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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court said Monday it will review whether some three-strikes-and-out sentencing laws result in unconstitutionally harsh prison terms, such as up to life behind bars for shoplifting videotapes from Kmart.
The court agreed to hear appeals involving two California thieves sentenced to terms ranging from 25 years to life for small-time crimes that might otherwise have meant just a few months in jail.
The Supreme Court will consider whether long sentences were unconstitutionally cruel or unusual punishment for a heroin addict who shoplifted videotapes worth $153 and an AIDS patient who shoved three golf clubs down his pants leg and tried to walk out of a pro shop.
The court's eventual ruling could be limited to the way the law is applied in California, or it could make a more general statement about how far states may go in using similar laws to win very long prison terms for relatively minor crimes.
Twenty-six states and the federal government have some version of a three-strikes law, which typically allow a life prison term or something close to it for a criminal convicted of a third felony.
Critics say the laws are too harsh and inflexible in general, and particularly so in California, which has the nation's strictest three-strikes law. It requires a sentence of 25 years to life in prison for any felony conviction if the criminal was previously convicted of two serious or violent felonies.
"If an individual is charged with growing a single marijuana plant, and he has on his record two qualifying prior convictions, he's dog meat," said Jerome P. Mullins, a San Jose, Calif., criminal defense lawyer who has had several clients prosecuted under the state three-strikes law.
"He's looking at 25-to-life for growing a plant."
Crimes that might otherwise be considered misdemeanors may also be considered felonies, meaning that a shoplifting charge like the one Leandro Andrade faced can trigger the three-strikes provision.
Andrade was convicted of twice stuffing videotapes down his pants at southern California Kmart stores in 1995.
He had previous burglary convictions, making him eligible for extra punishment under California's three-strikes law.
"No other state in the country has such a sentencing scheme where misdemeanor conduct can be the basis for an indeterminate life sentence," said Andrade's lawyer, University of Southern California Law School professor Erwin Chemerinsky.
A state court upheld Andrade's sentence, but the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a widely noted decision last year, ruled it unconstitutional. The ruling was limited to cases like his, and did not overturn the three-strikes law itself.
A divided three-judge panel of the appeals court found Andrade's sentence "grossly disproportionate" to the theft, and said Supreme Court rulings require a trial judge to examine whether the punishment fits the crime.
The Supreme Court also said it will hear a case that came out the other way. A state court upheld Gary Ewing's sentence of 25 years to life in prison for trying to steal three golf clubs at an El Segundo, Calif., golf course.
Ewing had four prior convictions for robbery and burglary. Although prosecutors could have charged him with a misdemeanor in the golf club case, they chose to charge him with a felony under the state's three-strikes law.
"Serving 25 years to life for stealing golf clubs is cruel and unusual punishment," Ewing's lawyer wrote in asking the Supreme Court to get involved.
California voters and lawmakers approved the three-strikes law in 1994 amid public furor over the kidnapping and murder of 12-year-old Polly Klaas. Richard Allen Davis, a repeat offender on parole at the time of the kidnapping, was convicted of the murder and sentenced to death.
Three-strikes laws in other states and the federal government were also passed in the 1990s, when the spread of crack cocaine fed public fears about rising violent crime.
California Secretary of State Bill Jones, an author of the state's 1994 law, credited the law with helping lower crime in the state by 41 percent, more than twice the national average decline in the same period. "We clearly focused the law on that small percentage of the criminal population that commits the vast majority of the crime in our society," Jones said Monday.
The law is getting career criminals off the street and serves as a deterrent for criminals who already have one or two felonies on their record, Jones said.
The cases are Lockyer v. Andrade, 01-1127, and Ewing v. California, 01-6978.
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I think that you are confusing this with "Dancing In The Dark".
Who was the brunette in the red top singing with Hurley from Lost on the escalator? When I first saw it, I thought it was Jamie Lynn Siegler, but now I'm not so sure.
I thought that was so cool. Really well done.
Duh, I know it was Dancing in the Dark. Wudda been funny and people would have 'got it.'
Funny? Yes, but as a die-hard Bruce fan it was painful to watch him as he bounded from one side of the stage to the other yelling "c'mon" or whatever it was (a la Bruce). I was thinking to myself.."dude you're not paying homage to Bruce, you're just embarassing yourself".
The other plus was having Randy Jackson there next to him (that was a great "wink" to us Bruce fans).
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Kevin Keller, the first openly gay character in Archie Comics, gets his own series starting today, and when you think about it, that in itself is pretty historic—when was the last time an Archie character got a new series? It seems like all the individual comics (Jughead, Betty and Veronica, etc.) have been around since I was a kid.
