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Suite Success
- By Bruce Schoenfeld
- | From Kevin Costner, Nov/Dec 00
I could have nodded off in the bathtub with a bottle of Opus One. I could have been sprawled atop the dining room table. I could have been busy on the toilet--any of the five--or fiddling with the touch-screen control on the oversized television in the entertainment area. With 22 telephones spread throughout my 3,800-square-foot suite at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, my wake-up call still wouldn't have been more than an arm's reach away.
When it did come, I happened to be sleeping peacefully in the master bedroom, as opposed to one of the other two bedrooms. I pushed aside a pillow and answered the extension on the nightstand on the right side of the bed, though I just as easily could have turned over and answered the extension on the left side.
A few strategically placed portable phones would have been more functional, but Caesars wasn't looking to maximize functionality. The guiding principle of the best hotel rooms in Las Vegas is excess, and the more gratuitous the excess, the better.
Staying in such a suite at Caesars, or a similar accommodation at any of the top hotels on the Strip, is a benefit of being a high-volume gambler, what's known in the casino business as a whale. There's rarely a charge for these suites, almost never for whales, who get them free as a reward for previous play at a given casino and as an incentive to continue playing.
The competition for such gamblers is as spirited as anything that goes on across the felt. If you can get a whale to put his Rolex on your nightstand and hang his Zegna sportcoat in your closet, the theory goes, you'll get most of his gaming business, too.
"People play a lot more where they stay," says J. Terrence Lanni, chairman of the board of MGM-Mirage, which owns the MGM Grand, Bellagio, Treasure Island and Mirage, among other properties. "They start there at the beginning of the night, and they end up there at the end."
In the case of guests who typically stay in the suite I had, repeat business can mean as much as hundreds of thousands of dollars of profit to the Caesars Palace casino over a given weekend, depending on the luck of the cards or the dice. One frequent Vegas guest plays enough to have been accorded a suite at three of the Strip's top hotels simultaneously. Another arrives at the same casino twice a month with a $4 million cashier's check, ready for action. SpectraVision in his hotel room and a chocolate on his pillow aren't likely to be enough to excite him.
My suite at Caesars had raw silk fabric on the walls, a stylized rotunda entry hall, marble end tables, alabaster light fixtures, motorized curtains operated by the flick of a switch, and a genuine Berber rug. But it wasn't the hotel room of my dreams--neither figuratively nor literally.
The previous afternoon, I'd been shown one rated a category higher. These have been dubbed "Rain Man suites" because Tom Cruise's character cavorted in one of them in the 1988 movie as he put the mathematical capabilities of an autistic savant, played by Dustin Hoffman, to an avaricious end.
The 5,000-square-foot, split-level number I saw had a $25,000 hand-commissioned throw rug lying innocuously on the ground, artwork by Salvador Dalí's former protégé Claude Boeltz, a three-screen entertainment center that included a karaoke machine, and twin master bedrooms. There are other suites, a Caesars representative hastened to add, done up in motifs such as Egyptian and Pompeiian, and a modest little Italian villa of 12,000 square feet with a lap pool and a putting green that has an elevator with direct access to the high-stakes gaming area. They'd have shown me that one, too, but evidently the king was resting.
When my wake-up call came, I was dreaming about the Rain Man suite. Once awake, I'm ashamed to say, my own tasteful and elegant rooms seemed something of a letdown. I said as much to Dean Harrold, Caesars president and chief operating officer, and to my surprise, he agreed. "As nice as those suites are, they're not adequate," he says. "There's a necessary decadence that those rooms are missing, and we're well aware of that."
Harrold described it as the difference between a hotel mindset and a casino mindset. Hotel companies follow a logic we're all familiar with, so they build terrific rooms and charge a lot of money for them. Casinos have a logic all their own, one that wouldn't necessarily work in any other business. Casinos build outlandish rooms, rooms that cost far more money than a hotel room would anywhere else. Then they give them away.
The suite I stayed in and about 20 others, all located at the top of the Palace Tower, were built during the mid-1990s, when ITT Sheraton owned the property. As hotel rooms, they're all exquisite. As over-the-top experiences, they don't compare to what Tom Cruise had.
"The people who stay in that kind of suite aren't paying $259 a night or $359 a night, they might be paying a million dollars a night," says Harrold, who started as a blackjack dealer at the Dunes Hotel & Country Club in 1968 at age 21 and worked his way up the industry ladder. "We have to give them a product they're not getting at home. Believe it or not, in some of these people's homes, they have waterfalls in the bathroom, they have fish swimming through the living room. We have to give them all that and more."
Harrold seemed embarrassed by the tastefulness and comfortably human scale of my rooms. "You can bet we'll be putting money into those suites," he says. "We have to. Our customers demand more." Just how good a customer do you have to be to get invited to stay at such a suite at a top Las Vegas hotel? It depends on how much you bet, what game you're playing, how long you bet for, and where you play.
Whether you win or lose is immaterial, except in extreme cases. If you're a regular customer--a whale--and you have a terrible run of luck and squander your money beyond all proportion to the law of averages, you are likely to be invited back even before you've left the premises. You'll be offered an even bigger and better suite, with more valuable meal comps and other amenities, because the last thing the casinos want is to send a heavy player home with a bad feeling about the property.
And if you win beyond all proportion more than infrequently, suffice to say that you won't be a regular customer for long. What the casinos are looking for is volume. The house has time on its side. The more you play, the better the chance that your margin of return will approach the average, which may be 5 or 6 or 10 percent in the casino's favor, depending on the place and the game. If the casino can make gaming in Las Vegas a pleasurable enough experience, the whale will keep playing. That means free drinks, free gourmet meals, free boxing tickets, free shows. And free suites--the more opulent, the better.
All the casinos use the same mathematical equation to determine what you're worth, but not all have the same margin in their product. You have to spend far more money to be considered a high roller at a high-end casino than at, say, the San Remo or the Lady Luck. "Show up at Lady Luck with $1,000 in your pocket to bet over a weekend, and you can have a limo, comped meals and the run of the place," says one casino executive. "Do the same at Bellagio, and they won't even know your name."
