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Following the announcement of the Windwaker HD and the eventual Zelda HD, Reuben asks if Nintendo rely too much on the adventures of Link.
its just the beginning
Ocarina of Time 3DS HD
Majora's Mask HD
Twilight Princess HD
Skyward Sword HD
not bad though
It relies too heavily on both The Legend of Zelda, just as it does with Mario Kart and Super Mario Bros. as well.
It's not that I don't adore these games - I've been playing them for over 25 years - but Nintendo has absolutely burned me out on these franchises over the past 5-6 years. So much so that I haven't even purchased a Wii U yet and the recent Nintendo Direct didn't alleviate this feeling either: more Super Mario Bros.; more Mario Kart; more The Legend of Zelda - really?
Didn't I just finish Super Mario 3D Land? Didn't we just get Mario Kart 7? Didn't I just spend 40 hours within The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time 3D? Didn't we just get New Super Mario Bros. 2 (which I couldn't even finish)? And didn't New Super Mario Bros. U just release on the Wii U?
The problem is, outside of Super Mario 3D Land, none of these recent titles bring along the major improvement from one release to the next in the way that Nintendo used to be known for, and SM3DL only does this slightly. For example: Super Mario World - Super Mario 64 - Super Mario Sunshine - Super Mario Galaxy. With each game, the wait from one to the next is extensive, but when you finally got your hands on it - it was mind-blowing awesome. Major improvements and new gameplay gimmicks/ideas that weren't available in previous titles made each new release fresh and exciting. I mean, you HAD to have it! But now, slight improvement and rehashed gameplay - yes Nintendo, you have some of the best franchises in the world, but the trying to fill the third party support void with more Mario and Zelda is only going to wear us out on "Nintendo."
For me, this has sadly already happened.
Does Nintendo rely too much on Zelda?
Like Microsoft and Sony rely too much on Nintendo...
Hate again? I love Zelda. I think its good they are using it.
@ Jacksheen There is a new IP that just came out. Its called Nintendo Land. Just because it doesn't appeal to you doesn't mean it isn't a new IP.
If NIntendo holds back zelda, people are like "oh that's cool but it's not zelda, thats what I want to see". Nintendo releases more zelda and now people are are like "OMG nintendo stop with all the zelda, give us new IP ". I see no problem with it especially since it's really not that much when you actually sit down and look at it in terms of home consoles there was 1 true wii zelda game, 2 gamecube zelda games, 2 n64 zelda games all this is in the stretch of 13 years. That is hardly too much, and each iteration brought something fresh to the table. The Wii U is nintendo's NEW console of course they want to establish One of their main franchises on it early,it's good business and it's what people who buy wii u's want to see. I mean look at the Wii we waited 5 years since the launch of the wii to get our first true built from the ground up wii title. Nintendo is simply getting a head start this time around. And in terms of people complaining about mario kart, there is 1 mario kart for each nintendo system no more no less, it's fun, popular and that's why they keep making them. It blow my mind that people want nintendo to ditch the franchises that make them who they are especially when it's not as if the quality of their main IP's has faltered any either.


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Opinion recap: "Cat's paw" theory upheld
It has taken the Supreme Court a few years to get to the bottom of the issue, but on Tuesday it made up its mind: the "cat's paw" theory that lays the blame on the employer for workplace discrimination that occurs along the chain of job decisions is a valid one, under at least some of the federal laws against workplace bias. The split decision in Staub v. Proctor Hospital (09-400) applies directly to the federal law making it illegal to discriminate against a worker because that employee has had to take time off to serve in the active or reserve military, but the wording of that law is closely similar to provisions in other anti-bias laws.
The outcome of the case drew unanimous support among the Justices (except that Justice Elena Kagan did not take part), but the reasoning used in a majority opinion written by Justice Antonin Scalia was not supported by two of the Justices — Samuel A. Alito, Jr., and Clarence Thomas.
The "cat's paw" theory gets its name from the fable of a 17th Century French poet, about a monkey who persuaded a cat to pull chestnuts out of the fire, so the cat gets burned and the monkey makes off with the chestnuts. In its simplest form, in the workplace context, the employer gets the legal blame even if the actual executive or supervisor who fires or demotes a worker of refuses promtion does not act out of a biased intent, but the bias of another executive or supervisor along the way worked its way into the final decision. The final decision-maker is, so to speak, the cat and the biased associate is the monkey.
The law specifically at issue in this case, the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, forbids discrimination against an employee because of that worker's performance of military duties, if the military service is "a motivating factor" in the firing or other adverse action taken. That language, Justice Scalia noted, is very similar to wording in Title VII, the most far-reaching federal law against workplace bias. But similar language exists in a host of other federal workplace laws.
As finally crafted by the Scalia opinion, the "cat's law" theory of liability falls upon the employer only if these steps play out in a sequence: (1) a supervisor of the worker takes a step (writing up a negative report, for example) that is done for a biased reason, (2) that supervisor intends to get the worker fired, demoted or otherwise penalized, and (3) the supervisor's step is found to be the "proximate" cause of the ultimate decision — even if the executive or supervisor who actually carries out the firing or other penalty is someone else, and that person was not at all biased.
The opinion pointed out in a footnote, however, that the Court was only dealing with a situation where the biased intent was harbored by a supervisor. "We express no view as to whether the employer would be liable if a co-worker, rather than a supervisor, committed a discriminatory act that influenced the ultimate employment decision."
While the Court's ruling appeared to have positive promise for the worker who complained of bias, the decision did not finally decide whether he is entitled to the $57,640 in damages that a jury had awarded him (but was overturned by an appeals court), or whether his employer was entitled to a new trial. The case was not tried along the specific lines of the sequence Scalia fashioned, so the next step in the case must await further review in the Seventh Circuit Court.
The worker involved was Vincent E. Staub of Peoria, Ill., who held a job as a technician at Proctor Hospital, who was fired after prolonged disputes with his supervisors, who objected to his absences for Army Reserve duty. He contended that his supervisors created special work rules just for him, as part of a campaign to get rid of him, and they wrote a report saying he had violated the rules (which he denied). Staub argued that their anti-military bias thus was a motivating factor in an unbiased supervisor's final decision to fire him.
Along the way toward embracing its version of the "cat's paw" theory, the Court majority rejected the hospital's argument that, since the supervisor who made the final decision actually did her own investigation before acting, that should neutralize the effect of the other supervisors' bias and get the hospital off the hook. If the biased supervisors' intent fit into the scenario laid out by the Scalia opinion, the Court said, an investigation by the final decision-maker would not remove liability.
Justices Alito and Thomas agreed that the Seventh Circuit decision overturned by Tuesday's decision was wrong, but they argued that the Court should have allowed for a removal of liability if the decision-maker conducted her own investigation before carrying out the firing.
Recommended Citation: Lyle Denniston, Opinion recap: "Cat's paw" theory upheld, SCOTUSblog (Mar. 1, 2011, 2:18 PM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2011/03/opinion-recap-cats-paw-theory-upheld/

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ROCKFORD - A violent summer, homicides, fatal crashes and staffing shortages conspired to drive Rockford Police Department overtime this year.
Overtime costs could top $3 million this year for the first time since 2008 - although at least $161,474 will be covered by other agencies or organizations, such as the Rockford School District.
Chief Chet Epperson said an alarming number of fatal hit-and-runs and homicides through Dec. 20 are partly to blame. Hire-backs to fill in for officers and sergeants on leave or disability have also put pressure on the staff and the budget.
"It takes a tremendous amount of resources to work those cases in terms of personnel," he said. "Unfortunately, many of our homicides and fatalities happen on nights and weekends, so we had callbacks of nearly $400,000 with police investigating traffic fatalities and violent crimes."
The department sought a $1.1 million special appropriation from the Rockford City Council to increase its overtime spending authority beyond its original $1.96 million budget.
The additional spending authority raises the OT budget to $3.06 million, or 8 percent of the $37.7 million budget.
As of Nov. 30, Epperson said, the department spent $2.9 million on overtime, the same as last year. When adjusted for reimbursed costs, the total OT tab will likely come in at or below 2012's level.
Epperson had hoped to keep overtime lower this year but was stymied by staffing issues and violent crime.
The department cut overtime almost by half after it reached nearly $5 million in 2007. By 2009, it was down to $2.6 million, but it's been steadily creeping up since.
The city's 33 fatal traffic crashes in 2013, including eight hit-and-runs - one occurred Saturday night - are a six-year high. There were just 11 fatal crashes in 2012, including two hit-and-runs. Twenty fatal crashes were reported in 2011, including one fatal hit-and-run.
Investigating homicides also have contributed to overtime costs. The city's labor agreement with police officers means investigators aren't scheduled to work weekends unless they're on call, but command staffers decided to call back investigators in an attempt to quell a spate of violence during a bloody summer.
"As time goes by and you don't talk to those suspects or witnesses, leads can dry up," Epperson said. "In June or July, we decided by consensus that we couldn't wait until Monday morning to pick those cases up and are calling in our investigators on Saturday and Sunday."