Anyway, Out Magazine has a preview of the first six pages of the comic. It starts with typical Archie exposition, but there is a plot: Kevin gets asked out on his first date. Up till now, Kevin's gayness has been purely theoretical, so it will be interesting to see him join in the romantic hurly-burly of Riverdale. Hopefully there are at least two other gay guys in town, so he can accidentally invite both to the prom or send flowers to the wrong one.
Out also has a brief interview with Kevin creator Dan Parent, who says that he based Kevin's look on Justin Timberlake, although he ended up looking more like Glee's Mr. Schuster. And Kevin's husband Clay (who is seen only in the Life With Archie magazines, not the regular continuity) was inspired by the Old Spice guy. Life is good in Riverdale!
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Jan. 16, 2004 -- By now most parents know to put their infants to sleep on their backs to prevent sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). The advice is credited with cutting infant sleep deaths in half in the U.S., but new research suggests that taking other steps could prevent even more infant deaths.
The European analysis found that inappropriate bedding, sleeping in the same bed with the baby, and maternal smoking were all independent risk factors for SIDS.
Most SIDS Cases Preventable
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine epidemiologist Robert G. Carpenter, PhD, who led the research team, tells WebMD he believes up to 90% of SIDS deaths could be avoided by taking appropriate precautions.
Carpenter and colleagues compared 745 SIDS cases with more than 2,400 live babies for comparison and concluded that just under half of all deaths were attributable to infants sleeping on their stomachs or sides.
For unknown reasons, bed sharing was particularly risky when the mother smoked. Roughly 16% of SIDS deaths were linked to bed sharing, but the risk was confined to the first few months of life and was very small when mothers did not smoke during pregnancy.
According to Carpenter, maternal smoking alone was associated with a doubling in SIDS risk. The risk was 17 times greater, however, for babies who bed shared and had mothers who smoked. The findings are reported in the Jan. 17 issue of The Lancet.
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Russia unexpectedly reduced its benchmark rate, suggesting policy makers see a global economic slump posing greater risks than inflation to the world's biggest energy exporter.
The refinancing rate was reduced to 8 percent from 8.25 percent, Bank Rossii said in a statement on its website today. The move was forecast by two of 22 economists in a Bloomberg survey. Separately, the difference between the main lending and deposit rates was cut a quarter-point to 1.25 percentage points, the narrowest ever.
Russia joins nations from Brazil to Indonesia that are easing borrowing costs to manage the fallout from a slowdown in China and Europe's deepening debt crisis. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who will run for president next year, is seeking annual expansion of as much as 7 percent while the central bank plans to reduce inflation to at least 5 percent by 2014.
"The central bank noticeably softened the tone of its statement, signaling that it will pay more attention to economic risks going forward," Dmitry Polevoy, chief economist at ING Groep NV in Moscow, said by telephone today.
The ruble extended gains against the dollar after the announcement and closed 0.5 percent stronger at 31.21 in Moscow. The currency has weakened 6.8 percent against the central bank's target dollar-euro basket since the end of July.
Investors are betting interest rates will remain unchanged over the next three months, compared with expectations of as much as 21 basis points of increases on Nov. 24, according to forward-rate agreements tracked by Bloomberg.
Ignatiev 'Surprised'
Central bank Chairman Sergey Ignatiev said yesterday he was "surprised" by the slow inflation even as the ruble's recent slump may affect price growth next month. Risks to economic expansion "are strengthening" while inflation is at an acceptable level, Alexei Ulyukayev, a central bank first deputy chairman, said last week.
The overnight auction-based repurchase rate, Bank Rossii's main lending tool, will stay at 5.25 percent and the overnight deposit rate, used to withdraw cash, will increase a quarter-point to 4 percent. Today's moves are "neutral" to monetary policy, according to Bank Rossii.
Russia's ruble bonds due 2016 rose, pushing the yield four basis points lower to 8.12 percent, the least since Dec. 16.
Shortage of Rubles
Policy makers also reduced the rate on fixed repurchase and Lombard auctions by 25 basis points, or 0.25 percentage point, to 6.25 percent. While the facilities are less important to banks than the auction-based rates, they have grown in importance because of the shortage of rubles, Polevoy said.
The MosPrime overnight rate, an average of what Moscow's largest lenders offer to lend to one another, fell to 6.34 percent today after surging yesterday to 6.46 percent, the most since December 2009.
Bank Rossii is giving banks less short-term cash, with overnight repo auctions offering an average of 159 billion rubles ($5.1 billion) so far this month, down from 476 billion rubles in November, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
That's helping drive up interbank rates and in turn hurting demand for ruble-denominated bonds, Dmitry Pikin, a bond-fund manager at Moscow-based Gazprombank Asset Management that oversees more than 200 billion rubles of investments, said in a telephone interview yesterday.
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The shortage of rubles in the banking system since September will help curb inflation next year, policy makers said in the statement. The government's decision to delay price increases for utilities to July from January will bring a "substantial slowdown in the annual inflation rate" early next year, according to the statement.