Paris Las Vegas, a theme park of a hotel with a half-scale Eiffel Tower designed to appeal to middle-class American tourists who might never get to see the real thing, isn't considered as upscale a property as, say, Caesars Palace or the Bellagio. But its unique faux-French ambience--even the executives of this American-owned and -run hotel greet guests with a hearty "Bonjour!"--adds a sense of novelty that appeals to certain high rollers. That's why the hotel, which is not known for posh accommodations, has a small number of upscale suites.
Danny Davis, the casino manager at Paris Las Vegas, describes a typical occupant. "A half-million-dollar credit line or above, betting 20 to 30 thousand dollars a hand. Of course, there's competition for these people with the other hotels," he says. "Sometimes we put guests in a suite not because they've earned it with us yet but because they demand it. We don't want to lose them to, say, The Venetian. These people are very, very intelligent people, and they know what's out there and what to ask for. They didn't get hold of all this money by being stupid."
The suites on the top two floors of Paris Las Vegas are all the more impressive when compared to the mass-market chaos below. When I stayed in the 4,800-square-foot Napoleon suite recently, I waited 25 minutes to drop off my car for valet parking. (Not to retrieve it, mind you. Just to drop it off.) But the average whale, who pulls up in his limo, doesn't have to worry about such indolence, nor about the buffet lines that snake their way into the mock Parisian street that serves as a hallway.
It doesn't matter to our high roller that newspapers, instead of being distributed outside hotel room doors in the morning, are available for purchase at the gift shop with stickers saying "Compliments of Paris Las Vegas" magic-markered out. He'll never even know. The high roller will simply dispatch a butler, courtesy of the hotel, to fulfill such needs.
At the same time, if he--or she, though high rollers are overwhelmingly male--is ensconced in the Napoleon suite, he can play his favorite Mozart sonata on the jet-black Kawai piano in the drawing room, or request that someone come play it for him. He can host a dinner party in the formal dining room and pad over hardwood oak floors made in the Versailles style through rooms adorned by handmade wool rugs of French design. He can admire the historically accurate resin molding, and lather up with Faberge shampoo in bathrooms fitted with gold-leaf brass fixtures. It's a Disney World version of France, with high-stakes blackjack and baccarat just an elevator ride away.
"It's very impressive, and people really enjoy looking out of the windows and seeing the Eiffel Tower," says Ronan O'Gorman, the vice president of hotel operations. "This is a unique experience."
The night I stayed there, I ensconced myself in the entertainment room, opened the bottle of wine that had been waiting for me upon my arrival (curiously, Robert Mondavi Cabernet Sauvignon), fired up the 48-inch, rectangular-shaped television, and ordered an omelet and a salad.
The salad's vinaigrette dressing failed to materialize, and I clicked through the hotel's cable system in vain for ESPN2, which was telecasting a baseball game I'd bet on. Still, I did have my choice of three bedrooms, all with custom-made Strauss crystal chandeliers, and that fetching Eiffel Tower just outside my window.
I had arranged to stay at the Sky Villas at the Las Vegas Hilton as a climax to my recent visit. These suites have been renowned as the most extravagant rooms on the Strip since their construction in 1996. Before that, the Hilton had other legendary high-roller rooms on the 29th and 30th floors, including a four-bedroom suite that Elvis Presley lived in during the early 1970s.
One of the Sky Villas, the Villa Verona, meanders through 15,400 square feet, which is the equivalent of four nice-sized houses. You may have glimpsed it during last season's finale of the television show "Nash Bridges," which was taped there. The Tuscany, 13,200 square feet, has a contemplation hallway made entirely of Italian marble. The Conrad suite is 12,600 square feet and includes a rooftop view of the Strip. Hustler magazine's Larry Flynt has been a customer.
But the week before my visit, Park Place Entertainment--which also owns Bally's and Paris Las Vegas--sold the Hilton to Los Angeles businessman Ed Roski Jr., pending approval by the Nevada Gaming Commission. Roski immediately announced plans to replace the Sky Villas with a revenue-generating restaurant open to the public, while reserving a portion of the villas for a private club.
To lovers of unfettered extravagance, however, it's a tragedy. For a brief time, the Sky Villas have represented the state of a certain kind of garish art, a snapshot of the soul of Las Vegas, as well as a tangible link to the hotel's wild past. "What they had in the Hilton was always outlandish," says Don Payne, the former head of the Las Vegas News Bureau and an unofficial historian of the Strip. "I remember the Elvis suite, and it was weird and ostentatious. Not dissimilar to Elvis himself, I must say."
In a sense, the transformation of the Hilton to a middle-class property marks the end of an era. Hotels used to fly in high rollers on chartered jets, press their clothes upon arrival, even provide pliant women. Frank, Sammy and Dean thought they were living well on the Strip, but it was nothing compared to what the top gamblers were given, according to Payne.
All that generosity had a purpose, of course. "The player knows they're going to lose some money, but if they can go home and say 'I knocked 'em over in Vegas, I stayed at this fabulous place and they gave me this and that and the other,' then the whole thing seems worthwhile," he says. "They say, 'I had it for free.' Of course, they wrote a $49,000 check for the gambling, but they don't think of that." That mindset still exists, but players have become savvier. They know precisely what they're spending, and what they get in return. "I'm glad I'm out of it," Payne says. "It's different now."
Nevertheless, a classier form of the good life lives on at the Bellagio, which is controlled by the business-oriented Kirk Kerkorian. Instead of the Hilton, I checked into one of the nine third-floor villas that Steve Wynn built two years ago for his most devoted customers. My two-bedroom suite contained a full kitchen, including a drawer of Christofle silver. It had a rain-head shower and Hermès cologne in the bathroom, and sinks finished in 24-karat gold.
