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Apple MacBook Pro 13in with Retina display full review
It was inevitable that the original Retina-class notebook, the 15in MacBook Pro, would be joined by a similarly bescreened 13in model.
See: more reviews of Apple MacBooks.
In the case of this 13in Retina Mac, the display's pixel count has likewise been doubled in both directions, from 1280 x 800 to 2560 x 1600 pixels. This unlocks a HiDPI mode, whereby the desktop interface looks the same size and proportion as before, but with every element literally twice as sharp.
See also: new Macworld UK review of the 15-inch Apple MacBook with Retina display, with new benchmark tests
It's still a reflective glass display, like the 15in Retina Mac's screen, yet one of the least annoying of such polished mirror-like displays. That's thanks in part to the reduction of the number of reflective layers that sit between you and the TFT matrix. The LCD and glass are bonded as one.
This means expensive repair bills should the worst happen, but rich, saturated colours you'd expect from a gloss screen, and fantastic viewing from any angle, thanks to the in-plane switching (IPS) technology that underpins the panel.
Apple also applies an anti-reflective coating to the surface. Together, these strategies create one of very few glass screens that won't drive you to distraction with aggravating reflections.
Apple must also be one of very few notebook designers still specifying 16:10 aspect ratio screens. This provides a much more comfortable viewing experience than the nearly inescapable 16:9 screen now used across the computer industry; fine for watching widescreen film and video, very far from optimal when trying to be productive or even just read down web pages.
The Apple MacBook Pro with Retina display has a glass screen but one that is relatively low in reflectivity.
Apple MacBook Pro 13in with Retina display: Features
The ins and outs of ports are identical to the 15in version, so we see fast USB 3.0 (times two) for desktop peripherals, as well as a formidable pair of even faster – and more versatile – Thunderbolt ports.
Either or both of these Thunderbolt ports can be connected to external monitors or projectors. Apple says that both external screens can be up to 2560 x 1600 pixels in size, the same as the built-in Retina screen. That's surprising given the modest integrated Intel graphics processor.
Even driving just the built-in screen, there are occasional moments when you can perceive some juddering – such as fast scrolling in Safari web browser. While this suggests that some apps' video rendering is not optimised for perfect Retina motion, we believe this may yet be improved in forthcoming software updates.
Other I/O ports include an SDXC card slot for high-capacity flash cards, and the revised MagSafe 2 magnetic power clasp. Absent from the 19mm-thick Unibody casework are the once-standard accoutrements of gigabit ethernet and DVD optical drive.
The former can be covered by an optional Thunderbolt-to-Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (£25), while external USB optical drives – Blu-ray as well as DVD – are readily available.
MagSafe 2 power connector, two Thunderbolt ports, USB 3.0, headset jack and twin mics range across the left side of the Apple MacBook Pro 13in with Retina display
Also missing in the new generation of Retina MacBooks is the comforting, slow pulsing sleep light, plus any means to physical secure the hardware. The once-ubiquitous Kensington lock slot is once again forsaken. The infrared remote receiver is also now absent.
More disappointing for bleeding-edge technology enthusiasts is the continued absence of 'gigabit wireless', otherwise known as 802.11ac. This is still fledgling wireless technology, although that didn't prevent Apple from showing the industry the way before with first its early adoption of first 802.11b, and later the 11g and 11n standards that followed.
Underlining Apple's interest in voice recognition technology, with more integration seen in the latest Mountain Lion operating system, the new 13in MacBook Pro includes dual microphones. Dual mics assists in voice capture clarity, by allowing sophisticated noise-cancellation algorithms that help remove unwanted background noise.
These mics are sited on the left flank now, just in front of the single headset jack that replaces separate audio-in and headphone-out sockets on earlier models. Still present is the useful Toslink digital audio output, available through the centre of the 3.5mm combo jack.
Apple MacBook Pro 13in with Retina display: Weights and measures
At less than 19mm thick, and 314mm by 219mm in plan view, the 13in Apple MacBook Pro with Retina display remains very much a portable notebook. Not only ultraportable, we'd venture, but appropriate for the Ultrabook category that Intel invented to sell more processors to Windows laptops makers.
The Apple MacBook Pro 13in with Retina display weighs just 1.64kg – a most modest mass that notably undercuts the 2.06kg of the 'classic' 13in MacBook Pro Unibody design.
The latter, like its even chunkier 15in counterpart, remain in production; perhaps to satisfy those that need more expansion and upgrading options, as much to help those with smaller budgets.
Apple MacBook Pro 13in with Retina display: Processor and memory options
In contrast to the 15in Retina MacBook Pro, the 13in model loses out on a quad-core Intel processor. Instead of 2.3GHz or 2.6GHz Core i7 chips, the smaller notebook is fitted with either a 2.5GHz Intel Core i5; or optionally and for an extra £160, a 2.9GHz Core i7. Both options are dual-core with Hyperthreading to present four virtual cores to the software.
Memory is not so customisable. Where the 15in can have either 8GB or 16GB of DDR3L RAM – albeit totally upgradeable after purchase – the 13in is only available with 8GB of 1600MHz memory. This again may push those who demand more, up to 16GB of memory, toward the 15in option.
Apple MacBook Pro 13in with Retina display: What's in store
Flash storage is the present as well as the future, the logical choice for a high-performance notebook that's been shrunk to 19mm thin.
Apple starts with a relatively small 128GB SSD as standard for £1449, with a 256GB SSD model costing £1699. Doubling that 256GB to 512GB adds £400 to the price; maxing out to 768GB results in a 13in Retina portable that costs £2499.
Like memory, storage upgrades on the new MacBooks are not supported; unlike the soldered memory though, there may be scope for third-party flash cards to upgrade the new-style storage.
Apple MacBook Pro 13in with Retina display: Power
Higher performance and a multi-megapixel IPS display results in increased drain on the (non-replaceable) internal battery. To this end, the 13in Retina MBP packs several lithium-polymer batteries, amounting to a 74Wh.
That's up from the 63.5Wh of the non-Retina model but well short of the massive 99Wh pack fitted to the 15in MacBook Pro with Retina display and its 45W TDP quad-core processor and two graphics processors.
Apple once again lists 7 hours of wireless web battery life, the same figure cited for all its Mac portables now.
Apple MacBook Pro 13in with Retina display: Performance
We tested battery life first, using the industry-standard MobileMark 2007 test in Windows 7. Apple lists 7 hours of wireless web battery life, the same figure cited for all its Mac portables now. We saw a usefully extended runtime of nearly 9 hours (524 mins, Productivity test). It's possible that Mac users may benefit from even longer than that figure.
Still in Windows 7, we tried our nearly retired real-world benchmark suite WorldBench 6, and here the Retina 13in reaped a tidy 152 points.
PCMark 7 gave us a headline suite result of 4596 points, putting performance firmly into the premier league; the standard MacBook Pro 15in (Mid-2012) with quad-core processor but hard-disk storage scored 2697 points, for example.
Windows gaming tests showed a typical result that we see from other Ivy Bridge chips with Intel HD Graphics 4000 driving the screen – with 29fps averaged in both the old FEAR test at Maximum detail, and Hard Reset running at 1280x800 with High detail.
