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Louise Dudley: Shooting from the hip. Yeah, right.
She makes being in the hot seat look so easy. Always poised, always well-spoken, Louise Dudley has calmly handled the press during UVA's worst calamities over the past 11 years.
Now that she's retiring on December 31, the words "UVA spokesperson" won't, for the first time in years, automatically precede or follow her name.
Why retire now? "When you start getting letters from Social Security, it raises the question," she explains.
While she loves her job, Dudley says she wants to do more of the things that have been squeezed by her demanding, high-profile position. Her former doctor wrote a book called The Third Third, which says that age 60 isn't the end of the line, but the beginning of the third third of life. Dudley, who took up running at 60, takes that message to heart.
Since she first came to work at the university in 1964, Dudley has observed a huge change in the nature of press relations.
"There was no Virginia Freedom of Information Act then," she says. "Board of Visitors' meetings were closed, and documents were not considered public. That was all before Watergate."
As a writer in the news department, she'd type up press releases using carbon copies. "We'd mark it a.m. or p.m. because there were still afternoon papers. And they'd publish it as written. It was a different world."
Dudley, who is a regular on TV, offers this tip for any newcomer finding a camera in his or her face: "The TV crew is not interested in having people look bad. If you mess up, say, 'Stop, I used the wrong word. Let's start over.'" Who knew?
When a pavilion balcony collapsed at graduation ceremonies in 1997, Dudley was there along with 25,000 other people and the press. She briefed reporters as information became known and held press conferences, remaining unflappable throughout.
The most difficult event she's dealt with was the baby switch at the UVA Medical Center. "That was such a hard situation," she says. "If we make a mistake, we try to fix it. There was no good solution to that one."
Her favorite UVA scandal? "The time when the fraternities had just started dry rush. One got the creative idea to have strippers and a Washington Post reporter was there."
Age: 63 next month.
What brought you here? Both times– 1964 and 1989– my husband's study and work at the law school.
What's worst about living here? Superlatives are too hard. That said, brick sidewalks.
Favorite hangout? The wooded pavilion gardens– or anywhere my grandchildren are.
Most overrated virtue? Gravity.
What would people be surprised to know about you? My silly streak.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? I'd be a better correspondent.
What accomplishment are you proudest of? Recently, dropping 17 minutes the second time I ran the 10 Miler.
What do people find most annoying about you? I proofread everything, even restaurant menus.
Whom do you admire? Working couples with young children.
Favorite book? Giants in the Earth by O.E. Rolvaag.
What subject causes you to rant? I'm not really a ranter.
What thrills you about life in the 21st century? The Internet.
What creeps you out about life in the 21st century? Cookies– the Internet kind.
What do you drive? 1997 Volvo.
What's in your car CD player right now? Nothing. I listen to the radio.
What's your next journey? To Florida, without my laptop.
What's the most trouble you've ever gotten in? I was spanked just once: for stepping off the curb when a car was coming.
What do you regret? Losing touch with once-close friends.
Favorite comfort food? Homemade lentil soup.
What's always in your refrigerator? Cottage cheese and V-8. Pour a little juice on the cottage cheese; it's good!
Must-see TV? Not much. Jeopardy and the Redskins most often.
Favorite cartoon? "For Better or For Worse."
Describe a perfect day. A book, a beach, 80 degrees (air and water), no reason to wear a watch.
Walter Mitty fantasy? N.A.
Who'd play you in the movie? Liza Minelli. (I used to have black hair.)
Most embarrassing moment? Learning the hard way that lentil soup isn't the recommended pre-race meal.
Best advice you ever got? Think about things from the other person's point of view.
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Blue Jays score comeback win over White Sox in 10 innings
Toronto Blue Jays' Maicer Izturis left, scores on a Munenori Kawasaki double as Chicago White Sox catcher Tyler Flowers tries to apply the tag during the 10th inning of a game in Chicago Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Toronto won 7-5. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)
CHICAGO -- Chien-Ming Wang and Jose Bautista gave Toronto a chance, and two late miscues by the Chicago White Sox gave the Blue Jays a win.
Bautista hit a game-tying home run in the ninth inning and Rajai Davis scored on a wild pitch in the 10th to lead the Blue Jays to a 7-5 win over the White Sox at a dimmed U.S. Cellular Field on Tuesday night.
Wang made his first start of the season after signing with the injury-riddled Blue Jays, lasting 7 1-3 innings while giving up five runs and 10 hits to help Toronto avoid a three-game losing streak.
"I thought he did a great job," Gibbons said. "He really did."
During the 10th, there was a brief delay after a handful of bulbs in the light standards above the infield at U.S. Cellular Field went out as Ramon Troncoso (0-1) prepared to throw his 2-1 pitch to Adam Lind. Following the delay, Davis scored on Troncoso's wild pitch.
Toronto took a 7-5 lead when Maicer Izturis came home on Munenori Kawasaki's double after Tyler Flowers dropped Alexei Ramirez's relay throw for Chicago's third error of the night.
Brett Cecil (2-0) went 1 2-3 innings for the win and Casey Janssen pitched a scoreless 10th for his 13th save in 14 tries, getting Adam Dunn to ground out with runners on first and second to end the game as the lights returned to full strength.
"It's baseball season. We're happy tonight and tomorrow's a new day," said Lind, who had three hits. "Another tough game tomorrow, their ace (Chris Sale) is on the mound so we know what we're in for."