The suite had its own sauna and exercise room, stocked with a treadmill, stationary bike and massage table. It had cedar-lined closets, hand-carved marble and a formal dining room that seated eight under a chandelier of Murano glass. It had a 3,500-square-foot terrace with soothing green pine trees, a small but perfectly appointed private pool, and a canopied sitting area complete with cool-water mist at the push of a button.
I gazed out through French doors at the pool and the pine trees. I touched a screen and saw a television rise from the cabinet at the foot of my bed. I accessed hundreds of channels of DirecTV and a menu of six dozen music channels. Another button on the screen turned on the waterfall that flowed over marble in my courtyard. Propped up against my plush pillows, I could see it there, cascading into the pool. Above it loomed the top third of that Eiffel Tower.
Three floors below me were some of the finest restaurants in the world, temples of gastronomy like Jean-Georges Vongerichten's Prime, Julian Serrano's Picasso and Sirio Maccioni's Le Cirque, but I couldn't bring myself to leave the room. An elevator just outside my front door led directly to the center of the casino, but I wasn't even tempted. I nibbled pitted dates from a bowl in the living room, filled the suite with soaring arias, and covered two walls of bedroom windows with blackout shades with a single touch. Gambling was fun, but this was better.
And wasn't that a problem? Didn't the Bellagio want me out of my room, feeding the dollar slots until all hours, asking for a hit with a pair of nines, risking a month's pay on a National Football League exhibition game? I asked Lanni, the chairman of MGM-Mirage, the Bellagio's parent company, if my reaction to such overwhelming splendor worried him.
He smiled. "People are looking for quality," he says. "If they have a great experience, they'll stay longer and they'll play longer, and that's what a casino is looking for. And they also understand why they've been invited to the suites. It's because they spend an average amount at the table, and they play for a certain length of time. They know that if they don't live up to that, they won't be invited back. And they want to be invited back."
For many whales, the kick is bragging rights. They know the best addresses in town, and they want to boast to their high-roller friends that they're staying at them. For me, that wasn't a concern; I had no one to brag to. And neither was getting invited back: I wouldn't be.
So as the afternoon sun started to mellow, I set up by my private waterfall on a chaise longue, found Sinatra on the DMX system singing about baubles and bangles, and made myself utterly comfortable in the best hotel room I knew I'd ever encounter. I was staying put until they kicked me out.
Bruce Schoenfeld wrote about Internet gambling in the October Cigar Aficionado.
The finest hotel in Las Vegas may be the finest hotel in the world. But you can't book a room there or buy a meal The Mansion at MGM Grand, a 29-suite, free-standing Mediterranean-style structure tucked behind the MGM Grand Hotel's main casino, has been open slightly more than a year. Only about 1,500 patrons have passed through its astonishingly luxurious rooms--all by invitation of the management.
The $210 million project, conceived of and executed at absurd cost by J. Terrence Lanni, now the chairman of MGM-Mirage, and Alex Yemenidjian, now the chairman of MGM Studios, was modeled after a private villa that Lanni had visited near Milan. "We had an unlimited budget," says Lanni. "And we found a way to exceed it."
The plan was to make the Mansion the most exclusive hotel address in Las Vegas. It worked. "Far less than one percent of the people who pass through the casino even know that the Mansion exists," says vice president of public affairs Alan Feldman. "No one else in Las Vegas has ever tried to create a separate, secluded environment such as this one."
More than half of the guests are Asian, and almost none would be considered celebrities, even in their home countries. All of them, it hardly needs to be said, gamble staggeringly large amounts.
Guests at the Mansion stay in suites that range from 2,400 square feet (one bedroom) to 12,000 square feet (four bedrooms), suites that are decorated with original art by Picasso, Giacometti and Matisse, vases and sculptures from the Ming Dynasty, or similar priceless ornaments. Rugs are typically Persian (the rug values for the 29 villas exceeded $1 million). Some suites have an indoor swimming pool, accessible from the bedroom, and all have touch-screen consoles that activate room temperature, lights and entertainment.
Tired of the Brazilian music you've heard wafting through your suite? Touch the screen and switch to Japanese. For more extensive entertainment choices, there's a screening room with plush chairs and a state-of-the-art projection unit. Occupancy has stayed at about 50 percent, and has occasionally included a top celebrity such as Barbra Streisand (but not on a peak weekend, when the room can be put to better use). While Bill Gates could probably name a price that would get him a suite during the annual Comdex computer trade show, the Mansion is about attracting the top casino players and, secondarily, building a brand for MGM, not about generating direct revenue. "This is a fantasy experience," says Feldman. "And part of that is that you're not going to be able to buy it anywhere."
Meals taken at the Mansion may be its most surreal aspect. You sit in what appears to be an outside courtyard, filled with marble and lemon trees. Upon closer examination, brought about only after you realize that the searing midday heat is noticeably absent, it becomes clear that the courtyard is actually a soaring, 150-foot glass atrium, with a constant ambient temperature of 72 degrees.
You're handed a menu without prices, for the food, like the room, is complimentary. "A guy is willing to spend a million dollars at your casino in a weekend, and you're going to charge him for a meal?" asks Feldman. The chef is Hui Pui Wing, who served his rendition of whole Dungeness crab at the 1997 ceremony marking Hong Kong's return to China. That's on the menu, along with Hui's famous baked lobster, a full Asian selection, and European and American dishes, augmented by green tea picked by trained monkeys.
What's not on the menu--but eminently available--is anything else you might want to eat. And that's 24 hours a day, sevens days a week. "We've served complete banquets at four in the morning," says Ly Ping Wu, a Mansion vice president. Just off the dining area is a wine cellar filled with an array of first-growth Bordeaux, cult California Cabernet and other collector's gems. If you care for a bottle with your meal, that's complimentary, too--though a hierarchy of guests exists. Not every bottle is available to everyone: replacing a case of, say, 1982 Petrus is simply too costly and difficult. And no one would ever drink anything else.
