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The co-founder of Rocketship Education John Danner discusses tailored learning experiences in this education keynote presentation. Rocketship Education is an organization devoted to providing unique curricula for low-income students. As he explains, the number of students with massive potential but who are in non-conducive environments is staggeringly high. Oftentimes, students are too intelligent for their current environment but their behavior can be perceived as disobedient, resulting in lost opportunities.
Danner's education keynote presentation emphasizes the importance of paying special attention to each and every student. It's important that teachers have access to what they know and behavioral tendencies to create a blended learning program that complements skills and weaknesses. It is crucial that students feel empowered inside and outside the classroom. Rocketship Education focuses on finding a student's unique skill set and fostering it.
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Getting Your Entire Team Excited About Referrals
Asking for referrals can be an uncomfortable step for many sales people, and it can be as comfortable for non-sales people as a root canal. It doesn't have to be that way! People often make referrals difficult and uncomfortable because they ask for them at the wrong time. Wait to ask for a referral when the client is happiest, shortly after they've received the product or service. It is also important to remember that the sales person shouldn't always be the person who has to ask for the referral; the sales person is not always the individual who has built a rapport with the client. The person delivering the product or service is usually the person who has built a relationship with the client. By developing a cross-functional team of sales, service, and product delivery people, you can develop a referral process that is a win-win for everyone.
Here are a series of tips that you can share with your team to help get referrals and build your network.
Remind the Customer of Specific Benefits - Be aware when clients tell you benefits during a phone call or general service call so that you can bring up those benefits during your request for a referral.
Describe Your Customer Profile - Describe some other solutions that you have provided for other companies or organizations. It will help them start to think of other people.
Identify a Benefit for Giving a Referral - Identify a value that it creates for the client to give you a referral.
Suggest They Already Know Someone - If you know of a specific person or client that you would like to be referred to, provide your client with the opportunity to mention them. Just try to avoid putting the person on the spot. Instead, bring it up and give them time to consider the referral.
Ask for an Introduction - Asking for an introduction is a good way to break the ice with the client and has the added impact of having someone who has benefited from your product in the room or on a call with the prospective client.
Just constantly remind yourselves of the benefits of asking for the referral and then just ask for it.
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You know that feeling when you discover a never-redeemed gift card buried in your wallet: Jackpot! Or so you think, until you realize it expired three years ago. And how many times have you walked by a store where you have a balance to spend, but of course you left the card at home?
Gyft, a new app introduced last year, helps prevent these letdowns by allowing you to upload gift card balances onto your smartphone. You can buy, save, and redeem cards from more than 200 retailers—including sporting goods stores like Columbia, Cabela's, and Nike—and your balance will be in the palm of your hand at all times. The app also allows users to re-gift cards to friends and family via email or Facebook, making it super-easy to send a birthday, wedding, or anniversary gift with a simple swipe on your phone.
"The average American has four or five gift cards lying around at any given time, and a lot of that money ends up unused," says Gyft founder CJ MacDonald, who was inspired to start the company after receiving tons of gift cards for his wedding that he kept forgetting to spend.
Now the company is giving back to women battling cancer by partnering with E! News host Giuliana Rancic and her charity of choice. For the month of April, Gyft will donate a percentage of sales to Bright Pink, the organization that runs Giuliana's Fab-U-Wish program.
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"As a working mom and savvy shopper, Giuliana is a perfect example of someone who can benefit from consolidating her gift cards all in one place with Gyft," MacDonald says. "Plus we're excited to give back to Fab-U-Wish, a cause that's close to her heart."
During her own battle with breast cancer, Giuliana found that getting her hair and makeup done for her job as a TV host helped her feel more confident and less like a patient. Through Fab-U-Wish, Giuliana grants special wishes—such as a shopping spree or lunch with a fave celeb—to young women fighting breast or ovarian cancer so they can get their mind off their treatments and experience a day in the life of a Hollywood star.
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First class of students arrives at Cooper Medical School in Camden
NEWSWORKS, by Carolyn Beeler -- Students arrived at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University in downtown Camden Monday for the first day of orientation at the brand-new medical school.
There were a lot of dark suits and awkward, first-day conversations in the atrium of the school's new building as students met each other for the first time.
A gaggle of watching faculty members adjusted and re-adjusted the students on risers for a class photo, calling out to individuals by name to move a little to the left or right.
Eventually, 400 students will be enrolled at Cooper. For now, though, with the first class numbering just 50 students, there are a whopping nine faculty members for each student.
Cleveland native and Princeton grad Rebecca Lee said those professors are the reason she enrolled at Cooper.
"The faculty and administrators really shine with their enthusiasm," Lee said, "so that really was what drew me here in the first place."
Still, Lee acknowledged that with all the individual attention will come some extra pressure.
"I think the fact that it's a new school could be a little daunting, there's a real calling to step up to the plate and set an example for the classes to come," Lee said.
Nearly three-quarters of the class is from New Jersey. Dean Dr. Paul Katz said he hopes that means more students will stay to practice after they get their degrees.
"Part of how we want to be recognized as a school is a school that helps a distressed city like Camden," Katz said.
More medical schools do not necessarily mean more primary care physicians will be available in an area, or that there will be more doctors period. The number of federally funded residency slots largely controls that, and has remained flat for more than a decade, even as new medical schools open.
However, Katz hopes mandatory clinic work and out-of-the hospital volunteer requirements will encourage his students to work in under-served areas.
"Getting them excited about this city, and getting them to understand the opportunities and having them realize that they can make a difference, will help augment their chances of coming back," Katz said.
Cooper is the sixth medical school in or near downtown Philadelphia. Only New York has more.
The school is housed in a new six-story, $139 million building in downtown Camden.
None of the inaugural class is from Camden, though the school hopes that will change. It is offering scholarships for up to five students from the city each year.
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This week I spent a few hours at the headquarters of a UN agency in Geneva with an interesting group of about 30 people from all over the world discussing global security threats. Security in the broadest sense - physical, national, social; risks and safety; public health problems and developmental issues and vulnerabilities of critical infrastructures; "hard" power and "soft" power.
The meeting was convened under Chatham House rules, which state that the content of a discussion can be reported but not namely attributed. So, in using the blog as a notepad, here are just a few running notes/quotes:
An Asian geopolitical expert talking about likely developments in global security: "the US as a superpower (values, moral authority, "soft power", share of world economy) will decline, while their "superforce" (money, tech, military) will get strengthened; terrorism will decline and extremism will grow; there will be a strong demand for multipolarity, for a redistribution of global power, driven by China, Russia and Iran; access to resources, energy but especially water, will be key grounds for conflicts".
A North-American public health expert: "We are witnessing the emergence of drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis, and there are no antibiotics for tuberculosis in the pipeline right now, and it's growing; and we could also talk about malaria and its relationship to climate change, and mutating and everchanging strains of influenza, all this is known by experts but ignored at large".
The same expert: "In Canada the reproductive rate of native Canadians is 1.6. Which means that Canadians are not replacing themselves. It's safe to say that in 5-10 years 100 percent of the growth in workforce will come from outside. In France the reproductive rate is 1.2, in Italy 1.1. No human group has ever come back from such a low reproduction rate. Which basically means that Italians will be replaced".
A European IT expert: "Hackers are getting more targeted and sophisticated. They are not at it for the "beauté du geste", for glory anymore, but for money. We're seeing a shift from hackers to attackers: they not only steal data, but they want to blackmail, to destroy your brand, your credibility, your company".
A North-American IT expert: "We're now in an era of network-centric warfare, getting inside critical network systems to steal data or manipulate them, or take the networks down. And these threats exist, are actual, are being used, you have every day countries network-attacking each other. Defenses are also getting more sophisticated, but attackers will always have the advantage".
A European cryptologist: "We should never forget two things: security is a trade-off, it is never absolute; and you cannot un-invent technologies".
