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Pirate Emperor
Margaret K. McElderry Books, Hardcover, 9781416924746, 304pp.
Publication Date: May 8, 2007
In the vast Caribbean Sea, pirates Jolly and Griffin are stranded on a tiny island where a peculiar architect is building an enormous bridge -- but to where? Another world? Before they can find out, the bridge bursts into flames and the kobalins attack. Jolly and Griffin have nowhere to run until the Ghost Trader mysteriously appears and carries them off to the magical coral city of Aelinium. It is from Aelinium that Jolly and Munk are supposed to descend far, far into the deep to keep out the world-devouring Maelstrom.
But Jolly isn't ready for that task. She wants to rescue Captain Bannon, the only father she ever knew, so she steals the ghost ship and sets sail. Griffin follows her, until he is trapped by the man in the whale. Princess Soledad has her own plans -- to kill Pirate Emperor Kendrick. But the truly terrifying cannibal king stands in her way. Is Soledad ready to become the new pirate emperor?
Pirates and magic make an explosive combination in this rollicking tale filled with swashbuckling swordplay, menacing monsters, and outlandish adventures, from the amazing imagination of Kai Meyer.
Kai Meyer is the author of many highly acclaimed and popular books for adults and young adults in his native Germany. Pirate Curse, the first book in the Wave Walkers trilogy, was praised by Booklist as "a fast-paced fantasy featuring plenty of action and suspense." The Water Mirror, the first book in the Dark Reflections Trilogy, was named a School Library Journal Best Book, a Locus Magazine Recommended Read, a Book Sense Children's Pick, and a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age. It received starred reviews in both School Library Journal and Publishers Weekly. School Library Journal has called Meyer "an expert at creating fantastical worlds filled with unusual and exotic elements." For more information please visit his website at www.kaimeyer.com.
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INDEPENDENCE – Several prisoners serving sentences in state prisons across Virginia have been indicted by a Grayson County Circuit Court grand jury.
The incidents occurred when the prisoners were held at River North Correctional Center in Independence. Some are now at other prisons.
The grand jury met April 22 and several indictments were sealed until arrests could be made. An indictment is a formal charge, not a determination of guilt.
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According to First Sgt. Michael Musser with the state police office in Galax, the Twin County area saw 18 total accidents from Friday through Monday evening. One of those accidents resulted in minor injuries. "Traffic was heavy as usual for Memorial Day and, fortunately, we had no major accidents," Musser said.
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INDEPENDENCE –– Noah Hutchens and William Patton rolled through the Conference 39 singles and doubles tennis tournament last week, with Hutchens claiming the singles championship and teaming up with Patton to pick up the doubles crown at the Grayson County High School courts.
RADFORD –– Grayson County's Mary Beth Cunningham and Emma Wyatt each won a region championship and qualified for state in two events at the Region 2A West track and field championships last Wednesday at Cupp Stadium on the campus of Radford University.
Wyatt ran a winning time of 2 minutes, 29.82 seconds and held off Abi Belshan of Floyd County by less than four seconds to win the region title in the 800 meters, and followed that with a third-place showing in the 1600 meters, running a 5:57.37.
HILLSVILLE – Carroll County had the bases loaded with two out in the bottom of the ninth inning Wednesday night but the final batter struck out as Fauquier held on to beat the Cavaliers 2-1 in the semifinals of the Region 4A West softball tournament at CCHS.
TAZEWELL –– After his go-ahead RBI single propelled Grayson County to a spot in next week's state tournament, Eric Hawks was almost speechless.
"It's awesome. That's the only word to describe it," Hawks said.
The Blue Devils leftfielder broke up a 3-3 tie with a two-out RBI single in the fourth inning as Grayson County went on to top Randolph-Henry 7-5 in a 2A West semifinal on Wednesday afternoon in Tazewell.
RINER –– Looking at Galax's softball confrontations with Auburn this year as a single plate appearance, the Maroon Tide was down to its final strike. Galax kicked the ball around the park in a 5-1 loss at home. Strike one but no harm done. The Tide put up a fight a few weeks later but took a 1-0 loss at Auburn. Strike two but still alive. One more miss – a postseason loss – would ring up Galax for good.
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I keep reading about Grayson County and all they seem to be worried about is those high-tech bleachers the superintendent thinks he needs. What about the salaries of the people that work at the school like the maintenance, custodians, support staff, cafeteria workers, people like that? He really needs to look into that and so do the supervisors to see if maybe they can bring their wages up just a little bit. That would be greatly appreciated.
Derek Kitts – a Roanoke native, decorated U.S. Army veteran, Southern Baptist, husband and father – has thrown his hat in the ring to represent the 9th Congressional District as a Democrat who is both pro-gun and pro-choice.
Kitts did three tours of Iraq and one of Afghanistan, garnering two Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart.
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In written English (mainly online) I often come across sentences ending with a question or an exclamation mark with a space before it. Is it always just an error or a typo? Or there are cases when it is a correct English, for example after closing parentheses or some other punctuation marks?
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In English, it is always an error. There should be no space between a sentence and its ending punctuation, whether that's a period, a question mark, or an exclamation mark. There should also be no space before a colon, semicolon, or comma. The only ending punctuation mark that sometimes needs to be preceded by a space is a dash.
I see this error most often with people who never really learned to type. In handwriting, spacing is more, um, negotiable and subject to interpretation.
