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Jonah Keri's The Extra 2%
While reading The Extra 2%, I often consciously stopped myself from making comparisons to Michael Lewis' Moneyball. It was difficult. I'll also attempt to keep the comparisons to a minimum in this review, but that will also be difficult. After reading just the description of The Extra 2% you'll know the premise of both books are just so similar. A small market team uses outside the box thinking and an analytical approach to compete with and beat clubs with much larger payrolls.
Much of The Extra 2%'s story focuses on the Rays' work improving their fan experience, a topic not addressed in Moneyball. This was the storyline I found most interesting in Keri's work. Discussion about on field baseball decisions are both stimulating and plentiful in this golden era of baseball analytics, but the other aspects regarding running a club receive less attention. For example, the descriptions of previous Rays owner Vincent Naimoli's crazed quest to save pennies at the present but forgo future dollars is entertaining and eye opening. It's a great reminder, one that Keri may or may not have intended, that a business treating people well is both beneficial from a "feel good" perspective, but also often leads to greater business success and profitability in the longer term.
Other aspects of the book were less engaging. We spend a chapter following game accounts from a season of Rays baseball, which would be more entertaining if I were a nostalgic Rays fan. But I'm a Padres fan, and what's "magical" to me is not the same.
We also learned about Joe Maddon's upbringing and career path to becoming the Rays manager. He seems like a good dude, but instead of learning about his family and the town in which he grew up, I'd have preferred more focus on Joe's controversial stance on decision making. From the book: "Maddon makes decisions one way with one thing in mind: trust the process, don't sweat the results." I'm the kind of baseball fan who cheers when Chase Headley lines out, and slumps in my seat when Everth Cabrera beats out a swinging bunt. That kind of thinking is up my alley!
And that process of looking at our favorite pastime in a new light than we're used to brings us back to Moneyball, which I read and found my mind blown fairly consistently. This issue with expecting The Extra 2% to be the next Moneyball is I read it 6 years ago, and I've followed baseball much differently in my six most recent years compared to the 6 years before. Baseball fanhood has changed a lot in those years as well. Which is why it's unfair in a lot of ways to compare these two books, no matter how difficult the plots of each make avoiding comparisons difficult.
Another difference is that Michael Lewis is an experienced novelist. His strength is developing a narrative, in this case creating an "us vs them" theme in that made the book entertaining. Though the story lines are probably exaggerated, to the point of distorting the minds of developing baseball minds to whom Moneyball became an introduction to the world of baseball analytics. Scouts have more value to the game than one might conclude after reading Moneyball, for example. It took this relatively young (I'm 28) baseball fan some self discovery before allowing myself to venture outside Lewis' framework.
Keri, on the other hand developed his chops in baseball analytics, having co-authored Baseball Prospectus' excellent Baseball Between the Numbers and written for BP's website. This background in the current state of baseball thought means he can use wOBA when necessary and eloquently explain it in a sentence.
Jonah Keri references additional developments in baseball thinking, but nothing is life changing. One of the "Wall Street Strategies" was the Rays' plan to young players like Evan Longoria early in their careers to long term deals. It's a good strategy that teams including the Padres are incorporating. But JC Bradbury wrote about how players are risk averse while teams can afford to be risk neutral right when the deal was announced. The Rays' plan hasn't been a secret since. I learned that they tried to do the same with BJ Upton, who wasn't interested, which exemplified the nuances of applying these ideas to actions in the real world, and real people.
The story is also a great example of why The Extra 2% is an entertaining read for those who are interested in the details behind running a baseball team. But if you've been following the sport, don't expect it to change the way you think about the game.
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MEDIA WATCH: New York Times noticing what Chicago's 'reporters' keep missing... this time it's the mess at CPS in special education, although Emanuel's press flacks still get the last word
Chicago teachers and the union have been reporting for months that the rabid rush to privatize everything at CPS (before the privatizers get caught) has resulted in a greater than before mess in pre-kindergarten special education. But to venture through a Google search of Chicago education "news" over the past six months, you'd never know there was a problem. Like with so many stories, the "He said -- but Becky Carroll said..." version of CPS reporting is missing a lot of the suffering CPS is creating for children, particularly the most poor and vulnerable. Of course, since the Emanuel administration is constantly creating media events to push its corporate agenda, so there is always plenty of artificially inseminated "news" to report out of Chicago.
CPS propagandists Robyn Ziegler ($110,000 per year as "Director of Media Affairs" according to the latest Position file showing CPS salaries) and Reynaldo Kyles ($82,000 per year as "Director of Faith-Based Initiatives) were monitoring the December 19 Board of Education meeting from the rear when Substance caught their moment for history. Ziegler is one of four people now working in the "Office of Communications" who are being paid more than $100,000 per year. Kyles was the main man who organized the infamous "Rent a Preacher" movement in support of Rahm Emanuel's Longer School Day push in 2011 until the preachers were caught lying to the press in January 2012 following an earlier expose by Substance. Both regularly remind the public that CPS is facing a "fiscal crisis" and an enormous "deficit" while making sure that the expansion of certain bureaucratic jobs is ignored during the public discussion of the public schools of the nation's third largest city. Substance photo by George N. Schmidt.Not all the nation's reporters are missing what's in front of their noses, even as Chicago's propagandists devote hours each day to calling editors and owners to put the Emanuel administration's spin on every story.
The New York Times has been reporting in some ways more completely and accurately about the messes being created in Chicago's schools by Rahm Emanuel's churning administrations and administrators than Chicago's pundits and scribes. And for better or worse, the Times is still a newspaper of record for the nation.
As 2013 begins, the third largest public school system in the USA degenerates further and further into obscene negligence of all its duties. Facing a supposed "deficit", CPS officials, paid amounts never before paid in the history of the city, are relentlessly substituting propaganda from the most expensive (and extensive) propaganda department(s) in the history of CPS. Those least able to defend themselves -- the poorest children from the poorest families -- are usually suffering the most while Barbara Byrd Bennett -- and Rahm's mercenaries and myrmidons -- draw salaries of more than $200,000 to further privatize and undermine the city's real public schools. Spin is in as never before. Since she took her quarter million dollar a year job, Byrd Bennett has yet to hold one press conference to answer real questions in real time about real issues.
So on January 8 (national print edition), the New York Times reported another shocking Chicago school scandal.
As usual, the CPS response came from a highly paid CPS propagandist. In this case, the propagandist was Robyn Ziegler, who has been in office less than a year-and-a-half and who knows nothing but some vapid talking points when called by a reporter with specific questions about the suffering of special needs children and their families.
To put this in historical context: Ziegler was one of a dozen highly paid propagandists who were brought into the CPS "Office of Communications" after Rahm Emanuel appointed Jean-Claude Brizard as the system's "Chief Executive Officer" in May 2011.
Currently, Ziegler's current salary, according to the most recent CPS Position File, is $110,000 per year. Her job title is "Director of Communications." Ziegler serves under the "Chief Officer for Communications", Becky Carroll, who is being paid $165,000 this year. Ziegler and Carroll are two of the four people who began the year 2013 at salaries of more than $100,000 per year in the CPS "Office of Communications." That is unprecedented, but apparently now "news" in Chicago.
History may be a help as the Barack Obama approaches his second inauguration. By contrast with the past, as 2013 begins, the 20-position "Office of Communications" at CPS is three times as large as it was when Arne Duncan left Chicago to become U.S. Secretary of Education in January 2009.
And Robyn Ziegler, an underling, is one of four people in that department who is being paid this year more than Peter Cunningham was paid at the time Duncan became U.S. Secretary of Education. Duncan took Cunningham (and a few other Chicago people) with him to Washington, D.C. Under Duncan and Cunningham, CPS actually held regular press conference, where reporters were able to ask questions of informed CPS officials about the issues facing the school system. There has not been one open press conference at CPS since Rahm Emanuel took office in 2011. Only Substance has looked in detail at the way in which CPS "communications" has replaced information -- an a huge increase in cost -- during the time when CPS proclaims on an almost daily basis that the city's public schools are facing a "budget crisis."
