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The WHO Regional Office for Africa has been leading the international field team supporting national and local experts in Angola to control the largest ever recorded outbreak of Marburg haemorrhagic fever. Marburg fever is a rare but fatal disease caused by a virus from the same family as the Ebola virus. While the outbreak appears to be declining, potential cases continue to be investigated and vigilance remains high.
These photo essays give a glimpse into the challenges and successes in controlling this outbreak.
Bringing the Marburg outbreak under control
Responding to the Marburg outbreak
Experts from the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN), including experts from neighbouring countries, have been working in Uige Province – the epicentre of the outbreak. Controlling this outbreak has included implementation of strict infection control measures to stop the virus spreading in health clinics and hospitals; early identification and isolation of people with Marburg; and follow-up of the people they have been in contact with. Control efforts have also focused on training teachers and health workers.
Community awareness has been key, and the outbreak team have worked with community leaders – also known as Sobas – to help people understand what they can do to stop Marburg.
The natural source of the virus remains unknown. Investigations into the very early cases will help scientists understand how the virus infected people in Uige.


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I have been eating as much as possible and it seems to me to be the right thing, as it's all odd immigrant childhood foods, undeniable and irresistible and full of history as well as calories.
Made many trips out in NYC this week for these tempting things, like al jjiggae, which is a hot spicy stew made from veiny pollack roe sacs which float in the red soup looking ethereal and alien. It's really AI, that is what I picture, these weird beings kept in water to divine the future. I can't tell my fortune from these fish eggs but I ate enough of them beneath a massive waterfall with a white grand piano on top. No one played the piano as it was too early in the day.
Also went to a fancy Japanese bakery for rice cakes with red bean paste and even splurged on a gorgeous box of white peach bean paste bon bons. The box is almost gone now, after several days of cooing and pondering each gooey piece. The woman at the bakery said "20 days" and handed me the heavy box of rice peach wonders then said "1 or 2 days" as she packed up the individual cakes which were way too many for one person. What did she know?
Near the bakery there's an underground izakaya with pollack roe spaghetti which I fantasized about while eating the good yaki gyoza and drinking a big "grass" of sake. They sell it by the "grass", which I don't know why but seeing that misspelling made me laugh just as much as I would if I was a kid. "grass". Some things never go out of style. Or "styre".

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Edubuntu is Ubuntu for the Classroom
Edubuntu for the Classroom
February 22, 2010
Ubuntu by Canonical, one of the most popular Linux distributions, provides a few different variants. One of them is Edubuntu. It is the same operating system as Ubuntu but comes loaded with many educational applications and games. In this article, we'll install Edubuntu and discover exactly which applications come preinstalled. Now lets get started!
Directly installing Edubuntu as a new OS
Starting with Ubuntu 9.10, there is a dedicated Edubuntu installation disc. In previous versions, you had to first install the regular Ubuntu distribution and then download and install the Add-On CD containing the Edubuntu desktop and applications. However now with Ubuntu 9.10, you can just download the Edubuntu disc image, burn it to a DVD, and install it. The Edubuntu desktop and all the educational applications and games are preinstalled.
Using this new Edubuntu install disc is great if you haven't already installed the regular version of Ubuntu . However, if you only want a select few of the applications, you might just want to go the other route. You can still first install the regular Ubuntu distribution and then manually install the applications you want, which we'll discuss further in the next section.
If you do want to go the new route, using the Edubuntu install disc, you first need to download the disc image (.ISO) file for the most current release. At the time of this writing, the most current version is 9.10. If you have a regular 32-bit PC, you want to download the x86/i386 version. However, if you have a high-performance 64-bit machine, you want to download the 64-bit AMD version. Usually you'll get much faster download speeds downloading it as a torrent, using a application like BitTorrent.
Once you have the disc image downloaded, you have two ways to get it installed on your PC. If you have access to a DVD writer and a blank DVD, you can burn a disc. Keep in mind, the computer you're installing Edubuntu on must at least read DVDs. If that option isn't feasible or desired, you might be able to go the USB route if you have a USB flash drive with over 3GBs of space and your comptuer supports USB booting. If neither method will work, consider the other installation route discussed in the next section.
If you want to burn a DVD, download and use a burner application such as InfraRecorder in Windows or the program included in your Linux desktop. Just keep in mind, you don't want to extract the ISO file; directly burn the disc image to the DVD. That way it will be a bootable DVD.
To go the USB route, start by downloading the USB Installer offered by Pendrive Linux. Previous versions of Ubuntu offered a USB Creator (usb-creator.exe), however its not on the 9.10 CDs and DVDs. When you use the Pendrive Linux utility, you'll run it, select the ISO file you downloaded earlier, select the USB drive, and then it will configure it on the drive. Then with the USB drive inserted, restart the PC, and hopefully it will boot. If not, enter BIOS setup by hitting the F2 or other key during boot to see if you can enable USB booting.
If you have installation problems, there are even more options you can refer to in the installation documentation.
Installing Edubuntu on an existing Ubuntu system
If you already have the regular Ubuntu distribution installed, you can skip down to he next paragraph for more details on how to install the Edubuntu desktop and applications. If you haven't installed Ubuntu yet, you can use many different methods: use the Wubi application to easily install along with Windows, use a USB flash drive (like described in the second to last paragraph of the previous section), or go the traditional route by downloading and burning a ISO image file to a CD. For full installation details and help, you can visit the official documentation.
After you have a Ubuntu machine up and running, you can install the Edubuntu components. If you aren't a command-line fan, you can use the GUI tool by clicking System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager. Then search for "edubuntu", mark the following packages for installation: edubuntu-artwork, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-docs, and hit Apply. Alternatively, you can copy and paste the following command into a Terminal window: sudo apt-get install edubuntu-artwork edubuntu-desktop edubuntu-docs
The following application bundles will be installed, which you could independently install/uninstall even without installing the other Edubuntu componets:
To install via the Package Manager, select the desired bundles and hit Apply. To install via Terminal, enter sudo apt-get install, followed by the desired bundles.
