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Natural Resources, Volatility, and Inclusive Growth: Perspectives from the Middle East and North Africa
This paper takes stock of the economic performance of resource rich countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) over the past forty years. While those countries have maintained high levels of income per capita, they have performed poorly when going beyond the assessment based on standard income level measures. Resource rich countries in MENA have experienced relatively low and non inclusive economic growth as well as high levels of macroeconomic volatility. Important improvements in health and education have taken place but the quality of the provision of public goods and services remains an important source of concerns. Looking forward we argue that the success of economic reforms in MENA rests on the ability of those countries to invest boldly in building inclusive institutions as well as high levels of human capacity in public administrations.Download Info
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- Rabah Arezki & Mustapha K. Nabli, 2012. "Natural Resources, Volatility, and Inclusive Growth: Perspectives from the Middle East and North Africa," OxCarre Working Papers 086, Oxford Centre for the Analysis of Resource Rich Economies, University of Oxford.
- Mustapha K. Nabli & Rabah Arezki, 2012. "Natural Resources, Volatility, and Inclusive Growth: Perspectives from the Middle East and North Africa," IMF Working Papers 12/111, International Monetary Fund.
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"Investing in public investment: an index of public investment efficiency,"
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"Natural Resource Booms and Inequality: Theory and Evidence,"
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008, Oxford Centre for the Analysis of Resource Rich Economies, University of Oxford.
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Do Immigrants Rob Jobs? A Case Study Of Australia
This paper constructs a dynamic theoretical model and calibrates the model with the Australian data. The simulations provide new findings which demonstrate that skilled immigrants are not 'job robbers' but unskilled immigrants have the potential to become such. The result that immigrants are not job robbers is due to there having been a much larger number of skilled immigrants than the unskilled immigrants in Australia during the past twelve years, 1990-2002. The immigration policy adopted by the Australian government, which targets skilled immigrants, leads the economy to the direction of growth.Download Info
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- Jordan Shan, 1999. "Immigration and Unemployment: New evidence from Australia and New Zealand," International Review of Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 13(2), pages 253-260.
- Lee, Hahn Shik, 1992. "Maximum likelihood inference on cointegration and seasonal cointegration," Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier, vol. 54(1-3), pages 1-47.
- Joshua D. Angrist & Adriana D. Kugler, 2003.
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- Joshua D. Angrist & Adriana D. Kugler, 2001. "Protective or counter-productive? Labor market institutions and the effect of immigration on EU natives," Economics Working Papers 587, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
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"The Impact of Immigrants on Host Country Wages, Employment and Growth,"
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CainIV - 10:51 pm on Oct 1, 2008 (gmt 0)
Excellent question. I was positing that those pages were what Google deems the most powerful inner pages of the website. I will also experiment with other sets as well once I can put some kind of certainty to the results I have seen already. Hi Robert. Specific changes I made which tipped the scales, and then were reversed, brought the website back to where it was. This brings us into the realm of ideas of a decaying trust value for changes. If a trusted website makes sudden changes and drops, and those changes are immediately reversed, does the website always bounce right back? In my set of research, the answer so far is yes. I have yet to confirm it, but one of my tests will be around leaving overopt changes for a longer period of time and then seeing how close to the original changes the site gets to. In fact, the phenomenon I discussed was precisely about getting to such as fine threshold point where Google wanted to keep both in and out of the 'filter' dataset, which is why I believe I bounced back and forth from 60 to 5 until the original site without keywords was reinstated, whereupon the rankings went back to 5 and stopped fluxing (out to 60) I was thinking along those same lines - is it that ANY over optimization is simply enough to push a site out, or is it in fact specific changes that do more damage quicker than others. I have tbe benefit of being able to perform on testing these two websites, so the next round of testing will be: 1. In-content primary keyword linking from top 10 pages to home VS the effects of in-nav linking using primary keyword home. 2. Thoroughly (ridicuously) overlinking internal pages to each other only while not linking to the root domain with any other term than home 3. Non related, but am going to change the domain name and put in a friend's name, which is an entirely different town, and see what changes occur. Essentially, I am trying to define the current rough rule set (although it fluxes daily) to be a better sense of what is truly current on a day to day basis.
I was wondering about this statement. Would this only be useful on the first 10 results in this query? Are the first 10 pages shown in the results more important than 11-20 etc.? Are those top 10 pages regarded as more trustworthy or important by Google?


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Our third and final away game in January takes us to Humberside for the first time in four years. Club historian Rick Glanvill and club statistician Paul Dutton set out on the highway to Hull…
A win in this early kick-off would place the Blues top of the table, if only for a few hours. As good as the festive season was for Chelsea, it is an indication of how tight this Barclays Premier League campaign could be that the Blues' return of three victories and a draw, with a goal difference of plus four, was the fourth best over that period.
Manchester City, Arsenal and Tottenham all performed marginally better, while even 'crisis club' Manchester United managed three wins and a net addition of three to their goal difference (one a very narrow win at Hull on Boxing Day). There can be no resting on any laurels this weekend, which sees the opening day fixtures reversed. Chelsea's next two league games are at home: to Man United and West Ham.
There's something about fours at the moment. At Derby in the FA Cup last weekend John Mikel Obi celebrated becoming only the fourth overseas player to make his 300th appearance at Chelsea by scoring his fourth goal for the club.
All his strikes have come during Jose Mourinho's two spells at Stamford Bridge. If the Special One can turn Mikel into a prolific goalscorer it could only be a matter of time before he resolves America's polar vortex crisis, if required.
Chelsea's Nigeria midfielder accidentally became skipper when Michael Essien left the action at the iPro Stadium - Mourinho confessed the vacant armband was supposed to go to seven-time FA Cup winner Ashley Cole.
Mikel was runner-up to CAF African Footballer of the Year 2013 Yaya Toure on Thursday. It is a title his teammate Samuel Eto'o has won a record four times, most recently 2010; Didier Drogba won it in 2006 and 2009.
The same day Europa League victors Chelsea were announced as the world's third best team of 2013 by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS). Top rated according to their data were Champions League winners Bayern Munich, followed by Real Madrid, the club Mourinho left in June 2013 to rejoin the Blues. After Chelsea the IFFHS's top five was completed by Spanish duo Atletico Madrid and Barcelona.
Talented midfielder Lewis Baker was handed a seven-minute debut in that FA Cup win. He is a player Jose has watched many times and likes the look of. The breakthrough is great for Chelsea's Academy and is another indication of the value of the under-fire competition.