Rahm and his people understand the current limitations on reporting in the USA. Unfortunately for accuracy, editors at major media, including The New York Times, require their reporters to get "official" statements from press flacks like Robyn Ziegler, Becky Carroll, or Beth Swanson. Reporters are not asked to demand that someone speak for CPS who actually understands, for example, special needs children and the federal law discussed in the article below.
As a result, any examination of the coverage of CPS since the beginning of the Rahm Emanuel era would be hard press to find a quote from anyone who actually knows anything about the services the nation's most vulnerable children should be receiving.
Another example went on line January 7 and in print January 8, 2013 in The New York Times:
Chicago Faulted on Learning Disabilities, By MOTOKO RICH, Published: January 7, 2013
When Rashaan Payne was 2 years old, his pediatrician noticed that he was not talking at the level of most children his age. After autism was diagnosed, Rashaan began receiving speech therapy once a week at his home on the South Side of Chicago, paid for by the federal and state governments.
When he turned 3 in October, federal law mandated that he leave that program and be evaluated for services within the Chicago Public Schools. But while his mother, Treva Thompson, said she has filed paperwork and repeatedly called the neighborhood school, Rashaan has yet to be evaluated. She is worried that after making progress, her son will lose ground.
"It's like he's at a pause now," said Ms. Thompson, who left her factory job packing ice cream cones to stay home and take care of Rashaan. "When you're dealing with special-needs children, you need to be consistent with whatever you're doing. You can't do something and then stop in the middle of it."
In a complaint filed on Monday with the Illinois State Board of Education, a nonprofit advocacy group says that thousands of children are in Rashaan's position because the Chicago Public Schools have repeatedly failed to evaluate children with disabilities and move them into special education preschool programs.
Under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, states must provide special education services to 3- and 4-year-olds with disabilities that impede their learning even before they are officially enrolled in school. Usually, local school districts place children in prekindergarten classes or send therapists to visit children at home. Under the law, a plan for services must be in place by a child's third birthday.
Amy Zimmerman, managing attorney for Health & Disability Advocates, which filed the complaint, said parents who apply to have their children assessed at local schools are often ignored or told to wait past that deadline.
"Basically it was any excuse in the book to turn kids away," Ms. Zimmerman said. "It was probably a lack of understanding that these kids actually belong to them. We talked to a lot of special education folks, and they didn't even realize they aren't allowed to say, 'Come back in three months.' "
Across the country, advocates for people with disabilities said that preschool children receive a patchwork of services. In New York, private contractors provide therapy, but state auditors found that companies have diverted government funds to pay for rent and landscaping for executives, among other improper uses.
In some places, the transition from early intervention to preschool special education is smooth, but in others, said James Wendorf, executive director at the National Center for Learning Disabilities, bureaucratic problems lead to delays.
"The handoff to schools is difficult even under the best circumstances," Mr. Wendorf said. "Are they doing the best they can? If they are doing the best they can, their best is not good enough."
In Chicago, pediatricians and coordinators of Head Start programs who work with children with learning disabilities said they also were frustrated at delays in getting children placed in preschool special education programs.
"If you miss those two years, there are huge gaps in what the child could have learned and become school ready," said Dr. Bree Andrews, director of the Center for Healthy Families at the University of Chicago.
In a statement, Robyn Ziegler, a spokeswoman for the Chicago Public Schools, said the district has had "an issue in delivering these services in an adequate manner and, once identified, it has once again become a top priority for C.P.S. to ensure the timely delivery of these services."
She said the district was reviewing its special education operations and has designated $4.5 million for these services. The district has already set up three teams devoted to evaluating preschool-age children, and plans to set up more, she said.
Beth Swanson, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's deputy for education, said the mayor "is committed to ensuring that every child in Chicago has access to early education programs." She added that the city had overhauled how it funds early childhood programs and would focus on improving wait times for special education evaluations as well as train staff at city-funded programs to screen preschool children.
Keisha Allen, whose son, Isaac Lampley, turned 3 in July, hopes he will soon be placed in a preschool special education class. Since a speech therapist stopped coming to his home six months ago, she has applied to his local school and has tried her best to keep Isaac occupied.
She lets him watch children's programs on Nickelodeon and works on helping him identify colors and letters of the alphabet.
"I would rather him be in a classroom environment," Ms. Allen said. "I think he would learn better if he were around other kids who have the same disabilities that he has."
[This article has been revised to reflect the following correction: Correction: January 8, 2013 An earlier version of this article misstated Amy Zimmerman's title at Health & Disability Advocates. She is the managing attorney there, not the director. A version of this article appeared in print on January 8, 2013, on page A12 of the New York edition. It appeared on Page A12 of the national edition delivered in Chicago to Substance].
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Mokoto Rich
MOTOKO RICH has been writing some thoughtful pieces in the NYT. She is also responsive to her readership.
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Mokito Rich -- serious reporting, or more corporate 'reform' propaganda
It's probably too soon to judge how Mokito Rich is going to report the education beat in general and Chicago in particular and whether she can escape the corporate "school reform" brainwash. She may or may not degenerate into the kind of Arne Duncan propaganda that one of her colleagues has specialized in now for more than four years, but that work accumulates (and those biases become evident) over time. So the jury is still out.
Except for Michael Winerip, their reporters have been little more than propagandists and apologists for the corporate party line on "school reform."
My point is simple: She let a third level propaganda hack (the $110,000 per year Robyn Ziegler, who is officially "Director of Media Affairs" at this moment in time) speak for the CPS administration (and Board of Education). Although Rich reported that Ziegler made the comment "in a statement", that doesn't deal with the problem.
The New York Times has the power to demand that it speak with someone from the special education department, not a "communications" flack. The story didn't have to come out the day it did.
This type of reporting lets the Board get away with massive flackmanship. Robyn Ziegler is not a valid, reliable, or professional source on information about the Board's provisions for pre-K special education. And the Times can demand -- demand, not politely if necessary -- that CPS identify who is in charge of that part of special education and to interview (not get a "statement" from) that person.
In other words, the Times fell down on the reporting job. Becky Carrolls and her minions can regularly refuse to call back Substance (and for all I know every other reporter in Chicago at this point) and try to spin every story so that "Communications" gets the final CPS word. But that's ridiculous as soon as we put it in context.
Equally ridiculous is to allow a major school system (third largest in the USA; city run by a mayor who three years ago was White House Chief of Staff) to dodge specific questions about how it is following (or violating) federal law.
Until the reporters covering CPS demand interviews with the latest bunch of CPS administrators (and maybe a current organizational chart of who's in charge of what) reports like this one, while appearing to be serious reporting, are actually lightweight "He said, but then she said..." stuff.
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The Appling County Board of Commissioners held their regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, June 5 in the Appling County Courthouse Annex. During the meeting the commissioners opened sealed bids on the 28 miles to be resurfaced throughout Appling County. Bids were received from J. Heirs and Company, Ricketson Construction Inc., Everett Dykes Grassing Co. and Littlefield Construction Co. The bids will be reviewed by County Manager Lee Lewis and County Road Department Manager Tommy Davis with the Commissioners to make a decision at a called meeting scheduled for Tuesday, June 12 at 8:00 a.m.
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Ahhh, nice… Rudy's finest, NYPD, apparently was in charge of walking his mistress' dog.
Aides dismissed questions about Nathan's security detail as old news, since it was reported in 2001 that the NYPD granted her full-time protection that year after an unspecified threat was allegedly made against her. The detail was approved by Giuliani pal Bernard Kerik.
At the time, it was not uncommon to see Nathan being chauffeured around the city in an undercover Dodge with two detectives, who sometimes even helped to walk her dog.
As for the tickets, Carbonetti said they were "a token of goodwill from the city."
The expenses were all paid with a City Hall American Express card funded with money from mayoral office units that had nothing to do with travel or security.
