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(WASHINGTON) — From the White House to Capitol Hill to the Pentagon — and at countless ceremonies around the country — Wednesday brought a solemn step back from the frenetic campaign for U.S. military action in Syria and an acknowledgment of the terrorist attacks that shook the entire nation to its core 12 years ago.
President Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden, along with members of their staffs, began the day by marking the anniversary of the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, first with a moment of silence on the South Lawn of the White House and then, for the president, a wreath-laying ceremony and speech at the Pentagon Memorial.
Speaking to a crowd of dignitaries and families of Sept. 11 victims, Obama declared the anniversary a moment for prayer, public service and thanksgiving, especially for the survivors who have "taught us all there's no trouble we cannot endure and there's no calamity we cannot overcome."
"Even more than memorials of stone and water, your lives are the greatest tribute to those that we lost, for their legacy shines on in you," Obama said. "When you smile just like him, when you toss your hair just like her, when you foster scholarships and service projects that bear the name of those we lost and make a better world; when you join the firehouse or you put on the uniform or you devote yourself to a cause greater than yourself, just like they did, that's a testimony to them."
Elsewhere in Washington, lawmakers — many with small American flags tucked into the pockets of their suit jackets — filed onto the steps of the U.S. Capitol in the late summer heat to honor the victims of the Sep. 11 attacks.
With hundreds of members of Congress packing the Capitol steps before a somber crowd of tourists, staffers and journalists, Congressional leaders evoked the memories of those killed in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Shanksville, Pa.
"The word 'weary' has been used a great deal of late. But if you think about the men and women we honor at this hour, the fear that they endured and cast off, the love that they wished to be remembered for, the instinct to lock arms and to help the person next to them, the bravery it took to run up the stairwells and charge that cockpit, the prayers that they whispered together, the last word that comes to mind is the word 'weary,'" House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said. "Yes, we've been through the crucible, and we live in a dangerous world. But from the fallen and from all who have sacrificed so that we may live free, we can take heart that ours is the greatest cause and the work before us is not above our capacity or beyond our strength. After all, we are Americans."
On Wednesday, President Obama also paid tribute to the four victims of the assault on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, exactly one year ago.
"We pray for all those who've stepped forward in those years of war, diplomats who serve in dangerous posts, as we saw this day last year in Benghazi," Obama said, "intelligence professionals, often unseen and unheralded, who protect us in every way, our men and women in uniform who defend this country that we love."
On Sept. 11, 2012, insurgents with ties to al Qaeda killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens, Sean Smith, Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods. None of the assailants have been arrested or brought to justice.
While Obama did not explicitly mention the crisis in Syria or the standoff over Bashar al-Assad's chemical weapons, he did make fleeting reference to the need to sometimes give diplomacy a chance when confronting threats to U.S. security.
"As long as there are those who would strike our citizens, we will stand vigilant and defend our nation," Obama said. "Let us have the wisdom to know that while force is at times necessary, force alone cannot build the world we seek."
In a rare prime-time address to the nation on Tuesday, Obama said he was delaying a push for a congressional vote on U.S. military force against Syria to allow time to explore a Russian proposal that would disarm the regime and put its chemcial weapons stockpiles under international control.
There have been three successful terror attacks against the U.S. on President Obama's watch. In addition to Benghazi, two al Qaeda-inspired men killed three and injured dozens of others earlier this year in an attack at the Boston Marathon. In 2009, Maj. Nidal Hassan, an avowed jihadist with ties to Anwar al-Awlaki, went on a shooting spree at Fort Hood, Texas, killing 13 and injuring 30.
The Obamas have called for Sept. 11 — now known as Patriot Day — to be a national day of service and remembrance. Both the president and first lady will participate in acts of service in the Washington, D.C., area.
Mrs. Obama will visit with military children and their families at the USO Warrior and Family Center at Ft. Belvoir. The president will separately join a service project.
"Let us have the confidence in the values that make us Americans, which we must never lose, the shining liberties that make us a beacon to the world, the rich diversity that makes us stronger, the unity and commitment to one another that we sustain on this national day of service and remembrance," Obama said at the Pentagon.
Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, many observers took photos of the lawmakers gathered together in remembrance, capturing a rare snapshot of a divided Congress locked in unity while the U.S. flag flew above them at half-staff.
"Twelve years ago our nation was shaken, our hearts were broken, and our country came together," House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said. "All of us remember where we were when the twin towers fell, when the Pentagon was struck, when Flight 93 was brought down in Pennsylvania. All of us remember the horrific images of that clear morning: the destruction and devastation, the tragedy and fear, the unimaginable loss."
"We look back today with our hearts still heavy and our heads still bowed," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., added. "We say again that you will never be forgotten."
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid recounted the day of the attacks, from the time he rushed out of the U.S. Capitol when law enforcement believed the building was the next target to the moment Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., suggested lawmakers join together to sing "God Bless America" outside the U.S. Capitol.
"I will never forget 12 years ago," Reid promised before the ceremony concluded, once again, with the singing of "God Bless America."
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Ministers hold talks with protesters in Quetta
Quetta: Pakistani cabinet ministers on Tuesday opened negotiations with Shiite protesters who are demanding army protection and refusing to bury victims of a bomb attack that killed 89 people in Quetta.
Saturday's attack, the second bomb targeting the Shiite Hazara minority in five weeks in the southwestern city, has brought hundreds of protesters onto the streets across the country and shut down parts of Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad.
Shiites make up around 20 per cent of the mostly Sunni Muslim population of 180 million,
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LJ) has claimed responsibility for the attacks and Shiites are furious that authorities have done nothing to prosecute those responsible.
Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf sent ministers to Quetta to negotiate with the protesters and ordered an "immediate launch of a targeted operation" against those responsible, his office said without elaborating.
Local officials in Quetta announced earlier Tuesday that security forces had killed four men and arrested seven including an alleged mastermind of Saturday's bombing in an "ongoing" raid on the edge of the city.
Police said another 172 people had been rounded up in the surrounding province of Baluchistan in the past two days, including the provincial chief of extremist Sunni outfit Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat, and they were now being questioned.
The president of the Shia Ulema Council, Sajid Naqvi, warned the protests could intensify if they were not happy with Tuesday's meeting with ministers.
"The government must know that if the talks fail the situation in the country will further deteriorate," he told AFP.
But Daud Agha, chairman of the Baluchistan Shia Conference which is one of the groups taking part in the protest, expressed satisfaction at the raid and said a time would be announced for the burials to begin.
Another senior Shiite leader, Sikandar Gilani, said the matter could be resolved if the army gave a guarantee they would launch an operation against the extremists.
Thousands of Shiites maintained their protest vigil in Quetta for a third day on Tuesday, refusing to bury the dead until the authorities take action.
In the courtyard of a Shiite mosque near the protest site, scores of coffins lay in neat rows, most decorated with pictures of the victims from Saturday.
