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The hotels are owned by Amaris Hospitality, one of the UK's leading hospitality companies with 89 hotels in its portfolio, and will be operated by Amaris Hospitality under a franchise agreement.
Hilton Garden Inn Dublin Custom House will convert from an existing Jurys Inn hotel, and will mark the mid-market brand's debut in the Republic of Ireland. DoubleTree by Hilton will welcome DoubleTree by Hilton Glasgow Central, and The Carlton Hotel in Scotland's capital, overlooking the city's spectacular Royal Mile, will rebrand as Hilton Edinburgh Carlton. Amaris Hospitality will invest £30 million in the hotels prior to rebranding.
The hotels join DoubleTree by Hilton properties in Chelsea and Islington, and a Hilton Garden Inn at London's Heathrow Airport, all of which converted from Jurys Inn properties in 2014, and continue to be operated by Amaris Hospitality.
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The first Norn I hatched was Forager. He was extremely adventurous and I couldn't keep him still for long! Within a matter of seconds he had climbed the all the way up the giant tree and was playing with the Cuddly Tree I had placed there. He soon dozed off, only to awake and start playing with the tree again. Maybe he's part Treehugger?
After a few minutes I decided to hatch Forager a mate, so he wouldn't get lonely. Whilst I waited for the egg to hatch, Forager spent most of the time eating fruit and playing with the Cuddly Tree. He just wouldn't leave it alone!
Within a few seconds Berri was born. She, like forager, was extremely adventurous. Whilst Berri ate, I had to keep an eye on Forager, who was veering very close to the edge of the giant tree.
After a short while, Berri decided to play with a bouncy plant she had found. A few of these bounced into the pond, which was luckily guarded by a Stopper plant. If Berri would have wandered into the pond, she probably wouldn't come out again.
Soon Forager eventually decided to venture down from his lone perch and look for something to eat. He was quite far away from Berri, and I doubt he even noticed her!
Forager and Berri soon both decided to go up the lift in the giant tree. Unfortunately, Forager's Pink Strawberry Norn instincts kicked in, and he ran away from poor Berri with immense fright, right over the edge of the branch! Luckily I was able to catch Forager before he fell in the pool, but it made me realize how dangerous the Norngarden could be. I would obviously need to place the Stopper plant further down, so Norns wouldn't be stuck in the pond.
Later on, I caught Berri trying to sneak up on Forager whilst he slept. It was one of the most humorous things I have ever seen! As soon as Forager woke up, Berri ran as fast as she could back to pond-side. I really hope that they will both calm down so they can breed when they are adults.
A few moments later though, I caught Berri and Forager both curled up next to each other. Maybe they're not as scared of each other as I thought.
A few moments later though, I caught Berri and Forager both curled up next to each other. Maybe they're not as scared of each other as I thought.
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Recently finished this Euro tour poster art for Japanese garage beatsters The Routes. I have been digging their recent instrumental LP on Groovie Records and would surely be there to check out some of these shows were I in sunny Spain or Portugal instead of the frozen wastes of Canada. There's some talk of reworking this art into a sleeve for a limited edition tour 7"; if that idea pans out I'll update this post to include that version. More stuff comin' soon so... UPDATE: Added variant version that will be used on the 7" sleeve; see below. Stay tuned for MORE MESS WITH THE BULL AND YOU'LL GET THE HORN ACTION!
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Friedemann Friese's Copycat was my favorite game coming out of BGG.con 2012, and I picked it up at our local game shop as soon as it came out. It's a very clean, elegant design with a lot of variety. The game premise, ostentatiously ripping off the mechanics associated with top-rated games and repurposing them into something new, was designed to appeal to me – I've always said it's not mechanics that matter, but how those mechanics are assembled, calibrated, weighted, and balanced to create an effect. Copycat presents us with nothing new mechanically, but the way the different pieces are blended is quite skillful. Unless you're an insider, you can easily miss all the cameos and inside jokes but still enjoy the game.
Sadly, like many Friese games, Copycat didn't quite make it. The obvious reason seems to be a simple one of game balance: the game's action cards that let you draw more cards seem too powerful, especially the Sauna with Colleagues and State Dinner. As long as each player gets a share of the available versions of them, it's not too bad, but if through luck, skill, or opponent's negligence one player manages to dominate this category, they will tediously roll to victory. It's not a complete deal-breaker, but Copycat isn't short and once you figure this out it's not great.
I think Copycat has a more fundamental problem though. At its heart are two mechanical bits: deck-building (from Dominion) and worker placement (from Agricola). Deck-building is something I tend to like, and many of my favorite recent games use the idea (Thunderstone, Ascension, Nightfall, Trains, Core Worlds), and I tend to enjoy even the more workmanlike games in the genre (Arctic Scavengers, the various Cryptozoic games, Dominion*). Worker placement, on the other hand, is one of my most-disliked mechanics and I can count only a handful of games over its entire 10+ year history that I find consistently entertaining: Pillars of the Earth, Lords of Waterdeep, Tribune, Agricola.
I think these two ideas are working at cross-purposes in Copycat. Deck-building games generally want to be short: early game decisions tend to weigh heavily, and as advantages quickly accrue you want to end the game before it gets tedious. Nobody's going to stage a late-game comeback off an inefficient deck built in the first half. By contrast, worker placement games tend to run long. There is a lot of downtime inherent in the system as choices have to be constantly re-evaluated and it's hard to plan ahead. Where worker placement games want to be incremental with lots of similar choices that evolve over time, deck builders want decisive choices which can play out relatively quickly. Worker placement games tend to need lots of open information to work. Deck-builders by their very physical nature hide a great deal. Worker placement games tend to be chess-like evaluation games, while deck-builders are games of probability and statistics.
It seems to me that Copycat gets caught in-between. It's a quick deck-builder bolted to a slow, contemplative worker-placement, so it ends up taking 90 minutes and being decided by the decisions made in the first half. It's a game that requires analytical look-ahead while hiding too much information.
* I realize putting the Spiel des Jahre-winning Dominion in the "workmanlike" category may seem a little unfair. You have to give Donald X. Vaccarino credit for coming up with a great idea that seems an obvious extension of the collectible card game concept only in retrospect. But just as the great mechanical ideas in We The People would have to wait for Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage before truly delivering on their promise, to me Dominion wasn't a complete package – it was "just" a very good pure game mechanic.


