funding to important social programs or negatively impacting the middle class. Obama did include some cuts to entitlement programs such as Medicare in his budget, including a new formula that would decrease future social security benefits.
"We should not do it by making harsh and arbitrary cuts that jeopardize our military readiness, devastate priorities like education and energy, and cost jobs," he said. "We should not ask middle-class senior citizens and working families to pay down the rest of our deficit."
Reducing unemployment through job growth while simultaneously improving the American infrastructure was a recurring promise throughout the budget. Obama introduced $50 billion for immediate infrastructure improvements in his budgets, which he said would go to projects such as repairing the more than 70,000 structurally deficient bridges in the U.S.
Education was also a priority for Obama. He outlined a plan to provide free universal public pre-school education to four-year-olds, paid for by increasing the cigarette tax from $1.01 to $1.95 per pack.
"It will give all our kids the best start in life, helping them perform better in elementary school and ultimately helping them, and the country, be better prepared for the demands of the global economy," he said. "This is an investment we need to make, and it is fully paid for in this budget by imposing a new tax on every pack of cigarettes sold."
John Boehner, Speaker of the House, released a statement following the budget presentation, voicing his issues with the budget.
"He does deserve some credit for some incremental entitlement reforms that he has outlined in his budget," Boehner said in a statement Wednesday. "But I would hope that he would not hold hostage these modest reforms for his demand for bigger tax hikes."
Tim Buckley, communications director for the Massachusetts Republican Party, said there are serious structural flaws within the budget.
"This budget relies on significant tax increases during a time when working families are already struggling to get by," he said.
Buckley said Republican leaders are unwilling to support this budget.
"The republicans in the House have pledged that they will resist this budget as it continues to grow the size of big government while median income levels in Massachusetts continue to exponentially decrease," he said.
Obama said he had done his best to meet the Republican Party half way with this year's budget.
"It is not a Democratic plan or a Republican plan," Obama said. "It is an American plan. And it is a plan that I hope can serve as an outline for us to write the next great chapter of the American story … together."


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Emmanuel Frimpong has spoken of his delight and relief after finally making his comeback from injury for Arsenal on Wednesday night.
The Ghana-born midfielder suffered a ruptured cruciate ligament in his right knee whilst playing on loan at Wolves last season, a similar injury he suffered in his left knee in 2010.
But, with Wednesday night's 20-minute cameo against Coventry City under his belt, Frimpong is delighted to have stepped back onto the Emirates pitch and is looking forward to the season.
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"It feels good to be back after so much hard work in the gym, and I'm just pleased to be playing football again," Frimpong told Arsenal Player.
"I'm a footballer, all I want to do is get out there and help my team, whether I am fit enough to play or fit enough to be in the squad. I just want to be out there with the lads and helping Arsenal progress.
"[The crowd's reaction] makes me feel good obviously and shows that the fans appreciate me here. That is always a nice gesture and I am just happy that I went on to help the team win the game."
Despite being on the sidelines for so long, Frimpong did no let his absence affect his natural game, making and receiving strong challenges with the Coventry players, which pleased the former England youth international.
He added: "I think it is quite important when you come back from a big injury. You want people to knock you about a bit. I got one, but I wanted more!"


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Adam Lambert defended his controversial American Music Awards performance on The Early Show this morning, telling host Maggie Rodriguez the AMAs were filled with content that wasn't kid-friendly. "I think it's up to the parents to discern what their child is watching on television. Lady Gaga smashing whiskey bottles, Janet Jackson grabbing a male dancer's crotch, Eminem talking about how Slim Shady has 17 rapes under his belt — there was a lot of very adult material on the AMAs this year and I know I wasn't the only one." (Watch his interview below.)
Adam Lambert shocks, Taylor Swift soars: see the 2009 AMAs in photos.
Lambert was the only star to face a major backlash following the ceremony, which aired from 8 to 11 p.m. ET on ABC Sunday night. After ABC received 1,500 complaints over Lambert's simulated oral sex and make-out session with a male bandmate, the network nixed his appearance on Good Morning America. Lambert argued that female pop stars wouldn't have received the same scrutiny, and that being gay and a man was a "double whammy" because audiences "haven't seen that before." He concluded, "I'm not a babysitter. I'm a performer."
