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DPSCS Announces Statewide Community Escape Notification System
During a press conference in Hagerstown, MD on October 28, 2009 DPSCS unveiled a comprehensive community escape notification system that allows people living near correctional facilities operated by DPSCS to receive automatic e-mail, phone, or text message alerts in the event of an escape.
"This is an outstanding and comprehensive way to notify the community," says corrections Commissioner J. Michael Stouffer. "Given the technological advances we have made in recent years, it's much better than a siren or whistle notification system, and reaches far more people potentially."
A demo of the new system at Wednesday's press conference illustrated the ease of use and speed of notification. Within minutes of recording and activating a test notification, the phones, computers and cell phones were all buzzing with sample details of a mock escapee. Commissioner Stouffer also reiterated that this system could help the Division and Law Enforcement by directing citizens where to call should they have tips about the whereabouts of the escapee.
DPSCS recognizes the need to be a "good neighbor" to those who live near its correctional facilities, and under Secretary Gary Maynard has reached out broadly to do so. Two years ago, the Division of Correction changed its inmate release policy, releasing inmates only in the regions where their approved home plans are effective. Secretary Maynard has also dramatically increased the number of community projects in towns and cities all across Maryland. From Williamsport to Federalsburg, cities and towns are getting projects done thanks to inmate Public Safety Works crews that would otherwise not be accomplished due to budget or manpower issues.
It should be noted that over-the-fence escapes are extremely rare. The Garcia-Ramos escape from MCI-H in early 2009 is the only such event to happen from a DPSCS medium- or maximum-security facility in the past six years. Following that escape, the Division began a thorough search for technology that could better alert the community in such instances. Currently, the Department uses a siren system and other forms of notification in various regions of the state, and those systems also remain in place for now.
The system was purchased in March by corrections from Avtex, Inc., a Minnesota-based company that has been developing community notification systems since the 1970s. Known as City Watch Online Notification System, the program is currently used across the country by law enforcement, local governments, and colleges and universities. It allows people to register online to receive emergency alert notifications on their cell phones, via email, or in the form of a text message. The new DPSCS application will allow people anywhere in the five-state region (Del., Md., Pa., WV, and Va.) to sign-up for the alerts. The system cost for DPSCS includes a $7,500 yearly service fee. There are no additional fees to the Department for email and text messaging, but there is a .09 cent per minute charge after 10,000 allotted minutes per year.
The new system will alert people by region, sending a message to those who have signed up. It will be activated by top executive staff in corrections, and will also cover all non-correctional facilities operated by DPSCS, including Patuxent Institution in Jessup and the pretrial facilities in Baltimore operated by the Division of Pretrial Detention and Services.
Each notification will include available information regarding the offender and location of escape, as well as directions to contact local authorities should you come in contact with this person. Everyone will be reminded to follow local media outlets for more information. In the event of an escape, the text messages and email notifications are sent to users in a few seconds. The phone calls take a little longer. The vendor has 300 lines used for processing all their customer's events. If DPSCS is the only customer sending out an event notification, then the company can send 15,000 calls per hour for calls lasting 30 seconds.
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Testimony from freshwater ecologist David Strayer on the negative effects of invasive plants and animals and the critical need for legislation to control the spread of destructive species.
At the heart of the Grand Canyon is the river that helped to carve it.
Strange things are happening at the top of the Earth. Each summer, the Arctic Ocean, which is normally blanketed in floating sea ice, is losing more and more of its ice cover.
The Lower Hudson Valley has long been considered the epicenter for Lyme disease in New York state. As a result, most Dutchess County residents are well acquainted with the disease.
Early warning signs help you prepare for, and hopefully prevent, the worst case scenario.
The Cary Institute seeks to alert the Hudson Valley community to the environmental problems facing society.
Our economic system exists in an unhealthy marriage with fossil fuels — coal, oil, and natural gas.
The Science and Management Forum series has been well received by its target audience.
The Cary Institute hosted the 13th Cary Conference, "Linking Ecology and Ethics for a Changing World: Values, Philosophy, and Action."
In May 2011, writer Akiko Busch was the Institute's inaugural writer-in-residence.
Cary Institute educators immersed 5th grade students from Poughkeepsie's G.W. Krieger Elementary School in hands-on ecology inquiry.
Summer is an excellent time to explore the Cary Institute's trail system.
The spring, the Cary Institute organized an intimate exploration of Peru's Upper Amazon.
EcoDiscovery Day was held on Sunday, May 22, 2011.
Frances Beinecke, President of the Natural Resources Defense Council, gave the second annual Ned Ames Honorary Lecture.
On July 8, 2011 the Cary Institute hosted a forum for undergraduate and graduate students.
There is irrefutable evidence that global climate is changing at an unprecedented rate, and most of the worthwhile debate is now focused on what we should do to mitigate the effects.
Several members of Congress and presidential hopefuls have proposed rolling back the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to regulate with the Clean Air and Clean Water acts as a solution to our woes.
Scientists are now realizing that animal and human activities during winter play a critical role in the persistence of West Nile virus.
Private hunting preserves in New York release wild boars for "trophy hunters" to shoot. This benefits only a tiny population of hunters and the game preserves, while presenting serious risks to the public.
What does new science tell us about the risks to drinking water?
New research is providing some of the first scientific evidence that a controversial gas drilling technique can contaminate drinking water.
By closely monitoring the conditions of a remote lake, researchers have found that environmental collapse shares characteristics of the early warnings of collapse in human health and the economy.
One of the best-known bits of folk wisdom about invasive species is that they settle down after a while to become part of a rebalanced ecosystem, and stop being a problem. This is an appealing idea, but how often is it true?
During the spring and summer, Dr. Ken Schmidt, an avian behavioral ecologist from Texas Tech University, investigates bird life on the Cary Institute's 2,000-acre campus.