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Officer's report cites "suspicious circumstances," says Heacock failed field sobriety test.
A Lee's Summit police officer stopped Independence City Manager Robert Heacock early Tuesday morning after he observed "suspicous circumstances," according probable cause statement.
The statement, obtained by The Examiner Wednesday, also says that Heacock admitted to the officer that he had consumed at least "two or three beers, a shot of Southern Comfort and one shot of Jagermeister," in the hours before he was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated.
Heacock was charged Tuesday by the Lee's Summit Police Department with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated after leaving a bar in downtown Lee's Summit. He was released after posting a $300 bond.
According to a police report provided by the Lee's Summit Police Department, Heacock told the officer during an interview after Heacock's arrest that he did not feel as though he was under the influence of an alcoholic beverage at the time he left The Peanut bar in Lee's Summit. Heacock told the arresting officer he had been at The Peanut, 219 Southeast Main St., from 8 p.m. Monday night to 12:30 a.m. Tuesday morning, according to the police report.
Heacock earlier in the evening attended a City Council study session, which ended around 7 p.m.
According to the arresting officer, during routine patrol, the officer observed a black Lincoln LS reverse from a parking lot adjacent to The Peanut about 1:30 a.m. At the time the arresting officer noticed a front seat passenger in the vehicle, the police report states. The officer then observed the vehicle as it traveled into an alley and parked in the west lot of the Colony Professional Center at 200 Southeast Douglas Road.
The officer observed the vehicle park and watched as the driver - later identified as Heacock - exit the driver's seat to remove frost from the vehicle's windshield. According to the police report, at approximately 1:44 a.m. the officer returned to the alley and observed the black Lincoln LS with its headlights off still in Colony Center's parking lot, with the motor running. As the officer approached the vehicle, the police report states the officer noticed the driver's seat was still occupied, but could not see the person that had previously occupied the passenger seat.
Due to suspicious circumstances, the officer states in the report, he approached the Lincoln to investigate. The arresting officer states in the report he observed the duo replace items of clothing that had been shed before he approached the Lincoln on foot.
According to the police report, the officer met the driver at the driver's side and immediately noticed that the driver's trousers were lowered to mid-thigh. The driver repeatedly apologized for the indecency of the situation and suggested that if the officer would overlook his lewd behavior, the driver would drive directly home without further incident, the report states.
While speaking with Heacock, the officer detected a strong oder of an alcoholic beverage and noticed that Heacock's eyes were bloodshot and glassy.
According to the police report, the officer ordered Heacock to perform a series of field sobriety tests, which according to the police report, Heacock failed. Based on the circumstances, the officer states in the report, Heacock was placed under arrest for driving while intoxicated. The report said Heacock's driver's license was confiscated, and revoked.
Heacock's court date has been set for March 12.
Heacock declined to comment further on the incident Wednesday afternoon. He did issue a statement to The Examiner Tuesday.
"I do acknowledge that regardless of the outcome, this incident reflects poorly on the community and organization to which I have dedicated the last 10 years of service. For that, I offer my deepest and most sincere apologies," he said.
Reached for comment Wednesday, Independence Mayor Don Reimal read from the following statement: "All the members of the (City) Council have been made aware of the circumstances that Robert finds himself. Given the nature of the matter, the city will continue to monitor the situation and no additional comment will be made until after this matter is concluded."


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Music In Outer Space
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this page
from Nasa shows, when Astronauts want to chill out in space they get together and make music. The pic above shows Carl E. Walz playing a Yamaha PSR282 keyboard on the International Space Station. You can buy a PSR282 for about £45 on eBay, but getting a 11½lb keyboard into space would have cost NASA around $115,000. Somehow it all seems worth it when you watch
this video [tiny QT]
of Ed Lu playing it.
The real pioneer of music in space was
Ron McNair. In 1984, he took a saxophone into space on Challenger.
brilliant page tells the full story, from selecting the right reed for low-pressure playing to the unfortunate 'bubble effect'. Two years later, Ron died in the Challenger Disaster.
Don Pettit
took a didgeridoo to the Internation Space Station - he was one of the astronauts stranded by the second shuttle disaster. He had to crash land in a Soviet escape pod in Kazakhstan, leaving the didgeridoo on the space station for future visitors.
Visitors to MIR were more fortunate. There was a Spanish Guitar that lived there (that's
Gennady Strekalov
playing 'Midnight in Moscow' on it in 1985). In 1995, Commander
Robert 'Hoot' Gibson
took two sets of fresh Gibson strings for the guitar when he visited in 1995.
Back home, 'Hoot' is the guitarist in
Max Q
, an 'easy rock' band made up of astronauts. They play occasional gigs but unfortunately haven't yet released classics like 'Another Saturday Night' ("Another sunrise, another sunset, another orbit, another day out of this world/I got devotion, I got emotion, I got the universe/Now all I need is my girl.") Max Q are currently looking for a new drummer, as Capt James Wetherbee retired from Nasa at the beginning of this year. Only spacemen need apply.
This page
will tell you everything else that you could ever need to know about music in space.
Posted by Tom Whitwell.
Check out this radio feature at http://www.totallyradio.com/show_pages/shows.php?show=98
It is called Space Music: Things seen in the Skies.
I produced it so I'm not gonna big it up too much. It features lots of space music and is written and presented by Ken Hollings.
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You should check out the gold disc that was attached to the Voyager Probes in 1977.
Each probe contained a two hour metal record containing images, music, and other sounds and greetings. All the information was encoded onto discs which were coated in copper and gold to protect them on their journey. Each record was accompanied by a stylus and a cartridge, and most importantly, a set of instructions on how to play it.
I love the idea of sending this space 'message in a bottle' in the hope of making contact with other inteligent life forms.
Both probes are about to leave the Solar System after surpassing their predicted mission lifespan.
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Hah...the Charlie Brown theme song was the first piano-played tune from space. Another noteable first for Charles Shulz. My hero!!
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Intriguing article. For the record, the real pioneer of music in space was Yuri Gagarin who sang a piece by Dmitri Shostakovich with the title "The Motherland is Listening" as he descended back to earth. This is the first piece of music ever performed in space and was heard by many million Soviet citizens and others.
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great, my tax $$$s at work.
you'd think the ISS would have some computing power available for a softsynth or two.
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Oh yeah I imagine the very busy astronauts on teir 10 minute free time to fire up reason and play it without a midi controller or even a mouse as all computers are either voice or trackball controlled on the ISS ( mice don't seem to work as well foating around the station ) Not to mention that nearly none of the ISSs' computers run any OS supported by a softsynth programmer except for a crappy 800 MHZ laptop (used for "e-mail" updated twice a day) that sports a really intuitive touchpad. How much fun would that be? Even if it costs 115000£ to get it up there, they deserve to have AT LEAST that much, risking theyr @$$es for the sake of research and progress.
This would go like this:
Astronaut 1: "Hey wanna jam some tunes,"
Astronaut 2: "Ok dude, let me just finish those 2 patterns and set up this new kick ass plugin and we're ready to go tomorrow"
Astronaut 1: "Tomorrow? can't you divert power from the lifesupport or reverse the polarity on the warpfield emitters to speed tgis up a little?"
Astronaut 2: " Ok forget it, I bring my keyboard next time!"
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"Give me begging children. Give me the rhythm of a dozen snoring roommates. Give me language barriers and languid ticket counters. Give me guidebook maps and tourist traps. Give me squat toilets. Give me passport stamps and stomach cramps. Give me padlocks. Give me missed-bus woes and filthy toes. Give me deserts. Give me rain. Give me an endless train trip and a fresh friendship. Give me sunburned arms and nomadic charms. Give me noodles. Give me sunshine and an aching spine. Give me an ageless round-the-world jog and this, my humble travelogue."
If you want to read more, here you have Ant's blog, from UK, a great traveler who I met in Tibet and who tell so much interesting things, and tell them in high quality! He will be travelling for a few years, so the chronicles will be a never ending stuff, and it's good.
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Vladimir Ashkenazy – Malaysia should have a conservatory
3 December 2009 | Franz Felicius
And according to virtuoso pianist, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Malaysians are already groomed for a classical music awakening. The Russian is ranked as one of the greatest pianists of the modern era, as well as music director and conductor laureate.
Ashkenazy and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra (SSO) were in Kuala Lumpur recently for two nights of stellar performances at the Petronas Philharmonic Hall (DFP). Ashkenazy's musical career screams 'extraordinary' in every way. Having played the piano at the age of six, he was accepted at the Central Music School, Moscow at age eight after demonstrating prodigious talent. The 72-year old pianist's career has spawned numerous chamber music recording that garnered him critical praise and accolades including several Grammy awards. He later branched into conducting and was the principal conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and was the Chief Conductor of the Czech Philharmonic, and Music director of the NHK Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo.
With 20 years of conducting experience under his belt, he began early this year his four-year tenure as principal conductor and artistic advisor of the world-class Sydney Symphony Orchestra (SSO). Met during a luncheon with Penny Williams, the Australian High Commissioner to Malaysia, Ashkenazy having played the piano masterfully at a young age advised youngsters to learn classical music with diligence. «If you want to be a serious classical musician, you must start early especially with instruments like the piano and violin. It will definitely be too late to have a real career in classical music if you learn to play an instrument when you're older».
A graduate of the Moscow Conservatory, (one of the leading music universities in Russia) Ashkenazy is part of the fine list of its alumni which includes Natalya Ageyeva (pianist and Artistic Director Russian Chamber Music Foundation of Seattle) as well as violinist and musicologist Alexei Gorokhov. Conservatories are colleges or academies of music and university schools of music, which are tertiary level institutions, and can either be independent or part of a university.
Classical music is often the principal study in most of the world's famous conservatories such as the Royal Academy of Music, London, The Paris Conservatoire and the Juilliard School of Music in New York. However, in non-European and non-American countries like China's Shanghai Conservatory of Music, traditional instruments are prioritised. On the other hand, Malaysia has yet to have its own conservatory, a development that Ashkenazy noted as unfortunate.
«Malaysia should have a conservatory, because what's happening now is that classical music students here have to go abroad to pursue their tertiary studies. Eventually they will stay in those countries instead of coming back to play with local orchestras. It's a big loss for classical music progress in Malaysia».