There's a fine candidate for President of the United States. These Republicans have produced the scum of their monkey barrel and they're proud of each and everyone of them.
Josh Marshall has a clearer list:
The Shag Fund not only paid for the 11 tryst visits to Hamptons.
— It paid for hotel and other expenses for mayoral aides — in addition to the security detail — who also went with the mayor to the Hamptons on the tryst weekends.
— Nathan's NYPD-chauffeured trips (without Rudy) to visit her parents in Pennsylvania, 130 miles outside the city.
— NYPD detectives and city-owned undercover Dodge to drive Nathan around the city.
— NYPD detectives and city-owned undercover Dodge to drive Nathan's friends and family around the city even when she wasn't in the car.
— NYPD security detail for Nathan, personally approved by Bernard Kerik.
— NYPD cops to walk Nathan's dog.
Rudy's buddy Bernard Kerik's next court appearance will be on January 26th. Perfect timing for a whole slew of presidential primaries throughout the United States within the next four weeks following.
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Taken together with the preceding part of the exhibition, this is the largest archaeological exhibition in Hungary, and one which is also quite informative and well-installed. Monitors with 3D-reconstructions and other interactive elements make the exhibition even more interesting for younger visitors as well. Ágnes Ritoók of the Hungarian National Museum acted as chief curator of the project, coordinating the work of two teams. This new exhibition is accompanied by two separate publications: one, written by Béla Miklós Szőke, is dedicated to Zalavár and the Carolingian period in Hungary, the other - the work of László Révész - is about the Conquest period. Both books were also published in English - so you can expect to read more about them on this blog soon.
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Across the cycling categories, excluding perhaps the penny-farthing, we seem to be in the middle of a boom in popularity. Cities are adding bike lanes and bike programs, all the cool kids are riding fixies, mountain bikes are gnarlier than ever — and the rest of us are riding road bikes. The popularity of road cycling owes in part to the low barriers to entry (everyone has roads), in part to the variety of awesome bikes available for riders of different skill levels and desired recreation, in part to the rise of the sportive or gran fondo — a cycling event that emphasizes participation over competition — and in part to all the really boss neon lycra. As part of our week-long series on bikes to celebrate the launch of Limits, we've picked out five great road bikes for all manner of rides, from entering your first century ride with friends to sasquatching a local crit.
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The Carousel Bar at the historic Hotel Monteleone are an oasis of class and sophistication that New Orleans is famous for. This establishment has been owned by the same family for the last 125 years! The hotel offers both a sense of heritage and a luxurious feeling. The welcoming lobby is filled with sparkling chandeliers and a wonderful 1909 grandfather clock.
Located on the first floor is the infamous Carousel Bar, mentioned as a setting in many pieces of literature, including Ernest Hemingway. A favorite of many local New Orleanians, it is decorated in a wild circus motif and is often filled with local characters. The bar itself actually revolves around the bartenders.
Like anything else you need a local's insight for a good experience. We suggests that you avoid the 5 o'clock rush. How much you enjoy this place is all about timing. Try going around 4pm so that you'll be able to get a seat at the bar. And do try some of our local cocktail classics like a Ramos Gin Fizz, Pimm's Cup or the Sazarac.
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Many students are hesitant about speaking in front of a class, but by providing them an opportunity to use an app for presentation, students can practice their speaking skills in a lower stakes situtation. Additionally, they are exposed to another skill for their technology toolbox. For this lesson students examine the differences between physical and chemical changes. After understanding these changes, in small groups students follow instructions for making popcorn, photographing each step. Then students create a video using the SonicPics app to narrate their photos and answer questions about this change.
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Hi everyone. I think this might be my first post.
Anyways, the topic of Castle theme factions is one that has intrigued me since my Lego Castle childhood in the 80's and 90's, and while I've been out of the game for many years, and don't have near the Lego knowledge any of you do, I thought I'd come in and share what I believe, which was my approach to playing Lego Castle as a kid.
In order not to dictate how to play with the Lego system, I felt Lego was always purposely vague when showing the merits of a set in a catalogue or commercial, making it so that I don't really think there is a real right or wrong answer. But this is how I always saw it. I don't think you can deny that the lion Knight/Crusaders are supposed to be the "good guys", and beyond that, with having a set called the "Kings Castle", you know they're in charge. My first set was Black Monarchs Castle, so my first day in the game, there were already 3 factions. Lions/Falcons?Crusaders. To me the Black Falcons and Black Monarch's factions weren't "bad guys" but underlings of the king, trying to win prestige and favor by fighting or one upping each other.
I saw the two "black" factions the way I'd seen underlings in the movies, whether it be like the Cardinal from the Three Musketeers, or the Sheriff of Nottingham from Robin Hood, which were both popular movies during the golden age of Lego Castle. In my head I always saw Black Monarch guys as being the more dastardly of the two, but both would do what's necessary to achieve power. This was a very popular theme/idea during this time period, not just with the two movies I mentioned, but in movies like Star Wars with the relationship between Vader and the Emperor, to other vague ideas of heirarchy in cartoons like GI JOE, where Destro was doing the same thing to Cobra Commander on a weekly basis, or StarScream/Megatron, or Skeletor/ Beastman/Trapjaw/Merman. the same types of heirarchies exsisted in almost all the media my young brain consumed, so naturally, I applied this same logic to my Lego battles. When the Black Monarchs Ghost set came out, I thought the Ghost itself was Black Monarch, so they always fought in memory of their leader, but in reality, I think it says something that no king or Queen was ever produced, that maybe a lack of leadership was intended, and lends creedance to the idea that these are already factions in power fighting to rule and govern. Like stated by another, I saw the forestmen as the Robin Hood type, good guys at heart, and not at all interchangeable with the Wolfpack, who were basically thieves and pirate-like.
When the Dragon guys came out, I remember getting in a fight with my friend because he thought the Dragon guys were the same as the Black Monarchs, who having teamed up with the blue wizard, had changed their theme, to associate themselves with the dragons they now controlled. It's plausable I guess, I think my main complaint with it as a 12 year old, was really just that if the Dragon Knights were the Monarchs, the the sheer balance of sets just made the #1 guys even bigger, which didn't make any sense. If I were to recreate my battles now, as an adult, or with my son, I'd probably make it so that Majesto, the blue wizard, having the ability to control dragons, would be recruiting his Dragon Knights from all the various factions with the promise of turning the tide in the war for who reigns in LegoLand.
Also, just to chime in on the other discussion. I view the 6018 dragon boat set as a Falcons set. While color scheming the figs together within a set often worked, I don't feel at all that Lego ever intended a specific color or shirt pattern to align with a faction, and goes to further my idea that in the big scheme of things, they're all really offshoots of a bigger faction (those under rule of the king). With the boat having a dragon head, I see it as nothing more than a symbol to strike fear in the hearts of those they sail against, and dragon heads aren't that hard to fake with a few bricks. Just look at the Dragon Knights castle from a few years later, swiveling dragon head on it, also, I didn't associate them with the Monarch knights, who also used the dragon emblem.
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Hello fellow INFPs!
Thank you for having me. I was introduced to the MBTI type and found it very insightful, in understanding myself and others.
I joined this forum hoping to seek some solace on managing hurt from an INFJ door slam. Here's some background info before we begin:
Myself: INFP, straight, PTSD with traumas of men, vulnerable to rejection, private
Him: INFJ, homosexual, past bullying and discrimination experiences, Asperger traits, vulnerable to rejection, extremely private
We had worked together for two years. I first met him as an early career psychologist. Being older, he mentored and took me under his wing. We noticed similarities in temperament and got along well. He noticed my hesitancy and fears of men hence took steps to make me comfortable. I noticed his social awkwardness and homosexual tendencies hence provided a safe space (in our conservative culture it is a punishable crime). We had an older brother-younger sister type relationship.