A European IT expert: "The biggest problems is so-called social engineering: people are not careful, they behave wrongly or stupidly. A few USB keys containing a virus were dropped around a company's parking lot: people picked them up and plugged into their computers and it took 15 minutes for the authors to get control of the company's network".
A European academic: "Responses to security threats used to be mostly about containing, patrolling or sealing off borders, etc. Now we're engaged in the monitoring of flows of people, goods, data".
A European crisis specialist: "There is too much fragmentation in the way security threats are assessed and responses are developed. Interconnectedness is growing, but governments have organizations devoted to different sides of security that don't talk to each other, and of course those focusing on "policing" responses don't talk to those focusing on "developmental" responses don't talk to those focusing on prevention, and things are made worse by the lack of standards even for basic things like being able to communicate".
A North-American consultant: "In terms of public perception, often security issues are ultimately parochial. It's about the "beaver problem" in Montana, that of the farmer telling how beavers "are building more dams, and flooding my land: security to me is the beaver problem, and the government is not doing enough".
Someone also mentioned that next week in Athens, at the UN's Internet Governance Forum (see this previous post), the adoption of a "Global Cybersecurity Charter" may be put on the table, possibly (am not making this up) by China.


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I started by adapting a recipe from my old favorite The Cooky Book. I then proceeded to change everything. The first batch didn't taste like much. You would think I would be used to the way that rice flour sucks the flavor out of things, but I still blew it. The second batch was wrong in the opposite way. You could taste the cloves without actually eating the cookies. The third time they worked out just fine. Soft enough, stable enough, and with the right amount of spices.
This cookie is soft, but also strong enough to make a house or a gingerbread boy and is reasonably spicy. The dough does need to be chilled thoroughly preferably overnight. or it is too sticky to roll out. After a night in the refrigerator it rolls out smoothly.
1/4 cup EB coconut spread or Spectrum Butter Flavor Shortening
2/3 cup dark brown sugar (packed)
1 cup dark cooking molasses (not blackstrap!)
1/2 cup cold water
4 1/2 cups Namaste Perfect Flour Blend
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 tsp allspice 3
2 tsp ginger 3 1/2
1 1/2 tsp cloves 2
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon 3
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Separate bowl large enough to combine dry ingredients
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Measure and mix all dry ingredients thoroughly in separate bowl.
Mix shortening / spread, sugar and molasses thoroughly in bowl of electric mixer
Add water and combine. The shortening will separate out and float on the top of the brown liquid. Don't worry this is not a mistake.
Slowly add dry ingredients to wet ingredients.
Mix thoroughly. You will need to scrape out the bowl and clear the beaters a few times.
Dough should now be a slightly sticky brown ball.
Refrigerate dough until firm and thoroughly chilled. Cover with plastic wrap or other covering to keep it from drying out.
When you are ready to bake do the following
Preheat oven to 350
Knead the dough to loosen it up a bit and get it ready to roll out. It will be stiff after refrigeration. If it crumbles when rolled out then it should be kneaded some more.
Roll out dough on counter lightly floured with the Perfect Flour blend. Use just enough flour to keep the gingerbread from sticking
Roll dough to a thickness of about 1/4 inch
Cut dough into shapes
Put shapes on cookie sheet (I used one lined with a Silpat. I love my silpat)
Bake at 350 for 8 to 12 minutes. The cookies will puff slightly and look dry when they are ready
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Aeterna Zentaris Presents Encouraging Preclinical Data for Disorazol Z (AEZS-137) at AACR-NCI-EORTC Conference
QUÉBEC CITY, Nov. 16, 2011 /CNW Telbec/ - Aeterna Zentaris Inc. (NASDAQ: AEZS) (TSX: AEZ), ("the Company") today announced that it presented a poster yesterday on encouraging preclinical data for its cytotoxic compound, disorazol Z (AEZS-137). The poster showed that disorazol Z (AEZS-137) possesses outstanding cytotoxicity in a highly diverse panel of 60 different tumor cell lines, and also underlined the identification of important aspects of this novel natural compound's mechanism of action. The poster was presented by Babette Aicher, Ph.D., Director, Preclinical Development at Aeterna Zentaris, during the AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics which is being held at the Moscone Center West, in San Francisco.
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"Disorazol Z - A highly cytotoxic natural compound with antitumor properties",
B. Aicher, K. Hirschfelder, R. Jansen, H. Irschik, P. Schmidt,
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Disorazol Z (AEZS-137) has been identified as a tubulin binding agent with highly potent antitumor properties. Cell cycle analysis revealed that disorazol Z (AEZS-137) arrested cells in the G2/M phase and subsequently induced apoptosis with remarkable potency, as shown by subnanomolar EC50 values.
Juergen Engel, Ph.D, President and CEO of Aeterna Zentaris stated, "We are very excited with the data presented at the conference on disorazol Z (AEZS-137), a compound which is part of our development program looking to expand the AEZS-108 technology platform. Currently, experiments are under way to identify the tubulin binding site for disorazol Z (AEZS-137). Additional ongoing studies focus on further evaluation of the mechanisms of action of this novel highly potent agent. Finally, we aim at evaluating the utility of disorazol Z (AEZS-137) as a cytotoxic component in a drug-targeting approach utilizing G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) ligands as the targeting moieties for the treatment of GPCR over-expressing cancers such as prostate cancer."
The project is being funded by a US$1.5 million grant from the German Ministry of Education and Research. It is being conducted in collaboration with Morphisto GmbH and the Helmholtz Institute in Saarbrücken, Germany, which have received additional funding of approximately US$0.7 million. Researchers from the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at both the University of Göttingen and Würzburg, Germany, are also part of the collaboration.
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About Disorazol Z (AEZS-137)
Disorazol Z (AEZS-137) is a novel natural compound isolated from myxobacterium Soranglium cellulosum with outstanding cytotoxic activity. Disorazol Z (AEZS-137) is a macrocyclic polyketide which is available via fermentation in high yield and purity. Besides tubulin binding, dizorazol Z (AEZS-137) has pro-apoptotic properties and arrested cancer cells in G2 stage of the cell cycle at subnanomolar concentrations. Disorazol Z (AEZS-137) is an ideal partner for the formation of cytotoxic conjugates with peptides and proteins to selectively target cancer cells. The proof-of-concept of LHRH-receptor targeting disorazol Z conjugates for the treatment of ovarian cancer has already been demonstrated in a xenograft mouse model.
About Aeterna Zentaris Inc.
Aeterna Zentaris is a late-stage oncology drug development company currently investigating potential treatments for various cancers including colorectal, multiple myeloma, endometrial, ovarian, prostate and bladder cancer. The Company's innovative approach of "personalized medicine" means tailoring treatments to a patient's specific condition and to unmet medical needs. Aeterna Zentaris' deep pipeline is drawn from its proprietary discovery unit providing the Company with constant and long-term access to state-of-the-art therapeutic options. For more information please visit www.aezsinc.com
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This press release contains forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbour provisions of the U.S. Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, among others, the availability of funds and resources to pursue R&D projects, the successful and timely completion of clinical studies, the risk that safety and efficacy data from any of our Phase 3 trials may not coincide with the data analyses from previously reported Phase 1 and/or Phase 2 clinical trials, the ability of the Company to take advantage of business opportunities in the pharmaceutical industry, uncertainties related to the regulatory process and general changes in economic conditions. Investors should consult the Company's quarterly and annual filings with the Canadian and U.S. securities commissions for additional information on risks and uncertainties relating to forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned not to rely on these forward-looking statements. The Company does not undertake to update these forward-looking statements. We disclaim any obligation to update any such factors or to publicly announce the result of any revisions to any of the forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect future results, events or developments, unless required to do so by a governmental authority or by applicable law.
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Can dreams come true? This week, I had the opportunity to find out for myself.
As Vice President of Administration & Human Resources at Dixon Ticonderoga Company I was flattered yet a bit apprehensive when Dixon's Chief Executive Officer, Tim Gomez, asked me to write a guest post. I wasn't quite sure I would be able to describe my feelings about an experience that had touched my heart. However, I was surprised to see that as soon as I started typing I was able to relive those moments vividly.