Inflation eased to 6.4 percent from a year earlier as of Dec. 19, down from 6.8 percent in November, the regulator said. Year-to-date price growth was at 6 percent as of that date, the government said this week.
Record-low inflation may help Putin solidify voter support after his ruling United Russia party won less than half of the vote in a Dec. 4 parliamentary poll. Tens of thousands of people joined protests in Moscow after allegations of ballot-box stuffing.
"Inflation risks associated with eased fiscal policy and election populism remain high," Julia Tsepliaeva, head of research at BNP Paribas in Moscow, said by e-mail.
Russia's federal budget surplus, which swelled to as much 3.2 percent of economic output in the year through October, will narrow to no more than 0.8 percent for the full year, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said this week.
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Inflation at the lowest since August 2010 is bolstering purchasing power and helping shelter the economy from a slowdown in Europe. GDP may expand 4.5 percent this year and 3.7 percent in 2012, according to the Economy Ministry. Even so, more than half of Russians still see the inflation level as "very high," a poll showed last month.
Putin told business leaders this week that he wants growth of as much as 7 percent to help turn Russia into one of the world's five largest economies in five years.
Economic output will grow a "subdued" 3.5 percent next year with "significant downside risks" from Europe's debt crisis, Juha Kahkonen, the head of the International Monetary Fund's mission to Russia, said Dec. 8.
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"While consumer demand remains strong, supported by growth in public wages, a liquidity shortage and increased political uncertainty are weighing on investment activity and industrial production," Natalia Novikova and Elina Ribakova, economists at Citigroup Inc. who correctly forecast the refinancing rate cut, said in an e-mailed note. They predicted the repo rate may be reduced "in early 2012."
Since the auction-based repo rate "is the most relevant policy rate in the current times of tight liquidity conditions, we interpret the decision as an attempt from the central bank to deliver the most cautious of easings possible," Ivan Tchakarov, chief economist at Renaissance Capital in Moscow, said by e-mail.
In September, Bank Rossii lifted the deposit rate by a quarter point while cutting the overnight auction-based repurchase rate by the same amount. That narrowed the so-called rate corridor in which money-market costs tend to fluctuate to 1.5 percentage points from 2 percentage points. The next rates meeting is planned for the first 10 days of February.
"We believe the 'true' easing of monetary policy by cutting the actively used repo rates is imminent," Vladimir Pantyushin, chief economist at Barclays Capital in Moscow, said in an e-mailed note. "We expect the bank to wait until the end of March to avoid a potential unpleasant inflation surprise on the eve of March 4 presidential elections."


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Some very nice portraits overall the first and the last are in my opinion the better ones especially because of the cathchlights and position of the face and eyes (very nice). The second and third though nice cut the eye off in an awkward fashion and would be dramatically improved with a subtle repositioning. Just a question did you use auto or custom white balance as the colors seem a little on the orange side though I know this is to some degree a nikon characteristic.
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Thanks for your comments. You're right about the eyes in the 2nd and 3rd photos, that's something I will be looking for in my next shootings (see both eyes).
I shoot RAW and adjust the white balance in post (lightroom). I use auto white balance in the camera because it gives a relatively good starting point. The "little orange side" is perhaps my own preference, it seems
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I looked at your site, and it should be fairly easy to add the counter on your WP blog. Go to the Theme Editor (in the 'Design' menu) and open the file 'footer.php.' Add the following code where you'd like the counter to appear (I took this code off of your existing site http://www.accd.ge):

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the warning signsDaniel, you shouldn't be discouraged; a lot of good women are still available. You just have to know how to differentiate the quality women from the bad seeds. The warning signs are there.
I once dated an exceptionally beautiful woman. Physically, she had everything a man could desire, but unfortunately, she was a little dense. Much like your situation, she asked me to drop her off at the restaurant before parking. Her excuse was that she did not feel like walking. So I dropped her off as she requested and never returned. Instead, I went to the local pub and had a great meal by myself. Needless to say, I never saw her again and I didn't care because I do not need a woman of that character in my life.
In my opinion, a woman should stand by her man's side through the good and the bad (just like a man should stand by his woman). If a woman cannot walk by my side for five minutes, then I can just imagine her loyalty to the relationship when things get rough. In your situation, you should have never returned to pick her up from the restaurant. I would have walked to my car and driven straight home.
When I'm on the first couple of dates with a woman, I like to look for particular signs to see if she is potential marriage material. Like my grandfather the farmer used to say, "If she's not worth it, then I'll just milk the cow for free, but if she is worth it, then I'll definitely buy the cow." The following are the top signs to look out for on the first couple of dates, in order to spot an EL girlfriend:
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Damn it, Chloe, we're running out of time to rewatch 24!