Around February this year, he found a new job at a different organisation. He was discouraged by the politics and expressed his hopes that I would strengthen his legacy for him. I liaised with the different departments, collected handwritten cards and planned a farewell gathering for him. The outpouring of support and gratitude for his contributions was touching. He was extremely, extremely, extremely happy and suspected I was behind it.
Disliking attention, I didn't tell him I ran around planning and organizing. I forgot to write his cards. I couldn't attend all the fancy gatherings I had organised on his behalf (I was managing some private stressors and was recharging).
As he prepared to leave on his last week, he was still supportive outwardly (in action), but getting more emotionally distant. I sensed discontent but did not know what it was. On his last day he didn't say goodbye and snapped at me; I went home in tears. Our text messages dwindled. I texted him in April: Is everything alright with you? Please be honest.
He replied saying that he's done nothing but listen, support, encourage and help me throughout--he thought I'd be appreciative at least. He said that I had given off some accusatory vibes, I was upset with him- and he said that he was an innocent party and he'd done nothing wrong. He said he's done all he can to provide a safe harbour. He said I needed to manage my PTSD better. He asked to be left alone for a while, if that's okay with me, and to please respect that he's a private person and needs his space. He then blocked me.
I was so confused. I didn't know he felt so hurt. I burst into tears and cried. Upon reflection, I was managing some stressors in my private domain and my PTSD relapsed. I recall jumping about and looking anxious (PTSD symptoms) when he (being a man) approached. I didn't tell him; I knew he had so much on his plate and did not want him to worry. I was also constantly unavailable when he needed to chat (because I was so busy planning his farewell events in respect of his legacy). He likely picked up these cues, was angered thinking he triggered my PTSD, felt rejected, and took it very very personally.
After a week, I posted him a card expressing my gratitude for his contributions, my apologies for hurting him, and my respect for his need for space to recharge. I also said that I was managing some private stressors and hoped he'll forgive me in time.
He never replied.
I felt like I've lost my annoying but caring older brother. I still feel hurt and angry from what happened. I felt it was a misunderstanding in communication which went horribly wrong. I've accepted that the friendship is over (knowing us INFx types!). But I wish that he had spoken up earlier, and I wish I had the opportunity to at least talk things out. It's a painful learning lesson for me.
Any kind, constructive and non-judgmental comments or insights are appreciated, as I'm still feeling rather vulnerable and hurt I appreciate any feedback or tips on moving on. Thanks for listening, everyone.
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When people get completely wrapped up in themselves and their feelings, losing track of the wider world, this is the result.
Step back. Way back. Find a forest. Spend time in it. Appreciate being alone. And being alive.
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Hi Joey
Artist Justin Desilva is more than half way through his ambitious public art installation, With Every Street There's a Story. Remember, they're temporary, so take time to check them out.
Some of the murals are at different stages in their installation process; you will see him going back and forth to different sites. Here's a map http://goo.gl/maps/mc696 for any updatedlocations andphotographs. Walkers provide the most comments and questions, which he's really enjoying. They talk about Gloucester mostly and they talk about art. He's been told that his pictures were kaleidoscopic, like stained glass, the quarries, that his red reminded them of some works by Miro, or Braque and Picasso. There have been requests for a crosswalk by their street, house, and business. People driving by have stopped to park and get out of their cars to walk back and look.
Crosswalks in this post include Gorton's HarborWalk Story Moment #27, Birdseye HarborWalk Story Moment #33, Sea Serpent HarborWalk Story Moment #19, Stage Fort Park HarborWalk Story Moment #42, Katy (from Virginia Lee Burton's Katy and the Big Snow) HarborWalk Story Moment #30, and Hopper HarborWalk Story Moment #28.


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Defining Index
An index is a pointing tool
Your library has one or more periodicals indexes, both online and in print. In this tutorial, we'll focus on online periodicals indexes.
Let's look at the word index. You already know what an index is -- you've probably used the index in the back of a book to look up a page number for a topic.
A periodicals index pinpoints information in periodicals just as a book index points to information in books, but on a much larger scale. A periodicals index searches for your subject in hundreds or even thousands of different periodicals (magazines, journals, newspapers) and points you to articles that match your search.
Here's a memory device. Your index finger is your pointing finger. An index is a pointing tool -- it points to specific articles.


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Unrivaled Now Unwired: The New Denon IN-Command™ AVRs, The Definition of Wireless Entertainment
May 26, 2014
Kleinburg, Ontario (May 27, 2014) — Denon® Electronics, a leading manufacturer of premium home and personal audio products, announces the introduction of three new 2014 Network AV Receivers. Born from last year's highly-acclaimed IN-Command models, the new AVR-X1100W, AVR-X2100W and AVR-X3100W deliver the latest Denon surround sound technology plus the ultimate in connectivity including Wi-Fi and Bluetooth at an affordable price. The AVR-X1100W and AVR-2100W are expected to be available in June and the AVR-X3100W in July at select Denon dealers and online.
The new 2014 X Series models let music lovers listen to their favorite tracks wirelessly from portable music players, smartphones and tablet devices. The models make accessing audio via home Wi-Fi networks easier and better than ever with a broad selection of Internet radio stations, and stream tracks from subscription services such as Pandora, SiriusXM and Spotify Connect. In addition the forward-looking IN-Command models feature an advanced video section equipped with 4K Ultra HD 60 Hz and 4:4:4 Pure Color video pass-through, a feature of the latest HDMI specification. Notably the receivers are also fully compatible with lower impedance speakers, with steady reliable operations down to 4ohms.
Denon AVR-X1100W ($499): Feature-packed for home theatre newcomers
The AVR-X1100W 7.2ch Network AV Receiver already brings technology from Denon's top-of-the-range AV models and offers amazing value. Seven channels each providing 80 watts (8ohm 20-20kHz 0.08%), and the Denon engineering team's many years of experience in amplifier design combine to make sure that the sound reaching the speakers is powerful, controlled and full of subtle detail. While offering the renowned audio quality, this year's new IN-Command AVRs come with a never-before-seen set of connectivity options.
Most remarkably, even the entry-model already comes with built-in Wi-Fi to easily connect to a home network. Once connected, the AVR-X1100W opens up any room to access many music sources and playback options. Users can stream their own music most conveniently from Apple iDevices via AirPlay, or access their music library on DLNA compatible devices like a network attached storage device (NAS). Moreover, you can choose from thousands of Internet Radio stations and enjoy music from Spotify via the latest Spotify Connect scheme (where available; subscriptions required). For total convenience, a front USB port can be used to connect either USB storage devices, or an iDevice to playback music and charge at the same time. To keep control of all those features, there is a Denon Remote App available for iOS and Android devices.
Taking a look at the video section, the AVR-X1100W owns in total 6 (one at the front) HDMI inputs that let you connect multiple HDMI source devices. The Blu-ray and Game inputs support 4K Ultra HD 60 Hz and 4:4:4 Pure Color video pass-through, a feature of the latest HDMI specification. TheAVR-X1100W is also fully compatible with 3D content. The improved Setup Assistant and Graphical User Interface make it very convenient even for beginners to set up the device with its amazing roster of facilities.
Denon AVR-X2100W ($699): Full-grown for demanding yet price-conscious cinema lovers
Adding to the AVR-X1100W qualities, the AVR-X2100W features a power amplifier with 95 watts per channel (8ohm 20-20kHz 0.08%) to create even more stunning cinema sound and detailed music playback. With a total of 8 HDMI inputs and 2 HDMI outputs, this AVR is ready to take over full control of even more digital devices such as Blu-ray players, game consoles, media player, video cameras and more at the same time.
For the first time ever, a Denon AVR is coming equipped with ISF video certification allowing trained dealers to properly calibrate the picture controls of the AVR-X2100W for both day and night viewing.