Earlier this week, Akerman LLP, a leading law firm, and Dixon Ticonderoga Company partnered to donate backpacks filled with high-quality school supplies to West Riviera Elementary School in West Palm Beach, Fla. I had the privilege to stand with Akerman staff to distribute 736 backpacks in one day! I was touched by all the high fives and tight hugs I received from the young children. It was amazing to hear the shouts of excitement from the students when they saw their very own backpack stuffed with their favorite packs of Ticonderoga Pencils and products.
While I was on the road driving back up to Orlando from West Palm, all I could think about was the little girl that tapped me on my leg and stated with a soft voice, "Thank you, ma'am. I really appreciate it".
Thank you, Akerman. Your generosity touched the lives of many young children. Your team deserves all the credit.
If you or your company is interested in being a part of a day of giving backpacks to students and making dreams come true, please send an email to email@example.com.
— Lillian Gonzalez


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In the 1950s, Seattle motorists were in an uproar over reports that small pockmarks were appearing on the windshields of cars.
Theories emerged as to the cause of these tiny indentations. For example, some believed that atomic tests by the Russians were creating fallout that was returning to earth in a glass-etching dew.
Finally, the federal government sent a team of experts to investigate the mystery. Their finding: The windshield pitting was not a new phenomenon, but rather a characteristic of a windshield's normal wear and tear.
What happened?
When people heard the news about the windshields, they began checking their own, usually from the outside of the car. From that perspective, it was easy to see the scarring (which was virtually invisible when viewed from inside the car). What had broken out in Seattle was not a bad case of "window pox," but rather an epidemic of "reverse windshield viewing." By changing their viewpoints, people discovered something that had always been there. They just hadn't seen it originally.
This illustration can be applied when businesses decide to take an "outside-in" look at their own operation. Doing so, they begin seeing things that seem out of the ordinary - things they've never seen before. But that's not because they weren't there.
Until you make a concerted effort to view your business from the outside (as your customers and prospects see it), it will be easy to overlook important details that can help you understand why some people become customers and others don't. Often times, you will discover things about your business that are impossible to see from the inside and ultimately find new ways to define the relationship between you and your customers.
So, how often do you "study your windshield while you're driving?"
Are you ready to look for the pits in the windshield of your business? Or will you stay behind the wheel and pretend they don't exist?


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Elegant Holiday Apartment
お部屋の大きさ80 m²
Floor No.1
- ファミリー/子供と一緒に泊まれる
- キッチン
- 洗濯機/乾燥機
- テレビ
- 鍵つきの部屋
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- 利用可能な駐車場
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Accommodation summary
|Queens House, South Lambeth Road, SW8 1QS London, イギリス
There are 3 spacious double bedrooms which makes the apartment perfect for families or groups of up to 6-7 people.
This beautiful and exclusive apartment is located on the boarder of zone 1 and 2 and is outside of the congestion charge zone. It is great for tourists and It is also ideal for people visiting London for the first time.
There are two bus stops or five minutes walk to both Stockwell underground station (zone 2) and Vauxhall underground station (zone 1). Train journey to Oxford street is 10 minutes, Victoria station 8 minutes.
For shopping, bus journey to Oxford street (bus 88) from outside the flat is 30 minutes, and during the journey you will pass the Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, Leicester square and more famous landmarks.
The London eye is 20 minutes away by bus and there is a direct train from Stockwell to Camden Market around 40 minutes. There are also great transport links to the night life and theaters in the west-end.
Just only 4 - 5 minutes walk from the apartment you will find local restaurants, bars, pubs and cafes.
Lambeth is located in south central London and is the home to Tate Modern - a visit is a must for contemporary art lovers. Tate Modern is located on the amazing South Bank, which is full of bars and restaurants, and an amazing place to stroll around.
Lambeth is only a bridge away from Westminster, where you will find Big Ben and the beautiful buildings of Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace.
Hyde Park is a short journey away, where you will find Kensington Gardens. On the east side off Hyde Park you will reach Oxford Street, the most famous shopping street in London with shops such as Selfridges and Debenhams. Most attractions of London are within easy reach, such as Piccadilly Circus, Madame Tussauds and Tower of London.
There are plenty of tube stations in the area that will take you wherever you want to go in London. If you want to enjoy the extensive night life London has to offer, there are also plenty of buses and night buses running 24/7 from all directions in London.
ハウスルールNo pets, No Smoking in the apartment, but you can smoke in the private garden.
A security deposit of £200 or Eur 200 is needed against any breakages and damages, this will be returned to you on the day of departure after final inspection and return of keys.
Strictly no house party
|Weekly rate for up to 5 guests
|¥ 13379181
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Lägenheten var i det skick som förväntades. Det var inga problem med någonting, lätt att hitta dit med hjälp av den information son Nick gav oss. Nick hade inhandlat frukost bröd, pålägg mjölk och ägg. För övrigt så fanns det andra tillbehör också som var fritt att använda. Bra läge med buss hållplats precis utanför ytterdörren.kan rekommenderas. Något mindre lägenhet än vad bilderna visar men helt okej.
Hemos estado cuatro estupendos días en Londres. El alojamiento a cumplido con nuestras expectativas. Tres habitaciones y cocina grandes y muy bien equipadas. Muy de agradecer encontrarse al llegar que no hay que ir corriendo a buscar comida porque Nick, excelente anfitrión, tenía fruta y otros alimentos en la casa, aparte de todo tipo de productos para cocinar. El único pero es la zona de estar que es un poco pequeña. Destacar la excelente ubicación y comunicación de la casa con dos autobuses en la misma puerta que te llevan al centro en quince o veinte minutos.
Sin duda repetiría alojamiento en otra s vacaciones en Londres.
We are satisfied with the stay in Nicks apartment in Vauxhall. It was easy to get to the centre of London from the apartment . The apartment had all that we needed and the that we was really happy about was the way Nick tock care of everything and that he had put som food i the refredigator so we had a breakfast our first morning. :))
We stayed with six adults in Nick's apartment. The three bedrooms were large and had great beds. The living room is rather small, in particular when you want to watch tv with all six. But it is possible and not that inconvenient. Bathroom and toilet are tiny but ok and clean. The bus right in front of the house was great and it only takes about 10 minutes into town. Nick is very friendly and gave us a warm welcome with fruit, milk and drinks in the refrigerator!
Nick is a wonderful host. Really nice and attentive person. He organized some fresh fruits and basic food before our arriving.
The apartment is clean and comfortly furnished. The bus stop is just in front of the house, which brings you in less than 15 minutes to Westmister. Good place to stay. Thanks Nick for everything!! :)
Il punto di forza dell'appartamento è la posizione . Davanti l'uscio vi è la fermata delle linee 2 e 88 , in particolare quest'ultima raggiunge il centro di Londra (trafalgar square , piccadilly circus ecc.) in breve tempo . A circa 150 metri troverete la fermata della metrò (vauxhall). Uscendo a destra dall'appartamento vi sono due piccoli supermercati e un'ottima pescheria (ve la consiglio). Un supermercato più fornito lo potete trovare al terminal dei bus di Vauxhall. Il nostro soggiorno nell'appartamento è stato gradevole. La cucina è ben fornita . Le camere da letto sufficientemente spaziose. La zona è tranquilla. Ci auguriamo di poter tornare a casa di Nick.
Nice and friendly host Nick welcomed us in his very nice appartment near the centre of London (next tube station Vauxhall is only 7 min walk). He left some fruit, wine, milk and roles in the well equipped kitchen (although we missed a towel for our hands). The bedrooms have a good size, but let in a lot of daylight (so when you're sensitive to it: bring a cover for your eyes). Toilet and bathroom are OK (and had towels for all of us). Unfortunately wifi didn't work.
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- どのホストともお電話で直接お話いただけます


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West Virginia surprise finalist
Published 1:00 am, Tuesday, March 7, 2006
The Mountaineers came into the Big East tournament knowing this was probably the extent of their postseason. But they are showing it could extend after this week.
