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Pros: Impressive power and handling; high-quality interiors; fuel efficient hybrid and diesel options; sports car performance in an SUV
Cons: Extensive options list quickly escalates already elevated base price; practical, though not as voluminous as other SUV options; punishing fuel economy in gas-powered versions
What's New: Cayenne Diesel model added for 2013.
Once considered blasphemous to the Porsche brand, the Cayenne SUV has become a crucial part of Porsche's success. The Cayenne has become so successful that the 2013 Porsche Cayenne is available in no fewer than seven configurations: base ($48,850), Diesel ($55,750), S ($65,850), S Hybrid ($69,850), GTS ($82,050), Turbo ($108,750) and Turbo S ($146,000). While each model offers varying trim treatments, the most significant difference lies under the hood. Base models are equipped with a 3.6-liter V6 that produces 300 horsepower; the S receives a 400-hp 4.8-liter V8; and the S Hybrid can make up to 380 hp thanks to a supercharged 3.0-liter V6 that works in tandem with an electric motor. Cayenne GTS models are powered by a 420-hp version of the S model's 4.8-liter V-8. The Cayenne Turbo's maximalist approach is pinned on a turbocharged 500-hp 4.8-liter V8 that is capable of getting from 0 to 60 mph in 4.4 seconds, while the pricey Turbo S model's 550-hp cuts the 0 to 60 time to 4.3 seconds and brings top speed up to 175 mph. Recently added to the Cayenne lineup is the 240-hp Cayenne Diesel, which may be the lowest on hp, but it has plenty of torque and is also the most fuel efficient -- all while keeping the Porsche-grade performance feel that the Cayenne has become known for.
The Porschephile fringe may still find plenty to moan about with the Zuffenhausen-based manufacturer's entry into the SUV segment, but the Cayenne offers a Porsche-worthy blend of luxurious interiors and real-world performance.
Comfort & Utility
If SUVs came with S-M-L-XL labels, the Cayenne would land somewhere between Medium and Large. The cabin, although spacious enough for five passengers, has a more intimate feeling than other German SUVs such as the Audi Q7. Partial credit for the sedan-like cabin goes to its stablemate the Panamera, from which the Cayenne has inherited several design devices including the large, flat center console littered with buttons.
With the rear seats folded, the Cayenne offers 62.9 cu ft of rear storage volume -- less expansive than some, but then again, this SUV is more about the S than the U. The Cayenne's seats, for example, strike a solid blend of supportiveness and long-range comfort. Ergonomics are also excellent, though the array of identically sized and shaped buttons on the center stack verges on overkill. And while the Cayenne certainly adheres to the sport utility playbook in terms of layout, it's a bit too pricey not to be considered a high-end sports car on stilts first, and a functional beast of burden second.
Porsche has endowed the Cayenne with virtually every technological goodie available in all of automobiledom, but those creature comforts come at a price. For example, navigation with an audio interface runs $3,675; a Bose surround sound system adds $1,690, while a 1,000-watt Burmester setup runs $5,690; voice control costs $595, while a satellite radio receiver requires $750; expect to shill out $2,990 for a rear seat entertainment system.
When it comes to driving aids, the Cayenne can be ordered with adaptive cruise control ($2,690), lane change assist ($850), active suspension ($1,990), air suspension ($3,980) and dynamic chassis control ($3,510). Torque vectoring will cost you $1,490, while a sport exhaust swells the MSRP by $2,950. And pity your wallet if you have racetrack aspirations, as ceramic brakes add a substantial $8,150 to the sticker price. Front and rear park assist is $1,095, while that in combination with a reverse camera costs $1,750. Packages, which combine several of the aforementioned a la carte options, add $4,540 to $11,670 to the Cayenne's sticker price.
Performance & Fuel Economy
All Cayennes offer potent levels of performance in comparison to their competitors, and their brawn is proportionate to their prices. The base model's 300-hp engine is capable of a respectable, but not blazing 0 to 60 mph time of 7.1 seconds with a manual transmission, and 7.4 seconds with an automatic 8-speed Tiptronic gearbox. Fuel economy is a bit thirsty, with the Tiptronic version yielding 16 mpg city/23 mpg hwy.
The new Cayenne Diesel's 240-hp V6 runs only on diesel fuel. While it's shy on hp, it pours on torque to the tune of 406 lb-ft, and comes standard with an 8-speed automatic transmission with Tiptronic. With a 0 to 60 time of 7.2 seconds, the Diesel's main advantage over other Cayenne models is its superior fuel economy of 20/29 mpg.
The Cayenne S Hybrid's 380 hp help it hit 60 mph in 6.1 seconds, although it's the 428 lb-ft of torque that creates that satisfying, seat-squishing sensation when the right pedal is buried. Expect 20/24 mpg from the S Hybrid model.
Opt for the S, and its 400-hp engine yields a more impressive 0 to 60 mph time of 5.6 seconds, which puts this bulky sport utility vehicle on par with many performance coupes. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) fuel economy numbers are 16/22 mpg, barely showing a penalty compared with the base model.
Between the S and Turbo models is the Cayenne GTS, equipped with styling and equipment that emphasizes the Cayenne's innate sportiness and powered by a 420-hp engine.
The expensive and more tightly wound turbocharged versions truly blur the line between sports cars and sport utility vehicles. The Cayenne Turbo packs a 500-hp engine that helps achieve an eye-opening 0 to 60 mph time of 4.4 seconds. The Turbo S features a 550-hp version of the same engine, and hits 60 mph in 4.3 seconds. Considering its 4,784-lb curb weight, the Cayenne Turbo's fuel economy figures of 15/22 mpg could be worse; the 4,883-lb Turbo S model's 14/20 mpg rating, on the other hand, is nothing to brag about.
Porsche's Cayenne boasts crash safety engineering that includes a chassis strategically reinforced with high-tensile steel, force limiters on the front seats and rollover detection that triggers seat belt pretensioners and curtain airbags. Additional airbags are situated in front, passenger and driver knee locations. High-strength crossmembers protect the doors and bumpers.
While generously equipped with engineering features designed to protect its occupants, the Cayenne is also safer thanks to responsive handling and powerful, quick-stopping brakes that can help avoid accidents altogether.
Driving Impressions
Performance varies dramatically from model to model, but the entire 2013 Porsche Cayenne lineup boasts genre-defying performance capabilities. Thanks to its Panamera-inspired cabin design, the Cayenne's interior feels less like that of a traditional sport utility vehicle and more like a high-end luxury car.