Lambert admitted his final performance didn't precisely mirror rehearsals, and that ABC was rightfully taken by surprise by some of his racy ad-libs. But he said he had "no clue" the performance would grab so many headlines. "I admit I did get carried away, but I don't see anything wrong with it. I do see how people got offended, and that was not my intention." Arguing he didn't consider young fans would be watching because "it was a nighttime show. I was there in the audience filled with mostly adults," Lambert said he comes from the theater world and focuses on the crowd physically before him. "Like Idol, I guess I have a tendency to divide people — you either like it or you don't," he added.
Infamous crotch-rock moments, from Lambert's AMAs to "Dick in a Box."
His regrets, Lambert said, were over-singing "For Your Entertainment" in the heat of the moment and perhaps giving viewers the impression he's one-dimensional. "I hope people don't put me into a box saying, oh, he's nasty, he's going to be like that all the time — that was one performance." On his debut album, "I tried to create a huge variety," he said. "The 'For Your Entertainment' you saw on the AMAs performance is about dancing and picking up on people and being sexy," but by contrast "Whataya Want From Me" is about "vulnerability and hope and trust."
Later in the broadcast, Lambert answered fan questions and revealed he hoped to launch his first solo tour in 2010, "maybe as early as spring." He was also joined by his mother, Leila, who said she supported her son's artistic decisions. "He is entertaining everyone, including me," she said, revealing she was "a little taken aback" by his AMAs song, "but I just went with the flow, and it's all good ... He inspires so many people and I hear that all the time — that's the best part," she said.
Lambert sang two songs on The Early Show — "Whataya Want From Me" and "Music Again" — in performances that were quite stripped-down compared to his AMAs spectacle. His band was outfitted in all black, and Adam sported a matching black jacket and vinyl pants. Tommy Ratliff, who became suddenly famous Sunday night when Lambert unexpectedly kissed him on the AMAs, was handling bass duties. The closest Lambert got to a bandmate was when he stood beside guitarist Monte Pittman as he ripped the solo on "Music Again." Lambert jetted directly from the stage to the street to greet fans after the song, offering hugs and autographs.
Follow Rolling Stone's Adam Lambert coverage here — photos, video, interviews and more.
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Islanders' late rally tops Rangers
Two-goal deficit erased with four consecutive tallies
Updated 6:27 am, Wednesday, January 22, 2014
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Thomas Vanek scored a power-play goal with 4:38 left, and the New York Islanders rallied from two goals down for a second straight day and beat the New York Rangers 5-3 on Tuesday night.
Vanek capped the comeback as the Rangers were trying to kill a penalty for too many men on the ice. Colin McDonald and defenseman Thomas Hickey scored in the second period to get the Islanders even.
Matt Martin scored a rare goal in the first, and Frans Nielsen added an empty-netter. Kevin Poulin made 30 saves in the Islanders' ninth win in their past 11 road games.
John Tavares had three assists and Kyle Okposo added two in front of a nearly full crowd on a snowy night in New York.
Rick Nash scored twice in the first period for his second straight multigoal game, and Chris Kreider added a goal for the Rangers, who had won three in a row.
Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist sat out with an illness. Cam Talbot made 32 saves.
Devils 7, Blues 1: Mark Fayne and Ryan Carter scored 24 seconds apart early in the first period. Jaromir Jagr, Ryane Clowe, Adam Henrique, Damien Brunner and Eric Gelinas added goals and the Devils celebrated a return to the snow-bound Prudential Center after losing three of four on the road. The seven goals were a season high, both ways. Cory Schneider, 3-0-2 in his last five appearances, made 26 saves. The game went on as scheduled despite a heavy snowstorm that held the crowd to an announced turnout of 2,000. Alexander Steen scored for the Blues, who sported two impressive marks coming in: they were 14-2-1 against Eastern Conference foes and 15-5-3 on the road.
Panthers 4, Sabres 3: Ed Jovanovski scored the go-ahead goal and added an assist in his 1,100th career game. Drew Stafford scored twice and Steve Ott also scored for the Sabres (13-28-7), who dropped to 0-2-2 in their past four.
