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I was made to feel welcomed. The staff were all brillant. The rooms were spotless and very comfortable, Breakfast price was high but very enjoyable and good value Now the town well Shoppers delight, the 3 shopping centres are 5 min walk from the Inn.
Felt Like Home
From the moment the taxi pulled up to the hotel, I knew things were going to be good. This is a spanking brand new hotel, very modern and chic, built (I believe) only a few months ago...and it shows. Everything was clean, neat, and new. The lobby was very warm and inviting, and the staff could not have been more polite, friendly, and accommodating. Everyone was all smiles, and always made a point to say hello whenever passing by. And the location is conveniently nearby to many restaurants, bars, shops, and the big mall.
I was given a very comfortable corner room, but noticed the curtains did not completely close for some reason. I notified the front desk, expecting they'd simply fix it the next day as the room was otherwise perfect. But less than 5 minutes later, the hotel manager was at my door, and offered to move me to an upgraded room instead. They even bought me a bottle of my favorite wine at dinner. And all because of an easily fixed faulty curtain. Now THAT was customer service.
The new room was beyond comfortable. Everything simply pristine. Teapot (with varieties of tea), soft lighting, sofa, double pane windows, excellent hot shower, SkyTV, everything you'd want in a hotel room. There was even high speed internet access (a must for me these days). My only complaint was the internet was a bit pricey at 10 pounds per 24 hours, but it was necessary. I also liked the fact that housekeeping was available until the evening for later cleaning. The restaurant and bar were also great, as the food was impeccable. And the English Breakfast was one of the best I've had in Europe.
I stayed here for 12 nights on business, and it truly felt like home. This hotel is a model for how a hotel should be run, and how one should cater to its guests (take note other European hotels). I slept like a baby nightly, and if I'm ever in Southampton again, I can't imagine myself staying anywhere else!
Litl' old wine drinker
Well we arrived eventually around 5pm after problems at another hotel in Soton (see "Dolphin Hotel".
On entrance 5 receptionists all in a row with nothing to do, just stood their twiddling their thumbs. The one we were served by could not find our reservation made by "Dolphin Hotel" due to their ----up...... But eventually got a room.
Hotel situated on a busy roundabout in the middle of Southampton. Totally new.
Got into the room (twelth floor) looked out of the window and saw two "winos" asleep on the side of the road under the trees! Nice size room all amenities, but next morning...... Breakfast, buffet style, no eggs, had to wait, waited, and waited. Got sausages, got bacon, and beans, and toast and tea.......Waiting.
Still waiting now 15 minutes, chef appears with...... more sausages. Another guest says "eggs" chef looked and disappeared. Never saw him again........Went without eggs. Trouble is with all these Hotels they pay rubbish wages, employ all foreigners, and they cannot keep their "good staff". Yet they want �100+ per night, some just room only. plus �12 for breakfast......... Ridiculous. Go down the local supermarket breakfast �2.99.
Not value for money!
Did not have an enjoyable stay at this hotel, despite getting a �58 room.
Stayed on a Saturday night and the hotel was packed with rowdy youngsters who kept my girlfriend awake I think they were hosting some sort of prom.
The bed was a bit small probably just double sized rather than king sized.
The Check out took 45 minutes as everyone checked out on deadline at noon on the sunday - there was no express check out. We could not get in the lifts they were so busy and had to trek down the stairs with our bags.
There is no safe crossing to the hotel which is stuck in the middle of a very busy roundabout. The hotel does not have its own parking so everyone has to cross the busy road.
"Jurys Southampton" a hotel for all seasons
We stayed at Jurys for four days during the boat show,O.K we did pay over the odds because the show was in town and perhaps we were a little too critical but we were well pleased on our overall stay.This is a new hotel which is run by a young but well experienced team headed by PJ Kenny,all well appointed bedrooms which were serviced (properly)daily a well stocked bar which serves a great pint and offers a good bar menu and a mornig room offering probably the best breakfast this side of the pond on the downside the Carvery restaurant was very poor offering very little choice with not a great selection of wine either our complaint to the restaurant manager brought us the general manager and his assistant with their assurances of vast and rapid improvements which I have no doubt is already in place.I would recommend this hotel with impunity to anyone visiting the south of England.
Not very appealing!
We stayed here for one night and I can only describe it as ok! Reception staff were not the friendliest, a smile really doesn't cost anything!
The room was clean but had a distinct musty smell to it! Good location though, 10 mins to the shopping centre! Restaurants were a bit few and far between if you only want a short walk, we ate at a local chinese, really reccommend that!
Security needs to be tighter though, we were woken at 3am by a drunk trying to break down our door, not how I had pictured spending a quiet weekend! Then were kept awake by drunken people singing, clapping and running along the hallway!
Breakfast was ok, a good selection of cereal, cooked items and fruit. Orange juice was nasty!
Check out just summed the hotel staff's attitude up. We approached a member of reception to check out and was told "yeah its ok", didn't even ask if we had a nice stay!
Will not be back, we were really put off by the attitude of the staff!
We stayed at Jurys, Southampton for one night in August. You can certainly tell that it hasn't been open for very long, everything is in pristine condition.
We had a disabled room and it was huge, as was the bathroom. All very clean and tidy.
The bar in the hotel got very busy in the evening and had a good atmosphere. We had the breakfast buffet in the morning, which was good.
The staff are very friendly and helpful, giving good directions etc when asked.
The location is very good, just 10 minutes walk across the park and you are in the high street.
You can't go wrong for the price.
Nice Hotel - but security needs to be beefed up
I was awoken at 2.15am by two drunken louts trying to access my room with a dodgy key card. The Hotel bar closes at 1.30am - Are the two connected?
I reported the incident to management after breakfast. Their concern appeared to be insincere. I was told they have CCTV and security patrols.Management have not been back to me subsequently which is disappointing.
Squeaky clean and great value for money
I chose the hotel primarily for its location, being only 10 mintues walk from our Southampton office.
I was given a room on the 12th floor and was provided with lovely views of the river, plus a gentle breeze to cool the room down, after a hot day,
The rooms are comfortable, designed well and spotlessly clean, yet slightly basic. Saying that it contains everything you will need for a night's stay.
With an eye on cost savings and wanting to eliminate waste, they have toiletries in dispensers rather than small fiddly wasteful sachets.
I was also delighted to find a proper hair dryer in the bedroom, rather than one of those beige torture instruments you usually get in the bathroom with the hose that reaches burning point, rendering you with 3rd degree burns, that emits a futile puff of warm air - other hotels please take note!
The hotel feels very new and the bathroom was spotlessly clean, with a very powerful shower,
Breakfast was very good value, providing a buffet service with a good coffee machine, fresh fruit, warm toast (yes, warm toast in a hotel!) and a nice cooked breakfast option.
