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NEW YORK (AP) -- Ed Koch is being remembered as the quintessential New Yorker - an admired but tough, colorful former mayor who will be honored at his funeral by former President Bill Clinton.
At the service Monday morning at Manhattan's Temple Emanu-El, mourners will also hear about Koch's other fierce loyalty: Israel. The Israeli consul general is set to speak, along with New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
And New York Police Department helicopters are expected to fly over the synagogue in honor of Koch.
Koch was a friend of both Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton, and was helpful during her successful campaign for the U.S. Senate from New York, according to Koch spokesman George Arzt. Koch also backed Hillary Clinton in her presidential run.
Bill Clinton will serve as a representative for President Barack Obama at the funeral.
Koch died Friday of congestive heart failure at age 88.
The funeral will be held at one of the nation's most prominent synagogues, a Reform Jewish congregation on Fifth Avenue. Bloomberg is a member, as are comedian Joan Rivers and former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer.
"I don't want to leave Manhattan, even when I'm gone," Koch told The Associated Press in 2008 after purchasing a burial plot in Trinity Church Cemetery, at the time the only graveyard in Manhattan that still had space. "This is my home. The thought of having to go to New Jersey was so distressing to me."
Koch led his city for 12 years, with a brash, humor-tinged style that came to personify the New York of the 1980s.
The Democratic mayor is credited with helping save New York from its economic crisis in the 1970s and leading it to financial rebirth. But during his three terms as mayor, he also faced racial tensions and corruption among political allies, as well as the AIDS epidemic, homelessness and urban crime.
In his weekly radio address, Bloomberg called Koch "our most tireless, fearless, and guileless civic crusader."
The mayor said his predecessor's "tough, determined leadership and responsible fiscal stewardship ... helped lift the city out of its darkest days and set it on course for an incredible comeback."
He added, "When someone needed a good kick in the rear, he gave it to them."
Koch lost the Democratic nomination for mayor in 1989 to David Dinkins, who succeeded him.
Koch said he was defeated "because of longevity." In his words, "people get tired of you."
But as the votes were coming in, he said he told himself, "I'm free at last."
Also Monday, U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney will make a recommendation to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to rename a Manhattan subway station in Koch's honor.
She will propose that the subway station at East 77th Street and Lexington Avenue be called "Mayor Ed Koch subway station." She will also announce renaming the street corner there "Mayor Edward I. Koch."
City officials have introduced legislation to officially rename the station.
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Ed Koch is being remembered as the quintessential New Yorker - an admired but tough, colorful former mayor who will be honored at his funeral by former President Bill Clinton.

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I have two machines - a laptop and a desktop, both running Pangolin. Wine works fine on laptop, but it doesn't work at all on my desktop. It was working until a couple of days ago, but has stopped working since then. Every time I try to run wine, I get "virtual memory exhausted" error.
I googled around a bit, and came across two suggestions:
- removing ".wine" directory from home.
- adding the current user to "audio" group.
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This is a live view of the river about mile 503 looking upstream from the Rising Star casino boat. . http://risingstarcasino.com/river-cam. You can catch a beautiful sun rise at daylight in the morning river conditions permitting. Here lately you can also see what Captain Harry called a "shut out fog". How would you like to navigate a steamboat in that soup back in the day?
If you go to .theryles.com. there is an image of how this stretch of river looked c1900 to 1910 before the dams were built. The casino cam would be up on the Indiana shore (left bank ascending) about where the big mud flat is in that picture.
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Play Arts Kai MGS Solid Snake & Cyborg Ninja (Gray Fox)
Packaging: Both Feature the same package being bright white boxes that are quite eye catching. They mention the 25th anniversary as well. They are collector friendly also. They have some nice shot of each character on the back to show them off.
Sculpt: They have fantastic sculpt and feature lots of intricate details. Snakes outfit is masterfully done recreating his game counterpart very well. The sculpt works well with the articulation not hindering it to any significant degree. A lot of people are critisizing the head sculpt for Snake but I think these people are hard to impress because it is really quite good, though I do think it looks better in person than most pictures. Gray Fox feature finer details than Snake but is amazing none the less. The armor looks fantastic and works well with the joints he has which are numerable. The spine is particularly eye catching.
Paint: The painting is very well done on both figures though my Gray Fox has one small blemish on his stomach off to the side. Snake has nice clean lines and subtle dark washes making his outfit look very cool. Gray Fox features the same great work with the addition of many small warnings on different parts of the armor.
Articulation: Both figures are very posable and all the joints feel quite sturdy. The articulation does works well with their individual sculpts. They feature: ball and hinged neck (Snake Only), ball abdomen, ball waist, ball & hinged Shoulders, ball elbows, ball wrists, ball hips, double hinged knees, and ball ankles. Other pieces such as Gray Foxes' should pads and Snake Elbow Pads also move.
Accessories: Snake includes a pistol with Silencer as well and an assault rifle and a pair of fists as well. Both guns look good and can easily be held or carried via a holster of gun strap. Gray fox features an extra gesturing hand, his Katana which he can hold quite well with fear of it slipping from his hand. He also has a replaceable arm that is a gun.
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There is a wealth of opportunity for Catholics looking to put their money where their faith is.
Ray Boshara fondly remembers his grandmother washing and re-using plastic sandwich baggies. Her frugality has inspired him to champion a new era of thrift and stewardship for America.
His timing couldn't be better. The troubled economy has led many Americans to trim the fat and contemplate the larger role money plays in their lives. To Boshara, vice president and senior research fellow at the New American Foundation, this is an opportunity for spiritual growth. "The recession has forced us to think about resources, and there is a moral and spiritual element to how we manage our resources on earth," he says.
In light of the downturn, Boshara, who has advised Presidents Clinton, George W. Bush, and Obama, has called for a rejuvenation of ideals held by early 20th-century progressives. He says Americans should recalibrate their economic focus away from consuming material goods and toward entrepreneurship, stewardship, and thrift.
Excess should be identified and cut, he says, and practicing what he preaches, this meant he had to grapple with the time, money, and energy he spent on music. His love of music led him to purchase pricey recording equipment and a bigger home to house his extensive collection of records and CDs, and it caused him to devote large amounts of time researching music. "The original progressives considered wasting time a poor use of the time God has granted us on earth," Boshara says.
He's found different, less costly ways to enjoy what he loves. Boshara says he listens to the radio more often, and by investing in an MP3 player he's minimized the desire to purchase more expensive hardware.
Cutting back should be an easy task for most Americans. Studies indicate that as the 20th century has progressed, Americans have had more disposable income. While households in 1901 spent nearly 80 percent of their earnings on essential goods, by 1950 that number dropped to around 70 percent, and in 2003 only about half of a household's income was used to purchase necessities.
By slowing their spending, consumers could better study the money spent and its role in their spiritual health, according to Father Seamus Finn, O.M.I., who represents his order at the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility. How money is spent, attained, and invested is directly tied to the spender's spirit and faith, he says.
"Our faith teaches us very clearly that what we do in terms of work and our extensions of ourselves reflects on us and the ways we interact with the world and the way we interact with other human beings," Finn says. "It is important in order to live a full, faithful life that all those things are aligned to what we believe."
Pope Benedict XVI has noted that Catholic social teaching includes financial relationships. In his 2009 encyclical, Caritas in Veritate, he writes, "The church's social doctrine holds that authentically human social relationships of friendship, solidarity, and reciprocity can also be conducted within economic activity, and not only outside it or 'after' it. The economic sphere is neither ethically neutral nor inherently inhuman and opposed to society. It is part and parcel of human activity and precisely because it is human, it must be structured and governed in an ethical manner."
