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Standard Room, 1 Queen Bed, No View
- One Queen Bed
Single Room, 1 Single Bed, No View
- One Single Bed
Suite, 1 King Bed (With Window)
- One King Bed
Victorian hotel in San Juan (San Juan Antiguo) near San Juan Cathedral
With a stay at Hotel Plaza De Armas in San Juan (San Juan Antiguo), you'll be minutes from Casa del Libro and San Juan Cathedral.
This hotel is close to La Fortaleza - Palacio de Santa Catalina and Puerta de San Juan.
Make yourself at home in one of the 50 air-conditioned guestrooms. Cable television is provided for your entertainment. Bathrooms have showers and hair dryers. Conveniences include desks and complimentary weekday newspapers, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Featured amenities include a 24-hour front desk, luggage storage, and air conditioning in public areas. Parking (subject to charges) is conveniently located nearby.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
Hotel Amenities
- General
Hotel Plaza De Armas features tour assistance, a safe deposit box at the front desk, and an elevator (lift). Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access.
Hotel Plaza De Armas is a smoke-free property.
- Parking nearby (surcharge)
- 24-hour front desk
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Total number of rooms - 50
- Number of floors - 4
- Elevator/lift
- Free Wi-Fi
- Parking nearby
- Luggage storage
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Smoke-free property (fines apply)
- Smoke-free property
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Tour assistance
- Internet
Available in some public areas: Free Wi-Fi
- Parking
Parking nearby, Parking nearby (surcharge)
- Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Climate control
- Complimentary weekday newspaper
- Daily housekeeping
- Extra towels/bedding
- Private bathroom
- Hair dryer
- Shower only
- Desk
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Cable TV service
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
- Dining
Le Sucre Pastry Boutique - This restaurant specializes in French cuisine and serves light fare only.
- Accessibility
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
Policies & Fees
- Check-in
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-in time ends at 11:30 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Standard, non-suite rooms do not have windows.
Guests must contact the property in advance to determine the availability of early check-in or check-out. Early check-in or late check-out will also incur a fee. For more details, please contact the office using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
- Check-out
Check-out time is noon
- Payment types
Accepted at this hotel: American Express, Discover, MasterCard, Visa
- General
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- No onsite parking is available.
No rollaway/extra beds available
No cribs (infant beds) available
- Fees
- The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
- Early check-in fee: USD 50
- Late check-out fee: USD 40
- Deposit: USD 50 per stay
- Additional Details
This property's policy is to refuse certain bookings for the purpose of group events or parties, including pre-wedding stag/bachelor and hen/bachelorette parties. A resort fee is included in the total price displayed. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.


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Honors and Awards
Elected to Delta Omega, national honorary public health society, in May 1981.
Received Dean's teaching incentive awards in 1994 and 1995 (based on course evaluations) at Tulane University. Received the Tulane President's Office Employee Scholarship for the Executive MBA Program (January 2000-August 2001).
Received "Champion of Public Health" Award, Tulane, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, October 2001.
Received the Marjorie Horn Operations Research Award, November 2007, from the Office of Population and Reproductive Health, USAID.
Health, Behavior and Society; Health communication; program evaluation; reproductive health; family planning; Guatemala
Bertrand, Jane T, David Holtgrave, and Amy Gregowski. (In press 2008) "Program Evaluation of HIV Prevention Programs in the United States and Developing Countries." In Kenneth Mayer and Hank Pizer (eds.), HIV Prevention. London: Academic Press.
Bertrand, Jane T. (2008), entry on "Program Evaluation" in the International Encyclopedia of Communication, Blackwell Publishing. The International Encyclopedia of Communication (ed. Donsbach), Wiley-Blackwell (Oxford, UK and Malden, MA).
Brambila, Carlos; Emma Ottolenghi; Celeste Marin; Jane T. Bertrand. 2007. "Getting results used: evidence from reproductive health programmatic research in Guatemala." Health Policy and Planning. 22(4):234-245.
Seiber, Eric, Jane T. Bertrand, and Tara Sullivan, (2007), "Changes in Contraceptive Method Mix in Developing Countries." International Family Planning Perspectives, 33(3):111-123.
Santiso-Gálvez, Roberto and Jane T. Bertrand. 2007. "Guatemala: The Pioneering Days of the Family Planning Revolution." In The Global Family Planning Revolution, ed. Warren C. Robinson and John A. Ross, 137-54. Washington, DC: The World Bank.

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Bournemouth Stag and Hen Weekends
All the hype about Bournemouth is true; this is a city of long sandy beaches with a cosmopolitan crowd that enjoys a wild nightlife. Being one of our top party destinations, there are loadsa cool party ideas to look for in Bournemouth on our site. Frequented by stag and hens throughout the year, Bournemouth is the perfect place to host your last night of freedom!
