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Monday, August 9, 2010
Cover Letter for Moms Seeking Work After Long Employment Gap
Moms returning to the Workforce are faced with the special circumstance of explaining their long employment gap. Moms should not feel that leaving years of work for their children is a crime. I do not know why this should even be an issue with employers or headhunters. Moms are incredible and hardworking to begin with that they are capable of juggling so much work and responsibilties. So why would you not consider hiring one? In fact, the most committed employees are the parent-types who would not just abandoned their jobs for anything.
Dear Ma'am,
My name is Amanda Gale. I've been a stay-at-home mom for the past few years and now I'm ready to take on a full-time career in Marketing and Online Sales. Though joining the workforce may prove to be such a big change for any parent, I am quite determine to learn and earn my way back. I am a reliable, organized, fast worker. My biggest professional accomplishment was being part of the United States Navy as a Shipboard Mechanic prior to settling down and having children. While at home, I diligently pursued my degree in Marketing at Culver College and even set up my online gift delivery business RedRosesGifts.com.
It was in managing RedRosesGifts.com that I learned hands-on the complexities of handling a business enterprise. Here I developed my own time management system which made my household and home office more organized.
On the web development aspect of RedRosesGifts.com, I've learned to be up-to-date with the latest Search engine optimization (SEO) technqiues, I became mindful of Pay Per Click (PPC), keyword density, tagging and linkbuilding, these are ways to target user traffic for my website. I became very active in social media networks (facebook, twitter, myspace) in order to promote my services and update clients with my new catalog. RedRosesGifts.com is not all about profit, but my own attempt at preparing myself towards my return to the work force.
I am deeply committed, positive and resourceful particularly when it comes to creating new ideas and solving problems. My assertive and persuasive manner when it comes to sales are perfect in this line of work.
I would be delighted to talk about the Marketing position with you in person and any other concerns you might have. I may be reached at 555-973-987 or thru email email@example.com
I hope you would seriously consider my application. Thank you very much.
Amanda Gale
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Any month now, we keep hearing, consumers' pocketbooks and outlooks will start to feel the pinch of the sweeping federal budget cuts, known as the sequester. It's not a matter of "if," economists say, it's a matter of "when."
"When," was not last month. US consumers are still spending money, and they're optimistic about the direction the economy is going.
Retail sales rose 0.6 percent in May and 4.3 percent from a year ago, beating analysts' expectations of 0.5 percent growth. It was retail sales' biggest jump in three months and points to potential economic growth for the year going forward. In April, there was only a 0.1 percent growth in sales.
Barclay's Research revised its growth forecast for second quarter gross domestic product up a substantial 0.7 percentage points to 1.8 percent on the news.
"The May retail sales report struck a strong tone," Barclays Research economist Peter Newland wrote in an e-mailed analysis. "While the trend in core sales has eased in recent months, it has remained more robust than we had anticipated."
May's numbers were buoyed by big gains in auto sales, which jumped 1.8 percent. Other spending categories that saw gains included building materials (up 0.9 percent), food and beverage (up 0.7 percent), health and personal care (up 0.2 percent), sporting goods stores (up 0.6 percent), general merchandise (up 0.5 percent), nonstore retailers (up 0.7 percent), and miscellaneous retailers (up 1.2 percent).
Consumers largely stayed away from big-ticket discretionary purchases, including electronics, furniture, and department store wares. Sales of gasoline also fell slightly, 0.2 percent.
Excluding autos, retail sales only rose 0.3 percent. That number, which came in slightly below forecasts, could stoke fears of a spending slowdown. But for the most part, analysts say, consumers are gaining confidence from an improving jobs picture, a rallying stock market, and the housing comeback.
The Consumer Confidence Index reached its highest level in over five years in May, and the University of Michigan's Consumer Sentiment Index hit its highest level since July 2007.
"Consumers have been gaining confidence. The outlook on labor market conditions has improved and consumers are considerably more optimistic in their economic outlook," Leslie Levesque, senior economist for IHS Global Insight, wrote in an e-mailed analysis. "There are several positives on the consumer front: inflation is low, gasoline prices have been accommodative, the housing market is looking brighter and the stock market is strong. Looking ahead, we expect real consumer spending growth in the 2.0 percent-2.5 percent range for the year."

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The fabulous 2010 debut YA author, Karen Healey, created this flow chart of Sarah Dessen's boys that I had to share. Check out Karen's blog entry to get all the details.
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Dems revive War on Women message
The war on women is back — bigger, broader and more central to White House and Democratic messaging than ever before.
Drawing on President Barack Obama's 2012 reelection strategy — and the even larger margins among women that propelled Terry McAuliffe to victory in last year's Virginia governor's race — Democrats are rolling out a midterm strategy strongly focused on a pitch to women. And this time, it's about much more than reproductive rights, access to birth control and funding Planned Parenthood.
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"This is a driver," said New York Rep. Steve Israel, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. "There may be issues that flare up or die down, but this is a driver of the next nine months."
( POLITICO's Women Rule series)
Democrats are stressing the benefits to women of Obama's entire income inequality message, whether pushing for pay equity or highlighting the disproportionate number of women who would benefit from raising the minimum wage.
At the upcoming Working Families summit at the White House and in speeches around the country, Obama will expand the economic argument focused on women to stress workplace protections, expanded pregnancy leave and strengthening leave policies to allow for care of sick children. The DCCC and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee are preparing to mount efforts focused on pay equity as the centerpiece of a larger economic argument targeting women.
And the Obamacare defense will be mounted largely as a priority for women — who would, Democrats say, bear the brunt of repeal effects via both increased costs and lowered protections.
( Also on POLITICO: Clinton promotes gender equality)
Some activists are even trying to cast immigration reform as a women's issue, too.
The logic is simple: Democrats tend to win elections when more women vote, and women tend not to vote as much in midterm years. Those numbers are even higher, in both respects, among unmarried women, who also tend to respond the most strongly to the economic appeal. With Democrats trying to hold onto the Senate, make gains in the House and win several key governor's races, they need women showing up at the polls and voting for them in numbers that defy those trends.