People have mentioned in the comments that, yes, in the past, a small (non-breaking) space was inserted before an ! and a ? These must never start a new line. The space is also a small space, very clearly much more than the space between letters of a word, but much less than a sentence-ending space.
See, for example, this:
From an 1899 edition of Ralph T. H. Griffith's The Texts of The White Yajurveda. (Link)
This is by no means current practice, as Marthaª's answer explains and I suppose the answer to the question 'is it ever correct ...' is no. But was it ever correct? Yes, very much so.
The Chicago Manual of Style recommends a nonbreakable space before and after an ellipses when the intention is to trail off a sentence.
13.52 Ellipses with other punctuation. Placement of the other punctuation depends on whether the omission precedes or follows the mark; when the omission precedes it, a nonbreakable space should be used between the ellipsis and the mark of punctuation to prevent the mark from continuing over to the beginning of a new line.
This is a specific instance, and Chicago is one of two accepted style guides for (most) American publishing.
"You stop right there! When I get a hold of you, I'll ... !"
"Do you want to, you know ... ?"
There is so much to love about fudge ... . [I feel the ellipses before a period is the weakest example because it's arguable whether the ellipsis should come before or after the period, if at all.]
A nonbreakable space is still a space.
The best, perhaps only, reason for one space between end of sentence and its punctuation is for the !, following upright fonts resembling too closely the ! itself. Only other occurrence would be typographical error. Readability trumps convention.
Written language convention mutates. Consider Webster. Allow brief, supporting narrative: I'm a journalist and an English teacher who now abides my students using ONE space between manuscript sentences--not the conventional, PROPER, two. I don't expect generations born into texting, IMs, emails, all things digital, to embrace tradition. With discussion and exposure, on-line users might accept an intentional, rare space before the !. Now, I'll go read "tips on writing great answers." No, we don't always read manuals before assembly . . . .
In many cases, it is essential for readability to put a space before an exclamation mark! Not there but here's an example: lol ! Due to the font, the space is in fact not needed there, but many fonts leave an L looking too much like an ! to be readable.
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Yahoo Wants To Turn Women Into Human Lie Detectors
Yahoo in conjunction with "Whore in Training" magazine aka Cosmopolitan offered up some advice on how to tell if the guy you are talking to is lying. Their post was entitled "Dating Advice: 10 Things You Don't Know About Liars" which of course like all their other trash is displayed on the front page of Yahoo.
I read the list and here are the ten points without a description:
1. Their Legs Say a Lot
2. They'll Give You Pause
3. Their Thumbs Betray Discomfort
4. They Can't Lie in Reverse
5. They'll Shrug at Odd Times
6. They Have Big Buts
7. Their Tongues Don't Lie
8. They'll Hold Your Gaze
9. They Can't Adapt
10. They'll Give You a Hand
Now my problem isn't the list itself because most of these are standard run of the mill things that body language experts say are tells for lying. (Most of the physical traits are considered tells in poker or so I have read in the dozens of books I have read but can't apply successfully.)
There are two things about this that bug me.
1) Telling women that these are all signs of lying and then having them apply it in their relationship is not only annoying but also dangerous. ("I thought he was lying because he was licking his lips and then he dumped me for asking 15,000 questions about his 12 mile run. Maybe looking back on it he was just dehydrated.")
2) Some of the descriptions they use for the signs are typical Cosmopolitan shit stirring tips that ultimately are phrased to cause discord in a relationship.
Let's take point number three as one example: "If he's standing with his entire hand in his pockets — in other words, his thumbs are in, not out — he's feeling nervous. It's up to you to figure out why." It is up to YOU to figure out why? If that doesn't feed the psycho part of a women's brain I don't know what does. Why didn't they follow that up with, "we suggest that you smell his penis for foreign vaginal secretions."
My favorite example though goes with point four, "If someone is telling a story you find fishy, ask questions that force him to relate events in a different order. While a person who's concocted a false story can tell it in a,b,c,d order, he'll often find it almost impossible to tell it in d,c,b,a order." Holy crap, there is nothing worse than getting grilled about something you did by a significant other be it what happened at work or a night out with the boys, the last thing I want to deal with is getting the initial round of questions and then having 15 more pop up like a quiz game to see if slip up.
Whatever happening to trusting someone and then if you begin not to trust him or her just flat out ask them a question? When did a relationship require you to be a water-boarding trained inquisitor?


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Wildcatting the Wind in Texas
As all eyes turn toward Texas this week in advance of the Democratic primary, we will see a state that is beginning its transition to a new energy economy. Texas is grappling with a shift the entire nation faces — and as usual, it's doing it on a big scale.
When it comes to energy and to carbon emissions, Texas is a place of superlatives and contrasts. It has more solar, wind and biomass resources that any other state; but it's also No. 1 in total carbon emissions.
It is the ancestral home of Big Oil, but it also hosts the world's largest wind farms. It has a very successful renewable energy portfolio standard (RPS), but it also has two nuclear power plants in the pipeline to provide power to its rapidly growing population.
A year ago in a watershed deal, a private equity firm working with environmentalists arranged a $45 billion buyout of the state's largest power producer, TXU. As part of the deal, eight of 11 planned new coal-fired power plants were cancelled. However, as many as nine new coal plants remain in the pipeline.
In Texas, we see a contest between conventional and renewable energy resources, and between the past and the future.
The first oil well was discovered in Texas in 1866. Through the early part of the last century, the state was the "dominant producer in the world oil market, producing more oil than the entire output of the Middle East."