Basically, you only lose one minor thing when doing this manual install than from using the Edubuntu DVD: The regular Ubuntu background remains after the conversion. However, you can always apply the Edubuntu background, featuring the slick-looking Ubuntu symbol, by right-clicking the desktop and selecting Change Desktop Background.


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After a long and exhausting May, I'm pretty much to the point where I just can't talk about another video game for a little while. Even if you dropped a surprise copy of Halo 3 right in my lap, I'd consider it with a quizzical glance at best, and probably not be able to drum up more cogent thoughts than that the DVD was mostly opaque. If there is a well of inspiration from which I draw gaming literature then E3 and our coverage of that organized hysteria drained it the way a man dying of thirst might drain a thimble of water. I am, as they say, sick and tired of talking about that stuff for a while. Besides, my attention is distracted of late, and as is usually the case when that sort of thing happens, I'm inflicting my thoughts upon you.
You see, I'm quitting my job.
I've been very cagey with you, dear readers, since leaving my life as a stay-at-home dad as to what I went on to do. I imagine there are only a very few of you who know what my employment has been in these months, and those few people know only because, for one reason or another, revealing my profession was virtually unavoidable. I've asked those people to not disclose my profession or employer, and they have generally been compliant.
I've piqued your interest, haven't I? It's because I have some sense about creating drama, crafting a paragraph in just an enticing yet vague enough way that the reader feels compelled to keep reading, even if the very next paragraph entirely breaks character and enters a troubling realm of procrastinating self-awareness. And, usually when a writer holds that drama for too long, extending it for effect through artificial conceits, it means they know the climax will be anything but climactic. You see, I also know when I'm about to disappoint the reader. For example:
Well, I'm not ready to tell you what I've been doing yet. You'll just have to wait another month.
I will say this, though. It was a bad job; a soul sucking, mind numbing, creativity squelching, scrotal shriveling, exploration in compressed frustration and hopelessness, made all the worse for having left the constant company of my son. That's not to say I would do things any different given a second chance. If not for this festering pus nugget of a job I wouldn't have accomplished some important goals I'd set, the most important being giving Elysia the opportunity to leave her own pus nugget of a job and have the chance to be a stay-at-home mom. It's also helped me get my new house, this sanctuary from the tumult of the day; a quiet, peaceful, split-level nestled at the back end of an idyllic neighborhood with a big yard and a river view. Those two successes alone make the past ten months worth having been endured.
That's not to say I've come through it unscarred. As Certis revealed to me on our recent trip and on several occasions before I've become increasingly distant, detached, and there was a certainty for some that E3 might be my final hurrah before finally, almost irrevocably, bidding farewell to the site. In hindsight it's an understandable, if troubling, assumption to be made, though what wasn't clear to Certis is that my dealings with him and the site are fairly representative of my general state of mind: distant, detached. I don't remember precisely when I realized that I was cutting myself off from everything just to get through the steady flow of days, but it wasn't a pleasant epiphany. The irony is, of course, that GWJ like my family, my home was a bright spot, a point of pride. I would no more leave GWJ than I would remove one of my own eyes, lance it with a swizzle stick, and drop it in a rather dry martini.
He was right about one thing, though. I had decided to leave something. I would -- will leave my job. The only question is what to do next, and how to convince my family that it's a good idea.
It wasn't until I returned to from E3 with 4 days left of vacation that I found myself with any time to sit and seriously think about where I'd been, where I was heading, and where I wanted to go. Elysia had traveled south with our son to visit her folks while I was away on the West Coast, and I was left here with several days of solitude. The first thing I noticed, even before getting back from LA, was that my enjoyment of my time off was increasingly corrupted by a hollowness in my stomach which grew with each thought I had about my job and how soon I would be back at it. I was physically aching as I guess many people must do at the thought of returning. It was probably that growing sense of dread mingled with the empty house that got me thinking about precisely how the hell I could step off my current path.
And even if I could, what was it I wanted? What didn't I like so much about this job? Wasn't it just the same stuff everyone struggles with? What would I do if not this? I put my mind firmly to the question and realized that there were a great many things I didn't like about my job, and they're probably things everyone doesn't like about their job, so why the hell was I whining so much about it? I had no flexibility. No opportunities to be creative. I couldn't write. I sure as hell wasn't paid enough for the number hours and amount of work I put forth. I didn't benefit from my own work. Above all, I just didn't take any pleasure, any sense of success from the job. There were other problems too, but I'll talk about those later.
It dawned on me that these were the same things Elysia had complained about before she came home. These were the things that drove her to seek her own new path, to make the change she needed to make. These were the things that made her decide to start her own business.
And it had worked.
She had contacts, and talent, and fifteen years of experience in graphic design, and funds for the software, and enough tenacity to walk out the door and become her own boss. Or, at least   kind of. I would think it's fair to say and I say this knowing full well that she's going to read this, and if I'm wrong I'll hear about it that Elysia is successful at her business despite how rarely she actually lets anyone know that she runs a business. It's got to be one of the most successful secret home businesses that I've seen. And, it's because she's just that good at what she does.
So, it occurred to me to wonder. What would happen if someone stepped in to tell people that there was this business, and it was good? What would happen if just a little networking, and a little marketing, and a little promotion happened? What if there was someone who had the time and the inclination to get clients?
And from there, with two days before I had to get back to my job, two days to sit and think and imagine, two days to figure out how it might work, this small vague idea took shape. What if I could contribute to this supposed business; after all Elysia had spent seven years at her former job working with small businesses developing every aspect of their business identity. She knows every professional piece of design software, has great contacts, and knows how to design anything from letterhead to logos to flyers to catalogs. She's fast. She's efficient. And she's damn good. But, where she is the technical expert on the scene, I could be part of the creative end, could write copy, could do the basic overflow design work, could meet and brainstorm with clients, could do all the legwork, could network and develop new customers. In short, I could with great satisfaction do the parts of the work that she hates. The more I thought about it, the more it seemed like such an obvious idea that I couldn't believe I hadn't thought of it before.