At GoBananas we have compiled a list of all the best day time and night time activities which would be perfect to celebrate the send-off of one of your nearest and dearest. The top daytime party ideas include, Go Karting, Paintball, Clay Pigeon Shooting, High Ropes, Spa, Pole Dancing Lessons, to Five a Side Football
Bournemouth has a huge selection of nightclubs, bars, casinos, comedy clubs, pole dancing clubs and even strip clubs. So much to do, you'll leave drawing straws for who has to get married next to have the next stag or hen weekend ;)


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Reno is much more than a Vegas wannabe, and it's getting smarter about promoting its outdoorsy add-ons. Just a 20-minute drive out of the neon-decorated downtown, the road snakes into the Sierras, and in less than an hour, you can be on the shores of Lake Tahoe, ringed by a playground of peaks, including such sublime ski resorts as Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows.
Back in town, the most significant recent development is a bill moving through state legislature to fund a $105 million expansion of the Reno-Sparks Convention Center. If passed, the state will levy 12 percent on guest rooms rates in Reno and Washoe County, 11 percent in Sparks, beginning in July. The proposed project would nearly double the convention center, adding a 140,000-square-foot exhibit hall, 30,000 square feet of meeting room space, and a ballroom.
In line to benefit from the expansion is the 600-room Atlantis Casino Resort under construction across the street. The property will open a new tower this spring, bringing the total guest rooms to 1,000 and adding 20,000 square feet of meeting space. Other major meeting developments around town include:
* City Center Pavilion, a 40,000-square-foot exhibit facility, opened downtown in February. The space was designed for special events and trade shows, and can host up to 216 10-by-10 booths.
* Reno's largest property, the 2,001-room Reno Hilton, has taken a 45,000-square-foot shopping mall and turned it into the Nevada Conference and Exhibition Center, which opened in February with 11 breakout rooms, space for 180 booths, and T1-speed Internet connections.
* South of the downtown area, the 1,070-room Peppermill Hotel Casino is adding approximately 58,000 square feet of meeting space and two restaurants, and expanding its casino.


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The festival formerly known as Freedom Weekend Aloft has been ranked as one of the Southeast's best events by Southern Living Magazine and it has hit audience levels of more than 200,000. Children 12 and under are free with one adult admission.
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Imagine you're lying in your bed, it's cold and you're too lazy to get up from his bed to go turn on the light of your room. Then the same bed, you pick up the remote control for your TV and connect the lamp from your room and also off with the same control. Not a good design and interesting?
This is my project! Turn on and off the lamp in his room so many appliances in your home. The project essay around the photo down there ...
download the files here: http://www.4shared.com/file/132271343/62f99200/testepcb.html
Step 1: Parts
1 Transistor BC 558
1 Transistor BC 548
1 Relay 5V 100 mA
1 Diode 1N4007
1 red LED
1 green LED
1 Capacitor 100uF 16 V electrolytic
2 resistors 1k - 1 / 8 W
2 resistors 330 to 1 / 8 W
1 resistor 100k - 1 / 8 W
1 Resistor 100 - 1 / 8 W
1 resistor 220k - 1 / 8 W
Step 2: Schematic, Adjustments, the PCB and finish
The PCB is easy to make, and if you want to use the sensor TSOP 1738, you must modify the paths in the sensor. The board, which has a rectangle, over there is a place to cut, a tearing of the plate to make a network isolation and high current circuit, so to avoid interference.
Sorry, but I don't have pictures of assembly.
After you build your circuit, test and deploy it wherever you want. The circuit works with any remote control (often within the 38Khz). I hope everything goes right in your assembly. Until next. bye!
wanna ask u the input source u using is '' 5v dc" but of what 'amp'??
capacitor C2 is of what value?
because your circuit diagram and schematic diagram having o.1uf & 100uf values of C2 respectively.
thnks :)
And about the cap value, you can choice. Bigger values will make that the answer be slow and better, and lower values, faster answer and more failed!
Thank you and good luck man ;D
I suspect English may not be your native language so I should mention that the WARNING in your last step is unintelligible to me & maybe will utterly confuse others also.
I'd like to strongly suggest you either carefully re-word the warning or reply to this comment & explain exactly what you mean..
Please don't be offended, I think your project is well worth the effort of tidying up such detail, thanks again.


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The First Real World Nikon D600 ISO Test
I was planing on eventually buying a D600 but when I saw yesterday that they were "in stock" and ready to ship from Amazon, I bought one. I'm a Prime member so I get free 2 day shipping but for just $3.99 more they gave me over-night shipping. Patrick was over at my place packing for a wedding this weekend when the camera came in and we decided to quickly compare the cameras ISO performance to the D800.
Let me first start off by saying that the D600 is significantly bigger than the D7000 (in a good way). It fits in my hand much better, but I am still looking forward to putting a battery grip on it. We put a Nikon 70-200mm 2.8 on a tripod and focused the camera in live view at F2.8. We then stopped the camera down to F5 and shot 4 shots with each camera from ISO 3200 up to "hi 2.0″ which is ISO 25,600. In our test both cameras performed almost identically, producing fantastic looking shots at ISO 12,800. Once we went up to "hi 2″ the noise became pretty severe but in many cases (especially black and white images) these files are still totally usable.
