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Some people leave footprints on our heart. Cats leave fur on our sweaters. Dogs leave drool on our shoes. Families will crap on our doorstep. So when life gives you crap, garden it and make roses.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Books and expense
I needed a book on Low GI foods and the website suggested Dymocks. I go to Dymocks but they only had the book in their Sydney stores. Price $24.95
I went to Borders, they would order it in for me from their overseas supplier and I would receive it in the mail between 12 and 14 days. Price $24.95
So I thought if they are going to their overseas supplier, I might as well go to mine.
The Book Depository had this book and all the others in the series, $15.10, despatched in 48 hours and I received it in the mail in 3 days.
In an A&R book sale I bought the last two books of a trilogy and because it was an old release I knew I didn't have a hope of finding the first but the Book Depository had it, $10.95 and I had it 3 days later.
I love books, especially my big jewellery books. The last two from the BD were about the Russian Nobility and their jewells and the crown jewells of the Czars. I've never seen them in bookstores here and I don't think I'd get them for the price I paid, somewhere in the region of $170 for both. Every page is a treasure. So a pox on all publishers who are demanding that we pay GST on overseas purchases. Books should never have had GST on them anyway.
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- Elephant's Child said...
Not only should books never had attracted GST though of us who are addicted to them should be able to get them at concessional rates - just like medication. Says the woman whose shelves are stacked two and three deep. Not counting the piles. And what is it about Russian jewellery. My father had a book about Faberge and when I saw it years later I had to have it. Awe inspiringly beautiful things. And yes, I also feel for the affected staff, but my book hoarding will continue
- Saturday, February 19, 2011 4:57:00 pm
- Helen said...
Next year I must check out the BD for kid's textbooks instead of going along with the game of getting them from the "approved" supplier!
- Saturday, February 19, 2011 5:50:00 pm
- River said...
I like the Book Depository too. Price and delivery times suit me down to the ground. I still occasionally go into Dymocks and check the sales table, because I have a points card, so when I rack up enough points, I can get a slightly more expensive novel and pay a discounted price by using the collected points.
- Saturday, February 19, 2011 6:46:00 pm
- Fen said...
oh I'm so with you, I adore books and I use booko.com.au to work out who is cheapest and it is NEVER Borders or A&R.
- Sunday, February 20, 2011 2:10:00 am
- JahTeh said...
EC, I have huge books on jewellery and so heavy I have to read them on a table but the hours of fun going through them. That's just for the photos then I start reading. The worst thing that can happen to me is to find a book sale on the way to the supermarket, food? Books? Food? Books?
Helen, what I love most is that they have a wishlist and the price of an expensive book can go down as much as $20 and that's when I pounce. They're much cheaper than Amazon but Abe Books has an English branch so arent' as expensive as their American site.
River, Dymocks usually have a sale table out the front of the store and I don't think I've been past the register. I like the fact that at BD I can pre-order before publication so I am expecting the new Kathy Reichs novel sometime next week.
Fen, it's never anybody here except at a sale table or when Big W gets in the small paperback edition. I just picked up a fantastic book of the Great Ocean Road, $34.95 for 50cents at the op shop. The way it's sliding into the sea I thought I'd like to remember it as it was.
- Sunday, February 20, 2011 1:29:00 pm
- R.H. said...
I used to find some extraordinary oddities among the old books in Savers Footscray, but it's stopped now. The wedding dresses are gone too, maybe there's a connection?
I don't like to see local book shops close. In America in 1998 I encountered bookshop cafes for the first time and liked the idea. The idea was (I think) that you could sit at a table and read part of something you intended to buy. But Borders South Yarra went too far: people lounging on sofas for hours reading an entire book. I wouldn't mind if they were broke, but none of them looked broke to me.
In my twenties I saw The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell in the window of a Book shop in St Kilda: paperback, four volumes. I thought about it for days. I had to have it. So I bought it and stole some woman's shopping from a car in Prahran carpark.
Man does not live by bread alone, says the Scriptures. I think that's what they meant.
- Sunday, February 20, 2011 4:04:00 pm
- Kath Lockett said...
I still like browsing in book shops but I too have been a Book Depository devotee for a couple of years too - cost savings and convenience are just way ahead of anything we have (had?) here. And don't forget the Salvos and other thrift shops - I've found some brilliant books in there.
Borders started to fill themselves up with crap, overpriced gifts and the only books on the shelves were best-sellers. Readings in Carlton is still worth visiting because they stock so much more variety and it's easy to see an hour or two disappear mysteriously whilst in there.
- Monday, February 21, 2011 8:29:00 am
- JahTeh said...
Rh, you swine, some child might have gone hungry that night. Was the book worth it? He was a fascinating man, I've seen a great documentary on ABC1 about him.
Kath, I can't do crosswords because I have trouble reading the letters down, same thing in a bookstore, I end up dizzy. I like sitting down to browze the Book Depository.
- Monday, February 21, 2011 4:04:00 pm
- R.H. said...
I had a little bungalow behind a house in Robe Street, getting an occasional days work unloading wool bales, etc, at Spencer Street rail yards. To get a job for the day you had to stand outside the hirers little timber hut with a mob of other blokes, hoping that when he came out you'd be among those he pointed at. I don't know at all what criteria he used. It was probably the drink, some candidates were so ravaged they couldn't stand still on the spot.