If there's anything approaching Democratic confidence about November, it's this: Operatives love talking about a CNN poll earlier this month that found 59 percent of women — and 64 percent of women older than 50 — saying the Republican Party is out of touch.
In an election year that Republicans are trying to make a referendum on Obama and Obamacare, Democrats believe this is what they can get people talking about.
A lot of the force will be coming directly from the Oval Office. As the Obama reelection campaign stressed and White House aides continue to emphasize, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act was the first law he signed, and, they say, these issues have never been far from his mind.
Of course, the president's aides are aware of the politics, too: This is a proven, persuasive argument for them, and the messaging heading into the midterms isn't a mistake. They eagerly point out that the section of his State of the Union built around the line, "I believe when women succeed, America succeeds," received the most sustained applause of his whole speech and acknowledge that he's not ad-libbing every time he's included a mention of what his agenda means for women in nearly every speech since.
And it's only February.
"It's particularly important to have this discussion around these economic issues when you're going into a midterm election, because, obviously, there's always drop off," said Page Gardner, founder of the nonpartisan Women's Voices Women Vote (now the Voter Participation Center), which registers unmarried women and educates them about their economic stake in voting.
As White House aides acknowledge, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) helped shape their approach, starting with the Women's Economic Agenda she released last summer and continuing in private conversations with the White House and in public appearances since.
"Democrats' economic agenda unleashes the full potential of America's women into our society, energizing our economy and strengthening the middle class — the backbone of our democracy," Pelosi said.


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Anyone who acts rightly, male or female, being a believer, We will give them a good life and We will recompense them according to the best of what they did. (Surat an-Nahl: 97)
Those who were already settled in the abode, and in belief, before they (the emigrants) came, love those who have emigrated to them and do not find in their hearts any need for what they have been given and prefer them to themselves even if they themselves are needy. It is the people who are safe-guarded from the avarice of their own selves who are successful. (Surat al-Hashr: 9)
When Allah desires to guide someone, He expands his breast to Islam. When He desires to misguide someone, He makes his breast narrow and constricted as if he were climbing up into the sky. That is how Allah defiles those who disbelieve. (Surat al-An'am: 125)
"In North America the black bear was seen ... swimming for hours with widely open mouth, thus catching, like a whale, insects in the water. Even in so extreme a case as this, if the supply of insects were constant, and if better adapted competitors did not already exist in the country, I can see no difficulty in a race of bears being rendered, by natural selection, more and more aquatic in their structure and habits, with larger and larger mouths, till a creature was produced as monstrous as a whale."(The Origin of Species, 1st edition, chapter 6, p. 184)
"I still maintain that there is no special difficulty in a bear's mouth being enlarged to any degree useful to its changing habits." (More Letters of Charles Darwin, Francis Darwin, 1903, p. 162)
Mr. Oktar Has Plenty of Fans in Turkey... Adnan Oktar ... is working on the fifth volume of a 14-part masterwork that he says will bury Darwinism once and for all.
"Darwin and his theory are dead," says Mr. Oktar, founder and honorary president of the Science Research Foundation, an Istanbul outfit dedicated to debunking the Victorian-era English naturalist. Darwin[ism], says [Mr. Oktar], is "SATAN'S BIGGEST TRICK ON HUMANITY."
... The physical weight of Mr. Oktar's work ... is considerable. Each volume of his anti-Darwin magnum opus, "Atlas of Creation," weighs more than 13 pounds. ... His "Atlas of Creation" produces thousands of pictures of fossils of birds, snakes and other creatures side by side with what he says are their identical modern kin. ... Mr. Oktar ... believes that "JUST 10 PAGES OF MY BOOK CAN DEFEAT DAWKINS."
"So set your face firmly towards the True Religion, before a Day comes from Allah which cannot be turned back." (Surat ar-Rum, 43)
"Turn your face towards the religion in pure natural faith," (Sura Yunus, 105)
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"O My Lord, You have granted power to me on Earth and taught me the true meaning of events. O Originator of the heavens and Earth, You are my Friend in this world and the next. So take me as a Muslim at my death, and join me to the people who are righteous." (Surah Yusuf, 101)
He Who created the seven heavens in layers. You will not find any flaw in the creation of the All-Merciful. Look again—do you see any gaps? Then look again and again. Your sight will return to you dazzled and exhausted! (Surat al-Mulk, 3-4)
Say: "Am I to take anyone other than Allah as my protector, the Bringer into Being of the heavens and Earth, He Who feeds and is not fed?" Say: "I am commanded to be the first of the Muslims" and "Do not be among the idolaters." (Surat al-An'am, 14)
Their Messengers said: "Is there any doubt about Allah, the Bringer into Being of the heavens and Earth? He summons you to forgive you for your wrong actions and to defer you until a specified time." They said: "You are nothing but human beings like ourselves who want to debar us from what our fathers worshipped; so bring us a clear authority." (Surah Ibrahim, 10)
What He Said
MPL TV, November 21-2008
Adnan Oktar: But let me say that this crisis may be very risky. What we need in the face of it IS FOR AGRICULTURE TO BE GIVEN VERY SERIOUS PRIORITY. Livestock raising and agriculture. In other words, state support for that sector should be 10 times what it is for other institutions. Livestock raising and agriculture. This needs considerable state support. In other words, our livestock and agriculture production need to be 3 or 5 times greater than they are now. This is enormously important. And it is an extremely serious precaution. Attaching priority to livestock raising and agriculture is the way to preventing really terrible developments.
Al Jazeera, December 13-2008
Adnan Oktar: THE MOST RATIONAL SOLUTION IS TO ATTACH PRIORITY TO AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK RAISING. The solution lies in providing ample support for the agricultural sector, and provision of state support for the livestock raising sector, for individuals or organizations trading in, raising or otherwise involved with large and small livestock and poultry. In addition, if necessary the state must set up its own enterprises and businesses in order to create plenty and abundance.