Senators 2, Capitals 0: Kyle Turris and Jason Spezza scored, and Craig Anderson made 34 saves. Washington, without Alex Ovechkin (lower-body injury) suffered its sixth straight loss.
Blue Jackets 5. Kings 3: R.J. Umberger scored twice to lead Columbus to its franchise-record seventh straight win.
Stars 4, Wild 0: Erik Cole and Ray Whitney scored power-play goals, and Dallas stopped a three-game losing streak. Kari Lehtonen made 18 saves for his second shutout of the season and No. 24 for his career.
Hurricanes, Flyers PPD: The game in Philadelphia was postponed because of the snowstorm that has clobbered the Northeast. The game will be made up at 6 p.m. Wednesday.
Notes: Detroit Red Wings goaltender Jimmy Howard has been ruled out for at least a week after injuring his left knee again, putting his spot on the U.S. team for the Winter Olympics in doubt.


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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — What a gyp! Even the hotel maid for my hall told me she was expecting Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler to walk through her section on the way to the Fox press conference.
The meeting room, as expected, was packed to the gills. It was so crowded, in fact, that someone bumped into me with his coffee, spilling it all over my pants.
What we ended up getting, after all this chaos and falderal, was a whole lot of nothing. After days and days of speculation on whether Kara DioGuardi was being fired and the judges who'd be brought in to replace her and the also-departing Ellen DeGeneres and Simon Cowell, Peter Rice, chairman of Fox entertainment, confirmed nada.
He did talk about Ellen's decision, saying she didn't want to return, that it wasn't the right fit for her, and said Fox would accommodate her. "Last week, we felt confident that we could come up with a panel that wouldn't include Ellen as a judge," he said.
The only other statement he would make was this: "No one has signed a deal on either side of the camera to be on Idol next year that wasn't on last year."
He wouldn't even confirm that Randy Jackson, who was on "Idol" last year, had re-upped or that Nigel Lythgoe of "So You Think You Can Dance" may be coming back as executive producer.
As for Simon Cowell's successor, that, too, of course was not addressed.
Best we got was his expectation that by the time "Idol" auditions with the judges started in mid-September, a panel would be in place.
OK? Just another disappointing day in the life of a news-hungry entertainment reporter.


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Synonymic Trending™ Module
Krakken's trending module helps you understand the historic aspects of the potential themes in your market and alerts you toward downward trends before you spend your valuable money. It also informs you of terms up and coming so that you can get ranked for terms before your competitors realize they are important.
Blueprinting Module
Once you have
- Researched your vertical market using the VOMA Module
- Analyzed the current ranking competition with the Competitive White-Paper™ Module, you will be ready to move on to...
- The Blueprinting Module.
Once the main topics of your website have been selected, the entire silo structured website blueprint is generated automatically by the Krakken™ technology.
Recognizing the limitations in any automated process is vital. To overcome these limitations, we have provided you with flexibility which enables you to easily modify your Blueprint by hand. You may manually substitute any topics and/or keywords as appropriate for your personal business DNA or Touchstone.
International Languages and Local Markets
We live in an ever shrinking world, however it's still a market place divided by languages and borders. It's important to understand your customers and the competition within those boundaries so your marketing efforts are most effective.
To this end we have put a lot of thought into the internationalization of Krakken. When a cluster of themes is created, you assign it a country and language where applicable. This allows your market analysis, market segmentation and competition to be evaluated within the sphere of that particular market.
Face it, rarely are you competing with similar companies across a border, import duties and delayed deliveries quickly discourage internet shoppers. So why should foreign companies factor into your competition analysis?
Krakken's drills and competitive white paper bring back vital information about who your competition really is, based on your locale; not just the biggest players in the world.
Furthermore, the same language is not the same from country to country. Spelling, jargon and colloquial distinctions all add up to different ways to reach your target audience in each country.
Here are the current countries that are we currently support (Don't see your favorite market? Just ask):
Canada (english)
Canada (français)
Finland (svenska)
New Zealand
Suomi (suomi)
United Kingdom
United States
Česká republika
Website Development with Silo Publisher
Website creation is the next step after Blueprint Creation. The TZ Silo Publisher (site builder application) interfaces directly with the Blueprint Module to develop and implement your Blueprint into an actual website. This website will have a completely integrated silo structure, a global menu and silo menus.