I was raking up small change, that's the point. The first thing had to be the rent, the rest went on food. If I could have stolen mad George's polemics from the shop window I'd have done that instead. But I don't regret what I did. I don't regret anything I've had to do. I don't think this is a wonderful country, I think it's a shithead. And all these darling internet 'writers' 'artists' 'photographers' and so on viewing it otherwise will never knock up anything worthwhile; if I've ever caused a child to go hungry I've done it a favour.
- Tuesday, February 22, 2011 2:57:00 pm
- JahTeh said...
I believe Rochester had the same problems, the big house, the huge food bills and pinching poems.
I hate people who say Centrelink are funding bludgers, very few are and I would never want men to go back to the old days of pleading for work for pennies. I know from my own family what that was like.
- Wednesday, February 23, 2011 1:42:00 pm
- R.H. said...
A lot of families in wealthy suburbs took advantage of unemployed tradesmen during the Great Depression to get low cost renovations done on their big houses.
Pinching poems? Who does that?
- Wednesday, February 23, 2011 5:04:00 pm


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Public Comment
Letters to the Editor
Editors, Daily Planet:
I read today your article about Elephant Pharmacy closing. Their phone prescription line is still accepting orders for refills!
This is unconscionable—and potentially dangerous.
I called the California Board of Pharmacy to ask them to take action today, Thursday, Feb 5, and got a recording saying that they are closed Friday, Feb 6, per the governor's order. OK, but why aren't they answering the phone today?
Nancy Van House
Editors, Daily Planet:
For years now I've been reading about how wonderful it is that the UC campuses set a new record every semester for the total number of enrollments. Can somebody tell me what's so wonderful about congestion and housing shortages? Can somebody tell me what's so wonderful about our population exploding out of control from a level of mass immigration that is unprecedented in human history? Can somebody explain this to me?
Ace Backwords
Editors, Daily Planet:
Uncivilized by design and management, Santa Rita is a horrible place. So cops raised money for bail, and now Johannes Mehserle walks among us. Police forces can so coldly ignore, even ridicule, civilian calls to bring jails and prisons up to higher ethical standards. But when one of their own gets into the system, all of the sudden there's a humanitarian crisis. I used to work at a book store that regularly sent items to Santa Rita; the success rate of those books and magazines meeting their intended recipient was dismal. The simple joy of reading, of receiving that small gift from someone, could be hindered by guards for myriad reasons, or no reason at all. Having been inside Santa Rita, I know that having bail posted doesn't mean that anyone is legally obligated to sign off on it in a reasonable amount of time. Food is a joke, sanitation is questionable, and health care is a myth. Psychologically oppressive, Santa Rita breeds abuse and violence. Cops and guards take pride in sending people to places like Santa Rita. They lobby to build more jails, at the expense of education and social services. Cops say that they cannot relate to the prisons as an industrial complex. They think the accusation is just a gimmick by prisoners and their families to throw the blame off themselves—that the whole problem lies in a lack of personal accountability. But when one of their own is locked up, suddenly there's a victim of the system. Suddenly the quarters aren't decent enough, the food isn't proper, and the overall atmosphere is abysmal.
I would hope that police, guards, and all who keep the system running, reflect on their chosen profession and their chosen ethics. If Santa Rita was no place for Johannes Mehserle, then why is it appropriate to fill Santa Rita with so many people who have committed offenses that don't even approach the grievousness of his actions? Will cops bail out an old man who was caught squatting, wanting to escape the cold? What about donations for an activist? Where's the bail for a guy who got caught with a sack of weed and shrooms? Police cannot continue to argue that the system is fair to the community they allegedly serve, while also believing the system is not right for themselves.
Nathan Pitts
Editors, Daily Planet:
Memo to Linda Smith ("Why are they carrying tasers on BART?", Letters, Feb. 5): They carry guns on BART, dear. Does that ease your discomfort about tasers?
I have a couple of Why questions, myself. Why is nobody asking the Why question about guns? Guns in BART stations, aboard BART trains, carried by men and women given leave to use them at their personal discretion. I assure you it's not about post-9/11 armed air marshals in your plane, despite how it feels, Ms. BART commuter, though it's surely of a piece with the Homeland Securitization of every moment of our lives.
No, the BART cops with guns issue arose a while ago, but not so long ago that the local media should be oblivious to it. There was a time, not that far back, when BART cops were in fact unarmed, and arming them for lethal action was actually debated. Am I imagining this? There was a shooting incident—at the MacArthur station?—that an enterprising reporter for an actual local paper might want to track down.
My other Why questions: Why does "He thought he was reaching for his taser" not imply lethal intent? Why has the question of taser lethality—well and horrifyingly documented, easily researched—not been part of the analysis and discussion of BART policies and management culpability?
M. Hall
Editors, Daily Planet:
If Republicans just want Obama to fail (Rush Limbaugh) and are so blinded by their failed ideology of tax cuts, tax cuts, tax cuts, why even try to be bipartisan with them by loading down the economic stimulus bill with tax cuts (42 percent in the Senate version—strangely similar to the Republican votes in the Senate) which are much less stimulative than spending?
To get any compromise with Republicans in the Senate, the Democrats reduced aid to the states and education, both of which are vitally important. And the Republicans are still unwilling to join in.