Now, all I had to do was sell our new business to my first and, I imagined, toughest customer. I had the "vision" (tm), but now I had to paint the picture for someone else. I had to convince my partner that what she really wanted was for me to wedge my way into her happy situation. To be honest, the more enthusiastic I became about the idea, the more I was certain that she'd never go for it. Have you ever bought a lottery ticket for a really big jackpot? Do you remember how you spend the hours between the time you buy the ticket and the time reality reminds you that no one ever wins those things dreaming of how you're going to manage all that lovely money? It was like that. I had my ticket, but nobody ever wins a prize that big. Reality would come crashing down soon enough.
But, inexplicably Elysia bought into the idea; slowly at first, but with increasing enthusiasm and with not nearly as much trepidation as she's completely entitled. Which is how we decided I should quit my job and come home to start our new business. And so, I've spent the past week writing up a business plan, learning design basics, talking to our financial advisor, hiring an accountant, reading any piece of start-up literature I can find, and spending virtually every extra moment putting pieces in place before the end of June when I walk the high-wire without a net.
I wonder if many home businesses spring from such moments of realization that the pieces are actually in place. Isn't this a kind of carpe diem, a dash through a briefly open door? Isn't it noble, or definitive, or at least worth regretting later on if it should not succeed. And if there are regrets later, wouldn't the regret for not having tried be greater than that for having tried and failed? What if it succeeds? I wonder how many successful businesses have taken shape out of a dark time of life, part an act of desperation, but also of profound optimism. I wonder if I'm being intensely selfish in destabilizing everything. I wonder if I should be more frightened of this plunge. I wonder if it will be far more difficult, or far less rewarding than I imagine. But, it feels like a good move. It feels like something we should do. The foundation is there, and the desire to work. Is it crazy? Would it be worth doing if it weren't?
Anyway, all I'm saying is: wish us luck.
- Elysium
Reminds me of something Robert Heinlein wrote:
"Happiness lies in being privileged to work hard for long hours in doing whatever you think is worth doing... if you are looking for shorter hours and longer vacations and early retirement, you are in the wrong job." (from To Sail Beyond The Sunset)
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Congrats to you and best of luck. I sincerely hope it works out, because the only thing worse than a soul-sucking, mind-numbing, tedious piece-of-crap job that has you living for the weekends and nothing else is a huge pile of debt from lack of income. I've done both, and I prefer the former (marginally). Being able to escape both those fates is a wonderful thing. Good luck!
Shhh, stop talking. I'm still reading it. I'm only up to "cagey."
Best of luck, Ely. Fortune favors the bold.
Best of luck to the both of you. If anything, it will make for some new subject material for you to write on.
I am refraining from comment, as I actually do know what his previous job was/is, and I have worked with him in the past....
That's a comment!
I know what he did, he was a copy writer for Blockbuster!
Congratulations on the big jump to both of you Elysium and Elysia, wish you all the best. I have frequently thought of starting my own business as I am increasingly becoming numb at my job/line of work. It's just a huge leap that someday I hope to undertake.
Lady and Gentleman, start your engines!
Good luck to both of you!
A toast (your choice of drink):
The very best of luck in your new endeavour; may it prosper and be personally satisfying.
Congrats and good luck Ely.
On a not really related note this is my first post from my new job.
Good luck to the Ely's. If you are happy then it is successful... Again good luck.
Trust me Slambie it was worse, much worse.
Ely, this freaking rocks! Good for you, man!
I don't know how old your son is, and how high maintanance he is...but trust me, you will not get nearly the work done that you think you can. If you realize that fact up front, you save yourselves an insane amount of stress and freakout.
Seriously...look at your business plan. Now reduce forward projections and revenue by about 30%...then you'll be a little closer to achievable target than you think. Trust me when I tell you there will be work days that are lost to trips to the zoo or the library, or to find a cool worm ouside.
I've found that the older my boy gets, the less time I have to spend on the business. I've revised my 5 year plan down by 75% until he starts school.
Just be aware that the boy will always be more fun than work.
Ely, this freaking rocks! Good for you, man!
I don't know how old your son is, and how high maintanance he is...but trust me, you will not get nearly the work done that you think you can. If you realize that fact up front, you save yourselves an insane amount of stress and freakout.
Wait a minute, isn't their kid like 2? Put the boy to work!! It's about time he started pulling his own weight, I say. Hell when I was 2 I was on a trawler fishing the north Atlantic for Bluefins. You don't know what work is like until you're hauling in a 90 lb tuna while simultaneously filling a diaper and sucking a nookie.
Elysium, your narrative brought a tear to my eye, and then Roo summoned another. So, maybe I'm a little emotional, but I have great respect for your courage to do this and wish you much success and happiness!
Trust me Slambie it was worse, much worse.
Oh my.
Let me first add my voice to the chorus of wellwishers and then hopefully not be too much of a mood-spoiler with a question...
What about health insurance? I ask because I've given some thought into doing something very similar - or at least going back into the independent contracting world - and this is the single biggest (though certainly not the only) point of concern.
Two things.
Firstly. Brilliant! Best of luck with your endevour, being your own boss will be an amazing liberating experience if not a really responsible one. I'm full of admiration for anyone who makes that move.
Secondly. Damn! Now I really want to know what you do for a living. My bet is still on international superspy.
Elysium, I sincerely hope this works for you. Like most of us, I know just how soulcrushing a toxic work environment can be and I absolutely think you made the right choice by leaving it.