Check out was fast and efficient at peak time.
Overall a really pleasant small hotel chain, where you are looking for great value for money all round - Keep it up!
Fantastic - you must stay here
This is a brand new hotel in Southampton that is just great. Everything was perfect from the staff to the hotel bedrooms. I could only stay for 1 night but I will definately be back.
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Skirt Steak With Shallots and Sautéed Watercress
- 2 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 4 large shallots, sliced
- 2 sprigs fresh thyme
- kosher salt and black pepper
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1 1/2 pounds skirt steak, cut into 4 pieces
- 10 ounces cremini mushrooms, stems trimmed and thinly sliced
- 2 bunches watercress, thick stems removed (about 6 cups)
- Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the shallots, thyme, and ¼ teaspoon each salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the shallots are tender, 4 to 6 minutes. Remove from heat and remove the thyme sprigs. Add the vinegar and butter and stir until melted. Transfer to a small bowl.
- Wipe out the skillet and heat 1 teaspoon of the remaining oil over medium heat. Season the steak with ½ teaspoon each salt and pepper and cook, 3 to 5 minutes per side for medium-rare. Let rest for 5 minutes before serving.
- Meanwhile, heat the remaining tablespoon of oil in a second large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the mushrooms and ¼ teaspoon each salt and pepper and cook, tossing occasionally, until browned, 4 to 6 minutes. Add the watercress and cook, tossing, until tender, 2 to 4 minutes more. Serve the steak with the watercress mixture and top with the shallots.


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(b) If the heated air were to form a layer 200 m thick, estimatehow large an area this heated air would cover.
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Epic nightclub shooting: Police arrest four, seize guns for alleged retaliation
L-R: Lamont McGee, Bridget Turntine, Ashimiyu Alowonle, and Veltrez Black
Mugshots courtesy of Minneapolis Police
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According to a report from police, their investigators learned that members of the "violent street gang" 19 Block Dip Set gang were gathering the arsenal of weapons "so they could retaliate against anyone they felt was responsible for the shooting death of their leader, Tyrone Washington, at the Epic nightclub on Nov. 3." Earlier this month, a witness told police about the house.
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According to witnesses, the 27-year-old Washington was shot and killed inside Epic at about 1 a.m. on Sunday, November 3. The gunman fired at him, and then ran off. Washington's body was found on the sidewalk outside Epic. Minneapolis police later responded to the scene and blocked off the intersection of First Avenue and Fifth Street with several dozen squad cars.
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Everyone who wants to know about a TRULY important and telling story in TUSD needs to click on this link:
Please note that one part of the story refers to a letter sent to HT Sanchez by Tucson's chief of police. In any other town, this sort of correspondence between the superintendent of the city's largest school district and its key law enforcement official would be front page news. The Weekly has ignored it so far, as has the Star. Why?
Virtually every story in this blog about TUSD reads like it could have been ghosted by their PR flacks. Here's a real story for Safier and anyone else at The Weekly to get into and surface some more facts. It has implications for the operation of TUSD, the upcoming Board election and, most crucial of all, the safety of students and staff in every school, not just the school featured in the story.
When will the journalists at The Weekly and the other media outlets in this town start to do some real work and report on stories that TRULY matter?
Arizona has one of the highest prison rates because we are one of the most uneducated states. Too many kids are not graduating from high school, or not learning a trade after school. Who's responsible? The state, or the parents?
That is when it all started. Mr. Barnes helped to create some great friendships.
Mr. Barnes had no idea what he started when he sat us next to each other in that Lineweaver Elementary class. Unfortunately too many of those comics were Richie Rich/Casper.
Although I don't agree with every thing he said, I love a person who pulls no punches and speaks his mind.
Fuck all of Arizona in its little self absorbed ass. I have watched people in this state be the rudest and meanest dumb pieces of shit on Earth. Come down here and try to drive with these mongrels and asswipes...btw to you losers who go on about how much you love this state you probably do not live in the bigger cities, you probably have nice homes away from shit you would not survive interacting with. Yuppies meth heads and assholes are all you offer. I have been trapped here for 22 years and this place is shit. You who live here for the most part are also shit. Think about how "nice" you all are and then kindly fuck yourselves.
Thank you for posting our yoga events.
Privatization of everything is the long term goal of the Republicans. Then we can contend with monsterous corporations (as we are doing right now) running our country. How easy is it to condem public education as non-functioning with funding cut to the bone. Education is no different then insurance. When they (charter schools) can pick which students to include, their earnings improve, as does their scores. This is no different then excluding the sick with "existing conditions" from insurance. There are plenty of very effective education models that are time tested in other countries. The gap will only grow wider with the need for technology in every child's hands. Inner city schools will not be handing out iPads.
Hey Wrong, Again:
I got a one way ticket for you to ride a choo choo train to nowhere.
Be a real man, not the little boy you come across as, and take me up on my offer. Wherever the train takes you, stay there. Don't come back, do those of us with common sense a favour.
How many have paid to ride the $200,000,000 choo choo train to nowhere?
I sort of like the idea of studying the Bible, as long as the book of Leviticus is emphasized.
Republicans use Leviticus to justify their condemnation of same-sex relationships while ignoring that Leviticus also says that if a woman commits adultery, she (never the man, of course!) shall be stoned, and if a son sasses his parents, he should also be stoned.
As for their using Leviticus to condemn same-sex relationships, they keep erroneously citing the word "abomination," which simply means, in the ancient Hebrew, not a custom.
But try telling that to a political party that's apparently still dominated by homophobes.
Quite a few who've been recently caught with their pants down.
If Republicans had their way, the only subject taught would be abstinence and the bible.
they would be taught in caves.
In an election where the combined trustworthiness and approval ratings for the two major party nominees does not reach 75%, and where a plurality of voters expresses a desire for some other, any other, candidates, coverage of the Green and Libertarian candidates has been virtually non-existent. (The NYT has published two articles on the Libertarian candidates and one on the Green's). In all likelihood, neither of the smaller party's candidates will reach the magic 15% in averaged polling to appear on the national televised debates. (Is that 15% in the Constitution?)
Someone needs to tell me how either candidate and party can reach higher ratings to qualify for the debates when the media refuses to provide coverage of their candidates. But please avoid circular reasoning and reductios ad absurdum.
Trump and Sanders are correct, the system IS rigged. But both entered into marriages of convenience to run for election as a Republican and a Democrat and either or both would likely be in the presidential debates had they made the decision to run independent of the major parties. Muzzling the Green and Libertarian party's candidates and supporters is thinly disguised voter suppression. It should be illegal.
