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Today's businesses run in the virtual world. From virtual machines to chatbots to Bitcoin, physical has become last century's modus operandi. Dealing with this type of change in business even has its own buzzword – Digital Transformation. From an information technology operations point of view, this has been manifested by organizations increasingly placing applications, virtual servers, storage platforms, networks, managed services and other assets in multiple cloud environments.
Managing these virtual assets can be much more challenging than it was with traditional physical assets in your data center. Cost management and control are also vastly different than the physical asset equivalent. Challenges abound around tracking and evaluating cloud investments, managing their costs and increasing their efficiency. Managers need to track cloud spending and usage, compare costs with budgets and obtain actionable insights that help set appropriate governance policies.
The cloud computing operational expenditure (OPEX) model demands a holistic management approach capable of monitoring and taking action across a heterogeneous environment. This situation is bound to contain cloud services from multiple vendors and managed service providers. Enterprises also need to manage services from a consumption point of view. This viewpoint looks at the service from the particular application down to the specific IT service resources involved, such as storage or a database. Key goals enterprises need to strive for to be successful in this new model include:
- Obtaining ongoing visibility into true-life cloud inventory;
- Viewing current and projected costs versus industry benchmarks;
- Establishing and enforcing governance control points using financial and technical policies;
- Receiving and proactively responding to cloud cost and operational variances and deviations;
- Gaining operational advantages through advanced analytics and cognitive computing capabilities;
- Simulating changes to inventory, spend goals and operational priorities before committing;
- Managing policies through asset tagging across providers and provider services; and
- Identifying and notifying senior managers about waste and opportunities for cost savings.
Accomplishing these goals across a hybrid IT environment will also require timely, accurate and consistent information delivery to the organizations, CIO, CFO, IT Financial Controller and IT Infrastructure and Operations Managers. Ideally, this information would be delivered via a "single pane of glass" dashboard.
One path towards gaining these capabilities would be through the use of a cloud services brokerage platform like IBM® Cloud Brokerage Managed Services – Cost and Asset Management. This "plug and play" service can assist in the management of spending and assets across hybrid clouds by visualizing data that provides focus on asset performance.
Through the use of predictive analytics, it can also provide insight-based recommendations that help in the prioritization of changes according to their expected level of impact. Analytics enables an ability to recalibrate cost by comparing planned versus actual operational expenditures. The built-in cloud service provider catalog, pricing, and matching engines can also help organizations find alternative providers more easily. Using IBM Watson® cognitive capabilities, IBM Cloud Brokerage Managed Services – Cost and Asset Management will also highlight cloud best practices and expected results based on IBM's rich knowledge base of cross-industry cloud transition experience.
Operating a business from a virtual IT platform is different. That is why advanced cost and asset management skills, capabilities and tools are needed. According to Gartner, more than US$1 trillion in IT spending will be directly or indirectly affected by the shift to cloud during the next five years. This makes cloud computing one of the most disruptive forces of IT spending since the early days of the digital age. You and your organization can be ready for these tectonic changes by implementing the straightforward five-step process supported by IBM Cloud Service Brokerage capabilities:
- Establish governance thresholds and policies for services;
- Connect the advanced management platform across all cloud service accounts;
- Track the costs of the services, including recurring and usage-based costs;
- Enforce compliance on the costs and asset usage using the purpose-built cost analytics engines; and
- Simulate and optimize the control and compliance actions and better control your costs.
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Many of us think we are supposed to naturally experience happiness: as long as we aren't in the midst of great tragedy or hardship, we should feel good. But that is not how it works. What happens naturally is that we receive a roadmap to those feelings–a totally unique, customized map–to our own joy. We have to recognize that we have the map. We have to read it. We have to follow its directions.
Most of us don't do this. We have turned away from our own real lives. There are many reasons for this:
· We don't know what we really want. We've never had the chance to really figure that out, or what we do know is so clouded by fears and negative thoughts we can't see it clearly.
· We don't want to miss out on the payoffs—financial wins, social prestige, emotional comfort—of taking a conventional path. Other people may have discouraged us from living our authentic passions and loves. We desire approval and admiration from family, friends, and colleagues. We like fitting in, living a life validated by others. We are unwilling to rock the boat.
· Our own internal critics are in the way. There is an inner voice telling us that the path we've dreamt of is unrealistic, silly, doomed for failure. We think we aren't good enough, it's too late, or it's not possible given the practical constraints of our lives.
· We convince ourselves we have to choose between practical needs and financial security "versus" expressing ourselves. We make up the story that there is a conflict between responsibilities or even values — such as caring for our families- and living the lives we desire.
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About three years ago, at the end of my very first coaching session with my own first coach, when I was in that place of longing and confusion, when I was living a life that was not my own right path, a question arose from deep inside my gut, and it sounded so odd to me at the time that I was almost too embarrassed and puzzled to ask it.
"Why does my heart need support to follow my heart?" I asked. The truth struck me as so strange, and sad: there were things in my life I had wanted, and other things I had wanted to reject, but along the way, my heart hadn't had the courage to follow itself. How odd, I thought, that it was so hard for my heart to simply follow itself, to not stop itself.
"That is a wonderful question," my coach replied. "Think about it this week, let your mind work on it as you go about your life. Recognize that this is the question that brought you to coaching."
"Why does my heart need support to follow my heart?" I thought about the question for much longer than a week. I am still thinking about it: What gets in the way of us following our hearts—of pursuing our most real, juicy, meaningful lives?
Support for the heart comes from the inside and the outside. It's a minute to minute and a lifelong project. It involves strengthening muscles, and repairing wounds. It requires swift emergency calls as well as slow, sustained friendship. It takes discovery and experimentation to find and understand who we really are. It takes the development of skills to manage fear and maintain focus and inspiration. It requires careful consideration of the kind of support and structures that will set one up for success- and efforts to put them in place.
I was struck with the why question, but perhaps the what question is more important: What does your heart need to follow itself? What does it need from you, from your mind, your will? What does it need in lifestyle, environment, relationship? What does it need permission for? You know. Just trust the answers.
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Hi Tara.
Thank you for this question, "why does my heart need support to follow my heart?" I am stunned by how hard this question hit me. I am an emotional wreck right now! I keep waiting for someone to give me the go-ahead, pursue, run with it. But I don't because of fear and a whole bunch of yucky feelings that I know all too well. I am going to ponder this question and see what comes up. Thank you.[]
Hi Tara,
I think it is because we are all connected. I often get supported from an unexpected direction. And am happy to "pay it forward".
As human beings we are social. The challenge is to follow your heart. The grace is supporting each other in unexpected ways.[]
wow…you must have been in my thoughts. This is exactly what I've been pondering on, especially the inner critic part. The dreams Ive had all my life, Ive often aborted because of my own self doubt, others saying negative things to me, etc. Im learning day by day to silence my own self critic and push through to live and have the life I've always desired.[]
Certainly fear plays a big role in stopping me from following my heart, fear that goes way back to old rejections, criticism, etc. What I found deeper than that was a shocked feeling of my new-born self leaving a realm of pure Love to find myself in a world where Love is mostly hidden, compromised, or conditional. Which made it hard to trust – anything or anyone. Does that ring a bell for anyone else?
