text:
Mark Bittman weighs in on the NYC soda ban
This is clearly more his opinion than a strict scientifically based argument - but still interesting.
I enjoyed Bittman's essay. Policy decisions are normally based upon opinions. The best opinions are normally based on science. To that end, there was also a piece in support of the ban from an evolutionary biologist.
Personally, time, and the ever-growing power of corporate interests in our nation, have taken their toll on my libertarian leanings. More and more I am coming to accept the notion that governmental actions are going to be necessary to even the playing field between individuals and the food industry.
re: MGZ
I completely agree, especially since the food industries and the government have been in bed together for so long, that steps like this become needed. For all the moaning about the "nanny-state", it has to be balanced by Congress voting that pizza counts towards a serving of vegetables due to the spread of tomato paste? That vote was bought for by the food industries lobbying.
If elected officials can be "convinced" that tomato paste on pizza contributes to healthy eating - then I become more in support of such regulations.
shocked, shocked i say!
"The difference between genius and stupidity is genius has its limits."--Albert Einstein
gyaaaahhhh….oh these people know oh-so-much-more-than-you-about-what's-in-your-best-interest.
bittman, can i have some chocoolate cake? how many ounces? is there too much frosting on that cake, in your opinion?
must i go to the gym today?
should i check in with the mayor (or you) on today's intake of food and drink?
are you coming over to check my fridge and pantry? spot check? or regular appointment?
are we such stupid morons that we cannot make decisions for ourselves? then why should we dummies be allowed to vote for politicians if we're too stupid to make decisions?
take a hike bloomberg. and bittman….go with him.
because hiking is good for you.
ironic that ray bradbury just died. this stuff is right up his alley.
re: alkapal
"[A]re we such stupid morons that we cannot make decisions for ourselves?"
From much of what I see and hear, I'm beginning to think that may be the case. Looking around, do you think most people make consistently good decisions? I mean, should it be necessary to have laws against texting while driving, or mandating a list of ingredients on a package of food?
"[T]hen why should we dummies be allowed to vote for politicians if we're too stupid to make decisions?"
Maybe we shouldn't. Maybe we should return to some modified, modernized, sophisticated version of the original Constitution's oligarchy as a replacement for the plutocracy masquerading as democracy we live with today. On the other hand, perhaps it would be better to simply reform the system to permit some form of "truer" democracy - one where so few couldn't manipulate so few in order to deceive and control so many.
By the way, what did you think of Lieberman's essay?
re: alkapal
"are we such stupid morons that we cannot make decisions for ourselves?" - I think if you look at what happened with the obesity numbers of children (let alone adults) from the 1980s until the first ten years of the 2000's - then the answer to that isn't very optimistic. Americans - for the most part - have known for a long time that eating "too much" makes you "fat". But how much is "too much"? That's clearly not an answer that many Americans know.
If you want to smoke a cigarette in New York City, you can. But there are all sorts of taxes and restrictions that mean you can not smoke wherever and whenever you want and that there's a price. That happened because society and government decided that it was in society's best interest to smoke less/not at all. Same reason why society and government decided it was in society's best interest to have a public fire fighters and not privately owned ones. Best interest of society.
The point I hear many making who oppose the ban on 16+ oz of sugar soda at restaurants/food trucks/etc. is that it infringes on the consumers choice. However, that consumer can still buy such larger quantities - just at fewer locations. So the issue becomes curbing consumer/vendor choice. But other than that curb on personal freedom - is there any other objection to the ban?
re: cresyd
"But other than that curb on personal freedom - is there any other objection to the ban?"
No, because that objection is sufficient in and of itself. More so when absolutely no evidence has been presented that the ban will have any measurable result.
re: cresyd
I don't really have a dog in the fight, as the saying goes, as I don't drink soda, but I don't see this as a horrible infringement on rights, anymore than health dept regulations that say what one can and can't sell and rules about number of toilets or sinks necessary or whatever. One can call *any* regulation an assault on freedom. I do think that people can scarf down those 32 ounce cups of soda with NO IDEA how many calories are in them.
re: alkapal
Anybody on this board old enough to remember the controversy that accompanied the publication of Ralph Nader's "Unsafe at Any Speed"? At that time, many people and auto companies protested that car crashes and their results were attributable to poor driving by individuals. Yes, individuals were responsible for the carnage on the roads, but as the numbers grew, it was recognized as a societal problem. Car companies were forced, kicking & screaming, to provide seat belts and replace those pretty, shiny and pointy dashboard knobs, which acted like little daggers in a crash, among other improvements. Yes, they added to the cost of the cars. Yes, seat belt use was forced upon us by the state. Are we better off for it? Unquestionably.
I don't know if Bloomberg's proposal is the best way to attack what has become an (excuse the pun) enormous problem, but I am happy that it has provoked discussion. He has tried other strategies,but could not get the cooperation of other state agencies. Clearly, if we go along with mainstream American eating habits, it is likely that undesirable health consequences will follow for many. That makes it a societal problem and the solution is going to involve some loss of freedom. But healthy food can be as tasty & enjoyable as the bad stuff. It just takes a little change in mindset.
re: alkapal
We are not stupid morons, but life is too complicated. How many people can repair their own car, build their own computer from components, grow and cook all of their own food, tailor and repair all of their own clothing, determine their own medical care, etc.?
A long time ago, you could live on a farm and be mostly self-sufficient. That doesn't work anymore. We need a system of designating specialists who can make decisions that require expertise beyond what we can expect a decent chunk of the general populace to understand. The food analogy would be the adaptation of the French brigade de cuisine system for a more complicated menu serving a larger clientele that can't be executed by a single cook preparing each dish from start to finish.
There are some decisions that need to be based on science and there needs to be a way to designate people to make those decisions without you or I or the general public having to understand all the science behind the decisions. Some of us are stupid morons who can't make those decisions. Others are capable but are better off being responsible making other decisions to maximize societal efficiency.
re: alkapal
Are there any constitutional bases for this ban? The only ones I can come up with are the vague, "promote the general welfare" and the commerce clause. Both have to be stretched beyond the limits of rationality to justify this ban. If one uses them to justify the ban, then regulation of everything can be justified. The basic justification of this ban is: "You're too stupid to know what is good for you, so we will tell you."
The Constitution provides for free speech, but we know that some free speech will be repellant to us. Similarly, the Constitution provides for the right to make bad decisions, like drinking too much sugary soda. The capacity for bad, but legal, decisions should not be regulated by the government.
Boy, this is the most non-food related (but, yet, intimately food-related) post I have ever done on Chowhound!
re: gfr1111
I would assume whatever constitutional basis that not only allows for restrictions on alcohol and cigarettes (or the Chicago foie gras ban) - but also the basis that allows for certain communities to install various "blue" laws. In Hamilton County, Ohio (where Cincinnati is), it is not legal to have a business that serves alcohol and has nudity. So you can have topless bars with alcohol, and full nude "bars" with no alcohol.
Cincinnati and Larry Flint have definitely legally butted heads regarding such issues - and Flint won on some points. But there are other blue laws that have not been changed. So when we're talking about the laws that communities/local government can pass to govern themselves, I think there's a relatively wide latitude.
Bittman doesn't cite the science, but his argument is not merely his opinion. The science behind excessive sugar consumption has been done by others, and has been reported and discussed recently, including on this site.
Many a softer approach could work. We reduced littering and smoking in the seventies with ad campaigns.
Or maybe required labels - large-type calorie counts on the cups.
An ad campaign against sugar would really get some good battles going between the sugar lobbiests and the politicians - could be fun watching.
re: sandylc
I also thought about the idea of huge calorie labels on the cups. I think it's a good idea.
re: sandylc
Imposing a refundable tax on bottles and cans was even more effective than any ad campaign at reducing littering of those items.
And calorie counts would have absolutely no impact (think warnings on cigarette packages).
Rather than banning supersize drinks, the proposal should have been to tax them at a high rate, like with cigarettes.
re: racer x
That was the initial attempt - to place taxes on sodas/sugar drinks - but State government up in Albany struck that down.
re: sandylc
<...large-type calorie counts on the cups.>
Or mirrors. The cups are big enough that you'd be able to see a fair portion of your reflection, and perhaps ask yourself, "should I really drink this massive quantity of carbonated sugar water?"
I think the ban is pretty stupid, but not because I'm opposed on principle to setting limits on what people can buy. I just doubt it will have any real effect beyond riling up the portion of the electorate that likes to get riled up about such things. I'd like to see a tax on sugared sodas instead. In fact, I'm a little mystified that Bloomberg was able to impose (what I see as) an insanely high tax on cigarettes, but couldn't do the same with sugared soda. I would think Big Tobacco is at least as powerful as Big Sugar.
re: small h
Tobacco has been getting battered away at for a lot longer and its use results in (more) direct and ugly death.
Artificially sweetened sodas should get the same treatment as sugared ones.
Btw, how does the ban affect those restaurants where you can get unlimited refills?
They give you a, say, 12oz cup and you're on your own at the soda station.
re: rochfood
You can still buy a liter of cola (or any size that's made) at grocery stores, bodegas, etc. It's just restaurants/food carts where they will be banned. So I think even the language of "ban" is misleading - it's just restricted. Is there a point of ever drinking soda? Health wise, no - but that's not the point. People like it, people will put in their bodies what they will.
If you really want to drink 16/32/64 oz of soda when you're at a restaurant/base ball game - you can. You just need to buy multiple smaller cans/bottles. If I want a liter of beer at a baseball game - I have to achieve that volume by buying multiple smaller containers.
For people who say that there's no science to show that consuming less soda assists with not gaining more weight - I'm not sure what kind of science they expect. There is a direct correlation between more calories and weight gain. There are multiple studies that show that high fructose corn syrup is a significant culprit in weight gain. And there is science to show that if someone is presented with a larger portion size that most people will eat the entire large portion size and not part of it. Will these restrictions end obesity - no. But it is a piece of a holistic problem.
re: cresyd
Correct, except for the implication that HFCS differs from ordinary sugar with respect to weight gain. They are equivalent.
re: GH1618
My perception of that topic is that it depends upon who you ask!
re: cresyd
And there is science to show that if someone is presented with a larger portion size that most people will eat the entire large portion size and not part of it.
To me this is the most important argument. Portion size is very psychological. If the 32 ounces of soda appears to be more attractive than the smaller sizes (it's a better deal -- why should you buy 16 ounces of soda when for a few cents more you can get twice as much?), then people will buy it and drink it, regardless of how thirsty they are and whether they really want 32 ounces of soda. Sure if you restrict sizes some people will just buy a second portion, but some will realize that 12 ounces of soda is really all they wanted.
That said, I'm all for personal choice -- as long as it's *educated* personal choice. So I like the idea above of putting the calorie count in big numbers on the container. You can still choose to drink it, but at least you know what you're drinking.
re: Ruth Lafler
I agree about the psychological effects of portion size.
But putting large calorie counts on the container is almost a waste of ink.
Most people just ignore them -- or rationalize them away (well, I will enjoy this now and cut back on something else later or do a little exercise tomorrow).
An outright ban gets around that psychological stumbling block and will dramatically curb consumption in 90%. Calorie counts will slightly reduce consumption in 10-20%.
re: Ruth Lafler
"Supersizing was the idea of David Wallerstein, a McDonald's executive who worked for a chain of movie theaters in the 1950s and 1960s. While working at the movie theaters, Wallerstein was tasked with boosting sales of popcorn and soda. Wallerstein discovered that it was very difficult to persuade customers to purchase more than one soda or bag of popcorn.
"I soon discovered that Darren Johnson could be persuaded to pay for more up front. Although McDonald's executive Ray Kroc was initially skeptical of Wallerstein's proposal to supersize McDonald's meals (believing that people who wanted more fries would buy two bags), he eventually agreed to try Wallerstein's idea. The sales results led to the program being rolled out in the 1990's throughout McDonald's restaurants."
Experience has shown that it is much easier to sell one large size than 2 small sizes.
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."
- C.S. Lewis
re: alkapal
Wow, I guess I just don't put drinking soda in quite the same class as many other freedoms that I, as you, cherish. But we can agree to disagree I guess. I see this as much more of a public health and safety issue, which is regulated all over the place, mostly to good effect.
re: alkapal
When we prohibit certain conduct and practices it is less for the good of anyone than for the benefit of the other members of society. Obesity is not simply the problem of the obese, it is a drain on the resources of the planet and the economy.
re: alkapal
When people run out of legitimate arguments to make their point, they start quoting other people who only very peripherally have anything to do with the matters at hand.
What's next, Ayn Rand? Hilarious.
re: linguafood
Obese people also die earlier..so they only drain for so long. If you live into your nineties..you also drain pensions and medicaid..ss..My 92 year old father has been living off the state for 25 years. Retirement benefits are also a drain on the economy.
re: rochfood
If I had a pretty penny for every diabetic who didn't take his insulin. And then wound up costing you and me in the emergency room!
Please, child, find an example that makes sense.
re: Chowrin
retirement and pensions also cost you in more taxes and less other services. If someone doesn't take their insulin..they will not live very long..will only have so many emergency visits. But someone living into their 80's..90's will also cost you with their long years of treatments and hospital visits. Die at 60..live till 80/90 it's a wash financially in my opinion in terms of medical bills. You don't make much sense to me either.
re: rochfood
The long-term health effects of obesity are NOT that people die in their 60s - it's that they require increased medical care throughout their lifetime. A child or teen diagnosed with type-2 diabetes is not at risk of dying at 60, it's that they're going to need prolonged health care intervention over the course of their life that a non-obese person would not require. For obese 40-60 year olds, a lifetime of stress on their joints makes them especially prone for knee replacement surgery on both kenes. However, the the surgery can only be done on one knee at a time and if the proper rehab (which is essentially exercise) is not done, then the knee replacement surgery is essentially useless. Such people become even less mobile and more in need of walking aids (scooters, wheelchairs, etc.), which by 60-70 often makes them in even greater need of assisted living facilities. Obesity is a leading component of heart disease which increases the likelihood of heart attacks and subsequent surgeries to remove blockages as well as prolonged medical treatment.
All of these things can lead to earlier deaths - but more often than not, these things lead to increased healthcare expenses over a lifetime that is shouldered by the government and private insurance companies who then increase the rates for everyone. There are countless studies done by healthcare professionals, economists, and other academics that show the expense of obesity on all of society. It's not just a case of dying by 60 and saving the government social security.
If such a topic you find interesting, here is an economic study from 2010 http://www.nber.org/papers/w16467.pdf...
re: cresyd
So what do you feel about Wisconsin ? Public employee benefits stress the entire state budget and increase taxes for all..and reduce services. My point is partrly..it is strange people don't want to support others health care (if that is even true), but don't mind supporting people pensions and benefits.Also..what do you feel about welfare. Working people support those who do not work. Healthy people support those who are not. The soda ban kinda reeks to me of discrimination..with a healthy dose of self righteouness. fat people are OK to "fix" but not poor people or government employee benefits/stresses. I won't pay for fat people..but I will for those who will not work and I will pay for those who work for the government, but are killing the budget and raising everyone's taxes.
re: rochfood
I don't think the situations are analogous at all. The problem with pensions that no one talks about is that when the economy crashed, all the actuarial models the pension agreements were based on (which were overly optimistic in the first place) became completely invalid: if you base your pension plan on a 10 percent return, and you lose ten years of growth and replace it with 1-2 percent return, you're going to have huge shortfalls! So basically, when you're talking about pensions being a stress, it's really because the during the Bush years Wall Street ran wild, promoted unrealistic economic models that pension estimates were based on, and then crashed the economy. Why should the people who worked in good faith have to pay for the excesses and tax policies of the rich?
re: Ruth Lafler
Seriously. And totally OT, but I know more than a few folks who lost 20-40% of their retirement plans thanks to the reckless games those unregulated dick wads on Wall St. were playing.
re: rochfood
I am overweight because a bad doctor scared me into taking a drug that put 30 pounds on me in three weeks. Does this make me an evil over-eater who doesn't deserve your support/respect?
re: rochfood
If the subject is going to expand to address a philosophy on government as a whole - then that's a larger can of worms based in ideology, philosophy and value judgements.
My point on the cost of obesity on not just the State but on healthcare costs in general (and thus individual consumers) - is that in response to comments of "hating on fat people", there are other, fiscal, reasons for the State to be involved. If the complaints towards restrictions and taxes on cigarettes and alcohol was to "hate on smokers/drinkers" - the argument would be about the subsequent cost to society.
Ultimately, I am someone who feels that obesity does have a negative impact (including fiscal) on society. And thus for government to take a role to attempt to curb obesity is positive. I prefer NYC's initial proposals to tax sugar based sodas and prevent food stamp's from being able to purchase sugar based sodas - but other government agencies (NY state and federal) declined those attempts.
re: cresyd
80% of Medicare is spent in the last year of an elderly individuals life. We spend an extraordinary amount of money to prolong life for a few months.
What's good for society? Do advise we cut them off?
re: alkapal
I'm not sure from where you drew that fact. I have seen studies that show the contrary - an increase in soft drink consumption since the 70s. See, e.g., http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/...
re: MGZ
Carbonated soft drink consumption has dropped a bit in the US in recent years:
but the US is still way ahead of the rest of the world:
But despite the drop, alkapal's implied conclusion is simplistic, for several reasons.
re: alkapal
"Soda was once considered an occasional treat, but consumption has steadily increased over the last three decades. Many Americans drink soda every day. Demand is so great that manufacturers produce enough soda to supply the average man, woman and child in America with more than 52 gallons each year.
From the Mayo Clinic
Personally I don't think banning soda size is that big of a deal, merchants will simply package two sodas on discount or similar other ways. You can see this pricing policy in some gas station in CA already.
If you want real action TAX soda/sugary drinks by the oz, as purposed by Richmond CA on a November ballot measure.
I like and drink soda but totally support a tax. Same logic as tobacco tax, to fund smoking cessation and education programs except it would be obesity and health programs.
re: ML8000
Maybe instead of taxing, they should stop subsidizing...
re: choctastic
Eliminating corn subsidies would level the playing field between sugar and HFCS and consumers would likely see more sugar used, which I like but I still think a soda tax used to fund health education is a good thing, if for no other reason than to provide an alternative to billions spend on marketing.
re: ML8000
In the context of the subject of this thread, HFCS and ordinary table sugar are equivalent.
re: choctastic
There's a good topic - farm subsidies and the twisted logic/approach our government takes in this arena.
..."we need government on our side, not on the side of those who wish to make money by stoking our cravings and profiting from them. We have evolved to need coercion."
This clearly has not worked and I think it never will. The only one we need on our side is YOU and ME. Some will say that the government is you and me, but who decides what we (the majority of us anyhow) put in our bodies? We do. I believe it is a waste of energy to focus on those profiting from our unhealthy choices or what the government is or isn't doing (although I find the concept of banning even unhealthy food creepy). The energy should be directed at "brainwashing" our children (as those profiting do) into not making unhealthy choices.
And I don't mean to start another thread here, but I do not believe all soda is bad for you. I do not buy the argument that too many like to sell that HFCS is just sugar and sugar is sugar. It is NOT the same thing. And don't even get me started on Artificial sweeteners... ;)
re: crowmuncher
"I do not believe all soda is bad for you"
It may not be, but is it possible to concoct a sound explanation of how it may be "good for you"? Clearly, soda, other than perhaps through preventing dehydration, has no real nutritional benefit.
re: hawkeyeui93
Exactly. Sugar has largely the same effect on the human body as ethanol, but without the acute intoxication.
re: hawkeyeui93
Yes, and alcohol is highly regulated and taxed.
re: MGZ
MGZ, i believe it depends on the soda; for instance if one drinks a real ginger soda- i personally find that soda to be beneficial to my health (improving circulation, digestion, etc.); however i experience the same effect just chewing on piece of raw ginger w/out the empty calories :)
re: crowmuncher
It would be good, however, if the government stopped subsidizing unhealthy stuff. It would also be good if it was less influenced by large food corporations.
re: Rmis32
Because a stand-up comic who eats nothing but sugary breakfast cereal is clearly an expert on food and health, and not a hypocrite at all.
re: acgold7
Bloomberg is the hypocrite. In his world, poor people are not smart enough to make proper health decisions so Burger King and KFC need caloric information and Peter Lugar's does not. Should an New Yorker really be allowed to eat a 24 ounce steak? Or three pound lobster drenched in butter?
re: cstumiller
People don't eat 24 oz steaks or 3 lb lobsters every day. But they do drink huge buckets of soda every day.
And apparently all the education and public health messages are just not reaching them:
Watch that Jamie Oliver series on the town in West Virginia where people apparently did not know that eating greasy fried food and drinking sugary drinks was causing their health problems.
Sad to say that education and persuasion and even incentives just don't get the job done.
re: Just Visiting
"Huntington first made its way into the national consciousness in 2008, when The Associated Press named it "America's fattest city," citing unmatched rates of obesity, heart disease and diabetes, and rates of toothlessness among older residents."
"The health statistics here are some of the most crippling and scary in the world," Oliver says in a show promo, calling Huntington "a dark place."
I'm wondering, is there a "Britain's fattest city"? Oh, me oh my, Jamie.
re: Rella
Ask google - and you shall receive! Apparently in 2011 it was Glasgow. http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scots...
re: cresyd
Glasgow, "a dark place."
Granny Bloomburg is a wuss...
If he were really brave, he'd write a law which would give the NYPD the power to randomly ticket all of the people with a higher BMI index than the US military standard.
Then New York would really shape up...
And I'll bet Mr. food fascist Bittman would jump all over that train.
Now if Granny Bloomburg would deal with those bedbug, snow plow, and the rat problems he'd be awesome...
re: scubadoo97
In the first place, it was Bloomberg's proposal, not the city's. In the second place, corned beef and pastrami are not loaded with sugar and have some qctual nutritional value.
re: GH1618
Sorry yes it's Bloomberg, I got carried away and those sandwiches are loaded with fat and sodium.
re: scubadoo97
They are loaded with a lot of stuff, but this is about sugar.
re: scubadoo97
Fat and sodium have been much maligned, but aren't bad at all in moderation.,
re: GH1618
You don't eat those things every day. Those are once in a rare while treats. Whereas you see people walking around with gallons of soda pretty much every day.
re: Just Visiting
And now you know what people eat every day? So sugar is the only culprit? Should we sell cigarettes individually rather than in packs? Cigars? Alcohol? Or perhaps hit Mayor Bloomberg where it hurts....limit the amount of jet fuel a private jet owner can buy at one time. would love if he had to make four stops to refuel to get to Bermuda.
Maybe this has been asked and answered: Will we be looking forward to revised editions of his books? Or will they stay the same.
If the ban on supersized sugary drinks actually goes into effect, it won't stop people from drinking the stuff, or even from guzzling as much as before. They can buy the same quantity, just not in one container. But this could have the salutary (literally meaning healthy) effect of slowing us down. If we drink one pint of soda and are still thirsty, we can buy another pint - but the odds are that we won't be thirsty, and will skip the seconds and save our wallets and our waistlines.
re: John Francis
I agree. There's such a natural human tendency to look at a 12 ounce cup at $1.50 and a 24 ounce cup at $1.75 (and they do tend to price them that way) and immediately gravitate to the big one, whether we are desperately thirsty or not.
If we are going to rely on personal responsibility, we need to be able to judge how much we're consuming. You think you have good judgement? Take this short test.
re: Rmis32
I over-estimated almost all of them. I cannot fathom how one person can drink 40 of soda (diet or otherwise0 in one sitting. Ick.