Thinking_Aloud: TUSD is like a piñata in a fun house mirror that currently handles the education of 50,000 students every year, and affects the reputation of "public schools" in the minds of tens and perhaps hundreds of thousands more. If, with its democratically elected boards and the "transparency" requirements it is legally subject to, it cannot be reformed, that raises questions about whether it's the theoretical concept and legal framing of public district schools or the advocacy activities of healthy, active, empowered constituencies that make them viable. Then the valid contrast is not between valid public district and invalid charter / publicly subsidized private, but between other variables we have not yet successfully identified. With direct experience in one Arizona public district school that was improbably irresponsible (having grown up in a blue state with an extremely high functioning public school system, I never would have believed it possible if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes) and direct experience of privates and charters, some of which were very responsible and others not so, I don't buy the argument that it's the categories that make the difference. It's something else, and what we need is a better regulatory and oversight system that supports high academic functioning and complete transparency in all the schools receiving public funding. (I get that we don't have that yet and that there are currently irresponsible uses of public funds in the charter and private sector. But there are irresponsible uses of public funds in TUSD and districts like it, so again, condemnation by category doesn't work, in my opinion.)
In any case, the local Democratic Party needs to stop promoting "leaders" in TUSD that give public district schools a bad name at the same time that they continue to condemn "choice." Let them ensure that the district the Pima County Democrats' darlings run is not being RUN INTO THE GROUND and then they can talk about how proper education policy should deny or severely limit "choice." While they find it impossible to manage the district in a way that does not constantly bring discredit on the party and the form of schooling the party champions, they should not at the same time be attempting to limit the escape hatches constituents are using to exit the sinking ship they insist their designated candidates must continue to captain.
Once again, comparing all public schools districts to TUSD is not realistic. If you consider, for example, districts like Vail and Benson, conclusions are less distorted and far more meaningful. TUSD is like a piñata in a fun house mirror, bouncing about crazily while citizens strike blindly at its very existence.
So - how much taxpayer money does this man collect? If he does, then there is merit to this article. If not, then I do not see much relevance. But then, if he is an administrator we will never know because charter schools are not required to fairly report how much they rake in.
i wish he came to tucson
You forgot to mention in your list of things Republicans support which many Democrats also support, "strong leadership by principals, superintendents, and locally elected school boards."
Democrats support that, too, right David?
Or maybe not:
Perhaps if the public district enrolling almost 50,000 students in Southern Arizona were higher functioning, we wouldn't have quite as much support for "CHOICE" in our state.
When will it dawn on you that the whole "next step" plan was based on the assumption that there would be a massive vote in favor of 123? If this had happened, those who supported the first step could perhaps then be mobilized to put pressure on Ducey for a next step. But this turned out to be bad political strategy: among the slightly more than 50% who voted for 123 were many who support Ducey and ALEC and don't want a next step. All they wanted were the triggers and the changes to the constitution, which they got, thanks to you, DuVal, HT Sanchez, Jason Freed, TUSD, TEA, AEA, ASBA, Expect More Arizona, et cetera, AD NAUSEAM. So now we have the so-called "pro public education" groups who got tricked into helping Ducey get 123 passed, and the portion of the electorate they mobilized in support of the proposition is what percentage of those who voted in favor of 123? 10% 20%? 30% of the 50% voting in support of it?
David, did you and your friends attend schools so "progressive" that you never learned how to do math? 10% of 50% is 5%. 20% of 50% is 10%. Do you get the picture? I bet Ducey is shaking in his boots, worrying about what groups capable of motivating such massive portions of the electorate are going to do to him if he doesn't come up with a "next step."
Meanwhile, TUSD wreaks its own special kind of havoc in Southern Arizona, de-motivating the portions of their base they previously motivated. Do you think the people TUSD mobilized in support of 123 will do as they are told by their TUSD and TEA "leaders" next time they are asked?
How do you expect to build consensus behind forcing a "next step," David, when close to 50% of those who voted in the election thought the first step should never have been taken? Don't you realize that 1/2 the electorate -- and now a sizable number of the TUSD constituents who voted for the Prop and are disgusted with what was done with the money, once it was received -- believe that energy should be focused on undoing the "first step," rather than accepting it as a given, leaving it in place, and moving on from there?


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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Wednesday denounced his trial as a fabrication aimed at ending his political career, warning the judge that officials involved in persecuting him will eventually face "harsh punishment".
A Russian court on Wednesday reopened the trial against Navalny, who may face up to a decade in jail if convicted on charges of embezzling half a million dollars in a timber deal, a case he says was orchestrated by President Vladimir Putin.
"The most important reason for this case's existence... is pushing me out of the legal political field," Navalny said in an emotional first defence statement to the court.
"This case is absolutely politically motivated and fabricated," Navalny told the court in the city of Kirov about 900 kilometres (560 miles) from Moscow.
"I am sure that all persons who are involved in illegal political persecution of me, or of people like me who are fighting the corrupt, occupational regime currently in power in Russia... will sooner or later face a harsh, but just, punishment," the towering Navalny told judge Sergei Blinov.
The prosecution accuses the 36-year-old, who has emerged as the most charismatic figure in the anti-Putin protest movement, of causing a loss of $500,000 (385,000 euros) to a regional Kirov government while acting as an advisor in a timber deal.
But Navalny rubbished the charges as made-up and based on testimony of only one witness, asking where the supposedly embezzled money went.
"What happened to the 16 million rubles (around $500,000)? If I took them, where did they go?" he asked loudly in a courtroom filled with dozens of journalists from Moscow.
Blinov, who rejected the defence's appeals to send the case back to the prosecution, asked Navalny to keep to the substance of the case unless he can prove its political elements.
"The claims by the defence that this court is limiting their rights are unfounded," he earlier announced after Navalny's lawyer expressed doubt in his independence and objectivity and asked that he recuse himself from the case.
"You want me to discuss timber... to pretend I am not in a political process?" Navalny asked the judge, who sighed into his microphone.
"Okay, let's play this fun game... of course we will play it. But if anyone is hoping I will be silent here... that will not happen," he said. "I will say whatever I need to say."
The trial opened last week but was quickly adjourned after Navalny's defence said they needed more time to study the case.
It is the latest trial in post-Soviet Russia to be denounced by the opposition as a political act of revenge by Putin, following the jailings of anti-Kremlin tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and members of the radical punk group Pussy Riot.
During Wednesday's hearing, Navalny's defence cited a litany of violations committed by the investigators, and argued that the final indictment contains conflicting information.
A total of five probes are now aimed at the opposition leader, who if he is even given a suspended sentence will be banned from ever standing for office. He has predicted this trial alone could take months, with some 40 witnesses called to give testimony.
In an editorial published in the daily Vedomosti newspaper on Wednesday, Khodorkovsky, who is serving his second jail term in a prison colony in northern Karelia region, voiced support for Navalny.