West Virginia pulled off the biggest upset in Big East tournament history Monday with a 56-40 win against top-seeded Rutgers in the semifinal Monday. The sixth-ranked Scarlet Knights are the highest ranked team the Mountaineers have ever beaten in program history.
"I think we did come in with a little bit of a chip on our shoulders," guard Chakhia Cole said. "We came out and did what we had to do. And for anybody who counted us out, we're still here."
West Virginia is the lowest seed to make the Big East tournament final. Prior to Monday, the lowest seed to play in the final was seventh. Rutgers (2004) and Providence (1993) both made the tournament final as a No. 7 seed, but both teams lost in the final.
"We're coming off a tough season," Carey said. "We lost eight in a row after Meg (Bulger) went down and we really couldn't find our identity. But right now, I've never been prouder of a group of girls to really regroup and do the things that they've done in this tournament."
Double the threat: Earlier this season, UConn point guards Renee Montgomery and Ketia Swanier usually came into the game for one another.
The two have been playing side-by-side in recent games, and coach Geno Auriemma likes the look of having two points guards on the floor.
"We've been tinkering a lot recently with the two of them on the floor at the same time because it puts Renee in a situation where she has to score more," Auriemma said.
Montgomery's scoring certainly has benefited with Swanier on the floor. The Big East Freshman of the year is averaging 14 points the past five games before Monday.
Swanier also is making the most of her playing time. She netted a career-high 11 points in Sunday's quarterfinal.
More crucial than their scoring is what the duo brings defensively. They have combined for 111 steals this season.
"I think they give us a different defensive look. And when you're playing against two quick guards like that, it's not the easiest thing in the world," Auriemma said. "All you've got to do is get stripped once. If Ketia gets your or Renee gets you, it makes you think a little bit. And that's all you want really."
Using a two-point guard lineup is nothing new for the Huskies. The backcourt combination of Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi and Taurasi and Maria Conlon both produced national championships for UConn. Montgomery and Swanier may give a different look than the dual-point guard combination of the past, but they could be equally effective in the future.
"I don't want you guys to think that I'm under this impression that Ketia has to be Sue Bird and Renee has to be Diana Taurasi, because (they will) never be that," Auriemma said. "And that's not neither here nor there. That's not important. You just can't be anything less than Ketia and Renee."
Back on the tube: Tonight's championship game will be aired on ESPN2, allowing the majority of fans to watch the game.
Many UConn fans were unable to watch the Huskies play their first two games in the Big East tournament, since their quarterfinal game was aired on CSTV and the semifinal game was on ESPNU, a network few cable systems in the state carries.
The Big East sold rights to CSTV to air the quarterfinal games and ESPN has rights to air the semifinals and final. ESPN, therefore, has the prerogative to choose which one of its affiliates to show the last two rounds.
"We have tried to protect CPTV to the best of our abilities, but ultimately those networks have the rights," said Donna DeMarco , an associate commissioner with the Big East. "We attempted to allow a coexistence situation, but at the same time, I understand the network's thinking and philosophy and the fact that they've contracted with the conference to have the exclusive rights to the tournament."
The Big East's contract with ESPN runs through the 2006-07 season, which means next year's televised schedule may be similar to what it was this year.
"I would expect it to be similar but I also think the distribution for ESPNU would be dramatically different at that time as well," DeMarco said.


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"Dawn of the 2nd Day, 216 Hours Remain." (Que Majora's Mask Day 2 Music)
Day #2
The Binding of Isaac – $1.24
One dollar and twenty-four cents, people. It don't get no cheaper than this! Yee-haw, and all that.
As much as I recommended Terarria yesterday, I recommend The Binding of Isaac today. The game is a simple dungeon-crawler with gruesomely satisfying characters, and pretty much an unlimited replay value. I've put some time into The Binding of Isaac and had a lot of fun with it. My least favorite aspect is how there is no save feature, so if you happen to get particularly far, and, say, your class starts…you have no way to pick up where you left off later on in the day.
Also, if you already own The Binding of Isaac, be sure to pick up the mini-expansion, Wrath of the Lamb, for seventy-four cents. Seventy. Four. Cents.
The Binding of Isaac in the Steam Store
"Indie Bundle #2" – $9.99
The second Indie Bundle Steam has assembled for the summer sale includes: Botanicula, EYE: Devine Cybermancy, Oil Rush, Splice, and Universe Sandbox.
Click on the links to be taken to the Steam Store page for the individual game. All together, these games would cost $31.65, normally. I think I will be passing on this bundle, none of the games really catch my interest…and I really need to watch what I spend with these sales, since it's super easy to spend too much.


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Date: 28th September 2010
When we arrived the previous night, we left a rainy Singapore to land in Malaysia, where the rain had followed. We prayed the sun would come out the next day.
We decide to set out early as we had only a day in Penang. While the others got ready, I decided to take a few snaps of the place we were staying.
Old Penang Guesthouse is a restored building that retains the charms of the colonial era with rooms at rates from the current backpacker era.
Once we were all ready, we soon stepped out to head to the harbour, which was walking distance from where we were staying.
Strolling through Georgetown reminded me of Fort Kochi (I need to put up those photos as well) in Kerala, with its heritage buildings by the sea.
Just walking past the many temples – be they Indian or Chinese, mosques etc. you get a sense of the religious harmony that exists in Malaysia. Of course, this was only the start.
We reached the road by the ferry terminal and made our way to the other side.
We stepped into a few travel agencies to inquire about ferry prices to Langkawi. Everywhere, it was the standard RM60 (Rs. 900/US$20/€15). It was the same price quoted by the guy at Old Penang Guesthouse, but fearing he may have been quoting a higher rate, we thought we'd ask near the ferry terminal itself.
We bought our tickets for the next day and continued our walk.
You can read about the history behind Fort Cornwallis on its Wikipedia page, but from a tourist's point of view, its nothing spectacular. Then again, when the entry is just RM2, you shouldn't be expecting much.
After checking out the fort for around 15 minutes, we made our way out.
Fort Cornwalis is right near the Town Hall grounds.
Then, a young, kooky Japanese couple came excitedly towards us and asked us if we could pose for a photograph with them. Assuming they're tourists wanting to pose with tourists from another country, we figured "Sure, why not"…
They weren't the only Japanese we came across. The Japanese were aplenty in Penang, we would later find out.
We decided to walk towards the popular Gurney Drive.
It took us more than 30 minutes of walking to get to Gurney Drive. If you think that's too much (or can't do it), just hail a cab.
Though there were many restaurants along this stretch, plan was to have lunch from the food court at the end of Gurney drive, which is a very popular local joint.
But first, we had to quench our thirst.
We entered the only major shopping mall on Gurney Drive, Gurney Plaza. They have the usual gamut of mall brands and about the same as far as eateries and coffee shops go. I don't remember how or why, but we sat down at the Chili's in Gurney Plaza for beer.
The plan was to sit somewhere and have some beer along with lunch, but after the heavy mugs of Guinness and nachos we ordered, we were honestly quite full.
Post 'lunch,' we realized we still hadn't seen any of Penang's major attractions. So we boarded a local bus and headed to the main bus station.
Once at the Komtar bus terminal, we boarded a bus from Lane 1 that goes to Kek Lok Si temple.
Unfortunately, the locals told us that we were too late and it was closing time. Sucks.
So yeah, if you want to see Kek Lok Si temple, make sure you are here well before 6pm.
Instead of waiting around, we decided to head to Penang Hill (or Bukit Bendara as it called locally). So we hailed a cab as the locals said it would take us at least 15 minutes to walk it there.
The journey barely took 5 minutes.
But unfortunately (again)….
Turns out renovation work here as well. Couldn't the taxi driver have told us it was closed? Of course he could have. But he didn't… 'cos he was a greedy b@#$%&*!
Disappointed at the turn of events, we decided to simply head back to town. Oddly enough, the very same bus we took to come here was waiting for departure near Penang hill.