Finn states it more simply. "Money is spirit-activated and entrusted to another." Whether spending, investing, or giving, the actions associated with money are rife with spiritual ramifications, but resources and guidance exist to help the busy Catholic stay on the straight and narrow.
Living in a material world
Often, aligning spending with spiritual values is a negative undertaking, directed by boycotts, whether because a company has ties to Planned Parenthood or doesn't pay a living wage.
However, church teaching and tradition suggest that the purchase of material goods is not opposed to building spiritual harmony. "It is not wealth itself that is evil but the inner attitude (greed or avarice) and the outer behavior (selfishness, lack of almsgiving, hoarding, wastefulness) associated with wealth that are problematic," said Father Ken Himes, O.F.M., a professor at Boston College, in a 2002 speech about early church teachings on wealth. "Material things are good because they are made by God and are meant to be shared with all."
Kathy McGourty's family in Arlington Heights, Illinois exemplifies this trait. McGourty, a stay-at-home parent, and her family have survived the loss of her husband's job, the downturn in the housing market, and the economic recession without having to cut a family vacation or the large number of donations they make yearly.
She points to her family's resistance to chasing material wealth as a reason they weathered the storm. "We're an average Catholic family, but we're a family that's aware that we're not the center of the world," McGourty says. "Everything that comes to us doesn't come to us because we're owed it, it's a gift."
During the housing bubble McGourty and her husband resisted the temptation to sell the three-bedroom ranch home they share with their four kids. "We didn't build on, we didn't expand," McGourty says. "It was a conscious choice; it's just the way we live."
The principle of stewardship is often used to describe issues of environmental protection, but it can also guide financial decisions. The practice of stewardship involves ensuring that material wealth is not squandered or wasted, but is used in a moral way.
The concept traces back to St. Thomas Aquinas and was articulated in 1891 by Pope Leo XIII in his foundational social encyclical, Rerum Novarum, in which he acknowledged the need for wealth and property to create a stable society and meet necessities. But Leo emphasized that material possessions and wealth should not be considered as something to be owned, but as a gift from God.
Financial stewardship can be especially tricky for American Catholics and has been a topic of debate for nearly a century. In the 1920s Msgr. John Ryan warned American Catholics that the country's culture of commerce and consumerism could transform material wants into perceived needs. Nearly 90 years later, as foreclosure rates surged to record highs, Ryan's message took on renewed meaning.
"We live in a culture of abundance; it is a very consumer-driven society as we see in this recession," Himes says. "It's easy to be convinced that we should buy more and we should get more things and we should always have a new and improved version of some thing."
Himes believes that frugality is the key to battling a culture that rewards mindless consumption. "Frugality is the virtue to stop and take stock and ask ourselves, 'Do I really need this?' 'Why do I want this?' " he says. "It's a call for being a responsible consumer; it's not frugality as cheapness, but it's frugality that means mindfulness."
A 48-inch flat-screen, high-definition TV might not be a necessity. However, financial stewardship and frugality in action do not mean an abandonment of material possessions in favor of the ascetic life. "There is nothing wrong with people enjoying a nice meal, or a nice suit of clothes," Himes says. "We don't have to be walking around in sackcloth and ashes. It is a sense, though, that if we really do appreciate worldly goods, we put them in the context that they are goods that will enrich others."
A new kind of tithe
When it comes to donating money, Christians have the tradition of tithing, giving 10 percent of one's income to the church and charities. But just what constitutes tithing is up for debate.
For Jerry Scanlan, tithing is woven into the fabric of Catholic life. It's an investment in the church's future, and it isn't just about money but about all of the finite resources a person contributes to the church. "I don't [say], here's my income, take 10 percent," Scanlan says. "I also give my time, talent, and treasure."
Tithing guidelines allow for modifications during tight budgetary times, Scanlan argues, like sending kids through college. "With tithing theory, money you're spending to send your kid to a Catholic college counts toward your obligation."
Scanlan also doesn't limit his giving strictly to the Catholic Church, directing an equal amount of fiscal support to other charitable interests.
Himes says the obligation to engage in regular charitable giving, or almsgiving, is clearly outlined in the Christian tradition. "Any reading of the Christian tradition indicates that almsgiving was always seen as a hallmark of Christians, because it is a sign that people recognize their links to others in community," he says.
While the obligation is clear, social interests can influence charitable giving. Himes notes that people underestimate their surplus earnings that could be donated. When they do donate, many choose beneficiaries with self-interest in mind. Himes points to studies on philanthropy that suggest that wealthy people tend to give to organizations that tend to benefit other wealthy people, such as universities, orchestras, or museums. True charity is giving without self-interest.
"Do I really take a hard look at what am I giving to?" Himes asks. "Am I giving to things that openly support or assist me, or am I giving in a way that is not the least self-interested?"
John Chuchman also struggled with those issues. For decades he donated money to his parish every week. Then in 1992, after 32 years as an executive at Ford, he started volunteering his time assisting people with relatives in hospice. "To my amazement, I was a help to men who had lost someone," Chuchman says. This experience also led to an epiphany about his weekly donations. "I gave, and it wasn't really out of a sense of love," Chuchman says. "It was out of a sense of obligation."
He discovered that true giving transcends the purely financial and embraced selfless giving. Now he donates his time and energy comforting grieving families and giving workshops to other hospice workers. He pursued and received a master's degree in pastoral ministry.
Where does it all go?
Many people wonder how donated money is being used: What does their money actually support?
Chuchman tackles this issue head-on by giving money directly to charitable organizations as opposed to church-driven funds that broker the donations. "I don't need the middle man," Chuchman says. "I research my charities and look at the evaluations and look at the percentage of money going directly to charity."
When Carolyn Peters was moved by the bleak economic circumstances of a fellow parishioner, she started giving in a way that has an immediate impact. She houses Catholics in Milwaukee who have been displaced by job loss or foreclosure and gives them the chance to be homeowners again. "I am doing a rent-to-own program," Peters says. "They pay each month what they can afford, and after a few years I will title the house in their name."
Of course, not everyone has the means to donate so directly, or the time to thoroughly vet every potential charity. Luckily, websites such as Donorschoose.org and SmallCanBeBig.org can help donors target their dollars to specific projects, such as a child's education by funding classroom projects, or donating directly to families on the verge of homelessness. These sites prove that even small amounts of money can enhance community on both a local and global scale.
Investment matters
Not all money needs to be given away; even the ways that Catholics save and invest their money matters. The challenge for many Catholics is how to ethically direct their dollars.
One option is to go local. Community banking has recently enjoyed a boost as people respond to the bad business practices of large corporate banks by taking their money to small community banks or credit unions. These institutions can encourage financial stewardship because many invest in local businesses.
Of course, the community affected by such small-scale banking does not need to be your own. Micro-financing organizations such as Kiva or Opportunity International empower individuals to become micro-lenders to entrepreneurs in the developing world.
Faith-based investing is not a new idea but has steadily gained momentum. In 2003 the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops integrated financial stewardship into criteria to guide socially responsible investing. The criteria acknowledge the link between morality, the products in the marketplace, and the companies that make those products, and it outlines marketplace activities that would cause the USCCB to divest.
Social and moral issues that guide the investment policies include protecting human life, protecting human dignity, reducing arms production, pursuing economic justice, and protecting the environment.
Firms also help individual Catholics invest in mutual funds with certain criteria. The Epiphany Fund, for example, was created in 2007 by Trinity Fiduciary Partners. They adapted and modified the USCCB criteria to guide investment choices for their firm and then quantified the figures to build more rigidity into the process.
"We wanted it to be very straightforward, defined, and objective," Gina Ehrlich, director of marketing and research at Trinity Fiduciary, says. "Everything is a yes or no answer. There are no gray areas."