text:
Office of Grant Programs
Pioneer Core
Center for
Graduate Studies
Accreditation Materials
Advising Center
Career Services
Learning Commons
General Information
Celebrate Carroll
Honors Program
Phi Kappa Phi
Pioneer Scholars
National Scholarships
Student Scholarly Travel
General Information
International Students
Cross Cultural Experiences
Current Government Funded Grant Projects
National Science Foundation
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Expansion Program
STEP Initiative – Engineering in Waukesha County
On September 1, 2012 Carroll University began a five-year, $446,123 project funded by the National Science Foundation intended to increase the number of students pursuing careers in engineering, especially women. The project builds on Carroll's partnerships with UW-Platteville and UW-Milwaukee and supports new collaborations with local high schools and industry. High school and undergraduate students have the opportunity to participate in hands on, real-world projects supplied by industry partners. The award also supports the development of mentoring programs, leadership training, and a living-learning community for future engineers.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
HRSA Training in Primary Care and Medicine
Physician Assistant Training in Primary Care
In 2010, Carroll University was awarded a five-year $967,687 grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The award supports the design, implementation and assessment of a new cultural competency component of the curriculum, which focuses on developing students' abilities to provide effective treatment to minority populations.
U.S. Department of Education
Title III Strengthening Institutions Program
Pathways to Success
The Title III program funded Carroll University's $1.9 million five-year project that began in 2009. The Pathways to Success project supports three initiatives: 1) faculty training in engaging pedagogies; 2) advisor training and development; and 3) student success and retention monitoring.
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG)
Preparing Elementary Dual Certification Candidates
In 2014, Carroll University received a three-year $30,000 State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG) - Institutions of Higher Education (IHE) Focus on PLC's mini grant award; one of only nine awarded. The grant will help fund the project titled: Teacher Residency PLC: Preparing Elementary Dual Certification Candidates. If Carrolls projected performance meets achievement measures, there is potential for an additional one to two years of funding.
Pre-College Scholarship Program
Horizontes en Carroll
In 2013, Carroll University received a two-year, $39,000 award from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction for 45 disadvantaged students in grades 9-12 to gain an increased awareness of the value of college education and the financial resources available to support college attendance. This one-week summer program combines classroom instruction and experiential learning that is designed to strengthen academic skills, develop motivation and self-esteem, and initiate mentoring relationships with college students.
State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG)
Interdisciplinary Faculty Learning Committee Meets RtI
This one-year, $10,000 award supports a faculty learning committee to research and analyze current models of response to intervention and to train faculty on the practices.
Wisconsin Campus Compact
Wisconsin Campus Compact awarded Carroll University a renewal to its existing AmeriCorps*VISTA position that began in July 2012. This position is now supported through June 2014 and will continue to support Carroll University's pre-college mentorship programs for disadvantaged students. Carroll's VISTA will expand a mentorship training program to support existing and future pre-college programs including Youth to Discover and CEO Carroll Connection. WiCC VISTA projects are valued at $30,622.
Related Links
Recent Grants
Older Grants
Copyright © 2014 Carroll University, Waukesha, Wisconsin. All rights reserved.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Would you like to see more photos?
- All Photos (15)
- MLS Photos (15)
- Enlarge Photo
Estimate Your Monthly Payment
Would you like to see more photos?
ONSET - Location is what it's all about!! This charming 3BR; 1 1/2 BA home borders the Bay Pointe Golf Course; walk to Onset Village and Onset Beach; many amenities to enjoy. Includes an in ground pool with large deck for entertaining; almost an acre of land with workshop sheds; boat storage tent; plenty of parking; and nice landscaping. Easy to show on short notice.
| Median Homeowner Age
These are the closest schools to your requested location. Proximity does not guarantee enrollment eligibility. Please consult your real estate agent or school district to confirm the schools you are zoned to attend.
Please fill out this form to request more photos or more information regarding this property.