With a lot of inner work, I'm getting brave enough to follow my heart most of the time these days.[]
Hi Tara,
So many people say "follow your heart." Then another group tells you to not follow your heart, because it can deceive you. Which do you think is true? I struggle with this because I have experienced both. What if it's more about the mind?[]
This is an EXCELLENT question! It's strange that we need support (or even permission) to follow our hearts…. (That I need permission to follow my heart– WOW!)
I think it is because I identify so much with the thoughts of my brain (which I have been trained to follow for my whole life), and much less so with the feelings of my heart (which I have only learned to even hear again in the past 5 or so years).
I am just now working on leading with the heart in a world that rewards leading with the head.
It's scary, but exhilarating.
I wrote about my process on my blog. Here's the post:
Thanks for this great question!
Hi Tara
Love your blog. I always believe the heart needs support. I always follow my dreams often surprising people around me. However in order to follow your heart you must support the vision, have a really long bucket list and have support of your partner or friends. I have had many people admire what I've done and wished they "could do" things that I do, I can only achieve these things because I really want to do these things and the people around me support me. I dont have people in my life who dont support my dreams![]


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Server farm or cluster
One box is a celeron 1.4ghz one is a dual pIII 800mhx each and the other is a amd x 500 mhz
Iv been reading up on using multiple computer in a network to act as one computer for super processing power.
I want to set this up and see, using tovid to encode and burn a dvd if using three computers as one will actually speed up the encoding process.
There are also someother things that Im looking into test. One would be using all the computers as a fast processor to act as a webserver that never lags and the other is to try to find a way to link all the computer together to act as one webserver. As sites get added and the disk space on all the computers fill up, i just add another computer and its processor and hard disks become part of the large computer and can be used.
Im reading up as much as possible on this but some help from people who have done this before would be awesome.
Does anybody know if what i want to do requires a special distro or program. Right now im running centos 4.4 final on all three machines because of cent's security and reliablity.
Any help on the tasks would be appriciated.
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This question has been asked before on here, but if anyone's tried this, they've not reported back yet as to their success. Clustering is something that I have a passing interest in - I've got lots of cpu power in my cellar, and it would be nice to have everything chugging as a single entity rather than seperate machines.
Read up on it and dont be afraid to ask questions here; I'd be very interested in how you get on.Linux user #126863 - see http://linuxcounter.net/
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Virtual Iron 2.x
Virtual Iron (www.virtualiron.com) used to do this. Then they decided to switch directions and go the Xen route (not that that was a bad idea).
However, they required high speed low latency interconnect.
It is a really cool way of doing it, and the demo I saw last year (or two) was really impressive. But, as I said they moved away from this. Although I know it was incorporated into the SLES9 SP3 distribution (the kernel modules at least), so there may be some hope.
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The Medicine Path (Famous in Mongolia and Lost in Tierra del Fuego)is the culmination of a 35 year spiritual search. At the age of twenty, Michael chose to follow music as a spiritual practice rather than a profession. During ten years of travel, he sought to understand and connect with the source of great music and musicians, as well as to understand the spiritual and cultural evolution of his western heritage. This took him through Europe, Africa, Mexico and the United States, always looking to find musicians with a similar approach. In the early 90's, after over twenty years or playing, Michael encountered the Amazonian healing ceremonies and their sacred chants, and was profoundly moved by the deep connection with the spirits of nature that he had known growing up in the remote forests of coastal British Columbia. Shortly after, he wrote his first composition (Earthgate - the opening track on Famous in Mongolia ), and G for Goddess. He sensed he had moved ahead musically. He played with no further advancement until the fall of 2004. Two weeks before participating in his second Amazonian healing ceremony, the music began to flow again. Thus, after 33 years of playing and composing only two songs, the rest of the music on The Medicine Path began to arrive, and did not stop until the spring of 2006. During this period, working with the Shipibo master healer Guillermo Arevalo, Michael experienced a complete disintegration of his previous approach to music. "I feel as if I started in the mountains and followed the tributaries through the valleys long and far enough, and then one day finally reached the sea. In front of me was the same sight that had inspired all my musical heroes." This experience led to the decision to record the music and begin playing it publicly.


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Goal against the Sabres ends 27-game drought
For weeks nothing on the ice was working. So Capitals forward Jason Chimera tried to come up with some other ways to change his luck.
Should he drive backward down the highway? That just seemed dangerous. He thought about lighting some incense, and as his streak of games without a goal grew, his teammates did exactly that for him. They even stashed a replica of the character Jobu in his locker -- a small religious statue that plays a slump-busting role in the cult movie classic "Major League."
In the end, it's unlikely any superstitions had a hand in Chimera's first goal of the season Sunday night against the Buffalo Sabres. He charged off the bench on a line change, and teammate Troy Brouwer, waiting patiently behind the net, threaded a perfect pass into the slot, and Chimera knocked it home.
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Thus ended a career-worst 27-game goal drought -- though coach Adam Oates had said repeatedly in recent days that Chimera was playing the game correctly. His speed and physicality were there, and he had one good chance after another. Oates gave his veteran winger chances to break through.
"It reassures you. You're doing some stuff well, and for whatever reason, it hasn't been for lack of trying," Chimera said. "Hasn't been for a lack of shooting, that's for sure. I was just snakebitten a bit. Maybe that's an understatement. [Oates] comes to you and says, 'You're playing well. It's going to go in. Keep it up.'?"
Indeed, the two met Sunday, and that was the message. The Caps had fun with their teammate, too. Early ribbing dropped off when Chimera's drought worsened. He has a lively sense of humor but also a temper, so no one wanted to pile on. But after Chimera scored, teammate Mike Ribeiro made a show of fishing the puck out of the net as players do when rookies score their first NHL goal.
"A little bit harder at the beginning of the year because [Chimera] had success last year," Oates said. "The game's not that easy. Maybe he thought that it's just gonna continue that way. And we all got off to a lousy start. It was just good to see that he's turned it around. For me, like I said all along, production doesn't matter. He needs to play good hockey, and he's doing that."
Chimera has one goal and eight assists heading into Tuesday's game with the Pittsburgh Penguins. It is another make-or-break week for Washington (12-15-1, 25 points), which is seven points out of the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference with 20 games remaining.
The Caps also are seven points behind the first-place Carolina Hurricanes (15-11-2, 32 points) in the Southeast Division race. The only positive there? This four-game road trip continues with rare back-to-back contests in Winnipeg (15-12-2, 32 points) on Thursday and Friday. The opportunity to make up ground is there, if dwindling.
Washington has lost to the Penguins twice already this season -- 6-3 on Feb. 3 at Verizon Center and 5-2 on Feb. 7 at Consol Energy Center. Pittsburgh (22-8-0, 44 points) has won nine consecutive games and leads the Eastern Conference.


