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Gabe is sent a random box of old VHS tapes and decides to review them...
V/H/S came into the post-premiere fray with massive positive buzz, but, soon after its wider release, the buzz was measured by some exceedingly negative responses. In the case of a major blockbuster release, this would be cause for concern, but horror movies are different. A lot of critics and audiences just don't like them. So I tried to keep an open mind and concerned myself with overcoming my growing hatred of the found footage genre. My hope is that my love of horror anthology features, even bad horror anthology will override my found footage fatigue. At the very least, an anthology, approach guarantees no particularly bad entry will go on too long and, until that final short, there's always the promise of something better.
Things start with Tape 56, the wrap-around feature directed by Adam Wingard. Wingard broke onto the scene with Home Sick, an extremely low-budget and un-focused pseudo-black comedy/gore flick starring a cast of surprisingly recognizable actors, like Tiffany Shepis (who's actually quite good), Tom Towels, and Bill Mosley. That same year (2007), Wingard got his first taste of acclaim with his so-called 'psychedelic-horror-romance' Pop Skull, then, in 2010, he scored some award nominations at Fantastic Fest with A Horrible Way to Die (I haven't seen either of these movies). Tape 56 is a chaotic mishmash that uses multiple cameras and the illusion of taping over previous events to create an impressionistic version of real events through the chosen format. There's no reason given for these thugs to be filming their thuggish actions, but Wingard captures these flashes of 'plot' in an organic way that makes just enough narrative sense to act as a proper wraparound. The cast is convincingly thuggish as well.
The first video our wrap-around characters discover is entitled Amateur Night and follows a group of horrible, twenty-something douche-bags as they troll for chicks while one of them wears glasses with a hidden camera. This segment is directed by David Bruckner, who makes a day job living as an editor for television, but he has a couple of short films, including one of the three parts of technology-horror anthology The Signal (the other two were directed by Dan Bush and Jacob Gentry). The Signal is a mixed bag and Bruckner's section is the weakest of the three, but it's still well-made and especially well-edited (via Bruckner, himself). Amateur Night is feels like an authentically depressing amateur porno movie and benefits from a shorter runtime, simply because the characters are so deplorable that I'm not sure I could've taken them much longer. Bruckner scores points for realism and disturbing imagery (the modest special effects are very impressive), but not for originality or solid scares. Still, it's surprising that V/H/S managed to score an R-rating based on the goopy gore in this piece alone.
The next section is Second Honeymoon, directed by Ti West, who is currently battling Rob Zombie for the title of 'Obviously Talented Genre Filmmaker That Sabotages Himself with Vintage Homage.' West makes good-looking movies that appropriately mimic the look and feel of '70s and '80s horror and that's about it. The only more notable thing about his movies, like House of the Devil and Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever, is how boring they are (I haven't seen The Innkeepers yet, it may very well be awesome). As the title signifies, the story here follows a young couple on their second honeymoon. In true Ti West fashion, Second Honeymoon is a slow burn, which is a bit silly in reference to something this short. After a bit of nothing happening, the twenty-something douche-bag husband demands his wife makes a sex video with him (I'm smelling a trend), only to have his plans rebuked when another mysterious girl knocks on their hotel door (more trends!). Events finally pick up when an unseen third party picks up the camera and watches the couple sleeping with a switchblade in hand. West pulls some suspense out of his short and uses his picturesque Arizona locations efficiently, but mostly wastes time exploring the deteriorating relationship of his uninteresting characters. Then, just like every other Ti West movie I've ever seen, the short just ends.
Up next is Tuesday the 17th, which follows more douche-bag twenty-somethings on a road trip to a family cabin. If the title isn't any clue, we're talking a sort of slasher movie satire here. Tuesday the 17th is directed by Glenn McQuaid, a talented title designer for a eclectic range of films, including Charles Herman-Wurmfeld's Kissing Jessica Stein and Ti West's The Innkeepers. More importantly, he directed a punchy, oddball independent pseudo-anthology called I Sell the Dead, staring Dominic Monaghan, Larry Fessender, Ron Perlman, and Angus Scrimm. I Sell the Dead is no must-see, but it's creative and great fun. For Tuesday the 17th, McQuaid's unlikable white people are generally easier to be around than the unlikable white people seen in the previous shorts. They feel a bit more natural, even if they can't act very well. McQuaid uses his brief runtime effectively and gets good mileage out of inter-splicing gory images into the listless forest wanderings in a lead up to the cool reveal of his killer. Again, this isn't a particularly scary short, but it's probably the most creative and entertaining in the film, including cool, simple special effects and some good gore.
The Sick Thing That Happened to Emily When She Was Younger is directed by a filmmaker I know absolutely nothing about – one Joe Swanberg. Swanberg is, apparently, a major figure in the 'mumblecore' film movement. Mumblecore, which has nothing in common with the heavy metal music style, is defined by heavy improvisation and naturalistic dialogue. It's sort of like Dogme 95, if Dogme 95 didn't have cool arthouse filmmakers like Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg behind it, as I understand it. The Sick Thing That Happened to Emily When She Was Younger falls under the newly dubbed mumble gore subgenre, which, I suppose, sets it more in my wheelhouse. The Sick Thing That Happened to Emily When She Was Younger takes a different approach to the found footage thing – it's a series of recorded Skype-like conversations. This was also apparently used in Paranormal Activity 4, but, at the time, I believe it was a truly original concept to tell a traditional 'scary phone conversation' scary story via video conferencing. As someone who has found all the Paranormal Activity films pretty boring, I certainly appreciate the compressed nature of this little ghost story, even if it isn't particularly effective. Swanberg scores points for not resting on the laurels of the Paranormal Activity thing and spiking his audience with surprise body horror and jet-black comedy. This is the one short in V/H/S that could've worked even better in a longer format.
The last piece is 10/31/98, the story of more douche-bags white guys on their way to a Halloween house party, dressed in clever costumes, and hoping to hook up with sexy girls. Unfortunately, the fellas arrive at an empty house and things go wrong from there. 10/31/98 is directed by Radio Silence (formally Chad, Matt & Rob), which is the group name for filmmakers Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett, Justin Martinez, and Chad Villella. V/H/S marks the group's feature film debut, though they have produced a series of comedic shorts. It's a sort of unspoken rule of horror anthologies that the last story has to be the most outrageous. This isn't quite the crazy capper I was hoping for, but it's certainly lively in a faux-Sam Raimi fashion and includes more surprisingly well-executed special effects.