The base and diesel models feel brisk enough when summoned, but the S Hybrid's copious torque makes it the surprise performer of the bunch, especially when the shifter is clicked into S, which sharpens throttle response and puts the transmission into a more aggressive mode of attack. The S Hybrid is also capable of driving on electric-only mode at up to 37 mph, while coasting without engine intervention at even higher speeds.
The S version ups the ante. But for truly awe-inspiring performance, the Turbo and Turbo S are astounding. Start/stop technology makes for serene red light experiences, but Sport mode in these SUVs transforms them into aggressive, lurching beasts. Similarly, the suspension can transform from floaty to stiff with the touch of a button, and their most aggressive handling modes makes them so quick to turn that it becomes easy to forget you're in a hulking animal of an SUV.
Its almost endless array of interior options lends the Cayenne lineup a kaleidoscope of personas; the most luxurious tend to include equal doses of wood, aluminum and leather-lined dashboards with Alcantara headliners. When the Cayenne isn't being driven hard, these surface materials conspire to make passengers feel as if they're in a posh sedan, not a hard-charging SUV.
Other Cars to Consider
Audi Q7 - Starting at $46,800, the Audi Q7 is a bigger but similarly ambitious answer to the Cayenne. Powered by a supercharged 3.0-liter V6 gasoline engine or a turbocharged, 3.0-liter V6 diesel mill, the Q7 is an adequate performer but not quite on par with the Porsche's outstanding levels of acceleration and handling.
BMW X5 - BMW's X5 deserves an award for its gradual process of evolution; once bulky and awkward, the model now works more efficiently thanks to greater interior space and a more focused on-road demeanor. Engine options range from the xDrive35i's turbocharged 6-cylinder that produces 300 hp (starting at $47,500) to the X5 M's 4.4-liter turbocharged V8 that churns 555 hp (and starts at $88,850). BMW's X5 offerings are more philosophically in line with Porsche's driver-focused Cayenne models than Audi's.
Land Rover Range Rover Sport - Range Rover Sport models start at $60,895 and escalate to $76,495 for a Supercharged version powered by a blown 5.0-liter V8 that produces 510 hp. The Range Rover offers luxury and attention to design detail that are comparable to the Porsche, but its considerably higher curb weight keeps it from competing head-to-head against Porsche in performance.
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As Bill Gates promised earlier this week during his last public speech as chairman of Microsoft at TechEd 2008, the company has released the second beta of Silverlight 2, Microsoft's Flash competitor. Silverlight 2 beta 2 comes as a 4.66MB download, but as Ars Technica already noted, the Silverlight homepage has not yet been changed to reflect the new release, but there is a changelog that details many of the changes in this release. The Mac OS X version has not yet been released.


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Kelly Brook seems to be embracing the healthy Los Angeles lifestyle and has enlisted the help of a personal trainer to keep up her fitness regime.
The actress recruited the help of celebrity trainer Ashley Borden, who has worked with Hollywood stars Ryan Gosling and Reese Witherspoon, to tone up while she is in the US.
It seems that Ashley is impressed with the models determination and ability to pick up new exercises as she tweeted a picture of Kelly lifting weights alongside the caption: "@IAMKELLYBROOK first time doing Deadlifts! U r so easy to coach :) great job"
Thirty-three-year-old Kelly is currently meeting with agents and taking acting classes during her time in LA, in the hope of cracking Hollywood and the American acting scene.
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These personality-laden terrariums from Twig remind me of some our mom used to make when I was growing up. She used to collect ceramic animals, moss and stones and put them together in oddly shaped jars. Twig's terrariums are mossy little worlds inside antique and unusual containers. When you peek inside, you find miniature scenes that make you smile.
I first saw these charming terrariums at the Brooklyn Flea Market while I was on vacation earlier this year and fell in love. Inside each unusual jar is a small green world complete with a landscape played out from our daydreams — from cows and park benches to kids standing on their heads. For almost any occasion (especially for someone that you miss), they would make a special gift, and are surprisingly easy to maintain once you get the hang of it. You can sometimes find Twig at the Brooklyn Flea Market — see Twig Terrarium for dates — or order terrariums as kits to make and assemble yourself.
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August 201619—This is the most probable date that Black history in America begins. Approximately 20 Africans (the records of the day referred to them as "20 and odd Negras") arrived in Jamestown, Va., aboard a Dutch ship. It appears the Africans were sold as indentured servants who could work and earn their freedom. Little is known about the group except that the Dutch had stolen them from a Spanish slave ship which was probably headed for the Caribbean or South America. Few names survive. But one of the men was called Anthony (or Antonio) and one of the women was called Isabella. The available records indicate the ship arrived in Jamestown in the latter part of August. Other records and some speculation have led most historians to believe the actual arrival date was Aug. 20, 1619—the beginning of Black history in America.
1830—The first National Negro Convention is held. It takes place in Philadelphia and is chaired by Richard Allen, founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. At the top of the agenda of the gathering was what could free Blacks do to help bring an end to slavery.
1942—Musician, composer, singer, songwriter Isaac Hayes is born on this day in Covington, Tenn.
August 21
1831—The Nat Turner slave rebellion begins in Southampton, Va. It was the best organized and most deadly slave revolt in American history. The charismatic Turner brought together between 50 and 70 Blacks (some slave and some free) to launch his revolt prompted by what he saw as a vision from God. As many as 70 Whites (men, women and children) were killed during a two-day period. It took the local militia and a detachment of federal troops to put down the rebellion. However, Turner, known as "the Prophet" by his followers was not captured until Oct. 30. He was hanged on Nov. 11, 1831. Interestingly, he became known as "Turner" after the rebellion. During his life, he was simply known as Nat and was considered a brilliant, self-taught man. After the rebellion, Virginia passed a law making it illegal to teach a Black person how to read and write.
1904—Jazz pianist and band leader William "Count" Basie is born on this day in Red Bank, N.J.
1936—Basketball legend Wilt "The Stilt" Chamberlain is born in Philadelphia, Pa. The 7-1 phenomenon had an amazing NBA career, including being the only player to score 100 points in a single game. Chamberlain died in October 1999.