Also last Sunday Mark Schwarzer achieved his fourth clean sheet in five appearances, producing a highly impressive 80 per cent rate. He has now recorded more shutouts than the likes of Steve Sherwood (three in 17 appearances), Mark Bosnich (two in seven), Bob Iles (one in 14), Tommy Hughes (one in 11), Ross Turnbull (one in 16), Perry Digweed (one in three) and David Webb (one in one) - the only Chelsea goalie with a 100 per cent blank record.
More importantly the 2-0 win was Chelsea's fourth clean sheet in the five games since the Capital One Cup defeat at Sunderland which prompted much debate and reappraisal.
Saturday lunchtime will be another test of the renewed resilience: Hull only lost to Man United by a James Chester own goal and surprisingly whacked six past our west London neighbours Fulham two days later on 28 December. The half-dozen goals came in the second half, a rare feat that Chelsea managed against Wigan when sealing the league title on 9 May 2010 (with two goals in the first half we won 8-0).
The Humberside club currently boast the sixth best home record in the league this season and no side has conceded fewer than their six goals. However the only serious scalp they have claimed there is that of Liverpool (pictured below); Man City, Arsenal, Everton and Tottenham visit the KC Stadium over the second half of the season. Their away record is the second worst in the top flight.
The transfer window opened last week but is only slightly ajar for Chelsea, as the manager has said. Hull City have denied rekindling their flirtation with Shane Long, the player they attempted to lure from West Brom in the summer.
Our host conurbation this weekend was named UK City of Culture for 2017 a few weeks ago. No doubt many southern-based readers will already be familiar with Kingston-upon-Hull's existing attractions, such as the river horse-wash at Victoria Pier, the world's smallest window at the George Hotel, and replicas (designed from photographs) of Tutankhamun's tomb goods that outraged Howard Carter.
Furthermore, The Land Of Green Ginger is not a barrel-scraping Tin Tin adventure, as the uninitiated might assume, but one of Hull's more exotically named streets.
So is that, like the old Housemartins album title, 'London 0 Hull 4'? Hardly - though the Ferens Art Gallery does have a few David Hockneys and Helen Chadwicks on its walls, and the Maritime and Wilberforce museums are excellent.
Barclays Premier League fixtures
Hull v Chelsea 12.45pm - BT Sport
Cardiff v West Ham 3pm
Everton v Norwich 3pm
Fulham v Sunderland 3pm
Southampton v West Brom 3pm
Tottenham v Crystal Palace 3pm
Manchester United v Swansea 5.30pm - Sky Sports
Newcastle v Manchester City 2.05pm - Sky Sports
Stoke v Liverpool 4.10pm - Sky Sports
Aston Villa v Arsenal 8pm - Sky Sports
Barclays Premier League top 10 | ||||
Top | Pld | Gd | Pts | |
1 | Arsenal | 20 | +21 | 45 |
2 | Man City | 20 | +34 | 44 |
3 | Chelsea | 20 | +19 | 43 |
4 | Liverpool | 20 | +23 | 39 |
5 | Everton | 20 | +13 | 38 |
6 | Tottenham | 20 | -1 | 37 |
7 | Man United | 20 | +9 | 34 |
8 | Newcastle | 20 | +4 | 33 |
9 | Southampton | 20 | +3 | 27 |
10 | Hull | 20 | -3 | 23 |
Chelsea have gained 14 points from losing positions this season, the best record in the Barclays Premier League.
We have the second tightest defence (with Everton) with 19 goals conceded in 20 games. Only Arsenal with 18 have let in fewer.
Chelsea have kept four clean sheets and conceded just one goal in our last five league and cup matches.
The Blues are three points up compared to the corresponding 20 fixtures last season.
We have won 15 points from a possible 30 away from Stamford Bridge this term.
Chelsea have lost just three in the last 76 games against newly-promoted teams in over 12 years. We have won 60 of those matches.
Last six results | ||
Dec 17 | Sunderland (Capital One Cup a) | L 1-2 aet |
Dec 23 | Arsenal (a) | D 0-0 |
Dec 26 | Swansea (h) | W 1-0 |
Dec 29 | Liverpool (h) | W 2-1 |
Jan 1 | Southampton (a) | W 3-0 |
Jan 5 | Derby (FA Cup a) | W 2-0 |
Premier League scorers (38)
Hazard 8 (1 pen), Oscar 6, Lampard 4 (1 pen), Eto'o 3, Schurrle 3, Torres 3, Terry 2, Willian 2, own goals 2, Ba 1, Cahill 1, Ivanovic 1, Mikel 1, Ramires 1.
League games since
An away win: 0
An away draw: 1
An away defeat: 2
Chelsea's next three games | ||
Sun 19 Jan | Manchester United home | 4.00pm |
Sun 26 Jan | Stoke (FA Cup) home | 3.30pm |
Wed 29 Jan | West Ham home | 7.45pm |
After equalling Peter Bonetti's 208 clean sheets at Southampton on New Year's Day, Petr Cech now requires one clean sheet for the all-time club record.
If selected, Gary Cahill will make his 50th Premier League appearance for the club.
Formed 1904
Major trophies
Hull were formed in 1904 and never played in the top flight until 2008.
Last season they were runners-up in the Championship behind champions Cardiff City.
The Tigers have won 18 points from a possible 30 at the KC Stadium this term. They have five wins against Norwich, West Ham, Sunderland, Liverpool and Fulham, three draws with Cardiff, Aston Villa and Stoke and two defeats to Crystal Palace and Man Utd
Although Hull have conceded 25 Premier League goals this season, only six have come at home, three of which were from Man Utd in their last home game. No top-flight team has conceded fewer at home.
Hull have won two and lost five of their last 10 Premier League games.
The Tigers have failed to score in eight of their 20 league games this term.
They have lost eight of the nine matches their opponents opened the scoring.
Manager Steve Bruce
Days in charge: 564
Played 75
Won 34
Drawn 15
Lost 26
Hull's last 10 year league history | ||||
Pts | Pos | Division | Level | |
2003/04 | 88 | 2nd | Division Three | 4 |
2004/05 | 86 | 2nd | League One | 3 |
2005/06 | 52 | 18th | Championship | 2 |
2006/07 | 49 | 21st | Championship | 2 |
2007/08 | 75 | 3rd | Championship | 2 |
2008/09 | 35 | 17th | Premier League | 1 |
2009/10 | 30 | 19th | Premier League | 1 |
2010/11 | 65 | 11th | Championship | 2 |
2011/12 | 68 | 8th | Championship | 2 |
2012/13 | 79 | 2nd | Championship | 2 |
On Friday 9 October 1998 Hull lost 2-1 at home to Cardiff and remained bottom of the fourth tier and 92nd in the Football League with seven points from 12 games.