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My biggest beef with the D600 so far is that you cannot change the Fstop while in live view. I shoot a bunch of video and that is going to be a big pain. The button layout and the rotating nob up top is also really cumbersome but I've learned to live with that since I've shot with D7000s for so long. I was hoping that the D600 would perform better at high ISOs since it has less megapixels but that doesn't seem to be the case. What do you guys think about this cameras performance? Is it worth saving $900 and buying a D600 or should you pay a little more and get the D800?


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I stumbled across Khayalethu by accident when two friends and I had to stay in Hatfield for a week, sorting out visas for the next part of our travels. It was definitely more expensive than we'd being paying for the average hostel/b&b during our travels across Africa but the facilities and extras that came with the stay made it totally... More
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Forretress's ability to switch into so many threats and provide entry hazards and Rapid Spin support is unmatched. While it may have many obvious flaws, such as its limited ability to defend itself and its horrible Fire weakness, these issues are easily addressed by the rest of the team. One looking for a reliable entry hazard abuser and Rapid Spinner that can take an onslaught of physical attacks won't find anything better than Forretress.
This is your classic bread and butter Forretress set. The general idea is to switch in when Forretress is not threatened, and take the opportunity to support the team with entry hazards or Rapid Spin enemy hazards away. With its massive Defense stat, huge list of resistances, and the general abundance of resisted attacks being used with Choice items in today's metagame, there should be plenty of opportunities to execute this strategy.
Forretress has a variety of attacking options available to it. Gyro Ball takes advantage of its abysmal Speed to provide it with a powerful STAB attack that deals solid damage to fast attackers, such as Gengar, Dragon Dance Dragonite, and Choice Scarf or Dragon Dance Tyranitar. Payback is useful for hitting Ghosts that switch in to block Forretress's Rapid Spin, and because Forretress is so slow, it will almost always be 100 Base Power. Earthquake is a good option to cover grounded Steel-types like Metagross, Lucario, and Jirachi. In addition, Forretress can use Earthquake to land OHKOs on many of its counters as they switch into it, specifically Magnezone, Heatran, and Infernape. As Forretress has a tendency to become setup fodder for many sweepers that aren't threatened by its other attacks, Explosion is a fine choice on this set to immediately end a powerful, potentially game-ending sweep from your opponent. On an offensive team, it can be used to eliminate a defensive check against one of your sweepers. As on any Pokemon, the combination of attacks you choose to run should complement the needs of your team as a whole.Team Options & Additional Comments >>>
Although its most prominent stat is its massive Defense, Forretress's advantageous resistances to common special attacks including Ice Beam, Shadow Ball, and Draco Meteor make it a great response to a variety of special threats in the metagame. With a specially defensive EV spread and a Careful nature, Forretress becomes much more capable of taking powerful special attacks like Dragonite's Draco Meteor and Gengar's Focus Blast, while still retaining enough physical bulk to switch into and set up on physical threats whose STABs it resists, such as Metagross, Scizor, and Jirachi. Because of Forretress's abysmal Speed, Payback becomes its most powerful choice on this set. At 100 Base Power, it makes for a strong, super effective attack against Gengar, Rotom-A, and Celebi, all of which are incapable of dispatching Forretress with any of their attacks, bar Hidden Power Fire.Team Options & Additional Comments >>>
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Forretress doesn't have many moves available to it other than those listed in the sets, though it does have a few mildly interesting choices. Revenge is another attack that takes advantage of Forretress's low Speed, providing coverage against Lucario, Tyranitar and, to an extent, Magnet Rise Magnezone. Reflect and Light Screen are decent options on Forretress, both for supporting its team and making it easier for Forretress to set up hazards against many hard-hitting threats. RestTalk gives Forretress a somewhat reliable form of recovery and allow it to become a status absorber. However, this will further limit the amount of team support it can provide, and there are much better options for status absorbers available. Pain Split is another recovery option, although Forretress is already packed for space on its support sets and Pain Split isn't too reliable anyway.
For Forretress sets with Gyro Ball, Macho Brace makes an interesting alternative to Leftovers or Shed Shell, as it lowers Forretress's Speed stat further. Assuming a 0 Speed IV and a negative Speed nature, Macho Brace turns Gyro Ball into a 100 Base Power attack against anything with 198 Speed and above, and a 150 Base Power attack against anything above 297 Speed. This will allow Forretress to be more of a threat to Dragonite, and Gyro Ball will be capable of OHKOing Gengar at full health, something it can't do without Macho Brace.