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Privileged to feature a guest post from my friend P. Andrew Sandlin, founder and President of the Center for Cultural Leadership with whom I serve as Junior Scholar of Cultural Theology and Director of Development. God is not a nice God.There are many lessons we can learn from Samuel's farewell address in I Samuel 12, but the most weighty lesson is God's faithfulness, not ours. Our faithfulness is possible only because of God's: "I ... plead with you before the LORD concerning all the r … [Read more...]
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Luyu Moth
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Wing flutter (constant); vocalizations (on-click)
I found this pet at 49,37 (The Deepwild west of Ruinds of Dojan) Krasarang Wilds during rain event.
Still in the acquisition phase of most the more powerful/useful pets throughout Azeroth. My question in particular to this Luyu Moth is why is it such a favorite?
Moveset is the same to most moths, aside from its 8/18 Breed ID I cannot see any distinguishing features that sets it apart.
P.S. Seeing this pet on a lot of listings. Yellow Moth packs more punch...
Found mine in the Cradle of Chi-ji, it's a common accompanied by Feverbite Hatchlings. Happy hunting/battling!
idd i also captured this one as a secondairy pet, and its a rare! lucky me, because its a very usefull one :p
Found this pet as rare secondary pet when battling Jungle Grub in Krasarang Wilds.
I have seen this pet as the first one you have to fly around to some islands and you'll see it. I haven't seen this pet in rare form however. I've killed many pets in Krasarang wilds and there aren't many rares of anything. No jungle grub, no Luyu Moth, no Mei Li Sparkler.... where are the rares!
I have only found this pet as an add that came with another pet.


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A Joshua Tree man who was injured in a Palm Springs truck crash in February died of his injuries Tuesday.
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Miley Cyrus is making her return to music with the help of an interesting partner - rapper Snoop Dogg. The singer is featured on his new track, called "Ashtrays and Heartbreaks."
Major Lazer's Diplo, who produced the track, debuted it on Soundcloud on Wednesday. Miley tweeted her fans the link, promising that her new music is "coming soon," and offering up "Ashtrays and Heartbreaks" to tide them over.
She dropped the news last week while on Ryan Seacrest's radio show, where she also said the unlikely collaboration "just happened." The song will be featured on Snoop's new album, "Reincarnated" due out on April 23rd.
Miley has also said that the rapper will appear on an upcoming single of her own. A handful of hip-hop artists, include Pharrell Williams, Mac Miller and Tyler the Creator are also linked to Miley's new album.
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I. Why So Many Versions?
"Breaking up is hard to do," as the song goes. Ma Bell did it--creating a glut of long distance companies almost as numerous as brands of deodorant.
The Bible did it, too. Before the year 1881 you could read any version you wanted--as long as it was the King James Version. But since 1881, scores of new translations have been printed.
How did the King James get dethroned? Which translation is best today? Are any of the modern translations really faithful to the original? These are some of the questions we'll be looking at in this essay. But initially, we'd just like to get a bird?s eye view. We simply want an answer to the question, "Why are there so many versions of the Bible?"
There are three basic influences which have given birth to a multitude of translations.
First, in 1881 two British scholars published a Greek New Testament which was based on the most ancient manuscripts then available. This text, by Brook Foss Westcott and Fenton John Anthony Hort, made several notable departures from the Greek text which King James translators used. For the most part, the Westcott-Hort text was a shorter New Testament. That's because the older manuscripts (MSS) which they used did not contain passages such as the longer ending of Mark's gospel or the story of the women caught in adultery. The Greek MSS which the King James translators followed included these and many other passages.
At the same time the Westcott-Hort text made its debut, the English Revised Version of the New Testament appeared. A new era was born in which translations of the New Testament now used the few ancient Greek MSS rather than the many later ones.
Second, since 1895 many archeological and manuscript discoveries have been made which have which have pronounced judgment on some of the renderings found in the King James. The single most important discovery was that of the Egyptian papyri. In 1895, Adolf Deissmann published a volume, given the unassuming title, Bible Studies (Bibelstudien), which revolutionized NT scholarship. Deissmann discovered that ancient papyrus scraps, buried in Egyptian garbage dumps some 2,000 years ago, contained Greek which was quite similar to the Greek of the NT. He concluded that the Greek of the NT was written in the common language of the day. It was not the dialect which only the most elite could understand. Since Deissmann's discovery, translators have endeavored to put the NT into language the average person could comprehend--just as it was originally intended. Not only that but the papyri have helped us to understand many words--words which were only guessed at by King James translators.
Finally, there have been philosophical influences. That is, the theory of translation is being revamped today. Missionaries have made a significant contribution toward this end--because they are eager to see a particular tribe read the Bible in its own language.
These three differences--textual, informational, philosophical--have been the parents of a new generation of Bible translations. But are these translations any good? Are they any better than the King James?
For the rest of the essay, we will examine each of these influences and then, finally, try to see which translation is best.
II. The Text of Modern Translations
Where have all the verses gone? The modern translations seem to have cut out many of the most precious lines of Scripture. They end Mark's gospel at the 8th verse of chapter 16; they omit the reference of the angel of the Lord stirring the waters at the pool of Bethesda (verse 4 of John 5); and, most notably, they excise the story of the woman caught in adultery in John 8.
Besides omissions, these modern versions make significant changes in the text. For example, in I Timothy 3:16, the King James reads, "God was manifest in the flesh," but most modern translations read, "He was manifest in the flesh." In Revelation 22:19 the King James speaks of the "book of life" while virtually all modern versions speak of the "tree of life." Altogether, there are hundreds of textual changes between the King James and modern translations.
In this brief essay we cannot determine who is right. But we can make a few observations.
First, the textual changes in the modern translations affect no major doctrine. The deity of Christ, virgin birth, salvation by grace alone--and all the rest--are still intact. Though certain passages are omitted or changed, the doctrines are not. There are evangelicals who prefer the King James and there are some evangelicals who prefer the modern translations.
Second, the textual changes in these modern translations are based on the most ancient MSS of the Greek NT. These MSS date from early in the second century A.D. But the Greek texts behind the King James belong to a group of MSS--called the Byzantine text--which are much more recent. On the other hand, although these MSS are more recent, they comprise at least 80% of the 5000+ MSS of the NT that we presently have. It is theoretically possible that, at times, these MSS point to an early tradition as well.
