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Google announced it will be shuttering a few of its services and incorporating others as part of its "spring cleaning."
The tech titan will retire Adsense for Feeds starting Oct. 2, according to Yossi Matias, senior engineering director for Google wrote on the Official Google Blog. It will also discontinue Classic Plus, which allows users to upload new photos in November.
"We want people to have a beautifully simple experience when using Google," Matias wrote. "These changes will enable us to focus better so that we can do more to help improve the products that millions of people use multiple times a day."
More features that will change:
- Google storage in Picasa and Drive will be consolidated over the next few months, so users will have five GB of free storage across both services
- Spreadsheet Gadgets, designed to allow people to add customized features to Google Spreadsheets, will end next year.
- Google News Badges, as well as showing Recommended Sections, will end on Oct. 15.
- Insights for Search has merged into Google Trends.
- Places Directory has been taken down and users will instead use Google Maps for Mobile.
- The +1 Reports in Webmaster Tools will also go away Nov. 14.
Previously, Google rid itself of several services last year, including Aardvark and Knol. It's not surprising that Google is streamlining its services, especially since chief executive Larry Page has said as much last November. We suspect that the trend will continue in the next couple of years.
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When you're emailing files, photos and documents to friends, family and colleagues, attaching those files can often be inconvenient for you and for the people you're sending them to. A common problem when sending and receiving email is that many email servers don't accept messages with large file attachments. You may be able to send a message with a large attachment but the receiving mail server might refuse to accept it.
To solve these issues in June Mozilla Thunderbird added the Filelink feature. Today Thunderbird and the Ubuntu One team are pleased to tell you that we've added support for Ubuntu One in Filelink.This means that when you attach a large file to an email, that attachment is replaced with a link to the file in your Ubuntu One personal cloud.
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Declining business to move to Mexico to make room
Corning Inc. announced Wednesday plans to send a fading business to Mexico to make room for a newer product on the rise.
The change at the Big Flats plant will not result in any immediate job losses, company officials said.
Plans are to move production of glass beakers to Monterrey, Mexico, over the next two years, said Mark Beck, vice president and general manager of Life Sciences.
That will be replaced at the Big Flats plant by an expansion of Corning's Epic Systems - a method invented by the company to more accurately test pharmaceuticals.
Beck explained the market for glass beakers has been steadily declining for years while the demand for Epic has increased and shows promise for more future growth.
Corning expects Epic could produce potential profits of $100 million-$200 million by 2010 for the Life Sciences segment, Beck said.
Last year, Corning added its Epic System business to the Big Flats facility and opened an application center to train potential customers on the complex equipment.
The new technology can replace a current method used by pharmaceutical companies that requires labels - expensive radioactive or flourescent dyes - that can distort test results.
However, about 70 union-represented employees will be affected by the change, said Mike Walker, president of the United Steelworkers Local 1000.
"We are very disappointed that we are going to lose jobs some of our long-term employees have been doing for over 30 years," he said.
Walker said plant workers were not surprised to hear the news Wednesday. Union employees previously worked with management in the late 1980s and early 1990s to keep the lab glass business in the Big Flats facility, he said.
"The employees decided Wednesday to end this with pride and class," Walker said.
Also, although the business is leaving, there may not actually be a loss of any jobs.
A number of employees will be up for retirement over the next two years, said Dan Collins, director of Communi-cations for Corning.
Because Corning is taking two years to phase out the business, the rest of the workers will have time to be trained and transfer to other businesses within the company, Collins said.
Corning's yearly turnover rate more than compensates for the number of employees at the plant, he said.
Meanwhile, Corning is excited about the progress Epic has made in the market place, said Beck. New applications for the technology have already been discovered, which could positively impact the business, he said.
The plant has been fabricating glass lab equipment since 1958.


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Thursday, January 12, 2012
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Wow, that's cool! I'll have to try that out sometime.ReplyDelete
Will it work on a premade canvas?ReplyDeleteReplies
You could try it but I don't think it will work as well. The instructions for the transfer paper were very clear that you had to use a solid surface for ironing (they even said not to use an ironing board!), and if you're using a premade canvas, there's nothing behind the fabric to support it. Maybe if you had a board that fit inside the frame so you'd have something to press against...just make sure your using an unprimed canvas. I have a feeling primer would melt leaving you with one big sticky mess!Delete
- AnonymousJanuary 21, 2012 at 5:43 PM
this looks great. What kind of printer did you use? I'm worried the iron-on glue stuff will gum up my printer.ReplyDeleteReplies
I used an Epson Artisan ink jet printer, and have never had any problems printing on transfer paper. The instructions specifically say not to use laser printers or any kind of printer that applies heat (HP Deskjet 1200C and 1600C are mentioned). I guess if the paper feels warm when it comes out of the printer I wouldn't risk it.Delete
I am not sure if I am too late with my questions but... I have heard that you can use wax paper for transfers. Have you tried this or is this type of applique only good for certain projects?? Thought perhaps it could save some money on the printing paper... Sad to hear a premade canvas would not work as well either :(ReplyDeleteReplies
Very nice idea for making an amazing 'DIY Photo on Canvas' the canvas you have made, it's really looking attractive. you have added great tutorial for making this, everyone can make this to follow your step, i am also want to try it shorty, thanks for sharing the tutorial.ReplyDelete
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Wax paper won't be as sharp, I've tried it, but it does have an artistic look. Have you tried folding the corners first then the sides like upholstering seat cushions? The corners are a little bit easier to miter, but I will try this method on the canvas and see it both ways. Thank you for your time to make this tutorial. I am so inspired i love it.ReplyDelete
Great tutorial. The final print looks better than what you'd expect from Costco or Walmart - plus you get the satisfaction of DIY. One cool concept we have mastered is printing a single photo across multiple canvases. Its an easy way to move away from a plain single print to an expansive abstract design.ReplyDelete
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Great tutorial and very creative. Give me more idea on DIY's. I start a new blog masgiver.blogdetik.com, search additional reference about upcycle and found your site. Thanks alot.ReplyDelete
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May I ask if you downloaded the pictures from your phone to your computer before printing, or did you print directly from your phone to your printer? I have an iPhone, I know you mentioned you have an Android. Love your tutorial and pretty pictures. Thank you!
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At least 41 dead in Afghan suicide attack during Eid prayers
26 Oct, 2012 07:15
At least 41 people were killed and 50 more injured after a suicide bomber attacked a mosque in Afghanistan's northern city of Maymana, local officials reported. Worshipers had gathered at the mosque to celebrate the Eid al-Adha Islamic holiday.
