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John Dewey, (born Oct. 20, 1859, Burlington, Vt., U.S.—died June 1, 1952, New York, N.Y.), American philosopher and educator who was a founder of the philosophical movement known as pragmatism, a pioneer in functional psychology, and a leader of the progressive movement in education in the United States.
Who was John Dewey?
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Dewey graduated with a bachelor's degree from the University of Vermont in 1879. After receiving a doctorate in philosophy from Johns Hopkins University in 1884, he began teaching philosophy and psychology at the University of Michigan. There his interests gradually shifted from the philosophy of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel to the new experimental psychology being advanced in the United States by G. Stanley Hall and the pragmatist philosopher and psychologist William James. Further study of child psychology prompted Dewey to develop a philosophy of education that would meet the needs of a changing democratic society. In 1894 he joined the faculty of philosophy at the University of Chicago, where he further developed his progressive pedagogy in the university's Laboratory Schools. In 1904 Dewey left Chicago for Columbia University in New York City, where he spent the majority of his career and wrote his most famous philosophical work, Experience and Nature (1925). His subsequent writing, which included articles in popular periodicals, treated topics in aesthetics, politics, and religion. The common theme underlying Dewey's philosophy was his belief that a democratic society of informed and engaged inquirers was the best means of promoting human interests.
Being, nature, and experience
In order to develop and articulate his philosophical system, Dewey first needed to expose what he regarded as the flaws of the existing tradition. He believed that the distinguishing feature of Western philosophy was its assumption that true being—that which is fully real or fully knowable—is changeless, perfect, and eternal and the source of whatever reality the world of experience may possess. Plato's forms (abstract entities corresponding to the properties of particular things) and the Christian conception of God were two examples of such a static, pure, and transcendent being, compared with which anything that undergoes change is imperfect and less real. According to one modern version of the assumption, developed by the 17th-century philosopher René Descartes, all experience is subjective, an exclusively mental phenomenon that cannot provide evidence of the existence or the nature of the physical world, the "matter" of which is ultimately nothing more than changeless extension in motion. The Western tradition thus made a radical distinction between true reality on the one hand and the endless varieties and variations of worldly human experience on the other.
Dewey held that this philosophy of nature was drastically impoverished. Rejecting any dualism between being and experience, he proposed that all things are subject to change and do change. There is no static being, and there is no changeless nature. Nor is experience purely subjective, because the human mind is itself part and parcel of nature. Human experiences are the outcomes of a range of interacting processes and are thus worldly events. The challenge to human life, therefore, is to determine how to live well with processes of change, not somehow to transcend them.
Nature and the construction of ends
Dewey developed a metaphysics that examined characteristics of nature that encompassed human experience but were either ignored by or misrepresented by more traditional philosophers. Three such characteristics—what he called the "precarious," "histories," and "ends"—were central to his philosophical project.
The precarious
For Dewey, a precarious event is one that somehow makes ongoing experience problematic; thus, any obstacle, disruption, danger, or surprise of any kind is precarious. As noted earlier, because humanity is a part of nature, all things that humans encounter in their daily experience, including other humans and the social institutions they inhabit, are natural events. The arbitrary cruelty of a tyrant or the kindness shown by a stranger is as natural and precarious as the destruction wrought by a flood or the vibrant colours of a sunset. Human ideas and moral norms must also be viewed in this way. Human knowledge is wholly intertwined with precarious, constantly changing nature.
The constancy of change does not imply a complete lack of continuity with the past stages of natural processes. What Dewey meant by a history was a process of change with an identifiable outcome. When the constituent processes of a history are identified, they become subject to modification, and their outcome can be deliberately varied and secured. Dewey's conception of a history has an obvious implication for humanity: no person's fate is sealed by an antecedently given human nature, temperament, character, talent, or social role. This is why Dewey was so concerned with developing a philosophy of education. With an appropriate knowledge of the conditions necessary for human growth, an individual may develop in any of a variety of ways. The object of education is thus to promote the fruition of an active history of a specific kind—a human history.
Ends and goods
Since at least the time of Aristotle (384–322 bce), many Western philosophers have made use of the notion of end, or final cause—i.e., a cause conceived of as a natural purpose or goal (see teleology). In ethics, ends are the natural or consciously determined goals of moral actions; they are moral absolutes, such as happiness or "the good," that human actions are designed to bring about. But such ends must be discerned before they can be fully attained. For Dewey, on the other hand, an end is a deliberately constructed outcome of a history. Hence, his expression "the construction of good" encapsulates much of the significance of his philosophy. A person confronted by a spontaneous intrusion of the precarious world into the seemingly steady course of his life will identify and analyze the constituents of his particular situation and then consider what changes he might introduce in order to produce, in Dewey's parlance, a "consummatory" end. Such an end is a fulfillment of these particular conditions, and it is unique to them. Similarly, there is no such thing as an absolute good against which actions may be evaluated; rather, any constructed end that promotes human flourishing while taking into account the precarious is a good.
Dewey joined and gave direction to American pragmatism, which was initiated by the logician and philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce in the mid-19th century and continued into the early 20th century by William James, among other thinkers. Anticipating Dewey, James regarded reality as an array of "buzzing" rather than static data, and he argued that the distinction between mental experience and the physical world is "messy" rather than pristine. Another theme of early pragmatism, also adopted by Dewey, was the importance of experimental inquiry. Peirce, for example, praised the scientific method's openness to repeated testing and revision of hypotheses, and he warned against treating any idea as an infallible reflection of reality. In general, pragmatists were inspired by the dramatic advances in science and technology during the 19th century—indeed, many had formal scientific training and performed experiments in the natural, physical, or social sciences.
Dewey's particular version of pragmatism, which he called "instrumentalism," is the view that knowledge results from the discernment of correlations between events, or processes of change. Inquiry requires an active participation in such processes: the inquirer introduces specific variations in them to determine what differences thereby occur in related processes and measures how a given event changes in relation to variations in associated events. For example, experimental inquiry may seek to discern how malignancies in a human organism change in relation to variations in specific forms of treatment, or how students become better learners when exposed to particular methods of instruction.
True to the name he gave it, and in keeping with earlier pragmatists, Dewey held that ideas are instruments, or tools, that humans use to make greater sense of the world. Specifically, ideas are plans of action and predictors of future events. A person possesses an idea when he is prepared to use a given object in a manner that will produce a predictable result. Thus, a person has an idea of a hammer when he is prepared to use such an object to drive nails into wood. An idea in the science of medicine may predict that the introduction of a certain vaccine will prevent the onset of future maladies of a definite sort. Ideas predict that the undertaking of a definite line of conduct in specified conditions will produce a determinate result. Of course, ideas might be mistaken. They must be tested experimentally to see whether their predictions are borne out. Experimentation itself is fallible, but the chance for error is mitigated by further, more rigorous inquiry. Instrumentalism's operating premise is that ideas empower people to direct natural events, including social processes and institutions, toward human benefit.
Democracy as a way of life
Given its emphasis on the revisability of ideas, the flux of nature, and the construction of ends or goods, one may wonder how Dewey's philosophy could provide moral criteria by which purported goods may be evaluated. Dewey did not provide a thorough, systematic response to the question of how an instrumentalist determines the difference between good and evil. His typical rejoinder was that human fulfillment will be far more widespread when people fully realize that precarious natural events may come under deliberate human direction. Dewey made this claim, however, without sufficiently weighing the problem of how people are to choose between one proposed vision of fulfillment and another, especially when there are honest disagreements about their respective merits. Yet, while he never solved the problem, Dewey did address it in his philosophy of democracy, which he referred to as "democracy as a way of life."