Last six results | ||
Dec 14 | Stoke (h) | D 0-0 |
Dec 21 | West Brom (a) | D 1-1 |
Dec 26 | Manchester United (h) | L 2-3 |
Dec 28 | Fulham (h) | W 6-0 |
Jan 1 | Liverpool (a) | L 0-2 |
Jan 4 | Middlesbrough (FA Cup a) | W 2-0 |
Premier League scorers (22)
Brady 3 (2 pens), Elmohamady 2, Koren 2, Livermore 2, Meyler 2, Sagbo 2, own goals 2, Aluko 1, Boyd 1, Chester 1, Davies 1, Fryatt 1, Graham 1, Huddlestone 1.
League games since
A home win: 0
A home draw: 2
A home defeat: 1
Completed January transfers
Ins Bertrand Traore (Bobo-Dioulasso)
Outs Bertrand Traore (Vitesse Arnhem, loan), Patrick Bamford (Derby, loan), Kenneth Omeruo (Middlesbrough, loan)
Ins None
Outs Tom Cairney (Blackburn, undisclosed), Conor Townsend (Carlisle, loan), Cameron Stewart (Leeds, loan)
Mark Clattenburg is refereeing his second Chelsea match in a month. He was the official for our 2-1 home win against Crystal Palace on 14 December.
There are no suspensions.
Visit again tomorrow for Part Two of the Briefing.
- Join Jason Cundy, Tommy Langley and Graham Stuart for on Chelsea TV for exclusive build-up and live commentary of the game.


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Mono- and Trivalent Ions around DNA: A Small-Angle Scattering Study of Competition and Interactions Biophysical Journal, Volume 95, Issue 1, 1 July 2008, Pages 287-295 Kurt Andresen, Xiangyun Qiu, Suzette A. Pabit, Jessica S. Lamb, Hye Yoon Park, Lisa W. Kwok and Lois Pollack Abstract The presence of small numbers of multivalent ions in DNA-containing solutions results in strong attractive forces between DNA strands. Despite the biological importance of this interaction, e.g., DNA condensation, its physical origin remains elusive. We carried out a series of experiments to probe interactions between short DNA strands as small numbers of trivalent ions are included in a solution containing DNA and monovalent ions. Using resonant (anomalous) and nonresonant small angle x-ray scattering, we coordinated measurements of the number and distribution of each ion species around the DNA with the onset of attractive forces between DNA strands. DNA-DNA interactions occur as the number of trivalent ions increases. Surprisingly good agreement is found between data and size-corrected numerical Poisson-Boltzmann predictions of ion competition for non- and weakly interacting DNAs. We also obtained an estimate for the minimum number of trivalent ions needed to initiate DNA-DNA attraction. Abstract | Full Text | PDF (444 kb) |
The Iso-Competition Point for Counterion Competition Binding to DNA: Calculated Multivalent Versus Monovalent Cation Binding Equivalence Biophysical Journal, Volume 77, Issue 1, 1 July 1999, Pages 114-122 Anzhi Z. Li and Kenneth A. Marx Abstract In this paper we introduce an important parameter called the iso-competition point (ICP), to characterize the competition binding to DNA in a two-cation-species system. By imposing the condition of charge neutralization fraction equivalence θ1=ZθZ upon the two simultaneous equations in Manning's counterion condensation theory, the ICPs can be calculated. Each ICP, which refers to a particular multivalent concentration where the charge fraction on DNA neutralized from monovalent cations equals that from the multivalent cations, corresponds to a specific ionic strength condition. At fixed ionic strength, the total DNA charge neutralization fractions θICP are equal, no matter whether the higher valence cation is divalent, trivalent, or tetravalent. The ionic strength effect on ICP can be expressed by a semiquantitative equation as ICPZa/ICPZb=(Ia/Ib)Z, where Ia, Ib refers to the instance of ionic strengths and Z indicates the valence. The ICP can be used to interpret and characterize the ionic strength, valence, and DNA length effects on the counterion competition binding in a two-species system. Data from our previous investigations involving binding of Mg2+, Ca2+, and Co(NH3)63+ to λ-DNA-HindIII fragments ranging from 2.0 to 23.1 kbp was used to investigate the applicability of ICP to describe counterion binding. It will be shown that the ICP parameter presents a prospective picture of the counterion competition binding to polyelectrolyte DNA under a specific ion environment condition. Abstract | Full Text | PDF (299 kb) |
A Gel Electrophoresis Study of the Competitive Effects of Monovalent Counterion on the Extent of Divalent Counterions Binding to DNA Biophysical Journal, Volume 74, Issue 2, 1 February 1998, Pages 964-973 Anzhi Z. Li, Haiyan Huang, Xiaodan Re, Lai J. Qi and Kenneth A. Marx Abstract The behavior of alkaline earth metal cations (Mg2+ and Ca2+) and transition metal cations (Zn2+ and Cu2+) interacting with λ-DNA-HindIII fragments ranging from 2,027 to 23,130 bp in Tris-borate-EDTA buffer solutions was investigated. The divalent counterions competed with Tris+ and Na+ for binding to polyion DNA, and the competition binding situations were investigated by measuring the reduction of the DNA mobility, by pulsed- or constant-field gel electrophoresis. The interaction of Mg2+ with DNA was intensively studied over a wide range of Mg2+ concentrations. In addition, we examined the competition binding as a function of ionic strength and DNA size. To compare valence effects, we studied Co(NH3)63+ interaction with DNA fragments under conditions similar to that of Mg2+. At relatively low Mg2+ concentration, the normalized titration curves of DNA mobility were well fit by Manning's two-variable counterion condensation (CC) theory. The agreement between the predicted value (total charge neutralization fraction θ) from Manning's CC theory and the data based on our measured DNA electrophoretic mobility reduction was consistent under our experimental conditions. In contrast to alkaline earth metal cations (Mg2+ and Ca2+), different binding behaviors were observed for the transition metal cations (Zn2+ and Cu2+). These differences highlight the usefulness of our reduced DNA electrophoretic mobility measurement approach to describing cation interactions with polyelectrolyte DNA. Abstract | Full Text | PDF (231 kb) |
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Biophysical Journal, Volume 57, Issue 2, 335-349, 1 February 1990
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M. Langner, D. Cafiso, S. Marcelja and S. McLaughlin
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, State University of New York, Stony Brook 11794.