"Our latest death toll shows 41 deaths, and that might rise," Deputy provincial governor Abdul Satar Barez told AFP, adding that five children were among the dead. The bomber was reportedly wearing a police uniform when he detonated his explosives in front of the Mosque.Local authorities said that there were several police officers amoung the dead. The provincial governor and police chief were in attendance at the prayer service, and were reportedly nearly killed."There was blood and dead bodies everywhere,'' Khaled, a doctor in the mosque at the time of the attack told AFP. "It was a massacre." The bombing comes after Afghan President Hamid Karzai appealed to insurgents to stop "the destruction of our mosques, hospitals and schools."In hi Eid message, Karzai urged the Taliban "to stop killing other Afghans."The Taliban's leader, Mullah Mohammad Omar called on his followers on Wednesday to "pay full attention to the prevention of civilian casualties." Insurgent attacks are far less frequent in northern Afghanistan, compared to the country's troubled southern regions. The last such incident in the north was in April of this year, when a suicide bomber on a motorcycle attacked a meeting of officials at a food market in Maymana, killing ten people.Insurgent killings have been on the rise in Afghanistan as alliance troops prepare to withdrawal in 2014. Though the US-led coalition is currently in the process of handing over security responsibilities to Afghan forces, there are mounting concerns that Karzai's government will be unable to cope with insurgent violence after foreign troops pull out.


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We've been lucky or unlucky -- depending on whether or not you like snow -- that none of the arctic blasts this month have been accompanied by a storm system.
Outside of the mountains, it's been cold and dry. That's about to change, at least for parts of the Carolinas.
Since late last week, those in the weather-watching world have been paying attention to the computer models as they were updated every six hours, trying to determine if the Southeast would get clobbered with a winter storm Tuesday and early Wednesday.
By early in the weekend, it became more obvious that a disturbance coming from the Pacific onto the West Coast would trek across the country around the same time that another arctic cold front pushes into the Southeast. That would create a winter storm.
On Saturday, it looked like the storm would be suppressed south of the Charlotte region by the strong arctic high pressure system over the Great Lakes. Snow was expected in the Carolinas, but only at the coast. On Sunday, that changed a bit. Some (not all) of the computer models began predicting the storm track would be farther north. In other words, the snow was pushed farther inland.
Officially, it still looks like the snow and will remain southeast of Charlotte. A couple inches are likely in places like Macon, Ga., Athens, Ga., Columbia, Florence and Fayetteville. A mix of ice and snow, with possibly enough ice to cause power outages, was expected in Charleston and possibly Myrtle Beach.
But nobody is firmly in or out of the frozen precipitation area yet.
"The systems that would create such an event are not even in place yet," National Weather Service meteorologist Neil Dixon said Sunday evening. "It will be later (Monday) before we have a better idea."
Dixon said one thing is certain about Charlotte and any precipitation.
"If anything falls in Charlotte, it will be snow," he said. "A lot of times, we have marginal temperatures for snow. But not this time. It will be plenty cold enough."
Temperatures will be in the upper teens and lower 20s Tuesday evening and early Wednesday when the storm system makes its approach to the Carolinas.
Either way, this system figures to bring some frozen precipitation to places that don't often see it.
Some of the places that are included in the vast expanse of the winter storm watch? How about Houston, New Orleans, Mobile, Pensacola, Macon, Savannah and Charleston? It was 70 degrees in Houston at 6 p.m. Sunday, yet sleet and freezing rain are expected there in a little more than 24 hours. That's what an arctic cold front followed by a storm system will bring you.
By the way, this arctic blast appears to be the last for a while. Temperatures will modify later in the week, and we'll be near 60 degrees by next weekend. Another big storm system is predicted by the computer models for early in the week of Feb. 3, but that storm would bring rain to the Carolinas, as we'll be well above freezing by then.
Sunday, January 26, 2014
Will Charlotte get snow Tuesday? Here's the scenario
We've been lucky or unlucky -- depending on whether or not you like snow -- that none of the arctic blasts this month have been accompanied by a storm system.
Thursday, January 23, 2014
When will the cold snap break?
The Carolinas and the rest of the eastern United States are locked in the lengthiest cold snap in several years, with a seemingly endless series of arctic cold fronts sweeping into the Southeast.
The first front in the current cold snap arrived Monday evening. The second is crossing the Carolinas late Thursday. A third front is expected next Monday evening or early Tuesday.
Temperatures will struggle to climb above freezing on Friday, and reaching the average high temperature for this time of year -- 51 degrees -- seems like a far-fetched dream.
We'll all be paying for this in February and March, when our electricity and natural gas bills arrive.
So we ask the question: How long will this last?
As is typical in the world of meteorology, there is no firm answer. The computer models waffle from run to run, but we at least know what needs to happen for the cold to relent.
High pressure over the eastern Pacific Ocean and low pressure over eastern Canada have created a jet stream roller-coaster. Relatively mild air surges north on the back side of high pressure and pushes into Alaska. On the eastern side of the high, arctic air descends from the Yukon into the eastern half of the United States.
A high pressure ridge off the Southeast coast -- know to weather-lovers as the Southeast ridge -- has been squashed in the current pattern. If the Southeast ridge reappears, our temperatures climb.
A number of computer models are pointing to early February as the time when that might take place.
Like I said ... there's no agreement on this. Winter-weather lovers take umbrage at the suggestion that the Southeast ridge will reappear. They believe in the models that keep high pressure parked off the U.S. west coast. But a number of meteorologists think the pattern will change, possibly as early as 10 days. That would be sometime around Super Bowl Sunday.
In the meantime, bundle up. And brace yourself for those power bills.
Friday, January 17, 2014
Another polar outburst coming; will this one last?
Remember all that talk about the Polar Vortex?
You'll be hearing about it again, starting next week.
That "polar vortex" term was misused by a lot of people, but it's basically a catch-all term for a deep low pressure system over eastern Canada. The counter-clockwise flow around the vortex sends arctic air masses into the continental United States.
When the vortex is centered closer to the polar region, the cold air doesn't come that far south -- into the far northern part of the United States, for example.
Earlier this month, the vortex dropped farther south. That sent extremely cold air funneling down into the South. And that's what the computer models indicate will happen again next week.
The difference between the upcoming outbreak of cold air and the last one is longevity. It appears, based on the computer models, that the next blast from the arctic will last a lot longer. The last one was a short-lived (two-day) event. The next one could last for a week or more. In fact, some meteorologists predict it will continue through the first week of February (to be followed by milder weather for the rest of the month).
Joe Bastardi, who is well-known in weather circles for his long-range forecasts (and his strong personality), has predicted in recent days that the upcoming blast from the arctic will cause major financial damage over the eastern United States.
It appears as if the cold air will arrive Wednesday in the Carolinas, with high temperatures probably not getting out of the 30s. But there could be even colder weather coming behind that.