Third, the King James NT did not always follow the majority of MSS. Actually, the Greek text behind the King James was based on only about half a dozen MSS. Now it just so happened that these MSS belonged to the Byzantine text. But on a few occasions there were gaps. And the compiler (a man named Erasmus) had to fill in those gaps by translating the Latin NT back into Greek. There are, therefore, some readings in the King James--such as 'book of life' in Rev 22:19 or the wording of I John 5:7-8, which are not found either in the majority of MSS or the most ancient MSS. No serious student of the Bible would call them original (though many popular Bible teachers do).
Fourth, the charge that the more ancient MSS or the men who embrace them are unorthodox is a faulty charge. It is true that in certain places the ancient MSS do not explicitly affirm the deity of Christ--such as in I Tim 3:16. But neither do they deny it! Besides this, in some passages these ancient MSS make Christ's deity explicit where the King James does not! In John 1:18, the modern versions read "the unique one, God" while the King James has "the only begotten Son." Futhermore, the majority of evangelical scholars embrace this critical text. Even the men who edited the New Scofield Reference Bible of the King James Version personally favor the critical text!
Fifth, at the same time, there are some scholars today who are strong advocates of the Byzantine text--most notably, Zane Hodges and Arthur Farstad. Together they edited The Greek New Testament According to the Majority Text and Dr. Farstad was also the senior editor of the New King James Bible. Thus, it is possible to be intelligent and still embrace the Byzantine text, just as it is possible to be evangelical and embrace the modern critical text. (I happen to disagree with the resultant text that Firsthad and Hodges have produced,1 but I respect their scholarship.)
Finally, we ought to quit labeling one another as heretics or idiots in the ongoing discussion. There needs to be charity on both sides. One of my college professors frequently said, "The Christian army is the only army in the world that shoots its wounded!" Unfortunately, this is especially true when it comes to translations of the Bible.
III. Deissmann and the Papyri
In1895 a German pastor by the name of Adolf Deissmann published a rather innocent-sounding volume: Bible Studies. Yet, this single volume started a revolution in NT scholarship--a revolution in which the common man was the winner.
In the 1800s Deissmann began reading ancient Greek MSS. But not the great classical authors. He was reading private letters, business transactions, receipts, marriage contracts. What were these documents? Merely scraps of papyrus (the ancient forerunner to paper) found in 2,000-year-old Egyptian garbage dumps. In these seemingly insignificant papyri, Deissmann discovered a key to uncover the NT! For these papyri contained the common Greek language of the first century A.D. They were written in the vocabulary of the NT.
What's so revolutionary about that? you ask. It is revolutionary because up until 1895, biblical scholars had no real parallels to the language of the NT. They often viewed its Greek as invented by the Holy Spirit. They called it "Holy Ghost Greek." Now it is true that the ideas--even the words--were inspired by the Holy Spirit. But it's another thing to say that the language of the NT was unusual--that its grammar and vocabulary were, in a word, unique. If this were true, only the spiritual elite could even hope to understand the NT.
Deismann's discovery burst the bubble on this view: the Greek of the NT was written in the language of the common man.
There are two implications of what Deissmann did for the Bible translations:
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The staff was very friendly particularly the cleaninging staff, as well as the staff at the morning breakfast. I found overall t was a good experience staying here. My wife and our two girls stayed there in 1981 as well and brought some good memories from the past.
The breakfast Nothing
The breakfast was pretty good and the lobby was a good space for using our laptop. The quilts were too hot the bathrooms were small the hotel is dated and needs an upgrade
hotel rooms are old and smelly, the carpet was sticky and the bathroom smelled like a mens public toilet - terrible.
value for money for families with young children. rooms are in need of renovation.
Excellant location and view, nice breakfast. Bed was too hard, not comfortable.
the reconstriction of hotel, especialy facilities old refuniture, the price very expensive
Excellent location, near all the main attractions. The rooms don't have wireless internet and the hotel itself is getting old.
The excellent view from the room and the ideal location of the hotel
Locatiom run down and old
The indoor pool is excellent The telephone in the room did not work most of the time (out of six days)
The location by the beach was nice. The room was a spacious suite.The beach was nice. The hotel is very tired and needs a renovation. The smell in the lobby and hallways of some disinfectant was horrible. The cleanliness was lacking. The dining room looks like it is from the 50s.During our stay the TV did not work and could not be fixed due to holidays.You could not get a coffee with your dinner. The surrounding area was littered and needed cleanup and sweeping.
The hotel is not 5 star. By usa standards, it is 3 star. The hallways were not air conditioned, so you step out into a Sauna in the hallway. In general, the appearance of the room was closer to 3 star than 5. Compared to other overpriced hotels in Haifa, I suppose it was still an ok deal. Service was slow to arrive when asked for.
The see and the beach Oldfashion bathroom
Only Sea View. .. Service is not good enough, including the staff competencies, bath room and breakfast restaurant were dirty, delivery of the luggage from the room to the reception (when we checked out) took around 45 minutes... and we have been obliged to go back to the room, as nobody was in charge of it. Food was not at standard 4 stars hotel level (any fruits juices , any fresh fruits, but a lot of various salty meals for a breakfast.)Any direct access to a beach (as indicated in the hotel description). Hotel needs a general service improvement and refreshment!
Staff were good The description was misleading. It's a hotel for large families on a budget. Cheap food, sparse 'east clean' rooms with old furniture.
business lounge was very good;wifi rather weak. elevators long waiing time ; staff using extensively elevators without reagrds for the guests
Apartment very confortable with look to the sea, good breakfast and a good lokation to go to all citys around. I didn't used the swimming pool and fitness instalations.
