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Were China's Leaders Conned?
Zhou Xiaochuan may have made internationalization of the yuan sound so attractive that others didn't know what they were agreeing to
BEIJING—China's central bank governor, Zhou Xiaochuan, played a big role in convincing China's leaders in 2009 to try to make the yuan an international standard. The unanswered question: Did Mr. Zhou, a reformer, trick them into it?
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Mr. Zhou's partisans say he used the language of economic nationalism to push an agenda that ultimately would loosen state control of the economy by making the yuan, also known as the renminbi, or RMB, more dependent on market forces than government orders. Call it a Trojan horse strategy: Make the policy arguments so attractive that decision makers will approve the ideas without realizing the implications—like the Trojans accepting that beautiful horse from the Greeks without realizing what was inside.
"Internationalization of the RMB was dreamed up by Zhou, who conned the leadership into approving it," says Arthur Kroeber, managing director of Dragonomics Research, a Beijing economic-consulting firm.
Fred Hu, who runs Primavera Capital Group in Beijing and has worked with Mr. Zhou on banking and other issues, says that Mr. Zhou "chose a clever way of using nationalist sentiment and turning it around to say that [China] needs to be bolder and quicker to push the RMB."
Perhaps. But other well-informed scholars dismiss Mr. Zhou's political skills, saying he couldn't have pulled off the strategy even if he wanted to. "That's too clever an interpretation," says Li Daokui, a Tsinghua University economist and member of the central bank's monetary advisory council. "If he were so clever, he would have avoided the many political attacks at home before that."
The Debate's Roots
For much of his career, Mr. Zhou, who declined to be interviewed for this article, has been under pressure from those in the government and Communist Party who want a stronger state hand in running the economy. As head of China's securities regulator from 2000 to 2002, he was blamed for a stock-market crash when he tightened governance rules. At the central bank he regularly locks horns with the Commerce Ministry and exporters who want to keep the yuan sharply undervalued.
Part of his problem is personality politics. He was a protégé of former President Jiang Zemin, who left office in 2003 and whose ability to protect Mr. Zhou from attack plunged afterward.
To understand the debate over currency policy, it's important to recall how deeply nationalistic Chinese economic policy had become by early 2009, as the world was mired in recession. China's premier blamed U.S. policies for the downturn, while Chinese academics argued that a new "Beijing consensus" of state-controlled economic development had been proved superior to market-based "Washington consensus" policies. China had frozen the appreciation of the yuan, which had moved upward since 2005, amid signs that it was thinking of a devaluation as a way to protect its endangered exporters.
The atmosphere was especially grim for Mr. Zhou, now 63 years old, who long championed market-based reforms at the central bank, the People's Bank of China. His close ties with central bankers and politicians in the U.S. and Europe had become a liability. Noticing that his hair had turned grayer and that he looked wan, reporters speculated that he was being ushered out the door.
But Mr. Zhou is a skilled bureaucratic player. In 2005, frustrated at the slow pace of development of China's bond industry, which was regulated by the National Development and Reform Commission—the old state planning council—he grabbed regulatory authority over bonds with maturities of less than one year. Sales of those instruments boomed, and the central bank eventually took over the regulation of bonds with longer maturities as well. Mr. Zhou "has a charming, mellow style, but underneath he's as tough as can be," says former U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson.
Mr. Zhou chose March 2009 to publish three articles on Chinese economic policy. The following month, the leaders of the Group of 20 countries were scheduled to meet for a summit in London, where China was bound to come under pressure to let its currency rise and to bankroll the International Monetary Fund, which was running short of cash for emergency loans.
Two of the articles extolled China's economic policies—very much in tune with Beijing politics. "The Chinese government has taken prompt, decisive and effective policy measures, demonstrating its superior system advantage when it comes to making vital policy decisions," Mr. Zhou wrote.
Bigger Role
In the third, Mr. Zhou called for a "super-sovereign reserve currency managed by a global institution" to replace the current international monetary system. The IMF's quasi-currency, called a special drawing right, or SDR, could fill that role, so long as it included currencies "of all major economies," he wrote.Without using either the words "dollar" or "yuan," the article made the case that the dollar had failed as global reserve currency and a bigger role should be carved out for the yuan. In an indirect style, common in Chinese political discourse, he was making a case for a big international role for the yuan.
Within days, Russia called for the yuan to be included in the basket of currencies that the IMF uses to determine the value of SDRs. (The basket currently includes the dollar, euro, yen and British pound.) The idea was endorsed later in the year by a former IMF managing director.
Unexpected Implications
Domestically, the article played well in leadership circles. Although the leadership didn't endorse the specifics of Mr. Zhou's idea, the idea of a much larger international role for the yuan gained momentum. Within a month, the State Council, the Chinese government's ruling body, approved a plan backed by the People's Bank of China to let the yuan be used in cross-border trade deals. That business has taken off. In 2010, cross-border yuan transactions totaled 506 billion yuan ($78 billion). In the first quarter of 2011 alone, the number reached 360 billion yuan ($55 billion.)
But the implications of the decision were hardly in keeping with economic nationalism, and it's unclear whether the state councilors—often unschooled in economics—realized that. The greater the demand for yuan overseas, the greater the pressure for the currency to appreciate, even though it might hurt Chinese exporters, and the less ability Beijing has to set the yuan's exchange rate.
Jun Ma, Deutsche Bank AG's chief China economist, predicts that the growing international role for the yuan will chip away at other forms of government control, including the government's ability to set nearly all interest rates. Within five years, he says, the yuan will be fully convertible into other currencies, reducing China's control over the money coming into and out of the country.
China's leaders have yet to endorse further liberalization—and indeed never formally endorsed making the yuan part of the SDR, as Mr. Zhou's article suggested, because the IMF and the U.S. insist that China make its currency fully convertible to qualify. The hesitation may be another bit of evidence that when the leaders backed the idea of a big international role for the yuan, they viewed it as a symbol of China's rise in international power and may not have recognized the changes that decision could bring.
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When I wrote last week's Should NBC Renew The New Normal post, I expected mostly a negative response. Surprisingly though, the overwhelming consensus on our FB Fan Page and the post, was that most people wanted a second season. I'm curious to know if our readers feel the same way about The Carrie Diaries.
The CW Sex and the City prequel aired its season finale last night. Like The New Normal, it's been struggling in the ratings and overall quality consistency. As annoying and neurotic, teenage Carrie Bradshaw (AnnaSophia Robb) is to the grown-up version (Sarah Jessica Parker), I really do quite enjoy the show. Truth be told, it's the only teen-centric show I watch right now. Perhaps it's the nostalgia I feel from all the music, fashion and trends the show uses brilliantly that keeps me coming back. Speaking of music, I love that in several episodes a classic track began the show and a cover of an 80s song typically ended it. Keep that up. Oh, and I want more of Carrie's teen nemesis, bitchy Donna LaDonna (Chloe Bridges).