In 1972, the state's oil production peaked and began to decline. Today, Texas is a net oil importer and has begun taking steps to make renewable energy a significant part of its energy mix and its economy. As the Texas State Energy Conservation Office as (SECO) puts it:
Texas is at a crossroads wherein development of vast in-state renewable energy resources, coupled with energy efficiency measures, offer Texans the chance to redirect their focus in order to regain and maintain their energy independence.
In 1999, the State Legislature passed Senate Bill 7, which required electricity providers to generate 2,000 megawatts of new renewable energy by 2009. SB 7 led to $1 billion in investments by the wind industry and electric utilities, generating million of dollars for the state's school fund and rural tax base, and for farmers and ranchers who lease their land for turbines. "The Texas RPS has been so successful that its 10-year goal was met in just over six years," says SECO. "Wind power development in Texas has more than quadrupled since the RPS was established."
Encouraged by the success of SB7, the Legislature passed Senate Bill 20 in 2005, increasing the state's RPS to 5,880 megawatts by 2015, including at least 500 megawatts from non-wind renewables. SB 20 also established a plan to build transmission lines to "Competitive Renewable Energy Zones" — locations with major renewable resources but no infrastructure to move the energy to market.
Meantime, the federal Clean Air Act became a driver for improving the state's energy efficiency. To try to reduce air emissions in 41 nonattainment counties, the Legislature passed Senate Bill 5, requiring that municipalities in those counties to adopt all cost-effective energy efficiency measures and achieve savings of at least 5% annually for five years. To help municipalities meet the goal, SECO partnered with energy efficiency programs at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy, and SB 5 became a model of state-federal collaboration.
Texas now brags that it is America's undisputed leader in renewable energy. Last year, it became the first state in the U.S. to achieve one gigawatt of wind installations in a single year. Its wind farms at Horse Hollow and Sweetwater rank No. 1 and No. 2 in the country in terms of size. Texas also is exploring off-shore wind development along its massive coastline.
Today, there are signs that the old wildcatting spirit is emerging again, but this time above ground. Farmers and ranchers are finding that by leasing land to wind developers, they can earn $6,000 annually per turbine and still graze or farm the land around the turbines' small footprint. It's hard to find a crop that's more profitable and still legal.
As the New York Times reported last Saturday (Feb. 23) in an article titled, "Move Over, Oil, There's Money in Texas Wind":
Texans are even turning tapped-out oil fields into wind farms, and no less an oilman than Boone Pickens is getting into alternative energy. "I have the same feelings about wind," Mr. Pickens said in an interview, "as I had about the best oil field I ever found." He is planning to build the biggest wind farm in the world, a $10 billion behemoth that could power a small city by itself…"I like wind because it's renewable and it's clean and you know you are not going to be dealing with a production decline curve," Mr. Pickens said. "Decline curves finally wore me out in the oil business."
Solar energy development also is moving in Texas. The U.S. Department of Energy wants to build concentrating solar power stations in the Southwest, including Texas, to achieve 1,000 megawatts of power by 2010.
Texas defies the stereotype that renewable energy is the darling of the left. Both of the state's U.S. Senators are Republican; its Congressional delegation is overwhelming Republican; both houses of its Legislature are controlled by Republicans; and the legislative achievements cited above came under two Republican governors, George W. Bush and Rick Perry.
To be sure, Texas has a very long way to go in making the transition to a clean energy economy. The state ranks only 34th on Forbes' list of green states — an assessment that includes not only carbon emissions, but green buildings and other sustainability criteria. Renewable resources still provide only about 4% of the state's electric power, while 40% comes from coal and 13% comes from two nuclear power plants. According to the New York Times, cancellation of the TXU coal plants puts the state in some danger of falling below the generation reserves experts recommend to handle peak consumption periods, for example periods of high heat. And renewables can expect stiff competition from natural gas as the state tries to meet the needs of its growing population while reducing its carbon footprint.
But just as they once led the nation in oil production, energy entrepreneurs in Texas have begun to lead America in the exploration of a new set of resources — clean, inexhaustible, profitable, and absolutely essential if we are to head off the worst impacts of global climate change.
— Bill B.
7 Responses to Wildcatting the Wind in Texas
Texas has a lot of wind. One issue is that the Texas electric grid is almost unconnected to the rest of the U.S. That makes it difficult for it to export its wind energy, or to import other renewable energy from other states.
Earl you should ask T. Boone Pickens to pay you for your support. The Texas grid is stable, and texas has enough peak generating capacity to take care of needs. Wh have not had system wide blackouts, or rolling blackouts, so interconnection with the rest of the country would not make our system reliability. Texas utilities are beginning to replace fossil fuel technology with reliable nuclear plants.
Texas wind generators tend to produce power when it is not needed, and not produce it when it is needed.. Wind speed drops all over Texas, during the summer. During Summer days it drop even more. The Texas wind capacity factor during the summer is under 17%,, but at mid day during July and August is is significantly lower. Mid-day is when people start turning on their air-conditioners. In Texas the unreliability of wind generated electricity is used to argue the case of who want to keep fossil fuel plants running for a long time to come. The wind generation people are in cahoots with the coal interests.
Interconnection would not then benefit Texas rate payers. It would be in the interest of wealthy investors like oil man T. Boone Pickens, who would love to be able to export his unneeded wind generated electricity out of state on connections paid for by Texas rate payers. Let Pickens pay for the wires he uses to export electricity, not me.