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The PVA tool is particularly relevant in the context of development interventions aimed at building resilience and facilitating adaptation to climate variability and change. The PVA tool provides a vital foundation for the regular monitoring of poverty and vulnerability that will enable the success of development and adaptation interventions by governments and donors to be evaluated in a robust, empirically grounded manner.


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Join us on radio every Sunday, 5-8pm on 710 KNUS, DenverTo listen online from anywhere, click 710knus.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- JOIN US, MAY 23: Luncheon on Universities vs. America; details below ------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Madam Chairman, Colorado is close to the front line of America's unsecured southern border. We are a conduit for massive illegal traffic into this country. I dealt with the consequences as Senate President, 2003-2005. I bring you an appeal from our state to build the fence and secure the border first and foremost. I urge you not to reward lawbreakers with green cards and citizenship." So began my testimony on Thursday afternoon before the House Immigration Subcommittee in Washington.
An hour earlier, Senate Republicans and the Bush administration had announced their capitulation to Ted Kennedy and Democrats on amnesty for illegal aliens. I urged the opposite course. (See full text in an earlier post below.)
Other headlines in this busy week included Senate Democrats rejecting Harry Reed's latest Iraq surrender resolution, Republican presidential candidates holding their second debate, and more bad bills signed by Gov. Bill Ritter.
My guests Sunday evening on Backbone Radio to talk over all of it with you will include Dan Haley, the new editorial page editor of the Denver Post... Dr. Alan Crippen of the John Jay Institute... and author and columnist Joseph C. Phillips.
** Plus Ward Connerly of the American Civil Rights Institute with a preview of next year's ballot issue for a color-blind constitution in Colorado
** Plus Coloradan Brian Ivers, Marine veteran of three Iraq tours, for thoughts on Armed Forces Day 5/19 and Memorial Day 5/28.
Spin the dial, surf the net, troll through the weekdays -- you just won't find anything else like Backbone Radio. Please be part of our show this weekend by tuning in at 5pm Sunday.
Yours for self-government, JOHN ANDREWS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- YOU ARE INVITED: Next Thursday, May 23, another in our Claremont luncheon series, "Why Do Universities Run Down America?"...Regent Tom Lucero and Prof. Chris Kopff will speak... noon at the University Club, 1673 Sherman in Denver... Tickets $25... RSVP on this email or call 303 813 9686.


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Centre for High Definition Geophysics
The Centre for High-Definition Geophysics (CHDG) was established in 2006 with State funding through the Centres of Excellence in Science and Innovation program and follows the completion of a successful project using seismic methods for gold exploration in the Goldfields.
The CHDG is also supported by a range of industry partners including, Placer Dome Pacific, Goldfields, Sydney Gas, BHP Coal, Griffin Coal, BHP-WMC, Jubilee Mines, Independence Group, Anglo-Gold, ISA Technologies and IBM.
The CHDG is investigating how seismic technologies can detect mineral resources such as gold, base metals and coal and also locate underground water reserves. Although the CHDG's initial research has focused on the use of seismic technologies, the overall aim is to combine a range of geophysical techniques to characterise and map the earth's properties and near surface resources in general as well as delineate ore bodies at greater depths to increase the effectiveness of exploration and assist the geotechnical sector for large infrastructure developments. CHDG applies geophysical techniques to imaging hard and mineralised terrain mainly using seismic techniques, an example being shown below.
Applying technologies such as seismic to imaging such structures is part of the goals of the Centre of Rock Characterisation.


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Simon Cowell has admitted that Britney Spears' reticence on the X Factor USA judging panel was "a bit of a problem".
After announcing her departure earlier this year and having been effectively replaced by Kelly Rowland for the third series, there have been plenty of questions about why Spears was involved in X Factor USA in the first place.
Alongside LA Reid, Demi Lovato and Cowell himself, the singer often seemed confused and rarely uttered anything beyond a sentence.
Asked on on The Ellen DeGeneres Show why Brit had been picked for the judging panel, Cowell replied: "I think if I'm being honest with you, Ellen, there was a time I think everyone was trying to up themselves in terms of who could find the biggest known star to be on a panel."
The mogul discussed her judging skills further when Ellen quipped that she wasn't very outspoken.
He said: "I didn't realise that! I kind of booked someone who couldn't talk, which is a bit of a problem when you want someone to judge.
"She wasn't comfortable being negative, she didn't like it when the contestants spoke back to her, so she was just uncomfortable. I liked her. So we decided to change it this year."
Simon will be joined by an all female panel in the new series, make of that what you will, and is hoping the likes of Demi Lovato, and new members Kelly Rowland and Paulina Rubio will help lift ratings for the talent show.
The new series of X Factor USA hits the UK later this month on ITV 2.
Meantime the UK show is well underway here is all of the coverage from the.


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Under this section, you will find details about our European Erasmus + funded archaeology projects that we run for students and graduates studying in the UK. For information about our on-going Lottery funded UK archaeology projects, please go to our "Projects" tab.
Currently we are able to offer partial funded placements (8 weeks) under our EASE (European Archaeology Skills Exchange) and fully funded 4 week placements under PEATS (Placements in Environmental, Archaeological and Traditional Skills).
We are constantly in the process of organising more placements for both projects. Once these are confirmed, they will be uploaded, so please keep an eye on the website for more information.
If you are looking for funding towards a placement you organised yourself (only possible within EASE) please get in touch with us and we will see what is possible (must take place within Europe and have a minimum duration of 8 weeks).
Please find more information or get in touch with other participants in our PEATS facebook community
Erasmus is 30! Have a look at the Erasmus + 30 web site to see the celebration.


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CBMImager for Windows by Uncle Tom and Doc Bacardi of The Dreams has been updated recently. This is a tool to edit disk images. D64 and DFI images are fully supported while there is read-only access to HD images.
For those who do not know: DFI is a custom disk archive format used by the DreamLoad plugin for MMC64. While a D64 is limited to 171 KB, a DFI image can be of unlimited size in theory. Furthermore the DFI format supports subdirectories.
These guys make and distribute some of the most exciting new products for the classic Commodore computer lines. I'm a particular fan of the MMC64, which is an invaluable flash memory card adapter for the C-64/128. Here is their latest news, direct from the source:
30.05.2006: New C64 cartridge cases, special prices for clockport-hardware
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Our cartridge cases for Retro Replay, MMC64 and other standard C64 cartridges enjoy great popularity, therefore we have made a new production run with a few improvements. The cases that we delivered previously were made out of the fairly soft plastic polystyrene.