Trinity's scorecard excludes enterprises for failing faith-aligned criteria but also actively rewards companies for doing work aligned with Catholic values. So while producers of contraceptives and pornography are excluded, companies that enhance the lives of their workers by providing a greater than 6 percent employer 401(k) match, or who show up on Fortune's annual list of the Top 100 Companies to Work For would receive positive evaluations.
Investing for Catholics (IFC) takes their fund a step further by applying the Catholic-values filter to the investment process itself. Active investing is the strategy of trying to pick stocks and time the market for the most profit, but IFC president Mark Hebner says this isn't aligned with Catholic values. "One of the categories that are filtered out of Catholic-values investments is any revenue from a business that has gambling activity," he says. "An actively managed portfolio is gambling."
IFC opts for passively invested funds, which studies have shown to be just as profitable as actively invested funds. Hebner points out that the performance of his firms' funds matches or slightly exceeds similar traditional portfolios.
When Kathy McGourty's husband lost his job as a steel salesman, they reinvested his retirement in Calvert Funds, a secular firm also focused on investing in socially balanced funds. They were pleased with the fund's performance during the downturn. "They were affected, but they were not as volatile," McGourty says.
Good money
The bottom line is that while there might be less money to go around, the options to use money to express our beliefs don't necessarily mean more financial sacrifice.
"We often talk about literacy of different kinds, but when you get into financial literacy people think of mathematics and formulas and numbers, and a lot of people have an aversion to that," Finn says. "It seems to me that one of the gifts we've been given in recent years is that there is a lot more information out there and more organizations and institutions that can help us."
As Pope Benedict XVI explained in Caritas in Veritate, financial activity is not an apolitical, valueless machine for the creation of wealth. How Catholics save, spend, and invest their money matters, and the spiritual ramifications go beyond their financial contributions to their religious organizations.
Though challenging, focusing on frugality, thrift, and financial stewardship can yield rewards that cross generations. Boshara has seen positive results in his own family. "I have a coherent and morally grounded way of teaching my kids about conservation and stewardship in so many aspects of my life," Boshara says. "It encourages them to give back to the world more and take from the world less."
The final goal is to attune financial habits so social justice and stewardship become linked to our dollars, whether saved, spent, or invested.
"We can be the people we are and live our lives and do it in such a way that we're not anxious [about hurting] people along the way, but rather that we are making a positive contribution to our fellow citizens," Finn says. "We are called to live our lives . . . in a consistency with what the gospel is calling us to do."
This article appeared in the June 2010 issue of U.S. Catholic (Vol. 75, No. 6, pages 12-16).


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Awesome Stuff: Computers And Gesture Input Devices
from the fruit-ninjas-are-everywhere deptOkay, I really thought this week was going to be the one where our awesome stuff posts didn't have a theme. But... because of some last minute finds, you not only get two separate themes, but also four projects, rather than our standard three. First up, we've got two different takes on a computer, and then we've got two projects that help you rethink how you input data into a computer.
- First up, is the MiiPC. It's an Android-powered PC that's designed for family use. From the screenshots/video they show, they at least appear to have done a decent job making Android functional as a desktop OS. Some of the "family" features seem a little hokey and overhyped, but perhaps it appeals to some people.
- So that's a more modern take on a PC, but how about one that's a bit more retro? The the X500 is a modern computer case, but which takes its design cues from classic early 1980s gaming consoles like the Amiga, Atari and Sinclair. My first computer was an Atari 800, so I've got a soft spot for this style of design, even if it's probably not that practical these days.
- Since we're talking about DIY, howzabout the DUO, the world's first DIY 3D sensor. If you've been living under a rock for a while, you may have missed all the buzzy and hype about the Leap Motion controller for gesture recognition on your computer. The DUO, conceptually, is pretty similar to the Leap, except that this not about fancy shiny locked up boxes, but about making your own damn fancy gesture controller. Basically, the different levels get you started at different points along the process of making your own such device (though, yes, you can also purchase fully assembled ones, but they're much more expensive than the Leap).
- And since we're on the subject of gesture recognition for computers, how about the the NUIA eyeCharm, which is an add on to the Kinect (which we'll assume you already know about...), to make it so you can control your computer via eye movements. There were rumors that Samsung was working on something like this to be built into phones and tablets, but these guys are doing it as a simple add on to the Kinect.
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1. When you purchase a gift card on the Website or Mobile Apps, you will be purchasing the gift card from Odeon Cinemas Limited (Registered office: 8th Floor, 1 Stephen Street, London, W1T 1AT. Registered in England under company number 1854132. VAT number 241717672) ("ODEON").
2. ODEON's main business is providing entertainment and retail services through its cinemas.
3. "Guest Services " means ODEON's Guest Services facility (visit the Website "Contact Us" page for up to date contact details ). "Mobile Apps" means our mobile website at http://mobi.odeon.co.uk/, the UK Odeon Iphone app and any other similar applications developed for different operating systems as may be made available from time to time. "Terms" means these terms and conditions. "We / us / our" means ODEON as defined in paragraph 1 above."Website" means our website at www.odeon.co.uk.. "You / your" means any person who purchases a gift card via the Website.
Your consent to these Terms
4. Please read these Terms carefully. By purchasing a gift card on the Website or Mobile Apps, you accept these Terms. If you are reading an electronic copy of these Terms, feel free to print or save a copy for your records. To obtain more information about these Terms please contact Guest Services via the "Contact Us" page of the Website, email us at email@example.com, or write to us at "Freepost ODEON".
Amendments to these Terms
5. ODEON reserves the right to add to or amend these Terms from time to time. Amendments will take effect when posted on the Website and Mobile Apps. Please check the Website and Mobile Apps "Privacy & Legal" section regularly for changes. If you purchase a gift card via the Website or Mobile Apps after any amendment to these Terms, you agree to be bound by the updated version of these Terms.
Sale of Gift Cards
6. For Website sales, the Website FAQs contain details of how to place your order for a gift card on the Website, including how to correct input errors during the ordering process. We advise you to read these FAQs before you proceed to place an order on the Website.
7. The sale of individual gift cards is subject to availability. Your order is an offer to purchase from ODEON, and we retain the discretion to refuse your order.
8. For Website and Mobile App sales, if we accept your order, we will display a confirmation page on your screen at the end of the ordering process, and at this point there will be a contract between you and ODEON. We will also send to you an e-mail confirmation of your completed order, for your information. We recommend that you print out a copy of the confirmation page and/or confirmation e-mail for your records.
Important information
9. It is your responsibility to check your gift card order as we are under no obligation to rectify mistakes after a contract has been formed. Unless otherwise expressly stated elsewhere on these Terms (see below), gift cards cannot be cancelled, exchanged or refunded.
Right to Cancel
10. When you purchase a gift card from us via the Website or Mobile Apps, you have the right to cancel your order within 14 days from the day after you receive these Terms from us, provided that you or the person you have sent the gift card to has not used the gift card ("Cancellation Period"). For Website and Mobile App sales, we provide these Terms at the time you place your order, and the Cancellation Period starts then.
11. If you wish to cancel your order within the Cancellation Period please contact us via the "Contact Us" page of the Website, email us at email@example.com, or write to us at "Freepost ODEON".
Gift Card design out of stock (supply of alternative design)
12. When we come to fulfil your order, the design you have chosen may be not available. In our experience, if this happens customers generally prefer to receive an alternative design, and for this reason we will send you an alternative design ODEON gift card. However, you are free to reject this alternative provided that you or the person you have sent the gift card to has not used the gift card: simply cancel your order within 3 months of receiving the alternative design card using the contact details at paragraph 11 above and we will provide a refund at no cost (no return is required).