Wang started the season at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in the Yankees' organization, but opted out of his minor league deal last Friday after going 4-4 with a 2.33 ERA in nine starts.
Wang has spent seven seasons in the major leagues, five with the Yankees, but last started at least 15 games in 2008. Tuesday was only his 26th start since then because of a series of injuries.
Before Tuesday, Wang hadn't pitched in any game since June 1, when he threw seven shutout innings against Durham. His previous major league start was Sept. 23 against the Brewers, and his last win was June 12 of last year against the Blue Jays, when he was with the Washington Nationals.
Manager John Gibbons said Wang will get another start for the Blue Jays.
To make room for Wang, the Blue Jays designated IF Andy LaRoche for assignment. LaRoche was 1 for 4 in one game with the Blue Jays.
Before Tuesday, Blue Jays relievers had thrown 18 innings over their last three games, including 11 during their 4-3 18-inning win Saturday over Texas.
Wang struggled through the fourth, allowing five runs to fall behind 5-2, but settled in and gave the bullpen a rest. He escaped a bases-loaded jam with no outs in the fifth by striking out Paul Konerko and getting Dunn to line into a double play.
"I'm very happy to be back and thank you to the Blue Jays for giving me a chance and opportunity to play baseball in the major leagues," Wang said.
The White Sox, meanwhile, gave Toronto ample chances to get back into the game.
Chicago's three errors gave the Blue Jays three unearned runs. The three errors gave them 42 this season after 70 last year, and they've now given up 23 unearned runs after surrendering 30 in 2012.
They also made mistakes on the bases. Dayan Viciedo got caught stealing in the second, Alejandro De Aza was picked off first in the third, Gordon Beckham was thrown out at third by Bautista in the fourth and Ramirez was doubled off second in the fifth on Dunn's liner.
"We kept shooting ourselves in the foot running the bases," Chicago manager Robin Ventura said. "Any time you lose like that it doesn't feel good."
Jose Quintana pitched 6 1-3 innings, giving up four runs (two earned) and six hits while striking out five to leave with a chance for his first win since May 21. Dunn hit a solo home run, his 17th of the year, and Conor Gillaspie hit a three-run homer off Wang in the fourth to give Chicago a 5-2 lead.
Even after Edwin Encarnacion's two-run home run in the fifth cut the White Sox lead to 5-4, Chicago was one out from a win until Bautista connected off closer Addison Reed.
"I felt great out there," Reed said. "One bad pitch and the next thing you know it, tie ballgame."

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Increasing end-user demand is making enterprise IT go mobile, the 5th biggest tech trend of 2011, says Baseline research.
Mobility, remote user access and telecommuting continue to show remarkable levels of employee-driven deployment. Of the organizations that took part in our study, 27 percent say they are seeing significant end-user demand for these technologies -- more than any of the other 45 trends we tested. Though the pace of adoption for telepresence (virtual video-based meetings) is almost the same this year as it was last year, both wireless networking (for building, campus and remote-office connectivity) and all forms of mobility should have strong growth in 2011.
Fordham University in New York has made mobile-initiative expansion one of its top priorities, says CIO and Vice President Frank Sirianni. There's a challenge to fulfill disparate communications needs for a number of separate communities that a university supports, and enhanced mobile solutions are often the best way to meet these needs.
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NEW YORK (AP) -- A boost from Pringles and strong international results helped Kellogg's fourth-quarter earnings surpass expectations.
Kellogg's, known for breakfast food such as Froot Loops, Eggo waffles and Pop Tarts, has been seeking to improve its results by investing in its supply chain after several product recalls and by expanding its salty snacks business.
It acquired Pringles from Procter & Gamble in February 2012. The brand provided a boost in the fourth quarter, with Pringles revenue up 5 percent in the U.S. and 1 percent in Europe.
The company also changed its accounting method for pensions, and related one-time adjustments led to a loss of $32 million, or 9 cents per share, for the period. That compares with a loss of $195 million, or 54 cents per share, for the prior year's revised results.
Not including one-time items related to its pension adjustments and the Pringles acquisition, the company said underlying earnings were 67 cents per share, a penny above what analysts expected, according to FactSet.
Revenue rose 18 percent to $3.56 billion, from $3.02 billion in the prior year. Analysts expected $3.44 billion. Excluding foreign currency translation, revenue rose 5 percent.
In North America, the company's net sales rose 12 percent in the quarter, or 5.5 percent for existing products, with the breakfast foods and Kashi segment rising by 6 percent.
International sales rose 31 percent in the fourth quarter, boosted by results in Asia and Latin America. Internal sales, which exclude the impact of acquisitions and foreign currency translations, rose 5 percent. The European business also showed improvement, with internal sales up 2.7 percent in the quarter.
For the year, net income rose 11 percent to $961 million, or $2.67 per share. That compares with $866 million, or $2.38, in the prior year. Revenue rose nearly 8 percent to $14.2 billion from $13.2 billion in 2011.
The company, based in Battle Creek, Mich., stood by its outlook for 2013, with sales expected to increase by about 7 percent. Full-year earnings per share are expected to grow between 5 percent and 7 percent.
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David W. Pierce is the co-author of two children's books with his wife, popular Christian comedienne Chonda Pierce, and a memoir, Salvage. He has written ten short stories appearing in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine and Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. A professor of English at Middle Tennessee State University, he also teaches at Taylor University in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. David and Chonda and their family live in Tennessee.