A couple other notes:
Super Bowl ... Let's not forget that this year's Super Bowl is scheduled for Feb. 2 in New York. If the next polar outburst continues for a week or so, we face the prospect of watching the big game played in Green Bay-type conditions. Of course, the NFL said it was ready for such a thing.
Carolinas snow ... Many of the computer models indicate the upcoming cold snap will be mostly dry, and that the southern jet stream, which produces storm systems out of the Gulf of Mexico, will be rather quiet. We'll have to watch that.
You'll be hearing a lot more about this over the next several days.
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Wednesday snow in foothills; weekend uncertain
Snow-lovers in the Charlotte region haven't had much to celebrate the past few years, and that's why some who love frozen precipitation are forced to get excited about a couple of longshot events (or maybe non-events) this week in the Carolinas.
Snow is actually rather likely Wednesday evening to the northwest of Charlotte, and there could even be a few flakes falling in Charlotte itself. But barring a huge surprise, there won't be accumulations locally.
"As it stands now, we don't expect any accumulations outside of the foothills," Bryan McAvoy, of the National Weather Service office in Greer, S.C., said Tuesday afternoon.
A cold front will be crossing the area, and a weak low pressure system will be coming along for the ride. Rain showers are expected in the afternoon, but a lot of cold air will be pouring into the region behind the front. That's why the rain is expected to change to snow in the evening. A couple inches are likely in the mountains, and there could be a coating in the foothills.
Wednesday night's cold front will usher in several days of really chilly weather.
Highs are only expected to reach the lower 40s Thursday, and after a minor recovery into the upper 40s Friday, the highs on Saturday might not get out of the 30s.
Then another low pressure system is expected to swing across the Southeast. The computer models were divided on the subject yesterday and still are today.
"It seems like every run, we get one model that predicts snow, while the two or three others disagree," McAvoy said. "The safest course for now is to forecast snow limited to the mountains."
McAvoy said the timing of the possible system has sped up. On Monday, the computers were predicting precipitation arriving Saturday. Now, McAvoy said, the computers are predicting it Friday night.
Monday, January 13, 2014
Cold returns ... and what will happen Saturday?
Our break from last week's bitterly cold weather will end Tuesday night with the arrival of a fairly strong cold front.
That will put us back in the deep freeze, but it won't be anywhere near as cold as last week. However, our return to chilly weather will be accompanied by a couple of interesting developments.
The first is minor. A weak low pressure system is expected to bring light precipitation to the area Tuesday night and early Wednesday, and some of that could end as a rain-snow mix in the foothills and Piedmont. That would be most likely up along the Interstate 40 corridor, and it would happen around daybreak Wednesday, as the precipitation is coming to an end.
Of more interest is what happens Saturday.
For starters, precipitation is likely. And what else is new? It has rained on a Saturday or Sunday in Charlotte every weekend since early December.
But the precipitation could fall during some rather chilly weather, and that raises the possibility of snow in the forecast.
The European computer model is bullish on this. These models (basically, computer-outputted forecasts) are run a couple times each day, and the last three runs show snow falling in the Piedmont on Saturday. The National Weather Service office in Greer, S.C., has noted these forecasts and mentioned them in the technical discussion earlier today.
According to the European, a low pressure system would pick up enough Gulf of Mexico moisture as it slides across the Southeast, and temperatures would be cold enough for snow (especially in the northern half of North Carolina).
But as the Weather Service also notes, the European model is alone.
The Global model shows the moisture shunted off to the eastern part of the state.
We'll watch this come into focus over the next few days.
Either way, two things look obvious. We're returning to colder weather. Our daily high temperatures will be in the 40s, and we might struggle to get out of the 30s on Saturday. Our morning lows will drop into the lower 20s on several mornings. Once again, this is all relative. Low 20s sound cold, but that's a world of improvement over last Tuesday morning's 6-degree low in Charlotte.
The other rather obvious part of the forecast. We're facing yet another wet weekend.
Saturday, January 4, 2014
Saturday update on our cold and Sunday's NFL games
The computer models keep coming in colder and colder with the forecasts for Carolinas' temperatures from late Monday into Wednesday.
The National Weather Service now is predicting a low of 9 degrees Tuesday morning and 14 degrees on Wednesday in Charlotte. The Weather Service's meteorologists think temperatures in Charlotte could be below freezing for close to 42 hours, from Monday evening until Wednesday afternoon.
That would be long enough to cause some real problems for area residents' water pipes, and it will pose a real threat to the safety of anyone not protected from the cold.
The forecasts from private meteorological services are similar, but it's likely that temperatures will be down around 5 degrees Tuesday morning in places not far from Charlotte. That certainly will be the case in the Statesville-Hickory corridor.
Snowfall from the system will be limited to the northwest North Carolina mountains, although some forecasts indicate a dusting is possible in the northwest Piedmont, in the area north of Interstate 40 from Hickory and Lenoir over toward Winston-Salem.
For most of us, it will be a dry outbreak of cold air that could break some records.
Incidentally, some of the forecasts in the North are outrageous. The Weather Channel is noting that Chicago's record for coldest high temperature, -13 degrees, could be threatened Tuesday.
We'll catch a one-day break Sunday, by the way, with a brief southerly flow sending temperatures into the upper 40s. In fact, it'll stay in the upper 40s Sunday night before the cold front charges through the area Monday. Then temperatures will quickly plummet during the afternoon.
By Wednesday, temperatures will climb above freezing, and we'll be back in the 50s next weekend for the Panthers' home NFL playoff games.
Speaking of NFL playoff games ... Sunday's two contests will be affected by the weather.
The San Diego Chargers play in Cincinnati at 1 p.m., and there's a winter storm warning in effect. It will be raining and in the mid 30s Sunday morning, but the rain will change to heavy snow at some point in the afternoon. Best indications are that will happen sometime in the second half.
And, of course, conditions will be downright Siberian-like in Green Bay, where the Packers will host the San Francisco 49ers. Temperatures will be around -5 degrees at kickoff, with wind chills down around -20 degrees.
The National Weather Service office in Green Bay has produced an interesting report on some of the coldest games ever played in the NFL. The meteorologists up there specifically compared the two games generally considered to top the list, when it comes to bad weather -- the 1967 Ice Bowl (Dallas at Green Bay), and the 1982 Freezer Bowl (San Diego at Cincinnati).
Here's a link to that report, and consider yourself fortunate to be in the Carolinas. It'll be around 55 degrees for the Panthers' game next Sunday, and that seems tropical-like in comparison.
Friday, January 3, 2014
Cold snap could rival January 2003
You'd have to go back to January 2003 to find temperatures as cold as what is forecast for a few days next week in the Carolinas.