Variety reports Netflix plans to drop 24 from its streaming service next week. All 202 episodes of the real-time thriller will expire on April 1 — and that's no joke for fans of the series who are binge-watching in order to catch up in time for 24: Live Another Day, the new Kiefer Sutherland-starring miniseries that premieres May 5.
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Dang it! I just finished Season One. Put off watching the show for too long. Hope it gets a last minute renewal since other fox shows are still on a contract.
That stool looks uncomfortable. Particularly for hackers (or anyone who works with computers), considering the long hours they need to be in front of their computers.
Phew, lucky I have all of that on DVD and watched it all then. Mind you I can see it all being put back eventually, it's just too iconic a TV show to remain off forever.
Given how Netflix is about to have all these awesome exclusive Marvel shows next year I have this nagging worry they'll be forced to take off all their DC stuff like Arrow and the Justice League and Batman Beyond cartoons I'm meaning to watch sooner or later.
Ouch, I feel you dude, that's some seriously great seasons you're going to miss out on. :(
Stupid netflix.
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Damn unelected judges. Too bad the Clintonistas couldn't find a way to keep those pesky casino workers away from the caucuses. They're going to have to do better than this if they really want the nomination.
Wait a minute Eli...I have it directly from Dominic on the Slog that Hillary herself opposed the casino effort- not just that she was kinda sorta in a roundabout couple of degrees of connection connected to people who opposed it- but that she opposed it herself.
Are you trying to white-wash this thing?
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The Clinton campaign had not taken a formal position on the lawsuit, but several supporters had brought the court action. As he campaigned across Nevada this week, former President Bill Clinton argued about the unfairness of caucusing in casinos.
In a statement on Thursday afternoon, the Clinton campaign expressed disappointment in the ruling.
So, Hillary and her campaign have not taken a position. Bill has.
Ok, thank you for clarifying! Last time I trust a stoner ;-)
Voter suppression is a classic Bush administration tactic. Way to go, Clintons! "Change," my ass.
Obama does lack of experience with voter suppression. And a shared understanding of how to keep voters from the polls gives Hillary some common ground with Republicans that they can build on to work together.
But seriously. The teachers were right: it's only fair to have caucuses only at schools, instead of at the workplace of one particular group, like the casino workers. It would give anyone who works their an inflated political influence, whereas the teachers just wanted it to be a neutral location. At school buildings.
@6 heh. That's good. I almost thought you were serious.
@7 - thanks, I missed the point of #6 completely till I read your comment and re-read the post.
@6 heh. That's good. I almost thought you were serious.
The spurious rationales that Hillary's supporters make up are hard to distinguish from parody, aren't they?
especially since the nevada caucus is on saturday, and it was the teacher's union that filed the suit. or do they have school on saturdays in nevada?
Wow, seriously it seems like the commenters are the ones reaching here. Most definately it makes sense to have caucus at schools or at other government buildings over casinos or other private business.
One issue that immediately springs to mind is that I wouldn't be able to go into the casino due to the cigarette smoke. I am sure others with various ailments might face the same barrier...You know people who might be interested in universal health care of the kind that Obama refuses to support.
Just saying.
@12: The casino caucuses aren't instead of other polling places. They are supplementary and intended for workers who work far from home and would be unable to vote otherwise. These are people who work in casinos. Presumably they are OK with going into casinos.
My favorite part of the whole fiasco is that four the plaintiffs in the suit to block casino caucus locations were on the very panel that decided to implement them, and actually voted *for* them, back in May when Hilary was the favorite.
How hypocritical is that?
@12 It's not like they're having the caucus right on the casino floor. That's like saying they shouldn't have it at schools because someone might fall off the playground equipment.
Yeah, I also love how the teachers' union was pleading concern for the janitors who have to work on saturday - janitors who don't belong to their union, but whatever - when they've had since last March to give a rat's ass about their janitors.
Watch Bill Clinton spontaneously combust:
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Lighten up on the Clintons, folks. The Clinton campaign was FINE with caucuses in casinos. It was only after the Culinary Workers Union endorsed Obama that they suddenly became unfair. Sheesh.
@16 Wow thanks for that.
Ouch. Another example of the Clintonista effect.
I dont think I've ever seen him go off like this before to anyone since he left the Oval Office.
This is some incredible footage.
Thanks for sharing.
Another demerit for HRC. I wonder how many she has left?
that's pretty rad phoebe, thanks. i love how bill clinton speaks to the press as though people will actually believe a word he says. it's downright adorable.
that new Clinton ad may be in a "more emotive tone," but it's still in the same old style. She's still harping on the 35 years and it's still a top-down message: you've got problems and I'll fix them.
Either she or her handlers haven't grasped why Obama is coming across stronger. It may be rhetoric only, but his message brings the audience in. He speaks of "us" and "we" and when he does use "you" it's in a much different way.
She really needs to figure this one out if she's going to escape her big government nanny-state image.