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Hertz Global Holdings (NYSE: HTZ) today announced that it has extended the expiration date of its previously announced cash tender offer to purchase all outstanding shares of common stock of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group (NYSE: DTG) for $87.50 per share. The tender offer is now scheduled to expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on November 16, 2012, unless further extended in accordance with the merger agreement and the applicable rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). The tender offer was previously scheduled to expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on November 5, 2012.
Except for the extension of the tender offer expiration date, all other terms and conditions of the tender offer remain unchanged. The depositary for the tender offer has advised Hertz that, as of the close of business on November 2, 2012, approximately 8,939,401 shares of Dollar Thrifty common stock have been tendered into and not withdrawn from the tender offer (which includes shares subject to guaranteed delivery procedures).
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Neo-Catholic Quislings
by Christopher A. Ferrara
Dr. Thomas E. Woods and I have written a book, The Great Façade, which analyzes a phenomenon that is rightly called neo-Catholicism. The New Catholics who practice this new strain of Catholicism are distinguished by their seemingly inexhaustible willingness to defend, in the name of "obedience," every destructive innovation of the past 40 years, merely because some level of ecclesiastical authority has approved it.
One of the premier neo-Catholic organizations is Catholics United for the Faith (CUF), which can always be counted on to tout "obedience" to the latest liberal innovation of the North American hierarchy. And now, believe it or not, CUF is telling Catholics that they must stand to receive Holy Communion because the liberal North American bishops wish it so. In an article ludicrously entitled "Standing Up for the Church," CUF President Leon Suprenant, Jr. notes that "the long-standing tradition in the Western Church was to receive Communion kneeling." Longstanding? Try 2,000 years, Leon! But now, says Suprenant, the Vatican, in its General Instruction on the Roman Missal (GIRM), has approved an "adaptation" in North America by which the bishops "specify that the norm for reception of Holy Communion in the dioceses of the United States is standing."
While Suprenant acknowledges that the Vatican has said that no one may be forced to stand if one prefers to continue the Churchs traditional practice, he also claims "This doesnt let the faithful off the hook ." Oh no, no, no. For you see, our marvelous North American bishops have spoken, and they would have us stand to receive Our Lord. As Suprenant puts it: "The bishops, then, were left with choosing among two legitimate ways of physically expressing reverence during Communion and selected one of them. The Church desires uniformity in bodily gestures and posture as a sign of unity among members of Christs body." Uniformity? Is he kidding? The New Mass is a hopeless hodgepodge of disunity already, including Communion in the hand or on the tongue, under one kind or both kinds, and so on. The Mass can vary from diocese to diocese, and even parish to parish, depending on which "options" the priest chooses to employ.
But Suprenant doesnt seem to notice this situation. In true neo-Catholic fashion he declares: "Off your knees and on your feet, citizen! Kneeling must cease immediately!" Even more bizarre, Suprenant claims that we must now stand in the presence of God in the Blessed Sacrament because "if Simon (Peter) says stand, we stand. If Simon (Peter) says kneel, we kneel." And if Simon (Peter) says wear a propeller beanie to Mass, then we must wear propeller beanies.
Of course, Simon Peter has said nothing of the kind. The Vatican has said, on the contrary, that no Catholic may be required to stand to receive Holy Communion. But Suprenant and CUF are so eager to truckle to the latest innovation that they confuse Peter with the North American bishops, and they interpret the Vaticans weakness in allowing kneeling to be reduced to a mere option as an order to cease kneeling.
The term "quisling" is derived from the name of Vidkun Quisling, the head of Norways government, who sided with the Nazis during the German occupation of Norway from 1940-1945 in the wrongheaded belief that this would be best for Norways common good. Today "quisling" connotes one who serves as the misguided puppet of an occupying force.
In this case, Suprenant and CUF, in the name of a false obedience, serve as the puppets of the liturgical Nazis who have occupied the seats of episcopal authority since Vatican II. These liturgical Nazis have presided over the destruction of the traditional Roman liturgy throughout North America, not to mention ecclesial scandal and dissolution on a vast scale. And the legacy of the quislings who have collaborated with this occupying army of Church-wreckers will be the same as that of Vidkun Quisling himself: a legacy of shame.


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IMHO This is one of the only "good" things in this plan.
It was insanity to reduce the revenue to a program that was already circling the drain and call it a "tax Cut"
America proves [daily] that there will be no complaints.
Regardless of what our pols do, our taxes go up every month by 85 billion, when ben bernanke buys treasuries. Every dollar in your pocket has been devalued, everything costs more, this is a hidden tax amounting to 1 trillion dollars a year!
I await, most likely in vain, the day when they notice that those Bush "tax cuts for the rich" are the same tax cuts they're now reporting benefit the middle class. I guess cognitive dissonance is bred out in J school these days.
If you hear liberals complaining about their pay dropping by 2%, point out that obama could have cut the middle class taxes by an extra 2% to make up for it.
Smaller paychecks...woo-hoo!
This tax revison should have been made permanent as well!!!!!
That WASN'T a "tax cut".
They were just taking away from Socialist Security, causing it to become insolvent much sooner.
I just got hit. FICA. Plus my wonderful CA taxes.
Gotta love that I am now missing about $160 more every month. (From what I can figure out on our pay statements.... I might be wrong and it is more...) Of course this is on top of my "through the roof" taxes the fine government already takes.
Robbery, pure and simple.


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Pike - Ted Hughes
The life cycle begins with birth
"Pike, three inches long, perfect
Pike in all parts..."
"Killers from the egg..."
Visual imagery
"green tigering the gold"
Pike in motion
"stunned by their own grandeur"
The plosive alliteration begins Hughes' apotheosis of the pike.
As predators, they look dangerous from birth.
"the malevolent aged grin"
They dance on the surface among the flies.
Hughes uses the neologised verb 'tigering' to describe the young pike's appearance. Why?
Can fish grin?
Can fish dance?
This is a careful observation about young pike - older pike swim in the deep. Hughes is clearly an enthusiast. He begins to describe their habitat, too.
"Or move.../
Over a bed of emerald, silhouette
Of submarine delicacy and horror."
The pike is camouflaged
and can be difficult to
see from above.
Suggests stealth?
The pike is considered a prize
fish for its mild taste and flaky
texture in some countries...
...but it is also respected as a
dangerous fish to go after.
Hughes continues to describe the pike as a majestic fish. 'Grandeur' also suggests it has a significant place within the world it inhabits.
By describing the pike as 'stunned', he seems to be guessing a reason for the pike's sudden movements - as when a pike quickly changes direction or darts away for no apparent reason.
The 'grandeur' of the fish in its 'emerald' world makes the fish sound almost regal.
"A hundred feet long in their world."
Hughes also uses hyperbole to emphasise the position of the pike in the hierarchy of their environment.