What Happened
Milliyet, December 31-2008
A Message for Mr. Tayyip from Young Turkish People in New York
AGRICULTURE IS VERY IMPORTANT, but you are ignoring it. REMEMBER THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL IMPORTANCE OF AGRICULTURE. MAKE USE OF THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR IN MAINTAINING ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CALM after the crisis


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Boeing and Copa Airlines partner with Panama's Biomuseo to encourage environmental awareness
Boeing and Copa Airlines together donate $100K to the Biomuseo in Panama City, Panama.
Biomuseo, the first building designed by famed architect Frank Gehry in Latin America, is scheduled to open in 2012.
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Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Copa Airlines [NYSE: CPA] presented today a $100,000 donation to Panama's Biomuseo to support the museum's efforts to educate national and international visitors about the importance of Panama's biodiversity and encourage environmental education.
"I'm delighted to share our vision of what will become one of Panama´s natural treasures," said Pilar Aleman, Secretary of the Board and Member of the Executive Committee of the Biomuseo. "This generous donation will help the museum continue building programs and exhibits that will offer a one-of-a-kind experience to visitors."
"Copa Airlines is one of our major sponsors and has supported the Biomuseo continuously since its inception. We are proud that through Copa we have been able to add a prestigious company such as Boeing to our family of supporters," said Alejandro Ferrer, Chairman of the Amador Foundation.
"The Boeing Company is proud to be a part of the programs that the Biomuseo will develop in a number of areas," said Van Rex Gallard, vice president of Sales for Latin America, Africa, and the Caribbean for Boeing Commercial Airplanes. "Boeing has a long history of supporting education and environmental programs around the world and this partnership enables us to do both."
This is not the first time Biomuseo and Panama's premier airline join forces. In 2009, Copa Airlines sponsored Biomuseo's Human Path gallery, a partial open-air space in the museum where 16 columns will display information about the relationships between human history and Panama's natural landscapes through time. Other collaborations between the Biomuseo and Copa Airlines include Biomuseo's participation in Copa Airlines' 2009 Environmental Fair, and their joint collaboration in a 2009 Corporate Responsibility Forum carried out by the Global Compact Network. In May 2010, Copa Airlines sponsored the first prize in Biomuseo's first Gastronomic Festival called "Biodiversity à la carte".
"Copa Airlines has been involved with the Biomuseo for many years as one of its principal corporate sponsors," said Pedro Heilbron, CEO of Copa Airlines. "We're happy we could work with Boeing to continue our support with what will be one of Panama's natural crown jewels: The Biomuseo."
The Biomuseo's mission is to provide a memorable experience that will educate people about the biodiversity of wildlife in Panama -- a result of the emergence of the Isthmus. The museum's goal is to encourage international visitors to learn about and develop an appreciation for the ecology of Panama and its environmental protection efforts. The Biomuseo, the first building designed by famed architect Frank Gehry in Latin America, is scheduled to open in 2012.


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Outdoor activities
Many travellers' itineraries take in a few days' trekking in the hills and a stint snorkelling or diving off the beaches of the south. Trekking is concentrated in the north, but there are smaller, less touristy trekking operations in Kanchanaburi, Sangkhlaburi and Umphang. There are also plenty of national parks to explore and opportunities for rock climbing and kayaking.
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Diving and snorkelling
Clear, warm waters (averaging 28°C), prolific marine life and affordable prices make Thailand a very rewarding place for diving and snorkelling. Most islands and beach resorts have at least one dive centre that organizes trips to outlying islands, teaches novice divers and rents out equipment, and in the bigger resorts there are dozens to choose from.
Thailand's three coasts are subject to different monsoon seasons, so you can dive all year round; the seasons run from November to April along the Andaman coast (though there is sometimes good diving here up until late Aug), and all year round on the Gulf and east coasts. Though every diver has their favourite reef, Thailand's premier diving destinations are generally considered to be Ko Similan, Ko Surin, Richelieu Rock and Hin Muang and Hin Daeng – all of them off the Andaman coast. As an accessible base for diving, Ko Tao off the Gulf coast is hard to beat, with deep, clear inshore water and a wide variety of dive sites in very close proximity.
Whether you're snorkelling or diving, try to minimize your impact on the fragile reef structures by not touching the reefs and by asking your boatman not to anchor in the middle of one; don't buy coral souvenirs, as tourist demand only encourages local entrepreneurs to dynamite reefs.
Should you scrape your skin on coral, wash the wound thoroughly with boiled water, apply antiseptic and keep protected until healed. Wearing a T-shirt is a good idea when snorkelling to stop your back from getting sunburnt.
It's usually worth having a look at several dive centres before committing yourself to a trip or a course. Always verify the dive instructors' PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors) or equivalent accreditation and check to see if the dive shop is a member of PADI's International Resorts and Retailers Association (IRRA) as this guarantees a certain level of professionalism. You can view a list of IRRAs in Thailand at wpadi.com.
We've highlighted IRRA dive shops that are accredited Five-Star centres, as these are considered by Padi to offer very high standards, but you should always consult other divers first if possible. Some dive operators do fake their PADI credentials. Avoid booking ahead over the internet without knowing anything else about the dive centre, and be wary of any operation offering extremely cheap courses: maintaining diving equipment is an expensive business in Thailand so any place offering unusually good rates will probably be cutting corners and compromising your safety. Ask to meet your instructor or dive leader, find out how many people there'll be in your group, check out the kind of instruction given (some courses are over-reliant on videos) and look over the equipment, checking the quality of the air in the tanks yourself and also ensuring there's an oxygen cylinder on board. Most divers prefer to travel to the dive site in a decent-sized boat equipped with a radio and emergency medical equipment rather than in a longtail. If this concerns you, ask the dive company about their boat before you sign up; firms that use longtails generally charge less.
Insurance should be included in the price of courses and introductory dives; for qualified divers, you're better off checking that your general travel insurance covers diving, though some diving shops can organize cover for you. There are recompression chambers in Pattaya, on Ko Samui and on Phuket and it's a good idea to check whether your dive centre is a member of one of these outfits, as recompression services are extremely expensive for anyone who's not.