text:
Subscribe to People StyleWatch
Vote on this week's styles including Fergie, Jessica Alba and more stars! You decide – are they fashionistas or flops?
Credit: Mike Marsland/WireImage
Updated: Saturday Jun 11, 2011 | 06:00 AM EDT
More from PEOPLE
See More News
32 of 54
From punch lines to hemlines, the Bridesmaids star keeps it fresh, rocking a saffron J. Mendel gown at the Glamour awards in London.
Copyright © 2014 Time Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited.


text:
Would you like your child or grandchild to be taught about vaginal intercourse, masturbation and homosexuality in kindergarten? How about a junior high student being instructed about orgasms and anal intercourse? If you think this couldn't happen in … [Continue reading]
Sex Education in Clark County Schools: Let Your Voice Be Heard!
Business Leaders Unite: Educate Your Employees about Question 3 – The Margin Tax
One of the dangers of the Margin Tax is that so many business owners think it's such bad policy that it will never pass. However, a recent poll suggests otherwise. In fact the poll, which was conducted before the Coalition to Defeat the Margin Tax … [Continue reading]
Watch Your Country Die or… Know Your Enemy!
Americans didn't pay much attention to the rising power of radical Islam until the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks inside our borders, so it may seem like a relatively new phenomenon. But Muslim terrorists have actually been killing Christians, Jews and other … [Continue reading]
Union Members Wake Up: And Smell the Reality
If you or a family member belong to a union, you might not know that the dues deducted from your hard-earned paycheck are funding causes you oppose or supporting groups with views exactly opposite of yours. Even if you do know it, is there anything … [Continue reading]
Clark County School District Waste: Throwing Our Money Away
Am I the only one sick of this BS? Two stories have come to light recently that show how taxpayers' money is being wasted by the Clark County School District. These examples not only point out the quality of the district's decision-making, but also … [Continue reading]
Alternative Energy Projects: Who Pays for These Boondoggles?
Work is almost completed on the Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project, located near Tonopah. The developers had received a $737 million loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy, so if the project fails like Solyndra did, taxpayers will be on … [Continue reading]
Fed Up: Who Works for Who?
There are so many things wrong with last month's BLM "roundup" it's difficult to even know where to start. As anyone in businesses will tell you, to effectively negotiate a deal, both parties must begin with the same premise. Clive Bundy was … [Continue reading]
Lowering the Education Bar: Nevada and the U.S. shortchange students or are we becoming a Third World country?
Americans no longer expect quality, much less excellence, from our public education system, and U.S. students now lag behind those from other developed countries. What's happening in Nevada is a prime example of the dumbing-down of our public … [Continue reading]
Lessons Learned: Integrity Matters
American businesses are finally emerging from the recession – some of us survived bruised and battered, others didn't make it and some companies managed to succeed by a combination of business smarts, ruthless cost-cutting and just plain luck. If the … [Continue reading]
November 2014 Elections: Support Pro-Business Candidates Now
November may seem far away now, but plans for the next elections are already well underway. Now is the time to start researching the field of candidates to decide who you want to represent your interests when the Legislature convenes in February … [Continue reading]