We made fluorescence, electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), electrophoretic mobility, and ionizing electrode measurements to study the effect of the monovalent lipid phosphatidylinositol (PI) and the trivalent lipid phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) on the electrostatic potential adjacent to bilayer membranes. When the membranes were formed from mixtures of PI and the zwitterionic lipid phosphatidylcholine (PC), the Gouy-Chapman-Stern (GCS) theory described adequately the dependence of potential on distance (0, 1, 2 nm) from the membrane, mole % negative lipid, and [KCI]. Furthermore, all EPR and fluorescence probes reported identical surface potentials with a PC/PI membrane. With PC/PIP2 membranes, however, the anionic (coion) probes reported less negative potentials than the cationic (counterion) probes; the deviations from the GCS theory were greater for the coions than the counterions. Discreteness-of-charge theories based on the Poisson-Boltzmann equation incorrectly predict that deviations from the GCS theory should be greater for counterions than for coions. We discuss a consistent statistical mechanical theory that takes into account three effects ignored in the GCS theory: the finite size of the ions in the double layer, the electrical interaction between pairs of ions (correlation effects), and the mobile discrete nature of the surface charges. This theory correctly predicts that deviations from GCS theory should be negligible for monovalent lipids, significant for trivalent lipids, and greater for coions than for counterions.


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Fearful Flight
Both doors into the house locked, a suitcase hastily thrown onto the couch, I raced down the hall to gather clothes while I struggled to gather my thoughts. My heart pounded. If I was caught, the scene would get ugly in a hurry.
What lay before us, I had no clue. All I knew was that we had to get somewhere safe.
My children were with my mom, who waited for my call. She originally said that she wanted no part of this operation. "He will hurt us, Tami," she'd stated, eyes wide with fear.
"Fine. Then you need to know that this morning your grandchildren and I will be on the highway. We will hitchhike if we have to. Mom, we have to get out of here! They are expecting us at the Women's Refuge at 10 a.m."
The guilt did the trick, and she relented.
Fighting back tears, nearly overwhelmed, I ran to the boys' room, yanked open the dresser, and began grabbing clothes. I took the armload and hurried to the living room and dumped them into the awaiting luggage.
Next was the girls' room. I searched for a stuffed toy for each of them as well. They would need all the comfort they could get.
Back in the living room, I turned, ready to get some things for myself when
- for the first time in my life
- I heard the Lord speak.
"Go get your Bible; the one your mother bought you for Christmas."
You've got to be kidding. I've got to get out of here!
I started down the hall when, in my mind, heard the voice again, "Go get your Bible – your One Year Bible."
I don't have time for this. Besides, I don't even know where it is.
"It's in the girls' closet, up on the shelf, in the bottom box. Go get it!!"
His voice was insistent – not the, "Hey, this might be a good idea," sort, but rather the "NOW!" tone a parent uses with a child who's had it.
I charged back to the girls' room, opened the closet and took down the boxes. I opened the bottom one as I had been told. There, right on top, was the Bible I was supposed to bring with us.
Wow! This is weird.
On my way down the hall, I heard, "Open it. Read it."
I stopped, and opened the book up to that date's reading. Here is what I read:
"The Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says, 'I am the Lord your God, who punishes you for your own good and leads you along the paths that you should follow.
Oh, that you had listened to My laws! Then you would have had peace flowing like a gentle river, and great waves of righteousness…there would have been no need for your destruction.
Yet even now, be free from your captivity! Leave Babylon, singing as you go; shout to the ends of the earth that the Lord has redeemed his servants.' "
I crumpled to a heap and sobbed. After a few minutes, I calmly got up, finished packing, and called for my mom to pick me up.
[The above passage is from Isaiah 48 (supposedly "useless" because it is written to the Jews - and in the Old Testament, according to my childhood pastors), and from The Living Bible - a "heretic's" version. The Lord didn't seem to care about either of these issues! In later years, this recollection put to rest the "Battle of the Versions" for me. If God is okay with the Living Bible, who am I to question Him?]
For the next several months, that little Bible became like my diary, only written in advance. Each morning, what I read gave me a heads-up for the day. I was amazed at how specific and relevant the Scriptures were. After all, the scenery may have changed, but God does not. His ways are consistent throughout all the ages.
That was the beginning of "hearing" God, both through my thoughts and through His Word. These are His two favorite ways of communicating with me.
How does He speak to you? I'd love to hear your stories!
Our God is an awesome God. To Him be all glory, honor, and praise.
{Note: if you are in an abusive relationship, you need to know that this is not God's will for your life. In fact, the "law of the land" states that abuse is illegal. By staying, you are in violation of the law – as much as the abuser, for you aid and abet their lawless deeds. Seek the Lord's guidance. He will deliver you!
And, if you know someone who's in an abusive relationship, please don't ridicule them or treat them with disdain. Without being in a situation like this, there is no way to describe the fear and worthlessness that person feels. Putting them down won't help. On average it takes seven times before a woman leaves and stays gone. We were no exception, and were reunited within a few months. Thankfully, the Lord completely and gloriously delivered us from this nightmare a little over a year later.}
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Do You Want This?
Jesus asked the strangest question to the man who'd had an infirmity for 38 years. The answer seemed like a no-brainer, yet Jesus asked anyway. It was this:
"Do you want to be made well?"
Seriously, Jesus? The guy's been coming to this "clinic" every day, hoping that today will be different; that the odds will be in his favor and he will be healed. Why on earth wouldn't he want to be made well?
After I thought about the question for a while, and wondered why Jesus would ask the man to state the obvious, it suddenly became clear that the answer is not as straightforward as one might suppose.
Consider this: for 38 years, this man was released from responsibility. He was unable to carry on a normal life, and had a good reason why. After all, he was infirm. Others had to financially support him. He got attention and pity from those around him.
We are not told the exact nature of his illness, which is good. If we knew what ailed him, we might assume that this is true only for people with his particular problem. Instead it's left open-ended, giving it greater application. (God is so smart – I am continually amazed!)
This is not as foolish a question as we might think, though. Here are some examples:
Physical Healing:
One day we had a gathering of people at our home. During the course of the day, one of the people in attendance dislocated his hip. He was in excruciating pain. It was not a new injury, but rather something that happened as a result of an ongoing problem.
Also in attendance were two well-meaning students of the "all power has been given to us" persuasion. You could sense them telegraphing to one another, Here's our chance! I shuddered at what was coming next.
They did not ask the question Jesus asked.