There's the typical range among the computer models of exactly how cold it will get, but it appears likely now that Charlotte could drop below freezing sometime Monday evening and not climb above 32 degrees again until Wednesday afternoon.
In some places northwest of Charlotte, like Hickory, Lenoir and Morganton, it could be Thursday before readings climb above freezing.
Below-zero readings are likely in the mountains, and parts of the foothills could be close to zero, if the cold wave verifies.
I checked National Weather Service records in Charlotte, and I only found one day in the last five years when it didn't reach 32 degrees. That was last Jan. 25, when we had a high of 27 degrees and a low of 21, with a trace of snow.
The real comparison with what is expected next week is 10 years ago this month.
In January 2003, Charlotte set two daily records for low temperatures, with readings of 10 degrees on the 18th and 9 degrees on the 23rd. There were actually two waves of cold (somewhat like what could happen this year). The first outbreak was Jan. 17-19, with the coldest day being Jan. 18 (high of 33, low of 10).
The second outbreak was Jan. 23-25, with highs and lows of 38 and 9 on Jan. 23 and 33 and 8 on Jan. 24.
Interestingly, the average temperature that month was 4.4 degrees below average, which is nowhere near being among the 10 coldest Januarys. The average in January 2010 was several degrees colder, but it was spread out across the month.
The computer models seem to agree that next week's cold will be short-lived -- basically, a blast that lasts about 48 to 72 hours before milder conditions return later in the week. In fact, the long-range forecast for the Panthers' home playoff game a week from Sunday is for highs in the low 50s.
Thursday, January 2, 2014
Next week could be coldest in at least a decade
The cold air mass pushing into the Carolinas on Thursday night and early Friday will produce some bitter conditions, but it might be just a prelude for an even bigger event early next week.
Computer models insist that a very strong arctic air mass will push into the eastern United States, probably covering the nation -- from the Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico -- in very cold air.
How cold?
Some of the computer models are shooting out some almost unbelievable numbers. Suffice it to say that we could see high temperatures only in the upper 20s next Tuesday or Wednesday in Charlotte. And that will be despite full sunshine.
Morning lows in single digits are certainly possible in parts of the area, with Wednesday morning looking like the prime candidate for coldest temperatures. In the mountains, we could be looking at daytime highs of 10 to 15 degrees and overnight lows a bit below zero.
This looks to be a dry air mass, however. The only exception to that will be in the northwest mountains, where a flow of unstable air from the northwest will produce a couple inches of snow, probably sometime around Monday night or Tuesday.
In the Piedmont, we're looking at clear conditions.
Once again, however, this looks to be a relatively brief shot of cold air. It will last Tuesday and Wednesday, with warming conditions arriving by Thursday. By Thursday, the center of high pressure will be over the Atlantic, which will put the Carolinas on the back side of the system, receiving a southwest flow. That could allow Gulf of Mexico moisture to stream into the area, and if surface temperatures are still cold enough, we could see a bit of freezing rain early Thursday.
After that, a period of milder weather appears likely into the middle of January.


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Date of stay:
Feb 01, 2017
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This is one of coziest places we ve been. We took their I guess best room - family bungalow with a sea view. Absolutely stunning view and sounds. Hotel itself is a big garden. We had gekkos coming on our terrace every night, I loved that. Everything (furniture etc), is not new, but you don t need that in a place like that. The only small minus is Internet - you have to pay 1000 baht extra for a wifi that allows only 1 device per session... Having a wife and 2 kids with smartphones and iPAD you can imagine the hassle )))
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I think this hotel is heavily overpriced. Smelly shower, no free wifi in the room - for 48 euros a day at 30% early bird discount this is ridiculous. On the bright side, the staff is friendly, helpful, and acts as your travel agent, should you decide to visit Angtong national park, for instance. The whole complex is nicely decorated.
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Hôtel très original , très bon accueil , amabilité du personnel Salle de bains un peu sommaire
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Bonne description, Easy to book
Feb 14, 2016
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Wonderful warm hotel! An unusual ethnic flavor, with a home-cozy and cute, as if came the mother in the village. Thank you for your hospitality, will definitely go here again! Чудесный душевный отель! Необычный этнический колорит, по домашнему уютно и мило, как будто приехал к родной бабушке в деревню. Спасибо за гостеприимство, с удовольствием вернёмся сюда ещё раз!
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Interesting hotel, but not recommendable. Not suitable for families with children and also not suitable for wheelchair access. Loud road. Extremely large number of mosquitoes (more than in the vicinity). Breakfast poor. Scrambled eggs and fried eggs were cold, melon was very old on the first day and thus inedible. Doors of the room could not be closed properly, you could reach through the door by hand. Price performance was very bad. There are in the vicinity better accommodations for less money. Those who expect that a hotel employee to help with the luggage, will be very disappointed.
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Feb 17, 2014
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Das schönste, das freundlichste und für die Seele entspanendste Resort was ich je erlebt habe.
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Feb 20, 2014
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Nov 09, 2013
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i love the attitude of the hotel ! Decoration everywhere. Hippistyle but with all that little gadgets everywhere they should keep the hygiene requirements on a higher level.some items didn´t really match the concept( if there was one) i didnt like all the plastic stuff in the bathroom for example . Plastic mirror etc it just didnt match. i dont mind the few insects that everyone is complaining about( hey its in the middle of a jungle) but bed linen , cushins for the pool should be replaced from time to time all this looked a little bit filthy to me. but with all the love that was put into this hotel they i could wink at it. i loved the stay soo much that i would go there again.But if anyone here needs a place without bugs or mosquitos, do your vacation somewhere else !
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Feb 16, 2012
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Very Nice hôtel! Would stay there again!!
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Mar 14, 2012
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This place has something really magic and peacefull. We spent a nice journey in this resort and I invite anybody to have such a same experience that we had. Without forgetting the kindness of people who always were making all to facilitate our life. Thanks for all
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This is a beautiful place and the staff is freindly and take good care of guests. This is a garden setting so the occasional bug was expected but I enjoyed all the frogs and geckos! Eventhough there were back alley steps down to town, I found the location very convenient to town and to the beach. I also felt very safe.
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I had no problems with booking and the staff was very helpful
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We really liked Varinda Garden Resort, nice and friendly people there. It is located in a wonderful garden up the hill at Lamai Beach. The whole area is decorated with care an taste in thaistyle. Very quiet wonderful pool area. The walk down to the beach is ok, the way up takes some more time - 90 steps!! The breakfast was not the burner. Very plain but the diner was good.We did not like the smell of the bed sheets and the towels. Altogether it was a nice location at Lamai to recomend to those people who want to have a quiet place.