In addition, the AVR-X2100W is equipped with a powerful video processor section. This feature gives the unit the ability to upconvert and transcode standard definition and high definition video sources up to 4k Ultra HD resolution, and even includes the ability to handle next-generation 4K Ultra HD 60 Hz sources and displays, for the ultimate viewing experience. A more extensive array of inputs, outputs and control options make the AVR-X2100W a truly versatile and grown-up AV control centre at an attractive price point.
Denon AVR-X3100W ($999): The AVR for the Audiophile
The AVR-3100W, packed with advanced technology, includes an audio section that offers the highest resolution audio decoders, including Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio. Also included are DTS Neo:X advanced multi-channel decoding and Dolby Pro Logic IIz. The AVR-X3100W also comes equipped with Audyssey's renowned Gold suite of advanced DSP audio algorithms, including MultEQ XT automatic room acoustic measurement and correction system. MultEQ XT provides superior digital correction compared to standard MultEQ, including the ability to measure at up to eight different locations in the room. Audyssey Dynamic EQ and Audyssey Dynamic Volume are also provided, along with Dynamic Surround Expansion for the ultimate home theater audio experience. It comes as well with 2-zone/2-source,- a 2nd zone HDMI video output and digital audio in to zone 2.
Most remarkably, while offering such an amazing and powerful set of next-generation features, the new IN-Command X series models come with a unique Denon Eco mode. It provides the ability to reduce overall power consumption and features an on-screen Eco Meter that lets users see the power consumption reduction effect. The Auto Eco mode automatically switches between normal and Eco modes, depending on the volume level chosen.
Denon IN-Command Series At a Glance
Denon AVR-X1100W IN-Command7.2ch Network AV Receiver - Key Features
- 80W x 7ch high quality discrete power amplifier for powerful and detailed sound
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- 6 HDMI inputs (incl. 1 front), 1 HDMI output
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- 95W x 7ch high quality discrete power amplifier for powerful and detailed sound
- 8 HDMI inputs (incl. 1 front), 2 HDMI outputs
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Well, this is a terrible idea: A Shakespeare In Love sequel is in the works, among other less-offensive sequel ideas. (Bad Santa sequel, who gives a shit. Bridget Jones III, whatever.)
We're talking about actual theatrical release, not straight-to-DVD. But what are the odds of getting Gwynnie on board? Or Tom Stoppard, for that matter? (Joseph Fiennes may be less busy.) Maybe it'll be the touching story of her daughter — played by Blake Lively.
It's all the product of a pact between the Weinstein Company and their old home of Miramax. They're also looking at Swingers and Clerks. And here is a sentence from the press release that shows that Hollywood is not that interested in new ideas:
This partnership augments an existing relationship between the companies on such franchises as Scream 4 (to be released April 15, 2011), Spy Kids 4 (to be released August 19, 2011) and Scary Movie 5.
Can't wait.
Miramax, Weinstein Co Announce Pact To Produce Sequels [The Wrap]


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The following elections will take place in May/June 2013:
- Fedora Project Board (two seats)
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- FAmSCo (Ambassadors) (four seats)
- Fedora 20 Name (separate schedule from the committee elections)
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- 1 Fedora Board Elections May/June 2013
- 2 Candidates
- 2.1 John Dulaney (j_dulaney)
- 2.2 Dan Mashal (dan408)
- 2.3 Michael Scherer (misc)
- 2.4 Jaroslav Reznik (jreznik)
- 2.5 Buddhike Chandradeepa Kurera (bckurera)
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Candidate Template
- Goal statement:
- Past work summary:
- Future plans:
- Anything else you want to add:
- Question 1!
John Dulaney (j_dulaney)
- Mission statement: To promote Fedora in my role as an ambassador; to continue to develop test criteria for new features coming into Fedora and evolve the QA process as needed to fit with the evolution of Fedora. I will also strive to make sure that Fedora remains at the forefront of technology and to be the best Free distribution of Linux.
- Past work summary I am a member of the Fedora Quality Assurance team. I help write test cases for new features, I am a proven tester (testing critical path software updates), I test new releases starting prior to branching, and I help establish release criteria. I am also a Fedora Ambassador, especially within the Fayetteville region. I spread knowledge of Linux in general and Fedora in particular and inform people that they do have a choice for Freedom.
- Future plans: Strive to improve the testing of Fedora; both personally and collectively throughout the QA team, to continue to educate people on the advantages of Linux and Free Software, and to continue to test Fedora.
- What is the most important part of being on the Fedora Board?
- Do you see any needed change(s) for the Fedora Board?
- If elected then what will be your priorities?
- Why did you choose to be apart of the Fedora Project?
- What will you be able to accomplish if elected, that you couldn't as an unelected contributor?
Dan Mashal (dan408)
- Mission statement: To make Fedora better in any way I possibly can for users, sysadmins, and developers.
- Past work summary:
Package maintainer:
-BitchX and ScrollZ IRC clients
-MATE Desktop (official feature of Fedora 18) MATE Desktop
My packages
QA team/Triager/Bugzapper/Proventester:
Fedora 17 (Beefy Miracle)
Fedora 18 (Spherical Cow)
-Held Fedora 17 release party in Walnut Creek, CA.
-Spoke at Silicon Valley Linux Users Group - Aug 1, 2012
-Hosted puppetconf 2012 Fedora booth
-Hosted OLPC Summit 2012 Fedora booth.
-Spoke at Silicon Valley Linux Users Group - Nov 1, 2012
- Future plans:
1) Improve communication between groups within Fedora.
2) To make Fedora the "cool" distro to use again.
3) To make Fedora easier to use for everyone.
4) To make it more accessible for the every day person.
5) To make Fedora the #1 free operating system on the planet.
Whether or not this can be accomplished as a board member, I'll do my best to try to get these things accomplished.
- Anything else you want to add: The first time I installed Linux it was Slackware in 1996. Since then I had my first encounter with Red Hat Linux was version 5. I have run Fedora on production servers. Fedora is like my 2nd job and my passion and I want to see it be the best distribution it possibly can be.
People I'd like to thank along the way whether I am elected or not: adamw, rdieter, MarkDude, leigh123linux, spot, nirik, inode0, rbergeron, jreznik, mrunge, bochecha, limb, elad661, quaid, lh, randomuser, dcr226, fenrus02, stefano-k, nmarques, perberos, panasnyc, caf, flashback, Amanas, dramsey, FranciscoD, randomuser, dcr226, NiveusLuna, masta, jds2001, dgilmore, nb, cwickert.
By no means is that a list of "you people should vote for me", just a thank you for helping me even get here. Thanks.
- What is the most important part of being on the Fedora Board?
The most important part of being on the Fedora Board, to me at least, is the ability to have a say in the core strategic philosophy of Fedora.
- Do you see any needed change(s) for the Fedora Board?
Yes. I believe That the board should be more involved decisions on core changes that affect the end user.
For example, the decision about the complete redesign of Anaconda should have been looked at a lot more closely than it was. It has caused Fedora 18 to be delayed over and over again due to the amount of bugs that it has. Anaconda in Fedora 18 is both harder to use and is actually less functional than Anaconda in Fedora 17.
I believe that the board should also be responsible to make sure that communication is improved between all Fedora teams.
For example, the change to systemd/systemd-logind has affected many package maintainers and upstream developers. Something that worked fine before now no longer works and upstream developers and packagers have had to scramble to make their software work with the recent changes in Fedora 18.
- If elected then what will be your priorities?
To ensure that the boards maintains good strategic goals, transparent philosophies, communication between teams, and ensure overall communication to the end user.
- Why did you choose to be apart of the Fedora Project?
Why not? I have been welcomed with open arms. I joined the Fedora project as a member of the QA team. Even after running Fedora and RHEL as a System Administrator contributing to Fedora has taught me so much that I didn't know before and it has translated in to being a better System Administrator. Fedora has introduced me in to a social circle of extremely intelligent people that I would have not known had I not joined.
As a System Administrator I have run Fedora servers and keeping up to date with Fedora is important as well, since almost every company I have worked for runs RHEL or CentOS servers.
