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Get an overview of this hotelHotel in Savannah's historic riverfront area
This hotel is in Savannah's historic riverfront area, next to City Market and 1 block from River Street shops and restaurants.
Property Amenities
After strolling through tree-lined squares and riverfront shops, guests of Inn at Ellis Square can work out in the fitness center.
Historic views
Guestrooms at Days Hotel Savannah at Ellis Square offer views of the historic district, river, or market. Suites are in the restored Gruckenheim Building and offer modern amenities.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Days Hotel Savannah at Ellis Square stands in Savannah's riverfront area, adjacent to City Market and one block from River Street. The hotel comprises two buildings, including the restored 1851 Gruckenheim Building, a National Historic Landmark. Shops, galleries, restaurants, carriage rides, and many historic sights are within eight blocks of the hotel.
Guests enjoy access to the hotel's fitness center. Banquet/meeting facilities accommodate up to 220 people. A complimentary continental breakfast is served daily. Self parking (surcharge), express check-out and a laundry service is available. Wireless Internet access is complimentary throughout the hotel.
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Bar/lounge
- Conference space
- Business center
- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 225
- Number of floors - 10
- Year Built 1851
- Elevator/lift
- Free breakfast
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Express check-out
- Fitness facilities
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free WiFi
- Luggage storage
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Conference center
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Smoke-free property
- Television in lobby
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Rollaway/extra beds available
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Self parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Shower/tub combination
- Free WiFi
- Private bathroom
- Free weekday newspaper
- Television
- Premium TV channels
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Free local calls
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- Desk
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Cable TV service
Where to Eat
A complimentary Continental breakfast is served daily at Days Hotel Savannah at Ellis Square.
Dominique's Bar - Nonsmoking bar.
This Savannah inn does not have its own restaurant, but there are several dining options in the surrounding area.
Nearby restaurants:
Belford's Savannah
Cafe at City Market
Cafe Gelatohhh!'s
Paula Deen
The Lady and Sons
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible path of travel
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- Accessible parking
- In-room accessibility
- Accessibility equipment for the deaf
- Braille or raised signage
Hotel Policies
Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-in time starts at 4 PM
Check-out time is 11 AM
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Self parking fee: USD 16 per day (in/out privileges)
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Children 18 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding.


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A Study of RoActemra/Actemra (Tocilizumab) in Comparison to Etanercept in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors
This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
Hoffmann-La Roche
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Hoffmann-La Roche
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First received: April 7, 2011
Last updated: September 1, 2015
Last verified: September 2015
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This randomized, open-label, parallel-group, multicenter study will evaluate the rate of cardiovascular events of RoActemra/Actemra (tocilizumab) in comparison to etanercept in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Patients will be randomized to receive 8 mg/kg RoActemra/Actemra intravenously every 4 weeks or 50 mg etanercept subcutaneously weekly. The anticipated time on study drug is up to 5 years.
Cardiovascular Disease, Rheumatoid Arthritis
Drug: etanercept
Drug: tocilizumab [RoActemra/Actemra]
Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Clinical Outcomes Study to Evaluate the Effects of IL-6 Receptor Blockade With Tocilizumab (TCZ) in Comparison With Etanercept (ETA) on the Rate of Ischemic Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Moderate to Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
Resource links provided by NLM:
Genetics Home Reference related topics: rheumatoid arthritis
MedlinePlus related topics: Arthritis Rheumatoid Arthritis
Drug Information available for: Etanercept TocilizumabU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Hoffmann-La Roche:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Time from randomization to occurrence of the primary major adverse adverse cardiac events, defined as a composite of cardiovascular death, non-fatal myocardial infarction and non-fatal stroke [ Time Frame: 5 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Time from randomization to occurrence of composite endpoint of major events, non-fatal coronary revascularization procedures and hospitalization for unstable angina [ Time Frame: 5 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
|Study Start Date:
|August 2011
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|October 2016
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|October 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: 1
Drug: tocilizumab [RoActemra/Actemra]
8 mg/kg intravenously every 4 weeks
|Active Comparator: 2
Drug: etanercept
50 mg subcutaneously weekly
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|50 Years and older
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Adult patients, >/=50 years of age
- Patients with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis >/=6 months duration
- Inadequate response to at least one non-biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD)
- History of Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) or presence of one or more additional CHD risk factors, including current cigarette smoking, hypertension, low HDL cholesterol, family history of premature CHD, diabetes, presence of extra-articular disease associated with rheumatoid arthritis
Exclusion Criteria:
- Major surgery within 8 weeks prior to screening or planned major surgery within 1 year of study start
- Rheumatic autoimmune disease other than rheumatoid arthritis
- History of, or current, inflammatory joint disease other than rheumatoid arthritis
- Current or recent (within past 3 months) evidence of serious uncontrolled concomitant cardiovascular or cerebrovascular disease (Myocardial infarction, revascularization, stroke, transient ischaemic attack, or acute coronary syndrome)
- History of diverticulitis, diverticulosis requiring treatment or other lower gastrointestinal tract conditions that might predispose to perforations
- Active current infection or history of recurrent bacterial infection
- Previous treatment with tocilizumab or etanercept
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01331837
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01331837
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Hoffmann-La Roche
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|Responsible Party:
|Hoffmann-La Roche
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|NCT01331837 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|April 7, 2011
|Last Updated:
|September 1, 2015
|Health Authority:
|United States: Food and Drug Administration
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Arthritis, Rheumatoid
Cardiovascular Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
Connective Tissue Diseases
Immune System Diseases
Joint Diseases
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Rheumatic Diseases
TNFR-Fc fusion protein
Analgesics, Non-Narcotic
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
Antirheumatic Agents
Central Nervous System Agents
Gastrointestinal Agents
Immunologic Factors
Immunosuppressive Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Pharmacologic Actions
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Sensory System Agents
Therapeutic Uses
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CEDAR FALLS — It didn't take long for Creston/Orient-Macksburg's Luke Neitzel to show the entire state why he was a good choice for the 41st Iowa Shrine Bowl.
A few minutes into the first quarter Neitzel snagged an interception that led to a South touchdown.
"He (the quarterback) started to roll a little bit so I just shaded over the top," Neitzel said. "Then I just broke on the route."
The South squad shutout the North 28-0 at the UNI-Dome for their third straight victory, tying the overall series at 20-20-1 since the Iowa Shrine Bowl started in 1973.
Training camp
Neitzel was a two-time all-state defensive back for the Panthers and was one of the state's total yardage leaders as quarterback.
He was selected to the South team as a quarterback by head coach Tom Wilson of West Des Moines Dowling Catholic, but most of the time players get bumped around to different positions during the short training camp prior to the game.
At camp, Neitzel said the team had two-a-days from Sunday, July 21, to Friday, July 26.
It was during these practices that the coaching staff decided to move him to the defensive side as a free safety for the bowl game.
"They had a few kids penciled in at safety that weren't comfortable there," Neitzel said.
He said the practices were a lot like high school. Most of the time players were split up to do individual drills to work on techniques for their specific position.
During the evening, the players, managers and cheerleaders had social events to build relationships with each other.
They had a mixer, went to a water park, watched a movie in the park and had a hog roast.
Neitzel is the third member of his family to play in a Shrine Bowl. His father played in the Nebraska Shrine Bowl in 1985 and his brother Nick played for the South during the 37th Shrine Bowl.
Teammate Collin Bevins also played for the South in 2012 as a defensive end.
While playing for the South Neitzel had the opportunity to play against several athletes who were former opponents.
Alex Reed of Council Bluffs Lewis Central, Sam Markham of Atlantic and Winterset's Noah Kaldenberg were also a part of the South's roster.