I say restore aid to states and education and reduce the less stimulative tax cuts. And, if the Republicans are determined to stay intransigent and resist, let them. Then pass the bill anyway, and reduce the number of votes necessary to prevent filibuster.
Richard Tamm
Editors, Daily Planet:
Bad Thing: Becky O'Malley did not use her bully pulpit to admit what everybody already knows: that the Berkeley Voice business model worked because it was cheap to operate; and it helped a local sports reporter (yes, I realize the shock the reader may be feeling at this moment), Peter Mentor, to stay in Berkeley and report on prep sports for 14 years before he went to Santa Cruz to be a Waldorf School teacher.
Good Thing: The hopeful realization that Becky O'Malley didn't establish the Berkeley Daily Planet Trust and then run for City Council on a Keep the Planet Green ticket in the 2008 election. I can only imagine when I venture her alternating slogans would be a folk song called, "O'Malley's as Irish as Barack Obama," and a button for children in all of Berkeley's schools emblazoned with the words, "Pay for Free Speech with the Dividend of Capitalism."
A question I often ask in these situations is: What do you want to achieve with your philanthropy?
John E. Parman
Editors, Daily Planet:
I used to live in Puerto Rico and the bedbug problem there was very rare. From what I heard from several people from there, the problem usually was eliminated by just having some small eucalyptus branches put under the bed. This might also help get rid of head lice, fleas and other midnight biters, possibly some carrying diseases. The leaves may need to be bruised a bit to get quick action. Some people may have allergies to eucalyptus sap so some care should be taken by just testing with a few leaves at first. But eucalyptus ingredients are major parts of various additives for vaporizing steam inhalers indicating pretty widespread tolerance.
James Singmaster
Editors, Daily Planet:
I am amazed at the self righteous statements by Bob Brokl, who gloats over the misfortunes of the developers of the Creekside project, as if it was due to their stupidity and greed that the economy and housing market has tanked, and their project has to be put on hold indefinitely. This same project was endlessly modified and changed to meet neighborhood objections and was finally lauded as a reasonable and appropriate development by most of us who cared. Equally important, it would forever get rid of one of the ugliest buildings ever built in Oakland, a true eyesore if there ever was one. Mr. Brokl seems to like it and compares it to some equally ugly building in Nebraska; what a terrific recommendation.
I do agree that the owners need to secure the building immediately, better yet, demolish it. Its rental value is minimal and there are too many vacant or marginally occupied retail premises in the Temescal to justify the costs of rehabilitating this building. I, for one, cannot wait to see it demolished.
Michael Yovino-Young
Editors, Daily Planet:
Thanks so much to all the community members who came to, or donated items to, "The Colors of Love" Valentine's Yard Sale, a fundraising event for the neighborhood organization Friends of Kenney Cottage Garden!
And a big thank you also to the Daily Planet for helping to publicize this event. Many people said they'd seen it in the Planet, either in the Community Calendar section or in the excellent and informative piece on the Kenney Cottage's history by Steven Finacom.
There will be lots more opportunities for community members to get involved in the effort to restore and bring the Kenney Cottage, along with a community garden, to a vacant lot in a West Berkeley neighborhood. Stay tuned!
Patty Marcks
Friends of Kenney Cottage
Editors, Daily Planet:
Becky O'Malley, in her Jan. 29 editorial, justifiably bemoans the difficulties of sustaining a print publication. However, if Ms. O'Malley could figure out what she is trying to produce, and be honest about it, she may get more sympathy for her plight. She even sites Victor Navasky, former editor and publisher of The Nation magazine, but doesn't seem to understand that he is talking about "journals of opinion," not newspapers in his book titled, A Matter of Opinion.
Ms. O'Malley describes the Planet as "professionally reported news," but is it? Maybe if she described the Planet as "professionally created opinion" she might actually receive more than 50 or 60 responses to her appeal for support.
Let's just look at one article as an example from this same edition of the Planet, "Zoning Board Approves Kashani's Ashby Ave. Condos." This project was approved by the Zoning Adjustments Board (ZAB) by a 7-1 vote. So what should a "professional journalist," working for a "newspaper" write? What is the story that the readers would welcome as "news"? (Full disclosure: I am one of the seven board members voting yes, and am a retired journalism teacher).
I would think, as a "news story," that the overwhelming vote by ZAB should be in the article. It was not. I would also think that the reasons ZAB approved this project should be in the article, but not one ZAB member was quoted or cited. And I would think the public would be interested in knowing how this project effects Berkeley, being one of the largest residential structures proposed for West Berkeley in recent history. What was at this site before this project, how does it fit into Berkeley's General Plan, San Pablo Avenue Plan, Berkeley's Climate Action Plan, or help or hurt the housing needs of Berkeley? None of this was in the article.
Instead, the few critics, supported by one ZAB member in the end, were highlighted in the first two paragraphs of the article and the bulk of the article was devoted to their objections. Again, seven out of eight members supported this project and yet not one thing was mentioned in the article, until the very last paragraph, about "any" benefit to Berkeley when many were discussed at the meeting, by board members and the public.
So Ms. O'Malley, what is it you are trying to sustain, a "newspaper" or a "journal of opinion"? Your answer may just be the solution to your problem.
Terry Doran
Editors, Daily Planet:
Perhaps the Daily Planet should run a column called "Mayor Bates Bloopers."