August 22
1791—The Haitian Revolution begins. It was the most successful Black slave revolt in world history. Led by Toussaint L'Ouverture, a trusted house slave who initially opposed the rebellion, the slaves defeated the mighty French army led by Napoleon. They also defeated a contingent of British troops. However, L'Ouverture was tricked into attending a peace conference where he was captured and would later die in prison. It fell to one of his lieutenants, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, to complete the struggle and declare the island nation an independent republic on Jan. 1, 1804.
1843—A National Convention of Black Men takes place in Buffalo, N.Y. The militant abolitionist Henry Highland Garnett called for a slave revolt and for free Blacks to launch a nationwide strike in support of the revolt. But a more moderate Frederick Douglass opposed Garnett's plan out of fear of potential violence.
1989—Black Panther Party co-founder Huey P. Newton is gunned down in California. He was killed by a 24-year-old member of the Black Guerrilla drug gang. The reason for the murder was never clearly revealed but Newton supporters considered it a political assassination. Newton had founded the militant Black Panther Party along with Bobby Seale in 1966. The group advocated community control, armed self-defense and a mix Black nationalism and socialism based on the works of Mao Tse-tung, Che Guevara and Frantz Fanon.
August 23
1826—This is generally recognized as the day that the first Black person in America graduated from college. His name was Edward Jones and he received his BA degree from Amherst College in Massachusetts. Despite the general recognition, however, there is some evidence that the honor actually belongs to Alexander Lucius Twilight who appears to have graduated from Middlebury College in Vermont in 1823. Nevertheless, Jones would eventually leave America and help establish the African nation of Sierra Leone.
August 24
1854—Dr. John V. DeGrasse, perhaps the most prominent Black person in New England during the pre-Civil War period, is admitted to the Massachusetts Medical Society. DeGrasse was born in New York City in 1825 and graduated from Bowdoin College in Maine.
1950—Chicago attorney Edith Spurlock Sampson is named by President Harry S. Truman as the first African-American representative in the U.S. delegation to the United Nations. Sampson was also the first Black female elected judge in the United States. She was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., around 1901 and died in 1979.
August 25
1862—After a disastrous loss to the South during a battle known as the Peninsular Campaign, U.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton ordered the arming of 5,000 Blacks soldiers in a bid to turn the tide against the pro-slavery forces. The Blacks (both freedmen and former slaves) fought with distinction winning 15 Congressional Medals of Honor. In fact, the Black soldiers were so effective, near the end of the Civil War the Confederacy, in a desperation move, actually attempted to recruit Black soldiers to the pro-slavery side.
1908—The National Association of Colored Nurses was founded by Martha Minerva Franklin. At the time Black nurses were not welcome in the all-White American Nurses Association.
1925—Six men led by A. Phillip Randolph organized the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters—a union composed of porters and attendants on the nation's railroad passenger cars. The effort was the most successful Black labor organizing campaign in American history. The Brotherhood would go on to become the largest and most powerful Black-controlled union in America with more than 15,000 members by 1959. Randolph would also become a major (often behind the scenes) figure in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. He played a key role in Dr. Martin Luther King's famous 1963 March on Washington. Randolph would often boast that his union was a success not because people loved it but because it knew how to "push people out of the way."
1927—The first Black person to win the Wimbledon Singles Tennis Championship, Althea Gibson, is born on this day in Silver, S.C. Gibson won Wimbledon on July 6, 1957. The all-around athlete died on Sept. 23, 2003.
August 26
1943—In a primarily token gesture Black Chicago Congressman William L. Dawson is recommended to be the Democratic Party's vice presidential candidate. For several years, Dawson was the only African-American in the United States Congress. He would later be joined by New York's Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Dawson served in Congress for 27 years from January 1943 to the time he died in November 1970.
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This property is a 6-minute walk from the beach. Situated 600 m from Bangrak Beach, The Cher Ville Boutique Resort offers modern rooms with free WiFi and private balconies. It features an infinity edge pool. Offering teak-wood furniture mixed with modern décor, each room has air conditioning and a mini bar. Some rooms have views of the pool. The multi-lingual staff can assist guests in English, French, Thai and Italian. Motorbikes and cars can both be rented on-site. The Mushroom Restaurant serves breakfast from 08:00 - 11:00 hrs and dinner from 18:00 - 23:00 hrs. The resort is 5 minutes' drive away from Wrat Phra Yai Temple. A 15-minute motorbike ride brings guests to Chaweng. Samui Airport and the pier to visit Koh Phangan are both 3 km away.
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Mar 12, 2015
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Would recommend but will need transport as set back from main road 20 minutes walk to beach stayed here many time as I have motorcycle
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Mar 14, 2015
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Mar 04, 2015
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all best
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see you again next year 2016 but not in koh phangan Phuwadee Thank you
Mar 10, 2015
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Sep 08, 2014
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We had a wonderful few nights in the peaceful mágical Maya Buri the although we were practically there alone, our stay being in September. The service was impecable and all round great value for money thanks Maya Buri
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This was my 3rd visit to Maya Buri. It rained for 8 days straight when I first arrived. And manager Glenn put the backup generator on at 6 to 3am so we could have hot water, tv, and dinner. The pool was still nice and the jacuzzi jets were fixed in April. I met nice people at the resort. The pizza and chicken basket, to me, were the best items. Pad tai was good also. The green curry was water downed and I would not recommend that dish. The maid service was good and they usually finished up by 2pm. I was able to exchange large baht bills for smaller most of the time. The massage walking distance to the west was good. The 3 ladies were very strong at 5 to 10 us dollars per hour depending on what you wanted. The pickup to and from the airport was no charge. Overall a good stay. VEB California
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Good job, and communication went well.
Apr 15, 2011
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Vincent Edward Bruni
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Feb 09, 2011
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better than expected
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Aug 19, 2010
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have to improve cleaning process. Dirty toilet. Please do more taking care
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Aug 22, 2010
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Kasira Khoo-Aroon
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Jul 17, 2010
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The friendly staff at Maya Buri were lovely, my room was large, clean with reliable WIFI and aircon. Amazing value for money, lovely food too. Great that scooters were available for hire as this is the only drawback, it not being on a main route. Although it was nicely quiet as a result of this. I would happily recommend it to others and come again.
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Very easy to book and extremely prompt service and replies to my emails.
Jul 26, 2010
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Apr 20, 2010
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Very nice hotel, good facilities for a 3 star. location is a bit out but transportattion is easy and cheap
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Booking good
Apr 25, 2010
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Michael Anthony Collier
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Apr 12, 2010
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Everything quite OK but long time for check in. I have to waiting for 1.30 h without any services.