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Spotlight Issue: January 1999
County Players Presents
Lost in Yonkers
The County Players production of the wonderful Neil Simon play Lost in Yonkers will be presented February 5, 6, 12, 13,19, and 20, at the company's playhouse located on Route 9D in the Village of Wappingers Falls with curtain times at 8:00 PM.
What happens to children in the absence of love? That is the question that lies at the heart of this funny and heartrending story by one of America's favorite playwrights. Winner of four Tony Awards, including Best Play, and the Pulitzer Prize, Lost in Yonkers is a moving comedy-drama about the cruelties and painful memories that scar a family.
Set in Yonkers, New York in 1942, the play centers on two young boys who are sent to live with their grandmother after the death of their mother. The boys, played by Patrick Halley and Sean Donovan, are in for the longest and most difficult ten months of their lives when faced with life with their formidable grandmother played by veteran actress Bernice Edman. She portrays an embittered widow and refugee who has hardened her heart against the world. Her coldness and intolerance have had a lasting impact on her own children. The boys father Eddie, played by Paul Coleman, has no self-esteem. Their Aunt Gert, played by LuAnne Volnick, has a speech impediment. Their Uncle Louie (Mark Gleichenhaus) is a small-time gangster. And their Aunt Bella (Zsuzsa Manna) has the mentality of a child. All these problems combine to make a setting in which the boys must find the strength to survive.
It is Aunt Bella's hunger for affection and her refusal to be denied love that ultimately saves the boys and leads to an unforgettable confrontation with her mother. Filled with laughter, tears, and insight, Lost in Yonkers is yet another heartwarming testament to Neil Simon's talent.
Director Jeff Wilson, in his directorial debut at County Players, has had quite a challenge in bringing together all the elements which make Lost in Yonkers so endearing. Says Wilson, "I'm very proud to be directing Lost In Yonkers. I think it one of Neil Simon's best plays. It is both funny and touching, with interesting, well-developed characters. I have a very talented cast and crew who are working very hard to make this a great production. It's a lot of hard work, but it is also fun, and the final product makes it all worthwhile."
Tickets $12 for adults and $10 for senior citizens and children under 12. To purchase tickets, please call the box office at 298-1491.
Upcoming Auditions
Auditions for Into The Woods by Steven Sondheim and James Lapine will be held on Sunday January 24 and Monday January 25, 1999 at 7:00 PM. This "musical fable for adults", when staged on Broadway, starred Bernadette Peters, won a number of drama awards, and enjoyed a long run before going on the road. The common assessment of the New York theater critics was that Into the Woods was a "deliciously delightful musical". Those auditioning are asked to prepare a song from any Broadway musical and to wear comfortable clothing for the dance tryouts. Needed to form the cast are 9 men (ages 12 through 70) and 13 women, ages 15 and over. For further information about the auditions please call the director, Tom Lawrence at 485-5848. Production dates are in May 1999.
To Park or Not to Park
One of the most frequent complaints we hear is the difficulty our patrons have in parking for our shows. Unfortunately, there is little that can be done due to the geography of the village. We suggest you drop off as many passengers as possible at the blocked off section in front of the theater then continue south on Route 9D to park in the municipal lot on Reservoir Pl. or near the Church at the top of the hill. Parking on the street is also viable but be aware of parking restrictions. And please be sure not to park in any business lot where you could be towed away (e.g.. behind the pharmacy on the corner) . County Players can not take responsibility for any individual's parking violation.
Letters to the Editor
We would like to hear from you. What did you think of our last production? What suggestions do you have for us? Since this is community theater, we'd like to know what the community has in mind. Please send letters to :
The Spotlight
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15 W. Main St.
Wappingers Falls NY 12569
County Players History
Twenty years ago: In January 1978, County Players was about to open a production of William Inge's play Picnic starring Sara Fanelli and Matthew Gorman. Also going on at that time was an aggressive theater restoration program – a program which continues even now.
Ten years ago: In February 1988, the play in production at CP was Beth Henley's Crimes of the Heart. At one of the performances we experienced a power failure that knocked out the stage lights (as well as most of Wappingers Falls). The staff of CP reacted quickly and the performance was continued – by flashlights! We guarantee a unique theater experience!
From the President
The year is off and running. We are now well into the season and having a ball. The success of How the Other Half Loves (both commercial and artistic) is a credit to the Company and to our audience. We know that audiences will always be there for the war horses but the Board of Governors is often concerned when lesser known shows are produced. What will the response be from the audience? Well, the response was overwhelming for HTOHL. We are well into the process of selecting material for next season and will likely announce our schedule in late February. Since we are looking to continue renovations in the Theater, particularly replacing the seats, we are likely to offer known shows or shows by known authors. Striking that delicate balance between "artistic adventures" and "warmed-over Broadway" is a struggle we face annually as we have a facility to maintain and high production standards. Large musicals cost over $15,000 to produce. It's a big investment and we want to make it the best investment possible for us and for you. If you have any thoughts on the Company or would like further information, please give me a call at 485-5848. Thank you for your continued support.
Tom Lawrence – President
We Want You!
Community theater would not survive were it not for you, the community. We cannot thank you enough for coming out to see our productions. We'd like to take this opportunity to invite you to get more intimate with the County Players family. We are very proud of the friendships (and even romances) which develop out of the close working relationships formed through the course of putting on a play. If you'd like to include County Players in your social circle please consider joining us on the production staff of an upcoming show. We welcome all comers whether experienced or not. Every show involves set construction, decorating, makeup, props, lighting, sound, acting, costumes, theater management, publicity, concessions, etc. And it takes a helping hand from a very large staff to produce each play. If you think you'd like to make new friends and have a good time behind the scenes please contact our volunteer coordinator Julie Eads-Woolley at 485-3002 or ask any of our staff at your next visit to the theater.


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About Us
Elizabeth Mitchell was born in Colorado, but moved as a young child, and was raised in Wisconsin. Her natural father died of Aids, when she was only 3 years old, but he has always been an inspiration to her.
Problems in Elizabeth's life struck early as she was hospitalized for pneumonia, and subsequently given medicine that would ultimately change her image, and self esteem.
Spending her childhood in a small city made things worse, twofold, as she had nowhere to hide, and not much support to be able to bounce back from being ridiculed.
She found her coping mechanisms in all of the wrong places as she grew older and graduated high school. Eventually turning to drugs seemed to be the only way out for her, at least she felt at the time.
Elizabeth has always been a strong and determined person even, as a child and teen, but the drugs became overwhelming and controlling.
In 2006, after hitting her low point, she found God, and experienced several miracles that changed her life. He helped her discover the strength to say enough is enough, and the courage to move forward in her life. He was her rock and her light when she needed it most.
Since then she has done work for several ministries, including the Billy Graham Association, and has worked for several nonprofit agencies, helping both blind and less fortunate individuals.
Note: It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that I now have to go on without the love of my life and the greatest woman with the most kindest heart that I have ever known. I will go forward and carry on our legacy and work through Naturally Sacred and continue to be a light to the world.
To my dearest and sweetest Elizabeth, rest peacefully my Angel.
Love Bradford