Beyond the trip down memory lane, a storyline I find really fascinating is Walt's (Brendan Dooling) coming out story. If a Season 2 happens, I'm curious to know how the show will handle the gay teen story arc with the 80s AIDS epidemic in background. I hope they keep Walt's crush SLASH mentor Bennett (Jake Robinson) in the mix. They're so adorable together.
Now, to what I don't like. I want to love teenage Carrie, but she's far too neurotic for her age. No disrespect to Robb, who does an excellent job of channeling Parker. Perhaps, too good of a job. I want her to be a normal'ish teen and not a 40-year-old damaged Carrie that appeared in the HBO series. Also, kinda annoying is Carrie's BFF Maggie (Katie Findlay). She's no Miranda, Charlotte or Samantha. The only reason why I want her character around is to keep seeing her hot cop hookup (Josh Salatin).
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WASHINGTON (July 3, 2014) The National Institutes of Health has created an online calculator you can use to figure out how much alcohol you're really consuming with those summer cocktails.
A "standard drink" is the amount of alcohol in a 12-ounce beer, 5 ounces of wine or an ounce and a half of distilled spirits and it's a useful way to track consumption, but the multiple ingredients make for a harder count.
Recipes matter, too.
The calculator, for example, says a pina colada with 3 ounces of rum is the equivalent of two glasses of wine.
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Homicide charges filed in fetal abduction case
Suspect with 3 children wanted another with current boyfriend
Though she already had three children, Annette Morales-Rodriguez desperately wanted another with her current boyfriend, so desperately she carved a baby boy from a stranger's womb with the hope of passing him off as her own, according to charges filed Monday in a rare case of fetal abduction.
Morales-Rodriguez, 33, of Milwaukee, is charged with two counts of first-degree intentional homicide in the deaths last week of Maritza Ramirez-Cruz, 23, and the unborn son she had planned to name Omar. Morales-Rodriguez is being held in lieu of $1 million cash bail.
The case includes the same characteristics experts have seen in most of the dozen or so other fetal kidnapping cases recorded in the United States since 1987.
"It's a classic representation," said Vernon Geberth, a retired New York police lieutenant and author of a leading text on homicide investigation that includes a chapter on fetal abductions.
According to the criminal complaint:
Morales-Rodriguez had been faking her own pregnancy for months. As the time she was expected to deliver drew near, she considered telling her boyfriend the truth, that she could not get pregnant, but did not. Instead, she went cruising for a surrogate. She drove up and down S. 13th St. on Wednesday but saw no pregnant women.
On Thursday, she drove near UMOS, a social service agency on S. Chase Ave. She found Ramirez-Cruz walking there and offered her a ride. The two women did not know each other and lived in different neighborhoods. Morales-Rodriguez waited for Ramirez-Cruz to finish her appointment, then drove her to Walgreens to pick up some nausea medication. Before taking Ramirez-Cruz home, Morales-Rodriguez said she wanted to stop at her own house in the 1600 block of S. 7th St. to change shoes. Ramirez-Cruz asked to use the bathroom.
When Ramirez-Cruz came out of the bathroom, Morales-Rodriguez attacked her with a baseball bat, then choked her unconscious. She bound the victim in duct tape and secured a plastic bag over her head before using a hobby knife to cut a full-term baby from Ramirez-Cruz's abdomen, trying, she told detectives, to duplicate a Caesarean section she'd seen performed on the Discovery Channel.
But Morales-Rodriguez botched the procedure; the baby wasn't breathing. She cut the placenta from the victim, then hid her body in the basement - first spreading blood on her own thighs and vagina - then cleaned up her house and called 911. Morales-Rodriguez reported she had just given birth and her baby wasn't breathing.
When emergency crews arrived, the baby could not be resuscitated and was taken to the medical examiner. Morales-Rodriguez and the placenta were taken to a hospital. There she told a detective she hadn't known she was pregnant, but started bleeding in the shower then had the baby in her living room.
Against medical advice, Morales-Rodriguez left the hospital before a full exam.
An autopsy revealed the baby was not delivered by natural birth and had died as a result of the mother's death.
On Friday, detectives returned to Morales-Rodriguez's house and took her for a medical evaluation that showed she had not given birth recently. She was immediately arrested, and she confessed to police Friday night.
Fetal kidnapping in U.S.
The phenomenon of fetal abduction was studied for a 2002 article in the Journal of Forensic Sciences titled "Fetal Kidnapping by Caesarean section." That study documented eight cases in the U.S. dating back to 1987, and at least four others have occurred since, not counting the Milwaukee case.
Before Milwaukee, the most recent case occurred in Kentucky in April. Kathy Michelle Coy, 33, is charged with murder and kidnapping in the death of her 21-year-old pregnant friend. Coy took the baby boy to a Bowling Green hospital, where officials quickly became suspicious and called police.
There have been other cases in which the abducted fetus survives the ordeal, and some attempts where the pregnant victim has deterred an attack or even killed her attacker, according to "Practical Homicide Investigation," Geberth's textbook.
In almost every case, according to Geberth, the perpetrator acts alone, motivated by a belief that a baby will save her relationship with a husband or boyfriend. Some planned the crime much longer, sometimes befriending the victim to make it easier to set up the forced operation. Others stalk their victims for weeks. They typically try to learn about Caesarean sections from a library book or the Internet.
A 1995 Illinois case involved three perpetrators, a woman and two men, who successfully cut a baby from a woman who had earlier had a child with one of the men. The suspects also murdered that child because he was a witness to his mother's murder.
Two women responsible for fetal abductions killed themselves after being caught. At least one was found mentally incompetent. Several of the suspects brought their victims home for the forced procedures.
The case in Milwaukee has already made news around the country and abroad.
MICAH, an organization of Milwaukee central city churches, will hold a prayer vigil for the victim and her child at 9:15 a.m. Tuesday at 1627 S. 7th St.
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Umiam Lake
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Umiam Lake ( commonly known as barapani lake ) is a reservoir located in the hills 15 km to the North of Shillong in the state of Meghalaya, India. It was created by damming the Umiam river in the early 1960s. The principal catchment area of the lake and dam is spread over 220 square km.
The lake was formed as part of building a Dam. The dam started construction in 1965. The dam has the distinction of being the first Hydel power project in the North-east region of India.
Tourist Destination[edit]
The lake serves as a major tourist attraction for the state of Meghalaya. It is also a popular destination for water sport and adventure facilities. Tourists visit this spot for kayaking, water cycling, scooting and boating.