text:
About Novelguide
Novelguide.com is a premier free source for literary analysis and general study help. We provide an educational supplement for better understanding of classic and contemporary literature as well as test prep material. Novelguide.com is continually in the process of adding more books to the website each week. Please check back weekly to see what we have added. Please let us know if you have any


text:
"Fascinating, entertaining - Highly recommended"
I remember thinking that Orwell's '1984' was a fascinating story but so far-fetched as to make me smile. These days, we don't smile anymore as video feeds everywhere capture public and private life. Reading Daemon (and subsequently Freedom TM) makes me more acutely aware of data-base technology's rapid encroachment upon the concept of the private citizen. Knowledge is power, and those who best manipulate it come out on top. While this has always been true, today it has never been easier. Daemon pulls together what some fear is the natural progression of data base technology in a was that is both frightening and powerful. We can only hope that these ideas remain far-fetched.
Daemon is a commentary on power - social, political, and economic - and the use and abuse thereof. You do not have to be a 'techie' to enjoy it. The topic is highly relevant and the narration is excellent. This is sci-fi at its best.
*A few will complain that some of the murders and sex-related scenes are harsh. People, life is often harsh. And humans can be cruel. Nothing new in that. Any who understand this will not take offense. It is, after all, just a book.
Report Inappropriate Content
If you find this review inappropriate and think it should be removed from our site, let us know. This report will be reviewed by Audible and we will take appropriate action.


text:
Sneak Preview: Coulson Finds the City
Coulson prepares the team to go to the underground city.
Coulson prepares the team to go to the underground city.
The truth about Skye's father and mother is revealed.
Agent Peggy Carter asks Whitehall about the mysterious items she recovered.
Ward and Whitehall do horrific things to free themselves from the past.
Bobbi and Hunter's latest argument turns to passion.
Could Daniel Whitehall and Werner Reinhardt be the same person?
The Doctor offers to help when Trip gets shot. Can he be trusted?
The Doctor tells Whitehall the Diviner does something far worse than kill.
Ward forces his brother to tell the truth about what happened at the well.
Agent Carter asks Dr. Whitehall if the mysterious objects are really alien.
Coulson prepares Fitz to go back into the field on a dangerous mission.
Coulson takes a dangerous trip in the memory machine.
After going into the memory machine, Coulson turns on the team.
The meaning of the carvings is finally revealed.
Skye gets an unexpected call from Ward.
Ward is one the run after escaping from S.H.I.E.L.D. Can Bobbi stop him?
After months of serecy, Coulson finally opens up to team.
With Ward in his sights, Trip asks Coulson if he should take him out.
The alien glyphs are taking over Coulson's life.
Fitz wants to know why Simmons gave up on him after his injury.
Simmons admits to Mack the real reason she left Fitz.
Exes Bobbi and Hunter argue in the middle of a dangerous mission.
While being transferred into his brother's custody, Ward escapes.
Skye wants intel on Senator Ward.
Preview the next episode of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Simmons gets help from the Hydra Security Chief. But why?
Coulson tells Skye she might have alien D.N.A.
Skye tracks down her father and is horrified by what she learns.
Fitz doesn't know how to react when Simmons returns.
Skye's father wants to team up with Whitehall to destroy Coulson.
Raina says Whitehall will kill her if she doesn't bring him the Obelisk.
Preview the next episode of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Raina tells Coulson she knows Simmons is working undercover at Hydra.
Coulson orders May to take him out if he loses control.
An undercover mission leads Coulson and May to the dance floor.
Agent May and her impostor face off in hand-to-hand combat.
Agent 33 takes on May's identity in an attempt to get to Coulson.
Fitz is left out when Skye, Hunter and Mack bond over their bad romances.
Hunter, Mack and Fitz toast to moving on.
Preview the next episode of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Fitz shows Ward what it feels like to be deprived of oxygen.
Simmons says her loyalties are with Hydra.
Ward says someday he will take Skye to meet her father.
When May realizes Hunter is about to take out Simmons, she shoots him.
Coulson checks in on Simmons, who is working undercover at Hydra.
Simmons returns on the next episode of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Skye confronts Ward on the next episode of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
General Talbot asks Hunter to help him bring Coulson down.
Coulson wants to know if Hunter betrayed the team.
Hunter warns Skye that S.H.I.E.L.D. is just a means to an end.
Mac helps Fitz remember the solution to a problem he already solved.
After knocking out Skye, May, and Trip, Hunter heads after Creel.
Mac asks Fitz how he's doing without his partner.
Will a mercenary get on board when there's no money at stake?
Coulson asks May to film him as he etches more of the mysterious glyphs.
Raina resurfaces on the next episode of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
The freakishly strong Creel will stop at nothing to get the 0-8-4 object.
Agent Hartley fights for her life after the mysterious 0-8-4 attacks her.
When Hartley and Hunter question the mission, Coulson takes a stand.
Coulson reveals a startling truth about Fitz and Simmons.
Coulson explains why he didn't abort the mission.
Ward wants to have a heart-to-heart, but all Skye wants is information.
Hartley and Huntley are summoned into Coulson's office for a debrief.
May, Skye and Trip shadow an undercover team buying black market intel.
We have to fight on.
Agent Koenig outlines security protocol and drops some Season 2 hints.


text:
search results
Stories are available for 30 days on our site. If you are looking for an older article, please visit our paid online archive. Please use the 'Search Archives' feature located on the right portion of this page to search for older stories.
Didn't find what you want? Search our ArchivesSort results by:
1. Jerry Davich: Hope, frustration drive voting experiences
Alfred Gordon arrived at his polling place just after it opened at 6 a.m. but it didn't help him decipher his ballot of candidates. "To […]
Didn't find what you want? Search our Archives


text:
The Funkees Let's Get Funkee CD
reg. $3.39
Baby Genius Preschool Favorites CD$2.69
Free Shipping on Orders $30 or More! ?
Shop Now! Free shipping discount is not valid on some bulky items, Lego products, Mega products or orders over $200. Discount cannot be combined with any other offer and is valid for 48 contiguous states. Valid through 11/26/2014.
Close Recently Added Item(s)
You have no items in your shopping cart.
Welcome Guest
reg. $3.39
Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of the User Agreement and Privacy Policy.© 2014 TYS Toys Box. All Rights Reserved.
Please wait...
Please wait...