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The Clarke Awards are always an interesting award to watch, because they're selected by a panel of judges who read widely in the field — and thus, some surprises can creep in. This year's six finalists include one book I've never heard of, and also run the gamut of every type of science fiction. Here's the list:
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Some rough notes/explanations on freezing and how it relates to optimizing the backend API. Eventually these notes should go into the user manual.
The issue
Most often one wants to be able to describe a diagram consisting of a collection of shapes, some of them obtained by transforming (e.g. rotating, shearing, scaling, translating) other shapes, and then draw the whole thing using a consistent line width. It would be strange if, say, a large circle was drawn with a thicker line just because it happened to be generated by scaling a smaller circle. Diagrams are supposed to be scale-invariant but in actuality it would be surprising for them to be truly scale-invariant with regards to line width.
Another way of thinking about it is that we want to think of diagrams as 'abstract geometric entities' (e.g. perfect circles, etc.) with the details of how they are actually drawn being a separate issue.
...On the other hand, sometimes we really do want, say, scaling a diagram to scale the line width proportionally! It really depends on the situation.
Note that other things in addition to line width may have the same issue, e.g. patterns/textures like gradients, fill patterns, etc. (once we add support for those).
Solution #1: transformations always affect attributes
One possible "solution" is to say, in essence, "To heck with thinking of diagrams as abstract geometric entities; transformations will always transform attributes, period." This forces the user to place attribute annotations carefully in order to produce the desired behavior. For example, in order to produce a scene consisting of variously scaled shapes, all drawn with a consistent line width, the user must apply the line width attribute after doing all the requisite scaling.
Put more simply, the following snippets of code would produce different output:
foo # scale 2 # lw 1
foo # lw 1 # scale 2
This is certainly possible, but has some drawbacks. Most notable is that if a user obtains several diagrams, each of which has already had a line width applied to it, it may be practically impossible to assemble them into a single diagram with consistent-looking lines.
Solution #2: 'freeze'
Another solution (the one currently adopted by diagrams) is to have a primitive operation called
freeze such that transformations normally do not affect attributes such as line width, but after applying
freeze, they do. Intuitively,
freeze can be thought of as taking a "snapshot" of the physical realization of a diagram, and from then on transformations apply to the realization/drawing rather than to the abstract geometric ideal underlying it.
For example, under this scheme
foo # scale 2 # lw 1 foo # lw 1 # scale 2
have the same meaning, but
foo # lw 1 # freeze # scale 2
is different.
Semantics of 'freeze'
Implementation of 'freeze'
Rough notes dumped here, need to edit
The reason this is difficult is that some of the transformations
- should* apply to styles and some *shouldn't*. But the
transformations and styles occur in the tree all mixed up. (Also, transformations can affect some attributes!) The way we handled this in the past was to never give any transformations directly to a backend. We only give *fully transformed primitives*. e.g. the cairo backend's implementation of withStyle works by *first* performing the given rendering operation under *no* transformations (since it is given fully transformed primitives), then apply just the transformations above freeze and do the actual stroking.
If we want to be able to apply transformations incrementally while we're walking down the tree this gets tricky. I suppose we could do
- inverse* transformations before doing the stroking corresponding to
the transformations *underneath* the freeze...
Even just continuing to fully apply the transformations to primitives and allowing styles to be applied early would go a long way, I think. We could also do some work to coalesce styles. e.g. consider
foo1 = hcat (map circle [1,2,3,4,5]) # fc blue
foo2 = hcat (map (fc blue . circle) [1,2,3,4,5])
It would be nice if these actually generated the same output, i.e. the programmer didn't have to worry about making such changes to their code in order to "optimize" it.


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In response to the essay [October 6: "Brass tax: Reasons to bring back Pep Band"], a couple of disclosures.
First, like the author who admits a bias because of her former membership in the Pep Band, I'm somewhat biased because I have a son in the Marching Band. However, I also liked the Pep Band, and think they deserve a place at the University.
That said, to make the new Marching Band the poster children for corporate greed is unfair, to say the least. Where on their uniforms do you see the name of a donor or corporate sponsor?
Inviting PVCC students to join the band was a deliberate attempt by director Bill Pease and UVA to reach out to the community and give students at a band-less school who might want to play in a band a chance to do so.
Although the author states vaguely that there are "lots" of Piedmont students in the band, there are, in fact, 13.
"Who's it all about?" It's about both the university and the community at large. Does the author also think we should we limit attendance at the game to students and alumni only?
Furthermore, I can find no definition for the word "scab" that makes sense in the context of this essay. This appears simply mean-spirited.
Clearly, a couple of hundred students enjoy being in the Marching Band, and tens of thousands of football fans who cheer the Band when they come out on the field must appreciate them as well.
I agree that the University overreacted in its treatment of the Pep Band. Hopefully there's a way for both bands to contribute to in a meaningful way. But to demean and disrespect the Marching Band members and staff by trying to make them symbols of all that's wrong with big-time sports and influence peddling is going way too far.
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The information provided above is only a generalized description of the problem of thefts of and from cars in residential neighborhoods. You must combine the basic facts with a more specific understanding of your local problem. Analyzing the local problem carefully will help you design a more effective response strategy. Your main emphasis should be on understanding the environmental settings in which the thefts occur in your suburban residential communities, and identifying those people in your community who can help change those settings.