Additionally, each Silo Publisher page is created with optimal meta tags, title tag and header tags. The keywords for each page are also inserted for ease of reference.
This effectively removes the "grunge" from the task of creating a properly themed and silo structured website that is optimized for search engine results. All you need to do is add the text.
Note: You are not limited to using Silo Publisher to build your Website Silo Architecture. You may export the Krakken Website Silo Blueprint directly to HTML if you prefer to use your own website development applications such as DreamWeaver, FrontPage, etc..
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Thread: Compliant training is better!
5/23/2011 11:15am, #41
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5/23/2011 1:01pm, #43
Nope I just hate KM.
5/23/2011 1:05pm, #44
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Fair enough. I hate Brazilian J---never mind.
I'll go away now.
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5/23/2011 1:38pm, #46Falling for Judo since 1980
"You are wrong. Why? Because you move like a pregnant yak and talk like a spazzing 'I train UFC' noob." -DCS
"The best part of getting you worked up is your backpack full of irony and lies." -It Is Fake
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Problem with the Anderson Silva vid is that unless both parties have good control it can turn into a sparring round pretty quickly.
It's happened to me when drilling like this with a newer guy.
He'll throw two techniques,I'll move to throw 3 or 4, get part way through it & have the other guy trying to counter without giving me a chance to back out & let him start.
All that happens then is that I either get the shits & speed up to the point where my training partner is unable to defend without backpedallng or get bored & spend the round throwing jab-pushkick only.
Or we get yelled at by the instructor for going off script.Ha..
5/24/2011 9:03am, #48"Never trust a quote you read on the internet" - Abraham Lincoln
5/24/2011 9:02pm, #49
If you're confused look at some of the vids and examples others have posted. Hell, look at my example of the FMA drill from the op. You talked about drilling technique in BJJ, do you do any specific drills to train specific techniques? Like a guardpass drill? The armbar, triangle, omoplata drill? Any others? What do you like about the drills? What sucks about them? That's kind of what i'm getting at.
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Not long after I drove the Volvo V70, I had the opportunity to drive the XC70. It was an interesting opportunity to compare these similar cars and get a feel for the differences.
Most notably are the obvious. With over 8 inches of ground-clearance, this car sat much taller than it's little brother. It was slightly longer in the cargo area, and it's exterior styling was much more aggressive and macho. I'm personally a big fan of the XC styling, and think that has that little something that begs to be taken outside, run through mud puddles, stormed up to the mountain, and hosed off when home. Not to mention the addition of stock four-wheel drive on the XC70s, the differences are slightly more than cosmetic, and Volvo has provided a car worthy of the mountain in both its function and appearance.
Another note about the XC70 was that it seemed to be slightly more refined inside. My wife called it "the black-label V70â€, noting a few small touches and refinements she hadn't noticed in the smaller, slightly less expensive V70. Both had family-friendly features such as a B-pillar rear-passenger air vent that was at head-height instead of stuck in the foot compartment of the rear center console. Several passengers riding in the back showed appreciation that they too, like the front seat riders, could adjust warm air to their upper body instead of merely having it pointed at their feet.
One thing my XC70 came equipped that I didn't see in the V70s option list, was child door locks tied in to the window locks from the driver's door. On the driver door, where you would expect to find window controls for all four windows, you also had the ability to lock passengers from adjusting their windows. But with this lock, you could also activate the rear child safety locks, keeping your passengers stuck in the back until you chose to release them. We found this feature on accident, as I had inadvertently bumped the window lock feature with my hand, but soon after, as nobody could escape the back seats, we went on a hunt to discover how to deactivate the feature. Evidently, some models have a standard switch inside the door jam, but this XC70 had the feature tied to the window locks. I can see this as both a feature and an annoyance. For those with kids, it would be great to have absolute control over them, their windows, and their doors; however, those with adult friends could easily find themselves bumping the button and locking perfectly responsible people into their car. I guess that's why it's an option in this car…
As with the V70, I loved driving this car. And since I'm becoming more and more a fan of increased ground-clearance, I appreciated the taller ride-height. The interior again was beautiful, elegant, and characteristic of modern Volvos, which I not only love, but pine for when driving all but $50,000+ cars. They just know how to make an interior feel like home. With the XC70 starting at only $4000 more than the V70, and the four-wheel drive, improved styling, and slightly longer wheelbase, I'd be hard-pressed to recommend the V70 over this car. But to be honest, I'd be hard-pressed to recommend any other wagon in this class over the XC70. The Outback is nice, but the XC70 is amazing. 5 stars.