Relatives sat with the coffins reciting verses for the dead from the Koran. The youngest victim was a five-year-old boy who died along with his mother when the bomb, containing nearly a tonne of explosives, demolished a shopping centre.
A similar protest, after suicide bombers killed 92 people at a Hazara snooker hall in Quetta on January 10, lasted for four days until Islamabad sacked the provincial government and imposed governor's rule.
Quetta is a small town where the military and intelligence agencies have a heavy presence. Rights groups have questioned whether authorities are complicit with extremists or just incompetent.
Amnesty International repeated calls for Pakistan to do more to protect Hazaras, describing the failure to bring those responsible to justice as "shocking".
Attacks targeting Shiites in Pakistan have claimed almost 200 lives already this year. Human Rights Watch said more than 400 were killed in 2012, the deadliest on record for Shiites.
Hazaras have suffered disproportionately in Baluchistan, where authorities are also battling to suppress a separatist insurgency.

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A Phase 1 Study of IMGN289 in Adult Patients With EGFR-positive Solid Tumors
This study has been terminated.
ImmunoGen, Inc.
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
ImmunoGen, Inc.
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: October 9, 2013
Last updated: September 30, 2015
Last verified: September 2015
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This is a Phase 1, first-in-human study to determine the recommended dose of IMGN289 in adult patients with advanced EGFR-positive tumors.
|EGFR Positive Solid Tumors
|Drug: IMGN289
|Phase 1
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Phase 1, Multi-center, Open-label Study of IMGN289 Administered Intravenously in Adult Patients With EGFR-positive Solid Tumors
Further study details as provided by ImmunoGen, Inc.:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Number of participants with dose limiting toxicities [ Time Frame: Up to 2 years ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Number of participants with adverse events [ Time Frame: Up to 2 years ]
- Area under the plasma concentration versus time curve [ Time Frame: Up to 2 years ]Determine the amount of IMGN289 in participants blood (pharmacokinetics)
- Peak plasma concentration (Cmax) of IMGN289 [ Time Frame: Up to 2 years ]Determine the amount of IMGN289 in participants blood (pharmacokinetics)
- Presence of Human Anti Human Antibody and Human Anti Drug Antibody [ Time Frame: Up to 2 years ]Assess whether participants develop an immune response to IMGN289
- Tumor measurements per RECIST 1:1 [ Time Frame: Up to 2 years ]Assess preliminary anti-tumor activity
|Study Start Date:
|October 2013
|Study Completion Date:
|April 2015
|Primary Completion Date:
|April 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: EGFR+ Solid Tumor
EGFR+ Solid Tumor
|Drug: IMGN289
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- 18 years old at time of consent
- Diagnosed with a solid tumor that has progressed despite standard therapy or for which no standard effective or curative options exist or are suitable
- EGFR-positive tumor expression
- Adequate blood and organ function
- Must agree to use contraception while on study and for 12 weeks after the last dose of IMGN289 as applicable
- Must be willing and able to sign informed consent and follow the study schedule and other protocol requirements
Exclusion Criteria:
- Other anti-cancer treatment during the study
- Symptomatic brain metastases
- Other clinically significant disease as defined by the protocol
- Chronic skin condition that requires prescribed oral or intravenous treatment
- History of severe rash that required discontinuation of prior EGFR targeted therapy
- Receiving therapeutic doses of warfarin or heparin for anti-coagulation
- Known diagnosis of HIV or active viral hepatitis
- Women who are pregnant or breast feeding
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01963715
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01963715
|United States, California
|Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
|Los Angeles, California, United States, 90048
|United States, Maryland
|Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
|Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287
|United States, Massachusetts
|Dana Farber Cancer Institute
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215
|United States, Michigan
|Karmanos Cancer Institute
|Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48201
Sponsors and Collaborators
ImmunoGen, Inc.
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|Andrea Vergara-Silva, MD
|ImmunoGen, Inc.
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|Study First Received:
|October 9, 2013
|Last Updated:
|September 30, 2015
Keywords provided by ImmunoGen, Inc.:
Antibody Drug Conjugate
Head and neck
Squamous cell carcinoma
Solid tumor
Phase 1
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STREAMING: Assaulter "Slave to King"/
What happens when members of Aussie brutes Destroyer 666 and Aussie precision bombers Razor of Occam team up? Assaulter. Is it thrash metal? Yes. But does it have a bit of black metal? Yes. Actually, it's the very sound replicated in the mid-'90s but with a double-punch to the nuts and noggin.
Says Simon Turner (aka S. Berserker):
"'Slave to King'. Well, I guess you could consider it the dark horse, or even under-dog of the album. It was the last song to be completed for Boundless!, but one that had been worked on for a solid year. Needless to say, it turned out nothing like its embryonic version. The main aim, from my perspective, was to really match the music to the lyrics, which are solely based on a modern day Animal Farm and the acquisition of absolute power under the banner of 'god' and the dispersed parasites that leech in its name. It had to be marching, sinister and dark, whilst all the while maintaining a feeling of pious arrogance and even, to some degree, salvation. I won't elaborate on the lyrics. I think it's quite obvious what they're about.
The bones of the song were kept quite bare so as to allow Hellfinder a lot of space to lace it with his guitar themes, which certainly add a triumphant feel on top of the darker chord structures beneath which ultimately complete the aural vision of the song's topic.
So here it is, one of the strongest tracks of the album. Marching, menacing, sinister and sprawling."
"Slave to King" [audio:http://www.decibelmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/04-Slave-To-King.mp3]
** Assaulter's Boundless! is out March 15th, 2011 on Alan Averill's (Primordial) Poison Tongue Records, a Metal Blade imprint. Order it here.


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SQLVDI: Loc=SignalAbort. Desc=Client initiates abort
We are seeing this happen rather frequently on our production servers
Windows 2003 Enterprise with SP 2
SQL Server 2005 Enterprise with SP2
This is on a Windows Cluster for high availability
Message Text - in order of occurance in the event log
SQLVDI: Loc=SignalAbort. Desc=Client initiates abort. ErrorCode=(0). Process=2992. Thread=5064. Client. Instance=METIS. VD=Global\VDI_585DBB67-19E7-4FC2-8FAF-1DD9AF2ACFBD_0_SQLVDIMemoryName_0.
SQLVDI: Loc=CVDS::Close. Desc=Abnormal termination state. ErrorCode=(0). Process=2992. Thread=5064. Client. Instance=METIS. VD=Global\VDI_585DBB67-19E7-4FC2-8FAF-1DD9AF2ACFBD_0_SQLVDIMemoryName_0.
SQLVDI: Loc=SignalAbort. Desc=Client initiates abort. ErrorCode=(0). Process=5020. Thread=4592. Client. Instance=METIS. VD=Global\VDI_A5EA7805-F8C1-4856-B2F7-07436CEE8742_0_SQLVDIMemoryName_0.