Instead, diners are steered toward wines commensurate with their level of casino play, though rest assured that the stock starts with delicious, limited-release wines and only gets more rarified from there. Nobody will be stuck with plonk. If you insist on a bottle that is beyond your station, the management will reluctantly (and discreetly) allow you to purchase it. Surprisingly, that almost never happens. "In this, as in everything else," Ly says, "most of our guests understand what's appropriate." --BS
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I had been waffling on this one for a few weeks. I sold a Nikon M223 1-4 scope in order to acquire a 1-4 or 1-6 with an illuminated reticle without dropping a lot of money. I eventually decided on the Vortex Strike Eagle, and should have it tomorrow.
The SE has 1-6x magnification, and an illuminated reticle that should be suitable for my eyes. I considered the single dot type reticle with illumination capabilities, but after going through my RDS search, the SE's reticle won out. Having the 6x reach will be a plus as well.
Others that I considered were a few of the Leupold models, a Primary Arms offering, and a couple others i cannot recall. Vortex has a lifetime warranty, no questions asked, and reviews have been positive.
I plan to take it out this weekend and give it a workout. This scope won't be used for hunting or tactical purposes, but will be used for general range shooting and some distance shooting on occasion.
Hope I made a good choice. Any others here use the Strike Eagle?
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I run one on my AR. For the longest I just ran Irons but I'm liking the strike eagle. Its a little slower than I would like even on 1x due to the eye relief. The reticle takes some getting use too. I"m normally not a fan of that style but the more I shoot with the more I can see it's uses. Vortex is great though. I'm starting to run them on a few of my bolt guns and love em. Best budget glass out there if you ask me.
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Does China Hold the Key to Apple's Future?
Apple Inc.'s second-quarter sales in Greater China were up 8% from a year earlier. The WSJ's Paul Mozur talks about what the company needs to do to stay competitive in the world's fastest-growing smartphone market.
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Jamie Foxx joins Trayvon Martin peace walk
The Django Unchained star marched with Martin's parents Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin at the Day Of Remembrance Peace Walk in honour of the high school student, who was shot dead by a neighbourhood watchman last February (12).
Foxx also spoke at the march at Ives Estates Park, echoing campaigners' calls for the state's 'stand-your-ground' law to be repealed.
According to Florida news station NBC 6, Foxx said, "The thing is with press, and you know how press goes, it will be a hot story at one point. It will be the thing to go to and, all of a sudden, they try to forget about it. And I said I don't want anybody to forget about this, because they can't forget about the fact that they lost their son... The thing is, we're not asking for anything out of the ordinary. We're asking for justice."
The controversial stand-your-ground statute allows residents to use deadly force in self-defence if they feel threatened, and initially protected Martin's shooter, George Zimmerman, from arrest.
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After an emotional debate, a divided House committee passed a bill on Wednesday that would ban an abortion based on the sex or race of an unborn child, one of four abortion-related bills proposed this year.
Two Republicans crossed party lines and voted against the bill, even though Judiciary Committee Chairman Dennis Baxley, R-Ocala, implored members "Isn't there something we can agree is wrong?"
Republicans Ray Pilon, of Sarasota, and Heather Fitzenhagen, of Fort Myers, said they couldn't agree with House Bill 845, which requires that a physician or health care professional be required to sign an affadavit stating that the reason for the abortion isn't related to the sex or race of the child. The penalty for performing an abortion based on those reasons would carry a civil fine of up to $10,000.
"I'm a very strong conservative Republican," Pilon said, but added he couldn't support the bill. "I believe in personal responsibility," he said, adding that the bill put the burden on the physician instead of the court system. Fitzenhagen said the bill, which passed by a vote of 10-7, gets into areas that "perhaps we shouldn't be delving in." The sole Democrat voting for the measure was Rep. Daphne Campbell of Miami.
The bill, sponsored by Rep. Charles Van Zant, R-Keystone Heights, states one reason the bill is necessary is because the United States has become a "safe haven" for people from other countries who want to terminate pregnancies because of sex or race.
Kellie Dupree, vice president of public policy and communications, told legislators "the bill subjects women of color to a higher level of scrutiny" and "insults all women by calling into question their ability to make personal medical decisions."
Her remarks came a week after a Planned Parenthood lobbyist was lambasted on the Internet in conservative publications nationwide for her comments during a previous House discussion. In a March 27th meeting, legislators asked lobbyist Alisa LaPolt Snow hypothetical questions on House Bill 1129, which would require medical care for a baby born alive in the case of a "botched abortion." When asked about what happens in this case, she told legislators she didn't have the information, saying "I am not a physician, I am not an abortion provider."
In a prepared statement, Planned Parenthood said "a contract lobbyist did not fully communicate our position" on House Bill 845, saying that if this "unlikely" situation did occur, "any health provider is already compelled to provide emergency care to both the woman and the infant." This bill will be up for a vote in the House Health and Human Services Committee on Thursday morning.
On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee also passed a bill that would charge a defendent with two crimes when an unborn baby is injured or killed during an attack on the pregnant mother, even if the perpetrator was unaware that the woman was pregnant. "I wonder if this bill wasn't suggested by the pregnancy test industry," Rep. Elaine Schwartz, D-Hollywood, said, which drew a laugh, though Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fort Walton Beach tweeted: "Rep Schwartz says HB 759 is supported by the pregnancy test industry. Cause if there's one unbeatable special interest, its "Big Pregnancy"
The bill would change the words "viable fetus" and "unborn quick child" in vehicular homicide law to "unborn child," which Democrats said would be closer to "personhood" proposals that attempt to change the status of a fetus.
While Rep. Jared Moscowitz, D-Coral Springs, said he had concerns about the personhood issue, he decided to vote for bill after hearing Baxley's passionate plea for compromise. "I unjderstand the conservative movement has issues with Roe v Wade. I had isues with Bush v Gore, but at the end of the day he was my president and that was the law of the land."


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WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- A new television miniseries which chronicles the heroism of the men of the 42nd Rainbow Division during World War I, will be shot at The Bronxville Women's Club.