Delivery and Loss in Transit
13. Delivery options and costs will be set out during the order process. Gift cards will be delivered to you in accordance with the option you have chosen.
14. All gift cards of £50 or over must be sent by "Signed For" delivery services, for example, Royal Mail Special Delivery or courier services.
15. There is always a risk that a gift card may be lost or stolen in transit. If you think this has happened, please tell us straightaway. Contact us via the "Contact Us" page of the Website, email us at email@example.com or write to us at "Freepost ODEON". Provided you notify us that the gift card has been lost or stolen in transit with 1 month of placing your order, we will provide you with a remedy, as follows:
a) For orders sent by special delivery: we will replace a gift card lost or stolen in transit free of charge;
b) For orders not sent by "Signed For" delivery services:
i) if the gift card has been used, we will cancel the gift card and refund any unused value on the card together with the delivery cost;
ii) if the gift card has not been used, we will replace the gift card provided that you agree to pay the cost of sending the replacement gift card by "Signed For" delivery services. If you do not wish to pay the "Signed For" delivery cost, we will cancel the gift card and refund the cost of the gift card including the delivery costs.
Gift Card Price
16. The gift card price and delivery cost shall be as displayed on the Website or Mobile Apps during the ordering process, except in cases of obvious error. Please note that we are not under an obligation to provide the gift card to you at the incorrect (lower) price, even after the confirmation page has been displayed and the confirmation email has been sent to you, if such a pricing error is obvious and unmistakable and could have reasonably been recognised by you as a mis-pricing. Price, delivery cost and availability information is subject to change without notice.
17. All stated prices include any applicable Value Added Tax or other tax.
18. Payment can be made by any method specified in the order process. We will deduct your payment from your card at the time we process your credit/debit card transaction. Refunds will only be made to the card used for payment.
Gift Card Terms of Use
19. Please note that the use by you or by the person to whom you have sent the gift card of the gift card is subject to the Gift Card Terms and Conditions of Use (UK), and these are set out in full at the end of these Gift Card Purchase Terms and Conditions.
No Resale of Gift Cards
20. You undertake that you will not resell or offer for resale any gift cards (whether at a premium or otherwise). We reserve the right to suspend or cancel a gift card where we reasonably believe you have not complied with this undertaking.
Privacy and Security
21. Please read the UK ODEON Privacy Policy (available at the Website and Mobile Apps "Privacy and Legal" section), which is deemed to form part of these Terms and is incorporated into these Terms by reference. The UK Privacy Policy helps you understand how ODEON may collect and use your personal information, and the choices you can make about how your personal information is used. In the event of a conflict or inconsistency between the UK ODEON Privacy Policy and these Terms, these Terms shall prevail to the extent of such conflict or inconsistency.
22. When you purchase a gift card via the Website or Mobile Apps, all transaction details that you provide to us (including your name and credit card details) will be held and used in accordance with the UK ODEON Privacy Policy and will be encrypted using SSL technology.
Website Terms of Use
23. For Website and Mobile Apps sales, please read the UK ODEON Terms of Use (available at the Website or Mobile Apps "Privacy and Legal" section ), which are deemed to form part of these Terms and are incorporated into these Terms by reference. In the event of a conflict or inconsistency between the UK ODEON Terms of Use and these Terms, these Terms shall prevail to the extent of such conflict or inconsistency.
24. Nothing in these Terms shall operate to exclude or limit ODEON's liability for death or personal injury caused by ODEON's negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation committed by ODEON or our agents, or for any other liability which may not be excluded or limited by law.
25. Subject to paragraph 24,
(a) ODEON shall not be liable to you for any special, indirect or consequential losses incurred by you in any way. Any liability ODEON has is restricted to foreseeable losses;
(b) ODEON is not liable or responsible for any failure to perform, or delay in performance of, any of its obligations that are caused by events outside ODEON's reasonable control;
(c) where erroneous pricing information has been given to you, and the error is obvious and could reasonably have been recognised by you as erroneous, ODEON will not be obliged to supply gift cards at the erroneous price; and
(d) ODEON's total liability for all claims arising out of or in connection with the purchase of gift cards via the Website or Mobile Apps shall be limited to an amount equal to the price paid by you for those gift cards.
Scope / Governing Law / Complaints
26. These Terms and any document expressly referred to in them represent the entire agreement between ODEON and you in relation to their subject matter. To the extent permitted by law, all conditions and warranties implied by law, statute or otherwise are expressly excluded.
27. English law shall apply to the establishment of the relationship between ODEON and you prior to your purchasing a gift card. These Terms, and any contract between you and ODEON in relation to purchasing a gift card, are governed by English law. Any dispute between ODEON and you regarding these Terms and/or your gift card will only be dealt with by the English courts, PROVIDED THAT, if you live in a part of the United Kingdom other than England, the applicable law of that part of the United Kingdom will govern and any dispute will only be dealt with by the courts there. All information relating to the gift card, including these Terms, shall be supplied to you in English only, and we shall only communicate with you during any contract between us in relation to a gift card using the English language. There is no public filing requirement for any such contract.
Alternative dispute resolution is a process where an independent body considers the facts of a dispute and seeks to resolve it, without you having to go to court. If you are not happy with how we have handled any complaint, you may want to use alternative dispute resolution. The European Commission has established a website for online dispute resolution which is available at www.ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/, and which is designed to assist consumers in resolving disputes online without having to go to court
28. If you have any complaint or concern regarding these Terms and/or your gift card purchase, please contact us via the "Contact Us" page of the Website, email us at email@example.com, or write to us at "Freepost ODEON".
1. This card is issued by and remains the property of Odeon Cinemas Limited (Company No. 1854132) whose registered office is at St Albans House, 57-59 Haymarket, London SW1Y 4QX ("ODEON"). Use of this card constitutes acceptance of these terms. Nothing in these terms affects your legal rights.
2. This card can be used at participating ODEON and ABC branded cinemas in the UK. It can be used in cinema or online at www.odeon.co.uk to pay for tickets (including any applicable online booking fees). It can be used in cinema to pay for food, drink and most other retail items. It can be used to pay for tickets (in cinema and online) for The Lounge at Whiteleys but it cannot be used to pay for any food or drink in the Lounge at Whiteleys. It cannot be used to make purchases over the telephone. All purchases using this card are subject to availability, normal age restrictions, and any other applicable terms.
3. For a list of participating UK cinemas and for details of any excluded retail items, please visit www.odeon.co.uk or ask in cinema. ODEON reserves the right to change the list of participating cinemas and/or the list of excluded retail items from time to time.
4. This card has no value until activated. For cards purchased in cinema or online at www.odeon.co.uk, the value which can be loaded onto this card is between £5 and £100. For cards purchased at other retailers, the value which can be loaded onto this card is as stated on the gift card and/or its packaging. . You cannot re-load or top up this card with value.
5. The value on this card may be used where the transaction total is higher than the card balance, upon payment of the difference. If you do not use all the value on this card in a transaction, the remaining balance will be left on the card. No change will be given. If a transaction made using this card is subsequently cancelled or reversed, any value owing will be added back onto this card.
6. You can check the balance on this card in cinema or by calling 0800 888911.
7. If this card is not used for a period of 2 years, any remaining balance of value on this card will expire. A balance enquiry does not constitute use.
8. Please keep this card secure, as if it were cash. ODEON is not responsible if this card is lost, stolen, destroyed or used without permission. ODEON reserves the right to cancel this card if it reasonably suspects fraud or misconduct. Damaged, altered or cancelled cards will not be accepted.
9. This card is not a credit, debit, charge or cheque guarantee card. This card cannot be exchanged for cash or for other vouchers/gift cards.