The only hotel in Haifa located right on the beach. Very quite room (may be because the hotel was quite empty during our stay, but still). Exellent sea view from the room, good breakfast, helpful stuff. Free undeground parking. Very quite area, nothing but the waves of the sea could be heard from the room at night. The hotel is rather far from the city center with restaurants, bars, tourist sites, etc. However we have had a car with us, so that did not bother us. If you are looking for true 4-stars hotel, this will not be your choice, the room was good and clean, however it definitely requires some renovation. We have stayed by a special offer - 4 nights for a price of 3, that was OK for me, the regular price of $200 per night seems a bit overpriced.
The view Poor service, low hygiene - dirty, bad & unfreshed food.
The pool is very good.
breakfast elevators
Very good room, very good breakfast, great view! Nothing, all ok
A very comfotrtable hotel with excellent views and very helpful staff.
Excellent breakfasts, very clean, great pool, amazing views. Very very small beds and rooms and few commodities in the room, considering the price.
Honestly nothing about the hotel other than location overlooking Haifa proper and the Mediteranian Stayed in rooms 1212 and 1210. Furniture old, scratched..etc. Dull hotel. Carpets looked dirty and rooms smelled bad. I think hotel reflects very poor value for money.
We enjoyed the hotel
breakfast room is very small & TV - old-fashioned
The hotel is located in good location the room was clean and the staff friendly. however the room was a simple 2 star hotel room. I was very disappointed. because for such a room the price was extremely high.
It is quiet and luxurious and designed for those having spa treatments, but with many other activities and great food.
The Spa lived up to expectations which were high. Staff are warm, smiley and polite, the location is excellent for rest and relaxation and the food is excellent
the peace and quite is incredible !!
excellent cuisine relaxing environment no
Ambiance of the hotel.I have stayed at the hotel on several previous trips to Israel and I recommended it to others. I felt hotel was overbooked for the staff it had. The Dinner hours became problematic with seating.The staff seemed to be in a hurry to clear the tables.Certainly very different form my other previous visits to the Spa.I had with me 4 other guests from Canada, who checked out early!! Too bad.
The hotel was so relaxing! Loved the treatments and all the food. The service was really good as well.
Excellent hotel, excellent spa, no kids and gourmet cooking, what more could one ask for .................
This is a great place - setting is spectacular, facilities are great, activities are varied and nicely done. The whole experience --- almost --- was amazing, and probably a good value despite the very high price (nearly $500 USD for 2 per night, full board). The food was great, nicely presented, good service for the most part, and lots of it. You will not lose weight here. There were some surprises: For one -- drink charges at the meals and lack of coffee or tea with lunch and dinner. I may be the only person in the world who likes my dessert with coffee or tea, but you can't get it here. You have to leave the restaurant and get your coffee in the lobby, one level up, after your meal. Just strange, and a bit annoying. Also, the waiters ask you what you want to drink but do not tell you that a lot of the beverages (like a simple coke or mineral water) are not included in the "full board." So, after you order, get served, and begin drinking, they come with a receipt to sign!!! When I complained, they basically said "tough luck." Strange.
In addition to all the spag treatments, the hotel is set in the middle of the Carmel Forest with a view of the seai in the distance. The outdoor pool is well heated and large with plenty of lounges and beds outside on the lawn. They recommended signing up for treatments before arrival but never answered phone and did not answer message left on machine.
i like very much the Spa the swimmingpool and the food
The hotel staff is friendly and helpful; this is a step up front usual Israeli hotel staff many of which do not understand the concept of customer service. Israeli hotels, especially outside of Tel Aviv are still grappling with this concept. Same for retail and food stores. Unfortunately, Israel is great at building things but very poor at maintaining them. The Crowne Plaza is typical was built but 15 years ago and is already starting to look shoddy around the edges. We noticed that mold is starting to appear, especially in the bathrooms, and the wood trim is beginning to rot away; Haifa can be quite humid during certain times of the year. Also, the hotels A/C is either on or off, no temperature settings other than 4 settings indicating warmer or colder; after that is just stays on blowing. Friends of ours stayed at a competing Dan hotel, but the situation is the same. They characterized it as a "tired" Hyatt.
Absolutely amazing facilities, kind staff, great location, great value for the money! I stayed in the 'unicorn room'- the one with the blue lights- and loved evey moment. The shower might just have been the best part of the amenities (youll have to stay to see...). AMAZING complimentary breakfast provided through a voucher with an adjacent resteraunt. Top notch all the way!! Also, the location in Haifa COULD NOT have been better, right at the foot of the Baha'i Gardens! I liked it all. No complaints whatsoever.
Location, wife and I walked to Bahai Gardens, rooftop jaccuzzi and food quality; No Local beers!
Spa like, country style room with modern conveniences
Very nice hotel, good breakfast and restaurant. Hotel did not have bar/sitting area. Only central space was the restaurant. However, this is a guest house, not a hotel so that is not such a surprise.
This was the best hotel of our stay in Israel.
Friendly and efficient staff. Charming atmosphere. The room was nice but a bit small, especially the bath, but for a simple stop en route north it was satisfactory.
Attentive staff. Nice to be in a smaller, boutique hotel with amenities.
Quality small boutique hotel in good Haifa location
Breakfast included was lavish and tasty and served with warmth in a wonderful open garden room/cafe style. The wallpaper was black with some white flowers - nice but a bit too dark for our taste. The bathroom too, was black which although the lighting was good, it was a dreary feeling. Bathtub had jacuzzi which we do not like, and very narrow, so larger people would have trouble standing in it to shower!
Our room was lovely and the service, food and attention was faublous.
I liked the location and the personal touch of the team.
the best location in Haifa, it is a walking distance from the Bahai' Gardens and close to the bus stops. I would recommend it for all type of travellers. None
the bathtub was awesome. the room was clean and comfortable the staff was very helpful. breakfast was very good.
Great Quality, Location, friendly staff..a perfect experience More parking places would be of advantage and travel directions from website should have default settings as Airport Ben Gurion to Haifa is difficult if e.g. airport address is not known.