This group of soldiers fought for longer than any other U.S. divisions during the war and faced unbelievable physical and psychological challenges.
The portion of the show that includes Bronxville focuses on the impact of the women's suffrage moment. The series, entitled "42nd Rainbow Division Miniseries," however, is not expected to air until late 2018 to coincide with the signing of the Armistice Agreement.
To celebrate its spot in the limelight, the historic Club will be hosting a kick-off event Saturday, August 12. from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The open-to-the-public celebration will include hors d'oeuvres and appetizers, an open cash bar, notable guest speakers, and entertainment. Tickets may be purchased at the door for $20.
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@AndyShore It was apparent Phish was set to play Exile on Main Street by the time we awoke on Saturday. Our neighbors came back from the concert area with a Playbill and instantly I wanted it to be time for the Halloween set. Horn section, Sharon Jones and Shaunda Williams on back up vox, the whole shlamazel.
A video that began with "Thriller" turned into a whole mashup of the albums, songs and videos involved with the original 99 albums. "Rocks Off" kicked off Phish's costume, with the horns already adding an exciting element. When Jones and Williams joined everyone in stage for "Tumbling Dice" a few songs later, it was clear we were in for a special evening.
The peak of the set was the fan familiar "Loving Cup." With the added horns and vocals, it may have been the best version of that song Phish has ever played. The rest of the set is a blur of excitement and awesomeness.
Though some of the set only had the four members of Phish, side four heavily featured the horns and back up vocals. They especially shone bright during the breakdown in "Shine a Light." Trey just stopped what he was doing to turn around and watch them do their thing, smiling ear to ear all the while. By the time the last notes of "Soul Survivor" rang out, it wouldn't matter what Phish played in the third set. It was already my favorite Phish show of all time.


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Telcos 'Volunteered' To Hand Over Data To NSA... And Got Over $100 Million For It
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As Sanchez notes, while Stellar Wind had been talked about extensively, there were still many important details that hadn't been know that were revealed in this report, including that the program was much broader than originally reported, that President Bush almost certainly lied in public about the extent of the program, that the decision to spy on Americans came from Cheney's office (without consulting the NSA) and the actual numbers of people being spied on, both domestic and foreign (37,644 people, 3,018 of whom were Americans -- though that only counts the "targets" and not the many Americans they likely emailed with or called, whose communications were also intercepted).
But perhaps the most interesting is the role of the telcos. As Sanchez notes, it would appear that AT&T and Verizon actively "volunteered" to hand over data to the government... and then proceeded to make over $100 million dollars as the government paid for this "voluntary" dismantling of the privacy of their customers.
It remains telling that AT&T and Verizon have remained almost entirely silent about all of this, as various other companies mentioned in much more limited programs, have been pretty vocal about things.
After the attacks of September 11, 2001—but before President Bush authorized the program that would become STELLAR WIND on October 4—two major telecommunications companies approached the NSA to volunteer their assistance. Though they're identified only as "COMPANY A" and "COMPANY B" in the reports, experts agree that they are almost certainly AT&T and Verizon. One of them, COMPANY B, had even done some of its own freelance intelligence work: it told the NSA that it had "noticed odd patterns in domestic calling records surrounding the events of 11 September and offered call records and analysis."
Then again, perhaps "volunteer" isn't quite the right word. The report tallies the costs of the program, which came to a bit more than $146 million over fiscal years 2002–2006. But only about $44 million of that went to the software and hardware infrastructure needed to sift through all that data. By far the biggest expense category—accounting for the other $102 million in outlays—was the "metadata and content" itself, an apparent reference to payments to the participating telecoms.


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The hard part for the University South Carolina Beaufort, it seems, was battling out of the loser's bracket.
Monday's NAIA Opening Round championship was a breeze for the Sand Sharks, who routed Sun Conference rival St. Thomas 11-2 to advance to their first NAIA World Series. It was USCB's fifth straight victory - all of them in elimination games - since an extra-inning loss to the Bobcats in the tournament opener.
"There was definitely an attitude of 'nothing to lose,'" said Brian Lewallyn, USCB's first-year coach. "Any time you get into a tournament situation, it's who gets hot at the right time. We played good enough in the first game to win. Fortunately, we were able to stay hot."
The Sand Sharks (40-17) got as hot as they've been all season in the fourth inning. They scored eight runs on seven hits and an error, sending 13 batters to the plate against three St. Thomas pitchers.
USCB also got six solid innings from left-hander Michael Heesch on three days' rest. The Sun Conference pitcher of the year left with an 8-2 lead and Adam Miller pitched three shutout innings in relief.
The NAIA World Series begins May 25 in Lewiston, Idaho. The Sand Sharks, in just their fourth year as a program, are the No. 8 seed and will open up against No. 9 Rogers State (Okla.) at noon Pacific time.
Heesch also pitched extremely well in Thursday's meeting with St. Thomas, allowing three runs in nine innings. He left with the score tied, however, and the Bobcats won it 6-3 in the 10th.
The senior from Crystal Lake, Ill., said he knew that he would pitch on short rest Monday if his teammates could fight through four elimination games over the weekend. They did exactly that, knocking out three teams before getting past St. Thomas 5-4 on Sunday.
"It is less rest, but I knew there was a chance I was going to end up throwing," Heesch said. "I just did what I could to be in the best shape. When the game's on the line and the adrenaline's pumping, you don't need more (energy) than what you've got."
Heesch cruised through the first five innings, surrendering only two hits, until the Bobcats scored twice on three hits in the sixth. At that point, USCB held an 8-2 lead and he turned it over to Miller.
St. Thomas starter Danny Sanchez matched Heesch early on. Only one Sand Shark reached base his first time through the order. Then came four consecutive hits - two for extra bases - and the onslaught was under way.
Catcher Dylan Nasiatka singled and scored on a Ty Main triple. Conald Mansfield doubled and Gabe Torres followed with an RBI single. Two runs scored when Weldon Smith reached on an error and Nasiatka drove in two more on his second hit of the inning, a double to center field.