Since we have to live with him for another two years, we might as well have a little fun to ease the hurt of having a mayor who doesn't seem to have empathy for the poor or disabled. I'm recollecting the mayor who asked the disabled people (and I am one) who support the warm pool not come to the meeting, but instead let our co-chair come and speak for us. What? I mean we all need a reason to chuckle these days.
A few weeks I wrote what I called the "So What" blooper. Tonight the mayor referred to tenants (when talking about the condo conversion ordinance ), made the comment that tenants should have the "right" to become an owner and not be just be a tenant? Now wait a minute. Just be a tenant?
Well, I'm sorry if the majority of us don't have the income to be an owner, Mr. Mayor, but each day becomes scarier as the number of homeless people grows. Now on to the next blooper.
Lori Kossowsky


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Although he didn't start painting seriously until he was in his forties, landscape painter Charlie Reynolds is looking back on almost 50 years' worth of work. His style is described as "post-impressionistic," and his pastel-hued canvasses reflect a love for the Pacific Northwest.
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Videographer: Frank Swanson
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Reflections on a medical mission trip to Honduras
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Feeling pensive, I started a painting with the intent of making artwork about my first year of medical school. While working I realized that I was not just thinking about medical school but also about my significant other, my future and my life in general. After I finished, I felt that the original colors were not quite capturing everything I had just been contemplating. I decided to photograph my artwork using different camera settings and applying various color filters. After many attempts I came up with this combination of photos; each of the four images captures a particular aspect of my life. When I look at them together I see all of the thoughts and feelings currently roaming around in my mind.
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From studies of the ionosphere to astronomical measurements with arrays of radio telescopes the manipulation and analysis of RF signals has been key to new instrumentation and many resulting discoveries. Software radio technology has been a core component of remote sensing of the space environment for several decades now. The flexibility of combining computing and radio was adopted very early on in scientific applications. This enabled new classes of scientific experiments which would otherwise have been impossible. The capability and adaptability of software radio instrumentation and systems has been growing consistently with the exponential increase in available computing power. The recent surge of low cost software radio hardware technology has enabled a new generation of instrumentation. These instruments are increasingly blurring the line between traditionally separate scientific disciplines as well as practical applications. I will discuss the science and the instrumentation enabled by software radio with highlights from studies of the ionosphere and radio astronomy. My overview will focus on the relationship to work underway at MIT Haystack Observatory. I will highlight the core architectural patterns of scientific software radio and discuss the evolution of our systems over several decades of rapid technological change. I will also look forward to the possibilities for discovery offered by the next generation of software radio and radar instrumentation.
Dr. Frank D. Lind is a Research Engineer at MIT Haystack Observatory where he works to develop and use radio science instrumentation. At the Observatory he leads many technical efforts involving software radio instrumentation cutting across Geospace, Astronomy, and Space science. These instruments are used to make detailed physical measurements and have been part of many NSF, NASA, and DoD supported investigations. Key instrumentation includes the National Science Foundation's Millstone Hill Geospace Radar Facility, the new RAPID (Radio Array of Portable Interferometric Detectors) system, low cost array radars, software defined radio architectures for radio telescopes, and efforts to develop an electromagnetic vector sensor for the upcoming NASA AERO (Aurora Emissions Radio Observer) cubesat mission. Dr. Lind studied at the University of Washington where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science in 1994. He then joined the UW Geophysics Program and pursued studies leading to the Doctor of Philosophy in Geophysics in 1999. His work there focused on Passive Radar observations of the Aurora Borealis. He is a prior chair of USNC URSI Commission G (United States National Committee of the International Union of Radio Science), a member of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), and a member of the IEEE.


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Come enjoy the great outdoors in luxury and style. Our West Shore Café and Inn offers four elegant mountain-inspired guest suites and two classic mountain-inspired guest rooms. The property sits overlooking the lake on one side, and the mountains on the other. Comfortable, tranquil, and picturesque.
Wake up to magnificent sunrises in this modern rustic lodge suite. With some of the best views of the lake, this room reflects the serenity we all travel here for. If you love to wake up with the alpenglow but maybe your partner doesn't, they can continue to sleep in the bedroom while you enjoy your early rise in the morning sun-lit sitting room.
The comfortable sofa adjacent to a gas fireplace folds out to a double bed. A writing desk and mini-fridge on the side, with two chairs facing the lake view fill out the rest of the sitting room. The sitting room's connected bathroom has a shower/tub combo finished entirely with slate. The bedroom features a Cal King, gas fireplace, flat-screen TV, and a connected bathroom with shower/tub combo. The two balconies let you enjoy the great outdoors from either room while remaining comfortably chic. This suite accommodates up to 4 guests.
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Watch your friends and family skiing down the mountain from your own private balcony with this suite. Located on the north side of the property, this suite also features filtered views of Lake Tahoe from the balcony and sitting room. Warm, spacious, and inviting; it might find it difficult to want to leave the room at all!
The sitting area features a gas fireplace, large leather sectional that has a pullout sofa bed and a flat-screen TV. There's a large bathroom with a jacuzzi tub and separate shower that has a view of Homewood. The adjacent bedroom, connecting through a small hallway, features a Cal King with a flat-screen TV and gas fireplace. The bedroom has a private bathroom with a shower/tub combo. This suite accommodates up to 4 guests.