Of 22 homicides through Dec. 20, nine occurred from June 5 to July 18; that ties decade highs set in 2011 and 2009. Last year, Rockford recorded 14 killings.
Regular duties that spill over the scheduled end of a 10-hour shift, such as report-writing and jail bookings, make up the largest overtime cost. Also, detectives were sent out of state a few times as they investigated cold cases.
Officers are encouraged to complete their reports and jail bookings during the regular shift, but it's more difficult if an arrest or major incident occurs toward the end of a shift.
Such regular overtime ran $860,816, or 29 percent of the total, through Nov. 30.
Special enforcement details, such as a Hell's Angels gathering at the end of July that cost the department $132,445 in overtime, added to the tab.
Staff writers Greg Stanley and Chris Green contributed to this report. Jeff Kolkey: 815-987-1374; email@example.com; @jeffkolkey


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I don't usually think of people interested in peak oil, climate change and economic collapse as particularly religious. "Spiritual" maybe — Sufi dancing and Lakota Vision Quests are OK and agnosticism is better. But peak preppers are usually not the kind of folks you'd expect to see in the pews on Sunday at First Presbyterian.
The Age of Limits conference held at the end of May offered some new insights on how religion, as an organized institution, could play a key role in helping people deal with the collapse that the conference's speakers think has already hit many parts of the world, including much of the US.
Though at this event, neither religion nor collapse were what they used to be.
The speakers, collapsitarians all — Dmitry Orlov, John Michael Greer, Gail Tverberg and Carolyn Baker — apparently weren't born again while reading the Book of Job and didn't hear the voice of God while fasting during Ramadan. As to the mother of all religious organizations, the Catholic Church came up only as the example of an institution that has outlasted the rise and fall of empires and nations and even today seems to enjoy great immunity from legal prosecution (pedophilia crisis, anyone?).
To paraphrase Orlov, if you want the government and your neighbors to leave you alone in the future, especially in America, then start a church. And that's just what the sponsors of the Age of Limits conference did.
Been collapse, done collapse
Anyone whose idea of the end of industrial civilization is The Road — a post-nuclear hellscape where survival depends on canned goods or, failing that, cannibalism — or even a gentler version with plenty of salvage such as The Book of Eli or Mad Max, would've been disappointed to hear that the coming economic and political unraveling is likely to be gradual and hard to assess while it's happening.
Indeed, many people alive today may already be in the midst of industrialism's fall and not even see it.
Greer, author of several books including The Ecotechnic Future and The Wealth of Nature, explained that he relocated a few years ago from Oregon to Cumberland, Maryland (pop. 22,000) because the latter's economy had already collapsed in the mid-seventies, when most of the mill town's factories shut down. So the population has already gotten used to dealing with tough times. And, if it's true that the littler they are the softer they fall, then Greer thought that a small city nestled in the mountains far from any metro area should be as safe a place as any to ride out the coming storm.
Greer encouraged conference attendees to follow his example and "collapse now and beat the rush," making collapse sound more like down-shifting or embracing simple living than prepping for the attack of mutant zombie bikers.
Dmitry Orlov, who wrote about the collapse of the Soviet Union as a model for the unraveling of the American empire in Reinventing Collapse, spoke of rich people who are quietly moving out of the US to what they see as safer redoubts abroad as "rats abandoning a sinking ship."
Orlov, who also spoke at the event about his experience of living on a boat full time, encouraged the rest of us to follow the billionaires' example and apply for second passports from countries such as Belize that offer them cheaply. That way, we can still get the hell out of Dodge even after fascism descends on Washington and we all end up on the No Fly List.
Yet, Orlov also counseled conference attendees that the riches of the future won't be hoards of gold or even a shed full of well sharpened gardening tools but instead the people you know who can offer you help and protection in the tough years to come.
Forget solar, start gathering tubers
Surprisingly, for a retired actuary living in suburban Atlanta, Tverberg, known for years on the Oil Drum as Gail the Actuary, was perhaps the gloomiest about the future prospects of humanity after oil. Was this because she seemed to lack the interest in religion shown by the other speakers?
Tverberg spoke compellingly and without any Tea Party moralizing against lazy poor people and their damned "entitlements" about how excessive debt will torpedo economic growth. She also argued that no combination of substitutes will be able to power globalized industrialism after the fossil fuels run out.
Unfortunately, after making this arguable point, Tverberg could not resist passing along exaggerated attacks on a variety of renewable energy sources. Often heard in the peak oil doomosphere, such complete dismissals of all renewables — whether a bogus scheme like corn ethanol or proven technologies like solar and wind — as entirely ineffective and unreliable are just not supported by the facts.
Photovoltaic panels or micro turbines used in small-scale, distributed applications — that is, ten kilowatts on your home rooftop rather than ten megawatts operated by your electric utility — are especially promising to power a more localized world beyond oil.
Based on the experience of my day job as a solar power developer, I tried to point this out to Tverberg. I also tried to correct some of her errors of fact — solar panels need neither a special roof nor lots of maintenance, as she claimed — but she was having none of it. Finally, I explained that if people believe the economy is collapsing, then if they want electricity in the future they should not rely on the power grid, but should instead get as much solar as they can right now, while it's readily available. Tverberg didn't seem to agree.
Perplexingly, Tverberg also claimed that the option of reverting to a farming lifestyle was off the table for future generations because our generation's industrial agriculture has already depleted the world's topsoil beyond repair. She was obviously unimpressed by (or unaware of) the successful efforts of sustainable farming experts like Wes Jackson to restore agricultural landscapes.
Tverberg concluded that only hunting and gathering would sustainably support humanity in a future beyond oil, making her perhaps the doomiest speaker in a group not known for its vulnerability to rainbows and unicorns.
Time to meet your Baker
Drawing on the wisdom of previous hunter-gatherers around the world, Baker, author of Navigating the Coming Chaos: A Handbook for Inner Transition, led conference attendees in African chants to invoke the aid of male and female energies of the universe. She also explained what traditional rituals to initiate youth into adult life have in common with each other and what they can all teach people today as we make the transition to a very different kind of future after industrialism.
In perhaps the event's only positive nod to the teachings of mainstream organized religion, Baker offered a poem, "Passover Remembered" by Alla Bozarth-Campbell, as advice and inspiration. Here's the opener:
Pack nothing.
Bring only your determination to serve and your willingness to be free.
Don't wait for the bread to rise.
Take nourishment for the journey, but eat standing.
Be ready to move at a moment's notice.
Do not hesitate to leave your old ways behind — fear, silence, submission.
Only surrender to the need for the time — love justice and walk humbly with your God.
Do not take time to explain to the neighbors.
Since I'm familiar with the Jewish story of Passover, this poem struck a resonant chord for me, unlike the African chanting which, out of context, I had trouble connecting with. I also wondered why so much discussion of spirituality at this event, and at peak oil and sustainability events in general, excluded mainstream religion, not just Christianity, but also Judaism and Islam. For me, some of the most powerful thinkers on living well with nature found Christianity to be a powerful inspiration — Rudolf Steiner, EF Schumacher and more recently, the two Berrys (Thomas Berry the Catholic priest and Wendell Berry the Christian agrarian writer).
Except for Baker and to a lesser extent Greer, I found that the speakers addressed the head without much heart. Orlov and Tverberg were heavy on doom but light not only on consolation but also on practical advice — each making me feel very dejected if somewhat better informed.
Greer offered more answers for coping with a collapsing economy, both his own example of small town living and his teachings on the appropriate technologies from the 1970s that he's collected as "Green Wizardry." And for those attracted to nature religions, Greer's discussion of Druidry, his own spiritual path, offered a promise of solace and insight.
As a practitioner of both Christianity and Tibetan Buddhism, I'm especially interested in faith practices that have stood the test of time, those with hundreds or thousands of years behind them, rather than just mere decades. For my own spiritual life, the speakers offered little that I could use.
Not just old school, but Old Testament
It turned out that the conference's host and his impressive venue were perhaps the highlights of the event for me, offering an tangible example of a way to turn fears of collapse into a plan for survival.
I wasn't able to understand exactly what Orren Whiddon did with computers between the time he read The Limits to Growth in the seventies and when he dropped out of the corporate rat race in the mid-nineties to buy the 180 acres of Allegheny mountain shell flats in an isolated area of south-central Pennsylvania that would become the Four Quarters Interfaith Sanctuary, a campground able to host a couple hundred visitors.
A solid man more than six feet tall dressed in jeans held up by leather suspenders and sporting a prophetic beard, Whiddon looks as unlike a corporate vice president from Office Space as you can imagine. These days he's more about low-tech, refusing to open a Facebook account while encouraging Four Quarters visitors to turn off their smart phones and enjoy a technology fast while they're his guests.