10. This card is for your own personal non-commercial use. You may not resell this card.
11. All copyright, trade marks and all other intellectual property rights in and in relation to this card shall at all times remain the property of ODEON or its licensors.
12. ODEON reserves the right to assign these terms to another company in the same group of companies as ODEON or to any business which purchases or is integrated with ODEON.
13. ODEON reserves the right to amend these terms from time to time, to ensure compliance with law or regulation, for security reasons or to make non-material changes, and the amendment will be effective when posted online at www.odeon.co.uk. We may also change these terms to reflect material changes to the gift card scheme, but we will post any material changes to these terms online at www.odeon.co.uk at least 30 days in advance, and if you are not happy with these material changes, you can terminate your agreement with us for use of the gift card under these Terms no later than 90 days after the material change takes effect.
14. ODEON reserves the right to suspend or discontinue the gift card scheme on reasonable notice for legal, security or regulatory reasons, and any such action will be announced online at www.odeon.co.uk. Reasonable notice will be given where possible.
© ODEON Cinemas Limited 2011 to 2017. All rights reserved. Version 3.6 May 2019.
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Nourish the Children
Nourish the Children® – a unique concept
Nourish the Children (NTC) is an initiative that applies business principles to address the problem of childhood hunger in a sustainable manner. The program begins with a highly nutritious food developed by Nu Skin's nutritional scientists, known as VitaMeal. The company's sales leaders, customers and employees can purchase VitaMeal and choose to donate the food to a third-party nonprofit organization that specializes in distributing relief to those suffering from malnutrition and famine. Since 2002, Nu Skin and its sales leaders, customers and employees have donated about 650 million meals to malnourished children around the world. As is the case with other Nu Skin products, distributors are paid commissions and Nu Skin earns a profit margin from each sale of VitaMeal, which is lower than the profit margin on virtually all of Nu Skin's other products.
Why Nourish the Children?
With Nourish the Children, you know what your money will buy—nutritious VitaMeal. You know how your donated VitaMeal will be used—to nourish children in need. You know that your donations will be leveraged with matching donations and through education and disease prevention programs. And you know that you are making a difference, with more than 120,000 children being nourished every day in countries around the world.
Purchase and donate VitaMeal each month and encourage a friend to do so.
Nu skin celebrates 650 million meals donated to malnourished children through its nourish the children initiative
In October 2019 Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. is celebrating the milestone of 650 million meals purchased and donated through its Nourish the Children (NTC) initiative since its founding in 2002. Malnourished children receive VitaMeal®, a nutrient-dense food from one of NTC's third-party charity partners after Nu Skin sales leaders, customers and employees purchase and donate the bag of food.
"More than 130,000 malnourished children are fed around the world everyday thanks to the generous donations of the Nu Skin family," said Steven J. Lund, executive chairman of the board and executive director of Nourish the Children. "We are grateful to all those who support the Nourish the Children initiative and realize that much more still needs to be done. I am hopeful that together we can continue to make a difference in the lives of children and provide them hope for a brighter future."
Throughout the initiative's history, Nu Skin's charity partners have reported that VitaMeal purchases and donations have helped children in more than 50 countries.
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Charlie Sheen -- I'm Donating $1 MILLION to U.S. Troops
Charlie Sheen I'm Donating $1 MILLION to U.S. Troops
Charlie Sheen hasn't spent all of his money on crack and hookers ... in fact, the Warlock has announced he's donating ONE MILLION DOLLARS to support our men and women in uniform.
Sheen has pledged to give at least $1 million to the U.S.O (United Service Org.) ... the largest single contribution the USO has ever received from an individual.
Sheen says he will donate 1% of the profits from his "Anger Management" earnings ... with a minimum of $1 mil ... and an unlimited cap. So the more $ he makes from his show, the more $ goes to the USO.
Brig Gen (ret) John Pray, EVP and Chief of Staff, USO released a statement saying, "[Sheen's] support is greatly appreciated, especially from our wounded warriors and their families."
Sheen also released a statement saying, "It's an honor for me to be able to give back to these men and women of the military who have done so much for all of us."
He adds, "They put their lives on the line for us every day, and I'm just happy that my work on 'Anger Management' can bring a little bit of relief to the troops and their families."
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Rosetta (software)
PowerPC application (Microsoft Word for Mac 2004) running on OS X for Intel
|Apple Inc.
|Operating system
|Mac OS X 10.4.4–10.6.8 (Intel)
|PowerPC binary translation
Rosetta is a dynamic binary translator for Mac OS X that allows many PowerPC applications to run on certain Intel-based Macintosh computers without modification. Apple released Rosetta in 2006 when it transitioned the Macintosh platform from the PowerPC to Intel processor instruction set architecture. The name "Rosetta" is a reference to the Rosetta Stone, the discovery that made it possible to comprehend and translate Egyptian hieroglyphs.
Rosetta is based on QuickTransit technology.[1] It has no graphical user interface, which led Apple to describe Rosetta as "the most amazing software you'll never see."[2]
Rosetta was initially included with Mac OS X v10.4.4 "Tiger", the version that was released with the first Intel-based Macintosh models.[3]
Rosetta is not installed by default in Mac OS X v10.6 "Snow Leopard", but can be retained as an option via the installer or Apple Software Update for users who need to run PowerPC applications.[4]
Rosetta is neither included nor supported in Mac OS X v10.7 "Lion" or later. Therefore, with Lion and later releases, the current Macintosh platform does not support PowerPC applications.[4]
|Apple's transition to Intel processors
Rosetta is part of Mac OS X for Intel operating system prior to Lion. It translates G3, G4, and AltiVec instructions; however, it does not translate G5 instructions. Therefore, applications that rely on G5-specific instruction sets must be modified by their developers to work on Rosetta-supported Intel-based Macs. According to Apple, applications with heavy user interaction but low computational needs (such as word processors) are well suited to translation via Rosetta, while applications with high computational needs (such as Auto CAD, games, or Adobe Photoshop) are not.[5] Pre-existing PowerPC versions of Apple "Pro" media-production applications (such as Final Cut Pro, Motion, Aperture, and Logic Pro) are not supported by Rosetta and require a "crossgrade" to a universal binary version to work on Rosetta-supported Intel-based Macs.
Rosetta does not support the following:[6]
- The Classic environment, and thus any non-Carbon application built for Mac OS 9 or earlier
- Code that inserts preferences into the System Preferences pane
- Applications that require a G5 processor
- Applications that require precise exception handling
- Screen savers
- Kernel extensions and applications that depend on them
- Bundled Java applications or Java applications with JNI libraries that can't be translated
- Java applets in Rosetta-translated applications, meaning that a native Intel web browser application, rather than a legacy PowerPC version, must be used to load Java applets
The reason for Rosetta's reduced compatibility compared to Apple's earlier 68k emulator for PPCs lies within its implementation: Rosetta is a user-level program and can only intercept and emulate user-level code, while the older emulator was integrated with the system at a much lower level. The 68k emulator was given access to the very lowest levels of the OS by being at the same level as, and tightly connected to, the Mac OS nanokernel on PPC Macs (later used for multiprocessing under Mac OS 8.6 and later), which means that the nanokernel was able to intercept PowerPC interrupts, translate them to 68k interrupts (then doing a mixed mode switch, if necessary), and then executing 68k code to handle the interrupts. This allowed lines of 68k and PPC code to be interspersed within the same binary of a fat application. While a similar effect could likely have been achieved for Mac OS X by running Rosetta within XNU, Apple instead chose to implement Rosetta as a user-level process to avoid excessive debugging and the potential for security issues.[citation needed]
See also
- Classic Environment - software that allows Mac OS X applications to run Mac OS 9 applications
- Mac 68k emulator - lower level program used for a similar purpose during 680x0 to PowerPC transition
- Universal binary - combined PPC/Intel applications that run natively on both processors
- Fat binary - combined PPC/68k application that ran on older Macintoshes
- ^ "The brains behind Apple's Rosetta: Transitive". CNET News.com. June 8, 2005. Archived from the original on 2006-06-21. Retrieved July 4, 2007.