The faux-camcorder/real-camcorder look of V/H/S doesn't exactly make for the most impressive 1080p Blu-ray release, but the format does make for nice contrast between styles. Tape 56 mixes a whole lot of different devices, but is largely shot on actual VHS and uses the difference in compression artefacts to create its manic aggressive look. Amateur Night is shot using a tiny digital camera hidden within a pair of slightly oversized glasses. The look is similar to that of a five-year-old cameraphone, including a whole lot of fuzzy digital noise, bleeding colours, hard blends, and soft details. Second Honeymoon is shot using a reasonably high quality handheld camera. There are basic dots of compression noise, scan lines, and some ghosting effects, but overall, details are sharp, relatively complex, and colours are rich. Tuesday the 17th is also shot using a nice, modern, HD set-up. These daylight scenes of characters goofing off in nature are quite sharp (despite the constant camera shake) with more vibrant colours and complex background textures. The major blocking effects here are mostly added in post. The Sick Thing That Happened to Emily When She Was Younger is the Skype-like short and is limited by the abilities of a desktop camera. Besides digital grain and blocking, there's also a video lag effect. 10/31/98 looks particularly camcordery with analogue shimmer and aliasing, dull bleeding colours, and jagged edges (apparently, it was shot digital HD, then transferred back and forth to analogue a few times to dirty it up).
Once again, there's always something that bothers me about the sound design in found footage movies not being entirely centered or, at best, stereo. It always feels like a lie. But, obviously, filmmakers want to get the best out of a modern sound system and aggressive surround sound is a tried and true scary shorthand tradition. This DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 changes things up depending on the short in question. Tape 56 makes use of a whole lot of noise, which comes together to make something resembling dialogue and sound effects. It sets the stage for some of the more experimental hiss, hum, and buzz to come. During Amateur Night the sounds of the street and various clubs/bars blend pretty loudly into the stereo and surround channels, but has not been cleaned for clarity. The warbly, muffled quality is kind of gross, but certainly 'natural.' The directional effects here work especially well as the character wearing the camera runs and hides from the lady slaughtering his friends. Second Honeymoon is generally crisper and quieter with a decent stereo spread and minor surround ambience. The dialogue scenes are expectedly tinny and volume levels are expectedly inconsistent. Tuesday the 17th is dialogue-heavy, despite its natural setting, which offers only minor ambience. The sound design here gets interesting, however, as the short's peculiar killer makes his appearance and the stereo and surround channels buzz with digital white noise. The Sick Thing That Happened to Emily When She Was Younger is very limited in terms of sound, but does feature a constantly building LFE rumble that eventually flashes out into an aggressive multi-channel white noise effect. 10/31/98 is, along with Tape 56, the closest to actual VHS quality and its sound design follows the lo-fi set-up. The sound is clear enough to understand the dialogue and there's a decent front channel spread, but the bulk of the real sound design is devoted to the loud supernatural scare effects, which are generally a lot crisper than the analogue-flattened, base noise.
The extras begin with a big ol' group commentary featuring producers Brad Miska, Roxanne Benjamin and Gary Binkow, directors Adam Wingard, David Bruckner and Radio Silence (Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett, Justin Martinez and Chad Villella), writer Simon Barrett, and actors Helen Rogers and Joe Swanberg. This track is mostly a wall of discordant giggling, mumbling, and participants talking over each other. Everyone has something to say and nobody wants to wait for their turn. There's also very little focus. Anytime someone tries to discuss the production process (a location, a special effect, a previous film) someone else pops in with a joke question and everyone starts giggling again. On a few occasions the gigglers run out of steam and I actually learned something, but, for the most part, I was so overwhelmed that I found myself ignoring the babble.
Up next are a pair of extended/alternate/deleted scenes, including an alternate ending to 10/31/98 (1:30, HD), 'more' Tuesday the 17th (including behind the scenes snippets, 2:40, HD). Amateur Night – Balloon Night (3:30, HD) features behind the scenes footage of the Amateur Night filmmakers attaching balloons to cameras for the climax. Up next is a pile of interviews, including webcam interviews with Simon Barrett and Helen Rogers (Joe Swanberg acts as interviewer, 13:30, HD), and talking head cast & crew interviews (mostly presented in pairs) with Brad Miska & Zak Zeman, Simon Barrett & Adam Wingard, Ti West, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett, David Bruckner & Glenn McQuaid, and Joe Swanberg & Simon Barrett (28:40, HD). The disc also features AXS TV: A Look at V/H/S (4:50, HD) is an elongated trailer/EPK with footage from the interviews, a behind the scenes photo gallery, a conceptual design gallery, trailers, and trailers for other Magnolia releases.
V/H/S is a disappointment, but not a failure. It's the second big buzz horror anthology that disappointed me this year, behind The Theatre Bizarre. What's interesting is that The Theatre Bizarre was full of conceptually interesting shorts that didn't have much energy while V/H/S is brimming with energy (except Ti West's episode), but is conceptually kind of vapid. Perhaps if the filmmakers here would've communicated a little more, there'd be a little less thematic overlap (some critics have accused the film of being particularly misogynistic and I believe it's the repetitious story elements that add up to something misogynistic, not the pieces in and of themselves). This Blu-ray looks and sounds about as good as a movie that is meant to look grungy and analogue-infested can look and features plenty of extras – though, if you're like me, you won't be able to take the wall of noise during the group commentary. The future of the V/H/S franchise looks bright, though. The sequel, S-V/H/S is set to include returning staff Simon Barrett and Adam Wingard, along with Edúardo Sanchez ( Blair Witch Project), Gareth Evans ( The Raid: Redemption), and Jason Eisener ( Hobo with a Shotgun).
* Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray image quality.
Review by Gabriel Powers
bass88 Member Join Date: March 2011 Location: Ireland Posts: 100
Aw, no love for House Of The Devil? I love that film. I thought I was going to hate as it had this drawn out pace to it but by the end I was extremely impressed (I had the same experience with Valhalla Rising).
I'm glad that I'm not the only person who thinks Rob Zombie is talented but destroying himself with vintage gimmicks.
I'm glad that I'm not the only person who thinks Rob Zombie is talented but destroying himself with vintage gimmicks.
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,721
I actually gave House of the Devil a decent review. Then I watched it again and kind of hated it. It's so period accurate that it tricked me into thinking I enjoyed it, I guess? I promise to watch Innkeepers someday now that it's on Netflix streaming.
Chamboosy Member Join Date: July 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 111
Yeah, House of the Devil is not good. It's ridiculously boring and not terrifying at all. That said, I'm curious to watch The Innkeepers. It's a pity this wasn't as good as I hoped it'd be. I'm one of the few who didn't like Trick'R'Treat - maybe being Australian I just didn't get it - so was hoping for a good horror anthology. Oh well, I'll just rewatch Cabin in the Woods again (if it weren't for the ending of that film, Cabin in the Woods could have been a good 'anthology' style film series).
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Disc Details
Release Date: 4th December 2012
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.78:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English
Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish
Extras: Cast and Crew Commentary, Alternate Ending (10/31/98), More Tuesday the 17th, Amateur Night: Balloon Night, Webcam Interviews, Cast and Crew Interviews, AXS TV: A Look at V/H/S, Behind the Scenes Gallery, Conceptual Design Gallery, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Adam Wingard, David Bruckner, Ti West, Glenn McQuaid, Joe Swanberg, Radio Silence
Cast: Calvin Reeder, Lane Hughes, Kentucker Audley, Adam Wingard, Hannah Fierman, Mike Donlan, Joe Sykes, Drew Sawyer, Joe Swanberg, Sophia Takal, Norma C. Quinones, Drew Moerlein, Jeannine Yoder, Jason Yachanin, Helen Rogers, Daniel Kaufman, Chad Villella, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett, Paul Natonek
Genre: Horror
Length: 116 minutes
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STATESBORO - Throughout the spring and preseason, Georgia Southern coach Jeff Monken insisted Ezayi Youyoute and Jerick McKinnon would share playing time at quarterback.