Whiddon, who traces his family roots back to Texas in the 1780s, is a practical visionary, but less like Steve Jobs than Moses with a bit of Sam Houston thrown in. Drawing inspiration from the "plain people," Christian Anabaptist groups like the Amish and Old Order Mennonites who consciously decided to drop out of a mainstream society they saw as corrupt, Whiddon has a plan for his self-described "hippie church" to become a force for peak oil resilience in a sea of complacent but doomed consumers.
Just like Jesus Camp but without the Jesus part (or the cultish brainwashing), Four Quarters is in fact registered for tax purposes as a non-profit religious congregation.
Its grounds are an open-air church hosting installations across the usual range of New Age spirituality, from a shrine to Ganesh, to a sweat lodge, to what appears to be a life-sized recreation of a Stonehenge-type druid stone circle. Along with regular services to mark new moons, Beltane and other spiritual days, throughout the camping season the center offers programs such as "SpiralHeart Reclaiming," "The Body Tribal" and "Drum & Splash."
But there's nothing touchy-feely about the way Whiddon and his board runs Four Quarters. After an initial trial period, full-time residents are required to live under strict rules, including the merging of their finances, in a lifestyle that Whiddon calls monastic and which requires a commitment to an ascetic counter-cultural lifestyle that hearkens back to Whiddon's other inspirations, the Benedictine brothers and the Buddhist sangha.
Doom with a view
The center's mission, aside from providing support for "Earth-based religions," is similarly straight-edge: to help prepare for the collapse of industrial society by serving as a "lifeboat" for eight or ten residents on site while spreading the gospel of peak oil prep to a larger audience through conferences like this one.
Accordingly, Whiddon has made many plans for the peak-ocalypse, including starting ventures on site that will make money today and may also serve a much lower tech economy in case today's money economy becomes only a memory in the future.
Four Quarters' first business is a winery that produces half a dozen different flavors of mead, a mostly-sweet alcoholic drink made from honey which staff generously served up during evening social events.
The center's second venture, a machine shop outfitted with solid American-made metal presses from the mid-twentieth century, has begun to meet local demand for spare machine parts. Residents have already started on the center's next business, a large greenhouse.
In the future, Whiddon thinks the greenhouse will feed the residents while the other businesses will offer goods for trade. The machine shop could help Four Quarters' mountain neighbors, already well provisioned with firearms, to keep their rifles and shotguns in working order after repair parts stop coming in from Asia. And of course, there's always a market for wine, especially when times are tough.
In a part of the country that hosted the Whiskey Rebellion just after the American Revolution, Whiddon predicts that booze and guns will be a winning strategy for a future economy that could be something like it was in George Washington's day.
Meet me at the river
Even before signups for the event nearly doubled Whiddon's projections and helped the conference to break even financially, Four Quarters had committed to holding two future annual events along the same lines.
Next year's event, Whiddon told me, will focus even more on solutions and practical activities that people can undertake in their own communities to prepare for the changes of the next twenty years.
After taking a dunk in the property's cool running creek between sessions, it came home to me just how much more this conference was about than PowerPoint presentations. I hope I'll be able to make it back next year.
— Erik Curren, Transition Voice


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Mike Tyson comes to Canastota (updated with videos 8:50 p.m.)
CANASTOTA -- Murmurs and rumors turned to shouts and sprints across the grounds of the International Boxing Hall of Fame in a matter of seconds as what was a calm group of fans sitting down under the pavilion turned into a scramble for position at the front of the stage.
Mike Tyson had officially arrived in Canastota.
Surrounded closely by bodyguards and Canastota police officers, the former heavyweight champion made his first public appearance of the weekend Friday to immortalize the thing that made him famous. His right fist.
Tyson and fellow Class of 2011 inductees Julio Cesar Chavez, Kostya Tszyu, referee Joe Cortez and trainer Nacho Beristain went through the fist-casting process to make plaster replicas to be placed with their Hall of Fame plaque.
"I've never seen so many cameras in my 22 years of doing this," said John Hunt, who oversaw the fist-casting process.
The former heavyweight champion received the biggest round of applause of the day as fans simultaneously called out Tyson's name, wished him congratulations and snapped photos.
Hunt explained the casting process to each inductee before plunging their right fist into a mold for several minutes. After the substance solidified, the boxing greats had to unclench their fist to slip their hand out. Hunt will make one plaster copy of each fist, then destroy the mold to guarantee it is a unique artifact.
"This is one of the best years I've ever seen here," volunteer Vern Wilson said of Tyson. "He's one of the best heavyweight champions there was."
Tyson went through the casting process, did a quick interview for ESPN's Friday Night Fights series, then returned to the SUVs he arrived in and was driven away.
There were clearly more visitors on the second day of the Hall of Fame Weekend than the first as lines stretched around the grounds looking for autographs and photos. Many of the fans in attendance were first-time visitors who came specifically to see the famous inductees.
Mary Helen Salas of Houston, Texas, arrived with her family in tow.
"Everybody loves boxing," Salas said of her husband Fernando and daughters Laura and Selina. "(Chavez) is one of our favorites and Tyson. I'm hoping to get autographs."
Jim Palmer finally made the trip Canastota from Erin, N.Y., for induction weekend after hearing about it for years and visiting the museum last summer.
"To see Stallone and Tyson and Chavez," Palmer said of his reason for coming. "I've always been into the more mainstream sports. I didn't realize all the history and all the old fighters until I came here. It's piqued my interest even more."
Palmer and the rest of the attendees will have to wait to see Stallone, the last 2011 inductee to make a public appearance. The writer and director of the "Rocky" movie series will arrive sometime before Sunday's ceremony, but how soon is up in the air.
Brothers Dicky Eklund and Micky Ward, real-life inspirations for "The Fighter" movie and the grand marshals of Sunday's parade held a talk Friday morning, then Tszyu filmed an interview workout with James "Smitty" Smith for an episode of his web show "In This Corner."
"It was really good because you hear about things in fights you never knew happened," said Jim Kernodle of Greensboro, N.C. "The insights are pretty cool because they are things you never hear anywhere else."
Gerald Fowler of Philadelphia has been coming to induction ceremonies since 2002, but missed last year. The lure of autographs from some of his favorite boxers like Tyson, Chavez, Tszyu and Sergio Martinez ensured he did not miss two years in a row, though.
"I really want Sergio Martinez's really bad." Fowler said of the autographs. "I really like him as a fighter."


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quote:Originally posted by Beans15A little off topic, but how about the question of an injured player being suspended?? If Sedin was suspended for a game (which he likely won't be) would that game be served after his return from injury? This also happened when Dan Carcillio hit Tom Gilbert. He was suspended for the play but also injured for the rest of the season during that play.
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quote:Originally posted by Beans15Alex, I think you missed part of the bottom line in that the original hit by Sedin was different only by the part of the body used to contact the head. Sedin hit Keith in the head as the principle point of contact with his shoulder. Keith hit Sedin in the had as the principle point of contact with an elbow. Don't try to lay that 'finishing his check' thing, Shoulder to the head is not finishing a check.Now, that takes nothing away from the Keith hit and I actually think the Keith hit is worse as it is predatory and a retaliation. Neither player, to my knowledge, has been suspended or fined in the past. For those reasons, I give Sedin one game and Keith three games. A little off topic, but how about the question of an injured player being suspended?? If Sedin was suspended for a game (which he likely won't be) would that game be served after his return from injury? This also happened when Dan Carcillio hit Tom Gilbert. He was suspended for the play but also injured for the rest of the season during that play.Does an injured player serve the suspension once they are able to play or during the injury??
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quote:Originally posted by ClattsSo Sedin is hurt on a play, isn't that why his sister is there? Replacement parts.Anyway to the topic pretty obvious elbow should fetch him 3-4 games based on recent suspensions."Most of the guys that wear them are Europeans and French Guys."Don Cherry on Visors
quote:Originally posted by Alex116Beans, the only issue i had, and would still have had if i'd seen a better view prior to my post, was you saying that the Sedin hit was a headshot and not a case of finishing his check. That's ludicrous. If you wanna go on about what a saint Keith is (and i agree with your analysis and think it's out of character what he did) that's fine, but you gotta give the same leeway to Daniel Sedin no? I mean seriously, this might have been the first check he's ever thrown . Surely he wasn't intentionally headhunting??? At least his hit was part of what has unfortunately become a legal play in hockey, that being "finishing your check"! NOTHING Keith did was anything to do with a hockey play. My best guess is that both guys got somewhat caught up in what's become arguably hockey's biggest rivalry. Emotions were high and the hits and scrums had already begun prior to this. For Sedin to actually throw that check on Keith pretty much proves this imo. You just rarely / never see either of the "sisters" finish their check (at least not that hard) and for Daniel to do it arguably late, tells me that the emotions were flying! BTW, Slozo, i too hate the "sisters" thing. It was funny for awhile, but c'mon, someone's gotta come up with some fresh material. What i hate more than a guy like Clatts calling them "sisters", is the stupid comments they make about them. "So Sedin is hurt on a play, isn't that why his sister is there? Replacement parts." Really? Maybe it's me? Was that supposed to be an attempt at humour??? I read this kind of crap all the time. I read a great article from a Chicago reporter about the Keith hit and how he should expect a suspension, etc, etc. Then you read all the comments below from Hawks fans about how the Canucks are divers. So, even if it's proven the Canucks are divers, does this make the Keith hit any less brutal? Don't get me wrong, many Canucks fans who comment on things like this irk me just as much. It's prob why i stick to PUH where all the unbiased, brilliant hockey minds keep their comments. Beans.....i've been saying for years that it's BS that the injury is considered in the decision (remember my rants about the Rome / Horton hit last year for example?). You wanna stop the headshots, you better start setting a better example and penalizing guys regardless of the injury. Heck, if a guy tries to throw a blatant elbow and misses, suspend him anyway! One day they may learn!!!