Excellent location, steps from Bahai Gardens, several restaurants on the same street, the hotel has its own parking, very clean, very good breakfast, free internet They charge for the calls made using the calling card. This was the only hotel out of four we stayed in Israel where we were charged for calls using calling card. I would understand charges if we called without calling card, but charging us when we called using the calling card it is not fare.
the elevator works consistently and a female voice announces floors and door openings and closings in a pleasant British accent my room had an old fashioned tub (okay) but no full fledged shower
Beautiful architecture, friendly staff, tasty & varied breakfast, central location
Room are clean and well equiped. Hotel is placed on an animated street and close to the Carmel garden. Staff is invisible ...
breakfast fickle Internet
clean, modern, great staff, great breakfast buffet and awesome location. It was the best place we could have stayed. Maid service was a little spotty. They didn't replace coffee in our room.
The hotel was located in a very nice area and had amenities of a very high Western standard
clean well run family hotel --- near sea --- also free country club membership with indoor pool. staff v helpful--- nice toiletries in bathroom just b and b -- no other meals
You've got a fridge in your room to store your own food. Keys of the hotel rooms were left multiple times on a table in a corridor by a cleaner just like that, where anyone visiting the hotel could have taken them and to intrude into a room. They have Internet PC, but it's slow.
The friendly staff!! It is an extremely simple hotel, the room was small and there were no luxuries, but everything was clean and the staff were helpful and friendly. There was no hairdryer. Bring your own shampoo! The room was a bit noisy due to heavy traffic.
Great hotel. You get this "being far away, yet at home" feeling.
Staff are very kind and helpful,especially at the reciption.breakfast menue can be better, the area is calm. thanks for ur good services,I like to come back to this hotel
The staff was extremely helpful, the place was tastefully designed and extremely clean.
Affordable restaurant and other amenities (massages available for extra fee) No AC in the rooms. Staff barely spoke english.
Conveniently located, clean and comfortable. Good breakfast.
Very helpful staff - inexpensive and fairly well located.Offered help and provided discounted tickets. Shower curtain rod kept falling on my head.
It was a good location-near beach and shops.Reception was exceptionally helpful.
Nice hotel. Good breakfast, wireless internet, comfortable room. No complaints
Leaving The staff were rude, the beds were hard and small and overridingly the location was ugly, loud, intimidating and un pleasant.
I loved the jacuzzi in the bathroom, and the huge wrap around balcony/terrace. I did not like how we were not allowed to have guests come up to our room. The hotel staff was very nice to us, however extremely rude to our guests.
The proximity of the Hotel to the sites we wanted to see. They were in walking distance. We must take this opportunity to thank Danny and Nesrean. They were so helpful with check in and out. Directed us to one the best restaurant we have been to in a long time. They went above and beyond when it came to personalized customer service. These two people made our stay in Haifa a wonderful experience. My wife and I liked the Hotel. No negative experiences.
- pretty central location if you are looking for the usual spots (Bahai Gardens in walkable distance) - nice view on the harbor from many of the rooms and from the roof - VERY friendly and helpful staff - Rooms were comfortable and clean - bus stops with lots of lines nearby, so I guess you will be able to get around easily (if you rely on public transport). Intercity bus stop just 5 stations away. - have been happy with the choice overall and would recommend it to others - squeezy parking, not for claustrophobic cars or drivers with a tendency to bump into stuff... - in a busy neighborhood. So if you are looking for a quiet, garden-style setting, this is not the one.
Accomodated us to other rooms when we complained a lot. Free internet Wi Fi in rooms. When we got a decent room the bed were firm. Very dirty rooms, towels smelled like fish and dirty, very small room.Very noisy and difficult to sleep due to hotel stall and dining facility. Hotel overbooked. Construction all night in the stree. Some of the staff were not that helpfull others were very helfull. Tried to put us in a roon with two kids soft springy beds until complained and moved us to a suite. Had to change room the first 3 days, difficult to unpack. We ended cutting our business trip short at Haifa and relocated to Tel Aviv which was a great decision to move out.
Website deceiving as to accommodations. Jacuzzi quoted for rooms but only in suites. Very expensive for hotel quality. Parking lot ridiculously small.
Did not like the traffic noise from our room and the parking lot was very awkward and not easy to maneuver. Also had to ask for extra pillow.
the desk staff were very nice and very helpful. The breakfast was very good. I had dinner one night and there was more food than I could eat.
The very bad hotel all
how competent and nice the reception desk lady Nasreen was! There was a registration error in the system and I found myself with 2 bookings the same night. she solved this problem and some similar ones the romm has not been claened after the first night
I enjoyed the different artists' work that was represented on each floor. The layout on each floor was enjoyable as was my room though it was on the small side I checked in at 4:00pm and my room had not been made up yet. The cleanliness of the bathroom was not sufficient though I did not complain. (There was still hair in the bath tub from the previous guest). The WiFi signal did not work in my room. I had to connect to the internet through another signal.


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Looking for a 95% mortgage deal, anyone have any good ideas? I am searching like hell but getting nowhere
Cheers ya'all
Looking for a 95% mortgage deal, anyone have any good ideas? I am searching like hell but getting nowhere
Cheers ya'all
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Good luck , you will be very lucky to get one.
You might be able to if say someone puts 20k for example into a high interest account as kind of a bond for so many years that is linked to the mortgage.
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The "clean" high street lenders have long since stopped the 100% and 95% mortgages. Best you'll get now is a 90% at best. Most are looking for 15-25% deposits.
Moneysavingexpert.com is a good resource. Also look at shared ownership schemes where its a combo of renting a portion of your house and and buying it little by little over time. The government are pushing these due to the recession. direct.gov.uk will give you lots of good advice.
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Seemingly another trick is for them to accept you on principle for say a 90% mortgage , you then go and put in an offer and finalise numbers , go back to the bank to finalise the same numbers with them and then they say the market has changed and they need another 5% for the deposit .