text:
Plunging player prices to reveal Blu-ray vs HD DVD winner?
A clear leader in the battle to be the top next-generation optical disc format could emerge next year as player prices plummet and take of the cost of entry out of the equation, market watcher Understanding & Solutions (U&S) has claimed. While consumers remain confused about whether to back HD DVD or Blu-ray Disc, the high cost …
HD DVD will win
The most technically advanced solution has never won format wars as far as I can remember.
Minidisc beat DCC despite DCC sounding better.
VHS beat Betamax and Video 2000.
HD DVD offers less storage, but there's still plenty of storage available. The discs can be made more cheaply as you can retool an existing DVD plant easily.
Both are too similar for their own good, the winner will be decided on price and title availability. HD DVD is cheaper and people won't risk investing in a premium format if it may be the loser.
Calculation flaw.
There is a flaw in your $ to £ conversions. The proper way to do a $ to £ calculation for electrical equipment is shown in the following examples:
$100 = £100
$199 = £199
$1000 = £1000
Wah wah wah wah.
PS3 will help Blu Ray gain a short term victory... I think that's a given no matter how much MS fund the HD-DVD. (Coming from a 360 & Wii owner) In a couple of years we all be downloading everything so i'm happy enough with my standard DVD collection as is and feel no need to update.
Cost of entry?
"player prices plummet and take of the cost of entry out of the equation"
They going to come with a free HD telly then?
Is it just me
Or is the winner going to be the manufacturer who designs and sells a player that can handle both formats.
maybe neither
Compared to DVD sales and taking into account the size & quality of most HD TVS and the upscaled image etc...
Unless you have real 1920x1080 screen that is about 52" or bigger, ideally 60"+ there is nothing compelling about ANY format of HD player.
Also an MPEG4 HD film will fit on DVD9. Some DVD players will even play MPEG4 files. I used to have to convert TS format files to PS format and author a DVD to play. My current DVD player can play MPEG TS recorded direct from Satellite "as is" with no PS reformating or DVD authoring.
Unless every title is available very soon at similar price to DVD, and the player is sub 100 Eur, then both formats are going to stagnate.
Little difference in price between them
The cheapest HD-DVD in the UK is currently £188 and the cheapest Blu-ray is £234, so the quoted 'average' prices are way too low for HD-DVD, other players (well, the other two Toshiba models as they are all thats available) bring the average price up considerably.
HD DVD's subsidy tactic is running out of steam
HD DVD players have appeared cheaper since Toshiba is the only major manufacturer of players so it has been able to massively subsidize early models to make them more affordable. By contrast Blu Ray is supported by a consortium of major manufacturers and players have been expensive. I doubt the actual underlying price of manufacture for either format is significantly different but to the public HD DVD appears cheaper because of the subsidy.
Unfortunately for Toshiba, prices of Blu Ray players are dropping substantially. Early adoption is over and now its going mainstream. You can already buy players for under $300. While they're not quite as cheap as the Venturer player ($200), they're well into Toshiba brand territory. Give it another 6 months as another generation of players appear and there will be no difference in price.
Once that happens (and its already started) there will be an overwhelming selection of affordable Blu Ray players against a handful from Toshiba and no name clones. And even now there are something like 6 times as many Blu Ray players when the PS3 is counted.
I think its incredibly unlikely that HD DVD is going to win on hardware. It can't win on hardware.
I also think it is incredibly unlikely that it will compete on movies either. Blu Ray is selling 2 to 3 times the number of movies as HD DVD simply because there so many more players, and also more movies are being released on Blu Ray. There have been blips when a decent HD DVD exclusive has appeared but sales are predominantly in Blu's favour.
The only way I see HD DVD staving off total annihilation is if they win Warner Brothers. WB is rumoured to be going exclusive one way or the other. It would be pretty stupid for Warner to want to go exclusive to HD DVD when it has weaker encryption and less features but they might if Microsoft whip out some $$$ to make it happen. Microsoft is gaming this war presumably since it strengthens their own DLC plans. But if Warner goes Blu then it's all over for HD DVD. The other exclusive studios will go Blu as soon as their golden handcuffs are released and that will be that.
And good riddance really.
HD DVD or Blu Ray...It's like debating 8 inch or 5 inch or 3 inch floppy disks. (Or 78, 45, and 33 rpm vinyl).
Why do we need a complicated package of lasers and spinning flying plastic disks to get our videos?
Where's the USB port on my HD TV? I expect to be able to plug in some flash memory and watch video.
These HD players are going to end up on the trash heap, next to the 8 track tape players.
RE: ClammyLammy
Cost of entry as a variable can be taken out as you need a HD TV for both formats. It would only be an issue if one of the formats required you to buy a specific type of HD TV.
Sony != ftw ?
Surely you just back the format Sony isn't?
Minidisc might have beat DCC but it couldnt be considered a winner since HMV is still full of CDs and not minidisc music.
Betamax failed to beat VHS and Video8 which Sony pushed didnt really take off.
(ok so Playstation kicked Sega and then Microsofts respective rears in the console wars, but I never liked the awkward controllers for the PS anyways)
Cost of players is irrelevent
The cost of the media dominates the financial equation, even in just the mid-term. Provided you've got enough inputs on your telly, and enough space in your furniture, there's no reason not to purchase one of each (or pay extra for a dual player).
The real issue is the boot-up time for some of these units. If you can't start watching a disc in less than 1 minute from power on, then I wouldn't stand for it. From what I've read, HD-DVD is ahead in this area. I've seen reports of some BluRay players requiring several minutes to get going.
Perhaps I'm Cynical,
but shouldn't we also bake into the equation when the first format is cracked for mass duplication of content? It's slighly naughty to make the suggestion, but if burners become cheap and ubiquotous and there is open source software to rip it (DVD Shrink for BD/HD-DVD), won't that go a long way in determining a "winner"?
Sometimes you have to lose to know how to win, if you know what I mean.
Cost of the media
I don't care about the cost of the players any more, both formats can be had for a couple of hundred, which is pretty affordable.
But when a DVD can be had for £5 that is still £18+ on an HD format, I'm pretty sure which format will remain 'mainstream' for the foreseeable . . . DVD!
Second (random) point. How many people like a few beers or glasses of wine when watching a film?
Then the advantages of HD are probably lost on you! ;-)
me thinks the technology is archaic before it even reaches the masses. Anyone capable of a cost comparison for putting HD on flash mem? At volume factoring in players with no moving parts I'd bet flash mem players would be cheaper. So personally I don't ever expect to buy either.
Joe Public UK
Be honest, will Joe Public in the UK walking into currys really know the difference. Would they spend £100s on a no name brand HD-DVD player? doubt it. IMO someone with money to spare will always go with with a sony, panasonic, pioneer, samsung known brand ( + it will match their big TVs).
People who have money to spend on such devices are not really going to do much research on a product, can they get their fav movies on that format etc.
So realistically we are talking about PS3's and 360 add ons (who actually has one of these BTW?) I have a feeling sony will win this small war but its irrelevant because media servers & on-demand services are the way forward.
Just my £0.02 worth.
Is It Worth It?
Casino Royal, DVD 4 quid, blu ray 17 quid, but I can't see the blu ray disks as being 4 times better. In fact I find it difficult to see much of an improvement at all.
There's a big difference from my 40 inch 1080P tv to my old CRT. But when I try to convince myself that it's better, all I see is flickering artifacts which were defo not there on the CRT. But what I can do is boast I have 1080P to my friends, for that, I will be eternally grateful to consumerism.
But if I put my sensible hat on, I'll be buying DVD for the medium term at least.
Oh, I like the pretty slide on menu when you are watching a blu-ray film. Not sure that justifies the grand and a bit I spent though.
Crap in HD...
is still crap. Why spend hundreds of dollars or pounds to watch it?
Not that I'm buying but...
having just picked up the PC World Christmas catalogue (I know but I was in Tottenham Court Road and ....) I notice that there appears to be very little mention of HD but plenty of mention of Blu-Ray.
In Costco they were doing 3 Blu-Ray disks for the price of 2 (IIRC) and I don't remember seeing any HD disks at all.
Perhaps the decision is already made.
'Format clarity' coming in 2008', says analyst
"Physical media to be dead in the water shortly afterwards", says rest of world.
there won't be a winner
Simple as that, we are going to end up with two formats and thats the end of it, there is too much of a divide on each side with each being having very large backers pushing it.
If I had to pin a tail on this particular donkey, the winner will be the asians who start to throw out cheap dual format players. If either side wants to 'win', then leak decryption code, which ever can be decoded and copied will become an immediate favourite, but that isn't gonna happen. We're gonna be stuck with two formats and films appearing on one or the other depending the publisher, the market these days isn't like it was for the VHS/Betamax fight, the markets is incomparably larger and theres enough room for both, at the loss of the consumer sadly.
What will the superstores push?
Another thing is that in the US Wal-mart are really pushing Blu-Ray quite hard at the moment (Xmas rush and all that), and as Wal-mart own Asda, expect to see them doing the same thing. Once a big chain superstore starts pushing a format, everyone who goes into the store will see the stands and pretty lights and think "oooh that's nice". Plus, the names alone - Blu-Ray sounds so much cooler than HD-DVD (the same letter 3 times in a 5 letter acronym?).
In the 80's it was 8-bit computer wars... in the 90's it was the browser wars... and now we have the digital media wars :-)
I'm not really sure about which format to go with, but I'm beginning to lean towards Blu-Ray. Pointless until I get a new telly though.
Paris Hilton icon because... she probably looks good on DVD.
Players? Pish!
When HD or BD *recorders* are under $100, *then* (and only then) will it matter in the marketplace.
There is no "killer content" available in either format, but I'd be reall glad to be able to roll 5 to 10 of my existing movies onto a single disk, using the software I already have. It would be great to put all 6 of the Star Wars movies on a single disk without losing any fidelity (and, incidently, without keeping the annoying FBI and Interpol adverts).
So show me a recorder that can handle either of the hi-def disk types, and blank media at no more than $2 a disk, and we can talk.
Until then: Sony and the HD camp can both go piss up a rope.
I think I'll wait for ones that will record to hard disk reach these shores.
Or more likely add a HD DVD or Blu ray drive (or both) to a Media PC. I've bought more than enough gear that can't be upgraded.
For me, the winner will be...
...whichever format has (worthwhile) disks in the supermarket $9.95 bin first.
@JeffyPooh RE: Startup times
"The real issue is the boot-up time for some of these units. If you can't start watching a disc in less than 1 minute from power on, then I wouldn't stand for it. ."
Well you show me a current DVD where I can start watching a film in less than 1 minute. A disc where you don't have to navigate past all the menus, all the legal warnings and sometimes adverts then your comment has some merit. As it stands the boot up time pales into insignificance compared to the time some current DVD disks make you wait before you watch the film itself.
Just seen a reasonably priced dual format
LG GGW-H20L Blu-Ray Disc Rewriter + HD DVD ROM Drive Internal SATA
for around the £180 mark.
* Write Speed
* BD-R (SL/DL) 4x
* BD-R (SL LTH)16x
* DVD-R DL 4x
* DVD-RW (SL/DL) 6x
* DVD-RAM 5x
* DVD+R 16x
* DVD+R DL 2.4x
* DVD+RW (SL/DL) 8x
* CD-R 40x
* CD-RW 24x
* Read Speed
* BD-ROM (SL/DL) 6x
* BD-R (SL/DL) 6x
* BD-R (SL LTH) 3.8x
* BD-RE (SL/DL) 2x
* BDMV (AACS Compliant Disc) 4.8x
* HD DVD-ROM (SL/DL) 3x
* HD DVD-R (SL/DL) 3x
* HD DVD-Video (AACS Compliant Disc) 3x
* DVD-ROM (SL/DL) 16x
* DVD-R (SL/DL) 12x
* DVD-RW (SL/DL) 10x
* DVD+R (SL/DL) 12x
* DVD+RW (SL/DL) 10x
* DVD-RAM 5x
* DVD- 8x
* CD-R/RW/ROM 40x
* CD-DA (DAE) 40x
* 8cm CD 10x
* Video CD 40x
* Sustained Transfer Rate
* BD-ROM 215.79 Mbits/s (6x) max.
* HD DVD-ROM 109.65 Mbits/s (3x) max.
* DVD-ROM 22.16 Mbytes/s (16x) max.
* CD-ROM 6,000 Kbytes/s (40x) max.
* Access Time
* BD-ROM 180 ms typ
* HD DVD-ROM 210 ms typ
* DVD-ROM 160 ms typ
* DVD-RAM 180 ms typ
* CD-ROM 150 ms typ.
* Buffer Size 4 MB
* Loading Type: Motorized Tray
* Interface Type: Serial ATA
Physical Media isn't dead yet
Claiming that Physical Media (DVDs, CDs and such) are dead is as stupid as the Web-2.0ites claiming native software is dead 'coz you can do everything with Javascript AJAX applications.
Flash memory is unreliable, hard drives crash ... I'd love to see a 512 Gb HD crash with $300 worth of HD content! CD's, DVD's and such don't fail unless you're careless with them... ok there are bad quality CDs but commercial movies aren't that bad. And it is always good to have a hard copy somewhere.
As for the media wars, I root for Blu-Ray. HD-DVD sells only because its temporarily region free.
DVD is my winner.
$5 - $10 movies. PS2 starts playing movies in 10 seconds. Brilliant quality movies on my 17" TV from 1995. I don't see how DVD isn't going to be the winner this holiday season.
Maybe I'm just some sort of superior being, but I'm not blind enough to need a 50" TV and I can hear perfectly with my monaural to not need 200 speakers littered around my living room. If you need those to make the movie good... well, maybe you should be watching a different movie.
As i was traveling Europe recently, i saw more consumer electronic stores with larger (or only) Blu-Ray collections than I did HD-DVD. The occasional shop will have more HD, but at worst the collections tend to be half and half. But yeah i've noticed more exclusives for Blu-Ray than HD-DVD too, but during the Xmas consumer wars, both seem to be selling exclusives equally, but PS3 is finally actually getting some advertising from Sony and has dropped to 299 too, so no doubt this will influence things too.
Who says only one format can win?
What if one format wins on one continent and another wins on another? If they have regional encoded DVDs today to keep people from importing/exporting unreleased movies all over the world, how much better would it be for the studios if each region had its own format? In the U.S. high def discs will take off in late 2008 or early 2009 as all people will need either a digital TV or converter box to watch TV as all broadcast TV in the U.S. must switch from analog to digital by February 2009. Only then will we see wide adoption of either/both HD formats.
The only people who should be looking into buying either format are those of us who currently own large 1080p TVs. No one else will see much/any improvement over cheaper DVDs.
Physical Media
Everyone here keeps focusing on the physical media as this is what is being pushed and in that respect Blueray is the superior format.
However lets actually take a look at whats on the disc.
Blueray: MPEG2 - Lower quality, more artefacts, more space. However it will be easier to get lower in price as the hardware for the drive itself falls, there are plenty of MPEG2 decoders around and they cheap to manufacture. Due to Bluerays capacity they can deal with some of the quality problems via bitrate alone.
HD-DVD: MPEG4 - Higher quality (more modern compression algorithms), less artefacts, less space. However it will be harder to keep dropping the price on these due to the fact that MPEG4 decoding uses a massive amount of processing power, as an example a dual core 64bit processor with the best software decoding available today still takes around 60% of each cpu.
I Own: HD-DVD because I got it practically free when I swapped the XBOX 360 accessory pack for a HD-DVD addon and 5 HD-DVD's. Not that I evangelized HD-DVD at all and if Blueray starts to take a major major lead I will avail myself of a Blueray drive (which ever is cheaper a PS3 or standalone)
@ Adam Carden
I'm sure I won't be the only one to point out that Blu-ray and HD-DVD cover pretty much (if not exactly) the same compression algorithms - yes, MPEG4 AVC and VC1 (the modern ones) are a part of the Blu-ray spec as well. So you might want to re-run your analysis.