- ^ "Rosetta". Apple. Archived from the original on 2010-11-16. Retrieved September 5, 2011.
- ^ Core Duo iMacs debut speedy new chips Archived March 3, 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b AppleInsider Staff (February 26, 2011). "Mac OS X Lion drops Front Row, Java runtime, Rosetta". AppleInsider. AppleInsider, Inc. Archived from the original on 2014-04-29. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
- ^ "Rosetta" (PDF). Universal Binary Programming Guidelines, Second Edition. Apple. Retrieved September 5, 2011.
- ^ "What Can Be Translated?" (PDF). Universal Binary Programming Guidelines, Second Edition. Apple. Retrieved September 5, 2011.
External links
- Apple Rosetta Web site at the Wayback Machine (archived January 7, 2011)
- Transitive Corporation web site at the Wayback Machine (archived September 14, 2008)
- Rosetta compatibility index


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John 1:14 King James Version (KJV)
14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
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As surprising as this may sound, physicists and astronomers aren't entirely sure how spiral galaxies like the Milky Way got their exact shape. Any attempts to generate a spiral galaxy from scratch resulted in a computer simulation that showed a giant ball with too many stars. But a new study to be published in the August 2012 issue of the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society will finally show one way it could have happened.
This news comes courtesy of SkyMania's Paul Sutherland who is reporting on how an international team of astrophysicists worked for four years to develop an accurate simulation of the Milky Way's 14 billion year journey — from the Big Bang right through to today's configuration. See the above video for the finished result.
Sutherland explains:
The UCLan's breakthrough came after they included in their calculations a figure for the amount of energy released by exploding stars that was 10 to 100 times greater than any previously used. This at last gave them a galaxy that began to resemble the Milky Way. What previously appeared like a blob of stars, with a little disk inside it, slowly disappeared, to be replaced by the opposite. It was exactly what they wanted to find.
Dr [Chris] Brook said: "From our analysis we realised that all attempts were being far too conservative in their energy usage from very massive stars –- those 10 to 100 times more massive than the Sun. When massive stars 'die' they explode spectacularly and return most of the chemical elements out of which us, our planet, and our solar system formed, as well as an enormous amount of energy into the surrounding gas. We decided to be more aggressive in our simulations of the energy released by both living and dying massive stars."
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COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – According to news reports, more than 88 mass casualty events, a distinct category of shootings taking place in a public setting, have taken place in the last 30 years, or roughly 1 every 4 months.
In response to this growing, traumatic form of crime, beginning July 2017, The Justice Clearinghouse will run an exclusive series of free webinars, "Preparing for and Responding to Mass Casualty Incidents," focused on active shooter and mass casualty events.
These webinars will provide invaluable resources on emergency and crisis preparedness for emergency personnel and those responsible for planning emergency responses for their organizations, including businesses and schools.
The series will begin in July 2017, and run approximately 1-2 webinars per month, through Spring 2018.
Learning from experts, and those with firsthand experience with such incidents, series attendees will gain:
- an understanding of the range of activities surrounding mass casualty events,
- an awareness of the specific challenges posed by active shooters and how to apply this awareness to their own unique location/setting,
- the skills needed to implement customized crisis management strategies, which will help them come up with custom plans to address the specific challenges posed by each particular active shooter and/or mass casualty incident they are called to manage.
Instructed by professionals and academics, Justice Clearinghouse webinars provide unique insights into nuanced aspects on each webinar's topic of interest, going further than traditional guides and handbooks to include tactics that have been applied in real-life scenarios with proven success.
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Samui Resotel Beach Resort
17 Moo 3, Chaweng Beach
Koh Samui, Suratthani 84320
Chaweng Beach
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Directly on the pristine 200-metre long beachfront, Samui Resotel Beach Resort is nestled down in the undisturbed area of southern Chaweng Beach. Just 15 minutes' drive to Samui International Airport, the resort is far enough to escape the crowd in central Chaweng, yet vibrant shopping and entertainment venues can still be reached easily.
Stylish and elegant, all chic guestrooms is tastefully designed and fully furnished with modern amenities and private balcony overlooking the mesmerising sea view. Try a wide selection of appetizing dishes or chill out at the rooftop bar. The superb spa has a variety of body and face treatments to help you unwind and rejuvenate. In-house facilities include internet access, gym, dive centre, tour desk, and wedding services.
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Date of stay:
Aug 08, 2016
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It s the second time in this hotel and all was perfect. We ll return with great pleasure.
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It s also the second time that we reserve for sawadee and all was perfect. Sawadee is a trusted site and we will reserve another hotel again.
Aug 15, 2016
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AUBERT Michel Dominique
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Apr 23, 2015
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very pleasant stay
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Apr 27, 2015
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Apr 17, 2014
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Excellent resort, clean and just beautiful! Location was great, infront of clean private beach and yet not too far away from action. Highly recommend.
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All ran smoothly.
Apr 23, 2014
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Anna Kougias
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Aug 22, 2013
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My wife and I have stayed here 5 times and always have a great stay.
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Easy booking
Sep 10, 2013
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Mark Acton
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Apr 22, 2013
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I booked the garden view with courtyard. It was a lovely stay! Huge room and space, nice private pool and the breakfast is good as well. I really enjoyed my stay, next time I will try the ocean view room!
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Great and good price
Apr 26, 2013
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Wu Ruo Han
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Apr 13, 2013
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Beautiful, welcoming, fantastic private beach area, clean and well kept. Staff very helpful. Great Coffee shop almost next door Tanya s Café. Fantastic massage/day spa also next door.
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Easy transaction, well priced
Feb 09, 2014
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Veronica Rebellato
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Dec 31, 2012
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Nice hotel in quiet place of Chaweng but beach is average at best. Time of year meant swimming not possible on quite a few days. We were told better at other times of the year.
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No problem.
Jan 03, 2013
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stuart glascott
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Dec 28, 2012
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I stayed 3 nights in an ocean pool villa. I must stay though the property is small, the staff are very friendly, the ocen pool villa was perfect. It is walkable distance to main Chaweng but far from the maddeing crowd of Chaweng.
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Good Booking service
Jan 01, 2013
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Dipak Kumar Sahoo
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Sep 29, 2012
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We stayed 3 nights in superior on 2nd floor with good sea view from balcony, but above the roof of some pool villas. I guess I had the poorest room because of lowest rate, even though we feel great, I mean this hotel is awesome!!! On south part of chaweng with best sands, quiet but still close to center either from beach or street, longest beachfront among hotels nearby, very comfortable chairs, and the food are perfect. Only one complainment would be no king size bed for my room, and I thought my room would be over main pool which will have a better view of the sea, and it is not a cheap hotel but worth the price if you want to have a pleasant and relax vacation on the beach like me. I will definitely recomend this hotel to my frds, and even come again! Meanwhile I would recommend you prepare more budget for 3rd floor room or villa with jacuzzi or even big beachfront villa if you have more companies which will be an extremly satisfied experience I believe.
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Just fine and everything is smooth
Oct 03, 2012
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It s the third time we go on holiday in the same hotel and we look the deterioration to the first time. The first time the beach beds were of wood and now by plastic, the breakfast is not good and the maintenance was terrible. In this hotel there isn t the wifi free, but in most of the guest house in Samui (very cheaper) there is the wifi free.