Biology question: what position does the pike hold in the food web of a lake or pond?
The pike in its habitat
"In ponds, under the heat-struck lily pads -
Gloom of their stillness:
Logged on last year's black leaves, watching upwards.
Or hung in an amber cavern of weeds..."
[Pike] undergo a form of foraging known as sit-and-wait. Unlike species such as perch, pikes will undergo bursts of energy instead of actively chasing down prey. They prefer a tree structure habitat.
Here, the liquid alliteration is used to evoke the slimy, shady underwater surroundings of the pike's favoured dwelling.
But Hughes even finds this place beautiful, using another precious gemstone to describe its colour. (As with emerald.) And the assonance of 'amber cavern' provides more phonetic excitement...
"The jaws' hooked clamp and fangs
Not to be changed at this date"
A born killer
"A life subdued to its instrument"
Leading a boring life, despite its impressive weapon, the pike is designed only to kill but does so infrequently.
"The gills kneading quietly, and the pectorals."
Mostly, the pike's activity is limited to breathing and floating. There is a sadness to the tone of this description, as though Hughes feels its great power is underused.
"Three we kept behind glass,
Jungled in weed: three inches, four,
And four and a half: red fry to them -
Suddenly there were two."
Pet pike
"Finally one..."
We see in pikes that there is a fairly high young mortality rate. This occurs from cannibalism when food is short. Cannibalism is more prevalent in such conditions as the upcoming pike will not reach a size that deters the larger pike to back off. Cannibalism is likely to arise in low growth and low food conditions. Aggressiveness also arises from a need of space. We see that young pikes have a tendency to have their food robbed by larger pikes.. The reason why pikes are aggressive if not given enough space is because pikes are territorial species.
A hint of the danger to come...
"With a sag belly and the grin it was born with.
And indeed they spare nobody."
Two, six pounds each, over two feet long
High and dry and dead in the willow-herb –
One jammed past its gills down the other's gullet:
The outside eye stared
'Your eyes are bigger than your belly'
"as a vice locks"
The simile is used to show the power of the pike's bite.
The same iron in this eye
Though its film shrank in death.
The metaphor "iron in his eye" shows that the pike has a fixed intent and is not put off by fish too big for it to swallow; it will even die for its kill.
"A pond I fished, fifty yards across,
Whose lilies and muscular tench
Had outlasted every visible stone
Of the monastery that planted them –
Stilled legendary depth"
Hughes draws upon a personal memory to convey his long relationship with the pike. He makes it sound as though the fish is almost mythical, being older than the monastery, almost 'legendary'.
"It was as deep as England."
The hyperbole here is used by Hughes to turn a personal memory into a national mythology - as though the pike is an important figure in English history.
"It held
Pike too immense to stir, so immense and old..."
Hughes continues to describe the pike as a figure from mythology. Them lake, he says, holds huge, old pike. He uses further hyperbole, writing that they are 'too immense to stir' to develop the myth he has created.
"...so immense and old
That past nightfall I dared not cast
But silently cast and fished
With the hair frozen on my head"
The mythological power and size is used to make the fear that Hughes remembers seem justified. The tone of awe and sense of suspense create an excitement, as Hughes felt as a fisherman.
Having made the pike seem dangerous at the start of the poem and created a myth of its size and power, he makes us sympathise with his feelings in his memory.
The repetitious 'I dared not cast/ But silently cast' creates a sense of Hughes' fear.
"For what might move, for what eye might move."
Hughes uses repetition again to create suspense.
Hughes concludes with a series of aural images, using them to show the vividness of his memory. The sounds seem to stand out more because of - or are 'freed by' - the darkness of the surroundings.
"The still splashes on the dark pond,
Owls hushing the floating woods
Frail on my ear against the dream
Darkness beneath night's darkness had freed"
A metaphor that describes the scene at night as the horizon between pond and woods is blurred.
This oxymoron is used to give a sense of the unsettling calm of small sounds in the darkness.
"That rose slowly toward me, watching."
The pike has danced on the surface, hidden in weeds and sunk to the bottom; now it rises in the darkness.
By noting that the pike is 'watching' Hughes reminds us that the pike is a predator.
He ends with more suspense as the outcome of the narrative section is uncertain. The present tense verb 'watching' that concludes the poem leaves us wondering what will happen.
Probably not this:
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Pike - Ted Hughes
Analysis of the poem from the IGCSE Literature syllabus
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Lowe's and Woolworths, which plan to open 150 Australian home improvement stores in a joint venture, have announced a name and the location of the first unit this week. The first "Masters" store will open in September or October at Braybrook in Melbourne with a 13,500-sq.-meter outlet. It will contain a separate trade-only area dedicated to the building and professional industries.
"In years to come we believe this brand will become a very familiar one for Australian DIYers, so it was important to choose a strong and simple name that will stand the test of time," said Masters CEO Don Stallings, who formerly served as president of Lowe's Canada. "Masters represents trust, knowledge and expertise -- all the qualities we plan to offer to our future customers."
The Masters brand was developed by Australia's brand identity consultancy Hulsbosch, which also lead the rebranding effort at Woolworths, a large supermarket chain that is Lowe's partner in the new home improvement venture.
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Lots of Wrestling Modes
Easy to pick up
Good multiplayer
Not all of the wrestler models look good
Poor sound effects/music
Shallow CAW mode
WWE Wrestlemania X8 is another in the long line of
wrestling games based on the popular entertainment series.
This time around, Yuke's (Smackdown
3) has promised a mix between Smackdown and No
Mercy (still popular from the N64 days). Unfortunately,
this game has very little in common with No Mercy and
is mostly an improved Smackdown. With tons of match
options, the player can choose to wrestle in exhibition, wrestle
in a series of matches for a Championship Belt or even create
their own wrestler. There are a lot of wrestlers and belts
to unlock.
Graphics: Wrestlemania X8, for the most part, looks
good. The arenas are well done, even with the 2D cardboard
cut-out fans, and the wrestler intros are well done. Animations
for the most part are pretty good. There are some jerky and
stiff animations here and there. The wrestlers look close
to their real-life representations. Oddly enough, though,
some of the facial models look nothing like the actual wrestlers.
Audio: Weak. Seriously weak. While the game does have
some of the character's intro music, some of the tracks are
wrong or old. It almost seems like Yuke's either couldn't
get the rights to the correct tracks or was just too lazy.
Even worse is that all of the music sounds like it was recorded
inside a tin can. And, then there's the music during matches,
which sounds like it should be featured on The Price is Right.
Sound effects are adequate but forgettable.
Controls: The controls seem fairly easy to pick up,
but once you realize that certain moves require hitting multiple
buttons at the same time, you may be cursing the GameCube
controller. Or Yuke's. There is a reversal system in the game,
but it requires such precise timing that it may feel worthless
to all except dedicated players. Basic fighting is fairly
easy to do and you don't even need to be an expert at the
controls to win.