But after three games, Youyoute had taken the majority of snaps, including every snap against The Citadel.
Youyoute started Saturday and directed a six-play, 62-yard touchdown drive during the Eagles' first possession.
But after two three-and-outs and GSU in need of a spark after falling behind 10-7 in the second quarter, Youyoute was out and McKinnon was in.
McKinnon ran 14 yards on a keeper on his first play. Three plays later, he found a seam on an option play and went 41 yards for a touchdown.
He finished with 162 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Eagles to a 35-16 victory over Samford at Paulson Stadium.
By halftime, McKinnon was the team's leading rusher with 61 yards on four carries. He had 101 yards on nine carries in the second half.
In the third quarter, when Samford closed within 21-16, McKinnon again came up big, racing 67 yards with another keeper for a touchdown. It was the fourth time in his career he rushed for two touchdowns in a game.
'Boro bully
Samford entered Saturday's game with two straight wins over Georgia Southern in Statesboro.
The Bulldogs defeated the Eagles 27-17 at Paulson Stadium in 2008 in Samford's first season in the Southern Conference and 20-13 in 2010.
Georgia Southern had not beaten Samford in Statesboro since 1990 when the Eagles scored in the final minute to win 31-24.
Hall of Fame honorees
At halftime, Georgia Southern honored its most recent Hall of Fame class - Adrian Peterson (football), Ray Mims and Tracy Rivers (baseball), Robin Thirsk (women's soccer), Blake Adams (golf) and Sharon Mitchell (women's basketball).
A banquet was held Friday night on campus.
Strange flag
GSU's Matt Dobson was caught by the new rules in this season. During a kickoff, Dobson's helmet came off away from the play.
Dobson continued to play but was never involved in the tackle. Nevertheless, he was flagged for a 15-yard personal foul.
Up next
The Eagles will travel to Cullowhee, N.C., to play Western Carolina next Saturday. Kickoff is 3:30 p.m.
Another score
GSU's sophomore fullback Dominique Swope opened the scoring with a 12-yard touchdown run, marking the fifth straight game he has scored at least one touchdown in a game.
Another defensive score
Cornerback Lavelle Westbrooks' 72-yard interception return for a touchdown in the second quarter was the Eagles' second return for a score this season.
Valdon Cooper had a 60-yard return for a touchdown against Jacksonville in the season opener.


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Children Fare Better in U.S. Immigrant Courts if They Have an Attorney
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Children who enter the U.S. illegally have a significantly better chance of gaining the right to stay if they have a lawyer by their side in immigration court, according to a new analysis that underscores the challenges Congress faces as it considers speeding up deportations.
Nearly half of all minors represented by lawyers in immigration court in the past decade eventually won permission to remain. But nine out of 10 without legal representation were sent back to their home countries, according to the report by the Transactional...


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G508, Reviewed October 1993
Farmers and small-business owners often fear that their loved ones might have to sell the family business to pay death taxes. In reality, the probability of a forced sale solely to pay estate taxes is small for three reasons.
First, you can leave a substantial amount of property to your heirs free of estate taxes. All property left to your spouse is exempt from any estate taxes. In addition, the 1986 estate tax "unified credit" allows $500,000 in property to pass to other heirs tax-free. This "tax free" amount will increase to $600,000 after 1986.
Second, the Internal Revenue Service allows a closely held family business to value land on the basis of its "current use" rather than on the standard "fair market value." Current use valuation of farmland usually can reduce the land value by 20 to 50 percent. This will, in turn, sharply reduce potential estate taxes.
Third, tax laws allow for delayed payment of federal estate taxes. These provisions can be useful for estates that experience shortages of liquid assets upon the death of the estate owner.
This guide will explain conditions under which you can delay payment of estate taxes. This guide is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice. Consult your attorney or accountant for assistance with specific estate tax questions.
Estate taxes normally are due nine months after the death of the estate owner. However, you may be granted up to a 10-year extension if you can show reasonable cause explaining why payment is impossible or impractical at that time. This extension is not automatic. The estate must pay interest on the balance due for the extension period. The interest rate is based on the prime rate charged by banks during the six-month periods ending March 31 and Sept. 30 each year. To apply for an extension, you must file IRS Form 4768 early enough to allow the IRS time to consider the application and reply before the initial nine-month period expires. Include with Form 4768 a detailed written statement explaining why you cannot pay the estate tax when originally due.
Examples of "reasonable cause" are:
A separate provision, IRS Code Section 6166, allows you to pay the estate taxes due on a closely held family business in installments over a 15-year period if the business remains in the family.
You can only use Section 6166 to delay the payment of taxes on closely held business property. The business must be engaged in productive activities. It cannot simply manage assets. The value of the deceased's share of the closely held business must be at least 35 percent of the adjusted gross estate (gross estate less expenses, debts and taxes) plus the value of gifts made within three years of death. The interest in a closely held farm business includes land, livestock, buildings and equipment used in farming, plus the value of the farm house and other improvements regularly occupied by the operators of the farm.
The deceased must have been a U.S. citizen or resident at the time of death to use 6166.
You may defer only the federal estate taxes due on the portion of the estate that consists of closely held business property. For example, if 50 percent of the estate consists of closely held business property, then only 50 percent of the estate taxes may be deferred by electing 6166. The remaining estate taxes are due within nine months of the estate holder's death and are subject to interest and penalty for late payment.
Section 6166 is a voluntary election. Should the heirs desire to delay the payment of estate taxes, the executor can elect 6166 on part or all of the property eligible.
A closely held business is one in which a substantial portion of the ownership and management was under the control of the deceased.
To elect Section 6166, the deceased must have been actively involved in management of the business and:
Exercise caution when using cash rental agreements. A farm that is cash rented (even to a family member) probably will not qualify as a closely held business. Make crop-share arrangements to avoid this problem.
If the deceased owned more than one closely held business, only those businesses in which the deceased had an interest of 20 percent or more may be combined and treated as a single business.
The timely election of Section 6166 can result in the installment payment of estate taxes over a period of nearly 15 years. For the first nine months after death, no payments are due and no interest accumulates. For the next four years, you make only annual interest payments. During the following 10 years, both principal and interest are due.
No penalty is made for early payment of installments.
The estate executor is personally liable for deferred taxes unless the IRS files a lien on the property as security for taxes postponed.
For the first $1 million in closely held business property, interest is charged on the balance of the estate taxes due at the rate of 4 percent per annum. For estates valued at more than $1 million, interest on the excess is calculated at the prime rate charged by banks during the six month period ending March 31 and Sept. 30 each year.
The interest rate will increase from 4 percent to the prime rate for the delinquent period if you make any payments late. In addition, a penalty of 5 percent of the payment will be charged for each month the payment is late.