Ecological Effect[edit]
Apart from storing water for electricity generation, the lake also provides numerous ecosystem services at micro, meso and macro levels. Downstream irrigation, fisheries and drinking water cater to local anthropogenic needs.
Toxic Threat and Silting[edit]
Due to the rising population of Shillong which is situated upstream of the lake, the lake is starting to become highly polluted. Also, there is the heavy problem of silting. An estimated 40,000 cubic metres of silt enter Umiam Lake every year. Causes range between upstream encroachments, deforestation, blockage of natural drainage systems and unscientific mining et al. in the catchment area. Excessive silt load in the lake has lowered the storage.
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Published: Sunday, January 21, 2007 at 4:30 a.m.
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We must stop playing God with human life
To The Editor: Today is Sanctity of Life Sunday -- a reminder of the worth and value God places on every human being, including those yet unborn.
The gift of life is so precious and fragile, and it's our responsibility (all of us) to nurture and protect it. Most vulnerable are those in the womb, who supposedly have no value or right to life in the eyes of those who are in favor of abortion rights or who accept as truth the lie that there is no harm in making a decision to abort.
I strongly disagree, not only because of my own experience, but also from working with others who have had abortions.
There are devastating consequences that come with abortion which not only include the death of a baby (a very small baby, nevertheless a baby) but frequently physical, emotional and spiritual problems for the mother, father and other family members as well. (This is well documented.)
Are we not playing God when we make it our choice to end the life of a child in the womb? Shouldn't "the choice" we have "a right to" be made before copulation?
I'm so very thankful our God is merciful and forgiving!
Sharon Fuqua
God has always answered prayers
To The Editor: In response to the letter on Christmas Eve, Try it, you'll like it.
Don't tell me God isn't real. God brought me through many severe trials. In 1941 my left leg went through a broken board. It was cut to the bone.
I didn't have an injection or see a doctor until it was half healed. When the county doctor was at school, a girl let the jump rope loose. The end hit the sore on my leg and it bled. That's the only time the doctor saw me with it.
In 1965, I was in a large city several miles from home. A dart hit me just above the temple. I walked seven blocks, my knees almost buckling under me. I began to pray. God heard my prayer; I arrived at my residence and got the dart out.
Here I am, thank God, 78 years old and in good health. God will hear and answer prayer.
I had a praying mother who with my father took me to church and taught me about God.
Only God knows the tests I'll be put through next. But I have a praying family and faith that God will hear and answer prayer.
Pauline Laughter
Jesus' message was quite clear
To The Editor: After reading several letters on religion recently, as a practicing Christian I feel a responsibility to respond.
First of all the Holy Bible stands as the greatest book ever written and is complete with both Old Testament and New Testament inextricably linked together.
It is also clear at the end that we are not to add to it or subtract from it and those that do will incur God's wrath!
It is not a historical novel and religion is not a myth. While spirituality can be dichotomized from religion, in that religion is more ceremonial in nature, it is still predicated on the fact that we worship Jehovah God, who is sovereign.
Jesus Christ came to earth as God incarnate to die on the cross for all of our sins and to give all believers eternal life, whether you believe it or reject it. But Jesus was very clear when he said, "I am the way, the truth and the life and no one comes to the father except through me."
My prayer is that more and more people will come to know these fundamental truths in this new year and receive him as their savior!
Bob Jopson
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Historical Traveler Reviews Key Lime Inn Key West
Stayed here Dec.3rd & 4th 03. Lovely quaint buildings. Fairly large car park. Adequate breakfast.
30 mins walk to Mallory. "Jungle" gardens! Unfortunately as Maloney House was set in the gardens previous occupants walked the dirt all over the carpets. This hotel seemed to lack any kind of contact between guests and visitors. No offer to assist carrying cases up to 2nd floor for example. $129 per night just felt too much.
A beautiful inn
I had the pleasure of staying a couple of days at the Key Lime Inn in Key West. The rooms and the surrounding grounds are beautiful. A newspaper and the continental breakfast around the pool each morning added to what we found to be a terrific value. I will certainly return!
The Irony of All That Glitters
Where can I begin... my husband and I were finally taking our summer vacation the last week of October 2003. We had vacationed in South Beach, FL in 2002 and loved it so we decided to head back to FL, but try different areas. This trip would be split in half starting in Miami Beach, FL and then ending in Key West, FL. The reason we picked the Key Lime Inn was because of the positive reviews on TripAdvisor in addition to the pictures they had posted on their website. After a long drive into the Keys on Wed, we finally arrived around 8pm. Upon first impressions, the pictures on the website made the rooms appear nicer than they actually were but that was okay because we were determined to have a great time. I also made a mental note of the curious scent in the room, kind of a mix between cologne gone bad and coconut oil. It wasn't quite the typical "clean" smell of hotel rooms. Exhausted from our drive, we decided to settle in for the night and watch t.v. The first omen came while watching t.v. in bed--we noticed glitter throughout our bed linens (including the inner sheets) as well glitter all over the t.v. remote. Then we noticed that the "shadow" on the bed sheets wasn't a shadow. It was a stain of some sort. We didn't want to, but we inspected the sheets further and found more stains. Remembering that Fantasy Fest weekend was just the weekend before, we started having images of what the glitter and stains could be. At best, we hoped the stains were suntan lotion stains and let's not imagine beyond that. To top it off, there was a weird reddish something-or-other clinging to the night stand top and as I tried to inspect what it was, I noticed the nail clippings on the ground next to the night stand.
Gross! Again, at best, I hope the reddish thing was a pink grapefruit membrane and let's not imagine beyond that. With all these realizations, we suddenly felt like we were in one big biohazard room.
Even though the room was "made-ready" as apparent by the bathroom toiletries and towels (which were thin and crunchy, definitely by no means 4-star quality towels), we finally had to admit to ourselves that it was obvious none of the bed linens were changed. We were totally grossed out and felt violated. We called the front desk and she requested to see what it was we had issues with. She came and saw that we weren't making things up and offered to move us to another smaller room for the night so our linens could be changed first thing in the morning. She was also nice about offering a $10 discount per night.