In most cases, the main problem will be theft from cars, and you should try to determine the kind of offenders involved (e.g., transients, drug addicts, juveniles). On the other hand, if the problem is mainly theft of cars, you will need to determine the motive, whether for joyriding, for transport, or for profit. The principal indicators of motive are recovery rates, though the model stolen will also help determine the motive because certain kinds of thieves favor certain models, which vary according to how easy they are to steal, or the valued parts that they contain.9
Determining which individuals and groups have a stake in the problem and its resolution is an important first step in collecting information about the problem. In addition to criminal justice agencies, the following groups are likely to have some stake or interest in the problem because they may be able to effect changes in the environmental settings in which the thefts occur. Without their help, you will be limited to reactive responses to calls for service and to making occasional arrests, without the ability to implement any changes in the environment that may prevent the thefts from occurring. Stakeholders include:
The most important first step must be the collection of relevant data. It is only through the systematic collection of information concerning characteristics of location, times and methods used by offenders that a clear picture of the problem will emerge. This information can then be used both to inform local car owners and residents of the problem as well as to train police officers.
In many densely populated areas, thefts from cars go uninvestigated if there is no information from the victim as to the identity of the perpetrator. Frequently, police departments do not even send an officer to the scene to investigate or to interview the victim. Reports on these types of offenses are often simply taken over the telephone and entered into the departments' records. While this sort of action may be pragmatic in overburdened police agencies, when attempting to address a specific problem it causes the loss of a great deal of information that may be of assistance. Identifying one or more perpetrators can alleviate a problem by removing the offender and providing insight into the characteristics, motives, and methods of operation of the thieves. Furthermore, the collection of intelligence concerning the scene of the theft may also help in prevention if the information is routinely shared with a crime analyst, who may help, using mapping techniques, to identify risky locations. (See Crime Analysis for Problem Solvers in 60 Small Steps for further guidance on problem analysis.) The following specific intelligence collection methods may be particularly useful for this type of problem:
§§ Police researchers in the United Kingdom used an alternative method of gathering intelligence against professional car thieves: They distributed questionnaires to police investigators who dealt with car crime and collected data about their knowledge of offenders. Among other information, the study indicated that joyriders tend to graduate to other vehicle crimes, and it identified common traits of facilities used as chop shops (Hinchliffe, 1994).
The following are some questions you should ask in analyzing your particular problem of thefts of and from cars on suburban residential streets or driveways, even if the answers are not always readily available. Your answers to these and other questions will help you choose the most appropriate set of responses later on.
§ The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department found that transient alcoholics who made a daily trip from the shelters along an abandoned rail line to the city's downtown office parking areas primarily caused their theft from vehicle problem. Part of the solution was to deny access to the rail line by installation of a new trolley system (Clarke and Goldstein, 2003).
Measurement allows you to determine to what degree your efforts have succeeded, and suggests how you might modify your responses if they are not producing the intended results. You should take measures of your problem before you implement responses, to determine how serious the problem is, and after you implement them, to determine whether they have been effective. All measures should be taken in both the target area and the surrounding area. For more detailed guidance on measuring effectiveness, see Problem Solving Tool Guide No. 1, Assessing Responses to Problems.
The following are potentially useful measures of the effectiveness of responses to thefts of and from cars:
The following measures, while not direct measures of effectiveness, may indicate progress toward reduced thefts:
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Convicted robber Brian Gamble of Norwich, who was in prison since his arrest after a domestic violence incident in August, is being returned to probation.
Gamble, 31, agreed Friday to a plea deal in New London Superior Court that frees him from prison after about 2½ months.
Gamble was accused of attacking his ex-girlfriend, who was then nine months pregnant with their child.
"The incident had to do with her drug use during pregnancy," Assistant State's Attorney Theresa Anne Ferryman said.
"His concern was about her pregnancy and the welfare of the child," Assistant Public Defender Fred DeCaprio said.
DeCaprio said Gamble had a job and had no other probation violations.
A new condition of probation is that Gamble won't be allowed to contact his ex-girlfriend. Judge Hillary Strackbein said that he will have to make an arrangement with the Family Court so he can visit his child.


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It was one of our greatest fears for years. Something those of us in the art community discussed occasionally and hoped would never happen—the retirement of Suzanne Muchnic. Then, last month, we read the post on the Los Angeles Times's Reader Representative blog that after thirty-one years, she was stepping away from her long-held position as arts reporter.
The phrase "veteran arts journalist" was practically created for Suzanne. You'll be hard pressed to find anyone in town, from curators to publicists, who don't hold her in the highest regard. Suzanne just got it. She understood museums, she understood art, and she was incredibly deft at weaving compelling, honest stories. It goes without saying that we'll miss her. So, on the occasion of her retirement, we thought we'd ask her to take a look back. Somehow, after reading her thoughtful answers to our questions, I appreciate her even more than I already did.
How did your appreciation of art change in three decades of writing about it? Did you start out liking one genre and move on to others?
I was primarily interested in contemporary art when I started writing, but over the years I developed a much deeper knowledge and love of art history. One of the best things about my job was that it was an ongoing education. In newspaper terms, I was a specialist because I wrote almost exclusively about visual arts. In fact, I was a generalist, forever exploring things that required as much research and reading as deadlines allowed.
What was the first show you reviewed as a staff writer for the LA Times, and the last?
I freelanced for the LA Times for about a year before I joined the staff. My first review published in the paper, in 1977, covered a show of Bill Davison's prints at USC and an exhibition about performance art at the Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art. My first review as a staff writer was about Paris-Berlin: Reports and Contrasts from France and Germany, 1900–33 at the Pompidou Center in Paris. I stopped reviewing around 1990 and began devoting all my time to news and features. My last feature written while I was on staff, to be published Jan. 10, is about The Art of Native American Basketry: A Living Tradition, an exhibition at the Autry National Center.