In short, overall system performance is very far from wanting, and all still backed up with fantastic battery life.
Apple MacBook Pro 13in with Retina display: The Caveats
Lest we give the impression this is the perfect – if pricey – notebook, we should reiterate some of our misgivings about this undoubtedly advanced example of precision computing hardware.
Apple has always promoted the complete user experience, rarely acceding to the usual Windows PC industry way of bolting together computers. And that in-house ecosystem philosophy is evident when it comes to upgrading system components.
In the past Macs have been relatively easy to upgrade – the usual points of storage capacity and memory at least. In fact, some Macs we've seen, such as the Mac mini, have been engineered to have the easiest memory accessibility imaginable, such as popping off a large plastic hatch on the underside.
Other times, we're frustrated by non-standard parts, such as the custom hard disks now required to repair recent iMacs.
Now we are finding some of the latest Apple high-tech hardware has reduced upgrade options to effectively zero. The trend may have started outside of Macintosh with Apple's smartphones and tablets, but is now filtering across to the workhorse Mac computers too.
The 13in Retina MacBook Pro has RAM chips soldered to the logic board, and uses proprietary flash storage modules. Its lithium-polymer batteries don't pop out if you can get the baseplate unscrewed – they're epoxied to the chassis. All this is sealed down with tamper-discouraging pentalobe screws.
For future expansion of this 13in Retina MacBook Pro, you're now limited to whatever can be adapted to work with USB or Thunderbolt ports.
And the move to super-thin construction also carries security issues. If you want to ensure your precious isn't swiped from your desk when you turn your back, you will need to wait first for some innovative third-party to come up with a locking system to replace the classic Kensington lock slot, now that the slot itself has been swiped by Apple.
Apple MacBook Pro 13in with Retina display: Specs
- 2.5GHz Intel Core i5-3210M
- Intel HD Graphics 4000
- 13.3in (2560 x 1600) IPS display
- Apple OS X 10.8.2 Mountain Lion
- 8GB 1600MHz DDR3 RAM
- ethernet and FireWire 800 via Thunderbolt adaptor (not included)
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- Bluetooth 4.0
- 1Mp FaceTime HD webcam
- stereo speakers
- headset jack with mic in and Toslink digital output
- 2 x USB 3.0
- 2x Thunderbolt
- MagSafe 2 power connector
- SDXC card slot
- glass buttonless multi-touch, 105 x 76mm
- iLife '11 software
- 60W with MagSafe 2 connector
- 74Wh non-removable lithium polymer battery
- 313 x 219 x 18.9mm
- 1640g
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November 5th, 2014
QUARTZ and TMX-DHD cameras pass rigorous qualification process to certify full support of the latest version of high-speed, long-length interface standard
Eindhoven, The Netherlands, November 5, 2014. Adimec (www.adimec.com), a world leader in application-specific, leading-edge industrial camera solutions, today announced that new members of its QUARTZ (Q-12A180) and TMX-DHD (TMX7-DHD) camera series have been certified as fully compliant with the CoaXPress interface standard version 1.1 AND is compatible with version 1.0.
The cameras passed a comprehensive electrical compliancy test on October 1st and then the CoaXPress Plugfest on October 8th. While the cameras implement the second generation CoaXPress V1.1 25Gb/s CoaXPress Quad interface, they are also fully backward compatible to existing V1.0 frame grabbers. There are many new CoaXPress compliant products, and they are listed on the Japanese Industrial Imaging Association (JIIA) web site.
The Q-12A180/CXP is the first CoaXPress 1.1 camera available. This camera outputs 12 Megapixel images at 187 fps. CoaXPress CXP-6 Quad (4 x CXP-6) offers a peak transfer rate of 2 Gigapixels/s with data transmission between the camera and frame grabber at up to 25 Gbits/s (4 x 6.25 Gbits/s). The maximum of 9W of power to the camera is also enabled over the one CoaXPress interface cable. This is all with a cable length of up to 68 meters. The Q-12A180 offers the highest speed, high resolution with reliable and highest image quality to measure ever smaller critical structures or defects with the increased accuracy and throughput required by in-line optical metrology systems.
The TMX7-DHD is based around a sensitive 2/3" CCD image sensor and this rugged camera delivers crisp images from dawn until dusk. The CoaXPress interface is now included as an interface option in addition to Camera Link and HD-SDI to provide full HD images at 60 fps. The compact boxed camera design combined with use of coax cabling simplifies integration with an easy fit into existing system architectures. With the TMX7-DHD CoaXPress global security cameras, there are now optimized options for the needs of outdoor imaging with changing lighting conditions and harsh environmental conditions.
"The full advantages of CoaXPress to enable more connectivity flexibility, and achieve higher transmission rates over long distances arenow available for both cameras and supporting frame grabbers," said Joost van Kuijk, Vice President Marketing & Technology at Adimec. "We are pleased that our cameras have official certification of compliance of the latest version of CoaXPress from the standard's organizers, and we applaud all the outstanding work they continue to do to support CoaXPress developments and new products."
The Q-12A180 and TMX7-DHD are being shown in the Adimec Booth #1G68 at the Vision 2014 in Stuttgart, Germany November 4th to 6th.
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If you think there is no such thing as a sure bet in a casino, you haven't tried playing golf at one.
Despite troubled times, casinos have funded a golf boom unlike any ever seen. While the number of new public courses is barely growing, and more private courses are closing than opening, casino golf construction has exploded.
Fortunately for golf fans, this high quantity is also high quality, as casinos use their income streams to offer top designers dreamlike scenarios.
"The nice thing about clients like that is that they have an ample budget. They want something memorable, something that will bring people back or make them stay another day," said Arthur Hills, past-president of the American Society of Golf Course Architects, whose most recent gaming effort was the Journey at Pechanga Resort and Casino Pechanga in Southern California. "The other unique thing about these projects is that there is usually no [housing] real estate involved, so you really have the opportunity to use the best land and not have to worry about the home sites."
These courses are often loss leaders for gambling, explained Bradley Klein, Architecture Editor for Golfweek magazine. "You get a pretty good value since the golf isn't supposed to pay for itself. Casino courses tend to be extremely well done because the idea is to impress guests and encourage them to stay at the casino."
Elsewhere, the golf industry's model has quickly moved toward profits from real estate sales rather than greens fees, so the best land, views and lakefront properties are typically reserved for pricey home sites, leaving golf course architects whatever remains between lots.
Not so at casinos which, in addition to having so few homes, rarely spare any expense. Perhaps no top designers have benefitted from this trend as much as Tom Fazio and Rees Jones. Fazio started the current boom with Shadow Creek, perennially the top ranked casino course on earth, which he built for Steve Wynn's then Mirage Resorts in Las Vegas.
Fazio was basically given a blank check, and his course was widely believed to be the most expensive ever built at the time, estimated at $37-$40 million in the early 1980s, or close to $90 million today.
By comparison, you can still build a very good course for $5-$10 million. Fazio's work was so good that Wynn recently hired him for the casino course at Wynn Las Vegas.
"In the '80s we saw a lot of projects that combined golf, a hotel and residences," explained Tom Fazio, often called the greatest living designer. "Now we're not getting a lot of new hotels, but many of the ones we are getting are associated with gaming. Without a lot of hotel rooms, these courses don't make sense. It's all hotel related, and right now, the gaming industry is driving the lodging sector. The casinos are the only ones still doing big grand hotels."