I also hope that your relationship with Elysia will thrive in this new endeavor. But, integrating your professional lives with your relationship is a hell of a risky, scary move.
To add my own personal anecdote to all this, I was in a situation last year where my work enviroment had slowly and gradually changed from a happy and reasonably fulfilling situation to one where I was unhappy, stressed, depressed, and had come to dread coming into work. Much of it had to do with the ascendancy within the office of some very unpleasant personalities, along with a sense that I no longer fit in and was no longer valued. As situation bottomed out, I managed to transfer within the organization to a different group where I quickly fit in with the group, was treated as a capable and responsible professional, and where I got to work on much more interesting material. Even though the new job offered higher stress and fewer perks, It also offered more of a sense of accomplishment and cameraderie and I've felt more professional contentment than in any other prior endeavor.
And, because of a relationship, I'm about to leave this great job, move across country and take a new job for less money (ultimately less money, a slight raise right now), less interesting work, less prestige, and an unknown work environment. And a hellish commute. I think I'm doing the right thing, but damn is it scary.
And in conclusion, being an adult sucks.
Good luck.
It must be great to be able to work as a family and be happy at the same time!
Best of luck, man - you're making the right decision. Unless, of course, it turns out that it was the wrong decision, in which case you should blame it on Pyro and/or Certis. F**king Pyro and/or Certis.
I left my latest soul-suckingly purposeless programming job nearly a year ago and haven't looked back, even when I was unable to find another tech job here. Nothing is worth having a job that makes you dread waking up the next day. The position I took stocking books pays only a fraction of what that job did, but darn if it isn't actually enjoyable. Makes all the difference in the world.
Thanks for all the good wishes, everyone. We're both really excited about this. Like Elysium said, I can't believe we didn't think of it sooner.
What about health insurance? I ask because I've given some thought into doing something very similar - or at least going back into the independent contracting world - and this is the single biggest (though certainly not the only) point of concern.
In Minnesota, two or more employees of a company constitutes a group, as in eligible for a group plan. We're going that route. Already in the works!
I also hope that your relationship with Elysia will thrive in this new endeavor. But, integrating your professional lives with your relationship is a hell of a risky, scary move.
It's funny - Elysium and I have never had any trouble spending 24/7 together. We've lived together for 10 years, and we have the best time when we're spending tons of time together. We work very well together. I'm not remotely worried about this aspect of things. My only worry is that we'll have a hard time knowing how to come home from the office, when the office is in the same house!
You guys have big cojones!
Best of luck to both of you!
This is great to read for someone who is about to begin thinking about beginning his work in the real world. It's always nice to hear that I'm not the only one who doesn't want to go work for the man. I wish you guys the best of luck and if you require any assistance of a historical nature, please don't hesitate to ask.
I did sort of the same thing, albeit on a smaller scale - I left a poisonous jorb to become the co-operator (so to speak) of a very small business. It's had its ups and downs, but essentially I'm completely happy with it.
Enough about me; congratulations to you both! Sounds like you've got a great partnership already, but now you get to profit from it.
Best of luck to you both.
I wonder if many home businesses spring from such moments of realization that the pieces are actually in place. Isn't this a kind of carpe diem, a dash through a briefly open door? Isn't it noble, or definitive, or at least worth regretting later on if it should not succeed. And if there are regrets later, wouldn't the regret for not having tried be greater than that for having tried and failed? What if it succeeds? I wonder how many successful businesses have taken shape out of a dark time of life, part an act of desperation, but also of profound optimism. I wonder if I'm being intensely selfish in destabilizing everything. I wonder if I should be more frightened of this plunge. I wonder if it will be far more difficult, or far less rewarding than I imagine. But, it feels like a good move. It feels like something we should do. The foundation is there, and the desire to work. Is it crazy? Would it be worth doing if it weren't?
I know exactly how you feel. 2 years ago I was working a soul sucking job at a major bank. I was making good money and there were lots of opportunities to advance. After 2 years I hated every minute of it, in my 3rd year I couldn't take it any longer and was looking for the smallest excuse to leave, and than it came partially thanks to my team supervisor at the bank who saw that I wasn't happy and helped me realize what I needed to do. As most of you know I am a struggling actor/stuntman, after about a month and half of putting the word out and looking for projects I got a chance to join a show and it turned my life around. It has been 2 years since I quit and I am way happier now than I ever was at the bank. Unfortunately this winter things were tough financially but I didn't expect it to be easy. I know I can't go back to a 9-5 job anymore, it just isn't for me, and I get so much enjoyment doing the work I do I can't see myself doing anything else.
Anyway enough about me. Enjoy your new life; I am sure this move will be totally worth it.
My only worry is that we'll have a hard time knowing how to come home from the office, when the office is in the same house!
I have an idea that might work. Set aside 1 room in your home, preferably with a door and designate that your office (make sure it is big enough that you feel comfortable doing all your work there). Get a separate phone number for just the phone in that room and use it as your business number. If at all possible try to set a definite end time for your day. Than when that time comes get out of the room and close the door, and let the machine take messages. Do not enter the room until your next work day. You may have to force yourself to do this at first but soon after it should become a habit. If you continue to find it tough, leave the house all together and go out for a walk with the family or something. When you get back home the urge to continue working will hopefully have passed.
Great, Gaald. Now all I can picture if you getting shot out of a cannon.
Best of luck, guys, I have a feeling it will work out. I just do.
That said, Elysium was a fluffer. A fluffer for geriatrics.
First of all congrats on your new endeavor. With the Insurance and working together issues apparently covered, I can think of only one more issue to raise. You say that you are going to higher an accountant, and while there is nothing wrong in doing so, I would advise you to look into keeping your own books. You will ultimately have a deeper understanding of what works and does not work with your business. With the various types of software availabe now a very small business can be managed quite nicely without an accountant, which will save you considerable money. Now if you plan on having multipile (5 or more) full time employees, then you can forget all this and go ahead and get an accountant. As an aside, all accountants will swear till they are blue in the face, that you absolutely must have one or risk a fate worse than death.... just remember what they are selling.