"It was really cool to hear the adjustments they see and read, getting to hear their football mind," Neitzel said. "It was cool to meet guys from the area that you don't know."
Neitzel also said it was nice to play with guys that he has played against since middle school football.
Good cause
All players that are selected to participate in the game are asked to raise at least $800 through sponsors. All profit from the event is distributed to The Shriner's Hospitals for Children.
Neitzel's sponsors, First National Bank, Iowa State Savings Bank, Greater Regional Medical Center, Family Shoe Store, M&M Motor, Dr. Dave and Gwen Buck, Creston Vision Clinic, Paul and Donna Pals and Joel Merri Emerson helped him raise approximately $1,400.
On the Friday before the game, the Shriners brought in 30 boys to hang out with the teams and run through the drills at practice.
"We got to hang out with them and play catch while we talked about what was going on in their life," Neitzel said. "They would try to tackle and block us, and their parents got to be there to watch. Getting to see them smile was pretty cool."
On game day the boys got to be on the sidelines with the players.
Neitzel said after each drive they would ask what it was like being out there and were constantly cheering them on.
Neitzel plans on playing basketball at Simpson, so the Shrine Bowl may be the last time he pulls on football pads.
Playing at the UNI-Dome was always a goal for Neitzel and ending his career there with a win is a rare opportunity for most Iowa football players.
The South squad, coached by West Des Moines Dowling Catholic's Tom Wilson, also included ADM running back Jordan Grove and Dalton Gilbert of Central Decatur.


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The Red Sox fought back from a 7-0 after 1 1/2 innings to go on for a 10-8 win over the Orioles, Friday night at Fenway Park. The game-winner came in the sixth inning after the Sox tied it with three runs in the fifth, with Jason Bay launching a sacrifice fly to center field, scoring Dustin Pedroia. Mike Lowell followed with a single to center, plating Kevin Youkilis, for an insurance run. Leading the Red Sox offense was Dustin Pedroia (3 hits), while J.D. Drew and Bay each hit home runs. Ramon Ramirez picked up his first win as a Red Sox, pitching 1 2/3 scoreless innings in relief of starter Brad Penny. Penny struggled through three innings, allowing eight runs on six hits and five walks, throwing 85 pitches. For Five Things We Learned from the game, click here.
We check in with Patriots special teams captain Matthew Slater on a Patriots Monday as the Patriots prepare for their fourth pre-season game, and are 10 days away from opening the 2015 season.
We check in with the head coach of the Patriots on a Pats Monday to get his take on the win over Carolina, pre-season game number four, and the numerous cuts to the team's roster he must make in the upcoming weeks.
Danny Amendola joined the show to talk about the addition of Reggie Wayne to the receiving group, the offensive tempo in game 3 of the preseason, and who is the most stylish in the locker room.
Jay King of Masslive.com joins the show to break down the performance of the Celtics during the NBA Summer League. Then Ben and Sam discuss the exciting possibility of a Space Jam sequel.
Michael joins Ben and Sam to discuss the wild NBA Free Agency period and the upcoming Celtics season.
How long will this rebuild take? How much money will it take to keep Bae Crowder? Are Draft Picks even worth anything? With the Danny Ainge not landing any big names in the draft, and unable to lure any big names in free agency, Sam and Ben discussed if the Celtics are doomed moving forward.
We check in for our weekly visit with the interim Sox manager.
Joe Castiglione & Lou Merloni talked to the Sox outfielder, who had three hits and threw out a runner at home in the win over the Yankees.
Butch and John are talking Red Sox on the Sunday Sports Roundtable. They get into the current state of the rotation and how things have improved as of late. Joe Kelly has been on fire, but is he a trade asset? The guys discuss the starting pitchers that will be free agents this year and if any are good fits in Boston. Then they move on to the decision to let Orsillo go in favor of Dave O'Brien - Tomase has an interesting perspective on this topic.
Don Sweeney, who was hired as the Bruins general manager yesterday speaks with Dale and Holley about his new position and where the Bruins go from here.
The awesomely knowledgeable Fluto Shinzawa calls DJ, Naoko and Pete to talk about his thoughts on the future of the B's. He discusses his column from earlier this week on Cam Neely wanting to give Claude the ax earlier in the season but not getting the ok. Fluto shares his thoughts on Chiarelli's firing, the future for Claude and where the Bruins should go from here. He also gives his opinion on potential moves the team can make, who would fit in here, his thoughts on the NHL playoffs so far and more.
In the final hour of the "midseason finale" as DJ likes to call it, the crew discuss more about the future of the Bruins franchise, the possible power struggle in the front office and who should be the head coach going forward. They talk to intelligent and talented Fluto Shinzawa about all of these thing and more in an excellent interview, and finally, DJ says THANK YOU!
Schilling emailed Awful Announcing.
Florio gave us the latest on Brady vs Goodell.
The top stories of the day.
Deflategate news aside, there are some reports that Tom and Giselle are having some trouble in paradise. Lou, Christian and Gary discuss the validity of the reports, and Christian gives some advice to Tom.
Jerod Mayo dropped by the studio to talk with Lou, Christian, and Gary about the stress that some guys go through on "cut-down" day. He also made fun of Christian for his focus on fashion, and how exaggerated he thought HBO's "Ballers" was.
Lou, Christian and Gary (and the rest of us) are all patiently waiting for Judge Berman to decide Tom Brady's future. The guys wonder.... What is he waiting for?
We discuss Bob McNair's now infamous quotes about the Patriots, and how his comments, uniformed as they may be, are probably representative of other NFL owners, and thus the reason Roger Goodell can push forward with this situation without worrying about blowback from the owners.
Dale, Michael and Jerry check in with Red Sox interim manager Torey Luvollo.
Michael Holley is back and he has thoughts on what he's missed while he was gone... including Don Orsillo and NESN.
Chris Mortensen went on a sports radio station in Arizona today and talked about his deflate gate reporting, and said that the Krafts called him to apologize over the whole situation. Only thing is there's a report tonight from D&C saying their sources at the Patriots are saying that did not happen, could Mort be, dare I say, wrong?
Chris Villani and Lenny Megs talk with Bob McGovern about the proceedings in the Tom Brady and NFL's deflate gate court case.
Villani is in for Mikey, he's talking about Chris Mortensen going on an Arizona station and talking about deflate gate and getting an apology from the Krafts.
With the transfer window coming to a close, Ben, Russ & Alex hand out transfer grades for each Premier League team. They also discuss the Revs recent surge and debate if it will continue this weekend.
Ken Laird and Ryan Hannable are joined this week by special guests Jim Callis of MLB.com and Rob Bradford of WEEI.com to discuss what new GM Dave Dombrowski will do with his new prospect system. Also, do the Sox really have the best Farm system in baseball? Finally, Ken travels to Lowell to chat with Spinners' catcher Austin Rei and manager Joe Oliver.
It's peek draft season so Jim Hackett and Pete Davidson are back with today's Fantasy Football Podcast on Draft Strategy. Pete Davidson's article at Rotobahn.com "The 2015 Draft Plan" fuels a deep conversation on how to approach the draft at all the key positions Quarterback, Runningback, Wide Receiver, Tight End and Defense. Get prepared and Happy Drafting!
The Big O announces his return to WEEI.More from this show
Dave Portnoy gave us the latest from the Brady Goodell hearing.More from this show
McCann gave us his thoughts on yesterday's proceedings.More from this show
Florio gave us the latest on Brady vs Goodell.More from this show
Chris Mortensen, ESPN, reports on Twitter that the "NFL has found that 11 of the Patriots footballs used in Sunday's AFC title game were under-inflated by 2 lbs each, per league sources." He went on SportsCenter to talk about his report. Mut and his callers reacted to the breaking newsMore from this show


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4 Sep 2009
|Mad River Valley Craft Festival
The 39th annual Mad River Valley Craft Fair takes place on September 5 and 6, 2009, at Kenyon's Field in Waitsfield VT.