Las Vegas competitors were concerned that Shadow Creek would attract deep pocketed gamblers, so Rees Jones was hired by a rival casino group to build Cascata, carved from a
The enormous amount of blasting allowed Cascata to surpass Shadow Creek — not in terms of rankings but in cost. Jones' experience with dynamite and heavy equipment led to a job for Foxwoods, the Connecticut casino resort that is both the world's largest and most profitable.
Whereas most developers allocate as little as 150-acres, sandwiched between homes, Jones was given free reign to carve his 36-holes from over 2000-acres of untouched woodlands and lakes. The result at Foxwoods was two more excellent courses.
These are just the tip of the iceberg, the most glaring examples of the deep pocketed, quality-first approach casinos have taken with golf. The trend has been responsible for some of the highest ranked courses built in recent years: At least five casino courses have made Golf Magazine's Top 100 You Can Play list, statistically quite disproportionate to the percentage of U.S. courses they represent.
While these include three Vegas courses tied for the nation's highest greens fees ($500), Shadow Creek, Cascata and Wynn Country Club, it also includes some stunning bargains. There is truly something for every budget and taste, and if you love golf, you will love casino golf.


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Wild Rise: Bar Pizza Made by Neapolitan-Inspired Science Geeks
Pizza reviews in NYC.
Wild Rise
68 Jay Street, Brooklyn NY 11201 (at Water; map); no phone; wildrise.com
Pizza style: Neapolitan-inspired
Oven type: Custom-made electric craziness!
The skinny: For a tiny operation out of the back of a smallish bar in DUMBO, Wild Rise is making some surprisingly great Neapolitan-inspired pizza. It's a pop-up, only open Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday evenings
Price: 7" Margherita, $11; 10" pie, $16
In the not-so-exact science of pizza taxonomy, there's bar pizza and then there's pizza that's served in bars.
Wild Rise makes the latter. It's a Neapolitan-inspired pop-up pizzeria that just happens to do its thing from the back of a dimly lit barrel-vaulted room in a nondescript watering hole on the cobblestone streets of DUMBO.
The place has gotten some play on the blogs lately, much of the coverage noting its custom-made electric pizza oven, an almost steampunkian contraption whose counterweighted heat chamber glides down smoothly over an elevated baking stone and cooks the pizzas in less than 60 seconds.
What you get is a moderately puffy pizza with a chewy, tender crust whose flavor is wonderfully complex. That's due to the naturally leavened dough, which makes use of a starter culture from Italy that the Wild Rise team maintains in a special incubator. Yes, incubator. If that sounds a little geeky, you should know that the owner, Steven (who declined to give his last name), has a degree in microbiology, which explains the the more technical information on the pizzeria's blog as well as the statement that "Wild Rise is about combining science and origin to elicit the passion and soul of authentic Neapolitan pizza while elevating what good pizza can be to a new level."
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It's on that blog that you learn the especially creamy cheese is buffalo mozzarella (applied not too sparingly, but not too heavily) and that the tomatoes are San Marzanos, de rigueur for a Neapolitan-leaning joint. (While we don't necessarily think that San Marzanos are the end-all be-all, Wild Rise is using a nicely balanced tomato—sweet, bright, and fresh tasting.)
Pizzas come in two sizes—small 7-inch pies and the slightly larger 10-inch pies that you're probably used to from Neapolitan pizzerias.
You could easily munch through one 10-incher on your own or two 7-inchers. If you like variety, try a couple of the smaller pies — though, fair warning, they're a bit pricey at $11 for a Margherita and $13 for a topped pie. The 10-inch Margherita is $16, a bit more in line with competitors.
There are three pizzas on the menu as of now. The aforementioned Margherita, a cremini and pepperoni (above), and a shiitake and hardneck garlic pie. The Margherita and cremini-pepperoni pies that I tried were both well-balanced. As Steven told me:
It took years of trying different candidates and testing with hundreds of tasters to come up with the four toppings we offer now. We found these to sing in harmony with the other elements of the pizza. It will probably be a while before additional toppings make the cut, though we're always looking.
I thought the pepperoni-mushroom pizza was great—a sort of hybrid of the classic American pizza parlor topping combination and Old World Neapolitan technique. Both the fungi and the meat are sliced ultra thin, and the pepperoni crisps up and blackens and curls a bit around the edges, becoming a little oily but not that much—"It's a special lower-fat pepperoni from Ohio," Steven says. (Hmm ... Ohio? I don't know, but could that be Ezzo pepperoni, perhaps Supreme Special?)
I haven't yet tried the shiitake and garlic pie, but it's on my to do list. And with pizza this good, that's not a daunting list to stare at.
Wild Rise: What to Know Before You Go
This is a pop-up pizzeria, meaning that as of this posting, it's only open Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday evenings.
It's in the back room of 68 Jay Street Bar, an all but unmarked joint on the corner of Jay and Water streets in DUMBO.
The ordering protocol is this: Order from the Wild Rise host in the room behind the bar. You'll get a receipt, which you'll need to take to the bar to pay. Then find a seat. Or try to.
There's little real seating here. If you don't grab a bar seat or one of the small cocktail tables, you'll have to make do balancing in your lap the wood peels that the pizza is served on.
But, you know, I kinda like that. Wild Rise is making what so far seems to be really promising pizza. Really tasty pizza. All in a laid-back atmosphere. It almost seems an afterthought, something you'd order while drinking. That it is, of course, but it's also pizza worth seeking out on its own.
[Hat tip to Hideyoshi of DUMBO NYC for hipping me to this place right after it opened a little more than two weeks ago.]
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I might just go back to my roots and scratch build a case like Project: Nightrain. The last two cases I either started working, or drew out the plan to work on have been let down by metal that is just too thin. I might just get some wood and build it from the ground up and toss a motherboard tray in.


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<![CDATA[A royal piece of history that was part of The Prince Wales's 1969 investiture ceremony at Caernarfon Castle has made its way back 'home'.
The Investiture Chair was designed by Lord Snowdon and used by royals and other notable attendees to view Prince Charles as he became the Prince of Wales is now on display at the Imperial Hotel, Llandudno.
The wood chair is stained red with a gilt of The Prince of Wales crest and has a red wool padded seat. The chairs were used by over 4,000 royals and dignitaries who attended the investiture ceremony. The chair displays an embossed gold Prince of Wales feather crest complemented by the Prince of Wales's motto 'ich dien' which translated means, I serve.
Charles was initially made Prince of Wales when he was nine years old but the ceremony would not be held until he was older to fully understand his role and duty.
The ceremony was directed by the Constable of the Castle, Lord Snowdon. Her Majesty invested her son with the Insignia of his Principality and Earldom of Chester: a sword, coronet, mantle, gold ring and gold rod.
Post ceremony, the chairs were sold off to buyers from around the world. The Imperial's General Manager Geoff Lofthouse wanted one for the longest time but assumed that since they were sold off none would be available.
Lofthouse's brother-in-law noticed one for sale whilst at a London auction house last month and he bought it as a gift for him. It is now predominantly placed in the reception area of the hotel for everyone to see.