Appeased with the attempt to keep us happy, we moved our belongings to another room. As soon as we stepped into Room #2, the smell of bleach nearly knocked us to our feet. At that point though, we were just happy to have some affirmation that the room was cleaned. I immediately proceeded to shower whatever was on me from Glitter Room's bed and settled in for a good night's sleep. Wrong! Both of us spontaneously woke up in the middle of the night, congested and coughing. Whatever was in the air of Toxic Bleach Room clearly caused the symptoms. We chalked it up to allergies, however, as we spent our first full day walking in the fresh Key West air, our symptoms were alleviated. Later that night, we were back in the now-cleaned Glitter Room (which still had the "grapefruit membrane" clinging to the night stand), although our bed linens no longer sparkled in glitter. Upon minutes of being back in that room, our congestion and coughing started up again. It was then that we decided we could not stay another night at the Key Lime and planned on checking out first thing the next morning. Since we couldn't sleep well due to coughing fits, we were both up bright and early at 6am and packing to get the heck outta there. We hi-tailed it back to our hotel in Bal Harbour/Miami Beach, FL and enjoyed the rest of our vacation in a beautiful clean wonderful hotel called the Sea View Hotel that WAS worthy of its 4-star rating. We're boggled at how the Key Lime got a 4-star rating, unless the 4-star rating refers to a 4-POINTED single star. In all fairness, even though the staff wasn't overly friendly, they did, in their own way, show the effort when we raised our concerns. The continental breakfast was also good, consisting of coffee, juice, bagels, muffins, croissants, danishes and a hen running around gobbling up handouts. But the bottom line is, we suspect the rooms are environmentally ill and need a thorough cleaning--perhaps in the A/C systems. It is also extremely disturbing that the bed linens were deliberately not changed upon our check-in.
The irony of our story? Prior to booking our trip, we came across an unlucky honeymooner's review of another hotel that made him "physically ill" when he thought about the $269/night he was spending for the dump their travel agent put them in. Maybe karma dictated that our laughing at the poor honeymooner's story came back and bit us on the butt because our room did, in fact, make us literally physically ill! I advise anyone even remotely thinking of staying at the Key Lime to also check out the web comments posted on Fodor and Travelocity so you know we weren't the only ones who had horrible experiences at the Key Lime Inn!
Nicely Rustic, Good Location
This is a lovely property, right on Truman Avenue (US 1), and an easy walk to Duval Street. The wooden buildings are chalet-like, and are spread around the pool and other areas, with trees and chickens (!) adding to the atmosphere. The place has a rustic feel. We wouldn't like the location of some of the rooms (overlooking the car lot, especially) so ask for a room in a building by the pool. The room was small, without a refridgerator which would have been useful, but it was decorated in a modern style, was very clean, and included a free gecko lizard half way up the wall!. A lovely continental help-yourself breakfast was available by the pool every morning including coffee, orange juice, muffins, bagles, danish, croissants, etc. Even though it was quite expensive compared with other places we stayed on our trip around Florida, we would definitely stay here again if we ever returned to Key West.
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We found the Key Lime Inn to be a very relaxing Bed & Breakfast. The rooms are very clean, with new updated furniture. We are looking forward to staying there again!
Our fantasy fest hotel
stayed at the key lime 2 years in a row for fantasy fest. great staff, rooms are perfect, pool is nice and the continental breakfast is so convenient in the mornings!!
Very Nice!
Spent a few days there in January 2003. Nice, Clean, Very Helpful and Friendly Staff. Great Location. Will definitely stay here next visit to Key West.
Superb Location!
Just returned from 4 days at the Key Lime Inn -- just short walk to the "fab" shops, fun, and eateries on Duval Street. Room was immaculate, complimentary continental breakfast by the pool was quite nice (coffee, OJ, varied pastries); pool temp was perfect in the 86 degree weather! ONLY DRAWBACK: courteously cool and rather stiff staff --as mentioned by another guest in a Nov '02 review-- who provide GOOD service, WITHOUT a smile. (You get "cold pricklies" vs Warm Fuzzies from the mostly Polish staff). Highly recommend Duffy's Steak House, 2 blocks down the street --where Food is Excellent and Service is Friendly & Efficient $$. For a super special evening, try Shula's on the Beach... (at Wyndam Hotel) $$$ Fabulous view, SUPERB cuisine, and Outstanding service. FYI We had initially booked the Quality Inn back in January. (yucks!!!). THANKS to reviews found in Trip Advisor -- we canceled THAT reservation and rebooked at the Key Lime Inn, just prior to setting out on our trip from California. THANK YOU, Trip Advisor!!
Great Place to Stay
The Key Lime Hotel was very nice. It has an excellent location...only a few blocks from Duval Street, but far enough away from noise and crowds. The rooms were clean with nice furnishings. The staff was friendly. Only potential drawback is the breakfast...if you like simple breakfasts (bagels, juice and coffee), you will not be disappointed, but if you want a grand spread, eat breakfast elsewhere.
We will stay here again if we return to Key West.
Rooms Nice, Staff So-So
Rooms were quite nice and clean. Beds and furniture were all newer and worked well. Breakfast was good by the pool each day. The pool was freezing cold which also kind of describes some of the staff. Some could use some good customer service training and smiling lessons. Good location and value though. I would likely recommend it to a friend.
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Pretty travel pictures, much as I love them, rarely paint the full story of a trip away. Our Maine recap didn't tell you about the horrible migraine I had our first night, for example, nor about the day we drove a full two hours away from Portland, looking for lunch, only to find three different restaurants closed (all I can say is thank goodness for this coffee shop and its quiche!). The afternoon we flew home from Boston to Chicago, it was after a fast morning stuck in crazy Cambridge traffic during which I had to pee so bad I actually sat there imagining myself getting out of the car, right on the busy highway, to take care of business in the median that was noticeably lacking in bushes or general greenery. (We did finally find a Dunkin Donuts, and even though I had to buy something in order to get the manager to buzz me into the bathroom, I was so happy to enter it, I almost cried.) Sunday night, when we came home, it was after a combined total of 2,000+ miles of driving (most of … [Read more...]
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It's a hot and sunny Saturday and we're on our way to Lynnville, a sleepy little town that you could live in Tennessee all your life without hearing of, but which today has drawn our attention because of an ad I saw somewhere for a blackberry festival. The whole trip, I'm reading to Tim from my latest library find, and right away, we're both so into the stories about food and parenting and the world of magazine editing that before we know it, we've driven the entire hour, past hilly pasture land and giant barns and no places to use a bathroom, anywhere, and then there's Lynnville, right before us, rewarding our travel with what turns out to be the very anti-climactic main street that today boasts one carnival booth, four craft tents and, off in the corner, a 85-year-old man selling tomatoes. No. Blackberries. None. So we talk with the tomato man, who tells us he's lived in Lynnville all his life, and we ask him about blackberries, and he says, no, there aren't any, but you … [Read more...]
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Our dog Irie saved another dog's life one day.
While at the dog beach in San Diego, we came across an old man calling for his golden retriever, who was swimming in the water. The man seemed really worried, so we asked if he needed any help. He said his dog was 10 years old with neurological problems and narcolepsy, and had been swimming in the same spot for too long.