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One of our grandest suites, you're sure to get your fill of the lake from this view. Luxurious in style and comfort, you'll find yourself calling it home as soon as your coat is hung up in the private entranceway. Being a corner suite, these rooms seem to sit apart from the rest; allowing for a little more separation from the rest of the lodge.
This suite features a large, tastefully appointed sitting room with balcony facing Lake Tahoe, on the northeast corner of the property. The leather couch pulls out into a double bed facing the gas fireplace and flat-screen TV. Behind the couch is a writing desk with a mini-fridge. Two chairs positioned behind a six-foot window make for an incredible view and a great place for relaxing. The connected bathroom features a shower/tub combo.
The large, separate bedroom has panoramic lake views. A second private balcony looks down onto the patio, pier and across the lake to Tahoe's East Shore. The bedroom has Cal King, gas fireplace, flat-screen TV, and a second bathroom that also contains a shower/tub combo. The branches of an old-growth Jeffery Pine and a younger but still stately lodgepole pine give the room a woodsy-plush feel. This suite accommodates up to 4 guests.
600-sq-foot, one bedroom and living room
The Sugar Pine Suite is located on the southern end of the Inn. The panoramic view of Lake Tahoe from the sitting room encompasses the south and east shores. The sitting room has an attached balcony which provides a unique birds-eye view of the patio, pier, and expansive east shore views.
The stylish sofa faces a flat-screen TV and gas fireplace, folding out into a double bed. A small writing desk, mini-fridge, reading chair and ottoman by the window fill out the rest of the room. The adjoining bathroom – looks over Lake Tahoe and has a shower/tub combo. The bedroom – attached through a small hallway – looks out to the south and features a Queen bed, flat-screen TV, second private balcony facing south, and a connected full bathroom with shower/tub combo. A second gas fireplace is located at the foot of the bed. This suite accommodates up to 4 guests.
Stylish and comfortable, this room has the same authentic lodge coziness only in a slightly smaller size. With a lovely view of Homewoods' most prominent run, there is nothing but excitement and adventure from this view.
This room is located next to the elevator, overlooking Homewood. There is a Queen bed and full-sized bathroom with a shower/tub combo and all our plush amenities including robes and slippers. The gas fireplace adds a romantic ambiance and a 46" flat-screen adds a pleasing feel. It has a small balcony which is blessed by the afternoon sun to open the room up to the outdoors. This suite accommodates up to 2 guests.
Sleeps up to two people
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Aptly named after the highest mountain peak at our ski resort, this room too is high in grandeur. But where our Ellis Peak is rocky and cold, this room is relaxing and warm. Keeping in theme with the old Tahoe feel, this room has a nostalgia for an older age with the amenities and comfort of a newer one.
This is a cozy room overlooking the slopes of Homewood Mountain Resort. Featuring a Queen bed facing the rustic gas fireplace and a 46" flat-screen. The full-sized bathroom has a shower/tub combo. The armoire adds a touch of class to this charming room. There is also a writing desk with mini-fridge for your convenience. This suite accommodates up to 2 guests.
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Accommodations are fixed with wood furnishings and nostalgic photographs of historic Lake Tahoe. All guest rooms and suites offer complimentary continental breakfast as well as free wireless internet access, flat-screen TVs, gas fireplaces, and mini refrigerators. All six rooms are located directly above our signature restaurant. The West Shore Cafe & Inn restaurant is located in the main building, directly below our guest rooms and suites. Hours for the restaurant do vary from season to season. Room service is available to the rooms when the restaurant is open for service. When the restaurant is closed, the bar will also be closed. Click here to check out the restaurants most current operating schedule. Click on the links above to explore the different rooms a little more, and please feel free to contact our Front Desk Staff if you ever have any questions about which suite is right for you. You can also visit our FAQ page.


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How to Get Stock Quotes in Excelby ContributorUpdated July 21, 2017
Most people use Microsoft Excel for calculation and data storage. There are other functions in Excel that are very useful but not well known. One such function is the ability to import detailed stock quotes directly into a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.
Open Microsoft Excel. First, select "Start" from the main operating system menu. Next, choose "Programs." Then, click on "Microsoft Office" in the programs menu. Finally, select "Microsoft Excel" from the Microsoft Office menu.
Click on the "Data" menu from the Microsoft Excel main menu screen. Then, choose "Get External Data" from the data menu. A dialog box will appear with a list of established data sources. Finally, choose the data source labeled "Investor Stock Quotes."
Select the cell in the spreadsheet for the stock quote information input or choose the "Create New Worksheet" option to place the stock quote in a new worksheet. After selecting either option, select "OK" from the dialog box.
Type the stock ticker symbol into the next Microsoft Excel dialog box. If the user wants to update the stock quote in the future, choose "Use this value/reference for future refreshes." Also check the second check box if you would like the information to refresh on its own.
Save the Microsoft Excel file for future use. Select "Save" from the main file menu, name the file and choose the appropriate place on the computer hard drive to save it.


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The Maze Runner Movie Review
A Reader's Response
This is my Reader's Response to watching the Maze Runner movie in which I will be comparing the movie to the book and talking about how it works as an adaptation. Warning: SPOILERS for both the book and the movie.