Dewey conceived of democracy as an active process of social planning and collective action in all spheres of common life. Democracy is also a source of moral values that may guide the establishment and evolution of social institutions that promote human flourishing. However, unlike other moral frameworks (e.g., great religious traditions or political ideologies), democracy as a way of life is neither absolutist nor relativistic, because its norms and procedures are fallible and experimental. It is a consciously collaborative process in which individuals consult with each other to identify and address their common problems; indeed, Dewey spoke of democracy as "social intelligence." Within a fully democratic society, Dewey suggested, people would treat each other with respect and would demonstrate a willingness to revise their views while maintaining a commitment to cooperative action and experimental inquiry.
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An Introduction to Metaphysics(1903) and in his masterpiece, Creative Evolution(1907), Bergson distinguished between two profoundly different ways of knowing: the method of analysis, which is characteristic of science, and the method of intuition, a kind of intellectual sympathy…
metaphysics: John DeweyIn this milieu, John Dewey, an American educational reformer and pragmatic philosopher, published his "Kant and Philosophic Method" in 1884 in the journal of a group known as the St. Louis Hegelians. Although Dewey later rejected the full-scale Hegelianism expressed in the article,…
democracy: DeweyAccording to the American philosopher John Dewey, democracy is the most desirable form of government because it alone provides the kinds of freedom necessary for individual self-development and growth—including the freedom to exchange ideas and opinions with others, the freedom to form associations with…
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This will be short. Look at this argument:
Nature is so beautiful and complex; the planets in our solar system, and our solar system in our galaxy, and our galaxy in the universe all fit and work together so well that it cannot possibly have happened by chance - there must have been a creator.
I want to know why Christians, or any other monotheist, thinks this is a good argument in favor of their position. Obviously, because they've used the singular form of the word creator but they've obviously done that on purpose to support their particular theology.
Why does the complexity of nature point only to a single god? I want a monotheist to explain to me how they manage to sidestep the possibility of many gods being responsible for the creation of everything. How do they justify their atheism towards every other god but their own?
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Well, most people are either idiots, or willfully ignorant.
It's sickening.
Well I suppose this has to do with religious history and the history of science as much as anything. When you have multiple Gods who are constantly infighting or in a struggle for leadership then to understand the world and the phenomena in it as expressions of the will of the Gods becomes very difficult, unstructured and unpredictable.
When there is only one God who controls the world it suddenly becomes very structured and you can study the world as a proxy to read as it were the mind of God through His creation. Then philosophy of nature becomes something noble in and of itself and the complexity of nature becomes testament to the awesome power and wisdom of it's Creator.
Of course planetary systems and galaxies don't happen by chance.
Or the designer could have created the Universe, then either died, forgotten about it, or went on a galactic vacation equal to trillions of years.
Or that the designer still interacts in our daily lives and has nothing to do with the biblical fairy tales.
These are all other possible scenarios, if in fact we could prove the universe was 'created' by a supreme intelligence.
Yeah…I'm kind of confused by what they are claiming as well…. I'll be honest, I have not heard that specific argument before…
"our galaxy in the universe all fit and work together". I don't even know what that means. What's working together? How does it fit? What do they mean by "fit"? Nature is complex?
I would have them explain that to you first. It fits…yet its complex?
Albert - I understand that it makes more sense, for many people, to think that one god would be better organized and structural than a god who was constantly fighting among other gods. But, what makes sense to humanity is not necessarily logical, and it's not necessarily true. And in fact, such dictatorships, when carried out here on our planet, usually fail miserably. I'm not really asking why people would think one god makes more sense - obviously they will think that because we're slowly evolving out of our religiosity in general. And in any case, who is to say that if there were a plethora of gods, that they would be imbued with human traits such as jealousy, greed, and the need to fight with one another? The fact that these gods we worship just happen to have our exact traits, I think, really speaks to their origin.
Greg - Thank you for that. You obviously know a lot more about this than I do, and I really appreciate your explanation. I think, though, that they were referring to the "watchmaker analogy" and the title I chose was more for effect than anything. If those two issues are the same, then I apologize. So they're saying: it's impossible that all this complexity we see in nature, just happened by chance, therefore somebody must have created it, therefore god. I don't think I've ever had a conversation with a creationist who actually understood the Aristotelean argument, or Ockham's Razor, which is a shame.
Dustin and Jason - I think this argument stems from the person not understanding the basic concept of evolution through natural selection. So, at least in my experience with them, Creationists seem to think that evolution is itself a series of accidents that have no intentional purpose, and so everything just happened by chance. And since things are so complex and so well suited to the different purposes they seem to have in nature, it is impossible that it all happened accidentally. And their next conclusion is to posit that the only other alternative to accident, is deliberate creation. Not true. But that argument is a whole other issue.
It would be really interesting to get into a discussion of probability with these people, but I suppose they wouldn't understand it. I mean, they say that even just the fact that our planet happens to be in the "goldilocks zone" proves that some entity deliberately placed us there. However, if they even knew the tiniest amount about the size of the universe and the actual math behind how likely our existence was to occur, and how likely it is that it has happened elsewhere in the universe, they would probably stop using that logic.
Of course evolution (by natural selection) is the exact opposite of chance and the fact that we happen to live on a planet that has all the right conditions to be inhabited by us is not a matter of probability but rather of adaptation, statistics and just plain logic as you pointed out.
If the Earth were hostile to our kind of life, we wouldn't be living on it. We would either not be alive at all or we would be on another, different planet which wasn't hostile to life and we would have evolved to adapt to these surroundings, no doubt looking much differently, but perhaps asking the same questions basically. This must be true in the natural realm, creating necessarily the illusion of extremely unlikely coincidences, but not at all necessarily if supernaturalism were to be invoked. Then you'd actually have to explain the probability that a Creator would create the world (the Universe, the galaxies, the planets, life and so on) to look precisely so as it would have looked if it weren't created (by an Intelligent Creator) at all and naturalism were true. Which to point out just the smallest objection seems an extremely unintelligently and unintelligibly wasteful way to create a world for humans to live their short little lives on during which they can be tested if they are worthy of an eternal "afterlife" of subservience in tranquil surroundings and mild pleasure or have to be cast off to undergo unspeakable horrors that exceed by far the fevered imagination of the most despicable psychopath that has ever existed or perhaps ever will for all infinity.
The fact that we happen to live on a planet that has all the right conditions to be inhabited by us is not a matter only of probability, but the supposed uniqueness of it can be explained away by a proper understand of probability. And in fact, the argument that it is more probable that there is a timeless creator being who is responsible for our existence, is completely backwards. It's much more probable that we ourselves chanced into existence, because in that scenario there is only one singularity or leap from nothing into something, rather than two (the origin of the omniscient creator god, being the first).
I brought up probability in the first place, to illustrate that our existence isn't really all that unique (like Creationists seem to think it is) in the grand scheme of things. I think Dawkins does a good job of explaining what I'm trying to get at, in The God Dilusion (pg. 165 of my edition):
"It has been estimated that there are between 1 billion and 30 billion planets in our galaxy, and about 100 billion galaxies in the universe. Knocking a few noughts off for reasons of ordinary prudence, a billion billion is a conservative estimate of the number of available planets in the universe. Now, suppose the origin of life, the spontaneous arising of something equivalent to DNA, really was a quite staggeringly improbable event. Suppose it was so improbably as to occur on only on in a billion planets....But here we are talking about odds of one in a billion. And yet...even with such absurdly long odds, life will still have arisen on a billion planets - of which Earth, of course, is one."