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was great !!
Jun 22, 2010
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Feb 11, 2010
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Nice hotel. Up on the hill. A 10 min walk to the beach. Tiny swimming pool.
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Freyda Epstein: Fatal homecoming in Madison
Renowned folk singer Freyda Epstein had just flown in to Dulles last Friday night. It was after midnight as she drove down U.S. 29, eager to join old friends, when her path intersected with the violent trajectory of Richard E. Brock, and she became his second victim that evening.
Epstein joined the seminal art-folk group Trapezoid in 1980 as a singer and violinist. "She was one of the most incredibly gifted voices I'd ever heard," says founder Paul Reisler.
"She's one of those people you know if you know anything about folk music," says Anne Williams, host of "Acoustic Sunrise" on WNRN.
Epstein, who lived in Charlottesville in the '80s and '90s before moving to San Francisco, was on her way to Musicalia, a private music festival celebrating its 30th year in White Hall. Friends like Laura Light, Reisler, and Lorraine Duisit were waiting for her there. Instead, around 11am Saturday, they learned of her bizarre and tragic encounter with Brock.
Earlier on May 16, Brock had been at the Greene Acres subdivision home of Penelope R. Pelkey, 38, near Stanardsville. According to Captain Scott Haas of the Greene County Sheriff's Department, Pelkey describes Brock as an acquaintance whom she asked to leave her home after an argument turned physical.
When she barricaded herself in her daughter's room, Brock kicked in the door and stabbed her multiple times with a butcher knife from her kitchen. Pelkey told police Brock stabbed himself and threatened to say she had done it.
Brock, 41, then drove Pelkey to the Sheetz in Madison County in her 1994 Chevrolet Corsica. After more arguing, she escaped from Brock into the Sheetz where she collapsed. He sped off in her car up U.S. 29 north. Minutes later, at approximately 2:35am, he crossed the median and hit Epstein's rental car head on, according to Virginia State Trooper V. A. Velazquez. By the time Velazquez arrived, both Epstein and Brock were dead.
How did Brock end up across the median? "He was definitely going faster than 55," says Velazquez, who also noted that there were no skid marks. Toxicology reports are not in, but police believe alcohol may have been involved.
"He had committed a crime," says Valazquez. "There was no one in pursuit." And, there were no skid marks.
"We'll never know," she says.
The news was particularly hard for area musicians still in shock from the death last year of Guano Boys bassist Dave Grant, who was killed in an excavation accident.
"I spent the weekend cold and soaking wet, in mourning for Freyda," says best friend Light.
Reisler calls Epstein "probably the most musical person I've ever known." Even after seeing her perform hundreds of times, when she sang with Trapezoid member Lorraine Duisit, "I'd practically be moved to tears," says Reisler.
"I have never found anyone that easy to sing with," says Duisit. She, Reisler, and Epstein had toured with John McCutcheon last December, and they'd planned more engagements for this year.
Epstein was the director of the World Harmony Choir in San Francisco, where she also was a certified instructor of the Alexander Technique, a body therapy method.
As much as fellow musicians rave about Epstein's voice "a lustrous, alto voice that could melt butter," according to Jim Magill, director of the Swannanoa Gathering in Asheville they also praise her abilities as a teacher. Her students include McCutcheon, "Prairie Home Companion" mainstays Robin and Linda Williams, and Mike Seeger, according to a Swannanoa biography.
"She'd pulled away from performing the last few years," says Light. "For her, the real joy was getting others to sing."
After leaving Trapezoid in 1988, Epstein performed with Freyda and Acoustic Attatude, and with the group she recorded Live at Cabell Hall in 1993. "Our magazine gave that a high review ten years ago," says Paul Hartman, editor of Dirty Linen magazine, who calls Epstein "one of the top performers in the field."
Epstein was considering moving back to Charlottesville, says Light, and friends gathered to remember her May 21 at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church on Rugby Road.
"She was very much loved by Charlottesville," says Duisit. Reflecting on the collision with alleged assailant Brock, she says, "It's bizarre and unfair that their paths crossed."


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BARRINGTON — The Planning Board is considering plans for a gravel pit in a residential area on Green Hill Road, next to the Rochester town line.
A public hearing on the project will take place on Tuesday.
According to Town Planner Marcia Gasses, while the area is zoned general residential, the town's ordinance allows gravel pits to be built in that zone.
Residents who live close to the proposed excavation area have been raising concerns about potential noise levels, dust, truck traffic, and the site's proximity to the Isinglass River, said Gasses.
She said the Rochester homes on Jessica Drive would generally be closer to the proposed 60-acre excavation site, while Barrington residents on Green Hill Road will witness heavier traffic.
At peak hour, trucks would be driving through Green Hill Road every 10 minutes, according to planning documents. It is estimated that at a maximum, trucks would make about 30 trips to the gravel pit per day.
Gasses said one issue with the truck traffic is that the base under Green Hill Road is not sufficient to handle truck traffic, and more base would need to be added if the project were given a green light.
The proposed excavation site would be about 1,800 feet from Green Hill Road, and more than 2,500 feet from Hansonville Road, according to planning documents.
Rochester's Jessica Drive is about 200 feet north of the limits of the proposed excavation site.
"We have a number of concerned abutters in Rochester," said Gasses.
In accordance to state law, the gravel pit will be at least 50 feet away from the property line of a neighbor who does not approve of the project. The pit also has to be at least 150 feet away from any dwelling unit, such as a home.
The excavation site will be at least 250 feet away from the Isinglass River.
The property of the proposed gravel pit is owned by Trinity Conservation LLC. Over the past 10 years, timber harvesting has been one of the uses for the site, according to Jason Hill, project manager at TFMoran engineering company.
According to a letter to the Planning Board submitted by Hill, Trinity Conservation would like to get an excavation permit for the site to provide construction aggregate to the community and throughout southern New Hampshire.
A conservation subdivision is planned for the property after the site is excavated for materials such as gravel and stone.
Gasses said that Rochester city officials, as well as Rochester residents, are expected to attend Tuesday's public hearing, in addition to the affected residents in Barrington.
After the Planning Board accepts the project application as complete, the Strafford Regional Planning Commission will likely review the plans and their regional impact, said Gasses.
The project also requires an alteration of terrain permit, as well as a wetlands crossing permit from the state.
Tuesday's public hearing will take place at 6:30 p.m., at the Early Childhood Learning Center on Ramsdell Lane.
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BARRINGTON — The Planning Board is considering plans for a gravel pit in a residential area on Green Hill Road, next to the Rochester town line.


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Winnipeg, MB – Winnipeg Jets defenseman Zach Bogosian is expected to be sidelined until at least January after undergoing surgery on his right wrist Friday.