There are a number of useful books available on diving in Thailand (see Natural history and ecology).
Trips and courses
All dive centres run programmes of one-day dive trips (featuring two dives) and night dives for B1500–4500 (with reductions if you bring your own gear), and many of the Andaman-coast dive centres also do three- to seven-day live-aboards to the exceptional reefs off the remote Similan and Surin islands (from B11,900). Most dive centres can rent underwater cameras for about B1500 per day.
All dive centres offer a range of courses from beginner to advanced level, with equipment rental usually included in the cost; Ko Tao is now the largest, and most competitive, dive-training centre in Southeast Asia, with around fifty dive companies including plenty of PADI Five-Star centres. The most popular courses are the one-day introductory or resort dive (a pep talk and escorted shallow dive, open to anyone aged 10 or over), which costs anything from B2000 for a very local dive to B7000 for an all-inclusive day-trip to the Similan Islands; and the four-day open-water course, which entitles you to dive without an instructor (from B9800 on Ko Tao in high season). Kids' Bubblemaker courses, for children aged 8–9, cost around B2000.
Boatmen and tour agents on most beaches offer snorkelling trips to nearby reefs and many dive operators welcome snorkellers to tag along for discounts of thirty percent or more; not all diving destinations are rewarding for snorkellers though, so check the relevant account in this book first. As far as snorkelling equipment goes, the most important thing is that you buy or rent a mask that fits. To check the fit, hold the mask against your face, then breathe in and remove your hands – if it falls off, it'll leak water. If you're buying equipment, you should be able to kit yourself out with a mask, snorkel and fins for about B1000, available from most dive centres. Few places rent fins, but a mask and snorkel set usually costs about B150 a day to rent, and if you're going on a snorkelling day-trip they are often included in the price.
National parks and wildlife observation
Thailand's hundred-plus national parks, which are administered by the National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department (wdnp.go.th), are generally the best places to observe wildlife. Though you're highly unlikely to encounter tigers or sun bears, you have a good chance of spotting gibbons, civets, mouse deer and hornbills and may even get to see a wild elephant. A number of wetlands also host a rewarding variety of birdlife. All parks charge an entrance fee, which for foreigners is usually B200 (B100 for children), though some charge B100 and a few charge B400.
Waymarked hiking trails in most parks are generally limited and rarely very challenging and decent park maps are hard to come by, so for serious national-park treks you'll need to hire a guide and venture beyond the public routes. Nearly all parks provide accommodation and/or campsites (see Tourist hotels). Some national parks close for several weeks or months every year for conservation, safety or environmental reasons; dates are listed on the National Parks' website.
A detailed guide to Thailand's wildlife and their habitats, a look at the environmental issues, and a list of Thai wildlife charities and volunteer projects are provided in "Contexts".
Rock climbing
The limestone karsts that pepper southern Thailand's Andaman coast make ideal playgrounds for rock-climbers, and the sport has really taken off here in the past fifteen years. Most climbing is centred round East Railay and Ton Sai beaches on Laem Phra Nang in Krabi province, where there are dozens of routes within easy walking distance of tourist bungalows, restaurants and beaches. Offshore Deep Water Soloing – climbing a rock face out at sea, with no ropes, partner or bolts and just the water to break your fall – is also huge round here. Several climbing schools at East Railay and Ton Sai provide instruction (from B1000 per half-day), as well as guides and equipment rental (about B1300 per day for two people). Ko Phi Phi also offers a few routes and a couple of climbing schools, as does the quieter and potentially more interesting Ko Yao Noi and Ko Lao Liang. Climbing is also popular near Chiang Mai, and there are less developed climbing areas on Ko Tao and in Lopburi province. For an introduction to climbing on Railay and elsewhere in south Thailand, see wrailay.com, while Rock Climbing in Thailand and King Climbers: Thailand Route Guide Book are regularly updated guidebooks that concentrate on Railay, Ton Sai and the islands.
Sea kayaking and whitewater rafting
Sea kayaking is also centred around Thailand's Andaman coast, where the limestone outcrops, sea caves, hongs (hidden lagoons), mangrove swamps and picturesque shorelines of Ao Phang Nga in particular make for rewarding paddling. Kayaking day-trips around Ao Phang Nga can be arranged from any resort in Phuket, at Khao Lak, at all Krabi beaches and islands, and on Ko Yao Noi; multi-day kayaking expeditions are also possible. Over on Ko Samui, Blue Stars organize kayaking trips around the picturesque islands of the Ang Thong National Marine Park, while Kayak Chang offers half- to seven-day trips around Ko Chang. Many bungalows at other beach resorts have free kayaks or rent them out (from B100/hr) for casual, independent coastal exploration.
You can go river kayaking and whitewater rafting on several rivers in north, west and south Thailand. Some stretches of these rivers can run quite fast, particularly during the rainy season from July to November, but there are plenty of options for novices too. The best time is from October through February; during the hot season (March–June), many rivers run too low. The most popular whitewater-rafting rivers include the Umphang and Mae Khlong rivers near Umphang and the Pai River near Pai. Gentler rafting excursions take place as part of organized treks in the north, as well as on the River Kwai and its tributaries near Kanchanaburi, on the Kok River from Tha Ton, and at Mae Hong Son and Pai. Southwest of Chiang Mai, rafts can be rented from the adjacent national park headquarters for trips in Ob Luang Gorge.
Trekking in the mountains of north Thailand differs from trekking in most other parts of the world in that the emphasis is not primarily on the scenery but on the region's inhabitants. Northern Thailand's hill tribes, now numbering over 800,000 people living in around 3500 villages, have preserved their subsistence-oriented way of life with comparatively little change over thousands of years (see The hill tribes). In recent years, the term mountain people (a translation of the Thai chao khao) is increasingly used as a less condescending way to describe them; since these groups have no chief, they are technically not tribes. While some of the villages are near enough to a main road to be reached on a day-trip from a major town, to get to the other, more traditional villages usually entails joining a guided party for a few days, roughing it in a different place each night. For most visitors, however, these hardships are far outweighed by the experience of encountering peoples of so different a culture, travelling through beautiful tropical countryside and tasting the excitement of elephant riding and river rafting.