We were recently talking about the notion of the "L.A. Artist." Is the term useful to you? Do the artists of the region have something in common other than where they work?
The term might seem limiting or hopelessly old-fashioned, but I always want to know where an artist lives and works, and how that fact might shape or influence the work. "L.A. artists" come from all over the world, but there's something about the region's light, space, climate, and sense of possibility that distinguishes the work of many who choose to work here.
Which artist gave the best interview? And the worst?
I don't think there was a best or worst, just many memorable conversations. One of my favorites was with Lee Bontecou at her home on a Pennsylvania farm, reached by a series of dirt roads. I talked to her just before she ended a long retreat from the art world with a retrospective exhibition at the Hammer Museum.
Do you see art criticism migrating away from print, and if so what effect does this have on the quality of the coverage?
Journalism is certainly migrating away from print, but we are in the midst of such a profound transition that it's probably foolhardy to predict the future. In the long run, I think there will be a place for thoughtful art criticism and feature articles. At the moment, though, the push to be first and get the most hits with celebrity coverage seems overwhelming.
Do you look forward to seeing shows without having to write about them?
I have always gone to see shows that I didn't write about and I'm sure I will continue. It can be fun to look without a reporter's sense of responsibility, but having that responsibility has tremendous rewards.


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According to Variety, the actress will star in the upcoming romantic comedy, "Pumas."
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The movie is said to be about "two thirtysomething women who make a habit of romancing younger men."
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Australian GP: Friday Quotes
Heikki Kovalainen (17th, 1:27.802): "Although the track was very green and slippery, the car felt good from the start of the session," said Heikki. "Our balance was good, particularly in the high-speed corners, and KERS deployed well, working smoothly throughout both sessions. A reasonable first day - even if the times don't properly reflect that. We saw some decent pace and made some progress which was pleasing for the new guys on my car this year."
Lewis Hamilton (18th, 1:27.813): "The first session didn't prove too productive for us," said Lewis. "We worked hard to get the prime tires to operate effectively, but the track conditions and our set-up made it difficult to get them to work, and it didn't give me the confidence to push hard. The changes we made after P1 made the car feel much better. We're still working to refine the balance - and we have a number of issues still to address - but we are heading in the right direction."
Martin Whitmarsh, Team Principal: "We arrived in Australia fully aware that we'd be facing a tough start to the season. But we adhered to a disciplined program today, focusing on tire durability work, and weren't swayed by a desire to post flattering times. Equally, we're now focusing on implementing the performance steps we've planned for the next few races. Overall, then, we've made good progress recently but are well aware that we've still got a lot of work to do."
Norbert Haug, Mercedes Motorsport Director: "After the winter tests, we knew that we would have a difficult start into the season. While our car has improved since the Barcelona test, we still have a lot of work to do."
Felipe Massa (10th, 1:27.064): "We are more or less okay with the set up, although there is still room to improve the performance. I was not able to do a time on the soft tires in the second session as I made a mistake because of oversteer: in this phase we had a different balance on the car compared to when we had used the hard tires, which proved not to be the ideal choice. On top of that, towards the end of the session, the wind got up a bit, which definitely did not help. Tomorrow, with everyone on the same fuel load, we will see what the situation is."
Kimi Raikkonen (11th, 1:27.204): "This morning, the car went well, while in the afternoon, we didn't manage to find a satisfactory set up, even though we tried various solutions. I think there is every chance we can improve our performance, but I can't say by how much compared to the others. Today, it's difficult to say where we are compared to them and we will see after tomorrow's qualifying."
Stefano Domenicali, Team Principal: "One cannot really draw hasty conclusions after just three hours of free practice, but the first signs seem to support what we saw during winter testing. The pecking order that had established itself in recent years seems to have been overturned and we now find ourselves up against different and more numerous rivals. We did a lot of kilometers, pretty much completing the planned program and now we have to carefully study all the data gathered. The most important data that catches the eye today concerns tire management, which this year as never before, seems rather delicate: the softer tires seem to degrade considerably over a distance, while the harder ones suffer from a lack of grip. We knew this to be the case and we have to concentrate on this problem and on how to improve the overall performance of the F60."
Luca Baldisserri, Head of Trackside Operations: "The first Friday of the season always throws up some surprises and that is even more than usual the case this year, given the numerous rule changes. Today, we did a lot of running and had no technical problems: reliability will be one of the dominant themes of the championship and it will be vital to try and pick up points every time. In these three hours of free practice, we saw that our performance over a long run seems to be very consistent but we have to see how to improve outright performance for tomorrow's qualifying."
BMW Sauber
Nick Heidfeld (14th, 1:27.317): "It was great fun to drive here today. It was high time the season started. We had no technical problems and completed our entire program - with the usual tire comparison and long runs. The Albert Park circuit isn't a permanent race track and, therefore, naturally has a very low grip level at the beginning of the race weekend. It improved a little during the two practice sessions but even in the end it wasn't good."
Robert Kubica (15th, 1:27.398): "It was the first Friday of the season, but, apart from that, it was the normal work improving the set-up and evaluating the tires for the race. We collected a lot of data which we have to analyze so we can make more progress. Overall we are lacking grip, and we have to find out why."