Bogosian had a chronic ligament tear repaired during a procedure at the Cleveland Clinic. The Jets said the recovery time is typically between four and six months.
"This wrist has been an issue which has troubled him for the past couple of seasons dating back to his time in Atlanta and forced him to miss games with the Jets last season," said Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff in a statement Friday. "After resuming his on-ice training earlier this month, the wrist problem flared up again to the point surgery was deemed the best option."
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SNOW HILL � Three miles and a suspected arson are all that separate two fire-ravaged structures in Greene County.
Shortly after 8 p.m. Wednesday, a person passing by the intersection of U.S. 13 and Oakdale Road saw the conflagration happening at a mobile home and stopped at a local store to call in the emergency. Firefighters from the Shine Volunteer Fire Department responded and put out the fire, but the structure burned to the ground.
The fire is being investigated as a possible arson.
The home�s metal roof lay twisted on the ground Thursday morning as an agent from the State Bureau of Investigation sought the cause of the blaze. Fortunately, no one lived in the structure and no one was hurt.
�There was nobody living in this one. It was uninhabitable,� Greene County Fire Marshal Randy Skinner said at the scene, as three territorial small dogs barked in the background. �There was no electricity in it, either.�
The investigating SBI agent said he expected to have his report in on the fire by the close of business Thursday, and the agency may have some information it can release to the public afterward. Skinner said he hoped to see the report by the end of the day.
�I can�t guarantee that, but that�s what I�m hoping for,� Skinner said.
Around 10:30 p.m., Shine firefighters responded to another call, this one at 2730 Titus Mewborn Road. Authorities believe that fire resulted from an unattended stove that caught fire, leading to a complete gutting of the house.
�We generally only run 60 to 80 actual fire-related calls a year, so two in one night is pretty unusual for us,� Shine VFD Chief Jeremy Anderson said.
The smell of smoke remained in the air as water continued to drip off what was left of the structure Thursday morning. The intensity of the fire could be seen through the remains of an all-terrain vehicle parked several feet behind the home. While it didn�t appear to suffer direct damage from the flames, melted rubber and plastic covered the ATV.
No one was injured in Titus Mewborn Road fire, either.
For a volunteer fire unit, the Shine crew put in a lot of work on an unexpectedly eventful night.
�It�s always taxing, being volunteer � having people at the right place at the right time whenever you get a call,� Anderson said. �Having two back-to-back, and you have people � myself included � who have to go to work the next day; we were pretty much out from 8 p.m. until 2 or 3 a.m. It�s a lot to ask, for people to do that, but in the area we have people who are able to stand up and be accounted for.�
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What is the value of a victory in the Kentucky Derby?
The question is, from the viewpoint of a person who loves the race and each day ponders its place in the world, impossible to truly answer.
The race is unquestionably the top prize in American horse racing, and one of a handful of the most prominent races in the world. But to assess what it means to an individual cannot be pinned down, because of the emotional weight it carries, its financial value beyond purse money and the skin one has invested in the game of chasing the Derby's roses.
The victory surely was an unexpected prize for Dr. Leonard Blach and Mark Allen, the New Mexico-based owners of Mine That Bird, the 50-1 longshot who captured the 2009 Run for the Roses in the second-biggest upset in the 138-year history of the race. But although the little gelding ran well enough in the remaining races of that year's Triple Crown that he arguably could have swept those events with a little racing luck, he never won another race, and had no residual value as a stallion.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum of Dubai has invested many millions in a still-fruitless bid to win America's greatest race, one of the few major racing prizes in the world to elude this international racing powerhouse. If Sheikh Mohammed should win a Kentucky Derby, his assessment of the value of that victory would certainly be a good bit different than the perspective of the Mine That Bird partnership.
The Sheikh is now 0-for-eight with his Kentucky Derby starters, and his best run was a sixth-place effort. Blach and Allen won in their only attempt.
But if you wish to push sentiment aside and discuss the financial value of winning a Kentucky Derby, the recent sale of 2012 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner, I'll Have Another, is a reasonable place to start.
Owner J. Paul Reddam sold I'll Have Another to Japanese breeding interests, shortly after the 3-year-old colt's bid to become America's first Triple Crown winner in 34 years was derailed, by an injury that revealed itself two days out from the Belmont Stakes, the final jewel of that rare sweep.
Reddam revealed this week that he sold I'll Have Another to Japan's Big Red Farm for $10 million, a bid that narrowly topped another Japanese offer and far exceeded the value of only two written bids he had received from American breeding interests. The revelation came in a Reddam-penned piece that appeared on the "Hangin' with Haskin†blog of Steve Haskin, who writes for the trade publication The Blood-Horse (www.BloodHorse.com).
In an earlier blog, Haskin had lamented the departure of I'll Have Another to Japan, though he had no argument with Reddam's decision. Haskin wrote:
"There is no right or wrong. The only truth we are aware of is that a brilliant, classy, handsome, courageous horse with the blood of champions coursing through every vein will race no more and will be leaving his place of birth because no one deemed him worthy to pass on his blood in America.â€
Reddam, in his guest blog, said he sent the colt to Japan because the offer was far superior to the U.S. offers, and because of his belief that his Kentucky Derby winner would have a far better chance to succeed in Japan. He said his U.S. offers included an outright $3 million bid and a $2.5 million bid for half the breeding rights to I'll Have Another, plus nine lifetime breeding rights. He placed the value of the latter at about $5 million.
His owner estimated that, with those relatively small financial deals, I'll Have Another's stallion fee would rest in the $17,500-$20,000 fee. That level, Reddam concluded, would not guarantee him any dates with top American mares, which would diminish the Derby winner's chances for U.S. success.
So now I'll Have Another, a son of Grade I winner Flower Alley whose pedigree is rich in distant influences missing in many prominent U.S. sires, has a chance to flourish in Japan. It remains to be seen whether he can rise to the level of Sunday Silence, who became that country's top sire after being exported following his memorable rivalry with Easy Goer during a racing career that ended in 1990. Sunday Silence was Japan's top stallion from 1995-2007, and sons of Sunday Silence held the top rank in 2008 and 2009.
I'll Have Another will join Kentucky Derby winners Silver Charm and Charismatic among U.S. exports now standing in Japan, along with recent export, Empire Maker, the sire of this year's Derby and Preakness runner-up, Bodemeister, and reigning 3-year-old filly champion, Royal Delta.
Thoroughbred racing is an affair of the heart, but it is also a business. With regard to the latter, it is a business that guarantees more heartache than jubilation, so it is difficult to find fault with the decision by Reddam, whose pure love of the industry and the horse is evident with his every visit to Churchill Downs, or any other U.S. racetrack.