quote:Originally posted by Beans15I think this change in hearings from a telephone conversation to an in-person meeting is disturbing. Not because I think that a suspension of more than 5 games is too much. What I have a problem with is the NHL considering the injury portion of a player in their suspensions. I believe in punishing the action and not the outcome. If Sedin is not injured, does that make the Keith hit less dangerous??I still like 3 games for this based on Keith`s lack of history in this kind of thing. The guy not only doesn`t participate in these kinds of hits but donesn`t play dirty in general. This is a guy who plays 25+ a game and has 62 penalty minutes in the past 154 games!! He has never had more than 80 PIMS in a season, which is unreal for a defensemen who plays these kinds of minutes. On the other hand, the hit was about at predetory as you can find an example of. Direct hit to the head, intent to injure. If this was another player with a past history, the punishment would like be more than 10 games. Maybe more than 5 in this case but not more than 10.
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quote:Originally posted by Lee MarshallI think 5 games was WAY too light. 10 games would have been a message worth sending. It was a blatant retiation and attempt to injure. The 'success' of Keih's purposeful venture dictates a suspension in kind.Who the cap fits...Let them wear it.
quote:Originally posted by just1nWhat is the status of Daniel Sedin anyway? The Canucks seem to be keeping pretty quiet about it.
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quote:Originally posted by curly2eightIf the referees had called the appropriate penalty on Sedin to begin with, there would have been no "retribution" needed.
quote:Originally posted by curly2eight Keith's elbow was more than just retaliation to a hit to the head from the blind side well after the puck was gone. It was the culmination of many, many dirty plays (not called by referees) between both teams in the last 3 years of hockey.
quote:Originally posted by curly2eight Torres on Seabrook was just as bad. At least Keith came at Sedin from the front. Why didn't Sedin protect himself? He had to know that Keith was coming for him, especially if there was a "called shot" as purported by his brother.
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Leprosy is a very misunderstood disease. People think of sick beggars with fingers and limbs falling off left and right, severe deformities of their face and body, and of course, a horribly contagious disease without any treatment.
Not so! So let's learn some leprosy stuff.
What is it?
Leprosy (also called Hansen's Disease) is caused by a bacterium, Mycobacterium leprae.
How common is it?
In 1985, there were 54 million cases worldwide. In 2010, there were less than 300,000. In the U.S., there were 205 new cases in 2010.
Where is it most commonly found?
In developing countries, like Bangladesh, Brazil, Nigeria, for example. Most of the U.S. cases are from immigrants or those traveling to developing countries.
How do you get it?
It's usually spread through respiratory droplets, similar to the flu or colds. Some cases have been reported after contact with armadillos. Yes! The pill bugs of the animal world!
Do the armadillos suffer from leprosy too?
Most armadillos don't live long enough in the wild to manifest the disease. But in captivity, they do. Up to 20% of the armadillo population is probably affected. They probably got it from humans centuries ago! Yep, OUR fault.
How contagious is it?
Most people exposed to leprosy do NOT get the disease.
What are the symptoms?
Leprosy affects the skin and the nerve endings of the body.
After an exposure, it usually takes 3-5 years before any signs show up.
- Skin lesions that can look like circular burn marks, target lesions, thickened reddish patches
- Numbness within those skin lesions
- Tingling or numbness of the hands and feet
- Lumps and nodules on the face and earlobes
- Loss of eyebrows and eyelashes
- Dryness of the cornea (the clear covering over your iris), abrasions and ulcers
- Only in advanced disease, when the numb fingers and feet allow people to get trauma and infections, are there limbs falling off--not directly due to leprosy, but the secondary infections that happen.
- The leprosy bacterium grows better in cooler environments, which is why it has a tendency to affect the skin and respiratory tract and armadillos (cooler core body temperature than other animals).
- It tends to infect men more than women
- It's relatively slow growing
- The nerve damage can cause disability to the legs, arms, and eyes can be permanent and cause permanent disability, which is why early treatment is very important.
Yes. The BCG vaccine (Bacillus Calmette-Guerin) which is usually used outside of the U.S. to prevent tuberculosis, is also over 50% effective in preventing leprosy. Because leprosy is so uncommon in the U.S., this vaccine isn't used here.
What is the treatment?
Antibiotics. Dapsone and rifampin, and sometimes a third agent clofazimine, are used for anywhere from 12 to 24 months of treatment. These medications are highly effective, meaning it's pretty easy to cure leprosy.
Not sure if you're going to run with this and write about leprosy in your next book, but if you do, do me a favor and stick an armadillo in there, okay? :)
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Get It Together
This story appears in the April 1998 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe »
It's getting to be about that time when the spring cleaning bug rears its tidy little head. It's the time of year when thoughts turn to organizing offices, cleaning out garages, donating old clothing and "getting it together" in general. As someone who doesn't like to let the opportunity of a clean, new slate pass me by, I decided it was time to dig in and take a fresh look at Personal Information Managers (PIMs).
Perhaps one of the best software inventions, PIMs help you keep yourself and your business together--running on time and on track. Although they won't do the filing that has been piling up for months, they will help you sort out your contacts, schedules and task lists. Of course, as with everything, it's "garbage in/garbage out"--for PIMs to work to your advantage, you have to do some work and be willing to change old habits and invent new ones. Scheduling from within your computer has to become second nature, as does the way in which you check for appointments (whether you print out schedules to put in your paper-based organizer or check the computer for your appointments every morning).
All three programs reviewed here are the most current versions available. They all run under Windows and are all equally useful. Your decision of which to choose will be based less on quality than on what functions work for you.
With all three of the following programs, you get tools for scheduling and viewing appointments (choosing among day, week, month and year views); and tracking contacts, including general information (phone number, address, e-mail address and so on), as well as room for additional contact notes (such as when called, next call and so forth). Keeping in touch with clients is easy with included letter-writing capabilities for creating and generating form letters, and an automatic phone dialing feature. Alarms will keep you on time, alerting you to everything from an upcoming phone call to an important meeting.
Cassandra Cavanah is a contributing editor of Portable Computing Direct Shopper magazine and has reported on the computer industry for nine years.
On One Side...
Sidekick has always been my PIM of choice. It's easy to work with and has numerous key functions that meet my needs. With Sidekick 98, Starfish Software has taken this program's portability to a whole new level. This program comes with TrueSync synchronization software for synching up your calendar, contacts and other information with portable devices, like the ultra-thin credit-card-sized Rolodex Electronic REX and 3Com's PalmPilot. This means Sidekick users can easily take their data on the road--while leaving their desktop computers at home. There's no need to even print out the information and put it in a traditional paper-based organizer. Once on the road with Sidekick, users can make changes to their data and then synch it up with the data on their desktop computers back at their offices.
Another new feature of this program is Sidekick Web Publisher for automatically generating HTML pages. With just a click of the mouse, I automatically created HTML files of all my contacts (or card files) and could view them from within my Netscape browser--a great feature.
Users can either use the defaults to simply post exactly what they have in their database or can opt to manipulate the data for appropriate on-screen viewing. There's also been an enhancement to Sidekick's e-mail functionality, so users can easily integrate their e-mail address book with Sidekick; support for Eudora Pro, Netscape mail, Microsoft Exchange and Windows Address Book are included. For those who cruise the Web looking for contact information, there's support for vCard--a standard that lets users easily drag and drop data from Web-based information sites (such as http://www.four11.com).
There's also a scheduling wizard for setting up appointments with numerous participants. All you do in Sidekick is enter the event, select the participants (who can be notified automatically by e-mail, phone or pager) and wait for the responses. The EarthTime module within Sidekick makes keeping in touch with associates around the globe fairly simple because you can quickly ascertain the time almost anywhere in the world.
One Day At A Time
Day-Timer knows a lot about organization. It's basically recreated its paper-based organizer as a software tool. The two versions can easily work in conjunction, making it simple to become a Day-Timer Organizer software user if you are already a traditional Day-Timer user. The part I like best is Day-Timer's customized computer paper that lets you easily print schedules and address book pages to place in your Day-Timer notebook. While I find Sidekick's printing procedures difficult to follow and plagued with spotty results, Day-Timer has smartly created a onetime setup procedure that makes it possible to seamlessly print from your printer. Within 10 minutes, I was printing beautifully laid-out pages that easily fit into my same-size Filofax notebook.