I don't know specifically about the Texas winds, but many of the same complaints are made in general, and despite that we have little Denmark getting 20% of its electricity from wind and heading to 50% by 2025. I add "little" here because geographic diversity is helpful in making wind more reliable. Denmark gets a small bit of geographic diversity (hardly Texas size) by connecting to Sweden, Norway, and Finland, (NORDEL) and Germany.
Please note that I did not suggest interconnection to increase the reliability of the Texas grid, so pretending I did and then knocking that isn't fair. Nor did I suggest that it be paid for by Texas rate payers.
Texas has 127,787 MW of CSP potential rated "premium", "excellent", or "good" by NREL. CSP is an excellent complement to wind. For comparison, a 2010 projection for Texas peak demand is 80,000 MW.
What is the optimum energy mix in 2050? Will fossil fuels and nuclear contribute 30 – 40%. If transportation goes EV, demand for electricity will skyrocket.
Ed, The Danes have used up all their best wind locations, Their capacity factor is already down to 18% and will drop further with added generators. Meantime the price of new wind installations had doubled in Europe during the last four years. The real price of offshore wind installations is now running at above $10,000 per MW. At that price even French reactors are cheaper. If you throw in an analysis of cost by capacity factor, Danish of shore wind is going to cost $50,000 for each MW of generating capacity it will ad to the grid, That is at least 5 time the cost of adding generation capacity via reactors.
You did describe the interconnection of the Texas grid as an issue. In fact Texas is connected to other grids, it just does not import or export power to any significant extent.
And while Texas has considerable wind generation potential, the staff of ERCOT noted that on some hot summer days, wind generation in Texas simply stops.
Thus no matter how much wind generation capacity is added in Texas, ERCOT can expect only 2% of electrical requirements to come from wind during periods of peek electrical demand. Given the requirements of the ERCOT system, it would be far cheaper to build nuclear power plants, if our goal is to eliminate CO2 emitting power plants. Not only is wind more expensive, it is far less reliable. Necessitating replication of generating capacity with CO2 emitting power plants.
Regionally the goal is to suppliment wind power with some solar capacity (at the base of the wind generator towers) to provide some capacity for the hottest and also coldest days (when the wind does not blow).
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Majority of people enter the world bald and also exit the same way yet they spend their entire lives trying to flaunt their hair. On an average, every human loses upto 100 hair strands a day. Hair growth is not consistent and it depends on the way one treats his or her hair and scalp. Most of the times, the hair loss is replaced rather quickly for us to take notice of it. But when the hair loss starts happening at an alarming rate, it is cause to worry. Hair loss also leads to psychological problems like depression, anxiety, lack of confidence, fear etc.
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Hair loss start when a specific enzyme converts testosterone hormone into another hormone called DHT. Hereditary hair loss or Androgenetic Alopecia is also one of the common hair loss causes across the world. More the number of DHT hormones or Androgens one has, the faster he or she will lose hair. Generally, men lose hair from the centre of their scalps while women rarely go bald. Women's hair gets thinner and the part gets wider along with the hair starts receding backwards from the front of the scalp.
Hair loss can also occur due to emotional stress and is called Telogen effluvium. This happens when any individual suffers from some physiological loss like loss of job, pregnancy, divorce etc. However, the hair re-growth process starts once the stress period is over.
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Rated 5 out of 5 by Honeys2 It was great! We had a great honeymoon at the W South Beach Miami! The pool was awesome and the burgers were great poolside. My wife really liked the lights in the room -- very fashionable! May 23, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by Gpdm Hotel offers a wide array of services Many options within the hotel. May 21, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by Mmmm Good location The hotel has a good location May 21, 2013
Rated 3 out of 5 by lilmissg Great location We have been to the hotel many times, it's a great place but at times when it is so very busy we feel the service suffers and we did not get the attention expected form such a high end hotel. When I registered, I specifically told them it was my husbands 65th birthday, the hotel did nothing, the concierge never returned my email, the service really feel down. May 21, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by JPfromthe213 PERFECT LOCATION As the title states, the W is located away from the crazy tourist traps of SoBe with direct access to the beach. In close proximity to all major night venues, and if you don't feel like going far, you can creep over to WALL. Our suite was excellent with an amazing view of the ocean! May 20, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by AliNYC only place to stay on southbeach will be back for sure!!! always a pleasure. and love chilling out on the property May 14, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by Jchetrit1 Gabby Gabby the VIP insider is tremendous. She really allows for great comfort, and the ability to immerse yourself in south beach culture. May 14, 2013