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good price
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In February 2009 we were over all very happy, as demonstrated by the lower comment. This year, however we can not boast. We stayed in C-4th We were satisfied with the cleaning stations, it was a superficial and weak. Many cleaning up Late in the afternoon, or not - so that should be tackled through the reception that the cleaners and do at least replace the towels - bed linen are not regularly rotate. The collapse of the bathroom counter where sink is located - in the pool, which is very nice but tiles and the risk of injury. Breakfast is provided only European food, but to the emergency room from last year, we were served with the Tai breakfast - but not even that. The staff has become slow and not interesting. We decided that by next year we visited. We chose a different resort. We hope also that this record should also read one of those responsible, because the guest who is not satisfied, not easily come back.
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Exellent as always
Mar 22, 2010
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Janez and Marija Glavic
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Feb 21, 2010
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Was a nice place to stay and I would reccommend it...although the restaurant leaves a lot to be desired there are many delightful places nearby. A good place to stay if you prefer a more quiet vacation
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Feb 24, 2010
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Jan 22, 2010
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The hotel it\ s self was very good with friendly staff. The rooms were better than I expected, I think there should be a better selection of TV channels though. The only thing I did not enjoy was the food at the resturant
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Very prompt and happy to assist with any query.
Jan 27, 2010
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Welcome to Cher Ville Boutique Resort,
it's a great honor and pleasure the new management and the new team announces the opening of Cher Ville Boutique Resort in Bangrak on the island of Koh Samui, with a team speaking your language (English, French, Italian, Spanish and Thai).
We practice an exceptional quality price ratio with different categories of rooms.
:: Studio Room ::
:: Standard Room (Double / Twin Bed) ::
This type of room has a subtle touch inside, not overly decorated so it's very calm & pleasing to the eyes. A queen-sized or a twin bed, cable TV., air-conditioning, mini-bar, hot & cold shower, a spacious bathroom and a small balcony where you can sit down and enjoy viewing the Infinity Edge pool.
:: Deluxe Room ::
This type of room is almost the same as the standard room, the only difference is the location. Deluxe rooms are located at the corner lot, so therefore bigger than the standard one. Equipped with the same facilities like that of a standard room.
:: Presidential Room ::
This luxury comfort suite has a superb and fabulous design with a living room, bed room and stylish bathroom with a bathtub. It is located at the center of the resort overlooking the swimming pool. This suite is typically designed for honeymooners and suitable for a small family as well.
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We have a pleasure to welcoming you in our new infrastructure with renovated rooms, a new swimming pool and a garden completely renovate. The Cher Ville Boutique Resort is committed to providing his guests with a superior quality service with a team at your disposal including a concierge service. Our team will do everything possible to make your stay unforgettable.
We will offer you all kinds of activities and excursions in partnership with the best companies of the island. We will also be pleased to welcome you in our new restaurant "THE MUSHROOM"
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Daily room service is from 08.00 to 15.00 only.
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:: Activities During Your Stay in Koh Samui ::
Around the island tour & boat tour
Snorkeling & kayaking
Elephant trekking
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Football golf
Monkey show
Crocodile show
Snake farm
Butterfly garden
In the heart of the small village of Bangrak, we are located 5 minutes from the airport and only one minute from the beach. The Big Buddha is at only 5 minutes by car, from where you can reach the island of Koh Phangan and Koh Tao.
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Here are a few other reasons to keep your blog fresh:
- Search engines love to provide their customers with relevant, helpful, and up-to-date content and blogs provide this. Blogs are also less formal than static web content and this conversational tone is akin to the way people query search engines and connect with the content they find.
- An up-to-date and informative blog is also an essential tool in your social media arsenal. If you keep your blog current you'll never run out of useful tips, insights and relevant information to share with our Facebook and Twitter fans. It's also a great way to get your audience to engage with your business and each other (via comments), and of course, a great way to drive traffic that you wouldn't normally get to your website.
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As a business blogger you don't need to post five blogs a week; you just need consistency, relevance and a little inspiration.
Here are eight tips for keeping your small business blog current and fresh!
- 1. Write Within Your Means
- You don't need to write a long blog post (over 500 words) every time. Keep your posts brief if you need to. A great way of doing this is to use "fillers" (posting links to other blogs, event pages, YouTube videos, and so on) and frame them with an intro. Don't do it all the time but it's certainly a way to keep content fresh without spending too much time researching and writing.
- 2. Listen to and Get Blog Ideas from your Customers
- Your customers, and potential customers, are your target audience and a great source for blog topic ideas. Listen to them. What are their challenges? How can your skills and expertise help them with their pain points? You don't need to delve into how your product helps them; do that and you run the risk of sounding like a sales pitch. Instead, focus on your area of expertise and write about what is relevant to your customers.
- For example, if you run a law business and get hundreds of questions about "How do I write a will?" or a fashion boutique owner who regularly finds yourself offering your customer's style tips. Use your blog articles to share your expertise and answer the questions you get every day. In this case the law business could write about "5 Things You Need to Know about Writing your First Will" and the boutique owner might wish to share "6 Tips for Pairing Old and New in your Closet".
- So lend an ear to your customers wherever they are -- on Facebook, on Twitter, in your store, in their homes, wherever you come into contact with them.
- 3. Look to What Others are Writing About
- Inspiration can come from a variety of sources, and don't feel that you have to reinvent the wheel with your blogs. Take the time to follow and read other blogs that relate to your field. What's going on in the news? Is there a new industry development that's worth writing about? Oftentimes you can spin a different angle on a topic that's already been written about, or even reference that blog and weigh in with your comments (but never copy the article).
- 4. Showcase People
- Why not feature willing customers? What they do, why they use you, real simple stuff. What about your team? Do you have any quirky characters or rock star employees that your customers love – showcase them so that your readers can get to know the people behind the business!
- 5. Invite Guest Bloggers
- Take the burden off yourself every now and again while also opening the door to a new voice. Guest bloggers often cover ground that you can't or provide a useful insight into another aspect of your industry. Guest bloggers might include a business partner, a vendor, or an industry expert. Be sure to give them plenty of advance notice to write the blog, and be prepared to discuss the angle you want their topic to take. You also want to subtly ensure that your quality is not impacted. Don't be afraid to edit the guest post, just be sure to share the edits with the blogger as a courtesy – most guest bloggers welcome a second pair of eyes to review and polish up their work.