Why does Bill Clinton drink out of a Mason jar?
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Venez profiter de l'hospitalité de notre prix gagnante du XVIIIe siècle Inn, votre maison loin de chez. Le Greystone Manor Bed and Breakfast est situé sur deux hectares et est entourée de 3 réelle fermes Amish de travail. Le Greystone offre invités calme élégance dans un 1845 historique victorien Mansion ou le charme du pays dans notre maison de transport. Toutes les chambres et les suites ont bains privée, télévision câblée et petit déjeuner inclus. 3 chambres ont même leurs propres entrées de couloir extérieur privé supplémentaire de la vie privée. Situé au coeur du pays Amish, nous sommes seulement une pierre throw loin de la salle à manger, shopping, attractions, marché des agriculteurs, antique mall et parcs d'attractions. Après une longue journée, salon sur l'un de nos 4 Łowicz, dans les jardins primés, des étangs ou des zones de kiosque/firepit, ou même par notre piscine extérieure et le hot tub. Sélectionnez samedi, sip sur certains vins locaux gratuits et regarder un film dans notre théâtre en plein air (permis de conditions météorologiques). Classé 3 étoiles par AAA et mobile ! Nous avons WIFI ! Appel pour nos plus tard tous les packages inclus et pour les billets de spectacle. Dîners véritable Amish & excursions sont disponibles !
3,6 sur octobre 02, 2015
One year we receive a dining out certificate next year we don't . Not sure whats up with that !
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hello we have different packages for different room types. on weekends we have a 2 night all inclusive for $259 and weekday a standard room package for $99 (but those are only rooms 5/6 in mansion). Here is a list of our packages and rooms they go along with. Thank you very much for your info. and help with making it very clear for future travelers to pick rooms and packages.... $99 weekday, 1 night package rooms 5 & 6 in mansion. stay 1 night in a standard room with full breakfast, buggy ride and dinner certificate to a local restaurant, restaurants change weekly we use ones like, good n plenty, hershey farm, iron horse, and more not valid with some gift card/certificates call to see if your qualifies, not valid with other specials or holidays. 2 night all inclusive package stay 2 nights in room 5,6, or a carriage house queen PRIVATE baths in ALL of these rooms, TV, central AC as well full hot breakfast each am for 2 dinner certificate each night to use to area local restaurants ($50 total value to use at least) buggy ride for 2 people all for only $259 ****sorry Not valid with combining any other gift cards/certificates or with other specials or vouchers or packages not valid holiday or holiday weekends, amazon, living social not valid. Again thank you for your review.
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We had a fabulous time in Lancaster this past week at the greystone for our anniversary. We stayed in room 3 on the second floor of the mansion, very quiet, very clean, just a very well appointed cute Victorian room. The innkeeper angela is just a doll, so funny and full of energy and oh so helpful planning our dinner at the Olde Greenfield restaurant (which I also recommend). Definitely a must stay if you are going to lancaster. From the time we walked in we felt taken back to 1800's in the cute Victorian decor. Breakfast was also very impressive. Eggs from their very own chicken, canadian bacon, hash brown potatoes, fruit, muffins and warm corn bread. LOVED IT, LOVED IT. Just fabulous. Will recommend this place to everyone going to Lancaster.
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Stayed at Greystone Manor in October 2014 and we had the best time. The Inn was absolutely perfect and spotless. The owners were just so accommodating and the food was the BEST EVER. The B&B grounds were was so amazing and kepts up just so BEAUTIFULLY. We are definitely planning another trip back.
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My husband and I stayed in October and had the best time. The Manor and grounds are beautiful and the owners are wonderful and:very accommodating. We will definitely return.
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I really enjoyed my stay here. The innkeeper was very nice and the rooms were nice and clean. Bird in Hand is a quaint town and a great place to get away to.
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thank you very much, we look forward to seeing you again soon. You will be happy to know we finally have an Italian restaurant we are working with that now will deliver full meals to the inn, which is very hard to find in Amish Country, PA, Dominos pizza and pizza hut don't even exist, LOL.
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We have stayed at the Greystone quite a few times and always enjoyed our visit. Nice folks, and a clean but smallish room this time. They charge a little extra for a full breakfast as opposed to the free continental breakfast which is ok but I wish they would just charge you for the full brekfast rather than make it a bargaing point at check-in. The mattress in our room this time was old and they had put some sort of topper on it and it was not comfortable. It's time to spring for a new matress. As we do like the ambiance, location and the hosts we will be back again and hopefully there will be better sleeping arrangements
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thank you so very much, please call me direct next time to book a room that way I can make sure you do not get our smallest room which is the online room with only continental brk. We will be very happy to accommodate you in one of our luxury suites or queen bedrooms. I would also recommend a package for only $99 we do full hot breakfast, dinner, buggy ride and coupon booklet to area....it's our best deal and we can do it in a queen bed for our repeat visitors. Thank you so much for the review we will be looking forward to seeing you soon. God bless and thank you again!