Any payment not made within six months of the due date will cause the remaining balance to become due in full.
Heirs or their family members must retain ownership of the property until the balance of the estate taxes is paid. Should the heirs terminate the business, liquidate a majority of the business assets or sell 50 percent or more of the eligible closely held business property to a non-family member, remaining unpaid taxes become due immediately. The heirs can choose to incorporate the business, provided stock ownership remains in the family.
You should file estate tax returns on IRS Form 706 within nine months of the estate owner's death unless an extension is granted. By filing Form 4768, you can request an extension of up to six months if it is impossible or impractical to complete the return by the due date.
To make delayed payment under Section 6166, attach a letter to the estate tax return. The letter must include the reason the estate qualifies for 6166 and a payment schedule.
The election to use Section 6166 must be made on a timely filed estate tax return. No extensions are allowed. If you are uncertain about whether you want to use Section 6166, consider filing for it anyway. This is called a "protective election." You can always decide later not to use it, but once the initial filing deadline has passed, you cannot elect 6166.
A protective election often is made when the exact amount of the tax due is uncertain, as might be the case when current use valuation of farmland (Section 2032A) is used. If the IRS later disallows the current use valuation and if you then owe additional estate taxes, you will still be able to use the 6166 delayed payment method because you made the protective election.
Widow Wilson dies in 1987 and leaves her children an estate valued at $1.25 million. Part of the estate consists of cash, bonds and household property, but most of the estate ($1 million) is the value of the family farm. The children elect to use 6166 to delay payment of estate taxes on the value of the farm.
Had the value of the farm business exceeded $1 million, only the deferred estate taxes on the first $1 million in closely held business property would have been eligible for 4 percent interest. The prime rate would be used to calculate interest on the excess.
As you can see from this example, electing Section 6166 does not reduce estate taxes. You pay the entire amount due ($255,500) but you pay it over an extended period. If you hadn't made the 6166 election, the $255,500 would have been due nine months after the death of the estate owner.
Table 16166 Estate tax payment schedule
The use of 6166 results in payment of a substantial amount of interest — $77,672 in this example. At 4 percent, it probably will be the lowest rate of interest you can get.
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Postal workers intercepted a viable letter bomb addressed to a high ranking senior police officer in Northern Ireland.
The package addressed to chief inspector Andy Lemon, was intercepted at a sorting office in Strabane, Co. Tyrone, BreakingNews.ie.
The alarm was raised after postal workers at an office on Castle Street discovered a suspicious package. A spokesman for the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said it was a small viable device.
He said "It has been taken away for further examination."
Bomb squad officers carried out their investigations during a security operation which resulted in six roads around the sorting office being closed for several hours.
Mr Lemon is the area commander in Strabane and the most senior officer to be targeted with a bomb in two decades. He described the situation as a worrying development and claimed that the postal staff saved lives.
"It could have gone up at any time, this was a very dangerous device and I would like to praise the Post Office staff for noticing it. One of them, or one of my officers, could have been injured had they opened it," he said.
The device, which has been described as crude, was made up of a battery pack and accelerant. It was packed into a brown envelope and addressed to Mr Lemon at Strabane police station.
He added: "I do not believe this is a personal attack but more a general attack on the police. Because I am area commander, a lot of mail would come into the police station addressed to myself, but I do not open any of it. That is done by other members of staff.
"This was an attempt to kill or injure police."
Mr Lemon said despite the threat PSNI officers would not be deterred from their duty.
"We have a job to do. The threat is severe, it has been severe for some time. We deal with it daily and do as much as we can to try and minimise that threat," he explains.
He said the PSNI were keeping an open mind about who was responsible but acknowledged that dissident republicans were the most likely suspects.
Sinn Fein MLA for Strabane, Michaela Boyle said lives were put at risk.
She said: "What is to be gained by this? This has put the lives of postal workers at risk as well as others. It caused mayhem and disruption to the town and wider community.
"It is a Friday and we have a market in the town which generates a lot of people from other places coming into the town. A lot of revenue has been lost by businessmen and women who are already struggling.
"There is no place in society for this sort of activity from these individuals. It could have been fatal."
Brian Rea, chairman of the Northern Ireland policing board said: "Whilst this has been described as a small device it had the potential to cause injury. Whoever sent this package really didn't care about the harm it could have caused and I praise the vigilance of the postal workers in spotting it."
DUP MLA Ross Hussey, who sits on the Policing Board added his condemnation.
"It is quite clear that so-called dissident republicans are oblivious to the pleas from across the political spectrum that they cease their activities and leave the rest of society to live in peace. The Police are here to serve and protect the entire community and an attack on one police officer is an attack on all of us," he said.
The North's First and Deputy First Ministers described the attack as calculated and callous and have appealed to its residents to help police identify those responsible.
In a joint statement Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness said: "The individuals behind this need to be brought to justice as actions like this have no place in society and those responsible have nothing positive to offer. This was not just a planned attack on a police officer but also on the postal workers involved and society as a whole.
"Violence plays no part in our future. We would appeal to anyone with any information on this to contact the PSNI."


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A winter storm expected to hit the region Saturday night and Sunday morning could bring a foot of snow to the Worcester area, but forecasters say it is too early to make precise predictions.
The National Weather Service in Taunton said a potential for 12 inches of heavy, wet snow exists in Worcester, but the location of the rain-snow line remains unclear. Current predictions are for the greatest snow totals to be north of the Massachusetts Turnpike and away from the coast, according to the weather service.
The storm is not expected to have snow totals close to those of the recent blizzard, which dumped more than 30 inches of snow in many Central Massachusetts communities. Still, a foot of snow will be significant and could challenge drivers early Sunday.
"We're still fine-tuning, but there will be a significant storm Saturday night into Sunday, and the snow should be out of here by Sunday afternoon," said Charles Foley of the National Weather Service.
Wet weather is also being seen in other parts of the country and may hamper the Daytona 500 in Florida Sunday with showers or thunderstorms, accuweather.com reported.
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Sewickley [1], located 20 minutes by car outside of the city of Pittsburgh in Western Pennsylvania, is a quaint resort town offering many boutique shops, services, and restaurants. This town offers people the chance to live the life of luxury they always dreamed of.
Get in
The town of Sewickley is located 20 minutes from Downtown Pittsburgh and close to many major routes of transit. The Pittsburgh International Airport is also a short simple 15 minute commute.
It is located off of route 65 North, right up Broad Street Across the Sewickley Bridge.
Coming from Downtown Pittsburgh by car take 279 North to Route 65 and follow all the way until the Sewickley Bridge and make a left into the downtown shopping district on Beaver Street. It is a very small town with many shops and things to do.
Get around
The village of Sewickley is easily walkable, and definitely encouraged.
It is recommended to have a car though to view the Estates in Sewickley Heights as the area is very hilly and quite expansive.
Parking in the town can sometimes be a pain, the metered spots on the streets are 25 cents per half hour and you are likely to find a spot in the parking lot located across from Safrans Supermarket off of Thorn Street.
Also parking on the residential streets is free, but requires a walk, but once again this is recommended.
There is much to be seen in Sewickley.