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Landline Tribute...
Why am I having anxiety about disconnecting my landline? We don't use it! But having a landline is something that's been a part of my life for 41 years!
What if my cellphone breaks?
Will I have to run out to the payphone?
What's a payphone?
You know, it's a public phone where you can put money in and make a phone call.
How much is it?
I don't know, a dollar maybe? I remember when it was 10 cents.
Ask Marty McFly. He used a payphone in the future (2015).
I think it's funny that times have changed so much that when Back to the Future was made, whomever stuck a phone booth in the future couldn't fathom a world without one.
In the present, we are so freaked out by germs; if I actually found a payphone I still wouldn't use it. I would just find a clean stranger and ask, "Can I borrow your cellphone?"
I went into a reminiscent trance and my landline life flashed before my eyes...
Back in the Past Landline Memories
Around age three (I'm guessing), and dialing a bunch of numbers (long distance) threatening to call Grammy and Pop-Pop to tell them my mom and dad were fighting. I didn't know the phone number. There was no 911. But I am sure I told on them later.
Around age nine, moving into a new apartment where I would have a telephone in my room, Mom asked me to pick the color phone I wanted. The phone company gave you phones; you didn't have to go to buy them. I chose yellow. Found a photo of it.
Around age 10, my friends and I would make prank calls. We couldn't come up with anything better than, "Is your refrigerator running?" "Well you better go catch it!" Click!
Around age 11, I was on the phone all the time. Daddy would call me from work saying he had been trying to call me for hours. I would say, "I must have knocked the phone off the hook after I called mom."
1981 - calling the fire department. There was a mishap that burned out before they got there. Ooops.
1982 - dialing 777-9311 to see if Prince would answer.
Around age 12, I started running water for the dishes, got on the phone and flooded the kitchen. I still remember the scowl on my mom's face as I was wondering, "What?" Thank goodness we weren't in an apartment anymore. But the bugs and spiders in the crawl space probably had to find a new home. Ooops.
Around age 13, when we finally got call waiting, I would click over and daddy could tell I was on the phone. I learned if I hung up the phone when a call was coming through it didn't sound like a click over. When I picked up, I told daddy I was "doing homework".
Age 14, if there was such a thing as carpal tunnel in the neck ...
Around age 15, my parents had a phone in their room that beeped if another extension was picked up. If I unplugged my phone and plugged it back in with the receiver not connected, they wouldn't hear the beep. I would turn on my television so they wouldn't hear my voice through the floor.
Around age 16, I asked for a cordless phone for Christmas so I could walk to the park across the street and talk. I got one. It was the size of a size 9 shoe, and it didn't work like that.
Talking to a real operator to make a collect call.
Accepting collect calls from a boy I met in Daytona, not knowing it was that expensive. Ooops.
Around age 17, I was a freshman in college and I had to use a payphone. When I was homesick and felt like I was going to cry, I wanted privacy. I went to the library (nobody was there) to call my mom.
Around age 19 and living back at home, I got my own phone/number. It was my first bill.
Around age 24, I answered my husband's (then boyfriend) landline at a time that was too early for me to be there. (It was his Mother). There was no caller ID. He wasn't there. She wondered why I was. Ooops
Around age 27, I memorized the seemingly 50 numbers we needed to make a state side call.
Around age 28, we had our first computer with internet. Every time the phone rang, the computer rebooted.
So our first introduction to Caller ID was in May of 2000 when we returned to the States after living overseas. I was 29 years old.
At this time younger generations were embracing the new millennium and would not have a landline when they moved away from home. They would make calls from their cellphones after 9pm and budget 250 cellular minutes per month.
My husband and I would continue to pay a monthly telephone bill with all the bells and whistles just to look at the caller ID and say, "It's for you."
We haven't been answering the landline for almost 12 years.
Here's the thing...I am 41 years old and my daddy is still going to be mad about what he found out here today. So his prayer for payback may not be answered, I don't plan to leave Christopher at home alone EVER.
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Welcome to Pegasus Horse Travel
Based near Tavistock in West Devon, Pegasus Horse Travel are able to provide affordable horse transportation to all of the south west and most other parts of the U.K. Our aim is to offer a personal and caring service from yard to yard, ensuring your horse spends the minimal amount of time on the box.
We do not share loads unless by prior arrangement. However, should you wish to share to keep costs down, it may be possible to combine transporting your horse with someone else and doesn't always mean you'll have to share the box but just the cost (please see Transport Charges for details). Our horse box is compact enough to reach the most inaccessible of places.
We are insured for public liability, care custody and control. We are covered in the event of a breakdown, with PRP and we are DEFRA authorised for type 1 journeys (which is for journeys over 65km or 8 hours). We have a certificate of professional competence in the transport of horses, (NTPC, Qualified). The driver has had 35 years of experience with horses. Is competant, calm, and patient. Has worked with many different breeds from Warmbloods to Shetlands. Worked on yards and with mares and foals too.
Pegasus Horse Travel's Services
We can transport you and your horse to shows, (special rates for shows + added help if needed). Our aim is for you to enjoy your day, so we stay with your horse while you walk courses, sort out your entries or just want to relax and not worry what your equine is getting up to! Also lessons, dressage competitions, one day events, X country training, hunter trials, pony and riding club events, showjumping and winter shows and events, new purchases, vet visits, relocation, camps, moorland and beach rides, and take your mare to stud.
In fact, anything you want to do with your horse, we will try to accommodate you.
We can also transport foals, as the box can be completely shut off into a stable like compartment, so they can stand free, especially useful if they are not used to being tied. Also able to take mares with foals too.
Horse Transport in Devon
Pegasus Horse Travel have a passion for horses and we will always do the best we can in transporting your horse in and around Devon. Just call us today on 07720 662 563
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Today we have another bomb scare, this time its Vashi that's been targeted. Some say they even found the bomb there and that it wasn't just a rumour. The twitterati is buzzing with news about it, the net is flooded with images of Vashi people being evacuated from their offices and what not.
What strikes me in all this is that I find that people are talking about it in a very casual, okay manner. I don't see any underlying thread of fear, anger or other emotion even close to outrage. It kind of gives a feeling that we have become accoustomed to it, we are so used to such incidents that it does not touch us anymore. The question here is – Should we let this happen? Shouldn't there be an anger in us each time it happens, no matter how many times it happens?
I came to Mumbai just 3 years back. Before coming to Mumbai everytime we heard about such incidents in Mumbia we would sympathise and sometimes feel angry but only when we knew someone who had been directly been affected. I would see the news and images on TV for some days and then get on with life.Then when I moved to Mumbai I started taking the local trains.
One evening when I was standing in the train on my way back, holding on to the overhead support, looking out, my thoughts drifted to the local train bomb blasts that shook the city just a few years back. Images from the news coverage swam in front of my eyes and I was suddenly frozen, a shiver ran up my spine. An image of many hands hanging from the trains overhead supports froze in my mind and I thought to myself – they must have been standing here just as unaware as I am right now. I looked at the crowded compartment and wanted to run.
That was the first time I could feel what Mumbai had felt that day and since then. I felt angry, outraged, sad. I wanted to cry for the first time for all those who died, for all those who were waiting at home, for all those who could never complete their journey. I remember Mumbai had come alive with angry protests.I wonder if we still have it in ourselves.I wonder if the fire is still alive?
I am very much a mumbaikar now, coz I feel the pain, I feel the anger, I feel violated when tresspassers encroach into the lives of my fellow mumbaikars and make a joke out of it.


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It's hard to believe 2013 is almost finished. Before we move on to the planning and promises of 2014 it is important to reflect on the months that have just passed. At Dooley Communications 2013 was a busy and exciting year.
Three Notable Projects
Fishing With Ford
1) Among other notable projects we undertook for Ford of Canada, some of the most fun we had was planning and executing Ford and Travel Manitoba's Fishing with Ford event. We flew in journalists and bloggers from across the country and took them on an Amazing Race-style scavenger hunt in some of Ford's new vehicles and then flew them to a fishing lodge for the weekend in Manitoba's beautiful wilderness. The event was not only a blast, it helped Ford share its story and its vehicles with audiences that it doesn't normally reach.
 Support The Cause Day
2) We always enjoy spreading the news when our clients offer donations or improve the community. One of the biggest opportunities we had to do that this year was Western Financial Group's Support The Cause Day. Western employees from more than 100 locations walked to raise money for their communities. We helped get the word out about the event in targeted communities and supported every branch with materials for their employees, customers and the media – enabling them to share their cause. The event raised a significant amount of money that will be given back to the communities Western Financial Group serves, and our efforts generated more than 30 news clippings for the company.
 Cabela's Winnipeg Opening
3) Every now and then we get the chance to help shape a highly anticipated product launch, event or announcement. The Cabela's opening in Winnipeg was such an event. We worked with Cabela's to introduce the media and the public to the massive new store and helped run the public opening which was a huge success.
We hope in the busyness of the final weeks of 2013 you have a chance to also look back and reflect on your year. Have a wonderful holiday season and a happy and prosperous new year.