On any trek you are necessarily confronted by the ethics of your role. About a hundred thousand travellers now go trekking in Thailand each year, the majority heading to certain well-trodden areas such as the Mae Taeng valley, 40km northwest of Chiang Mai, and the hills around the Kok River west of Chiang Rai. Beyond the basic level of disturbance caused by any tourism, this steady flow of trekkers creates pressures for the traditionally insular hill tribes. Foreigners unfamiliar with hill-tribe customs can easily cause grave offence, especially those who go looking for drugs. Though tourism acts as a distraction from their traditional way of life, most tribespeople are genuinely welcoming and hospitable to foreigners, appreciating the contact with Westerners and the minimal material benefits which trekking brings them. Nonetheless, to minimize disruption, it's important to take a responsible attitude when trekking. While it's possible to trek independently from one or two spots such as Cave Lodge near Soppong, the lone trekker will learn very little without a guide as intermediary, and is far more likely to commit an unwitting offence against the local customs; it's best to go with a sensitive and knowledgeable guide who has the welfare of the local people in mind, and follow the basic guidelines on etiquette outlined below. If you don't fancy an organized trek in a group, it's possible to hire a personal guide from an agent, at a cost of about B1000–1500 per day.
The hill tribes are big business in northern Thailand: in Chiang Mai there are hundreds of agencies, which between them cover just about all the trekkable areas in the north. Chiang Rai is the second-biggest trekking centre, and agencies can also be found in Nan, Mae Sariang, Mae Hong Son, Pai, Chiang Dao, Tha Ton and Mae Salong, which usually arrange treks only to the villages in their immediate area. Guided trekking on a smaller scale than in the north is available in Umphang, Kanchanaburi and Sangkhlaburi.
The basics
The cool, dry season from November to February is the best time for treks, which can be as short as two days or as long as ten, but are typically of three or four days' duration. The standard size of a group is between five and twelve people; being part of a small group is preferable, enabling you to strike a more informative relationship with your guides and with the villagers. Everybody in the group usually sleeps on a mattress in the village's guest hut, with a guide cooking communal meals, for which some ingredients are brought from outside and others are found locally.
Each trek usually follows a regular itinerary established by the agency, although they can sometimes be customized, especially for smaller groups and with agencies in the smaller towns. Some itineraries are geared towards serious hikers while others go at a much gentler pace, but on all treks much of the walking will be up and down steep forested hills, often under a burning sun, so a reasonable level of fitness is required. Many treks now include a ride on an elephant and a trip on a bamboo raft – exciting to the point of being dangerous if the river is running fast. The typical three-day, two-night trek costs about B1600–3000 in Chiang Mai (including transport, accommodation, food and guide), sometimes less in other towns, much less without rafting and elephant-riding.
Choosing a trek
There are several features to look out for when choosing a trek. If you want to trek with a small group, get an assurance from your agency that you won't be tagged onto a larger group. Make sure the trek has at least two guides – a leader and a back-marker; some trekkers have been known to get lost for days after becoming separated from the rest of the group. Check exactly when the trek starts and ends and ask about transport to and from base; most treks begin with a pick-up ride out of town, but on rare occasions the trip can entail a long public bus ride. If at all possible, meet and chat with the other trekkers in advance, as well as the guides, who should speak reasonable English and know about hill-tribe culture, especially the details of etiquette in each village. Finally, ask what meals will be included, check how much walking is involved per day and get a copy of the route map to gauge the terrain.
While everybody and their grandmother act as agents, only a few know their guides personally, so choose a reputable agent or guesthouse. When picking an agent, you should check whether they and their guides have licences and certificates from the Tourist Authority of Thailand, which they should be able to show you: this ensures at least a minimum level of training, and provides some comeback in case of problems. Word of mouth is often the best recommendation, so if you hear of a good outfit, try it. Each trek should be registered with the tourist police, stating the itinerary, the duration and the participants, in case the party encounters any trouble – it's worth checking with the agency that the trek has been registered with the tourist police before departure.
What to take
The right clothing is the first essential on any trek. Strong boots with ankle protection are the best footwear, although in the dry season training shoes are adequate. Wear thin, loose clothes – long trousers should be worn to protect against thorns and, in the wet season, leeches – and a hat, and cover your arms if you're prone to sunburn. Antiseptic, antihistamine cream, anti-diarrhoea medicine and insect repellent are essential, as is a mosquito net – check if one will be provided where you're staying. At least two changes of clothing are needed, plus a sarong or towel (women in particular should bring a sarong to wash or change underneath).
If you're going on an organized trek, water is usually provided by the guide, as well as a small backpack. Blankets or, preferably, a sleeping bag are also supplied, but might not be warm enough in the cool season, when night-time temperatures can dip to freezing; you should bring at least a sweater, and perhaps buy a cheap, locally made balaclava to be sure of keeping the chill off.
It's wise not to take anything valuable with you; most guesthouses in trekking-oriented places like Chiang Mai have safes and left-luggage rooms.
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Is Gigante the best mascot in minor league baseball? The San Jose Giants think so, and they're hoping that their fans think so too–and that they say it with their votes.
MiLB.com's Mascot Mania is underway, and fans will vote first for the best mascot in the California League and the San Jose club is hoping for a repeat win for Gigante, who won the honor in 2013. Online voting (at milb.com/mascotmania) runs through 9 a.m. on Aug. 4. League winners move on to the "Best Mascot in Minor League Baseball" competition with voting from 9 a.m. on Aug. 4 through 9 a.m. on Aug. 11.
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Back in the day, I was a keen soaper, but these day I neither have the time nor the inclination. However, I can appreciate a good bar of soap, and this is what I got from labyrinth soaps based in the UK:
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They call it a gardeners soap as there are scrubby particles in to get rid of grime but as I say, I use it in the kitchen!