As someone who has spent all of my post college life as a small business owner, I can say there is nothing better, espeically if you can handle the odd moment of all encompassing terror.
One last thing to keep in mind, there is no such thing as a sick day once your self employed. If you miss work, no one will pick up the slack, and If you do have employees, your day off is costing you payroll. But really, have fun and profit!!!
Good luck with your business! The only thing that keeps me sane with my job is all the freelance web work that I do. I've thought about quitting and doing my freelance full time, but I don't have the guts to give up my state benefits.
If you want some free help setting up a website for your business, let me know.


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Monday's Aerosmith extravaganza on Commonwealth Avenue was five years in the making, says Steve Nelson, a founder of the fledgling Music Museum of New England, which organized the event. What started with a casual conversation between Nelson and Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton ended with thousands of fans blocking one of Boston's busiest streets as Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Brad Whitford, Joey Kramer, and Hamilton played a few of the band's greatest hits. (One day after screaming "Sweet Emotion'' from the back of a flat-bed truck outside the band's former crash pad at 1325 Comm. Ave., Tyler was seen voting at the Furnace Brook Middle School in Marshfield.) So what does Nelson plan to do for an encore? The plaque outside the apartment on Comm. Ave. is the first of five markers the Music Museum of New England plans to create to honor sites significant to the history of Boston rock. Next up, we're told, is 15 Lansdowne St., the current home of the House of Blues and the site of several clubs of yore, including the Ark, Metro, Spit, Avalon, and Axis. Longtime promoterDon Law has signed off on the idea, but the details are still being worked on. "With the Aerosmith thing, we figured we'd get a photo op with the band in front of the building, but then it became this giant thing,'' says Nelson. "So we'll just have to see.''


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In winning game 2 of the doubleheader with New York, Jacoby Ellsbury hit his 31st home run yesterday. Needless to say, I and everyone else have been flabbergasted by his power surge in 2011. Baseball Analytics takes an interesting look at how he has been doing it, and in addition to pulling just about everything down the line, their heat maps tell the story that he has just been punishing thigh-high fastballs from righties. His month-to-month SLG and average HR distance has been increasing all year long, so this could be a real change in what to expect from Ells going forward; I'd guess that he goes from being a 10 HR guy to maybe a 18-22 HR guy.
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Excursion > Snorkel trip 27 December 2013
Seeing Whalesharks
Boats loads of people kicking whaleshark
Went on a once in a lifetime trip to see whalesharks and was fortunate enough to see around 5 of them. We were the first and only boat there when we enetered the water and swam with one for a whale. There was a rather large girl who kept swimming into me, pushing me closer and closer to the whaleshark making it impossible to keep the 3m rule distance. She kicked me in the head and pushed and shoved me, not sure where in Europe she was from as I never heard her talk, but this seemed typical behaviour for the trip. I later found out my other half had his full mask and snorkel kicked off his head whilst in deep water and luckily he managed to retrieve his own Mask, but in the process kicked off ones of his fins, kicking so hard to get back up to surface after retrieving his mask. Someone else found his fin, but he returned back from the trip with no snorkel and had to buy a new one on the island at $30, plus he missed a large part of the trip.
When we surfaced we were surrounded by approx 8-10 boats, with everyone diving off. One boat load of Chinese tourists jumped in with lifevests, and couldn't even put there face in the water, either through buoyancy issues with the vests or fear? Consequently there were rapidly finning and kicking violenty whilst floating upright, and kicked the whaleshark, which consequently swam off. Obviously there is no need to fin with a life jacket, especially when you head is above the water? Maybe its fear? But I don't think they should be on a trip in open water if they can't swim, I think it is totally irresponsible of the tour operators and should be banned. Its dangerous to the whalesharks and dangerous to everyone else.
When I surfaced I felt sorry for the whalesharks, I felt they were harassed....and I'm not sure I would repeat the experience.
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Family > With partner | 3 October 2013
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The Exceptional Reef
For our fifth trip to the Maldives I choosed Vilamendhoo Resort.
The choice was a little bit difficult because in this price range we found at least four other interesting solutions. This time we gave much more importance to the reef quality .
I start by saying that the island is the largest we've seen so far, but its size didn't scared us, it was very pleasant indeed turn the island during the day (and also the night).
The shape and orientation to the Ari pass generate some major problems of erosion, in fact the island is "consumed" by the sea, and the beach is very small.
From this point of view, the island has just two different levels: the best part, with a beautiful look is near the jacuzzi villa (beach and water ), the other part is not so dreaming.
Let's say from 175 (at north part) to the western tip and back down to the restaurant you find yourself in front of a beautiful island, the other part with the walls, the bags and the barriers may make it less Maldivian atmosphere.
For those wishing to sunbath the area to recommend is that north or the extreme point to the east (near asian wok).
The rooms are not very big , but they are equipped with everything you need ( even bathrobes ) and if you have an all-inclusive also includes the use of the minibar.
The outdoor bathroom is rather huge and very comfortable.
The entire resort is decorated during the night with colored LED lights that create a very pleasant athmosphere .
In the resort you will find 3 restaurants, including the asian wok where you can attend very pleasant show cooking.
The food is good, you can find anything, and being an international resort, there is limited solely to the Italian cuisine.
In August, the resort was full, but the beaches were always empty. The proposed tours are all good, recommended and appreciated (there were many tourists on all boats).
The barrier is the strong point of the island, sure! Beautiful , colorful and well attended ... easy to see titan triggerfish , spotted eagle rays, turtles, reef sharks and especially beautiful colored anemones .
Also suitable for those who cannot swim well because the lagoon side of the reef is very interesting (the lagoon where you tap standing up) and you can see anything.