I knew this particular person, and knew that while he lived in continual pain and would like to be rid of it, he also liked his current lifestyle – no job, no responsibilities, lots of drugs to make him feel better – and an excuse to abuse alcohol to help him "cope." His honest answer to the question would have been, "No."
Armed with the authority of Jesus, the two went to this fellow, asked if they could pray for him, then took him by his arms and yanked him to his feet – commanding him to stand "in Jesus' name." (I've been healed several times from various injuries and illness, by the way. I believe – and have experienced – physical healing. That is not my point!)
He cried out in pain and wilted back to the floor. The two would-be "healers" retired to another room, trying to figure out what had gone wrong.
You didn't ask the question.
It's important to know the answer.
Mental Freedom:
This was a very good lesson to me. At the time I was asking Jesus for inner healing.
I began to question the Lord as to why He had refused to act on my request. His response was very candid, "You don't really want Me to heal this for you."
"Are you kidding, Lord? Of course I want to be made well."
He began to show me the things that would be affected if I allowed Him to heal me:
The migraines I suffered from would disappear (That would be good!) - along with the "right" to shut myself away from everyone while I recovered. Oh! Hmm.
I would no longer have an excuse for my bad behavior.
I would have to take responsibility for my actions.
I would not have others' tender care, attention, and pity for my sorry state.
Relief from Tormentors:
He went on to show me why he hadn't answered my request to "straighten out" certain of my family members either, and showed me that I secretly enjoyed the "perks" of their bad behavior:
I had a good excuse for my depression and rage. Look what they are doing to me!
I had a "right" – no the responsibility - to expose their bad behavior to others - Please pray for so-and-so. This is what they are doing (lots of unnecessary details given). I was horrified when I discovered that God calls this "gossip"…and hates it. (While I know there is nothing wrong with a prayer partner – the whole world is not my prayer partner!)
I got pity and compassion from others – a lot of attention. Oh, you poor thing. I don't know how you are able to stand all you go through. You're such a godly woman. God must keep you so close to His heart for you to be able to bear up under this their ill treatment of you. You're amazing.
By comparison, they made me look good!
It wasn't difficult for people to see me as the saint! The other person's sin was hanging out there where everyone could see it. Mine was not so obvious. I could control my tongue in public. No one was privy to the criticism, judgment, and condemnation I heaped on my "tormentors." My manipulative skills were so finely honed that few were aware they were being coerced into doing what I wanted. My requests for "prayer" seemed so sincere.
The Lord said, "If I 'fixed' them, your own bad behavior would stick out like a sore thumb. Others would see that your family members are only a tiny bit of the problem. The greater issue is your own sinfulness. You have a divided heart. Part of you wants to be released from what hurts, the other part likes having the 'right' to sin."
Well! That was certainly more information than I'd bargained for!
But He was right.
At that point, I had to ask myself some questions. Did I really want healing for myself and for my family? Was I willing to change – to take responsibility for my own life? To become a victor instead of a victim?
Things got bad enough, and my coping mechanisms ceased to be effective. The choice was simple: change or die.
But…God made it clear that to take my own life was not an option. "There is a time appointed for you to come home. I will bring you when that day arrives; you will not get here a moment before. Now, what kind of shape you'll be in until then…well, I'll leave that up to you." (Visions of sitting in a wheelchair with spittle running down my chin came to mind. Oh! I'd never considered that a suicide attempt might fail.) That door closed permanently, never to become an option again!
I counted the cost involved. I would have to give up the "perks." Could I do this? I realized that no matter what, I had to change. I knew that the Lord had a great deal of work to do in me; and I surrendered my heart to Him.
I'm so glad I did, for that day I became His workmanship. The Greek word is "poema." Since most of us are word crafters, we can appreciate what that means…every word carefully selected to express what He wants to say to others through our lives. Mmm. Beautiful!
It was a process, and not without accompanying agony, I won't lie.
But the healing Jesus continues to bring, although painful for the moment, is being completed. He cut me to the quick in some areas – but it's also the last time I felt misery in the broken places. Some horrible memories were revisited, the anguish intense – and then extinguished forever.
Jesus began to transform me…long before He began work on my "problem" people.
It turns out that they were not the problem. I was.
What about you? Do you really want to be made well? For some it is instantaneous; for others (like me) it is a process that takes time. Few of us arrived at the state we're currently in overnight. Thought patterns will have to change, relationships will change. Life will never be the same. Peace, love, joy, these can be yours to enjoy…the real deal, nothing out of a bottle of any kind!
With all your heart do you want to be made well?
Visit my blog: Lessons by Heart
A Letter from Annie Nowlin
For those of you who don't know Annie, she is a great friend who also has a blog called Lupus Chronicles and has Lupus herself. She is a former RN who had to leave the job she loved because of the disabling condition of the disease. She is also someone who I was fortunate enough to have as a contributor to this blog. There was quite a while that she was unable to do very much blogging at all but as you can read from her letter below, she is finding that God has a plan for her and her husband and is leading her to a place where she can find some help for some of her physical problems. This is a great testimony both on how God works and how He leads people to those that can share a seed. While we still suffer adversity, it is often adversity that is a sign that He is working in our lives. Please include Annie in your prayers and if you would like to learn more about her, her blog Lupus Chronicles is an excellent place to learn her story. I don't want to violate WordPress' terms of service so I am not including a link to her online store here, but if you are interested in visiting you can leave a comment here or on her blog and we will send you the link via email. Thanks and God bless!
Letter from Annie:
"I think you may have gathered this from my recent blog posts, but I do believe that the Lord had a plan. About 1/2 year ago, a gal was visiting the Yahoo forum about osteonecrosis that I co-moderate. She found out that I had problems with my ankles, told me of her doctor at Yale in CT and suggested that I contact him (few MDs are innovative when it comes to treatment of ankle osteonecrosis.) I sent him my films, he said he'd be able to do something, but that Colorado and CT were MILES apart. He suggested instead that I see a colleague of his in Vail, CO. Rey and I went to see the guy in Vail who I thought was very great and I'd trust with my life. Intelligent, personable and EVERYTHING. He felt that he could help, but with my other medical problems, he wasn't so comfortable with his "small 35 bed orthopedic hospital." So he referred me to a fellow who has quite a reputation as a foot/ankle surgeon in Chicago.