Ever since I first saw the trailer for the Maze Runner I knew that this was a movie I wanted to see. I'd heard about the books (I even owned the first one). After a failed first attempt I wasn't sure if I would read it, but I knew I should if I was going to see the movie. The book was good but the movie, in my opinion, was better while still staying true to the book.
The movie had a more primitive setting to it than the book which gave it a more believable feel. The Glade always seemed a little too put together for me so I'm glad they went this route. The Gladers built all of their own buildings and they would party at night with bonfires, wrestling, and homemade alcohol (or whatever it was). The community between the boys was enjoyable to watch and I was a lot less irate at the characters than when I read the book because they were less… well, perhaps angry isn't exactly the word but it's close enough. They didn't act like shanks the entire time which I was glad of because sometimes they would really annoy me. I even liked Gally more and I sympathized with him a lot. The cast was amazing and I didn't feel like any of them were out of place (and the guy who played Newt was totally cute).
The action was great and the Grievers were terrifying and made people want to jump out of their skin (I enjoyed watching Christina watch this movie.lol) when they popped around the corner. The Maze was large and intimidating, almost more so than the Grievers at times, and of course there was a lot of running, but a majority of it was running from danger and not to map the place.
Like any adaptation there will be difference and my mind was catching them all as I watched, but most were understandable and didn't affect my ability to enjoy this movie. However, there were a couple change that I thought were a little too large for me to brush off completely. First off, telepathy and mind control made no appearance in this movie, at least I didn't notice any. That was such a big part of the books and Thomas and Teresa's characters that, while I understand it may have overcomplicated the movie, I was pretty shocked when they left it out. If you haven't read the book it wouldn't matter, the movie didn't suffer from the lack of it, but to a reader that was something I had a hard time overlooking.
The second big change I notice was that the Gladers didn't have the cure on hand for when they got stung by the Grievers. They mentioned the "changing" but they kind of implied that the person would die from it. It was only when Teresa came with two vials of the cure in her pocket that they found out what happened to the persons mind during the "changing." As an adaptation, I thought this was maybe too big of a change because it affected the reasons behind certain characters actions but again, if you were just a viewer it probably wasn't that big of a deal.
I thought it was a great movie and can't wait to see it again. Score another point for YA book adaptations!


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Sabotage amid the vines takes the sparkle out of Italian wine industry after vineyard loses 400,000 bottles
Vandals broke into the grounds of the Conte Vistarino winery in the middle of the night and drained refrigerated steel tanks full of riesling, pinot grigio, chardonnay juice that was ...
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There was a dazzling array of top quality Canadian wines at this year's 16th WineAlign National Wine Awards of Canada
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Napa: the elite of the American wine world, the region that made zinfandel chic and cabernet king. This small but mighty wine region exploded onto the wine world in the ...
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Last month the LCBO's VINTAGES hosted Europe's first families of wine (Premium Familiae Vini); this month it's Australia's First Families, a relatively new organization that formed in 2009.
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Margaret Swaine's spirits review for NovemberAs we head towards winter, more and more great spirits are being launched from our Canadian distilleries and coming to our shores from abroad.
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With technology playing an ever more important role in homeowners' everyday lives, people are increasingly looking for more convenient ways to control appliances in their home.
In an ever-increasing world of connected smart things, the front door lock is now automated as well. Digital locking allows homeowners to access and secure their homes using a PIN code, which means homeowners no longer have to worry about carrying or losing their keys.
Digital locking also has huge potential for the rental market as you can create a temporary code to give people access, and delete that code just as easily – without having to worry about collecting keys or changing locks. This function is ideal for landlords, or for homeowners who have tradespeople in doing work, or relatives coming to stay.
The penetration of the market is rapidly increasing consumer demand for digital products, which in turn, will provide trade professionals with a new revenue steam and merchants with a new offer to their customers.
As we know, more consumers than ever want "do it for me" rather than "DIY". This is especially true when it comes to new products and technologies on the market, which people are less familiar with. This provides significant opportunities for a wide range of tradespeople, who can be involved in fitting home security products, ranging from joiners and window fitters, to builders and electricians. And with more and more customers wanting to fit digital security products, this in turn places merchants in a strong position to benefit.
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Cedar River at Shanty Creek is located in beautiful northern Michigan, where activities abound. Resort amenities and activities include golfing on four courses, including an Arnold Palmer and Tom Weiskopf course, and skiing on 36 slopes with a vertical rise of 450 feet. Discounted golf and ski packages are offered for RCI guests. Other attractions include tennis courts, a full-service fitness center, cross-country skiing, indoor and outdoor pools, and children's programs.
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The Traverse City Cherry Capital Airport is about 40 miles away. Take the Airport Access Road north to US 31. Turn right onto US 31 north and travel 3 miles to Acme. Turn right onto US 72 east and travel 30 miles to Kalkaska. Turn left onto US 131 north and travel 14 miles to Mancelona. Turn left onto M-88 west and continue 12 miles to the resort. Follow the blue signs to Cedar River Village. From Grand Rapids, take US 131 north 160 miles to Mancelona and follow the directions above. From Detroit, take I-75 N to the Grayling exit. Turn on M-72 to Kalkaska and right on the road to Mancelona. Turn left on M-88 to Bellaire for 12 miles to the Cedar River Village.