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The one I have been using in the shower is the Sunflower and Calendula – this one is good for eczema and has antiseptic qualities. Good for me as I have itchy skin and its quite dry. It lasted longer than any Lush soap bar has ever lasted when it lives in the shower:
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In the first Whole Living Healthy Skin Awards, our experts found the best products for five essential beauty routines: cleansing, nourishing, antiaging, and targeted treatment.
Washing your skin should be like exercise: detoxifying and energizing. But as with working out, some people go overboard, using harsh cleansers. Not cool. The effective but gentle picks on the following slide leave skin calm and collected. Massage the cleanser in for about a minute so it has time to remove debris and makeup, then rinse it away.
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Expert Pick: Face Wash
Neutrogena Naturals Purifying Facial Cleanser is paraben- and sulfate-free and features willow bark extract to thoroughly clean skin, says New York City dermatologist Francesca Fusco, M.D. ($8, neutrogena.com)
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The White Pumpkin Recipe
In this after-dinner drink, the old duo Kahlua and cream get a fall update with pumpkin butter. The wild card ingredient here is Ramazzotti, an amaro with strong notes of orange and cinnamon—it goes fantastically well with pumpkin.
Note: I followed this recipe for pumpkin butter, but you could also use something store-bought and adjust for sweetness as needed.
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- Yield:serves 2
- Active time: 5 minutes
- Total time:5 minutes
- 1 ounce Ramazzotti Amaro
- 1 ounce vodka
- 1 1/2 ounces Kahlua
- 1 1/2 ounces heavy cream
- 4 tablespoons pumpkin butter (see note)
- Freshly grated nutmeg
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Winter Spirit!
Alright, welcome back all my lovely readers! I'm sure most of you noticed that I was pretty much completely gone this november. A few posts here and there, mostly about NaNoWriMo, which I WON!!!! *pops a champagne bottle* Alright, so for those of you who don't know what it is, or haven't read any of my previous posts on it, NaNoWriMo is basically a giant writing marathon!
Last year, I finished the first draft of my novel, The Sorcerer and The Swordsman, with 150,000 words. This year, I went for a much saner goal, as my job had changed and no longer allowed me to write during work hours, and as I no longer had someone to help around the house while I spent my time manically typing at the keyboard. I broke up the words into a retelling of the first chapter-or-so of TSATS, and a short story I plan to submit to an Anthology later this year. I even had a few thousand words left over to put towards the second chapter-ish of TSATS.
Things I learned from NaNoWriMo14:
- You can start out ahead and still fall behind.
- Finding the best place/time/people to write with should be top priority.
- Admit your faults. Don't let them hold you back.
- Sleep is for the Weak. No seriously, you can sacrifice sleep for one month, if you need to.
- Always, Always, Always keep someone on hand to bounce ideas off of. Loneliness sucks.
- No matter what you've done before, doing something new is always worth celebrating.
Now that NaNo is over, I can calm down a little. Post more on here, maybe get that short story done for the anthology. I do however, have a few announcements.
One: I will not be continuing the Breaking Down Nemesis series. If there's one thing I've learned from NaNo, it's that writing things that you aren't interested in only results in shit. So, sadly, I must discontinue this. I have learned a lot, and will greatly raise my level of writing from this, but I will not continue reading a book I cannot stand.
Two: I have a deadline! I will be publishing the first Novella of TSATS by June of 2015. You can look forward to it, and it's sequels, here on this blog! I'll be posting little snippets here and there, to gather opinions on it! Feel free to subscribe to keep up!
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In the health care industry, complicated regulations such as HIPAA, combined with new technologies that require enormous amounts of storage, are driving storage managers to the emergency room.
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HIPAA raises the bar
Whether by direct order or inference, there's no denying that HIPAA has upped the storage ante for health care providers. For example, the Commonwealth Health Corp., Bowling Green, KY, has three medical campuses with a total of 537 beds. CIO Matt Ebaugh estimates his storage at about 1TB, which is growing at 10% a year.
That's about average, says Hardy North, Dell Computer Corp.'s director of business development for health care. "Providers in the 200 to 300 bed range typically approach a terabyte in storage needs."
Bill Lazarus, assistant VP of IS technology and communications at St. Joseph's Health System in Orange County, CA, has 9TB of storage. He expects storage needs to double at the 14-hospital system in the next two years because of the new backup and archiving systems he's installing to meet HIPAA requirements.
Andy Porter, senior engineer at St. Vincent's Hospital in Indianapolis says, "In the past, there was no hard and fast rule about how long you needed to keep data around. There were some JCAHO [Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health care Organizations] guidelines, but not everyone subscribed to them." HIPAA storage retention guidelines, for example, suggest five years for mammograms, 10 years for adult records and 21 years for pediatric care patient records. Even though Porter feels that the clarity of HIPAA's storage guidelines "is about 10 degrees worse than IRS regulations," he errs on the cautionary side."
Couple the HIPAA guidelines, Porter adds, "with PACS [Picture Archiving and Communication System], where the images are getting larger." For example, a technician can take a CT scan, slice it up in different ways and do a three-dimensional modeling of it. That takes massive amounts of storage, he says, and if it's involved in a patient diagnosis, it's data that must be kept. Currently, St. Vincent's utilizes 45TB on two storage area networks (SANs) and about 18TB in direct-attached storage (DAS).
Adding to the storage bulk is the necessity to transfer paper-based patient records to disk--a labor-intensive and costly process. One option is to scan in old documents as images. The last option is to simply ignore old records.
St. Joseph's is letting the old data sit. Lazarus says a majority of his departments don't see value in pulling that data forward at the expense of their existing storage capacity.
Security and data migration
Getting records from paper to disk is easy compared to transferring data outside the hospital, according to transfer protocols established by HIPAA regulations.
In one of the biggest two steps forward, one step back, HIPAA allows faxing from paper originals, but once the information is on disk. Any transmission of the data that's automatically generated by computer through an automated fax routine must be made from and to encrypted devices encryption. Regarding radiology images, Lazarus says, "We can burn a patient's study to CD and provide them with a viewer. As far as the electronic medical records, I don't know of a way that protects their privacy."