Outside the barrier we found ( for the first time in many resort ) to hold onto the buoys to repost when you are tired ... a big plus!
In short, if you just want the island with large lagoon and breathtaking color data low water this is not your island (try rather to orient yourself on Vakarufalhi or if you can Taj Exotica / Gili Lankanfushi ) , in all other cases you can not not going to Vilamendhoo .
Room Tip : Choose the rooms from 175/180 forward, on the north side that have the sun all day
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Sea defences
I would give Vilamendhoo a 4 for the island and a 5 for the house reef. This was our second trip to the Maldives.
Both our trips to the Maldives were during September, and we had pretty bad weather both times to begin with (which is expected as its the wet season). However after 5 days of constant rain and storms we started getting cabin fever at vilamendhoo and I was really regretting booking the holiday (and thought it would be my last trip to the Maldives after last year's bad weather. Fortunately the weather significantly improved for the next 10 days and we had glorious sun shine. I thought I'd gone prepared for bad weather (took my umbrella) but I really hadn't prepared for the boredom. I never noticed it the previous year at when it rained as we had a much larger nicer room with an ipod dock, so we could just chill out and listen to music. We also felt there was a lot less to do at Vilamendhoo when it rained and we were disappointed that there wasn't really anywhere to walk and no lovely interiors. We also thought that at low tide a third of the island looked like a scene from WW2 with all the sand bag trenches. It makes it impossible to go for a stroll along the beach because your way is constantly blocked by the erosion. Obviously this is nature and I'm sympathetic to erosion and I completely understand the need for sea walls and sand bags etc, I just thought that our last trip to the Maldives was far more picturesque.
Food was great, enough variety to keep us satisfied for 2 weeks. The Asian Wok Teriyaki meal was fabulous and I would highly recommend this. As mentioned by others, the drink choice/cocktail choice is poor. I guess I was spoiled last year with and AI menu. At vilamendhoo cocktails, and spirits such as Malibu and Tia Maria etc aren't included.
We booked the all-day snorkel trip which was cancelled due to bad weather. Luckily we went on a whale shark trip instead a few days later and we had perfect day and saw 5 whale sharks and 2 mantas – it was incredible. We also went to the spa for a couples 1 hr massage which was lovely and I would recommend.
The house reef at vilamendhoo is fantastic, (better than lasts years Maldives holiday). Snorkelling we saw & photographed 18 species of Butterflyfish, 3 types Angelfish, several types of triggerfish and surgeonfish, 1 x eagle rays, stingrays, jellyfish, turtles, 4 types of moray eels, trumpetfish, needlefish, batfish, rabbitfish, parrotfish, clownfish, cuttlefish, wrasse and lionfish (only after 5pm), etc. We also saw some impressive shoals of convict surgeonfish, powder blue surgeonfish and parrotfish. There does seem to be a lack of sharks. We only saw 1 adult shark in 14 days of snorkelling?
Overall a great holiday, but would probably only go back for a week and make it part of a 2-island holiday.
Stayed September 2011
Leisure > With friends | 3 March 2013
We have been on Vilamendhoo with our (teenage) children, friends and their little daughter, and we loved the holiday. Vilamendhoo is a very clean and very, very beautiful island. We had three Beach Villas and we have been very satisfied with them. The semi-detached bathroom was a really dream. The beach and the riff were also great. We have seen many different schools of fish, morays, little sharks, turtles and dolphins. Two days we had stormy weather. These days we spent on the swimming pool. The little daughter from our friends learnt swimming and diving there, so that, when the weather was better again, she went snorkeling with us.
The food was perfect and on Valentine's day they made a lovely, romantic buffet, even with ice sculptures. The whole staff on the island were always friendly and attentive. The rooms are cleaned twice a day and the mini bar was replenished. The arrival and departure organised was perfect. It was a holiday to relax. We recommend Vilamendhoo and wanna come back one day.
Stayed February 2013, in room 114, 115
Leisure > With partner | 14 January 2013
Very Good
Snorkelling, the house reef is amazing!
Poor service whilst dining
This was our second visit to the Maldives having previously been to Kuredu in 2008. We stayed in a jacuzzi beach villa for two week AI. We had an amazing time and met some lovely people. The only let down was that we didn't have the same waiter throughout our stay, we must have had at least five and there were times we would be sitting at our table just waiting and waiting to be served. Food was lovely and the house wine especially white was very nice. Cocktails of the day are also a must :) Overall we had a lovely time and would definitely return but stay in a beach villa close to the Asian Wok as this I believe to be the better side of the island.
Stayed November 2012, in room 223
Leisure > With partner | 12 December 2012
Leaving to come home
Our last visit was March 2011 and we enjoyed it so much we returned this year and requested a room in the same area which we fortunate enough to get.
The wait for the seaplane was just under an hour which was brill and after a 30 min ride we arrived to a warm welcome by hotel staff and the TUI rep. We were given our key and escorted to our lovely beach villa. The rooms are very spacious, modern and spotless. Our luggage arrived 5 mins later and we unpacked and began to enjoy our holiday.
Our allocated restaurant was the Funama, we were llocated a table and a waiter which would be ours for the duration of our holiday. If we wanted to eat on the outside terrace we were able to, just let your waiter know and he will look after you out there too. We ate outside most evenings, it was lovely but too hot for us to eat there during the day. Our waiter was Ahmed, he was great, 10/10 service from him! We found the food was as good as last year, some days there was more of what we liked than others but we we never went hungry and it was always well presented.
We had a meal at the Asian Wok, it was lovely and reasonable, the setting is great.
There are lots of excursions on the Island, the only 1 we did was the Sunset cruise which was included in the All Inclusive, we were lucky enough to see dolphins on this trip.
There is a gym which looked well equiped and a gamees room with snooker, pool, darts, tablefootball etc, you can also take out kayaks.