SQLVDI: Loc=CVDS::Close. Desc=Abnormal termination state. ErrorCode=(0). Process=5020. Thread=4592. Client. Instance=METIS. VD=Global\VDI_A5EA7805-F8C1-4856-B2F7-07436CEE8742_0_SQLVDIMemoryName_0.
We are running native SQL Backups when this happens.
This seems to happen on a regular 7-8 day period.
Server shuts down and even clustering is taken off line and lost.
Any help would be appreciated.
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SQLVDI errors generally point to an external application taking a backup. Are you certain that there isn't a External process running to take a weekly backup? If the problem is fairly predictable, try to catch it with a Trace, either server side or with profiler. Make sure that you are logging the Client ProcessID and Hostname. When you catch the error, try to correlate the processID with the PID on the host making the call in Task Manager.
One thing I forgot in my original post, this is happening on the IA64 platform, if that makes any difference.
Server - HP Integrity 8640
As for the external process, the only external processes at the time were the hooks for monitoring software, in our case, Quest Spotlight.
The thing that is most perplexing is that this error not only halts SQL Server, but it also crashed both the cluster and the OS. In the end the server crashed and nothing ever moved to the cluster partner.
Outside of the log entries posted, there are or were no other salient log entries. The entires prior were Transaction Log backup successful for database XXX
On the other side is eventlog stopped for unkown reason, then event log started.
Only in this instance was I able to even capture the SQLVDI events. In prior crashes, these never even made it into the event log.
You aren't using Lightspeed as a part of the Quest package for your backups? I know you say you are doing native backup, but I am double/triple checking this since VDI is the Virtual Device Interface for backup/restore. It would be possible that VDI isn't the problem at all, it just coincided with the problem this one time.
I am getting the same message when running SQLSafe/SQL Server backups. The situation is occuring on a HA cluster with W2003 64bit enterprise edition with SP2. sql server 2005 enterprise with sp2. The next message is
SQLsafe Backup Service version 4.7.727.5192:
Backup of database TSS failed at 10/21/2008 3:08:21 PM due to Server instance: WPG-SQL2K5P1-20, Database: TSS
[SQL Native Client]SSL Provider: The Local Security Authority cannot be contacted
[SQL Native Client]Client unable to establish connection
SQLsafe Backup Service version 4.7.727.5192:
Timeout configuring virtual device set. (COM error code 80770003)
These messages have occured on two separate occasions.
Hi everyone,
I too am getting similar SQLVDI errors in the Event Viewer under "Application" for a client's Win2003 Small Business Server.
One of my attempts to fix the problem was to register SQLVDI.dll as per the following article: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/830575
The backup that ran after I did that worked fine, but since then the same problem has reared its ugly head again. I tried the same process of registering the SQLVDI.dll file, but it didnt work the second time.
Try HyperBac for SQL Server, same benefits for compression/speed as LiteSpeed and others however implements backup compression as a file system filter and does not use VDI
I am also facing the similar error. I am using Quest Litespeed 5.0.1 on Windows 2003 Server for SQL Server 2000.
SQLVDI: Loc=SignalAbort. Desc=Client initiates abort. ErrorCode=(0). Process=8476. Thread=1028. Client. Instance=Prod_SQL1. VD=Global\VDI_FB7A53C0-02D2-4469-A676-
It occurs during on Litespeed backup
Sivaprasad S http://sivasql.blogspot.com Please click the Mark as Answer button if a post solves your problem!
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Krzysztof Kieślowski, (born June 27, 1941, Warsaw, Poland—died March 13, 1996, Warsaw), leading Polish director of documentaries, feature films, and television films of the 1970s, '80s, and '90s that explored the social and moral themes of contemporary times.
Kieślowski graduated from the State Theatrical and Film College in Łódź, Poland, in 1968 and began his film career making documentaries, including one he had made for Polish television before graduating, Zdjęcie (1968; The Photograph). His first significant film was Murarz (1973; The Bricklayer), the story of a political activist who becomes disenchanted with politics and returns to his former profession of bricklaying. Kieślowski made several notable documentaries during the 1970s, mostly for television, including Szpital (1976; Hospital), in which he employed a hidden camera to reveal problems within the Polish health care system.
Blizna (1976; The Scar) was Kieślowski's first theatrical release and focused on management-labour relations within Polish industry. He came to worldwide attention with Amator (1979; Camera Buff), a satire on Polish bureaucracy and censorship. His film Bez końca (1985; No End), the story of a dead lawyer who watches over his family as they continue with their lives, marked the beginning of a longtime writing collaboration with Krzysztof Piesiewicz.
Kieślowski's mammoth Dekalog (1988–89; Decalogue), cowritten with Piesiewicz, is a series made for Polish television inspired by the Ten Commandments. Each of the 10 hour-long episodes explores at least one commandment; as the commandments are not explicitly named, the audience is invited to identify the moral or ethical conflicts in the plot. The series was shown in its entirety as the centrepiece of the 1989 Venice Film Festival and is considered a modern masterpiece of cinema. With La Double Vie de Véronique (1991; The Double Life of Veronique) came commercial as well as critical success. This moody, atmospheric film is the study of two doppelgängers—one French, one Polish—who, in addition to sharing the same name, share the same birthday, heart condition, and a vague sense of the existence of the other. Cowritten with Piesiewicz, the film stars Irene Jacob in the dual roles. Kieślowski's next efforts, the "Three Colours" trilogy, represented the colours of the French flag: Bleu (1993; Blue), Blanc (1994; White), and Rouge (1994; Red); respectively, they explored the themes of liberty, equality, and fraternity. The films were released several months apart and, although each can stand on its own, they were designed to be seen as a single entity.
Kieślowski periodically announced his retirement from filmmaking. However, at the time of his death, he and Piesiewicz were at work on a new trilogy of films based on the sections of Dante's The Divine Comedy. Piesiewicz eventually completed screenplays for all three installments, which were filmed in the first decade of the 21st century; Kieślowski received credit for cowriting Heaven (2002), directed by German filmmaker Tom Tykwer.


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Denver, CO, United States, 2011/11/14 - Urgent care providers use iTriage application to inform patients of special holiday hours during the upcoming holiday season - iTriageHealth.com / Healthagen.net.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), emergency physicians treated approximately 39,700 people for fall-related injuries during the 2010 holiday season. Recognizing that holidays offer no vacation from minor accidents and illness, the developer of the free consumer healthcare application iTriage® announced today that it has added holiday hours for premier urgent care providers.
This addition will help consumers more easily locate urgent care medical facilities that remain open to those in need of minor medical care during the holidays. With the apps groundbreaking Symptom-to-Provider pathway, users can also identify the types of treatment that urgent care centers provide and avoid unnecessary trips to an emergency department, which can make holiday festivities anything but jolly.