Rated 3 out of 5 by Gooobucks Hoping for a relaxing weekend. Got nothing but stress! Yes, overall this hotel was very nice. The room was clean and very well maintained. Location on South Beach was also good. Only 10-15 min walk to the heart of South Beach. The pool staff was awful! We got to the pool around 10pm, found some pool chairs in the sun and settled in for a relaxing weekend. Around 1pm some pool staff asked us to move since someone rented a cabana and requested our chairs. It should be noted that these chairs were NOT on the cabana level. They were on the pool level right next to the pool. So we moved. Around 2pm ... guess what!? We were asked to move AGAIN since another cabana was rented and they wanted our chairs. Are you kidding me?!!! My blood pressure was boiling. So much for a relaxing weekend with my wife. This time there were no remaining chairs in the sun so we were forced to the beach. I felt like a peasant and the rich people kept forcing me out of my chairs! Probably will never stay here again. Not relaxing! I am still very angry. The pool manager offered a free umbrella by the beach, but we wanted to be in the sun by the pool. Thanks for nothing! Unless you roll into this hotel with plenty of $$$, be prepared to be pushed around. May 12, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Ashianne Wedding at the W hotel Planning a wedding? My husband and I were married at the W hotel on the beach May 3. Our wedding was amazing .. The catering manager Cristina organized the special day and it turned out perfect. The W hotel service, atmosphere is out of this world. ... The hotel is able to provide a vendor list which was very helpful to fine tune the details. Every time we come to south beach .. Hotel w hotel for sure.. We would not have done anything different,.. thanks Cristina ... And W hotel .. May 12, 2013
Rated 2 out of 5 by Antz Stay 26th April to 5th May Bulding noise was extreme and the hotel made no effort to warn guests or manage the situation. The mega suite we were in had furnishings that had seen better days and the upper level was cleaned only once during our stay at our request. The outside kitchen area was woeful with no kitchen ware, BBQ or cutlery - again all had to be requested. May 8, 2013
Rated 2 out of 5 by SueYS Platinum status loyalty means nothing... Did not get room upgrade as promised. Or if I did, not sure what upgrade I received as the room looked as I had booked it. Could not get early check in or late check out. Ended up spening ALL Sunday at a mall..ESP because there is no way to get a lounge chair at the poolside. 2 days (FRI and SAT) - was on a waiting list at the poolside for a lounge chair (arrived FRI at 10 and SAT at 9:30)...a little ridiculous. Never got called for FRI. For the price that was paid, you would think that the amenities would be more available. Really disappointed. Was a very expensive trip not to enjoy it thoroughly. It would be a fabolous stay - had I stayed in the room all weekend..... Great rooms, but standard W.. I don't think the W would be my hotel of choice in my next stay at Miami. May 6, 2013
Rated 1 out of 5 by Rodelie1223 Poor service, poor response when notified! During our stay at the W in Miami we were in complete awe and it was the worst hotel stay to date as a starwood gold/platinum member. I expect a full refund or credit for this stay. It is unacceptable. Your hotel failed in every capacity to provide a room that was suitable. There was a constant jack hammer noise thought the day from construction, constant yelling, honking horns, smoke in non smoking section, my son was hit by a hallway sink cabinet that fell off on his foot, and 17 other issues with this property that failed. I will fax upon request the list of issues which went unaddressed 1. Lines to access front desk- 1 person manning desk 2. Non existent housekeeping on Friday 3. Dutch- poor service 4. Eating- jack hammer 5. Pool- jack hammer 6. Asleep- jack hammer 7. Asleep- doors slamming, stomping 8. Pool bathroom- smells like a dirty ashtray- wreaks of smoke. 9. Concierge-not all that helpful 10. Lobby on Friday smelled like smoke, hallway smelled like smoke 9th floor 11. Asleep and can hear people yelling. 12. Poolside grill- drink size, bad service, refill forget it. 13. Cleaning room at 4:30 PM! and leaving it to smell like wet clothes that sat in the dryer a week. Mold and mildew! 14. Ask for assistance on shirt stain from restaurant server error and whatever whenever non existent when told they would be calling 15. Mini bar room checks -/audits while sleeping - even within few 45 minutes of arriving 16. Honking horns, showering all night while sleeping at 1:30 AM 17. Cabinet on hallway sink fell off- dummy cabinet cover for plumbing in main hall May 6, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Emoney28 Absolutely wonderful! Just got back, had an absolutely wonderful experience. Super friendly and helpful staff at check in was a breeze. Stayed in a beautiful Oasis suite, highly recommended. Dined at the Dutch the 1st night which was awesome. Hung at the pool all day in a beautiful Cabana with a tv thx to the concierge while being papered all day from poolside waitress Christie. Chilled at the lounge and the Wall the last night then another comfortable sleep thx to the extra sweet sleeper bed!. Was sad to checkout but even that was a breeze. 100% will be back again! May 5, 2013
Rated 1 out of 5 by WVeteran This hotel USED TO BE GREAT In the past two years I have stayed at the W in South Beach about 10 times. I always eat at Mr. Chow and the Dutch, both great restaurants and I always use the Bliss Spa...amazing. I was happy every time except for my last two stays. I had some issues back in January: walking into my room after check-in, I found white pills on the floor in the hallway and hair on the bathroom counter. I got a $100 resort credit for that and was promised a free night, however, the free night was not granted. Because my company uses this hotel I decided to give it another try in April. Booked 2 nights, was upgraded, however the room was worse and smaller than the room I had initially booked...low floor too. Didn't complain. Second night, there was a cockroach crawling on my pillow while I was laying in bed. Upset, I phoned downstairs, 3 managers came upstairs, the bed's sheets were changed, was promised that I would be compensated for this unfortunate experience, however, nobody ever got back to me. I even emailed the hotel manager and never heard back. I am so disappointed and disgusted with the service. Very unfortunate. You have lost a GREAT client W South Beach! April 29, 2013