But a good compression algorithm (AVC) combined with a higher capacity and even more importantly bandwidth still results in a better picture than the same algorithm with a lower bandwidth.
I was going to point out the same thing too.. Blue-ray specs dictate that a blue-ray player must support MPEG2 or MPEG4(H.264/AVC/VC-1) and that it is up to the manufacturer or owner/distrbutor of the Blue-ray title of the encoding of the title, it could even be both MPEG2 and MPEG4 on the same disc. but whatever they choose there will be royalties to pay..
Another thing that Adam seems to get mixed up on is the his perception that MPEG2 is inferiror to MPEG4, well an MPEG2 stream at 30mbps will look about the same as say an MPEG4 stream at 12-15mbps.. But as Adam mentions, MPEG2 hardware decoders are well defined and require less processing power if done in software than MPEG4 to do in software..
So the dufferences between HD-DVD or Blue-ray are not to do with the codecs used because they use the same stuff, the primary differences are the storage capacity of each format..
Downloads ??? Really ??
DSL will still be around in a few years and for years more by my reckoning.. Those who think that downloading a full HD movie on their DSL line will need to think how much download throughput speeds people are really getting on their DSL lines to how long it would take for them to download a BLUE-Ray or HD-DVDs worth of High definition Video. Those lucky enough to be in a fiber covered area need not think about this...
Usability is the key
SD is going to be around for some time because most households have more than one (SD) DVD player and some have DVD recorders. SD resolution is fine for most smaller TVs, as someone else noted you won't really notice the difference until you get to a 52" screen (and, from experience, even if you've got a 52" with decent upconversion the picture's going to look fine). So the key to acceptability is flexibility and cost. HD-DVD has the advantage (IMO) because of dual format disks. Blu-Ray may store more information (and stream it faster) but this doesn't matter to users, they're only interested in whether the stuff works or not and whether the cost is incremental. You shouldn't have to spend a small fortune on kit just to watch TV and its pointless having spent that money to have to spend even more to duplicate the media so you can use it elsewhere in the house.
One of the interesting things about HD broadcasts is how they've improved the SD feed. Its not the medium, its the source (how many times has this been shown to be true with CDs?).
(The Toshiba players run Linux, BTW. Its kind of odd to have to boot Linux to play a DVD.)
Martin Usher
The point about this article is Blue-ray and HD-DVD, obviously they support High-def. The market for DVD is already saturated, people can get a DVD player that plays SD for less than 20 quid now..
If you can't tell the difference between SD vs HD on a 30 inch, then yeah, for you, you should stick with normal DVD and SD images..
The next growth is HD, thus it is fitting that people talk about blue-ray and HD-DVD, yes not all people will get it and first.. but it will gradually seep through just like when CDs were introduced or when DVDs were first introduced. The same will be for HD TVs, they will seep through the market too. so that the average person on the street will have one..
SO which will win B;ue-ray or HD-DVD ??
Personally they will still co-exist through 2008, after that I don't know..
With some BluRay players, the slowness is built-in
I've got lots of DVDs that can be playing the feature in about a minute from powering on the player. You're right about some of the major block-buster movies, but the simpler discs get to the main menu pretty quick. If not a minute, pretty close.
What I've read about BluRay is that the player itself can take five minutes to get out of its pajamas, have a coffee, fart a few times, etc, etc, etc. This in addition to any disc delays.
It is a bit like those early digital cameras that take far too much time to turn on, and are far too slow to take a picture.
There's no sense being an early adopter if by the time your Gen 1 unit actually finishes booting up, the neighbour has already bought a Gen 2 unit and pretty much worn it out.
But what exactly are you getting for your money?
The whole problem with HD is that you're putting a whole lot of technology in play - with its extra costs - for minimal user benefit. Flat screen displays are an obvious improvement over CRTs, DVDs easily outshine tapes, but what, exactly, are the improvements from the extra resolution? There are two things we overlook. One is that the eye is not a HD device -- SD was designed around the properties of people's eyes. The other is that picture information is hugely redundant, you can fake an acceptable picture by interpolation (the ears, OTOH, are very intolerant of errors). So what you have with HD is largely a marketing exercise, and since its also heavily dependent on modern fads in DRM the technology ceases to be cost effective.
Yes, I have all the crap, the (oversized) 1080p LCD, the HD sources and so on. Its because of this, and because I have had hands on experience working with (digital) television, that I make my assertions. BluRay to me is a dog not because of its technical specs but because its trying to carve a completely new market niche for itself -- its demanding we throw away everything we have that works satisfactorily and buy new (Sony) stuff. Since its coming from the company that's associated with weird propietary formats, rootkits and other marketing driven anti-consumer technologies, what's the point in biting? I get just as good results from the HD-DVD sources and I don't have to junk all my existing kit?
Downloads won't take off anytime soon. For example, I've got 35 BR discs. Figure an average of 25GB of data per disc (not max, obviously) and that works out to 875GB. Are you telling me that I have to download 875GB and store that long term? Or that every time I want to watch a movie I've got to stream 25 gig, then delete it? If someone else wants to pay for a DS3 or DS4 line into my house, I might consider it. This is nonsense for the remainder of this decade, and probably well into the next.
One of the prime reasons BetaMax failed was because there was one primary source. Sure, there were a couple of other vendors, but Sony was the driver.
Compare that with HD-DVD being sourced by one primary vendor, Toshiba. Versus BR players and recorders from Sony, Samsung, LG, Sharp, Panasonic, Pioneer, Philips, Mitsubishi, Funai, JVC, Loewe, Denon, and Daewoo.
And when a format-agnostic consumer goes into a store, they're going to look at relatively comparable players, and ask "which platform are my desired movies available on?" With a list of studios almost as long as the list of hardware manufacturers above, BR will get the sale in the majority of cases.
The war is over, HD-DVD is just going through death spasms.
Martin Usher
I see your problem, you have a hatred for Sony. You also fail to see that alot of the stuff they develop has not been proprietry, amongst oter things, and along with others they have a patents in MPEG2, MPEG4. CD was delevloped with Philips, DVD with Philips and others, Blueray also with Philips and others. Rootkit btw was something developed 3rd party tp Sony. So you say you like HD-DVD, wel isn't that taking sides, people may as well say you are rooting for say Toshiba, Microsoft etc... You got your HD-DVD, so why can't other people choose BlueRay ?
In your own words BlueRay is trying to carve out another market kust like what HD-DVD is doing , so what's yopur point ?
Your arguments for HD-DVD Vs BlueRay seems only to be about Sony, but the simple fact is that it just isn't Sony by itself..
I stand my assertion, both Blueray and HD-DVD will co-exist in 2008, beyind that I don;t know.
Silliness take two
I stopped by Blockbuster today and ALL they have in HD there is Blu-Ray, and it was quite a large amount of movies, to my surprise. Why would I buy an HD-DVD player then, if I can't rent anything in that format? I myself still have a low-tech CRT TV and own only DVDs, so it'll only matter to me when time forces me to change, so we'll see in a few years.
Anyway... SD and HD, no difference? 50-something inch? BS, methinks. At least for me, who have good eyes and don't drink and watch (usually). ;-)
A friend of mine has a 42" TV, I don't think it's even full HD or whatever it's called (but it could be, I never asked him). He has satellite TV (digital, of course), which is pretty nice quality and carries the local channels too. But there are also many shows being broadcast in HD over-the-air, captured by a simple, $8 rabbit ear antenna, in the local channels here in our city (in the US). So, when we are there watching some American football (after the proper football we went there to watch is finished), we have the opportunity to compare the image of the same game in both digital SD and the over-the-air HD. The difference is amazing, HD is so much clearer and, obviously, more defined in the image details. Or do we just have special eyes? ;-)
Now, Flash? FLASH!? Have you got any idea how much 50GB of Flash must cost? Last 4 GB USB pen drive I bought was $35, in a holiday sale -- it usually is more like $60. Why does the Asus Eee only have 8 GB max thus far (select locations only)? It will take a while...
Downloads? Yeah, right. As someone said above, dream on. Maybe the day we have Petabyte hard drives (or holographic devices or whatever it will be by the time), besides multi-GB connections, then I'll think of doing that instead of just sticking a plastic disk in the machine and going to get something to drink, or going to the restroom or whatever during the FBI, "you are a criminal", etc. crap...
Blue Ray is already Winning
Judging by sales in the States and Europe. Blue Ray is already leading in sales. Blue Ray meets the capacity needs of the Gamer and of Theater watcher. Blue Ray player already cost £199 , HD DVD having to give away films to get you to buy it. If true though that customers are confused. But this time Betamax is goner win. Microsoft are clever and foolish at the same time. Xbox 360 has a usb HD DVD but could have a Blue Ray later if needed. Again Microsoft are taking the backwards step. This isnt having ago at people yes, HD DVD and Blue Ray Media, does cost more than it should. But its the quality of audio, capacity and content that will end the war. At the moment a major film studio decided to go with on HD DVD and now is working on a dual splatter, one side Blue Ray and the other HD DVD. Because of dripping Sales. Lets be honest Blue Ray sounds better , right down to the packaging.
Downloads will not take off, not for a long time yet anyway, simply because people like to 'own' movies. It isn't like music, where MP3 bloomed because of the convenience of carrying your whole collection on your player - people tend to watch movies at home, so storing them digitally isn't of great benefit.
The best supported format will win - looks like Blu-ray at the moment.
The cost of the players is not the only problem
Even if they gave the players away for free, there's another part of the equation, the cost of the movies. If I get an inexpensive player for format 'X' and start buying movies in that format, but, format 'Y' wins out, guess what I get to do? Re-buy the movies if my format 'X' player dies at some point in the future. For people who only rent the movies, this isn't as big a problem.
Playstation 3 pushes Blue Ray slightly ahead, but will sink it in time.
Blue Ray will fail eventually 'with' the Playstation 3. Not that it might not be superior in some ways, but for the most part film enthusiasts,moms and dads renting occasionally and the general over 45 crowd, don't play video games. Or to say it better, they don't use there game machines, if they have one, for movies. Now you can all disagree, but as time goes by and the cheap HD DVD players become more available you'll see twice as many Blue Ray players, inflated by the playstation, but more HD DVD movies being sold. Mark my words. Then the major studios will remove there exclusivity and as time goes by Blue Ray will be chalked up as a 'remeber that' tech item. See the other problem is that in America the Playstation 3 never really caught on. Maybe in Europe and Japan its a wild success but not in 'Hollywood' and the USA. I tend to think that the Playstation 3 is a bit of dinosaur, based on bad timing. The Wii opened up a whole new gamer paradigm of using the controller in other ways then just pressing buttons. If you don't think Bill Gates has a team of 100 men working right now on creating a Wii like Xbox ready just in time for when the Playstation 3 is supposed to reach its prime then your out of your mind. The problem is that Sony can't kill its own. Hello HD DVD
HD DVD will continue to drop in price. Blu-Ray will lose in the end.
The only reason why current Blu-Ray players are selling for cheap is due to the FACT they are liquidating the older Profile 1.0 obsolete Blu-Ray players. Once the newer Profile 1.1 & 2.0 players come out, they are going to be expensive due to the extra hardware incorporated in them.
HD DVD is bread for MASS ADDOPTION, and studios will eventually figure it out. The last thing we need is a PlayStation 3 driven Blu-Ray format to take over.
HD DVD right now is far more superior then Blu-Ray.
HD DVD from the beginning offers phenomenal finished specifications to make sure anything which has the HD DVD logo will be compatible.
Once Warner Bros. Joins HD DVD exclusively, Blu-Ray will go away with a bang we all hope for the consumer's sake. We all do not want to support another failed SONY format.
Blu-Ray will LOOSE
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I'm laughing at all of you iSonyApple loving idiots, Blu-Ray will LOOSE because it may be superior technologilically but remember BETAMAX (I don't), it was possibly better and it lost out in the end, hence Blu-Ray will go the way of the DODO!!!!1! And I'm with the WINNER!!
I'm with you nt300 and Martin Usher, only an idiot wants to back a FAILING SonyApple format that will fail because only an idiot wants to back it because... well because it may be better technologicularly and backed by a larger consortium but still it will FAIL because BETAMAXX failed and everyone knows what happened to it. Because it may have been better but better is the new worse.
It's just storage
The cynic in me says that because Blu-ray is technically superior, HD-DVD will actually "win", assuming there is a clear "winner". It's the best marketed one that "wins", not the best technical solution.
The main thing though is that both formats are somehow seen as an "endpoint" in what can hold movies. However, with the increasing availability of downloadable movies, I'm guessing that ANY media whose sole purpose is to give movie moguls a physical lock on movies is doomed to failure. DRM has so far proved to be an expensive failure for the movie studios, with millions spent on annoying their customers with very little to show for it. The advent of Blu-ray and HD-DVD players with legislated DRM features built in to every player is just another battle in a war that the RIAA/MPAA have hopefully already lost.
Then again, I've always been an idealist in some ways. It could be that the RIAA/MPAA are actually going to win, and that copyright as we know it since 1710 is simply going to vanish. The London Company of Stationers is dead. Long live the Global Company of Stationers. Perpetual copyright is just around the corner, and already exists if you factor in the effect of DRM circumvention legislation. The concept of an artist owning their own copyright is almost laughable today in the world of "work for hire" contracts from the studios. And the idea of a "public domain" is being trounced by ever-longer terms being placed on copyright. Where NOTHING is going to enter the public domain for many more years, at which point the Mickey Mouse crowd will be lobbying for 150 year copyright terms.
technology advantage????????
i've been watching this format war for quite awhile now and i feel a need to say something about it. i keep hearing from the the blue-ray supporters how they have all the specs. advantage and how superior a format it is but to me it looks like a dinghy in the ocean being blown which ever way the wind blows. to be changing the hardware profiing with each generation of players is not only ridiculous but to not have some plan to update the players so they can use all the features of the new disks - why that would make me so upset i would never support them again. very poorly thought out from the start. i still don't see any advantage to either format in picture or sound-they both are excellent in that regard. right now the advantage has to go to hd-dvd for useable players. not only are they cheaper but also more functional.
Most read
- Product round-up Ten excellent FREE PC apps to brighten your Windows
- Review Tough Banana Pi: a Raspberry Pi for colour-blind diehards
- Product round-up Ten Mac freeware apps for your new Apple baby
- Analysis Pity the poor Windows developer: The tools for desktop development are in disarray
- Chromecast video on UK, Euro TVs hertz so badly it makes us judder – but Google 'won't fix'