My point is that Earth really isn't unique at all, mathematically speaking. The fact that we have yet to discover any other planets with life does not mean that there are none out there. It means that we as a species lack sufficient technology to spot them. And so, in that sense, I think probability really does play a huge role in this argument, and if Creationists using the original argument actually understood the math behind their statements, they would stop using them.
And I do entirely agree with you on that last sentence. If he does exist, god is a tyrant, a despicable psychopath and a misogynistic narcissist.
Thank you! I would love some suggestions of introductory books on the subject.
I think we agree, I just emphasized - clumsily admittedly - that the apparent appearance of 'uniqueness' as you aptly put it, the Earth possessing just the right conditions for us is a consequence of putting things in reverse order: it is not the Earth that is nearly perfect for us, it is that we are nearly perfect for the Earth and this is so because from the most modest chemical building blocks to billions of years later those self-conscious creatures we are today, able to understand our place in the order of things to a certain degree, evolved to adapt to it.
If the Earth would be different, within a certain not really known margin, we'd be different, but the reasoning would be invariant under this translation. Okay so this is just pure logic, anthropic principle reasoning, the probabilities enter later in the estimates of habitable worlds.
I would think 1 to 30 billion planets in our galaxy is an underestimation. It probably would be more like an order of magnitude higher and maybe even higher than that. The number of Earth-like planets with liquid water would I think be in the order of a billion or two.
But the number of galaxies has to be revised downward to those that are old enough to have sufficient metallicity, or are rich in population I type stars, like our Sun. Only then you have sufficient abundances of heavier elements and chemistry can become sufficiently complex. This would be a critical prerequisite to life as we know it, but who's to say that life as we know it is all the ways that life can exist? In fact there has never been a proper definition of life been settled on, as it just seems arbitrary where to draw the line of demarcation - or is it an area?
The point of my last sentence was not so much to paint God in the most unfavorable terms I could muster, rather that it seems wasteful to the point of silliness to create an entire Universe just to have a infinitesimal little spot on the outskirts of one of those uncountable rotating blobs of shiny matter to play with His little human zoo.

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There are games when UCLA guard Norman Powell becomes an ignition switch. The Bruins' game Saturday night against USC was one of those times.
To say UCLA was in a funk during the first half would be an insult to teams in funks. UCLA looked worn and beaten.
Powell stepped in and started the salvage operation that ended in an 83-73 Pac-12 Conference victory for the Bruins at the Galen Center. Powell had a season-high 21 points, 17 coming in the second half. He made six of seven shots after halftime.
UCLA basketball: In the Feb. 10 Sports section, the caption for a photo with an article about UCLA's victory Saturday over USC identified a UCLA basketball player as Norman Powell. The player was Jordan Adams. —
"Norman has been good at that all year," said UCLA Coach Steve Alford. "He drives the ball hard, he's a good defender, he makes his shots."
Check that. He doesn't always make his shots. Powell was shooting 18% from three-point range before Saturday. He had seven three-pointers this season — but made two early in the second half that sparked a 27-6 UCLA run that wiped out USC's 41-35 halftime lead.
"I know I can knock those down," Powell said. "I put in a lot of work on my own because I was not shooting the way I know I can."
Powell augmented those jumpers with what he does best, make powerful drives to the basket and play tough defense. He had two steals early in the second half, resulting in four points. He also had a tomahawk dunk on a drive. Powell followed that with a three-pointer to give the Bruins a 54-46 lead.
He scored 10 of UCLA's first 19 points in the second half.
UCLA shot just 33% in the first half but lifted that to 40% for the game. However, the most notable improvement was on defense. Last-place USC (10-13 overall, 1-9 Pac-12) shot 59% in the first half as Byron Wesley scored 18 of his game-high 27 points. But the Trojans scored only 11 points in the first 12 minutes of the second half.
The victory allowed the Bruins (18-5, 7-3) to remain in second place in conference play, two games behind Arizona.
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Habs centreman Tomas Plekanec.
The Gazette
As we count down to Monday's 3 p.m. NHL trading deadline, it's easy to pick out Montreal players who are available. But there's one surprise among the players being offered by the Canadiens.
Tomas Plekanec, who has been with the Canadiens his entire NHL career, has been the subject of talks with several teams. While the Canadiens have dropped out of the playoff hunt and are looking forward to next season, they want an established player in return for Plekanec, preferably a winger with some size.
Plekanec said Friday that he wasn't aware of being the subject of any trade talks. Agent Rick Curran Sunday denied a suggestion that the veteran centre has been asked about waiving his no-trade clause, which is part of the six-year, $30-million deal he signed in 2010.
Plekanec takes pride in the fact he has spent his entire career with one organization but the frustrations of a losing season and the challenge of having to adapt to a parade of different wingers may have led to a belief that a change of scenery would be best for both parties.
Plekanec, who was drafted by the Canadiens in the third round (71st overall) in 2001, was the Canadiens' leading scorer in each of the past two seasons. His production has dipped this season but can be easily explained by the fact that he hasn't been able to develop any chemistry with his linemates.
While David Desharnais has had the luxury of playing with Max Pacioretty and Erik Cole for most of the season, Plekanec has been a part of 18 different line combinations. The longest stretch for any of those lines to play together was 11 games when he was between Michael Cammalleri and Brian Gionta. Injuries sabotaged that line and it didn't help that when Cammalleri was healthy, he complained about his ice time and expressed a desire to play with Desharnais.


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My first favorite author was Miriam Clark Potter. I loved her Mrs. Goose stories--Hello! Mrs. Goose, Just Mrs. Goose, No, No, Mrs. Goose, Our Mrs. Goose, Goodness, Mrs. Goose! My favorite book in third grade was Charlotte's Web. I read it over and over. Fourth grade--Little Women. Fifth grade--Johnny Tremain. Sixth grade was a four way tie--the Little House series, Constance by Patricia Clapp, The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare, and Star Girl by Henry Winterfield. I also loved fairy tales--the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, The Red Fairy Book, The Blue Fairy Book. My grandmother hated the fairy tales. She thought I'd find them too scary. No way. I loved when Cinderella's step-sister chopped off her toes to fit her foot into Cinderella's glass slipper. They don't write kid's stories like that any more...
In junior high my best friend gave me a Barbara Cartland romance for my birthday. I was hooked. According to the Barbara Cartland website, Dame Barbara wrote 723 books during her lifetime, and I think I read them all (or maybe it just seems like I did). How can you not love books with titles like The Wicked Marquis, The Dangerous Duke, and The Elusive Earl? Then there were the "love" books--An Arrow Of Love, Lucky In Love, The Problems Of Love, Conquered By Love. I also read Hungry for Love, The Race for Love, Prisoner of Love, The Karma of Love, and The Treasure Is Love, among many (many) others. I developed my love (sorry) for alliteration and ellipses in writing thanks to Barbara Cartland.
By the time I hit high school I was ready to delve into more "serious" literature. I discovered the Harlequin Romance. I loved the exotic settings, the breathless women, and the imperious men (How often does one actually get to use the word imperious except when discussing a Harlequin Romance?) I worked at a local department store through my high school years, and on Friday night after work I'd stop at the grocery store and pick up a Harlequin from the revolving book rack at the front of the store. I'd start reading as soon as I got home and finish the book around two in the morning. On Saturday night the pattern would repeat.
During my college years I expanded my horizons and sampled the works of fantasy authors Terry Brooks and J.R.R. Tolkien, though my leisure reading was still primarily populated by my handsome Harlequin heroes (Alliteration. Thank you, Dame Barbara). As an English major my coursework focused on the heavy hitters of American and English literature--Mark Twain, William Shakespeare, and James Joyce. I loved Beowulf (Someone had to...), as well as the works of Charles Dickens (Great Expectations, Oliver Twist), the Brontes (Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights), and Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice).