The Investiture was viewed by millions on television. You may view the Investiture below complete with a lovely introduction by Prince Charles.
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Hopefully everyone has recovered from thier Halloween fun and festivities! Rather than do the trick or treat thing Jesse wanted to go to Gattiland for a pizza buffet and to ay all the great arcade games. He did well, enough tickets to land a set of foam (thank goodness!!) Nunchucks...lol. He's determined to become a pro! I cringe at the thought of how black and blue he'd be by now if they weren't foam! Boys!!
Our first sketch is up and ready for yall at Sketches In Thyme Project Life Style! I'm super excited and hope you are as well. Be sure to check the blog every day to see a different Mavens take on the awesome sketch by Shawn Lahr!
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OROVILLE — A large pile of compost burst into flame this afternoon and is expected to continue burning for several days, according to Cal Fire-Butte County.
The fire started around 2:18 p.m. at 4817 Feather River Blvd.
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Chaweng Bay View Resort
9/39 Moo 2, Chaweng Beach, Bophut
Koh Samui, Suratthani 84320
Chaweng Beach
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Chaweng Bay View Resort on the hills of north Chaweng is the perfect hideaway with fantastic sea views. Being close to Chaweng nightlife but far enough to spend a quite holiday on Koh Samui. Our villas and rooms cater for the individual traveler, couples and families and friends. All accommodation are set in a beautiful landscaped tropical garden.
Each room offers a large covered terrace, air-conditioning with individual control, mini-bar or refrigerator, IDD phone, satellite TV, safety box and of course daily cleaning service. Some of the rooms have a kitchenettes and outdoor Jacuzzi. Chaweng Bay View restaurant offers Thai and European food besides the spectacular view over the ocean.
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Dec 20, 2013
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friendly staff quiet villa
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Dec 23, 2013
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Gong Shuting
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Sep 15, 2012
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AC not up to the task. Could not get room dark enough to sleep in
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i like the place,it cannot be more wonderful!Thank all the
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Libo Wang
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this is a good place if you want to be close,but not to close to the action.. The service is very good and the staff is very nice! thank you for a nice stay!
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Wonderful quiet place.
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the room quality is great. we can see that the owner is taking good care of the facilities. a bit bay view, not too far from the beach, breakfast is good.
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thoughtful booking service
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A wonderful quiet resort with a good restaurant. Close to all you might need but private. highly recomended
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We had a great stay and a memorable holiday at Koh Samui. The resort was fantastic way beyond wat we expected, however lighting cn be improved as it is a bit too dark to walk in to our villa at night after we sent our bike that we rent and there was nobody to sent us in. I would like to thank the staff who help us alot, we didn t get their name but she was at the reception and from the day we check in till we go home she help us alot. We love Chaweng Bayview Resort n surely we will retuen there cause it s worth the money. Thank you for making it a nice place
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excellent place. Of course, you will have to climb a little bit to access the room and the breakfast place and you will have to walk 5/7 minutes to reach the beach but for this very light price you will be in a wonderful place served by very kind people.
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nothing to add: very good
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This was our fourth time to visit Bay View Resort, we like it. Rooms are clean, roomy but simple. Aircon was little pit noisy. Location is perfect for people who don´t want to be too close to noisy bars and discos, which are on the other hand only couple kms away (with taxi 5-10 mins). View is wonderful and one has almost private pool, since resort is small. Staff was utmost helpful, thanks for that. We can recommend this place. Ps. one useful tel: taxi Mr. Sayan, +6681-0787185. He knows restaurants and interesting places and his services are not expencive. With kind regards: Marke, Ville, Tarja, Tapsa, Pipsa and Vesku
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Chaweng Bay View Resort
- the ideal Thailand holiday house retreat for individuals, couples or families. Special rates are available for long-stay guests. Located to the north of Chaweng Beach, Chaweng Bay View Resort enjoys spectacular views over Chaweng Bay and Matlang Island. Chaweng Bay View Resort is just minutes away from the nightlife centre yet far enough away to enjoy the undisturbed tranquility of a peaceful island escape.
Koh samui, an idyllic tropical island paradise surrounded by the crystal clear waters of the Gulf of Thailand, is the ultimate dream getaway with white sandy beaches and lush green forests. A pristine and tranquil environment blends harmoniously with exciting nightlife, restaurants for every taste and great shopping.
A small resort offering a wide choice of accommodation set amongst beautiful landscaped tropical gardens. From the unique 60sqm circular villas to the ultimate holiday experience of the 250 sq.m. Samrong House. All rooms are spacious and individually furnished with traditional Thai furniture and artworks. Each room offers a large covered terrace, private bathroom with hot and cold water, air-conditioning with individual control, mini-bar and refrigerator, telephone (IDD), colour TV with satellite and daily cleaning service. Some rooms include kitchenettes and outdoor Jacuzzi.
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These uniquely circular shaped villas feature a double bedroom and en-suite bathroom with shower. The 15 sq.m. terrace commands a spectacular view of Chaweng bay.
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Balcony, TV, Telephone, Cable Channels, Air Conditioning, Seating Area, Shower, Hairdryer, Toilet, Bathroom, Mini-bar, Refrigerator, Wake Up Service/Alarm Clock.
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:: Superior Regency Villa ::
These uniquely circular shaped villas feature a double bedroom and en-suite bathroom with shower. The 15 sq.m. terrace commands a spectacular view of Chaweng bay.
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Balcony, TV, Telephone, Cable Channels, Safety Deposit Box, Air Conditioning, Seating Area, Shower, Hairdryer, Free toiletries, Toilet, Bathroom, Bath or Shower, Mini-bar, Refrigerator.
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:: Superior Jacuzzi Room ::
These uniquely circular shaped villas feature a double bedroom and en-suite bathroom with shower. The 15 sq.m. terrace commands a spectacular view of Chaweng bay. The Villa Jacuzzi as the name suggests features its very own outdoor Jacuzzi.
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Balcony, TV., Telephone, Cable Channels, Safety Deposit Box, Air Conditioning, Sofa, Shower, Hairdryer, Toilet, Bathroom, Bath or Shower, Minibar, Refrigerator
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Yupa's Restaurant
at Chaweng Bay View Resort is located at the northern end of Chaweng Beach. It's hillside location provides a panoramic view of the ocean and Koh Matlang. The restaurant offers Thai and European cuisines, its' specialty being local Samui styled food. It is the ideal spot for a party and can be rented out for special occasions.
open style kitchen caters for all tastes and room service is available until 10.00 pm. The swimming pool with it's children's wading pool adjoins the restaurant's dining area and together they enjoy uninterrupted sea views.
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Chaweng Bay View Resort
is located to the north of Chaweng Beach on the northeastern side of Koh Samui. The resort enjoys spectacular views over Chaweng Bay and Matlang Island. Chaweng Bay View Resort is just minutes away from the nightlife centre yet far enough away to enjoy the undisturbed tranquility of a peaceful island escape.
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We just bought a new laptop, the HP Pavilion g7 notebook PC, for $650 ($600 after the rebate). It weighs 6.6 pounds, has a beautiful 17-inch screen, a 640 gigabyte hard drive, six gigabytes of RAM and a DVD drive. So what�s the kick? Nothing, except it would have been $100 cheaper to buy it from the Staples website than buying it from a Staples store. What?