5 sur novembre 20, 2014
we had a great time at this inn last week. the hosts were very funny and helpful. spotless room, we had a queen room 3 in mansion, nice size room with the most comfortable pillows I have ever slept on. this was a great experience that we plan on repeating. our dinner at the amish house was a highlight for us as was the wine & cheese plate the hosts helped my surprise my husband with for our anniversary.
4,4 sur octobre 07, 2014
This is our 2nd year staying here. The grounds are beautiful the locations is great and the people who running the place are fantastic.If anyone ever plans a trip to the Amish Country you need to check this place out......
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Thank you so much it was so mice seeing you guys again! Looking forward to next year.
1,0 sur septembre 11, 2014
My husband and I recently stayed two nights (August 15th and 16th) at Greystone. It was a disaster from the very beginning. We were talked into a different package ($99.00 per night compared to $199.00 that we paid - at least we think we paid that with our AARP discount - but we are not sure because we never received a itemized bill only a receipt for over $450.00) than what we called about with the expectation that we would have a special free hot breakfast included that even the $99.00 room received at no additional cost(it consisted only of two egg any style - not even any breakfast meat), a free horse and buggy ride (we were not told until check in that it was only available 3 very specific times (9:00 and 5:00 one on Friday and two on Saturday) during our stay and never told that is was not available on Sundays. When we arrived shorty before the three o'clock check-in time we had to wait approximately 10 minutes to get buzzed into the office because no one answered the bell. There were no additional amenities offered during the stay - they even charged extra for a bottle of water and/or a snack. There were dirty dishes sitting in the common sink area on Saturday for the entire day. The room was unbearable hot and none of the windows opened - a definite fire hazard!!! The room was dirty, the towels were dingy and the bedding was FILTHY!! The porch outside our window was broken with gaping holes in the floorboards so it was unusable and inaccessible. The worst thing was that the owner, Wade, was not visible after he checked us in. We never saw him the rest of the weekend so there was not even anyone to tell our concerns to during our stay. We left earlier than expected on Sunday morning and went to have a good breakfast elsewhere. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME OR YOUR MONEY ON THIS PROPERTY - IT WILL RUIN YOUR VACATION as it did for my husband and I.
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thank you so much for your review. We have a ton of rooms and no 2 are the same. Prices start at $99 and go up to $229 per night, on our website www.greystonemanor.com pictures and packages are displayed in detail. Breakfast is served from 730am-9am daily, and our 30 minute buggy ride tour is daily at 930am or 5pm. I am sorry we have no AARP rates but we do have amazing packages like the ones here...http://greystonemanor.com/packages.html 7173934233 will get you the reservationist they are on daily from 8am-8pm and will answer all questions about times, breakfast ect... We have 2 acres to stroll thru, balcony, fire pits, pool deck, walkways and even a BBQ area to enjoy these areas are avail. for guest use 24/7, the bonfire can be lit up for you anytime too we love helping with that, we are available by ringing the bell anytime or by calling 7173934233 and love helping guests with directions, buggy times, breakfast dietary restrictions, booking balloon rides, dinner reservations, anything you need, the bells are located inside and outside the inn. thank you again, God Bless, Angela
4,6 sur septembre 03, 2014
This was a last miniute decision for us. We needed to get away for a few days and this was a GREAT place to stay. We stayed 2 nights and I being ole fashion and not owning a debit or credit card they were nice enough to book our room anyway. Thank you so much for a great few days. We will be back. I absolutely love your gardens and fountains.... very very peaceful!!
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thank you for your kind review! we hope to see you again soon.
Nous avons de nombreuses chambres différentes dans la classe double ou lit queen, chacun d'entre eux est unique. Pour l'ensemble de nos www.greystonemanor.com salle photos goto toutes les chambres seront ont soit 1 Reine ou 1 lit double, il est petit et très abordable si sur un budget, tv, AC, continu brk inclus et plein de salle de bains privée. Pour réserver une chambre spécifique (ou si vous avez un besoin) appellent 7173934233 et poser des questions veuillez. Nous disposons de quelques suites dotées de nombreuses fonctions individuelles uniques comme un plasma tv's, balcon ou cheminée, veuillez nous appeler pour salles spécifiques ou des types de chambre qui peuvent également être disponibles. Heure d'arrivée est à 15 H - 9 h. Nous avons WIFI.
Prix par nuit: $69 - $189
Prix par nuit: $69 - $189
king or queen call for packages 7173934233 greystonemanor to see ALL rooms FULL HOT BREAKFAST INCLUDED IN DELUXE
Prix par nuit: $169 - $209
Prix par nuit: $169 - $209
situé dans la maison de transport au premier étage. Ont un lit double, TV, AC et salle de bains privée.