So they have lured you in with a promise then send you away desperate to find that extra 5 %
If you think of mortgages as "products" much like bread and milk on the supermarket then the supply of products is finite, in other words they only have so much of it. Believe me, when I worked as a mortage broker, telling irate customers the deal had gone was a weekly if not daily occurence when the credit crunch kicked in, sometimes with less than an hours notice from the banks. Always by a shitty little email aswell. The Agreement in Principle (AIP or Decision in Principle DIP) really only means you've passed their credit score and they are happy to proceed pending further satisfactory info. It doesnt mean youve got the deal at all and people need to realise this. In simple terms, they like the look of you and think a deal is on, but theres a lot more to be done before its settled.
Without overloading anyone with the bullshit, lenders basically put a certain amount of money in a number of pots and in turn each pot is set aside for a product.
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Pot A has £1m in it for Product A. Product A is a 2 year fixed rate at 3.5%
Pot B has £1m in it for Product B. Product B is a 2 year fixed rate at 4.5% and so on.
Each mortgage deal is a product, with the specific features of the product pre-determined and "boxed" up (eg booking fee, loan to value ratio, type of house they will lend on etc etc). A lot of people mistakenly think that each deal is unique and tailored to the customer and that funds are unlimited. They are not. Even more mistakenly, some people think they can barter a deal. That may work with used cars, but not mortgages unfortunately. A lender is selling a product, if you qualify, you take it or leave it. but just like you cant ask Tescos for a few extra slices in your loaf, the mortgage product remains the mortgage product.
Now, the way banks and lenders work is, they are constantly counting the money in all their different pots and swishing it around on an hourly basis. There a few different reasons why a deal will be pulled at short notice, but it is almost always for one of two reasons. Either to reduce the amount of risk the lender is exposed to or because the pot holding the funds for a product is running low. If its because the pot of money is running low, they may move money from elsewhere into that pot and bring the product back out in a few days or weeks. They may also review and slightly change a few features on that deal before it comes out.
Hope that helps a little. Dont get me wrong Scot, banks and lenders (and a lot of brokers) are scum. But even they cant lure you in with a false deal.
The banking code, the mortgage code and the financial ombudsman are all ports of call if anyone tries to fuck you over.
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A lot depends on what you incoming finances are like and therefore what they say you can afford.
Most insist on 10% but ultimately it will depend on the valuation of the property against the asking price so is likely to fluctuate.
I recently had a broker have a look for me and I think Natwest was the best and offered the most. Get an independant broker to do it for you and when they come back to you with the best deal go all quiet on them, make up some excuses and say that you don't want to go with it at the moment. Then you can deal with the company direct and run through an application.
With all due respect that is a total cunts trick and one of the reasons I was made redundant, despite taking no fee from customers. Complete cunts trick. You wouldnt not pay a sparky or a plumber after theyve grafted for you would you? Bang out of order. Besides, if you stick with an independant broker, you only need to have them order one credit check. They can then use this to decide on the right mortgage for you. If you approach bank after bank directly, you rack up credit checks, which leave "footprints", affect your score and arouse suspicion with a potential lender.
I'd suggest looking at all the main lenders websites and prinintg out a copy of their product ranges. Pay attention to how much deposit they require, the max they will loan on a house and the way they calculate how much they will loan to a customer (some use formulas, some use your disposable income minus outgoings, times by 3, 3.5, 4 etc etc) Your credit score and your specific needs will dictate which one you could qualify for. moneysavingexpert.com has enough info to give you the skills to sort your own mortgage out with a good lender. But people forget all the extra shit an independant broker can do for you, like chasing up valuers, solicitors and underwriters to get your deal through quicker. Leave it to the lender and your file just gets shuffled to the bottom of the next persons in tray and you have to wait for the cogs to turn as quick as THEY want. you could miss your completion day if anyone in the chain holds things up.
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Stapes the weird think was they were in principle saying on our incomes we could borrow well over 200k but we were only wanting to borrow 100k minus the deposit of 10%. Thats when it all went tits up .
Anyway we scrapped off lloyds and went with an independent and secured one no probs, to add to the hate ill mention estate agents, they also suck balls.


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"Footprints" written by Tyler Johnson, Chandler Holland and Timothy Chapple; directed by Tyler Johnson, is a faith based feature film, created from 3 short films, which explores the personal journey of three individuals whose lives are deeply conflicted in such a way that it can potentially jeopardize their relationship and commitment to their faith and belief in GOD. The film follows the lives of Marlene, a teenage girl living with a delinquent and drug addicted mother, Marcus Cummings, a broken hearted husband in search of the truth and Rev. Tillman, a proud believer whose faith is suddenly challenged due to a personal tragedy. In need of a blessing that brings forth both a healing and revelations, it is through Mercy, Hope and Confessions that Madison, Marcus and Rev. Tillman are able to endure and conquer the demons, abuse and neglect in their lives.
The film "Footprints" is being hosted by Reverend Wayne Edwards', Why Not Me, Why Not Now ministries.
Locations is: PS/IS 109, 1001 East 45th street, Brooklyn NY 11203, between Glenwood Road and Farragut Road. Doors open at 3:30pm and show time will begin at 4:00pm. The film is 90 minutes. There will be a 30 minute Q/A with the Producers, Director, and Actors directly after the screening of the film. Immediately after that there will be a pray and a word of encouragement by Rev. Wayne Edwards.
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General InfoWorld renowned chef Nobu Matsuhisa's first restaurant opened in 1987 in sunny Beverly Hills. Matsuhisa Beverly Hills is the flagship restaurant to all Nobu and Matsuhisa restaurants worldwide.
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Parking: Street, Valet
Wi-Fi: Free
Bike Parking: Yes
Attire: Casual
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Cuisines: Japanese, Asian, Caterers, Sushi
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Editorial review from Citysearch06/14/2012
Love this place. great fresh fish! worth every penny!
Old School is the Best School06/17/2010
I recently visited Matsuhisa and understand why after 26 years, its still in favor - this Chef's Special Menu is superb. The food is extremely fresh and tasty.
Its a wonderful intimate setting, a nice change from crowded large impersonal restaurants. Service was very efficient and our waiter attentive.