As a defensive Pokemon, the obvious first step is to maximize Forretress's HP. From there, you can decide how you want to split the EVs between its respective defenses and its Attack to suit your team's needs. The Physically Defensive EV spread allows Forretress to OHKO 4 HP / 0 Defense Magnezone with Earthquake and Stealth Rock, but for sets without Earthquake, one may wish to use a bulkier EV spread. A set using Gyro Ball should have a Speed IV of 0 and a –Speed nature to maximize power output. The specially defensive EV spread really doesn't need any more Attack EVs to ensure the 3HKO on standard Rotom-A in sandstorm, and Forretress needs as much SpD as possible.
Checks and Counters
Heatran and Magnezone can switch into any one of Forretress's moves, barring Earthquake, and threaten to OHKO with Fire Blast and Hidden Power Fire, respectively. Magnezone's ability, Magnet Pull, will also keep non-Shed Shell Forretress from switching away from it. Zapdos is virtually immune to all of Forretress's attacks other than Explosion and can batter it with Thunderbolt or dispatch it in one hit with Heat Wave. The Rotom appliances work similarly to Zapdos, though they must be a bit wary of Payback. However, Rotom has an advantage over other switch-ins in that it blocks Forretress's Rapid Spin due to its Ghost typing. Other Ghost-types, such as Gengar, Dusknoir, and Spiritomb can be used for a similar purpose, though they should have a specific way to defeat Forretress, whether it be with Hidden Power Fire or by burning it with Will-O-Wisp.
Plenty of Pokemon can set up on Forretress with little to no risk. Gyarados can switch into a Forretress without Explosion or Zap Cannon and boost its stats with Dragon Dance. Kingdra can also set up with Dragon Dance, and it can avoid Explosion through the use of Substitute. If Forretress is without Earthquake, Lucario can set up with Swords Dance and threaten to sweep through the opposing team. Bulky Calm Minders and Cursers, such as Suicune, Jirachi, Snorlax, and Swampert, can switch into Forretress with relative ease and begin to set up with their respective stat up moves.
Although Forretress technically has a lot of counters, it thrives off of free turns upon which it can Rapid Spin or set up entry hazards. Therefore, it's important to take Forretress seriously and respond to it immediately, as depending on the opposing team, it may take only a few turns for it to set up several layers of hazards and solidify a win. It's also a good idea to limit the number of Pokemon on your team that are vulnerable to hazards, particularly Toxic Spikes. If one is desperate to lure out and eliminate Forretress, a good strategy is to use a Pokemon which Forretress normally switches into and equip it with a Fire-type attack to strike its 4x weakness. Fire Punch Jirachi, Flamethrower Blissey, and Hidden Power Fire Metagross are all good examples of this.


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There was a time when a wedding invitation in the mail came with an obvious dress code. A church ceremony followed by a reception in the same locale was the norm that gave guests a clear idea of what to wear.
But today? There is no such thing as typical. Brides and grooms declare their everlasting love on the beach. Couples say I do in backyard ceremonies or express their commitment in local parks.
And wearing that to-the-floor evening dress bedazzled in rhinestones at Lakeside Park just isnt going to fly.
Michelle Kyrou has been in the wedding planning business for more than 20 years. As the owner of Wonderful Weddings & Events by Kyrous Music in Fort Wayne, Kyrou remembers a time when no guest would ever dare wear black to a wedding. Today, its not only a popular color for the guests, but for the bridesmaids as well.
I would say 20 years ago, it was more formalized, she says. (Today) people follow the etiquette, but they have veered off from it to make the options that are (in line with their) preferences.
Kyrou and One Fine Day bridal boutique owner Autumn Parton have shared some tips for guests who may find themselves dressing for an outdoor, summertime wedding.
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Its rare these days for a man to wear a tuxedo as a guest to a wedding, Parton says, and while she doesnt suggest a man ditch a suit coat – even when his friends are getting married on a beach or in a park – there are other options that can be more summertime friendly, such as a linen suit jacket with a collared lightweight shirt and no tie.
She recently attended a California wedding with her husband and remembers a guest in a baby blue linen suit with a striped shirt.
It looked fantastic, she says. (It was) more of a laid back wedding, so it fit perfectly.
Kyrou, meanwhile, says its OK to pair dress pants with a lighter shirt, and she makes no mention of a sports coat or lightweight suit jacket. Instead, she focuses on color: stick with lighter hues to stay cooler in the summer heat.
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The two best ways to dress for an outdoor wedding are to focus on a dresss cut and material, Parton says. For something outdoors, a guest would want to avoid a material like satin, which is heavy, and instead look for a chiffon or lace with organza. The lightweight materials will be more comfortable in the sun and blow beautifully in the wind, she says.
The cut of a dress is also important. Parton tells of a mother-of-the-bride who stopped in the store last week and purchased a knee-length dress with a high neck for her daughters August wedding. The high neck worked, however, because the dress was a halter that left her shoulders bare.
At the end of the day, you need to find whats going to be most flattering on your body.