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The concept of assignment applies to many types of contracts ranging from business contracts to property contracts and to personal legal issues such as life insurance policies also.
Assignment is simply the legal term for transferring legal rights in a contract, but it is crucial to understand from the outset that it relates to rights only and not responsibilities. The concept of transferring the burden of a contract is known as novation, whereas assignment relates to the transfer of the benefit of a contract.
Selling on a contract
An additional fundamental point to understand is that, under English law, there is an in principle right to assign a contract. If you are entering into a contract and don't want to deal with anyone other than the other party you originally contract with, either for reasons of trust or business reasons, it is necessary to have a clause in your contract prohibiting or limiting the other party's right to assign their interest in it. A good example of this is a commercial property lease. It would be very dangerous for a landlord not to restrict assignment of a lease, since the tenant could then assign to a new tenant who is completely unsuitable and not as financially sound as the original tenant.
Assignment of debt
As stated above, assignment can relate to any contractual rights, but a common use of an assignment is with debts, since the new creditor (assignor) takes the benefit of the monies owed but there will be no burden since the money has already been advanced. Sometimes, debts are assigned in huge portfolios and this can include mortgages also.
Notice of Assignment
There are formalities with assignments, and the party who will need to thereafter deal with the assignee is entitled to receive notice of the assignment. With commercial leases. most if not all leases will require the Landlord to grant formal licence to assign and there will also be an assignment deed generally needed which will include direct new covenants from the new lessee to comply with the lease.
The reason this is needed is because, as explained above, assignment deals with only the benefit being transferred and not the burden, so clearly, a landlord will want the new tenant to be liable.
Assigning the benefit of a life policy
Assignments are also common for life policies. The reason for this of course is that for tax or time saving reasons, a person with a life policy may want to transfer the benefit of the policy directly to a named individual during their lifetime, since, after all, the person who has the policy can't benefit from it if it only pays out on death, and it would otherwise form an asset in the estate and would need to wait for probate and be taken into account for the possible purpose of inheritance tax.
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Democrats like to talk about "keeping money out of politics." Well, meet Henry T. Nicholas III, a wealthy Corporate baron. One of those 'Big' corporation guys the left 'hates' so much. He's also the brother of Marsalee, the woman for whom Marsy's Law is named, and the money behind the push to amend the NH Constitution under the cover of "victims rights" reform.
Henry T. x3 has spent several million in New Hampshire already to advance his pet project to the detriment of victims, the constitutional protections of the accused, but that's peanuts compared to the $29.49 million he has spent on political initiatives over the past nine years.


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Seven Wonders is a wonderful game. Many thanks to Sagar for bringing it along last night. We got through three games, each of them taking about 50 minutes. I did moderately well with the wonder Halicarnassus but stumbled creating civilisations around two others.
Also played on other tables were Magic, San Juan, Carcassonne, 28mm WWII, Dark Heresy RPG and some 40k.


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It's a girl! :D12:28:00 AM
My baby's 5 months now and we went for a detailed scan with Dr Delaila last 2 days. She started from the skull, measuring the circumference of the head and then moved on to see the lips, to check if it has crooked lips (sumbing) and then she measured the thickness of the neck to check if it has down syndrome .and then she went on to check on the spine, to see if it has hunchback, and then she calculated the fingers, all 5 on both sides..and she went on and on and on.. and then she reached the legs and said..
"Okay so now you see the legs, is there anything in between?"
"So.. it's a girl! Congratulations!"
Mr. wanted a boy so it took him 2 seconds to absorb the news (hihihi) but I smiled instantly :) :) :)
Then suddenly he started talking about 'daddy's little girl' and how cute the baby looked in the screen and then started imagining the first moment he will meet her and read the Azan to her. You should know that Mr likes to imagine the future a lot. He has already planned how he should position the camera in the labour room and how he should pose while I deliver! - although I'm very sure that all that will not happen hehe.
|Can you see the eyes & nose & the really buncit tummy?
Alhamdulillah - everything about the baby girl is looking good. Should we start naming her baby rawakramblings? or maybe little miss?
We haven't even found a real suitable name for her yet! I'm looking for something short and sweet.
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- Inaaz ANovember 2, 2012 at 5:58 PM
Yeaaaaayyyyyy Erin! :) Happy for youuuuuuu. Baby girl is gonna be so cute! Hope everything goes smoothly for you babe.ReplyDelete
THANK YOU dear! :D :D InsyaAllah.ReplyDelete
Erina, u know delaila used the same line on us aritu.. LOL! "Okay so now you see the legs, is there anything in between?"ReplyDelete