Just as you can choose between day-at-a-glance, week-at-a-glance and month-at-a-glance views when using paper-based Day-Timers, you can do the same with this software. It's easy to switch between the views to check out your schedules, to-do lists, events and so on.
The address book is simple to use--you can easily import data from other databases into Day-Timer. Keeping contact information on the entries in your address book is also easy. There are plenty of preset action items to choose from, and activities are simple to record. For example, if you want to make a phone call, Day-Timer can dial the phone number (as can all other PIMs reviewed here), and with a click of the mouse, you can indicate whether you spoke to the person or left a message. You can also time the duration of the call and schedule a follow-up.
Day-Timer Organizer also takes advantage of a network for workgroup functions, making it possible to do group scheduling, share information, delegate tasks and send basic messages. Synchronizing your data with another computer is also relatively simple, though not as seamless as the standardized TrueSync capabilities offered in Sidekick. I also didn't find Day-Timer as easy to navigate as Sidekick.
Information, Please
This is the least-known of the products reviewed here. Published by Baseline Data Systems, Info Accelerator is slowly making its mark as an impressive alternative to more well-known products. Available only via the company's Web site, Info Accelerator is an impressive contender for the top PIM slot.
My favorite feature of this software is its omnipresent tool bar that makes hopping in and out of the program incredibly convenient. The tool bar resides in your start-up folder in Windows 95, letting you access your phone book, calendar, notes and so on. More impressive still is its SmartLink technology, which lets you easily transfer data from one application to another. From within Microsoft Word, for example, users can highlight text and place it into Info Accelerator's phone book or grab a name and address from the phone book and import it into a Word document. It's seamless. Similar functionality is available for such programs as Quicken, QuickBooks, Timeslips, Eudora, Excel and more. This is a very powerful tool.
The phone book feature offers more functionality than the same feature of the other PIMs reviewed here--it has more contact management functions. The calendar feature is also incredibly strong--it's easy to navigate and gives you plenty of options so you can organize the way you want to.
If your office is networked, you can opt for the network version of this product, which is capable of running under any Windows network. With this version, you can share data and schedule meetings.
Baseline also shipped me QuickNotes, a separate program ($59.95) that, on a very basic level, is like a "Post-It" program for your computer. But QuickNotes is much more than that. First, the notes can be up to 10,000 characters long, you can place notes in an unlimited number of file folders with subfolders if you choose, and you can search for notes, color code them, set alarms and more. This is a program I could quickly integrate into my daily work style.
Decisions, Decisions
Sidekick is great for people who want to take their data on the road using a small handheld computer device, like the REX or PalmPilot. Day-Timer Organizer makes great sense for those already addicted to a paper-based Day-Timer system. This is not to say this program doesn't stand on its own, but traditional Day-Timer users will certainly find it useful.
Finally, if I were embarking on my first PIM, I would probably opt for Info Accelerator. This program makes it easy to embrace this new way of working because it's readily available within all your applications and is thoroughly un-intimidating.
Report Card
Info Accelerator 5.0
Baseline Data Systems
(800) 429-5325
List price: $99.95
Pluses: Universal phone book gives easy access to database from within any Windows application
Minuses: None of note
Grade: Excellent
Sidekick 98
Starfish Software
(888) 782-7347
List price: $49.95
Pluses: Strong Internet integration, easy to take on the road
Minuses: Contact management functions could be better
Grade: Good/Excellent
Day-Timer Organizer 98
Day-Timer Technologies
(800) 225-5005
List price: $59.95
Pluses: Great product for current paper-based Day-Timer users
Minuses: Not as intuitive as others
Grade: Good/Excellent
Hot Disks
- Remote DeskLink: If you're like most entrepreneurs, you can probably be found sitting at your desk into the wee hours of the night. Why not find a way to take those projects home? Traveling Software's Remote DeskLink lets anyone with a Windows 95 computer work from home or when traveling. This means you can remotely update documents and spreadsheets, reply to e-mail and more. Remote DeskLink is easy to use and costs $49.99. For more information, call (800) 343-8080 or visit http://www.travsoft.com
- Revision Master 1.0: Documents such as business proposals and sales letters often go through the revision ringer several times before they make it out the door. Diehl Graphsoft's Revision Master lets you easily store, track and retrieve any version of a document. This product is capable of tracking virtually any type of Windows 95 document, such as HTML files, spreadsheets, images, e-mail messages and photos. You can look up previous versions of the document, trace changes and more. For more details, visit http://www.diehlgraphsoft.com
- PhotoMAX Image Maker Software: Polaroid is taking its easy photography expertise and applying it to the digital imaging world. PhotoMAX is designed to take the difficulty out of capturing, editing and using digital images. Working with the Polaroid PhotoMAX PDC300 Digital Camera Creative Kit--the first truly consumer-friendly digital camera and software package--Polaroid's PhotoMAX combines six digital imaging applications in a single graphical user interface to offer consumers all the techniques needed to manipulate images. Polaroid also includes DogByte Development's Sticker Store software, which features quality artwork with the ability to add images to cyber and printed greeting cards, insert them onto cool backgrounds, apply them to T-shirts and more. PhotoMAX costs $59.95; the complete PhotoMAX Digital Camera Creative Kit is $349.99. Check out http://www.polaroid.com or call (800) 343-5000.


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Im looking for any recommendations of the mock vegan foods which are also gluten and wheat free. So many of the burgers, hot dogs, mock products etc contain wheat protein and gluten.
I know redwood do various gluten/wheat free cheezly, burgers etc.
EDIT: This was meant to be in product section sorry.


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The European Union says it is open to examining allegations in a report by a European lawmaker that Kosovo's prime minister was involved in organ trafficking.
At a news conference in Brussels, European Union spokeswoman Maya Kocijancic said the bloc was aware of a recent report accusing Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci of organ trafficking following the1998-1999 war with Serbia.
"We take all allegations of this kind extremely seriously," said Kocijancic. "In this particular case we have seen the report and if the rapporteur, Mr. Marty, has any concrete evidence we invite him to bring this forward to the relevant authorities."
Kocijancic, who is spokeswoman for EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, said those authorities included European Union police and the bloc's rule of law mission in Kosovo, which is known as EULEX.
Released Tuesday, the report was authored by Dick Marty, a Swiss lawmaker at the Strasbourg, France-based Council of Europe. It claims mainly Serb prisoners detained more than a decade ago by the ethnic-Albanian Kosovo Liberation Army were shot and their kidneys sold on the black market. It also claims prime minister Thaci headed a group linked to the alleged organ trade.
Rights group Amnesty International has called for the European Union to investigate the claims.
The Kosovo government has dismissed the claims as untrue and suggested lawmaker Marty wanted to damage Kosovo's reputation.
Marty was prevously the rapporteur for another sensational report in 2007, claiming the CIA operated secret prisons to interrogate terrorism suspects in Europe. His Kosovo report will be examined Thursday by the Council of Europe, a rights body that is independent of the European Union.
EU May Investigate Kosovo PM for Organ Trafficking
The European Union says it is open to examining allegations in a report by a European lawmaker that Kosovo's prime minister was involved in organ trafficking.


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Submitted to: Gastroenterology
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 12/1/2005
Publication Date: 8/1/2006
Citation: Zhao, A., Urban, Jr, J.F., Morimoto, M., Elfrey, J., Madden, K., Finkelman, F., Shea-Donohue, T. 2006. Contribution of 5-HT2A receptor in nematode infection-induced murine intestinal smooth muscle hyper contractility. Gastroenterology. 131(2):568-578
Interpretive Summary: Serotonin (5-HT) is an important chemical transmitter in both the central and peripheral nerve system and impacts a number of functions including appetite, mood, and perception. The gut is the largest source of 5-HT and contains at least 15 receptor subtypes located on neurons, smooth muscle and epithelial cells that are involved in gut mucosa and smooth muscle function. Parasitic worm infection in the intestine act like food allergens because of the nature of the immune response that is induced including the release of the immune mediators IL-4 and IL-13. These mediators are also induced during allergic disease and regulate a number of immune and non-immune functions. Food particles, and worms, activate the release of 5-HT in the intestine due contact with enterochromaffin cells in the gut. One unanswered question was the relationship between IL-4 and IL-13 and the expression of receptors for 5-HT. We observed that worm infection primarily induced 5-HT receptor 2A through an IL-13 but not IL-4 activated mechanism. This is of interest because recent studies have show a marked increase in 5-HT in a subset of patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). The regulation of 5-HT receptors by worm infection can provide important information on the role of the 5-HT and specific receptor interactions that lead to disease in the intestine. This work will be of interest to nutritionists who study food allergy, clinicians that evaluate IBD, and scientists interested in the role of parasitic infection in host immunity and nutrient absorption.