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Family forgives fatal crash driver, court told
The family of a man killed in a road crash in the Barossa Valley last year says it forgives the driver involved, who was drunk and disqualified from driving.
On his birthday in January last year, Mark Anthony Badrice, 33, slammed his utility into a tree on Menglers Hill Road at Angaston.
His passenger, 37-year-old Peter Raethel, was killed.
In sentencing submissions in the District Court in Adelaide, the judge was told Badrice no longer celebrated his birthday because it brought back so much guilt.
Badrice has a record of drink driving and of driving while disqualified.
In statements read to the court, the victim's family said Badrice had caused a big, empty hole in their lives but they wished him well and knew he would also have to live with tragedy and loss for the rest of his life.
Badrice will be sentenced next month.
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Hi guys! Are you all getting into the Christmas holiday yet? I decorated my home a couple of weeks ago. I can't ever wait till after Thanksgiving. Christmas is my favorite holiday! I finished up the last of my Christmas decorating tutorials last week, and I thought I would post a little round up of all of the holiday decorating tutorials I have had on the blog for easy access for everyone. Here they are:
DIY Vintage Inspired Bell Jar Ornaments
DIY Vintage Christmas Card Signs
DIY Hanging Winter Wonderland Terrariums
DIY Upcycled Vintage Tablecloth Blanket
Midcentury Modern Putz Style Houses
DIY Easy Christmas Plate Collage
DIY Retro Christmas Yarn Wreath
DIY Vintage Soda Crate Advent Calendar
DIY Vintage Wrapping Paper Wrapped House Night Light
DIY Cute Vintage Christmas Wrapping Paper Mats
DIY Vintage Christmas Button Bracelet
DIY Fabric Tied Lighted Garland
DIY Drawstring Bag Advent Calendar
DIY Retro Tinsel Christmas Wreath
DIY Vintage Tablecloth Christmas Stockings
DIY Vintage Christmas Card Bowl
Vintage Hanky Christmas Buntings
DIY Holiday Themed Framed Vintage Buttons
DIY Christmas Countdown Blocks
DIY Cute Vintage Christmas Card Boxes
Hope you guys enjoy them all! Be sure to tune in next week for more Handmade holiday tutorials and round ups. Happy Christmas Crafting!


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Authentic Nepali Thali at Bamey's Restro Cafe
I was taken for lunch to this place by none other than a Nepali friend of mine who grew extremely fond of it since the first time she stepped foot there. When you enter the place, you'll find yourself checking out the décor, which is simple but very nicely done. Ceiling lights hanging inside Tuborg bottles look beautiful. No sooner than you place your order, the restaurant starts giving you a feel of being in Nepal itself – the ambiance is adorned with pretty lights, flags with quotes about food and traveling, and there is Nepali music playing in the background. Having visited Nepal, I can safely say that this place is the closest to the Thakali Kitchens you'll find there, and the only one that serves the authentic Nepali food.


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What is bigger than big? That's easy, it's Big Freedia. Big personality, big vocals, and a big ass badonka to shake for the masses. Stage persona aside, Freedia is dishing a lot of her life on Fuse with Freedia: Queen of Bounce and with the finale episode coming up this Wednesday, we got the New Orleans-bred bounce rapper on the horn to talk about all things regarding the show, her life, and of course, on dat azz.
OC Weekly (Ali Lerman): What's a question you get asked again and again but you're over talking about? I just want to cut that shit right now.
Big Freedia: [Laughs.] Well there are a couple of those so we're not going to worry about that.
I like it. Fair game. I saw you at this years Festival Supreme and it was my first time ever seeing you. No joke, I was mesmerized.
Oh my god, don't do that. [Laughs.] Thank you!