Kyrou suggests that women wear sundresses for more informal, outdoor weddings, and adds that the style can be especially appropriate for a beach wedding.
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The universal rule when figuring out what to wear to a wedding, be it for male or female guests, is to take their cues from the bride, Parton says.
I think a lot of that is going to be dictated by the bride, regardless of the location, she says.
And pay attention to the colors the bridal party wears and avoid them.
You dont want to look like youre one of the bridesmaids or trying to be one of the bridesmaids, she says. The bride is going to want the colors that make the guests look their best.
And if that color happens to be dark, thats OK – dark colors can be appropriate for outdoor weddings, especially if they are formal affairs. Parton says to consider tones like charcoal gray, dark blue or chocolate brown for a different take on black. Though they are darker and will trap heat, choosing lighter weight materials help combat that.
Kyrou also says to pay attention to the time of day the couple is getting married.
If youre going to have a wedding before 10 oclock, its usually very informal, she says. (Its) semi formal after 12 oclock. The formal weddings youd have starting at the 6 oclock time, its more of a black-tie affair.


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Today is the 19th anniversary of the first ever Ultimate Fighting Championship, held in Denver, Colorado on November 12, 1993. Bloody Elbow looks back at UFC 1.
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On a dazzling Santa Ana wind-swept day at the Hotel Bel-Air, Denzel Washington riffles through the
cigar box, passing over the Montecristo No. 2s and the Hoyo de Monterreys and the Padróns before choosing a Fuente Fuente OpusX, because he's never tried one before. He's finished a delicious brunch in which he has counted no fat grams, cared not a whit about cholesterol counts. He devoured, almost inhaled, a luxurious meal. The dishes finally cleared, he sips a glass of wine, fires up the Opus with enthusiasm, and reluctantly starts to talk about himself and the vagaries of Hollywood.
"I'm an actor, so that's the bottom line. I'm not a marketing whatever. My strength does not lie in marketing a product called 'Denzel.' That's not what I do. My strength lies in playing a part and hopefully entertaining and affecting people on some level. Now I'm not being naive. I know that marketing comes into play when you're spending 50 or 60 million dollars of other people's money to make a film. You have to be involved in marketing that product. But the publicity gets to be boring. How many times can I tell the same story?" He puffs on the cigar. "I understand the importance of doing publicity for a film, so I'm willing to do that, but I don't want to sit around talking about myself. That's not a great day for me. That's not my idea of fun."
What Washington will talk about, and with a passionate intensity, is his work. Musing about the distinction between being classified as an actor or as a movie star, he looks out into the hotel's gardens and says, "I guess I'm always looking for a new challenge. That's who I am. It's not necessarily qualified by those two titles. One is not better than the other. It's just that as an actor I chose to play a lot of different kinds of parts and I enjoy that. I think that's what acting is.
"In any craft or artistic endeavor you want to do different things," Washington notes. "You want to go to different places, you want to find different ways to go about it. You may have your constants, but you're looking to go into new territories, new angles, new challenges. So that's how it is for me as an actor. I couldn't play the same guy eight times and I don't have to. I think I've said all of my career, I'm not a celebrity. I'm not a movie star. I'm just an actor who is more popular right now. I don't even know what a movie star is. And one of the reasons why I keep on going back to make movies that don't have such huge budgets is that it's not as much pressure. You feel like you can take more chances."
The films that Denzel Washington will star in this year are a further reflection of the broad spectrum of his creative choices. In January, the taut supernatural thriller Fallen casts him as veteran homicide detective John Hobbes, an ordinary man who, while investigating a mass murderer, inadvertently gets swept into the battle between good and evil. Directed by Gregory Hoblit and released by Warner Brothers, it is a big-budget, big-studio film. Washington then joins Spike Lee for a third time in He Got Game, in which he plays a man convicted of accidentally killing his wife. His son, a highly recruited high school basketball player, played by Ray Allen, holds the key to his father's release from prison. Slated for a summer release, it is a less costly, character-driven movie without all of the Hollywood hype and fanfare that usually surrounds a big studio film. The 43-year-old actor is aware of the need for both kinds of projects, and his decisions are based on the acting challenges inherent in the roles, as well as for economic reasons. It is a nice balance, but it's choices like these that keep Denzel Washington from achieving movie star status in the traditional definition of that title.
Fallen director Gregory Hoblit comments about the conundrum that exists between being defined as a movie star or as an actor: "Whether it's looks, or that ineffable thing called charisma or sex appeal or timing, any number of things kind of conspire to 'make' a movie star. And those things elude a lot of staggeringly talented people. And then, of course, there's a bunch of people put there with no talent at all that have hold of a rocket ship. You know: they've got looks, they've got dumb luck, they've got something. I think what is extraordinary about Denzel is that I think he's got the ability to be both an actor and a movie star. He's both, really. And it's gonna be up to him to really decide how he wants to swim through those waters. He's as handsome as it gets, and he has real charisma and energy and he's just marvelously talented. It was a pleasure to play on the same field with him for a while."