Create-A-Wrestler Mode: Yawn. Yeah, you can create
a wrestler, but don't expect a huge array of choices. While
not the worst CAW mode to date, it's still fairly shallow
and will leave those who want to customize to the nth degree
desiring more.
WWE Wrestlemania X8 is not a bad game. In fact, it's
a decent wrestler that has some weak areas, namely the audio
and CAW mode. The "career" mode has no story elements
to it, but considering how poorly that worked for Smackdown
3, I think this is a good thing. The controls can be learned
and there is some fun in multiplayer matches. Single player
matches can be fun, except when getting into multi-opponent
matches, where the computer decides that you're always the
odd-man out. You'll be screaming for blood when it's you versus
three opponents. WWE Wrestlemania X8 is enough to hold
wrestling fans over, but it won't go down as the best wrestler
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- Free WiFi
Main amenities
- 60 smoke-free apartments
- In-room DVD players
- Lift
- Family friendly
- Private bathrooms
- Kitchens
- Bathtubs or showers
- Free toiletries
- Weekly housekeeping
- Flat-screen TVs
- Cable/satellite TV channels
- In-room refrigerators
- Free WiFi
Feel at home
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- Kitchen
- Microwave
- Refrigerator
- Private bathroom
What's around
- In Wiedikon
- Bahnhofstrasse
- Fraumuenster
- Swiss National Museum
- Kunsthaus Zurich
- SIX Swiss Exchange
- Enge Church
- Haus Konstruktiv
- Helvetia Square
- Ethnographic Museum at the University of Zurich
- Museum Baerengasse
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- This hotel has 60 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 4 floors
- Check-in time starts at 2 PM
- Check-out time is 11 AM
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- Pets allowed (dogs and cats only) *
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- Free WiFi in public areas
- Free WiFi in rooms
- No parking
Other information
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- Elevator/lift
In the room
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- Kunsthaus Zurich
- SIX Swiss Exchange
- Enge Church
- Haus Konstruktiv
Getting around
- Zurich (ZRH) 17-min drive
- Zurich Enge Station 14-min walk
- Zurich Central Station 30-min walk
- Zurich Altstetten Station 11-min drive
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How do you write about a place you haven't been to for ages?
The consensus is that fresh memories, like fresh ingredients, are best for blogging. I often find myself writing effortlessly about a meal I just finish or an event from which I just depart, when the details have yet to sneak out the back door. If I wait two weeks, the tastes are still there, the ambiance is still there, but the minute corner-of-the-eye observations are gone. If I wait a month, expectations creep in to fill the fuzzy spots: I write what I think should be true as pictures trigger the taste buds, but reality can certainly outplay expectation anytime. When I wait a year, even the ambiance is nothing but a flimsy strain of smoke. Notes may take care of facts, but when memory fades, so does the flow to glue the facts together into a comprehensible piece. I'm now in such affair with Cenare.
I remember Cenare as the cozy white-table-clothed Italian restaurant with affordable under-fifteen-dollar plates where I had my twenty-first birthday dinner. I remember that they didn't mind pulling together extra chairs when we had more guests than we reserved. There were salads for my vegetarian friends, pizzas and calzones for those who don't mind getting their hands oily, chickens for my Hindu friends, red meats for those like me, all in portions big enough for twenty-year-old boys.
I also remember Cenare as the crowded yet orderly place where I had my graduation dinner. With plenty of parking, less than ten minutes away from campus and no turns, Cenare offers nothing but convenience for the non-locals visiting their kids in caps and gowns. They had a special graduation menu condensed with the best pastas, meat and seafood for the occasion. There were plenty of fresh crisp bread to appease the hunger, wine and coffee to keep the conversations warm, crème caramel, triple chocolate silk cake, and tiramisu to reward us after the long drive and many hours of sitting.
So even if I can't remember the exact tastes of the tortellini, the lobster ravioli, the fish, the chicken, the lasagna, the decor on a quiet late winter evening and a hectic early summer afternoon, it doesn't really matter as long as I remember my friends and families who dined there and enjoyed it with me. It was a good restaurant because I was in good company.
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The staff of ORT at Bamako, Mali, has received the United States Meritorious Honor Award for its technical assistance in the West African country under a contract from Agency for International Development, it was reported here today.
The award was given to the ORT staff at Bamako by the United States Ambassador there, S. E. Handly, citing the group for "unusual effectiveness and unusual initiative despite handicaps" in the conduct of the country's first science center and advanced technical school.
Along with the citation, Ambassador Handly informed ORT that it has had its AID contract renewed until 1967 by the agency, which has its headquarters in Washington. ORT's Bamako school has graduated 16 future instructors who, under the renewed contract, will now be sent to the Central Ort Institute in Switzerland for further advanced training.
At the Swiss school conducted by ORT, the students from Mali will be joined by others trained by ORT at Conakry, Guinea, also under an AID contract. Both African ORT projects are now in their third year. The Mali and Guinea courses conducted by ORT are training instructors in refrigeration, diesel engines, electrical mechanics, secretarial skills and drafting.


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On our first private jet journey, we travel east across the Pacific via Tahiti and Easter Island to Buenos Aires. Sink into your seat and allow our inflight crew to pamper you with the finest food and beverages. After crossing the international dateline, it is early evening when our private jet lands in busy Buenos Aires. Our introduction to the city is a luxurious Belle Époque hotel, the Alvear Palace, which we will call home for three nights. It is located in the exclusive Recoleta neighbourhood, where elegant boulevards and leafy parks lend a Parisian air.
We enjoy a leisurely dinner and a quiet night in anticipation of tomorrow's explorations.
Buenos Aires is an assortment of many different neighbourhoods, each offering a different aspect of the city. Today, we drop in at its most iconic ones for an overview of BA, as the locals call it.
After breakfast, take a morning stroll through the Recoleta neighbourhood. At midday, we have a quintessential Argentinian lunch at a traditional steakhouse offering the country's famous pampas-fed beef.
In the afternoon, we visit the Plaza de Mayo, Casa Rosada, the Teatro Colón opera house, Recoleta Cemetery and La Boca, a working class district, which once housed Italian immigrants. The immigrants livened up the district by painting their houses in bright colours, a custom that continues today. It was here that the tango evolved, and, as we walk through the district, we will come across many dancers performing in the streets.
This evening, we celebrate the dance in its most spectacular form with dinner and a live show at Rojo Tango, an intimate cabaret room where the dancers weave through the audience's tables. As if we need more reason to look forward to this, Rojo Tango is located in the Hotel Faena, designed by Philippe Starck.
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After lunch, pick from these Your World experiences that will enhance your visit.
We continue on our private jet to Rio de Janeiro, enjoying dinner on board before landing.
Our flight from Iguassu Falls lands in Rio de Janeiro in the evening, where you are whisked directly to the Belmond Copacabana Palace for a well-deserved rest.
We start our first full day in the city with a tour of the sights that are quintessentially Rio. We visit Corcovado Mountain to see the statue of Christ the Redeemer up close. Our next stops are the legendary beaches of Copacabana and Ipanema, and then, the Metropolitan Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro, built in 1964 but styled after a Maya pyramid.