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Are you overwhelmed by all the new social media lingo? Some social terminology is very basic and understandable: but some social media terms are not as transparent as they appear. Many social media terms are used incorrectly: leading to misconceptions about how social works, and frustration with using social media. If you don't understand how social media works, you will not be satisfied with the results of your small business' social media campaign.
5 Basic Social Media Terms You Need to Know
Social media channels are the tools or networks you use to share and read information shared on social media. Just as you watch your favorite TV channels, you can concentrate on your favorite social media channels. Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest are some of the most popular channels.
Each social media channel has a way for you to choose what information you are most interested, and want displayed on your screen. When you follow a business, a friend or a public figure you are instructing that channel that you want to see everything that user posts on that channel.
Engagement in social media is building a relationship with your followers by starting and joining in conversations on social channels. If you post a complaint about your airline on social media, when the airline responds to your comments they are engaging with you.
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HubSpot defines a # hashtag as a word or string of characters that starts with the number sign - #. Hashtags are a way to organize data on social media channels, and make it easy to find information you are searching for.
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Bali has plenty to offer as a honeymoon destination - there's more to do than lie on the beach sipping cocktails! Penny Walker explores the Indonesian island
You don't have to be in Egypt to ride a camel! The two of you can hitch a ride along the beautiful Nusa Dua beach on one of these endearing creatures. Pack your wedding dress and tux to take full advantage of the unique photo opportunity and adorn your mantle piece with some unusual wedding photographs. (And when you get home, immortalise your memories in a photobook...)
Watch the sunset at Uluwatu, one of Bali's most famous sea temples. As the sun goes down you can enjoy a Kecak (fire) dance. Performed by locals, the dance is accompanied by chanting and is loosely based on the Hindu Ramayana. The temple is only a short drive from Jimbaran Bay, where you can enjoy a romantic candlelight seafood dinner on the beach.
For adventurous honeymooners, a climb up Bali's highest mountain is well worth it for the breathtaking views. Mount Agung is sacred to the Balinese and they believe that it is a replica of Mount Meru, the central axis of the universe, balancing everything on the island. Some great symbolism for the start of your marriage! Start your hike around 2am to ensure you're there in time to see the sunrise.
Thrill-seeking couples will love white water rafting in Bali. The water won't make you freeze, and the countryside is stunning. Surrounded by forest, you will pass rice paddies and locals taking a refreshing dip as you tumble downriver. Telaga Waja River is one of the most popular routes. Enjoy the look of horror on your partner's face as the raft sails over a dam to plunge you to the finish line.
Visit one of Bali's most famous and breath-taking temples on the shore of lake Bratan in the mountains near Bedugul. Pura Ulun Danu temple was built in 1926 and is dedicated to Dewi Batari Ulun Danu, goddess of lakes and rivers. Juknungs (traditional canoes) and pedalos can be hired from the site and you can glide out across the lake to make the most of the beautiful yet mysterious surroundings.
Just a short drive from the Jatiluwah rice paddies in central Bali is the Munduk waterfall and coffee plantation. The short but steep climb to the bottom is definitely worth a visit. One of Bali's better kept secrets in a country thronged with tourists, this spot is peaceful and serene. You can indulge in a taste of the local coffee, the infamous Kopi Luwak, as you sit and enjoy some time together next to the tumbling falls.
Bali has some superb restaurants where you can enjoy a range of cuisine. Potato Head Beach Bar in Seminyak is popular as a beach-side restaurant where you can enjoy pool-side service on unusual beds that become great dinner spots with the help of a simple portable table. To get to the highly acclaimed Rock Bar in Jimbaran, hop into a lift to take you across and enjoy one of their signature cocktails in a superb setting.
Lounge in the warm waters of the hot springs, or visit the stunning Tirtagangga water palace for a swim. When you've dried off, head up to the restaurant for a romantic meal overlooking the spectacular grounds. Not far from Tirtagangga is the main port of Pandagbai, where you can escape to the beautiful Gili Islands.
If you want some time alone, hop on the ferry to the stunningly idyllic Gili Islands. With white sand beaches and clear blue seas, you may not want to leave. You can rent a horse and cart for the day, grab some gear and swim with the fishes near the coral reef, or cycle around Gili Trewangan, the most popular of the islands.
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What Is Management Information Systems (MIS)? - Video
Students who major in Management Information Systems (MIS) learn how to design, implement and maintain effective information systems for a variety of different businesses. MIS jobs are considered to be among the most 'recession-proof' jobs of the age. Learn more about Management Information Systems careers here.
MIS Overview
Management Information Systems (MIS) is a term used to describe the active management of computerized information systems within an organization. Most MIS programs combine business and computer technology training to teach students how to effectively design and manage information systems.
After completing an MIS program, students will be able to critically analyze a variety of business processes. They will also be able to identify problems in potential or existing systems and determine ways in which these problems can be addressed or corrected. This may include securing computer data, overseeing an organization's help desk or performing upgrades to software and systems.
Careers in Management Information Systems
Individuals who have formal training in Management Information Systems can pursue a number of different careers. Some of the most popular occupation titles include MIS director, systems analyst, systems administrator and database administrator.
An MIS director specializes in the management of computer resources to ensure the flow and security of data. Systems analysts analyze and improve existing systems. Systems administrators install and maintain networks and computer systems. Database administrators organize and manage database systems.
Some of the other jobs that a student of Management Information Systems will be qualified for include network administrator, project manager, IT director, information security specialist and support analyst. Opportunities also exist in software development, technical support and web design.


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Interview with Yury Malyshev
Published time: 18 Nov, 2007 18:01 Edited time: 18 Nov, 2007 21:01
While it is not yet clear, what went wrong at the Donetsk's Zasyadko mine, Yury Malyshev, a member of the Academy of Mining Science, told RT, that it's essential to remove as much methane as possible from mines, before workers go down.
"Blasts are always a threat when mining at greater depth, where there is much gas. I know that mine operators do what they can. But what they do is not enough. This has become a global issue. Miners get killed everywhere: it's not just Ukraine, similar things happen in Russia, China, Britain and other coal-mining countries. So, I'd say we have to work out universal rules for mining at greater depth," Malyshev explained to RT.


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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Review
Michael Pollen's book, The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, is perhaps the quintessential book on sustainability and our food system. The book, after introducing our "national eating disorder", is broken into three sections - Industrial, Pastoral, and Personal - and chronicles the author's journey through the investigation of each.
The first section, Industrial: Corn, dedicates its pages to what is commonly called the Standard American Diet. It follows the path of our largest commodity food from the field to the processing plant (or CAFO; confined animal feeding operation) and to the subsequent meal. Micheal Pollen's detailed analysis of each step is refreshingly honest and thorough. He thoughtfully covers the modern marvel, as well as the evolutionary quandary, health as well as social impact. Although he comes to his own conclusion, he leaves plenty of room for the reader to come to theirs.
The second section, Pastoral: Grass, carefully and interestingly shows the interconnectedness of all living things and our dependence on grass. It is in this section, The Omnivore's Dilemma introduces Polyface Farms and Joel Salatin, one of the leaders in sustainable or "beyond organic" farming. Ask Salatin his take and he'll tell you he's growing grass, not raising cows, chickens, rabbits, or pigs. But also in this section Michael Pollen begins to cross the distance we have seen come between us and our food; it is where he encounters the ethics of personally killing an animal for nourishment. The segment was fair and honest, looking at biology and morality through the lens of the thoughtful, open-minded inspection of all sides. There was no agenda, other than truth; no lesson outside of the ever-growing and carefully intertwined aspects of life.
Perhaps the most riveting part of the book was it's third and final section, Personal: The Forest, in which the author sets aside all presumptions and habits of cultural progress and attempts to construct an entire meal of food he has hunted, gathered, or grown himself. This is also where he describes the term "The Omnivore's Dilemma" - not about the moral infliction of eating animals, as so many are prone to assume, but the potential dangers and simultaneous benefits of a hunter-gatherer diet that our curious and diverse natures demand. From the paradoxical feelings of thrill and disgust when hunting wild pig, to the time-consuming and potentially deadly challenge of foraging for mushrooms, Michael Pollen comes to the conclusion that it is in fact a perfect meal; that the time, effort and connectedness makes it a meal well-earned and the community it was built upon makes it one so much more enjoyed. He also marvels over the way it all came to be through one of the only things we can't domesticate: the forest.
Although he offers opinions and facts that feel like opinions, he in no way offers a panacea:
It's impossible to prepare and eat a meal quite so physically, intellectually, and emotionally costly without thinking about the incalculably larger debts we incur when we eat industrially - which is to say, when we eat without a thought to what we're doing. To compare my transcendentally slow meal to the fast food meal I "served" my family at that McDonald's at Marin, the one that set me back fourteen bucks for the three of us and was consumed in ten minutes at sixty-five miles per hour is to marvel at the multiplicity of a world that could produce two such different methods of accomplishing the same thing: feeding ourselves, I mean.
The two meals stand at the far extreme ends of the spectrum of human eating - of the different ways we have to engage the world that sustains us. The pleasures of the one are based on a nearly perfect knowledge; the pleasures of the other on an equally perfect ignorance. The diversity of one mirrors the diversity of nature, especially the forest; the variety of the other more accurately reflects the ingenuity of industry, especially its ability to tease a passing resemblance of diversity from a single species growing in a single landscape: a monoculture of corn. The cost of the first meal is steep, yet it is acknowledged and paid for; by comparison the price of the second seems a bargain but fails to cover its true cost, charging it instead to nature, to the public health and purse, and to the future.
Let us stipulate that both of these meals are equally unreal and equally unsustainable. Which perhaps is why we should do what a responsible social scientist would do under the circumstances: discard them both as anomalies or outliers - outliers of a real life. Or better yet, preserve them but purely as ritual, for the lessons they have to teach us about the different uses of which the world can be put.
The Omnivore's Dilemma is not a sermon, but an eye-opening, thoughtful process of questions posed to us, the readers, eaters and hopefully, thinkers. Is this an industry we wish to support, a food we should - biologically or ethically - consume, a way of life that is sustainable or will lead inevitable destruction, to praise or condemn? It's both open-minded and shocking and while it may often lead to the same conclusion, the path we take to get there will likely be different.
A great follow-up book to this is Nina Planck's Real Food: What To Eat and Why.