First baseman Brandon Morris added a three-run homer in the seventh off reliever Ashley Bulluck.
The victory evened the Sand Sharks' record against St. Thomas this season at 3-3.
The Bobcats beat out USCB to win the Sun Conference regular-season title. They also won the conference tournament while the Sand Sharks bowed out early.
USCB got to host the Bobcats this time around, as it served as one of 10 NAIA Opening Round tournament sites.
"It was definitely extra motivation when we found out that they had put them in our regional bracket," Mansfield said. "It's not like those other teams coming in that you don't know anything about. You know everything about them. After we lost (Thursday), we knew they were going be in the finals, so we just wanted to make it back to get them one more time."
WP: Michael Heesch
LP: Danny Sanchez
Leading hitters: STU: Joel Capote 2-5, R; Victor Madrazo 2-4, 2B, RBI; Nicholas Perez 2-4, 2B; USCB: Dylan Nasiatka 2-5, 2B, 2 RBI; Conald Mansfield 3-4, 2 2B, RBI; Gabe Torres 3-3, RBI; Brandon Collins, 2-4, 2B, HR, 3 RBI.
Records: STU: 45-15; USCB: 40-17


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I don't think that I am neurotic at all. I just am trying to get away from the constant discussions about huge salaries and big law firms around here. For most people, it is unrealistic. I think that the more visible (BIGLAW) portion of the profession gets too much attention, and many posts here are indicative of that. If more law schools/pre-law advisors spoke realistically to students about career potential (and earning potential) more people who were going to law school because they aren't sure what else to do with that fabulous liberal arts degree would consider other options more seriously.
I will drop out, happy?


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Wednesday, 21 March 2012
when i left england & hung the dreamcatchers
22 comments:
- faerie finder said...
photos are from spell & gypsy collective tumblr ♥
- 21 March 2012 at 10:52
- Shell said...
I love the way you write: full of romantic dreaminess.
- 21 March 2012 at 15:23
- rossichka said...
Happy first steps in your new life! Keep your wings, breathe deep and smile!:)
- 21 March 2012 at 15:29
- nadine said...
i am so happy for you!
- 21 March 2012 at 16:13
- Cait O'Connor said...
I absolutely love this writing, more please..
PS Your white cat is the image of my Molly.....
- 21 March 2012 at 17:31
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- 21 March 2012 at 19:01
- Casey said...
Goodness! Thank you for such a beautiful escape, I hope you don't mind that I climbed upon that Eagle's back with you. Even though your hair was in my eyes.
- 21 March 2012 at 21:05
- stephanie dosen said...
thank you lovelies ♥
kiss kiss kiss xoxoxo
- 21 March 2012 at 23:04
- Ghia Photografy i pasje said...
Piękny ten Twój świat :) Pozdrawiam
- 22 March 2012 at 01:18
- E said...
Beautiful, beautiful post <3
with a whisper: are you a starseed like me?
- 22 March 2012 at 03:36
- Roselie said...
I love your writing! Good luck in your new life!
- 22 March 2012 at 07:30
- Pixie said...
A beautiful post Stephanie.....i miss your writings when you are away, so glad you are settled now where you are happy.
- 22 March 2012 at 12:34
- Em said...
Reviving and revival. What more can I say...
- 23 March 2012 at 11:19
- Fleur said...
Teach me how to make such dreamcatchers!!
- 29 March 2012 at 02:04
- Oat said...
Oh nooooo princess! now we're an ocean apart again! cant believe I didnt chase you down for a cuppa when you were round in the uk. oh well, until the next time we meet, i shall draw more owls and feathers and hold in very close to my heart!
sending you lots of love and possitivity as always...I hope one day we can meet again,
your owl in the dark,
- 29 March 2012 at 19:53
- Raggle Taggle Gypsy Girl said...
I love the photos and the dream catcher is gorgeous.....
- 30 March 2012 at 18:57
- Alexandra said...
I missed you! October to March is a looooong time without your poetry! I hope moving to america was for a good reason and not a sad one! I hope you're happy! I hope you're still thinking of writing some music. i've been longing to hear you for real into my headphones again !!
Lots of lurve!
- 31 March 2012 at 12:01
- Such a Wondrous Place this Faery Space said...
Listening to Nelly Furtado and All Good Things and having a goosebump moment because my Spotify music and this post seems appropos! I am so glad you have the transition animals greeting you! I am so happy to hear you light the morn. You are ready for a new moon and I give you wings always, friend! Welcome to it all! Glad to give you a spirit welcome home! Blessings, Amy Sperry Faldet (Wisconsinite;)
- 3 April 2012 at 13:29
- withoutwordswouldyouknow? said...
6 months to rejouvenate. 6 months of journeys, both inner and literal, to balance and find your bearings.
i hope you found what you always knew to be true.
welcome back ;)
- 6 April 2012 at 03:23
(sorry forget to give you the link to "Shadow" previously; this does not need to be published here but it is a song about this very thing).
- 23 April 2012 at 16:01
- Minerva Black the shop keeping cat said...
England feels a little sadder without you. ; ~ ( But I hope you will be very happy where you are now. x
- 3 May 2012 at 16:35
- Pauline said...
You sound "at home" Steph, a good place to be ♥
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Talking is one of the biggest milestones there is, and the latest research suggests there's a lot you can do to help your child become a master chatter.
Months before my daughter Ella spat out her first official word ("bath!"), she was a Chatty Cathy in terms of sheer noise--exercising her pipes by howling for a feeding, squealing at a sock puppet, or babbling "ba ba ba" at the top of her lungs. And it turns out there's a reason behind the racket. For babies, it's a kind of linguistic cross-training--a way they prep for the main event of real speech, otherwise known as one of the coolest milestones ever.