At lunch, we savour the delights of an authentic churrascaria, Fogo de Chão, where the meat is slowly roasted over a fire to succulent perfection, according to Southern Brazilian tradition.
The afternoon, relax and prepare for tonight's gala dinner and Carnival-style samba show at Das Canoas House, a splendid example of modern architecture. For fans of the architect, Oscar Niemeyer, it is indeed a treat to be inside the home he built for his family.
Today is set aside for you to design as you choose, with many Your World experiences to select from.
In the late afternoon, we gather to share stories of our day over caipirinhas, then take in sweeping views of the city from a helicopter, before landing at Sugarloaf Mountain, another of Rio's favourite vantage points.
This evening, you are free to choose where to dine. Select from a list of Rio's best restaurants - including Baby Beef Barra, Rubaiyat, the Hotel Cipriani Restaurant, or the Michelin-starred MEE.
After breakfast, our flight leaves for Cuba. We have lunch and dinner on board before arriving in Havana. We check in to the recently renovated Kempinski Manzana de Gómez for the next three nights.
We acquaint ourselves with the city through a guided walking tour, taking in the Plaza de Armas and Old Havana. The city's crumbling grandeur presents itself, an echo of the days when it grew rich as a port for Spanish galleons carrying treasures from the Americas. We stop in at the opulent Captain General's Palace and some of Ernest Hemingway's old haunts, before having lunch at a local restaurant.
The afternoon is left free for exploration on your own. Or, if you wish, select from these Your World experiences.
This evening, we dine at Café del Oriente, which, at the height of communism, was Havana's only luxury restaurant. After dinner, we invite you out to a salsa spectacular. It might be Thursday, but in Havana, every night is a weekend night. The best salsa bars change regularly, but with our finger firmly on the city's pulse, you can be sure that we'll find ourselves dancing along to the liveliest, most popular of bands.
If yesterday was dedicated to Old Havana, today, we explore some of the other districts that make up the city. We visit fortresses built to guard the port's entrance, first El Morro, and then, La Cabaña. After that, we pay a visit to Plaza de la Revolución, the square from which Fidel Castro once regularly addressed Cubans. At the Museum of the Revolution, we learn more about the revolutionary war of the 1950s.
Lunch today is at a couple of paladares, or private restaurants, one of which is the inventive Ivan Chef Gusto, set in an 18th century colonial building with eclectic interiors. The menus change regularly and feature only what's fresh in the market that day.
This afternoon, Your World experiences from yesterday are once again made available. We encourage you to select one of the experiences you missed, or alternatively, explore the city on your own terms.
With the advent of economic reform, chefs all over Havana are free to open paladares of their own. This explosion of choice is to our benefit. Tonight, you are free to select from a carefully curated list of Havana's most delicious and atmospheric paladares.
After lunch on a short flight, we arrive in Panama City with the afternoon to spare. Choose from these Your World experiences.
Our residence in Panama is the American Trade Hotel, located in a restored landmark building in the Old Quarter. A stroll down the street will reveal a district undergoing a renaissance. Elegant old buildings, some restored, others still waiting to be, line cobblestone streets. Hawkers and high society are equally represented, lending an electric vibrancy to the quarter.
This evening, choose from the delectable offerings of three handpicked restaurants.
Today is reserved for full immersion in the engineering wonder that is the Panama Canal. Unlike a typical traveller who will only observe it from land, we will board a private cruising boat, transit the canal and experience the locks first hand.
At Gatún Lake, 26 metres above sea level and the highest point on the canal, our boat picks us up and proceeds through the Culebra Cut, the narrowest portion of the canal. We pass through the Pedro Miguel Locks, which lowers our boat 18 metres so that it can enter Miraflores Lake. We then go through the Miraflores Locks and dock at the Port of Balboa.
A special private dinner awaits you this evening. Trained at both Attica in Melbourne and the Icebergs Dining Room in Sydney, Chef José Carles of Donde José has returned to Panama and gone on to apply the techniques he's learnt. Tonight, he presents eight elegant courses that, together, tell Panama's culinary story. Our venue is the distinctive Biomuseo, designed by Frank Gehry. Located on the Amador Causeway, we enjoy panoramic views of the ocean and cargo ships entering the canal.
This morning, our jet takes us to Guayaquil where we board a local flight to Baltra Island in the Galápagos. Here, we leave the plane behind and board our expedition ship, M/V Galápagos Legend, headed for our first wildlife encounter. Upon landing at Santa Cruz Island, we visit a natural reserve for the archipelago's famous giant tortoises. These majestic creatures live up to 200 years and often weigh close to 300 kilograms. You can also choose to walk inside amazing, cavernous lava tubes. We follow this with a visit to pit craters, where the surface has collapsed and 'sunken forests' have grown.
We sail to Santiago Island, landing on Puerto Egas, a black volcanic sand beach visited by Darwin in 1835. The shore is ringed by eroded rock formations that have become home to an abundance of wildlife species. Among them, marine iguanas, starfish and the bizarre yellow-crowned night heron. Don't forget to comb the tide pools for Sally Lightfoot crabs and watch out for fur seals, who love frolicking in the cool waters.
After lunch on our ship, we head to Bartolomé Island, named after Sir Bartholomew Sulivan, a naturalist and lieutenant aboard HMS Beagle, and also Charles Darwin's lifelong friend. While only 1.2 square kilometres, it offers some of the most breathtaking moon-like landscapes in the archipelago. Here, we will challenge ourselves with a hike to the summit of the island, encountering great views of the surrounding islands, including the sharp blade of Pinnacle Rock. This island is also home to blue-footed boobies and lava lizards.
We linger for a while, enjoying the beach and taking the opportunity to snorkel, where you might find yourself swimming amongst Galápagos penguins, sea turtles, white-tipped reef sharks and countless colourful fish.
By now, we have fallen into the daily rhythms of an explorer. We start the day in a part of Santa Cruz Island that we have not visited yet. We walk past a brackish lagoon where flamingo often go to feed, then up Dragon Hill, a nesting ground for endemic land iguanas. The surrounding forest is inhabited by mockingbirds, Darwin's finches, yellow warblers and Galápagos doves.
As usual, we head back to the ship for lunch and to compare stories. After that, we sail to North Seymour Island, where large colonies of blue-footed boobies, great frigatebirds with crimson throat sacs and swallow-tailed gulls go about their day. It is always lively, noisy and full of fanfare here. You are likely to encounter sea lions and occasionally, a Galápagos snake.
A private flight takes us directly from the Galápagos to Guayaquil. There, we rejoin our private jet for the flight to Lima, where a scheduled flight takes us to Cuzco. We check in to the Belmond Hotel Monasterio, a former seminary, and our home for the next four nights. This evening, we dine in at the hotel.