Long story (and this has already been long!) short, Rey and I just got back from Chicago and Dr. Haddad can replace my ankle. Unless he has a cancellation, I won"t have surgery until January but, I've waited this long. I've searched and searched. Dear Lord, guide Dr. Haddad's hands. It's a 4 hour surgery and then, there is NO WEIGHT BEARING FOR SIX WEEKS!! I'll need to stay in rehab in Chicago for that time, so that means sooo long away from home, but the ability to move around WITHOUT pain is worth it.
I also thought of you as Rey and I took our first step into the study of religion. A good friend's church had a series of really small Bible studies discussing the book of Mark and I've got to say i found it quite enjoyable, Rey much more so. I think you, Rachel, Marianne and others have been placed in my life to teach me that there is another way, a way other than MY WAY. I now feel signs, that I was certain that didn't exist.
Anywhoo. The past 1 1/2 year, I've been taking an internet class which fostered a desire to learn about the web and how to build websites and I've learned a lot about WP and a lot me-things I didn't think would EVER IN A MILLION YEARS interest me. I've opened up my own internet store, YourHomeGoods.com "Your Store for Home Decor", I sort of need to make a go of my store; this is not just a luxury for the housewife who has nothing better to do. Rey hasn't worked for nearly 3 years (in December) so we live of my Social Security Income (and you know how 'generous' that is, so we've pretty much depleted our savings and 'bankruptcy' has entered our talks. This is one thing for me to give to the Lord, Loopy, but I also want to 'share' it with you. This scares me, but I can't let it petrify me into inaction. If you can, I'd love for you to say a prayer"
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To Take a Life
Matthew 5:21
Ye have heard that it was said of them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
According to
Random House Webster's College Dictionary to kill means:
- to deprive of life; cause the death of; slay.
- to destroy; do away with; extinguish.
And life means:
lifelaɪf(n.; adj.)(pl.)lives
- (n.)the general condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, a means of reproduction, and internal regulation in response to the environment.
Who decides when it is appropriate to end the life of a being? In a civilized society it is a matter for those who are responsible for enforcing the law, to decide if the crime a person has committed rises to the level of ceding their lives for their crimes. We are no longer living in a civilized society!!!
Somehow we have passed beyond the thin veil of civilization into a degenerate and lawless society where death is appropriated simply on the whim of those doing the killing. And these degenerate ideas spawn the infantile excuse that somehow, just for the fact that you are born a woman, you have some greater empathetic knowledge on who is justified to live or die. All on the very thin excuse that a woman should be able to decide what is best for their own welfare, body and future.
It is simply such a stupid argument, I wonder at the intelligence of those who state it and those who accept it as if it must be true. If a woman was that intelligent, she would never have gotten to the place where she has the choice to make. After all, she is the one who invited the action in which she became pregnant. I am not talking about rape and incest here. I am talking about the women who think that they can sleep with any man who comes along and either not get pregnant, or rid themselves of the product of their carelessness by simply disposing of it like it is so much waste to be flushed down the toilet or tossed with the trash. And yet these are the same people who tell us that they have the right to decide what to do with their body. They seem to think that this is a sign of intelligence. If these same women were foolish enough to get an arm cut off or a permanent mark on their body, these things they would have to live with and explain how foolish they were in their actions.
So how did we get here? We got here by a Supreme Court that made a foolish decision, and gave every woman that comes along and makes a bad mistake, the opportunity to kill. Shall we start saying at some point that these women now have the right to decide that their children don't have the right to exist if they are handicapped or if in someway they are just a burden to them? Should we give men this same right? If not why not? If you come down to it, the life that begins in a woman's womb would not be possible without the input from the man. Should that not give them just a much right in the decision? If they decide that a baby is not in their interests, should they not have the right to make that decision?
Or is the woman somehow so much more intelligent and caring? Again I say, for most of them, they wouldn't be in the position they were in if these were the deciding factors. So since we can say these are not applicable, we take away their reasoning for them to be in the position to make that decision , don't we?
Abortion is not about the life of the woman, it is about the death of the baby and the denying of the responsibility of the woman for her own actions. Truly, if you follow this argument through, what you will find is that the woman if displaying a lack of intelligence and therefore cedes the very responsibility that she argues gives her the right to make a life and death decision.
I read this the other day and it haunted me:
"Can it be that women know something very deep inside, even deeper than fear and shame? Can it be that women know it is their responsibility to decide when to bring new life into this world? Women are not the enemies of our children–even those we decide not to bring into the world."
– Quoted in "Good Women have Abortions," which appeared on the pro-abortion sitewww.rhrealitycheck.org/node/21883
Truly sad, and yet this is the argument that they use!!!! Do they think that they know more than God then? Are they somehow so smart and empathetic that they just somehow know? If this sounds foolish, it is because it is foolish. As foolish as your child telling you that it isn't their fault that they did something wrong, somebody else started it. Because that is the real excuse this woman is using, it isn't her fault because some man impregnated her. She was just minding her own business. When do we stop listening to the excuses our children and hold them accountable for their actions?
We must quit letting women murder their own children in order to escape the responsibility of their own actions…
When Planned Parenthood Kills Women Too: A Two for One Deal? via Life News
I have a few questions for people that promote abortions and make the claim that if pro-life people have their way that women will die in back alley abortions. How do you reconcile the fact that women die now in supposedly nice clinics with Dr. available to take care of them? How many of these clinics are even inspected? Abortion proponents don't even want their premises inspected and when some government agency finally gets around to doing the job of protecting women, the conditions that they find are often so horrific that even if they are pro choice, they are disgusted and sickened by the conditions that they find. If they were truly interested in the lives of the women, perhaps they would truly consider the health of the women that go to these places instead of turning a blind eye. They truly seem more interested in killing the babies than they are life in any form. Please read the article from Life News.com:
When Planned Parenthood Kills Women Too: A Two for One Deal?
Planned Parenthood is in the killing business. They perform approximately 324,000 abortions per year, using various methods on women at various stages of pregnancy.
For example, during a first trimester abortion, they usually suction out the child, or pieces of the child, through a tube inserted into the uterus. But during a second-trimester abortion, where the child has become too large to be killed and then sucked through a tube, Planned Parenthood performs a cervical dilation that allows them to get sharp instruments into the intended safety of the womb and kill the child so that it can then be "evacuated."
It's an ugly, immoral job, but by using phrases like "termination of pregnancy," "pro-choice," and "women's health," Planned Parenthood has been able to maintain both a quasi-respectable public image and their killing fields—all at the same time.
But for many, that all changed in July when 24-year old Tonya Reaves bled to death after an employee at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Chicago aborted Tonya's baby in the second trimester. Read the rest of the story at Life News.com!