About 100 exhibitors displaying accessories, clothing, dolls and clothing, drawings, etchings, fabric/fiber, furniture, glass, jewelry, leather, mixed media, painting, photography, pottery, porcelain, sculpture, wood. There will also be music, food, children's activities, door prizes, and live demonstrations.
This is a very high quality show with top exhibitors from Vermont and a few surrounding states.
(c) 2009 Jeff Connor Grunberg Haus
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30 Aug 2009
|Vermont Travel Videos on MSN
MSN has an online video series hosted by Andrew Zimmern in which he travels around the country recording interesting places to visit, usually focused on food. Zimmern was host of the Travel Channel show, "Bizarre Foods" and now hosts Travel Channel's "Bizarre World" in addition to being a chef, writer, and teacher.
Zimmern was recently in my area of Vermont to visit Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, Little River Hotglass Studio, and Cold Hollow Cider Mill. He doesn't just visit though - he gets right into production, creating his own Ben & Jerry's flavor in the test room, blowing a glass jar at Little River Hotglass, and making cider doughnuts at Cold Hollow.
These Appetite for Life. episodes are a good way to get some behind-the-scenes views of popular attractions in Vermont and elsewhere.
(c) 2009 Jeff Connor Grunberg Haus Inn
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11 Aug 2009
|Fly Fishing Festival in Manchester VT
American Museum of Fly fishing, Manchester VT
I enjoy fly fishing even though I'm not good at it. And I'll probably never get good because I go so infrequently. Over the years though, it has been the motivation to put me in some beautiful places and that's what I enjoy most about fishing for trout. The fly rod is just so I don't look like some idiot standing alone in a river. Now I look like a harmless old fool flogging the water with a stick. That's much better don't you think?
Early last fall, instead of going fishing as I should have, I visited the American Museum of Fly Fishing. It is a very impressive facility located next to the Orvis headquarters in Manchester VT. The building itself is a beautifully restored home on Route 7A a few minutes south of the town. If you enjoy fly fishing and all its traditions, you'll enjoy spending some time there. When I visited, admission was free to the main part of the museum but the art gallery had a small charge.
I was able to visit the library, reading room, museum store, and other rooms - there is enough there to hold your interest for an hour or more. And if you bring your fishing gear, you can fish the nearby Battenkill, one of the most famous trout streams in the world.
This Saturday, August 15, the museum is holding a fly fishing festival with displays and vendors of antique tackle, rod builders, artwork, fly tyers, fish carvers, and more. New to the festival this year is a great opportunity to "Cast with the Legends" where you can test famous antique rods to see how they feel. It's a rare opportunity to not only hold but also cast rods that would cost a lot of money to buy.
While you are in the area, I also suggest a visit to Hildene , the estate of Robert Todd Lincoln, some of President Abraham. It's a beautiful home with impressive gardens and grounds.
Manchester is known for its outlet stores, many of them very upscale brands. If you are a shopper, brace yourself to see many compelling bargains. Also, as mentioned above, the Orvis flagship store is located next to the museum and is a must stop too. Be sure to see the huge trout swimming in the pond that is half outdoors and half in the store. Just up Route 7A going north toward town, the Orvis outlet store has some incredibly low prices.
Orvis Flagship Store
(c) 2009 Jeff Connor (except the American Fly Fishing Museum and Orvis photos which are owned by those respective organizations )
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3 May 2009
|Mother's Day Ideas
Nobody loves you as much as mom. You can give her a Mother's Day she will cherish with the gift of Vermont. Take her to a Vermont inn, restaurant, attraction, or simply a drive in the country.
If that's not possible this year, you can send Vermont to her with a Vermont Teddy Bear. They are very good at online orders and ship quickly. If you are going to travel to Vermont next weekend (Mother's Day is May 10), a tour of the Vermont Teddy Bear factory in Shelburne VT would be fun.
Vermont Teddy Bear has several pages of Mother's Day bears on its website, plus a grandmother bear too.
Make reservations soon and enjoy your day with mom.
(c) 2009 Jeff Connor Grunberg Haus
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30 Apr 2009
|Learn How To Make Chocolates Workshops in Stowe VT
Photo courtesy of Laughing Moon Chocolates
Laughing Moon Chocolates is a wonderful little store in Stowe VT which makes and sells an extensive line of chocolates using mostly locally produced ingredients.
Laughing Moon is offering workshops this spring and summer on how to make chocolates. These Chocolate Experience Workshops are intended for recreational users who would like to learn how to make their own candy at home. The cost is $150 per person. For more information and to register, contact owner Leigh Williams at (802) 253-9591.
Friday May 1
Chocolate Dipping Experience Workshop
A two-hour hand-on workshop on how to cook truffles, melt and temper chocolate, and hand-dipping.
Friday, June 26
Marshmallow Making Workshop
A two-hour workshop on how to make homemade marshmallow, prepare them for dipping, and hand-dip them in milk, dark and white chocolate. How to prepare Smores or mix it with caramel or truffle centers.
Friday, July 10
Chocolate Dipping Experience Workshop
Same as the May 1 workshop above.
Friday, August 14
Local Bounty Workshop
Two-hour workshop highlighting Vermont made specialty foods including Mitzis Fresh Mountain Breakfast, Boyden Valley Winery, Rock Art Brewery, Green Mountain Distillers, The Nutty Vermonter & The Sweet Crunch Bake Shop. Thee will be instruction on how to make peanut butter using fresh Virginia-grown peanuts and work with other locally made foods to create chocolate specialties. Prepare homemade centers and hand-dip them in chocolate. Also, how to use fresh local blueberries and raspberries, and how to make make chocolate at home.
Laughing Moon Chocolates has created a niche by incorporating locally produced foods into their chocolates. They make truffles with Boyden Valley Winery Big Barn Red Wine, Green Mountain Distillers Sunshine Vodka and Maple Liquor, Flag Hill Farm Pear and Apple Brandys, and Rock Art Vermonster Beer. The store offers chocolate covered homemade cookies baked by the Sweet Crunch Bake Shop in Hyde Park, and using Mitzis Fresh Mountain Breakfast and The Nutty Vermonters Triple Nut Butters.
Even if you don't want to attend the workshops, you should visit the store just to see how good it smells! There is a great selection of chocolates to meet every taste. Online ordering is available on the website too if you can't wait to get here and try them.
(c) 2009 Jeff Connor Grunberg Haus Inn
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27 Nov 2008
|Thanksgiving Weekend
Photo courtesy Billings Farm and Museum
The Billings Farm and Museum is a beautiful working farm in Woodstock VT.. Its annual Thanksgiving Weekend starts tomorrow and continues through Sunday from 10:00 to 4:00 each day. There will be traditional cooking demonstrations, history of Thanksgiving and how it was celebrated long ago, draft horse wagon rides, tours, and other activities for the whole family.
Thanksgiving At Hildene, located near Manchester VT, will be this Friday through Sunday. There will be self-guided tours through the mansion decorated for the season. Hildene was originally the home of Robert Todd Lincoln, son of President Abraham,$12.50/Adult,
$5/Children, Members and children under 6/Free.
In nearby Manchester VT, there will be a Christmas tree lighting at 5:00 on Friday November 28 at the Town Green. It will be followed by a reception with Santa at Hand Motors. With all the upscale outlet stores in town, including the Orvis headquarters store, there will be opportunities to get some holiday shopping done.