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Joy went to the Staples website and in a state of high dudgeon, as we used to say, fired up the online chat window. After some preliminary chit chat, a Staples rep said we could get our $100 back by bringing the receipt back to the store. And, of course, that way we do the driving. Obviously, it pays to check online before you buy!
And by the way, Staples announced a few weeks ago they would be closing some stores and setting up some new �smaller� stores. Bed, Bath and Beyond sent out the same kind of news about their stores. Best Buy also will have some smaller stores. How do we read this? How many down-shifts make a trend?
Windows 8 comes out this month, and all in all it looks great for tablet users; for computer users, not so much. The new operating system is only $15 if you recently bought a Windows 7 computer or $40 if you didn�t. That�s certainly reasonable for a new operating system, but even so, should you bother?
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PBSkids.org/democracy lets kids play politics, creating presidential candidate stickers and posters online. Information about issues is missing, but we learn that Mitt Romney�s favorite food is hot dogs and President Barack Obama likes pizza.
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I had high expectations going into the beta of Titanfall — as well as a few concerns. The biggest concern was that the small number of player-controlled characters in the game (6 vs 6) would make the game feel small, especially for people like me who have logged a lot of 64-player matches in Battlefield 4. It turns out I didn't have much to worry about at all.
The beta starts with a 12-step tutorial introducing you to the basics and the various machinations to control your Titan. After that you can play one of three gameplay modes available in the beta:
Hardpoint Domination: Capture and hold three areas to gain points — very similar to the Rush mode in Battlefield 4.
Attrition: Titanfall's version of Team Deathmatch.
Last Titan Standing: Everyone starts with a Titan and you try to eliminate all of the Titans on the opposing team.
While playing the three modes you'll notice that, in addition to the other player-controled pilots and their Titans, there are AI "minions" scattered around. There are two types of minions: human grunts and robotic Spectres. While both can be farmed for points and extra experience there is one small difference: Spectres can be hacked and will fight for you if you can get close enough to them. I doubt you could turn enough of them fast enough to make a real difference in a match, but it is a nice touch that may prove important in the full release of the game.
Titans are supposed to be the main draw to Titanfall but infantry combat is a wonder to behold. Being on foot means you can double jump and wall walk to your heart's content and doing so grants you access to the vertical portions of each level. This is where developer Respawn balances out the firepower of the Titans against the mobility of the infantry. Titans will still win 90 percent of the one-on-one battles, but this extra mobility allows you to avoid and escape these encounters. For me, the real fun of Titanfall has been learning how to chain together double jumps and wall walking so that you don't touch the ground for the first two minutes of a match.
Another feature of Titanfall that I love (and we'll see copied in future first-person shooters) is that at the end of each level the losing team has to escape via a rescue ship. This means that there's a last minute scramble to escape or hunt people down which adds a lot to the final seconds of each session. Instead of the usual "GG," meaning "good game," when a game ends there is a wild chase and hunt at the end of each level. This is also where your skills using the parkour system come into play as the rescue ships only pick troops up on the top of buildings. As an added bonus, you earn extra points if you escape which can help soothe the wounds of losing a round.
Fans of the Call of Duty games will also feel at home with Titanfall as the game adopts core mechanics like the killcam and level progression. As you progress you'll unlock new weapons, abilities, and modifications to the weapons of your pilot and Titan. There are plenty of gadgets to play with as well, like a cloaking system that will make you mostly invisible to enemy Titans (less so to enemy pilots) and Stem kits which increase your health and sprinting ability. There are also burn cards (which John explains here) addming another level to the game. I'm personally astounded there's no microtransactions involved with these which is a testament to Respawn's control of the game.
As with the Call of Duty games these power-ups don't really feel like they adjust the balance of power too much and the game does a good job of keeping you going so that you can get to that next unlock.
I'm hoping that the gameplay modes in the beta just scratch the surface of what's in the final product. Last Titan Standing didn't do too much for me and the other two modes, while fun, have been done to lesser degrees by other shooters. The minion AI also needs another round or two of polish as you'll sometimes just see them sitting there shooting at each other and not contributing much to the overall battle. The game hints at a much larger narrative between the opposing factions —the IMC and the Militia — but that's not really touched on in the game much.
I do wish that the overlords back at HQ were a little less verbose. I get it that Charlie is a hotspot and needs to be taken but do you really need to tell me three times? It would also be nice to be able to control the reminders of when my Titan will be ready for launch as 30-second intervals and sometimes 15-second intervals seem a bit much. We all want you to say, "Prepare for Titanfall," as it's really a bad ass phrase that still gives me little nerd shivers but all of the talking in between is excessive.
As far as the big question about if the game feels empty or not, I have to say that the maps do feel busy, and once combat starts there is a lot going on. There are occasional lulls when you're moving to the active firefight but the maps and modes do a good job of funneling the action so that you're always fighting something and you're almost always engaged in combat.
Titanfall is also chock full of moments where you can do really bad ass stuff. There are a bunch of different ways to hop into your Titan, including my personal favorite where you hop on top of the Titan and just plop down into a seat. Ejecting from a Titan is also a rush as you pop way into the air, giving you a chance to drop down behind someone and perform one of the games very satisfying melee executions. The level of refinement in Titanfall is exceptional as the game is full of these fun little moments.
I've had a blast with my time with Titanfall so far and I'm hoping that the final game will flush out the experience some more with most campaign type content and another round of spit and polish. I guess we'll find out for sure on March 11 when the game hits stores.
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By Kait Laubscher ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — Col. John F. Barry, a 1968 St. Bonaventure University graduate, joined the ranks of the New York Senate Veterans Hall of Fame inductees in 2011.
Sen. Dean Skelos, the state senate majority leader, chose Barry to be inducted into the hall of fame for both his commendable military service and his continuing service to his community.
"Col. Barry has an exemplary military record and has demonstrated a true and unwavering commitment to his country. Col. Barry exemplifies everything that the Veterans Hall of Fame was intended to honor and I thank him for all that he's done for our country," Sen. Skelos said in a press release, according to the Long Island Herald.
Barry was recognized for his service in the First Cavalry Division of the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War following his education at St. Bonaventure in the ROTC program, which he said helped him significantly in preparing for his military career. He remained in the Army Reserves after two years of active duty.
The Hall of Fame induction ceremony took place June 14, 2011, at the Legislative Office Building in Albany.
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NFL First and Goal program puts academics first at city school
Pilot program launches at Academies at Frederick Douglass High School
The Douglass Ducks spend a lot of time on the field practicing and playing during the football season, but they don't want that to distract from their academics.
One new program helps keep the focus on graduation.
The marching band at the Academies at Frederick Douglass High School helped kick off a new program Thursday to help football players on their way to college.
"(We provide) academic support, getting ready for college life, skills, programming different aspects, but the main goal is graduation," academic coach Michelle Harper said.
With help from the Family League of Baltimore and money from the NFL, Harper is the new academic coach for the team as part of the pilot program First and Goal. She's working with them after school and on weekends to keep them on track off the field.