We didn't use the spa this year but it was great when we used it last year.
We spent most of our days sun worshipping and snorkling, the sealife here is fantastic and you see something new each time you go out and its so close to the shore, it just so easy.
All in all we had a fantastic time and are planning our return in March 2014 to celebrate a significant birthday withh friends.
I would reccommend Vilamendhoo to everyone, it really is lovely.
Stayed November 2012, in room 128
Leisure > With partner | 7 October 2012
beautiful sea view and comfortable room
water for washing feet only refilled by request
The main reason that we chose to stay at Vilamendhoo Island Resort is because of its own reef house, our main purpose of this trip is to get chance for snorkeling and to be close with sea creatures. Another point for us to select Vilamendhoo Island Resort is their affordable price, I think they really worth for value.
This trip been arranged is for celebrating our four anniversary, we wished to have a relaxing and enjoyable after tiring working recently, and it really get to our expectation, or even more than that, I like the room so much and enjoyed a lot with snorkeling around the reef house.
We stayed at Room 152 in Vilamendhoo Island Resort, it is a beach villa at north of island, with two piles at the right of villa and a special u shape tree (it just like a swing where people can sit on it but cannot swing) just in front of it, we saw a lot of couples would stop by the tree and taking photos.
Rooms at north part of island is more quiet and less traffic of big boats, we actually like that calmness, where rooms at south part of island is busier because all jetties, dive center, reception, restaurant and water sport center are located at that side. However, south of island is more suitable for snorkeling perspective because we saw more beautiful corals that side. Anyways, Vliamendhoo Island isn't too big; we were able to walk to those interesting points by within 10 to 15 minutes.
According feeling of our feet, I think sand at east and west parts are finer and softer, we liked to walk on those areas, west part is location of Jacuzzi Beach Villa and Water Villa, they were fully booked when I made my booking and east part is location of Asia Wok, which is a good landscape for sunrise photography, I might consider to request room at that area at my next visit.
Our room is beach villa, it is more than what we expected, with a beautiful sea view just right in front of our room, I can just sit idle on our beach chairs (every room has two beach chairs allocated just on the beach in front of their room) without doing anything, it was an enjoyable life by just listen to rhythm of sea wave, I am missing my relaxing life back to the island, it was just like a paradise and we could forget all worrisome that we had.
Room 152 is a semi-detached, we actually requested for a bungalow but they were unavailable, but I still could find high privacy in the room, except when both rooms were using bathroom and talking at the same time, it will be nothing secret when you are talking in bathroom but most likely your neighbor would not understand you, except they speak the same language with you.
After entering the room, the bedroom is spacious with a king sized bed (come with mosquitoes net) at the middle of room, there is a sofa just put against the wall and we can view the sea by sitting there with the curtain opened, it is the area I like the most in the room for my blogging activity. The room is furnished with a full body mirror, a makeup table with mirror, mini bar area and a well organized wardrobe, this is the best wardrobe I even seen in the hotels that I stayed before, because it is well partitioned and I don't need to worry to find a space for all my stuffs.
Besides that, the room also equipped with satellite television (I even found there is some program with my home country's language subtitle, I am doubt if this is specially setup for us or it is the same in all rooms in the island), a DVD player, a kettle, a safety deposit box, a hair dryer, some hangers, two bathrobes, a torchlight (we saw people used them for night walk along we beach) and an umbrella (because it was raining season), all electrical equipments are branded of Philip. I think all supplied items were more than enough for us to utilize. Another thing that I like the room is they comes with different adapter, which is very convenience, I also saw a converter between 110V and 240V but I was not sure if it was usable.
There is another door after bedroom, which toward an opened air bathroom, where is spacious as well and I like the concept. The bathroom comes with two sinks (but one of them was a little blockage), a WC and a shower area, there are two types of shower head which we can switch according to our preference. Vilamendhoo Island Resort does provide shampoo, shower gel, conditioner and soaps for sanitary, toothbrush and toothpaste are by our own. However, the hotel didn't refill them according our experience, which was by request. This is the same as the water for washing feet in front of the room, they refilled by customer's request, but I did leave a feedback on my departure day on this.
Overall, we like Vilamendhoo Island, this was our first time travelled to Maldives and it left us a lot of memorable moments, this also was our first experience to stay on a small size island where we could just walk or kayaking around the island in about 30 minutes time, we like this experience.
Though the island is small, we didn't find it was too crowd to us, every part is just well organized and every visitor has their own privacy to enjoy their moment. We were happy because we got more sunshine during our stay though which was known as raining season.
After all, we only planned for four nights in the Vilamendhoo Island and obviously it was not enough to us, we should plan for longer stay in next time. Vilamendhoo Island or Maldives is another location where we would dream we could revisit again in the rest of our life.
Stayed September 2012, in room 152
Excursion > Snorkel trip 6 October 2012
house reef that really close to the island
reef exit at north of island isn't clear
Vilamendhoo Island is one of the resorts with their own house reef, this means visitors do not need travel with a boat to another island for snorkeling, but everyone can experience snorkeling by just staying on island.
Originally, I didn't very sure how close was the house reef or snorkeling spot from the beach, though I read a lot of reviews said they are very close. After I were there, I found out that information is true, they are really close by just a few minutes walking distance, I think just about 1~3 meters away from beach for the closest one.
Vilamendhoo Island has 10 reef exits for visitors, which are a lot as I didn't even use all of them during my stay.
North part of island with stronger current, which was harder to swim, this made the exit sign wasn't so clear and the channel seems to be smaller than south part of island. Due to strong current, I always lost my direction to reef exit. Reef at north part is steep, therefore not much coral to view at that area but a lot of beautiful fish. However, there were still some corals before the reef exit, we supposed shouldn't be close to them but strong current directed us to wrong direction; therefore we need to be more careful at that area for not hurting corals.