My reading tastes these days lean more towards historical mysteries, biographies, and histories. I haven't picked up a Harlequin in years. I've come full circle though. I'm back to reading children's literature, now with my son, though his taste definitely leans more towards nonfiction than mine ever did. His journey will be different than mine, but that's the great thing about books. Every story is different.
Submitted for the 118th edition of the Carnival of Genealogy.
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5 comments:
- Kristin said...
You do have a way with words. I had to chuckle at "they don't write kid's stories like that anymore..."
- June 2, 2012 at 8:35 PM
- Cynthia Shenette said...
Kristin - LOL. Thank you! You are very kind! They weren't called Grimm for nothing. The worst ones were the Hans Christian Andersen ones. Did you ever read, The Girl Who Trod On A Loaf? Boy, that was happy reading...
- June 2, 2012 at 10:27 PM
- Joan said...
Cynthia, what a personal history through books --- I am envious that you can remember books and authors from elementary school. And I loved your presentation to that tuff crowd of Cub Scoouts. Brave woman.
- June 3, 2012 at 1:19 PM
- Jasia said...
So fun to remember all the old books and what was going on in our lives at the time we read them. I never knew anyone who was into the Grimm fairy tales. Good for you! Thanks for sharing and for contributing to the COG!
- June 4, 2012 at 1:47 PM
- J.M. said...
Lovely post! Thank you for sharing.
- June 4, 2012 at 3:45 PM


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3 Non-employing businesses were selected to participate in the survey (i.e. the direct collect sample) only if they met a threshold level of activity. The threshold was set for the ANZSIC class so that the contribution of non-employing businesses, combined with all employing businesses accounted for 97.5% of total turnover as determined by ATO Business Activity Statement data. For the 2006-07 survey, the threshold was $228,000 in turnover for ANZSIC Class 4400 Accommodation.
4 Estimates in this publication are presented only for the population of businesses above the turnover threshold, using data directly collected by the ABS from businesses mainly engaged in providing accommodation services. During processing of the survey, businesses no longer in operation or found to be incorrectly coded to ANZSIC Class 4400 Accommodation were detected and the estimates adjusted accordingly. Estimates for the population of businesses below the turnover threshold are not included in this publication.
5 Estimates from previous iterations of this survey were produced using number raised estimation methodology. The 2006-07 survey used generalised regression estimation. Generalised regression estimation enables maximum use of observed linear relationships between data directly collected from businesses in the survey and auxiliary information. When the auxiliary information is strongly correlated with data items collected in a survey, the generalised regression estimation methodology will improve the accuracy of the estimates. The auxiliary variables used in this survey were turnover and wages sourced from ATO Business Activity Statement data.
6 To maximise consistency and coherence with the 2006-07 estimates, the 2003-04 estimates presented in Table 1 have been revised to account for the changes in collection design and estimation methodology described above.
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Located on the beautiful island of Koh Samui, our ten Thai style pavilions are positioned around five infinity edge swimming pools. Each intimate and secluded villa has a panoramic ocean view and is linked by landscaped gardens with intricate stone walkways. We provide exclusive and sophisticated accommodation while seamlessly blending traditional Thai architecture with a modern contemporary style.
At Sandalwood Luxury Villas, we strive to give each guest an outstanding level of quality service with our warm Thai hospitality. From the moment our professional drivers pick you up at the airport, our staff is available to cater for your every need. Whether enjoying an authentic Thai meal in our Blue Ginger Restaurant or a massage at our Sanctuary Spa, our goal is to make your Sandalwood stay a special experience.
:: Ocean View Jacuzzi Studio - 1 Unit ::
Gardenia Villa - Maximum Occupancy 3 Adults
Set amidst a lush tropical garden, the Gardenia Villa fuses traditional Thai décor with contemporary style. The Gardenia Villa's extensive glass doors and windows capitalize on the ocean views of the coastline and outer islands.
The beautiful marble bedroom features a luxurious king sized bed, 42" flat screen TV with DVD player. The interior living space includes a dining table and a sitting area with two armchairs and a coffee table. There is also a kitchenette with a microwave and a stocked mini-bar refrigerator.
The large bathroom has a marble and glass shower-for-two with a massage spray and a separate overhead rain shower. The Gardenia Villa includes an adjoining guest room with a unique Jacuzzi tub and outdoor access to a tropical garden terrace with a soothing waterfall.
:: Ocean View Jacuzzi Villa with Loft - 2 Units ::
Orchid Villa (1 Unit) and Jasmine Villa (1 Unit) - Maximum Occupancy 4 Adults
The Orchid and Jasmine Villas are beautiful and romantic villas featuring two sleeping areas; a king size bed on the main level and a queen size bed in an open loft. The open loft provides a second sleeping area and is an ideal retreat for children.
The living area on the main floor of the villa includes a 42" flat screen TV with DVD player, loveseat, coffee table and desk. The wood and marble bathroom features a Jacuzzi tub for two with views of the ocean. There is also a kitchenette with a microwave and a stocked mini-bar refrigerator.
This quiet and private villa has its own tropically landscaped garden area. Sliding glass doors open from the main floor to a wraparound terrace with ocean views of the coastline and outer islands. The terrace is furnished with a lounge chair, armchair, dining table and daybed.
:: Ocean View Pool Villa - 3 Units ::
Plumeria Villa (1 Unit) , Malee Villa (1 Unit) and Jumpee Villa (1 Unit) - Maximum Occupancy 2 Adults
The integration of indoor and outdoor living has designated the Plumeria, Malee and Jumpee private pool villas as Sandalwood's premier honeymoon villas. The interior features Thai modern design and includes a sitting area with loveseat and coffee table.
The wood and marble bathroom features a Jacuzzi tub for two with views of the ocean and a separate marble shower. There is also a kitchenette with a microwave and a stocked mini-bar refrigerator.
The interior has two sets of sliding glass doors that lead out to a wraparound balcony with sweeping panoramic views of the coastline and outer islands. There is a private pool area including a dining table, and lounge chairs positioned for taking in the views.
:: Ocean View 2 Bedroom Jacuzzi Villa - 1 Unit ::
Amarin Villa - Maximum Occupancy 4 Adults
The Amarin Villa is a two bedroom villa with beautiful ocean views of the coastline and outer islands. The primary bedroom features a king size bed and a sitting area with a loveseat, coffee table and armchair. The master bath includes a make-up / dressing table and a large shower / tub combination. The second bedroom has a queen size bed and it is separated from the main living area by sliding glass doors. The second bethroom has an attached marble half bath. There is a kitchen complete with dining table, stovetop, stocked mini-bar refrigerator, microwave and toaster.
Two sets of sliding glass doors open to a large wraparound balcony with 180 degree water views. The outdoor living area includes a Jacuzzi spa bath and an outdoor shower. The balcony is furnished with a breakfast table, a dining table for four people and lounge chairs.
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Camellia Villa - Maximum Occupancy 4 Adults
The Camellia Villa is a two bedroom pool villa with beautiful ocean views of the coastline and outer islands. The primary bedroom features a king size bed and a sitting area with a loveseat, coffee table and armchair. The master bath includes a make-up / dressing table and a large shower / tub combination. The second bedroom has a queen size bed and it is separated from the main living area by sliding glass doors. The second bethroom has an attached marble half bath. There is a kitchen complete with dining table, stovetop, stocked mini-bar refrigerator and microwave.
Two sets of sliding glass doors open to a large wraparound balcony with 180 degree water views. The outdoor living area includes a breakfast table, dining table for four people, lounge chairs and a plunge pool.