Seroiusly a wonderful evening and dining experience. After Matsuhisa, not interested in eating sushi anywhere else.
As for price, you do get what you pay for and they are worth it for the quality of the food.
Bad Service & Food05/06/2010
We came all the way from Tokyo and made reservations for four and was assigned seating at the sushi counter. We were anticipating freshly made sushi from this reputable restaurant. When we arrived we were told that seating was being prepared and 30 minutes later we were led to a table. The person at the reservation desk ignored us and seated parties who arrived after us at the counter and was overall very impolite. The food offered at the table was not the same as the fresh sushi served at the counter. The sushi tasted as if they were made in the back room by amateures. The waiters were not knowledgeable about the food and the service was not personable. Reading the fine reviews of this restaurant, we expected much better service and food. We do not recommend this restaurant to anyone expecting fine sushi.
Love their Sushi - Spotted Vanessa Summers there02/10/2010
I was recently at Matsuhisa last Monday and I saw Vanessa Summers of the Online Marketing Academy eating a spring roll. How cool, I have been to her events in the pass and loved them. Of course I ordered the spring roll and it was yummy. I will be back
total disappointment08/03/2009
My friend and I went for celebrating our birthdays as our bds are very close to each other. As we both know that Nobu is a good restaurant, we wanted to try Matsuhisa for this event. However by the time we left, we might have expected too much... Food is just so ""okay"" here, nothing special. We ordered some sushi and the day's specials. Nothing to remark. The bill we recieved was over $260 as we expected. We would not felt expensive if we were satisfied with the food. Won't go back there for sure. I recommend Gonpachi across the street who serves much better food in great decor, with much less bill.
Overpriced and underwhelmed12/30/2008
I don't get why this is a well-respected restaurant. I hated it. The tables are so close together that you bump into other people or they bump into you regularly. The service was awful ... my waiter not only got my order wrong (bringing me food I didn't order, then charging me for it), but he never brought the rice I ordered either. And he didn't stop by the table except to bring the check. The food was ok, but definitely not worth the price. There are many other much better sushi restaurants in town.
Get the omakase12/27/2008
I don't think anyone can say that the food isn't good here. My friends and I had the omakase and it was amazing. My favorite was the soft shell crab. The decor is really casual and tacky, but in a charming way. The only downside is that this place is not for everyday dining for the majority of us since it is pricey.
Service needs work!09/04/2008
For the money you're spending here, it would help for the service to improve. The waiters don't know how to ""wait""...you have to crane your neck to try to track them down to ask for something. They don't seem to care about their customers. Food was good, but definitely think it's overpriced. and incredibly small portions. You go for the scene, but if you want a good sushi place, there are plenty of better restaurants out there.
After dining at a few of the Nobu locations (which I like), we were excited to give Matsuhisa a try. Being an avid sashimi fan, i was VERY disappointed. The salmon was fatty and chewy, and the yellowtail and tuna were definitely nothing special. We also had the rock shrimp (which was fine - same as everywhere else) and a crab dish which was ok. The bento box dessert was not nearly as good as it is in the Nobu locations. For a $250 bill for 2 people, we could have done much better somewhere, probably anywhere, else. If you are looking for great sashimi I would definitely recommend Hokusai instead - it is amazing! Oh, and ambiance was poor (as expected). Hopefully the new Nobu opening on La Cienega will be better!
Good unique dishes02/14/2008
I always have a good dining experience at Matsuhisa or any of the Nobu locations. I wouldn't come here and order sushi. You can do better on sushi elsewhere. Their unique dishes are what makes this place great. Unfortunately, it is a bit on the pricey side, but worth it in my opinion. If it's your first time, I would definitely get the tasting menu, then you can start to figure out what you like best for subsequent visits.
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TORONTO - The Lakers couldn't escape from the problems that have plagued them all season. It also appeared they didn't bring much energy along with their luggage over here, either. | PHOTOS
The Lakers' 108-103 loss Sunday to the Toronto Raptors at Air Canada Centre featured far too many snapshots of another effort gone astray.
"We have too many issues," Lakers coach Mike D'Antoni said.
The Raptors stormed out to an 11-2 run. When he wasn't barking at officials, D'Antoni nearly burned all of his timesouts after never-ending defensive lapses allowed Toronto to shoot 54.8 percent from the field.
Lakers center Dwight Howard picked up one technical late in the first quarter after protesting a no-call after driving on a reverse layup. He then received his second ejection of the season late in the second quarter after Toronto's Alan Anderson locked him up.
"They didn't explain," said Howard, whose six technicals this season puts him 10 away from a league suspension. "I didn't do anything to get ejected."
The Lakers (17-23) did plenty, though, in squandering an opportunity to beat a sub.-500 opponent in Toronto (15-26). The Lakers need many of those to climb out of the Western Conference basement. With the Lakers playing nine of their next 12 games away from Staples Center, they have offered no evidence they can improve their 5-13 road record.
Lakers guard Kobe Bryant asked that all the criticism go toward him after scoring 26 points on only 10-of-32 shooting. Bryant attributed the poor marksmanship to "heavy legs" after playing 42 minutes. But he vowed he would adjust his game and enhance his post-game treatment entailing ice baths and massage therapy.
"This team needs me on both ends of the floor," said Bryant, who has taken a larger defensive role in the past week. "So unless they're going to do something roster-wise, I have to continue to push through it."
Does Bryant believe the Lakers' front office needs to make a move?
"No," he said. "Listen, if this is what we're rolling with, I can't make excuses. I have to go out there and do my job."
The Lakers hardly did theirs.
"We were lazy," said Lakers guard Steve Nash, whose 16 points and nine assists and visit to his native Canada was soiled because of it. "We were cutting corners. Not an excuse at all. If anything, it's a warning sign."
Those looking for any silver linings could look at a few things. Earl Clark provided continuous energy once again with his third double-double since entering the rotation (14 points, 14 rebounds). Pau Gasol's second half picked up in production and effort following Howard's ejection, scoring 16 of his 23 points in that time frame. The Lakers chipped away to reduce the game to single digits in the final minutes.