Rated 3 out of 5 by Milti Your service rules are short sighted towards valuable customers It's unacceptable the way you deal with hotel customers who want to use facilities of the hotel. It's unthinkable that you cannot get a spot at the pool and thet if you need a sun umbrella you need to pay extra. Sorry, others may also charge but I do not care about it if you expect one to pay the prices you are requesting. April 29, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by Jewels Needs some improvements Room was not as described to me when we made our reservations. They give you the worst room first then you have to ask for another room....comparable to what was reserved. We reserved ocean view on the top floors of the hotel. We were given street view on the middle floor. The bellman did not explain our room.....didn't know the features. Had to figure them out ourselves. No room service menu in the room and lack of towels delivered each day. April 29, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Rosie11 Miami Beach Great location, excellent service. April 28, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Shelly40 Perfect stay Everything about this hotel is perfect. The location on the beach, big rooms (which are extremely rare in SB), great staff, cool scene, etc. I can't say enough good things. We thoroughly enjoy our stays here. April 23, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by thedoc The W is for Winner One of the most spectacular hotels I have ever stayed at, the staff very attentive, facilities were exquisite. i would stay at the W again. April 23, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Biztravel13 Awesome Had a short 2-day business stay. My experience started with getting my car parked. The valet (Hector) was just what you would expect: welcoming, professional and FAST. The reception check-in staff (Chris) was great. He was attentive, and courteous. When I asked to have a late check-out he made it happen. The beach staff is very friendly with a constant welcoming smile - just love it... My room was great with all the W amenities. The hotel pool was awesome to hang out. I would stay at this hotel again. April 22, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by DBUSBY Needs to take better care of SPG PLATINUM Members It was an act of God and way way too much work and effort on my part to get an upgrade and to be even treated in any way as a platinum spg hotel owner April 15, 2013
Rated 2 out of 5 by Jennie16 Horrible Customer Service When I booked this stay, I was excited to experience the true Starwood experience for the weekend. Unfortunately the service at this hotel was horrible to say the least; prior to check-in, I inquired about my suite night award upgrades and was bounced around to several people. I then requested that my credit card on file be charged at check-in and was told that was not a problem, when my friend checked in they requested another credit card (instead if charging the card on file like i requested and was told was not a problem) and told her they'd be charging $250 on her card and proceeded to take the deposit for the entire stay (which should have been communicated). In terms of the room, we had a leaking sink and maintenance just cleaned up the water without fixing anything. We had to call back for them to come back to fix the sink. We then requested bellhop services and waited a full hour before we called back down and found out that our request was "lost". For being part of SPG, I am disappointed in my stay at the W Miami. April 15, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by DBUSBY SPG PLATINUM/HOTEL OWNER I RESERVED THROUGH THE CONCERGE SERVICE AND BASICALLY THEY MESSED UP , CANCELING THE WRONG RESERVATION. WHEN I CHECKED IN THEY COULD/WOULD NOT UPGRADE NOR USE MY SUITE NIGHTS. I SUFFERED THROUGH MANY W SOUTH BEACH EMPLOYEE CALLS FOR OVER A DAY AND FINALLY WITH THE HELP OF BRIAN HERRO,DIR OF WELCOME GOT A UPGRADE. I COULD FINALLY FULLY ENJOY MY STAY BUT DIDNT FEEL I WAS TREATED LIKE A VIP, ESPECIALLY NOT PLATINUM . EVEN HAD FRONT DESK DENY MY FREE BRKSFT . ALOT WORK ON MY PART. April 9, 2013
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Rated 5 out of 5 by Pamela67 Perfect Vaca! We stayed for 4 nights and had a "spectacular studio". Loved the room, view, balcony, vibe, housekeeping, gym, pool and beach. All of my expectations were met as a whole. My only complaint is that it is really expensive to eat at the pool or on the beach. One salad, one sandwich and one tortilla chip order (we split it ) with two drinks each came to $166. daily. ($16 for a small drink in a little plastic cup is excessive.). April 5, 2013
Rated 2 out of 5 by TOMH going downhill really bad experience with sevice that was far below what I am used to as SPG traveler. having more contact after my trip then before or during says it all. will never stay at tis property again...esepcially when crowded...CAN'T HANDLE THE CROWD! April 3, 2013
Rated 3 out of 5 by andreystart Andrey Very noisy Hotel We coud't sleep almost every day until 2-3 A.M. Quality of Dining room is not good . Meal,foods are not tasty >> Not enough places aroun the pool . Very good and big Fitness Center April 2, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by DandD Fun and comfort the rooms and staff are amazing. The Dutch is really fun and delicious at any time of day or night. Everyone in the hotel and restaurants is welcoming and happy no matter how busy they are. March 25, 2013
Rated 2 out of 5 by Robf430 Great hotel and staff The food is not to the level of the hotel Mr chow is okay but the hotel needs better food March 16, 2013
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Computational Algebraic Geometry (solving multi-polynomial systems) and applications of Statistics to Machine Learning.
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xi. On split Zassenhaus groups of mixed characteristic and of finite Morley rank (with Nesin), J. London Mathematical Society, (2) 50 (1994) 430-439.
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State lawmakers gave final approval Thursday to additional funds for the state's new child welfare agency, but not before Democrats took shots at Gov. Jan Brewer for focusing more on treating the symptoms rather than the problem.
The legislation adds $6.8 million to the budget of the Division of Child Safety and Family Services, the new agency created earlier this month by the governor's executive order. It will absorb much of what was in the trouble Child Protective Services division of the Department of Economic Security.
That funding — $5.7 million in new state dollars and the transfer of $1.1 million from other sources — paves the way for hiring 126 new caseworkers on top of the 1,195 already authorized. That's designed to deal with the increasing number of complaints of abuse and make a dent in the backlog of 10,000 cases that have been listed as inactive because they have not been addressed in at least two months.
There also is cash for supervisors and support staff.