Willy Rampf, Technical Director: "At last the new season has started! We did not have any technical problems today, KERS also worked without any difficulties. We were able to complete our full program. The focus was the set-up work for the race, but so far we are not satisfied with this. The decisive factor will be to use the tire performance perfectly for both specifications. We will concentrate on this in the third practice."
Fernando Alonso (12th, 1:27.232): "At last, after lots of winter testing, expectations and predictions, we have started the 2009 season. Today we concentrated on car set-up in hot conditions without being too concerned by what our competitors were doing. We now have lots of valuable information and, as usual, we will go over that this evening. We are missing some grip but we have some ideas about how we can overcome these issues. So I'm still confident. We should deliver a better performance tomorrow."
Nelson Piquet (19th, 1:27.828): "That wasn't an easy day. I struggled to find a good balance on a green track with little grip. However, the settings that we worked on today have still helped us explore some interesting developments for tomorrow and I remain positive."
Pat Symonds, Executive Director of Engineering: "As always in Melbourne, there are lots of support races and the track was in reasonable condition when free practice began. Having said that, the sessions took place quite late in the day and the asphalt tended to cool down and we had to take this into account. The car was not as well balanced as we would have liked. We encountered lots of oversteer today and reducing that is what we are concentrating on. The harder tires are rather difficult to get up to temperature. The soft tires give a good level of performance from the first lap, but they then suffer from quite significant graining. We encountered an electrical problem on Fernando's car this morning and that limited his track time a little bit. Other than that, the R29 has not had any problems. Our goal is to focus on the balance of the car in order to overcome the oversteer on this demanding circuit."
Jarno Trulli (3rd, 1:26.350): "It was a tough day because we covered quite a few laps and had a lot of things to work on. In general we have worked really hard to understand the tires and find the right set-up, which is not easy. I am still not completely happy with the car balance and, even though when you look at the timing sheets things look pretty good for us, the car isn't completely comfortable to drive. Now we have to work on improving the set-up and the balance for tomorrow when it is most important. Anyway, I have to say it's great to be back at a Grand Prix because I love being behind the wheel with the atmosphere and excitement of a race weekend; this is what I live for."
Timo Glock (6th, 1:26.443): "In the end I am satisfied with our day but I have to say the first session went better than the second session for me. In the first session I had a good feeling from the car and things were running well but then later on I suddenly had a few problems because the car was a bit nervous and didn't feel as stable on the long runs. The behavior of the car seemed to change between the sessions so we have to look at the data to understand why that happened. So we still have some work to do but that is the purpose of practice and we will work hard on the car set-up before qualifying tomorrow."
Dieter Gass, Chief Engineer Race and Test: "It was a reasonable day for us. The track evolution was different compared to previous years but that was probably connected to the later start for practice. As usual it was dirty to begin with so that affected the grip and then in the second session it seemed the track began to drop off at one stage. The biggest issue we have to follow up is the tires because the behavior is not quite as we expected, but apart from that it was a pretty smooth day with both cars. We didn't have any significant issues so we completed quite a lot of laps and got through our full program of looking at set-up and studying the tires. It is only Friday so it's not easy to judge relative performance but we are looking quite competitive, even though we will focus on improving our long-run performance before the race."
Toro Rosso-Ferrari
Sebastien Bourdais (16th, 1:27.479): "It was good that we had a trouble free day and were able to get on with our work, even if we knew we were not going to be quick enough, as we are lacking some development parts, which at this early point in the season always make a big difference. I was fairly happy with the balance of the car on the super soft tire, apart from a bit too much oversteer at high speed. Overall, it's not too bad, but we will do the best we can even if I think we will struggle to make it into Q2 tomorrow."
Sebastien Buemi (20th, 1:28.076): "My first F1 practice session and I had a lot of new things to learn and to deal with. It was not too bad, we tried various changes and improved the car lap by lap. The second session got off to quite a good start, but later we had some difficulty with finding the right set up. Given our lack of testing with this car, today was like a test session which we used to learn more about the car. It's my first time at this circuit and I still need to get used to it and I learned a lot, but there is still plenty to do to improve tomorrow."
Red Bull-Renault
Mark Webber (4th, 1:26.370): "It's great to be back in Australia. I'm proud of the Australian GP; they put on an excellent show here for everyone and it's good for the local people. They've had a tough few months recently with the fires, so I hope they enjoy the weekend. My day today was a bit hit and miss to be honest, as we had a few technical problems with the car. I didn't get many laps in during the first session, but the second was a lot better. We completed more laps and tried both types of tires, so we've got some good stuff to go through tonight. It was quite interesting to see how low the sun was through the trees towards the end of the second session, it was good to run with that to get used to it for Sunday."
Sebastian Vettel (8th, 1:26.740): "We had a bad session in this morning's practice and didn't get too much running, due to a hydraulics problem. In the afternoon we were able to get some laps in, but unfortunately I made a stupid mistake towards the end of the practice, so we couldn't run through our program. Nevertheless, it's looking alright with what we've done compared to the time we had on the circuit, so let's see how we go tomorrow. Like always on Fridays, it's a bit difficult to interpret everyone's lap times, but I think we can be happy."
Christian Horner, Sporting Director: "After the off-track activities of the last couple of days, it was good to get the weekend under way. There were a couple of issues in the first session - a hydraulics leak with Sebastian and a driveshaft problem with Mark limited our run-time. In the second session both drivers showed good pace and we worked through our program. Unfortunately Sebastian had a small off, which ended his day early, but both drivers seem comfortable in the car and their pace was respectable."