- 6. Turn on Comments
- Simply put, comments are another way for readers to interact with you and each other. Don't disable them, and be sure to monitor them for SPAM, etc.
- 7. Develop an Editorial Calendar
- This is an absolute must and can really make the process of writing much easier because you do all the planning in advance. Use a simple spreadsheet to schedule your blogs – quarterly plans are good, but a monthly plan can also work. Remember, you don't need to post any more than one or two blogs per week but having an editorial calendar can help you formulate your ideas in advance. Your calendar should identify your topic, describe the angle you are going to take, and assign an author and a due date. Be sure to check for any industry or market updates that might impact the angle your blog takes. Then, when you're ready to write the blog you can hit the ground running.
- 8. Keep it Focused on Business
- The number one golden rule of business blogging: never veer into personal musings on how fast your kids are growing up or what the dog got up to at the park. Yes, you can add your personal wit and humor to the tone of your blog, but do keep it focused on your business interests and not your personal life.
[edit] More ideas for blog content
UPDATE: If you're running out of ideas about what to write about, check out this post from SBA guest blogger, Anita Campbell of SmallBizTrends.com: Never Run out of Blog Ideas - Here are 36.
What blog writing tips have worked for you? Share your ideas below or post your questions on the discussion boards.
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- Thinking of Starting a Blog? Tips to Help You Start, Maintain & Grow a Small Business Blog!
- Does your Website Need a Refresh? 6 Tips for Keeping your Site Relevant
- Putting the "Social" into Social Media Marketing: 3 Tips for Interacting with your Customers
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The source of this article is the Small Business Administration:
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) was created in 1953 as an independent agency of the federal government to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns, to preserve free competitive enterprise and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of our nation. The SBA helps Americans start, build and grow businesses. Through an extensive network of field offices and partnerships with public and private organizations, SBA delivers its services to people throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, the U. S. Virgin Islands and Guam. The SBA provides assistances primarily through four programs:
- Business financing programs including debt, equity and micro lending
- Entrepreneurial development through education, information, technical assistance & training
- Promotes small business Federal Government contracting with subcontracting procurement opportunities, outreach programs, and training to help meet the 23% goal for small business contracting
- Advocacy and research on behalf of small businesses
Detailed information is available at the SBA website and a detailed Resource Guide is available in English and Spanish on the website.
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Regulatory difficulties in Quebec forced Bellator to get all old-school UFC and move Bellator IX to the glitz and glamour of Monroe, Louisiana, but they did what any good promotion would do: grabbed some crawfish and rolled with the punches. Last night's event narrowed down their finalists for the upcoming middleweight tournament, and they had a bunch of other fights just for fun. Here's how it went down:
Middleweight semi-final tournament fights:
Jared Hess def. Yosmany Cabezas via TKO at 4:26, round 3
Hector Lombard def. Damien Stelly via TKO (strikes) at 2:56, round 1
Non-tournament fights:
Nick Ring def. Isidro "Chilo" Gonzalez via submission (guillotine) at 0:39, round 1
Shad Lierley def. Nate Murdock via unanimous decision
Alex Andrade def. Christian Fulgram via TKO at 2:01, round 1
Shawn Jordan def. Jayme McKinney via submission at 0:30, round 2
Chan Leonhardt def. Dan Keenan via KO at 3:03, round 1
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Wiz Khalifa will receive the Static Major Award for Music Entrepreneurship at the 1st Annual Block Starz Awards, www.blockstarz.tv, presented by IndiePower during the 2013 Kentucky Derby Festival weekend in May.
Wiz Khalifa (b. Cameron Jibril Thomaz), who is known for his Atlantic Records debut single, "Black and Yellow", which peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and his major label albums Rolling Papers and O.N.I.F.C., generated $20 million over the past two years, twice landing on FORBES' Hip-Hop Cash Kings list; as well as, the magazine's "30 Under 30" music list alongside the likes of Lady Gaga. The 25-year-old Pittsburgh rapper achieved this by supplementing his income from record sales with an aggressive tour schedule, movies, apparel, and twice the merchandise sales of typical rappers.
"Wiz is a movement in himself, with incredibly loyal fans," says Cameron Strang, CEO of Warner/Chappell Music and head of West Coast operations for WMG, Atlantic's parent company, in an exclusive profile of Wiz Khalifa featured in the January 21 issue of FORBES. "He has a complete creative vision for all the different aspects of his career, central to which is his incredible music."
The Static Major Music Entrepreneurship Award is named after Grammy Award-winning Louisville, Kentucky rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer Stephen Ellis Garrett, also known as Static Major, who gained posthumous fame after appearing on Lil Wayne's 2008 album Tha Carter III on the song "Lollipop". Static produced and/or wrote hit songs for Aaliyah, Ginuwine, and Pretty Ricky, and was a member of the R&B trio Playa. Garrett died unexpectedly on February 25, 2008 and there are plans to release his debut album on the fifth anniversary of his passing this year.
"The Static Major Music Entrepreneurship Award honors recording artists who are CEOs of their own successful careers, by exploring new career paths, income streams, and business models," says Tia Brown, co-founder and executive director of the Block Starz Foundation Inc., a non-profit based in Louisville, KY, which promotes literacy through arts and entertainment and is hosting the event that will feature performances by artists Mac Miller and Chevy Woods of Khalifa's TaylorGang imprint.
"Static took an entrepenurial approach to the music industry and Wiz Khalifa carries on that spirit," says Block Starz Music LLC president and chief executive Bayer Mack, whose independent label featured Khalifa on its 2009 East Coast Block Starz compilation before the rapper achieved international fame.
"The things Wiz, Will [Dzombak], and the team over at TaylorGang have accomplished in the past few years are amazing, but they have remained incredibly humble. It's not all about the money with them."
The 139th Kentucky Derby Festival weekend, which attracts over 1.5 million people from around the world who take part in more than 70 special events, takes place May 3-5 in Louisville, Kentucky. Block Starz Award organizers will be releasing more details, including categories, and honorees, over the coming weeks and months leading up to the event, which is being co-promoted by IndiePower, www.indiepower.com, a global entertainment marketing and distribution company run by industry veteran Jay Warsinske.