- What will you be able to accomplish if elected, that you couldn't as an unelected contributor?
As an unelected contributor I felt that my opinion didn't really matter that much. I feel like being elected to the board that my opinion will have a much greater weight than it previously did as a member of the QA or Ambassador teams.
Michael Scherer (misc)
- Mission statement: Make sure the Fedora community grow and run as smoothly as possible, and to make sure thi is a welcoming environment
- Past work summary:
- coder on Fedora-review and rpmlint project and various others automated QA tools ( mostly for others distributions )
- frequent presenter and helper for the Paris LUG for various distribution during the monthly LUG meeting, and for the various Fedora party organized since 3/4 years
- member of the proventester group
- serial package reviewer ( 60 since april 2012 ), helped on the Openshift Origin feature as tester and reviewer
- founding member, packager representative, board member and secretary for 1 year of another linux distribution project (Mageia), left in April 2012 for private reasons.
- packager and community sysadmin for Mandriva/Mageia since 2003, taking care of package like python and puppet, for Fedora since 2010, Linux user since 2002.
- Future plans:
I do not have any future plans to present, because to me, the board is here to serve the project, and in practice hold as much power as people who are wanting to do the job give to him. So anything I could or would do could be done without being on the board and so not related to my candidacy. Therefore, my goal is more to listen, help to solve issues for others, and provides guidance and advice based on my experience of community and free software.
- Anything else you want to add:
While my job is not related to Fedora ( I am just a part time sysadmin ), I must disclose that my employer is currently the main sponsor of Fedora. Also, I must confess that I was convinced to run for this election by a few people who will recognize themselves.
- What is the most important part of being on the Fedora Board?
I think the most important part is to not be needed by people to do their work, and yet still be here if they need help, ie the delicate balance etween absent and yet present. People work faster and better when there is no roadblock, and while there is a natural tendency for anybody to wait on "higher authority", this is not ideal for the goals of the Fedora project ( most notably "First" ).
- Do you see any needed change(s) for the Fedora Board?
A needed change, no, I think the system work good enough so far to not need any radical changes. But the fact that almost no one wanted to be candidate for this year election until the last moment is rather strange and should IMHO be looked at, even if I have no idea on where to start or even if that's something that requires a change on the Fedora Board. I must confess that as a contributor and user, I have so far seen no issues with the Board.
- If elected then what will be your priorities?
My priority would be to make sure the project can be sustainable and grow ( even if I do not believe in a infinite contributor growth, sooner or later, we will hit a maximum on this part, and what to do at that moment is IMHO a challenge that we may not have anticipated )
- Why did you choose to be apart of the Fedora Project?
Free software work mainly because people participate, and I always tried to give back to the projects I use and to the free software ecosystem in general, as . I currently use Fedora on my desktop for the innovation who allow me to keep my skills up to date, and because the strict checking of licenses who permit me to trust the software I use day to day. So to me, it was normal to contribute back under various forms, from support in LUGs to package reviews and bug reports or QA for Fedora.
- What will you be able to accomplish if elected, that you couldn't as an unelected contributor?
I will be disappointing, but the answer is likely "not much". I do not think the board hold much power to do something except in very specific areas. The board cannot force volunteers to do any work if no one want to do it. So the only work that would be accomplished if I am elected will be done by others who will have more free time to do it if the board and the project is running fine.
Jaroslav Reznik (jreznik)
- Mission statement: To attract new contributors (people/fellow teams/upstreams etc.) to join the Fedora community, in both technical and non-technical areas of Fedora, to act as a mirror what we are now and what we should be.
- Past work summary: Since I have joined Fedora Community I've touched a lot of it's core parts - from developer side as Fedora KDE SIG member, packager, system configuration etc.; community as Ambassador for Czech Republic and EMEA and now management as a guy with a head on release spike and (current) Board member.
- Future plans: Open the Board to the community (as we did with public IRC meetings, public release names review) and as stated in the Mission statement attract new so called "do-ers" as we need "a fresh blood" to continue the work in a different Fedora bodies (FESCo, FAmSCo, Board, CWG etc.).
- What is the most important part of being on the Fedora Board?
To breath for Fedora? But seriously - the most important part is to be on the Fedora Board and should be for other folks too - as you could see, we usually have a problem with filling all seats with enough candidates (it's great there are three more people running now). Not running for Board just to be there but to know, that everyone can do it and everyone will be considered by contributors to be elected. Do not worry, run for it!
- Do you see any needed change(s) for the Fedora Board?
Board is opening - that's good sign. Two years ago, meetings were private calls only, now we have public IRC meetings combined with private calls. It would be great, to minimize the "private" part more. It does not go well with our foundations (on the other hand, sometimes we have to...).
- If elected then what will be your priorities?
While reading the elections discussions, we (and me as a Board member) failed in communication - when Mizmo was on Board, she established Board blog, I contributed that times too but after the blog was cancelled, we/I did not try to fix it. This would be my top priority - to start the blog again and to assure that all meeting minutes are published. It looks like boring secretary job but it's important one.
- Why did you choose to be apart of the Fedora Project?
I expect it's "a part" not "apart" ;-)
For me, my journey to be a part of Fedora Project started years ago, I was RHL 5.x user, then Fedora Core user but one day I just got crazy from some system configuration tool misbehaving. And I quit Fedora immediately instead of fixing the issue. Now after years, I know, it was mistake and another day, a few years after, I was hired by Red Hat to fix system configuration tools. Paradox of life! If I could time travel, I'd choose to be a part of Fedora from the beginning :)
- What will you be able to accomplish if elected, that you couldn't as an unelected contributor?
I hope there are no differences in the terms of what Board and "unelected" contributors could do within the project - and it's the main strength of our community. Active members doing the work should lead the project, period. And Board is more a partner to these efforts. That's what I'd like to see (and it could be accomplished from Board ;-).
Buddhike Chandradeepa Kurera (bckurera)
- Mission statement: Expanding the Fedora Project while Preserving the free culture and the diversity with in Fedora project.
- Past work summary:
- Member of FAmSCo in F18 Cycle
- Co-Admin - Fedora Summer Coding Group (Administering GSoC/ GCI 2012)
- Managing Free Media membership
- Budget Wrangler for APAC
- Fedora Ambassador
- Event Liaison (APAC) - Design Team
- Future plans:
- I would like to focus the groth of the project since it is required to gain more and new contribution.
- Support implementing/ maintaining policies which are crucial to preserve the free culture of the project and the diversity with in Fedora project.
- Actively participate decision making process with in the project and extending relationships with external entities such as local communities and other free software entities.
- Anything else you want to add: I have served 6 months (F18 cycle) in FAmSCo and able to achieve some goals and able to represent Fellow Fedora Ambassadors needs. I ll make sure if I get elected I ll do my best for the Project and fulfill my responsibility.
- What is the most important part of being on the Fedora Board?
In my view, Fedora board is managing the Fedora project shaping it and leading it. As being part of the board I would be able to actively engage with such. Then the most important thing is it represent the whole project, whole contributors.So it would be a representation through all parts of the project. Which practically make facilitation to the whole project is feasible.
- Do you see any needed change(s) for the Fedora Board?
Not that major changes. But I would like to see more interconnections/good communication flow between Board and the committees(FAmSCo and FESCo) and contributors.
- If elected then what will be your priorities?
The highest priority is to facilitate the project preserving free culture with in the project and it is diversity. Because as I believe those two factors helped Fedora to grow and sustain. Most important that is where our whole creativity was born and which I believe.
- Why did you choose to be apart of the Fedora Project?
The answer is simple, I believe in Free Culture and fedora is believe in Free Culture too.
- What will you be able to accomplish if elected, that you couldn't as an unelected contributor?
I think what mean here is "why this post". The reason is to represent and facilitate the whole community which is not that much possible being a contributor. I represented fellow FAms in F18 FAmSCo and this is the time to represent whole community being a member of the board. I m willing to take this chance and responsibility.