Prix par nuit: $79 - $149
Prix par nuit: $79 - $149
Parc comme motifs, A la campagne, Petite ville, Région viticole
Baltimore, MD (BWI-Baltimore Washington) 20 miles
Situé sur Rt 340, également connu sous le nom de vieux Philadelphie Pike. Situé au coeur du pays Amish. Minutes de dégustations, boutiques et attractions. Visitez notre site à .greystonemanor pour obtenir des instructions.
Parc d'attractions, Antiquaires , Galeries d'art, Lieu de concert, Dîner gastronomique, Sites historiques, Lac, Concerts, Cinéma , Musée, Zone naturelle, carnavals, Boutiques, Théâtre, Zone de pic-nic, Services religieux, Rodéo, Vignoble, Entreprise vinicole
Other, Cottage, Historic Inn, Homestay
Climatisation, Jeux de société, Lecteur CD, Ventilateurs de plafond, Salles de conférence, Copieur, Lecteur DVD, Cheminée, Bibliothèque, Videothèque, Barbecue, Parking, Piscine, Entrée indépendante, Films, Equipé pour les mariages, Wi-Fi , piscine en plein air/jacuzzi 930 h-9 h
Réveil, Radio, Réception chaînes satellite, TV, Transport en commun à proximité
Pistes cyclables, Vélos, Ski alpin , Pêche, Golf, Sentiers de randonnée , Promenade à cheval, Visites à la ferme Amish, Shopping, Excursion, Natation, Sports d'eau
Angela Skiadas
chevaux et poulets
Aubergiste s'intéresse au camping, jardinage, quoi que ce soit associée au grand air, pâtisserie, cuisine et voyager. 3 enfants sur site âges 2, 4 et 5. Nous nous félicitons bien behavied enfants, nous avons des suites familiales ! 1 Chat sur site, Cali est une chat en plein air, vous verrez son dans les jardins relaxantes dans le soleil.
Equilibré , Régime particulier , Végétarien , picnic lunches togo, BBQ's and pig roasts amish dinner 4-6 nights a week unless of a holiday $15 per person call to arrange it must have reservations
Beaucoup de choses
Pommes au caramel français toast avec le Comté de lancaster fait kunzler de jambon ! Belgique gaufres avec fraises fraîches et crème. Oeufs de commande avec les pommes de terre, les saucisses et les biscuits maison. Ou notre prix remporté porridge au four.


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In my controller, the following works (prints "oké")
puts obj.inspect
But this doesn't (renders "ok\u00e9")
render :json => obj
Apparently the
to_json method escapes unicode characters. Is there an option to prevent this?
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In my controller, the following works (prints "oké")
But this doesn't (renders "ok\u00e9")
Apparently the
If you dig through the source you'll eventually come to
The various
I'd agree that forcing JSON to be 7bit-clean is a bit bogus but there you go.
Short answer: no.
To set the \uXXXX codes back to utf-8:
You can prevent it by monkey patching the method mentioned by muu is too short. Put the following into config/initializers/patches.rb (or similar file used for patching stuff) and restart your rails process for the change to take affect.
Be adviced that there's no guarantee that the patch will work with future versions of ActiveSupport. The version used when writing this post is 3.1.3.
That is the correct encoding. JSON doesn't requre Unicode characters to be escaped, but it is common for JSON libraries to produce output which contains only 7-bit ASCII characters, to avoid any potential encoding problems in transit.
Any JSON interpreter will be able to consume that string and reproduce the original. To see this in action, just type
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I have got a very tricky way to solve this problem. Well, if
render :json will call .to_json on the object if it's not a string. You can avoid this problem by doing:
This will by pass a string directly and therefore avoid the call to ActiveSupport's to_json.
Another approach would be to override to_json on the object you are serializing, so in that case, you could do something like:
And if you use ActiveModelSerializers, you can solve this problem by overriding to_json in your serializer:


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Hotel Carlos V Hotel
Plaza Los Campos 4, Granada, Spain
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Atmosphere 86%
Cleanliness 99%
Facilities 90%
Location 94%
Safety 95%
Staff 90%
Value 98%
What's Included
- Linen
- Luggage Room
- Towel
- Air conditioning
- 24 Hour Reception
- Bar
- Breakfast Not Included
- Café
- Elevator
- Hair Dryers
- Hot Showers
- Internet Access
- Luggage Storage
- Parking
- Safe Deposit Box
- Telephone Fax Facilities
- Tours/Travel Desk
- Wheelchair Friendly
Purchasable Extras
- Breakfast 9.40USD
Check-in / Check-out
Earliest check-in: 00:00
Latest Check-out: 12:00
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Taxes Included
Group booking?
Group of 15 or more traveling to Granada?