(c) 2008 Jeff Connor
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After winning the most amount of points on the Men's World Cup Tour for the fourth year in a row, HEAD are delighted to announce that one of the most exciting Slalom skiers of the last few years, Andre Myhrer (2012 World Cup Slalom Champion) has decided to join the HEAD World Cup Rebels for the forthcoming seasons.
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Debate: The decision to invade Iraq in 2003 was the right decision.
Why did America invade Iraq in 2003?
Was the Iraqi war legitimate?
Was the decision to invade Iraq right?
Nov 28 2012: Why did America(*I wouldn't say it was America per se, a group of individuals who ruled America started this war*) invade Iraq in 2003?
They needed Oil. Global dominance. Iraq is a strategic point to control that region.
Was the Iraqi war legitimate?
Hell No. Monsters who did acts of terrorism are 100% CIA made. (I hope I'm not breaching terms/conditions of TED). Whilst people who died in Iraq war had nothing to do with whole mess and neither generations who will live a miserable life thanks to this war....
Was the decision to invade Iraq right?
For those individuals it worked out quite right in the end. They are free breathing same air you and I.
PS: For me people who defend this war are no different than terrorists scum of human race. (leave apart sides / religion just read it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Iraq_War; and if you still support war something is really wrong with you)
Nov 28 2012: Kareem, Okay stop sugar coating it and dancing around the subject and tell us what you really think.
Lejan .
Nov 29 2012: If this is 'sugar coating' I wonder what would be bitter to you? ;o)Nov 28 2012: Wow on a site with a 95% minority of super liberal avid Bush haters this subject has all the chance of survival as a ham in a river of piranha.
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Just as a matter of interest .. why this subject. The response is known. Everyone will be an expert and state some non existant facts fed them by their favorite media both pro and con.
I refuse to be lead into this as sheeple to slaughter ... but inquiring minds want to know .... why Jessica price?Nov 28 2012: If they honestly believed Sadam was harbouring weapons of mass destruction and had intent to use them, and had compelling evidence to support this, then perhaps yes, it may have been more likely to be the right thing to do.
If they confected evidence to suit their objective, then probably not.
I personally think they had an objective in mind and then went looking for or created "evidence" to support these, rather than be led by the evidence. Saddam had nothing to do with 911, yet that was a message put out there.
It may have been illegitimate if you consider international law and UN sanctions as the appropriate authority.
Dec 9 2012: "IF they honestly believed....."
What? Their lies?
That is known as psychosis or being psychotic.
The sites soldiers searched for, found and revealed,
showed that clearly nothing had been going on
in these so-called WMD "plants or factories" for upwards of 13 years!
They, meaning Intel and their bosses, would have known this.
Not should have known this, but would have. They did.
They manufactured a phony story and put it into action against the wishes of America and the world.
It was/is all based upon lies and if they swear they really believed this,
then they are psychotic.
Why are they allowed to be in power, corporately, militarily, politically or financially?
They are true nut cases.Nov 27 2012: The decision to invade Iraq was the right decision for all who profited from the war.
The decision was the wrong decision for all the dead and all the maimed.Nov 27 2012: "Why did America invade Iraq in 2003?"
Probably (but few people know this for sure and none of them are here on TED) to give the Bush administration a grand foreign project, to secure all kinds of lucrative contracts for defense and security contractors, and after all, Saddam did try to assassinate Dubya's father.
"Was the Iraqi war legitimate?"
In a legal sense, probably not, but then again, international law is more of a gentleman's agreement between politicians then something resembling an ethical justice system, it would be "illegimitate" to assassinate the North Korean leadership to free the people and give food aid to the 8 million malnourished citizens in that country (remember that whenever you hear the words "violation of international law" used by politicians or the media).
"Was the decision to invade Iraq right?"
We'll never know, except fpor the Kurds, everything got better for them, but they are a minority of the population. We don't know if 20 years from now Iraq is better off then it would have been 20 years from now without the invasion and even if it is, who's to say the sacrifices were worth it, who can make that judgment? And even then, that may just be luck, not the result of great and noble planning by the Bush administration. Anyway, whatever happens, (the government of) Iran and Al-Qaeda share the blame for everything that went down in Iraq, with the Bush administration: had Iraq been an island there would not have been a violent civil war.
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Nov 27 2012: War has been the practiced method before our written history began. It is not the right method, I fully agree with that point, but war is sometimes necessary. Was the Iraq war necessary?
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Nov 27 2012: Is defense against acts of war ever necessary?Nov 28 2012: @Jessica Price
Have you ever asked yourself " What is war?"? I don't mean the Dictionary or wiki version, but as a society, what actually is war? Why, when war "happens" is it ok to kill a whole bunch of people?And For what? Someone's ego? So they can feel powerful and in control like some insecure baby? Why is it ok to make children shoot their parents just because "we're at war and are just using this to create psychological weakness"... JUST? Really? Humans are very good at using the word "JUST" to JUSTify doing bad things, and for some reason it makes it okay. JUST is a lie.Nov 27 2012: We did not start the war. Osama Bin Laden did. Bush had a reason for invading Iraq. He was responding to an act of war just like FDR did in 1941. Sadaam Hussein was aiding and abedding America's enemy, and he was an ever-growing threat to use poison gas and biological weapons capable of mass destruction. Radical middle-Eastern Islamic forces started the Iraq war. I don't think it is ever right to be the root cause of a war, but it is possible to start a war, if firing the first shot is seen as starting it, without being the root-cause of that war.
Nov 27 2012: Whenever I think I have heard it all, you raise the bar. Here are some excepts from Wikipedia
You really must find other sources than Fox news
The Bush reasons for invading Iraq were fabricated. Shortly after the invasion, the Central Intelligence Agency, Defense Intelligence Agency, and other intelligence agencies largely discredited evidence related to Iraqi weapons and, as well as links to Al-Qaeda.
Alan Greenspan said in an interview that the removal of Saddam Hussein had been "essential" to secure world oil supplies, a point he emphasized to the White House in private conversations before the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Additionally, in his memoir, Mr. Greenspan writes: "I am saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil." One report by BBC journalist Gregory Palast citing unnamed "insiders" alleged that the U.S. "called for the sell-off of all of Iraq's oil fields" and planned for a coup d'état in Iraq long before September 11
The James Baker III Institute for Public Policy and the Council on Foreign Relations produced "Strategic Energy Policy: Challenges for the 21st Century," a report describing the long-term threat of energy crises such as blackouts and rising fuel prices then playing havoc with the state of California. The report recommended a comprehensive review of U.S. military, energy, economic, and political policy toward Iraq "with the aim to lowering anti-Americanism in the Middle East and elsewhere, and set the groundwork to eventually ease Iraqi oil-field investment restrictions."
Nov 28 2012: And this is where the problem lies... everyone's in someone's pocket, no-one knows who to trust or what to believe. What kind of foundation is that for any level of society? You've got pharamceutical companies getting people into congress, mining companies paying politicians under the table, IT companies working for federal agencies... and the media telling us what will get ratings. It's like we feed off of lies and problems, as if we're hard-wired to fight and have no idea of how to live in peace.Nov 28 2012: According to FOX News the phrase "raising the bar" usually has a positive connotation, but I suspect you do not mean it as a compliment. I cannot join you in denying Iraq's role as assisting Osama Bin Laden in evading US forces. Nor can I join you in denying that Sadaam Hussein was a very dangerous maniac on a destructive mission willing to gas his own people and aggressively invade neighboring nations. We must continue to disagree that every problem America has in the middle east is about oil. You should read FOX News on occasion, but don't believe everything you read, even in the New York Times or the Washington Post, or the Huffington Post, I know I don't.Nov 27 2012: History takes many years to give answers to such questions and they often change over time.