Choices are what this actor is all about. To look at this man's résumé is to understand that there is no formulaic Denzel Washington film, no snappy two-sentence synopsis of his work. And that there are no safe career moves readily apparent when you look at the arc of his career, which spans some 25 feature films, from the big-budget action-packed Crimson Tide, opposite the legendary Gene Hackman, to the intimate character study in Spike Lee's Mo' Better Blues. In the historical drama, Glory, under the direction of Ed Zwick, he portrayed the runaway slave, Trip, earning himself the 1990 Academy Award for best supporting actor. Under director Richard Attenborough he had been nominated for 1987's Cry Freedom, and his stirring performance as Malcolm X garnered him a third Academy Award nomination, for best actor, in 1992. He teamed with Julia Roberts as reporter Gray Grantham in The Pelican Brief, and tore up the screen with John Lithgow in the action-adventure thriller, Ricochet. And there's Courage Under Fire, The Preacher's Wife, Devil in a Blue Dress, Philadelphia, Much Ado About Nothing; the list is long and varied.
What is it that draws him to a particular character or project? What moves him as a performer? "I like to go to new places," he says. "To specify, it is to say that I like not knowing. I like knowing when I get there. I know when it starts coming around and it raises the hair or it doesn't. I was trained in the theater. So it was instilled in me as a young performer to take chances and not to worry about all that, because failure is a part of growth. If you're gonna fail, fail big and take chances. So I've done that, or I've tried to do that."
Using the Hotel Bel Air as a metaphor to illustrate his point, he looks over at the adjacent suite. "I want to go in that room and find out what's going on in there. I'm always interested in finding out about something that I don't know. I know how to get to a screenplay through the acting. I am used to getting to a film through a character."
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Secrets of Connecticut Shade
The hot new thing in the humidor is a wrapper leaf dating back more than 110 years
Gregory Mottola
From the Print Edition:
100 Years of Fuente—Celebrating a Family Dynasty, January/February 2012
For more, see Slideshow: Harvesting Connecticut Wrapper
Since Connecticut's first tobacco tent was pitched in 1900, the sandy, loamy soils of the Connecticut River Valley have been carefully cultivated to produce high-quality wrapper leaves known as Connecticut Shade, a venerable tobacco now synonymous with mild flavor. Acres of screen-like netting cover entire fields of crops, filtering the sun's rays to make the tobacco easygoing and approachable, a perennial crowd-pleaser. And while the demand for strong smokes is on the rise, a curious counter trend in the industry has inspired many companies to release blends wrapped in Connecticut tobacco.
"Connecticut has grown in popularity, because it blends beautifully with almost all tobacco," says Ernesto Perez-Carrillo, president of E.P. Carrillo Cigars. "And though most people think it doesn't add anything to the blend, it complements and rounds out the smoke perfectly. I'm seeing a lot of brands coming out with a Connecticut wrapper because there is a demand for a milder smoke, and today's cigar smoker wants to experience different blends."
Last year, many premium cigar makers addressed the trend by releasing a coterie of toned down lines and milder brand extensions made with Connecticut wrappers.
From large companies such as Altadis and Ashton to smaller companies like E.P. Carrillo, the industry has taken notice and responded. Gurkha just released a Connecticut line called The Royal Challenge, 601 put out its White Label Connecticut, Room 101 Connecticut debuted last summer, and Oliva Cigar Co. expanded on its popular Connecticut Wrapper Reserve by adding a petit corona and a toro tubo to its lineup. Berger & Argenti, Martín Family of Cigars and Pinar Del Río have also introduced Connecticut lines.
The trend is not at all surprising to Sathya Levin, vice president of Ashton Distributors Inc. The company's two biggest sellers by volume, Ashton Classic and Ashton Cabinet Selection, are wrapped in Connecticut Shade. "From our vantage point," he says, "the demand for Connecticut Shade cigars has always been strong."
Whether the audience is made up of power smokers looking for lighter alternatives or longtime fans of mild cigars, they are no doubt familiar with the brand portfolio from General Cigar Co. The company's vast range of cigars wrapped in Connecticut appeals to beginners while also keeping a following among seasoned smokers thanks to its consistency.
"Connecticut Shade cigars do so well because the tobacco is synonymous with quality, consistency and nuanced flavor from a taste perspective," explains Bill Chilian, marketing director for General. "Not only does Connecticut Shade appeal to a wide range of smokers, it is also versatile when it comes to the blending process, allowing the cigar maker to develop unique tastes for the consumer."
General's largest cash cow—the Macanudo brand—is defined by its light, effervescent Connecticut Shade wrapper. According to Chilian, Macanudo continues to be the company's best-selling brand.