"We work on our academics, try to get a high GPA and get into college," junior Donnell Jackson said.
"She makes sure we keep our grades up for school and be prepared for the SAT and the HSA because we got Saturday school. She makes sure she puts the hammer down and make sure we get to it," senior Daquan Roberts said.
Harper will work with the student athletes, even in the off season, toward the goal of graduation and getting into college, not only working on specific subject areas, but also prep for the Maryland High School Assessment tests and the SATs, as well as guiding them on college applications.
"There's so many opportunities for student athletes. These guys may never get to go to college without that scholarship, so those scholarships are available, and without going to college, it's hard to be successful in life," Harper said.
The players are grateful for Harper's help. They said it's helping them strike the right balance between football and academics.
"It's all about your priorities and making sure you get done stuff for class, because without class, you can't go anywhere, so that's the main priority. Football is important, but school comes first," senior Teon Maeser said.
Just a few weeks into the school year, the program seems to be working well. The principal said it's creating a new, higher standard of academics.
"Through the deliberate, relentless efforts of our students, we're becoming a school that's to be reckoned with throughout the school community. We are the academics at Frederick Douglass High School," Principal Antonio Hurt said.
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Everytime you think political communication in California can't get any lower, someone pops up -- and dives under the bar.
The latest example of rank dishonesty on the airwaves is this attack on U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer from one of those mysterious independent expenditure committees that don't disclose their donors. (Crossroads GPS is affiliated with President George W. Bush's political advisor Karl Rove.)
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The ad attacks Boxer for cutting Medicare, adding the outlandish claim that Boxer is trying to keep seniors out of nursing homes. It's a strange attack, since cutting government programs is the sort of thing conservatives such as Rove support, but this ad isn't about ideas or intellectual honesty. It's about messing with Boxer during her re-election campaign.
The supposed Medicare cuts here were part of the new federal health legislation that expanded coverage to milions of Americans. The attack ad is backwards, since one problem with the legislation, according to any number of independent analysts, is that it doesn't do enough to control the growth of health spending. Essentially, the Republicans behind this are attacking Boxer from the left to benefit Boxer's challenger, Carly Fiorina.
Fiorina would be wise to demand that it be taken off the air. The GOP candidate for Senate has been building a case that is the opposite of this ad in the campaign -- that Boxer is committed to too much federal spending. That's an attack with some basis in fact.
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A 2010 graduate of Hollis-Brookline High School in Hollis, N.H., Field was a four-year letter winner in field hockey, ice hockey and lacrosse. In field hockey, she was a four-year Captain and First Team All-State goalie. In ice hockey, she was a team captain her junior and senior year and made the US Development Team following her sophomore season. In lacrosse, Field was a four-year starting goalie and a team captain her junior and senior seasons. She led her squad to two straight State Championship titles in 2009 and 2010. Field was the top high school goalie in the state of New Hampshire all four years at Hollis-Brookline. She was fetted with All-Conference and All-State honors for four straight seasons. Her junior and senior year she earned All-American honors. Field also played on the prestigious Upper New England Team in 2009 and 2010. She was coached by Jack Tabor.
Lorin Alyssa Field is the daughter of Bob and Debi Field. She has an older sister (Ashley) and an older brother (Colby). Colby played ice hockey and lacrosse at Daniel Webster College.


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Josh Baxter has a question for John Kerry. A small crowd is gathered outside the American Independence Museum here, enjoying the fall sunshine and grilling the Massachusetts senator on everything from veterans' benefits to the Cuba embargo.
For Kerry, these are friendly faces. Not only is he from a neighboring state, but this town is home to Phillips Exeter Academy, which Kerry's stepson attended and where his wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, served on the board of trustees. (The crowd chuckles when he jokes about being in enemy territory - his daughter went to rival Andover.)
But Mr. Baxter, a senior at Exeter, puts forth a nagging concern: "We come from totally different backgrounds," the formerly home-schooled Arkansan tells Kerry. "How can I know that you care about me?"
It's a question that has dogged Kerry, a product of exclusive schools and a relatively blue-blooded lineage (his mother was a Forbes), throughout his political career. In many ways, though, it has less to do with his wealth and upbringing than with his somewhat mannered style - and his status as a four-term senator at a time when many Americans view Washington politicians as disingenuous or out of touch.
On this occasion, Kerry doesn't hesitate. Where people come from is irrelevant, he responds, so long as they care about the same things. He cites the Navy "swift boat" he captained in Vietnam, with men from all backgrounds who worked and fought together. He tells Baxter to look at his record (or, as he puts it, "the road traveled"): "I'm asking you to measure me not by what I'm telling you, but what I've fought for for 35 years."
It's a strong answer - and afterwards, Baxter says he's reassured. Still, he has some doubts: "I guess I still have this problem," he says earnestly. "I just want to be able to believe a politician's words."
On paper, John Kerry seems like the Democrats' ideal candidate. In an age of war, terrorism, and economic instability, he's the only contender - as he reminds audiences - with experience in domestic and foreign policy and the military. He toiled for 18 years in the Senate before launching this bid, and he carries himself with an air of authority that, early on, gave his campaign the sheen of inevitability. Yet instead of pulling away from the pack, Kerry seems to have slipped back into it. He no longer tops the field in any early primary state, and has fallen behind former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean in fundraising for the year. In the critical state of New Hampshire, he trails him by double digits.
Some of Kerry's struggles can be attributed to his failure to articulate a clear message, particularly when it comes to his stance on Iraq. Like other members of Congress running for president, he has been repeatedly challenged by Democratic activists to explain his vote in favor of the war. At the same time, his subsequent vote against Bush's request for $87 billion in military and reconstruction funding has opened him up to charges of waffling.
More broadly, however, his lack of momentum may reflect the national mood. At a time when many voters appear restive - fueling the rise of outsiders like Dean - Kerry's polish often seems more like a liability than an asset. Still, if there's a point in the campaign when experience can reap real benefits, it's this final stretch. Under the glare and strain of a hard-fought campaign, say some, Kerry's preparedness may start to pay off.
"He's certainly been in this thing for the long haul. That's what some people find offensive about him - so much of it looks like it's contrived, because he's been working at it so hard, for so long," says Lou DiNatale, a political scientist at the University of Massachusetts in Boston, who has followed Kerry's career over the years. "But as the race becomes more heated, a certain level of character shows through for Kerry. He gets focused - the language gets better, the imagery pops out. He turns into a real fighter. And in the end, if it's a big brawl, better not count him out."
Up close, Kerry evinces an almost second-skin comfort with his current role. For most men, running for president "is like nothing you've ever done in your life - I don't care how long you've been in politics," says former Democratic nominee and Kerry supporter Michael Dukakis. "Every once in awhile you pinch yourself."
But Kerry says in all honesty he's never had a "pinch me" moment. "I think I just felt ready for it," he says in an interview.
His campaign has the sophisticated sheen of a presidential operation: Advance men with squiggly earpieces scurry around his events, setting up lighting and sound. The candidate's speeches strike a grand - at times even poetic - note, as if meant for history books as well as present audiences. Almost everyone agrees, Kerry looks presidential: He cuts a strikingly Lincolnesque figure, topped with an anchorman's head of hair and a stern, slightly mournful face that breaks into a boyish smile when he greets voters. His clothes are finely tailored; his shirt stays crisp even after 10 hours on the trail.