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Amenities and area attractions are seasonal.
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The Frankie Miñoza Golf Foundation accepts new beneficiaries on its roll. With two beneficiaries graduated to professional status and four others for qualifying(for pro status), the FMGF majority board after deliberations and collegial decision accepted three young golfers namely, Jay Gamolo, Pam Mariano, and Jett Sajulga for the development program.
The FMGF beneficiaries:
Professional: Giovanni Abaño, Reymon Jaraula
Due for Qualifying: Noel Langgamin, Magno Arancon, Francis Morilla, Ramir Roque
For training: Jett Sajulga,Jay Gamolo,Rainstar Roque, Pam Mariano


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A team of Japanese physicists and mathematicians has developed a mathematical equation for predicting whether or not a movie will become a hit at the box office!
Detailed in their article, "The 'hit' phenomenon: a mathematical model of human dynamics interactions as a stochastic process" in the June 2012 edition of the New Journal of Physics, the new model replaces the traditional method of forecasting the likely revenue for a movie, which incorporates aspects such as advertising budget, strength of word-of-mouth, star power, quality, et cetera.
These aspects still have a role, but the innovation in the Japanese physicists approach is to incorporate data from social network systems, such as blogs, to quantify the less tangible aspects of the factors that influence whether or not a movie will become a blockbuster, at least at the Japanese box office.
One of the more remarkable findings of the research is that the number of positive blog posts about a movie can be used to project its revenue:
Daily blog postings for a movie are a very important signal to measure the movement of purchase intention among persons in the society. We measure the daily data of the number of posts for movies using the site Kizasi, which is a service for observing blog postings in Japan. We measure the number of blog posts for 25 movies in Japan in order to compare this information with the box office gross income for each movie in Japan....
Blog postings for each film can be distinguished into positive, negative and neutral opinions. A positive opinion means that the blogger wants to watch the film or judges the watched film in a positive way. In figure 10, we show that more than half of the blogs show a positive opinion for several movies. Moreover, we find that the ratio of positive, negative and neutral opinions is almost constant during the duration of the movie opening. Thus, the observed blog posting counts can be considered to be proportional to the counts of positive blog posts.
According to this observation, we propose to use the daily number of blog posts as the daily 'quasi-revenue.'. Quasi-revenue is very useful for analysis, because it can be defined even before the opening of the movie. We can observe the increase in anticipation of a movie.
And because they've worked out how to use the data from social networking systems to measure the anticipation for a movie, they can do very well in predicting whether a movie will actually become a hit, as well as what kind of longevity it might have if it does!
If only Hollywood had thought to do that before releasing John Carter. Or Battleship. Or Rock of Ages. Or any of these movies!
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Sunday, January 6, 2013
Things I Miss About Europe
Six months ago, when we moved back to the United States, after being in Europe for three and a half years, I thought, "Well, I don't miss it yet, so we'll see how I feel about missing Europe in six months." Well, the six month mark is almost here (in three days) and I can say I feel a bit differently now then I did when we first got back. Don't get me wrong, I'm very happy to be back in the States. I love being so close to my friends and family and there are lots of things that I really do prefer about living in the US. However, there are a few things I also miss about living in Europe.
1. The travel opportunities. Honestly, this is what I miss the most. I miss planning our next adventure, researching the heck out of where we were going to go, getting food and hotel recommendations and just enjoying a new place. There's nothing like saying, "Hey let's go to Slovenia for the weekend. Or hey, let's go to Spain over the next four day." I can't do that here. And yes, there are TONS of places I still want to see in the United States, but I really miss the ease of traveling to another country, whenever I want. I'm a bit of a green-eyed monster when I see status updates/Instagram pics of friends' adventures.
2. The food. Fillet of horse covered in a balsamic reduction, packets of pasta with pear inside covered with a cream sauce, warm, perfectly cooked risotto with fresh mushrooms, creamy pesto, deliciously cured meats with a bread basket and glass of white wine at my favorite vineyard. Ugh! The thought tortures me. I am grateful that I'm finally back in the land of delicious Tex-Mex though. Big plus for the US on that front.
3. The milk. Ok, that might sound weird, but Italy has the best, most convenient raw milk stands that cost next to nothing. The milk is so creamy, fattening and good. It makes my mouth water just thinking of it. Raw milk here is so expensive that I haven't even considered buying any.
4. The experiences. Carnevale in Venice, watching British Parliament in session, seeing a play at the Globe theater, watching opera in a Roman coliseum, eating Laduree macarons while strolling the Champs Elysees, watching flamenco in Seville. I could go on and on. There was a lot that I did get to experience, but there are so many other places and experiences that are on my list, that I'm a bit sad I haven't got to mark them off yet.
5. My friends. Granted two of them are in the States and one of them is temporarily in the States while her husband is deployed. So..all of my good friends from Italy are in the States. Minus my Italian friends, of course. I was lucky to meet some of the girls that I did and hopefully we'll be friends from now on.
6. The purses. Oh how I miss Nicoli! That's where I got my purses while we were there and they were beautiful. Real leather in beautiful colors and well-made for a good price. I stocked up before we left, I think I have about six purses, but I sure do miss going to the factory and picking out my next purchase.