"Political motivation is clear" in Navalny's case, he wrote. "In an honest and fair court, these charges would turn out to be baseless."
The head of the timber company involved in the case, Pyotr Ofitserov, has gone on trial with Navalny on the same charges.
Navalny's team has posted his entire chargesheet online and invited everyone to make their own decision of whether the charges are valid.
The spokesman of the powerful Investigative Committee, Vladimir Markin, bluntly acknowledged earlier this month that Navalny was specially targeted for investigation because of his repeated "teasing" of the Kremlin.
Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov meanwhile lamented to state television on Monday that "we have no (opposition) leaders who are ready to take responsibility".


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Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) was used to perform computations of air entrainment and mixing during diesel spray combustion. The results of this simulation were compared with those of Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes (RANS) simulations and an experiment. The effect of LES on non-vaporizing and vaporizing sprays was evaluated. The validity of the grid size used for the LES analysis was confirmed by determining the subgrid-scale (SGS) filter threshold on the turbulent energy spectrum plot, which separates a resolved range from a modeled one. The results showed that more air was entrained into the jet with decreasing ambient gas temperatures. The mass of the evaporated fuel increased with increasing ambient gas temperatures, as did the mixture fraction variance, showing a greater spread in the profile at an ambient gas temperature of 920 K than at 820 K. Flame lift-off length sensitivity was analyzed based on the location of the flame temperature iso-line. The results showed that for the flame temperature iso-line of 2000oC, the computed lift-off length values in RANS matched the experimental values well, whereas in LES, the computed lift-off length was slightly underpredicted. The apparent heat release rate (AHRR) computed by the LES approach showed good agreement with the experiment, and it provided an accurate prediction of the ignition delay; however, the ignition delay computed by the RANS was underpredicted. Finally, the relationships between the entrained air quantity and mixture fraction distribution as well as soot formation in the jet were observed. As more air was entrained into the jet, the amount of air-fuel premixing that occurred prior to the initial combustion zone increased, upstream of the lift-off length, and therefore, the soot formation downstream of the flame decreased.
Key WordsLarge eddy simulation (LES) Diesel spray Air entrainment Diesel combustion Lift-off length
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- Large-eddy simulation of air entrainment during diesel spray combustion with multi-dimensional CFD
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International Journal of Automotive Technology
Volume 12, Issue 6 , pp 795-812
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- 2011-12
- 10.1007/s12239-011-0092-y
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I want to clarify a misunderstanding/misinformation regarding the yellow fever shots required for entry into South Africa after visiting Zambia (Victoria Falls).
The TravelVax doctor who consulted us on our itinerary told us we would all need yellow fever shots since at the end of our trip we were flying home out of the Joburg airport AFTER visiting Victoria Falls (stayed in Zimbabwe but flew out of Zambia airport). I also found info on Fodors agreeing with that. The yellow fever shots are pricey ($125 US). And there were 7 of us. But we were told that we wouldn't be allowed off the plane in Joburg without them. So we all got them.
Didn't need them. There was never any mention of having them at any point. We assume that is because we flew directly back to the U.S. out of the JNB airport and never left the airport. We found out that it's only South Africa that requires the yellow fever shot if you've been in Zambia and the airport is international territory and not South Africa. So we technically never "reentered" South Africa.
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Yellow Fever certificate requirements
I want to clarify a misunderstanding/misinformation regarding the yellow fever shots required for entry into South Africa after visiting Zambia (Victoria Falls).
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But you are better to have had the Yellow Fever vaccination that not have it and then have trouble at Customs.
Yes it is pricey but it last for 10 years .
Mine cost me $ 89.00
That is $ 8.90 per year.
Worth it to be worry free and hassle free
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Agree YF inoc doesn't come cheap, but good for 10/yrs. And, even though you might not actually need as in your instance, know that countries can just as easily change rules while you are in transit. Better to have than not, being sent home or having some Immigration agent send you to someone at airport to have the jab.
Now that you have, keep that yellow card safe, as you never know when it might be required in the next 10/years.
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Ag, I think this is more a case of what you experienced vs. what official policy is. How these health policies in Africa get implemented is kind of a mystery, seemingly random and hit-or-miss. But I don't believe that the advice given previously represents a misunderstanding/misinformation.
The written statement from the SA Dept of Health is clear that if you go to Zambia, you need a YF cert ( http://www.doh.gov.za/docs/policy/2011/draft_yellowfever.pdf ) to enter SA. Many seem to think that policy even applies if only transiting JNB after being in Zambia, though I don't know that for a fact (but I think JNB is under South African jurisdiction and once you leave that plane you're on their ground and subject to their rules). However, there are anecdotal reports of passengers not being allowed to board SAA flights from Zambia to SA without a YF cert and the US Embassy in Zambia issued a statement to that effect ( http://photos.state.gov/libraries/zambia/231771/PDFs/yellowfevervaccination.pdf ).
It might well be that SA is not currently enforcing their policy or is doing it in some random way. But I think any travel agent or consultant, knowing there's a written statement on the policy, would rightly recommend getting the shot, even if they thought you might make it through. Can you imagine the hell-to-pay for a consultant if one of their clients wasn't allowed to board their flight in Zambia because the consultant ignored official advice? And despite the high cost, I would think most would prefer getting the shot at home rather than while away.
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You are all correct. I guess it's better to be safe than sorry!
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PANAMA CITY BEACH — The beach was thronged with babies and babes, swimmers and sandcastle makers and those who just needed a timeout from the stresses of places like Tallahassee and La Grange and Columbus.
Bills, the economy and other problems were all put aside for a weekend at the beach, according to Anthony and Amanda Shamburger, a couple from Columbus who brought their two sons and other family members to St. Andrew State Park on Sunday.
"We're trying to forget about it for a minute," said 29-year-old Amanda Shamburger.
Anthony Shamburger, 34, added that worry wouldn't help the economy turn around or bring back lost jobs.
"Ain't no sense to stress out over something you can't control," he said.
He had a similar attitude toward the BP oil gusher that threatens local waters. It came from the ground and it will go back into the ground on it's own, naturally, he said.
"Nature is going to take care of itself," Anthony Shamburger said.
But that was not the way Monique Prater felt about the oil.
"I'm pretty conflicted," she said. Her children were in the kiddie pool at St. Andrews State park but she was not completely certain that the water was safe. Clean up crews near the area also had her nervous.
"It didn't look like oil but it could have been anything," Prater said. She added that the oil may not be as bad as the litter left behind by some beach goers.
For Steve Carter, a 44-year-old Tallahassee resident, the oil threat was not enough to keep him away from an-other of his frequent visits to the beach.
"None of that stuff scared me at all," he said.