FastMed, which operates a group of urgent care centers in North Carolina and Arizona, indicates that holidays have a significant impact on the number of patients seen. Looking back to our latest holiday, Labor Day, we saw a 10-15% jump in patient volume when compared to any other day in September, clearly there is a need, explained Reuel Heyden, FastMed North Carolina Marketing Director.
In New York, Neal Shipley, M.D., co-owner of Urgent Care Manhattan recognized early on that holidays would be instrumental to business and serving its community. The whole point when we opened was to improve access to care, so not remaining open every day of the week and on all holidays just didnt make sense.
During the holiday season families come together to celebrate, and unfortunately bring viruses and illness. iTriage will be providing essential information to those who struggle with knowing where to seek treatment at a time when few options exist, said Peter Hudson, M.D., co-founder of iTriage, LLC. While not all illness and injuries rise to the ER level, this pro-active approach of putting accurate holiday information into the hands of those who need it most will help everyone get back to celebrating the holiday.
Todays announcement comes on the heels of the fourth annual Urgent Care Awareness Week (November 14-20), developed by the Urgent Care Association of America (UCAOA) to bring more awareness about the role urgent care plays in our health care. By downloading iTriage, users of the app have access to more than 400 premium urgent care centers with holiday hours, and the phone numbers and addresses of more than 5,000 urgent care nationwide.
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Headquartered in Denver, CO and co-founded by two emergency physicians, iTriage (iTriageHealth.com) offers a unique Symptom-to-Provider pathway that empowers patients to make better healthcare decisions. iTriage helps people answer the two most common medical questions: What condition could I have? and Where should I go for treatment? Millions of consumers around the globe have downloaded iTriage on their mobile devices and thousands of healthcare providers use iTriage to reach and communicate critical facility and service information to patients.
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Novice shooter question DA/SA
I am a new shooter, well new at pistols. I used to shoot clays. I have a question Double Action/ Single Action triggers. What exactly does this mean. It seems most of the guns i am looking at are da/sa.
I really want a sig p226 but for right now it is just a little outta the price range. I like the Beretta Px4 Storm, i don't want a glock. Any help on the subject would be appreciated. This gun will for the most part not be for cc.
DA is double action and named appropriately because when you pull the trigger two things happen. hammer is cocked back and then released!
SA is single action and the hammer is already cocked back so when you pull the trigger there's only one action, the hammer is released and the firearm fires!
DA/SA means first trigger pull is DA and the rest is SA until the magazine is out
hope this clears things up a bit
as for the sig i dont own one but i hear good things about it and i've held one before and its feels pretty good in the hand.
i may be little partial but have you considered a 1911?
It's very simple really.
Single action means the hammer must be cocked first before you can pull the trigger to fire the gun.
Double action is when pulling the trigger simultaniously cocks the hammer and fires the gun just by pulling the trigger.
DA/SA means the gun can be used either way.
SA usually has a shorter, lighter trigger pull, while DA will be long and heavy.
Single action revolvers (old west style) must be cocked for each shot.
Single action semi-autos like the 1911 need only to be cocked once per magazine..the slide cycling back cocks the hammer after the first shot.
yeah i knew what double action and single did mean but i wondered why both were listed: da/sa. so yeah that cleared things up thanks.
DA/SA means that you will generally carry the pistol with round chambered, hammer uncocked, and safety on. When you turn off the safety and fire the FIRST shot, the pull will be long and heavy as the trigger cocks, then releases the hammer to fire. AFTER the first shot, the hammer is cocked by the recoil action of the pistol, so the pull will be easier and smoother. Many of these pistols feature a decocking lever, sometimes built into the safety, which lowers the hammer without firing.
Common DA/SA pistols include Sig Sauers, and the Beretta 92.
I think your DA/SA question has been answered so on to your choice of pistol.
I'm a 1911 guy but my bedside gun is a Sig 226 .40 for two reasons.
1. It's the most reliale auto I've ever owned in a full size, full power load.
2. It's the first gun I bought with a light rail and works great with my Streamlight.
IF a new 226 is out of range, think there running about 8 bills right now, call around to see if any of your local dealers have any "Sig Factory Refurbs" in stock. These are used but they have been striped down and re-sprung by the factor and they come in a red box rather than the blue. You can usually find these for 2 to 250 less that an NIB gun.
Good Luck
Look for a CPO (certified pre-owned) Sig and you can save mucho dinero. Many dealers carry them and Sig goes through them before they put them on the market...
your DA/SA question has been answered, so ill forgo that part.
Sig's are amazing and extremly reliable, i have the P229 in .40s&w and love it. I also have a PX4 Storm in 9mm and im loving it as well, so much so i woulndt be afraid to get a second one in .45 (or a conversion kit if they have them). It just seems to fit my hand perfectly! But either the Sig or the PX4 are great guns and im sure will serve you well!
I am narrowing down my selection. Top 2 are the px4 and the m&p40. i am gonna be shooting them both this weekend. I have shoot my buddies HK p2000 and his fn 57 and really like the da/sa trigger. which is why i am leaning towards the px4. we'll see decision time is still a time off.
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Pittsburgh home of 22 nationally recognized BFBs
On November 7th, The League of American Bicyclists announced the recipients of its 2013 round of Bike Friendly Business certifications. On the list were 5 businesses that BikePGH worked with through our Bike Friendly Employer program to ensure that the engineering & programs were in place to promote bike commuting as a convenient, healthy way to get to work.
We send a huge congratulations to the following businesses for their accomplishments;
Rotating Mass Media – Gold
Zero Fossil – Silver
Aero Tech Design – Silver
BarkleyREI – Bronze
Student Conservation Association – Bronze
A.C.T.I.O.N. Housing Green House – Honorable Mention
evolveEA – Honorable Mention
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I had a subcutaneous lipoma removed from the back of my head under local anesthesia. A day later my head is swollen to a point that the shape of my head had been altered. Is this normal and if so how long will it take before the swelling subsides. The lipoma was 48x42x18mm in size
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Thank you for the question.
The swelling that you describe after removal of lipoma is most likely related to accumulation of fluid; this can be either a seroma, hematoma, or a purulent (infection) collection. Evaluation by your surgeon is necessary as soon as possible.
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Visit the über-chic seaside resort town of Punta del Este during the off-season and still enjoy the beautiful beaches, unique shopping, and local cuisine. For those in the know, Punta del Diablo is soon to be the destination for cutting-edge travelers.
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FIVE losses to the All Blacks is only slightly more glaring on the resume of Wallabies boss Ewen McKenzie than two smackings from the Springboks.
Grabbing back some ground against the Boks in Perth on Saturday night is not about who is selected at No.10 on Tuesday but who cares to front up in the forwards.