"He always looks fresh," marvels Irene Creteau, a New Hampshire state representative who is watching Kerry - seemingly unfazed by the late hour or a balky microphone - address a packed living room in Somersworth at the end of a long day.
Yet here and there, he runs into questions that seem to probe his sincerity. A group of dreadlocked college students pester him about missing a recent vote on a bill to combat global AIDS - a cause he has championed. He missed it because he's running for president, he tells them, adding that if his vote had been the difference, he "would have been there."
At the Fall Foliage festival in Warner, a woman asks what kind of car he drives. He hesitates - it's unclear why she's asking. He owns a Chrysler and an old Dodge, he tells her. But she rephrases the question more pointedly: Why not a hybrid? He wanted one, he assures her, but the models available are all Japanese - and he only buys American cars.
A running theme of the Kerry campaign is "courage." He doesn't use the word about himself specifically: Rather, his announcement speech, given at "Patriot's Point" in South Carolina, appealed to the courage of voters "to change what is wrong and do what is right" - specifically, by electing a president who would roll back tax breaks for the wealthy, restore a multilateral foreign policy, and end US dependence on Mideast oil.
But the word is clearly meant as an implicit reflection on Kerry and his career.
For someone who's spent the bulk of his life as a politician, Kerry actually has a history of challenging the system. In the Senate, he headed a number of controversial investigations, including Iran Contra and the BCCI affair - the latter of which implicated members of his own party. He refused to take PAC money in all four of his Senate campaigns.
Above all, there is Kerry's role as one of the nation's most prominent Vietnam War protesters, who at age 27 testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and famously asked: "How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?"
In many ways, Vietnam is a backdrop to his presidential bid. And while Kerry's campaign team is understandably eager to highlight the candidate's wartime heroics, it's a complicated legacy, reflecting in some ways the ambiguities of the war itself. Kerry won three Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star, and a Silver Star for chasing down an enemy combatant with a rocket launcher - an act that at least one of his superiors saw as foolhardy. But he also came back and became the face of the antiwar movement, alienating many of his fellow veterans at the time.
"In life we can only judge people by their actions, ultimately - particularly politicians who are filled with words," says historian Douglas Brinkley who has written a book on Kerry's Vietnam experience, based in large part on the senator's diaries at the time. "In that regard, Kerry's actions in Vietnam were really quite admirable.... He signed up from Yale University, went and did his duty - and according to his men was an excellent lieutenant. But his diaries also show that he was gnawed away at by the political mistakes in Vietnam," Mr. Brinkley adds. "And he didn't just internalize [those feelings]. He publicly went to rallies and protested in the great American tradition of dissent."
On the trail, Kerry is regularly approached by veterans, sometimes with questions, sometimes just to shake his hand. And his war roots show up in other ways, too: In Exeter, he mentions a friend and Exeter alum who was killed in Vietnam, and his voice swells up. At one point, driving between campaign stops, he suddenly pulls the van over to duck into a musty military-surplus store.
The difficult postwar situation in Iraq has heightened the significance of Kerry's Vietnam experience, as words like "quagmire" return to the political lexicon. There's irony in the fact that Kerry once again is finding himself caught in a conflict he initially supported, but has come to oppose, based on what he sees as a betrayal of the public trust.
Still, for many voters now, Kerry's role in Vietnam is no more than a hazy memory - as is much of the nation's memory of the war itself.
Waiting to meet him, Joyce Averill says she recently saw footage of his 1971 Senate testimony. She didn't know much about his stance on Vietnam, she says, but got the impression "he was certainly not for that." She did note one thing: "how young he was - and how long his hair was."
John Kerry is hungry. It's nearing 4 in the afternoon, and although he's heading to a hotel for an hour or so of phone calls - and the possibility of a real meal - it clearly can't come soon enough. His aides rifle around the van, looking for snacks. One hands him a brown paper bag. "No, that's just fruit," Kerry says, with a hint of irritation.
His hunger is understandable, on a day that has already taken him on a red-eye from Phoenix to a funeral for Tip O'Neill's wife in Cambridge, Mass., to a meet-the-candidate event in Exeter, to a tour of a small business in Newmarket.
But in Kerry's case, it also seems inherent - the byproduct of a long, lean frame and a restless nature that by his own admission seeks a constant whirl of activity. While any politician pursuing the White House must be highly ambitious, Kerry has always seemed more insatiable than most.
On this day, he takes matters into his own hands, ducking into a weathered waterfront cafe for lobster quesadillas. It's a moment of freedom for a man whose every minute is scheduled. But even here, he acts deliberately: An avid windsurfer, he sits with his back to the water, saying the view "would just make me want to be out there."
As the primary battle enters the final stretch, this intense drive may give Kerry an edge. Longtime observers note that in previous campaigns, such as Kerry's epic 1996 Senate battle against then-Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld, he's often lagged behind until the final weeks, when he unleashes a concentrated burst of strength. "The best candidate Kerry can be is likely to show up in the last two months of the campaign," says Mr. DiNatale. "He tends to save his best stuff for the stretch."
Still, it's a relaxed focus - showcasing touches of humor. At Dover middle school, Kerry deftly warms up the crowd with lines like, "I'm feeling good - I've made it to the final nine."
Later, a woman comes up and tells him, "You've won me over from what's-his-name." Smiling, he responds wryly: "Well, I would hope so."
Born: December 11, 1943
Parents: Rosemary Forbes Kerry, of the Forbes family that launched the Boston-China trade, and the Winthrop family, descendants of the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony; and Richard Kerry, Army test pilot. lawyer, and diplomat.
Religion: Roman Catholic.
Family: Wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry (widow of Sen. John Heinz (R), ketchup-fortune heir); daughters Alexandra and Vanessa; stepsons John, Andre, and Christopher.
Diversions: Owns a Harley Davidson, plays ice hockey, windsurfs; plays acoustic guitar.
Education: Swiss boarding school (his father was stationed in Berlin); enrolled in St. Paul's School in New Hampshire at age 13; BA in political science, Yale, 1966; JD, Boston College Law School, 1976.
Teenage band: "The Electras" (Kerry played bass guitar).
Favorite books: James Bradley's "Flags of Our Fathers" and Stephen Ambrose's "Undaunted Courage." On the trail, he's read Clyde Prestowitz's "Rogue Nation," and Barbara Ehrenreich's "Nickel and Dimed."
Favorite films: "Giant" and "Casablanca."
Early adventures in politics: He worked on Edward M. Kennedy's 1962 Senate campaign and gave a graduation speech at Yale in 1966: On his way to Vietnam, he spoke on "an excess of interventionism."
Work rêsumê: Assistant District Attorney, Middlesex County, Mass.; private lawyer; lieutenant governor to Michael Dukakis; Massachusetts senator.
Net worth: At $600 million (est.), he's the richest member of Congress. (Most of the money is from his wife's fortune.)
Military service: Lieutenant, US Navy; was awarded the Silver Star, three Purple Hearts, and the Bronze Star for his service in Vietnam; Naval Reserves.
Political highlights:
• National coordinator of Vietnam Veterans Against the War, 1969-'71.