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Situated between two stunning Phuket beaches,
Baan Karon Resort is surrounded by exciting attractions and activities for the whole family.
Take a leisurely stroll to the fine white sands of Karon or Kata and
enjoy fun activities from parasailing to elephant trekking in the local area.
The charming resort is set within tropical gardens with a delightful swimming pool and Jacuzzi as the centerpiece. Experience genuine warm Thai hospitality from our welcoming staff and relax in the clean and comfortable guestrooms with contemporary Thai décor. Providing a simple range of quality services, Baan Karon Resort has all the ingredients for a wonderful holiday in the sun.
Stay in one of our 80 comfortable rooms and suites contained in low rise buildings that are always maintained in top condition.
The clean rooms have tasteful decor and a private balcony or terrace to enjoy the pool and garden views.
For entertainment guests watch movies on the Cable TV with a wide range of international channels.
Standard RoomThere are 46 air-conditioned standard rooms with the option of double or twin beds including a vanity table and large glass sliding doors allowing plenty of natural light into the bright and airy rooms. The room includes a pleasant balcony and an en-suite bathroom with hot water shower.
Superior RoomThe 29 superior rooms offer great views of the swimming pool from the private balcony and feature a full range of in-room amenities for added convenience. The 38sqm clean and modern rooms have double or twin beds, hot water kettle and en-suite bathrooms with hot water shower.
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Deluxe RoomThe four spacious deluxe rooms have a private balcony to enjoy the tropical views of the swimming pool and feature a full range of in-room amenities for added convenience. The 45sqm clean and modern rooms have coffee making facilities and an en-suite bathroom with hot water rain shower.
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Family RoomThere is just one special 56sqm family suite at the resort featuring a double bedroom, twin bedroom plus a separate living room with a convertible sofa bed for children or additional guests. The lounge has Cable TV and the spacious bathroom is complete with a hot water shower. A highlight is being able to step from the lounge to the outdoor terrace next to the delightful Jacuzzi pool.
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|Spend a relaxing day on a sun lounger by the resort swimming pool
featuring water fountains and a Jacuzzi seat with soothing bubbles,
and order soft drinks, cold beers, tasty cocktails and light meals from the handy pool bar.
Children can splash around in their own shallow pool and there is an additional Jacuzzi pool for guests pleasure.
The on-site restaurant is open all day for breakfast, lunch and dinner and provides both indoor seating and a pleasant outdoor dining terrace to enjoy the popular Thai and international dishes. We provide complimentary Wi-Fi Internet throughout the resort including all guestrooms and can arrange car and motorbike rentals. To explore Phuket and the surrounding islands, visit our tours desk for information and booking trips and tickets.
|Swimming Pool
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|Kids Pool
|Fitness Centre
|There is plenty to see and do around Karon and Kata with water sports,
shopping, viewpoints, temples and more,
plus lively Patong is just 10 minutes away for the island's best nightlife.


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Laurie Smith
I love coming home with friends from a steamy day at the beach knowing that I've got a batch of cold tomato soup ready. I dish it up, swirl in a tablespoon of vibrant green arugula pesto, and pass it around. We sit on the porch and savor the flavor of sun-sweetened summer tomatoes enhanced with a touch of cream and a nip of vodka. The rest of dinner will come later, but for now, we're assuaging our hunger, chatting, laughing, and reliving the events of the day.
This is a great make-ahead soup. In fact, it becomes more flavorful with age. Although I like it cold, it's equally good heated. If storm clouds gather and the temperature plunges, take the soup from refrigerator to stove, heat it up, and serve it in mugs.
- Yield
- Serves 8 to 10
- Soup
- 10 medium or 4 very large ripe tomatoes (about 4 pounds), cored
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 2 shallots, coarsely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 (28-ounce) can fire-roasted crushed tomatoes
- 1 tablespoon kosher salt
- 1/8 teaspoon sugar
- 1/4 to 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1/4 cup good-quality vodka (optional)
- Arugula Pesto
- 1/2 cup pine nuts
- 5 ounces baby arugula
- 2 cloves garlic, coarsely chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice (about 1/2 medium lemon)
- 3/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
- To Make the Soup:
- Preheat the oven to 400°F. Set the cored tomatoes on a rimmed baking sheet. Drizzle with 2 tablespoons of the olive oil and roast them until they look wrinkly, about 30 minutes; set aside. While the tomatoes cool, heat the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil in a small sauté pan. Add the shallots and 2 cloves chopped garlic and sauté over medium-low heat until they turn golden brown and caramelized, 15 to 20 minutes; set aside.
- When the tomatoes are cool enough to handle, peel off the skins, which should slip off easily. Put the peeled tomatoes in the jar of a blender along with the sautéed shallots and garlic, crushed tomatoes (with juice), 1 tablespoon salt, and sugar. Process until the soup is smooth. Stir in the cream and vodka, if desired. Refrigerate in a covered bowl for at least 6 hours, or preferably overnight.
- To Make the Pesto:
- Toast the pine nuts, stirring occasionally, in a skillet set on medium heat until they turn golden brown, about 4 minutes. Combine the arugula, pine nuts, 2 cloves garlic, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and lemon juice in the jar of a blender or the work bowl of a food processor fitted with the metal blade, then slowly add in the olive oil through the feed tube and process. Transfer the pesto to a bowl and stir in the Parmesan.
- To Serve:
- Ladle the chilled soup into individual serving bowls, and swirl 1 tablespoon of pesto into each.
- Do it early
- The soup can be made up to 4 days in advance and refrigerated. Ditto for the pesto. Both should be well covered. Arugula pesto does not brown when exposed to oxygen as does its more common cousin, basil pesto.
- Variation
- The more traditional-minded may prefer a basil pesto. Also, you can eliminate the cream and top the soup with a dollop of crème fraîche or Greek-style yogurt and a drizzle of pesto.
From Pastry Queen Parties: Entertaining Friends and Family, Texas Style by Rebecca Rather and Alison Oresman. Copyright © 2009 by Rebecca Rather and Alison Oresman. Published by Ten Speed Press. All Rights Reserved.
Alison Oresman has worked as a journalist for more than twenty years. She has written and edited for newspapers in Wyoming, Florida, and Washington State. As an entertainment editor for the Miami Herald, she oversaw the paper's restaurant coverage and wrote a weekly column as a restaurant critic. After settling in Washington State, she also covered restaurants in the greater Seattle area as a critic with a weekly column. A dedicated home baker, Alison is often in the kitchen when she isn't writing. Alison lives in Bellevue, Washington, with her husband, Warren, and their children, Danny and Callie.
A pastry chef, restaurateur, and cookbook author, native Texan Rebecca Rather has been proprietor of the Rather Sweet Bakery and Café since 1999. Open for breakfast and lunch daily, Rather Sweet has a fiercely loyal cadre of regulars who populate the café's sunlit tables each day. In 2007, Rebecca opened her eponymous restaurant, serving dinner nightly, just a few blocks from the café. Rebecca is the author of The Pastry Queen, and has been featured in Texas Monthly, Gourmet, Ladies' Home Journal, Food & Wine, Southern Living, Chocolatier, Saveur, and O, The Oprah Magazine. When she isn't in the bakery or on horseback, Rebecca enjoys the sweet life in Fredericksburg, where she tends to her beloved backyard garden and menagerie, and eagerly awaits visits from her college-age daughter, Frances.


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The first time I liked eggplant was in London. Until then, I was one of the many eggplant haters. The flesh too bitter, too slimy. The skin too rubbery. My mouth too itchy with each bite.
Babaghanoush? No thank you. Eggplant parm? Nope, I make it with zucchini. Ratatouille? I'll pass.
And then, sitting in the Japanese restaurant a block from her flat, Lau ordered the aubergine that changed my hating ways.
Lau and I worked at the same company, me in New York, her in London. We first met when she was on secondment to our New York office, and I lived a dozen blocks uptown from her, and after late nights in the office, we used to share a taxi home.