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Lotus Villa - Maximum Occupancy 4 Adults
The Lotus Villa is Sandalwood's largest two bedroom villa with over 150 square meters of interior space. There are two spacious floors each with their own bedroom and bathroom areas. The main floor bedroom is separated from the living area by sliding glass doors. This bedroom has a king size bed and its own sitting area for taking in the view.
The main floor bathroom features a make-up / dressing table, large bathtub for two and a separate marble and glass shower. The second floor bedroom has a queen size bed, ceiling fan and a make-up / dressing table. There is an attached modern bathroom including an indoor / outdoor shower with glass walls and 180 degree views.
The living area includes a loveseat, coffee table, daybed and two armchairs. The spacious marble and wood kitchen includes a breakfast bar with two bar stools, full size refrigerator, stovetop, toaster and microwave. There is a large round dining room table with seating for six guests.
To enhance the indoor / outdoor feel of this villa, there are four sets of sliding glass doors that open to a large balcony with sweeping panoramic views of the coastline and outer islands. This outdoor living space includes lounge chairs and a dining table for four.
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Leelawadee Villa - Maximum Occupancy 6 Adults
The Leelawadee Villa is Sandalwood's most secluded pool villa and features all of the benefits of optimized indoor / outdoor living. With sweeping panoramic view of the coastline and outer islands, the outdoor infinity pool area includes a Jacuzzi tub, an outdoor shower and five poolside lounge chairs. Connected to the pool area is a large covered outdoor balcony furnished with a breakfast table, dining table with seating for six, three bean bag chairs, a wicker swing and a wicker loveseat.
The Leelawadee villa features an open floor plan full kitchen and adjoining living room. The kitchen is ready for entertaining with a full size stocked mini-bar refrigerator, oven, stovetop, microwave, blender and toaster. The living area includes a couch, loveseat, coffee table and an entertainment center with a 42" flat screen TV and DVD player.
The ranch style design features three bedrooms and two bathrooms. The master bedroom includes a king size bed, arm chair, coffee table, 42" flat screen TV and DVD player. The ensuite bathroom includes a private outdoor shower and incredible views from the glass enclosed bathtub / shower for two. The second and third bedrooms are each furnished with a queen size bed, a 42" flat screen TV and a DVD player. These rooms share a full sized marble bathroom with a glass wall shower.
:: Sandalwood Restaurant & Bar ::
One of the real pleasures of Thailand is its delicious cuisine and Sandalwood Restaurant, under the guidance of renowned local chef, specializes in creating authentic regional dishes with a modern twist. The menu has been designed to offer a real range of Thai flavors, from aromatic soups to the wonderfully spicy curries; each and every dish is cooked to order using the very finest fresh local ingredients.
Complimenting the exotic flavours and aromas, the restaurant is situated on a covered terrace and offers spectacular views of the Gulf of Siam and Chaweng Bay. The location is truly stunning and makes a beautiful setting for a romantic candle lit dinner.
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At Sandalwood restaurant we also offer the opportunity to learn how to create authentic Thai dishes so that you can enjoy the flavors of your trip when you return home. Courses are available for complete beginners, as well as those who are already familiar with Thai cookery and require advanced level training. The classes can be taken on a one-on-one basis or in small groups of up to four persons.
Our spa is decorated with traditional Thai furnishings, an herbal steam room and roof top sun deck. We also offer single or double treatment rooms to enjoy all of our spa packages. The Spa hours are 10 A.M. to 7 P.M. everyday.
:: The Sandalwood Spa's Signature Massage ::
This treatment originated in Thailand and is based on Thai medicine. Some guests say its like having yoga done for you. Thai massage incorporates passive stretches borrowed from Yoga with a variety of pressure point work, therapeutic stretching and reflexology to open the body and stimulate energy flow, leaving you relaxed yet energized.
Once you've tried the basic spa treatments, you might want to branch out to different types of massage like Thai massage, Oil Massage or reflexology. You should talk to your esthetician about what facial services or body treatments would be most appropriate for your skin type. Our spa also has a nail salon offering spa manicures and spa pedicures.
Enjoy a massage with your significant other in the privacy of either an indoor or outdoor couples treatment room. You'll lie on side-by-side tables while your therapists synchronize your massage experience, so you each experience exactly the same thing at the same time, bringing your energies truly in sync. Choose from relaxation, deep tissue or hot stone massage.
Sandalwood Spa is decorated with traditional Thai furnishings, an herbal steam room and roof top sun deck. We also offer single or double treatment rooms to enjoy all of our spa packages.
:: In Room Amenities ::
Individually controlled air conditioning
Stereo, satellite TV, DVD player, CD player
International direct dial Telephone
Wireless ADSL internet connection
Private safe box
220 V. power points
Mini bar, microwave, kitchens
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Tea and coffee making facilities provided free of charge every day
Room service from our restaurant and bar
Hair dryer
Bathrobes, sandals and umbrellas
Marble bathroom with separate shower / WC
Rooms are cleaned daily
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:: Other Services Available ::
Massage and spa treatments, and health programs
Arrangement and booking of tours and excursions including elephant trekking, snorkeling and diving trips to other Islands
Boat hire / sight seeing
Car / motorbike rental
Baby sitting service (Advance booking)
Telephone in each Villa
Internet / fax and business services
Wireless laptop / PC connection available
E-Mail and internet service in the office
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:: Off Site Activities Within Easy Reach ::
Sandalwood Villas is ideally located to be in easy reach of a full range of facilities near by on the island. We are always happy to help you in arranging trips & excursions.
If you need transportation we'll happily take you ourselves, arrange a taxi or organize car / bike hire.
Golf course easy to reach in 5 minutes
Tennis courts, Squash courts, and Health Clubs
Many new shopping canter, and night plazas
Supermarket, shopping, banks, money exchange, hospitals, restaurants, bars and nightclubs, all within 10 minutes
Butterfly garden, snake farm, waterfalls, elephant trekking, aquarium
Rock climbing, hiking, bicycle, jungle adventure, Go-kart, ATV, 4 wheel drive
And more!
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I was in Israel when the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was passed passed on August 7, 1964. Unlike the people at home I learned about it on the international press and was quickly convinced that it was a scam. As a result I cut my wonderful Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Weizmann Institute a year short ,got appointed to the Biophysics Faculty at SUNY Buffalo and came home for my second tour of duty in service of my country. The first was payback for my college education as a USMC officer from 1957 to 1960. When I got to Buffalo in 1965 things were unbelievable since I had been afforded the luxury of real news coverage while in Israel. The lies and rumors were the "news" and everything I had learned was either non-existent or buried in some underground sources. I was soon the leader of an umbrella anti-war/civil rights group that took in some 20 or more organizations in the area. Read on below for I learned a lot most of which has been lost, suppressed, or forgotten.
Much of it does remain available in a chronicle written by Mitchell GoodmanThe Movement Toward a New America: The Beginnings of a Long Revolution (A Collage) - A What? which I keep nearby almost like some religious people keep their Bible near. I was in the movement long before its death was insured by a huge influx of liberals who were going to save the country from the very people who worked hard and suffered, were beaten, imprisoned and even died to get it going. There were so many phases. The alliances with Martin Luther King were growing stronger and stronger. We really believed we would change the country. Our belief was widespread and I, for one, have never really lost that vision.
I'll tell you what my experience of that time tells me the decline of our movement was due to. You will not like it but the history of the times we are in backs me up. This is kind of a chicken and egg issue but let's see if we can sort it out.