We got down near the ferry terminal but contemplated going back to the rooms just yet. I wanted to have dinner at Gurney drive, so from the ferry terminal bus station, we availed the Hop-on free bus.
The Hop-on bus was taking a long route, so we got down at KOMTAR.
Once we reached KOMTAR, we checked out the adjoining mall.
The offerings are anything but glamourous. Not a high-end mall at all. Just the usual clothes, electronics, grey market goods, coffee shops etc.
We boarded another bus to get to Gurney Drive.
We got down near Gurney Drive… or at least we thought it was near Gurney Drive.
In the afternoon, Gurney Drive was quite empty…
Very limited (to virtually no-existent) pure vegetarian options though.
Before we sat down for dinner, I wanted to check out another joint near the roundabout that I had seen during the day .
But turns out it was a big 'mid-to-high' range restaurant. Looked nice but we didn't want to spend too much and sit for long — because it was only going to be me & Loi eating. The vegetarian in our group Ramesh still had nothing to choose from.
Once back at the food court, myself and Loi each ordered what we wanted.
Us two had to eat first, and then head back to Gurney Plaza so that Ramesh could find some vegetarian to eat.
After we were finally done, we headed back to Gurney Plaza so that Ramesh could now eat.
We went back to our rooms by taxi.
But instead of calling it a night, I told the guys I wanted to roam around a bit more. So as Ramesh and Loi went back to the room, I walked on.
The reason I wanted to walk around a bit more was because I wasn't truly content with all that I saw today. I don't think I can say I 'saw' Penang. I visited Penang, sure, but I don't think I saw all there was to see.
We landed in Penang after 3 crazy days in glamourous Singapore. So obviously, everything felt a world apart. Throughout the day, every mall we went to, all we talked about was how much cooler Singapore felt. Well duh. Obviously its a unfair comparison… but given how little we actually got to experience in Penang, we could only feel disappointment.
When we were planning our trip, we knew before hand there wasn't anything stunning to see in Penang. In many ways, it is true. Especially if you have travelled throughout South India, seen Singapore or Thailand, Penang really doesn't offer anything great in terms of new experiences. Sure, I would have loved to have gone for the tram ride up on Penang hill… and seen Kek Lok Si temple all lit up at night. But we all wanted to even take a ride on Penang Bridge. I also realized Penang isn't just the island, but there exists Province Wellesley with towns like Butterworth and other attractions on the mainland as well.
So clearly, there was a lot more to Penang than I thought.
(You can read about the history behind Kampung Malabar here . Besides me, I didn't find any other 'Malabari' — it's all Chinese)
Would I have liked to have stayed just another day longer? Yes. I was curious what was across Penang Bridge on the mainland to see. But alas, this was our last and only day in Penang.
Tomorrow, we were going to be heading across waters to another island — Langkawi!
Other posts in this series:
Singapore & Malaysia 2010: Planning and preparing for the trip
Singapore 2010: Day 1 – Little India, CBD, Clarke Quay, China Town… and a lot of walking
Singapore 2010: Day 2 – Orchard Road, mall-hopping… and already shopping
Singapore 2010: Day 3 – Singapore Zoo, Marina Bay Sands; leaving Singapore for Penang
Malaysia 2010: Day 5 — Langkawi (Ferry ride from Penang, Cable car & Sky Bridge)
Malaysia 2010: Day 6 — Langkawi (Island hopping tour, Pantai Tengah beach, Night market)
Malaysia 2010: Day 7 — Kuala Lumpur (Low Yat Plaza, Petronas Towers, Jalan Alor)
Malaysia 2010: Day 8 — Kuala Lumpur (Batu Caves, Petaling Street/China Town)
Malaysia 2010: Day 9 — Kuala Lumpur (KLCC Aquaria, Merdeka Square, KL Tower observation deck)


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In this video I show you how to download and install Skype. Skype is used by so many people to communicate online, you are at a disadvantage if you don't have it and use it.
July 28, 2012
In this video I show you how to download and install Skype. Skype is used by so many people to communicate online, you are at a disadvantage if you don't have it and use it.
July 19, 2012
According to OPSWAT the number 1 Anti Virus tool (in market share) in the United States is Microsoft Security Essentials . It is number 2 in the world just behind avast!. It's incredible that both of these products are FREE!
I have been happily using Microsoft Security Essentials for several years on several computers and have been very pleased with the results, or should I say the lack of problems. Of course, Anti Virus software is only one link in the security chain and you should also use a software firewall as well as a firewall in your cable modem/router.
Try out Microsoft Security Essentials, I think you will be pleased as well.
July 18, 2012
Well, I've learned several good lessons in the past few days. More on that at the end of this message. My problems started when I couldn't complete logging in as the administrator on this website. The login page allowed me to enter the username and password but then it would just hang and would not let me go further. That was on Internet Explorer. Next I tried Firefox and after I entered my username and password, I got a "cannot redirect" error.
At this point I didn't know what had happened. I didn't know if someone had hacked my website, or whether a recently installed plugin was causing the problem or what. I logged into Cpanel for my site and looked at log files and anything that might show what was going on. I didn't see anything that led me to resolve the problem.
I decided to restore the website from a backup I had just taken using the DUPLICATOR WordPress plugin. This would prove that my backups worked and would only take a few minutes. My website is in a directory on Hostgator called TIREDOFTHECUBE so I renamed the directory to TIREDOFTHECUBE_OLD. That would allow me to keep my website in case I needed anything from it. Next, I created a new directory called TIREDOFTHECUBE and copied my 2 backup files there via FTP from my home system.
The instructions told me to run the install.php file so I double clicked on the file and install.php opened on the screen showing the text inside the file. Instead it should have started restoring my website from the backup. I couldn't get the install.php file to work. "What was I doing wrong", I asked myself.
Instead of double clicking on the file to run it, I should have opened a browser and typed in the URL TIREDOFTHECUBE.COM/install.php. I actually knew this but was having a brain dead moment I guess.
I finally got the website restored and the problem remained. I restored several other earlier versions and still had the problem. Finally, I got on an electronic chat with Hostgator support. We discovered that the Login Lock Plugin was the problem. The support guy disabled the Login Lock plugin and things magically worked.
So, I have loved using the LOGIN LOCK plugin, but I can no longer recommend it.
Go to Login Lock support page, or the support page for whatever product you are having problems with to see if others are having the problem and whether a fix exists.
Do backups often.
Let the support folks help you.
July 14, 2012
I installed a Plugin called Login Lock by Mark Edwards and I'm so glad I did.
Login Lock is doing a great job protecting my sites and letting me know what IP address is trying to break in to my site. On one of my other sites, I'm getting more attempts to break in every week. Right now I only have one user on this website. If someone attempts to login they need to know the username and password. The default username is Admin. However, I have changed the username on all my websites from Admin to, well… something else, and I would suggest you do the same. After a few unsuccessful attempts to login, the Login Lock plugin disables access from that particular IP address and sends a message like the following:
This notice is to inform you that someone at IP address 88.99.999.999 tried to login to your site and failed.
The targeted username was Admin
The IP address has been blocked for 120 minutes.
As you can see the person trying to break into my site was counting on the fact that most people do not change the default username (Admin). Once I get this message, I block that IP address from ever connecting again by using the IPdeny tool in Hostgator's CPanel.
So, change your WordPress username and always have long passwords on all your accounts. I would suggest 14 characters at least on all your passwords, whereever you use them. Also, your password should contain UPPER CASE and lower case characters as well as numbers and special characters.
Let me know if you have any questions or comments.
June 26, 2012
You've put a lot of hard work and effort into creating your website. What would happen if you lost it all. I'm sure a very sick feeling would come over you and you would wish you had saved all your work.
There are several free plugins available to help you backup your WordPress website. I like a Plugin called Duplicator. I'll tell you about it in the video. Let me know if you have any questions of comments. Thanks.