I personally prefer south part of island, especially reef exit near to water sport center, there is safer and with more beautiful corals. Reef at south is a slope; therefore we could view more corals at that area. I also found the channel to reef exit is wider, therefore we didn't need to worry too much we would hurt corals.
This is our first time snorkeling by our own, we were quite excited with this experience, and we didn't even know snorkeling can be that close to an island without need to travel by boat. It is advice to snorkel by a fin which really will speed up; we felt the different between them.
Stayed September 2012
Leisure > Solo traveller | 9 September 2012
The 15 min spa treatment
Couple photo shoots in the pool
I first visited Vilamendhoo before the re-furb and although the snorkeling was fantastic I did agree the renovation was long overdue.
I had some reservations about visiting as I knew it was renovated by the owners of Meeru and that has never been my favourite island but I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. There were aesthetic similarities but due to the size of the island the atmosphere was so much nicer.
My second visit was in July this summer and I stayed in a beautiful jacuzzi beach villa. I could have happily never left the room!
The seaplane transfer both in and out was on time and ran smoothly. The check in was efficient and I felt at ease right away. I couldn't even imagine the old Vilamendhoo had even existed.
The room was huge, great mod cons and plenty of wardrobe space. The bathroom was half open leading only private decked back garden area with the jacuzzi. The area was really hot as the high walls keep the breeze out but there was also a huge umbrella to take shade under, this stretched over the jacuzzi too.
There was a double sun lounger with mattress. I was traveling alone but loved having the other half of the sunbed for my book, creams, glasses etc etc!
The bed was really comfy and I spent most of my time between the room, the restaurant and the bar during the sunset.
I was lucky to be at the adults only end of the island which was a welcome location! I found the staff in the sunset bar the best on the island. Very friendly, especially the waiters who looked after me in the evening.
There were hundreds of honeymooners and that's my only gripe (not the honeymooners... best of luck) I tried a few times to swim in the pool but each time I felt rude and the need to stop or divert or hang fire whilst couples posed or they took turns in posing in and around the pool! I could feel the evil (don't ruin this FB profile pic or else!) stare sometimes of the crazy girl actually swimming would you believe in the swimming pool!
So, in light of that it was a bonus my room was comfy.
The food was fantastic. Plenty of choice with live cooking stations, vegetarian options and friendly chefs. My favourite night was the Friday night Maldivian buffet which was one of the best spreads I have seen by the islands.
My waiter was really friendly and I don't think I found one member of staff I could fault.
I took the offer for the 15 mins free spa treatment and was impressed at how much effort they put into it. It felt like I was there for ages with the relaxing drink after the massage in the night chill out area. I was very impressed and recommend you take it even if you're not thinking of booking anything (chances are you'll change your mind)
The Hayes & Jarvis Guide; Lou was very helpful at getting me checked in and settled very smoothly and on hand throughout the duration of my stay.
I was fortunate to meet the manager whilst I was there and must congratulate him on a wonderful island.
In conclusion I didn't feel like I was on a mini-Meeru and couldn't believe it was the same island I visited over 4 years ago.
Am already plotting my next visit!
Stayed July 2012, in room 219
Leisure > With partner | 4 September 2012
Like we were arriving home
This was our third visit to Vilamendhoo. It was very busy when we were there even though it was in June.
We requested beach villa 119 along with a few othes as a back up and we were given 119, which we felt was in a great location, near to the Asian wok, the main restaurant and bar but also in a nice quiet area with not too many people walking by.
The rooms were cleaned very well twice a day and the mini bar was kept stocked. The shampoo and shower gel was really nice and was always kept full.
The food was even better than the last time we came ....which meant this time it was excellent. We never got bored with it and really loved the soups and breads.
Overall we had an excellent time and will be sure to return one day soon as long as it stays within our price bracket. They have some wonderful staff and an excellent atmosphere.
Stayed June 2012, in room 119


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New York rabbi pleads not guilty to charge of impersonating police officer
MAMARONECK, N.Y. – A rabbi from the New York City suburbs who is accused of angrily confronting motorists with a fake badge has pleaded not guilty to impersonating a police officer.
Alfredo Borodowski appeared Thursday in Mamaroneck Village Court after the charge was reduced from a felony to a misdemeanor.
The judge ordered a psychiatric evaluation and adjourned the case to the September.
Borodowski is accused of pulling his car alongside a woman's in Mamaroneck last month, flashed a badge and shouted: "Police! Pull over!"
He told police he was angry about her slow driving.
On Wednesday, Borodowski was arrested in White Plains. A driver complained the rabbi had confronted him in a rage in May, claiming to be an officer and displaying a badge.
The defense says Borodowski has bipolar disorder.


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Michael Lewis
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Major/Minor: International Studies
I was on the varsity lacrosse team all four years which took up a lot of my time but it was definitely worth the hard work. I played summer league lacrosse after I graduated for fun.
Campus Involvement
- Major: International Studies
- Concentration: European Studies
- Language: Learning Spanish
Area Studies
I studied at the University of Hull in the United Kingdom. It's in a small city right on the Hull River. The campus is beautiful and it has a lot of culture and history. It was one of the main port cities in England and hosts an international sailing race. The best part of staying in Hull was the accommodations. They are descent size town houses and they room you with other international students. My roommates were from Italy, Germany, and Bolivia. Not only did I experience England, but I got a taste of other countries as well. I met friends from just about every country I could think of which will make future world traveling easier and more enjoyable. The University also provided cheap transportation to travel around the United Kingdom. I was able to visit many cities such as London, Oxford, and Edinburgh. I wont go into too much detail but the night life was great as well. It's great going to a country where the drinking age is only 18. I would highly recommend going to the University of Hull.
Future plans? I would like to work for the summer and then begin to travel. I'll go as far as the money I have allows me to, hopefully I make it outside the U.S. After that I plan to start a career, finding one is a little difficult but I have a few leads.


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