Art galleries
There are many art galleries in Sewickley as well all with different tastes in art.
You can spend a full day in town just walking through the Business District and walking through all the stores.
The town is definitely looked at as a cute resort town.
While in the village, why not stop at one of the many spas located in the Business District.
Many restaurants are located throughout Sewickley. All of them offering different menus, so you are bound to be find something you will enjoy.
The Sewickley Cafe and The Sewickley Hotel are the two nicer restaurants in town.
The Sewickley Cafe offers American Bistro style food and a great wine and drink list. Opened in 1998, the restaurant has always been acclaimed in town. The back patio is open in the summer for garden dining on their terrace, great for any meal, breakfast, lunch, or dinner and is open 7 days a week.
The Sewickley Hotel is also American Bistro, but offers more of a bar crowd, but in a very nice atmosphere. Open 7 days a week and on Sundays for Brunch from 11 until 7.
Also in town are some very nice Italian eateries,
Pizza Roma and Monte Cellos, both chain restaurants but independently owned, so keep that in mind when you are in this town as well. Monte Cellos has an interesting decor, and delicious pizza, and Pizza Roma has great delivery and pickup food, and a neighborhood favorite bar.
There is also a Vocellis Pizza, which is great for those looking for a late night food delivery as they deliver until 1am. Also Tony R's Pizza offers some great pizza pies for delivery as well only, but they have been rated best pizza in town for years and its definitely true.
To satisfy that sweet tooth of yours, there is the Sewickley Confectionary which offers several types of Homemade Gelato as well as Ice Cream. There is also the Ultimate Pastry Shoppe which has been around for 20 years and they have great cookies and Bill one of the owners makes some really fun cakes, ask about his Zebra Cake with Airbrushed icing
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Worthwhile ? Effective? Legal for tt ?
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But in general
Effective? Yes http://www.wheelbuilder.com/aerodisc-data.html
Legal for TT? Not UCI events (all TTs requiring a Cycling Australia licence including club races)
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alex - you said you used one at uci world level- i was just thinking about nsw state masters
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scotto wrote:seems weird that you can use a disc wheel, but not "make your own"
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Unless there has been a change more recently that I am not aware of?
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It doesn't make the unique sound of a true disc wheel however...so no intimidation factor
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When I first installed the cover I was really dissapointed with the fit. I couldn't get it smooth or flat, it was all lumpy where the fastening screws held it onto the wheel. So I took the wheel off and bought a proper disc and used that for a while and then one day pulled the original covered wheel out of storage and found the cover had somehow sorted itself out and was now smooth.
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PANZR wrote:A work colleage of mine used one in Ironman Australia a few months ago. It's one of the Wheelbuilder Aero Jacket covers and he says it works very well.
No issue with legality in any triathlons, because they're not governed by UCI rules.
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scotto wrote:seems weird that you can use a disc wheel, but not "make your own"
alex - you said you used one at uci world level- i was just thinking about nsw state masters
Yes, I rode wheel covers at UCI World Cup road TT and in other championships with full scrutineering. Heck I had to have a helmet the right colour (true!).
That doesn't mean every one every time will be permitted to. Just as likely to show up with a different group of commissaires and be ask to remove it. The "make your own" thing is likely to be more of an issue from a structural/safety POV.
If fitted properly they are pretty well indistiguishable from a disk. One could interpret the rule differently, and as dalai said a strict interpretation is they are not permitted. Really it's up to the commissaires and if they see no reason not to consider it a legal disk wheel I doubt you'll run into trouble. They are mostly concerned with the bars and saddle placement, if they have enough to perform the scrutineering at all. Still, I'd have a spare wheel just in case
If for your local TTs or triathlons, then per $ they are one of the best equipment based aero improvements available.
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thats a good chart guide on tests done to covers, disc wheels & rims.
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VERY interesting stuff.
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The rules are designed to prevent you adding an aerodynamic aid, which is what a cover gives you. Where a disk wheel is an integral part of the structure.
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Lynch had an obligation and did what he needed to do - sort of.
After barely six minutes in front of the microphone, Lynch abruptly ended his Media Day session.
Of course, that's about six minutes more than he spoke to the media this season, earning himself a $50,000 fine.
"You say 'hut' and there's action," said Lynch. "All the unnecessary talk, it don't do nothing for me. I appreciate that people want to hear from me, but I just go to work and do my thing. You feel me?"
If Lynch continues to rumble down the field the way he has this postseason, Lynch can say or not say whatever he wants.
"He's an animal," said Seahawks center Max Unger. "Marshawn's an awesome running back. He's everything that you want - very violent runner."
After his numbers dipped his last two years with the Buffalo Bills, Lynch has emerged as one of the top running backs in the league with Seattle.
Lynch rushed for a career-best 1,590 yards last season and has scored 39 of his 63 total touchdowns in his three-plus seasons with the Seahawks.
In the past, Lynch has referred to his trade from the Bills as a mutual decision. Considering the Bills' running game has been arguably its most consistent unit since Lynch's departure, it could be a trade that worked out well for both sides.
"It was an opportunity for me to go and see if there was something else out there," said Lynch. "I'm glad I got the chance to do that."
During his time with the Bills, Lynch had a couple of run-ins with the law, including a hit-and-run incident and a misdemeanor gun charge. Since his move to Seattle, Lynch has a DUI arrest that is still pending, but has become a fan favorite.
"They aren't worried about what I've got to say," said Lynch. "They just want to make sure I show up to perform."
Lynch and the Seahawks have done that, reaching the franchise second Super Bowl behind a strong running game and its smothering defense.
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"I won't be satisfied with this until it's all over," said Lynch. "When we win, that's when I'll be satisfied. Until then, I've got work, but I appreciate all this. Y'all have a good day."
And then Lynch walked off and out of view.
Lynch reappeared for the rest of the Seahawks' media session but did not answer any more questions. He rested on a wall with the Super Bowl logo and nodded a couple of times when some reporters actually tried to ask a few more questions.
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A Dublin shop has banned rapper 50 Cent from a lucrative personal appearance after he made online slurs about autism.
Mobile phone retailed Carphone Warehouse has cancelled 50 Cent's gig at the Dundrum shopping centre in protest.
The American star caused uproar with his autistic comments to an eager fan on Twitter.
50 Cent tweeted: "Yeah just saw your picture fool you look autistic."
He then told his seven million followers on Twitter: "Don't want no special ed kids on my time line follow some body else."
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The company announced online: "We have decided not to go ahead with the 50 Cent event on Wednesday in Dundrum, thanks for all your feedback."
The paper reports that Irish fans disgusted by the star's comments were quick to praise the decision.
One wrote: "Well done @carphoneIE for dumping 50 Cent over his comments about autism. Way to set an example."
Another said: "Well done to all concerned for showing that tool that autism isn't a laughing matter!Thank you for backing us up!!"
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After the disaster, he wrote: "Look this is very serious people I had to evacuate all my h**s from LA, Hawaii and Japan. I had to do it. Lol."
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The Tri-Valley area of Mono County—Hammil, Chafant and Benton—was once the fastest growing part of the county, and developer Bob Stark hopes it is again soon.