I called for Irie, pointed at the dog in the water and told her "Fetch!" Irie immediately jumped in, swam straight to the dog, did three circles around him and then slowly started swimming back to shore. The golden retriever followed her, and she checked back the whole way to make sure he was coming.
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Any reason not to use Windows' built in vm stuff over VMWare? I want to run 64-bit RedHat as the guest.
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Yes, lots of reasons. The question is:
VmWare has more features (dynamic memory, real time backup of a running VM to another running one, so if one host crashes, the other takes over immediately), but they all are in the really high cost version - and in absolutely most cases make little sense (as in: nice to have, but in no way something I want to pay for).
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Take hat you want. As a Unix dude you will possibly prefer vmware, as a windows person I prefer hyper-v... also because I know the administrative side better, including scripting.
If you have Windows on the server already, and just want to run one guest VM, I'd just pop Hyper-V on the machine. It'll be quick, simple, and easy.


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Keepin' Up with Keeneland: Notes from Day 1
A half-sister to multiple grade I winner Balance brought $575,000 as the opening session of the Keeneland September sale slowly came to a close.
A half-sister to multiple grade I winner Balance brought $575,000 as the opening session of the Keeneland September sale slowly came to a close.
A pair of striking sons of A.P. Indy are leading the early portion of the 2007 Keeneland September yearling sale which kicked off its 15-day run Sept. 10 in Central Kentucky.
Jazil, winner of the 2006 Belmont Stakes (gr. I), has been retired to Sheikh Hamdan's Shadwell Farm near Lexington. The 2008 stud fee for the 4-year-old colt will be announced later.
The Tattersalls July Sale continued in bouyant fashion on July 12 with 166 lots sold for 2,613,700 guineas at an average of 15,745 guineas and a median of 9,000 guineas. Demand was strong across the boards with the clearance rate an almost unheard of 95%.
Stoneside Stable's determined Bob and John would not give way in the stretch run of the $388,000 Lone Star Park Handicap (gr. III) to win by a hard fought neck over odds-on choice Sweetnorthernsaint and give jockey Garrett Gomez a sweep of the three graded stakes at the muddy Grand Prairie, Texas, track Monday.
Arthur B. Hancock III's Wanderin Boy made a successful return to the races Friday by scoring a 4 1/4-length gate-to-wire victory over Half Ours in the $112,300 Alysheba Stakes (gr. III) on a sloppy track at rainy Churchill Downs.
Kinsman Stable's 4-year-old homebred filly Sweet Fervor rallied from off a fast early pace in the $200,000 Shirley Jones Breeders' Cup Handicap (gr. II) for fillies and mares at Gulfstream Park to score a one-length victory over 8-5 favorite Any Limit.
Bob and John, owned by Stonerside Stable, is set to receive the "Aiken, S.C., Trained Horse of the Year" award March 18 at the Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame and Museum. The public is invited to attend.
Jazil, winner of the Belmont Stakes (gr. I), finished second in a 1 1/16-mile allowance/optional claiming contest Jan. 5 at Aqueduct in his first start since winning the Belmont and recovering from a bruised hind cannon bone.
Jockey Garrett Gomez won both of the New Year's Day graded stakes at Santa Anita Monday, including a victory aboard Society Hostess in the $116,100 Monrovia Handicap (gr. IIIT).
Favored Society Hostess rallied from last place after a half-mile under jockey Garrett Gomez to win the $113,100 Buffalo Trace Franklin County Stakes Thursday at Keeneland.
Grade I winner First Samurai will begin his stallion career at the Hancock family's Claiborne Farm near Paris, Ky., for a fee of $40,000 in 2007.
Arthur B. Hancock III's even-money choice Wanderin Boy exploited his early speed to trounce the field in the $158,500 Brooklyn Breeders's Cup Handicap (gr. II) Saturday at Belmont Park.
Live Oak Plantation's Hide and Chic kept her 2006 record spotless with an impressive tally in the $161,600 Seaway Stakes (Can-III) Saturday at Woodbine.
Keith McKinney's Gold Storm, winner of the 2004 Arlington Breeders' Cup Sprint, took home the trophy a second time when he won the 2006 renewal of the $150,000 race by 1 1/2 lengths in stakes record time of 1:08.39 for the six-furlong dash.
Belmont Stakes (gr. I) winner Jazil has been sent to owner Sheikh Hamdan's Shadwell Farm near Lexington for 30 days to recuperate from a bruised cannon bone on his right hind leg, trainer Kiaran McLaughlin said Tuesday.
Four straight. A mind-boggling eight of the last nine. Ten of the last 12. An even dozen. Those overwhelming figures are the number of Belmont Stakes (gr. I) winners tracing in male line to Mr. Prospector.
Jockey Fernando Jara, an 18-year-old native of Panama, patiently guided Shadwell Stable's Jazil from the rail to the outside and outdueled Bluegrass Cat to win Saturday's 138th running of the Belmont Stakes (gr. I) by 1 1/4 lengths.
Odds-on favorite Gold Storm outclassed his four rivals in the $75,000 Need For Speed Stakes at Evangeline Downs on Saturday evening while setting a track record for five furlongs.
One thing the Kentucky Derby (gr. I) has taught us over the years is that the winner can come from anywhere. And the same goes for the winner's sire.
Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin is no stranger to Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Derby. The 45-year-old Lexington native was a long-time assistant to five-time Derby winning trainer D. Wayne Lukas and last year sent out 71-1 Closing Argument, a surprise runner-up behind Giacomo. This year, the laid-back Kentuckian hopefully has two horses for this year's Run for the Roses in Jazil and Flashy Bull.
Trainer Bob Baffert made his trip east with Bob and John pay off with an impressive 1 1/2-length victory in the $750,000 Wood Memorial (gr. I) for 3-year-olds at muddy Aqueduct Saturday.
Stonerside Stable's Bob and John, winner of the Sham Stakes (gr. III) and third in the recent San Felipe (gr. II), will run next in the April 8 Wood Memorial (gr. I), trainer Bob Baffert confirmed Tuesday.
Phipps Stables' homebred Happy Hunting won his first stakes try Saturday as the favorite against a group of veteran campaigners in the $110,000 Aqueduct Handicap (gr. III).
Bob and John, trainer Bob Baffert's most accomplished Triple Crown prospect, returned to the winner's circle Friday with a three-length victory in a $52,800 allowance event at Santa Anita while traveling 1 1/16 miles in 1:44.81.
Ford Every Stream, a stakes-placed son of Seeking the Gold, will stand in 2006 at Val Murrell's Clear Creek Stud near Folson, La. His fee will be $2,500.
Shortly after announcing the fee for incoming stallion Eddington, Claiborne Farm announced that it has raised the fee for Pulpit from $60,000 to $80,000.