The measure will become law after Brewer's anticipated signature when she returns from New Jersey where she is participating in Super Bowl ceremonies because Arizona is hosting next year's game. But Charles Flanagan warned that this does not mean an immediate influx of new social workers, as it can take six months to hire and train them.
Thursday's vote drew no dissents.
Several Democrats said they believe more needs to be done. Rep. Eric Meyer, D-Paradise Valley, pointed out that this is the third time in a year lawmakers have voted to boost funding to hire more social workers, and he said that clearly is needed.
But he said a different focus is needed to keep that caseload from continuing to increase, creating a need for even more staff.
Meyer complained that the governor's budget does not boost funding for drug and alcohol treatment and programs designed to prevent domestic violence — and prevent kids winding up in the child welfare system in first place.
He said Brewer is operating like she's steering the Titanic.
"She comes out and rearranges the deck chairs," Meyer said, meaning naming Flanagan as a new director of this now separate agency.
"We don't know anything else about what she's going to do," he continued. "And then she just goes back in and continues steering the Titanic."
House Speaker Andy Tobin said the comparison is invalid, saying she took immediate action after reports surfaced that more than 6,500 child abuse complaints had been ignored.
"We had a governor who stood up as soon as those reports came out," he said, creating a special team headed by Flanagan to go back over those cases, figure out what went wrong and come up with recommendations for how to change the entire child welfare system.
"I don't think we had anybody react as quick as this governor has and as quickly as this Legislature has," Tobin said. He said that further changes in the system are always an option once Flanagan's team finishes its report.


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Today's New York Times has an interesting story in the national section about gay and lesbian Muslims that have migrated to the US from Iran, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Palestine, and Turkey. They don't have it easy back home, of course, thanks to their the Koran, murderously homophobic regimes in Iran and Saudi Arabia, and only slightly less murderously homophobic cultures in other Islamic countries, and adjusting to gay life in the US can be a culture shock. Still, it's better than a stoning, an honor killing, a hanging, or a public beheading.
And what accounts for Islam's hostility to homosexuality? Why, early HIV prevention efforts.
Hostility is rooted in the Koranic story of Lot, which parallels the biblical Sodom and Gomorrah. At Al-Tawhid Mosque in San Francisco, the imam, Hassan al-Jalal, a Yemeni with a short beard, printed a sheaf of Koranic verses that he said condemned homosexuals.
This is the main sin in Islam, Mr. Jalal said, describing how the town housing Lots tribe was lifted high into the sky and then dropped, killing all in the town before they were buried under what is now the Dead Sea. He sent the flood to clean the earth from AIDS. There were no doctors at that time, but God knew they had a virus.
All sects mandate capital punishment, he argued, although others differ. Sunni, Shiite, they all agree that they have to be killed. But who does it? Not me or you, only by law.
Want to avoid being killed by law? Stay out of the showers!
Muslim clerics reject being gay as biologically coded and advise anyone with homosexual stirrings to avoid temptation. They see America as rife with it given practices like open gym showers.


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All Siberians are either Red or Black Based, the following colors are shades in which the genes effect to create the outcome of a dogs specific color.
Siberian coats can come is two shades of Black. These are: Jet Black, and Diluted Black.
The undercoat of a black & white Siberian may be white, charcoal, beige, or a mixture of these three. The top coat can be a range from jet black to a dilution, making the dog look almost grey. The dilution also gives the coat depth of color. A red tint is also allowed to the black. This red hue is quite rare, and develope when a black dog is exposed to the sun for long periods of time. When blowing the coat, a black Siberian can appear grey.
Siberian coats can come is three shades of grey. (Black based with dilution genes present resulting in greys) These are: Wolf Grey, Silver, and Medium/Dark Grey.
Wolf Grey is an allowance of the agouti gene which gives off a warm shade of grey with beige, tan, or red behind the ears, on the legs, and the back. Undercoat is beige. Pigment is restricted per individual hair. This coat gives off a rich color with lots of depth. Not to be confused to sable coated Siberians.
Pure white is perhaps the rarest coat color of Siberians. A white Siberian can have liver or black points(the color of the nose and skin around the eyes). This color, or lack thereof, is a result of the complete restriction of color pigments and extension of white over the dog's entire body. Undercoat is white.
Agouti colored Siberians are equally rare. It is also called "wild coloring". Agouti siberians usually have special masks and markings. White markings are always cream. The mask is always dark, very heavy. (Dirty faced). Pigment extends far down on the dog's body. No dilution is present. Undercoat of agouti Siberians is charcoal. The outer coat can be a mixture of black, tan, red, or grey. The usual coloring is black on the root and tip of the hair, with red or tan in the middle. Points are black. Sometimes mistaken for sable or wolf grey. An agouti Siberian should look almost exactly like a wolf in coloring.
Perhaps the most shade variation can be seen in the coats of Red & white Siberians. (Red dogs with black points are considered Sable).
Red & white Siberians always have liver points. Their undercoat can be copper, light red, or cream. Dilution factors can fade the coloring from dark to light across the body. Can be chocolate colored, to almost white.
An "orange" copper Siberian allows more than than red. The result is a red Siberian with a very light coat.
A "chocolate" copper (also called chocolate red) Siberian has a tone with full depth of color. A brown or liver undercoat is present. This is the darkest possible red coloration.
A "red" copper Siberian allows more red than tan. This brings out a bright color, and can sometimes give off an orange hue.