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The hotel was great and the service staff were fantastic. Only set back is the mosquito in the evening which I cant open my room window to view the sea. Need to do more to improve the situation.
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May 07, 2012
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danny kam
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Apr 14, 2012
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был первый раз в этом отеле. отель новый, место расположения удобное, пляж хороший. цЕНА...ну может быть все-таки чуть завышена...хотя ...
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Apr 21, 2012
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Welcome to . . .
Samui Resotel Beach Resort
An exquisite chic resort in modern architecture set on a 200 meters stretch white sand beach front location of the quieter southern section of Chaweng Beach with 79 elegantly appointed guestrooms and pool villas equipped with full amenities & facilities offering spectacular sea view for refined retreat and relaxed beach holiday experience.
:: Superior Sea View Room (46 sq.m.) - 26 Units ::
Rooms located on the 2
& 3
level of storey low-rise building created for greater sea view with its 9 sq.m. spacious balcony. Its separate bathroom comes with standing shower, bathtub and toilet.
Bedding: 1 king-size bed / 1 king-size bed + 1 single bed / 2 queen-size beds
:: Deluxe Pool Access Room (46 sq.m.) - 13 Units ::
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elevated level of a storey low-rise building with access to the outdoor shared pool set along the building from its spacious 9 sq.m. terrace with daybed. Its separate bathroom comes with standing shower, bathtub and toilet.
Bedding: 1 king-size bed / 1 king-size bed + 1 single bed
:: Pool Access Villa (53 sq.m.) - 8 Units ::
Exquisite 2 clusters of 4 villas each set in a separate private area with direct access to a cross shaped shared outdoor pool at the villa's spacious terrace set with 2 sun-beds. Its separate bathroom comes with a walk-in closet, standing shower, oversize Jacuzzi bathtub and toilet.
Bedding: 1 king-size bed / 1 king-size bed + 1 single bed
:: Garden Pool Villa (53 sq.m.) - 14 Units::
Set within the tropical garden compound. Each unit comes with an outdoor private pool (5m x 2m) with 2 sun-loungers set in on a sundeck or a private courtyard with garden view. Its separate bathroom comes with a walk-in closet, standing shower, oversize Jacuzzi bathtub and toilet.
Bedding: 1 king-size bed + 1 single bed / 2 queen-size beds
:: Ocean Pool Villa (65 sq.m.) - 18 Units ::
Located beach front area for spectacular ocean view equipped with gorgeous outdoor private pool (6m x 2.3m) and spacious relaxing veranda with sundeck comes with 2 sun-beds, standing shower specially arranged and designed for honeymoon couples. Its separate bathroom comes with a walk-in closet, standing shower, oversize Jacuzzi bathtub and toilet.
Bedding: 1 king-size bed / 1 king-size bed + 1 single bed
:: Room Amenities ::
Air condition
Satellite LCD TV
DVD/CD player
Internet access
IDD telephone
Guest stationary
Safety box
Mini bar
Coffee & tea
Hair dryer
Bathrobe & slippers
Toiletry articles
An Italian & Thai dining outlet BY-THE-SEA
The resort's main casual in-door dining outlet serving authentic Italian and Thai delicacies where guests can enjoy breakfast, lunch or dinner by-the-sea.
Seating capacity: 80 - 100
Service hours: 06:00 hrs - 22:00 hrs
Lobster Bar
A beachfront outdoor & indoor casual dining outlet
Beach side open-bar serving soft drinks, cocktails, light meals created for beach lovers enjoying stunning sea view at the breezing outdoor terrace setting under the shade of sun umbrellas.
Seating capacity: 20 - 30
Service hours: 09:00 hrs - 24:00 hrs
The Roof
An outdoor rooftop chic bar
A trendy rooftop bar set on the rooftop spacious terrace where guest can enjoy soft-drinks, cocktails or coffee by the breezing sea and spectacular ocean view under the shade of large overhead tent before or after their dining experience.
Seating capacity: 20 - 30
Service hours: 09:00 hrs - 24:00 hrs
Pool Side Bar
An outdoor poolside bar
Guests can enjoy soft drinks, fruit juices, cocktails while unwind at our outdoor swimming pool.
Seating capacity: 10 - 20
Service hours: 09:00 hrs - 20:00 hrs
In Room Dining
Enjoying your favorite dishes served in your room or villa in a private atmosphere.
Service hours: 11:00 hrs - 23:00 hrs
Room service
Butler service
Luggage porter
Luggage storage
Baby cot
24 hrs security
Free internet access throughout the resort
Tour desk
Outdoor pool
:: Recreations ::
Outdoor Swimming Pool:
Adult pool:
200 sq.m. (20.00 m x 10.00 m)
Sun-beds with sun-umbrellas and towels provided Service hours: 07:00 hrs - 20:00 hrs
Our well equipped gym room for the fitness and wellbeing of your body.
Our spa provides wide selection of body and face treatments using natural products. It is gradually combining new techniques and treatments with the traditional Thai practices for the ultimate relaxation of our guests body and mind.
:: Other Facilities ::
Library & Internet Station:
Located next to the lobby comfortably set for guests who wish to surf on the internet or who just wish to relax on sofa set by reading your favorite books and magazines accompanied by light music while enjoying fresh brewed coffee or fresh fruit juice.
Tour Desk:
Located in the lobby area, our tour desk service officer will assist our guests in arranging sightseeing tours, off-site activities or transfers.
:: Other Services ::
Wedding Packages - "Yes, I do":
Let nature bear witness of the celebration of the precious moments of a lifetime, the resort is offering wedding packages in Thai and Western style ceremonies for your exclusive wedding experience by the sea.
Honeymoon Packages - "Just two of us":
Our tailor-made packages with great foods and wine served at villa by attentive private butler to be complimented with the most relaxing spa treatment at our Ocean Pool Villa - A true romantic beach front holiday experience for freshly married honeymooners and couples celebrating their wedding anniversary.
:: Off - Site Activities ::
Off-site activities can be arranged by our tour desk on your behalf.
Water skiing
Island hopping
Scuba diving
15 minutes drive away distance from the airport. Set on the beach front location of the quieter southern section of Chaweng Beach, away from the busy central Chaweng yet just within short walking distance to the nearby vibrant commercial area.
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Preliminary Assessment Program for Mined Lands and Industrial Facilities
In February 2002, DEQ initiated a Preliminary Assessment and Site Inspection Program to evaluate and prioritize assessment of potentially contaminated sites. Idaho has more than 8,500 inactive and abandoned mines, mineral locations, and mineral discoveries. The state also has multiple abandoned or repurposed industrial facilities such as old landfills, repair and maintenance shops, dry cleaners and laundromats, rural airfields, railroad depots, and various manufacturers. Due to accessibility and funding considerations, priority is given to sites where potential contamination poses the most substantial threat to human health or the environment.
The Preliminary Assessment Program is implemented through a cooperative agreement between DEQ and EPA.
- Preliminary Assessment Program for Mined Lands and Industrial Facilities (brochure)
- Mined Lands and Industrial Facilities Preliminary Assessment Program Application
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The vast majority of sites assessed by DEQ do not warrant remedial action based on current uses. In the cases where DEQ finds that a substantial risk exists, one of several actions may occur.
- The current owner or responsible party may voluntarily act to abate or manage risks at the property, although no formal agreement to do so is entered into with the government.
- If there is a responsible party who is willing to work with DEQ to manage or abate associated risks, the property owner may enter DEQ's Voluntary Cleanup Program and implement corrective action.
- If a public entity is willing to take ownership of the site and either abate or manage risks at the site, the property may be a candidate for DEQ's Brownfields Program.