Nov 27 2012: But if you had to answer right now, with all the evidence that has been presented, what would you argue?Nov 27 2012: The decision to invade Iraq was the right decision as America was faced with a dictator who had used chemical weapons and harbored a terrorist group who attacked US soil.
Luke Hobbs
Nov 27 2012: I wonder though if that should have been a more an FBI/Interpol type exercise than invading a Sovereign Nation. Thousands upon thousand of civilians get caught up in war and in this modern day I like to believe we have far more precise and tactful methods. I mean the US Govt isn't exactly clean, but I also would not accept millions of civilians being killed to overthrow them...
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Nov 27 2012: What other methods would you personally suggest?
Nov 28 2012: Well, for a start we the public don't have ALL of the information behind the true cause of that war. I'm not talking about Bush doing this or Saddam doing that, I'm talking about what is it about us as a species that stops us seeing the big picture and acting accordingly; what is it that drives us to live a lie in being a CIVILised race yet act do not be civil?
It's 2012, almost 2013. I had hoped that CIVILity in humans would be a global phenomenon by now in that we have learned to be civil and be respectful to one another, and not screw each other over a dollar or an egocentric sense of power.Nov 27 2012: .
@Jessica Ogunbiyi
1. America has both been in favor of Dictatorship and even instilled them such as Shah in Iran. There are also dozens of Dictators world wide (past and present) inwhich nothing is/was done about them.
2. Saddams actions to his neighbouring countries and his own people was largely unchanged whether America was onside with Saddam or not, America merely turned a blind eye when they were friends and then used his actions as justification for an attack when that friendship ceased.
3. There was no evidence that Saddam had any such weapons nor any connection to any group who was planning on attacking US soil. Alqaeda was also not present in Iraq until after the invasion.
Unfortunately you are wrong on every point, please research further.
Nov 27 2012: There was evidence from eyewitnesses that Saddam Hussein had used chemical weapons on his own people (the Kurdish people of Southern Iraq) and so it could be argued that Hussein was prepared to use weapons of mass destruction. Iraq did not allow terrorists to be extricated and this way could be argued that he was in support of terrorists. As the Bush doctrine goes a country is either with the US or against.
Nov 27 2012: .
"There was evidence from eyewitnesses that Saddam Hussein had used chemical weapons on his own people (the Kurdish people of Southern Iraq)"
Yes and America did nothing when he gassed the Kurds.
Ever wonder why that was the case, yet essentially anything was enough to attack both him and Gaddafi in the present era?..
As your comment indicates,you know full well that the actions of such people hadn't changed in time, so whats the only remarkable difference between the US turning a blind eye in the 80's and the US fighting 'for the rights of those people' in the 2000's?
The book 'confessions of an Economic hitman' actually verifies what I assumed, that the only difference was that the US was no longer an ally in the 2000's due to a breakdown over resource exports and oil trade currencies.
"and so it could be argued that Hussein was prepared to use weapons of mass destruction"
No, it could be argued that he HAD used weapons of mass destruction over 20 years earlier, but since had its infrastructure crippled during the Gulf war on an unrelated incidient.
No UN or independent intelligence report demonstrated the existence of said weapons.
"Iraq did not allow terrorists to be extricated and this way could be argued that he was in support of terrorists."
A number of countries won't extradite its citizens for a number of reasons, China included, especially those which have not received trial or even evidence that they are infact terrorists.
No intelligent agency has connected Saddam with Alqaeda or any such terrorist organization, especially those relevant to the US.
"As the Bush doctrine goes a country is either with the US or against."
The Bush Doctrine is pre-emptive war prior to substantiated justification or an attack on the US's own soil, not what you claim.Nov 28 2012: What terrorist group did Iraq Harbour?
Saddam hated Al queda and was not harbouring them.


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|Sportsman's Classic This Weekend
The Benoits, a family of famous Vermont deer hunters who lead guided hunts and have published books and video on how to hunt deer, will be at the Sportsman's Classic. The father, Larry, (pictured above holding the rifle) lives about a half mile down the road from our inn.
One of Vermont's largest events, the Sportsman's Classic, takes place this coming weekend at the Champlain Expo facility in Essex Junction near Burlington.
About 15,000 people will fill the halls to view displays about hunting, fishing and other outdoor pursuits. The event starts at noon on Friday and ends Sunday afternoon.
For the children, there will be a reptile show, trout pond, casting competition, archery shoot, pellet gun shoot, and shooting simulator .
For adults, there is a fly casting pond, 45 free seminars, free ATV demo rides on a one mile course, prizes, raffles, and giveaways.
A portion of the proceeds benefits Camp Ta-Kum-Ta, a special Vermont camp for children with cancer. Last year the show raised an amazing $10,000 for the camp.
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13 Jan 2009
|Stowe Winter Carnival Jan 19 - 25
Stowe Winter Carnival Snowshoe Trek
Stowe VT celebrates its 35th Winter Carnival with the theme this year of "Stowe Away Your Blues."
Visitors and locals can spend a few days setting aside the economic travails of these times and enjoy some inexpensive fun.
There are ten major activities planned for both adults and kids including an ice carving competition, snow volleyball tournament, snow golf tournament at the local country club, youth hockey tournament, super G race, movies, kids carnival, the popular main street block party, theater, dance, fireworks.
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9 Jan 2009
|Winter Dew Tour on NBC Sports and USA Network. I think.
If you can't make it to Vermont this weekend to see the amazing Winter Dew Tour (see my blog entry from yesterday) at Mount Snow, you can watch it on television Saturday afternoon, January 10.
Here comes the confusing part. I thought it was on USA Network Saturday afternoon. (That's the network with Monk and House marathon weekends if you can't remember which one it is).
The Burlington VT Free Press newspaper television section lists it on USA at 4:30 pm. However, when I searched around online, the schedules say it is on NBC Sports. Both networks are owned by NBC so you can check your local listings to see where it actually is. Look for it at 4:30 tomorrow afternoon.
Also, there are some great videos of today's winning runs online at the Alliance of Action Sports website. Amazing displays of skill.
The event runs tomorrow and Sunday so you still have plenty of time to get there. See my blog entry from yesterday for more information.
(c) 2009 Jeff Connor Grunberg Haus
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8 Jan 2009
|Two Days of Continuous Snow Adds Up
Photo from the Mount Snow Dew Tour
Man, that was a LOT of snow. It has snowed (with a little sleet mixed in at the middle) for two days almost non stop. Weather forecasters call for a little more this weekend, mostly in the form of flurries so the white stuff is going to stay fresh for a while.
If you have been thinking of heading to Vermont for any kind of snow activity, I can say with complete confidence that now is the time.
Mount Snow Resort in southern VT got 10 inches of snow and Jay Peak in far northern VT got 20 inches.
Speaking of Mount Snow, the Winter Dew Tour, sponsored by Mountain Dew soft drink, is there this weekend. The resort is near West Dover VT, about mid-way between Brattleboro and Bennington.
There are some great freeski slopestyle videos here (in the right hand column) so you can get an idea of what you will see this weekend plus snowboards on the pipe. Spectator admission is free all weekend.
Olympic gold medalist and Vermont native Hannah Teter will be there along with other stars.
It will be cold this weekend - bring your warmest stuff.
(c) 2009 Jeff Connor Grunberg Haus Inn
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7 Jan 2009
|Free Snowshoe/XC Skiing in VT Jan 10
See the Winter Trails website for information about this rare opportunity to test cross country and snowshoes free.