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Walker Out For A Month
South Sydney have lost star recruit Chris Walker for up to a month with a fractured arm. Walker sustained the injury in his left forearm in yesterdays heartbreaking loss to his former club, the Brisbane Broncos.
Walker will be sorely missed by the Rabbitohs as they come to terms with two narrow losses in two weeks but the club has shown tremendous spirit after their turbulent start to the season.
Souths were all but home in yesterdays match and only had to hold on for twenty seconds but Tallis stripped the ball from Paul Stringer in a one on one tackle close to Souths line, Shaun Berrigan then pounced and spread the ball wide for Brent Tate to score in the corner to give the Broncos an undeserved victory that sees them remain undefeated after two rounds.
Souths play the Cowboys at home this week which should see them regsiter their first victory for 2003 and give the club something positive to build on after two near misses against top sides.


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Entire trailer is 36 feet long. Horse trailer area is 22 feet long, 80 inches wide, and 80 inches tall. One owner and parked inside. Dressing room has…$8,000
Circle D stock trailer. Open, no slants, have fit 6 horses in it with room to spare. Floor is good, tires are good, electrical works, title in hand. Fresh…$3,500
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PRESS RELEASE: Gretsch celebrates the legacy of George Harrison with the G6128T-GH George Harrison Signature Duo Jet guitar, modelled on the instrument that the legendary guitarist referred to as his "first real decent guitar."
Features include distinctive appointments and modifications found on and inspired by Harrison's original 1957 Gretsch Duo Jet, which he purchased secondhand in the early 1960s.
These include a lightweight mid-'50s-style chambered body, all-black colour scheme (arched maple top, mahogany back and sides, and back of the one-piece mahogany neck), Bigsby B3C tailpiece with a black Phillips head vibrato arm pivot bolt, and an offset strap button on the lower bout.
Other features include three-ply body binding (white-black-white), white single-ply neck and headstock binding, 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with 12-inch radius and hump-block pearloid inlays, two single-coil DynaSonic pickups, vintage-style 'rocking bar' bridge with rosewood base, silver plexi pickguard, chrome-plated Grover V98CM Sta-Tite tuners, Gretsch 'G' arrow control knobs, chrome-plated hardware, Harrison's signature on the truss rod cover and a premium tweed case.
The G6128T-GH George Harrison Signature Duo Jet evokes the vibe of Harrison's original Duo Jet, which he held dear in The Beatles' early-'60s era and used to record the group's landmark first album, Please Please Me (1963).
A quarter-century later, Harrison was pictured with the guitar on the cover of his acclaimed 1987 solo album, Cloud Nine. Further, the introduction of the G6128T-GH George Harrison Signature Duo Jetclosely follows the early 2011 release of the Gretsch Custom Shop G6128T-GH George Harrison 'Tribute' Duo Jet, a limited edition relic model that meticulously mirrored the original guitar down to the tiniest detail.
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Class of Female Workers Subjected to Sexual Harassment and Retaliation at Kennedy Airport
NEW YORK - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a $2.6 million settlement of a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment and retaliation against Trans World Airlines, Inc. (TWA) under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The suit charged TWA with subjecting a class of female employees at John F. Kennedy International Airport to a sexually hostile work environment since January 1988 that culminated in severe and repeated harassment and retaliation for complaining about the discrimination.
According to the settlement, entered with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, the monetary relief will be paid to the claimants directly or through a claim fund. EEOC expects the class to include dozens of female employees or former employees who were subjected to sexual harassment and/or retaliation over a 10 year period. The women held all types of positions at TWA with the exception of flight crew. The amount of monetary relief provided to individual class members will be determined by EEOC. TWA, which settled the suit without admitting liability, recently filed for reorganization under Chapter 11, and substantially all of its assets have since been purchased by American Airlines.
"Sexual harassment and retaliation continue to be persistent problems in today's workplace. Charge filings alleging these types of employment discrimination have both more than doubled since 1990," said EEOC Chairwoman Ida L. Castro. "This settlement should remind all employers to actively root out harassment and retaliation from the workplace. As this case shows, tolerating a sexually hostile work environment and retaliating against employees for exercising their statutory rights comes at a high cost."
The suit, filed in June 1998, stems from charges of discrimination by three former female employees who alleged that their on-duty male supervisors engaged in severe and repeated sexually offensive conduct, such as unsolicited touching, sexual propositions, exposing their genitals, lewd comments, and abusive or offensive language. According to the suit, several of the women who worked in the TWA Tower directing aircraft movements on the ground were harassed while they were in contact with planes for safety purposes.
According to the suit, TWA took no remedial action after the women complained about the discriminatory practices, and instead engaged in retaliation against female employees who protested and/or complained about the harassment.
"Employers have a responsibility to foster work environments that are free of sexual harassment and other types of discrimination," said Katherine Bissell, regional attorney for EEOC's New York District Office, which handled the case. "However, if and when discrimination or harassment occur, employers must act swiftly to prevent and correct the unlawful conduct which TWA failed to do in this case."
Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination that violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Sexual harassment charges filed nationwide with EEOC and state and local Fair Employment Practices Agencies (FEPAs) have more than doubled in the past decade, from 6,127 in FY 1990 to 15,836 in FY 2000. Similarly, retaliation charge filings have also more than doubled from 7,906 in FY 1991 to 21,613 in FY 2000. Retaliation, which is covered under the anti- discrimination laws, occurs when employers take adverse action against employees who complain about or protest discriminatory conduct, or participate in an EEOC investigation.
In addition to enforcing Title VII, which prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin, EEOC enforces the Age Discrimination in Employment Act; the Equal Pay Act; Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which prohibits employment discrimination against people with disabilities in the private sector and state and local governments; prohibitions against discrimination affecting individuals with disabilities in the federal government; and sections of the Civil Rights Act of 1991. Further information about the Commission is available on the agency's Web site at www.eeoc.gov.
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There is a remarkable man in America called Dr Paul Strassmann. He has had as illustrious a career as it is possible to have in IT management. He was CIO of Kraft, Xerox and the world's biggest computer user, the US Defense Department. I have met Strassmann on a number of occasions. His résumé speaks for itself, but he is also a truly original thinker about the IT industry, basing his observations on his primary research.
Measuring total value
One of his key ideas is the concept of 'knowledge capital'. He has written a book on the subject and even attempted to copyright the phrase. Knowledge capital, put simply, is the difference between an organisation's tangible assets and its total value.