- None of the property owners who have participated in the program are cleaning up sites due to regulatory action by DEQ; however, DEQ does have the regulatory obligation to address environmental threats and may instigate an administrative action by issuing the responsible party (owner/operator) a Notice of Violation (NOV) consistent with the Hazardous Waste Management Act (HWMA) or Environmental Protection and Health Act (EPHA). After issuing an NOV, DEQ will seek to alleviate the existing threat and may pursue penalties for violations of state law and cost recovery.
- In the event that no responsible party exists and there is an imminent and substantial threat to human health and/or the environment, DEQ's director may declare a state of emergency. This declaration would allow DEQ to use emergency response funding to hire remediation specialists to clean up the site. Emergency response funds are drawn from penalties imposed on responsible parties who have violated the HWMA.
- If state funding is unavailable, or the site falls under federal jurisdiction, the site may be placed on EPA National Priority List. EPA then leads the site cleanup effort.
Contact Us
If you would like to find out whether a site in your area poses a possible threat, or provide DEQ with information about a site that you suspect is contaminated, contact your nearest DEQ regional office or the staff contact listed on this web page.
Completed Preliminary Assessments by County
DEQ prepares preliminary assessment and site inspection reports of mine and industrial sites. DEQ's work at the sites listed below is in various stages of progress ranging from looking to acquire legal access to completiing preliminary assessment or site inspection report. Some of the sites listed below may also have links to engineering plans or construction completion reports for remedial action at the site. Final preliminary assessment or site inspection reports are usually completed by DEQ within 5 to 6 months after a site visit has been conducted.
Note: Listed sites are private properties. Do not enter without the owner's permission. If authorized, avoid contact with hazardous materials and respect the property's historical significance.
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|Document Links
|Roadside Mine
|May 2009
|Abbreviated Preliminary Assessment
|Rob Roy Mine
(aka Dice Mine, Virginia Lode Claims, Dice, Virginia, Christel Lake, and unpatented claims)
|February 2011
|Preliminary Assessment and Site Inspection Report
|Ruth Patented Claim
(aka Gilmore Mercantile Co. Claims, Martha Group, Ruth Tunnel)
|N/A - Access to site denied.
|Ruth Patented Claim Maps & Photos
|Salt Lake and Flat Patented Mining Claims
|December 2007
|Site Assessment
|Sawtooth MMW Property Dump Area
(aka Henslee Ranch Subdivision Lot 2)
|December 2015
|Abbreviated Preliminary Assessment
|Scheelite Mine
(aka Sheelite Mine, Shealite Mine, Sacramento No. 2 Lode)
|March 2012
|Abbreviated Preliminary Assessment
|Seafoam Mine
(aka Providence Group, Montana Mine)
|October 1999
|Preliminary Assessment Report
|Sheep Creek Placers
(aka Sheep Creek, Glen, Morningstar, Jupiter, Neptune, Venus, Jubilee)
|February 2011
|Preliminary Assessment and Site Inspection Report
|Shiloh and Shamrock Patented Mining Claims
|October 2010
|Abbreviated Preliminary Assessment
|Silver Dollar Extension Patented Claim
(aka Pittsburgh-Idaho Group)
|August 2010
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Joel Stein's story about the jailbound Joe Francis in the April GQ begins with Joe remembering the first time they met one another, six years ago; God it was great. They'd been in the Girls Gone Wild tour bus, watching the crew tape some chick on a bunk bed. Joe had told Joel to fill a Mike's Hard Lemonade bottle with water, and the girl poured it on her tits and shoved the neck of the bottle in her pussy, and sometime around then her cell phone rang. The number, she said, was her boyfriend's. So Joe Francis flipped it open gleefully — you can almost see him doing it — and announced his identity and that he was watching the caller's girlfriend shove a Mike's Hard Lemonade up her vagina. "His eyes went manic," Joel recalls of the moment, and no doubt they went manic again in fond memory of the event, because now he is in jail, although we can't seem to get rid of him, as evidenced by his charming statements touting his footage of famed Spitzer hooker Ashley Dupre at the tender age of 17: "Our footage is from when she was 18-years-old, and it doesn't get much better than that. Eliot Spitzer has put some miles on that girl!" But wait, the depressing part is here:
All the local Florida papers and Web sites are clogged with ads telling people to visit Meetjoefrancis.com, where they are directed to write a letter to Florida governor Charlie Crist, who has been so bombarded that he called Francis's lawyer and said he'd look into the case.
They have been bombarded because MeetJoeFrancis has a form that, with the mere addition of one's name and email address, will send this email to Charlie Crist's office:
Dear Florida Governor Charlie Crist, Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum & the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE):
As a citizen who cares deeply about due process and justice in our country, I am very concerned about the set of circumstances surrounding Joe Francis' criminal charges and incarceration without bail. At the very least there is the appearance of wide spread [sic] misconduct by public officials, including possible illegal acts enacted by officials such as State Attorney Steve Meadows in an effort to put Mr. Francis in jail and deprive him of his rights.
My concern in this matter is neither an approval nor disapproval of Girls Gone Wild as a lifestyle brand, but rather a concern that Florida public officials are using their own personal beliefs in order to selectively prosecute someone whom they disagree with.
For this reason I urge you to call upon the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to conduct an impartial investigation of the events surrounding the charges that have been brought against Joe Francis - both criminal and civil, beginning in 2003 and continuing into the present - and the forced civil settlement so that the public officials in Bay County will either be exonerated from any taint of impropriety, or be held accountable for any misdeeds.
Okay, Governor Charlie Crist, here is all we really have to say on this matter: I don't need to know your proclivities or personal beliefs, your feelings about whores or the moral degradation or the one's First Amendment Rights, but as a woman, I read about Joe Francis and begin to feel lightheaded and short of breath, as if someone is trying to choke me with my own bile. Is it possible what Joe Francis does might qualify not as pornography, but as hate speech? Please, especially if your eyes glaze over at the sort of casual misogyny with which he and so many others — many, I'm sure in your state — disdain the compliant young tartlets like Ashley Dupre, give some consideration to this quote:
Francis says jail is totally different from what he'd expected from movies. He's seen only one fight and hasn't heard of any sexual assaults. "Nothing will ever happen to me in jail. I'm a god. I'm the cool Girls Gone Wild guy. I'm revered. I'm a rock star," he says. Still, he avoids the other inmates, often going a week without talking to one. "The one thing I fear is one of these fucking people showing up at my house. I'm a different class. They're dumb. They're the people you see on Cops. Those are the people you see in jail."
And direct your assistant to set a special spam filter to catch all these mindless auto-petitions, so you can collect each and every one of emails used to send one and spam them in reply with, fuck, Barack Obama's speech. The past isn't dead and buried, in fact, it isn't even past. The only thing that is in the past is my tolerance for this motherfucker.


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NYC: 10 Scotch Cocktails We Love Right Now
Scotch might not seem like the most likely base for a cocktail. Plenty will still argue that Scotch is for sipping—not polluting with anything other than an ice cube, or maybe a few drops of water if you're feeling frisky.
But properly deployed in cocktails, Scotch can take on many roles, whether the aggressive frontrunner or a mellow backdrop to other flavors. We've seen its smokiness kicked up with mezcal, its weight used to anchor a cocktail, its affinity for sherry brought to the forefront.
Here are ten of our favorites in New York right now—from a light lavender number to a dark, brooding sipper.
Your Scotch Cocktail Checklist
B.A.F. at Death + Company
Mah-Johng at Macao Trading Co.
Good Morning Milan at PDT
Apple Turnover at Clover Club
Fedora Dorato at Fedora
Scotch Michelada at Dutch Kills
The Wildest Redhead at Raines Law Room
Grandyman at Amor y Amargo
The Barrymore at The Rum House
Gentle John at Weather Up Brooklyn
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