Please note that Cuzco is 3,400m above sea level. If you are uncomfortable with or cannot travel to high altitudes, please seek advice from your doctor. It will be our pleasure to arrange an alternative, fully-escorted, low-altitude itinerary.
Our first full day in Cuzco begins at the city's cathedral, with art by Quechua artists of the 17th century Cuzco Painting School. After that, our Inca pilgrimage begins at the Temple of the Sun, a showcase of Inca masonry. On Hatun Rumiyoc Street, stone walls remaining from a once-grand Inca ruler's palace line the walkway with modern buildings built over them. The highlight is a particular stone, hand cut with 12 separate angles, a bewilderingly high level of skill.
We adjourn for lunch at our hotel before leaving on an exploration of Sacsayhuaman, a hilltop fortress overlooking Cuzco. Like Machu Picchu, it was built of stone blocks, but of ones far bigger. We continue on to the Kenko Temple, a wak'a, or holy place, believed to be where sacrifices and mummification were conducted. Our last stop is the red fortress of Tambomachay.
This evening, dine at one of Cuzco's best and most inventive restaurants. These are some of our favourites.
Today, we dedicate ourselves to the astonishing Machu Picchu. As is convention, we travel there in style, on the luxurious Belmond Hiram Bingham train.
Each stone within these classical Inca buildings was cut by hand and fit perfectly with adjoining stones, no mortar needed or used. The structures were designed to withstand earthquakes, with stabilising features such as trapezoidal windows, narrowing from bottom to top.
The energetic amongst us have the option of waking earlier to take the Vistadome train to Aguas Caliente. We then travel by road to Machu Picchu. The early start pays off as we clamber through the ruins before the crowds arrive, then follow a steep and uneven footpath to Huayna Picchu. While this jagged peak features in many photos, towering over Machu Picchu, it sees but a fraction of its visitors. As spaces are limited, be sure to confirm your place early.
That afternoon, we rest our legs with tea at the Belmond Sanctuary Lodge, adjacent to Machu Picchu, before returning to Cuzco on the Hiram Bingham train. We will enjoy a four-course dinner aboard the train.
We start the day with a morning tour of the Sacred Valley of the Incas. We stop in at Chinchero, which, according to myth, is the birthplace of the rainbow. Today, it is the market, featuring traditional Peruvian textiles that we are after.
At the Pre-Columbian salt mines of Maras, the evaporation ponds make for an interesting photograph. Our next stop is Moray, a rarely visited site that was once the 'agricultural laboratory of the Incas'. Natural depressions were turned into concentric terraces to test for hardy crops.
We return to Cuzco in the afternoon, where you may choose from the following Your World experiences.
Before dinner, we are treated to a private cultural performance. Following that, dine at one of these restaurants.
Hanga Roa, the only town on Easter Island, greets us when we land in the afternoon. Once we arrive, we visit the abandoned village of Orongo, a collection of stone houses perched on the lip of a volcanic caldera. On one side, the 300 metre cliff affords dizzying views of the ocean. On the other, a gentle, grassy slope leads to a freshwater crater lake.
Once we have satisfied our curiosity about the island, we check in to the architecturally-distinct Explora Rapa Nui resort, where local elders welcome us to their land with traditional singing and dancing.
This evening, we dine at the Explora's acclaimed restaurant, tantalising our taste buds with several courses featuring exotic local produce. You might find plantain and guava making appearances, along with fish caught that very morning.
We are here on Easter Island to see the moai, and there is no better time to view them than during the dramatic sunrise. This morning, you have the option of greeting the day at Ahu Tongariki, home to some of the island's tallest moai.
Later, we explore Rano Raraku, where stone for the gigantic moai was quarried. After that, we make another trip to Ahu Tongariki for those who missed it at sunrise.
Lunch is at the beach of Anakena, where the Polynesians first landed after crossing the Pacific in dugout canoes. A traditional umu lunch, made by burying fish in hot stones, lets us delve into local custom. At the same time, we feast our eyes on a traditional Polynesian show led by an elder.
Enjoy a relaxing, free afternoon before joining your fellow travellers for a farewell dinner where we contemplate our immense journey.
We leave Easter Island this morning, boarding our private jet, bound for home via Tahiti and New Zealand. Settle in to your final flight and make the most of the service on board. We cross the international dateline and land in Sydney the following day - the afternoon of the 13th of September, where we say our goodbyes. We hope to see you again on your next Captain's Choice journey.
Let's face it, travelling can be a chore, distracting you from the new and fascinating places you are in. We've moved everything mundane behind the scenes. You will never have to carry a map. Or luggage. Or small change for tips. Everything is included, accommodation, all dining and drinks, travel insurance, and sightseeing. When available, we even supply internet at your hotel. Our Valet Luggage service is also included - we pick up your luggage up and make sure that they arrive safely at your next hotel. We also provide home-to-airport-to-home transfers. And just in case, a doctor travels with us too.
Arriving in an exotic destination is one thing. But getting under its skin to reveal its true colours is something altogether different – something few of us will seldom experience. Which is why we've curated a collection of experiences, unique to every Captain's Choice journey, called Your World. Your invitation to rare and amazing things other travellers only ever dare dream of. Limited to 12 guests per group, you'll feel as though it's been designed just for you.
Every meal is a chance to discover something new and delicious, and to connect with the culture through your taste buds. You'll often be dining among locals, where the ambience, as much as the flavours, make the evening memorable. On special evenings, expect gala dinners at locations closed off exclusively for us. There is not a boring meal to be found.
Your World Hosts are made up of a Tour Manager, Doctor, Tour Hosts, English-speaking local guides and, new this year, a Concierge. For insider knowledge of your destination, there is no better person to ask. Our Concierge will make bookings for you at the best restaurants, and can tell you where to find the most authentic tango hall. Our guest to staff ratio is never more than 10:1, allowing you to savour your experience without interruptions of the pedestrian kind.
Our residences are benchmarks of luxury, usually in a central location, and more often than not, have a history to tell. You might find yourself, on one night, lulled to sleep by the gentle rocking of your vessel in the Galápagos Islands. The next, in a centuries-old seminary restyled into rooms of the most magnificent creature comforts.
Seldom can we dismiss the demands of schedules. But when we want to escape those demands, we travel by private jet. Here, the journey becomes an indulgence of the highest order, and exactly what you deserve. With your comfort paramount, we promise no overnight flights. Lounge, nap, nibble, sip and feast all-flight long. Our devoted cabin crew excels at pampering guests. When you land, you will be refreshed and ready for new adventures. While a Boeing 757 normally seats 230, your Captain's Choice 757 has been customised to provide complete comfort to just 50 privileged guests. The cabin features handmade Italian leather, all-business class seats that recline a full 180° into a lie-flat bed. You, your luggage and your shopping do not ever have to fight for space. You'll be enjoying delightful gastronomic creations – our onboard chef prides himself on delivering only the freshest and most delicious of meals. Dom Pérignon flows freely, as it should, and our bar offers premium labels, alongside a carefully curated wine list, to please the most discerning of palates.