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Prayer Request for Annie
Many of my readers know my friend Annie from Lupus Chronicles and her problems with Lupus and related disorders. She is facing a new challenge and she has asked that we pray for her.
'The week before last, I had my mammies grammed- negative! Then I came home, showered the gell of me and noticed a lump. Saw the doc that afternoon and she stet me up for a consult w/ a breast surgeon and an ultrasound. Radiologist said US showed either sebaceous cyst or lipoma.
Doc wanted me to see breast surgeon for removal of either; breast surgeon did Ultrasound in her office and I'm scheduled for excision of that has and bx on Monday. That she mentioned lumpectomy, mastectomy, radiation in the same phrase as possibilities spooked me. Up until now, I've had a gazillion biopsys– for lupus-related calcifications. But this one scares me. Loopy, can you invoke a little prayer for 'healthy cells?" I don't need this on my plate, my cup runneth over."
The possibility of cancer is always a scary situation and Annie has had so many problems in the last few years. Please add her to your prayer list. God does answer and He is the Great Physician. He is our Healer as well as our redeemer. He has promised that where two or more are gathered together in prayer that He will answer.
Dear Lord, you have promised that if we ask you will answer! Annie needs your help and intervention Lord. Please Lord give her a positive outcome if it be thy will Lord. She has suffered so much Lord, and I know that you will not give us more than we can bear Lord, but Annie is reaching her limit Lord. There has been so much that she has and is suffering Lord. Please if it be thy will Lord, take this burden from her and give her a good report this time. In Jesus name we ask this Lord, thank you and amen.
Act in Faith
Joshua 2:3-15
So the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, "Bring out the men who have come to you, who have entered your house, for they have come to search out all the country."
Then the women took the two men and hid them; ans she said, "Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they were from.
"And it happened as the gate was being shut, when it was dart, that the men went out. Where the men went I do not know; pursue them quickly, for you may overtake them."
(But she had brought them up to the roof and hidden them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order on the roof.)
Then the men pursued them by the road to the Jordon, to the fords. And as soon as those who pursued them had gone out, they shut the gate.
So before they lay down, she came up to them on the roof,
and said to the men: "I know that the LORD has given you the land, that the terror of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land are fainthearted because of you.
"For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites who were on the other side of the Jordon, Sihon and Og, whom you utterly destroyed.
"And as soon as we heard these things, our hearts melted; neither did there remain any more courage in anyone because of you, for the LORD your God, He is God in heaven above and on earth beneath.
"Now therefore, I beg you, swear to me by the LORD, since I have shown you kindness, that you will also show kindness to my father's house, and give me a true token,
"and spare my father, my mother, my brothers, my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death."
So the men answered her, "Our lives for yours, if none of you tell this business of ours. And it shall be, when the LORD has given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with you."
Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was on the city wall; she dwelt on the wall.
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After months of anticipation we give the final verdict on Sam Fisher's definitive Xbox 360 sealth mission
Parts two and three of video interview with the actor behind the Splinter Cell agent's voice available. Part three is exclusive to CVG
Video interview with the legend that is Michael Ironside, who's been the voice of Fisher from the start. UPDATED: Parts two and three (exclusive to CVG) now available
We get hands-on with what's looking the biggest Splinter Cell game ever
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58 terms
What is the classification of a person who is 6 feet 4 inches tall and 202 lbs?
healthy weight
Which of the following is a feature of the lipoprotein lipase enzyme?
Its activities in men and women are sex-related and explain the differences in major fat storage regions of the body.
Which of the following defines the body's set point?
point above which the body tends to lose weight and below which it tends to gain weight
Adverse effects on organs such as the liver from the presence of excess body fat is known as
As a new assistant in a weight loss research laboratory, you are given a tour of the mouse laboratory. Why is the leptin-deficient mouse much larger than its leptin-sufficient counterpart?
Leptin deficiency enhances appetite and decreases energy expenditure
Which of the following is the most likely explanation that environment must play a role in obesity?
The rate of obesity has been rising while the gene pool has remained relatively constant
What is the significance of the uncoupling proteins in adipose tissue?
increased loss of body heat
All of the following are characteristics of food portion sizes except
reducing portion sizes has a bigger impact than reducing energy density as a means of lowering total energy intake
What is the primary reason that laxatives are generally not effective agents for losing weight?
they act on the large intestine rather than the small intestine
Your patient, Mr. Ivegottoloseweight, has a BMI of 43 and is taking drugs to lose weight. He has heard that some drugs cause lots of gastrointestional discomfort and would prefer to take one that doesn't give him any of these side effects. Which of the following should be prescribed for Mr. Ivegottoloseweight?
When consumed in high doses, which of the following is associated with modest weight loss in people?
All of the following are sensible guidelines for diet plans except:
eat rapidly to avoid prolonged contact with food
As a general rule, what minimum number of kcalories per day is necessary to ensure nutritional adequacy in an eating plan for reducing body weight?
A person who weighs, 150 lbs. and walks at a pace of 3 miles/hr expends about how many kcalories in that hour?
Approximately how many kcalories are expended per kilogram body weight when walking a mile at a moderate pace?
All of the following are features of the role of food accessibility on food intake except
people at home would rather travel to the store to obtain new food than eat the leftovers
In a weight reduction regimen, the most realistic time frame for losing 10% of initial body weight is...
6 months
Because obesity apparently has many causes, even in an individual, the best approach seems to be
Of the following, which is not among the recommended strategies for weight gain in an underweight person?
Forced awakening during the night for supplemental meals and snacks
Which of the following would not be part of a successful program of weight gain in an underweight individual?
Eat a large number of small meals
Fad diets often produce weight loss, at least initially, because
they are designed to limit energy intake around 1200 kcal/day
Jody is taking HUN2002, a nutrition class, and has been assigned to evaluate a popular diet plan. She finds a description of a plan for her assignment in a magazine at the grocery store. Which of the following statements in the magazine would suggest that this plan is an unsound, fad diet?
"Once you complete this 6-month plan, you'll never have to diet again."
All of the following describe the behavior of fat cells except
the number decreases when fat is lost from the body.
In the quest for achieving desirable body weight, adults have control over all of the following except
adipocyte number
Which of the following is known to cause a reduction in fat cell number in mice?
injection of leptin
Which of the following describes a relationship between the leptin and energy balance?
Blood levels of leptin usually correlate directly with body fat
To help prevent body fat gain, the DRI suggests daily, moderately intense, physical activities totaling
60 minutes
Over-the-counter products labeled as "dieter's tea" are reported to lead to
nausea and diarrhea
All of the following are characteristics of the results of weight loss surgery except
medical supervision in the postsurgery period is required only for the first 6-9 months
What is a safe rate of weight loss on a long-term basis for most overweight people?