Carter's attitude may not have been the prevailing one this summer. The July bed tax numbers, one of the primary indicators of tourism on Panama City Beach, were down by nearly 15 percent. Despite that grim news, which came out on Friday, business owners had a reason to celebrate as they headed into Labor Day weekend.
Perfect weather, three sporting events and "pent up demand" seemed to signal a large crowd was headed to Bay County. Several local hotel owners reported that they were completely booked for the weekend.
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Earlier this month, Gov. Sonny Perdue led Georgia power brokers on a field trip to Dallas, Texas. He was joined, among others, by representatives of local planning agencies, the state Transportation Board and the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.
Their mission: to figure out how Georgia could solve the transportation mess that's made Atlanta a poster child of gridlock at a time the state finds its budget $1.6 billion in the hole.
In addition to rides on the city's flashy commuter rail, the dignitaries witnessed the fruit of another increasingly popular – but controversial – idea. The Dallas trip – along with one the governor's scheduled to Spain in early October – has the Capitol buzzing with talk that he may seriously be considering that idea: a privately owned toll road.
Road privatization is a cause celebre for free-market idealists who argue everything government can do, private enterprise can do better. Private roads have long been common in Asia and Europe, and are gaining traction in the United States.
In such a deal, a private company pays the state – sometimes billions of dollars – to take control of an existing road or to build a new one in a congested area. The company agrees to maintain the road, often for as long as 99 years. In exchange, it reaps the revenue from drivers, and in many cases, sets the tolls.
"There certainly is a trend toward more [of these projects] as more states are desperate for money," says Phineas Baxandall of the D.C.-based Public Interest Research Group. "Gas taxes are stagnating while construction costs increase. And it's a well-funded industry, which sees this as a way to have more diversified and reliable investments. Because even if the stock market crashes, people will still drive and pay tolls."
PIRG has questioned privatization's merits, saying the arrangement usurps local transportation planning, commits the state to depending on one road for a long time, and addresses long-term budgeting problems with "short-term budget gimmicks."
Indiana, Pennsylvania and Chicago all have jumped on board the privatization express, often to heady paydays, much controversy and a lot of uncertainty.
In 2006, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels floated the idea of leasing Interstate 69, from Fort Wayne to Evansville, to two companies well-versed in operating private toll roads: Spain-based Cintra and Australia-based Macquarie Infrastructure Group. The payout to the state? $4.8 billion. The length of the lease? Seventy-five years. Estimated revenue for the two companies? $11 billion – a figure critics say could've been raised by the state's own toll authority rather than sent overseas.
In 2003, the Georgia General Assembly passed legislation that would allow similar projects, which the bill defined as "public-private partnerships." Financiers and road builders quickly offered to add toll lanes along woefully congested interstates 75 and 575, but none of those plans have come to fruition. In 2004, the state fielded proposals from three firms to convert Ga. 316 between Lawrenceville and Athens into a toll road that would have charged drivers 12 cents per mile. Residents and business along the route successfully fought the plan, saying it would harm commerce and isolate towns – as well as force them to pay a second time for a road their fuel taxes already funded.
The fine print of privatization contracts usually includes noncompete clauses, dictating for example that a government can't build another road or transit system nearby to compete with the toll road. Georgia Motor Trucking Association lobbyist Ed Crowell says some lawyers in Indiana have opined that merely resurfacing a nearby road could be considered "competition."
And with Georgia's newfound focus on rail projects – the "Brain Train" commuter rail, the Beltline, a high-speed line to Chattanooga – the state could find itself in a similar spot to Indiana's should it not vet the contract.
"We have the South Shore rail line that goes to South Bend," says Grant Smith of the Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana, a group that fought private roads. "What happens if [Indiana] wants to increase capacity for passenger rail traffic? You can't. And if it diminishes traffic on the toll road, the taxpayers end up paying for any 'damages' there might be. We're essentially stuck with a mid-20th-century transportation system for 75 years. It makes no sense at all."
The trucking association and its national parent have been unlikely allies of transit advocates and public-interest groups in arguing that the deals could potentially create monopolies for private entities that force drivers into using a single road.
"It's one of those things that seems attractive but there's a whole lot of devils in the details when you put it together," Crowell says, stressing that he's a free-market advocate. "And unless you can bring in the idea of good, strong competition – and I won't profess to tell you how to do that – then I'm more comfortable of the idea that it's a government-produced product that the rest of us pay for at cost, as opposed to something that turns profit for a private entity."
That's not to mention that should the companies go bust, as recent events on Wall Street have shown can happen, the taxpayers might be bequeathed with another asphalt artery they must maintain.
A recent report by PIRG tells horror stories of governments rescuing failed projects, misnegotiated deals and bankruptcies. California had to buy out the remainder of a lease on a privatized road because the no-compete clause barred nearby road expansions and transit .
After initial fears that the 2003 legislation would lead to a feeding frenzy of tollways, Georgia seems to be taking its time. Baxandall and Crowell applauded DOT Commissioner Gena Evans, who shelved privatization proposals when she took the job, saying the contracts require a trained eye and careful deliberation.
"It shouldn't be short-term expediency just to make the budget," Baxandall says. "Especially when you're talking about 75- or 99-year leases. The fact that she was willing to talk about scrapping some of these deals – that took some guts."
Next week, though, Perdue heads to Spain. Along with economic-development officials, DOT board members and the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority's executive director, he's scheduled to conduct a fact-finding mission – apparently about transportation – although officials have been sketchy so far about the agenda.
Calls to DOT, GRTA and the governor's office were referred to the Department of Economic Development, which in turn said scheduling was in the works. But sources familiar with the trip say a jaunt to Spain is likely to include a sit-down with Cintra, one of the world's leading private road companies.
When asked if a meeting with Cintra was on the agenda, a Department of Economic Development spokeswoman said logistics were still being decided.
Perhaps the governor's simply interested in privatizing a single lane. Maybe a new highway. Maybe something better.
"Hopefully the governor's there to look at all the high-speed rail that's there," Baxandall says with a chuckle. "And trying to make a case for the Birmingham-Atlanta-Washington, D.C. line."


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- A good SEO has both business / marketing skills and technical skills. SEO inherently involves an understanding of the technical details of a site's implementation, but it's also a marketing activity. Quality SEOs know that they are only a component of the marketing picture for a web site, and they understand that there are compromises that will be made from time to time due to other aspects of the client's needs.
- Make sure your SEO in training has an entrepreneurial personality. SEOs are always going to be ask to deal with a wide variety of different problems, and need to be flexible and adaptable.
- Pick an initial area of focus. There are hundreds of things to learn in the SEO field. Don't bury the person at the start. Let them focus on and master a specific area.