The 38-12 and 28-8 crash landings against South Africa last year were a mistake-a-thon, a lowlights loop of endless turnovers, being bullied at the breakdown and self-inflicted pain.
Influential backrowers Francois Louw and Duane Vermeulen are lining up to inflict more angst unless the Wallabies' dire showing in Auckland recently has done the trick.
It's a sad fact that Wallabies sides too often need a barrage of criticism to put them in the fierce us-against-the-world mindset to punch out a smashing response.
All Blacks skipper Richie McCaw paid tribute to his "big boys" in the pack for delivering the thumping platform for that 51-20 victory.
It is over to No.8 Wycliff Palu, largely missing after dropping his first pass, lock Rob Simmons, put-off by his sin-binning, and lock James Horwill, likely to be recalled, to do the same for the Wallabies.
McKenzie subtly set the tone on Monday by having two front-rowers James Slipper and James Hanson front the media in Perth rather than two backs.
This week is about the big boppers because the Boks will feel far more at ease about dominating at lineouts and scrums with 113-Test lock Victor Matfield (knee) fit again.
Vice-captain Slipper said on Monday it was unfair to blame Kurtley Beale for the Wallabies' humbling night in Auckland. He's right.
"The night wasn't his night. A part of that has got to do with the forward pack and the players around him," Slipper said.
"We didn't stick up for him and give him really good ball."
Prop Slipper knows the South Africans will be stung to improve their own pack shortcomings in the close call 33-31 win over Argentina in Salta last month.
"It would be childish of us to go in there thinking we are going to physically bash the Springboks up," Slipper said.
"With their performance against the Argentines in the set piece, I'm expecting them to improve out of sight and really come at us there.
"They'll be keen to get out there and assert their dominance on us, and we'll be trying to do the same."
Queensland hooker Hanson's first Test as a starter, after two bench cameos, is a dizzy rise after injuries to Stephen Moore, Tatafu Polota-Nau and Nathan Charles.
McKenzie has a tough call to make on whether Beale or Bernard Foley is selected at No.10.
Foley straightens the attack better and is more your classic general.
Equally, McKenzie will be reluctant to ditch Beale's dry-field ad lib skills because Quade Cooper's similar weapons generated some of Australia's best wins over the Boks since 2010.
What the Wallabies do out wide for a winger to replace the retired Pat McCabe (neck) is crucial.
The Boks have dangerous pace through fullback Willie le Roux and Bryan Habana, who will line up for his 100th Test.
Shifting Adam Ashley-Cooper to the wing and bringing in Tevita Kuridrani at outside centre is perhaps the best stopgap measure.
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This Italian restaurant has a German accent.
Buschenshank — the newest culinary venture from the founder of burgeoning pizza chain South Brooklyn Pizza, James McGown — is modeled after wine taverns in Alto Adige, a region of northern Italy that borders Austria.
"It's really a part of the world that no one writes about," said McGown, holding a giant stein of beer at the restaurant's pre-opening party on last Wednesday night, referencing the region of Italy that's actually more lederhosen than gondolier stripes. "[The people there] aren't really Italian."
And neither is the food. We sampled the fare at the restaurant's pre-opening bash, where we nibbled on specialties such as succulant shortribs and smoked bratwurst — both served with saurkraut — and slices of ribeye with with sweet sauce (though not quite tender enough for our delicate palates). The housemade pretzel with cheese — a blend of three cheeses and mustard — was, on the other hand, an unexpected favorite.
"In that region, there are so many similar ingredients that are served differently," McGown said. "The trick is narrowing it so that it's served properly."
But the cuisine isn't the only thing that feels distinctly German. The cozy restaurant — formerly an Off Track Betting site abandoned in 2005 — is styled after a classic beer hall, with long tables and a horseshoe-shaped bar. McGowan said that he's turning the basement into a second bar, and renovating the restaurant's top floor — which used to be a brothel — for private parties.
We would have loved to try some more substantial fare — like maybe the $35 Buschenshank burger, made of dry-aged ribeye, bison, shaved black truffle and melted foie gras — but the best we could get was some goat-cheese pizza from the restaurant's side window — after all, Buschenschank might be German influenced, but its roots are still Italian.
Buschenshank [320 Court St. between Sackett and Degraw streets in Carroll Gardens, (718) 237-0325]. Open 11 am–4 am.Reach reporter Dan MacLeod at dmacleod@c
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Pride Week Exhibition: Crossing the Line2014-06-25 Share Tweet
Pride Week is a very exciting time in New York and what better way to celebrate than with a Gallery Exhibition where it all started – in Greenwich Village!
The Lomography Gallery Store is pleased to present local artist, Jeff Moore. His solo exhibition, "Crossing the Line", will showcase several line drawings as well as a photo installation from the artist's private collection – all shot with the Lomo LC-A+.
The LC-A+, which just had its 30th anniversary, is a user-friendly reinvention of the 35mm original, allowing Lomographers like Jeff Moore to capture amazing images in vibrant, saturated colors.
The opening reception of "Crossing the Line" will feature drag performer Cybil War as guest host. In honor of Pride Week, there will be drag makeovers for our guests and a rocking performance. There will also be a special Pride photo booth for your own selfie pleasure. Drinks and refreshments will be served.
CROSSING THE LINE – A Pride Week Exhibit
Thursday, June 26, 2014
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
The Lomography Gallery Store
41 W 8th street
New York, NY 10011
For more information, visit Facebook and check Lomography for more upcoming events and exhibitions!
Want to see more of Jeff Moore? Check out his Tumblr, and Flickr pages for more drawings and photographs.
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Brent Sinks on Italian Uncertainty
Italian elections drove Brent crude oil prices down after the results of the election confirmed fears that political instability in the third largest eurozone economy could be a stumbling block for the region's recovery.
Brent traded at $113.73 at 7:00 GMT on Tuesday morning and showed further losses after Monday's news.
Pier Luigi Bersani and his center-left coalition narrowly won a majority in the lower house of parliament after the bulk of the votes were counted on Monday afternoon.
However, his victory in the upper house was only by one percentage point, which does not give him the majority needed to secure a win.
The stalemate shows how divided the nation is over the current austerity measures. Former Prime Minister and candidate Silvio Berlusconi came second to Bersani by promising to undo much of the belt tightening implemented by Mario Monti.
Support for Berlusconi's party shows many Italians are fed up with the state of their country, and are looking for a shift away from the eurozone's austerity minded policies.
Moving forward, investors will be watching US Federal Reserve Chairmen Ben Bernanke's testimony on Tuesday afternoon for insight about the Fed's future plans. Fears that the Fed will end its bond buying stimulus plan shook markets last week.
In addition to worries about the Fed's asset buying plan, investors have their eyes on the ongoing debate in Washington over the nation's budget. Spending cuts totaling near $85 billion will go into effect on Friday if no new agreement is reached.
According to CNBC, prices could ease further as talks between world powers and Iran get underway this week.