I remember clearly the day we began to lose. It was not because of right wing opposition. That has grown significantly because we declined. On that particular day the New York Times ran an editorial on its front page by James Reston. The first paragraph condemned the war for the first time. The remaining paragraphs were devoted to condemning those of us who had sacrificed to build the movement while the liberals sat by and tried to make up their minds about which side they were on. They basically claimed that we were dangerous and needed to be controlled. Today you suffer the consequences of their ability to swindle people.
They brought things into "control". They ran Gene McCarthy and convinced the young that elections were the way to go. "Clean with Gene" was the slogan. The right wing thrived on that. The real opposition to the plutocracy was crushed. Now we suffer the consequences. Now we are forced to regain the momentum we had for changing the country.
My own way of dealing with this has been a confused attempt to find anything that can get us back on track. I worked for Obama very hard in both elections knowing that it would do little to restore what we have lost. I could easily write a book about why this is so.
This weekend people are again putting their bodies on the line. The occupy movement has been doing this for some time. The ground we are gaining back through their efforts is precious and we must never give it away again!
This time the stakes are much much higher for the plutocracy has gained so much relative to us. They are even higher because the rape of the earth has progressed so far as well.
There is another reason and it is even more pressing. The insanity of the right wing has not lessened. It has grown and its following has grown. The hopes that this election has changed them in any way are foolish at best. Once a web of lies and a world view that is totally out of touch with reality engulfs the minds of that many people all of humanity is in grave danger. This is not a joking matter. It is survival!
Those Union members and others who continue to do what has kept us from being swallowed up by the overpowering greed of the plutocracy have been too alone for too long. Yes we give lip service to them. We can lose all they have fought to win. This is real and it will be the show down this time. We can win and we must win! I do not think we will have another chance. Do you really still need a weatherman to tell you which way the wind is blowing?
How many times have we heard this about OWS?
We must fight ...
that will completely undermine an independent left-wing movement, subsume it to the plutocrats which was exactly what they were trying to do. Dilute it, subsume it, make it work for them instead of the rest of us. Happily Don was not advocating this at all! I really enjoyed this piece written by a veteran of the anti-war struggle of the 1960s. :)


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Globacor Press Release
The party starts for Daytona Hard Rock condo sales
Daytona Beach, January 23, 2014
DAYTONA BEACH Rock 'n' roll, smiles and pictures of Daytona Beach's future filled a huge tent at Daytona International Speedway on Wednesday night as the head of the company planning to build a Hard Rock Hotel on the oceanfront announced he's starting to sell condos for the new development that has the city buzzing.
"This is a real celebration for us," Henry Wolfond, CEO of Canada-based Bayshore Capital Inc., told the 200 people packed inside a 3,000-square-foot tent that captured the Hard Rock spirit with glass cases holding guitars used by Duane Allman, Leon Wilkeson and Hughie Thomasson, and jackets worn by Jim Morrison, Tom Petty and Justin Timberlake.
"You guys are the people who realize Daytona has so much potential,"Wolfond told the by-invite-only assembly of local VIPs. "We're going to be a part of it, and you're all going to be a part of it."
The condos are being built as part of the first phase of the Hard Rock development, located less than a mile south of the Daytona Beach Pier. The $100-million-plus first phase, scheduled to be under construction later this year, will include 250 hotel rooms, 36,000 square feet of meeting space, a gift shop and a parking garage.
Phase I plans call for 99 luxury residences to be built on the 11 floors above the hotel, with the condo area beginning around the 16th floor, 176 feet above the sand. There will be nine one-, two- and three-bedroom residences per floor ranging from 515 square feet to 4,000 square feet that will all have unobstructed ocean views.
Orlando-based Balfour Beatty Construction, which built the News-Journal Center and more than 20,000 Orlando hotel rooms, has been chosen as the general contractor.
Above the 11 condo floors will be two more levels reserved for penthouses. Wolfond said he already has eight interested buyers who have put down deposits for the Hard Rock condos, which range in price from $230,000 to more than $2 million.
One of those buyers is former Mayor Glenn Ritchey, who said he might have been the first to commit to one of the units that will offer 24/7 room service, daily maid service and valet parking.
"Anything I can do to show support for the community,"Ritchey said at Wednesday's gala that included an open bar and uniformed waiters and waitresses circling the room with trays to offer guests sushi and other hors d'oeuvres.
"This will be a great linchpin,"Ritchey said.
Former County Chair Frank Bruno, also at the event, recalled how he and Ritchey first met with Wolfond a few years ago to nurture the project's beginnings.
"This is exciting for the community,"Bruno said. "This is something Volusia County desperately needs. Hopefully it'll be the catalyst for other projects."
Tim Davis, vice president of investment sales for Coldwell Banker Commercial in Ormond Beach, said local residents who have been disappointed in the past by promised projects that never happened are eager to see construction begin.
"We really need a project to go vertical,"Davis said at Wednesday night's party.
Davis said some people interested in investing in Daytona have been checking with him over the past year to see how high-profile projects, including a planned hotel with condos near Oakridge Boulevard, are progressing. Those potential investors want to plan their developments around the anchor projects, Davis said.
Brian Leary is managing director for Atlanta-based Jacoby Development, whose company is heading up International Speedway Corp.'s $289 million One Daytona, a planned complex of businesses and homes across from Daytona International Speedway. Leary, who was at Wednesday's event, said he thinks the Hard Rock project will be "very complimentary"to both One Daytona and the $400 million overhaul in progress of the Speedway's frontstretch grandstands.
"Hard Rock is one of the most iconic brands on the planet that's pretty picky about where it goes,"Leary said. "Very few close so it's not done lightly and not short-term. That's a great sign where things are going with Daytona Beach and Volusia County."
Wolfond said he chose to make his announcement during the Rolex 24 At Daytona race week because the event attracts affluent people from around the world who he suspects will be interested in top-notch and top-dollar condos.
"We're going to make this happen folks," said Wolfond,
whose company was founded in 1956 and has developed and purchased
residential and commercial property in Canada and the United States.
"I only have one question for Daytona Beach. Daytona, are you
ready to rock?"
By Eileen Zaffiro-Kean
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In a Peanuts-based cartoon traveling around the Internet, Lucy loudly informs Linus that she's pro-choice. Linus asks if he can smoke, but Lucy nixes the idea for health reasons. Similar exchanges occur about large sodas, dangerous guns, planet-endangering incandescent bulbs, environmentally harmful coal, and offensive God-language. When Linus asks what exactly he's free to choose, Lucy responds, "An abortion."
The cartoon provides a darkly humorous summary of freedom in the state of California. A more scholarly overview is available at George Mason University's libertarian-oriented Mercatus Center.
According to that analysis, the Golden State ranks 49th out of the 50 states on various scales of economic and personal freedom — placing more restrictions on liberty than every state but New York. Only California's libertarian-endorsed lassitude with respect to marijuana, marriage and so-called "victimless" crimes saves it from occupying the index's bottom spot.
Not surprisingly, the union and environmentalist-dominated state ranks dead last on freedom from various types of regulation — a position that dovetails with its cellar standing on factors that affect an individual's ability to find a job.
Sacramento's fiefdom also leads the nation when it comes to restrictions on gun ownership, a dubious honor that could be further solidified by new proposals to tax and regulate ammunition.
In addition, California ranks first in nanny laws — and thus last in terms of freedom from a grab-bag of regulations that range from trans-fat bans to bicycle helmet requirements.
Cities such as San Francisco and Los Angeles, however, have concluded that all these restrictions are insufficient to safeguard their residents and to create the ideal balance they feel is needed within imaginary ecosystems. Consequently, they've instituted bans directed at another public menace — single-use plastic bags typically distributed by retailers.