He got some help for his vision Tuesday after the Mono County Board of supervisors agreed to make it easier to continue his White Mountain Estates project north of Bishop on S.R 6.
Stark's 87-unit project was going full-speed prior to 2008, poised to fill a deep need for workforce housing in the county, which at the time was experiencing a real estate price boom.
He intended the development to provide manufactured homes at a reasonable cost, most likely to young families working in Bishop or Mammoth Lakes.
But the recession hit Mono County in 2009, real estate prices plummeted, work dried up, and the project ground to a halt.
This week, Stark asked for and received relief from the county supervisors on a few requirements the county had put on his plan in 2007, when the project was initially approved.
Fees for recreation facilities, a requirement to build "affordable housing" within the project, and a speed bump on the road approaching the subdivision were all waived.
Stark said he will begin advertising the project soon, probably in magazines for seniors, since he now believes his market will be Southern California retirees with a taste for open space and views.
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Savannah is one of the few county seats in Missouri that chose not to use the entire public square for county business. County authorities designated a public square when they laid out Savannah in July 1841. But the following month the county clerk recorded this court transaction:
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The north half of block 24 was reserved for county business, and a 60-foot street, considerably wider than the other standard alleys, divided the block into two equal rectangles (Figure 1).
Figure 1Plan of Savannah, Andrew County, Missouri. (From: Illustrated Historical Atlas of Andrew County, 1877)
During the July term of 1841 the court approved plans and specifications and appropriated $600 for a wood and stone courthouse in Savannah. Gallant Rains, in whose home first courts met, acted as superintendent; James herring served as builder. The court met in the 1-1/2-story, wooden-frame courthouse Nov. 15, 1841.
The building's description quoted in the Work Projects Administration transcription of the County Court Record was so explicit one could accurately reconstruct the 20-by-26-foot courthouse. This 1841 building, on the corner of Sixth and market, was described as a primitive structure, poorly adapted for public use. The court abandoned it after a brief period, but later others used it as a church.
The next courthouse, built on the square in 1844, was a rectangular, brick building with gable roof and cupola (Figure 2). Samuel Knight drew plans and specifications for the 40-by-50-foot, two-story building. The 1877 History of Andrew and DeKalb Counties credited Edwin Toole. The courtroom and sheriff's office were on the first floor, petit and grand jury rooms on the second. Three Nelson brothers, Samuel, James and John, contracted the building for $6,280. They had it ready for occupancy on Dec. 17, 1845.
Figure 2Andrew County Courthouse, 1844-1899. Architect: Samuel Knight (From: Savannah Reporter, historical edition, 1941)
Fifty years of use took its toll on the building, and by 1899 it was condemned and razed. To finance the $48,000 new courthouse, voters passed a 27-cent direct tax in a special election April 30, 1898. From eight plans presented, the judges selected one submitted by George E. McDonald. Alfred Meier, from St. Joseph, acted as supervising architect for builder J. A. Nason of Northern Building Co., Minneapolis, Minnesota, who submitted the low bid of $37,500. Cornerstone ceremonies took place on Jan. 14, 1899; one year later the building was completed (Figure 3). Officials of Andrew County still use this building as the courthouse. The courthouse measures 84 by 104 feet and 120 feet from the ground to the top of the tower. The 42-by-60-foot courtroom on the second floor could seat about 500. Built of hydraulic pressed brick, the building has a slate roof and sandstone ornamental trim.
Figure 3Andrew County Courthouse, 1899-. Architect: George E. McDonald (From: W.P.A., Historical Records Survey)
Three other courthouses designed by architect McDonald in Johnson, Lawrence, and Bates counties are similar, although the choice of brick, rather than stone in Andrew County creates a remarkably different appearance.
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Located just 31 miles west of Hartford, the small town of Litchfield, Conn., is one of the fastest-growing hubs in the Constitution State. With excellent private and public schools, close proximity to the largest natural body of water in the state, several historical sites and museums and plenty of civic involvement, Litchfield apartments for rent are the perfect homes for Connecticut families. According to City-Data, the city is also a prosperous place, as the median household income is $10,000 more than the state average and has significantly grown from 2000 to 2010. In addition, the unemployment rate in the area is 0.3 percent, a very impressive number given the recent sluggish economy. It's also well-educated town, as nearly 50 percent of the residents here have a bachelor's degree or higher.
At the turn of the 19th century, Litchfield was considered the leading hub for commercial, social and cultural ventures in northwestern Connecticut. Despite the American Revolution devastating many areas in New England, Litchfield prospered, and that hardworking ethic continues to this day. Although the town has gone through its ups and downs over the centuries, it has always remained an ideal destination for vacation, weekend and summer homes. Much of the architectural style here is influenced in the Colonial Revival movement, which can be seen in the white painted homes and black shutters.
This town is completely surrounded by many beautiful parks, forests and lakes that have given Litchfield the reputation of being one the best places to live. Among some of the most popular outdoor activities is boating and fishing on Bantam Lake and cross-country skiing and horseback riding through Topsmead State Forest.
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The Jane Addams Hull-House Museum (JAHHM) serves as a dynamic memorial to social reformer Jane Addams, the first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, and her colleagues whose work changed the lives of their immigrant neighbors as well as national and international public policy. The museum preserves and develops the original Hull-House site for the interpretation and continuation of the historic settlement house vision, linking research, education, and social engagement.
Jane Addams Hull-House Museum and Historic Residents' Dining Hall will be closed to the public from Thursday, December 20, 2018 through Tuesday, January 1, 2019 for the Winter Holiday. We look forward to welcoming you back in the new year on Wednesday, January 2, 2019 with normal hours and free Public Tours.
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Jane Addams Hull-House Museum awarded two National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grants!
Jane Addams Hull-House Museum is one of 21 organizations in the country awarded a NEH Humanities in the Public Square grant for Making the West Side: Community Conversations on Neighborhood Change. The grant supports the museum's multi-year initiative to investigate its historic role in neighborhood change and situate both the historical and contemporary West Side of Chicago in a national dialogue on race, gentrification, and the American city.
The second grant, Securing the Common Good: Hull-House History at UIC, is a multi-year initiative that draws upon Jane Addams Hull-House Museum's demonstrated leadership in providing quality educational experiences to faculty and students. Aimed toward non-humanities faculty, the grant will create new teaching modules that will integrate the history of the Hull-House Settlement across the UIC campus. If you are UIC faculty and are interested in participating in the faculty seminar, more information can be found here.


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Get an overview of this hotelElement by Westin conveniently located near Miami International Airport
Popular highlights
Situated near all major attractions, 1 block from the Miami Intermodal Center (soon to become Central Station) as well as 1 mile from the Miami International Airport.
Free breakfast
Recreational amenities at Element Miami International Airport include an outdoor pool and a fitness facility. Other amenities include a roundtrip airport shuttle, an area shuttle, and free breakfast.