Leaders from the West are willing to reduce the heavy sanctions in exchange for Iran's agreement to curb its nuclear program. If successful, the negotiations could ease prices by alleviating the fear of supply disruptions.
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Wednesday, January 27, 1999 Published at 02:31 GMT
World: Europe
Disagreement over Kosovo autopsies
Dr Ranta is leading a Finnish forensic team
The head of the Finnish forensic team conducting post-mortems on the bodies of 45 ethnic Albanians killed at Racak says the truth about how they died may never be known.
She said she would be taking the matter up with the Yugoslav authorities.
"The problem as we see in this particular case it is very difficult to reconstruct the chain of custody of the bodies from the site to the mosque, from the mosque to the department of forensic medicine," she said.
"So there is a possibility of contamination and, of course, we have to bear in mind there is also a possibility of fabrication of evidence. This will be discussed with Yugoslav authorities."
The head of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has described the killings as a civilian massacre, but the Serbs say those who died were rebels killed in battle.
The Yugoslav health minister, Miodrag Kovac, said the post-mortems carried out so far showed the victims had been shot from a distance.
Autopsies may be reviewed
Ms Ranta's team, working on behalf of the OSCE, is conducting autopsies with local forensic experts and a team from Belarus.
She said that before she joined them, a Yugoslav forensic team had performed autopsies on 16 bodies.
She said her team would review videos of those autopsies, X-ray the bodies and if necessary re-examine them.
Her team had completed autopsies on 15 bodies which had not been dealt with before, she said, adding that nine remained to be examined.
She could not say when the work might end because of the need to translate all the paper work.
"We want to make sure that there is no misunderstanding," she said, adding that she would give her report to the OSCE, the European Union, Pristina hospital and a district court.


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Economics Journal: Blah, Budget, Blah, Spending
By Rupa Subramanya
In Wednesday's Economics Journal, I likened Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to a wily and veteran prize fighter who's stepping into the ring yet one more time. I asked, perhaps rhetorically, whether he'd go for a knock-out punch or would just hang back, mark time and hope to be still standing in the next round.
Verdict: Blah.
Mr. Mukherjee may still be standing but he had his audience, perhaps even some members of parliament judging from the TV coverage, nodding off to sleep. A high voltage performance, this was not.
Well, it's no surprise that he chose to play it safe. There was little danger of arousing the ire or bullying of the government's populist ally, firebrand West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who managed on Wednesday to derail the railway budget proposed by a minister from her own party.
On the big picture, the finance minister is projecting a GDP growth rate of 7.6% in the coming fiscal year and a fiscal deficit of 5.1% in the same period. Last year, he projected a 9.1% growth rate with a fiscal target of 4.6%. The actual growth rate will likely come in below 7% and the government will likely blow its own deficit target by a full percentage point or more. This gives a new meaning to the term creative accounting. So I'd take the finance minister's current projections with a bag of salt.
Where do these numbers actually come from? If you look deep inside the Economic Survey which was tabled yesterday, you'll see the growth projections assume "normal monsoons, reasonably stable international prices, particularly oil prices, and global growth somewhere between where it now stands and 0.5% higher." This sure sounds like a best case rather than a baseline scenario to me. Don't be surprised if these targets are missed yet again.
In a long – and, it must be said, long-winded performance — there was only a passing reference to economic reforms as a way to spur economic growth. In his words, "we have to accelerate the pace of reforms."
That sounds great, but what reforms exactly, Mr. Mukherjee? Details were scant, or rather absent, on exactly what reforms he had in mind and how exactly they'd boost the growth rate.
The closest thing to a reform measure he talked about was the controversial question of opening up multi-brand retail to foreign direct investment, which proved so unpopular with members of the government's own coalition that the plan was quickly withdrawn late last year. Here, the Finance Minister was equivocal. Again, to quote him, this will require a "broad-based consensus on FDI in multi-brand retail." This doesn't exactly sound like a ringing endorsement and is almost certainly code for saying that they'll be no such opening up anytime soon. Again more blah.
By contrast, Mr. Mukherjee was positively effusive (at least, as effusive as the wooden finance minister is capable of being) in singling out the proposed mammoth Food Security Bill – reputedly a pet project, perhaps even a legacy project, for Congress party leader Sonia Gandhi — as one which the government would decisively pursue.
The biggest chunk of the budget speech, which in fact occupied most of the finance minister's speaking time, was laying out a whole litany of new spending programs. As ever, there's a new one named after a member of the Nehru-Gandhi clan, in this case the Rajiv Gandhi Equity Scheme, a sop to small investors in the form of a tax break when they invest through this particular program.
Going into the budget, the big concerns were growth and the government's finances. Today, the biggest question mark hanging over the budget is whether, with all of these big spending programs, especially the Food Security Bill, there's any possible hope of meeting the fiscal target.
The numbers don't add up when you have a food-security program on the horizon which is expected to increase the food subsidy bill by 40% to almost $19 billion. It's hard to reconcile this ballooning expenditure with a claim that the government's fiscal deficit as a share of GDP will stay constant or actually drop.
So in terms of scintillating pearls of wisdom, apart from a passing reference to Shakespeare's "Hamlet," and the Bollywood flop Ra.One, Mr. Mukherjee's budget speech isn't going to win him an Oscar. Nor, more importantly, would he be in line for a Nobel for good economic policy.
In one word: Blah.
Rupa Subramanya writes Economics Journal for India Real Time. You can follow her on Twitter @RupaSubramanya.
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Correction: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee projected a fiscal deficit of 5.1% on the year beginning April 1. An earlier version of this article incorrectly said the figure was 5.9%.


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The Oregon Football Association (OFA) is partnering with MTV's "The Buried Life" to provide a free youth football camp and charity flag football game August 6th at Tigard High School, brought to you by Shady Peeps.
The OFA camp is for 3rd through 6th graders and will happen at 1 pm before the charity football game, which will include Oregon Football alumni and the cast of MTV's "The Buried Life."
University of Oregon football alumni Anthony Trucks, JD Nelson, Walter Thurmond III, TJ Ward, Jordan Kent, Justin Wilcox, Brian Butters, Jeff Maehl, and OFA Founders Dennis Dixon, Ryan DePalo, Brent Haberly, Garren Strong, and Jaison Williams will be coaching during the camp and playing the in the charity football game with members of MTV's "The Buried Life."
The event idea began when OFA dared the cast of MTV's "The Buried Life" to play them in a flag football game last year, and is now a fundraiser for the non-profit company, while also fulfilling one of the bucket list items for the TV show.
OFA is devoted to helping young student athletes understand the importance of hard work, giving back to their communities, and being a part of something bigger than themselves. OFA works with each student athlete to develop personalized Community Service Action Plans that instill an importance in civic responsibility at a young age. Community Service Action Plans are projects that campers come up with to help better their communities, and OFA helps them to achieve these goals.