A publicly traded company, for example, has readily recognisable assets that are reflected in its balance sheet: money in the bank, premises, stock, debtors and so on. But its stock market valuation is typically many times that figure. If it isn't, the company is a target for corporate 'asset strippers' who will sell off its component parts for more than they paid.
The value put on a company by the market reflects the future profits a buyer expects to be able to make from the company, not just the value of the company's tangible assets. But what exactly is it that makes the company worth that extra money?
There are many ways to express this value: 'goodwill', 'ability to execute' or, in Strassmann's words, 'knowledge capital'.
Strassmann maintains a database of thousands of US public companies, tracking their total value, as measured by the stock market, against their tangible assets, as disclosed in their balance sheets. One recent calculation put total market valuation at US$12.3 trillion (A$17.47t) and tangible assets at just US$3.6t (A$5.11t). In other words, knowledge capital comprises more than two-thirds of the average company's value.
But this figure is not reflected in balance sheets. Any accountant knows the value of the stock in the warehouse, but no one knows how to account for the intangible value of the accumulated knowledge residing inside the heads of the company's employees. Nor is the cost of accumulating this knowledge accounted for.
"Almost everything that counts as an accumulation of knowledge is usually paid for and written off as an overhead expense and charged against current profits," says Strassmann. "This decreases profits, increases expenses and diminishes returns on management time, unless management sets out deliberately to treat all overhead expense as a potential investment in knowledge capital.
"Managers should therefore monitor what portion of their expenses and R&D costs is frittered away as a one-time happening, and how much of it can be seen as an asset with a residual value."
Information productivity
Strassmann then compares the way accountants treat the disposal of tangible assets with the way they treat an employee who leaves the company: "If a company scraps 100 forklift trucks before they are depreciated, that will be recorded as a loss. If 1,000 employees with career-life learning costs of at least US$150 million (A$213m) leave a corporation, none of the financial reports will reflect that".
"When knowledgeable employees leave, they are written off as having no value, even though during their years of employment the corporation paid for all of the knowledge they acquired on the job," he says.
"The existing methods and concepts of accounting, budgeting and planning are biased against anything that is not a tangible asset. No wonder that many prior attempts to calculate the productivity of information have foundered on the reluctance of the current stakeholders to be subjected to the sort of measurements that were previously reserved only for the labouring classes."
We are now seeing some attempts to redress this imbalance. There are attempts to quantify individual and corporate performance with concepts such as key performance indicators (KPIs), business performance management (BPM) and the so-called 'balanced scorecard'.
On another front, we are witnessing a revolution in information management, towards what is being called enterprise content management (ECM). ECM is based on the fact that only 25 per cent of a typical organisation's data is held in traditional information systems.
Managing unstructured data
IT has traditionally been focused on transactional data, of the sort typically processed by ERP systems and stored in relational databases. It has had little to do with data stored in word processing documents, spreadsheets, e-mail messages and Web pages.
That sort of data is called 'unstructured data'. It also happens to be just the information that reflects the organisation's knowledge capital. It is where the contents of most of an individual's day-to-day activities are stored.
The big battle in IT during the next 10 years will be the move towards making the most efficient use of unstructured data. Witness EMC's recent purchase of leading document management company Documentum. The giant storage vendor has picked up on this trend, buying a company that specialises in managing unstructured data.
'Knowledge capital' is an idea ahead of its time. But it is also an idea whose time has now come. The real value of an organisation is in its people and in what those people know.
We instinctively know this, but it takes someone like Strassmann to spell it out.


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Wapak councilors reveals effort to buy school properties
Faced with an opportunity to increase the number of acres in the city's park system, a Wapakoneta City Council member unveiled a proposal to purchase the former Centennial Elementary School property.
Wapakoneta 1st Ward Councilor Jim Neumeier presented the proposal, which requires borrowing money from the Electric Expansion Fund, to purchase the Centennial Elementary School property and the land from the Harmon Park gazebo east to the football practice field.
"When you have the Breakfast Optimists and the Wapakoneta Soccer Club willing to make the commitment they are making then they obviously want and I can see a need for additional park space," Neumeier told the Wapakoneta Daily News after Tuesday's Parks and Recreation Committee meeting. "This is a one-time deal and if we are going to do it then we need to do it now because they will sell it sometime so we might as well get our offer in now and see what happens."
Parks and Recreation Committee members voted 2-1 Tuesday to recommend city councilors authorize Safety-Service Director Bill Rains to enter into negotiations with Wapakoneta City School District administrators for the purchase of the Centennial Elementary School property.
The city is offering $90,000 for the Centennial School property, which totals approximately 10 acres. The city has already entered a deal for the Harmon Park property and buildings at a cost of $35,000.
Neumeier had Mayor Rodney Metz, Auditor Gail Walter and Rains work on a proposal to finance the purchase of both properties. The city would receive $8,000 for five years from the Wapakoneta Soccer Club and $5,000 for four years from the Breakfast Optimist for the Centennial Elementary School property.
The city would borrow $94,000 from the Electric Expansion Fund to purchase the Centennial Elementary School property and the remainder owed on the Harmon Park property. The Wapakoneta Recreation Fund would pay back the Electric Expansion Fund with interest in three payments of $17,500, with a fourth year payment dropping to $12,500.
Neumeier said using Hauss-Helms Funds, which are generating $11,000 in interest for the Wapakoneta Recreation Fund when a certificate of deposit (CD) comes due in 2013, is not an option to purchase the land.
Neumeier gained support for his plan from 2nd Ward Councilor Dan Lee, who is a member of the Parks and Recreation Committee.
"I think this is a good way to gain extra land for the parks, and we are holding onto the Hauss-Helms money — plus we are going to pay back the money with interest," Lee said. "We will continue to be good stewards of the land and that land is not going to open up again that close to the park.
"I think we would be remiss if we didn't take advantage of the situation that has presented itself to us to provide a good community place for area kids to kick a soccer ball or hit a ball," he said. "I am in favor of this, I think this proposal is sound and I want to thank the people outside of the city offices who have come together to help make this happen."
Mike Foor, who was representing the Wapakoneta Soccer Club, and Ryan Place, who was representing the Wapakoneta Breakfast Optimists, attended the meeting and presented letters of financial support.
Foor said the group would help purchase the ground and improve the property for additional soccer fields. Place said the organization wanted approximately 1/2 acre for recreation equipment and naming rights for the park.