The Sable coated Siberian always has black points and black tipping on the fur. Undercoat is a shade of red, one of the three listed above, but never beige as in wolf-grey coats. Pigment is restricted with full allowance of color. Dilution factors never influence shade. Another very rare coat color. Some sables are born a wolf grey color, but the red tone deepens as time goes on. Sometimes called "black-nosed Reds".
The pinto is not a color, rather a pattern. A pinto siberian can be any of the above colors, except white. The pinto Siberian has an excess of white, usually over the shoulders and front legs.
Also a pattern the piebald is white with irregular patches of any other color. It is quite rare in Siberians. White is in excess of 30%. This breaks up the coloration of the Siberian, giving the Siberian spots and unique markings.
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Although the Siberian Husky has a double coat, the hair should not be excessively long. Long or wooly hair is a fault in a show dog Siberian. The long hair collects snow, possibly causing irritation. It is also a concern because it takes longer to dry, a dangerous fault in extremely cold weather.
"Wooly" Siberians may look interesting, but they should not be bred as they do not perpetuate the desired Siberian look. They result from Recessive genes and should be spayed/neutered.
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Is It a House or a Synagogue?; And Other Questions That Have Jewish Tempers Flaring in the Five Towns
By VIVIAN S. TOY
Published: August 20, 2000
LAWRENCE— ALMOST any non-Orthodox Jew in the Five Towns can tell you about the boycott threats that their Orthodox brethren have made to shopkeepers who dare to open on the Sabbath.
Some say the threats started 20 years ago with the initial growth of the modern Orthodox community, which observes the Sabbath closely but which also mixes freely with the modern world. Others say the intimidation of business owners didn't start until about five years ago, with the influx of more strictly Orthodox families who are a little more insular.
But trying to find a shopkeeper who has actually been pressured to close on Saturdays by the Orthodox is like trying to find the alligator that swims in New York City's sewer system. Everyone's heard about it, but the evidence is lacking.
''The stories about boycotts and threats are all apocryphal,'' said Jay Todtman, owner of Toddy's Appetizers, a deli that has been in the heart of Cedarhurst's downtown since 1946. ''Everyone wants to paint the Orthodox as this evil cancer that's infesting the Five Towns, but I've found nothing of the sort.''
Toddy's began closing on Saturdays and came under strict kosher supervision back in 1987, but Mr. Todtman insists the decision had nothing to do with the Orthodox community. Instead, he said, it was because many of the non-Orthodox synagogues that Toddy's catered to had started using kosher caterers. ''We did it not to go after the Orthodox community, but we got it anyway,'' he said. Go figure.
Still, the fact that the rumors have persisted is a clear sign of the misperceptions and mistrust that exists in the Five Towns, an area that has been a stronghold of Jewish suburbia for generations and that has more recently become an Orthodox destination of choice.
A more tangible source of tension between the Orthodox and their more secular neighbors is the growing number of shtiebels, private houses that serve as synagogues. As the congregations grow and seek building permits to expand, the complaints about zoning and parking violations mount.
For many of these Orthodox congregations, zoning appeals boards and the Nassau County Supreme Court have become familiar battlegrounds. The Orthodox go to these sites to fight for their constitutional right to worship. Their neighbors go to enforce the zoning ordinances underpinning a tranquil suburban life where the streets seem immune to large crowds and parking problems.
In many cases, compromises have been made and congregations have continued to worship in their converted homes. But there are at least three active lawsuits connected to Orthodox synagogues or shtiebels, one in Cedarhurst and two in Lawrence.
The Orthodox have, in many ways, come to define the Five Towns even though they only make up about 30 percent of the total population. Certain neighborhoods, particularly in Woodmere, Cedarhurst and Lawrence, have become almost exclusively Orthodox. Even though some neighbors might believe otherwise, the Orthodox have moved into these areas in large numbers not with any intent to conquer, but out of religious necessity, because they must be able to walk to a synagogue on the Sabbath. And the non-Orthodox families they have replaced haven't so much fled the Orthodox, who tend to be young professionals with large families, as they have aged out of their empty-nest homes.
Many business owners say that while the growing Orthodox community has changed the complexion of Central Avenue, the shopping street that runs through Cedarhurst and Lawrence, it has also helped revive a once-sagging retail district. But there are those who long for the days when Central Avenue was not home to quite so many kosher food stores and Judaica shops and was more like the Rodeo Drive of Long Island, overflowing with boutiques and fancy dress shops.
For years, the Orthodox of the Five Towns coexisted easily with the non-Orthodox because they were predominantly modern Orthodox Jews. Like Senator Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut, the Democratic vice presidential candidate, they studiously observed the Sabbath and kept kosher, but the men did not always wear yarmulkes and the women did not always cover their hair.
But as more observant Orthodox families started moving in about 10 years ago, unease that sprouted from their different rituals began to surface, according to William B. Helmreich, a professor of sociology and Judaic studies at the City College of New York. ''The arrival in the Five Towns of so many Jews who are more right-wing Orthodox has exacerbated tensions,'' he said.
The practices of the more observant Orthodox fall somewhere between those of modern Orthodox and ultra-Orthodox groups. They don't wear the characteristic long black coats and beards of the ultra-Orthodox, but the women tend to wear wigs and dress conservatively and the men always wear hats or skullcaps. Parts of Lawrence are known as ''black hat'' neighborhoods, Dr. Helmreich said.
''In many ways, the stricter Orthodox are more allied with the Hasidim than with the modern Orthodox,'' he said. ''They believe in compromising with outside society only when necessary, whereas the modern Orthodox believe in compromising whenever possible.''


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