Keep everything?
HIPAA's basic storage requirement is six years, which corresponds to the federal statute of limitations for civil penalties. Add in other federal, state and/or local regulations for patient-related information, and it's no wonder that storage managers in health care are frustrated.
The key to avoiding disk clutter, according to Jerry Carleo, a storage systems consultant with StorServer Inc. is to not think about the patient record as the umbrella under which all related data is stored. Instead, each data element should be considered a record unto itself associated with the patient.
Systems such as EMC Corp.'s Centera, a disk-based write once, read many (WORM) device, can already do the job, using an object-based storage system that also lets applications embed retention periods that prevent the record from being deleted before the end of the period. The downside is that Centera is expensive.
How much storage?
With some industry analysts predicting that storage needs will increase in the range of 52% per year, why are health care storage managers only quoting jumps in the 10% to 32% range? They're both correct, at least in part, and for different reasons.
St. Vincent's Porter says: "Storage growth is never steady. Every year, we'll purchase 25% to 50% more storage, but it's a percentage of what we previously purchased and that's probably what the analysts are looking at." The best advice from experts is to carefully examine your current storage capabilities with an eye toward consolidation, plus a detailed analysis of online, nearline and offline storage requirements.


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IO::Any - open anything
# NOTE commented out lines doesn't work (jet)
use IO::Any;
$fh = IO::Any->read('filename');
$fh = IO::Any->read('file://var/log/syslog');
#$fh = IO::Any->read('http://search.cpan.org/');
#$fh = IO::Any->read('-');
$fh = IO::Any->read(['folder', 'other-folder', 'filename']);
$fh = IO::Any->read('folder');
$fh = IO::Any->read("some text\nwith more lines\n");
$fh = IO::Any->read(\"some text\nwith more lines\n");
$fh = IO::Any->read('{"123":[1,2,3]}');
$fh = IO::Any->read('abc');
$fh = IO::Any->read(*DATA);
#$fh = IO::Any->read(IO::String->new("cba"));
#$fh = IO::Any->read($object_with_toString_method);
$fh = IO::Any->write('filename');
$fh = IO::Any->write('file://var/log/syslog');
#$fh = IO::Any->write('-');
$fh = IO::Any->write(['folder', 'filename']);
#$fh = IO::Any->write('=');
my $string;
$fh = IO::Any->write(\$string);
my $content = IO::Any->slurp(['folder', 'filename']);
IO::Any->spew(['folder2', 'filename'], $content);
perl -MIO::Any -le 'print IO::Any->slurp("/etc/passwd")'
perl -MIO::Any -le 'IO::Any->spew("/tmp/timetick", time())'
The aim is to provide read/write anything. The module tries to guess
`$what' the "anything" is based on some rules. See new method Pod for
examples and the new and _guess_what entries elsewhere in this document
code for the implementation.
There are two methods the slurp and spew entries elsewhere in this
document to read/write whole `$what'.
The purpose is to be able to write portable one-liners (both commandline
and inside program) to read/write/slurp/spew files/strings/$what-ever.
As I'm sick of writing `File::Spec->catfile('folder', 'filename')' or
`use Path::Class; dir(); file();'.
First time I've used IO::Any for JSON::Util where for the function to
encode and decode files I can just say put as an argumen anything that
IO::Any accepts. It's then up to the users of that module to pass an
array if it's a file, scalar ref if it is a string or relay on the
module to guess $what.
Any suggestions, questions and also demotivations are more than welcome!
new($what, $how, $options)
Open `$what' in `$how' mode.
`$what' can be:
'filename' => [ 'file' => 'filename' ],
'folder/filename' => [ 'file' => 'folder/filename' ],
'file:///folder/filename' => [ 'file' => '/folder/filename' ],
[ 'folder', 'filename' ] => [ 'file' => File::Spec->catfile('folder', 'filename') ],
'http://a/b/c' => [ 'http' => 'http://a/b/c' ],
'https://a/b/c' => [ 'http' => 'https://a/b/c' ],
'{"123":[1,2,3]}' => [ 'string' => '{"123":[1,2,3]}' ],
'[1,2,3]' => [ 'string' => '[1,2,3]' ],
'' => [ 'string' => '' ],
"a\nb\nc\n" => [ 'string' => "a\nb\nc\n" ],
*DATA => [ 'file' => *{DATA}{IO} ],
Returns filehandle. IO::String for 'string', IO::File for 'file'. 'http'
not implemented jet :)
Here are alvailable `%$options' options:
atomic true/false if the file operations should be done using L or L
LOCK_SH lock file for shared access
LOCK_EX lock file for exclusive
LOCK_NB lock file non blocking (will throw an excpetion if file is
already locked, instead of blocking the process)
Returns ($type, $what). $type can be:
`$what' is normalized path that can be used for IO::*.
Same as `IO::Any->new($what, '<');' or `IO::Any->new($what);'.
Same as `IO::Any->new($what, '>');'
Returns content of `$what'.
If AnyEvent is loaded then uses event loop to read the content.
spew($what, $data, $opt)
Writes `$data' to `$what'.
If AnyEvent is loaded then uses event loop to write the content.
IO::All, File::Spec, Path::Class
Jozef Kutej, `'
Please report any bugs or feature requests to `bug-io-any at
rt.cpan.org', or through the web interface at
http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=IO-Any. I will be
notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your
bug as I make changes.
You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.
perldoc IO::Any
You can also look for information at:
* GitHub: issues
* RT: CPAN's request tracker
* AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation
* CPAN Ratings
* Search CPAN
Copyright 2009 Jozef Kutej, all rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.


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And all I need is ~$23,000 to pay off my house.
Any time a post title is phrased thusly: "Is [government noun] out of touch" or some other similar phrasing, the answer is always yes.