Technical Abstract: Enteric nematode infection induces smooth muscle hyper contractility that depends on interleukin (IL)-4 and IL-13 activating the signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) 6. Serotonin (5-HT) is involved in the physiological regulation of gut function. We investigated the contribution of 5-HT and its receptors in nematode induced intestinal smooth muscle hyper contractility. Mice were infected with Nippostrongylus brasiliensis; Heligmosomoides polygyrus; or injected i.v. with IL-13 for seven days. Segments of jejunum were suspended in organ baths and smooth muscle responses to 5-HT were determined in the presence or absence of specific 5-HT antagonists. IL-4, IL-13 and 5-HT receptor mRNA expression was determined by real-time quantitative PCR. 5-HT evoked a modest contraction of smooth muscle in wild type (WT) mice that was unaltered by the 5-HT2A antagonist ketanserin. N. brasiliensis infection, however, induced a smooth muscle hyper contractility to 5-HT that was abolished by ketanserin, but not by other 5-HT antagonists. Infection-induced up-regulation of 5-HT2A expression was correlated temporally with the smooth muscle hyper contractility to 5-HT. The infection-induced up regulation of 5-HT2A in WT mice was also observed in IL-4-/- mice, but was not seen in IL-13-/- or STAT6-/- mice. In addition, smooth muscle responses to 5-HT and 5-HT2A expression in WT mice were also enhanced by IL-13 or H. polygyrus infection. These data show that 5-HT2A is one of the molecules downstream from STAT6 activation that mediates changes in smooth muscle function. 5-HT2A represents a novel target for modulating immune-mediated effects on intestinal motility.


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Citizen Eco-Drive Watch
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Lady's Yellow Basemetal Sport Dress Citizen Eco-Drive Watch*Prices are subject to change based on fluctuations in metal prices and currencies
Citizen Eco-Drive proves that style and sustainability can co-exist with ecologically-friendly timepieces. Utilizing the power of light, Citizen Eco-Drive technology converts light into stored energy to power the watch for at least six months, even in the dark. Fueled by light, it never needs a battery.
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ASUS and NVIDIA were the first to demonstrate Android 4.0 on a tablet and now it appears they will be the first to deliver the update to customers who purchased the Transformer Prime. Today ASUS announced on their Facebook page that the Transformer Prime would receive Android 4.0 via an over the air update starting January 12th.
Other news released today addressed the locked bootloader and GPS issues that some users have been reporting with the Transformer Prime. ASUS said they are developing an unlock tool for the modding community (similar to what HTC did last year) and they expect to release it in the coming months.
As for the GPS issues, ASUS just released a software update (version 18.104.22.168) that enhances the performance, but they admit the Transformer Prime is not a professional GPS device. ASUS said, "To avoid inconveniencing users who demand a powerful GPS device, we made the decision to remove it from our specification sheet and marketing communications."
The Transformer Prime continues to sold out at most retailers, but normal inventory levels are expected later this month. It's been about one month since we first unboxed the Transformer Prime and it remains to be my favorite Android tablet. ASUS has already delivered two software updates in the first month and this quick upgrade to Android 4.0 shows their commitment to providing excellent customer support.
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Scott David Barkve 1960-2013
Scott Barkve, age 52, of Emmetsburg died on Monday, June 17, 2013 at the Avera Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD.
Memorial services were held Saturday, June 22, at St. John's Lutheran Church in Depew, with Rev. David Moore officiating. Burial was in the North St. John's Cemetery.
Scott David Barkve, the son of Harry S. and Gloria (Hanson) Barkve, was born on Nov. 20, 1960 in Emmetsburg. He graduated from Emmetsburg High School in 1979. He received his nursing degree from Iowa Lakes Community College in 1984, Paramedic degree from Western Iowa Tech in 1991 and Emergency Medical Service Instructor from the University of Iowa. He started working at the Palo Alto County Hospital in the maintenance department. As he continued his education he worked as an orderly, LPN, RN and Paramedic Specialist.
Education was always important to Scott. He had taught paramedic and nursing students at Iowa Lakes Community College. He was instrumental in working with the Iowa Lions Eye Bank to get law changed to allow nurses to become eye enucleators. He had worked in all aspects of nursing. Scott was selected to do educational ride along with the Cresco Fire Department.
Scott's parents and brothers were very important and influential to him throughout his life. Religion was important to Scott. He was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church where he had served as an usher, Sunday School teacher, superintendent of Sunday School and a member of the board of Christian Education. Scott became active in Jaycees where he met many new friends.
Scott's health diminished and he had to go on dialysis. Scott would like to thank Dr. Santella and staff at Dialysis in Spencer, also the outstanding care from Dr. Patricia Banwart and nurse Joanie, Dr. Congella and nurse Heather.
Left to cherish Scott's memory are his mother, Gloria Barkve of Cylinder; two brothers, Gary Barkve of Emmetsburg and Jeff Barkve of Cylinder. He is also survived by aunts, uncles and cousins.
Scott was preceded in death by his father, Harry S. Barkve, Jr., and a sister-in-law, Cheryl Barkve.
The Lentz Funeral Home in Algona is serving the family.
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text: Ugh. Just look at how old my links are there. I still have my Atlanta linkage up, plus, some of the other links are old and broken. Time for an overhaul, don't you say? I've been compiling some local links of fellow LAIKA-ians and other artists, animators and illustrators in the Portland area -- in fact, I'm thinking about making a Northwest section as well. I know that I'm only scratching the surface, so I need your help. If you happen to be from Portland and/or know anyone from here who is an artist and/or animator, please let me know. I'll put the link up as part of my brand spankin' new blogroll and linky links. Just email me or put in the comments section for this post. Make sure you let me know where the subject is from, whether from Portland or the general Northwest area. Thanks!


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Research on Early Childhood Education
PreK Programs Will Reap Billions in Benefits
Economist Robert G. Lynch found that investment in high quality prekindergarten programs generates billions of dollars in economic and other benefits for the federal and state governments. The study, Enriching Children, Enriching the Nation, published by the nonpartisan Economic Policy Institute, shows huge benefits whether programs are universal or targeted to three- and four-year-old children from poor families.
Enriching Children, Enriching the Nation (May 2007) - EPI.
PreK Programs Reduce Future Crime
A longitudinal study of participants in a Chicago public schools program serving preK through third grade students reported that at age 24 program participants had acquired more education and were less likely to commit crimes than those who did not receive the same level of service. This study is a 19-year followup report in an ongoing study of Chicago's Child-Parent Center program, which appears in the August 2007 issue of the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, a monthly journal.
PreK Program Pays Off in Academic Development
New Mexico's preK initiative is paying off for its four-year-old participants in greater improvement in early language, literacy, and math development, according to The Effects of the New Mexico PreK Initiative on Young Children's School Readiness, a study released August 2007 by the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) at Rutgers University. The research was conducted by Jason T. Hustedt, W. Steven Barnett, and Kwanghee Jung.
Policy Makers Should Consider Full-Day Preschool (May 2006)
A study by the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) finds that the benefits of full-day preschool over half-day programs are significant and concludes that "policy makers should strongly consider implementation of full-day preschool." The report discusses a randomized trial that compared children from low-income families in half-day and full-day public preschool programs.
Results show that children attending full-day programs did better on mathematics and literacy tests than children in a 2.5 to 3-hour public preschool program and the achievement gains continued at least until the end of first grade.
Benefits of Preschool
The journal Developmental Psychology has published research that confirms that Oklahoma's pre-kindergarten program is successfully helping kids prepare for school. (Oklahoma is one of the few states to offer preschool to every four year old.) While learning gains were made by children of different racial and socioeconomic backgrounds, the study found the most significant improvements among Hispanic children. Researchers made a point of noting that the preschool program was staffed by well-educated, well-trained teachers who earn regular public school salaries.
The Effects of Universal Pre-K on Cognitive Development (2005)
The Effectiveness of Early Head Start for 3-Year-Old Children and Their Parents: Lessons for Policy and Programs (2005)
Study Backs Benefits of Preschool (2005) - Listen to the National Public Radio story by Michelle Trudeau.
Long-Term Benefits
The two most-often cited studies thought to prove the long-term benefits of early childhood education.
High/Scope Perry Preschool Study
Abecedarian Early Childhood Intervention Project
Child Trends Offers Range of Research Services
Child Trends, a nonprofit and nonpartisan children's research organization, provides research and data on the benefits of early childhood education, a description of practices that support school readiness and more. It collects and analyzes data; conducts, synthesizes, and disseminates research; designs and evaluates programs; and develops and tests promising approaches to research in the field. Founded in 1979, Child Trends has achieved a reputation as one of the nation's leading sources of credible data and high-quality research on children.