That became mere window dressing that overshadowed the Lakers' long-term issues.
That's why Gasol and Metta World Peace talked extensively after the game in what appeared to be an engaging and constructive conversation. World Peace stressed the need to maintain "positive energy" while Gasol brought up "improving communication."
"We have to come to an understanding what needs to be done as a unit," Gasol said. "We can't do it on our own."
Clearly, they can't. The Lakers keep losing.
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Topic: My husband diagnosed just 8 weeks ago with cc - no clue at all!
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Very comforting to read your cheery outlooks and warming messages on this rare and devastating cancer. Stan's ducts too "strictured" to stent so he's just had Bag II placed only hours ago to get that bile moving. Thursday (Jan 4) he will undergo demanding surgery to resection and hopefully find that cure through surgery at Wake Forest Univ Baptist Hospital by a fine John Hopkins trained surgeon. We hope that will be the end of it all - removal - just the removal of the cancer and that that will be The Cure.
This web site certainly gives newly diagnosed folks hope as you all seem to be on the cusp of what's happening in this field and your suggestions are golden.......
Mu husband had ulcerative colitis (also out of the blue) in 2001 and we have learned this condition does very frequently arise out of that......shouldn't people who have this condition be warned that they could eventually get cc???? Their livers could then be closely monitored and perhaps this cancer could be avoided altogether.
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LAKEWOOD - On Monday afternoon as the 3:10 p.m. bells signal the end the school day, the air around the James Monroe K-8 school is filled with the pell-mell shouts of students.
If the Long Beach Unified School District Board of Education follows through on a staff recommendation, those shouts will be silenced after the end of the school year. The board will decide today at its regular meeting whether to shutter the K-8 school at 4400 Ladoga Ave. as the district seeks to trim about $20 million from its budget.
Also on the block at today's 5 p.m. meeting at 1515 Hughes Way is a plan to eliminate grades six through eight at the David Burcham K-8 School.
Predictably, the planned closure of Monroe didn't sit well with neighborhood parents, many of whom walked to pick up their children.
"I'm very upset," said Nina Mighaccio, a member of the school's Parent Teacher Student Association, as she picked up her daughter, Savannah.
Like a number of other parents, she bought a house close to the school, specifically so her child could attend the same school through eighth grade in the proximity of her home.
"Pretty much there's nothing we can do," Mighaccio said. "If I thought slamming my fist on the table (at tonight's meeting) would do any good, I would do it."
The activist parent said she recently abandoned her attempts to keep the school opened when she learned closure was essentially a foregone conclusion.
Mighaccio said she felt worst for the children in the seventh grade, who would be uprooted and unable to graduate with their classmates.
David and Tracy Larsen live within a five-minute walk of the school and said they had hoped their son, Hunter, would be able to continue to go to school in what they said is a "nice, safe neighborhood" and one day be able to walk or ride a bike to school.
That will no longer be an option, they said.
Under the proposal, the Monroe school boundaries would be integrated into the Cleveland Elementary and Bancroft Middle schools' boundaries. However, parents said they were told they would have other options for where they could send their children.
Like Mighaccio, they bought their home in part because of its proximity to the school. David Larsen also worries whether the conversion of the school will lower property values.
Megan Carroll attended Monroe as a child and was looking forward to her son Logan attending her alma mater.
"I'm still in shock," she said. "One of the things I really liked was the gardening program and a lot of the extracurricular activities that have now fallen away."
District officials say school closures are unavoidable.
"Sadly, the combination of lean budget and reduced enrollment forces us to close smaller schools," said Chris Eftychiou, spokesman for the district.
Eftychiou said with 678 students, Monroe is the smallest of Long Beach's 11 K-8 schools.
However, he added that was just one of the considerations in the closure. According to the district, Monroe and Burcham have low numbers of neighborhood students. Monroe, which was opened in 1953, has just 162 from its immediate neighborhood. Of Burcham's 186 students in grades six through eight, 55 live within the school neighborhood.
The district said it also has nearby schools able to handle the displaced kids and changes in school transportation also affected the decision.
There is also the ongoing problem of shrinking school bodies.
Enrollment in Long Beach schools has dropped by 16,000 students in the past decade, officials say. About 81,000 students now attend LBUSD schools.
Officials said the two moves will save about $3.5 million.
The district also tried to quell a rumor that Monroe would be converted into an adult continuation school.
"Contrary to a flier that has been circulated in the Monroe neighborhood, we will not convert Monroe to a continuation high school, nor was such a plan proposed," Superintendent Chris Steinhauser wrote in a letter to area parents.
Among the proposed uses for Monroe is a home to the district's three-person Personnel Commission and support staff.
Such considerations are scant comfort for the parents and children who have become attached to Monroe.
Mighaccio says every time she drives with her child past the school, Savannah points it out with pride and talks about being a Tiger, the school mascot.
When the closure was first announced, Mighaccio said the PTSA, which has worked to fix up the school, was hard hit.
"We felt really defeated," Mighaccio said, as she became choked with emotion. "But we have to carry on and make this the best year for Monroe. Hopefully we can send the kids out with something memorable."
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pilgrim wrote:Dhammakid wrote:
I hope so, that would be great. Maybe that's motivation for more lay supporters to get involved, and do fundraisers or court wealthy donors or something like that. One of my goals as laity is to start a fairly large monastic fund for Theravadin monasteries in the States.
I wonder what's the limitation on expansion. Surely it's not too expensive to put up a few more kutis. As for meals, a monk needs just one or two main meals a day. At some of the danas I've been to there's enough food to feed the resident population several times over.
The Buddha set up the sangha to be easy to support. All a monk needs is a bowl to collect his food and suitable lodging. But in reality, it is the contrary. Every time a monk comes to stay in our temple, it becomes a huge organisational affair. How did it come to this?
maybe it's not too expensive, so go ahead and do it, and bring the extra foods along too.


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