But it is difficult for fans of Thoroughbred racing, who dream daily of what it must feel like to experience the ultimate on the first Saturday in May, to understand how a U.S. racing star could find a new home so quickly after the bittersweet end to his Triple Crown chase and career that, until his injury, was a wonderful work-in-progress.
Reddam wrote that he eventually hopes to purchase some mares in foal to I'll Have Another and bring them back to foal in California, and, with luck, race those offspring in the U.S.
As disappointing as the jarring end to the Triple Crown run and the burgeoning career of I'll Have Another might have been, the 2012 Kentucky Derby winner does leave one important thing with us as he leaves U.S. shores on his journey to Japan.
I'll Have Another was purchased as a 2-year-old for $35,000, and just over a year later collected a string of major victories topped by the Kentucky Derby, the biggest race of them all. As disconcerting as his rapid departure after that remarkable run might be, I'll Have Another's run, like the successes of Mine That Bird and other unlikely winners before him, proved that the ultimate dream in American racing – a victory in the Kentucky Derby – remains open to just about anyone.
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NASA sees Tropical Storm Narelle winding down near western Australia
Tropical Storm Narelle is growing weaker as it continues to track in a southerly direction parallel to the coast of Western Australia. NASA's Aqua and TRMM satellites captured visible data and rainfall rates on Narelle and noticed the storm was less intense than it was, however, warnings are still up as Narelle continues moving down the coast.
NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Tropical Cyclone Narelle on Jan. 12 at 0615 UTC (1:15 a.m. EST) and Jan. 13 at 0655 UTC (1:55 a.m. EST) and captured these visible images of the storm. The imagery on Jan. 12 showed that Narelle weakened and its eye had become cloud-filled. On Jan. 13, the imagery showed that the southeastern quadrant of the storm was over the northern coast of Western Australia.
NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite captured rainfall rates in Cyclone Narelle on Jan. 14 at 0404 UTC. There were no areas of heavy rainfall in the tropical storm. A large area of moderate rainfall was occurring south of the center of circulation, where rainfall rates were near 30 mm (1.18 inches) per hour. TRMM also showed that cloud heights had fallen below 10 kilometers (6.2 miles), indicating weakening in the uplift of air that helps create the thunderstorms that make up the cyclone. Infrared satellite imagery confirmed that the cloud tops were warming, which is another indication of falling cloud heights. The colder a cloud top is, the higher it is, and the stronger the thunderstorm. When cloud tops warm, they're not as high in the atmosphere, and the storms are weaker.
On January 14 at 1200 UTC (7 a.m. EST), Tropical Storm Narelle had maximum sustained winds near 45 knots (51.7 mph/83.3 kph). Narelle's center was located near 28.8 south latitude and 110.1 east longitude, about 430 nautical miles (494.8 miles/796.4 km) south-southwest of Learmonth, Australia and is moving to the south at 15 knots (17.2 mph/27.7 kph).
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology (ABM) noted on Jan. 14 that Narelle is not expected to produce gales on the coast. However, west coast tides are likely to rise above the normal high tide mark and coastal flooding is possible in low lying areas.
ABM issue a Strong Wind Warning on Monday, Jan. 14 for the following areas: Gascoyne Coast and Geraldton Coast. For Tuesday, Jan. 15, the Strong Wind Warning will be in effect for: Perth Local Waters, West Kimberley Coast, Gascoyne Coast, Geraldton Coast, Lancelin Coast, Perth Coast, Bunbury Geographe Coast and Leeuwin Coast.
Adverse atmospheric conditions and cooler sea surface temperatures are taking a toll on Narelle as it continues to move in a southerly direction and parallel the coast of Western Australia. Narelle is forecast to turn toward the southeast and become extra-tropical in the next day.


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MANCHESTER — It wasn't even 15 minutes in the locker room, but enough to get the point across.
It was a different University of New Hampshire men's hockey team that emerged for the second period of Friday's NCAA Northeast Regional semifinal against Denver. Ragged, chasing and mistake-prone early on, it solidified its defensive effort over the final 40 minutes.
Mix in a key power-play goal and some other tallies, and the second-seeded Wildcats are heading to the regional finals after coming from behind to beat No. 3 Denver, 5-2, in front of a crowd of 8,049 at the Verizon Wireless Arena, which enjoyed the night more the later it got.
"I think we came out a little sluggish, a little nervous, which happens in these games," said defenseman Trevor van Riemsdyk. "I think we turned it around a little bit at the end of the period. The senior leaders, who've been there before, they gave the words and I think we were ready to come out and play the second."The 'Cats (20-11-7) will play UMass-Lowell — a team they've beaten all three times they've played this season, albeit not since December — tonight for a trip to the Frozen Four. Lowell (27-10-2) skated past fourth-seeded Wisconsin, 6-1, in the early semifinal.
After giving up 19 shots and two goals in the first period, after which they trailed 2-1, the Wildcats permitted just 14 shots and no goals the rest of the way as they executed — and then sealed off — their comeback.
"That's what got us to be able to play in the NCAA tournament, especially in the first half," said UNH coach Dick Umile, whose team entered the NCAAs on a 3-5-5 stretch. "We played great team defense."
In short, that meant minimizing mistakes and finishing checks. It also didn't hurt that Denver (20-14-5) took eight penalties the rest of the way, including a five-minute major on Nick Shore for contact to the head, which ended the night of leading scorer Kevin Goumas.
"We're not going to go out and bang people from the beginning," said Umile, "but we can play physical."UNH tied the game at 14:34 of the second period on a power-play goal by van Riemsdyk and took the lead for good five minutes later, when Dalton Speelman deposited a rebound just as another power play was ending."Their power play did a terrific job," said Denver coach George Gwozdecky. "The power plays we got, we didn't do a terrific job. Special teams, as always, are important."
The wins Friday set up a tasty matchup here tonight between local and Hockey East rivals UNH and Lowell, who played three times back in December, with the 'Cats winning each one. But while the River Hawks were beating Providence and then Boston University at TD Garden to win the Hockey East tournament, the 'Cats were idle, unable to get out of the quarterfinals.
Lowell coach Norm Bazin said after his team's win Friday that the focus would remain on his own team, which is on a 23-3-1 run, and not on whom it was playing.
"We didn't talk about Wisconsin a whole bunch," said Bazin. "We didn't talk about Providence a whole bunch or BU a whole bunch. We concentrate on our own game. We feel if we play our own game we can compete with anybody."
The Wildcats played their game Friday night, at least for the last two periods. And defense was a big part of it.
"I'm proud of the way this team responded after the first period," said Umile. "I thought for the second period they responded and competed and did what we needed to do to get back in the game."