The average age at which kids utter a bona fide first word is 12 months, and they're able to manage two-word "sentences" by the time they're 2. But (reality check!) as any pediatrician will attest, babies hit language milestones at a wide range of ages. A child who seems behind can all of a sudden make a giant leap ahead of her peers, verbally. And a kid who starts talking early may get stuck on the same few words for months before adding more to her repertoire. So no comparing or panicking! Sure, you can hardly wait to hear that first word or "wuv you." But like all Big Moments in your baby's life--sleeping through the night, sitting up, first steps--it will happen when she's ready.
There are, however, proven ways you can nudge language development along, experts say. Check out our stage-by-stage (and completely anxiety-free!) guide to baby talk for the scoop on what you'll hear, when to expect it, and how best to keep up your end of the conversation.
1 Month
Crying may not sound conversational, but it's your newborn's primary way to communicate, meaning she uses it for everything from "I'm tired" and "I need food" to "It's a little too bright in here." Wailing also primes your baby for genuine language by strengthening the same neural pathways in the brain that are used for speech--and by giving her larynx, the organ in the throat responsible for sound production, a good workout.
What to say back: Something that will soothe the fussing and squalling. While a good cry may exercise your baby's vocal cords, the sooner you can comfort her, the more confident she'll be that you're really listening to her--and the more willing she'll be to keep trying to "tell" you what she's feeling.
2 to 5 months
Those supercute coos are airy sounds that come straight from the larynx--making them easy to say for tiny babies still figuring out how to use their lips and tongues. They're also fun. "Kids tend to focus on particular sounds: squeals, vowels, or growls, as we call them," says D. Kimbrough Oller, Ph.D., a professor of audiology and speech-language pathology at the University of Memphis. These will help your little one learn to control vocal tone and volume--something she'll need to form her first word.
What to say back: Anything in "parentese," that singsongy voice that sounds like it came off a children's CD--only it's you repeating "Hiiiii!" Research shows the high pitch makes your infant really take notice of--and want to imitate--what you say.
5 to 7 months
When your baby begins to add in consonants, it means she's now able to produce a full repertoire of sounds--a major linguistic milestone. "It's harder to produce consonants because they require interaction between the tongue and the lips," says Roberta Golinkoff, Ph.D., director of the University of Delaware Infant Language Project in Newark. "It's a big deal."
What to say back: Narrate the sights you see on your drive or your daily plans ("We're going to the store for some milk, and then Daddy's taking you to the park!"). Talking to a non-talker may feel bizarre, but research has found that infants actually understand far more than we realize. In one study, 6-month-olds who heard the word "mommy" responded by looking at a picture of their mom.
7 to 9 months
Was that a first word? Hmm? Though your baby is probably still simply parroting sounds, once she starts babbling in distinct syllables, her "conversation" can sound so much like language that it's hard to tell. Consider this her final dress rehearsal for putting those syllables together in a way that has real meaning.
What to say back: Talk about the things around her so she'll connect objects with words. Just don't assume "bo-bo" means "ball" if she says it while reaching for her shoe. "Notice where your child is looking before you label an object. It's very adaptive for babies--and a lot of parents do it naturally," says Jenny Saffran, Ph.D., director of the Infant Learning Lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
9 to 12 months
Getting out just the right sounds takes practice, so for now, your baby's making up combos that indicate real objects--a halfway point between babbling and true speech. She may say "nee-nigh" for "bottle," or "sho-sho" for "yogurt," for example.
What to say back: As long as you know what your baby's trying to say, don't quibble over correct pronunciation. Swapping in weird names for regular words is normal for new talkers--so your best move is to respond in a way that shows you understand: She says "banktee," you produce her blanket. It's cute to hear (and say) her made-up words, and experts say it's fine if "banktee" becomes de rigueur in your household. Eventually, you'll phase it out for the real thing.
12 to 15 months
Whatever recognizable word your child produces first, it's bound to be something she's fascinated by and something she can easily say--which is why the single-syllable "Da," "Ma," "ball," and, yes, "dog" are fairly common first words. "Kitten" and "television"? Not so much.
What to say back: "Hurrah!" Cheering on her speaking attempts will motivate her to master new words. Plus, Golinkoff notes that the rule for babies learning to talk is "the more language in, the more language out." So keep chatting! By doing so, you're supplying the words for interesting objects and emotions. Add that to praising her for using the ones she already knows and you'll soon have a total motor mouth on your hands.
15 to 18 months
After your toddler has spit out that first word, she'll learn what she needs to do to make others--including different parts of speech, like verbs and adjectives. By 15 months, most kids are able to say 20 or more words, and the lexicon expands as weeks go by.
What to say back: Cuddle up with a good story for a no-brainer vocab booster. Perfect at this age: board books filled with short-and-sweet words, like Where Is Baby's Belly Button? by Karen Katz, or Dear Zoo, by Rod Campbell. "Talk about what's in the pictures, as well," suggests Julie Masterson, coauthor of Beyond Baby Talk: From Sounds to Sentences, A Parent's Complete Guide to Language Development. "It's fun for kids to hear you say 'See the dog? It says 'woof.'"
18 to 22 months
You know your toddler is saying something amazing--if only you could understand it. In their second year, kids become masters of nonsensical speech, producing strings of elegant gibberish that sound like a faux version of adult conversation (often complete with inflection and hand gestures). She'll also be saying around 30 or so real words-but even those may not be crystal clear.
What to say back: Ask questions that get your kid talking. If she says "boo-bee-lala" while building a block tower, ask "What do you like about the blocks?" One recent study in the journal Pediatrics showed that back-and-forth conversations between adults and little ones are the best way to improve their verbal skills.
22 to 24 months
More milk.
By the time she turns 2, your toddler will likely be able to string two or three words together to make mini-sentences. A favorite to throw into the mix of the dozens of words in her growing vocabulary: "more." It's a sign that your kid is figuring out the ability of language to make things happen.
What to say back: Give her what she asks for! (Within reason, of course.) Being able to tell you what she wants is a major milestone for her, but it's a happy day for you, too. Just think: fewer meltdowns over misunderstood requests! And by responding, you show her just how powerful and rewarding talking really can be.