Fast Play, who has sired 36 horses that have won or placed in stakes, will stand in 2006 at Liberty Stud near Ghent, N.Y.
Monday's opening session of the Japan Racing Horse Association's two-day select sale of foals saw a steep drop at the top end but strength in the middle market as buyers continue to adjust to the post-Sunday Silence era in Japan.
An explosive move from Augustin Stable's Spring Season resulted in a three-length victory in Saturday's $100,000 Dr. James Penny Memorial Handicap on the turf at Philadelphia Park.
A double disqualification gave Live Oak Plantation's third-place finisher Seeking Slew victory in the $500,000 Kent Breeders' Cup (gr. IIIT) for 3-year-olds Saturday when the first two finishers were disqualified for interference in the stretch on the Delaware Park turf.
Chester and Mary Broman's Seeking the Ante became a graded stakes winner Saturday when she rallied on the outside to defeat Slew Motion by a length in the $192,000 Nassau County Breeders' Cup (gr. II) for 3-year-old fillies at seven furlongs.
Phipps Stable's Pleasant Home put away the leaders at the eighth pole and drew away to a 5 1/4-length win in her stakes debut, the $153,200 Bed o' Roses Breeders' Cup Handicap (gr. III) for fillies and mares Saturday at foggy Aqueduct.
Grade I winner Shared Interest, the nation's "Broodmare of the Year" in 2000, died March 10 as a result of a difficult foaling. She was 17 years of age.
A son of Tale of the Cat got Tuesday's Fasig-Tipton selected sale of 2-year-olds in training at Calder Race Course off to a roaring start when Sheikh Mohammed's Darley Stud Management went to a world-record $5.2 million to purchase the colt from the consignment of Robert Scanlon, agent.
A muscular bay Tale of the Cat colt shattered the record for a 2-year-old in training sold at public auction Tuesday when his price soared to $5.2-million during the Fasig-Tipton Florida select juvenile auction at Calder Race Course.
Irish trainer Dermot Weld scored his 3,000th career win Feb. 17 at Nad al Sheba Racecourse when King Jock, under jockey Pat Smullen, posted a 1 3/4-length victory in the San Siro International Stakes over 1,500 meters on the turf during the Dubai International Racing Carnival.
In his first start since the Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I), the odds-on favorite Gold Storm took over at the quarter pole and won the $58,200 Colonel Power Handicap at foggy Fair Grounds Sunday with plenty to spare.
Stakes winners Clock Stopper and Gold Storm highlight a field of six sprinters pointed toward Sunday's $60,000 Colonel Power Handicap, going six-furlongs at Fair Grounds. The two runners last met at Lone Star Park in the Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I), where Clock Stopper finished sixth and Gold Storm finished ninth.
A no-guarantee season to Claiborne Farm stallion Seeking the Gold topped the Nov. 7 Stallion Access November Sale of Selected Seasons at Shares at Fasig-Tipton Kentucky's Newtown Paddocks.
Where's the Ring, a son of leading sire Seeking the Gold, will stand the 2005 season at Gardiner Farms, near Caledon East, Ontario. His 2005 fee will be $3,500 (Canadian Funds).
The Hancock family's Claiborne Farm, which announced a $30,000 fee for incoming stallion Strong Hope, has dropped Seeking the Gold's fee from $150,000 to $125,000 for the 2005 season.
Gold Storm survived a three-horse speed battle to win the $147,000 Arlington Breeders' Cup Sprint on Saturday at Arlington Park.
Jackpot won the first stakes start of his career by two lengths over Newfoundland in the $300,000 Gulfstream Park Handicap (gr. II) on Saturday.
Following the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's grand slam season opener, Fasig-Tipton steps to the plate next Tuesday, Feb. 24, for its sale of 2-year-olds in training at Calder Race Course in South Florida.
Angel Fever, the dam of Kentucky Derby (gr. I) winner Fusaichi Pegasus, has died as a result of injuries she sustained in a paddock accident on Jan. 30 at Arthur B. Hancock III's Stone Farm in Paris, Ky.
Stakes-placed Seeking Greatness, who ran the fastest 5 1/2 furlongs at Aqueduct in 2001, will enter stud at Dave Ferguson's Diamond F Ranch Thoroughbreds near Grass Valley, Calif.
Quest was the declared the winner of Friday's $582,000 Clark Handicap (gr. I) on a sloppy track after Churchill Downs stewards disqualified favored Evening Attire from his nose victory for drifting out in the stretch run and repeatedly bumping with the 17-1 upstart.
A share in Deputy Commander brought the top price of $150,000 during the Stallion Access November sale of select seasons and shares Friday in Lexington.
Claiborne Farm announced its stallion fees for 2004, including a sizable drop for major sire Seeking the Gold.


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Matthew Green Jr.
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Matthew Green Jr., 74, a native of Terrebonne Parish and resident of Houma, died at 8:05 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, 2005.
Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. Friday at Gertrude Geddes Willis-Terrebonne Funeral Home Chapel. Religious service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at New St. John Baptist Church, with burial in Emmanuel Baptist Church Cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, Shirley Lagarde Green of Houma; three sons, Micheal Lagarde and wife, Tiffany, Ernest Lagarde and wife, Sadie, and the Rev. Alfred Lagarde and wife, Joyce, all of Houma; two daughters, Patricia Smith and husband, Evans, of Raceland and Alfreda Parker and husband, Sylvester, of Houma; 14 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Matthew Green Sr. and Alice Green; one son, Matthew Elwood Lagarde; and one sister, Ida Mae Outley.
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To The Editor: I've endured plaguing incessant telephone hang-ups, reoccurring garbage dumped at the entrance to our driveway, mailboxes smashed and political signs mowed down by DOT mowers.
I've been personally insulted in editorial letters and a few choice words written about me by columnist Stephen Black. I've had my letters delayed being published up to two weeks and buried on back pages, but I refuse to let mean-spirited Democrats run me off the editorial pages.
Presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry had no plan for Iraq.
There's one nagging question. Logic dictates: If Democrats were a failure at negotiation with David Koresh, a minister in Waco, Texas, resulting in the incineration of 98 people including 22 helpless, frightened children in a tear-gas incendiary nightmare, and if Democrat Jimmy Carter who gave nuclear reactors to North Korea and later was a dismal failure negotiating non-uranium enrichment and a non-aggression pact with them, and if Democrat Bill Clinton failed miserably negotiating the Oslo Peace Accords with Palestinian dictator Arafat causing hundreds more innocent civilian Israelis to be bombed on their buses in their streets, how can Democrats expect to reason with terrorists?
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I can't quite believe that there isn't a solution to this available on the web - there seem a lot of people having the problem but no solutions I could find.