Wapakoneta Recreation Director Jack Hayzlett said the proximity of the Centennial Elementary School property would enable crews and equipment from Veterans Memorial Park to maintain the grounds.
Even with these assurances, Councilor-at-large Wilbur Wells, who is the third member of the committee and is Finance Committee chair, voiced his concerns with forging ahead with the purchase.
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By: Dr Lynda Kelly, Category: Museullaneous, Date: 24 Mar 2010
Notes and links for a Masterclass I'm teaching on March 24, 2010, for University of Technology students.
Teaching a Masterclass tonight at UTS to a bunch of students about what museums are doing in the Web 2.0 area. I'll be discussing the following.
1. Why museums are in these spaces – data about visitors' use of social media
2. What they are doing there, using our All About Evil exhibition development blog/Facebook group as a case study
3. Social media in exhibition development – building community:
4. Web 2.0 and organisational change for museums:
5. Six ways to make Web 2.0 work (based on an HBR article):
6. Developing a Web 2.0 mindset
7. Repurposing content: write once, publish broadly across a range of mediums
8. Other museums
Here's another link the student may find useful: How do I incorporate the web into my daily work practices? As well as the study I did of social media and the Eureka Prizes looking at how much time Web 2.0 takes per week (answer = 12 minutes + 2 large glasses of red wine!).


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Toward the end of his life, Orson Welles and director Henry Jaglom became close in friendship and business. They lunched regularly together at Ma Maison, where the film legend asked Jaglom to tape their unfettered conversations. Thirty years later, film historian Peter Biskind has edited their talks and penned the introduction for "My Lunches With Orson: Conversations Between Henry Jaglom and Orson Welles."
You made those tapes in the early '80s. So why did it take so long to transcribe and publish them?
I kept them in my office. I didn't listen to them, because it was too big a job. So I just thought, well, they're there for future historians. And two or three people came to me and asked me [about publishing the tapes], and they weren't people I took seriously. And then when Peter came, he's a critic of the arts and of film and a respected one. And I said, "You want to put yourself through all this?" And he said, "Yeah, on the one condition that you don't censor me."
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I think it's an extraordinary way of really knowing who Orson was with all the flaws of a great, disappointed, hurt man but with an enormous talent, thwarted to such a degree that he couldn't express the talent and yet [he had] a never-ending hopefulness and never ceased to work and try to figure out what the next project would be. That's why I got him to write this whole new movie ["The Big Brass Ring," an American political drama] toward the end, when he thought he could never write again. It would have been "[Citizen] Kane" at the end of the century the way "Kane" was Kane at the beginning of the century. But then I couldn't get anybody to finance it.
No one wanted to finance Orson because Orson's movies had never made a penny, and this town is all about bottom line. I went to every single studio head, just about every big producer and every big star. And all of them wanted to have lunch with him, and all of them fell through when it came to the money.
At the time, you were kind of his Yoko Ono, or should I say platonic Yoko. You were the gatekeeper?
It was definitely the platonic Yoko. I was a bit of a gatekeeper. I stopped people from seeing him or I encouraged others to see him and when he wanted to see somebody, I would arrange it.
What did the two of you have in common other than great admiration for Welles?
For him, I was young, I had a tremendous amount of energy. I had a great deal of faith in him and I wanted him to make a movie very, very badly. And I wouldn't give up hope, and I wouldn't let him give up hope. And we were able, because of our emotional relationship, not to lie to each other. Le Monde called us ... Orson was asked, "You're so different in ages and film styles. How is it that you're so close?" And his answer was, "Henry and I were girlfriends." And it was true. He was such a man when he would sit with Warren [Beatty] or some of these guys and they'd be telling all these tales of conquest. But with me, he talked about his feelings. He always said he worked as a man but he felt as a woman. And he thought all great male artists had this huge feminine component.
And I put all the energies that I had, that I wasn't using in getting my films made, into finding somebody [to finance "The Big Brass Ring"]. Finally I found [producer] Arnon Milchan and I found the money, and we celebrated. We understood why the studios wouldn't support him because none of his films ever made a penny. But he knew the actors loved him, so he was sure that he would get one of them. And one by one, each actor turned [him down], even two of my closest friends: Jack Nicholson and Warren Beatty had nice excuses compared to the others. Jack had spent his career building up to a certain price and he and his agent felt it was wrong to do something for a lesser price. That price was bigger than the budget of our whole movie. Warren had just completed "Reds," which was an enormous undertaking. He said, "Tell Orson it's as if I've been up all night in a whorehouse... [and I'm] exhausted beyond belief. I come out into the daylight and who is standing there with her arms open to me? Marilyn Monroe. Tell Orson I'd love to, but I really, really can't."
And then when I finally got actors to agree, Orson was impossible. When I got Bobby De Niro, he said, "He's too ethnic." When I suggested Dusty Hoffman or [Al] Pacino, he said, "Nobody in Kansas would vote for any of those three people." He had the narrow vision of his time, unfortunately, in certain areas.
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The shock that really reduced him in his last years was the fact that his fellow actors found one reason after another [not to do the film], even that silly actor who'd become a star, Burt Reynolds. He'd asked Orson to write the introduction to his autobiography. Burt Reynolds didn't even have the elegance or the taste to answer him directly. He sent a letter from his lawyer, saying, "I'm sorry, but Mr. Reynolds is busy right now making real movies," and he underlined the word "real." That broke Orson's heart.
In addition to not making films that were commercial, he was often incredibly rude to people who could help him.
That became his defense. People with whom he made movies will tell you he was not rude. It was when he couldn't make the movies, his only defense was to be rude.
That lunch in the book with a woman from HBO, he was very rude and I was kicking him under the table. Afterwards, I said, "You sabotaged that." And he said, "No, I didn't... I knew from the beginning, they're not going to give me the freedom to do it creatively, so why waste time?"
What's ironic is that lo these many years later, cable television would have been exactly the right place for him.
When I saw "The Sopranos," I reached for the phone and then forgot that Orson was dead. What's going on in television now, Orson would have gone crazy for and would have been a master of this wonderful long-form storytelling where you can really tell the truth.
So what's next for you?
I'm editing a movie called "The M Word," which is coming out later in the year. It's about menopause. And Tanna Frederick is starring in it with Michael Imperioli and Frances Fisher. And I'm now in preproduction for a film I'm starting to shoot in two weeks. That's called "Ovation" and it's all backstage at a theater.
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