When you travel by private jet, you'll be flying direct to cities on routes no regular airline travels, experiencing a level of service no regular airline provides. As one of only 50 guests, and with a team to take care of you, the immigration process is not yours to worry about. Whenever we can, we will fast track immigration and bypass long security and customs lines. While we take care of the formalities at departure and arrival, your only job is to anticipate the next exciting leg of your journey.
Captain's Choice travellers are remarkably easy going and friendly. But to make it easier, you will be invited to a solo travellers-only welcome reception at the start of the journey.Our naturally engaging World Hosts love to chat or share a meal, but are empathetic enough to know when you want some time alone.
Welcome to your homes away from home. Each one has a certain something that sets it apart from every other residence at its location. Whether for its history, cultural significance or natural setting, we've selected only the very best.
In the 16th century, Jesuits built a seminary on top of the foundations of a palace belonging to the last Inca emperor, Túpac Amaru. Which is why the delightful Baroque-style building features cloisters around a tranquil courtyard garden. Inside the rooms, you'll find rich wood furnishings and antique artwork.
Established in 1932, the sumptuous interior is a perfect example of the Belle Époque. Grand public areas, replete with crystal chandeliers and velvet furnishings, lead into rooms of Empire, Louis XV and Louis XVI styles. Hermès bath amenities and plush beds promise utter relaxation. Right outside, the sights of the affluent Recoleta neighbourhood are yours to explore.
For over 90 years, this Art Deco hotel has received the rich and famous. It is located on the best stretch of the famous Copacabana beach. As befitting a beachside establishment, the rooms are light and airy, with either high ceilings or extra generous floorplans. And, here, dining options include a Michelin-starred restaurant.
The grand, European-influenced Manzana de Gómez building opened in 1910 as Cuba's first indoor shopping mall. It has undergone lavish renovations to restore its former grandeur and to elevate it to the luxurious standards of a Kempinski property. It is in the heart of old Havana, opposite The Floridita, Hemingway's favourite cocktail bar.
Restoration has worked its magic on the American Trade Hotel. Located in the World Heritage-listed neighbourhood of Casco Viejo, the building once housed headquarters of various American companies, hence the name. After falling into disuse, local gangs used it as a lookout tower. In its current iteration, colourful mosaic floors, mid-century modern furniture and pure white bedding spell equatorial chic.
The Galápagos Legend has the largest open areas of all the expedition ships in the archipelago. Designed with easy access to observation decks and numerous panoramic windows, this ship is purpose-built to bring the outside in. While this ship can accommodate 90, there are just 50 of us on this journey, so everyone will be in a spacious suite.
Set high up on the south of the island, the architecturally stunning building is a low-lying organic form that spreads across the open landscape. The wood and stone guest rooms spiral off the central, circular building, blending seamlessly with the environment. All come with ocean views. And, as expected, the service is 5-star.
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It wasn't the night before Christmas, but a Bedford couple's plans for Christmas day were radically altered. They were forced to flee their home in the wee hours of the morning of Dec. 24 when their house caught fire. Fortunately, they were able to escape the rapidly progressing fire without injury.
After several years of reacting to growth, the Bedford County Public Service Authority (PSA) now will attempt to spend some time on planning, according to Brian Key, the PSA's director.
Key took over the spigot from Willie Jones at the end of last year.
Judge Philip Wallace of the Bedford Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court swore in a group of new CASA volunteers Thursday evening.
CASA stands for Court Appointed Special Advocate. These are trained volunteers who are appointed by the court to be a voice for any children affected by a case that comes through that court. Their job is to investigate the situation and provide independent factual information to the court regarding the child. This report may contain recommendations as to the child's welfare.
Two area groups and one hospital teamed up to sponsor a day-long seminar on investigating and prosecuting child abuse.
A fire in the 1800 block of Lazenbury Dr. in Bedford County Wednesday afternoon left the homeowner with second and third degree burns and her home destroyed. Family members are hoping, however, that Barbara Hamilton will be home for Christmas.
"She's doing a little better," Debbie Bowyer said of her mom, stating that she was still at Lynchburg General Hospital recovering from her burns.
Smyth Companies, Inc. has been designated as "Best Workplace" for 2008 by the "Best Workplace in the Americas" program.
The program is administered by Printing Industries of America/Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (PIA/GATF), and is awarded to companies who demonstrate exceptional practices in the area of human resources and employee relations.
Smith Mountain Lake Volunteer Fire and Rescue will be on the cutting edge of marine firefighting technology when it takes delivery of its new fireboats next year.
What's more, the design work that put these boats on the cutting edge was done by five members of the fire department.
Three people were injured in a single-vehicle accident Friday afternoon and the driver of the truck was arrested for driving under the influence.
A Bedford County Planning Commission vote, Monday night, brought broadband Internet access one step closer for three elementary schools.
People who knew Mitchell Simmons say that he would have had a bright future.
Simmons, a 17-year-old senior at Staunton River High School, died Monday, Dec. 1, after an accidental shooting. He was remembered this week for his service to others, his friendship and his hard work both on the baseball field and in the classroom.
"He wanted to go to VMI and would have been a shoe-in to get there," said Joe Hubble, his advanced placement government teacher. "They would have loved to have him."
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I just want to say something on that topic!! Maybe somebody is working some certification exams or standard training courses out for postgresql admin,programmer,pl/pgsql .... There are many certifications but I'm thinking of a worldwide standard certification like oracle has in the academy This exams are given to some "certified" companies that they can give this exam/course whatever and maybe 10% of the certification cost goes directly in some fund that is sponsoring postgresql development. so much can be achieved. Or to make it real heavy. Creating an organisation like http://www.spi-inc.org/ is for debian but only for postgresql development. I'm thinking of this for a while. The important thing in this matter is a worldwide aceptable certification that is recognized by the whoile community/business!! regards Ewald Geschwinde Justin Clift wrote: > Josh Berkus wrote: > >> Hey, >> >> If we were able to raise funds for PostgreSQL advocacy, how would we >> use the money? Trade shows? T-shirts? Lobbying? Feature >> development? >> >> Or would we not have a use for advocacy $$$? > > > Hmmm.... I'd go for "user education" (potential and present users), > paying for airfares of representatives to conferences and other > important meetings, traditional marketing, and possibly "official" > compliance testing/certification of PostgreSQL to various standards. > > :-) > > Regards and best wishes, > > Justin Clift > > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend >
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Supernatural Midseason Finale: Sneak Preview & PeekMatt Richenthal at . Comments
Supernatural got a bit silly this week, taking viewers into a world of cartoon deaths.
But things will grow a tad more serious on next Wednesday's midseason finale, as "Citizen Fang" focuses on major contention between brothers. Over what? A vamp kill. Over whom? Benny, of course.
Is he responsible? Sam is certainly suspicious. Watch the official CW preview now:
And then feast your eyes on this Supernatural Season 8 sneak peek. It sets the siblings off on their mission, but not before an argument ensues:
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