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LCD televisions come with premium satellite channels. Guestrooms also feature kitchens, complimentary wireless Internet access, and complimentary high-speed (wired) Internet access.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
Element Miami International Airport
Property Amenities
Property Amenities
Guests are offered a complimentary breakfast each morning, and a complimentary manager's reception is offered on select days. In addition to an outdoor pool, Element Miami International Airport provides a fitness facility and complimentary bicycles. WiFi is complimentary. This 3-star property offers access to a 24-hour business center, and audiovisual equipment. Event facilities measure 791 square feet (73 square meters). An area shuttle that travels a 3-mile (4.8-kilometer) radius and a 24-hour roundtrip airport shuttle are complimentary for guests. This hotel also offers barbecue grills, multilingual staff, and a garden. Parking is available onsite for a surcharge. The property may provide extended parking privileges to guests after check-out (surcharge). Element Miami International Airport is a smoke-free property.
- Barbecue grill(s)
- Express check-in
- Cruise terminal shuttle (surcharge)
- Bar/lounge
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Free shopping center shuttle
- Elevator/lift
- Fitness facilities
- Free airport transportation
- 24-hour front desk
- Free breakfast
- Express check-out
- Restaurant
- Year Built 2011
- Coffee shop or café
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Free WiFi
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Free wired Internet
- Outdoor pool
- Free area shuttle
- Terrace
- Free reception
- Luggage storage
- Long-term parking (surcharge)
- ATM/banking
- 24-hour business center
- Concierge services
- Designated smoking areas
- Free train station pickup
- Laundry facilities
- Total number of rooms - 209
- Television in common areas
- Number of floors - 5
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Garden
- Multilingual staff
- Free newspapers in lobby
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Long-term parking (surcharge), Self parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Sofa bed
- Premium TV channels
- DVD player
- Premium bedding
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Separate sitting area
- Air conditioning
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Free weekday newspaper
- Phone
- Coffee/tea maker
- Kitchen
- Free bottled water
- Microwave
- Daily housekeeping
- Designer toiletries
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Shower only
- Rainfall showerhead
- Iron/ironing board
- Desk
- Satellite TV service
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
- Dial-up Internet access (surcharge)
- Separate dining area
- Dishwasher
- Full-sized refrigerator/freezer
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Cookware, dishware, and utensils
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Down comforter
- Egyptian-cotton sheets
- Individually furnished
Where to Eat
A complimentary breakfast is served each morning in the dining room. A complimentary manager's reception is offered in the evening on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.
Start your morning with a free hot/cold buffet breakfast, available each day of your stay. The aparthotel hosts a free manager's reception for you to enjoy on select days.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool, a fitness facility, and complimentary bicycles.
Children under 12 years old are not allowed in the swimming pool without adult supervision. Guests under 18 years old are not allowed in the fitness facility.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
Property Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-in time ends at midnight
Minimum check-in age is 21
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Children 18 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets stay free
- Dogs only
- 1 per room (up to 40 lb)
- Restrictions apply
- For more information contact the property at the number on the booking confirmation
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
No rollaway/extra beds available
Pets allowed (no fees)
Optional extras
- Self parking fee: USD 18 per night
Property Name
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This property offers transfers from the train station (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details on arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Children 18 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation. Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.


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Dr. Keith Carver,
Welcome to the University of Tennessee at Martin's Web site and Chancellor's Corner. I am both excited and honored to be selected as the eleventh Chancellor and return to this great University!
UT Martin has always taken great pride in offering the best student experience for the almost 7,000 students who either live on our campus or engage our faculty through our convenient extended classrooms or our award winning online programs. With choices of more than 100 different specialties in undergraduate and graduate programs, UT Martin can serve almost everyone's educational aspirations.
We believe that it is important for our degree recipients to have a recognized quality education. That is why we have held ourselves to the highest standards established by national and international accrediting associations. To have these independent groups certify that our programs are among the nation's elite is important to how our students are employed and promoted within their chosen fields. As just a sample, examine our nursing, engineering, and business programs. See why those who judge and rate educational programs include UT Martin among the elite.
Another example of our quality programs is our successful online education. UT Martin's MBA program ranked 18th nationally on the 2015 Best Online Programs and ranked 16th nationally for Veterans as published by U.S. News & World Report. Programs included in the veteran-specific rankings must also come from institutions that are certified with the GI Bill and either participate in the Yellow Ribbon Program or offer in-state tuition to all out-of-state veterans. These testimonies show that earning a degree is a convenient choice for our non-traditional students and especially for those who are serving and have served our nation.
For those who live on the main campus, we offer a rich complex of experiences designed to enhance your intellectual talent as well as your leadership skills. Our commitment is to provide the best student experience focused on your success. Our goal is that you are well prepared to satisfy your aspirations both in your chosen career and in your community. We are building leaders for a global society.
UT Martin has also been an important driver for economic development in West Tennessee. We will continue to provide help to existing businesses to grow jobs and increase the livability in our communities. We hope to ignite the entrepreneurial talent of our students to build thousands of enterprises throughout the region. The Ned Ray McWherter Institute (NRMI) is designed to revolutionize Northwest Tennessee's economic landscape and workforce by inspiring, developing, and sustaining a vibrant culture of collaboration and innovation. The Regional Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Center (REED Center), housing the Tennessee Small Business Development Center (TSBDC), works to meet the needs of existing and potential business owners through one-on-one consultations and interactive training programs. The WestStar program has inspired leaders for more than a quarter of a century, producing a generation of our mayors, councilmen and women, legislators, and civic leaders throughout West Tennessee.
We can't mention livable communities without developing our appreciation for the fine and performing arts. UT Martin serves an important role throughout this region in providing cultural opportunities as well as having a world-class faculty and first-rate facilities both for instruction and audience appreciation. We hope you will see for yourself the artistic talent we have in this region.
UT Martin has also been a careful steward of our natural resources and environment. If you have never been to the Reelfoot Lake Environmental Field Station (RLEFS) located in Samburg, Tennessee, then you've missed an important part of West Tennessee history and ecology. The RLEFS is the state's largest natural lake surrounded by wetland and upland habitats that allows a variety of unique teaching, research, and outreach opportunities. Our own campus has served as a model of sustainability, ranked by Princeton Review among the approximate top 300 "Green Colleges" in the United States.
As I begin serving the constituents of UT Martin, I want to reach our alumni with a promise that every day we will increase the value of your degree in the marketplace. It is our responsibility to steward the reputation and enhance the quality of your degree. Talented faculty, engaged staff, and a clear focus on our mission will serve as the foundation for this commitment. You are our partners in this goal. Let us know how we are doing.
Chancellor's Honor Roll
The outstanding academic achievements of undergraduate students at the University of Tennessee at Martin have been honored with publication of the Spring 2018 Chancellor's out-of-state Honor Roll and Spring 2018 Chancellor's in-state Honor Roll.
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Pat Iyer Testimonial
Mozy has helped plenty of people recover from malicious data loss—computers compromised with virus attacks, or simply stolen outright. However, many data loss incidents happen not because of an act of vandalism or theft, but because of a simple mistake. Pat Iyer of Flemington, NJ made one of these mistakes when she accidentally left her laptop behind on an airplane. "I was tired and distracted getting off of a flight in Philadelphia, and it wasn't until I was on my way home that I realized I had taken my computer bag but that my laptop was still on the plane," she says.