There is a suggested donation of $10 and a canned food item for the Oregon Food Bank to gain entrance to the charity football game. All the proceeds from the event and donations go directly back to the kids that OFA is trying to help.
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A Flea with Horseshoes and Other Storieswritten by soundfoodaround on 2013-01-18 #news
The world's smallest sculptures are the feat of Russian sculptor Nikolai Aldunin. With the aid of a 28-year-old microscope, Aldunin delicately crafts his world-record masterpieces, inspired by a Russian folk tale. After the jump, peer into Aldunin's magnifying tool and enter another realm entirely!2 Share Tweet


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'Full House' actress Jodie Sweetin sues car accident couunterpart
When she's not hooked on meth or divorcing the father of her daughter Zoie, erstwhile Stephanie Tanner Jodie Sweetin is suing people who cause her to get into car accidents. And here we thought she wasn't doing anything lately.
The Full House star has filed a lawsuit for $25,000 against Clark Taylor Stavros, a man she alleges turned left in front of her in L.A. back in March 2011. She wants compensation for vehicle damage, loss of wages and "earning capacity," plus medical bills, TMZ reports.
Sweetin tweeted about the wreck when it happened, writing, "Had a car accident, I'm Ok. A wrist fracture and neck and body are really sore." Also: boy am I gonna get the guy who did this. How's $25k sound?
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Immortal Technique
Five long years have passed since Immortal Technique, a Harlemite Afro-Peruvian hip-hopper, released an album. His diehard fans have been waiting, and unfortunately, The 3rd World might not live up to the earth-shattering veracity of its predecessor, Revolutionary Vol. 2. But rest assured, Tech's gritty lyrics and in-your-face delivery remain provocative and thought-inducing throughout the album. If anything, his venom this time around is more concisely directed. On the DJ Green Lantern-produced title track, he grabs listeners with the killer bars "I'm from where the gold and diamonds are ripped from the earth/right next to the slave castles where the water is cursed/from where police brutality's not half as nice/and makes the hood in America look like paradise." On "Death March," Tech spits about the mass inflation that drove Latin American immigrants to the United States, and on "Harlem Renaissance," he puts the ongoing Harlem gentrification into broader context. Tech raps en español on "Golpe de Estado (Coup d'Etat)," which stands among the album's best, along with the hidden track "Apocalypse Remix," featuring Akir and Pharaohe Monch. Fewer guest spots would have been nice, although "Crimes of the Heart" featuring the alluring singing of Maya Azucena is worthwhile. Listeners might not always agree with Immortal Technique's message or his leftist politics, but he boldly confronts issues that most artists ignore — post-colonial realities and issues of class and race. What's most impressive is the way his global street wit can often shock you and entice you within the very same stanzas.
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" Address: Choc Bay / Gros Islet / St. Lucia "
We travelled to St. Lucia at Easter this year. As a family with two children aged 11 and 14 at the time we needed to find a hotel that would cater for everyones needs. When I had visited St Lucia 17 years ago I had stayed at Le Sport but to be honest the prices there were out of our league now and I don't think they are particularly family orientated but that may just be my perception from memory. ( Amy Winehouse also stayed there at Easter so I am glad I avoided it!). I was worried about my choice of Almond Morgan Bay because I had enjoyed Le Sport so much I was worried that I would be disappointed.
On my previous visit to St Lucia there had been very few places to eat so I was determined to opt for an all-inclusive package. I knew that this would also help with the budgeting as I find food bills seem to make up a large proportion of our holiday "spends". After reading Trip Advisor etc. for hours I decided to opt for Almond Morgan Bay as most of the reviews were positive. We made our booking through Virgin and then just waited for the months to roll by until we were on our way.
The hotel is situated 25miles from Hewanorra International Airport. The journey from the airport took about an hour and a quarter and provided a scenic introduction to the island. The hotel is only 3 miles from the capital Castries and is on the western side which faces onto the caribbean ocean.
On arrival we were shown into an open spacious reception area and were greeted by the sounds of a caribbean steel band and a glass of Rum Punch before being given our room key. Our bags were taken from us and we were put on a land train to be shown our room. I am probably being a bit of a grump here but after an 8 hour flight and an hour in a minibus I didn't need music or alcohol! I just wanted to get to my room quickly, this duly happened and the guide showed us to our room and explained the features and told us our bags would be about 15 minutes (at about 4.30). He also told us a table had been booked for us at 6 o'clock in one of the restaurants. We then waited for our bags, and waited and waited and waited! I had forgotten that nothing ever happens quickly in the caribbean. I really wanted a shower and to get dressed for dinner. Two of the three bags eventually arrived at 5.45 and after much searching the porter eventually found the third bag. By this time we were all grumpy and I was already regretting my choice of hotel. We had a quick change and went to the restaurant for dinner. We followed our map and easily found where to go and we found ourselves in a lovely open sided restaurant by the beach, by this time it was almost dark and there was a lovely atmosphere. The service was laid back but polite and the food unusual but delicious. By the time we had walked back to our room we were feeling much happier and the hotel was going up in our estimation. By the end of the holiday I had decided that I couldn't have picked a better hotel!
The hotel itself is set between two hillsides and covers about 22 acres. This gives it a very private feel and it has its own secluded cove. All beaches in St Lucia are officially public but not many locals frequent this one, it is really only hotel residents and the occasional hawker. The hotel was refurbished in 2005 and we got talking to a couple who had visited prior to that and they said the pool area had been vastly improved.
The hotel has about 340 rooms, we stayed in the older blocks but there were also some new rooms and suites on the opposite hillside. The older blocks have three floors and no lifts. The blocks are set on a steep slope so people with walking difficulties may find the paths quite hard work.
Our room was a reasonable size and had two double beds but surprisingly when we arrived there was also another single z-bed that had been put in for one of the children. We had expected that the children would have to share (not a popular idea!) but the hotel do this for families which was so helpful. The room had the worlds smallest safe--- we could fit in our passports, ipods etc but is was very dark in that corner and we always struggled to find things in it. There was a small wardrobe and a few drawers. They would have been adequate for a couple but we had trouble storing the clothes for the four of us. The decor was quite plain with white painted wicker furniture. Luckily there was airconditioning which really is a must in the tropical climate. Each room has a balcony or terrace but these are very small and can just fit a table and two chairs, however it was a pleasant place to sit and watch the world go by. The bathroom was large and light with a shower over the bath, there was always plenty of hot water and the towels were changed daily if you left them in the bath. There were also blue beach towels in the room. All the usual things like a TV and a hairdryer and coffee making facilities were included as was a lovely platter of fresh fruit and a half bottle of Rum!