Map and Directions
From the Highway Circunvalacion take the exit 129 and go on straight Calle Recogidas till the post office on your right, then turn right into Calle Angel Ganivet. At the end on Plaza Mariana Pineda turn left into Calle San Matías which goes up. In the end of that street you turn right into Calle Pavaneras and the 3rd Street you turn right again. There is a sign for Hotel Carlos V. You will pass the Santo Domingo Church and follow the street which will lead you to Plaza De Los Campos where the hotel is located.
By bus, from the bus station take the bus number 3 or 33 and ask the driver to drop you off at Puerta Real bus stop, from here you will be to 5 minutes walking distance to Plaza de los Campos where our hotel is located.


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Aliens Inside Us: A (Mostly Friendly) Bacterial Nation
By JAMES GORMAN
Published: April 1, 2003
In the movie "Alien," the creature of the title grows toothy and impatient inside John Hurt, finally bursting through his stomach in a fit of extreme and bloody pique, looking something like an albino salamander with fangs. It promptly scuttles off to become even more obnoxious.
Leave it to the movies to exploit, with an unabashed lack of subtlety and taste, the nagging fear that there is something awful inside us. The fear is not without foundation. Peach trees and watermelon vines will not grow there, but parasites, worms and cysts will do fine. The list of potential co-inhabitants is long and gruesome. Any medical student knows that there is no need to fret about what lurks under the bed when you can lose sleep thinking about what lies within.
On a deep level, it is not really the odd parasite that worries us. The unsettling fact is that each of us, sick and healthy, could start speaking in the first person plural, not with the editorial, but the biological "we." We may not all have multiple personalities, but it is fair to say that the self some of us try so relentlessly to improve is really community property.
There is a world within each of us, a living, evolving ecological system of 500 to 1,000 species of microbes, a "bacterial nation" in the words of Dr. Jeffrey I. Gordon , a microbiologist at Washington University in St. Louis. In fact, by numbers of cells, a human being has 10 times as many bacteria as human cells. The bacterial cells are much smaller, which is why we do not look like an overgrown petri dish.
Nor are we simply hosts to a random collection of bugs. The bugs appear to be organized. The good news is that they are on our side — most of them, most of the time. They function, Dr. Gordon would say, as an organ, or, as they are commonly called, the gastrointestinal consortium, a parliament of the bowels.
"I think of it," Dr. Gordon said, "as a life form within us exquisitely tuned to our biology."
Our internal bacteria help us digest food that otherwise would simply pass through us. They fend off unfriendly bacteria and even regulate the development and metabolic processes of the host.
The presence of these bugs in the gut is well known, but the nature of these microbes — what they do, what species they belong to — is still poorly understood. Nobody even knows how many species inhabit us, partly because they have not been easy to grow outside of their home environment.
But now, as two papers and a commentary in the current issue of the journal Science suggest, the powerful techniques of genomic research are providing new ways to investigate the lives of these bacterial cells. In separate reports, scientists describe the genomes of two different, common bacteria. One is Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, a friendly symbiont; the other is a traitorous drug-resistant variant of Enterococcus faecalis, an otherwise mild-mannered garden-variety citizen of the gastrointestinal consortium.
In the new research report, Dr. Gordon, Dr. Jian Xu and six colleagues, all at Washington University, describe sequencing the genome of Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron. That particular bug is ubiquitous in humans and many other creatures.
"We are not alone in developing co-conspiracies with bacteria," Dr. Gordon said. He and his co-workers have conducted much of their work in the mouse gut, because they can rear mice in a germ-free environment and introduce one germ at a time.
In past work, the researchers have found that without the presence of bacteria, blood flow to the intestine does not develop correctly. The growth of a capillary network is apparently initiated by the presence of bacteria, either Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron alone or a sampling of the full consortium. Without bacteria, digestion and proper development are impaired.
By sequencing the genome, Dr. Gordon and his colleagues found many genes devoted to processing carbohydrates that humans cannot digest. They also discovered genes devoted to processing some materials produced by the human cells like mucin. These bacteria graze in the mucous lining of the intestine. Apparently they do not damage their range-land.
"There's grazing and then there's destruction," Dr. Gordon said. "And these are good grazers."
Not all is cooperation and mutual back-scratching in biology, however. Good bugs go wrong. Ancient biological alliances break down. In another paper in Science, Dr. Ian T. Paulsen of the Institute for Genomic Research in Rockville, Md., and 31 other researchers report on the sequencing of a turncoat genome. The bug in question, Enterococcus faecalis, is normally a commensal bacteria. In other words, it lives within us, and we both seem happy enough about the arrangement, although whether it helps us is unknown.
But some variants of Enterococcus are dangerous and drug resistant. They cause infections, particularly in hospital patients. Dr. Paulsen and colleagues sequenced the first strain of E. faecalis in the United States that was found to be resistant to vancomycin, an antibiotic that is often a drug of last resort.