After realizing what had happened, Iyer contacted the airline immediately and they told her they would do their best to recover the laptop, but there were no guarantees. The data on the laptop was extremely important to her, personally and professionally. Even as she worried about what might happen to the laptop if it were not found by an honest person and turned in to the airline, she wanted to avoid as much downtime as possible.
Fortunately, Iyer heard about Mozy at a professional conference and had signed up as a MozyHome user before the incident. Because her laptop was completely and securely backed up in the Mozy cloud, she was able to restore the data to a spare laptop at home, ensuring that she could stay productive even if the laptop never found its way back to her. "When I was done beating myself up and the shock was wearing off, I realized that my data was safe and that Mozy would restore everything I needed," she says.
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Many people swear by gentian violet based homemade ear remedies -- as a preventative against ear infections or as a cure. I am not sure where this comes from but it does pick apart the ingredients and offer some context for when to use and when not to use, and a few caveats. If you are unsure of the ingredeints ** buy something pre-made** as you do not want to risk damaging your cavalier's sensitive ears!!
On a personal note: I've never had an ear infection in the two years-plus I've had my cavaliers and they swim regularly so often have damp ears. I'd be reluctant to be putting something in their ears all the time as a preventative.
Blue Power Ear Cleaner
The good, the bad and the ugly about this popular home made ear cleaner.
Blue Power Ear Cleaner (also known as Blue Voodoo Ear Cleaner and Gentian Violet Ear Cleaner) is a very popular home made remedy for keeping canine ears clean and infection free. Lots of Internet web sites tout its benefits, and it is frequently mentioned on dog-related chat groups. Most advocates of this treatment say its great, almost magic for treating ear infections, few if any mention how or why the preparation works and if it is safe for our canine friends. Being a natural skeptic of anything advertised as 'magic', I decided a little research was in order. Here is what I discovered:
The Formula
There are several recipes for Gentian Violet based ear cleaners on the web. The following recipe seems to be the most popular and based on my research the safest and most effective formulation:
2 cups (1 pt.) 70% Isopropyl alcohol (donùt use the 91% solution, it is too
strong for use in an ear cleaner and can physically burn the delicate ear
4 Tablespoons boric acid powder
16 drops of 1% gentian violet solution or 8 drops of 2% gentian violet
solution. (Order from your local pharmacist)
For best results, place two cups of isopropyl alcohol in a glass measuring
cup and heat until luke-warm in the microwave. Heating the alcohol helps the boric acid powder dissolve in the liquid. This recipe calls for a very
saturated concentration of boric acid compared to the amount of alcohol.
If you donùt heat the alcohol first, then you tend to get boric acid crystals
settling out at the bottom of your bottle. Boric acid crystals in suspension
(particles floating in the liquid) are less effective for altering the pH of
the ear canal than boric acid in solution (particles dissolved in liquid).
After mixing the boric acid and alcohol, then add the gentian violet. Be
sure to place newspapers under the area where you are working. Gentian
violet is a strong aniline dye and permanently stains, especially in its
concentrated form. I have found that adding one drop of liquid dish soap to this warm purple mixture helps make this mixture work even better because the soap helps break down the surface tension of the earwax so the alcohol can dissolve it. Adding more than one drop of soap starts to change the pH of the solution and reduces its effectiveness.
It is recommended that this product be used once or twice a day for two
weeks to fight ear infections, then twice a month afterwards to prevent
overgrowth of the microbes that cause infection. If your dog produces a lot of earwax and needs more frequent ear cleaning, you might consider
alternating the use of this formula with a commercially available ear
cleaning formula so long as the commercial ear cleaner also acidifies the
The Good-Why it Works
In case you are wondering why this formula works, here is the scoop.
Gentian violet is a fairly powerful antiseptic. Antiseptics are agents that destroy or inhibit the growth and development of microorganisms in or on living tissue. Unlike antibiotics that act selectively on a specific target,
antiseptics have multiple targets and a broader spectrum of activity.
Gentian Violet was quite popular prior to World War II, especially in
veterinary use. It is particularly good at killing fungus like yeast and
Staphylococcus bacteria, both big culprits in ear infections. For it to
truly work, the solution needs to be in contact with the fungus or bacteria
for a minimum of sixty seconds. So filling the ear canal and massaging it
around for a minute is a good idea. I suggest you warm the solution slightly in the microwave or hot water bath to make it more comfortable for the dog and to help the alcohol (also an antiseptic) dissolves the wax build-up. Be sure to test the temperature on your own wrist before pouring it into the ear canal. The boric acid in the recipe helps to acidify the pH of the ear canal making it an inhospitable environment for nasty beasties to grow back.
The Bad-Some of the dangers
Now why, if this stuff is so great, donùt we see commercial preparations of
this formula? One reason is that Gentian Violet is a mild carcinogen (cancer causing agent) Studies at the National Center for Toxicological Research (and similar studies listed in the bibliography) have shown Gentian Violet to be a thyroid and liver carcinogen for laboratory animals like rats, mice and rabbits. Another reason is that Gentian Violet is toxic to the sensitive cilia cells of the inner ear. If some of the solution happens to seep through a perforated eardrum it can cause a debilitating and permanent dizziness or deafness. A third consideration is its reported effects on the fetus. Pregnant animals in the Gentian Violet studies showed fetal abnormalities including those to the musculoskeletal and urogenital systems.
Gentian violet also affected fertility and was deemed the cause of a high
rate of post-implantation mortality (either death or reabsorption of the
fetus). These factors make the product too big a potential liability for a
commercial production. The FDA has banned its use as a food preservative anddiscourages its use in human medical and veterinary preparations designed for chronic use (like ear cleaners) although the agency seems to have no problem with occasional use.
The Ugly-More is not better
Please donùt use more gentian violet than is recommended in the formula.
Antiseptics, like Gentian Violet, have been found to be toxic not only to
bacteria and fungus, but also to cells essential to the wound healing
process, such as fibroblasts, keratinocytes, and leukocytes. However, this
cell toxicity appears to be concentration dependent. In other words, in low
(recommended) concentrations, antiseptics like Gentian Violet retain their
antibacterial and anti fungal activity, but they donùt end up killing off
beneficial cells.
The Moral of the Story
When used properly this is a good ear cleaner/disinfectant. It has been
reported to stop some ear infections when all other treatments have failed.
Given the research studies, especially the cancer studies, it may not be
advisable to use this as your dogùs only ear cleaner, but it is a good
product to get ears back under control. The fetal death and abnormality
studies suggest that it is not advisable to use this product on a pregnant
or lactating bitch. The risks of fetal abnormality are just too high.
Colloidal silver preparations and non-staining iodine compounds work almost as well as Gentian violet preparations and have been shown to be very safe.
Many commercial preparations are also very good and very safe. Look for
those that do not contain chlorhexidine (also can cause birth defects) and
state that the product leaves the ear acidified to discourage re-growth of
bacteria and yeast.