There are ten ski areas around the state participating in Winter Trails 2009. Most of the Vermont ski areas are holding the event this coming Saturday, January 10 except Bolton Valley which is holding the event January 11. It would be a good idea to contact your selected ski area to confirm the event is still planned. Links to each area are on the Winter Trails website.
Also, note that you have to fill out a Registration & Release Form - there is a link to it on the website.
This is a great way to see some of Vermont's prettiest woods and countryside. It's easy to do and you generally stay warm from exercising. If you have not tried it, now is the time!
(c) 2009 Jeff Connor Grunberg Haus Inn
|posted by grunhaus at 19:22 | permalink
4 Jan 2009
|VT Ski Areas Offer Learn to Ski/Ride For Free Events
Sample VT Ski Areas Association web page with listings of free ski lesson availabilities.
You can't beat the price: Learn to ski or ride free at
some resorts that are offering a day of free equipment and lessons this week.
You should act right away because openings are limited. The Vermont Ski Areas Association has a special free lessons page on their website that lists. Use the drop down menu to choose a day of the week and the website will return a table of resorts and number of openings at each. I don't know how well they are keeping this information current (it's up to the resorts no doubt) so get in touch soon with the ones that look most likely.
As I was searching through the dates and resorts list yesterday, it looked like Wednesday and beyond are the best bets.
If you sign up for one of these lessons and need a place to stay, give us a call and we will give you a 15% discount when you mention this blog post.
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Vancouver, BC (Sports Network) - Joe Pavelski scored in the fourth round of the shootout to lift the San Jose Sharks over the Vancouver Canucks, 3-2, on Tuesday.
Scott Gomez and Adam Burish scored in regulation for the Sharks, who have won three of four. Antti Niemi made 36 saves.
Henrik Sedin and Jannik Hansen lit the lamp for the Canucks, who have dropped four of five. Cory Schneider stopped 28-of-30 shots.
Gomez scored his first goal as a Shark at the 7:42 mark of the first period. Gomez's slap shot from the high slot got past Schneider.
San Jose made it a 2-0 game on Burish's shorthanded goal at the 4:43 mark of the middle stanza.
Sedin's backhander from in close made it a one-goal game at the 13:23 mark.
Hansen scored with 25 seconds left in the period to tie it. Mason Raymond dropped a pass for Hansen inside the top of the left circle, and his shot beat Niemi.
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A recent Gallup poll reveals that many "pro-choice" Americans hold beliefs about abortion that are sharply at odds with the abortion industry — and are, in fact, more closely aligned with pro-life views on a number of crucial issues. According to Gallup senior editor Lydia Saad, the survey found that self-described pro-choice and pro-life Americans "agree about nine major areas of abortion policy," including requiring informed consent for women (86 percent for pro-choice, 87 percent for pro-life respondents), and banning partial-birth abortion (63 percent for pro-choice, 68 percent for pro-life respondents).
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Hi! joysann here. Between the Fifty Shades and Magic Mike phenomena this year, we've observed a rising awareness in erotic romance and entertainment in largely female audiences, but for Ellora's Cave Romantica® Publishing, it's all old school. EC authors have been celebrating erotic romance for more than a decade, and they have the sales and the cover models to prove it. And for the last few of those years, Ellora's Cave has been celebrating their authors and readers with the annual RomantiCon, a gala not to be missed.
RomantiCon 2012 was held this past week in Canton, Ohio, just south of EC's Akron, Ohio, home base. The entire McKinley Grand Hotel (across the street from the historical National First Ladies' Library and Museum) was reserved solely for the event, and it was a comfortable accommodation for all participants.
Arrivals began early in the week, but the party started on Thursday night with the casual Meet & Greet, bringing together old friends excited to see each other again, and the chance to make new friends. With a good start on the eventual 300 or so attendees, the party was a happy and boisterous affair.
In the daytimes, while editor pitches were going on, there were workshops for authors to learn about writing good sexy stories or promoting themselves. And for the readers attending, there were fun sexy games and prizes, allowing an opportunity for everyone to let their hair down a little bit. The workshops were filled to standing room and gathering outside the door was a common experience for these popular classes.
While all the classes and games were well appreciated, none was quite so enthusiastically attended as the Zumba class on Saturday morning, led by fitness and Zumba instructor, this year's new "Alpha Caveman" contest winner, Nick.
RomantiCon has its serious business side, which is taken very seriously by the writers who want to keep improving professionally. But it's also a celebration of fun, beauty and sexuality, and there is little more jubilant than dancing. Enter Ellora's Cavemen, the cover models/fitness trainers/body builders/dancers. There can't have been many women there (or men, for that matter) that didn't enjoy the entertainment provided by these handsome, charming, energetic, enthusiastic professional performers.
To some, the chance to invent their fantasies (for writing purposes, of course) in the company of the Cavemen, with other like-minded women, is what makes RomantiCon as exciting as it is. The professionalism of these men lent to EC's view that all women, no matter age or appearance, are beautiful, and that's just how they made most of us feel.
And then there were the parties…
Friday Night reflected the Mayan calendar's end of the world with the Last Dance of Your Life Party, with a Carnivale' quality to the costumes.
Of course, that had to be followed Saturday night with the Survivors vs Walking Dead Dinner and Awards Banquet. Zombies and zombie slayers were everywhere. Creative costumes, terrific shows by the Cavemen choreographed by Caveman Georgio, demonstrations and entertainment by the Cleveland Exotic Dance group, and dancing the night away by most everyone made both evenings fabulous celebrations.
Sunday afternoon was the Romantica® SEXpo and Book Sale & Signing, with 80 authors, vendors and performances by the Cavemen and Cleveland Exotic Dance.
It was a busy, bustling event with high spirits all around. Among the debut authors at the signing were a couple of Cavemen with a new release of their own. Take It Off, by Taylor Cole & Justin Whitfield, tells "the naked truth about male strippers," and I'm sure I'm not the only one who is a bit curious.
Last, but never least, the party wound down on Sunday evening with the increasingly popular Pizza and Bingo Pajama Party, with lots of prizes for both the games and many raffles. These come with lots of laughs and squee-ing as the prizes are delivered to the winners by the handsome Cavemen who got into the spirit of the event with schmoozy shenanigans to please their audience. At last, I won a prize, and, no, while it was very nice, it wasn't dishy Caveman David.
So that's it for this year. I've come home having made new friends, had extraordinary conversations, and have lots of good books to read. It was a terrific weekend and I can't think of a better time I've had at a conference. Next year's event is already announced and planning has begun on RomantiCon 2013, and I highly recommend the experience to all fans of erotic romance.


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Rated 5 out of 5 by Ernesto Perfect little travel iron I had three requirements for a travel iron. 1. Must be small/light. 2. Iron out most of the wrinkles from my clothes. 3. Must have dual voltage. This little "jewel" meets all three! It's only 12oz packed in its cloth travel bag and it is about the size of a computer mouse, and has an 8.5 foot cord – Perfect! There is no on-off switch, so just plug it in, wait a minute and it's ready. I found it heats enough to touch up my shirts, suit pants and ties. I also use a small spray bottle of water to lightly mist the garment if necessary. I found that I need to press a little more and go a little slower while ironing and sometimes go over it several times to get all the wrinkles out, let's be realistic - Don't expect this little $25.00 jewel to perform like a $150.00 Rowenta steam iron. This is just for light touchups using a bath towel on the hotel dresser (although my wife used it on the bed just fine). Don't expect to iron your wool suit and have look like it came back from the cleaners. Finally, the dual voltage (110/220). I only bring this travel iron with me when I travel to Europe. In the states the hotel rooms (at least the ones I stay at) all have irons and ironing boards. In Europe, I usually like to stay at small quaint hotels with European character - which translates to "no iron in the room". So for me, this little baby does the trick. It's tiny, it's light, and it freshens up my clothes, works with 110 /220 volts, what more can I ask for $25.00? November 21, 2013
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We now have Windows 7, and MTV has finally announced the long-due cancellation of that show (which is really a disservice to all humanity, anyway). Meanwhile, Crocs have done their homework and have since came out with new, more fashion-forward styles for all seasons (that's 300-plus styles of good-looking shoes, y'all!). Today, Crocs offer year-round footwear options like flats, sneakers, boots and heels–all as Croslite-comfortable as they've always been.