Not to be outdone by mere municipalities, California legislators are pondering a statewide ban on these inexpensive and convenient petroleum byproducts — another dubious environmental mandate that will force shoppers to pay for paper sacks or pack a number of durable totes in their cars' trunks. Dutiful "health officials" assure us that the latter conveyances will remain largely free of bacterial contaminants.
All these laws designed to combat an ever-growing list of perceived dangers have contributed greatly to the exodus of Californians to other states — an outflow also documented by the Mercatus Center and indicating, in their words, a desire to find "more employment opportunities or a better quality of life."
On the other side of the ledger, California legislators are now considering AB 154 — legislation that will allow nurses, midwives, and physicians' assistants to perform the only act of freedom many Californians passionately embrace — the freedom to extinguish nascent human life.
Richard Kirk writes from Menifee. Email him at email@example.com.


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Happy 59th birthday to a very important lady who, at the end of the day, helped us get to the point of "peak vagina": Ms. Eve Ensler, playwright, activist, cancer survivor, feminist, and author of The Vagina Monologues. Happy birthday a hundred times over.
Random Ensler fact: She's adoptive mother of Dylan McDermott. Keep that one handy for trivia night.
And so Memorial Day is upon us and summer officially begins. If you're a red-blooded American, you're hopefully spending the long weekend saluting our nation's fallen with your trusty grill. As for us, we'll be here all weekend and on Monday, too, so do swing on by.
And on that note, let's kick off the holiday with some classic Americana and briefly wonder what became of John Mellencamp's "Cougar."
Have a great weekend!


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Leaders of any ilk and department are struggling.
Society is awash with social technologies; employees want to be included in the conversations and decisions; and management is stuck sorting out how teams should operate with dated leadership models against a new and technology-sophisticated social world order.
There is no easy way to undo what years and even decades of command-and-control management practices have done to leaders–and to the disengaged employee.
The process of change has to start with the leadership in any organization, and Flat Army is designed to prevent your organization's ship from sinking.
Dan Pontefract knows and understands what happens to an organization when employees are unhappy and uncommitted. More importantly, he knows what it takes to create a leadership culture that drives engagement, empowerment and encouragement amongst continued execution. In any of the corporate leadership roles he has held, he demonstrates a steadfast belief that a collaborative, connected and participative leadership framework is the only way in which to operate.
Flat Army surfaces five key frameworks that can help you and your organization make the shift too. How can you become a visible and collaborative leader? How can you empower and energize all teams and units? How can you build a sense of common purpose and celebrate the wins? The lessons of experience are at your fingertips, as well as the models, strategies and initiatives that Dan recommends to help you instill a true culture of collaboration.
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Portsmouth Apartments is located in Novi, Michigan, offers simple luxuries at an affordable price. Each of our one and two bedroom floor plans include a washer and dryer, a private lakefront balcony or patio, a fully equipped kitchen, and includes both heat and water in your rent. All third-floor styles, including our two bedroom two bathroom floor plans have cathedral ceilings.
Enjoy our contemporary clubhouse that offers an outdoor swimming pool with an expansive sundeck overlooking a beautiful lake. Our community is pet friendly welcoming cats and large dogs less than 75lbs (restrictions apply).
We're conveniently located on Pontiac Trail, just east of Beck Road making I-96, I-696, and I-275 a short convenient drive away. Our perfect location means you're only a short walk to Kroger, CVS, and a short drive to shopping at Twelve Oaks Mall. We're proudly affiliated with the Walled Lake Consolidated School District.
You can also visit our sister community The Springs, which is located next door, and Hillside located one mile away in Wixom.
Be sure to visit our Leasing Information page to review additional information and view our floor plans for current availability. Please note, at times we may have limited to no availability due to demand. Check back here often for new availability as it updates every hour!
Highlights Include:
- Convenient online resident services
- Heat and water included
- Washer and dryer in each apartment home
- Carports available
Floor Plans
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- One and Two Bedrooms
- Washer and Dryer in Each Apartment
- Heat and Water Included
- Open Concept Kitchen
- Central Air Conditioning
- Vaulted Ceilings Available
- AT&T Services Available
- Swimming Pool with Expansive Sundeck
- Renovated Resident Clubhouse
- Social Events for Residents
- Carports Available
- Responsive Emergency Maintenance 24/7
- Close to South Lyon Dog Park
- Online Resident Services Available Including Rent Payments
- Located on Pontiac Trail Near Beck Road
- Close to Downtown Wixom
- Convenient to I-275, I-96, M-5, and I-696
Leasing Information
This community is an equal opportunity housing provider. We fully comply with federal fair housing laws. We do not discriminate against any person because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, familial status or handicap. We also comply with state and local fair housing laws. We provide reasonable accommodations and permit reasonable modifications for individuals with disabilities.
Viewing an apartment. A vacant apartment may be shown to a prospective resident after it has been cleaned and prepared. Prospective residents are not required to complete a Visitor Information Card in order to be shown an apartment. Prospective residents may be shown a model, particularly if the desired style of apartment is unavailable.
Apartment availability. This property offers up-to-date leasing availability. Apartments are available to lease when a notice-to-vacate is received from a current resident or an apartment becomes vacant. An apartment may also become available when an application is denied or when an applicant cancels his/her move-in. At times, the property may have limited to no availability due to demand. An apartment becomes reserved to the prospective renter when the application is completed and submitted in its entirety on a first come, first serve basis. No apartment is guaranteed. Please visit the website regularly to view up-to-date leasing availability. Once a prospective renter submits an application, the prospective renter must be responsible for rent within three (3) days of the Available Date listed for that unit.
Occupancy guidelines. Due to limited parking and building system capacity, the following occupancy guidelines have been established. If an existing resident household expands due to the birth or adoption of a child, that child will not be included in the per-person occupancy count for one year after the child is added to the household.
All Adult Household:
· Studio – 2 people
· One bedroom – 2 people
· Two bedroom – 4 people
· Three bedroom – 6 people
Families with Children:
· Studio – 2 people
· One bedroom – 3 people
· Two bedroom – 5 people
· Three bedroom – 7 people
Pets. A pet is considered to be a fur-bearing feline or canine animal. Pet(s) are not allowed at a community without prior written consent of the Owner. Residents are welcome to have two (2) cats, or two (2) dogs, or one (1) cat and one (1) dog. The weight of any individual dog or cat will not exceed seventy-five (75) pounds. The combined weight of any two (2) animals will not exceed one-hundred (100) pounds. Pet(s) must be spayed or neutered and is not allowed to have offspring while residing in the apartment. Pet(s) must be housebroken. Only commonly accepted breeds of domestic cats are permitted. For purposes of identification, Resident will supply Owner with a current photograph of pet(s). Visiting or the temporary housing of other pets is prohibited.
Fish are not considered pets. Residents are welcome to have one (1) fish tank, not to exceed ten (10) gallons, and used only for fish. Verified service animals for residents with disabilities are permitted. All other species of animals kept as a pet(s) by Resident(s) must be specifically approved in writing by the Owner.
The following breeds of dogs are not permitted: Pit Bulls, Rottweilers, Chows, Doberman Pinschers, German Shepherds, Siberian Huskies, Alaskan Malamutes, Akitas, American Staffordshire Terriers, Great Danes, Perro do Presa Canarios, Wolf Hybrids, Dogo Argentino, Fila Brasileiro, Japanese Tosa or any dog that has any previously listed breed's lineage.
An applicant's income and/or assets may need to be verified prior to move-in. Income must be consistent and verifiable. Acceptable documentation includes, but is not limited to payroll/social security receipts and bank statements dated within 30 days, brokerage statements dated within 90 days, tax records dated within 1 year, and court records.