Let me also say there's a lot I don't miss about living in Italy. I don't miss our apartment, I have a nice, big house with a yard here in Oklahoma and I love that. I don't miss outrageous gas prices, our post (although I do miss the library) and I don't miss our neighbors, who for the most part weren't very friendly to us.
Sean and I have actually discussed in the future, if we have the money that is, that we'd like to have a second home somewhere in Europe and then would split our time between a home in the US and a home in Europe. My ideal locations would be somewhere in Slovenia, somewhere near Salzburg, Austria or somewhere in France, maybe even somewhere in Spain near Seville.
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As we continue to live with austerity, are we seeing a reduction in the absolute fear factor?
Five years after the crisis hit, UK consumers have embraced thrift in a big way and trust, whether in brands, retailers, institutions or government is in short supply. Only 14% of British people think they're likely to get a payrise in the next 12 months and if they did get an unexpected windfall most people would save it, pay off the mortgage or pay off debt.
However, over the last 12 months we have seen a slight shift, a reduction in the absolute fear factor. A year ago 30% of people thought they might see a decrease in their income, that's now reduced to 23%. Only small numbers feel it's going to improve, but now people are starting to get used to living in a recessionary environment and perhaps the fear that things are going to get worse is starting to reduce.
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Elle says:
New Year's Eve is one of my favorite holidays, if not my favorite holiday. It's a particularly adult holiday, in some ways. When you're a child, you think New Year's is exciting just because you get to stay up so late, but when you get into your 20s, the holiday becomes about (happy!) alcohol consumption, cheers to new experiences, a midnight kiss. I love "Auld Lang Syne," and I especially like the communal experience of singing it with a crowd of friends or strangers after a heartfelt countdown, where (for once), everyone's attention is singularly focused on a celebratory moment. (I'm also particularly fond of champagne.) Like most people, I relish the idea of New Year's more than the practical experience. It's the promise of discarding another year of mistakes and pain, and it's an occasion to remember the good times – the people you've met, the laughs you've shared, and the memories you've made.
New Year's has become the "disappointment" holiday. Hopes for an exciting night fizzle. The night becomes filled with drunken fools instead of prosecco-happy celebrants. Nobody gives a good countdown. There's no one to kiss at the stroke of midnight. It just becomes another night when you wished you would have caught up on a good book and some sleep. I get that. I'm still waiting for my magical New Year's, my When Harry Met Sally New Year's where some man gives me a cheesy speech and kisses me with feeling while I'm wearing elegant evening wear (although I would step it up from the long gloves and velvet '80s business Meg Ryan was wearing.) It's probably not going to happen.
While I've moved past the excitement of birthdays and Christmas that childhood brings, I haven't become cynical about New Year's. I don't know why. Maybe it's the one holiday where the optimist in me breaks free of its cynical chains, floats to the surface (buoyed by champagne bubbles), and has a jolly old time. Every year is still a little disappointing, but every year I get hopeful again. To be honest, I'm glad I still have even one night of hope and happy in me.
For New Year's Eve this year, I helped cook for a dinner party with new friends and their friends, I grabbed a drink with old friends, and I celebrated the actual event with a little Brooklyn bar hopping with four of my new friends. Admittedly, I sang (OK, yelled) "Auld Lang Syne" by myself, but at least it was done. I wore sparkles. I laughed. And I made resolutions.
At one mellower moment in the evening (let's say around 2 AM?), I announced to the table what will happen in 2013:
1) I will turn 27. There's really not much to do to avoid that one. So it's a resolution I feel confident I can keep. (Everyone needs a little freebie now and then.)
2) Upon the prompting of my fit runner friend and my foolish (possibly alcohol-influenced) agreement, I will run a half-marathon. (Say what?! I don't know if that will happen since I've been lax lately, but if I aim for November-ish…maybe? Hmmm. We'll see.)
3) I will find a fella. ("Fella" is my casual term for "man." You see, if you say "I want to find a boyfriend," that might sound a little desperate and, depending on the situation, sad. But you throw a casual "fella" in there, and people sense a jauntiness, a fun and low-stakes wish. But seriously.)
I've realized that the first is (hopefully) inevitable, and the second and third require an implicit resolution, the one that I've had for roughly 12 years: to lose weight, get in shape, and meet my goal.
When does a resolution become too diluted to actually work? If you've resolved the same thing for over a decade, can you call it a resolution anymore or just a hopeless wish? When does a resolution become daily practice – that is, when does a New Year's utterance become a commitment that actually resolves a problem?
Losing weight is probably the most common and cliché resolution. What I should really do is resolve to change my attitude, to make this resolution to get in shape a healthy goal rather than a necessary prerequisite for (what I have perceived) is a successful life. I should resolve to become emotionally stable, to get rid of binge eating, and to have a healthy and accepting attitude towards myself first, which can help lead to weight loss. Yes, I wish for that, but in all honesty, I'm hoping that I can use the weight loss as a cause to effect all of that positivity. Either way, I want to lose weight. I want to look and feel good for my friend's wedding this fall. I want to at least feel and look capable of running a half-marathon. I want to feel confident enough to attract a "fella." And I want to be the kind of optimistic I am on New Year's Eve throughout the year.
Cliché New Year's Resolution to lose weight and get fit: made. Implicit New Year's Resolution to accept myself and this struggle: begrudgingly made. The resolve to enact these resolutions? We'll see. Who's with me?