June 20, 2012
I'm pretty excited! I just signed up to be an affiliate to Hostgator and AWeber. You can see the new widgets/banner_ads on the right of the screen. Basically, when someone clicks on either of those links, it takes you to those companies websites where you can find out more information and decide if you want to signup for the service. If you don't, that's fine. If you do, then I get a small affiliate commission. You are not charged anything extra!
So, whether you go directly to Hostgator's website (for example) or whether you go from my website, you pay the same to Hostgator. Of course, I would really appreciate it if you clicked on the link on the right of my website since it will earn me a small affiliate commission. Thanks!
June 18, 2012
As part of the course, Dean wanted us to create a video which talks about our business. Here's my entry. Enjoy!
June 10, 2012
Last Friday evening I attended Dean Holland's webinar for his 4 week course called
"Dean Holland's Quick Start Challenge"
Dean is a remarkable young man who has turned his life around in the past 4 years by going from a dead end job and being $60K in debt, to an exciting life of selling his knowledge and experience online to people all over the world. This course will show how he did it and help folks like me do something like it.
Think about that for a second. Today you are working for "the man", but 6 months or 12 months or 24 months from now you could be working for yourself.
I can't wait until next week's webinar!
May 19, 2012
Have you even watched YouTube videos and thought the the screen is really small? Have you ever wished that you could see the video better?
In this video, I show you a simple and easy way to do that.


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Zuleyka Rivera
Zuleyka Rivera
|Also known as:
|Zuleyka Jerrís Rivera Mendoza
|October 3, 1987
Cayey, Puerto Rico
|Puerto Rican
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|5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
|136 lb (62 kg)
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Zuleyka Jerrís Rivera Mendoza (born October 3, 1987) is a Puerto Rican beauty queen and actress who held the titles Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2006 and Miss Universe 2006. She made her debut as a telenovela actress in Telemundo's soap opera Dame Chocolate.
Early life
Born in Cayey, she was raised in Salinas with her parents Jerry Rivera and Carmen Mendoza, and two brothers, Jerry, Jr. and Jose Rivera Mendoza. Prior to winning the Miss Puerto Rico title she won the local pageant for her hometown of Salinas. She had also placed as the first runner-up in the Miss Teen Puerto Rico pageant. Only eighteen years of age when she was crowned Miss Universe, Rivera is one of the youngest women to win the title. She is also the first winner from Puerto Rico to have noticeable mixed heritage features, different from her four predecessors (Marisol Malaret, Deborah Carthy-Deu, Dayanara Torres, and Denise Quiñones) that have distinctly European features.
Miss Universe 2006
Zuleyka Rivera represented Puerto Rico in the Miss Universe 2006 pageant which was televised live internationally from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California on 23 July 2006. After competing in swimsuit, evening gown and interview, she was crowned Miss Universe by outgoing titleholder Natalie Glebova of Canada.
Later that evening, Rivera fainted briefly during a press appearance. The incident was reportedly attributed to heat exhaustion (from the stage lights) coupled with the weight of the heavy, chained dress she was wearing.
Rivera was the fifth Puerto Rican to win the title, which makes the island the third most successful entity in the pageant (behind the United States and Venezuela). Rivera was the third consecutive delegate from Puerto Rico to make the top five at Miss Universe, after Alba Reyes placed second runner-up at Miss Universe 2004 and Cynthia Olavarría was first runner-up at Miss Universe 2005.
Rivera's win came only five years after Denise Quiñones, the most recent winner from Puerto Rico, won the crown. As Miss Universe, Rivera represented the Miss Universe Organization, both in the United States and internationally. She was based in New York City, where she shared an apartment with Tara Conner, Miss USA and Katie Blair, Miss Teen USA 2006.
At the Miss Universe 2007 pageant she passed her crown to Riyo Mori of Japan in Mexico City, Mexico on May 28, 2007.
After being crowned on July 23, 2006 in Los Angeles, Zuleyka was interviewed by many news teams in Los Angeles and when she arrived at her new home in New York.
From the end of July until early August, Zuleyka traveled to Japan where she presented the Five Star Diamond Award to the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Tokyo. She also participated in a photo shoot with Kurara Chibana in San Juan, Puerto Rico and in Tokyo, Japan, the girls who became really close best friends and still keep in touch. Miss Universe Japan (and first runner-up), and Zuleyka also visited Mikimoto, the creators of her dazzling crown. In late August, Zuleyka traveled to Indonesia where she attended the opening of a new spa, met with the Minister of Culture, and attended the Miss Indonesia Universe pageant where Agni Pratistha was crowned. While in Indonesia, Zuleyka also visited Bali. On September 4, 2006, Zuleyka returned to her home, Puerto Rico for an official homecoming celebration and parade. The following day, Zuleyka returned to her hometown of Salinas.
As of April 2007, Zuleyka has traveled to the Czech Republic, France, Italy, Russia, Spain, Turkey, Greece, Kazakhstan, India, Mexico, Thailand, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Japan, and Indonesia, in addition to numerous trips around the United States.
On April 1, 2007, Rivera appeared at WrestleMania 23 along with Miss USA 2007 Rachel Smith and Miss Teen USA 2006 Katie Blair, supporting Donald Trump in the Battle of the Billionaires match against Vince McMahon.
She passed on her crown at the Miss Universe 2007 pageant to Japan's Riyo Mori, which was held in Mexico City, Mexico on May 28, 2007.
Personal life
Since the fall of 2010, Rivera has been dating Minnesota Timberwolves point guard José Juan Barea. In July 2011, the couple announced they were expecting their first child together. Rivera gave birth to Sebastián José Barea Rivera in Minnesota on February 18, 2012. Barea was present during the birth.
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That tenor with the Kevlar lungs has no trouble getting your attention. But what may be a little harder to imagine is how beautiful Venice sounds when left to her own devices.
Nothing against sight; of all the senses, sight comes first, at least for us humans. But sight can make you lazy, especially in Venice. All you have to do is open just one eye, even squinting, and you'd still see enough beauty to keep you going for months. Which led me to believe, for quite a long time, that being blind in Venice would be the worst thing in the world. I mean, if you had to be blind, you might as well go live somewhere else. Bland, Missouri. Oil Trough, Arkansas. Anywhere but here.
Venice in fact is doomed to be stared at, posing for a million of the same photos every day, a life as predictable and monotonous as the typical gondolier's. So it's easy to assume that it's your eyes that you need most.
I don't think so anymore. Here is how Venice sounds to me.
Silence. There is plenty of noise all day long here, normal third-millennium racket ranging from pneumatic drills to 40-hp motors to deafening boom-boxes in passing boats blasting that car-crash-torture-dungeon music. And on summer nights, when people tend to stay out till dawn, along about 2:00 or 3:00 there is the boisterous chorus of their inane "Good-night-it-was-great-see-you-tomorrow-I'll-call-you-okay-I'll-text-you" comments from right outside our bedroom window, which naturally has to be open because of the heat. You'd think somebody in the group was going off to walk across Antarctica, the way some of them carry on.
I sometimes wonder whether anybody out on the street bothers to consider that there might be people — us, for example — behind our Venetian blinds. But even if they did, I don't think they'd care. The street by our window is like Andorra, a zone free of duty — any sort of duty, like not shouting after midnight. Public space here isn't understood to belong to all of us. It's understood to belong to none of us, nobody at all. Do whatever you want.
But there comes a mystic moment somewhere in the night when a silence suffuses the city that is almost more beautiful than Bach. Deep. Intricate. Voluptuous. It's not merely the absence of noise, this silence is an element entirely its own, made of everything alive but inaudible, the tide turning and the breeze that begins to waft from the sea and the luminous darkness itself. The proto-morning is filled with a silence that could be the distillation of every sound in the world that we can't hear.