.5-2 lbs per week
All of the following are behavior modifications for losing weight except
taking smaller portions of food but always eating everything on the plate quickly
Fraudulent weight reduction literature refers to visually apparent, lumpy forms of body fat as
Which of the following describes a connection between physical activity and energy expenditure?
walking a mile uses about the same energy as running a mile
Which of the following is a feature of the body's responses to engaging in physical activity?
after an intense and vigorous workout, basal metabolism remains elevated for several hours
A typical person who burns 200 kcalories during a 2-mile run would, in the postexercise period, burn an additional
30 kcals
What is the chief reason that health-care professionals advise people to engage only in low-to-moderate intensity activities for prolonged duration rather than more intense, shorter routines?
compliance is better
All of the following are associations between the environment and food intake except
distractions generally appear to reduce food intake
Which of the following is a feature of energy metabolism in formerly obese people who have lost weight?
energy requirements are lower than expected for their current body weight
Which of the following would be most effective at lowering energy intake in a person on a weight reduction program?
select less energy-dense foods
What is the principle reason that the FDA has banned the sale of products containing ephedrine?
the products were implicated in several cases of heart attacks and seizures
What is the best approach to weight loss?
Reduce daily energy intake and increase energy expenditure
What is the principal reason that appetitie is turned off immediately after a person finishes an intense workout?
glucose and fatty acids are still abundant in the blood


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Hotel Guest Reviews of the Flamingo Las Vegas
Our hotel ratings and reviews are from real hotel guests. Priceline.com ensures that its reviews are guests-only by proactively sending hotel surveys to customers after they've completed their hotel stays. In the post-stay surveys, priceline.com hotel customers are asked a number of questions about their stay and the hotel. On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the best, the survey asks guests to rate their overall experience and specifically rate the hotel's cleanliness, staff and location. Priceline.com does not allow site visitors to post unsolicited hotel reviews.Sort by: All Travelers | Business Traveler(22) | Solo Traveler(16) | Traveling as Couple(68) | Family with Young Children(21) | Family with Teens(10) | Senior Traveler(4) | Group Traveler(49)
Ronald from Edgewater, CO
March 5, 2014
March 5, 2014
The History! Then The Variety of Restaurants.
Unfortunately, They Are Remodeling. The Main Entrance Was Very Chaotic, With Little Help From Any Hotel Staff.
They Could Do More To Make It More Golf Friendly. Better Discounts, Golf Brochures, Staff That Are Golf Knowledgeable.
Verified Hotel Guest from Audubon, IA
March 4, 2014
March 4, 2014
This guest did not leave comments about this hotel.
Daniel from Burnaby, Canada
March 3, 2014
Group Traveler
March 3, 2014
Group Traveler
Almost the very centre of the las vegas boulevard "strip". Conveniently located.
Added a $18/Night resort fee ontop of the priceline already spent. Fee was for Wifi and Gym, and is Mandatory. Old, not maintainted, staff are not helpful or provide information. One staff even lied directly to us. 0/10 for hotel stay.
Christopher from Saint Cloud, MN
March 3, 2014
March 3, 2014
This guest did not leave comments about this hotel.
Alex from Vancouver, Canada
March 1, 2014
Senior Travelers
March 1, 2014
Senior Travelers
central location, large room
lobby area is not very grand
Steven from Everett, WA
March 1, 2014
March 1, 2014
The open spaces were nice
They don't tell you much about what is going on on the strip and there bars are to expensive for drinks
Verified Hotel Guest from Kenosha, WV
March 1, 2014
March 1, 2014
Location on the strip
Surprise resort fee that increased the amount per night we paid: we would have chosen a different location if we knew what are real price range was going to be.
William from Batavia, IL
February 28, 2014
Solo Traveler
February 28, 2014
Solo Traveler
Location on the strip to get to other places.
Old outdated, needs a makeover.. The elavators when in sad shape, gang signs painted on door and walls, floor pannel hasn't been cleaned in months
Needs fresher food areas, and more choices..
Hyeyon from Springfield, VA
February 27, 2014
February 27, 2014
They charges everything. Even TV viewing and wifi.. They only provide bed, towel and shampoo and lotion to use. Building is so old carpet are dirty and elevator button is broken the floor I was stayed. I recommend not to stay this hotel.
Verified Hotel Guest from Colorado Springs, CO
February 26, 2014
Family Traveling with Young Children
February 26, 2014
Family Traveling with Young Children
Good location, close to several other casinos
Shower did not work right, AC did not work, room was hot even in winter...cannot imagine how miserable it would be in summer.
They should warn you about the pool being closed for repair.
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text: What's Hot Aziz Ansari Geneva Motor Show Spring Fashion Preview FINE LIVING Fine Living Galleries Physalia © Physalia - Credit: Physalia Amazing Places Worldwide Part II Amazing Places Worldwide Part II Phoenix International Media Center Phoenix International Media Center Future Islands Future Islands Blon Space Balloon Blon Space Balloon Coming Next OR 0 11 Back to Top ▲ Physalia Physalia The Most Beautifully Insane Eco-Thing You'll Ever See Matthew Hussey The UK had the rather auspicious title of being the first nation to actually make the rivers run black, thanks to the shady practices during its coal mining heyday. While the days of Victorian mining practices are thankfully long behind us, Vincent Callebaut has come up with a rather beautiful way of keeping Europe's waterways from returning to those dark days.Inspired by the Physaliaphysalis -- or the Portuguese man-of-war to give the siphonophore its more sinister moniker -- this floating leisure palace is a floating garden designed to sail up and down Europe's waterways purifying its waters.The roof is made of super thin lining consisting of solar panels and hydro-turbines, which generate power as the craft moves through the water. This means all the Physalia's energy is generated by renewable means.The clever bit comes with the filtration system itself. The exterior of the boat is covered in titanium oxide, which absorbs airborne pollutants such as nitrogen oxide. To further clean the river, water is pumped through the giant garden on top that acts as a biological filter, removing contaminants the way nature intended. What's better, Callebaut's designs incorporate spaces for people to come on board and watch conservation in action. At the moment, it's just a pipe dream, but, hopefully, this could become a permanent part of Europe's rivers.Pictured here:The Physalia is inspired by the jellyfish-esque Portuguese man-of-war, who drifts on ocean currents. Next Page More Like This Promoted Best of the Web Special Features