They got to be where they are by being out of touch. If anyone who's at least a little bit in touch with us peasants were to retain that connection and also serve in an official governmental capacity in any of the branches...well, they'd go crazy and start shooting/maiming/kicking/waterboarding their co-workers, for the good of the people.
Absolutely, give smaller/indie/unsigned bands a shot. I'm sure that I'll get back into new music eventually (how can one not?) but...for now, I'm just tired. All of this stuff just puts me off.
Keep on suing, record labels. Keep it up. You're just putting your own methods (and quite possibly your industry as you know it) into the ground. And good riddance. Keep it goin'.
I just...I'm sick of it. I don't watch TV any more. I don't watch movies any more. I don't go get new music. I don't buy new books, I just go to the library.
I used to like watching some TV shows when I had the time. I used to like taking my girlfriend to the movies or buying movies for us to watch. I used to like finding new music. I used to like filling up my bookshelves. I can't let myself do any of those things anymore. All of this money-grabbing greed-driven fucking bullshit has simply put me off of almost all media.
And you know what? It's the best goddamned thing I could have ever done for myself. My girlfriend and I take our library books to the park and read them. We hike. We go see live theater. It's wonderful. I've lost 12 pounds. My girlfriends buttcheeks firmed up.
Fuck big media, remove them from your lives. You'll fucking love it.
I promise that I'm not trying to sway you, but we do have cake...
Where in the fuckin' shit did people in America get the idea that they have the right to not be offended?
Don't extend copyright, just shorten content creators lives. Then there will be nothing to fight over :D
This is mostly just a tax on stupid people and technologically-challenged people.
You're a real class act, WB.
Also, freemake.
When common sense approaches government officials in a parking lot the government officials scream rape, piss their pants and then run away.
We think it's time that Congress showed that its votes are no longer for sale.
If I ever go to Georgia, I'll be fucked.
Or we could get a head start and...scrub the old "data".
Because it's specifically penis violence. I think. You and I may just not be angry enough at the world and penises to understand it.
Well, let's go ahead and take the movies vagina (and possibly the butthole too, some people amirite?) to a hospital, have 'em break out a rape kit and fus-ro-dah that shit and if the test comes back positive for seminal secretions or other foreign DNA then sure, rape happened. If not, then I think we can safely blast this old crone out of a circus cannon into the Atlantic.
"Exactly when, why and how did America lose its start-up edge?"
So far the only good thing to come from SOPA is that I know which companies definitely shouldn't get my money, now.
Before SOPA it could be a little tricky and research-intensive to find out which companies are "bad" and which ones are "good." Now, armed with a list of SOPA supporters, it's easy as shit to tell who's bad.
Thanks, SOPA supporters!
If my daughter were missing and ended up being deported to fucking Columbia because ICE fucked up...I would demand blood. No joke. Just a pint or two from someone at ICE, something to keep in the freezer for the 10th anniversary of the deportation.
They can still eat shit. They aren't getting my domains back. I like it when large companies feel us pinch. It may be selfish and immature, but it's still nice to know that we can sometimes kinda-sorta a little bit somewhat fight back.
Their initial support was the last straw, my 300+ domains will remain elsewhere.
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Community Empowerment Through the Environment ConferenceTuesday, July 8th, 2008
This conference was held April 20-21, 2007 at Haverford College and was presented by: the Earthquakers, Committee on Environmental Responsibility, Women's Center, Students' Council, OMA, Deans Office, and President Tritton.
Concern for the environment rests not only with scientific research on issues such as global warming and a wide range of contaminants, but also in how the choices we make individually and as communities directly impact the environment as a whole. The Conference was geared to celebrate what Haverford College and other communities, both in the Philadelphia area and beyond, are doing to heighten awareness of our interconnected-ness, and in turn empower ourselves through that connection.


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Tan Qiwei, the deputy director of Chongqing Municipal People's Congress Standing Committee, is being investigated for discipline violations. He worked under then Chongqing secretary Bo Xilai from 2006 to 2013. Sources said that Tan could be involved in embezzlement of resettlement funds for the Three Gorges Dam project. http://epaper.bjnews.com.cn


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The joy of visiting Anna Maria Island is that a milestone is celebrated every day: the sunsets that are gorgeous enough to inspire spontaneous applause.
In May, the city of Anna Maria — one of three tiny towns on the seven-mile strip of barrier island about 20 miles west of Bradenton — will mark another occasion, one that comes far less frequently.
It's the 100th birthday of the Anna Maria City Pier, which will be acknowledged starting May 13 with a dedication ceremony and parade along historic Pine Avenue. On May 14, the festivities continue with Food and Wine on Pine, an upscale culinary and art event that will showcase fresh, local and seasonal Florida foods, a beer garden, more than 50 wines, a juried art show and actors dressed in period costumes, minstrels and music. The celebration will end with an evening down by the pier, followed by dinner, fireworks and, of course, one of those amazing sunsets.
Visit piercentennial.com for more information.
That's not the only event on tap in the coming weeks on Anna Maria Island. Or look ahead to summer, an opportunity for Florida resident discounts and other specials in the island's slow season.
Here's a look at upcoming events:
De Soto Heritage Festival (through April 30): Hosted by the Hernando de Soto Historical Society, it celebrates Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto's landing near the mouth of the Manatee River in 1539. Featured events include a Bottle Boat Regatta on April 16, children's parade on April 22 and Easter sunrise service on April 24. Visit desotohq.com for more information.
5th Annual Gulf Coast Rhythm & Ribfest (concludes today): The best rib-masters in the nation will be cooking at the Manatee County Fairgrounds. There's also entertainment from Kellie Pickler and a variety of other acts. Tickets: $10 advance, age 12 and under. Visit gulfcoastribfest.com for details.
Euphemia Haye Lesson Luncheons (April 27, May 11): Chef Raymond Arpke of Euphemia Haye Restaurant on Longboat Key hosts sessions based on popular menu items. Cost is $60 per person for classes, held from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Visit euphemiahaye.com for details.
The joy of visiting Anna Maria Island is that a milestone is celebrated every day: the sunsets that are gorgeous enough to inspire spontaneous applause.