The hotel has four restaurants but you do need to make reservations for your evening meals. This is done in reception and we simply booked several nights in one go and never had trouble getting the times we wanted. Dress code in the day was anything except male bare chests and swimwear, most people just used a beach cover-up or shorts and t-shirt.
Breakfast is served at two of the restaurants, this is a self-service buffet with a huge selection of food. There was always lots of variety. There was a good continental selection, various cooked choices including omelettes made to order and lots of cakes and breads and a machine to prepare your toast--a highlight for the children!
Lunch was either a buffet on the beach-you could take it back to your sunlounger or eat at the restaurant tables. Or a full-service meal at The Palms restaurant.
In the evening the four restaurants were open and served different style food. Dress code in the evening is more smart casual and I did see people asked to change when they were dressed inappropriately. This lent a nice atmosphere in the evenings and made the meals seem more special. All evening meals were waitress service:
The Palms--a continental style menu
Bambou---unusual caribbean/asian fusion menu
Morgans Pier--- the very popular fish restaurant which is situated out over the sea.
There was also a French Restaurant but that was adults only so I never ventured in there although I always though it looked a bit dark!
The food and service was always very good and we had no complaints at all. Some of the flavours were quite exotic but all the restaurants in the evening also had a childrens buffet of chips and hot-dogs etc when my son wouldn't try something new!
If you were hungry inbetween times there was a snack bar open which supplied chips, pizza, biscuits and ice-cream all day!
The hotel has lots of sunbeds but like most places you had to be up early to get the best positions as they did get taken. However during our second week the hotel emptied a lot and there were plenty of sunbeds then! There is only so long I can spend sitting on a beach, once I have read for several hours I get a bit bored so we had opted for a hotel with some available activities. We were very impressed with what we found.
On the beach there is a watersports hut, here you had to sign waiver forms for your chosen activity and also book the time slots for anything you wanted to do. You could only book for that day which was great as it meant you knew you would be able to do your activity if you got to the hut in the morning. There was also free tuition available. We had tuition for sailing and found the guy was great and didn't make us feel foolish and we really enjoyed ourselves. There were plenty of lifejackets in various sizes and we never had any trouble getting ones to fit when we were doing an activity. The activities available were:
Kayaks--either single or doubles
Catamaran (hobbycat) sail boats
Waterskiing--split into beginners and advanced (for children over 8 and adults)
Banana Boat rides
The staff seemed to be very laid back but we did notice that they did seem very safety conscious and were aware of all the activities going on in the bay.
There were four pools around the site with two being adults only. They were never particularly busy but you could always find spare chairs around them. they were all a nice size and they were very clean. The bars are around the pool area and one of the adult pools has a swim up bar.
If watersports aren't your thing there are four tennis courts with equipment avilable and I believe there is golf available locally as well.
There was a childrens club which seemed to organise various activities but I do not have any experience of how that was run.
In the evenings there was some entertainment laid on in the bar area. We never went to this although we could hear it from our room. It did tend to sound like Bob Marley impersonators every night! We tended to find that since it went dark to early that we were ready for bed early and got up early too! I think this was what most people did as breakfast was very busy by 7.30.
There is also a spa which offered a selection of treatment but they seemed a bit expensive so I didn't try them.
This hotel offered everything we wanted. It was TOTALLY all-inclusive. We did not have to put our hands in our pockets at all whilst on site. All activities, equipment hire, tuition (except tennis), food, snacks and all drinks were included. The hotel is set in the most beautiful tropical gardens which are a delight to walk around. Our room and all communal areas were kept very clean. The staff were always pleasant and helpful and happy to chat, especially the gardeners who will tell you all about the species they grow.
After a worrying start this turned out to be our caribbean ideal and we would certainly return here again (hopefully soon!).
4 star beach resort.


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"If you ask me what is the biggest obstacle (to creating such a regime), it would be the walls surrounding each ministry," Koike said in a recent interview with The Japan Times.
Creating a possible U.S.-style national security council is a key component of Abe's drive to centralize policymaking at the prime minister's office.
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Experts warn that the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Agency will resist Koike's efforts to transfer some of their policymaking powers to the envisioned new security body.
"If the new national security body makes the policies, it will create friction with the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Agency," said Yuichiro Hitoshi, chief of foreign affairs and national defense at the National Diet Library's research and legislative reference bureau.
The envisaged national security council would act as a central information-gathering body that would also form long-term security strategies.
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For Koike, a TV anchor-turned-politician, this is not her first tough task.
In the Sept. 11, 2005, general election, she was fielded by the Liberal Democratic Party as one of Koizumi's "assassin candidates," competing against Koki Kobayashi, who was ousted from the party for opposing Koizumi's postal system privatization plan. Koike won the Tokyo No. 10 district.
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These parties do not share their intelligence in part because of sectionalism but also out of fear that important security intelligence could be leaked by politicians because there is no law against this.
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What is the average length of the warranty for work done in a bathroorm renovation i.e. new shower?
A reputable construction company should have a 2 year warranty on workmanship/labour and the manufacturer's warranty on the fixtures (ie. Moen, American Standard, etc.).
I hope this helps.
Hi Nadia,
There is no "average" length of warranty for any work, except for what is mandated for new homes, and what is offered in the contract and scope of work for any other project. Most contractors will have a standard warranty period that they offer but it is dependent on the contractor, not on anything else. Material manufacturers also offer up to "lifetime" contracts as long as the products are installed to their specs by a licensed trades person - but every one is different.
If you are in the process of writing or reviewing a contract, you can make it negotiable and put in what you want. If you have a contract, it should be stated. If you don't have a contract and are having problems, you have to rely on the professionalism and honesty of the contractor to "make good" his work.
I don't know why you are asking the question, and hope it is not because of a problem.
These are just my opinions FWIW.
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It really depends on the contractor. If the contractor have enough confidence in his job, he should offer at least a one-year workmanship warranty.
I personnally offer a life time workmanship guarentee. Everything else depends on materials used such as shower valve kit, tile quality, etc.
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If it's a shower using the Schluter system I would warrant it for five years. If it's a shower with a rubber liner that you purchase from Rona,Home Depot or Lowe's I wouldn't warrant it at all That method usually leaks in six months.
I would think that if anything was going to go wrong, it would be within the first 90 days!
Hi there,
We as a rule put a minimum of a one year warranty on all material and workmanship, this warranty is limited to the failure of the workmanship or material during normal use.
I hope this helps.
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Cousins Renovations Inc.
Hi Nadia
If you have chosen a Contractor that is a member of the Better Business and is a paid up accredited member and as such is mandated to honour a minimum one year warranty on all workmanship. If you did not chose a BBB member it depends on all the above comments...caveat emptor.
Always chose a BBB Accredited Member because they must agree to conduct their business and live by the Bureau's published rules and values. If not, they're membership is cancelled. This why Contractors make excuses why they aren't members. They don't follow basic BBB practices so they are a risk to do business with.
Good Luck
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