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PHILADELPHIA -- Trying to figure out what it's like to be in the middle of a life-and-death playoff push is like stepping into the middle of an animated conversation. You're not quite sure when the conversation started, you're not sure when it will end or how, but it sure is fun listening in.
And so it was over Easter weekend in Philadelphia as the Flyers continued their desperate bid to hang on to a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
Before the Flyers take the ice at Wachovia Center for a final practice in preparation for their Friday -- and we will refrain from introducing the tired descriptors "pivotal" or "crucial" -- tilt here against the New York Rangers, it is team picture time.
The picture will tell less of a story than the machinations involved in getting the people in it together. Simon Gagne is there in uniform, even though his season is over thanks to recurring concussion problems. Derian Hatcher has to be virtually carried out to the bleachers and chairs set up at center ice thanks to his fractured tibia. R.J. Umberger is there, too, but that's as close as he'll get to action for some time with a sprained MCL.
The Flyers represent an interesting dynamic as the regular season winds down. You don't know whether to praise them, pity them or throw them under the bus.
Last season, they were playing out the string, wrapping up a franchise-worst finish -- dead last in the NHL. But a few short weeks ago, they were in first place in the Atlantic Division with designs on top spot in the Eastern Conference. Now? With eight games to go, the battered Flyers are trying to look out the front windshield, but can't help but look in the rearview mirror knowing Buffalo, Washington, Florida and even Toronto are closer than they appear.
"Try living it," Mike Knuble quips when it's suggested the season has been a bit of a roller coaster.
The night before, Knuble was watching hockey with his 7-year-old son and flipping between games. Washington was losing to Chicago (that's good), Buffalo was getting thumped by Tampa Bay (good, good) and the Rangers were losing late to New Jersey (good again).
By the time Knuble came back from putting his kids to bed, the Rangers were en route to a shootout victory over the Devils and the Sabres had erased a 4-1 deficit to cruise to a victory over Tampa.
"I thought it was a mistake," Knuble said.
The 35-year-old Knuble has seen the best and worst at this time of year. He was a young pup when he first broke into the NHL with Detroit and saw the Red Wings win back-to-back Stanley Cups in 1997 and 1998. He then spent time with the Rangers and Bruins before landing in Philly after the lockout.
He will have none of the "but look at where this team was a year ago" talk.
"This year, it's been about squandering opportunities," he said. "You think about the opportunities that you've left behind. But, we're still where we are."
Where the Flyers are can best be described as precarious, especially given that they went 10 games without a victory in February and have one win in their past five games, but they nonetheless control their destiny.
Friday morning
The Flyers are having their game-day skate at their practice facility in Voorhees, N.J., so the Rangers hit the Wachovia Center ice early. The Rangers represent the opposite side of this playoff-push coin.
Where the Flyers have stumbled, the Rangers have put aside early-season woes to re-establish themselves as an Eastern Conference force.
They have clinched nothing -- as of Friday afternoon, no team in the conference had secured a playoff berth with the end of the regular season just over two weeks away -- but the Rangers are looking ahead with an eye on a division title and a top playoff seed. With eight games to play, the sixth-place Rangers are just five points out of the conference lead.
"It's a very dynamic schedule. It's a very dynamic league," said Rangers coach Tom Renney, who admits to flicking from game to game on off nights, if only briefly.
Most of the players have headed back to the hotel when netminder Henrik Lundqvist comes off the ice. Paul Mara, Jason Strudwick and Petr Prucha are still churning around the rink. None will be in the lineup that night. In the dressing room, netminding coach Benoit Allaire gives Lundqvist a friendly tap on the pads.
Although Lundqvist has played a significant role in the team's turnaround -- he is 10-2-2 with one no-decision in his past 15 appearances -- he won't be playing tonight as Stephen Valiquette will get a chance to continue his mastery over the Flyers.
Lundqvist admitted there are days when he finds himself wondering what will happen and whom the Rangers might play.
"You have days when you think about what's coming up. You definitely get excited," he said. "You definitely have moments when you see yourself playing in the playoffs and that makes you more excited.
"You can feel that something big is coming close."
Friday night
Daniel Briere's three boys -- all carbon copies of their dad right down to the No. 48 Flyers jerseys they're all sporting -- huddle in a corner of the Flyers dressing room and watch as reporters surround their father to ask him about his two-goal performance in a wild and woolly 4-3 shootout victory over the Rangers. As the scrum continues, Cameron, the youngest at 6 and sporting a nice Mohawk courtesy of his mom, sneaks out to give netminder Martin Biron a hand slap as the Flyers netminder heads out.
There is a jovial mood in the locker room, complete with what appears to be a horde of players' children in attendance, illustrating the fine line that separates hope from despair.
After the Flyers built a 2-0 lead through a mostly desultory two-plus periods, Biron allowed three goals on nine shots in the third, including a bit of a whiff on a Marek Malik wrist shot, to make the game wildly exciting.
Even after Briere scored his second of the night with less than four minutes to go to restore a 3-2 lead, Biron could not close the door and Jaromir Jagr scored after a stretch in which the Flyers looked like orange pylons in their own zone. But in the shootout, Biron forced Brendan Shanahan to miss the net on a backhand and stoned shootout specialist Nigel Dawes to seal the victory.
"I know it's not the way you want to finish a hockey game," Flyers coach John Stevens said. "You want to hold the lead."
So, there are low fives and a feeling of not just escaping what would have been a crippling loss, but maybe turning some sort of corner.
Meanwhile, in a hallway, Flyers defenseman Kimmo Timonen is standing in dress clothes minus a sock and shoe on a tender right foot. He missed part of the win over the Rangers, but is expected back in the lineup for Sunday's game against the Islanders.
The Rangers are gone, hoping Scott Gomez's "upper-body injury" sustained during Friday's game isn't all that serious.
The Flyers, meanwhile, have canceled a regularly scheduled practice. Instead, players work out and take care of their various bumps and bruises. Near the team's shower area, there is a board showing the updated NHL standings. This morning, the Flyers find themselves in seventh place, one point ahead of No. 8 Boston. Below is a notice that today is drug-testing day.
"Don't Pee Until Your Test," a note instructs.
Again, there are kids everywhere, many pulling on gear and heading to the ice. Out goes GM Paul Holmgren and his daughter for a little shinny.
Timonen walks with both shoes on -- a good sign for Sunday's matchup. Stevens stops to chat with him in the hallway.
There has been a significant amount of discussion about whether Stevens will have a job if the Flyers don't make the playoffs. It seems patently unfair given the team finished with a franchise-worst 56 points last season, when Stevens took over for Ken Hitchcock early in the campaign. The Flyers have already eclipsed that mark by 28 points, but the team's recent losing streak has eroded some of the confidence in Stevens, at least in the arena of public perception.