• Introduced one of the Senate's first bills forbidding job discrimination based on sexual orientation in 1985.
• Worked with Sen. John McCain (R) in 1992 on finding out whether there were still American POWS in Vietnam.
• Worked on a Russian nuclear-arms reduction policy.
• Headed investigations into Iran-Contra affair and the BCCI banking scandal.
Campaign touchstones: • Wants to allow all Americans to buy into the healthcare plan used by members of Congress.
• Would repeal some Bush tax cuts, but keep those for the working poor and middle class.
• Proposes "Service for College" program, granting the equivalent of four years' tuition in exchange for two years of community service.
• Vows to block the nomination of any Supreme Court justice who would vote to overturn Roe v. Wade.
• Wants to make the US independent from foreign oil within 10 years.
Key legislative positions:
• Voted to give President Bush the authority to go to war in Iraq, but voted against Mr. Bush's request for $87 billion to help fund reconstruction, and has criticized the administration for a lack of "diplomacy" and called for a gradual withdrawal of US troops.
• Supports affirmative action.
• Supports civil unions but opposes gay marriage.
Source: Compiled from wire services, MSNBC, ABC, Hotline, Roll Call, The Providence Journal, and other published accounts.


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As some of you may know, I appeared live on RTM2's What Say You programme on Sunday to discuss the consequences of Umno-PAS talks on multiracialism in Malaysia. While it was a lively discussion, what is clear from the response to the programme is that the Chinese in Malaysia no longer see things from a narrow racial perspective. The MCA must evolve along with the Chinese community in articulating such views.
As I said on the programme, the MCA may be a Chinese party but our outlook must be multi-racial. We must be issue-centered. The issues the Chinese are concerned about today cuts across racial barriers. These issues include the economy, corruption, Hindraf and equal access to educational opportunities. That is why the concept of Malay unity has sparked some concerns among the Chinese community. The Chinese have responded strongly in favour of the purportedly more multi-racial approach of the Pakatan Rakyat alliance.
While I do not believe the Pakatan Rakyat is better placed to unite all Malaysians, it is nevertheless necessary for us in the MCA to respond or else we will be painted into a corner as a coalition which represents narrow racial interests. The concept of Malay unity in the form of any Umno-PAS alliance is a turn-off to most Chinese voters because it suggests other races are precluded. The presence of PAS in Pakatan Rakyat is less of a concern because PKR is multiracial and the strongest party. It is our responsibility to ask UMNO if they realize they risk alienating non-Malays permanently.
The Barisan Nasional (BN) concept is still the only way for Malaysia to progress together as partners. But right now, the copycat version in Pakatan Rakyat appears much more appealing to many Malaysians because the different members –DAP, PKR, PAS – seem to have an equal say in the direction of the alliance, and are united under Anwar Ibrahim. Many voters stopped supporting the original – BN – because Umno appeared too powerful, and the other partners appeared to have less say in the direction of the country. We in the BN will have to work hard to change this perception. And this must be done together as partners.
The fragile co-operation between Pakatan Rakyat is possible because of Anwar Ibrahim. I cannot imagine how it will work in the longer term.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Racial in a Multiracial Pakatan Rakyat?
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Coqui Frogs Are Coming to Oahu
Shrieking, invasive, miniature frogs have overrun the Big Island. Now they want Oahu.
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Every evening, as darkness falls across the lush east side of the Big Island, thousands upon thousands of tiny coqui frogs fill the night with their piercing, unrelenting ko-KEE-ko-KEE-ko-KEE mating call.
The racket has disrupted untold hours of sleep, scared off home buyers, plagued the nursery industry and shattered the tranquility of the East Hawaii night forever.
It also foreshadows what's in store for us.
The coquis are coming, Oahu, and if they overwhelm the preciously thin line of defense that has kept their population from exploding here so far, no green valley or well-watered yard on the island will be immune to their dreadful call.
The Big Island, which has given up any hope of eradicating them, now serves as a giant reservoir from which coquis are constantly escaping via interisland barges and aircraft. They've landed on all the Neighbor Islands, stowing away in nursery shipments, car bumpers, the cut orchids you carried on the plane with you from Hilo, anywhere they can find a dark, damp nook.
The tiny amphibians—they're about the size of a quarter, with frog legs attached—are turning up on Oahu with increasing frequency. Five years ago, the state's Pest Hotline hardly ever rang with reports of coquis on this island. Now it rings once or twice a month. When it does, a frog-busting team is dispatched to the scene—and often it's the same scene over and over again. It's a giant game of Island-wide coqui Whac-a-Mole: get 'em here, they pop up over there, get 'em there, they pop back up over here.
"We've had to invent the word 're-eradicate,' because that's what we keep doing here," says Christy Martin, spokesperson for the Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species, a partnership of government and private agencies trying to hold off a full-scale coqui invasion of Oahu.
So far, the discoveries of coqui on Oahu have mostly been limited to plant nurseries and residential areas, where the frogs have been easy to get at. They do, after all, tend to draw attention to themselves. In small numbers, they're manageable. The big fear is that they'll get into remote parts of the Koolau Mountains or the Waianae Mountains, where they will breed faster than anybody can whack them down.
"If they start climbing the mountains," Martin says, "there's nothing we can do to stop them."
If you call the state's Pest Hotline to report a coqui frog on Oahu, you're likely to get a house call from Keevin Minami, a vertebrate specialist with the state Department of Agriculture.
He's been dubbed the Coqui Whisperer for his spot-on coqui imitation, a ko-KEE whistle so convincing that male coquis within earshot—territorial creatures that they are—feel obliged to answer. Equipped with an LED headlamp and a clear plastic tube with a Gatorade bottle affixed to the end, Minami will mimic a frog until he zeros in on its location. This can take hours. When he finally spots it, he slips the tube over it, taps it into the bottle, and takes it back to his office to live out its life in a terrarium.
"I always try to bring my man back alive," he says.
Minami and two colleagues have caught well over a hundred coqui in neighborhoods all over the island, from Kailua to Kapolei, Haleiwa to Hawaii Kai. He's combed the landscaping of mansions at Diamond Head and Portlock, he's staked out foliage in Waikiki into the wee hours of the morning, he's stalked frogs in the garden department of Home Depot, and time after time he's been called back to plant nurseries in Waimanalo, a perennial coqui hot spot.
Coqui Sounds: Courtesy Hawaii Ecosystems at Risk Project


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Hot-smoked salmon salad with a chilli lemon dressing
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Nutrition: per serving
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- fat19g
- saturates3g
- carbs13g
- sugars3g
- fibre2g
- protein21g
- salt2.09g
- 500g new potato, halved
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New potatoes have thin, wispy skins and a crisp, waxy texture. They are young potatoes and…
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Labour-intensive to grow, asparagus are the young shoots of a cultivated lily plant. They're…
- 250g bag mixed salad leaves (including young beetroot leaves and watercress)
- bunch each parsley and mint, leaves picked and roughly chopped
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- 140g radish, thinly sliced
The root of a member of the mustard family, radishes have a peppery flavour and a crisp, crunchy…
- 8 x hot-smoked salmon steaks, skin removed
- 4 spring onions, sliced diagonally
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