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A lot of other people have become some of Crocs' staunchest fans. Celebs like Halle Berry, Brad Pitt and Ryan Reynolds are seen sporting these comfy kicks. Crocs have also joined the $1 billion sales club–oh, and they made it there faster than Nike! Most of all, they've sold 200 million pairs in 400 stores in 90 countries around the globe for the past decade. Those are definitely feats worth a fete!
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Damascus High School's wrestling team remained undefeated Saturday, improving its record to 9-0 with a 41-21 victory over Thomas S. Wootton and a 72-3 triumph over host James H. Blake in Silver Spring.
The day began with the marquee match between the Swarmin' Hornets and the Patriots (8-2), who lost their first match of the season on Wednesday at Bethesda Chevy-Chase on tie-breaking criteria.
It was a rematch from last year's 4A/3A West Regional Duals. Wootton edged out Damascus by just a few points in the semifinal round.
"It burned a little bit from last year when [Wootton] beat us at the regional duals by two points or so," Damascus coach Jon Furgeson said. "We wanted to show that we could beat those guys."
Damascus got off to a hot start on Saturday in the 106-pound match. David Creegan scored his first four points with a standing spladle on Wootton's Jack Cohen in the first period. Creegan would go on to pin Cohen with just under 30 seconds left in the second period.
The Hornets did not let up from there, winning the first six matches and jumping out to a 26-0 lead.
One of the more exciting bouts of the match happened at 120 pounds between Michael Wilkerson of Damascus and Austin Tritto of Wootton.
Tritto led most of the match by a slim 1-0 score, but Wilkerson was able to tie it up in the third with an escape before earning a takedown as time expired to come away with the 3-1 victory.
Damascus' six-match winning streak began with a pin at 106 and ended with another at 138 pounds, as Owen Brooks pinned Will Quackenbush late in the third period after turning him several times throughout the match.
Wootton was finally able to get on the board in the 145-pound bout as Garrett Ruderman earned a 5-2 decision over Jack Creegan.
But the Hornets' Johnny Fischer halted Wootton's momentum by recording a first-period pin at 152 over Josh Hollman.
This was followed by two thrillers at 160 and 170, resulting in each team coming away with a decision.
At 160, Damascus' Logan Brooks overcame a 3-2 deficit going into the third period to beat Wootton's Jay Carroll, 4-3.
At 170, Wootton's Stephen Potemken grappled with Caleb Baisden and used a shrug to get a takedown with seven seconds left in the third period to win, 3-2.
"Potemken had a real tough matchup," Wootton head coach Kevin O'Neill said. "His guy dropped down a weight class to come see him and he was able to pull that out."
Wootton would go on to win three of the four remaining matches, including two pins by Chen Han at 182 and Ralph Bernardo at 220, as well as an overtime victory for heavyweight Josh Strauss.
"Obviously that's a tough loss," O'Neill said. "But I am somewhat encouraged by the fact that we had some close matches against a lot of their tough kids. And I'm encouraged by that because if we see them again and pull out those close matches then that's a big swing in points. … I'm encouraged and I do think we can beat them if we see them again."
The next time these two teams could potentially meet would be in the regional duals at the end of the season and Furgeson knows that's when it really matters.
"Last year we did the same thing," Furgeson said, "We beat them in some tournaments and then lost to them when it mattered. We're trying to stay focused and ready to go and the kids wrestled awesome today. We're going to go back to the room, keep working hard, and see if we can get better. …
"We have some great senior leadership at the top of our weight divisions and some great young kids who have been wrestling forever. They know what it's like to win. They've been winning since they were 6 or 7."
Wootton got redemption against Blake (1-9) with a 62-12 victory. It won 11 of the 14 matches, including four by forfeit.
Damascus 41, Wootton 21
106: David Creegan (D) Fall 3:34 Jack Cohen (W)
113: Mikey Macklin (D) m.d. Logan Tritto (W) 9-0
120: Michael Wilkerson (D) d. Austin Tritto (W) 3-1
126: Brandon Barnhard (D) m.d. Rahul Dharmavaratha (W) 15-5
132: Cory Obendorfer (D) d. Stavi Tzamaras (W) 5-2
138: Owen Brooks (D) Fall 5:25 Will Quackenbush (W)
145: Garrett Ruderman (W) d. Jack Creegan (D) 5-2
152: Johnny Fischer (D) Fall 1:25 Josh Hollman (W)
160: Logan Brooks (D) d. Jay Carroll (W) 4-3
170: Stephen Potemken (W) d. Caleb Baisden (D) 3-2
182: Chen Han (W) Fall 3:46 Ari Cacopardo (D)
195: Michael Scafate (D) Fall 4:48 Andres Restrepo (W)
220: Ralph Bernardo (W) Fall 1:22 Sam Stephenson (D)
285: Josh Strauss (W) d. Andrew Nickell (D) 4-2 OT
Wootton 62, Blake 12
113: Logan Tritto (W) Forfeit
120: Austin Tritto (W) Fall 4:53 Marc-Stephen Meredith (B)
126: Tyler Nine (B) d. Rahul Dharmavaratha (W) 8-5
132: Stavi Tzamaras (W) Fall 1:49 Matt Majower (B)
138: Will Quackenbush (W) m.d. Jason Fleischer (B) 13-3
145:Garrett Ruderman (W) m.d. Peter Waldo (B) 14-4
152: Josh Hollman (W) Forfeit
160: Danny Gonzalez (B) Fall :43 Jay Carroll (W)
170: Stephen Potemken (W) Fall :20 Eddie Rivera (B)
182: Andres Restrepo (W) Forfeit
195: Chen Han (W) Forfeit
220: Ralph Bernardo (W) Fall :15 Francisco Lendor (B)
285: Josh Strauss (W) Fall :18 Nicholas Moskov (B)
106: Julian Carter (B) d. Jack Cohen (W) 13-11 OT
Damascus 72, Blake 3
120: Michael Wilkerson (D) d. Marc-Stephen Meredith (B) 6-0
126: Brandon Barnhard (D) Fall 1:21 Tyler Nine (B)
132: Cory Obendorfer (D) Fall 1:32 Matt Majower (B)
138: Owen Brooks (D) Fall 3:37 Jason Fleischer (B)
145: Jack Creegan (D) d. Peter Waldo (B) 7-0
152: Johnny Fischer (D) Forfeit
160: Danny Gonzalez (B) d. Logan Brooks (D) 10-5
170: Caleb Baisden (D) Fall 1:07 Eddie Rivera (B)
182: Ari Cacopardo (D) Forfeit
195: Michael Scafate (D) Forfeit
220: Sam Stephenson (D) Fall 2:09 Francisco Lendor (B)
285: Andrew Nickell (D) Fall :20 Nicholas Moskov (B)
106: David Creegan (D) Fall 1:21 Julian Carter (B)
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Thiess implemented collaboration solutions that share same call control system and network, minimizing costs.
Headquartered in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Thiess is a leading mining, construction, and services contractor with 20,000 employees. Part of Australia's largest project development and contracting group, Leighton Holdings Limited, Thiess plays a pivotal role in building vital infrastructure, delivering for the resources sector, and providing essential services for communities across Australia.