Nico Rosberg (1st, 1:26.053): "In both sessions sector two was working particularly well. There are only two 'real' corners in the sector, but it's really interesting and it feels good in the car. The FW31 is well balanced all round the track, but seems even more so there than in any other places. After a winter of testing, it's good to get out on a new, fresh track and we seem to be in a better position than we thought."
Kazuki Nakajima (7th, 1:26.560): "Sector two is my favorite here at Albert Park. It includes a complete variety of corners, from the medium speed in turn 6 to the slow speed corners like 9, while 11 and 12 are the quickest. It makes it hard to establish a rhythm, but sector two certainly keeps your attention!"
Force India-Mercedes
Adrian Sutil (9th, 1:27.040): "I hope this is representative of where we are, but it is still very early on in the weekend. We had a good session in the afternoon and could do some quite promising runs. I was pleased with the car, we had no real problems. The balance depended on the tires. In the second session we did some race runs and struggled a lot with the softer tire, but I think once the track rubbers in the tires will grip better, but overall it was OK and a good position in the end. I think we can be happy with where we are right now."
Giancarlo Fisichella (13th, 1:27.282): "It's a bit too early to say how we can perform this weekend. The car is better under high speed but so far I am struggling with the rear locking and I'm not 100% comfortable just yet. We're in better shape than last year for sure though. We will see tomorrow but at least we know there is potential to improve over night."
Simon Roberts, Chief Operating Officer: "It's been a promising start to the weekend today. I've been really pleased with the team and the overall performance. We managed to get everything we needed to completed and, apart from a couple of niggles in the first session - really just early season teething problems - it was a good team showing."
Brawn GP-Mercedes
Rubens Barrichello (2nd, 1:26.157): "To be here in Melbourne is a real achievement for the team and it feels good to be back in the car and working towards a race weekend strategy again. Despite the limited testing time that we were able to do before this race, we have proved that we have a competitive car and were achieved some good work today. We evaluated both tires and are happy with the overall performance so I think we have a good chance of a strong qualifying performance tomorrow."
Jenson Button (5th, 1:26.374): "It was great to finally get the season underway today. We had a good first day of practice and the long run performance looks competitive, particularly on the harder tire. We still have some work to do on the softer tire so that will be a priority for tomorrow's practice session. I had traffic on both of my new tires runs at the end of the day which was a shame so we don't know how quick we are over one lap yet but there is plenty of time to find that out tomorrow."
Ross Brawn, Team Principal: "The circuit at Albert Park is very different to the tracks that we used for our limited pre-season testing program so our focus today has been on setting the car up to suit the conditions that we have here and the preferences of our drivers. Track conditions improved considerably in the second session however we are clearly not alone in finding the experience of running slightly later in the day less favorable than anticipated. It is a useful indication of what we may find when the race runs at a similar time on Sunday. The car performed well and we are pleased with the day's work experiencing only minor issues which are to be expected with our limited testing mileage. A good start to the weekend."
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VH Atmosphere Adults Only Resort and Beach Club is a new concept property that caters to adults only (18+). Small, intimate and Zen, this hotel offers lots of adult oriented activities with nature in mind. Located right on the Playa Dorada breath taking golf course, this hotel is steps away from Playa Dorada beach and has its own private beach club. Treat yourself to a Royal Package and enjoy lots of extra services and amenities!
- One hour daily use bicycles.
- One hour daily use of non motorized water sport activities.
- One scuba dive lesson in hotel main pool.
- All taxes
Inclusions subject to change without notice at the discretion of the property. Some restrictions may apply.
All rooms include:
- Coffee maker
- Iron/Ironing board
- Laptop safe
- Mini-bar
- Phone
Select a room type:
Garden View Room includes:
Room includes:
- 1 double bed
- Minimum 1 adult, maximum 2 adults
- No more than 2 guests in the room
- Bathroom with tub and shower
- Ceiling fan
- No rollaway beds available
Garden View room
Superior Room includes:
Room includes:
- 1 king bed, or 2 double beds
- Minimum 2 adults, maximum 2 adults
- No more than 2 guests in the room
- Bathroom with tub and shower
- Ceiling fan
- No rollaway beds available
Superior Room
Junior Suite Royal Package includes:
Room includes:
- 1 king bed, or 2 double beds
- Minimum 2 adults, maximum 2 adults
- No more than 2 guests in the room
- Bathroom with tub and shower
- Ceiling fan
- No rollaway beds available
Junior Suite Royal Package
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Special Royal package Facilities & Services
- Concierge services exclusively for Royal package guests (for a la carte restaurants priority reservations and other guest services)
- Priority when making a la carte dinner reservations
- Exclusive access to the Vintage Club, a large elegant lounge bar serving international beverages, coffees and snacks from 8:00 am to 12:00 midnight. The club offers HD flat screen TV, air conditioned comfort, signature drinks, books, novels, newspapers and board games.
- Access to private quiet pool
- Access to private beach area within personalized waiter service within this area
- Superior quality of towels for beach and pool use
- Room service
- In room bathrobes
- In room welcome tropical fruit plate
- Daily turn down service and chocolate
- High speed Wi-Fi
- Early check in (subject to availability)
- Late check out (subject to availability)
Amenities & activities
Age ranges
- Adults only
Bars and entertainment
El Lago Bar
Lotus Bar
Vintage Bar & Lounge
Las Brizas Beach Bar
Quiet pool bar and Vintage club bar (Royal members only)
Check-in and check-out times
Check-in time: 3 p.m.