Rental criteria. This property uses automated credit scoring to approve or decline applications. Credit scoring treats all applicants objectively because it is based on real data and statistics. An application may be denied for poor or insufficient credit, insufficient income or assets, negative rental history, or criminal history. Each applicant at least 18 years of age is required to complete a lease application and, if applicable, pay a nonrefundable Processing Fee. An applicant cannot pose a threat to the safety of others. Any outstanding balance with the local electric utility must be paid prior to move-in. Modifications to our business practices required by third-party payers may not be acceptable.
Questions regarding this rental policy or specific applicant screening decisions can be addressed by contacting either the Property Manager at the community or the Regional Manager at the address below:
Edward Rose & Sons
38525 Woodward Avenue
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303
This information is subject to change at Owner's discretion.
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The Truth About Social Media: Social Media Is Bullshit!
Photo by Amy.
Newsflash – Social media is bullshit! Back in the day, before the internet, it really took a lot of hard work and effort to get your message out there and these days, with the click of a button, you can blast your self promotion to the masses in a matter of seconds.
In more technologically primitive times, it was really hard to measure the results of your marketing efforts. Now with the internet, we don't need the "Nielsen Ratings" estimations of how many people viewed your product, we have ACTUALS! And now that we have actuals, I am breaking the news to you that social media is actually a waste of time, energy and money.
Sure, if you use Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. for fun, you might get some use out of these things. If you are trying to make money, gain a following or spread a message, you might be better off standing on the street corner with a megaphone shouting at passing cars. If companies are telling you that social media is saving their lives or increasing their bottom line by leaps and bounds, they are fucking liars and you should take your business elsewhere.
With the advent of sites like Fiverr.com (where you can purchase social media followers for nominal amounts of money), you literally get what you pay for – higher numbers in the amount of people who follow you, but they are just that – numbers. They are not real people, people that can help see or spread your message and get you customers. They are just a number to brag to people to keep up with the online Joneses.
Let's look at this in terms of simple math: If you have 1,000 followers and you are able to sell $1,000 worth in product to each of them, you could make a cool $100,000 per year. When you have 1,000 followers and a large portion of them are fake, suddenly having a huge number doesn't really seem to do much after all. Of course there are exceptions to the rule, but overall, people spin the uselessness of social media by shouting to their followers – "Look at me, I have [Insert huge number of followers here] followers" rather than say "I have a [huge number of followers] and my message is not getting spread!"
Google and Facebook's algorithms have changed and now a lot of times you cannot reach your own friends/followers unless you pay! When I started writing my blog 5 years ago, my ranking in Google searches was always based upon my timeliness to post the information before other sites and because I strive for excellence, I always ranked high. Since I refuse to pay to have my ranking increased, by changing nothing on my end, except writing more and seeing less traffic, my site doesn't rank as highly in Google searches anymore, and for an indie site like myself – it hurts my traffic badly!
On Facebook, they've instituted a new policy whereby you have to pay for your followers/friends to see your content. Your friends/followers have to physically change their settings to show particular users feeds, which most people either don't know about or do not do and that also hurts traffic. When I cannot make a living off this site and my goal is to turn people on to art & music they might not otherwise be exposed to and I can't even do THAT, it kind of makes the site seem pointless and many other writers I've spoken to are feeling the same way.
On Twitter, you hear about tweets going viral nearly every day. This is the reality (and is in no way a diss to the Tate Museum, whom I am a huge fan of. I just want to illustrate my point): On December 19, 2013, London's Tate Museum posted the subject #ArtXmasFilms and they listed a couple of famous films and juxtaposed them with some famous artists. They ended the tweet with "can you do better?" I added my two cents "to the conversation" and I got retweeted! Amazing! Even more amazing is the fact that the Tate Museum has a whopping 994,867 followers!!! My tweet was the only tweet for several hours in Tate Modern's timeline and it was retweeted during a "prime time" in London (around 9 pm).
After the jump, see what having nearly ONE MILLION pairs of eyes seeing my tweet did for me.


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Jessie Noseworthy scored twice for the provincial champions in a 6-0 rout of Saskatchewan Thursday. Holy Cross opened the tournament Wednesday with a 2-1 win over Quebec.
Teri Murphy, Jane Pope, Connie Lewis and Alyssa Armstrong also scored for the winners. Noseworthy and Murphy also had the goals against Quebec.
Jamie Crocker posted the shutout.
Holy Cross is off today. The medal round starts Saturday, and Newfoundland's opponent is not yet determined.
Meanwhile, the Holy Cross Challenge Cup men dropped their second straight game, losing 3-1 to Nova Scotia. Tyler Kirby scored for Holy Cross, who lost 1-0 to Saskatchewan Wednesday.
Holy Cross is off today, and plays Alberta 3:45 p.m. (NL time) Saturday.
At the under-17 nationals in Fredericton, N.B., Newfoundland, represented by Feildians, improved to 1-1 with a 2-0 win over New Brunswick. Cameron Lundrigan and Ben Noftall had the goals, and Jacob Dyer and Christopher Longtin shared the shutout. The U17 girls from St. John's are 0-1 following a 2-1 loss to Manitoba Thursday. Regan Mahoney had the Newfoundland goal.
At the U15 nationals in Calgary, Newfoundland is represented by a pair of St. John's teams. The boys were thumped 4-0 by Quebec in their first game Thursday. The U15 girls, at 1-0, did not play Thursday.


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The Mound Westonka Schools superintendent apologized Monday night for the suspensions of six varsity hockey players hours before a playoff game, telling a crowd of angry parents that the school activities director had been put on leave pending an investigation of the incident.
The meeting of some 250 people attending the regular board session cheered loudly at the news.
"This is on me," said Superintendent Kevin Borg. He said he expected to lay out the plan for the investigation on Tuesday.
The parents and students who spoke Monday said they didn't blame Borg for the suspensions, instead concentrating their fire on the activities director, Dion Koltes. He had handed out the two-day suspensions after the hockey players, joined by two members of the school swim team, performed their version of the "Harlem Shake," an Internet sensation popular with kids and college sports teams, in the school's lunchroom on Friday. The students also were issued $75 citations by Minnetrista police for engaging in "a riot-like behavior."
The hockey players were stripped of the opportunity to play in a sectional quarterfinal Friday night, which the team lost, ending a promising season.
On Monday, parents stepped up to the microphone to complain about a rush to judgment and lack of due process for the students captured in a video taken of the dance performance, which was part of a class project. Students can be seen dancing on tables, but no vandalism was reported. The only damage seemed to be a broken lunch tray.
Many of those who spoke were emotional, including Mike Curti, who appeared on the verge of tears as he spoke of getting a call Friday afternoon from his son, Charlie, one of the suspended players.
"I found him in the school parking lot, kicked out of the building. He couldn't go back in until I escorted him," Curti said.
The two walked into the school's administrative offices where other students waited with their parents. Curti said he kept looking at the clock, hoping the situation could be worked out in time for the game.
We had questions, Curti said, but "we weren't getting any answers."
Curti described a scene where parents' pleas to administrators for mercy and time weren't heard.
Other parents wanted to know why administrators couldn't have conducted an investigation first before imposing such harsh penalties.
On Sunday, parents received calls from district officials saying the suspensions had been cut in half, and before Monday's meeting Borg said the $75 fines would be rescinded and the suspensions reversed.
Parents said they also wanted the incident removed from their children's records and questioned why they couldn't see the video at the center of the dispute. The superintendent said it is covered by data privacy laws.