Stevens, a career minor league defenseman, coached the Flyers' AHL affiliate for six seasons and won a Calder Cup. Quiet and cautious -- at least in his dealings with the media -- Stevens is a stark contrast from Hitchcock, one of the game's great raconteurs. It isn't a knock against Stevens, but the comparisons are inevitable in a city that has not seen a Stanley Cup parade since 1975.
"It kind of goes with the territory," he told ESPN.com. "It doesn't change what I do. It takes time to build something."
The coach pointed to Friday's game. Some would see blowing a two-goal lead in the third to force a shootout as a failure, but Stevens said he was impressed with how his team didn't crack.
"There were a lot of positives," he said. "And there's been a lot of positives in our season."
But will that be enough for Stevens to keep his job?
"It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown" plays on the scoreboard over center ice as fans slowly make their way into the Wachovia Center.
Not only is it a holiday, but it's a game against the New York Islanders, a team that has slipped beneath the playoff surface in recent weeks after hanging in the race far longer than observers had expected. There is little of the buzz that preceded Friday's game versus the Rangers.
While the Flyers are desperate to display some consistency, this is a game that has "booby trap" written all over it. They're expected to win, yet, if they lose, it would undo all of the good done in their shootout win Friday. The injury-depleted Islanders, however, are coming off a surprising 3-1 win over division-rival New Jersey and cannot be overlooked.
The Flyers handle the Islanders like a playoff-bound team should, scoring three times on the power play and cruising to a 4-1 victory.
Beyond the two points that put the Flyers back into seventh place with a one-point edge over Boston, the game reveals a couple of significant signposts.
Biron does not allow the soft goal that has been a disconcerting part of his repertoire this season; he makes a number of key stops, including a dandy glove save off Bryan Berard on an Islanders power play. In the third, Biron denies Josef Vasicek in close, prompting a short chorus of "Marty, Marty, Marty" from the Wachovia faithful.
Biron said he has heard his name chanted in Philadelphia before, but always derisively when he was wearing an opposing jersey. Tonight, he said, the chanting left him a little speechless.
The slender netminder wears what appears to be 10 pounds of clear plastic tape wrapped around his ankles and legs. After the game, as Biron vigorously unwraps the tape, Briere looks up from his scrum.
After scoring again and adding two assists, all on the power play, Briere grins as he asks Biron to tone it down. "We can't hear ourselves think," he said.
The tape tearing only grows louder as Biron tries to annoy his good friend.
Briere's boys are again by his side as he addresses reporters. Cameron is sans Mohawk and reaches to give his dad a big hug as he answers questions. After an emotional win against the Rangers and a big road trip coming up, Briere admitted he was worried there might be a letdown versus the Isles.
Another positive in the Islanders game was Braydon Coburn scoring a power-play goal to give the Flyers a 2-0 lead late in the second period. That it was Coburn scoring reaffirms that he looms as a key figure for the Flyers this spring. With Hatcher out at least through part of the first round and maybe for the rest of the season, Coburn will have to shoulder an even greater load in terms of ice time and responsibility.
The talk has already turned to the importance of this week's three-game road trip that will see the Flyers in New York, New Jersey and Long Island.
"No question these points this weekend we head on the road are important," Stevens said. "[But] the pressure doesn't go away. The pack's still there."
Scott Burnside is the NHL writer for ESPN.com.


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Wireless transmitter in Montpelier silenced after delay
MONTPELIER City officials say the controversial pump station transmitter on Hebert Road was removed Wednesday, a month after it was expected to be replaced by a hard-wired system.
Public Works Director Todd Law said Wednesday the removal was delayed because the hard-wired system was having problems communicating with the rest of the wastewater system.
There were complications that nobody anticipated, Law said. We could see that (the information) was being received at the wastewater plant, and it couldnt get into the data system.
The monitor would alert the city if the pump station failed, causing raw sewage to overflow.
The City Council voted in October to remove the antenna, and officials had previously said it would be replaced by Nov. 2.
The issues with the transmitter started in May. Resident Lara Merchant told the council that the antenna next to her property was causing her and her 7-year-old daughter symptoms such as fatigue, trouble breathing, irritability and insomnia.
The council voted in May to create a task force to look into the matter. Councilor Tom Golonka, who was a member of the task force, reported back in October saying the task force had reached an impasse on how to proceed.
After much discussion at an October meeting, the council voted to shut the transmitter down. Some councilors, such as Golonka and Thierry Guerlain, were worried that taking that step without any proof of the antenna causing health problems could set a precedent for other residents to come forward with issues about radio transmissions. Guerlain proposed that if they were going to shut down the radio antenna then the council should look into removing all transmitters from school buses, police cruisers and anything else that emits radio waves.
Guerlain was also concerned that Montpelier would be listed as a municipality that shut down a radio transmitter for unproven health reasons and that the city could be used as an example by others who want to push an anti-radio agenda.
Councilors Angela Timpone and Alan Weiss, whose district includes Hebert Road, argued that the council is there to accommodate citizens and if the antenna was a concern for some residents then the council should do something about it.
The antenna was one of eight wireless pump station monitors around the city. There has been no discussion about changing the other seven stations to a hard-wired system.
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Why are they doing this? According to Section of the Environmental Impact Statement, "The purpose for the proposed action is to:
achieve and maintain fleet readiness using the HRC to support and conduct current, emerging, and future training events and RDT&E training and testing events; (2) expand warfare missions [Note: anti-war activists beware!] supported by the HRC, consistent with the requirements of the FRTP and other transformation initiatives; and (3) upgrade/modernize existing range capabilities to enhance and ensure the sustainability of Navy training and testing. The Proposed Action is needed to provide combat capable forces ready to deploy worldwide"...
For those wondering about radioactivity? I found mention of the words "radioactive materials" four times within Volume 3. One gets the feeling that, as usual, in its military "test" sites, Uncle Sam's not planning on just shooting blanks!
The adverse impact on whales, other marine wildlife, the air, and ocean is unfathomable. I will allow you to imagine what effects these weapons will have upon the environment and wildlife, and also, sadly, upon the health of the Hawaiian people.
Can we possibly get enough international outrage going within four (4) days to stop the Navy from getting away with this expansion that appears in only 2 (!) articles from Hawaii newspapers in a Google news search? The link to one of the article links is below. The other is filled with falsehoods (i.e, how great weapons testing is for whales) and is thus omitted. As you will soon discover for yourself, the Environmental Impact Statement for the Hawaii Range Complex is already filled with enough deception for one night's reading.
Can we do this? Or better put, how can we NOT do this? Can we stop the US military from further ruining the waters and marine wildlife around
America's Hawaiian Paradise? Admittedly, it's a long shot. But isn't saving Hawaii and the Pacific Ocean worth a try?