The workforce is very distributed because each of three business units (construction, mining, and services) maintains offices in each state in Australia, and the company also has offices in Indonesia and India. Collaboration presents a challenge because project teams are distributed across multiple locations. For example, the Victorian desalinisation project, completed in 2012, was managed from the Thiess' Melbourne offices, and executed from multiple temporary project offices along the 85 km long pipeline.
Previously, distributed teams had two choices for collaboration: joining audioconferences or traveling to meetings. "But audioconferences fall short, because people want to see each other to build rapport and develop relationships," says Mat Williams, data center manager. "And travel is costly and delays decision making."
Thiess had implemented an analog videoconferencing system to help distributed teams collaborate, and employees liked it. The drawback was high costs, including a separate call control system, separate ISDN line for each video endpoint, international calling charges, and IT overhead to help schedule meetings.
"Before increasing our use of videoconferencing, we first wanted to converge our separate networks and call control systems for voice and video," says Daniel Leary, network engineer. Thiess also wants to help enable employees to join videoconferences from any device, including tablets, and anywhere, including locations with limited bandwidth.
A related challenge was to quickly deploy communications systems in temporary field offices, which operate only for the duration of the construction project, typically one to three years. Approximately 100 such offices are operational at any time.
Today, Thiess employees at any office or project site can initiate videoconferences with six-digit dialing, using Cisco® collaboration solutions. Solution elements include:
● Centralized voice platform: The company began using Cisco Unified Communications Manager in 2004. Over the years, Thiess has upgraded the platform multiple times to take advantage of new features, such as presence and instant messaging, simplified dial plans, new management tools, and support for Cisco TelePresence® sessions. Approximately 5500 employees have Cisco Unified IP Phones, and executives and managers use Cisco Unified IP Phone 9900 and 8900 Series with large color displays. New project sites do not need to wait for the phone company to provide a line, because they receive voice services over the IP network.
● Cisco TelePresence solutions, provide an in-person experience: "After evaluating videoconferencing systems, we selected Cisco TelePresence because Cisco is a market leader, fits into our current Cisco-based network, and because it can share call control with our existing Cisco voice system," Williams says. The Information Communications Technology (ICT) team funded the Cisco TelePresence infrastructure, and individual business units purchase their own endpoints. To make it easy for employees to schedule videoconferences, an important factor in adoption, Thiess uses Cisco TelePresence Management Suite so that employees can quickly find available endpoints.
● Web conferencing: The mining business unit uses Cisco WebEx® Meetings to train employees in any office to use specialized software. To reduce travel costs but maintain the person-to-person interaction, the trainers, who are centrally located, can host one-to-one or one-to-many training sessions utilizing the Cisco tools, helping enable consistent, but personalized training delivery.
● Contact center: Some Thiess business units use Cisco Unified Contact Center Express to route calls to the first available agent with the right skills in any location. Built-in reporting helps managers optimize staffing.
● Presence and instant messaging: Adoption of Cisco presence and instant messaging has grown from 30 Windows users in a 2008 pilot to approximately 1000 Windows and iPad users today. A proposal writer who needs information from an engineer, for example, can use Cisco Jabber™ to find an available engineer and then just click to send an instant message. Another click escalates to a voice or videoconference. "Email doesn't work well for collaboration," Leary says. "Jabber allows real-time communications and group chat, and we can just click to escalate to a voice, video, or web conference."
● Cisco Unified Computing System™ (Cisco UCS®): Thiess virtualized the Cisco Unified Communications applications including the Video Communications Server (VCS) on Cisco UCS B200 M2 Blade Servers and Cisco WebEx Meetings Server and Oracle VM Server on Cisco UCS B200 M3 Blade Servers. Operating multiple communications applications on a single blade server improves availability and lowers data center space, power, and cooling requirements compared to implementing a standalone server for each application. "Thiess has saved up to 60 percent rack space and 90 percent reduction in cable usage by utilizing UCS blade chassis," says Brad McGinn, senior network architect.
Improved Collaboration within Distributed Teams
The ability to collaborate with an in-person experience without travel helps Thiess teams work more efficiently and effectively:
● When the company works on roads and tunnels spanning miles, managers at the head office and various project sites can meet using videoconferencing facilities, avoiding loss of productivity during travel.
● Design engineers work in major offices that have the bandwidth for computer-aided design and sharing large image files. Working in these offices no longer means giving up in-person interactions with construction engineers at project sites.
● The company's ICT council, which includes members in Australia, Indonesia, and India, holds regular monthly Cisco TelePresence sessions instead of audioconferences. "Seeing the other people on the team with Cisco TelePresence has helped to build rapport within geographically distributed teams," McGinn says. "The ability to see body language improves communication and understanding across geographical and cultural boundaries, thereby increasing efficiency while decreasing meeting duration."
● Senior executives regularly conduct management meetings using Cisco TelePresence, avoiding the time and costs for personnel to travel from across Australia to travel to a central location.
● Preparation of tenders, budgets, and other highly collaborative tasks within a geographically dispersed organization provides significant challenges. "By utilizing the Cisco technologies, subject-matter experts can collaborate independent of their location, reducing the costs of project delivery and increasing the ability of teams to collaborate," says Ben Willey, manager, mining technology and innovation.
Excellent Contact Center Experience
A Thiess subsidiary that provides telecommunications services for municipalities uses Cisco Unified Contact Center Express for customer service calls. "The intelligent call routing and on-demand reports in Cisco Unified Contact Center Express help us to provide the excellent service needed to meet service-level agreements," says McGinn. For some sites that have just a few contact center agents, the Thiess ICT group uses the Cisco Unity® Connection voice messaging solution because of its built-in call-routing features. Callers press a number to reach the appropriate individual, and if the individual is not available, the call is placed into voicemail.
Next Steps
The company is transitioning to Cisco Jabber one office at a time, giving employees a single, convenient interface for presence, instant messaging, voice, voicemail, and joining Cisco TelePresence sessions. Mobile employees will be able to request Cisco Jabber for their iPads. "When mobile employees don't need to find a phone every time they need to reach out to a coworker, projects move along more quickly," says Leary. Another idea is for personnel at construction sites to use Cisco Jabber Video for TelePresence on iPads to capture video to share with design engineers in other locations, helping to accelerate issue resolution.
Technical Implementation
Thiess made the following decisions to provide a quality experience with video and to minimize costs.
Bandwidth Allocation
Thiess allocates bandwidth according to the size of the site, providing approximately 1.5 Mbps for each Cisco TelePresence session. Project sites typically receive 2 Mbps or 4 Mbps connections, helping enabling personnel to conduct one or two concurrent Cisco TelePresence sessions. Larger sites might receive 10+ Mbps.
The Thiess ICT team uses call admission control (CAC) to initiate a Cisco TelePresence session only if sufficient bandwidth is available for a high quality of experience. If not, the session is started as a voice call. In the rare event that insufficient bandwidth is available for a voice call, the network routes the call over the public switched telephony network (PSTN).
SIP Trunking
Most Thiess offices connect to the voice service provider over 10 - 30 primary rate interface (PRI) lines. To lower costs, the company has transitioned the first of its offices to session initiation protocol (SIP) trunking, using the Cisco Unified Border Element (CUBE) in the office's Cisco Integrated Services Router (ISR). "Consolidating from multiple PRI lines to a SIP trunk will lower our hardware costs," Leary says. "The initial estimates are showing a 46 percent saving in capital setup cost and a 30 percent saving in monthly ongoing costs." In the future, the ICT team plans to provide centralized SIP connections for all sites in a state.
For More Information
To find out more about Cisco Unified Communications go to: http://www.cisco.com/go/uc.