Blackbirds. Just as I wait for certain flavors to appear in season, I wait for certain sounds, and beginning in March and going on till around now, the blackbirds announce the dawn with an accuracy a chronometer could only dream of. In fact, I know it's 4:00 AM as I lie there in the dark because one blackbird will begin to sing. One. A single voice that's like a flute that wants to be a crystal bell. It's almost more beautiful than laughter. It is so beautiful that I challenge you to suggest a song that could even come close. It hasn't been written. And as long as there are blackbirds on earth, I really don't care. Too bad they got such a boring name, but I suppose calling them the "voice of angels" bird would sound worse.
A shutter opening (or closing).
For me, this is one of the quintessential sounds of Venice, even more than foghorns or the bells of San Marco, God forgive me. It is one of the elemental sounds of dawn, an intimate, homely scraping noise ( it depends on how old and how plumb the shutters are) followed by two clunks as the shutters reach the outer wall. It's the domestic equivalent of the trumpet at Churchill Downs.
Shutters are no mere decoration; Venetians believe — sorry, they know — that drafts are the thin end of the health wedge. Anything from a head cold to pleurisy, hiccups, the blind staggers, whatever you've got will almost certainly have been caused by a draft that was carelessly permitted to enter. "Colpo di finestra, colpo di balestra," they darkly say: "A blow (as in punch) via the window is a blow from the crossbow." No doubts, no discussions. If you don't close your shutters, you're just asking for it.
Rolling suitcases, all sizes, from carry-ons to steamer trunks. This is a fairly new sound which — unlike the birds and the shutters and all — the Venetians of yore might have trouble identifying. Considering how tourist apartment rentals have proliferated all over the city, the suitcase-sound has become as irrevocable as the sunrise. I will hear it as early as 3:00 AM, if the hardy travelers are trying to make the first flight at 6:35 sharp. (Unlikely, as that plane is going to Lyon, but they'll almost certainly want one of the following flock of early flights to Rome, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, and all those other big connection points for intercontinental flights).
Your average rolling suitcase isn't any happier to be up at this hour than its people are, because it makes a heavy low grumbling noise as it is dragged along the granite streets. Then it goes bumpbumpbump twelve times, up the steps of the bridge. And twelve bumps down the other side.
Until a few years ago, the only hotel in this precinct was a modest if overpriced former palazzo with guests who traveled at decent hours. But now there has been an explosion of little bijou hotels which call themselves "bed and breakfast" but which have no relation whatever to the classic British version I remember so fondly (a spare room in some little retired couple's house). There has been an even greater efflorescence of apartments for rent; if you start noodling around on the Net, you might think there is no dwelling left for Venetians, a feeling which many Venetians have begun to share.
So with all these places to stay, about ten to fifty times more people are hauling their stuff around today than even two years ago. The second-floor apartment across the street from us — all of ten feet away — belongs to someone who rents it through a French agency, because only French people stay there. They annoy the hoo out of the Venetians who live in the building, because they forget to close the front door, or they put their garbage out at inappropriate times ("Well we're leaving before the trash is collected tomorrow," one woman told me huffily, and I had to admit she had a point). And they toss their cigarette butts out the window. I never see them do it, but I also don't see any excuse for it. Every few days I go out and sweep up all the cruddy filters strewn between their door and ours. (Filters — strange, I know. They don't make French smokers the way they used to. Next thing you know, they'll be drinking Coke. Oh wait — 42 percent of the French population does drink Coke. Well there you are.)
The sounds that shape the rest of the day depend on weather, whether or not school is in session (parents and children chattering on their way home), when the shops close (usually between 12:30 and 1:00) which means clumps of women form at the foot of the bridge to finish whatever it was they were discussing). It also depends on whether or not the kids have had their naps, or snacks, or have been thwarted in some way as their blood sugar plummets. Between 5:00 and 6:00 it seems that every toddler in the neighborhood collectively snaps, because what I used to think of quaintly as the "aperitivo hour" I have now re-labeled as the Hour of the Imploding Child.
The invisible piano. This is my favorite summer sound. I'll hear it in the early evening, wafting out of an upper-storey apartment at the foot of via Garibaldi, behind some trees. It's obviously a person and not a recording because of repetitions and occasional errors, and whoever it is (man? woman? no way to guess) plays well enough for it to be enjoyable but not so well as to be off-putting. Chopin ballades, sonatas by Scarlatti, "Invitation to the Dance" by Weber, music my mother used to play after supper. It makes me feel happy.
Foghorns. My favorite winter sound. There are a few unpleasant aspects to fog, of course — clothes on the line which have given up all hope of ever drying; vaporettos re-routed up the Grand Canal for safety reasons, which drastically distorts your route to wherever you need to go. People not from Venice think that high water is a nuisance, but they've never seen what fog can do to your day. Hordes of tired, hungry, harassed people accumulating on the dock at Sant' Elena waiting for the vaporetto with the radar to finally arrive and take them the five minutes across to the Lido. No radar, no vaporetto. Boats used to make this little crossing all the time, now you'd think that they were facing the iceberg zone off Greenland or something.
But when I hear the distant foghorn, it carries more romance to me than 289 gondola rides — or even one, actually — under the Bridge of Sighs. The occasional deeper blast from the Minoan Lines ferry arriving from Greece — warning? threat? — is also exciting, especially if you're out rowing in the fog and it's blowing at you. This has happened to me.
Bells. The bells in the campanile of San Marco ring several times a day, but I pay special attention to certain ringing. Such as the single bell that sounds at 3:00 PM every Friday, to recall our thoughts to Good Friday and the crucifixion of Christ. There is the midnight tolling of the marangon, the deepest of all, which you can hear from many parts of the city. Depending on which way the wind is blowing, I've even heard it when we were out in the lagoon. Deeply comforting, like the sentinel on the battlements. The bells also ring every July 14 at 10:02 in the morning, to commemorate the epochal collapse of the campanile at that moment in 1902.
But with the dark that sumptuous stillness (eventually) returns, permeated not only with the voices of forgotten doges but also the voices of exasperated mothers and Macedonian plasterers.
Of course it would be terrible to be blind in Venice. But it would be at least as bad to be deaf here.


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About Sayat Nova
Located just steps from Michigan Avenue in the heart of Chicago's thriving Streeterville neighborhood, Sayat Nova is a cozy, romantic enclave tucked back from the city's urban sprawl. Since 1970, we have offered Armenian cuisine that presents a slightly earthier variation on typical Mediterranean fare.
Chicago, IL 60611
Dining Style:
Casual Elegant
Middle Eastern
Hours of Operation:
Lunch: Monday - Saturday: 11:30AM - 3:30PM
Dinner: Monday - Saturday: 3:30PM - 10:00PM
Sundays: 3:00PM - 9:00PM
Cross Street:
Michigan Ave.
Dress Code:
Casual Dress
Price Range:
$30 and under
Payment Options
AMEX, Discover, MasterCard, Visa
Phone Number:
(312) 644-9159
Parking Details:
Discount Parking offered around the corner at the Park 1 on the corner of Grand and St. Clair
Public Transit:
Red Line Grand and State Any Michigan Avenue Bus
Bar Dining, Full Bar, Outdoor dining, Wine
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Sayat Nova Ratings and Reviews
My husband & I went on a Saturday at 1:00. There was no one else at the tables but there was 4 guys at the bar that were loud and obnoxious. We sat & ordered the sampler appetizer - it was good. But unfortunately the guys at the bar ruined the experience for us. We decided we really didn't need to hear about their big egos and decided to leave. Our server was gracious as we explained that we would come back & give the place another try. I didn't get the feeling that the guy behind the bar really cared. The guys at the bar were disgusting. If this had been a dive bar I could have understood, but lunch time on a Saturday to have 4 drunks at the bar that I don't understand. Not sure if we will go back as it left a bad taste
We started with the mezza sampler choosing the baba, taboule, and jajic. They were all good. For dinner I had the sarma platter. While the grape leaves were tasty there was about a quarter inch of standing water in the plate which I assume came from microwaving them. The stuffed eggplant was very dry and very flavorless.
It might be a good place for appetizers but I wouldn't eat dinner here again.