Around the time she returned to the UK, I started working with a client in Germany. I'd bookend every trip with a few days in London. You know, to make sure I wasn't jetlagged for client meetings. Once my project was over, I took advantage of our cross-Atlantic company and worked out of our UK office every few months. I'd stay on Lau's orange pull-out couch. Each time I visited, there was more framed art on the wall. They were mostly Lau's paintings. And there was that five-foot piece she'd managed to get past security and onto a plane as her carry-on.
We made good roommates. I'd stock her fridge with groceries and make dinner with her limited appliances. (She had no oven. For real. No oven. I had my work cut out for me.) She'd order in sushi from the place down the street. The same place every time. We'd eat on our laps on that orange couch. After dinner, Lau would make a pot of milky tea. And then usually we'd have to pull out our laptops and work.
For a few years, I thought that the sushi place was take-out/delivery only. When we walked past it on the way to the tube every morning, I never noticed that there were seats inside. One night, with bags slung over our shoulders, we walked in. The little sushi place was long and narrow, at least twenty tables between the street and the kitchen hidden away behind a red and black curtain.
We ordered more sushi than two people should ever eat in one sitting. Those paper lists with the check boxes and the little nubby pencil, they get me every time. Just as the waiter was about to turn away, long list triumphantly in hand, Lau gestured him back. "Oh, and can we have the aubergine?" He nodded.
I looked at Lau head tilted, brows furrowed. "You'll love it, trust me." And that was that.
The waiter set on our table two golden sticky eggplant halves, mirror images of each other. Lau scooped out the flesh and took a bite. I scooped out the flesh and took a sniff. Sweet, and a little smoky. I raised fork to mouth and took a nibble. Sweet, salty, smooth, silky. Several scoops later, there was only thin crispy skin left. And there there was just a plate with a few golden brown sticky pools where eggplant had sat just a few minutes earlier.
I turned into an eggplant lover. I've never turned back.
Nasu dengaku
I have dreamed about this caramelized salty sweet miso-glazed eggplant since the day I had it years ago, and after a few tries, I got the recipe right. I used the eggplant roasting technique from Ottolenghi's Plenty and the miso glaze recipe from Deborah Madison's Vegetable Literacy. Make sure to cross hatch the flesh so the eggplant cooks quickly and evenly, and the glaze seeps into the flesh during the second roasting. You'll have some extra sauce which would be great on roasted vegetables or with tofu. I've been able to find miso in Whole Foods and health food stores.
Serves 2 as a side dish or starter.
– 2 thin-skinned eggplants (small Italian or long thin Japanese)
– 3 T olive oil
– 2 1/2 T sesame oil, divided (1 T for the eggplant and 1 1/2 T for the miso dressing)
– salt and pepper
– 2 T white miso
– 1 t mirin
– 1/2 t white sugar
– 3-4 T warm water
– 2 green onions
– 2 T sesame seeds
Prep. Preheat the oven to 400ºF. Put one rack in the middle of the oven and another just under the broiler. Line a baking sheet with parchment or aluminum foil.
Cut. Slice the eggplants in half lengthwise through the green stalk. Use a small sharp knife to cross-hatch the flesh without cutting through the skin.
Roast. Arrange the eggplant halves, cut side up, on the lined baking sheet. Mix the olive oil and 1 tablespoon of sesame oil in a small bowl. Brush the eggplant flesh with the oil mixture, and keep brushing until all of the oil has been absorbed. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Go light on the salt because the miso is pretty salty itself. Roast the eggplant for about 20 minutes. They're ready when they start to brown and the softened flesh pulls away from the cross-hatch cuts.
Whisk. While the eggplant is roasting, whisk the miso, mirin, and sugar into a paste. Stir in enough warm water (I needed 3 tablespoons) to thin the mix to a smooth consistency.
Slice and toast. Thinly slice the green onions on a bias. Spill the sesame seeds into a small pan over medium-high heat. Shake the pan occasionally and remove from the burner when the seeds are golden brown and smell nutty (about 5 minutes). Watch closely so that the sesame seeds don't burn.
Broil. Remove the eggplant and brush with the miso glaze. Turn on the broiler. Place the eggplant on the top rack and watch carefully. Within about a minute, the glaze will start to bubble and caramelize. Remove from the oven and let cool for a few minutes before eating.
Serve. Sprinkle the eggplant with the green onion and toasted sesame seeds.


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My mates joined a guild to raid. When they did so, they clearly stated in their application that they couldn't raid Friday nights, as this night was already taken to play with other mates (like me). However, they would offer up any spare places in our 10 man raids to their guildies that were at a loose end.
Turns out two of my mates are 2/3 of the best dps in the guild and knowing my mates, the rest of them would be in the top of their fields.
This is sort of beside the point though.
The problem they are facing has been accentuated over the last 2 weeks with me doing 25 man Naxx.
You see, their guild doesn't have enough to field a 25 man group, and they refuse to pug the extra numbers.
They can field about 16 on any given night, so too many for a 10 man, yet too few for a 25.
They won't pug the extra 9 for one reason.
Competition for loot.
Now my mates and I have a fairly long history of pugging to fill our raids. During TBC the best we could ever field was 8, but for most of the time it was 6-7, when it was 6 you could bet it was a different person missing on any given week. The pughera themselves normally changed every week. Occasionally we would get one to stay for 2-3 weeks, but we were casual, offering casual pug places.
Thing was, as frustrating as it could be breaking in new raid members (often 1st time raiders) and watching dreamed of loot going to someone we would never see again…
We got to see Kara!
Now my mate's guild don't want to loose the loot to puggers, but does that mean they don't want to see 25 man Naxx, or any of the 25 man loot?
I'm not sure what's worse. In fact I would assume that they would be more likely to at the very least pick up regular puggers, if not new guild members.
Surely they could introduce a roll modifier. ie: guildies roll 20-100 and puggers roll 1-100.
This would:
- Increase the chances of keeping loot in-house, and
- Increase the likelihood that the puggers join the guild to increase their chance at loot.
Anyway, what do you think…
- Better to raid with a 2/5 chance the loot goes outside the guild?, or
- Better to forget about the content?
Gnomer and Out!
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Q: How to add checkboxes to a tree control?
- At design time, use the resource editor to enable the "Check boxes" style.
- At run-time, add the 'TVS_CHECKBOXES' style to the tree control, after you have created it and before you have populated it.
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ARTICLE: Student receives grant to study health benefits of propolis
"Former Urangan High School student Karina Hamilton has once again forged ahead in the science world after taking out a prestigious government grant worth $75,000 to study if bee sap can heal wounds.
The 21-year-old won the grant from the National Health and Medical Research Council to undertake a three-year study.
Ms Hamilton will try to determine the anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties of propolis from native Australian stingless bees.
Bees collect sap from trees and buds before returning to the hive to mix it with pollen or wax to create propolis.
"So far, no one has looked at the propolis from the Australian native bee.
"So we are hoping to discover that it has similar healing abilities (to other bee propolis)," Ms Hamilton said.
During the study, propolis from hives in the field will be applied to human cells such as white blood cells.
Ms Hamilton is the first student at University of Sunshine Coast to receive the grant…"
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"The whole island is like a garden" –Henry David Thoreau
Named for the abundance of Norway maple trees (Acer platanoides), the Maple Woods on Richmond Road between Pierce and Steuben Avenues were first known as Maple Walk. They received their current name in August of 1997 from Parks Commissioner Stern and Council Member Jerome X. O'Donovan.
There are approximately 125 species in the maple family in the Northeastern United States, and 13 maple tree species in North America. Characterized by simple, broad, toothy, lobed leaves and long stalks, maples are common shade and woodland trees found from the temperate regions down to the tropical mountains. Maple flowers are generally small and insignificant, but anyone who has lived near the trees can recognize their distinctive paired "helicopter" seeds, or samaras.