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More than a third of U.S. workers have experienced workplace bullying, the repeated mistreatment by a boss or co-workers, which includes verbal abuse, threatening conduct, intimidation, harassment or social exclusion, according to the Workplace Bullying Institute. Targets of on-the-job bullying often suffer increased fear, anxiety, helplessness or anger.
Many victims of workplace bullying never report the incidents because they fear retaliation or lack confidence that their employer will address to the problem. Human resource experts say it's important to speak up and resolve the issue before it results in physical or mental harm.
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-Consult your company's employee handbook to see if it has a policy prohibiting harassment or other workplace bullying behavior. Many organizations define acceptable standards of office behavior and have a process for filing complaints and punishing misconduct.
-Keep detailed notes of the bully's actions, including the date, time and circumstances of what took place. The information is essential for filing an internal complaint or, possibly, a lawsuit.
-Talk to the person who has been bullying you. Sometimes, a boss or co-worker doesn't realize words or actions have been hurtful. Talking it over in a professional way may resolve the problem. But don't get caught in a war of words or make threats that could escalate the confrontation. Bring in a third party if talking privately makes you feel uncomfortable.
-If talking it over doesn't help, it's time to talk to the human resources department or the bully's supervisor. If the bully is a senior manager or CEO, approach another senior official or someone close to the bully and urge that person to help defuse the situation.
-Keep doing your job well to show managers that you are a valuable employee. Make it in the company's interest to keep you happy.
-If you've worked through channels inside the office and there's still no resolution, it may be time to part ways with your employer.


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|Strong divination; (DC 23)
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This platinum ring is studded with 20 miniscule diamonds. It clasps onto the finger, fitting magically to any humanoid or similarly shaped finger. Upon donning, the wearer becomes instantly aware of what the ring does and how to operate it. All operation is by telepathic command (a free action).
The user can send forth any number of the small diamond orbs studding the ring to record everything around it in a 120-foot radius as long as it stays within one mile of the user and on the same plane. Diamonds orbs fly at a speed of 30 feet with perfect maneuverability. They perceive their surroundings as though affected by a true seeing spell. They record visual, auditory, olfactory, and thermal information in their sphere of perception. They can be commanded at any distance to begin recording, stop recording, begin streaming information to the user, stop streaming information to the user, move, or return.
Orbs can teleport as the greater teleport spell cast by a 20th level caster at will, but it can only affect itself. The user does not gain any ability to teleport nor does anything the orb is in contact with teleport. Orbs will not move or teleport outside of the mile radius of the user that they are limited to. If the user moves, the orbs will move to stay within the radius without being commanded to do so, but only if they come to the edge of the radius. For the purposes of any spells that move or teleport the wearer of the ring, the orbs are considered to be in the wearer's possession at all times. If the user teleports, all the orbs immediately return to the ring and are present in the ring on the wearer when he arrives at his destination.
Orbs can record up to 20 hours of information about their surroundings, which are played back at the ring wearer's mental command, either in the wearer's mind or projected in a hemisphere on a flat, horizontal plane above the ring (5 feet = .1 inch).
The wearer of the ring is aware of the location of each orb relative to himself at all times.
Prerequisites: CL 20th; Craft Wondrous Item; discern location, greater prying eyes, mage's lucubration, programmed image, telepathic bond, teleport object; 160,000 gp + 12,800 XP.


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Seemingly tired of his inconsistency and with players from the farm system making him redundant, the Reds recently shipped Jeff Keppinger to the Astros for infield prospect Drew Sutton.
It hasn't taken long for Keppinger to impress his new squad, as he's off to a .435/.500/.739/1.239 start with the Houston Astros. Obviously, that's not a sustainable level of production, who long ago established his performance baseline. Keppinger is an early count, high contact hitter without much pop. He provides some defensive versatility, but his defensive value can accurately be described as being a "jack of all trades, but a master of none."
In addition, as his service time increases, Keppinger salary also increases, so the Reds were obviously looking to shed salary and trade Keppinger's value for a younger model. Despite his hot start, it's clear what the Astros received in the deal, but what exactly did the Reds get?
The Astros selected Drew Sutton 454th overall pick in the 15th round of the 2004 draft. Sutton was drafted out of Baylor University where he posted a line of .304/.387/.480/.867 with 8 homers and a 41/32 K/BB ratio.
Sutton is a switch hitter who, at 6-3, is tall for a middle infielder. He has a long, lean body type and moves gracefully in the field with long strides. At the plate, Sutton uses a wider than shoulder width stance and still takes a small forward stride to transfer his weight and spread out even further. Sutton hits from an upright position with a high back elbow and gets good extension in his swing, which has a slight uppercut and produces line drives at a good rate.
As for his hitting approach, he has good control of the strike zone and isn't afraid to let the ball travel deep in the zone. Sutton draws walks at a very good clip, but also generally makes solid contact when he offers at the pitch.
In the field, Sutton is very versatile. Unfortunately, that's probably as much a result of his inability to master one position as it is his ability to play multiple positions. His range is rather stretched at shortstop and his bat probably doesn't play well at third, but his ultimate ceiling is that of an offensive minded second baseman who provides league average defense. Even if he doesn't reach his ceiling, Sutton could still prove to be a valuable utility player off the bench.
Last year, Sutton really put it together and posted his best season as a professional. For double-A Corpus Christi, Sutton posted a stellar slash line of .317/.408/.523/.931 with 20 homeruns and a 98/76 K/BB ratio in 606 plate appearances. That type of production would make him one of the top middle infield prospects in baseball, but it needs context to be evaluated properly. In 2008, Sutton was repeating double-A after posting a .269/.351/.388/.738 with 9 homeruns and an 86/57 K/BB ratio in 558 plate appearances. In addition, Sutton was 25 years old, which made him a bit old for his level, so that cannot be discounted.
Still, Corpus Christi is a fairly neutral park, so Sutton was still impressive. The power numbers get a bit of a boost in Corpus Christi, but Sutton earned his production with a rock solid 22% line drive rate. His stellar season came just in time to reinvigorate his prospect status, as his star was fading fast.
In his career, Sutton has a .282/.377/.441/.818 slash line. It'll be interesting to see what happens in 2009, as Sutton has started his Reds career off with triple-A Louisville and his performance will provide an important data point.
At this point, if I had to rank him, I'd probably slot Drew Sutton in at #21 just below Zack Cozart. If he can build off of his stellar 2008 season, then he could still prove to be a starter at the big league level. However, his age and league average (at best) defense will work against him, and may ironically leave him with a career similar to that of Jeff Keppinger. Even so, it was a good acquisition by the Reds, as middle infielders with plus on-base skills don't grow on trees and Keppinger simply no longer had a defined role with the Reds.