My family is from eastern Europe, so the type of food served here (Armenian) is somewhat familiar. I had the smoked eggplant appetizer, followed by lamb meatballs in a mint yoghurt soup. Flavors was delicate and the food was well-prepared. It wasn't very busy, so service was very quick and the pace could have been slowed down a bit. I had the appetizer within a few minutes, and the main course followed right on it's heels (the soup included with the main course came out before I was finished the appetizer). The food was excellent, it just would have been nice if dinner was longer than 30 minutes (from seating to paying the check).
Great spot for authentic Armenian food, which is similar to Lebanese, Greek, and Turkish cuisine. Inventive interior design with circular booths along the perimeter, which gives a nice sense of privacy, especially for couples. On our visit for dinner, there was a very large party (around 20), and our table service suffered in terms of attentiveness. By no means a deal-breaker, though.
We had the mezza sampler to start with hummus, yalanchi sarma & plaki.
The hummus & yalanchi sarma were good. The plaki was so incredibly bland.
I really wanted to order the red lentil soup, but it's made with chicken stock - why?!
Suggestion: use vegetable stock, which would create an additional vegan dish on the menu.
I ordered that same mezza sampler for my main - because I'm vegan - and while the plaki was bland, I was hankerin' for more beans.
Husband ordered the kebab combo which he said was tasty.
Our reservation was at 9pm. The kitchen closed at 10pm.
Once the kitchen closed, the staff lit up their cigarettes in either the kitchen or back room,
and that smoke permeated the entire restaurant like a bar in the 1980s.
One could avoid that smoke with an earlier reservation.
I don't need to go back.
This was a restaurant favorite of my family Years ago. I had not been in some time, and will not go back.
The food was truly mediocre and over-priced. My German guests barely touched their plates beginning with really "un-inspired" salads through main courses. The only good dish seemed to be a lentil soup.
Tired place.
This was not my first visit to Sayat Nova. I've been a customer for years. Everything about our meal was perfect with the exception of one mighty stiff drink. My partner's drink was fabulous, so perhaps mine was just a mistake. I'd still comeback in a heartbeat.
I went with my wife and 20 year old son. We are all very savy in the kitchen. The food was good and authentic. and very neatly presented. The chef is very consistent. The wine list is acceptable for a small place. Good place to go when you know what you want, but it won't knock your socks off.
I travel to Chicago once a month and I always go there for diner on every trip since I have discovered this place. It is tasty, the staff is super friendly, the quality and portion of the food served is fantastic! If you are looking to try something new or Mediterranean food, I highly recommend this place.
we are from out of town and had eaten at Sayat Nova several years ago. the food was ok but the service had been poor. this time, we were in town and walking by and decided to try again. I'm so glad we did. the food was delicious (I'm Armenian and know what most of it is supposed to taste like - and it is great). The service was very good. It was Tuesday and wine bottles were half price - a short but just fine wine list. For Chicago, or really any large city, the prices are very reasonable for the quality and portion size, which was generous. I have the Armenian sampler entrée. excellent grape leaves, stuffed eggplant, kufta in yogurt and the best cheese beorag,. My husband had lule Kebab (delicious) and the pilaf was just like mine. unless you are in LA, its tough to find an Armenian restaurant. I would definitely return here.
I chose to sit at the bar: Even though it was dinner time (7 PM), the restaurant was not crowded on a Monday night. The bartender was polite and provided great assistance; however, he was not very attentive and it took me a couple tries when I was trying to get his attention. I ordered the Sautéed Lamb.
The dinner came with a side salad as an appetizer. It had a great vinaigrette. The lamb was served with pita bread, rice, and grilled veggie. The lamb was cooked well.
I ended up taking a Togo box as it was more than enough food. I also ordered the raspberry cheesecake Togo. The dessert was a bit disappointing as the portion size was tiny. It tasted like something I could get at Costco.
I did like that the restaurant had wifi that I could use while I was there. Overall, I give the restaurant 4 stars.
Sayat Nova is one of my favorite restaurants in Chicago. The Armenian food is all made from scratch. I highly recommend all of the appetizers. This time, my friends and I shared the Armenian Combo - sarma, cheese boereg, kufta, and eggplant. For our entrees, my friends had grilled lamb and grilled chicken while I had the lula kebab. We also shared an order of tabouleh. We split one serving of kadayif for dessert. The meal was fabulous! Perfect atmosphere and perfect service!
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Okun's Law at 50
The IMF has written a good paper on Okun's Law (here), suggesting (from the abstract) that: "Okun's Law is a strong and stable relationship in most countries, one that did not change substantially during the Great Recession [and] accounts of breakdowns in the Law ... are flawed." nothing new really; I have said so a few months ago (here). Bill Mitchell has good post (here), which suggests correctly that the problem with the recoveries is not Okun's Law, but excessive fiscal austerity. I would add one more thing, not only Okun's Law works well in developed countries (advanced economies according to the IMF paper), but also in developing countries. Figure below is a crude representation of the Law for Argentina.
Note that the coefficient is more or less the same as in the US or other advanced economies. An increase in GDP growth of 1.87% reduces unemployment in 1%. Close to the 2 to 1 ratio. A more sophisticated and better estimatimated version that takes into account trend issues associated with Kaldor-Verdoorn, by Fabián Amico, Alejandro Fiorito and Guillermo Hang is available here (but in Spanish).


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The iPhone 5 will be available for pre-order through Etisalat and du from Sunday, December 9, 2012.
Etisalat offers value-packed prepaid and postpaid package options on all three new iPhone 5 devices – 16GB, 32GB and 64GB.
Khaled ElKhouly, Chief Marketing Officer at Etisalat, confirmed availability of the iPhone 5 in the UAE from December 13, 2012 onwards. "The new iPhone 5 has been much-awaited across the region and we understand the enthusiasm of our customers to own a piece of the action. We assure customers that the features of the iPhone 5 device, combined with Etisalat's wide 3G network in the UAE, will provide an exceptional user experience," said ElKhouly.
For both pre-paid and post-paid customers, the new iPhone 5 is priced at Dh2749 for 16GB, Dh3149 for 32GB and Dh3549 for 64GB devices. Starting December 9, customers can pre-order the iPhone 5 with their choice of Etisalat's attractive pre-paid or post-paid plans, using their credit card, by logging on to Etisalat's website.
Apple also announced last week that it would launch iPhone 5 in the UAE on December 14. Local retailers were last week selling 16GB iPhone 5 between Dh3,000 to Dh4,000 while Apple is expected to launch at around Dh2,200. The iPhone 4S was also being sold in the local market at the same rate..
Etisalat's customers buying the new iPhone 5 will enjoy an enhanced mobile data experience offered on the nation's widest 3G HSPA+ network. Etisalat's HSPA+ network covers more than 99% of the country's populated areas and supports Internet speeds of up to 42Mbps. It allows customers to enjoy speed-demanding apps such as video-streaming, networked gaming, browsing and much more.
Media reports said that du will also start pre-order from Sunday, December 9.


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The Rangers' lineup features the major-league debut of Mitch Moreland and the return of Taylor Teagarden. Joaquin Arias starts as well for Ian Kinsler, who didn't seem very excited to be on the disabled list but understands that it's probably the best move for the long term.
Josh Hamilton has taken Kinsler's spot in the No. 3 hole, a move manager Ron Washington said could become permanent after Kinsler returns.
A's lineup vs. C.J. Wilson: Coco Crisp, cf; Rajai Davis, lf; Kurt Suzuki, dh; Kevin Kouzmanoff, 3b; Adam Rosales, 1b; Mark Ellis, 2b; Landon Powell, c; Matt Carson, rf; Cliff Pennington, ss.
Rangers lineup vs. Vin Mazzaro: Elvis Andrus, ss; Michael Young, 3b; Josh Hamilton, cf; Vladimir Guerrero, dh; Nelson Cruz, rf; David Murphy, lf; Joaquin Arias, 3b; Mitch Moreland, 1b; Taylor Teagarden, c.
-- Jeff Wilson