General, a company whose Connecticut varieties include Macanudo Café, Macanudo Gold Label, Macanudo Vintage, Macanudo Robust, Excalibur, Sancho Panza and Helix, has made quite an investment in the Valley's growing region to ensure its hallmark quality and consistency. General is the largest customer of O.J. Thrall, a private agricultural company renowned for its vast acreage of shade-grown tobacco.
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Charles Burns — May 6, 2012 10:05am ET
Having worked 10+ years in Conn Shade in Conn and Mass, I hate to see our tobacco being counterfieted elsewhere. South American Conn-seed is inferior in all ways and costs a fraction per pound as the real thing, yet so many unscrupulous cigar makers deliberately try to confuse the public about their top dollar "Connecticut" wrappers, one going so far as to name his Ecuadorian grown tobacco wrapped cigar "Connecticut," and sell it for top dollar as if it were the real thing.
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WORN talks milk tea, leather, and an extra special giveaway with the creator of Hedj
Jihan Victoria is a truly wonderful human being. She has an endless surplus of black clothing and a curious ability to constantly make strange faces—particularly in photographs. She was born in the Philippines, and she loves ramen and small animals. She has never kept a pet, she admits, because she'd probably end up feeding it food from her own diet: fried chicken and Japanese milk tea. She is almost otherworldly. But perhaps the most intriguing thing about Ji Han is her talent.
Three years ago, Jihan started noticing the clothing she loved was too expensive and poorly made. Purely for practical reasons, she started to play around with sewing, buying articles of clothing from thrift shops and turning them into new items or altering them to fit better. Today, Jihan single-handedly runs Hedj, a Toronto-based accessory line she designs, creates, markets, and sells all on her own. She sews each bag from scratch with materials she chooses and purchases herself from local shops, even adding custom elements for buyers. Jihan makes incredible, high quality bags at prices people she knows can actually afford.
So, why the name Hedj?
I just really like hedgehogs. I used to have a hedgehog logo but I dropped it… It could make a comeback, though.
Where do you get your fabrics? You have such a cohesive look throughout all your bags: what is your process when choosing materials?
All my wool is bought on Queen Street West here in Toronto. Until recently, I've only bought material from there. However, I did start ordering American canvas from Fairfield Textiles because I couldn't find canvas that was as good or thick as I wanted. My fabric selection is pretty simple: I just go by the colour scheme I want. Because I'm buying most of my fabrics on Queen West, as opposed to thinking of the fabric I want and ordering it from an actual supplier or producers, I make do with what they have. I go to the fabric stores with a palette in mind and I look for fabric. I never get the exact fabric that I want, so my selection gets modified in the process.
What would your dream outfit look like?
Well, a Hedj bag (obviously), probably with Comme des Garçons drop-crotch pants, a Yamamoto slouchy fedora, a long-line shirt of some sort (long!), black Comme des Garçons patchwork shoes, and a Watanabe blazer if it's cold. Oh, and a pair of weird, outrageous socks to top it all off.
I heard you also write poetry. Any other secret talents?
I wouldn't really call that a talent: it's more of a habit I used to practice. I like to try a lot of things. If I am good at one of my endeavours, I do not feel comfortable calling it my talent. I can't objectively judge something I do or make. If I am talented at something, I leave it to other people to say it; it's not my place to do so. (That said, the one thing that I know for certain I'm good at is not something most people would consider a talent. I burp. Really loudly and at will. I can do the full ABC's in burps. I don't know anyone else who can actually do that.)
What books are you reading right now?
Pattern Drafting, Pattern Magic, and a book on shirt making. I'm very practical.
What is your view on clothing and people who wear it? Is clothing there to serve the people, or vice versa?
For me clothing is a form of self expression, and it is an extension of the self—whether or not the person wearing it is conscious of it. It should be there to serve people, never the other way around. At the end of the day, clothing in itself is just fabric. So many things are wrong with the world because of this subordination of people to material things, but I digress. Even in its most elevated form, "high fashion" (whatever that is) is still there to serve as the designers' medium for expression. That said, I appreciate it more now because I have tried (and failed) to make my own clothing. It made me conscious of the craft and artistry that goes into clothing, and as a wearer I do desire to be someone who actively interacts with what they wear. Yes, clothing is there to enhance the person, but it's up to the person to actively collaborate with it and make it work.
Where do you make your bags?
I make everything in my apartment. I have four sewing machines there: one for delicate sewing, one for embroidery, another for seams, and an industrial machine for leather and heavy canvas. I've had to stop having people over to my apartment: it's not dirty, there's just so much stuff everywhere. I'd really love to have a workshop of my own, ideally a shared space with other people and a store space at the front.
Who buys your bags? Anyone interesting? Do you see people out wearing them?