The site http://www.google.com/earth/explore/products/plugin.html says
"Good news - you already have the Google Earth Plug-in installed"
however in the box on the left-hand side it says
"There was a problem with the Google Earth Plugin"
and suggests restarting the browser and re-installing the plugin. I've tried both of these but am still getting this error.
I've tried this in both Safari 5.1.2 and Firefox 3.0.1 (yes I know this needs to be upgraded :) )
Any tips of where I should look in the logs to investigate the problem ?
Edit : @First - the entries from the Console are
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Canadian Stocks Decline as Potash Corp., Copper Producers Slump
Canadian stocks fell for a third day, led by raw material producers, as Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. slipped on an analyst rating cut and Teck Resources Ltd. slumped along with copper prices.
Potash Corp., the world's largest fertilizer producer, dropped 4.6 percent after Citigroup Inc. cut the shares to "hold" from "buy." Teck Resources declined 3.5 percent as copper slid on concern higher oil prices will slow the global economic recovery. First Quantum Minerals Ltd. fell 5.6 percent.
The Standard & Poor's/TSX Composite Index declined 128.26 points, or 0.9 percent, to 13,884.71 in Toronto.
"At the beginning as oil prices go higher, energy producers benefit," said Marcus Xu, director of equity investments at Genus Capital Management in Vancouver, which manages C$1.7 billion ($1.8 billion). "But you have to think about the other side as well, which is how higher oil prices will impact the consumer."
A subgroup of materials producers in the Canadian benchmark equity index has dropped 4.5 percent this week. Copper futures have dropped 9.4 percent since Feb. 14. Oil soared 23 percent in the same period.
Crude oil fell for a second day in New York after the U.S. reported a surge in supplies at Cushing, Oklahoma, the delivery point for West Texas Intermediate, the U.S. benchmark grade. Brent oil traded in London climbed as Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi stepped up attacks on insurgents.
Price Swings
Futures rose as much as 0.9 percent before erasing gains after Cushing supplies climbed 1.69 million barrels to 40.3 million last week, the highest level since the Energy Department began gathering data at the hub. Oil climbed earlier as Libyan government forces launched air and artillery strikes on central oil ports to halt a rebel advance.
"Even if the Libyan situation settles, there are still other countries to worry about," Xu said. "The unrest in the Middle East isn't going away anytime soon."
Suncor Energy Inc., Canada's biggest energy producer, fell 1.4 percent to C$43.07. Talisman Energy Inc. dropped 1.6 percent to C$22.96.
A group of gold producers in the S&P/TSX Index fell for a third day, declining 1.3 percent. Barrick Gold Corp. slumped 1.6 percent to $49.99, while Goldcorp Inc. sank 1.6 percent to C$47.12.
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Potash Corp. fell 4.6 percent to C$54.06 after Citigroup Inc. cut its rating, citing a lack of catalysts to drive the shares higher.
Teck, Canada's largest base-metals producer, fell 3.5 percent to C$50.87, after copper for May delivery fell 2.9 percent on concern demand may wane as higher energy costs slow the global economy. First Quantum Minerals Ltd., the country's second-largest publicly traded copper producer, fell 5.6 percent to C$111.92.
Cineplex Inc. advanced 1.8 percent to C$23.30. The company that owns interests in Canadian movie theaters was raised to "outperform" from "market perform" at Raymond James Securities. The 12-month price estimate is C$25.
Aastra Technologies Ltd. gained 3.3 percent to C$24.05, after the maker of telecommunications equipment was raised to "buy" from "hold" at TD Newcrest Inc. The 12-month price estimate is C$32.
TMX Group Inc., the owner of the Toronto Stock Exchange and the Montreal Exchange derivatives market, dropped 2 percent to C$39.07 after Toronto-Dominion Bank and other Canadian lenders expressed concern about the proposed sale of TMX Group to London Stock Exchange Group Plc because the country will cede regulatory control of its main stock exchange.


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Landscape structure mediates the effects of a stressor on field vole populations
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Spatio-temporal landscape heterogeneity has rarely been considered in population-level impact assessments. Here we test whether landscape heterogeneity is important by examining the case of a pesticide applied seasonally to orchards which may affect non-target vole populations, using a validated ecologically realistic and spatially explicit agent-based model. Voles thrive in unmanaged grasslands and untreated orchards but are particularly exposed to applied pesticide treatments during dispersal between optimal habitats. We therefore hypothesised that vole populations do better (1) in landscapes containing more grassland and (2) where areas of grassland are closer to orchards, but (3) do worse if larger areas of orchards are treated with pesticide. To test these hyposeses we made appropriate manipulations to a model landscape occupied by field voles. Pesticide application reduced model population sizes in all three experiments, but populations subsequently wholly or partly recovered. Population depressions were, as predicted, lower in landscapes containing more unmanaged grassland, in landscapes with reduced distance between grassland and orchards, and in landscapes with fewer treated orchards. Population recovery followed a similar pattern except for an unexpected improvement in recovery when the area of treated orchards was increased. Outside the period of pesticide application, orchards increase landscape connectivity and facilitate vole dispersal and so speed population recovery. Overall our results show that accurate prediction of population impact cannot be achieved without taking account of landscape structure. The specifics of landscape structure and habitat connectivity are likely always important in mediating the effects of stressors.
KeywordsEpigenetics Population-level risk assessment Ecotoxicology Microtus agrestis Modelling Spatial dynamics
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Paul Bristow: A Cheeky Blithe Spirit
Published: November 28, 2001
Blithe spirits come in all sizes: this one was about 5 feet 6, skinny, with a smile that asserts itself in Cathy Bruneau's snapshots. There he is, Paul Bristow, cocking his head, compelling you to cast off the grumps, wearing a fright wig, kicking up a leg.
The British-born Mr. Bristow, 27 — "a little cheeky person," says Ms. Bruneau, his fiancée and companion for seven years, first in London and then in Brooklyn — made sure that he never worked more than he needed to, which is not to say that he slacked off at the Risk Waters Group, where he helped organize conferences. It's just that he preserved time for the important things: shopping, friends, shooting pool, getting lost on a country road and savoring its beauty.
Funny, endearing, he could charm even the crustiest. Here is Mr. Bristow, surrounded by Ms. Bruneau's non-English-speaking relatives, rolling in their seats at a wedding in France as he repeatedly tries out his one sentence in French: "Another bottle of white wine, please?"
Like a child, he would dance impatiently around Ms. Bruneau when he wanted attention. But he reciprocated in spades when she was blue, with giant hugs to help her "get the cry out," as he would put it.
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Philadelphia is the cum stain of the US. No one would be caught dead in that cesspool.
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Philadelphia is the cum stain of the US. No one would be caught dead in that cesspool.
You were better on Taxi than you are on this **** show, Danny.