True story, I couldn't move. I was legit trying to twerk by the end of your set. I also binged watched your show and since the finale is this week and I love you so much, any chance on a spoiler?
Oh you want me to give you something? OK, I got this. Well it's going to be very interesting because people are going to see me on my international tour so they'll see me in a different forum and see how I brought it. I think people will definitely be glued to their TV especially because it's an hour long episode.
Did you use any of the German you learned while in Germany?
Oh girl, it was kinda complicated but we tried. [Laughs.] You'll see that in the show. "Ass everywhere" translated to something like, "In my ass." It was very funny. It didn't translate but the fans got it because you know, they know English too so, they definitely was on it. They watch the videos so they knew what was to be expected.
Ha!! So great. When you reconnected with your dad on the show, was that something you wanted to do anyway or did the show give you that extra push that you needed?
Oh no, it's something that I wanted to do. We were reconnecting a little bit before and he started coming around a little bit before my mom had passed so he was really trying to start to be a father figure. So yeah, I've always wanted to be a lot closer to him and know him a lot better than I knew him in the past. But yeah, I've always wanted to have my real father in my life so it was very easy to do that for me.
I totally vibed with what you were going through and I'm so glad you shared it with the viewers.
Well good! I'm glad that people can relate to my story in their everyday life to help them overcome something. If I can help people go at a situation better, that's good. I don't usually know how to go at a situation so I just do it and whatever the outcome is, I take those consequences. So definitely for you, work on your relationship and rebuild. There are many more people that want the same connection so we should keep encouraging it.
Oh for sure! I also watched the Love N Hip Hop "Out in Hip Hop" and it was really powerful. As we all know, haters gonna hate but, I have to assume that you got some really great feedback from doing it.
Oh yes. It was a good look on me and on the moves that I'm making and definitely the LGBT community is supporting the whole panel that spoke on behalf of the community that I represent. It was a good panel, it was a good look, and I'm glad I did it.
Random question but in the song "Y'all Get Back Now" you say "dribble" and "shoot it up." You a fan of the NBA?
Oh yeah, I love basketball! It's one of my favorite sports over every other sport. I always love looking at those guys in their cute little basketball shorts. Football boys are fine but the basketball boys show more. [Laughs.]
Oh we definitely have that in common! Football boys wear pads and I can't even tell if that's their ass or padding.
Right? They be looking all fine but their asses be looking all big! You can tell who has a bigger butt than the others but you can for sure see more skin on the basketball players. I also like the physicality of basketball. Football is also so dangerous! I'm so over it. My boyfriend watches it all day and I'm sick of it! [Laughs.]
Ha! I'm so with you. I know bounce music comes from New Orleans and you grew up on it but as someone who didn't, was the dancing always part of it?
Oh yeah! The dancing was always part of it. The pioneers that came before me had dancing in all of the songs. They'd have these moves and the people in the clubs would do it all at the same time. Yeah, dancing has always been a part of the culture.
So how old were you when you realized that you could shake your ass like that?
I was like thirteen or fourteen.
OK, where are the home videos? I smell a "deleted scenes" episode…
I wish girl! All of that was destroyed in Katrina! I wish I had it because it's like, where is my little talent show video? All of that, I wish I just had a secret room I could've kept all of that stuff in. It all went underwater so that's the whole problem.
Damn you Katrina! I was looking at your tour dates and I know you were just in LA for Festival Supreme but do you have any plans of coming back out?
I'm always going to LA because that is one of my home bases so I'll be back there soon. Unfortunately I couldn't put LA back on my tour and I know my LA fans are upset I couldn't put it on there. But, I will be back in LA no doubt. It won't be until 2016 for another Big Freedia show but I will be back out there! It's not that long of a wait honey, it's just around the corner.
OK before I let you go, where's the weirdest place you've given an autograph?
Oh people ask me to write all over them. Of course, it's not weird to me but, I autograph asses all of the time! [Laughs.] You know, people want their little cheeks autographed by the Queen Diva. They're odd places that I wouldn't ask somebody to autograph in public but you know, that's a part of the Freedia nation so now, I'm just used to autographing asses!