Quite an eclectic mix. A lot of my local sales are from people within my social circle, but I've a got quite a range, from vintage store owners, to baristas, to local musicians. I don't know who the people are who bought my bags when I was selling in stores, but I have my friends spying and texting me when they spot a Hedj bag. I've heard some interesting descriptions of people who have bought them. I do have an international "clientele" that I'm able to look up because of Etsy information and Google (I don't know if i should be revealing this). As with my local sales, I like that there's a good variation. I've had a German artist and a New York architect buy my bags. I also had a buyer who is a Harvard Law professor, which is surprising, but nice.
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HOT SPRINGS – After starting out in an 11-0 hole to begin the game, the Benton Lady Panthers fought back, but fell 49-47 to the Hot Springs Lady Trojans on Monday night in Hot Springs.
Tied at 47-47, Lady Trojan Berniezha Tidwell hit a 7-foot runner with four seconds remaining. After a timeout, the Lady Panthers set up a play, but couldn't get a shot off to fall to 6-3 on the season.
Late afternoon Saturday, Benton School District Superintendent Jeff Collum sent a message via telephone to hundreds of local residents to assure them that school district officials take the safety of their children seriously.
Collum was aware that many were focused on news accounts from Friday's school shootings in Newtown, Conn., which took the lives of 20 children.
The tragic mass murders at Sandy Hook Elementary, which also cost the lives of six adults, once again put the issue of school safety back into the spotlight, and Collum realized the importance of communicating with residents.
Linda Montalvo made local history recently when she became the first woman to become Saline County clerk.
Montalvo's term in office has been a short one, however, as she will be retiring from county employment at the close of the month.
She was honored Friday at a reception held in the upstairs courtroom at the Saline County Courthouse.
Attending the event were several hundred people, including local county and state officials.
Montalvo was appointed to the clerk's office by the Saline County Quorum Court after the former clerk, Freddy Burton, retired for health reasons.
Nearly a year after the homicide of a Hot Springs Village dispatcher, authorities say the investigation is still active.
A reward of $11,000 has been offered "for any information that would assist in the arrest and prosecution of the person or persons responsible for this murder."
Jillian Elora Elmore received her angel wings on Tuesday, Dec. 11. She was the longed for and loved daughter of Jason and Jaclyn Elmore of Benton.
She is also survived by her maternal grandparents, Russell and Vicki Roberts; and paternal grandparents, Don and Laura Elmore. Also remaining to cherish her memory are many special aunts, uncles and cousins.
A private graveside service honoring her brief life was held on Thursday, Dec. 13. A private visitation was held prior to the service. Jillian will forever and always be in our hearts.
Harvey Boyd "Slick" Reeves, 80, of Benton passed away Wednesday, Dec. 12, in Little Rock. He was born March 2, 1932 in Humphrey, to the late Hazel and Melda Iona Moore.
Harvey's greatest joy came from working. He was involved in carpentry, construction, excavation and gardening. Most recently his best times were spent digging for the plumbers and working in the raised bed community garden. He always enjoyed hunting trips to Colorado, deer clubs all over Arkansas and a good ride on an unbroken horse.
Barbara Frances "Sissy" (Williams) Wilkins died Dec. 10, 2012, in Flower Mound, Texas.
Barbara was born Oct. 6, 1940, in Benton to Edward "Doc" Arlee Williams and Glennie Williams. She was a Jehovah's Witness.
Barbara was predeceased by her parents and her son, James Terry Williams.
She is survived by her sons, Michael Dean Carroll of Tioga, Texas, and Corwin Wilkins of Phoenix, Ariz.; and her daughter, Dana Griffin of Jonesboro.
No service is planned.
DeBerry Funeral Home in Denton, Texas, was in charge of arrangements.
Condolences may be sent to P.O. Box 294, Tioga, TX 76271.
SPRINGDALE –The Benton Panthers lost for the first time this year dropping to the Springdale Bulldogs 61-56 in Springdale on Friday night.
"The game was pretty simple," Benton Coach Chris Nail said. "We got off to a really slow start. They're a really good team. We just kind of dug ourselves a hole there."
The Panthers (8-1) were down 17-7 after the first quarter and 32-22 at the half, but made a run in the third quarter to cut it to within three points going into the fourth quarter. Benton was within one before falling by five points.
Our precious Briley Faith Turner went to be with her Heavenly Father on Tuesday, Dec. 11, after she was born with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) on Oct., 11, 2012. She courageously fought for her life, but was ready to go to her eternal home. God used Briley to touch many lives in her 61 days here on Earth. We couldn't be prouder of our little girl.
Briley met her great-grandparents, Gigi, Grandad and Papaw in Heaven.


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It's okay to use bricks as fill, but I am guessing that the arrangement you are planning may not be the best. The concrete won't flow around the bricks, and they could move, eventually causing cracking of the stuff above. Normally for a base, you'd pack it down (using something like gravel), but the bricks won't pack, nor are they likely perfectly flat, and would start out with a somewhat unstable (from a tile's viewpoint) base. I think you could get by with one layer, spaced a bit apart so you'd get the concrete to go between them. See what others have to say, as I'm guessing here.
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