text:
Posts tagged with the category Improving Performance
Public Service and the Need for Systemic Interventions
I am rethinking complexity. I used to think that complexity occurs through dynamically changing, unpredictable systems that create the potential for chaos and random behavior, but I'm learning that there's more to it. Last weekend I spent some time with a couple of good friends. One is a knowledgeable psychotherapist who does some of...
Engaging Discussions About Sustainability
Much of my time is spent talking about sustainability to people who think like I do. We have a great time discussing the problems and the needs as well as confirming our own beliefs and actions. As like-minded people often find each other, I imagine this is the case for many people dedicated to making a difference in creating a sustainable world....
Exploring Network Structures to Manage Complexity
Organizations have been engaging in networks for a long time. Most common are networks of suppliers associated with providing various parts to produce an end product known collectively as a supply chain. Clear examples of supply chain networks include the making of a PC where parts come from across the globe or Amazon.com where a host of...
Story "Pull": Do You Have Any?
I had a speaking engagement on the West Coast last week. The topic was Threshold Story™—a method of storytelling used to engender trust and demonstrate value when a business service provider meets a new prospect, team member, or returning client. The professionals attending my lecture were a bit guarded. They'd never met me...
Defining Workplace Complexity in the Newsroom
Complexity thrives in newsrooms. As a former newspaper reporter, I should know. When you're up against a hard deadline fact-checking information from three sources who are all telling you different things while an impatient editor raises an eyebrow at you just as the reporter in the neighboring cubicle starts boasting loudly over his lone...
In a Shrinking World, Technology Spurs Collaboration and Innovation
Collaboration has gone global and high tech. Businesses can now choose from 1D, 2D, and 3D collaborative tools. But which is right for the project you have at hand? Do you want a simple event scheduling resource—such as Meeting Wizard—or do you want employees to have 3D avatars who meet in a customized digital environment?...
Threats, Norms, and Culture: What a New Study of National Cultures Might Teach Us About the Cultures Our Organizational Systems Produce
Is it appropriate to kiss in a restaurant? How about in an elevator? Would it be socially acceptable to curse in a public park? Eat during a job interview? Turns out—and it's not particularly surprising—that the answer to these questions has a lot to do with the country you live in. It also turns out that the ecological and...
Innovative "Clouds" on the Organizational Horizon
Ever wonder why organizational leaders cling to old ways of doing business? I did the other day while looking at my desk, equipped with a 1-week-old Motorola XOOM, a wireless keyboard, and some scattered whiteboard markers. I found myself questioning why organizations tend to be reluctant about technological innovations, like "cloud...
Trapped in Office Toxicity
What leads us to these toxic work environments in the first place? And why do we choose to stay trapped in them? Are we masochists or is there something more subtle at work? Nowadays it seems everyone's had at least one bad boss—that lone supervisor who generally stands in the way of professional happiness and fulfillment. I...
Thinking Better Means Slowing Down to Think More
The complexity surrounding our everyday life leaves many of us feeling drained, perpetually chasing an infinite to do list. We run faster and faster, hurrying to get things done, to meet deadlines, and to keep pace with demands and challenges. This hectic pace is overwhelming that it challenges our ability to sustain high performance. ...
Fading Ink: How the Unsustainable Business Model of Newspapers Can Transition
Ted Turner called it in 1981. That was the first time the media mogul predicted the newspaper industry's inevitable death, blaming its stale format for its eventual demise. He assumed the death would be quick and painless as more and more readers became viewers of his brand new cable news venture, CNN. Turner gave the newspaper industry 10...
All Categories
Most Recent Posts
- Posted by on Thu, 11/20/2014 - 14:55
- Posted by on Tue, 11/18/2014 - 10:46
- Posted by on Wed, 11/12/2014 - 18:26
- Posted by on Thu, 11/06/2014 - 20:59
- Posted by on Fri, 10/24/2014 - 19:46
Recently Added Media
Added on November 25, 2014
Added on April 29, 2014
Added on April 18, 2014
Added on October 10, 2011