Table of Practices That Support School Readiness
Child Trends
Eager to Learn: Educating Our Preschoolers
This report provides an in-depth perspective on the components of quality preschool programs; principles of learning that should be incorporated into preschool curriculum (without endorsing any particular curriculum), and appropriate use of early childhood assessments. The report includes recommendations regarding professional development, development of curricula and assessment tools, and public policies at the state and federal levels. The report is from the Committee on Early Childhood Pedagogy of the National Research Council's Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.
Early Childhood Research & Practice
Early Childhood Research & Practice (ECRP), a peer-reviewed electronic journal sponsored by the Early Childhood and Parenting (ECAP) Collaborative at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, covers topics related to the development, care, and education of children from birth to approximately age 8. ECRP emphasizes articles reporting on practice-related research and development, and on issues related to practice, parent participation, and policy.
Early Childhood and Parenting (ECAP) Collaborative
Importance of Early Experiences
The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K) is an ongoing effort by the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). The study follows a nationally representative sample of approximately 22,000 children from kindergarten through fifth grade in an effort to increase public awareness of the importance of children's early experiences in care and education evidenced by the National Education Goal on school readiness.
Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K)


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The City Tech Library, in partnership with the Faculty Commons, is pleased to invite all faculty to a library workshop: Maximizing minimally: Keeping current using RSS, alerts, and more. Discover how to set up RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds and alerts in your favorite databases and internet sources to keep track of the latest research in journals, news sources, associations, and blogs.
This workshop will be held on Wednesday, February 29, 1-2pm in Rm. A540 (library classroom). RSVP to Prof. Maura Smale at firstname.lastname@example.com or 260-5748.


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Matt Kazam
Matt's energetic style, witty observations, and unassuming charm combined with his youthful enthusiasm and instant likeability are the driving forces behind his unique and hilarious comedy. Matt has made numerous television appearances including "Last Comic Standing", FOX's "Big Red Couch", Comedy Central's "Stand-up Stand-up", VH-1's "Fools for Love" & TLC's "Two for Vegas".
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If you treasure all that time spent building Mousetrap's contraption and its inevitable collapse midway through, then Angry Birds: Knock on Wood, a board game due later this year from Mattel, is perfect for you. Yes, it has a slingshot.
In the two-to-four player game, both sides will play a card-based strategy game that supplies the materials necessary for building the pigs' structure, and the birds to knock it down. Then comes time to fling the fowl. Players then tally points based on how much of their structure is left standing or how much of their foe's they knocked down.
Angry Birds Knock on Wood supplies three Angry Birds figurines, four pigs, 14 blocks, 56 different mission cards and, of course, the slingshot. It'll have a $14.99 pricetag in the U.S. and figures to hit shelves in May.
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Nothing feels better than lathering up your shampoo or hand soap and feeling the dirt simply wash away.
Let me clarify. Nothing feels better to your mind than watching the foam spiral down the drain, dirt in tow, but I can't say the same for your actual hair and skin. In fact, many things feel better than the damaging and drying effect of Sodium Laurel Sulfates stripping your body of its natural oils.
From the top
Sodium Lauryl Sulfates (SLS) are surfactants–surfactants are the compounds that cause products like soap to foam. Because of their ability to lower the surface tension of a liquid, or between a liquid and a solid, they have become popular in the personal-care industry as detergents, wetting agents, emulsifiers, dispersants, and, of course, foaming agents. SLS are in products ranging from toothpaste to shampoo, as well as having a few unexpected uses, which we will discuss in a later section.
Luckily for most big personal-care companies, but unluckily for your skin and hair, SLS are approved by most government agencies.
Did you know?
Although Sodium Lauryl Sulfates (SLS) are safe to use they often become irritants and are drying to the skin and hair. Some people are more sensitive then others but the results can be felt by anyone.
Test: Wash your face with pure hand soap (which contains a high level of SLS) and do not moisturize. Some believe that the tight feeling your skin gets afterwards is the feeling of clean, when, in reality, it is your skin drying out and losing elasticity as a result of being stripped of its natural oils.
The scary truth
Remember how I mentioned that Sodium Laurel Sulfates (SLS) have a few unexpected uses? These uses are those that you would not want to associate with using the same ingredient as your personal-care products for which you not only put near your body, but also rub in. Looks like I broke the suspense… Here is a short list just to give you an idea.
- Engine degreaser
- Commercial floor cleaner
- Laundry detergent
- Dishwasher detergent
- Dish soap
- Car wash products
I would also like to take this time to point out that environmental activists are also up in arms because of the history of SLS being tested on animals. A product that is used to degrease engines should not be on our faces nor our animals.
The Problem
A+B=C. Sodium Lauryl Sulfates strip natural oils and break down proteins + your skin and hair are made up of proteins = SLS break down your skin and hair.
It is pretty much as simple as that. The protein in our skin and hair keep it healthy and provide it with a natural texture and glow. By using SLS products we break down these proteins and cause dryness that slowly causes damage. There are also many long-term effects of using SLS regularly, which include sensitivity to the environment and other products.
Why we use it
There is a list of reasons why consumers continue to purchase products with Sodium Lauryl Sulfates (SLS) in them and, unfortunately, they are difficult habits to break.
Price: SLS products are cheaper then their SLS-free counterparts.
Experience: People have become accustomed to the feeling and belief that bubbles mean clean. People have the misconception that if the soap doesn't foam then it is not working.
Feeling: The tightness and feeling of skin after a bubble bath or face-wash is misconceived as cleanliness, when in fact, as mentioned before, it is the stripping of your skin and hair of natural oils.
Mind over matter
There are a great many reasons to switch over to Sodium Lauryl Sulfates-Free products, consumers just have to be able to see past the foam and understand the cost. Ask yourself a few questions:
Do you suffer from unexplained redness or dermatitis?
Have you just become accustomed to having an itchy neck or body after a shower?
Is your child suffering from pediatric eczema? Or vaginitis? Are they (enjoyers) victims of bubble baths?
Do you need the bubble?
It is important to be an educated consumer and know what chemicals are lurking in your products. It is also important to step back and decide if you need the bubble.With so many health concerns rising about the effects of Sodium Lauryl Sulfates it may be time to have faith in the cleaning agents of your products and look past the suds.
ZENMED has been SLS-Free from the beginning and will continue to be SLS-Free for our consumers. Our products are completely naturally based, vegan, and organic, and provide a healthy and safe alternative to the chemical ridden products on your grocery store shelves.


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Robert Dorsey says he remembers own tough experience of homelessness
The late-summer heat wave has left people sweltering and prompted many to heed warnings to stay hydrated and drink a lot of water.
But for Kansas City's homeless population, a refreshing drink of cold water isn't always easy to come by.
Robert Dorsey of Brotherhood, Inc., said he's out to change that. He's been delivering bottles of water to people who might not otherwise be able to get it.
"I hear them constantly on TV talking about water, water, water," Dorsey said. "If I need it, so do they."
Dorsey delivers the water along with notes to those in need. He said the mission carries a deep meaning because he was homeless, thirsty and desperate himself once. A sip of water, he said, was long way away.
"When you're homeless, nothing is easy to get," he said. "You're without everything."
One by one, stop by stop, bottle by bottle, he hopes to deliver help to people who may have lost hope.
"No water, no food, a lot of people such as ourselves are on faith. We hope and pray the Lord gets to the ones we don't get to," Dorsey said.
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Given just how much has to go down in one day over the course of Turkey Day, I'm all about planning ahead — and cooking ahead. Less craziness in the kitchen, after all, means more time to spend giving thanks with family and friends.
I'm also a huge fan of soups, which not only can be made ahead, but also imbue the entire house with an intoxicating aroma. But former Top Cheffer and restaurateur Dale Talde gave me another do-ahead dish to add to my Thanksgiving arsenal: a slow-cooked roast. With any kind of braise, "the longer it sits, the better it gets," he explained. One to two days beforehand, he pops the non-turkey main in a ceramic cooking vessel in the oven with some cooking sauce (Talde uses Korean barbecue sauce), lets it cook for several hours, and serves it right out of the pot.
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Samui Palm Beach Resort
175/3 Thaveerat-Pakdee Rd.,
T. Bophut, Koh Samui, Suratthani 84320
Bophut Beach
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The Samui Palm Beach Resort is located in a beautifully landscaped tropical garden on Bophut beach. The hotel offers villas and bungalows in a modern Thai-style hotel and a one-story building which houses the deluxe rooms. All have high ceilings and are equipped with quality furnishings, which are a mixture of Mediterranean and South-East Asian style. The 32 rooms are spacious, with modern amenities and beautiful views of the garden. The villas are set amidst the gardens of the resort but only a stone's throw from the beach away. The spacious villas are ideal for families and groups. They reflect the atmosphere of the Royal Villas at Petchaburi Palace and have large bathrooms and a veranda overlooking the garden. The beach villas are just a few steps from the pristine sandy beach.