I think that your show sucks!
A few eagles fans I know are hoping we cut mcmanus because they aren't happy with their current kicker
In case anyone is paying attention, we just got shut out by tampa bay. This offense is offensive.
I am very surprised that he didn't have Tommy john.
Simplest question ever. Who ya got?!!!
I would take the possible out of this post.
LOL. I try to be optimistic about all our teams. At least until reality sinks in. I won't stop believing that we will be in the NBA finals until we are knocked out of the playoffs. The knicks are a...
The yankees are not a rebuild type of team. They are a reload and retool type. The yankees, being the worldwide brand that they are, generate way more money than any other baseball team and it's not...
Honestly, you have to feel good as a yankees fan when 80 something wins is a down year. The yankees have 9 games in a row against teams well below .500 against Tampa Bay, Houston, and CWS. If we...
It's just not enough of a body of work for me to deem it an issue. They're simply not going to show their full hand right now. Why would they and what would be the benefit of doing so right now? Even...
The secondary is loaded! Plenty of quarterbacks are going to struggle against it.
It was destiny for our fans to start debating about burress. Imagine if tiki would have came to practice instead. Also another predictable trend was eli's name somehow entering the fray.
Mariano Rivera once said of Brien Taylor, (paraphrasing) "he was the most talented pitcher that I ever played with".
If he never got into that bar room brawl, and screwed up his shoulder on that...
This is obviously meant to be in red font.
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I just came here to read the comments :)
Now this is the type of bs that pisses me off! You walk a ****ing .195 hitter with almost 200 strikeouts and then give up a 3 run home run to put it away. What a horrible sequence
It was destined to happen.
I'm thinking more of him living in torment forever in the pits of Tartarus.
At least he wasn't as bad of a bust as brien Taylor.
Wtf is pena doing using a set up guy for almost 3 innings?! Also, this offense is beyond pathetic. Yet another hard game to watch on national tv. I hate to speak bad of our squad, but they are...
Yawn. Did you copy and paste this from the bleacher report or something? Way too early to tell how he will pan out.
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"East meets West" Turkey by mad4travel
Turkey Travel Guide: 25,293 reviews and 74,141 photos
Whenever Turkey gets mentioned in the travel magazines they always say " Turkey- where East meets West". Yeah, right, I thought - but its true.
Having been to Jordan, its not quite Arab and having been to Greece, its not quite European. That makes it a fascinating and unique place to explore.
If you want an easy introduction to Islamic culture as well as fabulous food and friendly people Istanbul is the place.
There are lots of things to see and it is perfect for a long weekend.
My trip to Turkey was over 3 weeks and I packed quite a lot in.The map shows my route, from Istanbul through Ankara, to the weird hoodoo landscape of Cappadocia to the more conservative religious town of Konya and then on to the Turqouise coast. Lots of antiqueties on the way, Ephesus, Pergamon, Troy and Aphrodisias and finally through the World War 1 killing fields of Galipoli back to Istanbul.
I enjoyed every minute of it!
As you can see , Turkey is a biiig country so three weeks only covered about a third of the country so I'd love to go back and see more.
Where do you start with the history of Turkey? It goes back such a long way.
Heres an attempt at a quick potted history. Stay awake, I will be testing you later!
Hittite Empire with Hattusas as capital, contemporary with ancient Egypt and Babylon
The Trojan war and the fall of Troy
Establishment of the Phrygian, Ionian, Lycian, Lydian, Carian and Pamphylian Kingdoms.
Homer is born in Izmir (Smyrna). Aegean Hellenism begins
Cyrus the Great leads the Persians into Anatolia
Alexander the Great drives out the Persians
The Romans incorporate Anatolia as the province of Asia, controlled from Ephesus (Efes)
St. Paul spreads Christianity and a community at Antioch is established
Constantine lays out the boundaries of his new capital, Constantinople
Byzantium Empire under Justinian
Muslim Arabs conquer Constantinople
Rise and rule of the Selcuk Turks in Anatolia, Konya is their capital
The Crusades
Ottoman Empire appears in Bursa
The fall of Constantinople - the birth of Istanbul
Suleyman the Magnificent sits on the Ottoman throne controlling a huge and powerful empire
Turkey allies with Germany in the first world war
Ataturk leads resistance to the allied plan to carve up Turkey.
Foundation of the modern Republic of Turkey by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
Turkey has a variety of interesting scenery.
From the Tarsus mountains, Olympic National Park, Turquoise coast, Anatolian Plain to the weird hoodoo formations of Cappadocia.
Cappadocia is especially interesting to me (as I was a Geologist at University). Formed from volcanic ash the landscapre has weathered into a crazy mixture of spires, hoodoos and rainbow rockfaces.
Many of the rock towers have been hollowed out and used as houses monasteries and churches.
I was fortunate enough to go balooning over it. Check out the things to do tips.
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nice set of pages on Turkey. I was there for 3 weeks some years ago and also was quite fascinated by this magnificent country.
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I would love to visit Ephesus--your trip must have been wonderful! THANKS for the tour...
Great job of photos & Tips. Thanks for sharing!
I went to granada to the Alhambra so peaceful with water & flowers - the symetry on the Islamic buildings is amazing great informative page & tips esp the whole beat me bath experience
Very good descriptive part on Turkey. Good job!!! You should travel to the eastern part as well -- there are plenty of things to visit
Hi Melanie and thank you for the memories, they all came flooding back. I love anything to do with Turkey and i get withdrawer symtems if i don't get to visit at least once a year, very well done on this super page.
Turkey has always been on my to-go list. Now I'm convinced. Very informative and interesting pages and nice pic's
Loved your tale of the turkish baths and topless women - sounds a bit of an experience!
Wonderful page about a fabulous country! I look forward to reading the rest when you get a chance to finish your page. Thanks for the vicarious journey...cat
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Our tiny bar . . . $7.00
Aboslut Vodka
J&B Scotch
Jack Daniels
Wines by the glass, $5.95, or by the carafe, $14.00
Cabernet Sauvignon
Ravioli Filled with Portobello
Sauced with shitake mushrooms, grape tomatoes, Grana Padano cheese, garlic ol…
Hours & Location
6540 Lake Road West Ashtabula, OH 44004-9761
(440) 964-5766
Tues-Thu:4pm-8:30pm Fri-Sat:4pm-9:30pm
Closed Sundays and Mondays
About Us
Alessandro Pilumeli was born in Sicily and began working in restaurants there at the age of fourteen. His experience in Sicily was followed by seven years in the restaurants of Florence, Italy and four years in fine dining establishments in America. This gave him a first hand familiarity with both the beautiful foods of Italy and how to prepare them for American tastes. Out of this, the idea for Alessandro's Ristorante bloomed.