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Since The Intolerance of Tolerance was published,1 readers have been sending me new examples they have spotted-examples of egregious intolerance masquerading in the name of tolerance. Sometimes these examples have been accompanied with a plea to incorporate them in any revised edition that might be called for. Of course, I too have spotted a handful of examples myself. In this editorial I'd like to comment briefly on three of them, probing a little to uncover what we should learn from them. Although the book drew on examples in both Europe and America, the follow three have surfaced in the United States.
The first is the drama that unfolded around Chick-fil-A. By now, the bare narrative is well-known. When Dan Cathy, president of Chick-fil-A, a man known for his Christian commitments, declared that he supported traditional heterosexual marriage, he was soon attacked in the press, in blog posts, and in some talk shows as homophobic, a hate monger, and worse-despite the fact that he himself had never used the word "homosexual" and despite the fact that no one seemed able to tell of a credible instance when Chick-fil-A staff at any of their outlets had ever treated any class of customers with less than the courtesy in which the staff were trained. Protests by the LGBT crowd followed at some sites, while supporters bought countless tens of thousands of meals in a show of support. More interesting, perhaps, was the announcement by several big-city mayors, Washington D.C.'s Vincent Gray, Chicago's Rahm Emanuel, and San Francisco's Edwin Lee, that they would prevent Chick-fil-A outlets from opening in their cities since they did not want to encourage any business characterized by such intolerance. They were soon joined by the mayor of Boston and the mayor of Philadelphia. By contrast, Michael Bloomberg, the mayor of New York City, declared that however repellent he found Dan Cathy's views to be, government should stay clear of such pronouncements and interference with businesses that were not in any sense breaking the law.
How should we think about this little drama?
That some conservatives like Dan Cathy articulate their beliefs, while some liberals respond with their own voice, is not intrinsically problematic so far as issues of tolerance and intolerance are concerned. That the debate grabbed media attention and escalated into demonstrations against Chick-fil-A and counter movements that voiced approval for the organization by flooding the outlets with orders is part of the give-and-take of any society that cherishes free speech, no matter how much each side thinks the other is morally wrong. Somewhat troubling is the way several big-city mayors hopped on the band-wagon and declared that they would use their powers to keep Chick-fil-A out of their cities. By definition, that is a form of intolerance of the older kind, i.e., use of the coercive powers of the state to punish those who step outside the norms the state approves. Of course, these mayors could argue that Dan Cathy and those he influences or represents are trying to maintain or promote laws against those who practice homosexuality-for example, laws that refuse to assign the category of "marriage" to homosexual unions. In other words, conservatives no less than liberals want to use the powers of the state to exclude behavior of which they do not approve.
There is, however, one fundamental difference. By and large the conservatives defend their position and try to advance it by arguing the merits of the case in the public arena. It must be said that in recent years, they have not made much headway, but that is what they try to do. On the other hand, the LGBT voices barely address the merits of their case or engage the substance of their opponents' arguments; rather, by and large they defend their position and try to advance it by dismissing their opponents as intolerant bigots, religious fanatics. That is one of the signs of the new tolerance. While the old tolerance was in some ways a parasitic virtue-that is, it depended for its life on decisions as to how much leeway might be allowed to a person who wished to advocate or take up a position outside the accepted norms and laws of a society, before state sanctions were imposed, and thus depended on the existence of a larger structure of accepted values and morals-the new tolerance is not parasitic on a larger structure. Rather, the new tolerance is itself the highest good, the ultimate virtue, trumping everything else, and therefore able to shunt to one side any serious moral discussion of important matters once the label "intolerant" has been attached to it.
The second example revolves around the Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC) in Atlanta. A coalition of (currently) six historically African-American seminaries from diverse denominations, ITC earned its charter in 1958. From the beginning it pursued an ecumenical focus, but in recent years it has prided itself in its gay theology, womanist theology, post-colonial theology, and liberation theology. Most of its students are African American, so a good percentage of them enter ITC with rather more conservative theology, reflecting the churches from which they spring. In 2008 ITC hired Dr Jamal-Dominique Hopkins in its New Testament department. Administrators could happily point to Dr Hopkins as the only African-American New Testament scholar with expertise in the Dead Sea Scrolls. In early 2008 he was promoted to Associate Professor. In February he invited Dr Alice Brown-Collins, director of IVCF's Black Campus Ministries in the New England Region, to speak to some of the conservative students at ITC. After her presentation, Dr Brown-Collins gave one of the students a copy of Robert Gagnon's book The Bible and Homosexual Practice, perhaps the best known exegetical treatment of the relevant biblical texts, a book that reaches traditional, orthodox conclusions.
The next day Dr Hopkins was closely questioned by the department chair, Rev. Margaret Aymer. Hopkins was accused of violating ITC's code of ethics, which upholds various diversities, including sexual orientation. Three months later, he was fired. According to Hopkins, during the interval ITC persistently sought to undermine his reputation. Moreover, he discovered that the administration had commonly changed the grades he had assigned his students. Hopkins filed a complained against ITC. At the time of this writing, no one knows how the dispute will end up.
What shall we make of this episode? From ITC's perspective, the Center is defending tolerance, in particular the tolerance of a variety of sexual lifestyles. ITC does not seem to be aware how terribly intolerant it has become toward one of its employees, otherwise approved as a competent teacher and scholar, on the ground that he invited an evangelical scholar to the campus who passed out a book that disagrees with ITC's position. The stance of Robert Gagnon is in line with the overwhelming majority of Christians in the entire history of the church, but obviously that stance is too great a threat to ITC "tolerance" to be tolerated.
My final example turns on regulations issued under the United States federal government's "Affordable Care Act" of 2010. The regulations in question force thousands of religious organizations to violate some of their deepest religious beliefs under penalty of ruinous fines. In particular, the government has issued an administrative mandate forcing religious organizations to provide health insurance coverage for abortifacient drugs and related education and counseling, even if those organizations, on religious grounds, hold that such drugs conflict with their religiously grounded beliefs that abortion is wrong.2 Moreover, the government's mandate requires that the religious organizations facilitate government-dictated speech about such matters, speech that is incompatible with its own convictions and teachings. Equally shocking, the government is happy to issue accommodations and exemptions from the Affordable Care Act for many non-religious reasons, even to large corporations, but is unwilling to issue an accommodation in this case.
The positively dangerous element in these developments needs unpacking. How does the government think its stance can withstand a First Amendment challenge, which guarantees freedom of speech and freedom of religion? As far as I can see, the government believes it can win by redefining what is included under the category of "religion." Corporate worship may be religion, but ethical stances about abortion are not and are therefore exempt from the protection of the First Amendment. In other words, the government is making an unprecedented move to define religion more narrowly so that it can impose by the use of coercive force its own agenda, and those who refuse on grounds which in the past would certainly have been considered religious will simply have to be crushed. In historical terms, that is called intolerance.
Three separate examples, each with its peculiar lessons to teach, but each is a troubling index of the directions being taken by our culture, and the third is frankly dangerous.


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Making My 2013 Comp Book Day Planner
Here I am, making my 2013 day planner from a comp book. As a guide, I used my post How to Make a Day Planner from a Composition Book.
I shot the video with my iPhone 4S, used Keynote to make the title slides, and edited the video using ScreenFlow. The hardest part was picking the music. I ended up using the song called "Electrodoodle", by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com).
P.S. Look closely for special appearances of: a beer swig, my cat Jasmine, and emoji 🙂