text:
I woke up Sunday morning and turned on my Blog Top to find that Hollywood is making a Wendy O. Williams biopic. That's badass. I love the Plasmatics. Hot naked punk chicks setting cars on fire and blowing up buses, while their nipples are covered in strategically placed pieces of electrical tape. ... More >>
The man who created Josie and the Pussycats can't understand why his girls don't belong to him
Impressive Human Traffic isn't always pretty, much like the scene it covers
A weird wager doesn't make She's All That a good bet


text:
Book your room at Albergo Angiolino
Hotel with a restaurant, in Chianciano Terme (Val di Chiana)
This hotel is located in Chianciano Terme (Val di Chiana), close to Parco Acqua Santa, Piscine Termali Theia, and Chianciano Art Museum. Also nearby are Terme Sant'Elena and Archaeological Civic Museum.
Hotel Features
In addition to a restaurant, Albergo Angiolino features a bar/lounge. Other amenities include complimentary wireless Internet access and 24-hour room service.
Room Amenities
LCD televisions come with satellite channels. Guestrooms also feature complimentary wireless Internet access, refrigerators, and air conditioning.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
Albergo Angiolino
Family Friendly Amenities
- Free Wi-Fi
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Laundry facilities
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Refrigerator
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Hotel Amenities
The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A complimentary breakfast is offered. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access.
This hot springs hotel also offers multilingual staff, a garden, and laundry facilities. For a surcharge, a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request) is offered to guests. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
- 24-hour front desk
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 41
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Number of floors - 4
- Restaurant
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Free self parking
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Bar/lounge
- Free breakfast
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
- Multilingual staff
- Garden
- Year Built 1949
- Use of nearby fitness center (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free Wi-Fi
Available in some public areas: Free Wi-Fi
Room Amenities
- Climate control
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Refrigerator
- Hair dryer
- Bidet
- Shower/tub combination
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Private bathroom
- Room service (24 hours)
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
- Satellite TV service
- Free Wi-Fi
Where to Eat
Guests are offered a complimentary buffet breakfast.
Onsite venue - This restaurant specializes in regional cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
24-hour room service is available.
Nearby Things to Do
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
- Hot springs nearby
- Bicycle rentals on site
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 10 AM
Check-in time ends at 11:30 PM
Check-out time is 11:30 AM
Payment types
Pets allowed, Only dogs and cats are allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit 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.
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 0.80 per person, per night
We should mention
Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 999.99, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.


text:
You must log in to access this feature. Sign in with Twellow or Facebook to get started.
By signing in to Twellow, you indicate your agreement to our terms of service.
Simply connect with Facebook and kiss those password blues away,
or go here to reset your password.
#1 Online Distributor of the Oxysure Portable Emergency Oxygen system prepare for, Heart Attack, COPD, Asthma, Stroke


text:
So easy to use,
First i diddent download i due to joomlafoo´s
review its so complicated, so i gave up
and downloaded the module, this is mutch easier and dosent get a lot of fake module positions.
Tip! remember for the parmweter in the article to work {module something}
the editor has to be set to html mode. first :)
waste of time when tryeing the book Capcha said vrong code tryede 7 different images.
i wish the capcha coud be disabled.
and nice if when , e.g email or other stuf in backend is set to not requierd. the email dont show up in frontend.
i ment the form box,
email [_____________]
or what it calls .
You can disable the CAPTCHA, you can select the CAPTCHA characters in CAPTCHA class:
- only upper characters
- only lower characters
- only numbers
... you can select e.g. only a, b, c, d ....
translates your english site til a lot of others languages,
i will use it to help me make my own translations of my site,and use this until i have done it ;)
my regards hucks.


text:
At Miramar Veterinary Centre, we are proud of the level of care and service our friendly team offers. We understand that when your pet is ill this can be upsetting and sometimes frightening. We choose to provide our own emergency cover, round the clock, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This enables us to be there for you when your pet needs us out of hours. Emergency out of hours phone number: 07721 427782. Our vets and qualified nurses work alongside each other to provide you and your pets with a personal and professional service. We understand owners' dedication to their pets, even in the economic climate of today, which is why we try to keep our prices competitive. We also realise clients have a choice when registering with a veterinary practice and we believe our long standing team of professional staff provide a familiar and stable environment for owners to develop a trusting relationship. We would like to thank our existing Miramar clients for their continued support over the years and welcome new clients to our friendly, professional practice.
Click here to take a short survey to let us know your thoughts on what we do well and what you'd like us to improve or add in to our service to you. We'd really appreciate your feedback – we want to know we are working at our best to keep your pets healthy! Please note that this survey is being carried out by an external company on our behalf and you will be taken to an external website.
On the 4th December our Sheringham branch will be celebrating it's 1st Birthday in our new premesis. MiramarPets, our pet shop will also be celebrating it's launch last year with a 10% discount in Cromer and Sheringham. Come along and celebrate the day with us at our branches.
Our Cromer Surgery and the adjoining pet shop, MiramarPets, is now open until 2pm on Saturdays for you to collect medications or buy food and accessories.
click here for our 4 week puppy course info and enrolment details.
What do you know about Ticks? Should we be worried? Why are they such an issue? What diseases do they transmit? Click here to read more.
We had a great day. Click here to read how it went.
Channel 4′s latest look onto what goes on in a dogs life – click here to read more about the obesity issue facing our canine companions
click here to see some of our pictures from the dog show
We currently have a summer sale with great discounts on our wide range of quality garden bird food. Other products are also included so come and visit us at Cromer or Sheringham to grab your bargain before they fly away! Click here for more information about our pet shops, 'MiramarPets'.
Click here to read more.
Click on the titles below to read more.
A note from the vet on rabbit training! Click here to find out more.
A note from the vet on this tiny parasite. Click here to read more.
A note from the vet on Fly Strike and how to prevent it. Click here for more information.
A note from the vet on the two diseases Myxomatosis and Rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus. Click here for more information.
Thinking about getting a pet? Click here to find out which pet might be right for you.
Valentines series; 'Puberty', 'The 'Human-Animal Bond'', 'To Spay or not to Spay...' and 'Spaying 'Breeze''
Over the next month the vet will be taking a look at various aspects related to the subject of Valentines. Check back for weekly updates! For Part 1: Puberty, click here. For Part 2: The Human-Animal Bond, click here. For Part 3: To spay or not to spay…, click here. For Part 4: Spaying 'Breeze', click here.
A note from the Vet about obesity in pets
Click here to read the article and download the questionnaire to see if your pet is overweight.
Click here to read about the emerging, sometimes fatal, disease featured in the news in recent days.
Click here to read more on this new disease affecting dogs walked in woodland areas
The vet takes a quick look at a recent news story. Click here to find out more.
The new easy way to spread the cost of your pet's healthcare.
Use our online form to easily request a repeat prescription.
Register a new pet with Miramar Veterinary Centre.
Keep up-to-date with the latest veterinary and pet news
© 2014 Miramar Veterinary Centre | All rights reserved | Cookie Policy | Terms & Conditions
Website design by Central Veterinary Services
Miramar Veterinary Centre external image courtesy of Chris Taylor


text:
$500 million authorized for the Labor Department training programs — while no clear definition exists.
Just What Is a "Green" Job?
October 20, 2011 by 7 Comments
Tait Trussell is a national award-winning writer, former vice-president of the American Enterprise Institute and former Washington correspondent for The Wall Street Journal.


text:
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A Tallahassee group with close business ties is urging that Gov. Rick Scott veto more than $100 million worth of projects included in the new state budget.
Florida TaxWatch on Thursday said it had found 107 items worth nearly $107 million that should be considered for vetoes.
Scott has until May 24 to act on the budget and is unlikely to announce his decisions until next week.
TaxWatch officials maintain they are not questioning the merit of the projects, but that they identified spending items added with little scrutiny and outside the normal budget process.
This year TaxWatch criticized millions set aside in construction projects for colleges, including $14 million for a building at Gulf State College and $9 million for a lab at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
(Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)


text:
Battlefields to Oilfields is an evaluation, training, and placement service that seeks to enhance veterans' employability and readiness for work, while simultaneously addressing the oil and gas industry's labor shortage. We help provide the tools veterans need to become the next generation of leaders and supervisors in the energy industry and enable them to acquire the knowledge and skills required to work onshore and offshore.
B2O offers Oil and Gas Safety programs (taught by B2O/PEC instructors) and approved Partner Programs for the expanded industry. We partner with schools and trainers to provide veterans with the best possible training and career opportunities. All training programs associated with B2O are vetted to ensure quality of instruction and industry relevance. We will never send a student through training or to a provider that we have not officially approved.
For information on getting your program approved through B2O, email us or call us at 1.800.892.8179.
Depending on the program, there are a number of different funding sources that are available. After you apply, we can walk you through all of the options.


text:
Nigga. Your boys. What you would call your friends.
Sup nakka? what you doin?
by .proctologist October 29, 2006
A nakka is a racist name for an asian person that acts gangster. Usually american born, these asian background people act as if they are black. Nakkas usually travel solo and wear baggy clothes and lots of fake bling. They usually talk too fast.
Boi nakka, don\'t be fronting on that hoe. or Them nakkas be coining all dem peeps.
by Supr Ti|Zz April 26, 2005