Be sure to tune into "Freedia: Queen of Bounce" on Fuse Wednesday night at 11pm. You can also get your Big Freedia fix by going to her website www.BigFreedia.com, becoming a fan on Facebook, grabbing her book "God Save the Queen Diva," and by following her on Twitter @BigFreedia.
See also:
The 50 Best Things About the OC Music Scene
The 50 Worst Things About the OC Music Scene
The 25 Greatest OC Bands of All Time: The Complete List
Follow us on Twitter @OCWeeklyMusic and like us on Facebook at Heard Mentality and follow the author on Twitter @AliNotAlli.


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What a joy it is to watch a talent competition unfold without phony tension, lame music and manufactured hissy fits. "Architecture School" (8 p.m., Sundance) follows a class of Tulane University architecture students as they submit designs for affordable housing for a poor neighborhood in New Orleans, La. It's no easy thing coming up with a three-bedroom, two-bath home that fits in 1,200 square feet and is affordable enough for low-income families.
The young students exhibit all of the pride, hubris, insecurities, ambition and potential of people in their early 20s. One young man seems too secure about his genius. Another appears to value rock climbing over study. A genial jock has no idea why he's in the class. And many of the students parrot academic jargon back at their patient professor, who continually prods them to think for themselves.
You get to watch these kids think. How often can you say that about a TV show?
"School" also offers a window on the problems of New Orleans. Katrina battered the city, but many of its woes predate that catastrophe. We get to see the students and would-be designers meet with their clientele, the neighborhood residents. Their reception is mixed. Many welcome new housing, but others are wary of modern and trendy designs that seem more appropriate to Venice Beach, Calif., than New Orleans. Many want the city to be just like it was. But urban planners argue that the city's crumbling atmosphere masked physical and social degradation.
Nobody's "flipping" houses here. There are no "Million Dollar Listings." No faded celebrity plans to fly in for momentary hugs and an extreme makeover. The problems here are hard, and the stakes are real. "Architecture School" is a rare and rewarding series that poses tough questions to its subjects and to its viewers. When does "improvement" become an invasion? And when is "charm" just another word for squalor?
¢ Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short earlier this year, "Salim Baba" (7 p.m., Cinemax) follows Salim Muhammad, a one-of-a-kind movie showman. For more than 40 years, he has wheeled an ancient hand-cranked movie projector through the streets of Kolkata, India, screening thrown-away fragments of Bollywood movies for residents shut out of sold-out cinemas.
Salim owns more than 50 movies, or at least parts of them, edited with a razor blade and spliced together with tape. He's beginning to get too old to push his cart, but he knows his sons will keep up the tradition. "This gives me peace," says Muhammad.
Tonight's other highlights
¢ Scheduled Summer Olympic (7 p.m., NBC) events include track and field, gymnastics and women's beach volleyball. Have we seen enough beach volleyball yet?
¢ "CNN Presents" (CNN) offers profiles of John McCain (7 p.m.) and Barack Obama (8:30 p.m.).
¢ "Nova scienceNOW" (8 p.m., PBS, check local listings) looks at 2036 as a possible date for an asteroid collision with Earth.
¢ After fan challenges, "Mythbusters" (8 p.m., Discovery) returns to an arrow-catching argument.
¢ Just when "Project Runway" (8 p.m., Bravo) could not seem more tired, they trot out the most obvious gimmick: the drag-queen beauty contest.
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|Don Calhoun
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Born: April 19, 1952 – Sumner, Oklahoma
Graduated: Wichita North H.S., 1970; Kansas State University, 1974.
Donald Calhoun was one of the best running backs in Kansas State football history. Calhoun attended Wichita North High School and helped the Redskins to a berth in the 1969 state championship game and was a consensus all-state selection for North High.
College Career
While at Kansas State, Calhoun led the Wildcats in rushing during his junior season in 1973 and finished his career ranked No. 4 on the all-time K-State rushing chart.