Are girls really more verbal?
Experts say that, for reasons yet unknown, females usually hit verbal milestones a bit earlier than males. "Speech delays and disorders also occur more frequently in boys," says Julie Masterson, a communications professor at Missouri State University. However, language skills do tend to even out over time--and you certainly can help the process by talking to and reading with your kids.
Help for late talkers
Your friend's baby is producing complex sentences at 15 months; at the same age, your little one is content to mumble "Mama." Should you worry? It's hard not to! But the "normal" range for babies is huge--anything from 9 months to 15 months for the first word, for instance. Bilingual kids may hit milestones later, as they work to process two different languages (and the mouth actions it takes to produce them). However, 1 in 5 kids will have a speech or language delay of some sort--so watch for these red flags:
Your child misses any verbal milestones by 4 months (she's not cooing, say).
Your 15-month-old isn't saying any recognizable words.
Your 2-year-old hasn't combined any words.
Suspect a problem? Ask your pediatrician to order up a hearing test. If it comes back normal, consult a certified speech-language pathologist (find one in your area at Asha.org). The good news: The earlier your little one gets help, the more likely she'll be to get back on track.


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Potassium is a very important mineral to the human body.
Your body needs potassium to:
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- Control the electrical activity of the heart
- Control the acid-base balance
Food Sources
Many foods contain potassium. All meats (red meat and chicken) and fish such as salmon, cod, flounder, and sardines are good sources of potassium. Soy products and veggie burgers are also good sources of potassium.
Vegetables including broccoli, peas, lima beans, tomatoes, potatoes (especially their skins), sweet potatoes, and winter squashes are all good sources of potassium.
Fruits that contain significant sources of potassium include citrus fruits, cantaloupe, bananas, kiwi, prunes, and apricots. Dried apricots contain more potassium than fresh apricots.
Milk and yogurt, as well as nuts, are also excellent sources of potassium.
People with kidney problems, especially those on dialysis, should not eat too manypotassium-rich foods. The doctor or nurse will recommend a special diet.
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Having too much or too little potassium in the body can have very serious consequences.
A low blood level of potassium is called
- Take diuretics (water pills) for the treatment of high blood pressure or heart failure
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- Have severe or prolonged vomiting and diarrhea
- Have certainkidney or adrenal gland disorders
Too much potassium in the blood is known as
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- Heart medicines called angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin 2 receptor blockers (ARBs)
- Potassium-sparing diuretics (water pills)such as spironolactone or amiloride
- Severe infection
The Food and Nutrition Center of the Institute of Medicine has established the following recommended dietary intakes for potassium:
- 0 - 6 months: 0.4 grams a day (g/day)
- 7 - 12 months: 0.7 g/day
Children and Adolescents
- 1 - 3 years: 3 g/day
- 4 - 8 years: 3.8 g/day
- 9 - 13 years: 4.5 g/day
- 14 - 18 years: 4.7 g/day
- Age 19 and older: 4.7 g/day
Women who are producing breast milk need slightly higher amounts (5.1 g/day). Ask your doctor what amount is best for you.
Persons who are being treated for hypokalemia need potassium supplements. Your health care provider will develop a supplementation plan based on your specific needs.
Panel on Dietary Reference Intakes for Electrolytes and Water, Standing Committee on the Scientific Evaluation of Dietary Reference Intakes. Dietary Reference Intakes for Water, Potassium, Sodium, Chloride, and Sulfate. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press; 2004.
United States Department of Agriculture. Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion. Dietary Guidelines for Americans. 2010. National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 2010.
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WORCESTER, Mass. - Worcester Polytechnic Institute was able to withstand an early onslaught by MIT Tuesday night at Alumni Field, and the home team hung on long enough for Nicole Maglione to score the game-winner in double overtime of a thrilling NEWMAC contest. WPI (6-8, 1-5 NEWMAC) halted a seven game losing streak and a five game NEWMAC losing streak with the win, while MIT (11-4, 3-3 NEWMAC) dropped its second consecutive game for the first time this season.
Visiting MIT came out with a fury for the first eight minutes of the game but could not get one by WPI senior goalkeeper Jessica Farrell. Taking notice of the situation, WPI head coach Johanna DiCarlo called a timeout, hoping to reverse the momentum of the game. Her team responded with an improved effort, but the score remained deadlocked through the first and second half.
WPI had a golden opportunity to end the game at 6:30 of the first overtime session, but MIT sophomore keeper Alexa Herman came up with a huge save on a penalty stroke by sophomore Sarah White. WPI outshot MIT 5-2 in the first overtime, but neither team was able to find the back of the cage.
WPI continued to threaten early in the second overtime frame, and at 1:39, freshman midfielder Nicole Maglione stunned MIT. She took a pass from senior co-captain Sarah Stout and deposited the ball past Herman to end the 86:39 scoring drought.
Despite the lack of scoring, there were several chances for both teams throughout the thrilling contest. Jessica Farrell made 13 stops in the shutout victory for WPI, while Alexa Herman turned away 12 for MIT.
The road doesn't get any easier for MIT. The Engineers will look to end their longest losing streak of the season when they host the Springfield College on Saturday afternoon at Jack Barry Field. Springfield (14-2, 5-1 NEWMAC) is the class of the conference and currently is ranked eighth in the country in the STX/NFHCA Collegiate National Coaches Polls. MIT closes out the regular season against Wellesley (8-5, 3-2 NEWMAC) on Tuesday, October 25.


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Parent Claims 'Ender's Game' Is Pornographic; Teacher Who Read It To Students Put On Temporary Leave
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"North Carolina police arrested an assistant high school principal after they say he had sexual relations with two of his students, often on school grounds. Police say that Aaronson Franks had sexual relationships with two Central Carrabus high school students---one under the age of 16, in the past two years. Court documents allege that Franks would conduct sexual practices with the girls on school property, leading them to a secluded building where only he had access." - 8 News
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