To submit a public comment online by September 17:
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Entire Environmental Impact Statement:
Executive Summary of Environmental Impact Statement:
A good article with a description of some of the actions:
TGI Articles #12 Navy Plans
Media article: "No aloha for sonar plan found at Maui hearing"
By HARRY EAGAR, Staff Writer
Thank you for taking just 5 minutes to write a short note stating that you do not support any military expansion in the Hawaii Range Complex, that you reject both Alternatives 1 and 2, and that you insist instead that our government protects and defends Hawaii (its land, its ocean, its wildlife, and its people) from further harm and degradation.
After you write, please pass this article around to everyone you know. After all, isn't saving our Hawaiian Paradise, our oceans, and our marine wildlife worth just a few minutes of our time?
Mahalo, as the Hawaiian Islanders say! Thanks!


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Apparently the new sex robots (Roxxxy) are now equipped with downloadable personalities. I have now made it my goal in life to go work for the company that produces these robots to write the programs for the personalities.
You have to figure anyone buying a sex robot has some serious personal issues and may or may not be one misstep away from ending it all. With the sex robot I would see if I could push them over the edge. How fun would it be to write the most heinous and negative shit, then making it the default personality?
Imagine turning it on for the first time and hear, "Thanks for activating me, I'm happy to be the first pseudo woman you have ever turned on."
From there the robot goes into a mode complimenting you so you think that first insult was just a glitch or that you heard it wrong. Then as soon as you slide in your man meat you hear, "Hey thumb dick… is it in yet?'
Before you pull out the super kegel feature activates trapping you inside the robot and then the hits just keep coming.
"What were hookers even rejecting you?"
"You do have a face that only a mother can love, a blind mother that is."
"You couldn't bathe for me?"
"Can you please shut my eyelids, I am traumatized."
"Thank God I have an erase feature to clear my memory, I am going to need this after you."
Actually we could just sub contract out to Don Rickles and have about 4000 insults in minutes. (He is still alive right?) The possibilities are endless.
So how do I get this job?


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Find $\cos(x+y)$ if $\sin(x)+\sin(y)= a$ and $\cos(x)+\cos(y)= b$.
Square and add the two to get $$2 + 2 \cos(x-y) = a^2 + b^2$$ $$2 \cos(x-y) = a^2 + b^2 - 2 $$ Square and subtract the two to get $$\cos(2x) + 2 \cos(x+y) + \cos(2y) = b^2 - a^2$$
Now, $$\cos(2x) + \cos(2y) = 2 \cos(x+y) \cos(x-y) = \cos(x+y) (a^2+b^2-2)$$
Hence, we get $$\cos(x+y) (a^2 + b^2) = b^2 - a^2$$ Hence, $$\cos(x+y) = \frac{b^2-a^2}{b^2+a^2}$$
The following identities should help you: $$ \tan \bigg(\frac{{x + y}}{2}\bigg) = \frac{{\sin x + \sin y}}{{\cos x + \cos y}} $$ and $$ \tan \bigg(\frac{{x + y}}{2}\bigg) = \pm \sqrt {\frac{{1 - \cos (x + y)}}{{1 + \cos (x + y)}}} . $$
If you know the identities $$\displaylines{\sin x+\sin y=2\sin{x+y\over2}\cos{x-y\over2}\cr\cos x+\cos y=2\cos{x+y\over2}\cos{x-y\over2}\cr\tan2A={2\tan A\over1-\tan^2A}\cr}$$ then dividing the first one by the second one you get $$\tan{x+y\over2}={a\over b}$$ whence the third one gives $$\tan(x+y)={2(a/b)\over1-(a/b)^2}$$ Now looking at a right triangle shows that if $\tan B=u/v$ then $\cos B=v/\sqrt{u^2+v^2}$, so with a little algebra you get $$\cos(x+y)={1-(a/b)^2\over1+(a/b)^2}={b^2-a^2\over b^2+a^2}$$
If you don't know those first two identities, they come from the identities for $\sin(r\pm s)$ and $\cos(r\pm s)$.
An approach using complex numbers/geometry:
If $c = b + ia$, and if $z = \cos x + i \sin x$ and $z_1 = c - z = \cos y + i \sin y$, you are looking at the real part of $w = \cos(x+y) + i \sin (x+y) = zz_1 = z(c-z)$ with the restriction that $|z| = 1$ and $|z_1| = |c - z| = 1$.
Now the points satisfying $|z| = 1$ and $|c-z| = 1$ are given by the intersection of two unit circles: one centered at the origin and the other at $c$.
Thus $w = z(c-z)$ is a constant dependent only on $c$: it is the product of the two intersection points and can be computed easily as follows:
Each point of intersection can be written as $\dfrac{c}{2} \pm d$, where $d$ is perpendicular to $c$ (Why?) i.e. $d = kic$ for some real constant $k$. (Why?) (It might help to draw a figure here).
Thus the product of points of intersection is $w = (\dfrac{c}{2} + d)(\dfrac{c}{2} - d) =\dfrac{c^2}{4} + k^2 c^2$.
This implies that $w$ is a multiple of $c^2$ and the argument of $w$ is twice that of $c$. Since $|w| = 1$, $w$ can be computed easily without having to worry about $k$.
We get $w = \cos 2 \alpha + i \sin 2 \alpha$ where $\alpha = \tan^{-1}(\frac{a}{b})$.
PS: We find that $|c|^2(1/4 + k^2) = 1$ and hence $d = (\sqrt{\frac{1}{|c|} - \frac{1}{4}})\ i c$ and so we can easily solve the given system of equations: i.e. find $\cos x, \cos y, \sin x, \sin y$


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Robert Gordon Watts, Sr.
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Robert Gordon "Bob" Watts Sr. 85, of Port Charlotte, Fla., formerly of King George County and Fredericksburg, died Sunday, March 24, 2013, in Port Charlotte.
He was born May 9, 1927, in Port Royal to the late Charlie and Virginia Watts. He served honorably during World War II in the U.S. Navy,
and continued his service with the U.S. government for 27 years.
He retired to southwest Florida with his wife, Anne, who preceded him in death in December 2007. He was also preceded in death by his daughter, Anne Watts Hart, in September 2012.
He was a long standing member of the American Legion, the Elks Lodge, the Moose Lodge and the VFW of Port Charlotte.
He is survived by his son, Robert G. Watts Jr. (Kelly), of Port Charlotte; his sister, Virginia Upshaw of Gether; grandsons; and several nieces and nephews.
A graveside service with Navy honors was conducted Saturday, March 30, at Charlotte Memorial Cemetery, Punta Gorda, FL, with the American Legion chaplain officiating.
Donations may be made in Robert's memory to American Legion Post 110, 3152 Harbor Blvd., Port Charlotte, FL.
Charlotte Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.