NFL Highlights
Calhoun was drafted in the 10th round of the 1974 NFL Draft by Buffalo and spent nine seasons in the National Football League – seven with the New England Patriots and two with the Buffalo Bills – and never missed a game due to injury. Calhoun led NFL in yards per carry (5.6) in 1976 but his best year was in 1980 with the Patriots when he rushed for 787 yards and scored nine touchdowns from his fullback position. During his NFL career, Calhoun ran the ball 860 times for 3,559 yards and scored 23 touchdowns plus caught 86 passes for two more scores. He helped lead the Patriots into the playoffs when he came off the bench to replace an injured starter and rushed for over 100 yards in four consecutive games. Ironically, he caught the Patriots' longest reception of the 1975 season (62 yards) from former Kansas State teammate and fellow Kansas Sports Hall of Fame inductee Steve Grogan against the Bills. He also played for the New Jersey Generals in the United States Football League in 1984 before retiring after the season.
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A few weeks ago, the online advertising industry was abuzz with news that Facebook had been misreporting video view numbers for over 2 years. "We recently discovered an error in the way we calculate one of our video metrics. This error has been fixed, it did not impact billing, and we have notified our partners both through our product dashboards and via sales and publisher outreach. We also renamed the metric to make it clearer what we measure. This metric is one of many our partners use to assess their video campaigns.". The result of this error is that certain metrics such as Average Duration of Video View (Completion Rates) were heavily skewed. Understandably, marketers responsible for optimization of media spend were upset at the misleading results and many have called for 3rd party independent verification in the Facebook Advertising Platform. Significant budget may have been shifted (or paused) had the true numbers been calculated and reported on. While I understand the frustration, I see this as a symptom of a much greater and widespread problem in the online video advertising industry that needs to be addressed- using the wrong metrics to measure success.
At Viewbix we are very focused on understanding the goal of a campaign before discussing creative options. When speaking with potential customers of the Viewbix platform a typical conversation goes something like this:
Viewbix: "Can you tell us what the goal of this video campaign is. What is it you are trying to get users to do?"
Customer (choose a response):
- "We are trying to drive users to a landing page"
- "We are trying to get users to use the store locator tool"
- "We are trying to get users to sign up for our newsletter"
Viewbix: "That's great and – how are you measuring success"
Customer: "Video completion rate"
At this point in the conversation we generally remain quiet for a few seconds, put on our puzzled face, and let this sink in with the customer. You are launching a video ad campaign with a goal of increasing X and you are measuring success by how many Y's. There is a complete disconnect between the business requirement and the KPI.
To be fair, until recently marketers had little choice and few tools for measuring the effectiveness of their campaigns, and were forced into the 25/50/75/100 view rates as the sole metric available to them. But times have changed and video marketers must learn to evolve and take advantage of the new tools available to the market. These tools are focused on driving (via interactive units) and measuring (via advanced analytics) "True Success". Companies such as Viewbix, Innovid, and Brainient have introduced platforms that allow video advertisers to create interactive video ads that engage users and lead them to a true KPI. These platforms not only focus on creating interactive video but also provide analytics well beyond those available in traditional ad servers and report on what in-ad interactions are working and which should be swapped out.
The re-education process is not limited to video pre-roll (or Facebook video marketing). At Viewbix we have seen the same problem with on-site video in the Enterprise markets. Companies invest large budgets on onsite video production, place a video prominently on their web site, but neglect to have any call to action viewable during the video view. These companies also fall into the quartile trap and measure success by completion rates rather than actions taken. We have addressed this by working with the large OVP's such as Kaltura and Brightcove and created plugins to those systems that allow for adding in video apps and calls to action for onsite video solutions to help marketers drive user engagement.
I am not playing down the importance of the Facebook reporting error. However in my opinion had marketers been looking at the correct KPI there would have been very little "real" effect. Let's look at the following campaign examples focused on driving email signups both before and after Facebook's reporting "fix".
Campaign Before Fix:
Budget: $125,000
Video Views: 25,000,000
Avg. Completion Rate: 80%
Email Signups: 50,000
Campaign After Fix:
Budget: $125,000
Video Views: 25,000,000
Avg. Completion Rate: 20%
Email Signups: 50,000
For marketers looking at completion rates the effect is devastating. However, the goal of this campaign is email signups – so if we look at the "True Success" KPI of Signup per Video View the campaign performance is identical!
Transparency is always beneficial but let's not divert attention away from the real problem – the use of wrong KPI's in measuring success. With the introduction of powerful Interactive video ads and advanced analytics we have the opportunity to change how the industry evaluates campaign effectiveness and measures "True Success"