Check-out time: 12 p.m.
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El Lago
Jardin Victoria
Beach Club
- Rooms: 193
- Built in: 2017
Health and wellness
- Fitness centre: On site
- Special discount at Bagua Spa, located in sister luxury Boutique hotel Casa Colonial ($)
Complejo Hotelero Playa Dorada
Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
15 km from POP
Meal and plan options
- All-inclusive: Included
- Dinner can be à la carte (reservations required, dress code in effect)
- Unlimited international and domestic drinks
Pools and recreation
- Infinity pools: 1
- Outdoor pools: 1
Other activities
- Special discount for golf Green Fees at Playa Dorada golf course (by Robert Trent Jones) ($)
- Kite Lessons ($)
- Tennis lessons ($)
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- Laundry services ($)
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A French naturalist named Henri Mouhot in 1860 stumbled across a city of stone hidden in the tangled forest of Cambodia. It had been built long ago, the locals told him, by a vanished race of giant gods. "Grander than anything left by Greece or Rome," Mouhot said about the lost city of Angkor, with its more than 100 temples and remarkable carvings.
This work was begun in 802 not by giant gods but by Jayavarman II, a Khmer king who chose to build his capital here. (Angkor means "city" in the Khmer language.) Within two centuries perhaps a million people lived here. The city stretched across the plain for 100 square miles.
The 12th-century temple was erected around the same time as the Cathedral
of Notre Dame in Paris and it occupies the same acreage as the Forbidden
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The finest temple here, and probably the largest religious monument ever built, is the 500-acre Angkor Wat. Built in the early 12th century by Suryavarman II, it is considered the peak of classical Khmer architecture and art. It is dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu, the preserver -- as well as to his human embodiment in Suryavarman II, who was considered a god-king.
Angkor Wat consists of rectangular enclosures that frame a "temple mountain" designed with an allegorical meaning. The high central sanctuary symbolically corresponds to Mount Meru, the sacred mountain where Hindu gods dwell at the center of the universe. Meru's five peaks are represented by the temple's five towers. The surrounding walls stand for mountains at the fringe of the world, and the moat is the ocean farther out. The central towers are reachable by 12 stairways that suggest the steep slopes of Mount Meru.
The towers are designed to look like sprouting lotus buds, and at one time they may have been covered in gold. Throughout the temple complex, carvings and sculptures depict gods, battle scenes, dancers, events in Hindu mythology, and other images. Working in sandstone, a fairly soft material, made the construction project easier for the 5,000 artisans and 50,000 laborers who built the temple over a period of some three decades.
Creating a mystic link with the eternal movement of the heavens that revolve around the temple, the buildings and statues of Angkor Wat line up with the solar equinoxes and solstices.
The walls of the outer gallery are covered in bas-relief carvings that reach more than six feet high and are said to be the longest continuous bas-reliefs in the world. The carved scenes tell stories from Hindu religious epics -- the Ramayana and the Mahabharata -- and narrate Vishnu's adventures. Supposedly, the bevies of apsaras, or heavenly dancers, who adorn the temple were carved using the king's own bare-breasted harem as models. The women's exotic hairstyles and jeweled collars illustrate high fashion as it was practiced in the area nine centuries ago.
Angkor Wat and the surrounding city thrived until 1431, when invaders from Siam (present-day Thailand) arrived. Badly damaged, Angkor was soon abandoned. But the forest itself proved an even more destructive invader. Vines, creepers, and rampant fig trees strangled the buildings and pushed masonry walls asunder, swallowing up the forgotten city.
Fortunately, Angkor Wat fared better than many other structures, because Buddhist monks arrived with the Siamese invaders and occupied the temple. In the high central tower, once the sacred precincts of the Hindu god Siva, the monks placed a huge figure of Buddha.
After Angkor's rediscovery in the mid-1800s, French and Cambodian archaeologists restored many ruins. But their work was undone in the 1970s, when Angkor was infiltrated by Khmer Rouge guerrillas who looted temples, decapitated sculptures, and sold the spoils on the black market to raise cash for war. In the early 1990s, thieves ran wild through the temples, cutting the heads off the famous apsaras and causing extensive damage. Illicit art dealers acquired many of the treasures from Angkor, and quite a few sculptures later reemerged in western auction houses and private collections.
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Jerry Camarillo Dunn, Jr., has worked with the National Geographic Society for more than 20 years, starting as a staff editor, writer, and columnist at Traveler magazine, then writing travel guides. His latest work is National Geographic Traveler: San Francisco. Dunn's Smithsonian Guide to Historic America: The Rocky Mountain States has sold more than 100,000 copies. His travel pieces appear in newspapers such as the Chicago Tribune and The Boston Globe. Jerry Dunn's stories have won three Lowell Thomas Awards from the Society of American Travel Writers -- the highest honor in the field. He also wrote and hosted a pilot episode for a travel show produced by WGBH, Boston's public television station.


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U-Go Mobility also rents stationary oxygen concentrators that are too heavy, bulky and expensive to bring and stow on a plane. Who wants to bring that type of heavy equipment to Hawaii anyway?
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I'm not in a position to say. haha. But his facial expressions often looks like he just smelled some doo doo. lol
Maybe he did. You never know if a fan behind him did something. lol
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I was a background extra and Jim Carrey was doing a scene. He was very serious... like Nadal. lol
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