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Date of stay:
Jul 23, 2015
Accommodation and facilities:
room more expensive and lower quality than during our reservation from 17 to 19 July
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Aug 12, 2015
written by:
Georges Cerfontaine
Date of stay:
Feb 08, 2015
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This was our third time we visited this hotel. I´m sorry to say that I think this was the last time. We have always likes the location and facilites. Our opinion has always being that it is a very good hotel på a resonable price. But the question is now if they are trying to save money. At first, the breakfast has being one of the thing we loved about this hotel. It is still good but not as good as it was. The staff are as friendly as before but we think they are less. A couple of times we had to stand and wait for the staff to clear the tables, It was just half full but no one had cleared the tables. The refilling of food was poor. Sometimes it was almost empty on everything and the refilling took a long time or wasn t done at all. It is still standard and ok food but not as it has been before. The big pool in the hotel area are a danger to children. There are tiles loose on the ground which ends sharp edges everywhere. And they probably planed to have a poolbar in this one when they build it. And it probably never was used. Around this bar there are sharp edges everywhere from loose tiles and very dirty water. All this is in the ground area where children can play. I just say, close it before someone gets hurt. The elevators in some of the buildings are closed or never started. Just one was still going what we saw. When you have small children and stroller it is pretty heavy to lift it all up to the highest floor. We think it has gone from being a very good hotel to a budget hotel wich try to save money. The cleaning is still excellent.
Reservation service:
Great as always.
Feb 16, 2015
written by:
NIklas Hagman
Date of stay:
Jun 30, 2014
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Nice place, with good pools, and a nice beach. I like to stay there.
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Very good;-)
Jul 05, 2014
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Tony G Pedersen
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Apr 23, 2014
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Always very good
Apr 26, 2014
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Peter Hohler
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Apr 05, 2014
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I have stayed at this hotel 3 times now. The hotel and its pools are excellent and the staff very friendly. Clean beach towels delivered at the end of each day as well as fresh fruit bowls. I will be returning!
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Jun 14, 2014
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Carol E Webber
Date of stay:
Mar 04, 2014
Accommodation and facilities:
Мы забронировали отель на 6 ночей по акции и остались очень довольны соотношением цена-качество. Территория отеля очень хорошая и большая. Пляж отлично подходит для купания. Можно найти место в тени. Завтраки вкусные с достаточным выбором блюд.Обедали часто в ресторане через дорогу - там очень вкусная пицца. Ужинать ходили в Фишмэн Вилидж. Далековато - минут 20, но прогулка по пляжу очень приятная. Интернет в pablic zones хороший, иногда даже подключались прямо в номере (мы жили прямо над ресепшн).
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Apr 09, 2014
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Evgeny Zakharchenko
Date of stay:
Feb 27, 2014
Accommodation and facilities:
Wir hatten einen wundervollen Urlaub auf Koh Samui. Das Hotel kannten wir bereits aus Zeiten vor dem Umbau. Damals (2000) war es schon perfekt und hat sich bis heute super gehalten. Wir hatten ein Zimmer im Haupthaus. Es war großzügig und sehr gut aufgeteilt. Der Charme Thailands und der Menschen beeindruckt uns immer wieder. Wir kommen auf jeden Fall wieder!
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Mar 05, 2014
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Saban Tinc
Date of stay:
Feb 22, 2014
Accommodation and facilities:
Ich war sehr begeistert von der Hotelanlage. ( Hotel ) Das Personal war einfach spitze. (freundlich, hielfbereit, zuvorkommend)
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Super, hat alles Reibungslos geklappt!
Feb 25, 2014
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Mattle Lukas
Date of stay:
Jan 28, 2014
Accommodation and facilities:
We ve stayed in the A19 A&B bungalows at the Palm Beach for eight nights. Not in its first youth, this spacious resort has lovely gardens and good service. After having spent nearly a month in Thailand we could definately say that the quality and variety of their breakfast was the best we ve had. On the downside, certain outdoor air-condition units were too noisy to use at night. The pool in use was too small for the size of the resort. In addition, on the seaside of the pool there is a raised wooden structure with sunbeds for just a few guests, which nearly blocks the excellent view to the sea. The beachfront of the resort is probably the most extensive of all in Boh Put and you will never feel crowded, but the plastic sunbeds need replacement. PS. Avoid the independent massage establishment on the beach, next to the resort on the right.
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Feb 20, 2014
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Dimitrios Emmanouilidis
Date of stay:
Jan 25, 2014
Accommodation and facilities:
Samui Palm Beach Resort - Bo Phut The resort is in a nice position and about a 15min walk from Fisherman's Village. The staff are friendly, welcoming and competent. There are two swimming pools but the one by the beach is for all guests whereas the other tends to be for guest in rooms that overlook the pool. There is a beach bar but unfortunately it is the only one and another inside near the lounge would be an added advantage. We stayed in a Beach Front Villa with terrace and private garden with reserved sun loungers and only a few steps to the beach. However, the room furniture does not live up to the room rate and has limited cupboard and draw space. One irritation was guest from the villas situated behind would use our garden as short cut to the beach. The breakfast buffet is the same as most holiday resorts nowadays with an Egg Station for those wanting fried eggs or omelettes. The eggs are great but the queue waiting for them to be cooked spoils the breakfast. They should cook enough and layout with the rest of the buffet, which would make it easier for guests and the staff. There are few restaurants outside; the Kingfisher is good and reasonable. Having looked a few other resorts on the walk to the Fisherman's Village, which are much more expensive, I would say Samui Palm Beach is good value for money.
Reservation service:
Prompt and professional as always
Feb 04, 2014
written by:
Maurice William Johnson
Date of stay:
Jan 07, 2014
Accommodation and facilities:
Nice hotel. Great pool. Free towels every day for beach and pool. Nice breakfast. Near fisherman villages with lots of restaurants. Good value for your money!
Reservation service:
east bokning and everything as expected.
Jan 12, 2014
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Alexandra Hillerberg
Date of stay:
Dec 29, 2013
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The room was quite good but old... the poolbar was terrible... The beach was very dirty....
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Jan 01, 2014
written by:
Mattias Moberg
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The first impression you will get when you step into
Samui Palm Beach by Variety Hotels
is the feeling that you are entering a beautifully landscaped tropical park. The gorgeous garden area around the hotel is very spacious, with pathways leading to the beautiful beach along the Gulf of Thailand and all the other resorts facilities. Strolling around the garden paths and admiring the botanical surrounding is a very enjoyable way to relax during your stay.
Samui Palm Beach by Variety Hotels
In a vast area of lush tropical gardens lying along Samui beautiful Bophut Beach is located a group of contemporary Thai style Villas and cottages and the low rise hotel building.
A true paradise where guests can spend their holidays in the most luxury comfort.
:: Deluxe Room, Royal Wing (Twin / Double) - 58 Units ::
Our Deluxe Royal Wing is a recent addition to Samui Palm Beach by Variety Hotels. All 70 rooms marry modern Thai architecture with excellent facilities and our three storey structure offers the utmost in comfort and design. Ideal for business travelers and vacationers alike, you can relax on your own private balcony. And with views across the largest swimming pool on Koh Samui you can forget about everything else and simply focus on the now.
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Size: 50 sq.m., bathroom with bathtub, swimming pool view.
:: Deluxe Room, Royal Wing 3 Persons - 12 Units ::
All rooms marry modern Thai architecture with excellent facilities and our three-storey structure offers the utmost in comfort and design. Ideal for business travelers and vacationers alike, you can relax on your own private balcony. And with views across the largest swimming pool on Koh Samui you can forget about everything else and simply focus on the now.
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Size: 50 sq.m., Bathroom with bathtub, Swimming Pool view.
:: Villa - 36 Units ::
Our Villas are set amongst the resort's topical gardens, though just a stone's throw from the beach. With twins, doubles and seven that are connecting, the villas are ideal for families and groups. They reflect the ambience of the Royal Villas at Petchaburi Palace and all of the villas have large bathrooms and their own verandas overlooking the gardens.
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Size: 47 sq.m., Bathroom with bathtub, garden view, 7 connecting rooms.
All Room Amenities
Color TV - satellite
IDD telephone
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:: Trade Wind International Restaurant ::
You really are spoiled for choice when it comes to dining at Samui Palm Beach by Variety Hotels. And don't worry if you and your partner want different styles of food on the same evening. You can order from any of our menus regardless of where you are sitting. We not only aim to please, we aim to exceed all of your expectations in both food and service.
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start at 07.00 - 10.30 hrs. for buffet breakfast until 23.00 hrs. for A la carte menu.
A multi purpose venue With its beautiful setting and excellent facilities, Samui Palm beach Resort makes any special events unforgettable. From weddings to incentives trips and anniversary celebration to a formal corporate conference, its unmatched recreational, banqueting and entertainment possibilities couple with superb cuisine and high tech audio visual equipment means no concept is too creative or sophisticated.
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Resort overlooks magical Ko Phangan Island, famous for its pristine beaches and full moon parties. Trips to the island are available, along with scuba diving excursion to nearly marine national parks, where the corals and sea life are magnificent. Windsailing is yet another superb leisure time activity.
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